Class of 1971 Pauline J . Forest joined the USAF in 1972 , and was in security police . After leaving the USAF , she moved to Cedar Creek Lake , 50 miles from Dallas , Texas , and opened Forest Grooming pet grooming shop . Pauline retired in 2015 and her youngest daughter took over the business . Her oldest daughter is the Assistant Superintendent of Kemp ( TX ) ISD and she has three grandchildren . " Thank you , TA , for everything you taught me !"
Class of 1971 Robert N . Forest retired from the medical field and lives in Fort Wayne , Indiana . He has three kids and four grandkids .
Class of 1973 Charles Tsomides wants to wish all the students and teachers good luck this year with school . He also wishes all his classmates the best of health !
Class of 1975 Lauren Chenard Folsom shared that “ like most of us , 2020 was a pretty uneventful year [ for me ]. One bright spot was hosting a Covid-compliant wedding at our house for our daughter Shannon Folsom Ludwig ’ 09 to CJ Ludwig of Dallas , Texas . It was a beautiful July day — Maine at its best !”
Class of 1975 Allen and Mary Kiely Sicard welcomed another grandson in July 2020 : Declan John Nannery , son of Jessica Sicard Nannery ’ 03 and Patrick Nannery ’ 99 .
Danielle Chabot ' 01
spent time in the NBA Bubble as part of the NBA restart due to Covid . She has worked for the Miami HEAT for 12 years now and was hand picked by the NBA to assist with the Venue Operations team for the playoffs .
Class of 1980 The class has decided to cancel their 2020 rescheduled 40th class reunion . See Facebook for more information .
Class of 1981 The class has tentatively planned a 40th reunion to be held on September 18th at Bayley ’ s Campground Resort located in Scarborough , Maine . More info to come !
Class of 1988 Peter Lund has been a CNA for over 30 years and for three years has been employed at Maine Medical Center . He and his wife Heather have been married for 24 years ! They have one grandchild and three more expected in December 2020 , including twins !
Class of 1996 Matthew Libby was named partner at his law firm , Monaghan Leahy , in February 2020 . He has also served as president of the board of the Maine Cancer Foundation for the past two years and continues to serve on the finance committee for Mary ' s Walk .
Class of 2005 Isaac D . Gagnon was recently promoted to the position of Operations Manager at the FedEx Grounds warehouse in Saco , Maine .
Thornton Academy Trustees
Eric Purvis ’ 81 – President Vangel Cotsis ’ 85 Dr . Brian Dallaire ’ 75 Philip Fearon ’ 70 Bernard Gaines ’ 65 Robert Gowen William Johnson Joel J . Levesque ’ 85 Roger Miles ’ 65 Margaret O ' Neil ’ 72 Kirk Purvis ’ 93 Dr . Paul Remmes Kathleen Boutet Santamore ’ 80 Mark Willett ’ 65
Alumni Board Members
Katie Arsenault Flaherty ’ 97 –
President Amy Levasseur DesRoberts ’ 97 Amy Gonneville Elie ’ 91 Roberta Sargent Gallant ’ 62 Erin Fitzgerald Laflin ’ 06 Jake Lowe ’ 21 – Student Rep . James Lowe ’ 92 Haley Nason Magnell ’ 10 David Pendleton ’ 81 Paula Cote Scully ’ 89 Mia Taranko ’ 20 Douglas Willett ’ 92
Development Committee
Vangel Cotsis ’ 85 – Chair Matt Cook ’ 91 Dr . Brian Dallaire ’ 75 Joshua Fearon ’ 98 Bernard Gaines ’ 65 Karen Gellias William D . Johnson Joel Levesque ’ 85 Margaret O ' Neil ’ 72 Eric A . Purvis ’ 81 Kirk Purvis ’ 93 Gregory Ruff ’ 16 Kathleen Boutet Santamore ’ 80 Clint Williams
Emily-Kate Canney Coyne ' 02
was promoted to Acute Care Manager at InterMed , overseeing operations of the Acute Care Clinic , Urgent Care Department , Extended Primary Care , and Flu Shot Clinic .
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