I was sitting with our magazine editor, Toni Marshall, poring over what she calls the “budget” for our Pine Crest Magazine. I’ve learned over the past few years that the “budget” lists the proposed stories or “touts” what we are going to publish. As usual, the publication is chock full of great features on our alum (a fashion designer turn reality show celeb and the longest-serving teacher in Broward County at 50-plus years) and highlights current student achievement.
fall 2009-10 Board of Trustees Walter Banks ’61, Chair Michelle Cibene ’84, Vice Chair Marc Bell Lourdes Cowgill, Ph.D. Jean Findeiss Robert Fishman Mark Gilbert ’74 Daniel Goldberg Jeff Hollander David Kantor Arthur Keiser ’71, Ph.D. Albert “Sonny” Kotite Edward Pozzuoli Hiromi Printz Kevin Quinn Douglas Reynolds ’75 Jeff Roberts Sheri Sack Karen Schlesinger Dan Sheinberg Ana Waldman Peter Wittich Jordan Zimmerman
Emeritus Directors
In this issue, the main feature focuses on our new Upper School Academic Center, for which we will break ground in May. The facility includes state-of –the –art learning centers, a student union, and much more (I mentioned the new Academic Center in the fall edition of our Magazine). The new complex will help match our 21st-century learners with a building as equally designed. It will also help inspire our top teachers and attract the best new candidates.
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President’s message
Robert Friedman, H ’77 Theodore Friedt, H ’81 William H. Grimditch, Jr. H ’67 Richard Ingham John Leech ’56 William J. McMillan ’45 Paul Roepnack Henry H. Wheeler
Alumni Council Marcie (Berman) Bour Patron ’80 Elizabeth Camp ’94 Charles Cobb ’93 Lucy Friedt Dublin ’72 Norma Martin Goonen ’65 Jeffrey Keiser ’73 Lara Osofsky Leader ’93 Ashley Palmer Lindsay ’99 Sara Regensdorf ’97 Jon Wiley ’79
As I reviewed the “budget,” two other articles jumped out at me, and both dealt with the devastating earthquake in Haiti. One feature focused on how Pine Crest School sprang into action to assist our Haitian-American employees and students. Sadly, a few of our employees lost relatives in that massive quake. That article also outlined our efforts to aid the devastated nation by sending dollars via a local relief agency, clothing collections, and fundraising for a major tent project to shelter families forced to sleep in the streets. The other article is a compilation of a diary and a blog entry plucked from the writings of two alumni, Alex Cottin ’99 and Dr. Vince De Gennaro ’98, who accompanied medical teams and humanitarian groups to the devastated region to help the injured. After reading their stories, and seeing firsthand the generosity of our students, faculty, and parents during this tragedy, I can say that I have never been more proud of our Pine Crest family.
Pine Crest School – a College Preparatory School 1501 NE 62nd Street Fort Lauderdale, FL 33334 Tel: 954.492.4100 Fax: 954.492.6651 2700 St. Andrews Boulevard Boca Raton, FL 33434 Tel: 561.852.2800 Fax: 561.852.2832
Sincerely,
Lourdes M. Cowgill, Ph.D. Pine Crest Magazine Spring 2010
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