The Wheatley School Alumni Association Newsletter # 248
Holiday Greetings; Carol Leifer; Heidi Mok Sorenson; some of the crowd at Wheatley's 60th-Year Anniversary Celebration; Canine Companions; Appreciations
Welcome to The Wheatley School Alumni Association Newsletter # 248.
Holiday Greetings
Rick Simon (Wheatley Principal 1995-2008) Writes - “Happy holidays to the incredible Wheatley family.”
Art Engoron 1967 Writes - “Happy holidays to my faithful readers. The subscription rate will remain the same in 2026.”
Graduates
Carol Leifer - Found on Facebook
Top Photo - Carol is in the middle.
Bottom Photo - Carol is in the right.
Carol Leifer is with Lori J Wolf at The Wiltern.
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HILARIOUS show tonight at The Wiltern!
Best way to celebrate the last night of Chanukah.
Backstage with Modi & Michael Rapaport. & Elon Gold, too!
1975 - Heidi Mok Sorenson - Found on Facebook
Wildcats in the Gym, Lining Up For a Group Shot at the 60th-Year Anniversary Celebration in 2016
I am not going to try to identify everyone, but here are some IDs, by row
1st - David Abeshouse, 1975 (blue shirt, looking to his left)
2nd - Donna Kenton, 1963 (near middle, glasses, big smile, dark jacket)
2nd - Elizabeth Stone Matho (?), 1963 (toward the right, looking right, dark jacket)
3rd - Marcia Friedman Mayer, 1963 (third from left, white jacket)
3rd - Lauren Jacobs (?), 1963 (just right of center, looking right, green jacket)
4th - Ellen (“Ellie”) Senft Kochek (just left of center, white jacket, glasses)
4th - Neil Firetog, 1965 (just left of center, standing. red shirt, dark jacket)
7th - Alex Tisch, 1989 (middle, dark jacket, looking 90 degrees left)
The WildCAT Pets Gallery
Molly, Rick Simon’s (Principal 1995-2008) 14-year-old street dog from Ecuador.
Teddy, Rick Simon’s dog, who was found wandering the streets of Brooklyn and rescued from the North Hempstead Pound, and who passed away in the fall just after turning 17.
Rusty, Rick Jalonack’s (1966) 15-year-old chocolate Lab/Shepard mix rescue dog. “He enjoys the Newsletter and says, ‘Thank You for all you do.’”
L-R - Poochie, Seraphim, Cocoa, Angel, and Alphie are poodles. Poochie belonged to Howard Kirchick (1967) and family. Poochie’s sisters (Seraphim and Cocoa) and mother (Angel) belonged to Howard’s brother Calvin Kirchick (1964). Poochie’s brother (Alphie) belonged to Howard and Calvin’s mother, in whose home the photo was taken in the late 1970s.
Phoebe - Robin Halpern’s (1970) New Year’s Eve Dog - “Sending wishes for grounding and resilience in all facets of your life…..”
Fan Mail
1960 (Joanne Festa) - ❤️
1962 (Michael Weizenegger) - ❤️
1964 (Richard Ilsley) - ❤️
1965 (Mady Land) - “Thanks so much for all you’ve done for Wheatley graduates.”
1965 (Sharon Neely Halm) - ❤️
1966 (Frederick Hammond) - ❤️
1974 (Melanie Artim) - ❤️
1974 (Ellen Barnett Diana) - ❤️
1979 (William Behan) - ❤️
1990 (Kathryn Apicella Jozef) - ❤️
The Official Notices
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The Usual Words of Wisdom
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Closing
That’s it for The Wheatley School Alumni Association Newsletter # 248. Please send me your autobiography before someone else sends me your obituary.
Art
Arthur Fredericks Engoron, Class of 1967
646-872-4833
Happy New Year to the class of 1964🥳.
Best wishes to all in the new year, how quick they come these days!