FALL 2002 Washington Academy · Nan Bradshaw and Charlene Cates welcome your comments: WA Development Office, PO Box 190, East Machias, ME 04630, or call (207) 255-8301. Design &

FALL 2002

Reunion BringsFriends Old andNew Together

Reunion BringsFriends Old andNew Together

“Tart” Gardner ‘38and Lynda Roberts ‘77enjoy a light momentduring the social hour

ALSO INSIDE:Reunion Photos andHighlights p. 3-5

Annual CampaignExpands Music Room p. 7

School News, Alumni Newsand more……

Washington Academy

Two International StudentGraduates from Class of 2002L to R: (Tim) Po-Ting Liao,Headmaster McBrine,(Bruce) Wei-Ti Hsu.

Board of TrusteesPresident, Brian S. Cates ‘72

Vice President,Dennis L. Mahar ‘79

Secretary, Dolores G. Hanson ‘55Treasurer, Clinton E. Gardner ‘49

Assistant Treasurer,Bettina L. Davis ‘60

Jane E. BellDonald F. Brown ‘77David C. Burns ‘67

Dean R. Crosman ‘75John F. Gaddis ‘65

Richard L. Gardner ‘58John S. Johnson ‘53

Ricky W. Ramsdell ‘76Traci L. Sanborn ‘81Donald G. Smith ‘71

Linda F. Varney

Honorary TrusteesFrancis E. Chamberlain

Sandra S. Davis ‘53Arthur W. Gardner ‘38

Patricia M. HallFrancis J. Hallissey

Arthur W. Hoar ‘37Anthony M. Look ‘27

Ralph S. MaharEugene A. MawhinneyHazel R. Palmer ‘27Gardner C. Pope ‘30

Maxine L. PorterClarence M. Randall ‘29

Edwin Randall ‘67

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From the HeadmasterLast spring I reported to you on the Academy’s Strategic Planning process and

the plan that came from it. During this process the Trustees developed a plan toaccomplish the following:

n Generate additional revenue through student recruitmentn Address the need for expanded music spacen Address faculty compensation, recruitment, and retentionn Address issues relating to school climate and school safetyn Build and improve curriculum n Build and improve the International and Residential

Boarding Program

I am pleased to report to you that through our extensive recruit-ment efforts this past year our enrollment has grow from 272 students at the end of last year to over 300 students for the start of this year.

Through the generosity of Alumni, businesses and friends of theAcademy we were able to raise enough money during last years’ annualcampaign to renovate and expand our music facilities.

The Trustees were able to increase teacher salaries by just over fivepercent and have made a commitment to further increases in order tobring our teachers salaries more in line with other area schools.

This fall, through a grant from Safe Schools, our faculty andstudents participated in Anti-harassment and Bullying Workshops. These workshops were lead by Stan Davis, a nationally renownedspecialist in preventing harassment and bullying in schools. After thetraining our student will be going out to area elementary schools topresent this program to our sending schools.

This year we will spend several full workshop days, twelve half-daysand a full week at the end of the year working to finalize the alignmentof our curriculum and assessments to the Maine Learning Results andNational Standards.

This summer we purchased the former residence of Dr. Karl V. Larsonand made renovations in order for it to be utilized as a boys’ dormitory.The “Larson House” currently houses seven international students andone American student, with the potential to house up to fifteen students.We also have ten international students residing in host homes.

As you can see it has been a very busy time of growth and improve-ment at the Academy. However, we still have much to do in order toassure that are students receive the best education that we can possiblyprovide for them and to ensure the long-term health and stability of our school.

Sincerely,

Judson McBrine, Headmaster

Brian Cates

Donald Smith

Ricky Ramsdell

Traci Sanborn

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From the AlumniAssociation President

Class of 1992. Standing (L to R): Travis Dennison, Chris Lyford, Derek Feeney,Alan Fitzhenry, Roy Storey, Matthew Antone, Dawn Cates-Wright, Tracy MakerLabonte, Amanda Porter Hatt, Tammy Jhanson Pettigrew, Elizabeth McLeod ,Elizabeth Matthews, Judd Bragg. Kneeling (L to R): Bethany Buza Look, RhonnieReynolds Gardner, Jessica Green Taylor, Rebecca Johnson Curtis, Natalie Harmon,Heather Sprague Graham, Jennifer Ackley Wickett, Ann Morgan Brown. Attendedbut not pictured: Amy Chamberlain, Jamie Spear

Attendees from the class of 1991: Heather Gardner Perry, Jerry Wood, JoshBragg, Jason Wood, Laurie Chamberlain.

Has it really been

THAT LONG?

T he biennial reunion brought together over 220 smilingalumni who enjoyed sharing memories of their time atWashington Academy. Some highlights of the day

include the following. The annual auction set a record inthe number of items available and total money raised. Thebusiness meeting was also very productive. Two newofficers were elected to the board. Donna Williamson is thenew secretary and Linda Roberts will fill a new position ofassistant treasurer, which was added to give us morecontinuity in that position. Opinions were solicited througha survey form at each place setting and a statistical analysisshowed very favorable results. The sound system in theAlumni Gym was less than adequate and that deterred fromthe performance of our entertainer. Most importantly, theaddition of air conditioning and the social hour were botha success.

Our future planning includes the creation of acommittee to work on Charter/Bylaws for the AlumniAssociation. We researched the old minutes and interviewedseveral older members and there is no record of any by-laws, so approval was given to work on this project andhave a rough draft available for your review two weeksprior to the next reunion.

I want to thank all of our boardmembers along with all the others whohelped organize a successful reunion.We will keep you advised as our futureplans progress for the next reunion.

Richard YoungPresident, Alumni Association

The Class of 1981 Celebrates 20 Years

Class of 1981. Back Row (L to R): Ralph Ackley, Lanny Wood, Greg Marsh, GregMaker, Doug Holmes, Kendall Davis, John Hopkins. Front Row (L to R): LindaShuck Huntley, Teresa Johnson Saddler, Traci Prout Sanborn, Linda Corthell, LisaHarwood Holmes, Heather Little Jamieson, Susan MacFarland Helton. Alsoattending, but not pictured: Julie Smith and Renee Noyes Look.

The Class of 1992 Celebrates 10 Years

Significant Changes Voted byMembership at the Alumni AssociationBiennial Business Meeting……1. Biennial dues increase to $10.00

payable January of the reunion year. Dues set at $5.00 for 1st 5 years after graduation

2. Graduating seniors will be honored at each reunion, i.e. Year 2003-2004 classes will be honored at next reunion. The 5th year anniversary will also be added to the honor class list.

3. A $300.00 scholarship will be awarded each year by the Alumni Association, to a qualifying member of the senior class.

Washington Academy’s

REUNION HIGHLIGHTS

Arlene Gatcomb Greenlaw ‘41,Mary Mattatall ’44, StanleyMattatall ‘41

Bill Holmes ’60 shares his memories of Principal Gardnerat the Trustee Tea Awards Ceremony as John Gaddis ’65,Trustee looks on

Dr. Eugene Mawhinneymakes a point to Paulaand Judson McBrine

John Bagley is all smiles after receiving his award

Sarah Lingleyprovidedentertainmentto guests atTrustee Tea

Alumni chat informally during the social hour

Wayne Kinghorn ’51displays his yearbookto the crowd

Kendall Davis ’81 receivingaward for traveling the farthest(from Arizona) to attend reunion

Alumni Gym atfull capacity withreunion attendees

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Raider Run AwardsTOP MALE

Martin Holmes

Male 14 & UnderEric Fochesato

Male 15 – 19Mark McFarland

Male 20 – 40Nicholas Murphy

Male 40 & OverAustin Townsend, Jr.

Top AlumniKristy Albee

TOP FEMALEAlicia Walker

Female 14 & UnderChristiannah

Holmes

Female 15 –19Abby Winterberg

Female 20 – 40Lynne Hepler

Female 40 & OverJoyce Smith

Female WalkerSami Williams

The audience enjoysopening remarks byHeadmaster McBrine

Group of Distinguished Educator andDistinguished Service Award Winners. L to R: Accepting on behalf of OctaviaDowling-Norton is Millard Norton, ClarenceRandall, Eugene Mawhinney, John Bagley, andTart Gardner.

Entertainer Gary Crockerinstructs banquet attendeeson proper pronunciation

Clarence Randall ’29oldest alumnus toattend reunion

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2002 Annual Campaign DonorsGifts from AlumniEffie Crane Bates ‘28

In memory of Ann PikeHelen Bulson Lee ‘29Clarence M. Randall ‘29Gardner and Lillian Pope ’30 ‘30Ruth E. Small ‘30George Decker ‘32Frances Gardner Esty ‘33Muriel White ‘33Mara Cates Rebhan ‘35Clayton & Irma Vose ‘35Stanley & Alice Berry ‘35Hazel “Jo” Huckins ‘36Lois Plinette Boone ‘36Burleigh & Dorothy Crane ‘36Phyllis Hawkins Kearney ‘36Eugene & Anne Dowling Mawhinney ‘37Linnie Griffin Crane ‘37Louise M. Farrington ‘37

In memory of Conrad PettigrewArthur W. Hoar ‘37Lawrence A. Gardner ‘37Pauline Bernath ‘37Ruth B. Foss ‘37Arthur “Tart” & Alice Gardner ’38 ‘38Frank Foster Jr. ‘38Elvin Bryant ‘39June Ingalls Dinsmore ‘39Marjorie Jones Hatt ‘39

In memory of David C. Dennison ‘71Vincent L. Dowling ‘39Annette Dennison ‘40Laura Hill Dennison ‘40Milton Harmon ‘40Hollis Bryant ‘41Gerald Cates ‘41Shirley Goodney Prendergast ‘41Stanley & Mary Mattatall ‘41Frances H. Proctor ‘42Howard & Myrtle Roberts ’37 ‘42Jasper & Isabel Cates ’42 ‘42Wayne R. Dennison ‘42Flora Purington Hanscom ‘43Jane Longfellow Cullen ‘43

In memory of John LongfellowJohn Bagley ‘43John Farris ‘43Barbara Small Sutherland ‘43Dorothy Gardner Sweeney ‘43Carlton & Marjorie Dowling ’44, ‘46Keith Albee ‘44Marie Crane Harrington ‘44Merna Pettegrow Johnson ‘44

In memory of Conrad PettegrowHarland & Mattie Flynn ’45 ‘48Frances Wyles ‘45Ruth Gatcomb St. Aubin ‘45Viva Berry Houston ‘45Dexter & Dorothy Ashley ‘46Wanda Albee Hartman ‘46Betty Albee White ‘47Ellen Holmes Cates ‘47Fred Harmon Sr. ‘47Gwen L. Tupper ‘47Adien Look ‘47

In memory of Leon LookBeatrice Holmes Ettle ‘47

*Valerie Davis Stimpson ‘47Alvin & Patricia Hall ‘47B. Diane Huntley ‘48Barbara Gatcomb Curtis ‘48*Frederick E. Vose Jr. ‘48John Griffin Sr. ‘48Dewey & Norma Maker ‘48Ellis & Wenona Small ‘48Marjorie Young McLaughlin ‘48*Clinton Gardner ‘49Dawn Miller Woodbrey ‘49Lois Ingalls Sprague ‘49Charles Nelson Look ‘49Daisy Geel Herger ‘49Joan McGuire Gatcomb ‘50William Gardner ‘50

In honor of Jody Gardner HarnishClara Harmon Campbell ‘50Alice Dowling Cousins ‘51Edwin Berry ‘51Eleanor Ingalls Fochesato ‘51Wayne & Lettie Kinghorn ’51 ‘49Roger C. Vose ‘51Adair Bagley ‘52Audrey Buchanan-Swan ‘52Christine Gardner Small ‘53

In memory of Donald Small Jr.John Johnson ‘53Marjorie Berry Sheward ‘53Patricia Vose Finan ‘53Sandra Smith Davis ‘53Albert Small ‘54Ellen Scott Weed ‘54Patricia Hall Gibson ‘54Theodore Ackley ‘54

In memory of Stephen Ackley ‘80Dolores & Peter Hanson ‘55Richard Young ‘55Blanche Hasty Johnson ‘56Clarence “Cici” Dennison ‘56James Ulmer Vose ‘56Robert Huntley ‘57Marcia Mason Bernhardt ‘57Donna & Bruce Williamson ’58 ‘54Lorraine & Richard Stanhope ‘58Maxine & Verlan Porter ’58 ‘53Anna Geel ‘59Pauline Gatcomb Tyson ‘59Clyde Young ‘60Constance Look Holmes ‘60

In memory of Albert “Buzz” BeamDouglas Holmes ‘60Bettina Pettegrow Davis ‘60Charles Henderson ‘62Ivan Gilpatrick ‘63Larry Bryant ‘63William Beverly Sr. ‘63Roger & Beverly Ackley ‘63Joyce Bryant Goodine ‘64Anne Davis Haseltine ‘65John Gaddis ‘65*Robert Bergeron ‘65Valarie Berry Day ‘65Richard & Judy Purington ’65 ‘65

In memory of Gilbert HansonBetsy Forrester Fitzgerald ‘66Donald & Linda Vose ‘66

Hazel L. Clay ‘66Celia Farris Lemieux ‘67David & Donna Burns ‘67Victor Wyman Berry ‘67Robert Ingalls ‘67

In memory of Larry Day ‘66Robert & Jane Bell ‘67Jim & Christie Bryant ’68 ‘68

In memory of Loring & Matthew BryantSterling Wade Fitzhenry ‘68Barry & Jolene Wood ’69 ‘70Carlton & Marlene Wood ‘69Paul Gaddis ‘69Pamela Lyford Mugnai ‘70Richard & Julie Huntley ’71 ‘77Susan Forrester West ‘71*Brian & Wanda Cates ‘72Nancy Forrester ‘73Stephen Lund ‘73Marcia Randall Segura ‘74Thomas Morgan ‘74David & Robin McMahon ‘75Dean & Susan Crosman ’75 ‘75Sherry Hawkins McLeod ‘76Gretel Ebbeson Varney ‘78Jeanne & John Parker ‘78Allan & Linda Huntley ‘81Dennis Mahar ‘79Lori Robinson Lynch ‘80Scott & Arlene Porter ’80 ‘80Allison White Tibbetts ‘81Douglas & Lisa Holmes ’81 ‘81Susan McFarland-Helton ‘81Traci Prout Sanborn ‘81Anne White Leighton ‘83Shawn Seeley ‘83Todd Noyes ‘83Alan Lounder ‘84Class of 1986*Paula & Judson McBrine ‘86Catherine Rasco Robinson ‘87Kevin Alley ‘87Tena Huntley Qureshi ‘87Steve Padilla ‘88Sherri Scichilone Collins ‘88Tara Hatt Bartko ‘88Heather & Charles Vose ’89 ‘86Anonymous ‘89*Charlene & Jeremy Cates ’90 ‘94Lou Marin ‘90Eric Wood ‘92Joanna Cates ‘93Nick & Belinda Lemieux ’93 ‘88Dyan Clay Guerro ‘94

* Gifts of $500 or more.

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Gifts from Friends and ParentsTed BellowsBen & Sonny BrownSeymour & Jean Burch Jr.Campbell CaryChester & Misa CatonSusan Cloutier

In memory of Pauline PierceTalbot & Dorothy CraneDavid & Carol DowleyDavid HitchingsNormand Laberge & Leslie BowmanKris LarsonBreen & Joan LibbyHarry & Judy Lingley*Chris & Suzanne MaceJoseph & Marie McBrineAngella MoserWilliam & Bette ParkerMina PhinneyMary C. ReaDeane & Kay RichmondMary RomanielloRuth SaumurJean & Alison SavardChris & Mary SimmonBob SloanAlice & Daniel Sullivan*Larry SunCarolyn & Robert Willey ‘72David Winski & Laurel Storm*WA Music Boosters Club

Business Donors*Blue Bird Ranch RestaurantCoffin’s True Value HardwareGuptill’s LoggingH. F. Pinkham, Inc.Helen’s Restaurant*J. L.Huntley Plumbing & HeatingMachias Motor Inn*Machias Savings BankNicholas Nadzo, AttorneyNorton Electric*Pepsi Bottling GroupThe Sow’s EarThe Wings GroupUnion TrustWight’s Sporting Goods

Congratulations!Highest participation:

42%Class of 1947

Highest total dollars:$1,485

Class of 1947

Total raised: $35,210In the 2002 Annual Campaign, with help from 58class agents, 155 alumni of Washington Academycontributed a total of $11,507. Our 15 businessdonors contributed $14,260.

These generous donations enabled the renovationand expansion of the music room. New instrumentstorage areas, practice rooms, and a music technol-ogy room will enable our students to learn in oneof the most improved music facilities in the county.

Your generous donations were also used to purchase 40 posturecorrect music chairs, 20 of whichhave tablet arms for writing. Inaddition, two-tiered seated risersto accommodate chairs with musicstands provide room for the largepercussion instruments and allowfor all students to easily see andhear the music director.

‘83Kinsman Corthell moved toWoodbridge, VA. He is a Senior

Special Agent in the Department of Justice,INS division, stationed in Washington, DC.

‘84Sarah Plummer completed theBoston Marathon in April, 2002.

Sara’s husband DeanJacobs of Damariscottaand her brother-in-lawMichael Samson ofBrunswick (husbandof Rebecca PlummerSamson ’83) also ranin the marathon.

‘85Christ ineC l e a v e s

Leighton of Portlandreceived a MS degree in science with aconcentration in nursing at the Universityof Southern Maine during the May, 2002ceremonies. She has two children, Meg-hann and Bo.

‘86Tom Brown recently moved toGardiner, ME, with his spouse

and daughter. He is with the US Armyand serves as a recruiting officer. Upon hisretirement in a few years, he plans to movehome so his daughter can attend WA.

‘87Tena Huntley Qureshi andspouse Noorul are the parents of

a son, Farhan, born 1/8/02. Tena worksfor the Council on American-Islamic Re-lations as the National Membership Coor-dinator. They live in Alexandria, VA.

‘88 Jody Gardner Harnish lives inBangor with her son Jordan.

Andrew Geel of Jonesboro marriedJamaica Davis ’92. He graduated fromWCTC in 1991 and is employed by YankeeRefinishing in Puget Sound. Jamaica worksfor the Finishing Touch Yacht Co. inSeattle, WA.

‘89Rebecca Rowden Sinford andspouse Lee are the parents of

Jacob Manning born 7/11/02.Heather Dennison Vosejoined the WA staff asAssistant Director of Ad-missions. She will also beinvolved in alumni rela-tions and fund-raising.Heather is the primarycontact for all alumni andshe can be reached bycalling 207-255-8301 or [email protected] you have news you’d like to share.

Alumni News and Notes

‘41Shirley Goodney Prendergastlives in Winter Springs, FL. She

reports easy living but misses Maine andgets homesick. She has 13 grandchildrenand 2 great-grandchildren.

‘51Everard Crocker, Jr. retired in1987. He is a 15 year member of

the South Glens Falls Board of Educationand was recently re-elected to another 5year term. He is active in the MethodistChurch and Historical Society.

‘55Dolores Scoville Hanson re-cently retired from J.C. Milliken

Agency in Machias. She and her spousePeter live in East Machias.

‘60 Connie Holmes lives in Gulf-port, FL. She has a new grand-

son, Austin Lewis Holmes Therriault.Connie works as an in-home care attend-ant for an elderly lady.

‘62 Donald Beam, Sr. lives in Wal-pole, NH with his spouse Patsy.

They have 3 children and 9 grandchildren.Donald works as a security officer andserved on the Walpole Volunteer Fire Depar-tment for 22 years. He and his wife arenow honorary members of the fire depart-ment. His hobby is attending car shows inhis 1957 Chevy.

‘66Robert Huntley retired fromthe USAF in 1979 after 23 years

of service. He retired in April from 21years of service as the head custodian fromDarby HS in Darby, KS.

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Class of 1977 Alumni Banquet Attendees

‘71Gary Look lives in Lubec withhis spouse Janelle ’74 and their

three children. Gary is a master electricianand pastor of the Christian Temple Church.He received a BS degree from UMM in 1997.

Sarah Plummer runningthe Boston Marathon.

The Class of 1953 organized a very quick reunion through the efforts of ChristineSmall. In one day she managed to get 10 of the 19 members of her class to meet for lunchat the Bluebird Ranch on Monday, September 16. Bad weather assisted in enabling MerrillColbeth and Verlan Porter to attend. Pat Finan lives in Ohio, Marjorie Sheward came fromConnecticut and Sandra Davis had been in Cutler all summer from her home in Arizona.Sandra and Christine are working toward a 100% turnout for their 50th reunion in 2004.

Back row L to R: MerrillColbeth, Verlan Porter, RogerGeel, Patricia Vose Finan,John Johnson, Marjorie BerrySheward. Front row L to R:Christine Gardner Small,Sandra Smith Davis, JoyceLindsey Clark, PatriciaGilpatrick Maker.

Class of ‘53Reunites

Heather

‘77Joyce Ward Lanpher lives inMorrisville, VT, with her spouse

AJ. They have 3 children. She works as afood coordinator in a school and is anEMT in her town’s rescue squad.

‘78Elisabeth Carter Beal of Pem-broke was honored in Augusta

as a member of the All-Maine AcademicTeam for 2002. She graduated from WCTCin May, 2002 with an Associates Degreein Liberal Studies. Elizabeth is currently amath major at UMM.

‘81Walter Luce lives in Kanna-polis, NC. He works for Siemens

Energy & Automation as a contracts ad-ministrator.

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Sprague ’95 married 5/25/02. They arethe parents of Mark Austin. She is em-ployed by Hospice Education Institute inMachiasport. Mark is a self-employed lob-ster fisherman. Damon Weston graduatedfrom Oberlin College in December, 2001.Jayson Maker of Bucks Harbor gradu-ated from New England School of Com-munications in May, 2002, with a degreein television studies. He received theNESCOM award for outstanding achieve-ment and a service award for his volunteerefforts with schools. Janette Frost marriedFred Vogel, Jr. on 5/25/02 in a ceremonyat Reversing Falls, Pembroke. Jon Matherand wife Lara are the parents of a daughterGrace. They live in New Hampshire.

‘98 Joshua Brooks-Ramsdell grad-uated from Bryant College in

May 2002 with a BS degree in business ad-ministration. Heworks as a finan-cial advisor forSun Life Finan-cial in WellesleyHills. TabithaDudley graduat-ed from the Uni-versity of Maineat Farmington on5/18/02 with a

BS degree in elementary education.James Smith and Ellen Johnson weremarried on 6/29/02. James graduatedfrom the US Air Force Academy with a BS

‘91Josh Maker and spouse Colleenof Machias are the parents of a

son Alexander Craig born 5/3/02. Alex-ander’s grandparents are Craig andPaula Maker ’64 of East Machias. TroyParsons and spouse Valerie opened a newbusiness in Machias. Machias Glassworks,Inc. is located in the complex with Timmy’sAuto and Fundy Bay Printing. BobbyBronson moved to Concord, NH, aftergraduation and worked for Blue SealFeeds. While there he discovered his lovefor professional wrestling. He can be seenon MTV’s Tuff Enuff (coming this fall).His wrestling name is Start-up Buff.

‘92Ann Morgan Brown and spouseBrandon live in Pembroke. They

have a daughter Claudia born 5/24/02.

‘93Matthew Mahar and spouseDiana live in Baltimore, MD. He

attended Husson College and KVTC andgraduated with an associates degree in ac-counting. He has one more year left in hisarmy service.

‘94Brendan Cates married KatieGardner on 5/18/02 in Cutler

on his parents’ wharf. Timothy Seeley andspouse Christy are the parents of twin boys,Tyler and Tanner, born 5/5/02. Theylive in Lubbock, TX. Heidi Drew lives inRaymond, ME with her partner Sarah andtheir daughter Alissa. Heidi graduatedfrom USM School of Nursing and workswith adolescents at Spring Harbor Hospitalin S. Portland.

‘96 Jessika Guptill Zanoni andspouse Dante recently moved back

to Northfield from Idaho. They have adaughter Zoie, 3 1/2, and a son Jude, 1 year.Matthew Bridges lives in Pleasant Hill, CA,with his spouse Jennifer. He works in lawenforcement at St. Mary’s College of CA.

‘97Joni Greenlaw and Troy Dotenare the parents of a daughter Emily,

born 5/13/02. Jodi Wood and Mark

degree in political science. Ellen graduatedfrom Elmira College with a BS degree inmarketing communications. GJ Wood mar-ried Kim Wood ’99 on 6/15/02. They livein Cutler. Michael Fergerson and CrystleCates married on 7/27/02. Mike graduat-ed from Thomas College, and Crystle is em-ployed by Machias Savings Bank. Jaimi Kil-by Weston graduated from the Universityof Maine at Farmington in 2001. She livesin Erith Kent, England with spouse Daniel.

‘99Kristy Wood Greenlaw lives inMachias with spouse Melbourne

and their son Damyan born 12/17/01.Julie Hallowell married Daniel Morangon 6/2/02. Julie attends UMM and isemployed by Shop & Save. They live inEdmunds. Wendy Sawyer married EricSprague ’02 on 7/13/02.

‘01Jacqueline Marshall graduatedfrom basic military training at

Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, TX.Jason Brooks-Ramsdell is a US Navyfireman. He is aboiler mechanicon the Third Fleetcommand shipUSS Coronadowhich protects thewestern approach-es to the US.

Joshua

Jason

Class of 1992 Alumni Banquet Attendees

On June 10th,Washington Academy awarded69 diplomas to its graduatingseniors. New federal legislationallowed Washington Academythe unique opportunity tohonor an individual who leftschool to serve his country. Adiploma was givenposthumously to MasterSergeant Burleigh S.Richardson who leftWashington Academy duringhis junior year to serve hiscountry in the NationalGuard. He was called to activeservice for the start of World

War II and faced great challenges in campaigns and battles at Guadalcanal, TheNorthern Solomon’s, New Guinea, and Luzon. Master Sergeant Richardsonserved 20 years before retiring and passed away on March 6, 2002. DaleRichardson ’66 of East Machias, son of Master Sergeant Richardson, accepted thediploma on his father’s behalf.

A familiar face around Downeast Maine athletic events,Mr. Blaine Steeves is our new Athletic Director andphysical education instructor. Mr. Steeves comes to usfrom Jonesport-Beals High School. He has a degree inHealth, Physical Education and Recreation from UMPIwith a minor in history. Mr. Steeves lives in Machias

with his spouse Bobbie Verburgt Steeves ‘93 and theirthree children, ages 10, 3, and 2.

Another face familiar around WA is Janis Clay. Mrs. Clayserved as front office secretary for twelve years. Janishas recently relocated to East Machias from Texas andis serving as the International dorm mother and part-time front office secretary. Welcome back, Janis.

WA Welcomes New Faculty

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Environmental Science Class Chosen for National Watershed SummitCongratulations to Mr. Donald Sprangers and his environmental science classes who havebeen chosen to represent the State of Maine at the National Youth Watershed Summitin Washington, DC from October 6-10. Sprangers and four students will travel to theSmithsonian Environmental Research Center with all expenses paid. Washington Academywas chosen due to the depth and expanse of the projects that WA students do for theEast Machias watershed and other Downeast salmon rivers.

Students selected to attend the conference are Jesstine Albee, East Machias; AbbyMills, Dennysville; Ansley Peacock, Whiting; and Dominic Winski, Whiting. The host forthe conference is America’s Clean Water Foundation

Under the leadership of Sprangers, student involvement in watershed activities in-clude the construction of 12 informational kiosks that have been placed at boat landingsand various access points along the Machias, East Machias, Dennys and Pleasant Rivers.In addition, students participated in stream bank restoration, tree planting along the East

Machias River following the damremoval project, and participated inthe National River Clean Up Day.

The highlight of the programwas the Salmon Release Day FieldTrip. The “Salmon in the SchoolsProgram” sponsored by USFWSprovides WA with 300 wild Atlan-tic salmon eggs which are raisedto the fry stage by students. OnMay 21, the day of the salmonrelease, Sprangers invited studentsfrom the Wesley School to jointhem. High school studentsdirected and instructed the 15younger participants in conduct-ing chemical analysis of riverwater, macro invertebrate survey,water quality determination, anda survey of potential non-pointsources of pollution.

School NEWS

Students Visit TaiwanSix Washington Academy students visited Taipei,Taiwan, for fourteen days during July 2002. The tripwas organized by the Chinese Education Developmentand Cooperation Agency, a group that has been instru-mental in bringing Taiwanese exchange students toWashington Academy. While in Taiwan, the young menstudied the Chinese language, visited landmarks, andhelped instruct Taiwanese youngsters in the Englishlanguage. The students were accompanied on theirexcursion by Washington Academy teacher HeatherBall and Lisa and David McCarthy of Columbia Falls,who are a host family for Taiwanese exchange studentCharlie Sun. Heather and Lisa taught English classesat the American Cultural Camp for Taiwanese young-sters age 7-14 throughout their stay. The group wasglad to have the opportunity to visit with Charlie andhis family while in the country and the WA commun-ity is looking forward to his return for the 2002-2003school year. The trip was a successful endeavor, en-couraging those who participated to expand theirknowledge and appreciation of other cultures, andmaking friendships that will last a lifetime.

Our new science teacher, Mr. Paul Ballerstein, is a native ofPresque Isle. He graduated from the University of Maine atPresque Isle with a BS in Secondary Education and a BA inBehavioral Science. For the last five years, he has worked forMSAD #1 teaching social studies, physical science, and physi-cal education. He also served as a tutor at UMPI for various

subjects. Mr. Ballerstein, his wife Goldie and daughtersVivian and Lillian have relocated to the Machias area. Theyenjoy mountain biking, canoeing, and cross-country skiing.

Mr. Brian Duffy is employed by SAD #77 as our newMarine Vocational teacher. He graduated with a BS degreein economics from the University of Maryland and is agraduate of the WCTC Marine Trades Program inEastport. Mr. Duffy taught at Shead High School for two

years. He lives in Perry with his spouse Susanne.

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In MemoriamJohn M. Hoar 8/05/02 ‘39

Burleigh Richardson 3/06/02 ‘39*

Ida Pettegrow Stanhope ‘42

Myrtle Parsons Roberts 4/01/02 ‘42

Robert N. Cates 2/24/02 ‘43

Jean Margaret Scott 5/25/02 ‘44

Octavia Lund Norton 7/17/02 ‘49

Ellis W. Beam 4/24/02 ‘54

In MemoriamDonald Roberts 3/22/02 ‘58

Colby E. Dennison 9/7/02 ‘72

Julie Pettegrow Moody 5/28/02 ‘76

Patricia Hart Harmon 8/31/02 ‘89

Laurie Ann Armstrong 5/04/02 ‘92

Jason Ackley 7/15/02 ‘96

Virginia Williamson Foss 4/28/02 ‘30

Lewis J. Lund 3/21/02 ‘35

Judson Burleigh Crane 5/10/02 ‘36

Carrie Rogers Bryant 3/26/02 ‘36

Lawrence A. Gardner 8/11/02 ‘37

William B. Talbot 4/04/02 ‘37

Eva Armstrong Robinson 2/02/01 ‘37

Louise Hooper Armstrong 3/21/02 ‘39

Outstanding Service in Education

Sharon CraneS pending over thirty years in the same profession is a

noteworthy accomplishment, however, teaching in the sameschool and same classroom for as many years is an outstanding

achievement that screams for recognition. This is especially true inthis day and age when Generation Xer’s are changing jobs andentire career paths every five years. But don’t tell that to SharonCrane ’62 because she recently retired from O. H. Platt HighSchool in Meriden, CT. after 36 years of teaching social studies.

Ms. Crane graduated from Northeastern University in 1976with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Education. She received herMasters of Arts in Library Science in 1976 and her Certificate ofAdvanced Studies from Wesleyan University in 1989. Sharonreceived the honor of being named, “Teacher of the Year”.

Sharon’s dedication to her school and community is evidentdue to her involvement in various committees. She currently servesas the co-chair of the Meriden Public Schools ProfessionalDevelopment Committee, voluntary chair for the Meriden-Wallingford American Cancer Society Relay for Life, and theChairperson for the Political Action committee of the MeridenFederation of Teachers. She also served as the advisor to the PlattHigh School Student Senate for 26 years.

This past summer, Sharon returned to Washington Academyto get reacquainted with her classmates while attendingher 40th reunion.

*Honorary Military Service high school diploma awarded 2002

Student’s Teaching About RespectProgram (STAR)

This fall, through a grant from Safe Schools, our faculty andstudents participated in Anti-harassment and Bullying Workshopspresented by Stan Davis of Wayne, ME. Davis is a social worker andguidance counselor who has worked in a variety of mental healthand school settings since 1969.

In early September, WA faculty and administration along withprincipals and teachers from SAD #77 attended the seminar. Davispresented a plan that begins with a disciplinary system, which isclearly adult controlled and aimed at stopping inappropriatebehavior. An understanding of the nature of bullying and thewillingness to intervene is essential to the program’s success.

A few weeks later, Davis returned to the Academy for a fullday of workshops with students. Students from each class havevolunteered to be part of the interactive presentations that combinestorytelling and magic. The participating students are part of theSTAR team that will take the anti-bullying program to our areasending schools and help present more in-house programs onacceptance and diversity.

The year-long program is under the direction of AssistantHeadmaster David Hitchings and his spouse Gloria who aretraining students to respect both themselves, their parents, theirschool and community.

WA student assistants pose with their props and Stan Davis.

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