Annual Report 2011-2012

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“May you have the intellect and the humility to navigate a complex and nuanced world. May you be comfortable living in the gray,

and may you stay open to and curious about perspectives, beliefs and opinions that are

different from yours. Be intellectuals but be pragmatists and mensches, as well.

Embrace complexity, acknowledge that more than one way might be right, good, and true in any situation…and then make

the call, take the stand and live in the world with passion and urgency.”

RABBI MARC BAKERHead of School

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“ 2010-2011 was an extraordinary year for Gann thanks to the strength of, and the partnership between, Gann’s professional and lay leadership.

We continued our focus on challenging and nurturing our students in all aspects of their Gann experience and developing outstanding

teachers and educators who care deeply about their students. Our dedicated parents, Trustees,

and the greater community made this all possible through their generous support.”ELIZABETH JICK

President

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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENTGann Academy is at the forefront of JewishEducation in the area of professional development through the launch of theFaculty Rounds Program, a cutting edgeapproach to teaching. The goal of the FacultyRounds Program is to build a more reflectiveand collaborative professional learning community in which teachers are continuallyworking to improve their teaching practice.Through teachers’ participation in this program, they will gain new skills and capacities, thereby improving student learning. Gann anticipates that this approachto professional development will become anational model for other schools in theJewish world and beyond.

CHANOCH LANA’AR: A HOLISTICAPPROACH TO JEWISH VALUES & CHARACTER EDUCATIONGann Academy has launched a pilot program called Chanoch Lana’Ar: a comprehensive, system-wide cultural changeinitiative that will enable each student todevelop the habits of heart and mind necessary to develop their Jewish identityand become independent, responsible learners and citizens. Chanoch Lana’Ar focuses attention on helping students develop character and Jewish identity inways that integrate in-depth understanding

of self and relationships with others, whilebecoming spiritually informed by Jewish values and tradition. Last year, ChanochLana’Ar trained 16 faculty and administrators in Jewish-based character development.

Gann’s ultimate goal is to engage half of thefull-time faculty and at least one-quarter ofthe student body in intensive characterdevelopment training.

SCIENCE ENRICHMENTStudents involved in Gann AcademyInventing New Engineering Solutions(GAINES) utilized engineering, computerautomated design, and other math and scienceskills to successfully complete innovativeprojects. The GAINES program is an important way for Gann to bring Science,Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM)curriculum to its students through a hands-onapproach. Since its inception four years ago,Gann students have filed five patents. Thetwo most recent patents were filed by WyattMufson ’14 and Daniel Mangoubi ’14.

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Wyatt’s invention is a shoe-cleaning doormat. The doormat cleans shoes viamotors connected to sponges with antisepticin them. As a person steps on the doormat,the sponges will spin to clean the shoe, and then when the person steps again, theshoe will be dried. He filed his patent thispast September.

Daniel’s invention is an electric heating jacket. It will have wires embedded in it likean electric blanket and sensors to turn it onand off depending on the wearer’s body temperature. He filed his patent at the end of last school year.

Both students are excited to continue working on their projects and to build prototypes of their inventions. They willform groups with other GAINES students

and work togetherto create real working models.

This fall, SteveDubin became the new ScienceEnrichmentCoordinator. Heoversees GAINESand the Robotics

Team and will also work to develop additionalways for students to get involved in science.

Seven Gann students joined the ForInspiration and Recognition of Science andTechnology (FIRST) Robotics community.Students designed, built, and programmed a robot to compete in various challenges.After winning top honors at New York’sFIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) Championship,the team qualified to compete at the FTCWorld Championship in St. Louis in April.There they were honored once again withthe competition’s highest honors, winningthe INSPIRE AWARD. The INSPIRE AWARDis the most prestigious honor awarded by FTC and is given to the team who finishes among the top in all of the judging categories.

NEW ATHLETIC FIELDSGann used the summer time to update,improve and add to its outdoor athletic facilities. The upper field, located next to thetennis courts, has been completely renovatedto include expansion, laser leveling, new sod and an irrigation system. This significantupgrade provides a much improved playingsurface for all programs, but especially JVboys’/girls’ soccer and JV girls’ lacrosse, whohold nearly all of their home games on thefield. The lower field, located in the back of the building, also received a major renovation with the installation of a newsoftball diamond, complete with a skinnedinfield, dugouts and outfield fencing. The

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new facility provides the softball programwith a much needed home game and practice site. These two renovation projectshave truly enhanced Gann’s already impres-sive athletic facilities and will provide Gannstudent-athletes with the opportunity to playon quality fields across all athletic programs.

TEEN ISSUES TASK FORCEGann Parents and Administrators cametogether this year to form a Teen Issues Task Force. The purpose of the task force isto align parents in the community to betterhelp students make healthy choices duringthe time they spend out of school.

The task force works to support effectivecommunication and education about teenissues between the school, parents and students, parents and their children, and

amongst the par-ent community.

Maximizingcommunicationand alignmentabout expecta-tions will support and nurture a healthy and positive cultureand foster positive behaviors

and choices among our students.

EXPLORATION WEEKOnce again Gann participated in its annualExploration Week. The goal of ExplorationWeek is to allow students to broaden theirhorizons, form strong bonds amongst theirpeers and their teachers, and introduce students to the world outside of GannAcademy. The entire school, including students, teachers and administrators took a break from classes and the day to day operations at Gann to participate in a weekof service, exploration, and new adventures.Exploration Week 2011 offered two tracks:local programs and travel trips. For the local

programs, students chose from working with inner-city youth in literacy programs,glass blowing, volunteering at organic farmsand soup kitchens, learning about InterfaithBoston and experiencing the art of Boston.Those who decided to travel away fromBoston spent time volunteering in NewOrleans for Hurricane Katrina Relief, working with Habitat for Humanity in North Carolina and New York, traveling toFlorida to experience Marine Biology, andflying across the country for Astronomy inNew Mexico. The students and faculty came back from ExplorationWeek more experienced, transformed and motivated.

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W E T H A N K

$100,000 +AnonymousAdelson Family Foundation*Elizabeth and Daniel Jick*

$50,000 - $99,999Anonymous (2)Rachel and David Fine*Joseph & Rae Gann Charitable Foundation

Beverly and Donald BavlyRita and Herbert GannShirley Saunders

Lizbeth and George Krupp*Cynthia and William Marcus*Ruderman Family Charitable Foundation

$25,000 to $49,999Anonymous Leslie and Alan CraneGerald EntineAmelia and Joshua Katzen*Rabbi Suzanne and Andrew Offit*

$10,000 to $24,999Anonymous (2)Akamai Foundation Inc.Joyce and Michael Bohnen*Jennifer and John ChisholmCarol and Stephen CohenLisa Popik Coll and Arieh CollArthur EpsteinThe Gelfand Family Charitable TrustLaurie and Robert GervisJudi and Douglas Krupp*Barbara and Frank ResnekDeborah Sanders-Zilberman and James RosenfieldLauren and Mark RubinRosalyn and Richard SlifkaLisa and Neil WallackCarol and Michael WassermanJanis and Michael Weilheimer

$5,000 to $9,999Anonymous (2)Anne Lewin-Arundale and Henry ArundaleDebra and Gerald BickoffAnnebelle and Arnold Cohen*Karen and Bob DeresiewiczJeannette and Marco FinkielszteinCatherine and Myron GildesgameJill Anne Jacobs and Frederic HaberCarol Harris and Robert Kann

Randy Gollub and Jon HirschtickDorie Alexander Mufson and Mike MufsonShira and Joshua MusherLisa and Jonathan RourkeGilda and Alfred Slifka Toby and Carl Sloane

$2,500 to $4,999Shelley and Steve BakerSusan and Carl BlanchardLaurie and Richard CohenYael Miller and Stuart ColeSuzanne and David DiamondTerri and Solomon EisenbergJudy and Rabbi Joshua ElkinFran and David ElovitzEsther and Sergio FinkielszteinNicole and Joshua GannJudith and David GanzGE FoundationElizabeth Brody Gluck and Ronald GluckShira Goodman and Wesley GardenswartzLinda and David GreenseidDiana Lloyd and Jordan HershmanTina and William KasimerLauren and Nathan Levin

Cecile and Stuart LevyLisa Rosenfeld and Alan LobovitsLouis & Ida Selib Memorial FundDebbie and Mark LovichAnne and Marc LowenthalLisa and Barry PaulGail and Jay PearlsteinNancy Blum and David Potel

Maria Ponsillo and Arthur RabinowitzRuth Langer and Jonathan SarnaLori Barnet and Jeffrey SavitJillian and David SegalJulie and Tom ShaneErica and Gerrald SilvermanSolidWorksHope and Adam SuttinThe Irving & Edyth S. Usen Family Charitable FoundationMarjorie TichnorGail and Andrew Windmueller

$1,000 to $2,499Anonymous (2)Susan and Aron AinElaine and Peyton AlexanderArtaicJill and Rabbi Marc BakerAviva Jezer and Marc BloosteinCarMax Foundation Matching Gifts ProgramJulie and Ronald ChaneyChelsea Hebrew Free School Endowment FundElizabeth and Scott CooperDorrit and Martin CowanDorit Harverd and Richard DaleRena Gray Fein and Robert FeinGala and Samuel FinkielszteinJanet and Benjamin FlammeyHelen Tager-Flusberg and Martin FlusbergDeborah and Marc FogelLillian FreedmanLinda and Michael FriezeMiriam and Avi HoffmanEdith Goldman and Morton HoffmanOrit and Jeffrey GoldsteinLillian and Richard GrayBeth and Lawrence GreenbergClaudia Davidoff and Joseph KahanHarriet and Ralph KaplanBernice KruppLassor & Fanny Agoos Charity FundMarcia and Alan LeiferAnya Manning and Eli LehmannMaor FoundationMerchants LeasingMIT Lincoln LabsBonnie Orlin and Rabbi Abraham MorhaimFrances Keech and Jeffrey OrlinPTC Inc.Alyssa Wiener and Jay RosenbaumArlene and David RubinLinda and Warren Sheinkopf

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Paula SidmanIrma and Aaron SpencerDebra and Alex TepermanNancy and Joshua WernerMichele and Jonathan WolfmanDeanna and Sidney Wolk

$500 to $999AnonymousJana and Robert BakerBarbara J. Macy, Attorney at Law IOLTASmadar and Jamie Belkind GersonAmy and Michael ChartockDonoghue, Barrett & SingalJanine and Jevin EagleDena and Gary ElovitzPenny and Roy FeldmanCheri FoxZelda and Elkan GamzuRhonda and Steven GlymanJill GreenbergRonald HeifetzRobin and Jerold JaegerMarcie and Jeffrey JonasMarca and Brian KatzLisa and James KaufmanSuzette and Rabbi Harold KushnerTheresa and John LevinsonMercy - Sisters of Mercy Health SystemMarianne and Eric NadelArlene and Sanford RemzSusie and Howard RodensteinNita and Allen RodmanEllen Gorowitz and James RooneyEllen and Michael RubinCarol SaivetzFlori and David SchwartzCynthia ShulmanChet SimonsGerri and Kenneth SwederPaula and Mark WaxmanPatricia and Rabbi Loel WeissRachel and Scott WeissRichard Wesslund

$250 to $499Susan and Joel AppelbaumShelly Bard and Rabbi Dov BardElana and Evan BeckmanHarvey BockLaura and Barton BrassMadelyn and Bruce Donoff

Deborah and Jonathan FormanSharon Walach-Gale and Elon GaleLaure Abadi-Garnick and Harold GarnickPatti and Melvin GerbieSpencer GouldDaniel GreenbergC. Michael HiamClaudia Marbach and Daniel JacksonBrenda and David KornDevorah and Josh KosowskyNelnet Business Solutions, IncMarla and Simon OlsbergJanet Strassman Perlmutter and Joel PerlmutterEdith and Martin PiperPratt Pediatric AssociationRaytheonElie RebeizJudy and Jeffrey RemzCaren Jacobson and Blair RobertsSarine and Steven RodmanClare RosenfieldMargaret and David RubinMarion Gribetz and Robert RubinSusan and Stuart SalzbergMikki and Ezra SametValerie and Paul SassieniLeonard SharzerHarriet and Stuart ShermanJudy and George SmallRachel Books Smoller and William SmollerJen Kaplan and Susan TanchelJoseph J. WeinsteinNancy Kolach Winship and Christopher WinshipShoshanah and Yitzhak Zaritt*

$100 to $249AnonymousSusan Kenyon and Richard AbramsSharon and Shimon AnisfeldMuriel BakerMarlene BarnetEllen L. BenderKenneth BermanWendy and Jonathan BernaysAlison and William BrodyMicki and Mort BrownJacqueline Hallo and David BunisJane and Dennis CarltonPhyllis ChaneyJanet and Rabbi Samuel ChielShira Deener and David ChodirkerMarsha and Walter Ciccolo

Nancy and Albert CohenRhonda Cohen-BoyarCoby CollJanet Richmond and Tyrone S. CushingRobin and Michael DaleShelley and John DaySarita Brouwer and David DiamondKaren and Robert DinonMicki and Walter DoreMildred DreesJay DukerLynne and John EickholtBetsey EltonheadCarol and Abraham EnglanderStephanie Simon and Jay EpsteinRosalyn EpsteinJanet and Mark FaganSteven FarberJudith and Gerry FeldmanEllenjoy and Herbert FieldsMarilyn and Gerald FishboneCarolyn and Steven FlammeyAllan FreedmanFlorence GallopRoselyn Garber and Allan ToledanoJody and David GastfriendJanet GinnsMarian and Arthur GlasgowJill and Michael GoldbergNancy GoldbergCathy and Greg GoldmanBetty GoodfarbRae and Arnold GoodmanRoberta and Lenn GoodmanDiane and Lloyd GordonRobert Griffin and Roseann RussellMichael HalpersonKristine and Ronald HanscomSharon and Michael Haselkorn

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“You’ll hear this a lot, but it really is true: the relationships among students and teachers are absolutely incredible. I have so many different teachers that I feel like I can talk to about anything, whether in the classroom or outside of it.”

––– LILY COHEN, CLASS OF 2013


Bonnie and Leonard HausmanEdith and Arnold HeigerJudi and Richard HermanKathleen and Ernie HerrmanHighland Healthcare Associates IPAFrances and Robert HillerDebbie and Farley HipsmanTherese Hudson-JinksSherry IsraelClaire and Leon JonasMarina KaganMaribeth and Ted KaptchukSteffi and Eric KarpSheridan and Jerome KassirerDebbie and Jeffrey KintishSheila and Maurice KipnisDeeana and Jeffrey KlepperRita and Irwin KopinCarole KramersJudy and Morris KrigerMary and Paul LeeNancy and Sidney LejferRhonda and Eric LevinElaine and Joel LevineLaurie Jacobs and Steven LevineMark LyonsAllison and Elliot MaelMassachusetts Hospital Association

Nancy and Roy MayersLisa and Bruce MicleyBetty Ann and Daniel MillerHilary Mofsowitz** Stephen P. NaberJeannette and Shahin NaghiSara and Michael Paasche-OrlowRuth and Larry PageBeverly Siegal and Richard PeiserElana and Rabbi Carl PerkinsMiriam Newman and Michael PinnolisDeborah and Keith PittsMary Collins and Wesley PotterMarilyn and Gilbert PrawerFrances and Joel RabinowitzLaura Rice and Martin LowenthalPatricia and Michael RosenblattSheila and Herb RosenblumBarbara and Jay RosenfieldPatricia and Deeb SalemAmy and Richard SandsJoanne and William SegalLois and David ShermanSue and Joel ShermanToni and William ShickolovichBarbara and Shim SilversteinCindi and Daniel SlaterMarsha and Marc SlotnickJeri and Mark SmollerJill and John SpohnRoslyn StantonSelma and Milton StanzlerJennifer Gallop and Rabbi David StarrSusan and William StibelSullivan, Cotter and Associates, Inc.Rose-Jane and David SulmanJill Stanton and Bruce TragerJoan and Milton WallackMarcy and Gene WeinerJoseph WeinsteinJoan and Robert WeinsteinRon WeissSylvia WenigDonna M. WilliamsAndrea and Stuart YoungRae and Henry Zuerndorfer

Up to $99Anonymous (4)Marjory AaronsMarilyn Weil-Abelman and David AbelmanElizabeth and Moshe Anisfeld

Lori and Martin AronovitzRayna and David AronsonRuth and Jacob AronsonEllen and Jerrold BaumSusan and Barry BergmanSharon and Jerry BerkowitzRandi Berkowitz and Jonathan RegosinSheryl Rosner and David BermanJanice BernsteinAlison Books and Noah KaufmanKenneth BowenBernice BradinNancy Kriegel and Andrew ButlerSusan CantorShari and Robert CashmanEleanor ChayetDavid ChivoLorraine and Al CibleyBarbra Batshalom Cohen and Moshe CohenCharlotte CutterJulie A. DrakeMyrna and Steven DressJohanna Rothman and Mark DruyRuth and Barry EhrlichPhyllis and Michael EidelmanIngrid and Kenneth EinsteinDorothy FineElaine and Robert FinemanElana and Daniel FinnSue Wolf-Fordham and Peter FordhamWilliam and Martha FurlongEva and Peter GlaserStan Mark GodoffJonathan GoldenGayle and Robert GoldenAdele GoldmanJune GoodmanSusan and Robert GoodmanSara and Ari GoodwinMarjorie Matross and Dov GordonIrene and Alan GraffRosalind and Mervin GrayGloria GreenfieldClaire and Sidney HandlerHeather Zacker and David HarlowEvelyn Herwitz Harris and Alan HarrisElaine HarrisSue Tamber Housman and Robert HousmanSylvia JaegerDahlia Rudavsky and Robert JampolAnnette Koren and Harmon JordanGale Kalfin

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Richard KarasLynne Satlof-Karas and Steven KarasStephanie and Arieh KargerBenjamin N. KasdanJo Ann David-Kasdan and Menachem KasdanJodi Hirschman and Daniel KelleherArnold KernerAndrea and Aviel KlausnerRuth KlepperJudith and Isaac KligerNancy and Timothy KnightShira and Steven KoevarySandra KolskyBarbara KonigPamela and Igor KoralnikGail and Rabbi Ira KorinowShelley and Neil KrugHarriet Goldman and Mark LangJeffrey LaskerSidney LevinDotty LevineAdina Kling and Judah LevineLyubov LevintovaBarbara LevitzBarbara and Abraham LichtmanDonna and Gene LichtmanSarah LiebermanSarah MangoubiSheryl and Alan MarcusSuri Cybuch-Maron and Myron MaronMyra and Jeffrey MarshallBarbara and Stephen MerlinMyrna and Robert MerowitzMetrowest Jewish Day SchoolChristine and Bruce MillerMelvin MillerSandra and Harold Miller-JacobsNina and Virgil MocleCandace MoffattDeborah NamiotLaurie NashLois NewbergerCarol and Jeffrey PankinElana Zimand and Simcha PearlShelly and Brett Pearlstein

Stephanie and Jeff PearlsteinJudi PearlsteinSandra and Donald PerrinJohn Popp and Margaret VosburghSherryl and Uri RadbilMieke Verfaelli and Rabbi Victor ReinsteinMarlene and Paul RoodinRachel and Myron RosenblumSolomon RosenfeldJudith RothElaine RubinDoris SassonJoni and Michael SchockettLinda and Howard SchwartzBarbara and Malcolm ShermanHelaine E. SilvermanElyse Winick and David SmallSion and Elaine SoleymaniRachel and Jeffrey SolomonJoel SolomonLinda and Peter SquiresL. Jerome SteinSue StrassmanAlan J. StraussMolli TaftSandra and Alvan TallEllen and Steve TavanSuzanne and Alan TeperowMary TragerLouise and Rick TreitmanHelene and Maurice TuchmanSonya and Irving TuckLarisa and Eugene VaitsblitLarry WeinfeldDebra and Brad WeissStephen WhitfieldSara and Marc WinerDebbie and David WolfEsther YanowEleanor and Don YorksBracha Leah Zeitler Shapiro and Efraim Zeitler ShapiroBarbara and Rabbi Henry Zoob

* Includes payments made on multi-year commitments** Donor is deceased

The 2010-2011 Annual Report includes donations receivedfrom July 1, 2010 through June 30, 2011. Gann Academy isgrateful for your support. If we inadvertently made an error,please accept our apology and notify the Development Officeat 781-642-6800 x104.

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“Over the past four years, my experience at Gann has largely been defined by my incredible teachers. Whether in a six-person English class in their office, or with twenty students in a classroom for Tanach, my teachers have alwaysmade the material we were learning—and the process itself—exciting, challenging and fun.”

––– SARAH FRIED, CLASS OF 2011

“For Yom HaZikaron we had an all-school ceremony, and afterwards everyone went outside and sang ‘Hatikva.’ The feeling of pride in Gann, the land of Israel, and the Jewish people touched my heart so deeply. As people reentered the school and dispersed throughout the hallways and classrooms, the entire building was overcome with an unbelievably powerful silence. Unforgettable!”

––– MAX FINEMAN, CLASS OF 2013


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REVENUES:Tuition $7,148,856

Gifts & Grants $1,721,902

Investment & Interest Income $661,516

Israel Trip and Exploration Week Programs $507,003

Other $633,084

Total Revenue $10,672,361

EXPENSES:Salaries & Benefits $6,719,559

Educational Program $619,628

Israel Trip Program & Exploration Week $654,659

Institutional Advancement $466,407

Occupancy $980,957

Administrative $441,758

Food Services $299,189

Other $265,380

Capital, PPRRSM & Other Reserves $224,824

Total Expenses $10,672,361

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ADMINISTRATIVE, FOOD SERVICES, OTHER 9%

INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT 4%

SALARIES & BENEFITS 64%

CAPITAL, PPRRSM & OTHER RESERVES 2%

EXPENSES

OCCUPANCY 9%

REVENUE GIFTS & GRANTS 16%

OTHER 6%

ISRAEL TRIP & EXPLORATION WEEKPROGRAMS 5%

EDUCATION PROGRAM 6%ISRAEL TRIP PROGRAM &EXPLORATION WEEK 6%

INVESTMENT & INTEREST INCOME 6%

TUITION 67%


B O A R D O F T R U S T E E S

BOARD OFFICERS 2010-2011Elizabeth Jick, PresidentAlan Crane, Vice PresidentRobert Gervis, Vice PresidentRonald Gluck, Vice PresidentShira Goodman, Vice PresidentMarlene Leffell, Vice PresidentMichael Weilheimer, TreasurerDorie Alexander Mufson, SecretarySuzanne Offit, Clerk

TRUSTEES 2010-2011Michael BohnenStephen CohenSteven FarberJoshua GannCarol HarrisFrank LitwinDeborah LovichJay RosenbaumMark RubinStuart SalzbergEzra SametToby SloaneLeo SprecherJoshua Werner

HONORARY TRUSTEES 2010-2011Carl BlanchardSolomon EisenbergJoshua ElkinLinda Greenseid Bonnie Hausman Joshua KatzenGeorge Krupp Alan Lobovits Cynthia Marcus Shari Redstone Shira Ruderman Jonathan SarnaSidney Swartz

EX-OFFICIO 2010-2011Marc BakerSusan AppelbaumChristine MillerJacob PinnolisSusie TanchelEfraim Yudewitz

NEW TRUSTEES 2011-2012Jane Taubenfeld CohenElizabeth CooperBenjamin Sigel

“At Gann there is both studying and learning, with the latter being the far more consistent approach to my education. Gann helped instill within me a love of learning, and while studying was undeniably a part of the experience, it is the passion that I have for discovering information and working the muscles of my brain that I will carry with me into the next chapter of my life.”

––– LINDSAY FLAMMEY, CLASS OF 2011

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