Alumni Weekend 2025 | Alums Come Home to the Hill

Hopkins held its annual Alumni Weekend on Friday and Saturday, May 30 and 31, 2025. We welcomed hundreds of alumni, their families, emeriti, faculty, and staff back to campus to reconnect with each other and the School, despite the drizzly weather on Saturday. 
 
The weekend began on Friday, May 30 with an Alumni Golf Outing at the Orange Hills Country Club. Alumni, parents and friends enjoyed a beautiful day on the course at this casual golf outing. The festivities continued with evening dinners on campus for alumni celebrating their 25th and 50th Reunions, while other reunion classes enjoyed reconnecting at parties at local restaurants and homes.
 
Events began on Saturday morning with a 50th+ Reunion Brunch on campus with members of the class of 2025. Alumni asked the seniors about their Hopkins experience today, and shared their own experiences 50 years ago.  Families enjoyed watching the alumni lacrosse game, while baseball alumni gathered for a casual practice in the Athletic Center. Tours were given of campus and the new Academic and Performing Arts Center.

A luncheon was held under the big tent on Pratt Field to honor several retiring faculty and staff. Family and friends spoke about each retiree and their years of dedicated service to Hopkins. Retirees honored included Thom Peters, School Archivist and history faculty; Peter Ziou, Visual Arts faculty; Wendy Parente '75, Accounts Payable; Elizabeth Edwards, Registrar; Julie Roberge, Administrative Assistant to the Junior School; and Jack Ayer, Mathematics faculty.   

Following lunch, there were fun family activities on Pratt Field and in Heath Commons including a bounce house, face painting, lawn games, and appearances by the new Hopkins mascot, The G.O.A.T.
 
Afternoon events included three Back to Class sessions: 21st Century Democracy with John Roberts, Robotics 101 with Lynn Connelly, and a drawing lesson with Peter Ziou. Head of School Matt Glendinning gave a State of the School address, and Distinguished Alumnus Dick Wingate '70 HGS was honored at an afternoon reception.

Special programming throughout the day included a gathering of the Black Alumni Network, an ice cream social for the Class of 2020, a Baseball gathering for the Class of 1975 with former coach Bill Porter, and a Hopkins Drama Association reception in the new theater. 

The festivities culminated with cocktails and dinner in the big tent, with each reunion class banner hanging elegantly above the party.
 
It was a successful and joyful reunion for the hundreds of alumni who returned to Hopkins, to reconnect with one another and catch up with life on the Hill.

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