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Alumni/ae News
ALUMNI/AE EVENT CALENDAR
December 2021
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Alumni/ae Council Speaker Series: “Global Reach: A Conversation About Foreign Policy” (virtual) Wednesday, Dec. 15, 2021, 8-9 a.m.
Panel featuring Anne Toomey ’97 and Melissa Schumi Jones ’97, moderated by Sasha Aslanian ’86 visit www.spa.edu/alumni/events for more information
Sweeney’s Saloon, 96 Dale St., St. Paul Visit www.spa.edu/alumni/events for more information
Led by President Hayley Peterson ’08, the SPA Alumni/ae Council has continued its work during the pandemic. Peterson, who stepped into the Council President’s role in the fall of 2020, leads the eleven-member Alumni/ae Council, listed at right, along with three Committee Chairs: Events Chair Matt Gollinger ’96; Volunteerism Chair Mercedes Henderson Clark ’88; and Fundraising Chair Walt Lehmann ’81. For more information about the Alumni/ae Council, contact Chris Jenkyns, SPA’s Director of Alumni/ae Programs, at cjenkyns@spa.edu.
Hayley Peterson ’08 President Mercedes Henderson Clark ’88 Volunteerism Chair Matt Gollinger ’96 Events Chair Walt Lehmann ’81 Fundraising Chair Dr. Kevin Boeh ’86 Chris Cheney ’88 Sarah Crandall ’02 Peter Daniels ’02 Jim Delaney ’93 Jamie Forman ’77 Stephanie Hill ’11 Ali Hussain ’07 Reid Kett ’13 John Moore ’95
SPA ALUMNI/AE COUNCIL SPEAKER SERIES
In December 2020, the St. Paul Academy and Summit School Alumni/ae Council hosted A Conversation on Education During the COVID-19 Pandemic as part of the Alumni/ae Council Speaker Series. The virtual event featured a panel of alumni/ae who were deeply engaged in educational issues during COVID, including Nathan Arnold ’03, senior policy advisor at EducationCounsel, an educational consulting firm in Washington, D.C.; Anne Moertel ’06, who led communications at the San Francisco Unified School District on food access for students during the pandemic; and Pete Daniels ’02, who teaches Upper School Spanish at SPA. The conversation was recorded and is available to watch on SPA’s YouTube channel.
Reunion Weekend 2020 receives Gold Award from Council for Advancement and Support of Education
St. Paul Academy and Summit School’s Alumni/ae Relations office was honored for its work in transitioning Reunion Weekend 2020 from an in-person to an online event. The Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) awarded the school a Gold Level Award in its annual Pride of CASE District V competition for colleges, universities, and independent schools in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin. The Pride of CASE V Awards showcase best practices in alumni relations, fundraising, advancement services, special events, and marketing and communications.
SPA’s submission, Ingredients for Creating a Virtual Reunion Weekend from Scratch, focused on the creation and implementation of a virtual Reunion Weekend for SPA alumni/ae during the pandemic in fall 2020. In awarding the Gold Award, the CASE judges noted that the SPA team “pulled together a creative approach to creating a reunion experience that allowed participants to create their own in-person reunion while connecting with each other online.”
“Without the enthusiastic response and efforts by our Reunion Volunteers to make Virtual Reunion a success, this award and weekend would not have been possible,” says [Chris Jenkyns, Director of Alumni/ae Programs]. “Thank you to everyone who assisted and participated for your support!”
MANY THANKS TO ALL ALUMNI/AE WHO ATTENDED REUNION 2021!
It was a wonderful weekend of reconnecting with classmates and friends. Photos from class parties are on pages 38-41, and photos from the entire weekend are on SPA’s SmugMug photosharing site at stpaulacademy.smugmug.com/AlumniaeandAdvancement/2021-Reunion-Weekend.
Be Social With Us!
Facebook: facebook.com/SPAalum or individual class pages (contact your Class Agent regarding Class Pages; these pages are managed by individual classes and are not overseen by the school).
Instagram: instagram.com/spa_spartans
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/groups/ 1949775 or search on “St. Paul Academy & Summit School Alumni”.
SPA Online Directory: spa.edu > Alumni/ae > Directory to search for classmates, local alumni/ae, or alumni/ae in a particular field or industry.
SmugMug photo galleries: stpaulacademy.smugmug.com > Alumni/ae to view photo galleries from all events.
