Thornton Academy Postscripts Alumni Magazine Winter 2008 | Page 4

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Middle School Receives Top Yearbook
Award from Lifetouch Publishing Company
In February, yearbook
club students were
awarded a digital camera and $200 cash

Photo by Jennifer Hass

Alexandra Martemucci ‘12, left, and Alyssa Ames ‘12, right, work on the 2008 yearbook for
Thornton Academy Middle School. Lifetouch Publishing recently gave the school’s 2007 yearbook
its Middle School Grand Prize as part of its Best of Volumes contest.
Thornton Academy Middle School has won
a national yearbook award from Lifetouch
Publishing.
The company bestowed its top Middle
School Grand Prize to the school—which

serves students in grades 6 to 8 in southern
Maine—as part of its Best of Volumes
Yearbook Contest.
The award is for Thornton Academy
Middle School’s 2007 yearbook, for which

student Nicole Kehoe ‘12 was the chief
editor.
Teacher Hope Hall, who advises the
yearbook club, said that it is an honor to
receive this award.
“At first the kids can feel frustrated
as they learn how to use the yearbook
program, but once they get it, they can
create something that’s better than what
you see at a lot of middle schools. Our
yearbook has a very polished look.”
Hall and yearbook club members met
with a representative from Lifetouch to
receive the award on Feb. 14.
According to the company, this award
recognizes the creativity and dedication
of students from across the country who
go above and beyond with their yearbook
theme, coverage of events, design and
writing. Lifetouch selects a winner annually
from schools who use its Volumes
program—an online tool—to create their
yearbook.
As an award winner, Thornton Academy
Middle School students have received a
$200 cash award and digital camera from
Lifetouch to use to capture images for its
2008 yearbook and beyond.

TA’s Development Office is Re-Organized
Thornton Academy’s
Development Office has been
reorganized. Lisa Morin will head
up the department and oversee four
staff members with new roles: Nancy
Tripp ‘67, Caron Smith Pelletier ’98,
Jennifer Hass and Barbara Martin,
who will join the team in March.
Susan Tarver is also working closely
with the Development Office as a
liaison from Headmaster Carl J.
Stasio Jr.’s office.
Morin, who has worked in the
development field more than 12
years, will lead all fundraising
activities in addition to directing
alumni relations, communications,
public relations, grant writing and
special events. She has also joined
Thornton’s Administrative Team.
“I am pleased to recognize
Lisa’s efforts over her six years with
us by promoting her to Director
of Development,” says Stasio. “In
Lisa we are fortunate to have an
individual who is familiar with our
school and whose relationships with
both our Development Committee
and our trustees are established and
positive. We have big dreams for
the years ahead, and Lisa will be an
important partner in bringing those
dreams to reality.”
As Development Director, Morin
will seek to increase the private
philanthropic support that is crucial
to the independent school’s mission



Recently Lisa Morin
was named head of
the Development
Department, and
four TA staff
members have new
roles as the office
team has been reorganized. Pictured
from left to right
in the back row
are Caron Smith
Pelletier ‘98, Lisa
Morin and Susan
Tarver. Pictured
from left to right
in the front are
Jennifer Hass and
Nancy Tripp ‘67.
Not pictured is
Barbara Martin,
who is joining the
Development Office
in mid-March.
Photo by Patricia Carvelli

of preparing students for a changing
world. The long history of giving at
Thornton Academy, coupled with
everything volunteers have to offer,
impacts everything from the rigor of
courses and classroom technology to
the beauty of TA’s historic campus.
Tripp, Thornton’s Alumni
Director, organizes alumni reunions,
activities and events and assists
with major and planned giving

efforts. As Development Associate:
Fundraising and Special Events,
Pelletier coordinates the annual
giving program; organizes TA’s
annual auction; and recruits student
volunteers to assist with Thornton
Fund-related activities. Hass,
Development Associate: Marketing
and Communications, works on
communication projects for the web
and in print publications and also

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