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Larchmont Chronicle
September 2011
SECTION ONE
Back to School High School grads reveal their choices for college Chicago-bound
Katie Brunner, who recently graduated from Marymount High School, applied to a long list of schools, including the University of Iowa, Manhattanville, Evergreen State, Ithaca, Sarah Lawrence and Columbia colleges as well as School of the Art Institute of Chicago and DePaul University. In the end, she decided on DePaul because of its excel-
KATHERINE BRUNNER
lent English program and the opportunities Chicago could
offer her in the writing field. The daughter of Ann and Jeff Brunner, Windsor Square, Katie says she’s excited to be leaving home to build her own life. “I’ve had 18 years of learning how to ‘make good choices’ and ‘always be prepared’ from the best parents I could ask for,” she said. “I’m ready for whatever life has to throw at me.” Having already gone through the process of send-
ing their older daughter off to college, Katie thinks “they’re more than ready to let me go.” Still, she worries about one thing. “I wonder how they’ll survive without me telling them how to run every machine in the house. My mother used to threaten not to send me to college because she didn’t know how to record a TV show without me showing her the big orange ’R’ on the remote,” she laughed. Her older sister, Sarah, will be fine, however. “It won’t be too hard to lure her to visit me with some good ol’ Chicago deep-dish pizza and the chance to see her little sister living the freshmen college student I-have-no-moneyand-eat-mac-n-cheese-everynight life.” ***
Needs winter clothes
Marlborough graduate Alex Tator applied to a number of colleges. But in the end, the choice was simple. “I fell in love with Bentley University after visiting the campus in the fall,” said the daughter of Steve Tator and Dorothy Schouten, Windsor Square. “I went in October and it was just beautiful.” Bentley is located 20 minutes outside of Boston, which means California girl Alex will have to go shopping for winter clothes. “It’s exciting. I’ve lived here my whole life, I know the people and the neighborhood. But it’s just really exciting to be moving into this new stage of my life,” she said. An added bonus is that Alex, who was on the varsity team at Marlborough, will get to be on Bentley’s volleyball team. “I plan to major in business,
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ple were so cool. It is a perfect fit.” With her departure to the East Coast looming, Alex says her parents are doing pretty well. “The cool thing is they’re planning to make a bunch of trips to come and see me play volleyball.”
Programs gain from Coke grants Several L.A. agencies are the recipients of The CocaCola Company’s $2 million in grants awarded to 20 organizations across the country. The agencies include Kids in Sports, the Tavis Smiley Foundation, which received $75,000 to fund a leadership and development program, and Teach for America. Kids in Sports received $30,000 to support community-led sports programs for children.
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