Cotting SChool’S Alumni newSletter linkUs

Spring 2017

Cotting School 453 Concord AvenueLexington, MA 02421

Cotting Alumni “Roadrunner” Basketball Takes Off

In Memory… We send our condolences to the families of these alumni who have passed away:Sam Miller, Class of 1991.Clement Jones, Class of 1979, on Christmas day, 2016.Geri Downing, Class of 1946, on January 30, 2017.

www.cotting.org

KEVIN MAHONEY '07 has been volunteering at Cotting for the past few years, helping out with gym classes and in some of the lower school classrooms. He’s really enjoying his work with Cotting students! He also plays on the Roadrunners Alumni basketball team, and on the Cotting Challenger baseball team.

LUCY MORSE-FORTIER '09 has made a lot of friends through fun trips with Options Unlimited, and is currently working as a Facilities Assistant at Simpson Gunpertz & Heger, an engineering firm in Waltham. On Sundays, Lucy is an usher on the Green Monster at Fenway Park. She was also the Maid of Honor in her sister Charlotte’s wedding last summer!

LIZZY RANDLE is living with ten housemates at the Price Center in Newton! Cooking dinner, kayaking, and going to Red Sox games are just a few of the activities keeping Lizzy busy these days! She loves her friends there and is very happy!

ALANA RUSSO '03 is traveling to London in June and to the Bahamas in October! She continues to volunteer one day a week at Lahey Clinic and at Saint Catherine’s Parish. Alana and her friends are a part of a social group, “Springboard,” which hosts a number of fun events each month. She also stays very active in the Bedford Housing Authority meetings, and uses her voice to speak up about the issues that face her housing complex.

ELIA VELOSO '04 is a Certified Nursing Assistant/Home Health Aide at Personal Touch in Westford, MA. She will be the Maid of Honor in her sister’s wedding in October!

JAMES '72 and CAROL YOUNG '74 are proud to announce that their son John is marrying Heather Taylor on 10/7/17 in New York City!

When Ashley Collins graduated from Cotting in 2010, she asked her father how she could continue playing basketball now that her days in a Cotting Falcons uniform were over. “My daughter initiated the Alumni basketball program,” says Rich. “What started as 12 Cotting alumni scrimmaging against each other is now a competitive team with its own identity.”

That team is called the Roadrunners, which now, in its 6th season, consists of 28 players, all Cotting alumni. The team practices on weekends throughout the winter and plays a 10-game schedule against local teams, including LABBB, the Threshold Program at Lesley University, and even the Cotting Varsity team! The team designed their own roadrunner logo, which is displayed proudly on the red team uniforms, tee shirts, and jackets.

The goal, says Collins, is to have fun and learn to be a team. “This isn’t about winning, but we do win a lot!”

For so many former Falcons, the basketball program was a staple of their Cotting experience. Today, with interest continuing to grow among recent Cotting alumni, Collins is seeing even more demand from players. “To keep playing we’ll need two teams going forward. That means more support, particularly more staff and coaches who would be willing to take on the task of growing the program.”

Collins hopes to offer Roadrunner basketball to as many alumni as possible, as long as he can find additional staff. If you or someone you know might be interested in helping to grow the Roadrunner program, please email Rich Collins at rcollins@necassociates.com.

NON-PROFITU.S. POSTAGE

PAIDN. READING, MAPERMIT NO. 211

MICHELE ADLER '91 is keeping busy working three jobs! She babysits, works at a preschool, and works at Trader Joe’s. She also competes in the Special Olympics for Brookline! She is living in her own apartment in Watertown and enjoys cooking and baking with family and friends.

KATIE ATCHUE '12 goes to Willow Tree day program in Natick five days a week, and also has her own business making pet beds and pillows called “Katie’s Creative Pillows and Pet Beds.” In her spare time she attends the Brain Injury Association groups’ monthly activities, and has recently started horseback riding again. She also will become an aunt for the first time in June!

FRANCESCA BROWN '05 lives at Riverbrook Residence in Stockbridge, MA and is an artist in residence at the Red Lion Inn. She has two or three art shows every year and usually sells out!

MIKE CAMILLE '11 and his family have a family reunion in Lake Champlain, VT this summer that he is really looking forward to. In addition, Mike has an exciting trip planned to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon for October 2018!

CHRIS CAMPBELL '12 is majoring in Liberal Arts at North Shore Community College, and enjoys writing. He has had several articles published on the website thehumanist.com!

AUSTIN CARR '15 has a radio show called “Austin in the Afternoon!” Check it out at https://www.mixcloud.com/radioperkins/austin-in-the-afternoon- 4716-with-dj-austin-and-kennedy/.

TOM CONCANNON '76 sent along a Boston Herald article from January 1960 that took us down memory lane. Tom still works at Draper Labs in Configuration Management.

ELIZABETH COUGHLIN '74 had emergency surgery last October and is now recovering and feeling fine. George ‘69 is in good health as well. They are having some work done on their condo this spring.

JOSEPH D’AMATO '80 has recently come out of retirement after nine years, and returned to work at Target in Woburn. He is a cashier at the self- checkout!

WILLIAM FAHEY joined the MUSE foundation as a drummer in the band called “The Next Big Thing” this past February. Music, Unity & Social Expansion (MUSE Foundation) is a nonprofit organization located in Boston, comprised of small music group ensembles that practice together each week. MUSE firmly believes in the power that music can have in building camaraderie between peers. Will and his band have been offered a chance to play at the SOMA (Special Olympics MA) Hall-of-Fame ceremony on Thursday, June 8, from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.at Harvard University’s Gordon Indoor Track!

MARY FITZGERALD '76 has started playing sled hockey! She also brought fellow Cotting alum JOAN MANNING MACAULEY '76 along to adaptive sailing last summer.

J.R. FOLEY '11 has started a third job in Randolph, MA at Moran Environmental Recovery. He helps out with scanning, shredding, and putting birthday cards together each month. Last year, he attended Camp YMCA in Sandwich, MA with Friendship Home, which included all sorts of activities like kayaking, swimming, and singing in a talent show (he still loves to sing!). He plans to return to camp again this year.

When she’s not enjoying her two nieces, SARAH GARIBALDI '94 works at QL making boxes.

KAREN GEORGE '92 is recovering at home after thyroid surgery in March. She is starting a new job doing food prep at Birchwood Terrace in Manchester, NH.

KRISTINA GILLIS '10 is completing the Lesley Threshold Program while interning at Oxford Day Care three days a week. She loves working with all of the children in her class!

DR. BARBARA HARDAWAY '68 returned to Guatemala in 2011 after teaching at Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C. She’s enjoying her retirement, doing artwork and staying involved in local renovation and building projects. She’s also teaching English to a few students and studying Spanish and Guatemalan Sign Language!

KEVIN HAVERTY '92 performed at Cotting last October! He has been working in music since he graduated, and currently plays in bars and restaurants a few nights a week.

SARAH HOOPER '07 is working at Charles River Center in Natick, and participates in Meals on Wheels, Food Pantry, and Greyhound Friends. She enjoys going to the movies, bowling, and Cape Cod. Next year she’ll be a captain for the Cotting Alumni Roadrunner basketball team!

STEPHEN JOHNSON '74, and his wife live in Tucson during the fall and winter. They kept their home in Epping, NH, where their daughter and grandchild live, so they return each summer to visit and then head back to Tucson after Labor Day. A mechanical engineer, Stephen retired 5 years ago after working 18 years in Woburn for a company that made printing machines. He volunteers in Tucson part-time as a court-appointed special advocate for children in the foster care system, staying with each child until s/he is located in a permanent home. As someone who was once in foster care himself, he is able to speak from experience to the two children he sees now. Stephen welcomes visits with his friends from his Cotting days and can be reached in the summers at 603-303-0993!

SHAWN KOEHLER '07 has been working at his job for ten years now. He is also a volunteer at a local food pantry and mentors a few volunteers and interns. Aside from that, he manages the local Lions Club and is still a freelance web designer, managing multiple websites at a time. His website is www. koehlerwebdezine.com.

KATHERINE KREEFT '91 has been working at CVS for 12 years now, and belongs to the Springboard Social Club as well as a bowling league. She spends her summer weekends at her gingerbread cottage on Martha’s Vineyard!

ERIK KRUSZEWSKI '95 is missing his friends and coworkers from Cotting these days, especially Mark Sarkison and Greer Klimas!

TYLER LAGASSE '05 is currently in his third year at UMass Lowell, and was recently inducted into the Delta Alpha Pi honor society. Tyler has won 11 straight gold medals at the Special Olympics of Massachusetts games for golf, and attended the 2017 Masters golf tournament in Georgia. He also became an uncle in February!

MEGAN LEYDEN '16 works two mornings a week at St. Michael’s School, and has made new friends while swimming at the YMCA every Wednesday. She’s also a proud member of the Alumni Roadrunners basketball team!

ALUMNI UPDATES Share your news at info@cotting.org or 781-862-7323 ext. 145

www.cotting.org

Alumni Internship OpportunityCotting School is excited to announce a Summer Internship for a Cotting School Alum! This is a pilot program that seeks an alumnus/alumna who preferably graduated at least 5 or more years ago. As our intern, you will have an interest in either kitchen-related or administrative tasks. The position and tasks assigned will be based on your strengths and interests. Our intern will have a set schedule and work a minimum of 15-20 hours a week. Specific days and times will be finalized between the intern and his or her manager at Cotting. This is a summer-only unpaid internship. Candidates should email the Human Resources Manager, Althea Ioakimidis, directly at aioakimidis@cotting.org to be considered. In your email, please state your name, contact information, and why you are interested in interning at Cotting this summer.