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Alumni News Notes
Directory by year*

Recent College Graduates...or other alumnus whose addresses have changed:
Please
e-mail the school with your new address. We don't want to lose you! Also send NEWS!


Julie Thurman Barrera reconnected through "I WENT TO ST. JAMES IN THE '80'S" on FACEBOOK! She also sent information on ALL the Thurman girls (all four) and best of all, a photo of her two beautiful daughters! Juli lives in Conroe, Texas with her husband who flies for Continental, and daughters Medge and LuLu. The photo was taken at sister LARA THURMAN's wedding in September. Lara (now Dr. Lara Coseo) practices dentistry in Prosper, Texas and lives in Frisco. Sisters KERI THURMAN RICHARDSON and SARA THURMAN returned to Atlanta, Texas where both work for the Atlanta ISD. Keri teaches and Sara is a speech therapist. So good to hear from the Thurman sisters!

Former Headmistress Nancy Russell (SJ - 1987-2000) is pleased to provide the following updates on two well-known St. James graduates!

Daughter
Jessica Ann Bailey ('93) Arkansas High ('99), University of Arkansas ('03) married Andrew Fuller Higginbothom on September 27, 2008 at St. Edward's Catholic Church in Texarkana, Texas. Jessica and Drew reside in Little Rock, where she is a regional sales representative for Ganz, Inc. and he is a commercial insurance broker with Ramsey, Krug, Farrell, & Lensing.

Son Russell Bailey ('95), Arkansas High Valedictorian ('01), Vanderbilt (05) has returned to his native state of Arkansas. After stints as a dove hunting guide in Mexico, working for Gov. Mike Huckabee (R-AR), and Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchinson (R-TX) in Washington DC, he has returned home to attend law school at the University of Arkansas in Little Rock.

Mom and Dad (Dwight Bailey) are thrilled that, when traveling from Tucson, Arizona, they are finally able to visit both children in the same city!

Amy Davis ('85) found us on the web, and reports that she is living in Bloomington, Indiana. After earning a B.A. in French (a result of many years with the late Madame Haak at St. James?), and an M.S. in counseling, Amy is in her 9th year working with at-risk teens in a special alternative program. She taught French before getting her master's and starting work with the alternative program for teens. Amy asked about Mr. Fil and would love to hear from classmates!

Winston Kim Crow ('70) found us on the web all the way from Waldorf, Maryland, where he is retired from the Naval Reserves. Kim was kind enough to give us the names of the 1970 9th grade graduating class and we will be trying to get in touch with them for our 60th anniversary. He was even able to give us a little information on some of his classmates of 38 years ago! The bond of St. James Day School stretch far and wide! He reported that his mother, Ellen Miller Crow was an active member of the St. James Alter Guild here in Texarkana until her death in 2006. It's always such a treat to hear from St. James alumni who find us on the web!


Jim Burnett, now a Bodenhamer Fellow at the University of Arkansas Honors College, was recently named an AP Scholar with Distinction by the college board. The honor is granted to students who receive an avg. grade of 3.5 on all AP exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on 5 or more exams. Burnett took 11 AP exams with an avg. score of 3.9 per exam.
Another St. James graduate makes us PROUD! Foundation is everything!
Jim Burnet ('02)
Valedictorian TISD 2008
MariAlison Murry ('02)
Salutatorian TISD 2008

Taylor Douglas ('02)
#5 AHS 2008

Summa Cum Laude - TISD
Sarah Chewning ('02)

Magna Cum Laude - TISD
John Fuerst ('02)
Cylas Hall ('03)
Cum Laude - TISD
Rachel Thomas ('02)
Jillian Woosley ('02)

 

CONGRATULATIONS to HADLEY SMITH ('04)!

Miss Teen Dallas 2008


Molly Quinn ('06)
went from St. James to HOLLYWOOD! She is blending her voice with that of JIM CAREY in an animated version of A Christmas Carol. Air date TBA! She also stars as the teenage lead in ABC's weekly show, CASTLE. Former first grade teacher Karen Cunningham Green, and her daughter Gay Moss (now a very active St. James mom) stopped to see Molly on the set when they were in California this past August.

Word from the Wright Brothers!

Andy Wright ('91) married Ms. Meredith Moczygemba in San Antonio, Texas last year. Meredith is a software developer for Southwest Research Institute. Andrew is a graduate of the University of Texas-Austin, and the University of Iowa School of Law. Andy and Meredith are now living in Dallas,Texas where Andy is an attorney for Nix-Patterson.

Max Wright ('95), also a graduate of the University of Texas-Austin, was recently commissioned as Second Lieutenant in the United States Marine Corps. He is a March graduate of the USMC Offricer Candidate School in Quantico, Virgina, where he and wife, Paula, moved last August. They have also just produced their first WRIGHT BABY!

Robert Wright and wife, Cathy, recently purchased their first home in Seattle, Washington where Robert is an aerospace engineer for Boeing. Robert is on the team that recently saw the release of the first 787 from the assembly line, and was a chief engineer on the project! The couple has also adopted a seven-year-old lab, Ollie, who is warm, furry, and soft!

Jillian Woosley & Rachel Thomas
Rachel Thomas was first runner up and Jillian Woosley 2nd runner up in the
2008 Miss Texas High School Pageant.
St. James students have beauty as well as talent and brains!

After receiving the Annual Report last month, Barbara Grier DeCastro ('64) wrote to say congratulations on the successes of our more recent alumni featured in the last Annual Fund publication. In that article, we asked that alumni get in touch with the school if they could add their own to our list of successes. Ms. DeCastro definitely could! She reports that she graduated 3rd in her class at Arkansas High and received a National Merit Letter of Commendation as well.

John Jiles ('99) is now a UT Longhorn! After graduating #4 in his Queen City High School class in 2005, he decided to move to Austin! John is a 3rd year student in Clinical Laboratory Science, with plans of attending Pharmacy School after graduation. We were happy to hear from John and hope he'll take time to keep us updated on his academic adventures in Austin.

Thanks to the efforts of Kelsey Contreras in contacting classmates, and his mother, Carolyn Adams, Chris Hailey '96,(+1983-2007+) is still contributing to his alma mater! In memory of Chris, the Class of 1996 and Mom Carolyn are reviving Lego Robotics for our Middle School technology program with a sizeable donation to upgrade the software and buy new ROBOLAB kits. Chris lost a long battle with bone cancer this past spring and, in honor of his love for his childhood school, the memorial service was held in the St. James Amphitheater on a beautiful spring day. Many thanks to family and classmates who are making this robotics program possible in honor of Chris.


to
former Headmaster, Martin J. Filogamo,
on receiving
The Distinguished Alumni Award for 2007
at
Henderson State University

Mr. Filogamo will be honored at the School's
Distinguished Alumni Luncheon
on Friday December 14, 2007.

If you would like to send a card with a short note of congratulations to Mr. Filogamo, his mailing address is 2508 Pinson Dr. , Texarkana, TX 71854

TOM AISMOS ('90) , is back in town and has filled us in on his new and needed business in Texarkana, Computer Doctor of Texarkana, Of course we are pleased that Tom gives St. James at least partial credit for his expertise in computers in a note to Ms. Miller: "First of all, know how grateful I am for the opportunities you gave me at St. James and the incredible educational start I got there, particularly in computers, which, as I’ll say below, is how I’m making my livelihood."

Graduating as Valedictorian of Pleasant Grove High School in 1993, Tom went to American University in Washington, DC to study politics and journalism. After transferring to UT Austin in 1994, he changed majors to Management Information Systems and graduated in 1999. Tom worked for Cap Gemini Ernst & Young as a healthcare consultant, then decided to go to seminary at SMU’s Perkins School of Theology. During this time,he opened IQ Computer Solutions in Dallas, which was a business similar to Geek Squad at Best Buy going to clients’ homes and businesses to fix their computers. Due to family circumstances, Tom has now opened a similar business in the Texarkana area.

Tom made Ms. Miller's day by commenting on the note on the computer web page indicating Macs do not have viruses: "I got a chuckle out of your statement on your website about “What is a virus?” due to using Macs as I was spending several hours getting rid of a computer full of viruses and trying to edit the registry to manually remove Symantec Antivirus as the computer died during running the uninstaller program and it was just a big mess. But, I guess if it weren’t, I wouldn’t be making any money."

A MODEL in our MIDST:
Arielle Angelovich ('01) moved to Austin, Texas soon after her graduation from 6th grade in 2002. Judging from above, she has blossomed into a beautiful, independent young woman who has definite plans of her own. This picture was in TEEN VOGUE (September 2007) and mentions that in addition to modeling and playing chess, Arielle intends to try out for the University of Texas Cross County Team this fall. HOOK 'EM HORNS and Go Arielle!

Two of Arielle's St. James' classmates, Mary Alice Martin ('01) and Stephanie Stoeckl ('01), have also been in the news for receiving their Girl Scout Gold Awards. The girls were members of Troop 78 at St. James and have the distinction of being the first two girls in Conifer Council to earn ALL THREE TOP AWARDS: Bronze (Junior Scouts), SILVER (Cadelle Scouts) and GOLD (Senior Scouts). Congratulations to these two outstanding girls on their achievements. Read below to find even more honors earned by these two! St. James is still in the process of educating Stephanie's younger sister Katherine (a 2nd grader at the school).

 

Katherine Martin ('98), older sister to Mary Alice, is in Washington D.C. working with Teach for America.

Ms. Martin is an honor graduate ofTexas Christian University in Ft. Worth,

Dr. Kiran Chennupati ('90) , recently married in Dallas. Attending the wedding was his fourth grade teacher from St. James and her husband, Dr. and Mrs. Tom Wagy. The Wagys report seeing and visiting with many former parents at St. James as well as Kiran's younger brother Sravi (also a student of Ms. Wagy's.)

 

Texas High's Valedictorian and Salutatorian~
2001 graduates of St. James Day School
Arkansas High's Valedictorian
A 2001 graduate of St. James Day School

Stephanie Stoeckl
Salutatorian


John Jacob


Catherine Manness
St. James students graduating SUMMA CUM LAUDE from Texas High are

Joe Hilborn

 

Lydia Wommack
Andy Pulido
Sarah
Sarosdy
St. James students graduating MAGNA CUM LAUDE from Texas High are

Stephanie Lamb

Mary Alice Martin

Hailee Oldham

Susie Powell

Gina Saulsbury


lt to rt, bk row: Stephanie Stoeckl, Lydia Wommack, Judd Wommack, Joe Hilborn, Andy Pulido, William Jean
lt to rt, frt row: Susie Powell, Mary Alice Martin, Laura Lee Lacy, Jessica Day, Stephanie Lamb

Below are these graduates as pictured in the
2001 St. James Yearbook (same order)

AMANDA LUNDY , VALEDICTORIAN
New Boston High School.


Congratulations also to this former student (1994-1999)

St. James students graduating CUM LAUDE from Texas High are
William Jean, Alisha Ruth, and Laura Lee Lacy

Greg Miller('89) was awarded a prestigious Pyramid Award as Best Interactive Programer at the annual awards dinner held June 9, 2007 in Memphis, Tennessee. The Pyramid Awards celebrate extraordinary achievements and professionalism in the field of advertising. Greg designs for Creative Inferno, a leading international advertising firm headquartered in Memphis. Besides Best Interactive Programmer, Inferno also received four other Addy awards, including the top award, Ad Man of the Year presented to Inferno co-founder, Tim Sellers. Greg's degree in advertising is from the University of Texas-Austin where he graduated in 2000. He and his wife, Amy, live in Memphis and are proud parents of two beautiful daughters, Meagan Lee Havins Miller (2) and Savannah Caroline (10 months).



Robert Dalby ('06) took major honors at North Heights Junior High as a seventh grader, He not only made the All –A Honor Roll for the entire year – (there were only three that did), but also received the award for Outstanding Student in Pre-AP Science; the Male 7th Grade Character Award; and the Male 7th Grade Assistant Principal Award. Now he is taking top honors at Arkansas High!


Congratulations to HANNAH DOYLE ('99) for making the Dean's List at the University of North Carolina in Asheville this spring! She is looking forward to declaring her major this time next year in Creative Writing, but first will spend the summer taking a pesky Statistics class. She is really enjoying improving the quality of the school's newspaper & is working for an independent local magazine, Metabolism, reading submissions. Hopefully her local Staples has a good supply of red pens. :-)

Angela Loe Kincade ('91) graduated from St. James Day School in 1991 and went on to graduate from Pleasant Grove High School and The University of Arkansas where she was Vice-President of Pi Beta Phi Sorority. Having found our web site, she has kindly sent in news of her life since that time. In June of 2000, Angela married Matt Kincade and began a very successful career in the Pharmaceutical Industry, with Merck & Co., as a Senior Cardiovascular Specialty Representative. In November 2005, Angela and Matt were blessed with a beautiful baby girl, Anna Elizabeth Kincade. Currently, Angela, Matt, and Anna live in Memphis, TN where Matt is finishing his last year in his Urology Residency training at The University of Tennessee. After six years in the Pharmaceutical business, Angela is now staying at home for a few years to enjoy time with precious Anna Elizabeth who is 1 1/2 years old. Who knows, maybe one say she will attend St. James Day School! Angela and Matt will celebrate their seventh Wedding Anniversary this June. To quote Angela, My days at St. James were filled with some of my best childhood memories! The education that we received and the friendships that we made are unsurpassed! I think of all my St. James friends from time to time, and I wish them all the very best in life! Feel free to keep in touch with me at angela.kincade@gmail.com. Anglea also sent some photos of her beautiful family. One is of Angela with Anna on Mother's Day 2007. The other is of Angela, Matt, & Anna in Arizona on a recent vacation - April 2007. On that vacation in Phoenix, at the Arizona Biltmore, Angela just happened to bump into her childhood best friend and St. James Alum, Shelby Morgan! In addition, she had fun catching up with St. James Alums - Jason Sadowski, Andy Wright and Ben Mayo at Jason Sadowski's Wedding.


It is always great fun to hear from far away and long ago St. James grads! Tom Needham found us on the web and sent the following message to the school:

Tom Needham ('67 -8th grade) I attended St James, K-8, before leaving Texarkana in 1967. A lot of fond memories, playing flag football, spring performance of a different Operetta each year, Mr. Wagner driving the old school bus, staring contests with Mr. Blake, and many more. Very good times. I retired from the Air Force a few years ago as a Lt Colonel and now make a living as a consultant to the Intelligence Community here in Washington D.C. My mother still lives in Texarkana, and while visiting her earlier this year I drove by St James, So nice to see the school carries on and thrives. I’ve been married for almost 31 years and have one surviving child, Thomas Kyle, four years old. All my best. There will always be a special place in my heart for St. James
Tom Needham
Chief Mission Office, GeoScout


ST. JAMES has a connection with Apple Computer other than having used their product since 1983: ALEX LUKE ('80) is Director of Music Programming for Apple Computer's iTUNES. Alex lives in Los Altos, CA. You can reach Alex by email at alx@apple.com

 

Lynlee Wright Harvey('92) and husband, Steven Harvey, joyfully announce the birth of their daughter, Ava Montgomery Harvey, who weighed in at 8lb, 4oz on March 6, 2007. St. James looks forward to meeting Ava in the 3-year-old class in 2010!

ACROSS THE STATE. . .
Congratulations to BILL MILLER ('83) on his swearing in as PRESIDENT of TEXAS YOUNG LAWYERS ASSOCIATION for 2007-2008 at the June Texas Bar Association meeting in San Antonio. Present at the festivities were many members of Bill's family, including his older two sons in their first tuxedos!

Bill's not only a graduate of St. James, but also a current parent at the School.
While Bill was campaigning across the state in February of 2006, wife Jessica (a former St. James teacher), gave birth to their third son and St. James legacy.

Baby Mason joins brothers, Davis Michael, a current St. James 3rd grader, and Austin Elliot, Kindergarten student, as a St. James K3 student this year!

Bill is a partner in the law firm of
Greer & Miller
in Texarkana. Younger St. James alums might run into him on the soccer field. Bill was goalkeeper for the first Texas High Soccer team in 1989, and has been refereeing high school soccer games since moving back to Texarkana in 1996. He is an active worker in the Texarkana Literacy Council and a member of St. James Episcopal Church where he serves as legal counsel. Bill is a graduate of St. James, Texas High, Vanderbilt University, and Texas Tech School of Law. (Picture at right is of Bill as a St. James 4th grader)


Michael Droske ('94) - lives in Austin and is a fraud investigator. He also enjoys performing with fellow musicians when time allows. While deciding what kind of graduate school he wants to pursue, Michael tends to a vegetable garden in his backyard and writes short stories.

Katie Droske Crabtree('95) graduated from William Woods University with a degree in Equestrian Science. She recently married Adam Crabtree and is moving onto their land in Bivins, TX. Katie will be training horses and working with people who want to learn to ride.

David Droske ('99) - David is living in Texarkana. He is hard at work in nursing school at Texarkana College — following in Mom's footsteps! He has also just announced his engagement!


Amanda Ellison ('96)

Katie Buchanan ('89) is back in Little Rock running her own business, LITTLE ROCK PAPER SCISSORS. Don't miss her BLOG! Prior to her move, Katie was the Special Events Director for The Dallas Opera, planning galas, donor recognition events, cast events, and all of the fund-raising for each, through individuals and corporations. Before the Opera, she was a Special Events Assistant in the Development Office at Children's Medical Center. Katie reports that she still does much volunteer work for the hospital, since she spent so much time there as a child! (Katie was a kidney transplant patient at age eight.) NOW we're asking Katie to help FUND RAISE FOR ST. JAMES DAY SCHOOL! Don't be surprised if you get a call from her.

Katie was also kind enough to send information on big sister Susan (Susan Buchanan Jeter ('81)) who lives in Little Rock with her husband, Matt and their children: Hudgens, 6 and Kate, 2...named for her aunt of course! Susan does behavioral testing and counseling at Access Schools. Hudgens is starting pre-K, and Kate is a total 2 year old and runs the show at all times! Katie says she drove through the campus when she was in T-town for Helen Mobley's wedding, and thought it beautiful. Katie was happy to find our web site and sends word to the school to "Keep up the good work!" She also sends her best to all the staff - especially those who were here during Katie's time: Ms. Joey, Ms. Wagy, Ms. Wright, and Ms. Miller.


Alexandra Adams ('00)
2006 VALEDICTORIAN
of Texas High School!

Corey Rountree ('00)
2006 SALUTATORIAN
of Pleasant Grove High School


Robert Honeycutt , a 1989 high school graduate and a former St. James student, writes that he and wife Julie live in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina with their 18-month-old daughter, Elizabeth. Rob ert works for a national company which makes safety/fall protection equipment for chemical plants and refineries. He says he has "nothing but the best memories of the faculty and his time at St. James"...those are words we are always thrilled to hear!

Tiffany Hargrove Spangler ('95), is a 2001 graduate of Texas High School and subsequently earned a Specialization in Real Estate Abstracting Associates degree from Texarkana College. Tiffany is an Abstractor for Miller County Abstract Company of Texarkana. When she's not working in the real estate market, Tiffany is wife to Cyrus Spangler and mother to 9-month-old London Baylee Spangler. Tiffany writes that she can't wait for London to attend St. James Day School. . . but first, she has to learn to walk and talk!

Randi Grounds ('00), was a St. James student from 1995 until 2000 when her family moved to Palestine, Texas. Having had a great experience at St. James, Randi enrolled at All Saints Episcopal School in Tyler for the next three years, and again had to transfer in 2003. She graduated from Albans Episcopal School in Waco and is currently a student a Vanguard College Prep in Waco. Randi's mom writes that St. James gave Randi so much during her 5 years . . . a solid foundation on which she has continued to build. To contact Randi, you can get her address from her mother, Dawn Grounds. We'd love to hear more of Randi's Episcopal School experiences!


Alex Fuerst ('97), is currently interning at Encore Multimedia in Longview, Texas. He has completed 3 semesters at John Brown University and will be moving to a new school in the spring to continue pursuing a degree in film and digital media. No one who knew Alex at St. James will be surprised to know he is training for a career in some type of media! He was a star art student in Ms. Wright's art classes, and a star computer student for Ms. Miller. He designed much of the art work for the St. James Literary magazine as a 6th grader! As a senior at Texar High, Alex produced a two-hour documentary, The Road to the Championship, about the THS state championship season in the fall of '02. During his four years on the TigerVision staff, Alex earned top national awards from the Journalism Educators Association for Videography and In Camera feature. He also raked in honors for BEST COMEDY and BEST PSA at Fest-eye-ful for two years in a row. Alex spent the summer of 2004 as a videographer on a 3-week mission trip to Kenya and Rwanda. We'll be looking for the name ALEX FUERST in lights one day!


Melissa Wisdom Colbert ('88), found our web site from her home in Kingwood, Texas where she is a teacher in the Special Education department of her school district. Her specialty (and passion) is the Parent/Home Training she does for the Autistic population. After working with autistic students, Melissa goes into the home to train parents in the skills that can benefit their children. Melissa and husband Bobby also have a gorgeous daughter (obviously takes after her beautiful mother), Faith, who turned 8 years old last summer. Melissa also sends a big hello to St. James from her mother, Billenda Hemeyer, a former lower school computer facilator at St. James, now teaching in Houston.


Anne Morel
1999 St. James Graduate
2005 Arkansas High
Valedictorian
more about Anne

John Colley
1999 St. James Graduate
2005 Texas High
Valedictorian

Savannah Smith
1999 St. James Graduate
2005 #3 Graduate
Pleasant Grove High School

Toni Davis Ivey ('89) EARNED her PhD in Curriculum and Instruction at Texas A&M, College Station, and is now Dr. Toni Ivey! CONGRATS TONI! While serving as Science Department Head in the Houston ISD, Toni was selected for the Information Technology in Science Center - a program which pairs a secondary science teacher in the laboratory with research scientists in the mornings. The teacher then takes that research and adapts it for the classroom education classes in the afternoon. That was a hard thing to give up, but Texas A&M offered Toni a deal she couldn't afford to turn down: Six graduate hours tuition free, plus a $3000 stipend. In addition to the hours and stipend, Toni has been awarded a $30,000/year stipend for five years! Gee - all that money just to LEARN NEW THINGS! Toni is now a full time PhD student in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis in Science Education at A&M, while husband, Dustin, remains at his job in Houston. But think how much fun weekends will be! Toni also reports that sister CORY ('91) is now living in Eugene, Oregon. To read about Toni's fellowship, go to http://prise.tamu.edu

St. James is very proud of Toni - and would certainly welcome her to the staff of St. James should she tire of the big cities


Troy Nathan Bell (Bobby) ('76-8th) son of former St. James music and art teacher, JANET BELL writes with news of his entire family...all St. James connected! Mom Janet is now widowed and lives in Little Rock. She can be reached at jlelwood1@juno.com; younger brother, Robin Bell ('76-7th), is stationed at Little Rock Air Force Base in Jacksonville, Arkansas, is married to Peggy and has two wonderful daughters. Robin can be reached at robin.bell@littlerock.af.mil; Sister Vicki Bell Schnorr ('72-9th) lives in Austin enjoying her life as a housewife and pursuing her quilting projects. Vicki's email is vicki@bellmotel.com; Older brother, Austin Bell ('76-9th), works for a major software company in Wisconsin,where he lives with his wife and three children. Austin can be reached at abell@ptc.com. Bobby and wife, Ginger, live in Bullard, Texas where both are associated with the Brook Hill School. Ginger is director of Development and Marketing. Bobby is President of Bobby Bell Productions in Tyler. Website for his business is www.bobbybellonline.com where he receives mail at bbell@bobbybellonline.com. His current mailing address is: 3328 SSW Loop 323, Tyler, TX 75701. I'm sure Bobby would love to hear from long lost St. James friends!

Hawley Holman ('?) is a proud dad who wrote in to report on his own St. James grads, WHITNEY HOLMAN ('94), JOHN DAVIS ('96), RYAN, and COLLINS ('98). Whitney is a 2003 graduate of Texas A&M-Texarkana with a Criminal Justice degree. She is currently living in San Marcus, Texas, working for Child Protection Services, a state agency. John Davis graduated from SMU in 2004 with a degree in mechanical engineering, and is now living in Lawrence, Kansas, attending the University of Kansas graduate school sand working toward a masters in biomechanical engineering. Son Ryan graduated from Pleasant Grove High School in 2004 and is attending SMU on two academic scholarships. Ryan is also majoring in mechanical engineering with a pre-med emphasis. He will earn a degree in each discipline with this program. Hawley reports that daughter Collins is still in high school - and doing very well. Mr. Holman is a practicing attorney in Texarkana, and reports that due to the great academic successes of his children, he, personally, is broke!


2002 St. James grads pose after receiving their SILVER AWARDS,
the second highest award which can be earned by Girl Scouts.
And YES - they are ALL from St. James!

LtoR: Sarah Chewning, Jillian Woolsley, Katherine Adams, Rachel Thomas, Lindsey Hackett

Lauren Filogamo attended St. James Day School from Pre-School to 3rd grade before moving to Indiana. Lauren graduated from Central Catholic in Lafayette, Indiana, ranking #4 in her class. She was active in high school baseball, golf, & swimming as well as being a member of the Academic Superbowl team, Speech Team, and Secretary of the National Honor Society. Having received the Hoosier Scholar award from the state, Ms. Filogamo is now a senior at Indiana University where she is a double majoring in Accounting and Finance. Lauren is the granddaughter of Martin Filogamo, a much beloved headmaster at St. James from 1976-1987. Many alumni will be happy that Lauren was kind enough to give us Mr. Fil's email address: MrFilDYB@aol.com


Jill Moser ('87), recently discovered the St. James website and updated us with news of her and and also of a couple of St. James classmates. Jill is currently working for the Dallas Center for the Performing Arts Foundation which is building an Arts District in downtown Dallas. It's exciting to be in on the creation of this new center which will include an Opera House by Norman Foster and a Multiform Theatre by Rem Koolhaas. Jill reports seeing classmate Carol Clements ('87) around town. Carol is an IT Director for Southwest Airlines. (Ms. Miller is proud of both girls, having taught them music and computer and St. James - and knowing they are using both experiences in their careers!)


Another St. James graduate has FOUND US! Thanks to Tod Brown ('80) for sending an update. Tod writes:

Hello:
Just found the St. James website and wanted to make sure that I was available for old friends to find me. Graduated from TCU in Fort Worth, in 1980 with a Marketing/Journalism/Business degree and moved to Dallas Texas. I Currently reside in Richardson, Texas, and have 3 Daughters, Danielle, Madison, and Cameron.
St. James was definitely one of the greatest experiences of my life. In my 11 years at St. James, I learned so much that helped me to be prepared for continuing education and life beyond. Thanks so much.

Tod C. Brown, Executive Vice President, Sales & Marketing
Vertical Alliance Group, Inc.
5001 Spring Valley Road, Suite 400 East, Dallas, TX 75244
Phone: 972-383-1290, Fax: 972-419-6377, Cell: 214-507-4085
Email: tbrown@verticalag.com


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JULIE MILLER MATHES ('85) was married to Silas Eugene Mathes on December 30, 2000...in the midst of the TEXARKANA ICE STORM! They are now proud parents of five-year-old Greta Laurel Mathes, and three-year-old Clara Caroline Mathes, born March 10, 2006. Julie is a 1995 graduate of Vanderbilt University, and a 2001 graduate of the School of Environmental Design at the University of Georgia in Athens, with a Master of Landscape Architecture degree. Julie resigned her position as landscape architect with Hawkins Partners Landscape Architects in Nashville, Tennessee with the birth of her second child. Husband Silas, a graduate of Duke University, with a Masters of Water Resources degree from the School of Forest Resources at the University of Georgia, is employed with the state of Tennessee in the Division of Natural Areas. Both Julie and Silas are enthusiastic environmentalists, and spend much of their free time volunteering with Nashville area groundwater protection groups.


Kiran Chennupati ('93), was named DeBakey Scholar for the graduating class of 2004 at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. Excerpts from his award letter:

Each year, a member of the incoming senior class is designated as the DeBakey Scholar. This selection is predicated upon the demonstration of an exceptional degree of academic excellence and scholarship. . . . The entire committee extends congratulations to you for your superior accomplishments as a student at Baylor College of Medicine.

Younger brother, Sravi Chennupati ('95) recently sent Ms. Wagy an email about his recent adventures - more reason for St. James to be proud! A may graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, he plans post-graduate continuation of work at the UCSF lab,working on brain tumors— while he applies to med school. Sravi also related tales of his visit with his grandfather in India during a past winter break. As an aside to Ms. Wagy, Sravi talked about working at an inner city high school outreach program last summer teaching a PreCalculus course. His comment about teaching: "Teaching is sooo hard! Makes me feel very fortunate for the teachers I've had!" For our own education, Sravi sent the web address of the American Cancer Society. Maybe we should visit.


GREG MILLER ('89), a year 2000 graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, is Creative Director for the advertising firm of INFERNO CREATIVE in Memphis, TN., specializing in their interactive web design as well as providing technical support for the Macintoshes used by the firm. Greg was married to Amy Tyler, also a UT graduate in advertising, on April 17, 2004, in Memphis. The Millers have a home in Germantown and are proud parents of their first child, Meagan Lee Havins Miller, born July 22, 2007. Amy has a wedding consulting business in Memphis, TN. If you know anyone who wants a wonderful wedding in Tennessee, check out her website! www.amymillerweddings.com


Numan Waheed ('87) (who will ALWAYS be 'Nomie' to those who knew him at St. James - scroll down for bio) writes to update us on sister, Manar Waheed ('89) Manar is a cum laude graduate of Wellesley College (1999) and is currently studying for a law degree at Brooklyn Law School in New York. She is a dedicated worker in the prevention of domestic violence having served internships with volunteer and legal aid organizations in Boston, new York, San Francisco, and Washington D.C. Manar has served as clerk for the Honorable John Leventhal in the Supreme Court of Kings County working on family violence cases, and has completed an internship in the Kings County District Attorney's office, domestic violence unit. In addition to her law school studies, Manar is currently pursuing a fellowship with the National Organization for Women in Washington, D.C.

1966 Valedictory Address by Bryan Poulos*

Today, Bryan ('66) is an actuarial consultant for Watson Wyatt and Company in Dallas. A copy of the original, handwritten address was given to the school by Bryan's parents, Dr. and Mrs. George Poulos of Texarkana. After graduating from St. James as a ninth grader, Bryan attended Texas High. He then earned B.S. and M.S. degrees from Stephen F. Austin University and an M.B.A. from the University of Texas at Austin.

Brother Brad Poulos, also a St. James grad, is a partner with the law firm of Cantey & Hanger in Ft. Worth, Texas. Brad earned his B.A. at TCU and received his J.D. from Baylor University.

*In 1966, St. James Day School continued through the ninth grade. Mr. Poulos was a ninth grade graduate when he delivered this address.

Mr. Headmaster; Members of the Board and Faculty; Friends; and Fellow Classmates:

During the eleven years I have been in St. James School, never once has it failed to support its cause, not only throughout the school itself, but throughout the whole 4-states area. That cause being to provide a Christian education through a Christian atmosphere and point of view. In this cause is the school's very existence.

The school succeeds in its cause because its faculty cares enough to want to give each student a good education, and because the parents of each student care enough for their child that they give him the opportunity to receive such an education. When I say the faculty wants to give a good education, I mean give! Do you think that the faculty of Saint James Day School teaches for the money? Certainly not. It's because every teacher in Saint James cares. Nine times out of ten, that is why a student learns something - because the teacher cares. At Saint James, the faculty is not against the student, but for him all the way.

Though St. James implants a sound education into its students' minds, the students are not forced into learning. At Saint James, the amount of work and studying is usually more than average. The assignments are accepted under any and all circumstances and they are always done! Very seldom does a Saint James student come to class unprepared. By the assignments alone, two things are accomplished:

1. The student learns how to spend his time wisely.

2. A great amount of responsibility is put on the student's shoulders. At Saint James, responsibility, accepted well and properly, is rewarded graciously.

Saint James School, though closely related to St. James Church, is a Christian school and not just an Episcopal school. There are separate Bible classes so that no one will think a foreign religion is being forced on him.

Because St. James is Christian, private, and provides one of the best educational programs in the United States, many people persecute it. What more could anyone want from a school?

Saint James has done a lot for anyone who has ever been in it. The graduating class of '66 cannot thank the school enough, but we would like to say "thank-you" for giving us the best, and we hope that we will never forget what we have learned from good old Saint James!

RICK HOLLMER ('78) found our website and said we could still list him as FREDDIE in the directory. That was how we knew him then. .

NUMAN WAHEED ('90) , was recently awarded a Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering from M.I.T. in Boston. Nomie graduated from Cornell University with a B.S. in 1997, where he was named to the Dean's List and graduated with Engineering Honors. At MIT, he researched molecular modeling and helped develop molecular dynamics code to study polymer crystallization. Fall of 1999 was Nomi's semester at the University of Leeds, Leeds, U.K., where he was a research assistant for D.B. Adolf.
More news from the adult world comes from JOHN TENNISON ('80) . John is practicing medicine in San Antonio (psychiatry) - and exemplifying the ever multitalented St. James graduate, he also composes and records music under the name of nonjohn. John sends word that younger brother, JOE ('83) is the proud new father of his first child, daughter Hannah.

ANISH SHETH (90) is now working at Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue in Washington, DC doing corporate law. He sends best wishes to all the folks at St. James and hopes things are going well. Anish holds an undergraduate degree from the University of Texas-Austin, and a J.D. in law from SMU. Congrats Anish!


REBECCA NICHOLAS SAYADIAN recently signed with Excel International Model & Talent Agency in Little Rock, AR. to do fashion, print, and ballet. Her son, Ethan Alexander Sayadian, who will be a year old this August, also signed. They plan to do some "Mommy and Me" fashion and print work together.

LEE HENDRICKS('96) , a 2002 graduate of Arkansas High, is now on duty with the United States Air Force. Lee has been flying planes since he was a freshman in high school, and is looking forward to training in the 'big stuff.' Sister Liz ('98) is frequently shown on the front of the sport's page as an outstanding volleyball player for Arkansas High.

REBECCA LAMBERT('88) Kirkpatrick, twin sister to Claire, resides in Memphis, TN. with husband Chris, and has year old son, Luke. Twin sister, CLAIRE LAMBERT ('88) lives in Atlanta,Ga.with her husband Whit Davis and has a little girl cousin for Luke. BOTH are expecting to add a brother or sister to their family this spring!
 
STEPHANIE POTTER BLACK ('85) returned to Texarkana and is serving as assistant district attorney for Texarkana.

DAVID ORR, JR. ('69). writes from Moab, Utah after finding our site on the Internet. He is a 1969 graduate and is looking for classmates, Jay Wommack, Rick Seibold, Todd Brown, and Mike Cunningham. If you have any email addresses for these people, please send them to David

The Internet makes the world very small indeed. We are continually delighted and surprised by St. James alumni across the world who find our web site and write with news of their travels and experiences since leaving our campus. One such note was recently received from Mark Ebert ('83). Mark is a web/application developer for ADTRAN in Huntsville, Alabama. He is a graduate of Jacksonville State University and met his wife in Georgia while working for Synovus Financial Corp. The Eberts and their children Lawson (3 years) and Mallory (3 months) now live in Huntsville. Mark has reconnected with some of his classmates after finding their email addresses on our web site, and invites you to visit HIS site: www.markebert.com.

St. James memories struck another St. James alum as he happened upon our web site from his home in Chicago: James (Jim) Sneed (Valedictorian of 9th grade class of '56) remembers attending church at St. James while Father Carson, founding rector of St. James, was there. He fondly recalls learning the history of the world from Mr. Blake and Latin from Mrs. Arnold (the Hon. Buzz Arnold's mother). Mr. Sneed had many nice things to say about the School and Headmaster Bettis Lawrence:

"Mr. Lawrence was truly a wonderful man - he worked very diligently to bring the English/New England boarding school educational traditions to a little place in the South. He would challenge me . . . and it worked. The experience of attending that school was remarkable. It prepared me for so many things for which I otherwise do not think I would have been successful.
. . . (after my parents moved us to Arizona) I discovered in my final years of high school that my previous education at St. James put me far ahead in most of my classes. While the educational benefits were excellent, it was the knowledge of a Christian education, the camaraderie of students, and the campus setting that really set me up for much of the more important social interactions that adulthood would bring. After military service in the '60's, I graduated from DePaul University in Chicago and have gone on for Master's work in Computer Science."
Jim currently works in Operations Analysis of large companies, and is the father of six children (two adopted from South America) and nine grandchildren. Mr. Sneed's closing was a great affirmation for all those who work for the school:
"It is so good to see that the school continues to transform itself into such a positive influence on young minds. Keep up the good work - after all, it is God's!"

1948-1969
*8th or 9th grade graduate
 1970-1978
*8th or 9th grade graduate
 1979-1985
*Treese Allen ('69)

  Carter Adams
Amy Allbright ('80)

*The Hon. Morriss S. Arnold ('56)
Katherine Arnold('78)

  David Bruce ('84)
*John Baldridge ('56)
*Melinda Bailes ('70)
Jenny Baxter-Bartlett('80)
 Kaye Baxter
*Mary Jane Baker ('71)
Michael Benson('80)

*Jessica Bemis ('56)
Elizabeth Benson('82)

*Ann-Louise Bintliff('58)

  Buddy Bell
Stephen Bolls('79)
*David Bintliff ('65)

*Austin Bell('74)

 Susan Buchanan('82)
Rebecca Bell ('73)
Amy Bolls Cavazos('83)
Elsa Jane Burroughs ('69)
Caroline Cole ('83)
  John Carson

 Chris Cunningham('79)
Mike Craig
*Bill Boyd ('71)
   
Marian Cleveland ('59)
( +2005)
Kristin Dodds('83)
 *Katherine Preston Couch ('63)
*Jeff Brown ('70)
Damon Earnest('82)
*Richard Smiley Couch ('61)

Peter Burns

 Eugenia Newbold Dickey

James C. Burroughs, Jr.
Harrold Dodds, III  

Andrea Goesl Chewning

Thomas Fuqua ('85)
Haydon Fuller
+2006

 *Mildred Ann Cook ('73)
Allison Mankins Gay('82)

*Martha Fuller (Edwards('69)
*Martha Cook ('74)
 
H.D. Hale  ('84)
  *Susan Ann Fuller ('59)

John L. Cook
*Marilyn Gill ('65)
*Bobby Couch ('71)
Cathey Jones
*Susan Gill ('64)
John Crane ('70)

Alex Luke(81)

*Andrea Goesl (Chewning)'69

Karen Crow ('71)

  Michelle Mankins ('83)
 

Stephanie Mankins ('85)
Barbara Gleboff

 Julie Miller Mathes ('85)

Libby Gooch
*Dinah Dixon ('70)

William Miller, Jr. ('83)

Gay Cunningham Moss
*John Head ('67)

Jay Fentress

    Clayton Nix ('81)

Katherine Jones ('65)
 Ben Floyd, Jr.
 
Tracy Pilgreen ('83)
*Katherine Kittrell ('67)
Carter Floyd
Missy Pope('83)

 Stephanie Potter Black ('85)
William Kittrell ('67)
*Clay Fricks ('71)

 Susie Bruce Rogers('81)
*Cordell Klein ('65)
Ann Gleboff

 Keri Thurman Richardson ('84)
*Robert Klein ('60)

 Liz Goodson

 *Sharon Lawrence Holman('62)

 Chris Smith ('85)
Hawley Holman ('62)

Mark Davis Hale

  Melissa Bruce Schnitzer
Zita Whitmarsh Holman ('64)
*Babs Harrison ('71)
 
 
*James Harrison ('70)
 Joe Tennison ('83)
Bryce Lawrence, Jr. ('61)

 *Virginia Ann Hathoot ('73)
*Deborah McCulloch ('66)
Gina Boid Wakefield('80)
*Margo Moore ('66)

Jackson Williams('81)  
 Marshall H. Moore ('64)

  Richard Lawrence

  Becky Verschoyle('80)

Anne McCutchan

 Brooks Verschoyle ('84)
Ann Nelson ('59)
*Dale Meredith ('70)

  Mike Young('81)

 David Albert Nelson
Emily Minnick Miller
 

  *Pierce Noble, IV ('58)
*Thomas Moore ('70)
 
David Orr, Jr. ('69)

Matt Mugno
 
Bill Patterson ('62)
*Sally Murphy ('76)
 
*Catherine Ann Patterson ('62)
*Susan Kay Murphy ('72)
 
*Bryan Poulos ('66)

David Orr, Jr.
 
*Elise Ragland ('65)

Keith Orr
 
*George Ragland ('69)
*Brad Poulos ('71)
 
*Susan Ragland ('67)
* Thom Ragland ('70)
 
*John Singleton ('62)
*Anne Louise Rorie ('75)

*Hal Stryker, III ('62)
 
*Rick Siebold ('72)
 

*Ward Sims ('71)

 
*Sally Stuart ('70)
 
*Linda Vaughn ('65)

 Mary Tennison
 
*Jan Walsh (Nelson)'66

Trip Tennison
 
*Marian Webber ('66)

John Willis
 
*Susan Webber (Wright) '63
 
*Joan Willis ('63)
*Tripp Wommack('70)
 
*John Willis ('64)
 
Mike Young ('65)
   
1986-1990
1991-1995
 1996-2000
Seth Alley ('89)
Suzanne Angell

Scarlet Andrews
Tim Asimos

 Jenny Allen

Katie Buchanan ('89)

Bryan Aumiller
Blaire Belvedere
Kyle Capshaw ('90)

  Jessica Bailey ('90)

  Erika Berger

Russell Bailey

Coby Cowling

Britt Bahney

Laura Brule
Mandy Cowling ('89)
   
Cory Davis

Alecia Elliot ('89)

 Trey Burrow

 Justin Carter

Kelsey Contreras

 Kiran Chennupati

  William Contreras

Hallie Hawkins
Shravi Chennupati
Sara Denson

Josh Davis
Robert Dodson
 Carrie Bolls ('89)

April Lane

  Eric Elmore

Claire Lambert Davis ('90)
Krista Fowler
Clayton Haynes

 Kingsley Fuller
Prachi Gaurier

Mayfair Fuller

 Rebecca Lambert ('90)

   Tim Goynes

King Lawrence ('89)

Michael Haynes

 +Chris Hailey+
9//28/83 - 5/29/0
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 Lynlee Wright Harvey

 Cliff Mills

 Erin Hickey

Jeffrey Hubrel

 Peyton Mills
Whitney Holman

Emily Hubrel
Matt Mobley ('89)
Trey Jones
 
   

Brad Nichols ('89)

Carly Lawrence

 Adrien Hughes

Antonio Otero ('89)

Goodwin Lawrence

Krysta Pope ('89)
Zachary Lawrence
Phillip Mobley
Chris Lamb
Ben Mayo

Bill Morel
Katherine Martin
Sara Thurman
Haven Morgan

Patrick Mayo
Keri Thurman
Shelby Morgan

 Anne Morel

Laura Thurman

 Whitney Morriss
Ryan Morgan

Nomie Waheed ('87)

James (Nick) Nicholas

John Morel

Manar Waheed('89)
Mandy Nichols
Peter Morris
Cash Oliver
 

Margaret Wommack

 Emanual Otero

 Mary Newton 

Laura Wright ('89)
Cyrus Park

 Javier Otero

 Robert Wright

Shreya Patel 

Cyrus Park
 

 Rajeev Patel

 Victoria Parnell
 
Pinson Razaq
Nic Peavy
 

Laura Robinson

 
Toni Robison

Meredith Power
 
Jonathan Roberts

  Travis Power

 

 Susan Sarosdy

 
 
Tre Santifer

Megan Smith
 
Adam Smith

Savannah Smith
 

 Matthew Thomas
 
Anish Sheth
Lensey Wagner
 
Sarah Strickland

 Ben Watson
 

 Lara Thurman

 Caroline Watson
 

Sara Thurman

Brittan White
 

Dylan White 

Tyler Williams
 
Marty Wooldridge

 Margaret Wommack
 

 Andy Wright
 
 

Jenny Wright
 
 

 Jordan Wright

 
   

2001-2002

2003-2004

2005-2009

Arielle Angelovich
Jonathan Asher ('09)
Katherine Anne Adams
   
Darren Blair
 
Alex Barlow('06)
Timothy Cain
 
Blaire Barlow('06)
Jim Burnett
 
Caroline Dalby ('09)
Sarah Chewning
 
Kathryn Cogell
 
Jacob Kirkland('06)
Jessica Day
 
Ben Norton ('08)
Julia Day
 
Clay Eichler
 
Lewis Patterson('06)
John Fuerst
 
Ashley Giles
 
Molly Quinn('06)
Suzanne Hackett
 
Nick Richter ('09)
Elizabeth Hughes
 
Laura Lee Lacy
 
Stephanie Lamb
 
Mary-Stewart Shores ('09)
William Lachowsky
 
Shea Smith ('06)
Nicholas Lax
 
Nicholas Liu
 
Annie Tarwater ('09)
Mary Alice Martin
 
Russell Thomas ('09)
Megan Merritt
 
MaryAlison Murry
 
Hailee Oldham
 
Susie Powell
 
Brian Parcon
 
Andy Pulido
 
Jake Rogers
 
Jarrod Russell
 
Gina Saulsbury
 
Sarah Sarosdy
 
Thomas Shaddix
 
Stephanie Stoeckl
 
Christopher Taylor
 
Rachel Thomas
 
Joseph Watson
 
Lydia Wommack
 
Judd Wommack
 
Jillian Woosley
 

Ninth Grade Graduates of 1964 Reunite!

One hot Saturday morning in August of 2002, members of the Class of 1965 met on the St. James Campus to see the changes that have taken place in the last thirty-two years!

Headmistress Mary Nell Short and Development Coordinator Gabriel Harlow shared the privilege of showing them around and taking in all the funny stories of life at St. James during the '60's.

The group was especially impressed with "their classroom," now used as a storage building for the office and Parent's Club. They were sure it had been larger when they were actually students here!

Members of the 9th grade graduating class that year were Buddy Blackwood, Larry Duncan, III, Jane Forester, Susan Gill, Brian Goesl, John Gooch, Jr., Barbara Grier, Julia Kizer, Cordelia Muller, Frances Owen, Paul Stryker, Charlotte White, and John Willis.

 

Members of the 6th grade graduating class in 1964 were Thomas Dodds, Janie Flatte, Karla Gooch, John Head, Zita Holman, Katherine Kittrell, Marshall Moore, Susan Ragland, Bonnie Sue Rodgers, Rebecca Schneble, David Singleton, Craig Sterne, and Katherine White.

More affirmation about St. James.

My name is Mimi Gill Heiman and I was at St. James from the 3rd grade until I graduated in May, 1966. My sister Susan was in the class of '64 whose reunion you featured on your website. My mother, Gale Gill, still lives in Texarkana. I have not been out to the school in some years but have very vivid and fond memories...

Mr. Blake, the assistant headmaster at the time, taught a couple of us to drive in the field in front of the school along the highway. I expect that sort of thing doesn't happen in this day and age, but it sure was fun!
. . .Several of us were coming back from getting our sack lunch at the lower school building where the cafeteria was when we got the news that John Kennedy had been shot. Linda Vaughn brought the news so of course we didn't believe her at first...she was such a joker. It didn't take long to realize that this was not a joke. We spent the rest of the day watching a TV in the main building living room/library until everyone was sent home to mourn.
. . .We swam in the pool all summer every year, . . .went to chapel every morning of the world, and learned more in a few years than many people do in a lifetime. We helped churn butter in math class, when Mr. Blake had Angelina the Cow, so there would be fresh butter for bread he was baking for families to buy.
. . .If a class all got at least a B average, he would make cream puffs filled with fresh cream. For those lucky enough to qualify, there were supposed to be steak dinners for all A averages.
. . .many memories. Many lifelong friendships based on common experiences that were unique. Thanks for bringing it all up. While things there must necessarily be different, I hope all is well and your present students someday recognize the "benefits of a St. James education!"

Mimi Gill Heiman

 


If you are a graduate of St. James or attended the School for many years, we would like to list your name in our directory. Please let us know your name, year of graduation, and current information by emailing
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St. James is currently celebrating 52 years of Excellence in Education.
We want YOU to be part of our party!