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’05
CLASS AGENTS Ryan Brennan (rybrennan@gmail.com)
Loriann Santopietro joined the Children’s Museum of Bozeman (MT) as museum coordinator in December. She manages weekly art projects, museum exhibits and memberships and will work on new projects. BIRTHS: Cari Roger Schleyer and husband Adam announce the birth of Lukas on 12/3/10.
Kate Czaplinski was named assistant editor of e Ridgefield Press in Ridgefield, CT, in January. She has been a reporter for the paper for two years, and was previously a reporter for e Sentinel and Enterprise, a daily newspaper in Fitchburg. BIRTHS: Jennifer White Baker and husband Benjamin announce the birth of Finnegan Hubert on 5/1/10.
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CLASS AGENTS Casey Hatten (hatten.casey@gmail.com) Jay Laperriere (jason.laperriere@gmail.com) Erica Mandeville (emandevi@assumption.edu)
Dennis Leamy, Casey Hatten, David Merritt ’05 and Elizabeth Penta ’05 competed as an Assumption team at the United Way of Rhode Island’s Young Leaders Circle trivia event, where they placed 2nd out of 20 teams. Fred DiFusco and Patrick Costello also attended. Casey Rankin cofounded DealGator with his brother Jesse, in December. DealGator is a website that finds and manages local internet deals, such as Groupon and LivingSocial. Available in 35 U.S. cities and 13 Canadian cities as of April 1, including Worcester and Boston, more cities are added regularly.
’07
CLASS AGENTS Frank Galligan (fgalliga@yahoo.com) Kristen St. Martin Marshall (kristenrose1010@gmail.com) Danielle St. Martin (dstmarti@gmail.com)
Stephanie Boucher (sboucher786@gmail.com) Andy Rudzinski (andyrudz@yahoo.com)
Nicole Kfoury is in her second year with City Year Boston, an AmeriCorps service program, where she is a tutor, mentor and team leader in the Boston Public Schools.
’10
CLASS AGENTS Dan Anastas (dganastas@gmail.com) Brian Foley (brfoley@assumption.edu) Laura Hall (laurahall1228@yahoo.com) Hugo Jury (hugojury@gmail.com) Austin Potter (austinbpotter@gmail.com)
Jaleise Bouley is an application specialist at Meditech in Framingham. Jonathan Driscoll is the recipient of the Bishop Timothy J. Harrington Memorial Scholarship, received in October 2010 at the annual Red Mass at the Cathedral of St. Paul. Emily Pegoraro is working at e Key Progam: NSP Starr, a program for children in Department of Children and Families custody/care and protection. She is also pursuing a master’s degree in school counseling at Assumption.
School Supplies Surprise Ashley Waterman ’09 Ashley Waterman ’09, a first grade teacher at Nathaniel Morton Elementary School (NMES) in Plymouth was one of just 1,100 teachers nationwide to receive $1,000 in classroom supplies as part of “A Day Made Better: Working to Erase Teacher Funded Classrooms,” administered by OfficeMax. Nominated by NMES Principal Dona Mahoney for her “passion for teaching” and for “always doing it with a smile,” Ashley and her students were surprised when a team from OfficeMax delivered a new desk chair and the supplies to her classroom in October. After teaching fifth grade last year, Ashley switched to first grade due to the class sizes and the needs of NMES. “The staff is incredibly supportive and they’ve helped me so much as I learn and grow as a teacher,” Ashley said. She credits Assumption with preparing her well. “I owe much of my accomplishments to Assumption’s incredible and highly supportive teachers and staff,” she said. “I keep in frequent contact with my student teaching supervisor, [Adjunct Lecturer] Cynthia Lawrence, who has been an amazing mentor and friend to me.” The average cost for out-of-pocket expenses for a classroom teacher is $1,200. OfficeMax joined with Adopt-A-Classroom in 2007 to create the program to assist teachers and raise awareness.
Gathering in Charlie’s during Winter Homecoming were (seated) Marek Kulig ’09, Patrick Shea ’09, Tim Shea ’72, Corey Gagnon ’09, Leroy Byron ’08, (standing) Frank Doyle ’74, Greg Twomey ’08 and AC Asst. Athletic Director, Sports Medicine Sandy Morgrage
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