Alumni News & Class Notes

Class Notes

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14Mitch Rands ’14 is a first year medical student in Washington, D.C. and I’m just trying to survive! His school is similar to a military academy, with a service commitment instead of tuition. He will spend a few years as a doctor in the Navy when he graduates. He looks back fondly at his days at SFS with so many great memories from that place! The experiences and relationships will always be part of who he is. Fellow classmates of ’14 coming through DC, please reach out. He would LOVE to grab lunch and catch up.

Madeleine Craig ’14 says hello to all from Melbourne, Australia where she is working as an Urban Planning consultant, ’helping build our future cities’ if you will. Her aspirations are to help build a more sustainable way of living within our urban environments. She is still an avid runner & recently beat my high school 5km PR which she is pretty chuffed with. She also reconnected with one of the ’Gucci Girls’ during lockdown. There are a few Crusaders in Melbourne so it’s been so lovely to have a new ’old’ friend here! She is traveling to Europe in August as well and is hoping to reconnect with old friends too! Otherwise I spend my time eating and drinking through Melbourne’s ever evolving food and wine scene. There’s always something new to check out & she is still relishing things being back to normal here after the world’s longest lockdown (literally). No quarter life crisis yet her advice is to remember to slow down, stop and smell the roses you know? Janelle Nardo ’14 is currently working as a social media coordinator for Australia’s leading cosmeceutical brand and also an account manager for a podcasting agency! She is also working on completing her Masters & hopefully getting my permanent residency in Australia with my partner (fingers crossed). Last year Maddie Craig and Janelle reconnected and started catching up regularly which has been great. Janelle is hoping the class of 2014 can have a reunion somewhere in the world soon!

Sangyeon Chae ’14 graduated from the University of Sydney and started a new job in 2022 as an Assurance Associate at PwC Australia.

72The Class of ’72 is planning a virtual 50th Anniversary Reunion on June 3, 2022 at 6pm EST. The planning committee has been hard at work and has an exciting event planned. Please email Fred Underwood at fdunderwood@gmail.com.

1972 Senior Class Trip to Gyeongju.

09Meganne Benger ’09 (left) and Alli Gingerich ’14 (right) were both staff kids for one year together at SFS. While they weren’t exactly buddies (grade 4 and grade 9) at that time, they both moved to Kuala Lumpur in 2020 and decided to turn over a new leaf. They now enjoy being housemates, colleagues, adventure buddies and good friends as they teach, travel, and reminisce about childhood in Korea.

Mitch Rands ’14 Yearbook photo.

Janelle Nardo ’14 Yearbook photo.

Sangyeon Chae ’14 Yearbook photo.