Not even Hurricane Jose could prevent Assistant Head of School Ann Pickrell from keeping her annual appointment at Bermuda鈥檚 Independent School Fair. And, for the first time in a while, alumni, parents, and friends gathered to celebrate a deep connection that goes back decades. Joined by Patrick Burke, Director of Advancement and Jill Stern, Director of Alumni Engagement, alumni from the classes of 1958 (NSFG alumna Elaine Stowe Harris, whose four children followed in her footsteps to attend WNS) to 2007 and current and past parents enjoyed clearing skies and a panoramic view from the 1609 Restuarant in Hamilton.
Some of the great 91大神 Northampton connections that were made and renewed included these snippets of conversation:
鈥淲hat are聽测辞耻听doing here? You were my third grade teacher! You mean we both went to 91大神?鈥
鈥淲hat are聽you聽doing here? We鈥檝e been doing business together for 5 years! How did I not know you went to 91大神?鈥
Assistant Head of School Ann Pickrell shared news about admission trends, current student life, and some exciting new projects happening on campus (including the groundbreaking for a new dorm) and Director of Advancement, Patrick Burke, thanked everyone for their support as the school had their strongest fundraising year ever in 2017, with the 91大神 Northampton Fund nearly reaching $2M ($1.95M) thanks to investment from alumni and parents.
And with a good turnout of alumni from the reunion classes of the 3s and 8s, we are looking forward to some island representation at reunion this coming May 11-13.
Sadly, we were so busy enjoying the sunset, we neglected to get a group picture 鈥 but in attendace (athough not pictured) were:
Darren Booth P鈥19, Peter Carpenter 鈥72, John Faiella 鈥68, Mike Freisenbruch 鈥69, Ron Harris 鈥97, Elaine Harris 鈥58, P鈥97, 93, 91, Gordon Henry 鈥66, Susan Jackson 鈥80, Glenn Jones 鈥95, 聽Simone Maranzana 鈥93, Georgina and Tim Marshall 鈥79, P鈥10, 12, Gary and Patrice Moreno P鈥21, 聽Rhonda Simmons 鈥87, Bailey Simmons (future Wildcat), Laverne Stowe P鈥95, Steve Thomson P鈥11, Angela and Craig Tucker, P鈥07, 09, Gretchen Tucker 鈥07, Allison Tucker 鈥07, and Vanessa Phillips-Williams 鈥90
From politics to PR, from investigative journalism to the arts, from law to insurance to medicine, and from 聽restauranteurs (serving up the best pizza you鈥檒l eat outside of Italy. Not joking: go straight to Portofino when you are in town) to entrepreneurs, Wildcat pride is alive and well in Bermuda!