Alums Reconnect at Spring Gala 2024

A group of adults stand and pose for the camera.
Alums Reconnect at Spring Gala 2024
Westmark Staff

It was a “jewel” of a ruby anniversary to welcome graduates and past students to this year’s Spring Gala, marking four decades since the School was founded as Landmark West School.

It was in 1983 when visionaries of Landmark School in Massachusetts opened a West Coast campus for students with dyslexia and other language-based learning differences. Forty school years later, the community of what is now called Westmark School gathered at Spring Gala 2024 to commemorate this milestone.

Parents and guardians, faculty and staff, and trustees were overjoyed to reconnect with friends from years past. 

  • Elizabeth Lewine, Landmark West student in the Class of 1990

  • Sean De Vore, Landmark West ’91

  • Alan Beck, Landmark West ’92

  • Keaton McNamara, Westmark ’16

  • Nadia Kilcourse, Westmark ’17, and now a Teaching Assistant at Westmark

  • Lily-Rose Dirat, Westmark student in the Class of 2021

  • Haley Segal, Westmark ’19

  • Jared Bernstein, Westmark ’20

  • Ethan Guetta, Westmark ’20

  • Andrew Klachin, Westmark ’20, and now an Instructional Aide for PE and Athletics at Westmark

  • Lana Bogdanoff, Westmark ’21

  • Leila Hakakha, Westmark ’22

  • Catelyn Hofman, Westmark ’22

  • Jaxson Shevick, Westmark ’22

  • Katherine Abraham, Westmark ’23

Check out photos of these Westmark Lions from the ruby anniversary event. We hope you and your classmates from yesteryear come visit us again and often!




 

Three adults sit a table enjoying dinner and pose for the camera.

Elizabeth Lewine (center)—a student in the Landmark West Class of 1990—and her husband, Jim Feigert (left), with Dr. Katharine Gibson, Director of College Counseling

Two adults pose for the camera while sitting at a table.

Sean De Vore ’91 (left) and Alan Beck ’92 (right)

Three adults sit a table enjoying dinner and pose for the camera.

Keaton McNamara ’16 (left) and Jaxson Shevick ’22 (center), with Ms. Ariana Hersch, Production Assistant

Three adults sit a table enjoying dinner.

Nadia Kilcourse ’17 (center) and her parents, Jim and Sandy Kilcourse

Two adults embrace each other inside a large room.

Lily-Rose Dirat (left)—a student in the Westmark School Class of 2021—with Ms. Erin Shapiro, Science Teacher

A group of adults stand and pose for the camera while in front of chairs and tables in a large room.

From left to right: Haley Segal ’19, past parent Debora Guetta, past parent Corine Dirat, past student Lily-Rose Dirat , and Ethan Guetta ’20

Two people stand and pose for the camera inside a large room.

Jared Bernstein ’20 (right) with Ms. Cynthia Hersch, Arts Department Chair and Teacher

Groups of people gather in a large room before sitting at tables.

Landmark West and Westmark alumni—including Andrew Klachin ’20 (standing second from left)—were invited to rise for applause during the gala program.

Two adults stand and pose for the camera inside a large room.

Ethan Guetta ’20 (right) with Mr. Jay Johnson, Director of Upper School

Three people stand and pose for the camera inside a large room.

Lana Bogdanoff ’21 (center) and her mother, Debra Bogdanoff (right), with Ms. Jeannine Bass, ASL Teacher

Two adults stand and pose in front of a wall with a sign saying Celebrating 40 years spring gala 2024 surround by balloons.

Catelyn Hofman ’22 (left) and Leila Hakakha ’22

Two adults stand and pose in front of a wall with a sign saying Celebrating 40 years spring gala 2024 surround by balloons.

Katherine Abraham ’23 (right) with her mother, Renata Abraham