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1990 Jennifer Licata Rafter is currently enjoying being a full-time • stay-at-home mom, taking care of her 6 children, Brandon (11), Julia (7), Aidan (5) and triplets, Avery, Alyssa and Peyton, born September 14, 2008. Jenn also works at Abington Memorial Hospital as a Childbirth Educator and has her own business as a Certified Labor Doula. • 1993 Marjery MacNeal Krill and husband, Joseph, welcomed their first child, a daughter, Madeline Grace, on April 3, 2009. The Krill family is currently living in Charlottesville, Virginia. •
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Jill Harrington Short was married December 2007 to Adam Short (SJN ’96). They are living in Fishtown with their three rescue dogs, Farnsworth, Oliver and Remington.
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Melissa Wilson-Hart is starring in “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat” at The New Candelight Theatre in Wilmington, Delaware. The show opens October 24th and runs through Christmas. Tickets and info can be found on the website: www.newcandlelighttheatre.com. Melissa is hoping that some Mounties can get to see it!
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1994 Kimberly Parsons Brockmeyer and husband, Justin welcomed their first child, Nathan Michael, on May 25, 2009. Nathan’s grandmother, Joan Morasco Parsons ’66 and proud aunt and godmother, Kathryn Parsons ’97 enjoy spending time with Nathan and his cousins Monica, Anthony, Kayla and Brendan.
1998 Lauren Bair Hankins was married on September 27, 2008 to Drew Hankins, a graduate of Chestnut Hill Academy and Boston University. They are currently residing in Lafayette Hill with daughter, Tess Olivia, who was born on July 27, 2009, 7lbs., 1 oz.
2001 Megan Barth Lewis and husband, Shaun, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Caroline McKenna Lewis, born May 29, 2009. They are currently residing in Blue Bell, PA. Nicole Schuster announces her marriage to Dr. Michael Johnson, on June 13, 2009 at St. Patrick’s Church in Philadelphia, PA. They
will reside in Charlottesville, Virginia. Pictured from left to right: Kate Murphy ’01, Kerrianne Kada ’01, Amy Schuster Valasek ’94, Katie Schuster Johnson ’01, Nicole Schuster ’10, Katie Madden ’01 and Stephanie Lennon ’01.
Amy Smith McLaughlin, Psy.D. has just completed her doctorate in psychology from the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. She is currently working as a school psychologist for the Phoenixville Area School District.
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Megan Osborne Romano is delighted to share that she welcomed Erin Margaret Romano into her family, on June 29, 2009. Big brother, JP and big sister, Katie, love her to pieces.
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Jennifer Harrington Vogel welcomes her second daughter, Taylor Alyce Vogel, who was born on March 21, 2009. She joins big sister, Ella, who is three.
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1997 Carolyn P. McKee is an associate veterinarian at Spring House Animal Hospital in Spring House, PA.
Amanda Woll would like to give an update on her travels. She visited Jeanine Giordano ’93, Rita Kline ’93 and Meghan McElroy ’93 when she was in San Francisco this past January. Also, had lunch with Anne Smart Chiavegato ’93 near her home in Walpole, MA in March. Anne and her husband, Dave, have three children, Olivia, Ava and David who are all doing well. Annemarie Pavlick Convey ’93 and Amanda visited Tracy Allu Albertelli ’93, husband, Mike, and their new daughter, Cecilia Frances, on May 2, when in Philadelphia for Amanda’s mom’s birthday. Tracy is looking amazing and well rested. She said Cecilia is a good sleeper. Amanda is still living in Boston and working for Novartis Oncology.
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Annemarie Krother Petroff and husband, Jeff, announce the birth of their son, Behrett Broughton Thomas (Behr) on July 16, 2009.
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1995 Jeannine Colasante-Detwiler and husband, Steve, welcomed their second child, Grace Marie, on April 3, 2009. Grace joins her proud big brother, Steven, age 3. Jeannine and her family currently reside in Maple Glen and she is in her sixth year working at Jeanes Hospital as the Clinical Pharmacist for the Temple University Hospital Bone Marrow Transplant Program. 1996 Gena Riviezzo Bussell and husband, Joe just added a new addition to their family in April. His name is Nicholas John Bussell, and he joins his three-year-old brother, Joseph.
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2002 Lindsay Skyrm was recently initiated into Kappa Delta Pi, International Honor Society in Education, while pursuing a graduate degree at Gwynedd Mercy College. Lindsay is a first grade teacher at Shawmont Elementary School, in Roxborough. Lydia Tackett graduated with honors from Temple University in 2007, and received a full scholarship to pursue her doctorate in Paleontology from the University of Southern California. She began in the fall 2008, and presented original research at the North American Paleontology Convention in June. 2003 Courtney Boches moved back to PA from Los Angeles, where she worked at CBS, doing audience coordination for shows like “The Price is Right” and “Dancing with the Stars.” Courtney is studying and working at the Pennsylvania Performing Arts Academy, where she teaches musical theatre classes to children age 3-12 years. She also recently worked as a background actor on the “Untitled James L. Brooks Project” starring Reese Witherspoon and Jack Nicholson. She currently is studying at the Walnut Street Theatre and focusing on her scriptwriting, most notably a series she developed based on her 14 years in private Catholic school.
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