Category: Alumni
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Kate Kemper ’16
This year has been strange to say the least. However, my college plans proceeded on a surprisingly normal schedule. I am attending the University of Maine (at Orono) in the honors college, planning on studying somewhere in the physics field, and continuing to learn French, as I started to do at Ashwood and continued through…
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Alumni Spotlight: Sarah Miller ’02
I graduated from 8th grade at Ashwood in 2002 and was well prepared for high school at CHRHS. I started college at Bennington College, then transferred to the University of Vermont and studied anthropology, with a semester in Bali in between. During college I started working with resettled refugees, sparking a passion that I’ve been…
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Alumni Artisans: Simone Cautela, ’05 – Simone Marie Designs
I am Simone Cautela and I went to elementary school at Ashwood. I then attended high school at Carrabassett Valley Ski Academy, and graduated from University of Maine (Orono) with an Exercise Science- Kinesiology degree! I now work full time at Tahoe Forest Hospital in the Emergency room and reside in Alpine Meadows, California. I…
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Nadejda Stancioff ’06
After Ashwood, I attended CHRHS and graduated with a desire to explore! I spent six months working and saving money and then six months hitch-hiking through New Zealand and working on organic farms before returning for my first year at Mount Holyoke College where I studied psychology and Education. After college I returned to Maine…
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Eliza Squibb – Textile Artist
Eliza ’00 uses textile design to bridge the worlds of art and science. While still in college at the Rhode Island Institute of Design (RISD) back in 2012, Eliza leapt at the unique opportunity to create a textile pattern for health communication in Africa. The resulting fabric used vivid imagery to spread health messaging for…
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Alumni Artisans: Meghan Flynn Ceramics
Meghan Flynn graduated from Ashwood with the first eighth grade in 1998. She lives and works in Lincolnville, where she grew up. Meghan says: “I tend to focus on small editions and sets. Whether thrown on the potters wheel or pinched from a lump of clay, each piece is carefully made by hand. Having grown up…
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Alumni Artisans: Ben Breda – Breda Knives
Ben Breda (class of 2000) has a home forge and studio in Hope, Maine, where he began making knives in 2012. He attended the New England School of Metalwork, and earned his American Bladesmith Society Journeyman rating in 2014. Ben is now an award-winning bladesmith working towards his ABS Master Smith in 2020. In his…
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Alumni Artisans: Ella Simon – Coastal Caps
Coastal Caps was created by Ella Simon (Ashwood ’13) and Grace Kenney, students at Bennington College with a shared passion for art and the environment. Both women are very concerned about plastic pollution, and their idea for Coastal Caps emerged during first year studies helping to advocate for a plastic ban law in Vermont. Single use…
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Iyla Hopkins ’01
Greetings from Oregon! I graduated my two year teacher training program last June, at Waldorf Teacher Education Eugene with a grades teaching certificate. I am currently employed as a specialty teacher at the Eugene Waldorf School. I teach garden, orchestra, and games classes. I also assist in the 4th grade for a child with special…
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Alumni Artisans: Henry Ginsberg – Resurgam Fermentation
Resurgam Hot Sauce Company produces and bottles locally sourced, lacto-fermented hot sauce in Portland, Maine. Founded in 2015 by Henry Ginsberg ‘03 and two friends, their mission is to provide high-quality sauces while supporting and promoting sustainable farming in Maine. Henry and his friends began experimenting with fermentation as a hobby and have grown Resurgam…