Upton Street Reunion Reunuions?

UPTON STREET ALUMNAE WELCOMED

The annual Upton Street Reunion took place in October with over 30 alumnae attending. The alumnae all graduated from the Academy’s campus on Upton Street, which closed after the Kensington campus opened in 1956. The reunion attendees included the classes of 1947 through 1959.

The event included a social hour followed by Mass in the Holy Cross Theatre. The guests enjoyed a short video about the Academy’s #EmpoweredGirls capital campaign. The day concluded with a luncheon for the guests, where reminiscing about high school days and catching up on current life events complemented the menu.

The Academy of the Holy Cross was located on Upton Street in Washington, DC from 1910 to 1959 with the Class of 1959 as the last class to graduate from the campus. The Class of 1960 opened the Kensington campus in 1956 as freshmen.

Upton Street alumnae

Martha Murphy Schwieters ’59 Betty Sullivan Hughes ’47 and Jane Wilbert Crocker

Barbara Haske Lester ’50 and Claire Kirchner Lawless ’50

Front row (L-R) Martha Murphy Schwieters ’59, Cathy Ebel Flynn ’59, Kathy Bourg Wootten ’59, Bobbie Lavelle Foster ’59, Bren Beirne Leiss ’59; Back row (L-R) Jean Gleason White ’59, Jean O’Hare Reichelt ’59, Sylvia Cole Mackey ’59 (L-R) Rosemary Kirchner Brisbane ’56, Lucy Policelli Willging ’56, Mary Lynch Costabile ’56, Joyce Wright Emelio ’56, Barbara Heister Swope ’56, Nancy Wright Greene ’56, Katherine Cogan Kovach ’56, Anne Lippert Pomykayla ’56 (L-R) Jean O’Hare Reichelt ’59, Jean Gleason White ’59, Bobbie Lavelle Foster ’59, Martha Murphy Schwieters ’59, Cathy Ebel Flynn ’59

ALUMNAE NEWS

CLASS OF 1971 CELEBRATES 50TH ANNIVERSARY

Members of the Class of 1971 celebrating their 50th Anniversary in October 2021.

The Class of 1971 celebrated their 50th anniversary as a class on Saturday, October 23, 2021. The attendees came from as far away as Utah and Colorado. Their festivity began with a special tour at Holy Cross led by President Katy Prebble, where the group enjoyed seeing new, updated and familiar spaces on campus.

Following the campus tour, the group then attended a special luncheon at the Pooks Hill Marriott in Bethesda, MD. The reminiscing included a display of high school memorabilia including a vintage pair of Saddle Shoes belonging to Debbie Colella Chite (who, of course, wore her class ring!). One of the special highlights at the luncheon, was a video created for the Class of 1971 by Sister Grace Shonk, Sister Adria Connors, and Sister Jean Ann Smith, all of whom taught these graduates.

Members from the Class of 1972 who celebrated their 50th anniversary of graduating from Holy Cross in June 2022 (L-R) Kathleen Mayer Bovello, Christine Brown, Mary Collins Hagedorn, Patricia Murphy, Mary Pat Leary Arkin.

CLASS OF 1972 CELEBRATES 50TH ANNIVERSARY AND HOLY CROSS CLASS OF 2022 GRADUATION

The Academy of the Holy Cross hosted a special 50th anniversary luncheon for the Class of 1972 on June 6, 2022. The group then traveled to the Basilica of the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception to walk as honored guests in the Class of 2022 graduation ceremony. The Class of 1972 are planning a class 50th anniversary reunion in October.