News from Hugh Schoolman

I heard from Hugh Schoolman, who is now working in St. Petersburg, Florida. Hugh writes:

After reconnecting with Franci Diniz and marrying her in Costa Rica (and in Brazil as well...por que no?), we relocated in July of 2006 to St. Petersburg, Florida. Costa Rica was great (except for the roads) and Franci's transition to life in the US has gone reallynicely. The biggest news occurred this past year, however. On August 8th, 2008, (that's 8-8-08), our little Ana Julia was born. She weighed exactly 8 pounds to boot! She's taken to eating quite well (a Schoolman family characteristic, and a Diniz characteristicas well) and is big and smiley and, most importantly, healthy. We couldn't be happier.

We've been in St. Petersburg, Florida for two-and-a-half years now. We really like it. St. Pete is more like Franci's native Recife, Brazil, than most areas of the US. It's normally hot (cold yesterday...it was 60), it's on the coast with pretty great beaches, andit's urban. All good. We have a house (green and yellow, the colors of Brazil) that's less than ten minutes from my school (Shorecrest Prep). There are parks nearby as well as a great walking and running area called Coffee Pot Bayou where you can see manatee anddolphins. I've been serving as Middle Division Head (Principal) at Shorecrest, an independent school. I work with 5th through 8th graders and a great team of teachers and administrators. We are building a new 7th and 8th Grade Center--started before the economywent south--and it's an exciting time to be here.