As I write, we have just concluded the Annual Cookie Fest, which celebrates our faculty and staff by treating them to a box of homemade treats made by hundreds of Colorado Academy families. With the new year just days away, it’s a good time to take stock and acknowledge our gratitude for those around us.
Inside the Parent Association, there are multiple ways to get involved. The recent Cookie Fest is a perfect example of a community-building event, with the sole purpose of showing our gratitude. In that same spirit, I wanted to acknowledge and thank the dedicated parent volunteers who have helped create amazing events, raise funds for the school, and build a supportive community. We are also so grateful to the entire operations crew that helps get the events prepared and promoted—we couldn’t do it without you! January kicks off a host of new opportunities, and we look forward to seeing you at an upcoming event!
A heartfelt thank-you to these dedicated parent volunteers (my apologies in advance if we have left off any names!).
Lifetouch Photos
Committee Chair: Alison Gile
Alyssa Clarke
Bethany Glesser
Jess Husum
Julie Nikolaevskaya
Christine Zimmerman
Wreath & Garland
Committee Chairs: Vanessa Homuth & Kristin Matijevich
Brenda Alexander
Kelly Ballenger
Brooke Beasley
Andrea Bratis
Alexa Braun
Claudia Brunner
Vicky Chao
Alyssa Clarke
Jennifer Collins
Tara Corval
Elzeline de Leeuw
Lyndsey Farncombe
Dana Gordon
Aimee Hamilton
Gina Kennedy
Kate Linsley
Brooke Maloy
Kerry Marr
Julie Martin
April Mattin
Lil McKean
Jill Rakowski
Debbie Rice
Adrian Simon
Heather Spruell
Amy Turner
Melinda Warner
Helen Weekes
Heather Yi
Holiday Mart
Committee Chairs: Nancy Kimball & Amy Stettner
Kellie Prall
Kendall Slutzky
All-School Barnes & Noble Book Fair
Committee Chairs: Dusty Fitzgerald & Amy Fleming Heller
Tara Corval
Lisa Dennis
Averee Heidenreich
Erika Lee
Amy Martin
Kristin Matijevich
Jill Rakowski
Homecoming
Committee Chair: Lyndsey Farncombe
Martha Carmona
Vicky Chao
Chloe Chao
Alyssa Clarke
Wendy Cowperthwaite
Andrew Delaney
Averee Heidenreich
Denise Kay
Whitney Ladd
Amy Livingston
Kevin Manzo
April Martin
Amy McPheeters
Emily Philpott
Jill Rakowski
Meshach Rhoades
Alice Rydberg
Amy Stettner
Warren Thomas
Monique Twite
Tricia Vath
Helen Weekes
Christine Zimmerman
Homecoming Harvest Market
Committee Chair: Mia Sorensen
Kelly Ballenger
Karen Barnes
Mia Bearley
Jennifer Bezoza
Sue Blattner
Alexa Braun
Jamee Briggs
Fran Carson
Alyssa Clarke
Katie Day
Libby Dietrich
Karin Frenz
Laura Lee Gastis
Alison GIle
Averee Heidenreich
Tamara Jorden
Denise Kay
Aliza Kirkpatrick
Lora Koenig
Whitney Ladd
Erika Lee
Kirsten Lock-Ryu
April Mattin
Amy McPheeters
Heather Pollard
Jill Rakowski
Alicia Rosenfield-Layton
Adrian Simon
Jane Stanton
Gravely Wilson
Storey Wilson
Megan Young
Christine Zimmerman
Get INvolved
Committee Chair: Meaghan Rubey
Denise Kay
Allison Perkins
Arts Around
Committee Chairs: Lesley Argent, Rosemarie Wipfelder Kumpe, Emily Mrig
Caity Barton
Brittany Crowe
Chris Cruz-Miller
Elizabeth Dias
Jen Drolet
Asia Ewing
Holly Farmer
Dusty Fitzgerald
Jenny Gannon
Alison Gile
Nancy Gill
Jackie Gomez
Jen Hertz
Chris Hudson
Jess Husum
Allyson Jacoby
Erin Kuhn
Reena Majmudar
Amy Martin
Margaret Matthews
Kerri McAfoos
Sara Monterroso
Claire O’Laughlin
Lissa Cullen
Adrian Simon
Kelly Snyder
Nina Sohn
Mia Sorensen
Todd Sullivan
Gabrielle Taylor
Claire Thuen
Christine Zimmerman
Faculty Appreciation
LS Chairs: Amy Martin & Greer Ryan
MS Chairs: Hilary Haynes & Anika Williams
US Chairs: Suzie Bomgaars & Kristy DelZotto
Kelly Ballenger
Alexandra Band
Caity Barton
Nan Baumbusch
Mitzi Beardsley
Mia Bearley
Brooke Beasley
Sue Blattner
Keely Bostock
Deirdre Brigham
Meghan Brown
Claudia Brunner
Shannon Burke
Fran Carson
Vicky Chao
Alyssa Clarke
Aimee Coleman
Stephanie Cordisco
Lorena Cossio
Kathy Crabtree
Mike Crabtree
Chris Cruz-Miller
Erin Davis
Katie Day
Dechen Dolma
Jocelyn Ege
Cantey Ergen
Asia Ewing
Kim Ezrine
Cat Fagelson
Lyndsey Farncombe
Mikael Flottman
Yama Foreman
Kristen Fox
Kristy Frankum
Nora Freeman
Stacia Freimuth
Karin Frenz
Liz Fuselier
Holly Garnsey
Alison Gile
Nancy Gill
Charlotte Gillespie
Bethany Glesser
Jennifer Goldman
Rosalyn Gregg
Wei Guo
Meggan Hamm
Jennifer Hertz
Stacey Hicks
Tanya Hicks
Vanessa Homuth
Marisa Hudson-Arney
Jess Husum
Asuka Iguchi
Tamara Jorden
Renée Karantounis
Denise Kay
Gina Kennedy
Kris Kerr
Zahra Khorasani
Leslie Kittlaus
Lisa Klingbeil
Lora Koenig
Kia Kofron
Gretchen Kurtz
Whitney Ladd
Erika Lee
Rita Lochhead
Reena Majmudar
Kerry Marr
Catherine McEachern
Lil McKean
Amy McPheeters
Linda Merrifield
Jennifer Miller
Lindsay Miller
Elisabeth Noyes
Simone Oram
Lisa Osman
Sarah Patz
Emily Philpott
Heather Pollard
Kellie Prall
Jessica Press
Esme Prieto Yun
Jill Rakowski
Natalie Ralston
Maria Ramirez
Pam Reichert
Ann Reidy
Gregory Richardson
Xochitl Rico
Melinda Robinson
Alicia Rosenfield-Layton
Meaghan Rubey
JJ Rutherford
Erin Salazar
Christina Santino
Chelley Schaper
Stephanie Seaton
Alexandra Shandiz
Maggie Shapiro
Adrian Simon
Laurie Smith
Kelly Snyder
Heather Spruell
Jane Stanton
Sirine Swed
Diahn Taplin
Liya Tesfaye
Claire Thuen
Marte Timmers
Beth Toth
Temple Trigg
Monique Twite
Angie Wagner
Alexandra Weeks
Stacey Wells
Marie White
Tsega Wolderufael
Heidi Wolfe
Jenny Wolkon
Heather Yi
Christine Zimmerman
Dana Zinn
Welcome Bags
Committee Chairs: Candice Gottlieb & Elisabeth Noyes
Libby Dietrich
Denise Kay
Allison Perkins
Emily Philpott
Alice Rydberg
Christina Santino
Maggie Shapiro
Risa Silverman
Heather Spruell
Amy Stettner
Carolyn Wachuta
Trevor Brown Photography
Denise Kay
Admission Tour Ambassadors
LS: Allyson Jacoby
MS: Liz Oertel
US: Lisa Klingbeil
Parent Preview Volunteers
Kellie Arpin
Alex Band
Jan Beattie
Sue Blattner
Keely Bostock
Priya Burkett
Sara Carpenter
Dan Carson
Alyssa Clarke
Jeanne Coleman
Shannon Connell
Cami Cooper
Chris Cruz-Miller
Lissa Cullen
Allison Dodge
Jen Drolet
Jocelyn Ege
Julia Emerson
Asia Ewing
Holly Farmer
Lyndsey Farncombe
Sherry Fitzpatrick
Nora Freeman
Liz Fuselier
Jen Geller
Alison Gile
Charlotte Gillespie
Dana Gordon
Candice Gottlieb
Ronit Hicks
Vanessa Homuth
Lisa Hudson
Allyson Jacoby
Christina Joymon
Denise Kay
Nancy Kimball
Lisa Klingbeil
Alisa Knepper
Amy Lane
Rita Lochhead
Kerry Marr
Kristin Matijevich
Cat McEachern
Lil McKean
Amy McPheeters
Greg Miller
Kim Montgomery
Liz Oertel
Andrew Ormes
Sarah Patz
Alli Perkins
Jill Rakowski
Pam Reichert
Sheliah Reynolds
Gregory Richardson
Melinda Robinson
Beth Robischon
Caroline Rodawig
Catherine Rollhaus
Alicia Rosenfield-Layton
Alice Rydberg
Christina Santino
Tricia Schmid
Maggie Shapiro
Heather Spruell
Marte Timmers
Beth Toth
Monique Twite
Carolyn Wachuta
Liz Walker
Laura Whalen
Marie White
Heidi Wolfe
Christy Wynne
Ken Zinn
Cookie Fest
Committee Chairs: Brooke Beasley & Robin Cook
Stefanie Abar
Jami Acker
Rachel Aguirre
Brenda Alexander
Kelly Ballenger
Alexandra Band
Caity Barton
Heidi Becker
Ellen Blatt
Sue Blattner
Alexa Braun
Margarita Bravo
Jamee Briggs
Meghan Brown
Sue Cho
Alyssa Clarke
Chris Cruz-Miller
Erin Davis
Katie Day
Danielle DiMauro
Jennifer Donaldson
Jen Drolet
Dalia EL-Prince
Cantey Ergen
Joanne Esposito
Sarah Farmar
Lyndsey Farncombe
Sara Fierer
Dusty Fitzgerald
Sherry Fitzpatrick
Yama Foreman
Colleen Frank
Suzie Frazier
Michelle Friedrichsen
Kate Funk
Liz Fuselier
Fatima Garcia
Laura Lee Gastis
Alison Gile
Nancy Gill
Charlotte Gillespie
Nora Golden
Jennifer Goldman
Cynthia Gottlob
Rebecca Greenawalt
Rosalyn Gregg
Meggan Hamm
Ralph Hamm
Hilary Haynes
Vicki Hewitt
Stacey Hicks
Clarissa Hobson
Erika Hollis
Asuka Iguchi
Allyson Jacoby
Christina Joymon
Denise Kay
Lisen Kintzele
Lora Koenig
Kia Kofron
Laura Kott
Gretchen Kurtz
Whitney Ladd
Erika Lee
Rita Lochhead
Kirsten Lock-Ryu
Reena Majmudar
Kerry Marr
Amy Martin
Kristin Matijevich
April Mattin
Lil McKean
Elisabeth Noyes
Alana Paton
Heather Pollard
Kellie Prall
Jill Rakowski
Janie Ramseier
Pam Reichert
Debbie Rice
Kasie Roads
Britt Robinson
Beth Robischon
Sasha Roll
Catherine Rollhaus
Alicia Rosenfield-Layton
Meaghan Rubey
Lori Silliman
Adrian Simon
Laurie Smith
Kelly Snyder
Mia Sorensen
Heather Spruell
Jane Stanton
Gabrielle Taylor
Claire Thuen
Marte Timmers
Temple Trigg
Kacy Vahey
Tricia Vath
Stacey Wells
Tara Cavanaugh
Laura Whalen
Marie White
Lisa Willis
Heidi Wolfe
Megan Young
Christine Zimmerman
Dana Zinn