CommunityNews Carolyn Bilton a French teacher in the Upper School, and her husband Joe welcomed their first daughter, Zoe Anne, on Saturday, August 21. Carolyn is on maternity leave until September 2011.
Ramesh Ari married Mathy Maruthappu in Sri Lanka on August 27, 2010. Ramesh is the Webmaster at SAC. He and his bride will be living in Scarborough, ON.
John Clements is back as the organist for morning Chapel service. John joined the faculty in 1976 and was Head of Music before retiring from St. Andrew’s in 2002. We are confident he will add some excitement to Chapel services in preparation for the Carol Service on December 3rd! Nick Day married Claire Kelly on July 31, 2010 in Ottawa. Nick is a French teacher in the Upper School and Varsity Soccer Coach, and Claire is the Director of the Upper School at Appleby College in Oakville. Nick and Claire are living in Macdonald House, where Nick is Assistant Housemaster, and they plan to move to their house in Caledon next summer.
Michael Carroll a science teacher in the Upper School and Varsity Football Coach, married Sarah Nicole Purcell on July 24th in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Mike and Sarah are living in Sifton House where Mike is Assistant Housemaster. 2 Fall 2010
Sue Hayter has assumed the role of Upper School Teacher-Librarian in addition to her role as the School’s Archivist. Sue is working with the Upper School faculty to foster a culture of reading, research and academic integrity. Sue comes to the role with her Doctorate in Library and Information Science and many years as a university level teacher, and school and public librarian.
Jim McGillivray, SAC’s Piping Director and a leading figure in piping education world-wide, played “Amazing Grace” on the season premiere of “CSI” in September. While Jim did not actually appear on the show, his melodious sounds were recognizable to many Andreans. A year ago, his brother-in-law (a recording engineer) submitted some of Jim’s recordings to a Hollywood company that provides sound files for TV and movies. Apparently, the producers of CSI couldn’t resist this Celtic favourite, performed so powerfully by SAC’s very own Double Gold Medallist! The spot had Jim’s Amazing Grace dubbed over a funeral scene on the show. Of course, this being a crime show, at the end of the scene the casket explodes! Jim’s tongue-in-cheek friends emailed him right away to ask if he was okay. MariA Pilieci is now the School’s Library Services Co-ordinator, responsible for the day-to-day operations of Towers Library, including cataloguing, circulation and book acquisitions. Maria started at SAC in 1992 and continues to ensure that the Towers Library is maintained as a well-appointed space in which to read, research and study. Brian Raaflaub has retired from Appleby College where he served as Curriculum Chair of Mathematics and Computer Science since leaving SAC in 1990. He has joined his wife, Dr. Catherine Raaflaub, Head of