March 2017
Dear WMA Alumni,
Students at Wilbraham & Monson Academy have exciting travel opportunities available to them each year that enhance their classroom studies and build their athletic camaraderie. For some of them, this is just the beginning of a lifetime of travel. During Spring Break, our students traveled to Florida, Cuba, Central Europe and England. Students were able to interact with alumni in each of these trips!
The Varsity Baseball team played preseason games in Historic Dodgertown at Vero Beach, Fla., and spent time with Dean Redfern '72, who catches a game or two each March.
While planning for the Cuba trip, students and parents were able to meet with and Skype with Arnelle Williams '13, who had been to the island nation for a semester abroad and again through a summer experience grant as a senior at Wesleyan University. Once in Cuba, the group met up with WMA Trustee Mark Shenkman '61M and his wife, Rosalind. Last year at this time, the Shenkmans were vacationing in Peru and met with the WMA group that had traveled there.
In Austria, the students were treated to a private tour of Parliament by Werner Fasslabend '64W, and the group in London met up with Nicholas Osario '08 and Jackie Yang '08, who are studying in London.
In June, groups of students will embark on trips to Iceland and Yunnan, China. Trips in previous years have taken students to the Amazon, Cambodia, China, England, France, Haiti, the Himalayas, Morocco, Namibia, Netherlands, Spain, Turkey, Chicago, Miami and Washington D.C.
Where will they run into you?
My best,
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Upcoming Alumni Events
Save the Date!
Old Ebbitt Grill, Washington, D.C., April 6
LuLaRoe Shopping at Morrow House, April 7
Casey Fund presents: Tim McKeon, Alumni Memorial Chapel, April 13
Union Club, Boston, April 26
GreatHorse, Hampden, Mass., May 4
Reunion 2017, June 9 - 10
- Alumni Note -
The Francis Michael Casey Fund presents Tim McKeon
Tim McKeon is co-creator, executive producer, director and head writer for the PBS Kids show "Odd Squad." Tim will talk about his path to a successful arts career in writing and producing for television at a Francis Michael Casey Fund event on April 13 at 7 p.m. in Alumni Memorial Chapel.
He is the recipient of a Primetime Emmy Award for writing and a Daytime Emmy Award for writing, plus several nominations.
Tim has worked as a writer and producer in kids' TV for more than 10 years. Past credits include Sesame Workshop's new version of "The Electric Company,'' Disney Channel's "Gravity Falls" and Cartoon Network's "Adventure Time.'' A graduate of the University of Massachusetts Amherst and the University of Southern California, Tim lives in Los Angeles with his family.
Tickets are available at our box office.
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