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ANGELA DEVECCHI ’75 was an integral member of the BDS fourth grade faculty team during the past school year. She has returned as an interim fourth grade teacher for the 2021–22 school year. When not at Belmont Day, Angela tries to keep her hands in clay whenever she has a spare moment! See photo below of creamers she made in her home studio during COVID.
NICKI HUNTER SCHWAB ’99 and Michael Schwab welcomed their first child, Peter Hunter Schwab on December 12, 2020. They’re currently living in Hoboken, New Jersey. Nicki is the artistic producer at Manhattan Theatre Club and is thrilled that their Broadway theater reopened in September.
2000s QUINN FITZGERALD ’01 is co-founder of Flare, a womenowned company that makes bluetooth-enabled safety jewelry. Flare was named the best invention of 2020 by TIME. Belmont Day middle school students were inspired by Quinn’s entrepreneurship when she returned to campus as our 2017 Alumni in Action Speaker.
ANGELA DEVECCHI ’75
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AMY MCDERMOTT ’05 married Dennis Lazar on July 31, 2021 in Maui.
BRIGITTE LAUKIEN KOFOS ’06 writes “There is nothing sweeter than this little apple with honey. We couldn’t imagine a better way to enter the New Year than by welcoming our Rosh Hashanah baby Levi.” KATY VOLLUM ’08 began a residency in obstetrics and gynecology at ChristianaCare, a community and teaching hospital in Delaware. In Katy’s first 20 days in labor and delivery she helped to bring 37 new lives into the world! BEN CEREL ’09 is one step closer to his dream of becoming a physician. He recently celebrated his White Coat Ceremony surrounded by family at the University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine in Maine. Ben was inspired to pursue medicine after his own experiences with an acute illness when he was 18 years old. He was awestruck by the dedication of the doctors, nurses, and residents who helped him recover and regain his strength. He hopes to emulate their lifelong commitment to serving others in need.
AMY MCDERMOTT ’05 and Dennis Lazar
BEN CEREL ’09 with his parents Amy and Adam and brother ANDREW ’13
