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Breakthrough Manchesterat The Derryfield School

(formerly Summerbridge)2108 River Road

Manchester, NH 03104www.breakthroughmanchester.org

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Fall 2008 Volume 2, Issue 2

Looking to Our Future...

At 18 years old, Breakthrough has come of age and is looking to the future, just as its students look toward theirs.

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Our MissionBreakthrough Manchester is a year-round, tuition-free academic program whose mission is to help promising middle school students, particularly those with limited op-portunities, build skills and con-fidence to enter and succeed in college preparatory high school programs while inspiring talented high school and college students to pursue careers in education.

Breakthrough Manchester is a proud member of the Breakthrough Collaborative, a network of sites that boldly envisions a day when all children will have access to ex-cellent educational opportunities. Originally founded in 1978, Break-through sites in 29 cities across America touch the lives of thou-sands of youth through the “stu-dents teaching students” model.

The Derryfield School has been Breakthrough Manchester’s most important partner and home since the program’s inception in 1991.

Breakthrough’s StaffKate Erskine, DirectorTrevor Munhall, Asst. DirectorBernadette Robinson, Student & Family Services CoordinatorTina Govatos White, High School Coordinator & Admin. AssistantLaura Noyes Zahn, Development Associate

Participant Keys = BTM student, high school grad. year

sy = school year teacher, yearsf = summer teacher, years

Looking to Our Future...

Breakthrough high school students pose in front of the University of New Hampshire’s wildcat. The group traveled to Durham as a college visit test-run. The best part of the trip? “Definitely the dining hall.” Pictured from left: Hervens Desire [s’11], Rodney Martinez [s’11], Aseebulla Niazi [s’11], Patience Lekien [s’09], Melanie Laberge [s’09], Daisy Jacquez [s’11], Thanh Thao Nguyen [s’09], Ngan Hoang [s’10], Megan Gibbons [s’11].

Planning Ahead for College...

The beginning of middle school or high school... heading off to col-lege... launching into a new career... starting any new experience holds challenge and opportunity. We asked five young people who have been involved with Breakthrough Manchester to write down their thoughts about how they have used Breakthrough to support them as they achieve milestones in their academic and professional lives.

Middle School is a Whole New WorldIban Garcia [s’15] – Sixth Grade, Southside Middle School

I was nervous about middle school because classes would be harder and there would be new challenges like meeting new friends, switching classes each period, and doing more home-work. When I applied to Breakthrough, I knew it would prepare me and help me understand classes like math and language arts. After a few weeks of sixth grade, I realize that Breakthrough is the best program to help me get through school. When I graduate from high school, I know I’ll remember all my Break-through teachers cheering me on, and that’s what helps me feel good about starting sixth grade.

High School Changes Nearly EverythingMelissa Cabrera [s’12] – Ninth Grade, Central High School

I have mixed emotions about ending a chapter in my life and starting a new one: high school. Going from middle school to high school is so strange. I was sad about leaving friends and watching relationships change. Of course, there is one thing that doesn’t change: Breakthrough. When I was nervous about going to ninth grade, I remembered that my Break-through School After School teacher, Amelia, gave me a book-let called The High School Survival Guide. I opened it up and read things that Amelia and the Breakthrough staff said to me millions of times. I was so relieved after reading the booklet.

I knew that if I had a problem or a worry that I could just call the Breakthrough office and they would help me through it. After a few weeks of high school, I think transitions teach me more about myself than I ever imagined.

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Mapping Breakthrough’s Future: The Strategic Plan

The heart of Breakthrough’s mission is future-oriented: helping sixth graders envision their long-term path to college and giving teenagers and young adults real-world teaching experience that inspires them to become professional educators. Like any school or organization, in order to best continue serving this unique mission, the program itself must think strategically about its future.

The last formal Breakthrough Manchester strategic planning process was completed in 2000 and provided the framework for much of what the program has become in the past eight years. On a national level, the Breakthrough Collaborative and affiliated sites have spent the past two years looking toward the future of Breakthrough as a movement that will change education in America. As one of the oldest programs in the nation, Breakthrough Manchester and its strategic plan plays a role in the direction of that movement, and even more significantly, in the educational trajectories of the students it serves. By thinking about how student services, teacher training, and fundraising efforts will work together in future years, we ensure that Breakthrough becomes even more efficient and effective as a catalyst for inspiring the next generation of students and teachers.

The completed strategic plan will be available on our web site at the conclusion of the planning process.

Starting School All Over Again: First Year TeachingBen Canning [f’05-06] – Physics Teacher, Sequoia High School, California

On my first day of teaching this fall, I felt strangely calm. While many teachers worry about classroom management, my expe-riences at Breakthrough Manchester have helped me make classroom management one of my strengths. Breakthrough’s focus on creating engaging curriculum combined with the op-portunity to regularly make peer observations have been key factors in the development of my classroom management style. Through these I was able to see day in and day out how the best classroom management is often just curriculum tailored to the interests and experiences of the students in order to get them intrinsically excited about learning. Thanks to my two summers at Breakthrough Manchester, thoughts of my first day are full of excitement and confidence rather than nervousness or anxiety.

The Future is Now: CareerKatrina Kennett [f’06-07] – AmeriCorps CTC VISTA, Kwong Kow Chinese School

For the first September in 17 years, I’m not in a classroom. If you had told me this two years ago, coming off of my first sum-mer teaching at Breakthrough Manchester, I would have chuck-led at you and said ‘I’m going to be a teacher – I’ll always be in a classroom’. Then came my chance to student teach for my last semester of college; this made me understand how amazing my experience in a Breakthrough classroom was. My students weren’t as motivated or engaged as my Breakthrough students, and I wore myself out trying to show them that learning is fun and meaningful, an idea that came easier to my Breakthrough

students. So I found a different tie to school by volunteering for an AmeriCorps VISTA year and working in a Chinese heritage school in Boston’s Chinatown. Through helping design and implement curriculum, establishing schedules, organizing volunteers, and more, this experience has already shown me that I can make a difference in many class-rooms without having to be in one myself. With this realization, I’ve started to ask myself what broader impact I can make so that all classrooms are like the ones at Breakthrough. I now have no idea where I’ll be in two years, but I look forward to finding out.

Reaching the Goal: CollegeBinh Doan [s’08, sy’04-08, f’08] – First Year, Yale University

Sitting in the backseat of my dad’s car as we drove off to New Haven, it dawned upon me that I was about to become a col-lege freshman. Feelings of anxiety and nausea consumed my mind and body. As I was getting closer to my destination, these feelings began to ease away as I realized that I was about to accomplish one of the greatest goals I have ever set. As a fifth grader, I had taken on the challenge of Breakthrough with the hopes of higher education. Seven years later, with help and support from family, teachers, and Breakthrough, I was able to achieve my dreams. Breakthrough presented me with valuable opportunities that helped me become a better student and stronger college applicant. I took my first step onto the college green of Yale University with the knowledge that I had achieved my dream and that I had the constant support of my family and the Break-through community.

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NASCAR driver, Jimmie Johnson, selected Breakthrough Manchester as one of a dozen organizations nationally to be featured on his “Helmet of Hope,” which he wore during the Sprint Cup race in August. Union Leader sports reporter, Kevin Provencher, parent of Maeghan [s’10, sy’07-08, f’08] and Molly [s’12], submitted Breakthrough as an entry to the Jimmie Johnson Foundation. The helmet will be auctioned off to raise funds for the Foundation. Photo credit: Harold Hinson

According to the Johns Hopkins Uni-versity’s Center for Summer Learn-

ing, “Research shows that students typi-cally score lower on standardized tests at the end of summer vacation than they do on the same tests at the beginning of sum-mer vacation.” Breakthrough students are defying these statistics by sustaining and improving their achievement based on two assessments used to measure academic skills and proficiency.

For the past two years, Break-through has used a math cur-riculum professionally de-signed by Karolyn Wurster, a teacher at Rundlett Middle School in Concord and former Break-through Sacramento teacher. The cur-riculum targets specific content areas and

Breakthrough Chosen for “Helmet of Hope”daunting to students. Having the added

benefit of small classes at Breakthrough, English teachers could give lots of attention to individual students and coach their understand-ing of the play.

Despite the challenges of reading Shakespeare, seventh graders made the most of the expe-rience by acting out scenes from the play at All School Meeting, writing their own son-nets, and discussing some of the important themes of the play in class. The students’ and teachers’ positive expe-riences and enthusiasm guarantee that classic

literature will continue to be a staple of the Breakthrough curriculum.

Breakthrough Students Take on the Bard

This summer’s Breakthrough seventh graders can now all say they have

conquered the bard. As part of their language arts curriculum, stu-dents studied Shake-speare’s Romeo & Juliet. Studies show that early exposure to works of literature like Shake-speare’s helps build lit-erary and cultural capi-tal for students, which in turn gives them skills and confidence for later success in advanced high school classes.

Romeo & Juliet is so of-ten alluded to in popu-lar culture and literature that most students have already had some fa-miliarity with the story, which helped the complex and poetic language seem less

All the world’s a stage as Zerina Dulas [s’14] and Danny McMillan [s’14] perform an adapted scene from Romeo & Juliet.

Student Testing Reveals Academic Gains During Summer Sessionscaffolds skills in a way that helps students learn, practice, and master material. The pre- and post-summer testing reveals that 92% of sixth and seventh graders improved

their overall math test scores; additionally, 100% of students who tested at “Substan-tially Below Proficient” or “Partially Pro-

Brian Nguyen [s’15] puts the finishing touches on his cable-stayed bridge model. Classes like Bridge Building help to reinforce the math skills that are vital to success in school.

ficient” on the New England Common Assessments Program (NECAP) exam during the previous school year increased their math scores over the summer by

an average of 18 percentage points.

Another measure of academ-ic progress for Breakthrough students is the Woodcock-Johnson Achievement Test, which assesses academic flu-ency in reading, writing, and math before and after the summer session. This sum-mer, 100% of sixth and sev-enth graders made gains in their academic fluency in at least one area. Additionally, 84% made gains in at least

two areas while more than half of the stu-dents served this summer made gains in all three areas.

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Students Reach for the STARs

Making STAR Possible

STAR Academy was made possible by the generous support of the Norwin S. & Elizabeth N. Bean Foundation. Through a grant of $10,000, the Bean Foundation funded the 2008 Woodcock Johnson testing and underwrote all of the costs of STAR, including High School Coordinator Tina Govatos White’s leadership, two

teacher interns, transportation, curricular materials, and supplies. The Bean Foundation annually gives 90% of its grants to nonprofits serving the Manchester community and prioritizes sustainable, collaborative, replicable projects which address unmet and emerging community needs. STAR Academy aligned with the Foundation’s objectives by launching new, ongoing services to Breakthrough students who are currently in the “gap years” between the conclusion of their middle-school experience and their eligibility to serve as Breakthrough teachers. Since 1991, the Bean Foundation has invested a total of $147,000 in the students and teachers of Breakthrough Manchester.

Thanks to Susan Martore-Baker who donated the Citizens Bank box at MerchantsAuto.com Stadium to Breakthrough for a Fisher Cats game this summer. A group of Breakthrough students, teachers, and summer homestay hosts enjoyed a great evening of baseball! Pictured from left: Trevor Munhall, Lauren Bradley, Ha Hoang, Zachary Chapman, Kate Erskine, Herng Lee, Jason Berk, Maeghan Provencher, Becky Berk, Joshua Watkins, Vincent Ho, Kao Thao, Bernadette Robinson, Walt Milne, Maura Maguire, and Susan Martore-Baker.

Reaching for the stars is not a new metaphor at Breakthrough, but this summer, STAR Academy gave eight Breakthrough

students another boost toward academic success. STAR (an ac-ronym for Striving Toward Academic Readiness) was created to further equip Breakthrough’s eighth and ninth graders with skills to ease the transition from middle school to high school. Partici-pants included rising ninth graders, H.R. Droge, Kenan Mazic,

Nicole Pius, and rising eighth graders, Renata Ahishakiye, Nyatan Bol, Ben Eckhardt, Chau Ngo, and Bri-anna Smith. The three-week summer program

focused on developing writing skills while exploring the theme of leadership. The class was led by Breakthrough graduates and veteran teachers Kerlyne Desire [s’08, sy’ 06-08, f ’06-08] and Julia Maldonado [s’08, sy’06-08, f ’08] who put tremendous ef-fort into designing the curriculum and lesson plans for the new program.

The major assignment for STAR Acade-my students was to complete a research paper on a leader. Students were in-troduced to research methods and the writing process as they developed ideas and strengthened their writing skills by drafting and editing. STAR students also assumed leadership responsibili-ties in the Breakthrough community by performing at and hosting All School Meetings and serving as judges during Olympics Day competitions. As a cap-stone to the leadership skills they were learning, each student was paired with one of the summer teach-ers to observe a class, and then plan and teach their own lesson. Although students found it nerve-wracking to be at the front of the classroom, STAR students successfully presented their les-sons and debriefed the experience. Nicole Pius remarked that teaching a class for the first time was her greatest accomplishment at STAR Academy.

As part of the program, the eight students also volunteered at the Visiting Nurse Association’s Child Care Center, took a trip to Colby-Sawyer College, and went to the Manchester Public Li-brary to collect resources for their research papers. However, the highlight of the program for many was the hike to the 1,786 foot summit of Mount Major. Both a physical and mental challenge, reaching the top with views of Lake Winnipesaukee proved to the students that they can overcome any obstacle and reach for the stars if they work hard and have confidence in themselves.

An Evening of Baseball Courtesy of Citizens Bank

STAR Academy on the summit of Mt. Major.

Breakthrough continues to be inspired by individuals in our community who make a public commitment to our students’ success. In April, the Parent/Faculty Association at The Derryfield School invited Break-through to participate in its annual auction for the second time. Break-through advocates and friends, Chris and Michael Cikacz, exempli-fied the spirit and commitment of the PFA by donating their own raffle prize, a $5,000 tuition check, directly to the students at Breakthrough. Their gift supported Breakthrough students on the path to college and was an incredible gesture of support. The auction raised over $29,000 toward Breakthrough student sponsorships, helping to ensure that Breakthrough remains tuition-free for students and families. Thank you, Chris and Michael!

Breakthrough ContributorsFiscal Year July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2008

Community Leader$20,000 and aboveBreakthrough Collaborative

Program Leader$10,000 - $19,999Bank of America Charitable FoundationFerlins FoundationWalker Fund of the New Hampshire

Charitable Foundation

Program Partner$5,000 - $9,999Michael and Chris CikaczThe Corporate Fund of the New Hampshire

Charitable FoundationArthur Getz Foundation, RBS Citizens, NA,

Trustee

Student Sponsor$1,500 - $4,999Anonymous (3)John and Karen AllardBill and Sue BirchardBreakthrough WorkathonMary Halpin Carter and Christopher H. M.

CarterNigel and Celia DonovanJim and Lisa FlemingBill and Kath GillettHeritage United WayKiwanis Club of Manchester

Greg and Jennifer MelkonianRaymond and Marlene MossKyle and Glenda NagelCharlie Northrup and Camille Triola-

NorthrupSteve Reichheld and Deb De BeradinisLes and Yvonne SimonEarl “Bud” Smith Scholarship Fund of the

Kiwanis Club of ManchesterTD Banknorth Charitable FoundationWeyerhaeuser Company FoundationPeter and Cara Zohdi

Leadership Giving$500 - $1,499Brad and Linda BensonSteve and Katie BurkeLouis Fink and Pamela GrichTerry and Bonnie FlahiveEileen Beckhardt FreedmanBill and Maria GrisanzioDonna K. LenckiManchester Rotary ClubDaniel C. and Lucy S. PotterCharles and Karen RolecekMichael and Janice RomanowskyPhil and Judy RyanJoel Schwelling and Joan IzenKathleen and Danny SimsMatthew Stover and Elizabeth RichterJoel and Felicia Vargas

Breakthrough Advocate$250 - $499Ronald and Andrea BarkleySusan and Martin BaroffBruce and Becky BerkRolando Bonachea and Nancy Efferson-

BonacheaJohn and Carrie BoutonBarry and Caryl BrensingerCynthia J. DobbinDavid and Diane DonahueKate Erskine Elspeth Faiman Erin and Jeffrey FogelMr. and Mrs. David P. GoodwinKate Hanna, Hale and Hanna Melnick Mark Harrold Connor Haugh and Andree PhillipsEdith and Bob HoulihanHoward and Janet KeeganJim and Laurie LampDavid and Norma Jean LarriveeRobert Levine and Rebecca KadishTricia and John E. LucasJames McCoy and Allison NussbaumRoss and Kenna McLeodShep Melnick and Joanne LindenTrevor Munhall Charles O’Leary and Mary Ann TiltonMike and Deanna PowellJohn and Deborah RicheyCraig and Cary SellersThe VanArsdale Dewey FamilyDouglas and September VossRichard and Frances Winneg

Breakthrough Friend$1-$249Vincent and Anne AliottaDebra J. AllenFrank and E. Diane AllenShuyang Bai Susan E. Beaudry Chris T. BissonnetteJohn and Effie BlecatsisRay and Lori BoeligMatthew Boelig John and Isabelle BryanLeah Burke Amanda Cail Melissa Cail Alexander Chan Danielle M. ChandonnetEric Chang Sarah Chang Candy ChaplinKierston Coke Mickey Cunliffe Katya and Ian Czaja Sara Dewey Phuoc and Xuan DoanGerald and Rochelle DuretteKathy and Dick ErskineLori Evans

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Neil Faiman and Lynne PentlerCraig and Jeanine FinefrockKevin Finefrock Allison Fink Yetta FinkEsther FishmanDoug and Sue FlaggBennett FreemanRobin Galeaz Marco Gonzalez Gary and Gail GordonGrayson and Jon GovatosNatalie and James Gray Kenneth and Nicole GrinnellDavid and Barbara HaightJonathan Hall Alice and Brian HandwerkElliott Berry and Campbell HarveyMeggie Harvey David Henry Elise and James HoodWill, Lisha, Elizabeth and Abigail Hunter Marcus and Pat HurlbutBrenna Jenny Meredith Love JohnsonDorothy JolinElena Kennedy Joannie KrohnPatrick and Cecile LeblancJulia Lehman Elaine Lewinnek Patrick Link Phuong Luong Chris MacLean William Matsuzaki Bob and Holly McKinneyMerchantBanc Digital Divide Education Fund

of the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation - Manchester Region

David and Cindy MiglioriKristin Migliori Renee MillerAnne D. MilneWalter and Kristen MilneSara Schwartz Mohan Carlos and Ingrid MonzonCarol Morin and Linda Riedle Scott and Pamela MosenthalMichael Munhall

Joey Riley [s’14], Cesar Zamudio [s’15], Juan Zamudio [s’14], and Maeghan Provencher [s’10, sy’07-08, f’08] staff the Breakthrough booth at the Boys and Girls Club’s Day for Kids.

Breakthrough students, teachers, and staff members gather at the annual Alumni Reunion in July.

donor spotlightChris & Michael Cikacz

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Students Serve Community

At the annual Workathon Day of Service, Break-through students spread out over Manchester to give time and labor to com-munity organizations such as the Common Grounds Garden, VNA Child Care Center, New Hampshire Food Bank, New Hori-zons Food Pantry, Valley Cemetery, and numerous city nursing homes.

Additionally, sixth and seventh graders raised $2,230 for the Joel Vargas Achievement Fund this summer. The money from this fund helps students pursue academic, athletic, and arts opportunities during middle and high school. It also helps to un-derwrite expenses such as eye glasses, musical instru-ments, or sports equip-ment for Breakthrough families.

Community-Sponsored Scholarships

Students paint one of two murals cre-ated for Eagle Eyes at the intersection of Lake and Lincoln Streets, near the loca-tion where Officer Michael Briggs was killed in the line of duty in 2006.

Susanna Matsen NazarianPaul and Joan NewcombEmily Newick Meagan Paris Timothy and Pamela ParisTara M. PayneRichard and Elaine PierceJeffrey M. PollockStephanie L. Pollock Brent and Wendy PowellAllison M. PriceKevin ProvencherRay ProvencherElizabeth Richey Kate Richey Bernadette Robinson Benjamin Russell Alana Ryder Dick and Anne Marie SamuelsDrew Samuels Minoru SatohKelly Schwarz Richard and Sarah SigelChris Slusher and Barinder AhluwaliaDavid G. StahlNancy W. StearnsErin Stiling Mike Swartz Mr. and Mrs. William C. TallmanJason Tarricone Nancy E. TessierSam K. Theodosopoulos Justin Thibeault Deb and Steve TownsendJames and Sandra Townsend Julia G. Townsend Torrey E. Townsend United Way of Merrimack CountyAkash Vadalia Diane and Glen WallKimon and Anne ZachosLaura Noyes Zahn

Elkin Teaching Fellowship EndowmentPauline G. ElkinStephen ElkinDenny and Maureen RyanNancy W. Stearns

Joel Vargas Achievement Fund EndowmentBarbara AlvarezBarry and Caryl BrensingerKate Erskine Joyia Rich Fazelat Craig and Jeanine FinefrockDoug and Sue FlaggMs. Joyce FoxMr. and Mrs. Robert C. FoxRhiannon J. Jordan-Woodbury Jane and Brian McCoyWalter and Kristen MilneHerbert and Joyanne RobinsonDenny and Maureen RyanE. Charles and Wendy SanbornMr. and Mrs. William W. SchweitzerNancy W. Stearns

Breakthrough General EndowmentKate Hurlbut Chappell Diana Fay HarrisonJayme’s Fund for Social Justice of the

New Hampshire Charitable Foundation - Manchester Region

Benjamin Russell Nancy W. StearnsMatthew Stover and Elizabeth RichterRory Dorman Tira Dr. and Mrs. Louis J. Venuto

Honor and Memorial GiftsIn memory of Martin I. ElkinAnonymousPauline G. Elkin

In memory of Carol and Lucy MurgoTara Payne

Matching Gift CompaniesFidelity Charitable Gift FundIntel FoundationMicrosoft Giving Campaign

In-Kind GivingAmato’sPeter Breu and Susan WoodsJohn and Isabelle BryanBuilder’s Club at The Derryfield SchoolCandy ChaplinThe Derryfield SchoolLisa and Randy DirthElan Publishing Company, IncFirst Resort Marketing, LLCKate Erskine Autumn Gaska Hannaford Supermarket and PharmacyElliott Berry and Campbell HarveyCarol HurleyCynthia M. Krohn Manchester School DistrictAmelia Marden Meelia Center for Community ServiceBeth and Deno MokasNH Higher Education Assistance

FoundationPappy’s PizzaPetcoAllison M. PricePuritan Backroom RestaurantRobert ShaineEthan ShapiroEdward and Kathryn StaubUniversity of New HampshireJoel and Felicia Vargas West High School

Homestay FamiliesBruce and Becky BerkCampbell Harvey and Elliott BerryEdith and Bob HoulihanMaura MaguireJosé and Lourdes MaldonadoDennis Mercer and Susan BolandAnne MilneWalter and Kristen MilneDeno and Beth MokasSouthern New Hampshire

University

Jayme’s ScholarsSponsored by Jayme’s Fund for Social

Justice of the Manchester Regional Community Foundation

Jonathan Michelizzaand Juan Zamudio

Bishop Leo E. O’Neil ScholarsSponsored by the Bishop’s Summer

Reception FundIban Garcia and

Vanessa Monzon

Bud Smith ScholarsSponsored by the

Kiwanis Club of Manchester Noah Allain, Isadora Jacquez,

Jennifer Jacques (not pictured: Sami Abdelrahim)

2108 River RoadManchester, NH 03104-1396

Non-ProfitOrganizationU.S. Postage

PaidManchester, NHPermit No. 290

Seth Bishop – West High SchoolRicky Bonnin [s’08] – University of New HampshireLauren Bradley [s’09] – The Derryfield SchoolZachary Chapman – Brown UniversityFarshad Chowdhury – Dartmouth CollegeAmanda Coffin – Emerson CollegeRachel Coffin – Emerson CollegeJocelyn Coo – Northeastern UniversityKerlyne Desire [s’08] – Gettysburg CollegeBryan Dine – Ithaca CollegeBinh Doan [s’08] – Yale UniversityWarren Garris – University of North Carolina-Chapel HillBrendan Gillett – Phillips Exeter AcademyVincent Ho – University of California-BerkeleyHa Hoang [s’08] – University of New HampshireZaynab Jaber – St. Anselm CollegeAngeera Khadka – Central High SchoolStany Leblanc – Stanford UniversityHerng Lee – Duke UniversitySam Leger – University of New HampshireNicole Lowell – University of New HampshireJulia Maldonado [s’08] – Trinity CollegeAmelia Marden – University of New HampshireKadina Mazic [s’10] – The Derryfield SchoolKristie Migliori – Colgate UniversityCarlos Monzon [s’10] – Memorial High SchoolSkyler Mosenthal – Denison University

Jennifer Pawson – Wellesley CollegeAlysha Phaneuf [s’09] – The Derryfield SchoolMaeghan Provencher [s’10] – The Derryfield SchoolPaul Renolis [s’07] – Boston UniversityKen Spires [s’11] – Bow High SchoolMadeleine Staub [s’07] – Georgetown UniversityKao Thao [s’ 07 (BT Sacramento)] – University of California-Berkeley

Mentor TeachersStacy Beaudoin - The Derryfield SchoolJennifer Carter - Barnard SchoolLinda Mandra - Merrimack High SchoolBrian McNabb - Belmont High SchoolEricka Swett - Mountain View Middle School

The Teachers of Summer 2008