1999

1999

Hello, ’99s!

By the time you read this column, the 99th day of the year will be right around the corner. Our class would like to mark the day by taking some time to celebrate. On April 9, gather with friends, wear some Dartmouth gear, do a community service project in honor of our class, write in with an update on your life for Class Notes, or come up with another fun idea and share your stories and photos on our class Facebook at www.facebook.com/groups/22171972708, on Twitter @ Dartmouth99, or email them to me at jackie. dartmouth99@gmail.com or to our class at class. of.1999@alum.dartmouth.org and we can share for you. Have fun!

Thank you to all who are sending updates, it’s been great to hear from you.

Sara (Bauer) Alexander writes, “I wanted to share that my husband, 12-year-old daughter, and I moved to Bangkok, Thailand, recently. Bangkok is quite a different experience than we were used to in Seattle. Thailand is just about everything you hear— people are super friendly, it is incredibly safe, and has amazing food and a generally relaxed outlook. Our daughter is attending International School Bangkok and is really enjoying having peers from many different cultures. Plus, they did snorkeling as a physical education unit—it’s hard to beat that! We moved for my husband’s job. I own my own business as a college consultant for high school families and can do it wherever I am, so it was an easy decision for us to move to a new country when the opportunity arose. We’d love to meet up with other ’9 9s in the area o r who are passing through. On another note, my oldest son, Kevin, is graduating from Dartmouth in June with a degree in environmental earth science. Give a rouse!”

David Wagner made his television debut on Good Morning Texas to talk about Bryan’s House, a nonprofit organization in north Texas. As seen on its website, bryanshouse.org, the group provides “children with special needs and their families with trusted case management, educational, therapeutic, and medically supported care.” David recently joined the board of this important nonprofit.

Sean Parr is the newly elected Ward 2 school board member for the city of Manchester, New Hampshire. Sean is a professor of music at Saint Anselm College and a strong advocate for education. He was instrumental in organizing a petition that gathered 12,000 signatures in support of early Covid-19 vaccine access for teachers in New Hampshire.

Until next time.

—Jackie Rioux Gladstone, 21 Westwood Circle, Dover, NH 03820; (603) 834-0517; jackie.dartmou th99@gmail. com