ST. ANNE’S EPISCOPAL SCHOOL
CLASS NOTES CLASS OF 2017 MATRICULATION Rhea Baldwin ’17 Rebekah Barry ’17 Connell Barton ’17 Saylor Benes ’17 Margaret Bird ’17 Steven Blattner ’17 Sarah Brookhart ’17 Maya Cederlund ’17 Peter Coors ’17 Drew Corsi ’17 Gavin Craig ’17 Jack Darre ’17 Ella DelZotto ’17 Izzy Desjardins ’17 Robert Dicker ’17 Jack Domich ’17 Zoie Feasel ’17 Libby Ford ’17 Sarah Grace Golding ’17 Hannah Grove ’17 Blake Holst ’17 Max Kelly ’17 Rebecca Kerr ’17
Boston University Colorado State University Indiana University Bloomington California Polytechnic State University University of Oregon Florida Institute of Technology University of Arizona American University University of Notre Dame University of Colorado at Boulder University of Wisconsin at Madison Tulane University Tulane University Dickinson College University of Colorado at Boulder University of Colorado at Boulder Abilene Christian University Washington & Lee University of Oregon Rice University University of Texas at Austin William & Mary Denison University
CLASS OF 2018
CLASS OF 2019
Justice Ramsey-Valdez ’18
Abby Alem ’19
Justice Ramsey-Valdez ’18 is six months sober after using for six years. Justice has a stable job at a small diner where he cooks and is planning to go to the military as a technical engineer. Overall, Justice has been happy and healthy and misses St. Anne’s, especially teachers like Mr. Lemire, Mr. Amend, Mr. Vander Meulen, and Mr. Sigler.
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Elizabeth Lanava ’17 Mount Holyoke College Lilly Lichtenberger ’17 Villanova Rogelio Martinez ’17 University of Miami William McFadden ’17 Denison University Yelena Montesinos ’17 Ohio State University Abby Mullaney ’17 Chapman University Frances Murphy ’17 University of Edinburgh Royal (Dick) College of Veterinary Medicine Kyle Nowak ’17 University of Colorado at Boulder Karlee Osman ’17 University of Arizona Barrett Oxenreider ’17 Postgraduate year at The Lawrenceville School Ella Queenan ’17 University of Wisconsin at Madison Emilie Schaefer ’17 Lewis & Clark College Julia Schor ’17 Amherst College John Schweitzer ’17 Senior year Kent School Maddie Spiecker ’17 Chapman University Parker Stava ’17 Northwestern University Bryn Taplin ’17 Gap year then University of Vermont Devon Taplin ’17 University of California San Diego Joseph Wall ’17 Chapman University Braeden Wimer ’17 Hobart and William Smith Colleges
After feeling disconnected from school and her church community because of the pandemic, Abby Alem ’19 decided to enroll in a week-long advocacy institute with the ACLU. Although the institute was held online, Abby found a new sense of connection. “We learned about using our voices to stand up for others,” Alem says. “We studied current-day issues and how they affect our communities, and we talked about how to organize for change within our own communities.” In particular, Abby gained experience with Affinity Groups, gathering opportunities for people with a common identity. Abby wrote a letter to Colorado Academy’s Director of Inclusivity to ask if she could introduce the idea of an Affinity Group to CA. “I knew my experience was unique and part of who I am,” says Abby. The process of forming Affinity Groups is still in its early stages, but Abby says she is “excited to see where it will go.”