GOVERNANCE BOARD OF TRUSTEES 2015–2016


The Rt. Rev. Michael Hanley Chairman of the Board


Ms. Kate Lieber President


Ms. Estelle Kelley ’78 Vice President


Ms. Laurie Price Vice President


Mr. Nate Schwalbach Treasurer


Ms. Moira Buckley


The Rev. Robert Bryant Mr. Dan Drinkward ’95


The Rev. Canon Sara Fischer Ms. Elizabeth Gewecke Ms. Mary Lou Green Ms. Pamela Hummelt Mr. Joe Kaliszewski Mr. Scott Keeney


Mr. Adam Kobos ’91 Mr. Brad Lawliss


Mr. Malcolm McIver ’82 Mr. Todd Prendergast Mr. Chris Riser


Mr. Evan Roberts ’88 Mr. Liam Thornton Ms. Patricia Trunzo


Ms. Heike von der Heyden Ms. Catherine Willmott


Ex Officio Members


Ms. Mo Copeland Head of School


Mr. Lawrence W. Harris, III


Chair of Endowment Investment Committee Ms. Courtney Fitzloff


Chair of Parent Community Link Ms. Laura Cook Axon ’86


President of the Alumni Council OES VISION


Connecting people, ideas, and cultures to advance knowledge, create solutions, and enhance meaning.


OES MISSION


Oregon Episcopal School prepares students for higher education and lifelong learning by inspiring intellectual, physical, social, emotional, artistic, and spiritual growth so that they may realize their power for good as citizens of local and world communities.


Mo Copeland, Head of School


Dear Friends, On a beautiful Friday evening in June,


we celebrated our 143rd commencement at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral. I was particularly struck by how quickly four years can go by. Tese graduates began their high school careers the same year I began my tenure at OES. I was lucky to have six of them in my advisory, and delighted in watching them grow, discover their passions, and prepare for their next step.


Tis group of seniors represents so well


all that we value and aspire to be at OES. Tey are smart, articulate, thoughtful, and yes, quirky. Teir recent senior prank was intelligent and satirical in all the right ways—truly funny and poignant, as well as well planned and executed. Tey exercise their power for good in all kinds of ways: through leadership and participation in service learning, athletics, high academic achievement, and most important, connection to and compassion for their peers, their families, and their teachers.


LOOKING FORWARD


During the 2014–2015 school year, we made significant progress on a number of important goals—and we had a few surprises!


In terms of goals, we are breaking ground this summer on our forward looking, thoughtfully designed, re-visioned Lower School that will house all prekindergarten


THE FUTURE IS BRIGHT


through fifth grade students in one beautiful new building. With the help of many of you, we have raised 80% of our $16.5 million fundraising goal. Tis is an incredible accomplishment about which the entire community can be proud.


I am also pleased to report that our dedication to and focus on our intercultural competency work has resulted in a statistically significant improvement among our employees over the past four years—we are pushing the needle forward as we strive to ensure that OES is a welcoming place for our increasingly diverse community of children and adults.


Finally, we are completing this summer a first draft of our next strategic plan which will guide our work into the future— including campus renewal, curricular innovation, and community diversity. More on our strategic plan later in 2015.


As to the surprises, I am sad to bid


farewell to Scott Hardister and his family. We will truly miss them. Scott was on the search committee that hired me, and I could always count on his keen ability to ground issues in the OES culture and ethos. We will need to learn to channel Scott when challenges arise. I will miss his wit and sense of humor and fun. Our loss is truly Marin Country Day’s gain as he joins them to become an associate head of school, and I wish them well in their next adventure.


A true testament to Scott’s leadership is the way he has continually developed leaders in his division. His vision made it possible for us to find our next Middle School head from within our own ranks. I welcome the opportunity to work more closely with Ann Sulzer as she continues to nurture and expand the magic of our Middle School.


Te upcoming school year will also signal a transition in our athletics program from 40 years of growth, numerous state


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