Alumni
Class Notes
Ashley Cappo OPC ’05 is in her second year teaching at the Community Academy of Philadelphia Charter School. She teaches upper school Spanish and ESL classes, and is also the coach of the girls soccer team. She attributes her desire to teach Spanish to her wonderful experiences in her own Spanish classes at Penn Charter. Pictured: Last year, Ashley and two colleagues took a group of 40 students to the restaurant Amada to try typical dishes of Spain and experience aspects of Spanish culture.
2006 Class Agents Joey Fugelo jfugelo@udel.edu Sarah Roberts sarahlkroberts@gmail.com Katherine Siegmann ksiegmann@gmail.com Jeffrey Torchon jazzjeff88@gmail.com
Katherine Siegmann wrote a piece for Philadelphia Social Innovations Journal on Alyson Goodner OPC ’96 and the company she cofounded, the School Collective.
2007 Class Agents Richard Baska Lynn richardbaskalynne@gmail.com Audra Hugo audra.hugo@gmail.com Anne McKenna amckenna515@gmail.com Eric Muller bericmuller@gmail.com
Sara E. Broad is an English teacher for grades 5-8 at the St. James School, a PC service partner in the Allegheny West neighborhood. James Ballengee Hon. 1689 and PC English teacher Lisa Turner ran into Sara at the school while volunteering for their garden project. Jim writes, “We talked about Sara’s service learning experiences at PC, which were a factor in directing her towards her initial teaching in the Mastery Charter system and now at St. James.” Jonathan Hulting-Cohen was appointed assistant professor at University of Massachusetts Amherst, in the Department of Music and Dance.
Elizabeth Strasbaugh OPC ’07 was this year’s Upper School Louis Savino Day of Service speaker. Liz is a program manager for City Year in Philadelphia and has run a number of major service events and programs (including Diplomas Now) in her time there. She is a 2011 graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, majored in cultural anthropology and worked as an ethnographer at the Netter Center for Community Partnerships during her time at Penn.
Samuel Zeglinski plays professional basketball in Austria.
2008 Class Agents Kathryn Corelli corelli.kathryn@gmail.com Ryan Goldman ryan.goldman6@gmail.com Kyle Maurer kylemaurer12@gmail.com Alexandra Olsman aolsman@gmail.com
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