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Class NotesNoah Schmidt graduated from the University ofDenver in the spring with a degree in business andeconomics and is now at the DePaul UniversityCollege of Law.Chris Womack writes: “I’m doing well. I interned forthe Falcons this season as a promotional and salesintern. Hope all is well in Wolfeboro. Chris planned tospend the summer in South Korea teaching Koreanstudents English.Franklin Pargh ’03 and wife Lana.virginmobile.com. I’m also doing a lot of art andlocal videos for musicians.”Brooke (Lovett) Shilo writes that she and DougShilo ’03 were married on June 2, 2012, at Brooke’sparent’s house in Tuftonboro. “We had lots ofBrewster alums present: Jeff Shilo ’06, Eliot Vrana’03, Cristin “Teddy” Oram ’04, Jamie Mitchell ’03,and Weston Sager ’05.”2008Emily Lesko graduated from St. Joseph’s Universityin May and has begun a master’s program in education.Amberlee Jones recently graduated from theRochester Institute of Technology with a B.S. inAmerican Sign Language English Interpretation.Teraysa White ’08, Ross Randall ’08, Megan Doyen’09, Jennifer Clements ’07, Tony Kotpat ’10, PeterRizzo ’09, and Garn Bunyatratchata ’10 workedfor Summer Programs. Ross, Tony, and Garn wereteaching assistants in the Thai Royal Scholar program,and Teraysa, Megan, Jenn, and Peter were teachingassistants in Brewster’s Summer Session.Nathaniel Billings is at the University of Vermont,Montpelier, enrolled in the School of BusinessAdministration and is the goalie for the men’slacrosse team.Laura Kingston graduated from Champlain Collegewith a degree in mass media and communication.She was a finalist for the Madeleine Kunin PublicService Award and Champlain’s Mary Kay KennedyService Award. She is working for AmeriCorpsVISTA serving at Champlain College’s Center forService and Civic Engagement as mentor programcoordinator.”2009Hanna Pattie is at Stonehill College whereshe created her own interdisciplinary major inphotojournalism (and design) and is on the StonehillEquestian team. She competes in Massachusetts andNew England Equitation events, including regionalchampionships.2010Tom Holmstrom just finished his second year atSanta Clara University. Tom spent the summerworking in commercial real estate in Palo Alto,California. In late summer he went to Africa towork at a conservation facility to teach sustainablefarming. He is now studying abroad in Vietnam.Connor Dunn writes: “I have been back at WakeForest since this fall and am still pre-med and intendto get a BS or possibly BA in biology. I am on theWake Cheer team ... I hope all is going well for theBrewster community. If there is anyone looking atWake and they want someone to talk to about beinga student here they can always contact me.”Po-Wei Lin is doing well at the University ofWashington where he is majoring in environmentalscience and resource management and also thinkingabout a biology major.Ridge Garbutt is at Utica College where he playson the men’s hockey team and is a constructionmanagement major.Alexandria Comeau purchased her first home and isa junior at the University of New Hampshire.Carl Maltais-Beland writes: “Well, life is really goodfor me since I left Brewster, I’m in my second yearof University, and I’m planning to open my ownbusiness in 2015. I’m studying entrepreneurship andmarketing, and I love it! I’m a sports lover, and I’mworking on a project to help young hockey goaliesdevelop themselves technically and physically. Thisproject is on the track with my Academy St-Louis’goalie coach with whom I’m working. … I hope to goback to Brewster next year to see what has changedand to show the beautiful lake to my girlfriend.”Jeffrey Hauser attends Hobart College, majoring ineconomics. He completed an intensive three-weekSolo Wilderness Medicine Program and is now anEMT. He also took a business statistics course overthe summer, and Mr. Lui would be glad to know Jeffgot an A”2011Sophia Ising is studying at the German SportUniversity in Cologne and writes that she woulddefinitely like to study at an American college.Send us your Class Note, and we will do our best to include it inthe next BrewsterConnections: alumninews@brewsteracademy.org40 BrewsterConnections – Fall 2012