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pleased to announce their engagement. A fall wedding has been planned. Howard is looking forward to meeting up with other alums at this year’s Annual Alumni Hockey game on January 24, 2009. Gonzalo Garcia ’95 (the SKS student who never left the Hillside) and his wife Patty send their best to all alums. They continue to be entertained by their first child, Alejandro Javier “A.J.” who was born April 14, 2008.
A 5 1/2 month-old, Alejandro Javier Garcia‑Pedroso mugs for Daddy.
Pat Welch ’95 writes: “In addition to the great news about Varsity Soccer this fall, I was tracking the cross country team and was impressed to see that SKS had a couple of boys who routinely placed in the top ten of the races that the team ran. It’s great that the hard work earned them All-New England honors! Maribel and I are pleased to announce that our second child is due in June 2009. I ran into Chris Greene ’00 out here in Phoenix. After leaving SKS he went to Kenyon where he was in school with both my sisters. Small world ‑ we met up with him last month. My best to everyone on the Hillside.”
Geoff Palmer ’95 is living in Albany,
NY where he works as the legislative liaison for the New York State Department of Labor. Geoff and his wife Elizabeth Briand, a Syracuse graduate employed as the Director of State Government Relations for the American Red Cross of New York State, have two boys, Jacob, 3 and Nathan, 1. Geoff writes: “We recently got back from a vacation to San Diego, CA during which we visited Seaworld, Legoland, the San Diego Zoo and the beach. I would love to hear from other SKS grads; I have been reconnecting with some guys via Facebook. Since winter is quickly approaching, if anyone wants to go skiing somewhere in the Northeast give me a holler. Geoffalanpalmer@yahoo.com.”
Philip Tickner ’96 (cadcriva@msn. com) writes: “OK, so after leaving the retail industry being a general manager for PetSmart for three years, I went back to my true calling which has and forever will be restaurants. I was managing a McCormick & Schmick Seafood Restaurant in Reston, VA (just outside of Washington DC). I was turning 30 and was burnt out and working some insane hours, and I was determined I was going to be happy when I turned 30. So, I left management and decided to go back to waiting tables for a new restaurant that opened in the Reston Town Center called Passion Fish. It’s a non corporate global seafood restaurant that has opened from the creators of DC Coast (a K Street power house restaurant in Washington DC). Today I can say I am happy. The decision to leave management was a “no‑brainer” for me. I am enjoying my free time, having friends over for Sunday supper and catching up on sleep that I missed out on for the past five years.” Tom Clayton ’97 continues to live
in Charlotte, NC with his wife Kelley and daughter Charlie, though he is considering a move back to Rochester, NY to be closer to family. Tom is the owner and president of YDrive Charlotte (www.ydrivecharlotte.com), a “designated driver” for hire service.
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Brian Glynn ’98 recently married and is living in Toyama, Japan where he has opened up his own English School. He also works for a Japanese International Trading Company as an English Consultant. “Loving life and this beautiful country!,” he writes.
Frankie Stevens ’98 writes from Wilmington, NC where he has started his own landscape company. “Wilmington is a great city that is growing and has a lot of history to it.” He credits SKS faculty member, Arthur “Woody” Brown with his continued interest in photography. Ben Stoddard ’99 is living in Charlestown, MA, having completed his studies in boat building and boat design at the Landing School in Kennebunkport, ME this past June. He is working in Marblehead, MA for TW Hood Yachts and is engaged to be married in August 2009, to Sophie Tyler, who is a certified nurse midwife at the Brigham & Women’s Hospital in Boston. Rich Halliwell ’99 and his wife Jennifer are living in Fairfax, VA. The two were married in April 2006, at Montego Bay, Jamaica. Rich works as a personal trainer, and his wife is a first grade teacher in Washington, DC. They have two dogs – a German shepherd/ pit-bull mix and a Jack Russell. Says Rich, “I love what I do – helping people save their lives through weight-training, cardiovascular work, and nutritional improvement.”
Jeff Viola ’99 returned to the Hillside
Ian Gerrior, ’96 and his wife Amy are proud to announce the birth of their son Ethan Scott Gerrior on June 30, 2008.
Chris Barlas, ’98 and his wife Chrissy are pleased to announce the birth of their son Brayden Christopher Barlas on September 21, 2008. They continue to live in Washington DC where Chris works for the federal government.
Tom Clayton, ’97 with daughter Charlie
on October 11, 2008 to tie the knot! The groom and bride, the former, Sarah Flash, were joined by Jeff’s brother Jon ’88 and Josh Dwyer ’99. The Rev. Steve Klots, School Chaplain, officiated.