Thornton Academy Postscripts Alumni Magazine Fall 2019

Apryl King ’14 Headmaster Menard and Apryl celebrate at MITC’s International Trade Investment Awards this past May. Class of 1977 After 30 years in education, Jeffrey Harper will retire from Lisbon (Maine) High School in 2019. Class of 1985 Angela Boudreau Searles is “so glad to be home again!” Angela moved back to Maine in June of 2018 and is working at the Maine District Court again. Class of 1987 Bruce Littlefield married his wife Melinda on June 28, 2019. Class of 2003 Bethany Lowe Stotler and her husband, Daniel, celebrated the birth of their daughter, Juniper, on February 25, 2019. The happy family lives in Middleburg, VA. Class of 2010 Kristyn Souliere recently graduated from Lincoln Memorial University’s received the Future Global Leader Award for her exceptional work as an intern at Maine International Trade Commision (MITC). She crossed paths with Headmaster Rene Menard ’88 at this year’s International Trade Investment Awards during the 2019 MITC Trade Day in May. At this same ceremony TA was recognized as MITC Service Provider of the Year for establishing an international presence as an exporter of education. College of Veterinary Medicine with a doctorate in veterinary medicine. She is working in Knoxville, Tennessee as a veterinarian at My Pet's Animal Hospital. Eric Purvis ’81 - President Vangel Cotsis ’85 Dr. Brian Dallaire ’75 Philip Fearon ’70 Dennis Flaherty Bernard Gaines ’65 Robert Gowen Jennifer Hadiaris ’01 Joyce Haley ’75 Dr. Jeanne Hey William Johnson Roger Miles ’65 Margaret O’Neil ’72 Kirk Purvis ’93 Dr. Paul Remmes Kathleen Boutet Santamore ’80 Mark Willett ’65 Class of 2014 Alumni Board Members On May 15th, Camden Loeser and Elizabeth Lester performed in a production of “Finding Neverland” at Merrill Auditorium. The production passed through Portland on its Broadway national tour. Katie Arsenault Flaherty ’97- President Joanne Trask Cacciapaglia ’76 Amy Gonneville Elie ’91 Roberta Sargent Gallant ’62 Joshua Hadiaris ’98 James Lowe ’92 Haley Nason ’10 David Pendleton ’81 Paula Cote Scully ’89 Cathy Tran graduated from Ithaca College in 2018 and is now studying analytics and statistics in a 10-month intensive graduate program at North Carolina State. Class of 2016 In May, Daniel Klimovich graduated from SMCC. Ronald Whittemore (a member of the TA track team ’53 and ’54) stopped by the Alumni House to show off the bronze medal he recently took home in the triple jump at the Senior Olympics in New Mexico. Whittemore credits his start at Thornton Academy for setting him up for success, “I am very proud of my time at Thornton and how the track team prepared me for my abilities later in life.” Thornton Academy Trustees Alumni House staff Haley Thompson, Sydney Menard, and Giselle Tardiff '90 with Ronald Whittemore. Capital Campaign Committee Eric Purvis ’81 – Co-chair William Kany ’77 – Co-chair Matt Cook ’91 Vangel Cotsis ’85 Jenny 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 21

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