Dear Alumni Students* and Families,
I hope all is well in your corner of Cougar nation.
We wanted to let you know about several opportunities to re-connect with
Casco Bay in this our tenth year.
1) For the second year, we will be offering our Alumni Intensives Teaching Fellows
program. This program is designed to give valuable education work
experience to alumni of Casco Bay High School during Winter Intensives,
the first full week of January (the 5th-9th, typically 7:55-2:05,
daily). Last year, we had about 10 alums helping out with Winter
Intensives, and it was fantastic. See the attachment below for more
details and complete the brief application if you are interested.
Applications are due December 5th.
2014-15 Intensives Teaching Fellow Program and Application
3) Do you remember the Winter Solstice Assembly? When we all sat in a circle (of course) and shared what we were thankful for in the CBHS community? Well, we are doing it again on December 23rd
at 1pm in the Great Space, and this time, in honor of our tenth
Solstice, we are inviting interested alumni to come join the circle and
participate as you wish.
We think our current students will really benefit from seeing you and
hearing what you might (still) appreciate about your time at CBHS. Come
at 12:30 for an alumni reception in the library. The Solstice will begin
about 1pm.
4) Alumni Parents PAG Meeting – March 10th (6:30-8:00pm). OK, we promise you will not have to volunteer for anything, but we will tour the new space on the third floor
with current PAG members. (Hopefully, the renovations will be complete
by then.) Afterwards, those interested can head over to the Great Lost
Bear to further catch up.
5) Two dates to save for 10th Anniversary Celebrations
a) Class of 2015 Graduation – Thursday, June 2nd at 6pm at Merrill.
You remember the drill. We added a new alumni processional at the
beginning of the ceremony last June and are hoping to see even more of
you this year. This year, post-ceremony, all alums are informally
invited to gather at Bayside Bowl for more socializing and
re-connecting.
b) 10th Anniversary Alumni Picnic – Saturday June 13th (noon to 3pm) at Fort Williams Park. This is the big one, and we want all of you to be there.
We will eat, laugh and stand in a circle. There may even be some
ultimate frisbee. There will definitely be the chance to build your
Alumni Class Cardboard Boat and compete for eternal glory in the annual
race later that week (depending on the number of snow days this year).
Save the date and time!
Help Wanted:
We are looking for one or more alums from each class who might be
interested in gathering photos and memories from your class. We would
like to formally gather these in some way, but we need the help of a few
more tech savvy alums to figure out the best way to pull this off.
Contact me if you are interested in being a point person for your class.
(Thanks to Emma Robinson, Troy Ali and Sofi Proia for already stepping
forward for their class.)
Finally, thanks for all of the support so many of you
showed for me and Casco Bay during the nomination process for the Larry
O’Toole award. I know the voting process was a bit bizarre, but in case
you did not hear, we won! We will soon be receiving a $100,000 to
ensure we can continue expeditions like Junior Journey and Senior Quest –
and support the next batch of great student ideas.
I hope all is well. Please contact Stephanie Doyle with any questions, alumni news or updated contact information: Doyles@portlandschools.org. May our paths cross soon.
Sincerely,
Mr. Pierce
*Alumni Parents and Students: Please forward this information on to others!