We are sad to share the news that Doris Helene White, Class of ’74, passed away last week after a long battle with cancer. Doris loved Keystone and most recently visited the school last year during her 50-year class reunion. During a school tour, her group came upon a group…

Keystone School is proud to announce that alum Isabella Sullivan ’20, was named a Rhodes Scholar this weekend. The Rhodes Trust announced the names of the 32 Americans chosen as Rhodes Scholars on Saturday. Rhodes Scholarships provide all expenses for two or three years of study at the University of…

This year’s Alumni Day brought graduates who have gone on to make significant contributions to business, marketing, education and entrepreneurship, engineering and technology, filmmaking, medicine, law, and public policy. They shared their experiences at Keystone, how this school prepared them for success in college and beyond, how they chose their…

Carmen Tafolla ’69, San Antonio’s first-ever poet laureate and a former Texas poet lauerate, discussed the West Side area in which she grew up and how it shaped her work. She’s appearing at the upcoming Texas Book Festival in Austin later this year. Check out the interview here

Where do our graduates go after they leave Keystone? Literally to the highest levels of accomplishments in many fields. This year’s Alumni Day brought graduates who have gone on to make significant contributions in medicine, law, business, aerospace, and the movie industry. They shared their experiences of Keystone, how this…

Congratulations to Isabella Sullivan ’20, named as one of West Point’s two scholar-athletes for November. The announcement describes international history major with honors and setter on the volleyball team as “a consistently high-performing student” and “a major contributor to the team’s offensive efforts.” Already, she’s compiling an impressive list of…

Congratulations to Doris Helene White ’74, who last week received the San Antonio Black Lawyers Association’s  2021 Legend Award. The association bestows this honor on an attorney who has been practicing law for more than 25 years and who has demonstrated outstanding work in the profession. After some 30 years…

Michael Watkins ’79 moves to the California Institute of Technology as professor of aerospace and geophysics after five years leading the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. “There is no place in the world like JPL. It has truly been the great joy of my life to dedicate almost three decades to JPL,…

Congratulations to Doris Helene White ’74 for her well-deserved honors on a distinguished legal career. The San Antonio Black Lawyers Association will honor her at its annual Scholarship Gala on September 25. Doris will receive the 2021 Legend Award. SABLA bestows this honor on an attorney who has been practicing…

Congratulations to Tamar Furman ’17 for winning a Boren Scholarship through Bryn Mawr College. The Boren Scholarship Program is designed to increase knowledge of languages and countries deemed to have security interest for the United States. Scholarship recipients must agree to work either in a federal agency with national security…

Congratulations to Vivian Whitney ’17 on winning a Fulbright fellowship to study gastronomy in Italy. She’s a senior at Syracuse University and received a grant to attend the University of Gastronomic Science in Pollenzo, Italy to earn a MA in Gastronomy. That’s in the Piedmont region of Northern Italy. The…

Instead of International Day bringing different performances and lots of tasty treats from all over the world, this year’s edition brought a lot of different guests who offered incredible experiences and knowledge. With the help of Señora Fierro, Señora Greenfield and Madame Bolshakova, several students produced videos of musical, dance…

Masae Falcon Ellis ’06 visited with Fourth Grade Leadership this week to discuss her career and share insight about the qualities of a leader. She was a Keystone lifer and went to Texas A&M for her bachelor’s degree and received her law degree from the University of Texas School of…

Alum Toya Cook Bell ’83, shared memories of her accomplishment-filled years at Keystone when she visited with members of 4th Grade Leadership this week and shared lessons about being leaders using examples from Black history. Ms. Bell, who now works as an attorney in Austin, was a Keystone lifer. Among…

Congratulations Wayne Shandera ’69, for his upcoming award from Mission Doctors Association.   The organization is honoring Dr. Shandera, an epidemiologist, medical professor, and concert organist for his pioneering work in HIV/AIDS identification and treatment. Mission Doctors Association has trained, sent and supported Catholic doctors and their families who come…

Eight Keystone alumni came back virtually to visit with Upper Schoolers, offer advice and to check in to see what has changed since they left — and what has stayed the same. The alumni: Gul Dolen ‘94 – MD/PhD, neuroscientist Aaron Greenfield ‘11 – engineer in the medical device industry Amy…

To kick off Keystone’s celebration of the Hour of Code, two alumni visited with Lower School students about how they use their coding skills. Ian Skop ’15, spoke of how he codes to work on projects on the Xbox. Evan Meade ’18, shared how he codes as part of the…

The University of Chicago’s Archeology department has produced some educational videos geared at students from 5-12 years old and feature Sasha Rohret ’08. She’s a PhD candidate at U of C in Egyptian Archaeology, Near Eastern Languages & Civilization. Here are the videos: Wild Animals of the Nile: https://youtu.be/wRTd25aLrtE What’s…

JohnAidan Uribe-Kozlovsky ’17 has dropped a new EP and it’s getting some serious notice on Spotify. His music name is Maberry and he has 106,000 monthly listeners to his Spotify channel. His release, “Bloom,” features five tracks in of mostly low-fi music that combines electronic elements with acoustic guitars and…

Congratulations to Daniel and Jackson Covert, both of the Class of 2019, on their selection into the highly competitive Tower Scholar Program at Southern Methodist University. The program is a selective, multidisciplinary minor in Public Policy and International Affairs that enables students from a variety of academic backgrounds to combine…

Congratulations to Gowri Iyengar ’19. She’s a member of an Indian dance team that earned 3rd place at the Dhirana dance competition at the University of Pittsburgh. Dhirana is an intercollegiate Indian classical dance competition hosted by students of the University of Pittsburgh. Each year, the competition features eight collegiate…

Congratulations to Mohan Iyengar ‘ 16. He recently received word that he was admitted into the professional program in veterinary medicine at the Texas A&M College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences for the Fall of 2020. This makes him a member of the Class of 2024 in vet school. He…

The Jan. 30 issue of Science magazine features research from Sean Leonard ’02 on bees. The issue includes a research paper on a project in which he leads a team to genetically alter the bacteria inside the gut of honey bees, with the aim to improve the health of bees.…

Although the main purpose of Alumni Day is to allow Upper School students a chance to visit with former Keystone students, this was a special treat. Jeff Soesbe ’83, spent some time talking with 4th graders about his work making underwater robots as a senior software engineer. His creations are…

[vc_row row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”full_width” text_align=”left” box_shadow_on_row=”no”][vc_column][vc_column_text] Nine alumni ranging from the Class of 1983 to the Class of 2013 returned to campus for Alumni Day to share their experiences about their lives after Keystone, how they got to where they are and lessons they learned along the way. Of course,…