ClassNotes 2014
2015
Class Agents: Nithya Vemireddy (nithya.vemireddy@gmail.com) Adith Rengaramchandran (adithram@gmail.com) Connie Li (connieli32@gmail.com)
Class Agents: Katy Sanchez (ktlynnsanchez@gmail.com) Nikhil Reddy (reddnikhil@gmail.com) David Lin (david.lin210@gmail.com) Jeton Gutierrez-Bujari (jetongutierrez@gmail.com)
At the 62nd National Junior Classical League Convention, held at Trinity University in Texas, Maya Nandakumar received the Jessie Chambers NJCL Scholarship. A current Harker student, Elisabeth Siegel, grade 12, was part
of a multischool advanced competitive Certamen team that took third place. The achievement earned them nice mentions in Nuntius Californiensis, the official newsletter of the California Junior Classical League. Congrats to both women!
Alumni Celebrations This past September, Amanda Polzin '06 married Evan Sullivan after meeting more than six years ago while working at a summer camp for children with special needs. Their two families gathered in the Hudson Valley of New York to watch them tie the knot. On that day Amanda was especially grateful that Evan had the approval and she had the support of the girls who have been her best friends for 22 years. They are shown here, from left to right: Casey Blair, Casey Near, Amanda, Lauren Gutstein, Shivani Bhargava, and Mariah Bush (all '06)! On June 23, Samana Khan ’02 gave birth to son Ghazi Hussain! She and her family live in New York. In November, Troy Townzen ’08 got married in Hollister to
Peter Noonan ’03 was married on Oct. 17 on Tinsley Island, a private island on the delta in Stockton. “We had a four-day event: Thursday night pirate party, Friday water sports and rehearsal, Saturday ceremony and reception, and Sunday brunch!” recalled the bride, Trishalee Hardy. In attendance were MS ’92 grads Amanda Mathias Bonomi, Nikki Noonan, Stacey Noonan and Liz Williams Itterly; Photo by Love Knot Photography Eugene Dvortsov ’02; and ’03 alumni Kari Saltzman Snell, Nicole Gaknoki, Kevin Hartsoch, Tommy Busch and Chris Davis. Josh Crook ’93 and his wife, Amanda, (a Harker preschool teacher) added another member to their family: Caliber Warren Robert Crook, who was born on Oct. 6, weighing, 7 lbs. 3 oz. Photo provided by Toku Chen '92
Amira DeSourdis, in a lovely ceremony surrounded by friends and family. Amira is Harker’s lower school assistant director of the BEST program and Troy is the grade 1-3 BEST coordinator.
Photo provided by Amira DeSourdis
Photo provided by Samana Khan '02
Former boarding student Frank Lee ’96 got married to Gloria Li on June 15 in Hong Kong.
Photo provided by Frank Lee '96
Photo provided by Casey Near '06
Please join us in congratulating the following alumni:
Photo provided by Josh Crook '93
Toku Chen ’92 and his wife, Candy, welcomed baby Kiran into the world on July 29 in Hong Kong. “His first name means 'ray of light' in Sanskrit,” shared Toku.
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