Centennial Celebration Photos & Video

Friday Night Lights Family Carnival

Centennial Skating Party

Happy 100th From RCS Alum Will Reeve '07

Centennial Celebration

Centennial Gala: The Party of the Century

Happy Birthday RCS From Alum Alex Pall '00

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  • The RCS Owl

    As we celebrate our 100th academic year and the completion of the RCS Upper Campus renovation, we are excited to bring back a symbol from the original iconography of our school, the Rippowam Owl. Though inspired by drawings of our earliest school seal, today’s owl bears little resemblance to what many RCS alums referred to as “the grumpy old owl” who graced everything from yearbook covers to admissions materials, to our original school flag.

    The Owl is featured in all of our Centennial materials from the lamp post flags adorning both campuses to our recently launched line of Centennial merchandise and apparel. Colm MacMahon, Head of School, believes “It is important that we bring back the Rippowam Owl; owls have long been associated with wisdom and intentional contemplation -- two essential components of an enlightened education. The entire RCS community, especially the students, embraced with great enthusiasm the new Rippowam Owl when it was introduced in January of 2017. Given its rich history, the owl is a wonderful and fitting symbol of our Centennial Celebration and it will play an exciting role in the future of Rippowam Cisqua School.”


  • Centennial Leadership

    Cyndi Azima P'19, '22
    Chair, Centennial Celebration Weekend 

    Sonja Bartlett P'14, '15, '23
    Board of Trustees Centennial Sub-Committee

    Caroline Vincent Mockridge '81; P'14, '16, '18
    Centennial Director

    "Friday Night Lights" Family Carnival
    Mimi Freund P'23, '23
    Angela Hackett P'17, '20, '22
    Suzanne O'Callaghan P'19, '20, '22
    Allyson Pachios P'22, '23, '25, '28

    Centennial Gala, THE Party of the Century
    Brett Cameron P'26, '28
    Jaclene Ginnel P'23
    Samantha O'Brien P'17, '20, '27
    Hadley Scully P'17, '23

    Alumni Committee (to date)
    Dana Johnston Brooks '89
    Brittany Corso '08
    Storrs Lamb Cote '79; P'08, '11, '16
    Katie Prezzano Durfee '82; P'11
    Alexandra Friedman '08
    Ben Ginnel '95; P'23
    Dan Ginnel '71; P'95, '97, '01; GP'23
    Cecily Fowler Grand '65; P'91, P'93, P'98; GP'26, '28
    Randy Wilson Hall '94; P'24, '26, '28
    Jocelyn Hayes '73; P'04, '08
    Henry Johnson '03
    Mairead Kilgallon '15
    Cynthia Branch Mas '71; P'04, '07
    Sydney Mas '07
    Courtney Hallock McGinnis '88; P '18, '20, '26
    Dan Ryan '93; P'27, '28
    Sarah Speegle '15
    Cindy Whitman Swank '76; P'04, '07, '10
    Marilen Grosjean Tilt '57; P'84, '85, '92, '99
    Libby Prezzano Whitman '85

    Parents of Alumni Committee (to date)
    Mary Cox P'09
    Cindy Dwyer P'92, '94, '98; GP'23, '25, '26, '27, '27
    Tracy Fauver P'14, 16, 18
    Parker Gilbert P'07, '09, '13, '16
    Ashley Harrington Former Faculty; P'09, '13, '16
    Elizabeth Kilgallon P'13, '15, '18
    Jennifer Sednaoui P'06, '07, '10

    Former Faculty Committee (to date)
    Ashley Harrington P '09, '13, '16
    Ann Thacher
    Dan Viglione

    Centennial Pop-Up Store (Volunteers Needed)
    Cyndi Azima P'19, '22
    Nancy Dwyer Eaves '92; P'23, '26, '27
    Margot Fooshee P'24
    Laura Harris P'24, '25
    Payson Murray P'23, '24, '27
    Magda Pauley P'18, '21, '24

    Centennial Kick-Off/All School Assembly
    Miles Cameron
    Mike Florio
    Kimberly Fox
    Marnie McLaughlin

    Centennial Celebration Video
    Sonja Bartlett
    Karin Smith

    Centennial Family Walk to Cisqua (Volunteers Needed)

    Centennial Exhibit and Archives (Volunteers Needed)

    Centennial Staff Contacts
    Jennifer Goodhue, Alumni Relations
    Caroline Vincent Mockridge
     '81, Centennial Director
    Karin Smith, Director of Communications
    Ryan Smith, Director of Advancement
    Daphne Viders, Centennial Campaign Manager

The Archive: Taking a Look Back

RCS Then & Now

1940's & 1950's

1970's

1990's

1920's & 1930's

1960's

1980's

Early 2000's

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