Linking the past with the future through the present. The best of the Alumni News (the first decade 1996-2006) has been curated from the articles, records, memories, and stories from the first decade of The Alumni News, as well as from other sources including The Optimist yearbooks. This book is a tribute to those Alumni who have paved the pathway for succeeding generations of graduates - from the earliest school days in 1837 through the school days...