Sue Giallombardo (Walker)
NT '63 Classmates - If you have stories you'd like to share from your experiences in NT's theater or music groups, the NT Communications/Alumni office is collecting them. See the links below.
Sue Giallombardo Walker
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Dear New Trier Alumni,
If you haven’t been back to your alma mater lately, you may be surprised. New Trier’s Winnetka Campus (aka New Trier East to many of you) is under construction as the school takes on its largest building project in nearly 60 years!
Construction began over the summer with the demolition of the 1931 Tech Arts Building, the home of many fond memories for our auto, engineering, art, and manual/applied arts students. Crews have made great progress toward creating the first half of the new building that will ultimately replace Tech Arts, the 1950 Music (“M”) Building, and the 1912 Cafeteria. The project will include a new McGee and Black Box Theatre, all new spaces for theatre, art, applied arts, and music, and a new cafeteria, new library, and 25 new academic classrooms. You can read all about it and check out a live feed of construction here: http://www.newtrier.k12.il.us/facilitiesproject/.
The next phase of the project will begin this summer, with demolition of the M Building, McGee Theatre, and Cafeteria and construction of the second half of the new building.
That’s where you come in!
Calling all former theatre, debate, and music students – or any alum with a memory of the M Building and McGee Theatre: We want your stories!!
To make way for some great new spaces, we have to say goodbye to our old ones. Will you help us say goodbye by sharing a story about your time in the McGee Theatre and hallway, the music classrooms, WNTH, or the speech and debate classrooms?
Here's an example from theatre teacher Nina Lynn: “Posters, programs, and photos line the hallway outside of the McGee Theatre. I love it when graduates come back and get so excited to see the mementos of their high school theatre experience. They always tell a great story about the friends they made during the production, the backstage drama they remember, or the teachers they got to know by working on the show. It's a good reminder of the impact our program has had on our alums but also on the students we're with right now. “
To contribute your story of a classroom, theatre, broadcast booth, scene shop or of a teacher or classmate, please click HERE (theatre) or HERE (music). We will share these stories on our Facebook page and at our goodbye ceremony in May. We will share more information about that ceremony, which will be open to the public, closer to the date.
Also, don’t forget to check out the New Trier Alumni page for the latest news on reunions and other events: http://www.newtrieralumni.org/
Sincerely,
Niki Dizon
Nicole Ziegler Dizon
Director of Communications and Alumni Relations
New Trier Township High School District 203
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