class notes
Claire Mikolayunas Sandrock ‘96’s baby—Owen Sparra Sandrock, born, December 2010.
playing sports, performing plays and musicals, making artwork, pulling pranks (moving [Upper School Principal] Clint Wilkins’ entire office into the hallway), hanging out in the courtyard, parties… In another sense, it feels like it’s been that long. Many are married or getting married, having babies, succeeding in careers, finding happiness in life. It’s a nice time and the class of ’96 continues to strive to do great things. A Class of ’96 couple, Chris Wilson and Stephanie Hanes, are moving to Andover, MA together in June. Chris has accepted the head of school position at Esperanza Academy in Lawrence, MA, which is an independent, tuition-free middle school for girls that is part of the Nativity Miguel Network, just like St. Ignatius, where Chris worked in Baltimore. Stephanie is going to continue her international reporting projects from their home base in New England, and will continue to work on her book project on environmental and development issues in southern Africa. Emily Santos married Jake
Fisher in October on the North Fork of Long Island, NY. Her siblings, Rich Santos ’94 and Natalie Santos Ferguson ’90, and Susannah Gust Holmberg were in the wedding party. Other attendees included Sara Hubbard, Maddie Franklin and Cary Pirone; Brooklyn-based Lou Rouse ’94 who photographed the wedding. Emily and Jake opted for an untraditional honeymoon—an around-the-world trip starting in the Philippines and ending in Spain. Prior to the wedding they both left their jobs in New York and are in the process of relocating to Chicago. Weddings are a big part of our class’ activities these days. Maddie Franklin is marrying Kai Gross in March at the Greenbrier and I’m looking forward to seeing some Quakers there, not sure which ones will make it yet, but I will report in next time on what is sure to be a fun weekend. I know that Jeannie Achuff Morrow can’t make it to Maddie’s wedding because she is pregnant and is due right around the wedding date. Jeannie’s husband Ernest finished
his master’s and they recently moved from Berkeley, CA to Victoria BC. Dan Munoz is marrying Kelly Schlendorf in July in Baltimore. Dan and Kelly met in their residency program here at Hopkins and are both cardiology fellows. I have the honor of serving as Dan’s best man and just one week later, Dan will serve as mine when I marry Lauren
Lipcon in Danvers, MA. Lauren and I are really excited and looking forward to this summer. I’ll report on all the summer weddings next time! Another physician, Simone Stalling, is finishing up her internship at Temple this year, then heading to Pittsburgh to start a dermatology residency in June. She also reported that her older sister, Chelsea Stalling ’95 was expecting her first baby in February. Claire Mikolayunas Sandrock and her husband Tate built a small house over the summer on their new farm in Wisconsin, bought a small flock of ewes and welcomed a baby into the family. Owen Sparra Sandrock was born December 22, 2010 (5 lbs., 15 oz.). Claire has also started a new position with the University of Wisconsin as the small ruminant (sheep and goat) extension specialist for Wisconsin. Dan Kahn, aka Dank, e-mailed me that he has finished his M.B.A. and got his GISP (geographic information systems professional) certification and wished he had more exciting news. Alli Coppel reports that she is the social responsibility manager
Friends School alums celebrated the wedding of Mather Preston ’97 and Anne Charlton in November 2010 at the Admiral Fell Inn in Fells Point. Pictured left to right: Jim Nicholas ‘97, Mehul Parekh ‘97, Jennifer Preston, Pete Levin ‘97, Steve Meredith ‘97, Ilse Levin ‘92, Mather Preston, Chris Preston ‘86, Jon Yeager.
Collection Magazine
Friends School of Baltimore
Spring 2011
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