![Packer Alumni Holiday Party — Support Packer Before Tuesday, December 31]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1576269789/packer/ch8q2rhw4qpsk8lspj70/19-20WinterRoundUp-13.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1576269789/packer/ch8q2rhw4qpsk8lspj70/19-20WinterRoundUp-13.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1576269789/packer/ch8q2rhw4qpsk8lspj70/19-20WinterRoundUp-13.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1576269789/packer/ch8q2rhw4qpsk8lspj70/19-20WinterRoundUp-13.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1576269789/packer/ch8q2rhw4qpsk8lspj70/19-20WinterRoundUp-13.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1576269789/packer/ch8q2rhw4qpsk8lspj70/19-20WinterRoundUp-13.jpg","width":2200}])
Packer Alumni donors celebrated the season at our first annual holiday party. Join them in their support of Packer students by making a gift by December 31.
Alumni Stories
News, profiles, and stories from the Packer Alumni community.
What's Going On
![Save the Date for Reunion 2020!]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1576528955/packer/dclopikzdyl9ryfjtw4s/2020Reunion_SavetheDate.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1576528955/packer/dclopikzdyl9ryfjtw4s/2020Reunion_SavetheDate.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1576528955/packer/dclopikzdyl9ryfjtw4s/2020Reunion_SavetheDate.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1576528955/packer/dclopikzdyl9ryfjtw4s/2020Reunion_SavetheDate.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1576528955/packer/dclopikzdyl9ryfjtw4s/2020Reunion_SavetheDate.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1576528955/packer/dclopikzdyl9ryfjtw4s/2020Reunion_SavetheDate.jpg","width":2100}])
Save the Date: Friday, April 17 and Saturday, April 18. Celebrating graduating classes ending in 5 or 0! Whether you are celebrating your 50th (1970) or 5th (2015) reunion, we hope you'll make plans to visit, connect with your former classmates, meet fellow alumni, and reconnect with Packer.
![Alumni in the News: David Helene ’08 and Gavin Schiffres ’11]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1576478401/packer/pq6aqy7xl5hpczfijey1/IMG_5872.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1576478401/packer/pq6aqy7xl5hpczfijey1/IMG_5872.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1576478401/packer/pq6aqy7xl5hpczfijey1/IMG_5872.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1576478401/packer/pq6aqy7xl5hpczfijey1/IMG_5872.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1576478401/packer/pq6aqy7xl5hpczfijey1/IMG_5872.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1576478401/packer/pq6aqy7xl5hpczfijey1/IMG_5872.jpg","width":2200}])
Packer's young alumni were recently featured in Forbes Magazine's annual “30 Under 30” feature.
![Fall 2019 Event Wrap-Up]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1576269782/packer/ja57d7xmk5w0ryzie8o7/19-20WinterRoundUp-7.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1576269782/packer/ja57d7xmk5w0ryzie8o7/19-20WinterRoundUp-7.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1576269782/packer/ja57d7xmk5w0ryzie8o7/19-20WinterRoundUp-7.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1576269782/packer/ja57d7xmk5w0ryzie8o7/19-20WinterRoundUp-7.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1576269782/packer/ja57d7xmk5w0ryzie8o7/19-20WinterRoundUp-7.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1576269782/packer/ja57d7xmk5w0ryzie8o7/19-20WinterRoundUp-7.jpg","width":2200}])
We saw dozens of alumni come back to campus this fall for the installation of Packer's new Head of School, Founder's Day, a Sixth Grade community engagement project, and our first annual Fall Back-to-Packer event.
![Packer Visits Chicago]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1571254805/packer/nyi4q43cusf2e6tofkjc/DSC01925.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1571254805/packer/nyi4q43cusf2e6tofkjc/DSC01925.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1571254805/packer/nyi4q43cusf2e6tofkjc/DSC01925.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1571254805/packer/nyi4q43cusf2e6tofkjc/DSC01925.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1571254805/packer/nyi4q43cusf2e6tofkjc/DSC01925.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1571254805/packer/nyi4q43cusf2e6tofkjc/DSC01925.jpg","width":2200}])
Director of Alumni David Minder caught up with Pelicans in the Windy City.
![Read Online: “A Long Way Forward: The First Hundred Years of The Packer Collegiate Institute”]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1571149973/packer/gnzrq302bnrle6viauqe/IMG_4634.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1571149973/packer/gnzrq302bnrle6viauqe/IMG_4634.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1571149973/packer/gnzrq302bnrle6viauqe/IMG_4634.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1571149973/packer/gnzrq302bnrle6viauqe/IMG_4634.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1571149973/packer/gnzrq302bnrle6viauqe/IMG_4634.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1571149973/packer/gnzrq302bnrle6viauqe/IMG_4634.jpg","width":2200}])
The quintessential history of Packer, written by former English teacher Marjorie L. Nickerson (1910-1941), is now available digitally.