Riverdale Alumnus Making School Proud
During July, Atlanta, Georgia was home to the 2010 Summer National Fencing Championships. Two Riverdale fencers, Tim Morehouse ’96 and Stephen Moch ’10 both took home medals from the competitions.
In addition, the U.S. Fencing Hall of Fame inducted seven new members, including Riverdale alumnus Bob Blum. Blum was Riverdale’s first Olympic fencer and he graduated from the school in 1946 as Scholar-Athlete of the year. He also started on the football team and lettered in track and field.
As the Hall of Fame website explains, “While balancing a remarkable half-century legal career, government service spanning six decades (which continued until his retirement just months ago, at age 80, as one of Andrew Cuomo’s New York State Assistant Attorneys General), family life as an active father of four accomplished children and husband to one of our country’s leading social welfare advocates, Bob remarkably established himself as a dangerous and yet much-loved-and-admired sabreur, competing at, captaining teams that attended, and officiating for, countless international events from the mid-1950s through the end of the 1980s.”
This is certainly an achievement that can make all Riverdale students, and the Riverdale Board, including Gregg Hymowitz, quite proud.
Extra Curricular Activities at Riverdale Country Day School
For ten days over the summer, students at Riverdale Country Day School got to spend time Valladolid, Spain as part of the Upper School Spanish Exchange Program with the Delicias School. About the trip, a couple of the teachers made the following remarks: “Over the weekend, students played ball, went swimming, went to caves, saw a Medieval market, and lots of other stuff. Today, went to a Medieval walled city and then to a museum where Paco Diez, a wonderful Spanish musician, showed us over 40 instruments – including a button on a string and a flute made out of a blade of rye – and how to play them. The weather is cool in the mornings but sunny. Tomorrow we will have a basketball game and the treasure hunt.” Gregg Hymowitz is a Trustee of the Riverdale Country Day School.
Gregg Hymowitz and the Creative Curriculum
A few years ago, Gregg Hymowitz was honored by the Governor’s Committee on Scholastic Achievement for his efforts using creative curriculum as a way to “promot[e] academic excellence in New York City.” The theory used in creative curriculum thinking is that kids “learn best by doing.” Kids in this program will learn via their own “active thinking and experimenting to find out how things work and to learn firsthand about the world we live in.” Methods used to teach kids this way, from a young age, involve “using real materials….[to] try out their ideas….[to] notice relationships between things.” They are taught symbolic thinking and develop “during the pre-school years as children play.”
Financial Markets Response to Negative Data
It seems a little strange that despite the “rash of negative data points” to hit the news in recent time, there has been a “placid reaction [from] financial markets.” Those investing in markets might want to look a bit more realistically and not fall into the trap of thinking “the bad stuff is behind us.” Indeed, it is probably a good idea to get an assessment of a “three month TED spread.”
Tips for Horse Boarding: Rose Hill Farm with Gregg Hymowitz & Others
Certainly, if you have a horse that you want to board, you want to find the very best location for your animal. If you live in a well populated place like New York, you can look at Bridgehampton or another similar location where you’ll find Rose Hill Farm, operated by Gregg Hymowitz, and many other equestrian facilities to suit your needs.
When evaluating your various options, you’ll certainly want to think about location and convenience for you. You’ll also want to look at the hygiene of each facility, the safety, the cost, and more. You may also want to look at the training methods used at the particular facility. If, for instance, you use natural horsemanship methods and you enjoy working in a round pen, you won’t be happy working with those who focus on a classical method.
Japan’s Economy Continuing to Improve
The world’s second biggest economy – that of Japan – “expanded at a faster pace than originally estimated in the first quarter.” Consumers are spending more, research is indicating. As well, GDP has expanded. For more information on the study, read: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100610/ap_on_bi_ge/as_japan_economy;_ylt=AqtACPjSweXSbCJZ.rZQB6KyBhIF;_ylu=X3oDMTJtN2hpNjRqBGFzc2V0A2FwLzIwMTAwNjEwL2FzX2phcGFuX2Vjb25vbXkEcG9zAzEzBHNlYwN5bl9hcnRpY2xlX3N1bW1hcnlfbGlzdARzbGsDamFwYW4xcWdyb3d0
Changes to the Board at the Riverdale Country School
In recent Riverdale Country School news, there have been a number of changes to the Board of Trustees. Certainly, many board members such as Gregg Hymowitz of EnTrust Capital, will remain in their positions and will continue to serve. Here are a number of the recent changes in brief:
New Board of Trustee Members: Jill Cornet, Roger H. Kimmel, Daniel C. Lubin, Virginia (Ginna) W. Sesler, who will be the new Parents Association president,
David N. Roberts will be the new Chair of the Board; Jane Lisman Katz and David Westin will be the new Vice-Chairs; Barbara Basser-Bigio will be the new Treasurer and Brad S. Karp will be the new secretary.
The Board is also saying goodbye to departing trustees and members Jessica Weill Bibliowicz, Emily Latour Bogle, Alfonso L. Carney, Jr., Robert F. Goldrich, and faculty representative Jenny Eskin.
Washington for Riverdale Country Day School: Gregg Hymowitz
The Riverdale Country Day School offered the junior class an exciting adventure last week. As a culmination to their American studies course and as an end-of-the-year treat, they went to Washington D.C. Certainly, this is the type of enrichment activity encouraged by Board and Trustee members such as Gregg Hymowitz of EnTrust Capital.
Head of Upper School Kent Kildahl explained that the trip was as much as celebration of the end of the junior year as it was an educational outing. As he said, “It’s a logical, fun way to end the year with a group of students who have taken the same course together all year.”
The students enjoyed tours of the U.S. Capitol, the Library of Congress and the Supreme Court, while meeting with Capitol Hill correspondent Jonathan Karl from ABC News and enjoying a musical.
Gregg Hymowitz Speaks at BALCONY Conference
Gregg Hymowitz was a featured speaker at the BALCONY (Business and Labor Coalition of New York) Conference which was held in New York City, at the Hard Rock Cafe, on December 4, 2009, discussing world economic issues and the impact they will have on the future economy of New York, the United States, and the world.
Listen to the full presentation made by Gregg Hymowitz at the conference.
BALCONY Featured Speaker Gregg Hymowitz
At the end of 2009 Gregg Hymowitz was a featured speaker at the BALCONY conference discussing current issues in the global economy. Of special concern to Mr. Hymowitz was the extreme worldwide debt facing a large number of industrialized countries around the world. Despite the fact that Gregg Hymowitz considers himself an optimist, his analysis was decidedly grim as far as the prognosis for the global economy to recover from its current state of extreme debt.
BALCONY is an acronym for Business and Labor Coalition of New York. On Friday, December 4, 2009 they held a panel discussion-forum-seminar entitles “Wall Street and the New York Economy One Year After…”
The forum took place at the Hard Rock Café on 43rd St and Broadway in New York City. Among the many participants were the co chairman of BALCONY, Bruce Ventimiglia; the New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli; and New York City Comptroller John C. Liu.
