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Danielle Barsky writes, “Hello AFS Alumni! My husband and I are now owners of the Signs By Tomorrow store in Bryn Mawr, PA. We look forward to hearing from you!
Rebecca Ball married Jack Blacketer on August 7, 2011.
Matthew Ball is a software engineer living in Providence, RI.
Melissa Green Present writes, “I am excited to share that my husband Josh and I welcomed our son Harry Jonathan Present on August 20, 2011. He is doing great and cannot wait to make his first trip to AFS soon!”
Christopher Salata graduated from the University of Utah with a B.S. in Economics. He resides in Salt Lake City, UT.
97 15th Reunion REUNION CHAIR Jared Solomon ’97: jaredgsolomon@gmail.com Brian Ford writes, “A few quick updates: This past August I became a Pennsylvania Special Education Hearing Officer. Our second son, Samuel, was born this past May. Emily, Alexander, Samuel and I moved to Allentown this past July and things have finally started to settle down.” Michael Haberman writes, “Happy to share with you that Brandon William Haberman was born Friday 10/15 at 10:20 p.m. Mom and Brandon are doing well and resting… He was 7lbs, 12oz, 21 long and like many of us Phillies fans he could barely watch the bottom of the ninth, but he is thrilled to see the series come back to Philly. Andrew Repasky McElhinney successfully defended his PhD dissertation, Second Takes – Remaking America: A Psychoanalytic Reading of English Language Cinema, 1931 - 1998 at The European Graduate School, Switzerland.
2003 Middle school sweethearts Melissa Ward Schorsch and Adam Schorsch tied the knot in July of 2010 where it all began, at Abington Monthly Meeting. Laura Manno ’03, Jon Wessel ’03, Christina Schorsch ’10, Hannah Schorsch ’13, Nick Schorsch ’04 and Alison Simon ’03 were in the wedding while many alumni attended the celebration. Melissa and Adam live in Manhattan’s East Village where she works as a magazine editor and writer and he works in commercial real estate finance. Who knew they’d go from seventh grade to down the aisle?
2000 Corey Heller and his wife Rachel welcomed a beautiful baby boy, Joey, on 9/28/2011. Mom and baby are doing great!
Jeff Kahn proposed to Liz Myrtetus ’07 the evening of May 19 at the Philadelphia Art Museum. They started dating 6 years ago at AFS when Liz was in 10th grade and Jeff in 11th. They now live in South Philadelphia and attend Drexel University for graduate school. Jeff will be earning a PhD in Mechanical Engineering and Liz a PhD in Applied Cognitive and Brain Sciences. Their beloved rescue-Akita, Oki, will be serving as the ring barer at in the September 2012 Quaker wedding service.
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1998 Shalimar Reddy writes, “In January 2011 I graduated with my MBA in Healthcare Management from Temple University’s Fox School of Business. I am currently working fulltime while pursing a Fellowship for the American College of Healthcare Executives. My daughter Taylor is currently in 6th grade at Abington Friends and loving every minute of it.”
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2004 Becky Molotsky writes, “I’m pursuing my MPH in health policy at Columbia University and working at the American heart association.”
David Waterman writes, “I’m getting my Masters in Information Systems Management at Carnegie Mellon University.”
Katy Wolfe graduated cum laude from Hobart and William Smith Colleges (HWS), with a double major in English (creative writing focus) and Africana Studies and double minor in Political Science and Peace Studies. She completed a poetry manuscript as a Senior Independent Study (with a grade of A+, giving her a 4.0 over her last semester) and was encouraged to try to publish it. She also completed two independent senior projects: publishing a magazine she created called “Please Pass the Peace and Carrots” featuring writings and artwork about peace, and developed a “Pathways to Peace” short-term study abroad curriculum. As a junior, she received the Alice Brandt Deeds ’45 Prize for Creative Writing, and this year received the Elizabeth and Ruth Young Peace Prize and a
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