Rashid Dilworth Silvera ’67 (who was Ronald Keith Dilworth when at Williston Academy) was featured on New York’s Fox New recently. Mr. Silvera is an inspiring role model to his students at Scarsdale High School and a path-breaking fashion model on the side.
You can see the report online. Congratulations to Mr. Silvera!
On Saturday, December 13th, our annual alumni ice hockey game was played but under a new and exciting format. Not only did we have enough alumni come back for an alumni versus alumni game, but we also had our female ice hockey alumni join us for the first time. It was a rousing success—25 alumni were in attendance along with 20 guests.
Team Waidlich (expertly coached by TJ Waidlich ’05) squeaked out a last second 7-6 victory over Team Bowden (coached by the injured Bobby Bowden ’10) behind four goals from Alex Paolo ’12. For his efforts, Alex was awarded the game MVP. Down 3-5 late in the game, Mr. Bowden’s team made a spirited comeback to tie the score at six goals apiece. Freshman goalie Gabriella Decomitis ’18 played stellar throughout the first half, making a number of spectacular saves to hold Team Bowden to one goal.
The event was held at the home of Marlene Krauss and Zachary Berk on the Upper East Side. In the end, of the 69 people present, we had a total of 25 alumni. There was a ton of food and Marlene and Zachary were great hosts, as was their daughter Olivia ’16.
There were great conversations being had all over the room. Faculty members Monique Conroy, Sarah Sawyer, and Paul Rutherford socialized and spoke to prospective families. Director of Admission Chris Dietrich and Head of School Bob Hill spoke briefly and then Bob introduced Joshua Harper and the Caterwaulers. They sang three songs, which generated lots of conversation afterwards. Chris Dietrich said that this is the type of event we need to do on a more regular basis.
Danielle Wieneke McCarty ’04 and her brother, Michael ’03 there with their spouses/significant others. Danielle got married this fall and is working in the financial world. She connected with Monique Conroy, who was her advisor. Danielle played soccer for me on the 2004 New England Championship team. Michael played football here for Mark Conroy and is currently the Director of the Greenwich Rowing Club.
Hosted by Dr. Peter Cressy ’59 at the Distilled Spirits Council (DISCUS) headquarters on Tuesday, November 18, the event featured a scotch and bourbon tasting. Marc Belanger ’86 and Brittany Weiss ’07, who represented Williston Northampton School at the event, said the DISCUS staff did an amazing job of educating and entertaining the guests.
During a brief presentation Marc showed the Surface, part of Williston Northampton’s CTI program, and Brittany walked the crowd through downloading and using the EverTrue App.
The first guest to arrive was Michael Gaubinger ’05, who is living and working in Arlington, VA as a government relations specialist. Ray Ahearn ’67 came with his spouse Kerry Dumbaugh. He has an interesting job in Congressional Research at the Library of Congress.
Fifteen intrepid alumni took on a very tall…and long…boys varsity basketball team in our annual alumni boys’ basketball game before a crowd of 50 or so spectators.
Coach Pilgrim ’81 employed a Kentucky platoon system, hoping to stay with the younger opponents. The alumni dashed out to a quick 6-5 lead behind two 3-pointers by Pat McKinnon ’05. (As it is after you hit a beautiful golf shot, we should have just walked away right then!)
Members of the varsity squad, under the guidance of first-year coach Michael Shelton, are very talented and quickly distanced themselves from the alumni, utilizing some deadly outside shooting and their superior height.
The alumni put up a valiant fight in the second half, led by Malcolm Brown ’89 and Andrew Hurd ’09, whose outside shooting earned him the Tiger Craig Alumni Boys’ Basketball Game MVP Award. Despite the lopsided score, the alumni had a lot of fun. Stephen Hoyt ’95 and Kirk Minihane ’95, along with Brown, did an admirable job of representing the “more experienced” alumni, while the Class of 2005 had a great showing with five players back, including Darrell Harrison who flew in from Atlanta, GA and Owen Tuleja, fresh in from Sao Paulo, Brazil.
Afterwards, the alumni retired to Amy’s Place for some adult beverages and appetizers to soothe the muscles.
Next up is the Alumni Ice Hockey game on December 13, 2014.
