While rainy weather prevented our scheduled Community Campus Day on Saturday. October 24^th from taking place, the work still got done thanks to the commitment of so many parents, faculty, trustees and students. Over twenty community members turned out on Sunday, October 25 with crew leaders Sue and Phil Knoll to rake and clean up the entire campus.  Thank you to our leaf rakers:

Phil, Sue and Lanna Knoll                                                                                          

Tom, Catherine, and Michael Wessel and Margaret McTeigue                 

Elise, Arup, Diba, and Jaidev De

Cynthia Wick and Jack Gibson                                                                               

Karen Cellini 

Brian, Nicole, and Max Shepardson                                                                          

Larry Bingham

Paul Frantz

Paul, Margaret, and Julian Lindenmaier

Later that week, Mike Seward brought a crew member and chipper to campus and donated his services in support of efforts to remove invasive species by clearing overgrown debris.   

This past Saturday, over 40 community members turned out to complete the rest of the projects on the Community Campus Day list. Eric Wilska led a team and installed a new fence above the pond below Cole Field; Larry Bingham and Dan Lee worked with others to build a new swing set on the upper school playground; Joe Sonsini coordinated the efforts of many parents and students and the kiosk project was completed; Jon Piasecki led a small group that repaired stone walls; and more raking and campus cleanup happened.  Thanks to the childcare and activities provided by Lara Brown, we were able to get much done.  Our appreciation to our workers (and we apologize if we left anyone’s name off this list):

Joe, Theresa, Tyler, and Ryan Sonsini

Bryce Schuler

Lara Brown

Wendy Hauck

Betsy and David Capeless

Sue and David Grygier

Courtney Hunt and Don Harwood

Phil Knoll

Nigel Hinds

Eric Wilska

Glenn Novak

Nick Raposo

Gregg Petricca

Pier Boutin

Mary Harman

Brian and Nicole Shepardson

Claire Pollart

Paul and Susan Frantz

Larry Bingham

Margaret and Paul Lindenmaier

Dan Lee

Fiona Lally and Joe Ogilvie

Ace Brantly-Boutin

Barbara and Samantha Slate

Peyton Schiff

Jon Piasecki and Laura Gratz

Chris and Charles Weld

Steve Bell

Merlin Wissweasser 

Special thanks go out to Margaret Lindenmaier for her leadership and coordination. Margaret’s planning, vision, and energy helped to make this event successful and fun.  And, thank you to Trustees Claire Pollart and Eric Wilska for contributing their time and talent.  In addition to accomplishing many important campus projects, new friendships were forged and the culture of community at the school was nurtured.

Photos courtesy of Nick Raposo