Our Wildwood, Summer 2021, Volume 46

REMEMBER WHEN Alumni & Alumni Parent Memories

Wildwood girls basketball coaches Jillian Smith and Eric Polk made the team a family, and we all still are in touch to this day.” “

Oh, the stories we can tell!

AMARI MCRAE ’18

“I would say, in a time when I didn’t know who I was, afraid of what I could be, scared by how others would categorize me– Tanyaa Raymo welcomed every version of me. I would go to her desk when I needed a break from class and a break from the world and she would give that to me. Every day she made me feel not only loved but valued and important.”

CHLOE (FAIRCLOTH) DAHL ‘08

“I fondly recall learning the lyrics to Billy Joel’s “We Didn’t Start the Fire” in Deb Christenson’s Modern US History class. At the time, I did not anticipate the utility of approximately knowing the lyrics to this song, but now I do: every time my college dorm evacuated for a fire alarm, some students would play We Didn’t Start the Fire on a loop, and I would think back to Wildwood and appreciate that the song meant something to me at all.” MIANA SMITH ‘17

“ JOG-A-THON WAS A HIGHLIGHT AT WILDWOOD! I recorded the kids’ laps around the tracks over a few years of the annual event. It was great hanging out with the other parents, but more importantly watching the older children helping the younger kids. I also loved that all the kids and parents were so encouraging and cheered for every student. There was a real camaraderie among all the kids and parents. I will never forget that.”

“ItAI DIsreALI WAs MY teACHer FOr senIOr InstItUte JAZZ BAnD. He tAUGHt Me eVerYtHInG I KnOW tODAY AnD Is A MODeL FOr HOW I GO ABOUt MY MUsIC BUsIness WItH eACH OF MY CLIents.”

BENICIO WALLRAFF ‘16

“JANE KAUFMAN AND HER DIET COKE.”

JOLIE WHITESELL, alumni parent of Benjamin ‘11 and Juliette ‘19

ZACH FABRICK ‘16

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