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Syracuse City School District 725 Harrison St. Syracuse, NY 13210 NON PROFIT ORG. U.S. POSTAGE PAID SYRACUSE, NY Permit 2563 THE NOTTINGHAMCONNECTION 3100 East Genesee Street Syracuse, New York 13224 NewYork Syracuse, GeneseeStreet 3100 East opportunities.Understandingtheof world work de- and career education higher on information and materials premier and comprehensive date with current employment needs and trends to their make knownneeds for andour school to preparestudents be to line in and the community. The Centerwillbe a tost environment welcoming accessible and NottinghamThewill provi CareerCenter exploration in higher educa higher in exploration facilityequippedplanningpaststate-of-the-art year andover a the staffed to aid at hard work hasbeen and MetroNet and Business, Education for Partners Center, comprisedof representatives A team from op career informationaround ance and workforce. Colleges and universities have indicated students that need guid- more well-trained a provide to schools our need they that clear it havemade community aboutNottingham. theat Business development ofaCareerCenter in partners the excited very we are employment, tomorrow's for youth our prepare to help we As Teacher Nottingham By JaniceHammerle, Something ham! Insert CareerCenterPhotohere big tion and career development. development. tion andcareer is happeningatNotting- tions and higher education choices. choices. education higher and tions deguidanceresources and through an mechanism for the business community forthe mechanism Nottingham staff, parents, RLS Career RLS Nottinghamstaff,parents, . In addition, up-to-will have students udents, parents, teachers, employers, teachers, employers, parents, udents, SPRING 2004 SPRING Cont on page 3 page on Cont TABLE OF CONTENTS: Stay CONNECTED Nottingham in the News pg 27 Please keep The Connection coming. Here's my donation: From the Mailbag pg 31 Reunions pg 37 _____ Friend ($5 - $10) Websites pg 14 _____ Supporter ($11-$25) Weddings pg 17 _____ Patron ($26 - $100) Memoriam pg 23 _____ Benefactor (over $100) The Nottingham Connection: a newsletter to connect Nottingham alumni to their alma mater through Contributors will be listed in our next issue. If you wish to remain articles about past, current and future events and students. The articles in The Nottingham Connection anonymous, please check here ____ reflect the views of individuals or those of the editors. If you would like to earmark your donation to a particular class, club or project, please indicate: Send queries to: The Nottingham Connection, 3100 E. Genesee St., Syracuse, NY 13224; or [email protected]; or (315) 682-9771. Make checks to Nottingham High School and write Nottingham Connection in the memo field. Mail to: The Nottingham Nottingham Connection Editorial Board: Taylor Atseff, Adam Felleman, Grace Flusche, Judy Gray, Connection, 3100 E. Genesee St., Syracuse, NY 13224. Peg Kramer, Margaret McCormick, Marilyn Zaleon email: [email protected] phone: (315) 682-9771 The Syracuse City School District is committed to equal opportunity in employment, admission, and Please update my listing (or add this person): treatment for all qualified individuals without unlawful regard to race, color, creed, national origin, sex, age, marital status, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other basis as prohibited by Federal Name (incl. maiden name if applicable) or New York State law. _______________________________________________ Street Address; _________________________________ City, State, Zip _________________________________ Nottingham Connection Policy in regard to sharing information. Telephone: _____________________________________ Requests from alumni asking to be connected with former classmates will be forwarded to the former Email: _________________________________________ classmate(s) who can decide whether to respond to the person making the request. Year of graduation ______________________________ Class lists will be shared with reunion committees upon request. Editor's note: Unless otherwise earmarked by the giver, donations Alumni information is not sold to or shared with any outside group. are used primarily to pay for publishing and mailing The Notting- In special circumstances and after due deliberation, the editorial board may share some alumni information with Nottingham High School. ham Connection and secondarily to support current projects at Nottingham. See the Treasurer's Report on page 6. 2 47 Something big from cover… Nottingham has embraced the Community of Caring character education model, which emphasizes values essential in shaping lives, illuminating goals, and guiding responsible decisions. The Nottingham Career Center will facilitate and promote the Community of Caring model through its programming. The Career Center will be developed in a self-contained area of the current li- brary, with state-of-the-art equipment for class seminars of 28 students. Up-to-date periodicals, books, DVDs, software, etc. will be available on topics such as career exploration, college choice, financial aid, employment outlook, and other topics relative to the world of work. The Center will have one full-time staff, and two part- time staff. The Nottingham Career Center has the endorsement of the Syracuse City School Administration and School Board Members. The funding for the project will come from community resources in the form of grants and donations. In these times of rapid change in employment, it is imperative that we take responsi- bility to provide our youth with the resources needed to make solid decisions about their future. We hope you are as excited about the Career Center as we are and we will keep you apprised of the development. Nottingham Grad on Hit TV Thom Filicia ‘84 is one of the stars on BRAVO networks hit show Queer Eye For The Straight Guy. Filicia , who attended Syracuse University, owns his own design firm. According to www.bravotv.com The shows’ mission is for “Five gay men, out to make over the world - one straight guy at a time. They are the Fab Five: an elite team of gay men dedicated to extolling the simple vir- tues of style, taste and class. Each week their mission is to transform a style- deficient and culture-deprived straight man from drab to fab in each of their respective categories: fashion, food & wine, interior design, grooming and culture. “ On the show Thom is known as the “Design Doctor.” The show has spawned lots of fan club web sites and a book The Fab 5's Guide to Looking Better, Cooking Better, Dressing Better, Behaving Better, and Living Better. You can see Thom in action on Queer Eye which airs Tuesdays at 10 PM Eastern on cable TVs BRAVO Channel. 46 3 DECA TAKES PRIZES ; NEEDS FUNDS by Megan Percia (‘04), DECA Secretary Over 100 Nottingham business students attended Regional Competition at Caze- novia College on Jan.8, 2004. Our Distributive Education Club of America (DECA) competed against five other high schools, winning the following awards: Chakiera Harris, Apparel & Ac- cessories Management Level (1st) Maggie Stonecash, Business Services Marketing (4th) Megan Fleming, Deci- sion Making, Human Relations (1st) Kyle Dausman, Decision Making, Marketing (4th) Megan Percia, Full Service Restau- rant Management (1st) Leah Dougherty, Marketing Management (2nd) Jackleen Morgan, Marketing Management (3rd) Jessicah Kye-Fredette, Public Speaking, Extemporaneous (2nd) Stephon Martin, Public Speaking, Extemporaneous (4th) Natasha Alford, Public Speaking, Prepared (1st) Emily Neadle, Retail Merchandising, Management Level (4th) Yoo-Mi Park, Wholesale Selling (1st) Jessica Emm, Wholesale Selling (4th) Chelsea Scott and Nicolas Rastegar, Travel & Tourism Management Team Decision Making (2nd) Out of our original 104 members, 46 will attend the State Conference in Roches- ter in March. As a result of so many people moving on to the next level, we have been fundraising to offset the cost of $310 per student. We are also hopeful that at least one member will quality for the Nationals to be held in Nashville, TN in May. One way alumni can help is by buying some of the Nottingham items which we sell year around. Our ad appears elsewhere in this issue of The Nottingham Connec- tion. Of course we also accept any and all monetary donations. For further informa- tion, contact our advisor Mrs. Katie Gang at Nottingham (315-435-4380). Please check out The Nottingham Apparel on Page 45 + 46 to Help Support DECA 4 45 More Nottingham History MAKING CONNECTIONS Our article in 2003 inspired Dick Dirks ('51) to add his two-cents to our history. One of the more rewarding parts of The Nottingham Connection is Thanks to Quentin Kopp and Bob Stockdale for answering the question that sometimes we can help folks find lost classmates. In June, we received of when Nottingham became a 10-12 school: 1938. My date of 1943 was a request from Barb Ellefson (‘70) regarding an Israeli foreign student supplied by the custodian of the present Levy Middle School, who was apparently whom she remembered. All she really wanted to know was “... whether he had mistaken. It didn't seem logical, anyway, that this event could have survived all the Arab-Israeli wars of the late sixties/early seventies, occurred in the middle of WW-II. which , Danny Jagur (‘67 or ‘68) did not. He was a very special person I must question, however, the editor's note stating that Nottingham to me and, as his best friend, so was Ofer [Naor].” We passed the request acquired an 8th grade in 1948-49. I attended from 1947 to 1951, and I on to Israeli resident Josh Cohen (‘78) who cautioned us that there were think I would remember an 8th grade if there was one. My 1951 Bulldog many Ofer Naors in Israel. does identify three homerooms with about 90 students as "Class of 1955," June 15th, an elated Josh emailed, “I hit the jackpot on Friday! Actually, ‘our’ but I feel sure that these were not 8th-graders but 9-1 freshmen who entered Ofer Naor was listed first by the phone directory, but only the 4th I managed to in January 1951. actually reach. Not bad!! He seemed to enjoy the whole thing as much as I did.