2012 Gala Journal - Parents' Association of Stuyvesant High School

March 9, 2012
Dear Friends,
Welcome to our 9th Annual Spring Feast!
Our heartfelt thanks to the current, alumni and future parents, students, faculty and friends
who join us to celebrate our school and support its future success. We are part of a tradition
of excellence that began in 1904 and will continue for many more years.
Spring Feast is its own tradition that began after 9/11 to celebrate and acknowledge the
every-day achievements of Stuyvesant High School’s staff and students. Tonight, we begin a
new tradition: to honor and acknowledge a Stuyvesant High School alumnus’ contributions
to the school. Twenty years ago, architect Peter Samton (’52) designed the building we send
our children to every day and is currently helping to improve the library. Please help us to
celebrate his many professional achievements and commitment to excellence.
This event is the labor of our dedicated and thorough Spring Feast Chair Alice Fung and her
committee of current and alumni parents. Rong Cao, Miriam Chan, Fion Tan, and Candy
Tse have worked for many months behind the scenes. Special thanks go to emcee Dave
Venderbush. Because of Bryan Babski, Beth Bacon, Bonnie Beacher, George Bogdanich,
Steven Bloom, Susanne Fischer, Peter Galasinao, Kevin Heisler, Bill Kaczmarek, Julie Law,
Sarah Park, Sanja Popovic, Chris Ross, and Larry Sit, we have guests, donations, greetings,
ads, entertainment, drinks, and responsible hands to manage the proceeds. Photo coverage
is provided by Andrew Cribb and Samson Fung. We are particularly grateful to Stuyvesant’s
Parent Coordinator Harvey Blumm for his unfailing good humor and quick responses, no
matter how many times we ask for the impossible. Our thanks also go to our Spring Feast
sponsors and donors of the many auction and raffl e prizes. Please support them as they
have supported our school.
Thank you for being a part of the spirit of the evening. Together, we ensure that Stuyvesant
High School will continue to shape the interested into the informed, learners into leaders,
and the curious into tomorrow’s cum laudes.
Best wishes, your Co-Presidents,
Wei Lam Barbara Reiser
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