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<br /> <br /> Spotlight<br /> Fall 2024<br /> Fall 2024<br /> INSIDE<br /> o<br /> Head of School’s Re<br /> Committing to a Ph<br /> School Experience<br /> flection:<br /> ne-Free<br /> Book MADNESS:<br /> A Literary Bracket t<br /> Remember <br /> Unplugged:<br /> Climbing to New He<br /> Without a Digital Sa<br /> ights<br /> fety Net<br /> Alumni Profiles:<br /> Leslie Peirez ‘84 on<br /> Melissa Errico and P<br /> Producing First Stop News<br /> atrick McEnroe ‘80: A Love Story<br /> EVENT RECAPS<br /> Third Grade: Shrek<br /> Eighth Grade: The S<br /> Field Day 2024<br /> 97th Commencemen<br /> The Musical<br /> pongeBob Musical<br /> t<br /> ...AND MORE!<br /> o<br /> BOARD OF TRUSTEES<br /> 2024–2025<br /> Allison Angelilli, M.D. ’92<br /> Joseph Camerata ’02<br /> Neil Cohen<br /> Daniel Beyer<br /> Patrick Dorime<br /> Jason Giessel<br /> Karli E. F. Hagedorn ’74<br /> (Trustee Emeritus)<br /> Jason Hembrey<br /> <a title="Spotlight Fall 2024 12.3.24 page 1" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1d3369e7?page=1"> Spotlight Fall 2024 Fall 2024 INSIDE </a> <a title="Spotlight Fall 2024 12.3.24 page 2" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1d3369e7?page=2"> BOARD OF TRUSTEES 2024–2025 Allison Angelilli, M.</a> <a title="Spotlight Fall 2024 12.3.24 page 3" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1d3369e7?page=3"> November 2024 Dear Buckley Community, Welcome </a> <a title="Spotlight Fall 2024 12.3.24 page 4" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1d3369e7?page=4"> TABLE OF Contents 06 Head of School’s Reflection:</a> <a title="Spotlight Fall 2024 12.3.24 page 5" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1d3369e7?page=5"> 10 26 36 50 36 2024-25 Opening Assembly </a> <a title="Spotlight Fall 2024 12.3.24 page 6" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1d3369e7?page=6"> Committing to a Head of School’s Reflection Pho</a> <a title="Spotlight Fall 2024 12.3.24 page 7" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1d3369e7?page=7"> Although parents and schools might think that</a> <a title="Spotlight Fall 2024 12.3.24 page 8" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1d3369e7?page=8"> BOOK MADNESS: Reading A LITERARY BRACKET </a> <a title="Spotlight Fall 2024 12.3.24 page 9" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1d3369e7?page=9"> Book Madness was a great way to Bring the excite</a> <a title="Spotlight Fall 2024 12.3.24 page 10" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1d3369e7?page=10"> UnPlUggeD: Upper School Climbing to new heig</a> <a title="Spotlight Fall 2024 12.3.24 page 11" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1d3369e7?page=11"> never have had otherwise. This absence of digital</a> <a title="Spotlight Fall 2024 12.3.24 page 12" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1d3369e7?page=12"> girl SCoUt trooPS Students 1038 1052 1038</a> <a title="Spotlight Fall 2024 12.3.24 page 13" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1d3369e7?page=13"> Upper School 8th graDe Play: innova</a> <a title="Spotlight Fall 2024 12.3.24 page 14" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1d3369e7?page=14"> (can it be seen by the audience?) and the technic</a> <a title="Spotlight Fall 2024 12.3.24 page 15" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1d3369e7?page=15"> experience, but also cultivates a new generation </a> <a title="Spotlight Fall 2024 12.3.24 page 16" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1d3369e7?page=16"> Bright-eyed soon-to-be Buckley graduates wearing </a> <a title="Spotlight Fall 2024 12.3.24 page 17" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1d3369e7?page=17"> invoCation anD beneDiCtion trUSt</a> <a title="Spotlight Fall 2024 12.3.24 page 18" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1d3369e7?page=18"> FaCUlty awarDS L fe bes Ir</a> <a title="Spotlight Fall 2024 12.3.24 page 19" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1d3369e7?page=19"> StUDent SPeakerS two student speakers selected b</a> <a title="Spotlight Fall 2024 12.3.24 page 20" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1d3369e7?page=20"> high SChool PlaCement For the</a> <a title="Spotlight Fall 2024 12.3.24 page 21" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1d3369e7?page=21"> Class Agents ClaSS agentS neeDeD For: </a> <a title="Spotlight Fall 2024 12.3.24 page 22" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1d3369e7?page=22"> the ClaSS oF 2029 wowS their aUDienCe in </a> <a title="Spotlight Fall 2024 12.3.24 page 23" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1d3369e7?page=23"> SPOTLIGHT ON Lower School Along the way, he is </a> <a title="Spotlight Fall 2024 12.3.24 page 24" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1d3369e7?page=24"> SPring Fling golF & t t : ellow</a> <a title="Spotlight Fall 2024 12.3.24 page 25" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1d3369e7?page=25"> Celebrating the Buckley Community A special treat</a> <a title="Spotlight Fall 2024 12.3.24 page 26" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1d3369e7?page=26"> Field Day Field Day 2024 2024 2024 Competition </a> <a title="Spotlight Fall 2024 12.3.24 page 27" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1d3369e7?page=27"> Meanwhile, the Upper School students engaged in m</a> <a title="Spotlight Fall 2024 12.3.24 page 28" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1d3369e7?page=28"> bUCkley granDParentS Community Engagement Share</a> <a title="Spotlight Fall 2024 12.3.24 page 29" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1d3369e7?page=29"> The central goal of the gathering was to recogniz</a> <a title="Spotlight Fall 2024 12.3.24 page 30" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1d3369e7?page=30"> TEXT BUCKLEY GLOBE-TROTTING Upper School STUDEN</a> <a title="Spotlight Fall 2024 12.3.24 page 31" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1d3369e7?page=31"> June 20-21 Our trip continued with a tour through</a> <a title="Spotlight Fall 2024 12.3.24 page 32" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1d3369e7?page=32"> SPOTLIGHT ON Summer 2024 BUCKLEY SUMMER KICKOFF: </a> <a title="Spotlight Fall 2024 12.3.24 page 33" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1d3369e7?page=33"> SPOTLIGHT ON Community News L Congratulations</a> <a title="Spotlight Fall 2024 12.3.24 page 34" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1d3369e7?page=34"> MAKING MEMORIES THAT Buckley Day Camp LAST A L</a> <a title="Spotlight Fall 2024 12.3.24 page 35" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1d3369e7?page=35"> I went over to him and asked, “Hey Johnny, are yo</a> <a title="Spotlight Fall 2024 12.3.24 page 36" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1d3369e7?page=36"> SPOTLIGHT ON Opening Assembly Buckley Country Da</a> <a title="Spotlight Fall 2024 12.3.24 page 37" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1d3369e7?page=37"> The Class of 2025 The theme “Illuminate” will </a> <a title="Spotlight Fall 2024 12.3.24 page 38" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1d3369e7?page=38"> Back to School A PERFECT DAY to go</a> <a title="Spotlight Fall 2024 12.3.24 page 39" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1d3369e7?page=39"> Parents’ Day nUrSery StUDentS take Center Stag</a> <a title="Spotlight Fall 2024 12.3.24 page 40" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1d3369e7?page=40"> On Friday, October 18, the Buckley community cele</a> <a title="Spotlight Fall 2024 12.3.24 page 41" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1d3369e7?page=41"> L-R: Chris Lee, Board Chair; Jean-Marc Juhel, Hea</a> <a title="Spotlight Fall 2024 12.3.24 page 42" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1d3369e7?page=42"> 42 Buckley Country Day School </a> <a title="Spotlight Fall 2024 12.3.24 page 43" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1d3369e7?page=43"> www.BuckleycountryDay.com </a> <a title="Spotlight Fall 2024 12.3.24 page 44" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1d3369e7?page=44"> UPDateS on the CaPtial Long-Term Projects CamPa</a> <a title="Spotlight Fall 2024 12.3.24 page 45" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1d3369e7?page=45"> UNDEVELOPED LAND EXPANDED</a> <a title="Spotlight Fall 2024 12.3.24 page 46" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1d3369e7?page=46"> SPOTLIGHT ON Trustees bUCkley biDS Farewell t</a> <a title="Spotlight Fall 2024 12.3.24 page 47" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1d3369e7?page=47"> SPOTLIGHT ON New Trustees in 2024-25 D</a> <a title="Spotlight Fall 2024 12.3.24 page 48" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1d3369e7?page=48"> SPOTLIGHT ON Faculty & Staff In July 2024, Buckle</a> <a title="Spotlight Fall 2024 12.3.24 page 49" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1d3369e7?page=49"> Faculty & Staff bUCkley welComeS new memberS oF</a> <a title="Spotlight Fall 2024 12.3.24 page 50" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1d3369e7?page=50"> CENTENNIAL GARDEN: Centennial A BLOSSOMING LEGA</a> <a title="Spotlight Fall 2024 12.3.24 page 51" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1d3369e7?page=51"> NYC GATHERING: A NIGHT TO REMEMBER </a> <a title="Spotlight Fall 2024 12.3.24 page 52" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1d3369e7?page=52"> leSlie Peirez ‘84 Alumni ProDUCing tv anD Fir</a> <a title="Spotlight Fall 2024 12.3.24 page 53" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1d3369e7?page=53"> After stints as a writer’s assistant at HBO and t</a> <a title="Spotlight Fall 2024 12.3.24 page 54" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1d3369e7?page=54"> What advice does Leslie have for our students who</a> <a title="Spotlight Fall 2024 12.3.24 page 55" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1d3369e7?page=55"> a bUCkley love Story: Alumni CPaotnritCeknts </a> <a title="Spotlight Fall 2024 12.3.24 page 56" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1d3369e7?page=56"> That’s so heartwarming! What do you mean when you</a> <a title="Spotlight Fall 2024 12.3.24 page 57" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1d3369e7?page=57"> Was there ever a time when you got up to some mis</a> <a title="Spotlight Fall 2024 12.3.24 page 58" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1d3369e7?page=58"> Yo</a> <a title="Spotlight Fall 2024 12.3.24 page 59" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1d3369e7?page=59"> SPOTLIGHT ON Alumni Notes 1950s Pat (Allen) Drey</a> <a title="Spotlight Fall 2024 12.3.24 page 60" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1d3369e7?page=60"> of poetry, short stories, a novel and other odd a</a> <a title="Spotlight Fall 2024 12.3.24 page 61" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1d3369e7?page=61"> Matthew Stevenson ’68 recently published his late</a> <a title="Spotlight Fall 2024 12.3.24 page 62" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1d3369e7?page=62"> Corey Pierno ’98 lives with his wife, Rose, and t</a> <a title="Spotlight Fall 2024 12.3.24 page 63" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1d3369e7?page=63"> supportive environment, which truly laid the foun</a> <a title="Spotlight Fall 2024 12.3.24 page 64" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1d3369e7?page=64"> Aveen Burney ’21 is making waves in the political</a> <a title="Spotlight Fall 2024 12.3.24 page 65" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1d3369e7?page=65"> victorious with a score of 3-1. It’s wonderful to</a> <a title="Spotlight Fall 2024 12.3.24 page 66" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1d3369e7?page=66"> In Memoriam Virginia “Ginny” Grose Viola ‘55 of T</a> <a title="Spotlight Fall 2024 12.3.24 page 67" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1d3369e7?page=67"> SPOTLIGHT ON TEXT Introducing Buckley Count</a> <a title="Spotlight Fall 2024 12.3.24 page 68" href="http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/1d3369e7?page=68"> Buckley Country Day School 2 I. U. Willets Road R</a>