SYCAMORE SWEETHEARTS BY MARY O’MALLEY Sycamore has created many life-long friendships in its thirty-six years. Students make friends for life that they know will be at their wedding if not in it. For several alumni, being at their friend’s wedding included them as their spouse.
ERIN JACOBS & JP MOORE ‘98
Erin and JP became friends when he arrived at Sycamore in Fourth Grade because as soccer players, they both wore Umbro shorts and sported Samba shoes. In Seventh and Eighth Grades, they were on the Middle School soccer team and “used to talk on the phone almost every night and hang out on weekends, playing soccer in JP’s basement.” Erin says. They remained close friends all throughout their four years at Brebeuf Jesuit High School. JP graduated from IUPUI, and Erin graduated from Miami of Ohio and received a Master’s in Social Work from IUPUI. After college they were roommates and then “ended up dating” when they were 24. In 2013, nearly 20 years to the day after they met at Sycamore, they were married in Indianapolis at the Eiteljorg Museum and fittingly arranged the seating with photographs at the tables according to the different stages of their lives that they knew each other. Classmate Elizabeth (Stephens) Lee, Erin’s best friend at Sycamore, was the maid of honor; alums Patrick Young and JT King attended the wedding. Currently, JP is a CPA/Director at Katz, Sapper, and Miller. Erin recently left her directorship at a local behavioral health agency to stay home with their two children Evie (5) and Alfred (17 months). Evie attended Sycamore for Preschool and Pre-K. “It was wild seeing the school now and watching our daughter walk the halls!” Erin shares. ABOVE: ERIN AND JP MOORE AND FAMILY
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