La Salle grad killed in car accident

[GlitterBro #2]

I'm sure a lot of people in the Philly region saw this sad news about Sean Hughes, the principal at Lower Merion HS who was killed over the weekend in a car accident while driving his 13-year-old son to a soccer tournament.

www.phillyvoice.com/lower-merion-high-school-principal-killed-car-accident/

I'm not seeing it mentioned in any of the articles, but Sean was a La Salle grad - a year ahead of me - and rowed on the crew team for the Explorers.  He also served two terms on the Alumni Board at the same time I did from 2014-2020 and was a great advocate for the school.

R.I.P. Sean

[gymrat67]

Lower Merion High School principal Sean Hughes remembered after fatal car crash

www.inquirer.com/news/pennsylvania/sean-hughes-lower-merion-principal-car-crash-20211115.html

                     


Obituary of Sean A. Hughes -- ( Note: Contains Link to live stream of funeral service on 11/22/21 at 11 AM. )

rlwilliamsfuneralhome.com/tribute/details/1838/Sean-hughes/obituary.html


Lower Merion Students Push to Rename New Middle School for Late Principal Sean Hughes 

www.phillymag.com/news/2021/11/16/sean-hughes-lower-merion-petition

" Hughes understood what being a high school kid was like," reads the petition." He believed in rules but also understood reality. Skipping school for that once-in-a-lifetime World Series parade was technically a cut, but Hughes winked at you on the way out the door and told you to have fun. ... As a teacher, an athletic director, an assistant principal, and principal ... in every role he served -- Hughes put the students and staff at Lower Merion first. " 

A Lower Merion School District spokesperson promised that the school board and administration will " work with the Hughes family and with students to create an appropriate way to recognize Mr. Hughes as the dedicated high-school educator ... that he was. "


                                                                                                                     

[GlitterBro #2]

Here's the obituary for Sean's father who passed away the day before him. I honestly cannot imagine what Sean's mother must be going through losing her husband to cancer and her son to a car accident within 14 hours of each other.

www.tributearchive.com/obituaries/23095333/john-anthony-hughes-jr

[diehardexplorer]

god bless the hughes family.  i can't even imagine what they're going through right now.  rip sean and tony.

[gymrat67]

Lower Merion High School will honor memory of principal Sean Hughes at the Broad Street Run.

www.inquirer.com/sports/lower-merion-principal-sean-hughes-broad-street-run-20220429.html?

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Lower Merion High School Lip Dub 2022 in support of the Sean A. Hughes Children's Trust

gofund.me/3399e08b