Our Wildwood, Volume 48

Upper School Students Shine at DTASC In October, Wildwood’s Performing Arts department brought its upper school electives students to participate in the annual DTASC Theater Festival, held by the Drama Teachers Association of Southern California. This was the 19th year that Wildwood has participated, along with 57 schools from all over southern California. Our students competed in both acting and technical theater categories—with all entries making it to the semi-final round! Notable winners include Kate E.D. ‘25 and Zion G. ‘25, who won fifth place in the LGBTQIA+ Playwrights category, and Giulia L. ‘23, Juliette M. ‘23 (and team), which won fifth place in the Set Design category.

Meet Gabrielle Dalmasy Gabrielle Dalmasy joined Wildwood in the spring of 2021 as Director of Major Gifts and Strategic Partnerships. In this role, Gabrielle works collaboratively with key volunteers, members of the advancement team, faculty, and staff to grow Wildwood’s philanthropic program. Gabrielle earned a B.A. in Psychology, with a minor in Education, at the University of Miami in Florida. She then went on to earn a masters in counseling at Pace University. After nine years at Marymount School of New York, she headed west, and most recently served as associate director of development at Loyola Marymount University. At Wildwood, recent major gifts have funded significant enhancements to the athletics program, provided seed money to launch the Wildwood Institute for STEM Research and Development (WISRD), and underwritten faculty professional development in the social justice and equity arenas. To learn more about Wildwood’s major gifts program or become involved, contact Gabrielle at gdalmasy@wildwood.org or (310) 881-2407.

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