The Quarry Lane School Alumni

Dear Quarry Lane Alumni,

On behalf of the Tap Initiative, a student-led nonprofit, our team is so excited to announce this year’s Tap into the Night!

Tap into the Night is a student-coordinated multicultural night market that will be held on the Quarry Lane East campus (6363 Tassajara Road, Dublin) from 5-8pm on September 21st.

As an organization we aim to assist in alleviating educational inequity: on a local scale, we help cultural-educational institutions with hands-on work; on an international scale, we provide monetary funding to student programs. This year, our international partner is the Cambodian Community Dream Organization (CCDO), an organization dedicated to improving conditions in the villages surrounding Siem Reap, Cambodia. Any money raised from this event will go directly to funding their health education program.

The night market will include lots of activities such as live music, club booths, food vendors, and performances! For more event details, please either take a look at the event flyer attached to this email or go to https://linktr.ee/tapintothenight.

Guest Policy
Although the event is free, if you intend to attend the event, please fill out this google form: tinyurl.com/ti2tn2024. Each visitor will need to fill out the guest form to receive their own google receipt to show at the entrance booth in order to be allowed into the event.

If you have any questions about the event or our organization, you can contact us at [email protected] We are thrilled to see you all there!

Sincerely,
The Tap Team

Hello Quarry Lane Community, my name is Saahil Sachdeva, and it is an honor and a pleasure to introduce myself as a Class of 2021 Alumni! Life after high school has been nothing short of spectacular, all thanks to the wonderful faculty, staff, and peers I encountered during my time in high school.

The short story is that QLS is right: education truly is a lifelong commitment. We live to learn. But, I greatly attribute my curiosity to the wonderful teachers of our school. Though it is hard to list all the mentors of my high school story, I extend special gratitude to a few: Dr. Aranda, Mr. Squillante, Mrs. Pezzi, Mrs. Zabrowski, Dr. Ghosh, Mr. Wolosz, and Sr. Mercado. You all are the pillars I steadily build my foundation upon. I would also like to thank the IB program for helping me develop the work ethic required to tackle college and beyond.

Now, as a UC Davis Biomedical Engineering student, I strive for higher academic excellence. I study around the clock to stay on top of classes, plan each moment as a self-improvement opportunity, and network with my community to continue building long-lasting relationships. As a result, some of my recent accomplishments include joining a competitive tissue-engineering lab to model bone marrow in microfluidic devices and securing an internship at the UCD medical center to study biomedical entrepreneurship.

As we kickstart the QLS alumni network, I look forward to hearing about all the accomplishments my fellow graduates will achieve. Just remember, no matter where our journeys take us, we are Quarry Lane Cougars, so let the world hear us roar!

If you would like to submit an Alumni Note detailing your milestones and successes since QLS, please feel free to email them along with a current photo to [email protected].

Congratulations QLS Class of 2023! We hope you've been enjoying the Alumni life so far! Start strong with our brand new QLS Alumni page where you can stay up to date with school news, events, career opportunities, and success stories from your fellow alumni. You can also find us on LinkedIn!

Congratulations to QLS alum, Juliana Gerard '20, for receiving the Girl Scouts Gold Award for her work in establishing the Student Mentoring and Interactive Learning Exchange (SMILE) Club at Quarry Lane. Juliana founded the club in 2019, and as club president, coordinated with school administration and club members to lead workshops for Lower School students in Kindergarten through grade 5. Congratulations, Juliana!

Pleasanton: Girl Scouts Gold Award for Juliana Gerard Pleasanton resident Juliana Gerard has been honored with the Girl Scouts Gold Award, the highest recognition in Girl Scouting. Her Gold Award project was creating Student Mentoring and Interactive Learning Exchange (SMILE).

This week, we released the new Spring 2020 issue of the QLS Alumni Newsletter! In this issue, you'll get to hear from a variety of Quarry Lane alumni as they talk about their experiences during the COVID pandemic and share exciting updates with the community.

View the issue here: https://bit.ly/3gcj90i

The issue was sent via email to all QLS alumni. If you didn't receive yours, shoot us an email at [email protected] to update your information.

Hot off the press! The latest issue of the QLS Alumni Newsletter is now available! In this issue, hear from a brand new group of alumni members, enjoy some photo highlights from recent alumni visits, and see where you can find some of our newest alumni members.

The newsletter link went out to all QLS alumni via email today. If you didn't receive the message, make sure to update your info with us at [email protected]!

Visit our alumni page to view the issue: https://www.quarrylane.org/about/quarry-lane-alumni

Thank you to all of the QLS alumni members who attended our annual Holiday Alumni Luncheon this year! Members from the Class of 2010, 2012, 2013, 2018, and 2019 attended the event where they mingled and caught up with each other, as well as a few of their favorite QLS teachers! Stay tuned for the next edition of the newsletter coming out soon!

If you would like to share an update,news item, and/or photo with us for the newsletter, email: [email protected]. We'd love to include it!

Wishing our QLS alumni a Happy Diwali! Enjoy a few highlights of some of your favorite QLS faculty members as they celebrated the holiday on campus today!

Congratulations to QLS alumna, Lori Luo ('19), for the successful arrival of six baby ball python snakes this week. Lori was instrumental in helping Dr. Pale breed the two parent snakes - Kalahari and Adenine. What an exciting week at good, ol' QLS!