ALUMNI
Send us your news! Send us your photos!
And send us your current mailing address--we have several
alumni events in the planning. Email us at alumni@tpschool.org
Welcome, TPS Class of 2008!
Members of the Class of 2004 have enrolled in a variety of colleges and universities, including the Art Institute of Chicago, Bates College, Davidson College, Earlham College, East Stroudsburg University, Eastern University, the Fashion Institute of Technology, Fordham University, Franklin & Marshall (4), Harvard University, Howard University, La Salle University, New York University, Oberlin College, Penn State University, Pratt Institute, Temple University (2), the University of Maryland, the University of Michigan, the University of New Haven, the University of Pennsylvania (5), the University of Pittsburgh (3), and Wesleyan University.
Join the TPS Alumni Association Facebook group! So far, more than 190 TPS alums have joined.
Melissa Braff '03 and Dischord Perform at TPS
In April, Melissa Braff donned her TPS t-shirt and brought her Penn a cappella group Dischord across the river to perform at TPS. The 30-minute concert was fantastic and especially apreciated by the current members of TPS's Mesure for Measure. We'll post information soon about how to order Dischord's cds.
TPS Crosses the Schuylkill
On April 17, the Mar Bar on 40th & Walnut hosted a get-together for TPS alumni who are now students or recent graduates of Penn and Drexel. Coordinated with the help of Lee Jacobs '00, a Penn senior, about a dozen TPS alums took a break from their studies for a few hours to spend some time with each other and some of therir former TPS teachers - Judith Parker, Emily Marston, Steve Bartholomew, and Dan Lai. They also had an opportunity to meet Amy Vorenberg, TPS head of school.
TPS High School Reunion, December 7, 2007
More than 65% of our alumni in theTPS
Classes of 2004 to 2007 attended our reunion. The 73 returning alumni reconnected with friends
and former teachers, played a little basketball, and sang some a cappella – "I'm Not Perfect" and "Yellow Submarine" – with Measure
for Measure.
We were so delighted to have our high school alumni back at TPS and so pleased that TPS still feels like "home" to so many of them.
Here are some pictures from the afternoon.
Richie Decoatsworth '00 Local Hero!
Richie, a rookie Philadelphia police officer, continues his recovery from wounds sustained on September 24, 2007, when a driver he had pulled over fired birdshot at him at close range.Top police officials called Richie's pursuit of the gunman heroic; though seriously wounded, RIchie had run after the suspect for several blocks.
Third Annual TPS Homecoming
Our over-21 alumni were invited to the third annual TPS Homecoming at Black Sheep Pub and Restaurant on Friday, November 23. About 30 alumni attended – ranging from the class of 1987 to the class of 2001. Another 25 had to decline the invitation – with comments such as "wish I could be there," "would love to come but I'll be in San Francisco," "unfortunately I'm in the middle of the desert in Egypt . . . bad timing," "will be working in New York," and "I would love to come but I am currently living 6000 miles away in Israel."
Here are a few pictures from Black Sheep Pub (note there was a particularly great turnout from the Class of 1997).
Julian King, Adam Burgos, Judah Ferst, Amanda Pitt –
all Class of 1997
Andrea Korb '00, Leah Sandals '99, Jacob Cooper '99, and Molly Swartz '98
Alicia West and Beth Connor - both Class of 1997
Recent News
Jonathan Dushoff ‘78 has relocated to Canada, where he is an assistant professor in the
Department of Biology
at McMaster University in Ontario.
Tony Laden ‘81 has been awarded a Humboldt Research Fellowship by the German government. He and his family are spending the year in Berlin.
Jenny Laden ’84 had a baby girl in August 2007. Jenny received a Masters in Fine Art from NYU in 1998, and has been painting, as well as teaching, ever since.
Sarah Dry '87 lives in England, where she is a postdoctoral fellow at the Economic and Social Research Council; Sarah’s research area is the history of government science and safety in Victorian Britain. Her book Curie was published in 2003.
Mac Marston '97 spent the fall in Egypt excavating Neolithic remains on the former shores of Lake Karun (Qarun). Mac is based at the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is currently on a dig in Turkey.
Natasha MItchell '93 will be joining the TPS Middle School teaching team next year. She will teach 7th and 8th grade science.
Ben West ’93 graduated from NYU School of Law this spring. He is planning to work as a public defender.
Tanya Banks-Christensen '94 is the first full-time female captain of the historic tall ship Quinnipiack.
Alison Steele ’94 has left the Concord Monitor to join the staff of The Star-Ledger in Newark, NJ.
Mengda Zhu '94 works for an online interactive design firm as lead interactive designer and project manager.
Jishnu Gupta '98 recently stopped by TPS. Jishnu lives and works in Connecticut; he is an aerodynamics engineer at Sikorsky. Here he is with one of his favorite TPS teachers, Steve Bartholomew:
Beth Connor ’97 worked in ASEP this year while taking courses in preparation for entering nursing school at Thomas Jefferson University this coming fall.
Angela Hang '98 is teaching 7th and 8th grade science in New York City. She reports that teaching "has brought back a lot of memories of TPS."
Leah Sandals '99 is a communications associate with Homes for the Homeless, a not-for-profit organization based in NYC that provides housing and services for previously homeless families.
TPS High School Reunion, December 8, 2006
More than half of our alumni in theTPS
Classes of 2003 to 2006 attended our reunion. We
hope they enjoyed reconnecting with friends
and former teachers, playing a little basketball (and hockey
in the Middle School!), and singing some a cappella with Measure
for Measure. Here are some pictures from the afternoon.
         
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