NCCS

GETTING MARRIED?

Let the Alumni Office know so we can send you an NCCS banner for photography! Contact Holly Donaldson Casella ’04 at (203) 801-5687 or hcasella@countryschool.net.

19 20 Charlie Huck married Douglas Atkins on Oct. 9, 2021, in Palm Springs, CA. In addition to Charlie’s sisters Alice Huck and Amelia Huck Manley ’99, NCCS alumni in attendance included Caitlin Maguire Patel, Channing Tookes, Dan Gleason, and Demetri Caminis. Congratulations to the happy couple!

Meg and Marshall Johnson welcomed a daughter, Emmett Leigh, on Jan. 6. See page 67 for picture.

21 Pete and Nikki Magrath-Bongaerts welcomed their first child, Marlien “Marlie” Vandergaw Magrath, on Aug. 25, 2021. Marlie is the granddaughter of Alexandra Bongaerts-DuVal ’72 and the great-granddaughter of Barbara Spaulding ’36

Dan and Hadley Martin McDow welcomed their second child, Hayes Humphreys McDow, on March 15, 2022. Hayes joins big brother Grey.

22 23 Ryann Tookes married Robert Ainsworth on May 28, 2022, with many NCCS alumni in attendance, including siblings and friends Channing Tookes, Christian Tookes ’02, Tessa Tookes ’10, Alice Huck, Flora Birnbaum and Caitlin Maguire Patel.

24 Steven and Heather Wegner Wald welcomed their second child, Mila Layne Wald, on Aug. 17, 2021. Mila joins big sister Sienna, age 3.

2005

25 Congratulations to Christopher Lemoine and Wonchi Ju who were married April 24 and had a small celebratory gathering that included Fraser Randolph, Holly, Bruce and Bridgette Lemoine ’08 Chris is a third-year surgical resident at UConn Health and Wonchi is a lawyer working in New Haven.

2007

26 Former apprentices Ryan Giggi and Jeannette Leopold welcomed Charlotte Lucella Giggi on May 5, 2022. Proud grandparents are former faculty members Tom Giggi (E/H, sports) and Elaine Young Giggi (math). Noteworthy is that Charlotte’s great-grandmother, Lucella “Lue” Young, taught seventh grade E/H at NCCS from 1978 through 1993! Ryan and Jeannette are lawyers in Boston, but Charlotte is the happy focus of their days now!

2008

27 Irina Racheva and Justin Snyder were married in Morristown, NJ, and live in Manhattan where she works in finance (capital markets — securitization) at RBC and Justin is a software engineer at Google. “We love the city and have been here since we graduated college.”

2009

Max Aliapoulis is engaged to former NCCS apprentice Molly McKennan. The pair met while attending New Canaan High School. Congratulations!

Liz Frank of Houston, TX, passed away on Aug. 20, 2022. Please see In Memoriam.

2010

Emma Merrill writes, “I started this summer as the new Therapeutic Riding Program Coordinator at New Canaan Mounted Troop and would love to get the word out about our newest program!! It is called Little Troopers and is open to

ALL children ages 4–7. The curriculum is structured to familiarize children with our horses, facility, and routines with the goal of preparing them for either our Horsemanship or Super Troopers program. Students will learn the fundamentals of barn safety, equine care, and teamwork through various horse related activities. Registration is available on our website!!”

2011

Cuyler Brodnax is living in Brooklyn with a classmate he met while attending Villanova and a childhood buddy from Stamford. Although he majored in political science and minored in Spanish, he works in the financial world in Manhattan. He hangs out with and keeps in touch with many NCCS and Choate alumni friends.