Class Notes

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MOLLY BRANIGAN ’19 is president of the ninth grade class at Concord-Carlisle High School. Thanks to her experience on the Nashoba Brooks Speech Team, Molly and her partner won their first debate tournament.

CLAIRE PARTRIDGE ’19 is currently a freshman at Concord Academy. She joined the ski team and enjoys running before the mountain opens. Claire paints whenever she has time, and has started painting scenes from Ramayana (an assignment over school break for her history class). Her love for English has only grown, in part because of Grade 8 English class at Nashoba Brooks School with Mrs. Rabb. Claire returned to Nashoba Brooks for the young alumni reunion this fall and reports that the School “looks amazing.”

Anne Averill ’18 playing varsity hockey at Andover.

ANNE AVERILL ’18 made the varsity hockey team at Phillips Academy Andover, a place she “absolutely loves.”

SOPHIE KNOBLOCK ’18 was recently named a Brine All-American for the Class of 2022 and competed on the Deerfield Academy varsity lacrosse and swim teams as a freshman. She was on the honor roll for all three trimesters during her freshman year.

EMILY (EMMY) McCORMACK ’18 is in her sophomore year at Concord Academy where she is a member of the Junior Youth in Philanthropy Board. She is involved in many clubs, and notes that Womensorg, feminism/women's empowerment club, is her favorite. She is also involved in many after-school activities and found a new passion: biology. AMAYA BENZAQUIN-MAGILL ’17 is a junior at Lawrence Academy, where she enjoys pursuing her passion in music and sports. One thing she misses from Nashoba Brooks School: performing in Mary Poppins.

MADELINE CAREY ’16 and EMILY (LILY)

FAUCETT ’16 were the head tour guides for Deerfield Academy’s parents’ weekend.

LAUREN MAZZA ’15 started Kenyon College at the end of August and is loving her challenging classes such as English and women's and gender studies. She is a member of the ultimate frisbee team, which is something new for her.

Natalie Slade ’15 at the Freeride Junior World Championships.

NATALIE SLADE ’15 received 4 th place in the 2020 Freeride Junior World Championships held in Kappl, Austria.

TALYA KRAMER ’10 is currently a second-year Ph.D. student in biology at MIT. Her research looks at the cellular and molecular processes involved in sensory integration and decision making in the microscopic worm known as C. elegans. She is enjoying being back in Massachusetts and is excited to have her brother DANIEL KRAMER TG ’08 in Boston as well for an internship this winter.

MAGGIE SHILLING ’10 works in Dr. Karen Adolph's Infant Action Lab at NYU, where they study infant and toddler motor development. She will work at NYU for two years in the hopes of eventually going to medical school. In essence, she gets to “study and play with babies all day, which is so much fun!”

WALKER DAVEY TG ’09 is currently a freshman at Boston College and hopes to double major in finance and business analytics. He also participates on the men’s soccer team at Boston College.

Sophie Robart ’09 with her dog, Hagrid.

SOPHIE ROBART ’09 spent her last summer of law school in Washington DC working in the DOJ’s Child Exploitation and Obscenity Section. After graduating from Wake Forest University School of Law in May, Sophie (and her sweet puppy, Hagrid) will be moving to New York City to begin her career as a prosecutor in the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office. DANIEL KRAMER TG ’08 is currently a junior at Dartmouth College with a double major in government and quantitative social science. He is on the varsity heavyweight rowing team, does research in the government department, and is a tour guide. This winter, he is interning at Summit Partners on the Growth Equity Team, and this summer he will be an intern at PJT Camberview, specializing in corporate governance. SASHA KRAMER ’08 is a Ph.D. candidate in marine science at the University of California Santa Barbara studying phytoplankton ecology and the ocean carbon cycle. While most of her work is on the computer, her favorite part of her job is doing field work—she spent over ten weeks at sea in 2018 and looks forward to spending six weeks onboard a research vessel in the North Atlantic Ocean this spring to collect more data for her dissertation. PATRICIA MANENT ’07 is currently an Account Manager at Wayfair and has been with the company for two years. She works in the fulfillment network

operations, and works closely with suppliers. Prior to Wayfair, she was working in sales at Procter & Gamble where she managed product categories at specific topcustomer teams. She resides in downtown Boston and is currently training for the Boston Marathon this April.

TANDY BRYANT ’06 is currently in her second year working in the admission office at Nashoba Brooks School. It has been wonderful for her to be back on campus and helping to welcome new generations of students into the community. In addition to admission work, she also has the pleasure of being an advisor to students in Grade 6 and a coach for both the soccer and basketball teams.

SARA DAVEY GILLIS ’06 is currently the Director of Enrollment Management at Lawrence Academy. She and classmates NINA DENISON '06, FIONA HASLETT '06, and GRETCHEN WILLIAMS '06 spent a weekend together in Maine over the summer. Nina and Sara met at Nashoba Brooks School when they were in

Daniel Kramer TG ’08 rowing this fall.

Kindergarten.

Perin Adams’ ’05 dog, Bean.

PERIN ADAMS ’05 is living in Newton, Massachusetts, with her fiancé, Alex, and their 3-yearold Aussie/Collie mix, Bean. She is working at Vendr, a tech startup in Boston, and she recently received her real estate license.

SILVIA MANENT '04 is currently the Founder of Manent Capital, a Boston-based boutique investment and money management firm that serves ambitious women in their 30s and 40s. Away from the office, you can find Silvia playing tennis and attempting to try every tapas restaurant in Boston (reach out if you would like to join)!

SOPHIE EVARTS LOCKWOOD ’04 lives in Boston with her husband, John Lockwood, and they are expecting their first baby this June. Sophie is working towards her Ph.D. in the Biological Sciences at Harvard University where her thesis work is focused on cancer biology.

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Kelley Crowley Jammal ’03 with husband, Jared Jammal TG ’98, and their daughter, Evie, on Cape Cod.

KELLEY CROWLEY JAMMAL ’03 and her husband, JARED JAMMAL TG ’98, welcomed their first baby Evaleigh “Evie” Crowley Jammal on June 12, 2019.

EMILY (TISDALE) MOWER ’03 recently received her Ph.D. in public policy from Harvard University and is now working as the Director of Data Science at Concentric, a predictive analytics firm based in Cambridge, MA.

E.B. Bartels '02, Meredith Brooks Davis '02, and H. Tucker Rosebrock '02 at Meredith's wedding this past fall.

E.B. (ELIZABETH) BARTELS ‘02 along with H. TUCKER ROSEBROCK ’02 were ring bearers in MEREDITH BROOKS DAVIS’ ’02 wedding to Mark Yelinek on September 21, 2019.

HANNAH GALLO ’02 married her longtime partner on September 21, 2019. Classmate JEVAN JAMMAL ’02 was at her wedding. Hannah currently lives in Philadelphia where she is the Minister for Faith

Hannah Gallo ’02 at her wedding with her wife, Livia Capaldi. Formation at First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia. She was ordained to the Unitarian Universalist ministry on December 1, 2019, at First Parish of Concord, which is the church she was raised in. Her parents still live up the street in Concord so she gets to keep tabs on Nashoba Brooks School when she is visiting them.

Rachel Manley Adams ‘01 with husband Ryan, and their children, Norah and Zoe Adams.

RACHEL MANLEY ADAMS ’01 and husband Ryan Adams recently expanded their family with Norah who was born on September 13, 2019. She joins big sister, Zoe.

CATHERINE DOWN ’01 is a food, humor, and travel writer who launched Edible DC magazine before moving to Paris. She has written for The New York Times, Condé Nast Traveler, and Tasting Table, among others. Catherine’s essay Need to Find Me? Ask My Ham Man was featured in the Modern Love podcast and has recently been nominated for a 2019 James Beard Foundation journalism award.

Jackie Marchand’s ’01 children, Liam and Vivienne.

JACQUELINE (JACKIE) D. MARCHAND ’01

and her husband, Luke, welcomed their second child, Vivienne Lena Ann, in October. She joins her big brother Liam, in the Marchand family. All are doing well and clearly Liam is taking his new responsibilities as a brother very seriously! Emily Cohen ’98 and Sophie Lockwood ’04 at their annual co-lab retreat at Lake Winnipesaukee in Meredith, New Hampshire. EMILY COHEN ’98 is finishing her postdoctoral degree in cancer biology at Harvard Medical School and is applying for scientist positions in the biotech industry. She has also had fun reconnecting in the lab with SOPHIE EVARTS LOCKWOOD ’04, a Harvard Ph.D. student. They are both executive leaders of the Harvard Biotech Club, which organizes educational initiatives in biotech-related fields for the Harvard lifescience community. REBECCA LEMAITRE ’97 and her husband, Tim, and children (Travis, 5 and Veronika, 1) moved back to Concord in July after 13 years in New York. They have enjoyed “rediscovering” the town and reconnecting with friends and familiar faces.

ALISON MILLERICK ’93 lives in Concord with her husband Chris and their two children Emerson (Emmy) and James. She feels fortunate to be an active part of the Nashoba Brooks community for a second time as the current Parents’ Association president and as a parent to her daughter Emmy, a current Nashoba Brooks Grade 5 student. She reports that while Nashoba Brooks is fortunate to expand its footprint and add new learning opportunities like The Shilling STEAM Lab, the consistent values and emotional scaffolding the School provides its students continues to encourage confidence and nurture the spirit. Alison also spends time at Emerson Hospital, serving on several committees and

volunteering in their cancer center.

Drew Jameson TG ’90 with daughter, Alice ’29.

DREW JAMESON TG ’90 after many years of teaching in the Boston area is proud to return to the Nashoba Brooks School community after graduating from the third grade in 1990, now as a member of the teaching team. He currently teaches fourth and fifth grade reading and writing, and co-teaches Grade 4 homeroom. Drew’s daughter, Alice ’29, is having a great second year in Preschool Discoverers at Nashoba Brooks.

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