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A Milestone Birthday for IPSA big thank you to everyone in Th e International Preschools community who took part in our fi ftieth anniversary year celebrations and activities. It was a time to refl ect on our beginnings and a time to look forward to our future. Th e planning started back in 2012 when we realized the anniversary year was a milestone to celebrate.

We put together a year-long series of events that brought the celebration to current and former students, parents, faculty, staff and board members. Carole Sleeper, Parents’ Association President and Jackie Ahn, PA President Elect, were invaluable in recruiting current parents to volunteer and attend every event. Th ank you to Donna Cohen, Paul Kane and the IPS Board for their support and leadership.

Our best resource for planning was the many past parents, staff and board members who have stayed connected to the school long after their reasons for daily contact had ended. Dr. Edward Davies, founding member of the IPS board, was our link to the earliest days. Former location director, Joan Colen organized our impressive trove of memorabilia into a true archive and hosted many in our community on a trip down memory lane. Th ese opportunities for reminiscing helped us build a contact list so we were able to invite participation by personal contact, mail and email. We even had a presence on Facebook!

Enjoy the recap and photos of each event, starting on page 8.

IN THIS ISSUE

• A Graduate Comes Home, page 7

• 2013 Faculty Appreciation Night, page 16

• 50th Anniversary Gala, page 20

• Ana Maria De Souza, page 28

THE NEWSLETTER OF THE INTERNATIONAL PRESCHOOLS • Fall 2014

A Few Days in the MountainsIn June, Cathleen and I attended the annu-al NYSAIS Early Childhood/Lower School Heads Conference at Mohonk Mountain House in upstate NY. Th is is usually the highlight of my spring. I not only enjoy spending time with my colleagues in a beautiful setting, but the conference topics are usually very interesting and thought provoking. Th is year the title of the confer-ence was “What makes a Child Ready for Kindergarten?” Th e panel consisted of four very well accomplished professionals.

I would like to share with you some of the most interesting points that I came away with.

Dr. Barbara Novick spoke about brain de-velopment. She said that from conception to the age of six is the fastest rate of brain development. At birth all the wires are where they should be, but they aren’t all in working order yet. Maturation of the brain is uneven and takes place in spurts, rapidly

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Ken Metz, 50th Anniversary Chair

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in some areas and more slowly in others. Th us we see such a wide range of abilities in children up to the age of fi ve. Execu-tive function, the ability to plan and modulate behavior, is not generally in place until age six. Th us age six is a benchmark year when children are ready to learn what used to be consid-ered a fi rst grade curriculum.

Dr. Novick believes that before age six, an appropriate curricu-lum teaches children how to:

• ask good questions

• fi nd their own answers

• think outside the box

• collaborate with a partner to get things done

• fi nd multiple solutions to questions raised

• be fl exible

Dr. Novick is concerned that our increased expectations of a fi ve year old today, and our accelerated kindergarten curricu-lum over the past decades, is harmful to children. Th ere is no data to suggest that brain pathway connections in young chil-dren are developing more rapidly than in the past. A fi ve year old brain is primed to learn in the areas bulleted above, and a head start in these areas could be correlated with ongoing success inside and outside the classroom.

I was also very impressed by what I learned from Dr. Lydia

Soifer, a speech pathologist who uses a cognitive linguistic ap-proach with her patients. She feels that play helps to construct knowledge; play involves thinking, problem solving, negotia-tion and following social rules. Dr. Soifer teaches the value of putting away all electronics and being with, and playing with, your child! Make them the most important thing at that time! Talk to each other! In the classroom a good teacher will model the thought process. Th ey will “think” out loud. Th ey will say things like

• I’m thinking about…

• What do I need to know…

• I’m wondering…

• How can we do this?

• What happened?

• What can we do about it?

• Th at’s a great question!

Th ey model for children that thinking is an activity and a source of fun. If a Martian came to earth, what would you tell them about?

She further reminded us that to tell a story you have to plan and organize. A four and a half to fi ve year old can tell a story involving a central character, using logical sequence, including

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Th e scenic and historic Mohonk Mountain House (www.Mohonk.com) in New Paltz, NY is the site of many educa-tional conferences. It also has miles of scenic hiking trails and other activities for families, either as overnight guests of the hotel or as day visitors.

A Few Days in the Mountains

a series of adventures and feelings, and uses the words “and,” “but” and “because.” Th eir story will be open-ended. It is so important for parents to do things with their children and talk about what they are doing. Dr. Soifer also suggests that to get a child to share information, it’s best to make a comment, rather than ask a question. She says a comment will generate a conversation.

It was a very full two day conference. I hope you fi nd these

pearls of wisdom interesting and useful when spending time with your child. Dr. Novick and Dr. Soifer, and all the work they do with young children, are worth a deeper look.

Donna Cohen

Director

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News from Admissions

As we celebrated our 50th anniversary AND the opening of our beautiful new East 86th Street location, hundreds of young children and their parents visited IPS for the fi rst time. After many open houses, tours and receptions, we are looking forward to welcoming 198 new students in September 2014. Among these are 67 younger siblings who will be joining their big brothers or sisters at the three locations.

Sadly, we said good-bye to Deirdre Martin and we wished her well as she and her family moved to Hong Kong in December. She is sorely missed by the admissions team and all who had the privilege of knowing her. We miss you, Deirdre! But we stayed calm and carried on! In September, Susan Ehrlich will be joined at West 76th Street by Mary Busby. Amanda Quinn will conduct admissions tours at East 86th Street with Martha Smeaton. And Daryl Katz and Cathleen Vasserman will con-tinue meeting applicants at 45th Street. Amanda and Daryl both helped boost enrollment by giving birth to future IPS students this Spring. Congratulations to you both!

Th anks to Amy Lorowitz and Ben Kelly, they kept us on our toes throughout the year. Th ank you, Amy, for greeting every family at 45th Street with your beautiful smile, and for orga-nizing all of our admissions events. Ben supported us behind the scenes while managing the After School Program and Summer Camp.

We are so very grateful to the Japanese Parents Association who organized and executed with great skill all of our import-ant mailings.

It is impossible to express our gratitude to the indefatigable members of the Parents Association who helped organize and attended every event to welcome new families.You are defi -nitely our best advertisement.

I would like to extend a special THANK YOU to the parents who overcame fears of public speaking and shared their own personal IPS experiences at our monthly admissions infor-mation meetings. Th is past year, Mary and Paul Busby, Livia and Van Nguyen, Joanna Walsh (twice!), Brad Ennals, Lotta Tahtinen, Rajesh Midha, Manisha Manglani, Sheree Chiou, James Gerding, Jackie Ahn, Paul Britton, David Bear, and the team of Jen Bobker and Lara Chassin charmed our audiences with their heartfelt stories of life at IPS. With this great group of cheerleaders, it’s no wonder that so many families want to send their children to IPS!

Kevin AbernathyDirector of Admissions

International Visitor Tours 86th Street

Mrs. Sahar Haider O. Hajjar, wife of the Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, visited the 86th Street location of Th e International Preschools in early June.

Mrs. Hajjar was interested in visiting IPS as she is involved with managing an early childhood centre in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. While touring our newest facility and meeting the faculty, Mrs. Haijar observed many similarities with her own program in Riyadh but was particularly impressed with the state of the art facility, the teachers resources and the professionalism of the teachers.

Valerie KennedyInternational Liaison

Th e poster said, “Come One, Come All,” and that’s just what we did. More than 500 people from the IPS community came to Central Park on May 17th where we enjoyed the beautiful weather, socialized and partici-pated in carnival games, face painting, balloon twist-ing, and glitter tattoos topped off with a bit of magic. Children enjoyed playing builders and bulldozers, alien pinball and popcorn toss. Th e younger ones squealed with glee while jumping on Benny Bulls and waving bubble wands. Of course, no picnic is complete without treats. Families snacked on apples, hummus, sandwich-es and cotton candy. Many thanks to the face painters and balloon twisters who delighted children the entire afternoon, and a special shout out to Josh Male, dad at IPS 86th Street and owner of Gate Hill Day Camp, for

donating the activities and games; Scotto’s for provid-ing the sandwiches, and all the parents who volunteered their time and eff ort. Th is event’s enormous success can also be attributed to the diligence and hard work of my wonderful and supportive co-chairs, Stephanie Lobron and Tom Dunigan. We hope next year’s picnic will be an even greater event. So remember, “Come One, Come All” to the IPS Spring 2015 Picnic!

Stacy CalderFamily Picnic Co-Chair

Family Picnic in Central Park

Monique Tabbs, Valerie Kennedy, Sahar Haider O. Hajjar, Bernadette Weiss at the 86th Street Location

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Education Director Lynne Mueller, left, maintains a blog on the IPS web-site titled “Lessons from Lynne.” Each month she writes an interesting arti-cle on education and parenting top-ics. Here’s one with a timely message. Find more at https://www.ipsnyc.org/lessons-from-lynne/

A “Lesson from Lynne” on HolidaysBetween now and the end of the year, all of us will be

spending a lot of time celebrating. No sooner have

we cleaned up the Th anksgiving turkey leftovers than

the December holidays are upon us. Special events

and celebrations that fi ll the end of the year can over-

load our already busy lives, making our time even

more limited.

Magazines, newspapers and television are already

reminding us about the joys of this time of year.

But in reality it is not always easy. If you think the

festivities are stressful for you, they can be doubly

anxiety provoking for your children. Children pick up

on their parents cues and they feel their own stress

from diff erent schedules that may include extra

family outings, special activities and excessive food.

Children don’t have the tools to cope with the

excitement and interruption since they thrive on

routines and structure. Also, young children have

limited holiday experiences: although they know

holidays are special, the very youngest children

haven’t had enough holiday experiences to fully

remember and understand what that means for

them. Anticipation of unknown events can get

children overly excited and even anxious.

To help your children get the most out of this time

of year, I recommend that you prepare them. If

you celebrate Th anksgiving, take some time a week

or two before to share your family Th anksgiving

photos from last year and talk about how your family

celebrated this holiday. Don’t do this too early, since

children don’t have a sophisticated sense of time.

A story about your child at last year’s Th anksgiving

feast will also go a long way. Just as a side note, in

general, children love to hear stories about when they

were little. (My own adult sons still enjoy this!)

Th en before the next round of holidays, again share

photos and stories with your child. Th e more you can

bring these holidays alive for your children before

they occur, the better equipped they will be to adjust

to changes in their routine and the more the whole

family can focus on the holiday and each other.

Best wishes for a joyous, calm holiday season.

Lynne MuellerEducation Director

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Changes are coming in private school kindergarten admis-

sions! After years of questions about the validity of standard-

ized tests for young children, the 2013-14 admissions season

was the last year that most private schools will require or even

consider the test known informally in New York City as the

“ERB” for kindergarten admissions. Th e offi cial name of the

test is the Early Childhood Admissions Assessment, given

by testers employed by the Educational Records Bureau. Th is

test will now only be required of kindergarten applicants in a

handful of schools. (Many schools will continue to use the ERB

or other standardized tests for older applicants.)

ISAAGNY (Independent Schools Admissions Association of

Greater New York) member schools have developed a “tool-

box” of more than a dozen assessment activities. Applicant

children will be asked to work on a few of these activities

during their school visit. Schools will be able to choose activi-

ties that assess skills that are important to their own program

and make their own observations about each child. Most

schools are making the child’s visit longer and hiring addition-

al staff to accommodate the on-site assessment. Application

fees may increase, but most parents will no longer have to pay

for the ERB test.

Even though this year’s applicants took the ERB, most private

schools considered the child’s visit the most important part of

their selection process. Fifty-fi ve children from IPS will start

kindergarten at private schools this fall.

Th e big news in public school admissions is the new online

application. In January, parents were able to apply to up to

twenty zoned and non-zoned general education programs.

Admission priority is given to zoned children, but if space is

available, places will be given to out of zone applicants. When

initial placement off ers were made in April, many schools had

waiting lists for even zoned children! However, once Gifted

and Talented placements were made later in the spring, wait-

ing lists began to clear and all zoned students were seated. Th e

Department of Education will maintain waiting lists through

October and promises to contact families if a school they

ranked higher becomes available.

Zoned schools remain a popular choice for IPS families. We

saw quite a few parents turn down private school seats or

G and T options because they wanted their children in their

neighborhood school. Next fall sixty-fi ve IPS graduates will

enroll at zoned or district general education schools, ten will

enroll in G and T programs and four will enroll in Hunter Col-

lege Elementary School.

As always at Th e International Preschools, families move

abroad, either to their home countries or on an internation-

al assignment. Five IPS grads started kindergarten in a new

country this fall.

Whether a child is continuing on to a school just around the

corner or halfway around the world, we hope all our former

families keep in touch with Th e International Preschools!

Cathleen Vasserman

Ongoing Schools Advisor

IPS students will be enrolling in Kindergarten and First Grade at the following schools in September 2014:

Ongoing Schools Results

Private Schools

Allen-Stevenson

Bank Street

Birch Wathen Lenox

Blue School

Brearley

Cathedral

Chapin

Collegiate

Columbia Grammar

Dalton

Dwight

Friends Seminary

Hewitt

Le Lycee Francais

Marymount

Nightingale-Bamford

Spence

Speyer Legacy

St. Bernard’s

St. David’s

St. Ignatius Loyola

Th e School At Columbia

Th e Studio School

Trevor Day School

Trinity

United Nations International

School

Public Schools

Hunter Elementary

Lower Lab

NEST+M

P.S. 6

P.S. 9

P.S. 11 G & T

P.S. 40

P.S. 59

P.S. 87

P.S. 116

P.S. 124 G & T

P.S. 130 G & T

P.S. 151

P.S. 158

P.S. 163 G & T

P.S. 183

P.S. 199

P.S. 212

P.S. 225

P.S. 267

P.S. 281

P.S. 290

P.S. 333

P.S. 340

P.S. 452

P.S. 146(Brooklyn)

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When I graduated from Th e International Preschools on East 45th Street in the spring of 1993, I had discovered a few truths about the world: there were not, after all, monsters liv-ing in my closet, it was a daily delight to live in the excitement and diversity of New York, and I absolutely loved school.

Now that I am, twenty two years later, about to join the facul-ty on West 76th Street, those truths are still true. Closets hold nothing scary beyond the occasional long-forgotten item of clothing, and except for the years I went away for college, I am still thrilled to live in the great world city of New York. Most of all, I still love school.

IPS introduced me to so much: to the laws of physics as I pedaled a tricycle around the climbing structure in the middle of the gym to fi nd the faster you go, the more centripetal force makes you dizzy; to the alchemy of art, dressed as a tree for Halloween in brown leggings and a green turtleneck festooned with a variety of both actual and paper leaves and branches, I could embody all four seasons at once; to the wonder of global community, as we passed the water pitcher past each of our families’ national fl ags; to the possibilities of imagination brought to bear on real problems, as I sat at my friend Peter’s kitchen table, planning how we might construct a zipline that would span the interior of the block to connect his window on 41st Street to mine on 40th Street.

My mother and father were committed to raising my brother and me in the city, and to our neighborhood by the United Na-

tions, as a microcosm of the globe. My mother, a high school teacher who was in graduate school when I was in preschool, has said she chose IPS because of its embrace of diversity and diff erence and its openness to recognizing both individ-ual uniqueness and shared human values.

When I visited the 76th Street location this past spring for my interview, one of my former teachers, Klara Reisinger, recognized me - even though she had last seen me when I was four years old - and greeted me with a warm hug. Th e creativity, enterprise, and delight in the world that I learned at IPS have stayed with me and it is a remarkable gift that now I will be joining the staff whose care and teaching started me on my life’s journey. As a classroom teacher, I am eagerly looking forward to this coming year and hope there will be many opportunities to help students discover the truths and wonders that await them.

Julia CunninghamTeacher, 76 Green 1/Red 2

Julia as a new IPS teacher, above. As a young student at Th e International Preschools, left.

A Graduate Comes Home

September 2013Family Field Day

Current and former families, faculty and staff , and friends of Th e International Preschools enjoyed

A Year of 50th Anniversary Events!

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faculty-parent dodgeball game, a performance by the Paper Bag Players and a Happy Birthday sing-a-long followed by mini-cupcakes for all.

a fun fi lled day at Chelsea Piers on Saturday, September 28th to kick off our year of anniversary celebrations. Activities included an array of children’s athletics, a

Photographs pages 8-9 by Paul Kane and Bernadette Weiss

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Over 400 adults and children joined us at Symphony Space, the legendary concert hall on the Up-per West Side, on Saturday, No-vember 23rd for Th e John Farrell Holiday Concert. John Farrell’s

set included songs about holiday celebrations around the world and the joy of snowfall and he ended by inviting all of the children on stage to sing and sign his signature piece,

November 2013Concert and Sing-Along

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“Love Grows.” Th e concert opened with a video from the Mukwashi School in Zambia which is a direct recipient of money raised during

IPS’s annual international social outreach program, Bridges of Peace and Hope.

Photographs pages 10 - 11 by Paul Kane

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February 2014Film Premiere and Dim Sum

Th e International Preschools com-missioned Stork Films to capture its history and mission in a short doc-

umentary entitled A Window to the World: Th e Story of the International Preschools. Approximately 175 peo-ple attended the screening on Feb-ruary 9th at the Tribeca Performing

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Arts Center. Following the premiere, attendees were whisked by charter busses to Jing Fong restaurant in Chinatown for a family -style dim sum feast. Th e documentary is avail-able for streaming on the schools website: ipsnyc.org

Th e fi nale of our celebrations was the Gala on May 1st, described on pages 20 - 27.

Photographs pages 12 - 13 by Kayla Poole

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I feel incredibly fortunate to have been a part of Th e International Preschools community for the past fi ve years.

Th e international community that is comprised by our IPS

families represents the diversity that makes New York so

special and is one of greatest benefi ts of living and raising our

children here. Being immersed within this diverse community

has yielded many benefi ts for our children in their friendships,

experiences and perspectives. My three-year-old son often

asks me when we can go to India to visit his friend who moved

back there earlier this year. My daughter, who graduated from

IPS last year, continues to celebrate Diwali each year with one

of her IPS Crèche friends. Th e Winter Solstice celebrations

and the individual family visits that teach our children about

other family traditions have been wonderful experiences.

Th e school’s structured, play based curriculum and warm,

supportive and nurturing environment help our children

to grow, think, learn to solve problems, communicate,

collaborate and understand how to be positive members of a

community. Our children have learned so much each day and

have grown into better people all while “playing” and having

fun. Th e foundation of a love of learning and appreciation for

community that IPS has instilled in our children will stay with

them for their lifetimes.

I was so happy to be here to celebrate the 50th Anniversary

year! It is hard to express my appreciation for everyone who

makes up our wonderful community: the families, faculty,

support staff , administrative leadership and the Board of

Trustees. Th e history of our school is as unique and inspiring

as the people who have created this special place – both those

who have been here for so many years and those who have

recently been attracted to the school and its mission. It is

extraordinary how many of our parents return as staff to the

school because it is a place to which they feel so connected and

do not want to leave even when their children do.

Th ank you for making my year as Parents’ Association Presi-

dent so rewarding. I can’t begin to tell you how much I appre-

ciate having the opportunity to take on this role this year. Th e

support of our Parents’ Association has been tremendous and

it is awe-inspiring to watch the commitment and enthusiasm

put into each and every event. I want to take this opportunity

to thank all of the volunteers who have committed their time,

resources, ideas and energy to the school and its many events

that rely on parent participation. I feel lucky to have been able

to volunteer alongside you and make friendships that will

last a lifetime. I have learned so much from so many about

parenting, friendship and life in general. I wish all IPS families

a lifetime of health and continued happy experiences while

learning!

I am so grateful to Jacqueline Ahn for her encouragement,

tireless eff orts, friendship and commitment. She is always in-

spiring and is going to be an exceptional Parents’ Association

President next year!

Carole Sleeper

Parents’ Association President

Th ank You from the Parents’ Association President!

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Th e Parents’ Association Board would like to express our gratitude to the many volunteers who took on leadership roles in the past year’s activities.

Offi cersCarole Sleeper, PresidentJacqueline Ahn, President

ElectLivia Nguyen, SecretaryLauren Chung, TreasurerKatherine Zoepf,

CommunicationsLara Chassin, Newsletter

Senior Vice PresidentsJoanna Walsh, 45th StreetMary Busby, 76th StreetSunny Nagel, 86th Street

Vice Presidents, 45th Street Sheree Chiou, Class ParentsSabrina Vaishnavi,

VolunteersLara Chassin, NewsletterNicole MataGiselle Wyckoff

Vice Presidents,76th StreetLora Martinez, Class ParentsEllen Lundquist, VolunteersColette BennettElizabeth DePaoloMuriel Jara LeeLivia Nguyen

Vice Presidents,86th StreetAnya Roles, Class Parents Aparna Mulukutla ,

Volunteers Tom Dunigan Akiko Firneno Elda Papapoulou-EnglundGarin Torin

Japanese Parents CommitteeKaori Groen, PresidentHitomi Martel, SVP 76th

StreetAkiko Firneno, SVP 86th

StreetHiroko Kasuga, Treasurer

Faculty Appreciation NightColette BennettSweta ChandaKim CookGiselle Wycoff Carla Brillembourg-ClarkAlison RichardsonSabrina Rana Vaishnavi

Book FairsMary BusbySheree ChiouNicole FlowerMegan HeanueJane LamMuriel LeeNatasha NicolaidesJennifer SauerLina Won

50th GalaJacqueline Ahn, Lead ChairRichard Werner, Techonology

ChairSunny Nagel, Team MentorLara Chassin, Production

Co-ChairNicole Mata, Production Co-

ChairJennifer Bobker, ProductionTara Hanson, Production

50th Gala Auction and AcquisitonsMary Busby, Co-ChairLauren Chung, Co-ChairLivia Nguyen, Co-ChairJoanna Walsh, Co-ChairAmber Paquette, 45thStreet

Co-ChairJennifer Sauer, 45 Street

Co-ChairEllen Lundquist, 76th Street

ChairStephanie Sobel-Lobron,

86th Street ChairSherree ChiouAditi DeegBonnie TellgmannElizabeth Traub

Family Picnic ChairsStacy CalderTom DuniganJosh MaleStephanie Sobel-Lobron

Yearbook ChairsJacqueline AhnJeannie LeeLisa Th ung

Dads Night OutTom Dunigan

Bake SalesHay-Won ByunSheree ChiouElizabeth DePaoloSandra Medina RendonNatasha NicolaidesJudy Rothman Wagner

Faculty LunchCarole Sleeper, ChairJennifer BobkerSheree ChiouElizabeth De

Parents’ Association Offi cers and Committee Members

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Th e annual IPS Faculty Appreciation Night was held on Friday, November 22, 2013, at Landmark on the Park. It was a spectacular night of shared cultures and international food and drinks, honoring the 15 milestone re-cipients for their hard work and their dedication to IPS:

Kevin Abernathy, Director of Admissions - 35 years

Ana Maria DeSouza, Teacher - 30 years

Katherine Seidner, Director of Crèche & Special Projects - 25 years

Monique Tabbs, Location Director, 86th Street - 25 years

Martha Smeaton, Eastside Director of Admissions - 15 years

Janine Louis, Teacher - 10 years

Christina Branton, Teacher - 5 years

Victor Manuel Euse, Maintenance - 5 years

Quintilia Greene, Teacher - 5 years

Elizabeth Hornick, Writing Workshop Teacher - 5 years

Deirdre Martin, Admissions Associate - 5 years

Amanda Quinn, Teacher - 5 years

Philomena Saunders, Teacher - 5 years

Dara Vogel, Teacher - 5 years

Families and Faculty were surrounded by stunning decora-

tions and incredible food and drinks. Th e evening was fi lled

with music, photos and laughter. Th e night began with guests

being welcomed by Carole Sleeper, President of the IPS Par-

ents’ Association, Jacqueline Ahn, President-Elect, Liz Patrick,

Chair of IPS Board of Trustees, and the Co-Chairs of FAN. A

video presentation by Blane Friest of DDM production LLC

highlighted the honorees’ achievements with a special recog-

nition to Kevin Abernathy, who has been at IPS for 35 years.

Lynne Mueller, Director of Education and Donna Cohen,

Director of IPS, presented each milestone recipient with an

award and gift to show their gratitude and commitment to the

IPS community.

Th e raffl e was a huge success with many items donated and

solicited by IPS families. Th ere were gift cards, hand bags,

jewelry, sport and opera tickets, spa treatments, camps and

tutoring for kids, golf outings and much more. Th ank you to

all the families who joined the celebration and made generous

donations. Special thank you to Ty Kuppig at TYGER Produc-

tions for creating a beautiful ambience for the guests and to

Sasabune for their generous Sushi donation. Th e Japanese

Parents’ Committee also had a table with hand-crafted items

with all the proceeds going to IPS.

FAN raised a record-breaking amount of money this year.

With the additional funds raised, teachers were able to attend

more professional development courses. Each staff member

also received a coff ee mug with a Starbucks gift card.

Colette Bennett, Sweta Chanda, Kim Cook, Giselle Wyckoff

Faculty Appreciation Night Co-Chairs

2013 Faculty Appreciation Night

Scenes from Faculty Appreciation Night

Donna Cohen, Paul Kane, above, select

winners for the raffl e items, displayed at left

Milestone HonoreesFirst row: Monique Tabbs, Martha Smeaton, Kevin Abernathy, Janine

Louis, Kathy Seidner

Second Row: Elizabeth Hornick, Quintilia Greene, Victor Manuel Euse,

Dara Vogel, Deidre Martin, Christina Branton

Jacqueline Ahn, Kim Cook, Sweta Chanda, Giselle Wyckoff , Carole Sleeper,

Carla Brillenberg Clark, Colette Bennett

Hitomi Martel, Akiko Firneno, Hiroko Katsuga,

Katsuho Dechiario

Photographs pages 16 - 17 by Gavin Toren17

Th e Faculty Enrich-ment Benefi t Com-mittee thanks the following for their support:

BenefactorsAnonymousPaula Arrojo & Franco FinstadLibby & Dan GoldringMark Mahoney & Kim CookEmilio & Amy Mena Jr.Livia & Van NguyenJennifer ReardenCarole & Nate SleeperAshley & James SmythNavin Roy & Srilakshmi

Vallabhaneni

SponsorsHerbert Allen & Monica de la TorreHakan Altintepe & Asli RustemliAdam Barone & Wenleyen ChanMary & Paul BusbyAndrew & Elizabeth ByingtonMichael Chen & Elizabeth

Coleman-ChenDavid & Elizabeth DePaoloStephen F. & Ariane G. FinkelCharles & Akiko FirnenoVivek Jetley & Rena NigamJason Kirschner & Sheree Chiou Mark & Micki KwanMelissa & Marc Lawrence-

ApfelbaumPatty LaxtonEdward & Stacy Le MelleMuriel & Gordon LeeChung Won Lee & Heuikyeong JeonToh Tsun & Linda LimMichael Mirafl ores & Elaine ChienKenji R. Ota & Anne R. KaufmannAnthony & Amber PaquetteMatthias PaVon & Mae Cheng-

PaVonGrigor Peradze & Alina TurianEvan Steen & Shari HellmanMaynard Um & Jacqueline AhnLeslie A. & Valerie F. Valdes

PatronsColette & Daniel BennettMatthew & Karine BlakeChristopher R. Brown & Ann M.

TranElaine Ho & Hayden ChanLauren ChungNancy DenneryChristopher Hutton & Celine

MoyroudAli & H Melis IbrahimiyeOliver & Natalia LeggMicha S. & Denise V. MagidIvan & June MartinJason & Mary MinardDavid Moszer & Heather SmithMr. Frank Moy & Ms. Judy LeeLluis & Melissa PedragosaBart & Donna PasellaHari Ramanan & Himayani PuriMatias Ringel & Sylvia BigioNima Safabakhsh & Tina KashefSourabh & Allison SenGarin L. Toren & Tanya VaysmanEric & Judy WagnerJane & Alexander WangKristy & Milko MilkovClint White & Marilou Aquino

Faculty Ticket Sponsors Adel Abdellatif & Patricia ChavesPuneet & Shveta AgarwalHerbert Allen & Monica de la

TorreAndre & Terri-Marie AssousKelvin Au & Kristina PattersonStephen Baker & Nadine ChangDavid Chaiyarat & Nikita BearDeric Behar & Cynthia FinkelmanJohn Bessonette & Ginger

Th amesSasha Blair-Goldensohn &

Rebecca MinAdam Bloom & Kalsang TsheringHeli & Th omas BlumMatthew & Rita BlumbergTh omas & Marianna BouleucAnonymousTrevor & Maria BrownMary & Paul BusbyJorge Carrion & Sandra MedinaDerek Chan & Rebecca PacholderChristopher Chan & Libby

Cantril

Amy & Leo ChiangLauren ChungTaeyoung Chung & Natasha

NicolaidesCharles E. & Carla Brillembourg

ClarkPaul Colatrella & Amy BrownJohn Coughlin & Cynthia BalfourAditi & Michael DeegDavid & Elizabeth DePaoloAnand & Swaroopa DesaiTh omas L. Dunigan & Johanna

Abreu DuniganElda & Jonas EnglundBrad & Juliette EnnalsDaniel Farrell & Meredith MeyerJed & Heather FinnPaula Arrojo & Franco FinstadJohn Fletcher & Aurelle Dauphin-

FletcherGuillaume Foss & Jorgelina SabezSpiros G. & Rosalia FrangosJason R. & Elizabeth K. FrewRohit & Meena A. GandhiEvan Garfein & Tanya Simon

GarfeinNicolle Gatto & Kasia ReterskaKayvan Ghassemi & Roberta

SeilerDavid Goldberg & Maricor

SantiagoAnonymousLibby & Dan GoldringBurak & Esen GonulNancy DennerySimon Greer & Sharna GoldsekerLora Martinez & Christopher

GuentherGary Haase & Robin M. CampbellStephen & Tara HansonHiroyuki & Masako HayashiManabu & Akiko HirabayashiJacob & Sarah HollingerHidetaka & Ayako HorikawaMaureen Huff Christopher Hutton & Celine

MoyroudVivek Jetley & Rena NigamAlexander Johnston & Caroline

LombardoTh e Kant FamilySelcuk & Ebru KarakaplanMatt & Teryn KendallNasir Khan & Mona AnandKumar & Heena KhemchandaniYounghoon & Jeeyeon Jennifer

Kim

Brian Kim & Kim Nguyen-KimYung Kyun Kim & Joo Young LeeKen Metz & Forrest KingJason Kirschner & Sheree Chiou Takuya & Colleen KisakaJamie & Celena KnoxGene & Sharon KoDavid Kopman & Maria CastilloMark & Micki KwanMr. & Mrs. Edward Le MelleJong Lee & Stacy AllenJohn Lee & Jin-Ah LimChristian & Ting LeeOliver & Natalia LeggAdrian & Georgina LiddiardMichael Liou & Jenny DiepSproule & Farah LoveMing & Qi LuRichard Ma & Kristy SundjajaMicha S. & Denise V. MagidJohn P. & Heather D. MagnanJoshua R. & Alison L. MaleTerry Maltese & Arielle

WhitmanAravanan Metupalle & Jenny

ShenRajesh & Peggy MidhaJames Miller & Heather MillerJason & Mary MinardM. Reza Mohammadinia &

Tehmina AkhtarDaniel & Yandoub MonahanDavid Moszer & Heather SmithTh omas & Amelia MurphySunny & Kyle NagelJayant Narayan & Rama

BalachandranLivia & Van NguyenSarah & James O’MalleyGeorge Olley & Amy CatonYao Hua & Nanett OoiYogesh & Priya PanditWilliam Th omas Pannell &

Eloise WagnerAnthony & Amber PaquetteJosh Parker & Nancy

FrankenbergPatty LaxtonTh e PaVon FamilyGrigor Peradze & Alina TurianBart & Donna PasellaPeter & Michele PolkMr. Alejandro G. and Mrs.

Flavia R. PrzygodaHarish Rajaram & Aparna

RamakrishnanJennifer Rearden

Faculty Appreciation Night

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Oleg & Rebecca B. Rezzy

Matias Ringel & Sylvia Bigio

Carmen & Carlos Rodriguez

Pete & Melissa Rogers

Anya & Eric Roles

Jay & Chantelle Rosenthal

William Ross & Yoonsun Chung

Gillian & James Round

Malcolm & Michelle Rutherford

Nima Safabakhsh & Tina Kashef

Jinya & Akane Sato

Claudio & Jennifer Sauer

Gary & Michelle Schaeff er

Neeraj & Krupa Sharma

Gene D. & Caryn Adelman

Skarin

Carole & Nate Sleeper

Brian & Kristin Smith

Ashley & James Smyth

Kemnay Advisory Services

Edward & Binh-Minh Sobol

Shan Stansbury & Christina

Wyatt

Evan Steen & Shari Hellman

Roberto Storaci & Giuditta

Scordino

Abi & Zahida Subramanian

Cass Sunstein & Samantha

Power

Abbas Tahir & Shazia Anam

Stephen Th ompson & Ellen

Lundquist

Jack Th ompson & Karin

Ouchida

Garin L. Toren & Tanya Vaysman

Maynard Um & Jacqueline Ahn

Lily Khaykina

Omar & Sabrina Vaishnavi

Anthony Vasapolli & Rochelle

Hestnas

Jay Venkateswaran & Shuhag Ghosh

Joanna & Matthew Walsh

Jane & Alexander Wang

Bradley Wasserman & Jennifer

Capla

Kristy & Milko Milkov

Lisa & James Watts

Clint White & Marilou Aquino

Anu & Jeff rey Willoughby

Marc & Jennifer Wolfson

Giselle & Matthew Wyckoff

Michael & Nathalie Yavonditte

Brian & Ginnie Yoo

Food, Beverage & Entertainment DonorsWe would also like to thank

the following corporate

and individual donors for

contributing the wonderful food,

beverages and entertainment

that contributed to the success

of the event:Andre and Terri-Marie Assous

Daniel and Colette Bennett

Paul and Mary Busby

Rahul and Sweta Dani

Steve and Arie Finkel

Johannes and Kaori Groen

Matthew Hebiton and Natalie

Barnett

Michele Ingram

Cheolsoon and Christina Jang

David Kim and Minjoo Lee

Amy Lorowitz

Shawn Lytle and Alison

Richardson

Karl and Hitomi Martel

Lora Martinez

Yoshihiro and Michiko Morita

Van and Livia Nguyen

Natasha Nicolaides

Josh Parker and Nancy

Frankenberg

Nate and Carole Sleeper

Ashley Smyth

Stephanie Sobel-Lobron

Kenji and Nami Takahashi

Maynard Um and Jacqueline

Ahn

Eric and Lily Vainer

Giselle and Matthew Wyckoff

Flavia and Seth Zeleznik

Th e Japanese Parents Committee

Raffl e Prize DonorsTh ank you to the following

corporate and individual donors

who provided the exciting prizes

for the Parents Raffl e:Colette Bennett

Jennifer and Adam Bobker

Carla Brillembourg Clark

Sheree Chiou

Cheryl Garver

Mark Mahoney and Kim Cook

Josh Male

Manisha Manglani

Marianna Matakova

Timothy and Mary O’Connell

Laura Palmisano

Th omas and Zeynep

Schoenwaelder


Sabrina Rana Vaishnavi

Valerie Walsh Valdes


Th ank you to the following

corporate and individual donors

who provided the exciting prizes

for the Teachers Raffl e:Colette Bennett

Jen and Adam Bobker

Paul and Mary Busby

Jason and Sonia Huse

Arvind Krishnamurthy and

Shalinee Sharma

Mark Mahoney and Kim Cook

Karol Markowicz

Matthew Maxwell Monahan

Livia and Van Nguyen

Timothy and Mary O’Connell

Carolina Paschoal

Th omas and Zeynep

Schoenwaelder



CorporateMatching GiftsAmerican Endowment Foundation

American Express Charitable Fund

Bank of America

Goldman Sachs


Morgan Stanley

Pfi zer

Special DonorAcknowledge-mentsNeil King, Invitation Design

Garin Torin, Photography

Blane Friest of DDM Production,

LLC, Videography

Ty Kuppig at Tyger Productions,

Decor

Japanese Parents Committee

and Sasabune, Sushi

FAN VolunteersElaine Chien

Karen Dahl

Nancy Dennery

Elizabeth DePaolo

Tom Gannuscio

Libby Goldring

Tara Hanson

Ami Jayne

Magdalena Karaoglu

Heena Khemchandani

Ellen Lundquist

Shawn Lytle

Lora Martinez

Heather McGuiness

Amy Mena

Kim Nguyen-Kim

Natasha Nicolaides

Jorgelina Sabez

Julie Schwietert

Shalinee Sharma

Steve Th ompson

Stacy Trihas

Sonia Tze

Liang Zhou

Th ank you to ALL of the parent volunteers who helped with tasks large & small to make this evening a success. We could not have done it without you!

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Th e Golden Anniversary Gala was held on May 1, 2014 at 583 Park Avenue to celebrate Th e International Preschools’ 50th year. Th is incredible venue was transformed into an elegant Gala space by a group of devoted IPS parents of both current students as well as alum-ni. We hosted over 500 guests, which included both current and new fami-lies, alumni, current and former staff members, teachers, as well as Board members. In addition, we were incredibly fortunate to have two very

special guests attend to help celebrate this memorable oc-

casion – Mrs. Ban Soon-taek, the wife of Secretary General

of the United Nations, and Ms. Samantha Power, United

States Ambassador to the United Nations and IPS mother.

Th e evening began with an elegant cocktail hour and a silent

auction that featured a wide variety of items for even the most

discriminating bidders! Th e evening’s program was capped off

by speakers Donna Cohen (Director), Elizabeth Patrick (Chair

of the Board of Trustees), Samantha Power (United States

Ambassador to the UN), Valerie Kennedy (IPS International

Liaison) and Carole Sleeper (PA President). In addition, IPS

honored Trustee Dr. Edward Davies for more than 50 years of

commitment and support.

We are also thrilled to report that the 2014 Gala raised over

$160,000. Th is great accomplishment refl ects the generosity,

spirit, and commitment of the IPS community. We would

like to express a heartfelt THANK YOU to all of the parents,

teachers, staff , and friends who volunteered their time and

talent, donated or solicited gifts, attended the Gala, and bid

on the auction items. Th e night was fl awless, attendance was

astounding, and enthusiasm palpable. Th e event’s success

could not have been achieved without the help and input of so

many amazing people. We would like to off er a special thanks

to our incredible group of teachers and staff members who

donated AMAZING play dates and events to the auction and

to our Class Parents for their creative ideas and priceless class

projects.

Th e 50th Anniversary Gala was made possible only through

the support of an amazing group of committee members.

Th e Production Chairs and Committee, which envisioned the

evening from start to fi nish, designed and assembled all of the

décor, worked with the AV Crew and made sure that we had

a fl awless and enjoyable evening: Nicole Mata, Lara Chassin,

Tara Hanson, Jennifer Bobker. Th e Acquisitions and Auction

Committee, which catalogued, prepared and organized over

350 auction items: Joanna Walsh, Mary Busby, Livia Nguyen,

Lauren Chung, Sheree Chiou, Aditi Deeg, Bonnie Tellgmann,

Elizabeth Traub. Richard Werner and his IT team, who were

hard at work from the moment the doors opened. Our loca-

tion Acquisition Co-Chairs: Jennifer Sauer, Amber Paquette,

Ellen Lundquist, Stephanie Sobel-Lobron. Former PA Pres-

ident, Sunny Nagel, served as our source of experience and

wisdom. Th anks to the IPS Staff for all their hard work and

tireless support in making the evening possible.

A complete list of all of our generous underwriters, donors,

solicitors and volunteers can be found in this issue of Th e

Scribbler.

50th Anniversary Gala

Nicole Mata, Carole Sleeper,Jen Bobker, Lara Chassin, Tara Hanson,, Am-

ber Paquette, Donna Cohen, Jacqueline Ahn, Joanna Walsh, Sunny Nagel,

Stephanie Sobol-Lobron, Mary Busby, Ellen Lundquist, Livia Nguyen

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We also want to thank our incredible outgoing PA President,

Carole Sleeper, who provided our headquarters and whose

enthusiasm, optimism, and energy motivated us all to push

through the nights and weekends and whose leadership made

the event an incredible success.

And, fi nally, we owe our sincere gratitude to our Director,

Donna Cohen, and our CAO, Paul Kane, for their guidance

and support as well as their overall leadership of IPS.

It was an honor and a pleasure to serve Th e International Pre-

schools by planning and producing the 50th Gala. We hope

that you all share in our fond memories and look forward to

next year’s Spring Benefi t!

Jacqueline Ahn, Jennifer Bobker, Mary Busby, Lara Chassin,

Sheree Chiou, Lauren Chung, Aditi Deeg, Tara Hanson, Ellen

Lundquist, Nicole Mata, Livia Nguyen, Amber Paquette,

Jennifer Sauer, Stephanie Sobel-Lobron, Bonnie Tellgmann,

Elizabeth Traub, Joanna Walsh, Richard Werner

50th Gala Co-Chairs

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Mary Busby, Livia Nguyen

May 1, 2014

Melissa and Marc Lawrence-Apfelbaum,Joe Silvestri and Carolyn Risoli

Jacqueline Ahn, Nicole Mata

Sunny Nagel

Liz Patrick, Edward and Suzanne Davies Ban Soon-taek

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Carlos Gomez Lopez and Ozlem Koldemir

Scenes from the 50th Anniversary Gala

Nancy Frankenberg and Josh

Parker

Deepa Dadlani, Melody KimHeena and Kumar Khemchandani

Brenda and Mark Berman

Anya and Eric Roles

Sheree Chiou and Jason Kirschner

Edward and Stacy Le Melle Johanna and Tom Dunigan

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Heather Smith and David MoszerShiho and Takashi Mashiko

Lauren Mazer and Gary Kurnov,Katie and James Gerding

Aline Sans Pai and Nischai PaiNicole Diamondf, Michele Polk, Heena Khemchandani

Mary and Jason Minard

Dana Glaser and Brian Bernstein

Nicholas Callias and Karolina Mzyk

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Alisa and Nick Pologeorgis, Auctioneer Adrien Meyer

Parents’ Association President Carole Sleeper

Former Director Valerie Kennedy, Director Donna Cohen, Former Directors Nancy Brown, Betsy Newell and the IPS Birthday Cake

Enthusiastic Bidders

Ellen Lundquist and Stephen Th ompson

Photographs pages 20 - 25 byFrancisco Collazo, Van Nguyen, and Gavin Toren

Dr. Davies, Founding Trustee

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50th Anniversary Gala Benefactors Anonymous Herbert Allen & Monica de

la TorreJohn W. BarnumDavid Chaiyarat & Nikita

BearSuzanne & Edward DaviesDavid & Elizabeth DePaoloChad Gallant & Barbara L.

BeckerAlan Gilbert & Kajsa William-

OlssonLibby & Dan GoldringCarlos Gomez-Lopez &

Ozlem KoldemirMichael & Jacqueline KatzScott & Lilian KimKen Metz & Forrest KingMichelle & Michael NajjarLivia & Van NguyenMatthias PaVon & Mae

Cheng-PaVonMatthew & Rachel Russell Gaurav & Falguni ShahJoseph Silvestri & Carolyn

RisoliCarole & Nate SleeperAshley & James SmythKemnay Advisory ServicesMaynard Um & Jacqueline

AhnAnthony Vasapolli & Rochelle

HestnasRosemary Weaver

SponsorsMelissa & David BernsteinLisa DallmerJason Kirschner & Sheree

Chiou Mark Mahoney & Kim CookChristina & Frank NastaHari Ramanan & Himayani

PuriJennifer ReardenRavi Sachdev & Megan

HeanueMarcelo & Fabiana

TakieddineJane & Alexander Wang

PatronsAndre & Terri-Marie AssousColette & Daniel BennettAdam & Jen BobkerAndrew & Elizabeth ByingtonSylvie CherryLauren ChungConnie & Larry CranchLana & Patrick DeharvengLuc M. & Daisy W. DowlingPaal & Roseann ElfstrumMichael Ficazzola & Daria

Drew FicazzolaStephen F. & Ariane G. Finkel Hale & Liz GurlandAlexander Johnston &

Caroline LombardoMicha S. & Denise V. MagidSid Mandelbaum & Diane

OshinDavid Moszer & Heather

SmithBetsy & Peter NewellBoris & Reine OkuliarGeorge Olley & Amy CatonSourabh & Allison SenMark Silverstein & Vicki

AndreadisEvan Steen & Shari HellmanClint White & Marilou

Aquino


Faculty Ticket SponsorsGeorge & Sally BegleyColette & Daniel BennettMatthew & Rita BlumbergMichael Chen & Elizabeth

Coleman-ChenLauren ChungJohn Coughlin & Cynthia

BalfourLana & Patrick DeharvengAlthea Duersten-SaslowLibby & Dan GoldringJames & Jessica Gray Hale & Liz GurlandDavid Kim & Minjoo LeeBrian Kim & Kim Nguyen-

KimJason Kirschner & Sheree

Chiou Takuya & Colleen KisakaMark & Micki KwanCharles-Antoine Laplante &

Emmanuelle PoltrasToh Tsun & Linda LimJames Lindsay & Alejandra

LagosRichard Ma & Kristy SundjajaIvan & June MartinJason & Mary MinardTh omas & Amelia MurphySunny & Kyle NagelLivia & Van NguyenDeirdre & Hamish NortonBoris & Reine OkuliarGeorge Olley & Amy CatonAnthony & Amber PaquetteMatthias PaVon & Mae

Cheng-PaVonHarish Rajaram & Aparna

RamakrishnanJennifer Rearden

Jeremy & Jessica ReissClaudio & Jennifer SauerJoseph Silvestri & Carolyn

RisoliCarole & Nate SleeperAshley & James SmythShane Stansbury & Christina

WyattPeter & Jo ToolanAnthony Vasapolli & Rochelle

HestnasJane & Alexander WangClint White & Marilou

AquinoMarc & Jennifer WolfsonBrian Wu & Anne-Marie Fink

Special DonorAcknowledge-mentsFrancisco Collazo Jason Lee Kenneth Metz and Forrest

KingAdrien MeyerVan NguyenNate and Carole SleeperGarin TorenTh e Japanese Parents

Committee

A-1 Moving Creative Cakes, Inc. by Bill

SchultzSasabuneSugarella Sweets and TreatsTotem, A Creative Content

AgencyYumiko Tomita, Master of

Ohara School of Ikebana50 United Nations Plaza583 Park Avenue Staff

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CorporateMatching Gifts

Alliance Bernstein

American Endowment

Foundation

American Express

Charitable Fund

Bank of America

Goldman Sachs


Macy’s Foundation

Morgan Stanley

Pfi zer

Auction Item SolicitorsJaqueline Ahn

Dane Atkinson

Marilou Aquino

Terri-Marie & Andre Assous

Brenda Berman

Louise Boticelli

Darryl Burke

Mary Busby

Stacy & Eric Calder

Jennifer Capla

Nadine Chang

Sherree Chiou

Lauren Chung

Kim Jennifer Cook

Elizabeth DePaolo

Ana Maria DeSouza

Dan Farrell & Meredith

Meyer

Franco Finstad & Paula

Arrojo

Alan Gilbert & Kajsa Willian-

Olsson

Tara Hanson

Paul Kane

John Lee & Jin-Ah Lim

Minjoo Lee

Stephanie Lobron

Th eresa Lopez-Vandever

Micha & Denise Magid

Alison Male

Jill Miller

Rebecca Min

Yandouba Monahan

Sunny Nagel

Sonia Newby

Livia Nguyen

Natasha Nicolaides

Mary O’Connell

Sarah O’Malley

Amber Paquette

Carolina Perez

Donna Pisella

Alisa Pologeorgis

Himayani Puri

Chantelle Rosenthal

Karen Rosenthal

Rachel Russell

Pia & Sumit Sablok

Gillian Sarner

Jenn Sauer

Zeynep Schoenwalder

Kathy & Allison Seidner

Lori Silverstein

Carole Sleeper

Bonnie Tellgmann

Elizabeth Traub

Anu Willoughby

Th ank you to ALL who donated, created or bought auction items, and thank you to everyone who attended the benefi t. You helped make an evening worth remembering for the next fi fty years!

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Th is past year, IPS celebrated the thirty year career of Ms. Ana Maria DeSouza. During those years Ms. DeSouza worked as an assistant teach-er at a variety of locations including 74th Street and most recently 76th Street. On May 29th, the 76th Street Pre-K classroom hosted a party for Ms. DeSouza who had also decided to retire at the beginning of the school year. Th e room was fi lled with students who were educated by her and ranged from age four to thirty plus. Attend-ees wrote or drew their good wishes for Ana Ma-ria on fabric squares that were assembled into

Ana Maria DeSouza Retires after 30 Years

Anonymous

Kevin & James Abernathy

Paula Arrojo & Franco Finstad

Babette Ayassamy

Michael Bagalman & Sonya

Sklaroff

Mary & James Bank

Adam Barone & Wenleyen Chan

Maged & Christen Bishara

Sasha Blair-Goldensohn &

Rebecca Min

Christina Olio Branton

Nancy & Frank Brown

Mary & Paul Busby

Michael & Stephanie Cantor

Elena Clarke-Balasa

Joan & Jay Colen

David & Elizabeth DePaolo

Stephen F. & Ariane G. Finkel

Andrea & Kenneth Fitzsimons

Eunice Folla

Marie Claire & Marc Foss

Peggy Gallagher

Lea Garofalo

Libby & Dan Goldring

Nancy Dennery

Mona & Eric Green

Mr. & Mrs. Hale Gurland

Minoru & Nana Harada

David & Motoni Hodges

Maureen Huff

Julie & Blair Jarvis

Ersin Karaoglu & Magdalena

Laski-Karaoglu

Paul, Laura & Hugh Kane

David & Daryn Katz

Valerie Kennedy

Jason Kirschner & Sheree Chiou

Jamie & Celena Knox

Colleen Krowl

Melissa & Marc Lawrence-

Apfelbaum

Jong Lee & Stacy Allen

Christian & Ting Lee

Peter Li & Elizabeth Patrick

Adrian & Georgina Liddiard

John & Terri Liftin

Michael Liou & Jenny Diep

Matthew & Stephanie Lobron

Kathleen & Christopher

Loughlin

Hitomi & Karl Martel

Marc Massar & Nathalie Risse

Deborah Matlovsky

Kristy & Milko Milkov

Christopher Mohney & Lisa Brill

Astrid Moises

David Moszer & Heather Smith

Mr. Frank Moy & Ms. Judy Lee

Sunny & Kyle Nagel

Livia & Van Nguyen

Lois & Tom Nix

George Olley & Amy Caton

Kenji R. Ota & Anne R.

Kaufmann

Fraser Patterson & Anna Karp

Rodriguez

Bart & Donna Pasella

Mr. Alejandro G. and Mrs. Flavia

R. Przygoda

Brian Reich & Karen Dahl

Kathryn & Jack Romita

Karen Rosenthal

Th omas & Zeynep Schoenwalder

Katherine Seidner

Richard Shin & Hay-Won Byun


Steven Schreiber & Amy

Lorowitz


Frances Staples

John & Ann Eberle Th omas

Cathleen & Roman Vasserman


Amanda Weinberger

Sharon Werner & Amy Rowland

Mark & Anna White

Ronald White & Stefanie Shelley

Alyssa Wisoff


Alayna & Vincent Zayas

a quilt. Th is past year was not without its diffi -culties for Ms. DeSouza as a fi re started in her Upper West Side apartment building in February and she and her sisters were forced to evacuate the building. Many IPS families reached out to the school to off er services and fi nancial support to assist Ms. DeSouza during her displacement. Th e following people contributed to the Fire Fund which continues to aid Ms. DeSouza un-til she is fully settled back into her apartment building.

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1963 SocietyGifts of $15,000 and above Anonymous

Paula Arrojo & Franco Finstad

David Chaiyarat & Nikita Bear

Jason Kirschner & Sheree Chiou

Peter Li & Elizabeth Patrick

Livia & Van Nguyen

Ravi Sachdev & Megan Heanue



Juin Wang & Chatchada

Chiamprasert

Director’s CircleGifts of $10,000-$14,999Herbert Allen & Monica de la

Torre

Brian Kim & Kim Nguyen-Kim

Eiko & Naoki Shimada

BenefactorsGifts of $5,000 - $9,999Hakan Altintepe & Asli Rustemli

Mary & Paul Busby

Collin Ching & Cheryl Tam

Connie & Larry Cranch

Suzanne & Edward Davies

Aditi & Michael Deeg

David & Elizabeth DePaolo

Melissa & Marc Lawrence-

Apfelbaum

Christian & Ting Lee

John Lee & Jin-Ah Lim

Matthew & Stephanie Lobron

Hitomi & Karl Martel

Rajesh & Peggy Midha

David Moszer & Heather Smith

Th omas & Amelia Murphy

Sunny & Kyle Nagel

Michelle & Michael Najjar

Hari Ramanan & Himayani Puri

Matias Ringel & Sylvia Bigio

Claudio & Jennifer Sauer

Maynard Um & Jacqueline Ahn

Chun Wong & Henghe Tian

SponsorsGifts of $2,500 - $4,999Adel Abdellatif & Patricia Chaves

Eric & Stacy Calder

Sylvie Cherry

Paul Colatrella & Amy Brown

Paul Craig

Libby & Dan Goldring

Vivek Jetley & Rena Nigam

Selcuk & Ebru Karakaplan

David Kim & Minjoo Lee

Mark & Micki Kwan


Adrian & Georgina Liddiard

Mark Mahoney & Kim Cook

Adrien Meyer & Darien

Taittinger-Meyer

James Miller & Heather Miller

Christina & Frank Nasta

Sarah & James O’Malley

George Olley & Amy Caton

Patty Laxton

Jonathan P. Pearce & Liang Zhou

Matthew & Rachel Russell

Richard Shin & Hay-Won Byun

Joseph Silvestri & Carolyn Risoli

Evan Steen & Shari Hellman

Leslie A. & Valerie F. Valdes


Lisa & James Watts

Scott Weinstein & Lauren

Shaff er

FriendsGifts of $500 - $2,499Anonymous(2)

Kevin & James Abernathy

Nick & Caren Abramovich

Puneet & Shveta Agarwal

Danish Agboatwala & Tanya

Ghani

Andre & Terri-Marie Assous

Kelvin Au & Kristina Patterson

Mary & James Bank

Adam Barone & Wenleyen Chan

Melissa & David Bernstein

John Bessonette & Ginger

Th ames

Monica & Dan Bitar

Sasha Blair-Goldensohn &

Rebecca Min

Steven Bliss

Adam Bloom & Kalsang Tshering

Adam & Jen Bobker

Christopher R. Brown & Ann M.

Tran

Darryl & Anne Burke

Andrew & Elizabeth Byington

Eric & Jenny Cha

Jonathan & Lara Chassin

Michael Chen & Elizabeth

Coleman-Chen

Lauren Chung

Charles E. & Carla Brillembourg

Clark

Elizabeth & Derek Cribbs

Avinash D’Souza & Alpa Lotlikar

Lana & Patrick Deharveng

Aaron Z. & Nicole M. Diamond

Luc M. & Daisy W. Dowling

Th omas L. Dunigan & Johanna

Abreu Dunigan

Lewis Eisen & Jamie Rosenberg

Elda & Jonas Englund

Atil & Sezin Erken

Daniel Farrell & Meredith Meyer

Brian & Danielle Felczak

Mr. and Mrs. Michael Ficazzola

Stephen F. & Ariane G. Finkel

Richard Friedman & Hiroko

Akimoto

Chad Gallant & Barbara L.

Becker

Rohit & Meena A. Gandhi

Evan Garfein & Tanya Simon

Garfein

Nicolle Gatto & Kasia Reterska

Irfan & Vidhya Gilani

Alan Gilbert & Kajsa William-

Olsson

Suzanne L. Glass

Joseph & Carson Gleberman

David Goldberg & Maricor

Santiago

Kieran Gorman-Best & Nana

Taona Kuo

Simon Greer & Sharna Goldseker

Yutaka & Tomomi Grivel

Rakesh Gupta & Sumi Hagiwara-

Gupta

Gary Haase & Robin M.

Campbell

Matthew H. & Erin Y. Halper

Hamblett Family

Ari & Kayle Jacoby

Rahul & Hemani Jadhav

Th omas Jonchere & Patricia Ahn


Yoshiaki & Hiroko Kasuga

Younghoon & Jeeyeon Jennifer

Kim

Jamie & Celena Knox

Jayant Kumar & Tiloma

Jayasinghe

Edmund Lan & Alana Zhou

Mr. & Mrs. Edward Le Melle

David Lee & Vennette Ho Lee

Sherman Lee & Julia Kao

Mr. & Mrs. Soon Hyouk Lee

Arthur Leiz & Anna Sadlek

Juan Leon & Umut Ergun

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Lipschutz

Anja Loefken

Richard Ma & Kristy Sundjaja

Mabris - Hubis Family

Wendy & Steve Madden

Micha S. & Denise V. Magid

Joshua R. & Alison L. Male

Lora Martinez & Christopher

Guenther

Emilio & Amy Mena Jr.

Guillermo Mendez & Lovette

Mollison

Ken Metz & Forrest King

Michael Michetti & Min Zhong

Jason & Mary Minard

Christopher Mohney & Lisa Brill

Lynne Mueller

Deirdre & Hamish Norton

Yao Hua & Nanett Ooi

Kenji R. Ota & Anne R.

Kaufmann

Anthony & Amber Paquette

Josh Parker & Nancy

Frankenberg

Th e PaVon Family

Grigor Peradze & Alina TurianLeigh Perry

Amjad & Stephanie Pervez

Annual Fund 2013 - 2014Since 1963, Th e International Preschools has been opening a window on the world for young children from all corners of the globe, and it is your support that allows IPS to continue its mission. Th e 2013-2014 50th Anniversary Annual Fund helped raise money for the 76th Street lobby renovation, the creation of the Eiko Shimada Library and Mini-Gym at 45th Street and facilities improvements such as the new

climbing wall at 86th Street. In addition to these capital improvements, the Annual Fund provides crucial support for scholarships and professional development for faculty and staff .

Th e list below includes all gifts that were made to the school between September 1, 2013-August 31, 2014. Th ank you to everyone for making this past year’s annual fund the most successful one in the history of IPS.

Fernanda & Edgar Piedra

Bart & Donna Pasella

Peter & Michele Polk

Harish Rajaram & Aparna

Ramakrishnan

Jennifer Rearden

Oleg & Rebecca B. Rezzy

Anya & Eric Roles

Gillian & James Round

Sumit & Pia Sablok

Nima Safabakhsh & Tina Kashef

Th omas & Zeynep Schoenwalder

Kabir Sethi & Alix Heywood

Elin & Jeff rey Strong

Andy Strott & Hochin Chung

Cass Sunstein & Samantha Power

Abbas Tahir & Shazia Anam

Marcelo & Fabiana Takieddine

John & Ann Eberle Th omas

Stephen Th ompson & Ellen

Lundquist

Matthew Tierney & Dana Orange

Garin L. Toren & Tanya Vaysman

Navin Roy & Srilakshmi

Vallabhaneni

Anthony Vasapolli & Rochelle

Hestnas

Eric & Judy Wagner

Kathleen Walsh & Gene

Bernstein


Capla

Richard Werner & Lisa Donovan

Sharon Werner & Amy Rowland


Ian & Halina White

Ronald White & Stefanie Shelley

Anu & Jeff rey Willoughby


Linda & Th eodore Won

Mr. & Mrs. Walter Wright

Brian Wu & Anne-Marie Fink



Isabel & Christopher Yeagley

Herbert Yeh & Caroline Hahn

Rosadel & Eric Yellin

Bo Sung & Jihun Yi

Seth & Flavia Zeleznik

Mirt Zwitter-Tehovnik & Bonnie

Tellgmann

SupportersGifts up to $499Anonymous

Paul S. & Anna C. Armsby

Andrew & Ama Alexis

Madeleine Alvesund

Babette Ayassamy

Vijay & Nitu Bachani

Jay F. & Terri L. Bacow

Stephen Baker & Nadine Chang

Maura Baritot-Finnerty

John W. Barnum

Michael Basen & Victoria

Comerchero

Lauren Berkowitz

Brenda & Mark Berman

Brian Bernstein & Dana Glaser

Mr. & Mrs. Matthew Blake

Christina Olio Branton

Scott & Holly Brown

Steven Bruner & Eden Abrahams

Frank J. & Alexandra B. Brunetti

Jack Byers

Brian Byrd & Carolyn Kalos

Nicholas Callias & Karolina

Mzyk

Denise Caron-Quinn

Mr. & Mrs. Michael Carroll

Jeremy Carvalho & Tran Vinh

Mayu Cavior

Karen Chaitram

Derek Chan & Rebecca Pacholder

James & Elizabeth Chandler

Jeremy & Christine Chase

Claire Yim Chau

Amy & Leo Chiang

David Chiang & Vannita Simma-

Chiang

Johnelle Childs

Taeyoung Chung & Natasha

Nicolaides

Elena Clarke-Balasa

Robyn Cleary

Donna Cohen

Ashish Contractor & Amy Lung

John Coughlin & Cynthia

Balfour

Dean & Amy Crutchfi eld

Lisa Dallmer

Rahul Dani & Sweta Chanda

Alan & Katsuho Dechiario

Tiff any Decker

Maria & Daniel del Rio

Nancy Dennery

Elizabeth Denton

Liz & Steve Derrick

Anand & Swaroopa Desai

Jonathan & Erica Dickman-

Wilkes

Jeremy Dobrick & Tamara

Hoover

Susan Ehrlich

Mr. & Mrs. Paal Elfstrum

Brian Eng & Joyce Bogus

Brad & Juliette Ennals

Sabine Feldmann

Camilla Field

Michael Filler & Christine Austin

Rosie Finizio

Jed & Heather Finn

Charles & Akiko Firneno

Eunice Folla


Spiros G. & Rosalia Frangos

Brant Fredriksen & Patty

Boontanond

Mary Carroll French

Jason R. & Elizabeth K. Frew

Ryoichi & Yoko Fukada

Peggy Gallagher

Lea Garofalo

Kayvan Ghassemi & Roberta

Seiler

Meredith Glazer

Adrienne & Ted Goldthorpe

Carlos Gomez-Lopez & Ozlem

Koldemir

James & Jessica Gray

Mona & Eric Green

Johannes & Kaori Groen

Abhishek Gupta & Prerna Kapur

Judith Halleran

Jennifer & Rick Halper

Kenneth & Gail Warner

Hamblett

Medill & Donald Harvey

Hiroyuki & Masako Hayashi

Matthew Hebiton & Natalie L.

Barnett

Jason & Kerin Hempel

Marion & Phil Heubner

Manabu & Akiko Hirabayashi

Elaine Ho & Hayden Chan

Jacob & Sarah Hollinger

Clive R. & Reeta K. Holmes

Hidetaka & Ayako Horikawa

Maureen Huff

Raita & Mayumi Ide

“Mr. Andrew Jobe and Ms.

Lindsay Jobe

on behalf of Carolyn Risoli”

Polly Johnson

Barry Julien & Jennifer Kierans

Minoru & Eiko Kano

Yoshinori & Ai Kasa

David & Daryn Katz

Benjamin Kelly ’76

Mr. & Mrs. Kevin Kennedy

Paul Kent & Catherine Gratton

Mary M. Khan

Nasir Khan & Mona Anand

Joon Kim & Mina Yu

Yung Kyun Kim & Joo Young Lee

Kiyokazu & Yumiko Kimura

Takuya & Colleen Kisaka

Gene & Sharon Ko

David Kopman & Maria Castillo

Gary & Lauren Kurnov

Roy Kuruvilla & Amrita Mary

Mathew

Barak Laks & Donna Krouzman

Marlene & Lenny Landon

Megan Larkin

Alicka & Robert Lawsky

Chung Won Lee & Heuikyeong

Jeon

Jason & Jeannie Lee

Toh Tsun & Linda Lim


Jaspal & Lucy Louis

Sproule & Farah Love

Evan Lynn & Marlisa Popper

Kimberley Macari

Silvia & Th omas Maginnis

John P. & Heather D. Magnan

Sid Mandelbaum & Diane Oshin

in Honor of Bernadette Weiss

Michael Marino & Erika Easter

Ines Maria & Carlos Marque

Hadley & Edward Marshall

Shiho & Takashi Mashiko

Molly & Mark McCooey

Judith McIntyre

Holly McKnight

James & Marissa Metcalf

Kevin Michelsen & Maria Pino

Jimenez

Tracey Mininni

Michael Mirafl ores & Elaine

Chien

Kotaro & Fumi Miyoshi

M. Reza Mohammadinia &

Tehmina Akhtar

Daniel & Enis Molina

Yoshihiro & Michiko Morita

David Morris and Evelyn Krache

Morris

Scott Murry & Catherine Lee

Hiroharu Nakamura

Sonia Newby

Satoshi & Asako Nonaka

Satoshi & Chieko Okamoto

Keiichiro & Tomoko Okimoto

Jill Allison & Scott Opell

Sunshine Osterman & Sarah Ball

Nischal & Aline Sans Pai

Iris Pallay

Paolo Palmero & Teresa Lenzi

William Th omas Pannell & Eloise

Wagner

Umair & Shabana Patel

Lluis & Melissa Pedragosa

Victor Perez

Sangeet Pillai & Vandana

Radhakrishnan

Tom & Mariola Pogacnik

Nick & Alisa Pologeorgis

Michael R. & Ami Jayne Powers

Richard & Andrea Quek

Mr. & Mrs. Habib Rahman

Klara Reisinger

Jeremy & Jessica Reiss

Aleem Remtula & Furhana

Husani

Karen Rosenthal

William Ross & Yoonsun Chung

Jerilyn Rubenstein

Tmisha Sanders

Joshua Sandler & Sauni Perera

Sandler

Eric J. & Gillian E. Sarner

Jinya & Akane Sato

Nishant Saxena & Sahebba

Sabherwal

Agnes & Hilmar Schaumann

Jason & Danielle Schechner

Jenny Schreiber ’95

Steven Schreiber & Amy

Lorowitz

Zara Schreiber ’04

30

Jenny Schwartz

Katherine Seidner

Sourabh & Allison Sen

Sarat & Kanika Priya Sethi

Mehul Shah & Menja Sinha

Ramit & Raina Shakdher

Alison Shurell

Mark Silverstein & Vicki

Andreadis

Charlene Sison

Gene D. & Caryn Adelman

Skarin

Martha & Gordon Smeaton

Townsend & Marina Smith

Artur & Eugenie Spiguel

Shan Stansbury & Christina

Wyatt

Frances Staples

Stanley Stillman

Roberto Storaci & Giuditta

Scordino

Carol Straker

Eira & Stephen Sukhra

Junichi & Yukiko Sumi

Monique Tabbs

Kenji & Nami Takahashi

MacKerrow Talcott

William Telepan & Beverly Ivens

Amy & Gurbir Th ind

Jack Th ompson & Karin Ouchida

Peter & Jo Toolan

Emi Tosabayashi

David & Elizabeth Traub

Elaine & Russ Turner


Dara Vogel


Akihiko & Narumi Watanabe

Amanda Weinberger

Bernadette Weiss

Alyssa Wisoff

Paul Yee & Manuela Hapin

Barbara Zarow

Grazyna Zukowska

Matching Gift Companies and Foundations American Endowment

Foundation

American Express Charitable

Fund

Ares Operations, LLC

Bank of America

Barclays Barclays

Benevity Community Impact

Fund

Cassin & Cassin LLP

Deutsche Bank

Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund

GE Foundation

Goldman Sachs

HSBC

IBM

JP Morgan

Juliet Rosenthal Foundation


Macy’s Foundation

Morgan Stanley

Oppenheimer Funds Legacy

Program

Pfi zer Pfi zer

Schroder Investment

Management North America,

Inc.

Strott Family Foundation

Th e Bank of Tokyo- Mitsubishi

UFJ, Ltd.

Th e New York Community Trust

Th e Tierney Family Foundation

Th omson Reuters My

Community program

UBS Foundation

Valerie Kennedy Scholarship FundEstablished in 2010 to honor

the school’s former Director

by supporting international

students in need of fi nancial

assistance. Michael Basen & Victoria

Comerchero

Jack Byers

Lewis Eisen & Jamie Rosenberg




Andrew & Lindsay Jobe on

behalf of Carolyn Risoli


Benjamin Kelly ’76

Brian Kim & Kim Nguyen-Kim



Mollison

Michael Michetti & Min Zhong

Scott Murry & Catherine Lee

Frances Staples

Monique Tabbs

MacKerrow Talcott

Ian & Halina White

Frances Staples Science and Tech-nology FundEstablished in 2011 to honor

Frances Staples, who gave 40

years of esteemed service to

Th e International Preschools as

Classroom Teacher, Science

Teacher, and Location Director.

Gifts support science and

technology, including the

school’s iPad program.Brenda & Mark Berman

Frank J. & Alexandra B. Brunetti

Eunice Folla


Clive R. & Reeta K. Holmes

Yung Kyun Kim & Joo Young Lee

Kimberley Macari

Umair & Shabana Patel

Th e PaVon Family

Nick & Alisa Pologeorgis


Klara Reisinger

Sourabh & Allison Sen

Ramit & Raina Shakdher

Alison Shurell

Eira & Stephen Sukhra

Junichi & Yukiko Sumi


Capla



Eiko Shimada Library FundEstablished in 2012 by

the Shimada Family. Mrs.

Shimada’s relationship with

Th e International Preschools

spanned 45 years as a parent,

a grandparent, a volunteer,

and an esteemed member of

the administrative staff . Th e

fund enhances libraries at all

locations which have been

renamed Th e Eiko Shimada

Libraries. Patricia Chaves

John W. Barnum

Andrew & Elizabeth Byington

Robyn Cleary

Paul Colatrella & Amy Brown

Richard Friedman & Hiroko

Akimoto

Mona & Eric Green

Manabu & Akiko Hirabayashi

Hidetaka & Ayako Horikawa

Polly Johnson

Younghoon & Jeeyeon Jennifer

Kim

Mark & Micki Kwan


Juliet Rosenthal Foundation

Eiko & Naoki Shimada


Bernadette Weiss


Cassie Bliss Reading CornerIn May 2014, Cassie Bliss, a

beloved Assistant Teacher passed

away. She will be remembered

in a Reading Corner in the

45th Street library, created with

donations from following people.Anonymous

Andrew & Ama Alexis

Vijay & Nitu Bachani

Brenda & Mark Berman

Alicia Bliss

Steven Bliss

Scott & Holly Brown

Eric & Stacy Calder

Tiff any Decker

Jonathan & Erica Dickman-

Wilkes

Brad & Juliette Ennals

Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund

Camilla Field

Brant Fredriksen & Patty

Boontanond

Mary Carroll French

Nancy Dennery

James & Jessica Gray

Judith Halleran

Kenneth & Gail Warner

Hamblett

Hamblett Family

Marion & Phil Heubner


David & Daryn Katz

Mary M. Khan

Barak Laks & Donna Krouzman

Juan Leon & Umut Ergun


Hadley & Edward Marshall

Peter Matson & Susan Colgan

Molly & Mark McCooey

Holly McKnight


Mollison

David Morris & Evelyn Krache

Morris

Jill Allison & Scott Opell

Iris Pallay

Leigh Perry

Joshua Sandler & Sauni Perera

Sandler

Jenny Schwartz

Katherine Seidner

Sarat & Kanika Priya Sethi

Mark Silverstein & Vicki

Andreadis

Elaine & Russ Turner


Kathleen Walsh & Gene

Bernstein

Scott Weinstein & Lauren

Shaff er

Even before classes started, Th e International Preschools community came together to watch the New York Yankees play the Kansas City Royals at Yankee Stadium. Th e Yankees lost, but a good time was had by all. Surely many of the preschoolers will have lasting memories of being in the stands for the team’s tribute to retiring shortstop Derek Jeter. Everyone enjoyed refreshments served on the stadium’s Malibu Rooftop Deck and delighted in seeing the IPS contingent welcomed on the video board!

Family Yankees Outing

Sunday September 7, 2014

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