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Summer 2019 Volume No. 1 Our Inaugural On-Line Only Issue! A SEMI-ANNUAL ELECTRONIC PUBLICATION OF FOXCROFT ACADEMY FOR ALUMNI AND FRIENDS Congrats FA Class of 2019 - Our 196th Graduating Class! Spooner Named New PCIA Director of Operations Matthew Spooner of Dover-Foxcroft has been hired as the Director of Operations for the soon to be completed Piscataquis County Ice Arena. He will start the new position on July 1, as the arena is on target to open in September. “I’m excited for the opportunity to get this building off the ground,” said Spooner. “The Libra Foundation has provided some awesome opportunities for Piscataquis County. It’s now our job to ensure area residents of the surrounding communities reap the benefits by participating, not only in programming, but ultimately in PCIA’s growth.” Spooner is no stranger to the Dover-Foxcroft community or to ice sports. For years, he was the manager of Gunn’s Sport Shop in Brewer, serving several area hockey teams and players. He worked with local hockey facilities and was on several hockey boards of directors, which now includes the newly formed Penquis Youth Hockey Association. More recently, Spooner was a sales representative for Dave’s World in Dover-Foxcroft. “Growing this building is all about relationships,” said Spooner. “We will continue to build those with people we know, and we will foster strong partnerships with people we are just meeting. It’s all new to the community and we intend on making this another reason Piscataquis County is making a strong comeback economically. I can’t wait to start and see Hello Alumni & Friends! what we can be.” For the full article, and to read more about the Piscataquis County Ice Arena, visit our website. Happy summer! Welcome to our latest reincarnation of the The Pony Express. Many of you may remember your old school newspaper which used the same moniker. For the past few Foxcroft Academy Marching Band Takes on Walt Disney World years, the Alumni Office has sent you emails under the namePony Express. Now as we move to a more digital world, we bring you the first of what we hope will be many editions of our This past May, the Foxcroft Academy marching band finally had the online only magazine, you guessed it, The Pony Express. chance to perform at Disney’s Magic Kingdom in Orlando, Florida, after four years of practice and preparation. The 2015 marching band For years, twenty-eight to be exact, we have published The Foxcroft, a semi-annual hard copy began the tradition of auditioning to play at Walt Disney World years alumni magazine, filled with news stories, pictures, class notes and more. We will be printing prior. Since that initial performance, students, parents, and supporters a larger and improved edition of The Foxcroft annually in October. But since we don’t want to have organized fundraisers and events to help raise money to make this lose touch, we will be emailing a “mini-magazine”twice a year, The Pony Express, one in the possible for a second time. fall and another in the spring. It will include news about school events, clubs, organizations, sports, student spirit days and weeks, class notes about alumni, donor reports, and news about After a tiring thirty-hour journey by bus, the students and chaperons regional reunions and networking gatherings, as well as Alumni Weekend schedules. arrived at Disney’s “All-Star Sports Resort” to settle in. The students enjoyed swimming in the resorts pools, playing ping-pong and corn This is just another way we want to keep you, our alumni and friends, informed and involved with the latest news and hole, and enjoying the food and arcade inside. The day before their happenings of the Herd. Whether it’s printed publications, e-magazines, social media, or e-mail, we hope we have performance at the Magic Kingdom, students visited Disney’s Epcot something for everybody. As always, we want to hear from you. Please send any questions, comments, or news to me, Center. [email protected]. We at Foxcroft Academy would love to hear from you. You can also visit our website at www.foxcroftacademy.org to submit your news and important life events or make nominations for the alumni awards or Band director Joshua Guthrie said before the event, “We’re going to Academic Hall of Fame directly to Cathy Hall, Director of Alumni Affairs. be braving the heat. We’re used to marching in 30-degree weather, not 90-degree weather.” In the audition tape shot months before, the band Enjoy the following news and updates about Foxcroft Academy. We hope The Pony Express is something you will enjoy marched in the street around piles of snow: they were used to the cold. However, Guthrie did not seem too worried. “The reading over and over. band should sound great,” he said, “they’re well prepared.” Ride on Ponies! For a video of their Disney World performance, go to Foxcroft Academy’s Official Youtube channel. For pictures of the FA Marching Band’s trip to Disney World, go to our Official FA Flickr Page, and for more of this article, visit our website. The Marching Band would like to thank our wonderful alumni and friends who supported them on this year-long fundraising journey. This trip would not have been possible without their generosity. Toby Nelson Thank you! FA Director of Communications 2 3 An Old Tradition: The Rose Award Ceremony Knowledge is Power On May 1st, a special assembly was held to announce the Class of 2019’s outstanding scholars at its annual Rose Award ceremony. This year, the recipients were: Aida Abdykashova, Brigid Casey, Yeojeong “Liz” Choi, Lauren Cooper, Nicolas Daneman, Abigail Henderson, Keying “Chloe” Huang (Salutatorian), Spencer Ireland (Valedictorian), Rylie Kleikamp, Yifan “Frances” Li, Gavyn Moreshead, Mariah Poulin, Cailin Seavey, Dustin Simmons, Matthew Spooner, and Hannah Sprecher. The Rose Awards were established in 1931 when Mr. Frank Stone was the Head of Foxcroft Academy. Rose Award recipients have accumulated a grade point average that places them in the top 15 percent of the permanent students in their class. For the 34th consecutive year, a medallion like the one pictured here, is presented to the recipients in addition to the traditional rose. Another Successful FA Spring Sports Season Comes to an End Mrs. Priscilla White, former FA Our spring sports season is now officially over. Baseball lost a tough 4-3 game to Brewer in the play-in round, and softball English teacher and librarian fell to Belfast 4-0, but both teams still had a double-digit win season. Baseball finished the season 10-7, and softball was who retired after 36 years of 14-3. service, and Mr. Robert Beek, who taught mathematics at FA for 33 The girls' tennis team finished 7-5 on the season, good enough for #6 in Northern Maine Class B. The Ponies defeated years, conceived the idea for this permanent #11 Brewer in the play-in round, 3-2, and lost to #3 Erskine Academy, 4-1 in the quarterfinal round. Junior Olivia Wesley award, and contributed funds to have the die cast for competed in the 2019 MPA State Individual Tennis meet in Portland. She won two qualifying matches before falling in the medallion, which has now become a permanent part of the annual the round of 48. She competed very well against some really strong competition. The team is young and will be bringing ceremony. back an active nucleus next year looking to build on the success they saw this year. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL! The boys' tennis team finished the season with a 3-9 record. Sadly, they did not qualify for the playoffs. They lost five seniors, including their #1 player, Botai Zhou. Six Foxcroft Academy Alumni Inducted into Academic Hall of Fame Track & Field had another exceptional season, but the weather never cooperated. The two scheduled home meets were canceled due to the rainy spring. Foxcroft had several team members qualify for the state meet (held at Brewer High Six Foxcroft Academy alumni were inducted School) including Hyatt Smith, who took 2nd in the triple jump and third in the high jump, Cailin Seavey, finishing 6th into the Academic Hall of Fame at a ceremony in javelin, and the boys’ 4x100 meter team (Dustin Simmons, Cody Tetlow, Logan Martin, and Hunter Clarke) took 6th held on May 3rd. In order to link outstanding place. FA had many others go to the PVC meets (varsity, JV, and freshmen) and do well. students of the present with those of the past, the 2019 Academic Hall of Fame Induction All in all, it was a good spring season. We will do it all over again starting on Monday, August 19th, when the fall sports ceremony is held in conjunction with the season officially starts. presentation of medallions to the Class of 2019’s Rose Award recipients. 2019 inductees Jenifer Ambler ’79 (Top Right) Kelly Larson-Brunner ’91 (Middle Left) Radford Tam ’95 (Bottom Right) Dwight “Tom” Campbell ’97 Dana Frasz ’01 Patrick Lizotte ’02 lecturing some science scholars in the classroom For full bios of all the 2019 Academic Hall of Fame inductees, go to this link. 4 5 #fadayofgiving19 nets $8K Class of ’64 Wins Pizza Party at Pat’s Pizza Herd Reunions Happening 2019 for the most number of donors! ’59 Party will be held on Friday night, August 2, from 6-8 PM ’79 Saturday, August 3rd at Pat’s Pizza, downtown Dover-Foxcroft. The class will hold a luncheon Friday Night from 12-2:30 at Thayer Parkway For the third annual Day of Giving here at Foxcroft Academy, alumni and friends had 1,823 minutes to give in support of Alumni Banquet at FA @ 5:30 Saturday FA, with many donations being designated to a specific department or area of study.