Thornton Academy Postscripts Alumni Magazine Fall 2018 | Page 25

Rita Snow Keylor '35 Th e valedictorian of the Class of 1935 celebrated her 100th birthday last weekend with a gift of a Th orn- ton Academy bag and a silk scarf. She is grateful to Headmaster Rene M. Menard '88 and the rest of the Th ornton Academy community for this gift . Happy Birthday, Rita! Class of 1986 Scott Th ibeau and wife Nicole opened up Miles of Smiles Daycare and Preschool Center on April 18, 2018. Th e facility is located across from Dairy Queen in Biddeford on Elm Street. Anyone looking for daycare services in the area for ages 6 weeks to 5 years give them a call at 207-209-4260. Class of 1991 Ian P. Sladen shares that he was appointed as Vice President of Cooperative Education and Career Development at Drexel University in December 2017. Class of 2000 Victoria Pearson writes “I grew up in Saco and attended Th ornton Academy and was part of the class of 2000, but ended up obtaining my GED instead. I went back to school later on and just graduated with my PhD from Florida State University in December, 2017.” Class of 2005 Katie Leighton Gauger shares, “Just married Derek Gauger at the Red Barn at Outlook Farm in South Berwick at the end of December 2017. Together we live in Danvers, MA and both work at Fenway Park.” Class of 2010 Paul Santamore shares that he is living locally with his wife Brooke. He recently graduated with his Master's in Counseling from USM and hopes to move to Saco by year's end. Class of 2012 Cain Landry's Mom, Deb, writes in to announce that Cain graduated with his Master's Degree in Environmental Studies from Antioch University of New England in Keene, NH on 05/12/2018. Class of 2018 Th e fi rst Owen-Davis Post 96 American Legion Scholarships were awarded this spring at the 2018 graduation ceremony to Dawson Buchanan '18 and Eric Heiman '18. Using money from the sale of their former Post home on Beach St., the Owen-Davis Post 96 American Legion made a gift of $70,000 to endow a scholarship that will benefi t two students each year. Recipients must be a child or grandchild of a veteran and enrolling in a trade school aft er graduating from Th ornton Academy. To submit a class note, please email [email protected] Th ornton Academy Trustees Eric A. Purvis '81 – President Earle Cianchette Vangel Cotsis '85 Dr. Brian K. Dallaire '75 Philip Fearon '70 Dennis Flaherty Bernard Gaines '65 Robert Gowen Jennifer Hadiaris '01 Joyce Haley '75 Dr. Jeanne Hey Kenneth Janson '72 William D. Johnson Roger Miles '65 James E. Nelson '67 Margaret O’Neil '72 Kirk Purvis '93 Dr. Paul Remmes Kathleen Boutet Santamore '80 Mark Willett '65 Alumni Board Members Kirk Purvis '93 - President Paulette Tardif Bernier '60 Joanne Trask Cacciapaglia '76 Katie Arsenault Flaherty '97 Roberta Sargent Gallant '62 Amy Gonneville Elie '91 Joshua Hadiaris '98 Victoria Labbe '19 James Lowe '92 Haley Nason '10 David Pendleton '81 Paula Cote Scully '89 Nathaniel Tripp '00 Capital Campaign Committee Eric Purvis '81 - Co- Chair William S. Kany '77 - Co-Chair Mark Bernier '82 Matthew Cook '91 Vangel Cotsis '85 Jennifer Hadiaris '01 David LePauloue '84 Joel Levesque '85 Rene Menard '88 Roger Miles '65 Jim Nelson '67 Margaret O'Neil '72 Alan Polackwich '69 Kirk Purvis '93 John Ritzo Lori Smith '88 Gary Stevens Stanley Wojcik '69 25