Homecoming Weekend, October 14 & 15, 2011
Now celebrating its second year (beginning last year in honor of SAA's 125th anniversary), alumni and former students were invited back to campus to celebrate "Homecoming Weekend" during the October 14, 15 weekend.
Festivities began on October 14 with Alumni Day serving as the kickoff event for the special weekend when, Mr. John H. White, Jr. class of 1961, was recognized as this year's Col. W. T. Bondurant, Jr. Distinguished Alumni Award Recipient. John shared a few memories from his time at SAA, and had the student body laughing when he performed a skit where he cut, Head of School, John Webster's tie during his Chapel talk.
Homecoming Weekend concluded with Fall Family Fair on Saturday, October 15, where many SAA alumni could be spotted volunteering their time at one of the beverage booths and also reconnecting at the alumni pavalion, where we caught them long enough to pose for a picture.
Communitywide Program Saves Lives in Honor of August Koontz '05:
A new non-profit founded by Doreè and Bart Koontz, “AugustHeart” is a communitywide program dedicated to providing free heart screenings to Bexar County student athletes, ages 14 to 18. The program was created to honor August Koontz ‘05, whose life was cut short due to an undiagnosed heart condition called Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM), which is the leading cause of sudden cardiac death in young athletes. The first screening, held last August, was a great success as over 300 athletes participated. The program involved the Bexar County hospital systems, a team of pediatric cardiologists, nurses, echocardiogram technicians, area high school athletic programs, coaches, parents, sponsors and an army of volunteers. For more information please visit Augustheart.org.
Alumni Spotlight: Class of 2006 - Max and Sam Woldenberg, aka The June Junes
While attending San Antonio Academy—now half a decade ago— twins Max and Sam Woldenberg left a lasting impression on everyone they met, including SAA faculty member Alan Gielen who recalls, “Sam starting taking guitar lessons from me when he was in the fifth grade and by sixth grade, he began to create his own songs. Max also joined the guitar club so he could learn how to play. I knew both wanted to be performers.”
After graduating from SAA in 2006, Max and Sam relocated to Los Angeles in pursuit of ‘the different music opportunities’ L.A. had to offer. It wasn’t long until the teenage brothers found their voice and began writing songs and producing music they label “alternative pop rock.” Read More
Congratulations to the winners of our Alumni Newsletter contest! Our winners are: Brad Bergmann ’60, Jimmy Hasslocher ’67, Kenneth Womble ’55 and Tom Turbiville ’62. They were all able to correctly identify “Who, What, Where”.