Greetings!
As we wind down the academic and fiscal year at LFA, we extend a big THANK YOU to all of you for your support of LFA. From attending our virtual events, to supporting the annual fund, scholarships, the Hoesel Fund, and our superb faculty, to hopping on a phone call to catch up on Caxy news, we are grateful for all of the ways that you've stayed connected with the Academy.
As we head into the 2021-22 school year, we will once again host our alumni events in person, starting with Alumni Weekend & Reunion on Sept. 24-26, and supplement them with virtual events. And, LFA representatives will be on the road to visit with you in cities and towns around the country and around the world. Watch your email and the LFA website for more.
Have a wonderful summer. And congratulations to our newest alumni: the LFA Class of 2021!
Ruth Keyso
Director of Alumni Engagement
847.615.3268 (office)
847.224.6072 (cell)
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Congratulations, Class of 2021!
Congratulations to our newest alumni! On May 30, 2021, we graduated 106 members of the Class of 2021 during two in-person ceremonies in the Formal Gardens.
In the week leading up to commencement, the students posed for a photo in their college T-shirts and placed their Class of 2021 paver (signed on the back by all) into the porch at Alumni Circle near the Bowditch Bell. Thank you to the Class of 2021 for their senior class gift: a directional sign on Academy Drive near Corbin Circle. The sign is dedicated in memory of classmate Abbe Shanley-Roberts '21.
Here are the recordings of the graduation ceremonies:
caption for photo above: Senior representatives (l to r): Halbert Kim, Nick Alutto, Conor Fryer, Olivia Petrini-Poli, and Nick Mesrobian place the Class of 2021 paver at the Bowditch Bell.
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Alumni Weekend & Reunion – 2020 Hall of Fame
During Alumni Weekend & Reunion this fall (September 24-26) we will celebrate two classes of Hall of Fame and Women of Distinction – 2020 and 2021. The 2021 group will be announced in the coming weeks (stay tuned!). In the meantime, get excited about the celebration by being re-introduced to the 2020 group.
Be sure to attend Alumni Weekend & Reunion to take part in honoring these folks:
Hall of Fame
- Zaid Abdul-Aleem ’90 – Service to the School
- Robert Bates ’60 (posthumous) – Service to Society
- Bill Dolbee P’04,’10 – Service to the School
- Rebecca Makkai ’95 – Achievement in the Arts
- Eric Stisser ’90 – Achievement in Athletics
Woman of Distinction
Learn about each honoree here.
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Register TODAY for Trivia Night
We're staying virtual with our events throughout the summer and plan to open campus with a splash this fall with Alumni Weekend & Reunion. With that in mind, we hope you'll join us for a virtual trivia night on Thurs., July 15 from 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. CT via Zoom. Trivia company Switchboard Games will provide several fast and fun rounds of trivia! Lots of fun and prizes--and faculty will join us!
Open to all young alumni from
the classes of 2006-2017.
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Save the Date: NYC/Tri-State Alumni & Friends Reception
Alumni in the NYC/Tri-state area, please mark your calendars and plan to join Head of School José De Jesús P'22 and fellow alumni for a reception hosted by alumnus Sean Bryan '89 on Mon., Nov. 15 at 6:30 p.m. The event will take place at McCann advertising agency in NYC. More details to come via email in the weeks ahead!
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Life Trustees Welcome YA Panelists at Annual Meeting
Four young alumni took part in the annual Life Trustees meeting, which was held virtually on June 2, 2021, via Zoom. Most of LFA's Life Trustees have served 9 years (or more) on the Board of Trustees and are honored with this status by the Board.
The following alumni served as panelists and shared information about their educational experience at LFA and their professional lives and accomplishments: Carolyn Gillette ’12 (Stanford University), Goldman Sachs alumna and VP at Digital Galaxy in NYC; Tommy Clarke ’14 (University of Notre Dame, BA, M.Ed.), Ph.D. candidate in chemistry at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill; Vicente Nagel ’15 (Yale University), business analyst at McKinsey & Co. in Chicago; Erin Snoddy ’17 (Swarthmore College), Ph.D. candidate in medical physics at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. Thank you, alumni, and congratulations on all of your academic and professional success. We are so proud of you!
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Hear from our Head of School via Podcast
In the latest installment of Caxology, Head of School José De Jesús P'22 looks back on his first two years at LFA, reflects on the school’s recent success, and provides an overview of his vision for the future.
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Last Call, Alumni: Are You In?
The 2020-21 fiscal year is coming to a close on June 30. Join your classmates in supporting LFA students and faculty, who showed compassion, creativity, and resiliency as they navigated these past months. Gifts of all sizes matter. It's easy to do online at www.lfanet.org/give. Information on other gifting methods is here.
While we enjoyed successes this year, we still have many needs this summer. They include the replacement of the Corbin Academic Center roof, the cost of which has skyrocketed to $345,000. Labor shortages, increased construction materials, and harsh Midwest winters have contributed to the higher than expected cost.
Will you help the Academy by making a gift today and directing it to support what's important to you or to the area of greatest need, which takes care of projects like the Corbin roof? Your contribution by June 30 will help us conclude this most demanding year in a strong position, ready for the fall.
Photo caption above: 2020-21 All-School Photo…Zoom style!
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Stay Connected
There are lots of ways to stay connected to LFA and to your former classmates. Please join our LFA Alumni LinkedIn group and download the free LFA app ("Graduway"; available for mobile or desktop).
These tools provide a great way to stay in touch with LFA and to make valuable networking connections with fellow Caxys. Questions? Ruth Keyso 847.615.3268
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