A NEW DAY DAWNS - Boston Latin School

CLASS NoteS
in the Best American Poetry, Poetry Contest
#1. The poem will appear in the summer
2007 issue of Barrow Street. The contest
was organized by David Lehman, series
editor of Best American Poetry and judged
by Mark Bibbins, the Lambda awardwinning
poet and author of Sky Lounge.”
Gina M. Todd writes, “Bobby Todd and
i got married on November 18, 2006, at
holy Name Church in West Roxbury, MA.
A reception followed at the Westin hotel
in Waltham, MA. After a honeymoon in
Antigua, we now reside in Roslindale, MA.”
Rachel Skerritt was recently appointed
as the new principal for Another Course
to College (ACC) in Boston. ACC is a
college preparatory high school, serving
students from diverse backgrounds and
neighborhoods. She is currently a member
of the BLSA Board of Trustees.
1996
CLASS Committee: JANeLLe CoStA AUStiN,
mArio Choi, SUSie GiLLiS, mAry f. o’NeiLL
Colleen Madden Fairchild writes, “i am
excited to announce my marriage to Tim
Fairchild on october 28, 2006. We had a
beautiful ceremony at our Lady of the Cape
in Brewster, MA, followed by a fantastic
reception at harbor Point Restaurant in
Cummaquid, MA. in attendance were
classmates Tom Kiley, Mary o’Neill and
Kria Sakakeeny. We recently returned from
our honeymoon on the South island of New
Zealand. What a breathtaking country! i’d
also like to add that it was wonderful to see
everyone at our 10-year reunion—what a
great turnout for ’96! Drop me a line at:
collmadd@aol.com.” Sharlene R. Hew
writes, “i graduated from NU in 2001. i am
currently working at Blue Cross Blue Shield
of MA and have been here for six years now
and i love it!” Jaclyn A. Kilday writes, “i was
named ‘exalted Ruler’ of the Benevolent
and Protective order elks, Lodge Number
10, Morrell St., West Roxbury. i am working
as an eMT with Boston eMS.” Alicia D.
Mallon writes, “My husband, Jim, and i are
proud to announce the arrival of a baby boy,
Jackson Thomas Mallon. Jack was born
on April 10, 2007, in Winchester hospital,
just in time for opening day at Fenway! he
weighed 7 pounds and was 20 inches long.
Mom, Dad and baby are all doing great!”
Gabriela T. Richard writes, “i was accepted
as a doctoral student at the educational
Communication and Technology program
at New York University in fall 2006, where
my focus will be evaluating the efficacy
42 Bulletin fall 2007
of interactive manipulatives in education.
i am a recent recipient of the highly
competitive National Science Foundation
pre-doctoral fellowship, which will fully
fund three years of my doctoral studies. For
the past six years, i have developed and
researched educational technology at the
Division of educational informatics at the
NYU School of Medicine. on a personal
note, i was engaged to Curtis Clare on
New Year’s eve (2007) and we will marry
in May 2008.” Erin M. Richards writes, “i
have been working as an accountant at a
small financial consulting firm in Boston
for the past six years. i am doing a career
change and am going to get my master’s
in social work at Boston University in the
fall of 2007. i was not able to come to the
10 year reunion and wanted to say hello
to everyone. e-mail me at erichards8@
hotmail.com!” Brandi Walker writes, “hello
All! i am happy to announce that i recently
became engaged to my partner of 10 yrs!
My wedding date is set for August 30, 2008.
i have four children now, two boys ages 11
and 20 months, and two girls ages 6 and 8.
So my hands are full as you can probably
imagine. i am still residing in Boston
(Ashmont area), planning to relocate to NC
in the next two years. i am good friends
with Janeen Greene and Christine Hamlett
and i see a lot of class of ’96 alumni.
i am currently working for Community
Newspaper Company in Needham and can
be reached at walker_bs@yahoo.com.”
1997 REunIOn
CLASS Committee: miCheLLe hUGheS BeNfer,
kioNNA riLey BUShAy, rAShAUN J. mArtiN, LeoN
“DUke” mArtiN, PAtriCe morriS, mAtthew J.
o’mALLey, mAUrA mCNeeLy tUCker
Matthew Christensen writes, “i was the
subject of an article in the Milwaukee
Journal Sentinel, which is the major paper
in the city: http://www.jsonline.com/story/
index.aspx?id=641663. i am currently
a graduate student at the University of
Wisconsin-Madison studying medical
physics, and working towards my Ph.D.”
Nancy M. Lue reports, “My husband,
Thomas, and i are happy to announce our
marriage. We were classmates at harvard
College and got engaged while Tom was
completing his law degree at harvard
Law School. The wedding took place on
September 2, 2006, at the Trentadue
Winery in Sonoma County, California.
The wedding party included maid-ofhonor
Susanna Poon ’94, bridesmaid
Dale You, Alfred Poon ’91, and BLS
faculty, Kimberly Green. over 200 guests,
including Kent Lam, joined in the vineyard
estate celebration. other Boston Latin
School alums celebrated with a series of
engagement and post-wedding festivities
in Boston, MA. We currently reside in
Manhattan.” Michael A. Szkolka writes,
“i am currently fashioning an upbeat
musical production of Dostoevsky’s ‘Notes
Classmates from 1999, Shannon Carthas, Kim Roche, Kevin Moran and Dave McLaughlin,
visited at the Sam Adams tailgate during the Red Sox vs. oakland A’s series in June 2007 in
oakland, CA.