CLASS NOTES
ELEANOR GILMORE-SZOTT ’08 CONTINUES HER DOCTORAL WORK IN BIOETHICS AND PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, WHILE SKIING AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
JULIA VILL ’08 AND ROHAN MEHRA WERE MARRIED IN AUGUST IN NAPA, CALIFORNIA.
SAM LAGERSTROM ’14
ALISHA REYNOLDS ’07
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Shelly Griffin is a graduate of St. Catherine University in St. Paul and the student recruitment manager for KIPP Minnesota, a network of public schools that battles educational inequity by helping students develop the knowledge, skills, character and habits to succeed in college and beyond. Heather Pearson writes, “Through my work as a public health analyst, I presented my research findings regarding hospital financial performance across the state of Maryland to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.” REUNION
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Marielle Foster graduated from Carleton College with a double major in mathematics and computer science. She is relocating to New York City to attend the Recurse Center, a three-month educational retreat for people who want to improve programming skills. She will then join the ontology team at Crowdstrike, a computer security company.
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James Thornton graduated from Whittier College in
California with a double major in French and psychology. He plans to pursue a doctorate of psychology at the Wright Institute in Berkeley, California.
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TOGETHER, WE MOVE FORWARD.
Sam Lagerstrom finished his sophomore year at Bates College as a psychology major, pursuing an interest in law by interning at Pine Tree Legal in Lewiston, Maine. This summer he has a legal internship at Gender Justice, a nonprofit in St. Paul. During the fall semester, he will study abroad in Copenhagen, Denmark, to learn about psychology in a different cultural context.
We are committed to building a future of excellence. So we forge ahead relying on our strengths today to invest in a stronger tomorrow.
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Our past is storied and inspirational. Our school’s present and future are up to every single one of us.
Simone Maddox, a Rice University sophomore, will spend the summer studying primate behavioral patterns in Peru.
For our students, our faculty, our campus. TOGETHER, WE MOVE FORWARD. At the same time, we look back to honor and respect a legacy of generations before us. The ones who made our school better, brighter and stronger.
LET’S MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER. JOIN US.
Former Faculty Former Upper School physical education teacher Corky Carl writes, “This will be my last year of teaching water exercise and swimming. Time to play! I’m fine as is my family.”
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