Alumni News - Reese to Swartz

Alumni News -Reese to Swartz

Ben Reese graduated from Newark High as a "3-Letter Man" in sports. He is in the Continuing Education program at UD and is seriously looking at other colleges to explore new horizons.

Mike Reese graduated from Newark High and is attending the Del Tech.

Nickolas Reeves is attending Salesianum High School.

Andrew Reeves (NCCL class of 2001) is attending Salesianum High School.

Jeffrey Rickerman is married and runs Stratus Employment Agency.

Jonathan Rickerman, after years of world traveling, is now headmaster of a new school in Cochranville, the George Fox Friend's School.

Bryce Richard is married and has a son and a daughter. He works in the construction industry.

Eric Rice (NCCL class of 2004)
How old are you?: 13.
What’s important to you?: Soccer, friends, and my family.
What do you like to do in your spare time?: Play soccer and hang out.
What are your favorite subjects?: Gym, Writing, Art.
What high school do you plan to attend?: The Charter School of Wilmington.
What excites you about going to high school?: A bigger environment with more people.
What scares you about going to high school?: Not getting on the soccer team and taking a lot more tests.
How old were you when you started going to school at NCCL?: 8, but I started in 4th grade, my age was different because my birthday is on October 24th so the average age of the class wasn’t far away.
What are some of the highlights of your years at NCCL?: Being with my friends at a good school.
What special opportunities/experiences has NCCL provided that you will carry on to the other places?: NCCL is a good place for students to go. For me it has made a bigger difference than any other public school would have.

Eno Roberts graduated from the University of Delaware in Fashion Marketing. He is a Supervisor at IMS (Abercrombie and Fitch International Catalogue Sales). He still plays music and performs at Deep Blue and other local haunts.

Rachel Robinson (NCCL class of 2003) is attending Cab Calloway School of the Arts, where she will major in communication arts. Her favorite NCCL subjects were writing and science. Some of her favorite memories of NCCL are "all of the school plays/musicals and the amazing field trips like camping at Shaver's Creek and Trap Pond."

Richard Roisman graduated from Goucher College in May '95 with Honors in English, and has a graduate degree from the University of Pennsylvania. He works as a planner for Montgomery County Planning Department. He is married to an attorney.

Ben Rose saw our web site and thought he would write to us. He is a librarian and has "traveled some". He also has a BA in English from Oregon State University and a Masters in Library Sciences from Clarion University of PA.

Dr. Scott Rosenthal is married and has a daughter, who is bilingual - German and English. He has a B.S. in nutrition. He graduated from Life Chiropractic College, has a Chiropractic office in Wilmington, and is President of the Delaware Chiropractic Society. He provides wellness lifestyle workshops around New Castle County. Scott is a also certified Yoga teacher. He and his wife just bought a house and they are looking forward to rural, country life. He plans to teach yoga from home on his days off. Scott's soccer team won the championship game. "I play in the world renowned New Castle County adult league. Thanks to Ray and Michael for introducing me to a great sport that often has me limping around the office. A special hello to all of my classmates and teachers that shared the NCCL experience with me."

Sheri Rosenthal Green is a fashion editor at McCall's Magazine. She is involved in POWARS, an organization that allows people with AIDS the support and help to keep their pets. She is married to Derek Green, a fashion designer. She had a baby girl, Tori Olivia, on November 27, 1994. She plans to have another baby and become a message therapist.

Alison Schulz Kock married in March 1998 and is teaching English to German students in Germany. Her first child was born in August 1999.

Andrew Schulz is working at Amazon.com as part of the networking staff, maintaining the computers, and taking computer classes at Del Tech.

Jenny Schulz Lloyd graduated from Shilling Douglas School of Hair Design. She is working at Nicholas Design Group in Wilmington. She was married in June 1999 at a beautiful outdoor ceremony at her parents' home.

Juliette Schuster is attending Elkton High School and enjoys listening to music, reading and spending time with friends.

Michael Schwarz has an MFA, heads a group called the Tuscon Arts Brigade, and is a full-time artist. He does workshops for the Arizona State Arts Council.

Kristin Sell attends Kennett High School. She played the nurse in the musical The Secret Garden. Carol Severence graduated from the University of Michigan with an MA in museum studies. She works for the forest service in NC and is married and has two sons.

Steve Severance graduated from Stanford University where he studied math and art.

Emily Severance is a graduate of the University of Michigan and has an MFA from the Art Institute of Chicago. She is a reading specialist.

Barbara Severns will graduate from St. Mark's in June 2000. She is going to move to Florida and plans to attend UCF while working part-time at Disney World. She misses everyone and hopes to see you in some reunion to come.

Becky Shapiro is married and has a. Ph.D. in British literature from Purdue University. She now teaches English at Westminster College.

Mindy Shapiro has a degree in English from Indiana University.

Jonathan Sharnoff is the Director of Nursing and the Program Director of Acute Services at the Piedmont Behavioral Health Centre in VA.

Tom Shipman graduated from Wilmington Friends High School and is attending the University of Delaware Honors Engineering Program, majoring in Mechanical Engineering. He has been on the Dean' List every semester. Tom received the Mendenhall Award for scholarship, character and service and the Starkweather Award for service. He is a member of the University's Emergency Care unit and has participated in Habitat for Humanity on several projects.

Becky Siegel graduated in social work from the University of Delaware. She was married in August 1998 and works for Good Will Industries. She adds she loved NCCL.

Kelly Smith is studying for a communications degree at Del Tech. She has been on the Dean's List and the President's List. She teaches ballroom dancing and is considering a career in restaurant and hotel management.

Matt Smith (NCCL class of 2001) is attending Rising Sun High School.

Stephanie (Steph) Smith (NCCL class of 2003) is attending Rising Sun High School. Steph says, "I definitely learned some real life lessons from being here (NCCL) —about friendship, how to be comfortable with adults, and yes, even some better 'study habits' than I had before."

Adrianne Smucker Gruver completed a certification in science illustration from the University of Santa Cruz in CA and graduated from Virginia Tech. in 1995 with a Biology degree. She had an internship at the American Museum of Natural History in NY. After working for a few years she went back to school and completed a graduate program in Scientific Illustration. She married in December 2000, and she and her husband led a group of 14 18-year olds through 4 countries in Asia for 4 months, making a most unusual honeymoon. They now live in MD, and Adrienne is trying to make a go of freelance illustration, while enjoying a stress-free job at a bookstore.

Craig Smucker graduated from Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons and is doing his orthopedic residency at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey.

Kelly Snavely has a son and is attending college on a volleyball scholarship, majoring in Engineering.

Danielle Solan graduated from Newark High School and is attending Smith College and making the Dean's List. She was awarded a scholarship as well as an assistantship. Last year her skillful bassoon playing qualified her for All State Orchestra.

Tristan Spinski is at UD majoring in English.

Nick Springer was working as a cartographer for microsoft. Every time you download a map to go on vacation, think of Nick! He is married now and works for Electronic Ink, a company that designs user interfaces. In 1998 he went on an Earthwatch Institute Expedition to Costa Rica. There he met his future wife, a teacher from New Jersey. After countless huge phone bills and thousands of frequent flyer miles, they were married on July 1, 2000.

Robbie Stewart is studying journalism at the University of Oregon. He is interested in music and plays the piano.

Michael Swartz is active in the struggle for cultural democracy. He is a board member of the Alliance for Cultural Democracy, a national arts activist organization. He was instrumental in creating the Newark Arts Alliance and the Postal Art Project, a six month community wide interactive performance in Tucson, AZ. He is currently working as a cartographer for Microsoft. Every time you download a map to go on vacation, think of Nick! He has recently become engaged to a woman he met on an Earth Watch trip in Costa Rica.

Adam Szarlan (NCCL class of 2004)
How old are you?: I am 14 going on 15.
What’s important to you?: My family and friends are the most important things to me.
What do you like to do in your spare time?: I spend that time watching television and playing video games.
What are your favorite school subjects?: I like writing, art, math, and science.
What high school do you plan to attend?: I plan to attend Delcastle Vo-Tech high school.
What excites you about going to high school?: I’m excited about going to the career classes.
What scares you about going to high school?: Nothing scares me about high school.
How old were you when you started going to school at NCCL?: I was 11 years old.
What are some of the highlights of your years at NCCL?: One of the highlights is when we did the haunted prison on Halloween last year. The next one was when we went on the camping trip. The last one was last year's graduation.
What special opportunities/experiences has NCCL provided that you will carry on to other places?: I would say it gave me some responsibilities that I didn’t have before. NCCL also gave me a safe feeling.