Alumni Reunions

From left: Brett Eagleton, Julia Carlson, Hillary Hoffer, Shannon Troy, and Clio Castruccio From left: Steven Hammer, Lisa Birdie, Nancy Landolfi

Class of 2008 – 10th Reunion

BY MAGGIE DICKMAN ‘08

The Class of 2008 had an amazing time coming together over the weekend of June 8 and 9. We were absolutely blown away by the number of our classmates who came together to make the weekend a huge success. Over the course of the weekend, we had anywhere from 50-60 alumni show up. It was such a pleasure to meet so many significant others and children and a real treat to see everyone come back together and have just as much love (if not more!) for one another as we did 10 years ago! On Friday afternoon, we gathered at the newly renovated Welborn House for appetizers and drinks with some of our favorite teachers, including Mr. Hammer, Mr. Mills, Mr. Colodny, and Mrs. Landolfi. We were so grateful to our teachers for coming out to enjoy a drink with us, and everyone had an excellent time touring the new buildings on campus. One of the highlights of the evening was looking through the hundreds of pictures that Mara MacKillop provided, capturing our beauty from Middle School through Upper School. All we could keep saying was that

Jake Winkler catches up with David Colodny. Lorenzo Pardo and Alex Black-Davis

we had graduated five years too early! What beautiful additions to our campus. I know I speak for our whole class when I say we were so grateful to Sue Burleigh for providing us food, drink, campus tours, and joy. After happy hour ended, everyone transitioned downtown to Wynkoop Brewery to continue the festivities. We enjoyed drinks together, pool, and some celebratory toasts in honor of one another and how far we have come. Saturday started off with a weekend highlight—a throwback Color Wars competition! A small but mighty group met on Simms Field for a round of California Kickball. A pair of “adult” socks were brought in the hopes of some sock wrestling, but we quickly realized that 10 years out of high school has meant that we are not quite in the same shape that we were when we were participating in two-hour sports practices every day after school. Nonetheless, we had an absolutely wonderful time sitting in the grass and sharing old stories, while poring over our high school yearbooks provided by Krista Potter. Luckily, Krista was also able to provide us with some of our favorite Color Wars, Freshman (Catch and Release! Please don’t eat the Freshman!) shirts, and Senior shirts.

Everyone went home for a much-needed nap and then convened that night at Peter Wall’s BEAUTIFUL house for a good old-fashioned house party. We are tremendously grateful to Peter for opening his house to our rambunctious crew, and an absolute blast was had by all. We enjoyed playing games, chatting, and most importantly, partaking in a throwback “Kassler” Dance in Peter’s living room. Unfortunately, his living room didn’t provide the same level of sauna experience as did Kassler, but I am confident that there were some sore alumni the day after from all of the dancing that happened. All in all, we had an absolutely amazing 10-year Reunion and so want to thank everyone who made their way back home to our beautiful state to attend. I personally want to give a massive thank you to Charlie Gallagher and Dori Shockley Wey, two of our three fearless alumni representatives who put together an absolutely perfect weekend, even if they live in California and Texas! Thank you so much to Sue Burleigh for providing us so much support in getting this event off the ground and for being such an amazing force at getting us all back together. We are all so grateful for all that CA has meant for us, and we feel tremendously lucky to maintain such a tight bond with our classmates. n

Stuart Mills and Charlie Gallagher Davis Reiter and Christina Bradley

Class of 1978 – 40th Reunion

The 40th Reunion of the Class of 1978 was held on Saturday, September 15, 2018. Classmates gathered at Bar Louie in Centennial for cocktails, dinner, and conversation. We had a lot to catch up on! It was great to see friends fly in from out of state, including Eric Brown from Arizona, Lisa Plummer and Sarah Anderson Sprague from Oregon, and Jaye Morton Mercer from Washington. Joining us from the Class of 1977 were Richard Shannon and Bob Smukler. It was also great to see a few spouses, Kaye Rehburg, Shelley Urwiller, and Kayleigh Smukler. A few ’78 alumni took a tour of campus before coming to our Reunion Dinner. All were amazed at the many campus improvements. To all who couldn’t make the reunion, we truly missed you! n

1978 alumni in the newly remodeled Welborn (Headmaster’s) House, from left: Sarah Sprague, Rick Urwiller, Eric Brown, and Lisa Davis.

First Row (L to R): Sarah Anderson Sprague, Mariah Seckler Stubbs, Michael Ihlenburg, Bob Stubbs, Richard Shannon ’77, Lisa Plummer Davis, and Cathy Markle. Second Row: Jaye Morton Mercer, Kass Hansen Patterson, Gery English, Rick Urwiller, Greg Rosenblum, Eric Brown, Bob Smukler ’77, Carl Rehburg, and Jeff Gustafson.