classnotes Special Edition: Class of 1998 class notes for Friends School of Baltimore 2017 Magazine.
Justine Alger Forrester ’98 climbed the mountains in Xingping, China, on a grant funded trip in June, 2016.
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Justine Forrester jalger1@yahoo.com
Hello again, Class of 1998! With only one Friends Magazine (previously Collection) issue per year, my contact with most of you has dropped dramatically — by 50%. However, we can all look forward to reconnecting soon. Save the date for the weekend of May 4-6, 2018, our 20th Reunion. If you have not been back to Friends in recent years, or maybe even since graduation, there are plenty of exciting developments on campus in store: a new dining hall (and weight room), a new Middle School building, an impressive new auditorium with stadium seating, new athletic fields… the list goes on. Of course, much will appear familiar, including artwork still framed and hanging on the walls from members of our class. Our Reunion Celebration will take you back to the heart of the campus, under a tent centrally located on the quad area between the old Middle School (now the Forbush Building for Fine and Performing Arts), the Upper School, and the Math/Science Building. In addition to a campus tour, Reunion programming will include back-to-the-
classroom sessions led by faculty, a meeting for worship, collection held in the Meeting House, celebratory awards dinners/luncheons, and much more. I am excited to see you then and help welcome you back to Friends. A big congratulations to Lauren C. Johnson, Ph.D., who has completed her third year as an assistant professor in the Teacher Education Department of the College of Education at the University of North Georgia, and her first year in the position of COE coordinator of diversity and recruitment initiatives. Lauren is working on several research projects, in addition to developing a new program with UNG colleagues and Hall County school administrators, to provide college education to bilingual Latino high school graduates interested in becoming teachers. In the summer of 2017, Lauren participated in the Governor’s Teaching Fellows Program at the University of Georgia and also traveled to Chile for a month with the Fulbright-Hays Seminar Abroad Program for postsecondary educators. Clearly, Lauren continues to make impressive strides in her career, and her influence is changing education for the better,
near and far. Here’s hoping we’ll hear more of her stories in person in May. Marc Broady has been working hard and has achieved great success in his career. “Currently I am living in Baltimore and working as a policy advisor and counsel with Congressman Elijah Cummings in
Washington, D.C. I am an attorney now, and it was a tough journey. I still work closely with and am on the Board of Directors of the Holistic Life Foundation hlfinc.org with Atman Smith ’96 and Ali Smith ’94. Atman and Ali founded the program and are now nationally recognized. They continue to save lives and improve health outcomes for hundreds of children and young adults through mindfulness and yoga; it really works. I am still mourning the loss of a wonderful human being and friend, Woodson “Woody” Marks ’97. Rest in peace, my brother.” Marc’s grief is shared throughout the Friends community, especially by those who knew Woody well. Maeli (Poor) Zacchetti writes to share the news that her son, Kieran Zacchetti ’31, started pre-k at Friends this fall. She writes, “We’re all quite excited, although it will be a big adjustment for Kieran (he’s been attending a half-day free play preschool for three years).” Welcome, Kieran, to the Class of 2031! In her own news, Maeli tells us, “I’ve switched jobs, but I’m still working at Aberdeen Proving Ground. I’m working for the Joint Program Executive Office for Chemical and Biological Defense as a logistician supporting installation defense equipment. The job is pleasantly
Tamara Clark ’98 and wife Patricia L. Red Hawk welcomed their son, Elliott, in February.
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