MKA On the R o a d ^ B in New York, on the Links and on the Rink

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On the Road: NYC

September saw the return of one of MKA’s most popular alumni events, the Young Alumni Party, held once more at the West 79th Street Boat Basin Café in Manhattan. This year, over 150 graduates from the classes of 1995- 2005 enjoyed catching up with one another, as well as chatting to former teachers and current administrators.

1 . Hal Garrity ’04, Cari Roberts, Alex Manevitz and Devin Almeida, from the class o f ’05, and Sarah Miller ’02. 2 . Christine Paschal ’98, Naimah Al-Amin ’97, LaTanya Bennet Ford ’98 and husband Edward Ford. 3 . Friends from the class of 2004, Alexis Tucker, Chris Tortoriello, Herman Dodson and Lauren Sarti. 4. 2005 classmates Amanda Bennett, Joe Walter and Julia Roth. 5 . Sean Duffy ’97, Greg Decter ’97, Bianca Kawecki ’95, Adam Wartski ’97 and wife Sarah Wartski, Jayme Califano ’97. 6 . Ed Williams ’01, Alex Holz ’99, Barry Janay ’96, Ben Aronson ’99 and classmate Gavin Bailey ’99. 7. Whitney Mishler ’01, Jamie Bums ’04 and Josh Weissglass ’01. 8. Sunil Ayyagari ’97, Aaron Mandelbaum ’97 and Marie Corris Lenora ’98 with Daniel Herman and Jenny Mandlebaum Herman ’99x.

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G o lf Outmg

Postponed from the wet summer, this year s Golf Outmg took place on a beautiful fall day. After a day on the links at Montclair Golf Club, players were joined by friends and faculty - including eight Founders’ Cup recipients.1 at an evening reception.

9. President of the Board Alice Hirsh with Alexis and CliffFinkle ’92.

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Larry Duca ’79, retired faculty member Ken Gibson and Jay Wecht ’83.

Patrick Richards ’79 with his guests Marsha Saiff and Karl Shafer.

Alumni Hockey Game

The annual Alumni Hockey Game took place in front of an enthusiastic audience the Friday after Thanksgiving. Nineteen alumni returned to mix it up with current varsity players, and all had a great time. Players were evenly distributed on two teams; green slated as the visitors, and white, the home team. The Green team won the day, with two goals scored by freshman Mark Bowen ’13 (one off an assist by freshman Nick Picinic ’13); two put in the net by alumnus Brian Purcell ’09; a score by freshman player Danny Saling ’13, off an assist from brother and returning alum Brian Saling ’09; and the last goal netted by Derek Phillips ’07, with an assist from John Ciardi ’08. Valiantly putting four points on the board for the white team were Dan Smith ’07x, Adam Wartski ’97, Alex Voinov ’96, off an assist from current team member Danny Roses 'l l and Bryan Lonsinger ’90, assisted by Kyle Clark ’13.

12 .Friends reunite at the rink.

13 . Alumni and current players pose on the ice.