--- title: Alumni Class Notes - March 2024 description: Notes from Pine Crest School alumni about professional achievements, on-campus engagement, and more! image: https://blog.pinecrest.edu/hubfs/Alumni/Newsletter/March%202024/IMG_4411.jpg --- [ pine crest school ](https://www.pinecrest.edu/) [#PCFutureReady](https://www.pinecrest.edu/media?SearchExpression=#PCFutureReady) Fort Lauderdale Campus 1501 NE 62nd Street, Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33334 [(954) 492-4100](tel:9544924100) Boca Raton Campus 2700 St. Andrews Boulevard, Boca Raton, Florida 33434 [(561) 852-2800](tel:5618522800) - [inquire](https://www.pinecrest.edu/inquire) - [apply](https://www.pinecrest.edu/apply) - [visit](https://www.pinecrest.edu/visit) # Alumni Class Notes - March 2024 Posted by [Pine Crest School](https://blog.pinecrest.edu/alumni/author/pine-crest-school) on March 12, 2024 at 3:08 PM - [Tweet](https://twitter.com/share) Once a Panther, always a Panther. [Stay connected](https://www.pinecrest.edu/alumni/share-news) with each other, and your Pine Crest family by sharing your success, life events, the good and bad, and everything in between. ## Professional Achievements ![Nathanism](https://blog.pinecrest.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Alumni/Newsletter/March%202024/Nathanism.jpg?width=300&height=141&name=Nathanism.jpg)Melanie Levy ’00 is the producer of the documentary "[Nathan-ism](https://vimeo.com/815880849)" which was shown at Boca International Jewish Film Festival. The documentary earned the Yad Vashem Award for an outstanding Holocaust-related documentary.   ![ACK (1)](https://blog.pinecrest.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Alumni/Newsletter/March%202024/ACK%20(1).jpg?width=300&height=450&name=ACK%20(1).jpg)Anna Clare Kerr ’11 wrote and stars in "Shoulder Season," a narrative short film about grief, dementia, and the memories we choose to keep. She is currently crowdfunding to bring the film to production. Click [here](https://seedandspark.com/fund/shoulder-season-film#story) to visit the campaign page and watch the film's teaser.           ![Justin Wexler 11](https://blog.pinecrest.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Alumni/Newsletter/Dec%202023/Justin%20Wexler%2011.jpg?width=300&height=300&name=Justin%20Wexler%2011.jpg) [Justin Wexler ’11](https://venturebeat.com/ai/katzenberg-backed-alembic-raises-14m-pioneers-new-frontier-in-marketing-analytics/), Principal at WndrCo, led a $14 million Series A investment in Alembic and joined the company's Board of Directors. Alembic is an AI-powered software that traces marketing campaigns to sales outcomes.         ![Nyad_film_poster](https://blog.pinecrest.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Alumni/Newsletter/Dec%202023/Nyad_film_poster.jpg?width=300&height=445&name=Nyad_film_poster.jpg)Diana Nyad ’67 is depicted in the Netflix original film "Nyad" about her swim from Cuba to Florida in 2013.                    ![Emily Slatkow 13](https://blog.pinecrest.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Alumni/Newsletter/March%202024/Emily%20Slatkow%2013.jpg?width=300&height=650&name=Emily%20Slatkow%2013.jpg)Emily Slatkow ’13 joined NextGen America as their new Communications Director.                                ## [![Share News with Pine Crest School](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/3951591/7fb58b22-6924-4bca-93a7-4c526989e4b1.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/3951591/7fb58b22-6924-4bca-93a7-4c526989e4b1)   ## Spotted ![IMG_4411](https://blog.pinecrest.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Alumni/Newsletter/March%202024/IMG_4411.jpg?width=300&height=400&name=IMG_4411.jpg)Lee (Cheney) Dalbey ’65 visited campus and signed our alumni wall. Lee was a senior the year Pine Crest moved from Broward Boulevard to Northeast 62nd Street. A former "dormie," Lee recalled fond memories of leaving campus to walk to the pharmacy for an ice cream sandwich and being the only female student in her physics class.              ## Marriages ![Erica Koches 15](https://blog.pinecrest.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Alumni/Newsletter/March%202024/Erica%20Koches%2015.jpg?width=300&height=372&name=Erica%20Koches%2015.jpg) Erica Kosches ’15 married Jordan Friedman in Parkland, Florida, on January 14, 2024. In attendance were sisters Alana Kosches ’18 and Lauren (Kosches) Mann ’11, and friends Brooke Bekoff ’15, Sara Shmueli ’15, and Meredith ’15.           ## Babies ![image0](https://blog.pinecrest.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Alumni/Newsletter/March%202024/image0.jpeg?width=300&height=451&name=image0.jpeg) Calla (Cissel) Lykins ’11 and husband Matthew welcomed their first child, Lillie Mae Lykins on October 15, 2023.                   ![252346D8-38A1-4CB9-BB03-29DF2420B090](https://blog.pinecrest.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Alumni/Newsletter/March%202024/252346D8-38A1-4CB9-BB03-29DF2420B090.jpg?width=300&height=400&name=252346D8-38A1-4CB9-BB03-29DF2420B090.jpg)Morgan (Weiss) Rotterman ’10 and husband Yosef welcomed baby Olivia on November 6, 2023.                   [![Share News with Pine Crest School](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/3951591/7fb58b22-6924-4bca-93a7-4c526989e4b1.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/3951591/7fb58b22-6924-4bca-93a7-4c526989e4b1)   ## In Memoriam ![Jim Pierce](https://blog.pinecrest.edu/hs-fs/hubfs/Alumni/Newsletter/March%202024/Jim%20Pierce.jpg?width=300&height=328&name=Jim%20Pierce.jpg)Former English teacher[ Jim Pierce](https://www.companionfunerals.com/obituaries/james-jim-pierce?fbclid=IwAR0dF2nmlSP_kez1xW_j3wc3_Ri-tqKmL7pjWli66bAX9DEM17luoN2o7Ck) passed away on February 2, 2024, in Chattanooga, TN.             Topics: [Alumni Newsletter](https://blog.pinecrest.edu/alumni/tag/alumni-newsletter), [Alumni](https://blog.pinecrest.edu/alumni/tag/alumni), [2024](https://blog.pinecrest.edu/alumni/tag/2024) [![Share News with Pine Crest School](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/3951591/7fb58b22-6924-4bca-93a7-4c526989e4b1.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/3951591/7fb58b22-6924-4bca-93a7-4c526989e4b1) ### Subscribe Here! 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