Boone Parvin, Alumni
Hello, everyone! Hope 2006 is a good year so far. 2005 was quite a year for me. I finished junior high school at Santa Susana Academy (where my Mom was teaching) during the course of my 8th grade year, I read Moby- Dick for English and, according to the test I took on the novel, I have a comprehension level of 85% (better than my Mom who said it took her “forever to get through that book”). I also got a medal for being the school’s winner of the National Geographic Bee. I’ve developed an interest in photography (and, of course, learn more about it every time I visit my dad in Texas) and took a lot of photos as Student Council Historian.
Memorable Teacher
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Joe Bruno is a tall man of about six feet with kindly features and sandy-blond hair. As a young man, he enjoyed swimming and boating in the Potomac River near Washington, D.C., where he spend careless hours in the water. As Joe grew older, he developed Multiple Sclerosis, damaging his legs — and ailment his doctor partially attributes to hi ingestion of the Mercury in the River during his youth. So my image is of Joe Bruno, walking around Parkside Community School, the school he founded in Austin, Texas, barefoot, too dignified to let a cane impede his “hustle and bustle.” I remember sitting on the circle at Joe’s room with fifteen or so other wide- eyed students, listening to stores from his big book of “D’Auleire’s Greek Myths.” Joe was an excellent and compassionate teacher. He made learning extra enjoyable. Joe gave me a good foundation for my future education, and he helped me understand that a physical challenge like Multiple Sclerosis doesn’t stop a man.
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