Upcoming Community Reunions

All past students, parents, faculty, and staff are invited.

Boston Alumni Reunion, Thursday, April 16, 2020: Join us in the heart of the city for an evening reunion, graciously hosted by an ASP alumni family. Look out for the invitation and further details in your inbox or click here for the invitation.
Special Mid 70s Class Reunion, –p–i– –7–19, 2020: Click here for more information on ASP Rocks Boston, and contact the organizers here.

Upcoming Class Reunions

Early 1960s classes: Washington DC area, May 1–3, 2020, with 80% of these classes already RSVP'd! Go DC Rebels!
Class of 1960 reunion (stateside and France) in June: contact Sherri via the ASP Alumni Office
Class of 1970 stateside reunion: contact Bob and Carol
Class of 1980 stateside reunion in June: contact Ron
Class of 2010 and other 00s reunions: ASP Campus, June 5, 2020

Spotlight On: Paris Apéro

More than 70 ASP alumni braved the French transit strikes and met up at the Hyatt Regency Paris Etoile Hotel on January 8 for a wonderful 'home town' gathering to ring in the new year together and celebrate our ASP connections. Attendees included alumni from the 1950s, the 2010s and every decade in between, along with past and current parents, trustees, faculty and staff.

You can click here to see more photos from the evening.

The good cheer and positive feedback of the apéro paves the way for future Paris gatherings to start off each calendar year! Whether you live in Paris or may just be passing through, please plan to join us for the January 2021 Alumni Apéro.

You can read an alumna's experience of the evening here, and share your own reflections with us.

Opportunities for a Lifetime

We want to say a big thank you to all our loyal and generous alumni who continue to help write the ASP story, whether it is through donations or time spent sharing experiences with our students.

As we launch into a new decade we are also launching an annual fund. We hope that the alumni community will continue to support the school to ensure that students receive a magical ASP experience. This unrestricted fund helps secure the future of our cutting-edge establishment, where academic and personal excellence is paramount and we are truly developing a diverse community of engaged global citizens with opportunities for a lifetime.

Your gift today is a child's opportunity tomorrow

Pauline Kress and Mona Stewart, former Upper School assistant P'00, '06, '10

General Motors' Pauline Kress '13 with former Upper School assistant Mona Stewart P'00, '06, '10

Anja Rahlenbeck '18, second from right for Women in STEM with the Dean of MIT and Laura Schupack P'14

ASP's Women in STEM Club members with founder Anja Rahlenbeck '18, second from right, and faculty Advisor Laura Schupack P '14

The panel of judges for January's Women in STEM Award for "a student who has exhibited impressive motivation and dedication in the STEM fields" included alumnae and engineer Pauline Kress '13, now with General Motors, and club founder, and Women in STEM Club Founder Anja Rahlenbeck '18. "This award is special as it highlights the work of our current students and the support of our experienced women in STEM alumnae," said faculty advisor Laura Schupack P'14. Click here to read more about Pauline.

Following his Solar Ovens profile in The New Yorker (see Alma Matters, Fall 2019) and his participation at COP25 in Madrid, Alan Bigelow '85 Skyped into a recent Upper School Robotics Club* meeting led by faculty advisor Ron Schildge. You can read more about Alan's endeavours here.

Alan shares, "I thoroughly enjoyed interacting with the students. It was exciting to connect on how automation and robotics can be applied to improve real-world sustainable solutions such as solar cooking."

How do We Love ASP? Let Us Count the Ways!

ASP is a place where lifelong friendships and connections are made, and even some life changing romances such as the love stories below.
In this season of Valentines, do you have your own #Love_ASP tale to share? Write to us here!

Julia Sloan '98 and David D'Silva '95 met while at ASP, reconnected at an alumni reunion, and were married in 2007 at a wedding attended by many ASP friends and faculty. Read more about their story here.

Francesca Zambello '74, in France during December to present at the Château de Versailles her acclaimed production of the opera The Ghosts of Versailles, visited campus for the first time since graduation! (photo, right, with Head of School Jane Thompson, left). Click here to read more about Francesca.

Francesca Zambello '74 (right) with Head of School, Jane Thompson (left)

Congratulations to PhD candidate Josh Bucchi '00, who has been named composer-in-residence at the Faculté de musique-Université de Montreal

Recently published: "The Seine: The River That Made Paris," by Elaine Sciolino P '07, '08

Recently published:

"Fashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes," by Dana Thomas P'18

M. Zirdi Syukur '19 and College Counselor Mary Jean Lowe P'06 P'08

M. Zirdi Syukur '19 presented College Counselor Mary Jean Lowe P'06, '08 with a pennant from his university for the office board.

Matilda Baudecroux '15, Tara Toppazzini '15, and Ashley Toppazzini '22 reunited at ASP. The Toppazzini family is currently living in North Carolina.

Lisa Filas '08, now an engineer in Houston, returned to visit with faculty including her Grade 2 teacher Greg Jacks

Danielle Pecora '90 from Atlanta and Jeff Potter '90 from California met up in Paris and visited ASP, catching up with Upper School Director Aaron Hubbard.

Ines Duarte '11, currently based in Lisbon, celebrated her birthday at ASP with family.

Nina Tapie '19, Mia Kwon '19, Flavie de Germay '19, (left to right in photo)

Alix de la Giroday '19 and Betsy Schwefler '19 (right)

Sumat Dangi '18 with Shivank Misra '20 (right)

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Marcelle Kosersky attended ACS in 1949 and 1950, and is eagerly looking for classmates (see photo). Please contact her here.

As you may have read in the Fall 2019 Alma Matters, ASP's Alumni Office is mapping out where in the world our alumni are based. The top ten countries based on reported addresses at present are indicated below. Please help us update and fine tune this information! Click the "Update your info!" button to update your profile.

Update your info!

Notes from the USA: We have records of ASP alums living in 49 states plus the District of Columbia, Armed Forces addresses and the US Virgin Islands.

Missing is South Dakota. Any alums in the Mount Rushmore State? Please let us know!

You should have received the Community Survey from ASP in your inbox earlier this month in support of our reaccreditation process. We would love your feedback on your time at ASP; please complete this survey if you have not already done so. Continuous improvement is an essential component of our school, and your thoughts about your experience here are invaluable who we are today and how we grow in the future. Thank you to all of our alumni who have already responded!

Connecting with Current Students in Paris

The Upper School is currently working with several companies to offer internship opportunities to students. If your Paris-area company or organization accepts interns please let us know!

Planning for this spring's "Career Day" on campus is underway. The event is scheduled for June 16, 2020. Are you available to share your professional experience and insights with current ASP students? Contact us here.

March 24, –:–0–9:00 p.m. Vocal 3D Concert

March 31 6:30–8:15 p.m. Instrumental 3D Concert

Contact us to RSVP for these "3 Division" all-school musical evenings on campus in the Performing Arts Center (PAC). A wide variety of styles and pieces will be performed. Enjoy two evenings of beautiful music for and by all ages!

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