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BY SARAH SHAW SISKIN ‘78, ALUMNI ASSOCIATION PRESIDENT

Dear Alumni and Rocky Hill family,

Last June 12th, the Alumni ranks swelled by 30! For many it was the most exciting day of the year, when hard work culminated in celebration with a mixture of joy, sadness, eagerness, anxiety, and gratitude by the graduates, their families, and friends. In an inspirational speech, our Commencement speaker, David Dooley, challenged our new Alumni to make a real difference in this world. Please join me in welcoming the Class of 2015! Commencement day gives the seniors a moment to pause and reflect on their time at Rocky Hill. Let’s reflect on the past year.

Save The Dates

18th Annual Fall Classic & Dinner Auction

September 26, 2016

Homecoming & Alumni Games

October 15, 2016

Alumni Career Day

November 4, 2016

Alumni Basketball Games

January 7, 2017

Reunion 2017

June 10, 2017

It has been a year of partnerships. Coming together are groups of unique people with wonderful attributes who have worked productively with the common goal of honoring all that has been accomplished by those who came before them, by building on their work to move the School forward in positive and productive ways. Our partnerships have been progressive. Rocky Hill boasts the Land of Fires Nature Trail, an interactive 1.5-mile wooded and waterfront trail. Funded in part by the family of Lu Eldredge ’54 , and with the School’s vision on reopening an area long dormant and reimagining its inception by Prentice Stout , it now is quite a feature on campus. If you get a chance, please visit it. You will need nothing more than some time and your smartphone, as the path is labeled with QR codes to lead the way.

The Rocky Hill Alumni Association Scholarship has been instituted! This endowed scholarship fund is in its infancy but will one day aid

Alumni families in affording Rocky Hill School. At present, there are 22 alumni legacy children attending our school. The official launch and criteria for this scholarship will be in 2017, so please stay tuned. Donations are welcome at any time.

This year, Career Day was partnered with our new Business After Hours event on January 28. It was well attended, with more than 70 alumni, parents, and friends networking in the Flynn Academic Center. We are excited to hold this event again and we’re working to make it a regular feature. Thanks to all who made this happen!

We have added lacrosse and field hockey into our repertoire of activities for Reunion and Homecoming. If there’s anything else you want, don’t hesitate to ask! We are thankful to the plant operations department for helping to ensure these additions went off without a hitch. The Garden Classroom flourishes and it has had its identity truly come into focus now. There are beds of flowers and food being grown by our students, both at RHS and in summer camp. I almost want to build another garden just for flowers, as I can see that food is slowly overtaking this one! We are thrilled about this, as that was always the vision. The Alumni Association is so glad we were able to fund the installation of the brick pathways and we are still diligently buying and selling them to enable us to keep helping with projects such as this.

Our website, alumni.rockyhill.org is in need of technical support! If you can help, please reach out to the Alumni Office at alumni@ rockyhill.org. It’s a wonderful product and we are thrilled to have it, so take the time to claim your profile today: alumni.rockyhill.org

The campus is abuzz with all sorts of happenings. I find I really must read eCurrents every week so I can keep up. If you are not getting this publication in your inbox weekly, please call or email the Alumni Office and have your email added to the list. It’s quite amazing to see what is happening weekly at our school.

I leave you with one final thought: Your alma mater is the thriving institution you knew when you were here. Come back and visit and see all that has changed yet stayed the same. You are a part of the history and the future of Rocky Hill School, so please get involved and stay in touch with your classmates. Life is short, come to Reunion! #ThenNowAlwaysRHS

Know Thyself,