CLASS NOTES
JACKIE MURK HART ’06 and Dean Hart at their wedding (photo by Sachs Photography)
JACKIE MURK HART ’06’s wedding party at the Belvedere with Friends School Class of 2006 wedding party members, from left: Ashley
best friend from UMD, and Dean lived down the street from Erica Goldman. Dean grew up in Howard County and graduated from Atholton High School before attending University of Maryland, where he played lacrosse. They were married at the Belvedere in Baltimore with another great group of ’06 bridesmaids: Erica Goldman, Natalie Allen, Sara Corbin, Ashley Strouse, Sophia Bentley and Courtney Barry Dabrowski. Our classmates Max Hamaker, Maxx Davis, Milo McCausland, Pat Sissman, Sarah Palmer, and Marielle Stevens Kessler all came to celebrate and support Jackie and Dean. This past summer was exciting for me also. I took a two-week trip to Denmark and the Netherlands with Zach Adams, and we got engaged at the botanical garden in Copenhagen! Also, on Aug. 8, I became an aunt when my sister Carrie Runde Paddock ’01 and her
husband Kristaps had a beautiful daughter, Ella! Speaking of offspring, I hope the Quaker Closet is stocked up on bibs and onesies, because several Friends ’06 babies have arrived. On Aug. 16, at 3:45 a.m., Jonathan Alston and his wife Ashley welcomed a 6-pound, 15-ounce baby girl into the world, Autumn Nicole Alston. Very early that next morning, Aug. 17, at 2:23 a.m., David Weinman became a dad as well! His wife Becky Murphy delivered baby boy Jacob Murphy Weinman, 9 pounds, 3 ounces, 22 inches. Congratulations to you both on your growing families! Our 10-year Reunion is in May at Alumni Weekend 2016. Can you guys believe it? I hope to see many of you there to celebrate and catch up. Be sure to check in periodically with our Facebook page, Friends School ’06, where I’ll post updates as we get closer to Reunion. Until then, take care.
Strouse, Erica Goldman, Courtney Barry Dabrowski, Sara Corbin, Natalie Allen and Sophia Bentley (photo by Sachs Photography)
2007 Lauren Marks lmarks617@gmail.com Hey Class of 2007! What gives? No updates about your lives? Please consider sending in exciting news next time around, as many of your fellow classmates love to hear what you’re up to! Besides badgering you all for class notes, I graduated from the University of Maryland, Baltimore with my master’s in social work in May. In November, Charlie Totten ’04, and I are moving to Mexico for a year to fulfill our wanderlust and travel bug. We hope to have many Friends School visitors (our first is Nick Silbergeld ’04).
2008 Jasmine Powe jasmine.liana.powe@gmail.com
JACKIE MURK HART ’06’s wedding reception at the Belvedere. From left, classmates
Max Hamaker, Milo McCausland, Patrick Sissman and Natalie Allen (photo by Sachs Photography)
Sarah Meteyer is happy to be back working at Friends School. She is looking forward to heading to graduate school soon to pursue a master’s in public health with a concentration in global health.
2009 Leah Koenig lkoenig14@gmail.com
engineering and cybersecurity teams since September 2014. He would love to connect with other FS alums in the city! He also sends a shout out to his parents, Bruce and Marsha Schachtel, who he loves very much. Catherine Rosenberg has just returned from traveling in Greece and Turkey this summer and is currently unemployed. Are you hiring? Feel free to reach out. She also sends updates about a few other ’09ers. Libby Nichols is moving in with college friends in Boston and working for Team IMPACT, a nonprofit that matches children with life-threatening and chronic illnesses to college athletic teams (the children are drafted onto the team and become an official member of the team, and the student-athletes join the child’s support team). Flannery McArdle is also in Boston working for Riverside Community Care, helping to connect adults with mental health needs to long-term services. She plays on an ultimate Frisbee team on the weekends. Kyla Minton is living in D.C. with Kerry Townsend. Both are pursuing med school. Emily Orrson is living out in Seattle. Anna Paul just graduated from the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston with an M.F.A. Check out her website at annarpaul.com! Hannah Patterson is living in Nashville with her boyfriend and their dog T-Bone.
Ben Schachtel writes in from Manhattan, where he has been working at a hedge fund called Bridgewater, doing recruiting for its
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