REUNION WEEKEND 2009 IS HERE!

It's time to register for Reunion 2009, April 17 - 19!

Visit our Reunion Center on the website where you'll be able to see the schedule for the weekend, register online and see who's attending so far!

This year, GA's annual book fair will feature alumnae authors!  Browse the bookfair and look for your classmates and their literary works over Reunion Weekend.  Special thanks to Marion Boucher Holmes '73, owner of Just Books, and Steele Hearne '04 for coordinating our alumnae authors.  Below is a list of authors who will be represented.

Kendra Bonnett '69
Anne Elizabeth '85
Elizabeth Brack Flock '83
Icy Haley Frantz '83
Beth Pegg Frates '85
Christina Kelley Gilmartin '64
Frederica Greul Halligan '56
Sonia Harrison Jones '56
Elizabeth Roessler Lombardo '88
Lauren Redniss '92
Charlotte "Lolly" Robinson '79
Cindi Strauss '87

In addition to these talented alums, we have many alumnae artists showing their works during the Alumnae Art Show and Reception on Friday evening of Reunion Weekend.  Below is a list of artists who will be showing their works. 

Ceci Halpern Morgan '59
Lynne Layman '64
Sybil von Bucher Holland '64
Molly Heron Hampton '69
Christine Keefe Aiello '79

We're looking forward to another wonderful weekend!

If you have any questions about the weekend, please contact Megan Tyre Lindemeyer '88.

2008-2009 Annual Fund

The 2008-2009 Annual Fund needs you, this year more than ever.  As you reflect on your days at GA, remember that there are girls right now following in your footsteps. Make an impact today and be a part of their meaningful experience, as alumnae before you did for you when you were a student. Your gift---no matter the size---makes a difference and here's how.  Our goal is for 30 percent participation from our alumnae by June 30, 2009.  See where your class stands with this year's Annual Fund. 

Thank you to those alumnae who already have made a gift!

Distinguished Alumna 2009 Announced! Fabi Arredondo '84

Fabi Arredondo '84 was nominated and elected as this year's Distinguished Alumna!  Fabi is the managing partner of Siempre Holdings, a private investment firm based in New York. She is also a non-executive Board Director of Experian Group, Rodale Inc. (the leading international magazine and book publisher in health and fitness) and a board trustee of Sesame Workshop and the World Wildlife Fund in the U.S.

Greg Mortenson to visit GA!

On Tuesday, April 14, 2009, Greg Mortenson, the best-selling author of Three Cups of Tea and an authentic humanitarian, will visit Greenwich Academy for a day of assemblies and discussions with students in all three divisions.

Mr. Mortenson's journey as a founder and now director of the Central Asia Institute and Pennies for Peace began in September 1993 when he stumbled into the village of Korphe, Pakistan, after a failed attempt to climb K2.  This misstep led him to embrace and change the lives of thousands of Pakistani and Afghan children as he vowed to build a school for the people who had helped him when he was lost and hungry. His mission expanded as he recognized the urgent need for education of the children of these countries.  Currently his foundation has built 78 schools, which have educated more than 28,000 children, including more than 18,000 girls who had been denied educations.

This event is presently open to alumnae on a first come, first served basis. In order to anticipate and meet the needs of our community, we encourage you to respond as soon as possible. RSVPs may open to others in the GA community at a later date. All three of Greg Mortenson's assemblies for students at GA on Tuesday, April 14, 2009, will be broadcast as a live simulcast event on campus. Check the website for more information or to register for the event.  All alumnae are welcome, however unfortunately we cannot accommodate guests.  Please consider public transportation or carpooling as parking will be at a minimum.  We hope you will join us for this momentous event!

Cum Laude Speaker

Greenwich Academy's annual Cum Laude Assembly took place on Thursday, March 5, 2009. Each year, members of the senior class are inducted as members and seniors who were inducted as juniors are recognized. The speaker for the assembly is an alumna who was inducted to the Cum Laude Society ten years ago. This year's speaker was Betsy Sykes, Class of 1999.

everGREEN

This year's Greenwich Academy event, everGREEN, benefits the STEM initiative at the GA.  Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics are main priorities as we move forward with the newly established Duff Center.  If you'd like to attend or learn more about the benefit, visit the everGREEN website.  We hope to see you there!

Summer at GA!

TECH ACADEMY
GA is having a Tech Academy from June 22-26, 2009!  Be a part of it!  Do your children seem to know more about computers than you? Do you wish you understood what your kids were doing with Facebook, texting and chats? Do you need to keep track of and finally organize all those digital pictures from your family vacations? Would you like to make your own videos? Do you want to make the most of the Internet? If you have answered yes to any of these questions, then GA's Tech Academy for Parents is for you. Register for just one half-day session, or come for the full week! Multiple workshops, taught by GA's very own tech department faculty, are offered daily to meet your needs. Visit the website to register or learn more!

SUMMER CAMP
During the summer months, the Greenwich Academy campus is bustling with summer activities for girls and boys of all ages. Greenwich Academy offers a variety of GA-sponsored select camp programs and is one of ten sites to host ESF Summer Camps. The GA select camps operate for one or more weeks offering a variety of personal enrichment opportunities, many of which are supervised by Greenwich Academy faculty. The four ESF camps offer 1-9 week options with a variety of programs for boys and girls ages 4-15. Visit the Camp website for more details or to regster.

Last Month's Poll Results!

Less than three percent of you were correct on last month's poll!  Greenwich Academy offers seven foreign languages.  They are: Arabic, Chinese, French, Italian, Spanish, Latin and Greek. 

Remember When . . .

We've had such fun coming across these photos of yesteryear, and we hope you enjoy them, too!  Do you know who these GA alums are?  If so, email Angela VanMoorsel with your guess.

Last Month's Photo

From left to right: Cheryl Jordan Reisenweber, Barbara Stocker Piccarillo, Cindy Priggen, Cynthia Perlman Tinsley, Susan Anderson and Cricket Willis Boynton.  All from the class of 1968.