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ABird in the Hand is Worth…<br />
Bragging rights!<br />
<strong>Ursuline</strong> <strong>Academy</strong> is the first girls’ school<br />
to participate in the Kiss 108 Turkey Toss.<br />
Throwing a bird in the oven may be the<br />
conventional start to Thanksgiving, but launching<br />
a frozen gobbler across Medford’s Meadow Glen<br />
Mall parking lot rang in the holiday just fine for the<br />
hundreds of local high school students who showed up for Kiss<br />
108’s Annual Turkey Toss on November 24.<br />
As the sun rose, so did the frozen turkey. Though ‘tossers’ and<br />
‘receivers’ are required to be members of their school’s football team,<br />
the Matty In the Morning crew decided to open this year’s<br />
competition to welcome their first ever female competitors from<br />
<strong>Ursuline</strong> <strong>Academy</strong>. Strong athletes and members of UA’s unofficial Powder Puff<br />
Football Team, seniors Jill Lawler and Cassandra Sadd practiced with a 12 pound<br />
turkey and knew they had the skills to compete with the ten boys’ teams in<br />
attendance.<br />
Preparation was half the battle, according to Jill Lawler, who admitted that<br />
the toss would be her first chance to ‘shot put’ a turkey. Though students<br />
listened each morning as host Matt Siegel shared his doubts about the team’s potential to<br />
beat the strong competition, the girls were determined to make their mark in Medford.<br />
“It will only make them try harder,” said Student Council Rep. Nicaela Chinnaswamy,<br />
who took the bold first step of getting her school into the competition.<br />
“[She’s] about to make history here,” said Boston sports anchor Mike Lynch, as he<br />
introduced Jill just before the throw. A few feet away stood ‘catcher’ Cassandra, ready to<br />
snatch the 22 pound bird from mid-air. On the sidelines, a man dressed as a turkey stood<br />
in quiet anticipation. On the radio, we heard Kiss 108’s Lisa yelling “Let’s go girls,” as the<br />
crowd roared. And then…the throw!<br />
“Long story short…they beat the Marines,” said <strong>Ursuline</strong>’s Principal Mary Jo Gorman Keaney, who<br />
watched the girls complete a flawless pass to nab fourth place. “The Mighty Bears,” as they were<br />
called by host Billy Costa, may not have won, but they certainly gobbled up a good chunk of the<br />
competition, which included football quarterbacks and military men.<br />
The girls, who will never look at Thanksgiving dinner the same way again, plan to pass their techniques<br />
along to <strong>Ursuline</strong>’s next team of talented turkey tossers.<br />
In This Issue<br />
From the Principal ........................................................................................2<br />
Drama..............................................................................................................3<br />
Academics<br />
Facing History, Finding Themselves ......................................................4<br />
Robotics: Artificial Intelligence, Real Skills ..........................................6<br />
Serviam<br />
UA Hearts Unite to Fight Cancer..............................................................8<br />
A Mission of Faith ......................................................................................9<br />
Service in Small Doses ............................................................................10<br />
Coming Full Circle ....................................................................................11<br />
Spirituality....................................................................................................12<br />
Annual Report ....................................................................................INSERT<br />
Responding to Hard Times in ‘Big Easy’ ................................................13<br />
Athletics<br />
Division I Calling ......................................................................................16<br />
Lutz of Talent ............................................................................................17<br />
Reaching New Heights ............................................................................18<br />
Class of 2010................................................................................................20<br />
A Fairy Tale Come True ..............................................................................22<br />
Notes<br />
Weddings ..................................................................................................23<br />
In Memoriam ............................................................................................24<br />
Thank You to all those who were kind enough to contribute information,<br />
photos or personal stories to this issue of Serviam Magazine.<br />
On the cover: Eleni Haberis ’15 displays a robot.<strong>Ursuline</strong>’s latest class offering introduces young<br />
minds to the fundamentals of engineering and robotics. Photo by Sean Hennessy. Story, page 6.<br />
<strong>Ursuline</strong> <strong>Academy</strong> Board<br />
Members of the Corporation<br />
Sister Angela Krippendorf ’59, O.S.U., President<br />
Sister Rita Bourassa, O.S.U., Secretary and Treasurer<br />
Sister Laurianne Michaud, O.S.U.<br />
Sister Marcella Savoie, O.S.U.<br />
Board of Trustees 2010-<strong>2011</strong><br />
David W. C. Putnam, P’89, Chairman<br />
Richard Osterberg, Esq., Vice Chair<br />
Timothy Codrington<br />
Marlene J. DeLeon P’04<br />
Alan L. Gosule, Esq.<br />
Kevin Hines P’93<br />
Adele Koza Kohler ’88<br />
Sr. Angela Krippendorf ’59, O.S.U.<br />
Timothy J. Lawlor<br />
Marianne LeBlanc, Esq. ’86<br />
Kathleen Nolan Levesque ’77<br />
Joseph D. Magni, Jr. P’00<br />
Mary Mullen, M.D. ’79<br />
Sr. Madonna O’Hara, O.S.U.<br />
Margaret Reynolds ’82<br />
Mrs. Rosann Whiting, President of the <strong>Academy</strong>, ex officio<br />
<strong>Ursuline</strong> <strong>Academy</strong> Administration<br />
President<br />
Rosann Whiting<br />
Principal<br />
Mary Jo Gorman Keaney ’82<br />
Serviam Publication Staff<br />
Writer/Editor/Design/Photography<br />
Patrice Howard ’04, Director of Communications<br />
Communications@<strong>Ursuline</strong><strong>Academy</strong>.net<br />
Layout/Design/Editor/Photography<br />
Lisa A. Rubini ’79, Scrivo! Communications<br />
www.ScrivoCommunications.com<br />
Editor/Data Contribution<br />
Cindy Harrington, Advancement Services Manager<br />
Development@<strong>Ursuline</strong><strong>Academy</strong>.net<br />
Photo Contributions<br />
Dan Busler, Dan Busler Photography<br />
www.DanBuslerPhotography.com<br />
Sean Hennessy, Sean Hennessy Photography<br />
www.HennessyPhotography.com<br />
George Lucozzi, ASA Photographic<br />
www. ASAPhotographic.com<br />
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Dear <strong>Ursuline</strong> Community,<br />
Enjoy this version of Serviam and be prepared to be delighted as you read about<br />
all that is happening at <strong>Ursuline</strong> <strong>Academy</strong>. As a school community, we continue<br />
to celebrate our mission and to explore rich and meaningful opportunities for our<br />
students and faculty.<br />
In October 2010, 197 members of our community participated in the Making<br />
Strides against Breast Cancer Walk, and this year, our team raised over $25,000 to<br />
help eradicate this terrible disease. On the stage of the Hatch Shell, our students<br />
were recognized for their contributions to last year’s Walk, and student council<br />
president, Jillian Lawler eloquently addressed the crowd about <strong>Ursuline</strong>’s mission<br />
Serviam, and how it forms its students and impels them to make a difference.<br />
In early November, Mike O’Connor, our new athletic director, arranged for an<br />
outstanding student versus faculty soccer game that resulted in wonderful<br />
memories. Later in the month, <strong>Ursuline</strong> students took fun to a new level and<br />
entered themselves in the KISS 108 Turkey Toss. For the first time in the contest’s<br />
twenty year plus history, a girls’ team competed with ten boys’ football teams, and<br />
the girls performed masterfully. Team supporters including Vice Principal Pat<br />
Leitsinger, Annual Fund Director Julie Griffin Carty ’05, and I departed at 5:45<br />
a.m. on a bus bound for Medford with hopes of glory. Our girls came in fourth<br />
out of eleven teams. How proud we were!<br />
Throughout the year, we are engaging in a series of professional development programs<br />
with Mrs. Deb Reed from Research for Better Teaching. Mrs. Reed is leading the faculty<br />
in discussions regarding best practices for teaching, mastery objectives for content and<br />
professional learning communities. Mrs. Lytle, Mrs. Morency and Mrs. Peters have<br />
engaged with the Facing History and Ourselves curriculum, and they have shared<br />
resources with all of our teachers so that our students are engaged in active learning<br />
about the Holocaust and Human Behavior.<br />
Our technology committee is currently developing a technology plan that will be our<br />
blueprint as we work to enhance the <strong>Ursuline</strong> <strong>Academy</strong> educational experience for<br />
students. Recently, Mrs. Mariano, Mrs. Schein and I visited MIT’s Open Courseware<br />
office to learn about resources that will not only enhance professional development for<br />
our faculty, but also assist in differentiating learning for students.<br />
How blessed we are to be at <strong>Ursuline</strong> and how grateful we are for your support,<br />
Mary Jo Gorman Keaney ’82<br />
Principal<br />
drama<br />
Pure Imagination<br />
Audiences followed the UA Drama<br />
Club on an incredible journey during<br />
their 2009-2010 season. First stop,<br />
the Land of Make Believe in the<br />
colorful winter production of Grimm’s<br />
Fairy Tale Spectaculathon. Once upon<br />
a time was only the beginning, as<br />
characters came to life in a fun<br />
mixed-up fairy tale fiasco, complete<br />
with a happy ending dance.<br />
Next stop? The World of Pure<br />
Imagination at Willy Wonka’s<br />
Chocolate Factory in the <strong>Spring</strong>. With<br />
impressive vocals, hilarious slap-stick<br />
comedy and a moving glass elevator,<br />
this show was enough to make a<br />
sweet tooth out of anyone.<br />
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photos by Dan Busler Photography
One of the more unique<br />
resources provided by the<br />
Facing History program is<br />
a list of speakers who are<br />
willing to educate students<br />
about their own experiences<br />
dealing with hatred or<br />
bullying.<br />
This spring, <strong>Ursuline</strong><br />
welcomed Holocaust<br />
survivor Rena Finder to<br />
share her incredible story of<br />
survival and faith with the<br />
community. She was the<br />
youngest person on<br />
Schindler’s list.<br />
“She has an amazing story,”<br />
said Ellen Lytle.<br />
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Facing History<br />
Finding Themselves<br />
New program encourages students to<br />
take responsibility, starting NOW!<br />
Adolf Hitler was not on Facebook. The white students of Little Rock<br />
Central High did not utilize Form<strong>Spring</strong> to ask negative questions<br />
about the nine African American students who enrolled in their<br />
racially segregated school in 1957. Bus driver James Blake did not<br />
take a Tweet-pic of Rosa Parks at the front of the bus.<br />
However, despite the fact that these historical bullies did not have access to modern<br />
vehicles of communication, there is no arguing that their messages of hate and harmful<br />
beliefs were not easily erased through time. In fact, the messages they sent by their<br />
actions are what have defined them through history. Perhaps it is not the manner in<br />
which we send messages that is important, but rather the intent behind those messages<br />
we send?<br />
The very manner of bullying at school has evolved. Confrontations in the school yard<br />
have progressed into complex exchanges on rapidly advancing social networks, a fact<br />
which is causing great concern to the many parents who find themselves a step behind<br />
the technological curve. However, hope is in sight at <strong>Ursuline</strong> <strong>Academy</strong>, as faculty<br />
members work to integrate a program which will help students to recognize that<br />
spreading even small messages of hate can result in much bigger problems.<br />
Facing History and Ourselves is an educational program which encourages students to<br />
explore the “consequences of hatred…to recognize bigotry and indifference…and see<br />
that their own daily choices can have major impacts and perhaps even be a<br />
critical link to a safer future,” according to the program website. Through<br />
the interactive study of historical dilemmas like the Holocaust, Segregation<br />
and Genocide, students are presented with true facts about their history<br />
and are encouraged to discuss the small yet critical activities that sparked<br />
horrific incidents in their world.<br />
“They want the kids to understand how it happened,” says long-time<br />
<strong>Ursuline</strong> Religion teacher Mrs. Ellen Lytle, who is excited to integrate the<br />
lessons into her curriculum. “It will give the girls a great background into<br />
pre–World War II Germany, and will focus on events leading up to the Nazi<br />
Occupation. Most importantly, there is an emphasis on how so few people<br />
helped those in need during that time…basically we need to know our past<br />
because we don’t ever want that to happen again.”<br />
To learn methods of program implementation, teachers attend seminars<br />
which provide the information and tools necessary to design a solid lesson<br />
Facing History<br />
and Ourselves<br />
is an educational program<br />
which encourages<br />
s t u d e n t s<br />
to explore the consequences of<br />
H AT R E D<br />
a n d t o r e c o g n i z e<br />
b i g o t r y a n d<br />
INDIFFERENCE<br />
Takin’ Care<br />
of Business<br />
Eighth grader Eleni Haberis is barely old enough to<br />
babysit, but that did not stop her from preparing for<br />
the future by taking a sneak peek at the national<br />
labor market.<br />
Last year, she confidently entered the US<br />
Department of Labor’s (DOL) national contest<br />
focused on highlighting the fastest growing<br />
occupations in the country. Utlilizing her videoediting<br />
and interviewing skills, Eleni created 15<br />
short videos highlights a “day in the life” of workers<br />
in quickly evolving, often environmentally friendly,<br />
occupations. While touring the new Massachusetss<br />
Carpenter’s Union facility, Eleni had the unique<br />
opportunity to interview Governor Deval Patrick about job creation in the<br />
Bay State. She dressed to impress for the interview, sporting her plaid<br />
<strong>Ursuline</strong> skirt.<br />
On January 14, <strong>2011</strong> the US DOL announced that 14 of Eleni’s videos<br />
won, out of the 15 categories, and she won $14,000 dollars. Eleni said she<br />
is going to save the money for college, a step she will take on her way to<br />
entering the workforce herself!<br />
Eleni’s videos can be found on the Department of Labor website and<br />
YouTube.<br />
plan. With help from a program liaison and free access to a library of historical references,<br />
videos, and even multi-media resources, <strong>Ursuline</strong> teachers feel prepared to inspire and<br />
inform students.<br />
“We are currently looking for ways to integrate the program…to see where it would work<br />
best, and how many ways we can introduce the new concepts,” said Lytle, who attended<br />
an “amazing” seminar over the summer break.<br />
There is a plan in place to gradually introduce aspects of the program into Religion and<br />
History classes at <strong>Ursuline</strong>. However, it seems that some teachers are anxious to get a head<br />
start. Mrs. Jane Morency already implemented strategies similar to those encouraged by<br />
the program in her Religion class, by conducting a case study which prompted students to<br />
identify with how a bully might feel during a confrontation.<br />
“Some had trouble relating to the bully at first, but ultimately many realized that at one<br />
time or another, they were the bully,” said Morency.<br />
The <strong>Ursuline</strong> faculty supports the implementation of “Facing History” in the classroom.<br />
Though it is not a complete solution to bullying, it does open students’ eyes to the harsh<br />
consequences of hatred, while simultaneously introducing conflicts they may one day face<br />
in the real world.<br />
as seen in the Dedham Times<br />
Eleni with Governor Patrick and WCVB-TV’s Janet Wu<br />
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In fact, students at <strong>Ursuline</strong> <strong>Academy</strong> have<br />
already created their own army of electromechanical<br />
machines in a new class that<br />
introduces young minds to the constantly<br />
evolving fundamentals of engineering and<br />
robotics.<br />
“In many cases, robots have replaced humans,” says<br />
<strong>Ursuline</strong>’s Technology Director Ann Mariano, who<br />
instructs seventh and eighth grade students each week.<br />
“The girls first learn how to build the robots and then<br />
program them to perform particular tasks. I think the<br />
group work we do is really important.”<br />
The curriculum for the weekly class was designed utilizing<br />
Lego Mindstorms, a line of programmable robotics and<br />
construction toys manufactured by the Lego Group.<br />
These user-friendly kits give students a unique<br />
opportunity to put their mathematic and scientific<br />
knowledge into action, as they manufacture tiny robots<br />
using basic techniques of construction and programming.<br />
As our workforce evolves and human-labor is continually<br />
replaced by programmed machines, the demand for<br />
young people with a background in technology is<br />
growing.<br />
“Students learn to think outside the box,” says Mariano,<br />
who took a training course at Tufts before implementing<br />
the program last fall. “The girls learn everything from<br />
programming to structural analysis. We also talk about<br />
how robots benefit us.”<br />
This year alone, we have witnessed the benefits of robots<br />
working in our world. Following the Gulf Coast oil disaster, robot submarines dove 5,000 feet beneath the surface to investigate and ultimately<br />
plug up the catastrophic leak. When thirty-three Chilean miners became trapped underground, it was robotic technology that supported<br />
recovery efforts. While it is too early to determine if the first class of <strong>Ursuline</strong> robotics students will chose a career in engineering, they seem<br />
to be enjoying the hands-on instruction.<br />
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“Students learn to think outside the box.<br />
The girls learn everything from programming<br />
to structural analysis. We also talk<br />
about how robots benefit us.”<br />
- Technology Director Ann Mariano<br />
“There aren’t a lot of clubs for kids who love math and science, so this is really<br />
interesting,” says Haley Curtin, a freshman who was among the first group of<br />
students to take the class last year. She is now a member of <strong>Ursuline</strong>’s Robots<br />
Club, which encourages students in grades 9 through 12 to continue their<br />
engineering education through high school. Currently, the club is preparing<br />
to compete in local competitions.<br />
“For a competition we would build the robot, program it and then create a field where it will navigate,” says Curtain, who often “drives”<br />
the robot during challenges. “I like the programming part best, but it’s fun to see how it all comes together.”<br />
<strong>Ursuline</strong>’s robotics program was funded by a generous donation from a forward-thinking parent. This contribution made it possible for<br />
the school to prepare for the the First Tech Challenge, a mid-level robotics competition to help high-school students discover the benefits<br />
of technology, science and engineering. According to Mariano, this competition opens doors to a wide range of collegiate scholarship<br />
opportunities. Worcester Polytechnic Institute is just one of<br />
many supporters.<br />
“There aren’t a lot of clubs for kids who love<br />
math and science, so this is really interesting....<br />
I like the programming part best, but it’s fun to<br />
see how it all comes together.”<br />
- Haley Curtin ’14<br />
Model Students<br />
“We have a few juniors in the club, so this might benefit them<br />
when they are looking to apply to college next year,” says<br />
Mariano.<br />
As they prepare for the upcoming tech challenges, it is easy to<br />
see that there is nothing “artificial” about the intelligence of<br />
<strong>Ursuline</strong> robotic students.<br />
as seen on boston.com<br />
UA students make their mark at Model UN Conference<br />
Abby Hevert and Victoria Sitcawich like politics, so when they recognized that <strong>Ursuline</strong> did not offer<br />
many opportunities for students to explore and discuss global affairs outside of the classroom, the girls<br />
teamed up to initiate <strong>Ursuline</strong> <strong>Academy</strong>’s very fist Model United Nations Team. “We know that a lot<br />
of girls at <strong>Ursuline</strong> are interested in politics, but there wasn’t an outlet for open debate or discussion,”<br />
said Hevert, who recently signed up the team to participate in the 10th Annual Boston Invitational<br />
Model United Nations Conference at the Park Plaza Hotel in Boston. The two-day conference, sponsored<br />
by Boston University, welcomed over 1,300 high school students from around the world to discuss<br />
civics, economics, diplomacy and globalization.<br />
Twenty <strong>Ursuline</strong> students were divided into committees and represented a variety of countries. “We<br />
got to meet lots of new people, from many different countries,” says Hevert, who represented<br />
Norway during the event. “It was really fun.” Research and preparation was conducted prior to the<br />
event, so that they were prepared to offer probable resolutions to current issues.<br />
Though it was their first year as a club, Hevert says that <strong>Ursuline</strong>’s inaugural UN team made a<br />
strong first impression at the annual invitational conference. “We learned a lot. Even thought it was<br />
our first time, we definitely made our mark!”<br />
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Reaching Out...<br />
Close to Home<br />
UA fields a “Sea of Green”—<br />
nearly 200 walkers—and wins<br />
the ACS Making Strides High<br />
School Challenge with $25,000<br />
raised to fight breast cancer.<br />
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Close to Home,<br />
‘<strong>Ursuline</strong> Hearts Unite’<br />
to Fight Cancer<br />
A crowd of roughly 40,000 migrated to Boston’s Hatch Shell on<br />
October 2, 2010 to support the American Cancer Society’s 19th<br />
annual Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk. Amid the<br />
crowd of ‘pretty in pink’ supporters, Team <strong>Ursuline</strong> <strong>Academy</strong><br />
took the two mile stroll along the Charles River as a sea of<br />
green, sporting school colors to demonstrate community<br />
enthusiasm as advocates of the cause.<br />
In addition to the nearly 200 students, teachers, parents and siblings representing UA<br />
on the Esplanade, those generous contributors who supported the school’s effort by<br />
making online donations were also considered members of the “Green Team.”<br />
Numerous parents, friends and alumnae added to the pot, which tipped over $22,300<br />
on the morning of the walk.<br />
“Wonderful,” Jeanie Zmijewski Taddeo wrote in response to a post on the <strong>Ursuline</strong><br />
Alumnae Facebook page. “I am a 1989 alumna who was diagnosed with invasive breast<br />
cancer when I was 15 weeks pregnant with my twin daughters. I am a 2 1 /2 year survivor<br />
now!” Numerous other alumnae demonstrated support by “liking” similar posts about<br />
<strong>Ursuline</strong>’s participation, and some were kind enough to support the cause financially.<br />
Last year, <strong>Ursuline</strong> followed quickly in the footsteps of brother school Catholic<br />
Memorial of West Roxbury, and joined the Making Strides High School Challenge. The<br />
contest was established to spark enthusiasm among local students. With just two<br />
months to raise awareness among community members, <strong>Ursuline</strong> students successfully<br />
netted just over $5,700 and won the “small school” category. Due to their success in<br />
2009, the school was recognized from high atop the Hatch Shell at this year’s event.<br />
“It is our honor to receive this award,” said Student Body President Jillian Lawler of<br />
West Roxbury, who accepted the plaque on behalf of her peers. “As young women, we<br />
feel that it is important for us to make a difference in our community.”<br />
Though the walk has come to an end, <strong>Ursuline</strong> students are already anticipating ways<br />
to further improve community participation next year. The difference between the<br />
amount raised in 2009 and 2010 was approximately $19,300 an improvement that<br />
made <strong>Ursuline</strong>’s Principal Mary Jo Gorman Keaney ’82 very proud of her students.<br />
“What was so heartwarming and encouraging was how our students really embraced<br />
continued on page 14<br />
<strong>Ursuline</strong> Girls reach out<br />
Far Away…<br />
A Mission of Faith<br />
Emma Hodges ’12 did not know what to expect when she left home on a youth mission trip<br />
to El Salvador last summer. She knew that she would be outside of her comfort zone. She<br />
knew that there was hard work to be done. She knew that most people her age would not<br />
have the courage to venture far from home to help those in need.<br />
She did not know that a mission trip would strengthen her faith. But it did.<br />
I travelled to El Salvador this past summer with a church group, composed of ten<br />
teenagers and four adults, called Youth Leadership <strong>Academy</strong> (YLA). Most nights, just<br />
before bed, we would meet as a group and talk about what had happened that day. We<br />
discussed how the trip was impacting our faith life. One of the questions posed to us by<br />
the mentors was, “Where did you see God today?” The question really stuck with me. Just<br />
before I fell asleep each night, I would ask myself that question, and the more I thought<br />
about it, the more I saw God around me.<br />
One day I saw God when I had woken up at 6:00 am. As I lay in the hammock outside<br />
our hotel room door, I watched the sun rise over the mountains and was completely awed<br />
at the beauty of the sight in front of me. Another moment I saw God was at our worksite.<br />
The main reason for travelling to El Salvador was to help with the building of a church<br />
in a small town called Hato Nuevo. There was a very excited group of kids who would<br />
come down during their lunch break from school to help us move rocks and dirt. Five<br />
boys in particular stand out in my memory. Manuel was there all three days. He recruited<br />
“Another day I saw God in the children at the orphanage we<br />
visited.…The children’s attitude towards complete strangers<br />
reminded me of how God acts.”<br />
four friends, and together they moved a very large rock. To give you an idea of its size,<br />
Tommy, Monisha, and I moved one of equal size that day. Tommy, the only boy on our<br />
trip, stands tall at 6'4" or 6'5", and it took us an hour to move our rock while it took five<br />
ten-year-olds half the time. It was a blow to our self-esteem, but it was amazing to see how<br />
enthusiastic the kids were.<br />
Another day I saw God in the children at the orphanage we visited. A nun, who helped<br />
run the facility, gave a tour and spoke about the 54 children they look after. Many of<br />
them had either been abused or abandoned. We were standing in their gymnasium, which<br />
was a pretty good structure, one of the better ones we had seen. The children start coming<br />
in, watching us. All of the sudden, they ran into our group. They were fighting to hold<br />
continued on page 13<br />
Reaching Out...<br />
Far Away<br />
Emma Hodges ’12 did not<br />
know that a mission trip to<br />
Hato Nuevo, El Salvador<br />
would strengthen her faith,<br />
but it did.<br />
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Reaching Out...<br />
In Their Work<br />
Once squeamish at the site of<br />
blood, Meghan Harrington ’07<br />
now cares for the tiniest of<br />
patients facing tough medical<br />
challenges.<br />
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In their Work,<br />
Service in Small Doses Coming Full Circle<br />
When Meghan Harrington ’07 talks about her nurse’s assistant<br />
job in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Children’s Hospital in<br />
Boston, her focus is typically on the tiny patients.<br />
“I love working with the babies. It’s great to be working in a field that allows you to give<br />
back,” she said.<br />
Meghan is exposed to drama and trauma on a daily basis, working in an internationally<br />
renowned department that cares for more than 500 newborns annually. Though she is<br />
still a student, slated to graduate from Northeastern University’s School of Nursing next<br />
year, she says that her responsibilities as an assistant go hand in hand with the work of<br />
trained nurses on the floor. When they move, she moves.<br />
“I work on a twenty-four bed unit. I actually have a lot more patient interaction than I<br />
thought I would,” she said.<br />
For a girl who once squirmed at the sight of blood, Meghan has come a long way. Her<br />
first exposure to the sobering reality of hospital life was during high school, when she<br />
volunteered to sit with her grandmother while she received blood transfusion therapy.<br />
Though the experience was difficult, she says it helped her to recognize that a dose of<br />
kindness goes a lot further than a dose of medicine in the eyes of a sick patient.<br />
“I think the service projects at <strong>Ursuline</strong> are what<br />
you make of them, and I really embraced it.”<br />
“My grandmother was sick with Leukemia and hated hospitals, so I<br />
would go with her,” said Meghan. “I couldn’t believe the way the<br />
nurses interacted with her: the way they made her horrible<br />
experience a little better. It really hit me.”<br />
With that inspiration in mind, Meghan made the bold choice to<br />
seek a full-time volunteer position on a general surgery floor at<br />
Children’s in the spring of 2007, to fulfill her <strong>Ursuline</strong> senior<br />
service requirement. She spent days organizing activities, learning<br />
from childlife specialists and interacting with patients. Though<br />
the stint only lasted a month, the impact of her experience<br />
motivated her to pursue a lifelong career in nursing.<br />
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& in their Lives!<br />
In the spring of 1965, Maureen O’Keefe Doran attended her <strong>Ursuline</strong> graduation and received the<br />
school’s most coveted Serviam Award for her leadership and selfless service. Now over forty years<br />
later, life has come full circle for this proud graduate, as she works to serve the distressed people of<br />
Botswana.<br />
It started with a postcard. Maureen Doran was living a life most would envy in the fall of 2009: married to her once college mate<br />
Christopher (Kip), enjoying the company of two grown daughters and a “cute-as-a-button” grandchild, and working as a mental health<br />
professional in her own practice. Maureen admits, “I have been blessed.”<br />
Sifting through a pile of mail one day last year, Maureen came across a postcard inviting her to a Peace Corps recruitment meeting for the<br />
Baby Boom Generation. “I put the card aside. I have received info like that before, but could not throw this one away for some reason,”<br />
she said.<br />
With the post card in clear view, it was only a matter of time before curiosity set in for Maureen and Kip. They decided to attend an<br />
informal information session, which featured<br />
a panel of returned Corps volunteers who<br />
spent time serving distressed communities<br />
around the globe. Inspired by tales of selfless<br />
service, the Dorans decided to drop everything<br />
and help. “We felt that to those whom much<br />
has been given, much is expected. Our country<br />
needed ambassadors abroad, and we were<br />
ready,” says Maureen.<br />
Shortly after learning about the mission of the Peace Corps, Maureen and Kip closed two successful private practices and wrote a letter<br />
to their patients explaining that they had been called to serve a new community in need,<br />
thousands of miles from home. Maureen says the decision to leave family and friends<br />
was hard, but important.<br />
“I loved my work, loved what I did, loved my patients…it just seemed like it was going<br />
to be okay for Kip and I put our talents to use somewhere else,” Maureen said of her<br />
decision to pack up and leave Denver for Botswana in April of 2009. “We have never<br />
looked back.”<br />
The Republic of Botswana is currently dealing with a demographic disaster. Though<br />
the country has one of the world’s fastest growing economies, their most prominent<br />
crisis cannot be resolved simply with dollars and cents. The “HIV incidence is<br />
considered the second highest in the world. One feels that a whole generation has been<br />
wiped out,” says Maureen. African families are torn apart as a result of alcoholism and<br />
abuse fueled by disease. While a huge majority of the adult population is dying from<br />
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“I teach ‘Life Skills’ with hopes of helping kids make smart<br />
decisions; I organize clubs, support groups, library projects…<br />
anything that might foster young women’s self-esteem and<br />
encourage teenagers to protect themselves.”<br />
Reaching Out...<br />
In Their Lives<br />
1965 Serviam Award winner<br />
Maureen O’Keefe Doran and<br />
her husband, Kip, have served<br />
in the Peace Corps since 2009.<br />
It all started with a postcard.<br />
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A Mission Tradition<br />
With candy apples in their hands, tiny umbrellas in their smoothies and treats in their<br />
pockets, the students of <strong>Ursuline</strong> <strong>Academy</strong> had the spirit of Serviam in their hearts at<br />
the school’s annual Mission Day on October 5. Typical classrooms transformed into<br />
colorful and thematic booths, each featuring donated items which were purchased by<br />
students, parents and friends of the school.<br />
“While we raised money for a good cause, we had a lot of fun,” said seventh grader<br />
Ashley Haughton. Popular rooms this year were The Beary Best Bakery, Fenway Park<br />
(featuring 2 Red Sox Championship rings, and franks of course), the Top Hat Raffle and<br />
the tropical Smoothie Room. While students enjoyed spending their allowance on<br />
Mission Day treats, they did so knowing that their contributions were ultimately going<br />
to a worthy cause.<br />
My Brother’s Keeper, a local Christian charity that provides food and furniture to needy<br />
families throughout the year, was the grateful recipient of this year’s collection. At a<br />
beautiful opening Mass celebration, the community received a heartfelt “thank you”<br />
from Mr. Erich Miller, Executive Director of My Brother’s Keeper. “We believe service<br />
is a privilege, not a duty or an obligation so we work hard to share that privilege with<br />
as many people as possible…please know how grateful and humbled we are that<br />
you’ve chosen to support My Brother’s Keeper today,” he said.<br />
“There was a wonderful spirit this year,<br />
and the kids had a great time.”<br />
-Mrs. Tomase<br />
Mission Day has been a cherished <strong>Ursuline</strong> tradition for over thirty years. Many<br />
alumnae who return to visit mention their fond memories of that one day each<br />
year when the school would come alive with activity and joy. What was once the<br />
senior balloon send-off is now the senior balloon pop-off, for obvious<br />
environmental reasons; however, that is the only major change to the program.<br />
The oversized pickles are plentiful, the S.O.S. prizes are wrapped in newspaper<br />
and the raffle tickets are still pulled from top hats. “I brought my boys a couple<br />
years ago,” wrote graduate Katie Tower Verrette ’94 on <strong>Ursuline</strong>’s Facebook page.<br />
“They had a blast and it was nice to see staff and all the changes to UA.”<br />
“The generosity of parents, the generosity of time, and the will of the students is<br />
what make this event possible each year,” said UA Campus Minister Marge Costa,<br />
who has overseen the charitable fair for the past thirty years. According to Sister<br />
Nesta, who worked feverishly in the cash room, <strong>Ursuline</strong> raised approximately<br />
$14,800 for charity at this year’s event, which Mrs. Costa said was the most<br />
money raised in the history of the event.<br />
“The day was super-fantastic,” said Mrs. Tomase, who runs the Beary Best<br />
Bakery. “There was a wonderful spirit this year, and the kids had a great time.”<br />
Students Respond to Hard Times in ‘Big Easy’<br />
Over the winter break, <strong>Ursuline</strong> sophomores Caroline Gailius and<br />
Saidhbhe Berry and freshman Maggie Wolfe spent six days in New<br />
Orleans with their church youth group out of Milton, MA. The<br />
service trip was inspired by the devastation caused by Hurricane<br />
Katrina, which left many areas of the city destroyed and many<br />
people destitute.<br />
The students spent time painting a work house, demolishing a rusty shed,<br />
caring for the elderly and cleaning up the grounds of an old cemetery.<br />
They were very excited to visit the <strong>Ursuline</strong> <strong>Academy</strong> of New Orleans convent,<br />
which was the only original building still standing in the city after two<br />
devastating fires. The students said they were happy to put their time off to<br />
good use, helping those in need.<br />
Hodges: A Mission of Faith<br />
continued from page 9<br />
our hands or play with our hair or give us a hug. They were so warm and so embracing.<br />
They didn’t know us, or even where we came from. They just knew that we were there<br />
to play with them and that was enough. They took us by the hand and showed us<br />
around, pointing out favorite spots in the orphanage. One girl led my friend Anna to a<br />
statue of the Virgin Mary. The children’s attitude towards complete strangers reminded<br />
me of how God acts.<br />
Lastly, I saw God in the village of El Mezote. When we visited the town, it was a sobering<br />
experience. In 1981, only 30 years ago, the government went in to interrogate the village<br />
about the whereabouts of a rebel army. By all accounts, they were supposed to go in to interrogate the people and leave. But that’s not<br />
what happened. The government separated and killed the men, the women and children. At the end of the day, out of the 5,000 people<br />
in the village, just one woman named Rufina Amaya was left alive. When we heard the story, we all struggled to understand, but I don’t<br />
think any of us ever will. What really made me think of God that day was visiting the village and seeing people, houses and stores. When<br />
the government went in initially, they decimated the area. Things were burned, destroyed. But the people came back. They rebuilt their<br />
village and continued to live their lives. There was a memorial that listed the names of every man, woman and child who had died in the<br />
massacre. A plaque said something along the lines of, “They are not dead. They are with us.” It really touched me. That evening, we talked<br />
about how much strength it must have taken to come back to a place where something so awful had transpired.<br />
When I came home, I asked myself that same question: Where did I see God today? Some days I had the same answers. I saw God in the<br />
beautiful scenery around me; I saw God in the children. I saw God in the third world country I travelled to. But, He’s not just in desolate<br />
places such as El Salvador. He’s all around us, but the question is… are you looking?<br />
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<strong>Ursuline</strong> Hearts Unite: Making Strides<br />
continued from page 8<br />
this project and embraced each other,“ said Keaney, who<br />
joined the community for the walk. “They really care to make<br />
a difference in the lives of others, and I try to learn from them<br />
every day.”<br />
In March, <strong>Ursuline</strong> <strong>Academy</strong> was officially named the winner<br />
of the 2010 ACS Making Strides High School Challenge, with<br />
a grand total of $25,000 to contribute to the fight against<br />
breast cancer. Every student, parent, grandparent, alum, and<br />
friend of the school is a part of Team <strong>Ursuline</strong>, and we are<br />
proud to be pacesetters in the race for a cure.<br />
The true winners of the High School Challenge are those<br />
patients who may someday benefit from the research supported by funds raised at the Making Strides event. <strong>Ursuline</strong> is proud to partner<br />
with schools across the state to help those suffering with cancer, who are facing the biggest challenge of all.<br />
If you are interested in walking with us next year, or would like to make a donation on behalf of <strong>Ursuline</strong>, please contact communications@ursulineacademy.net.<br />
Doran: Coming Full Circle<br />
continued from page 11<br />
AIDS, a younger generation is left to cope.<br />
“The second week of my school placement, a student<br />
hanged herself on a tree outside of the school dormitory,”<br />
says Maureen, who was placed in the guidance office of a<br />
village school that serves over 1,700 students. With her<br />
husband just down the road at the District AIDS<br />
Coordinator’s Office, Maureen works one-on-one with<br />
the youngest victims of the disease.<br />
“I teach ‘Life Skills’ with hopes of helping kids make<br />
smart decisions; I organize clubs, support groups, library<br />
projects…anything that might foster young women’s self<br />
esteem and encourage teenagers to protect themselves,”<br />
says Maureen. In Botswana, the Peace Corps mission is to<br />
prevent the spread of HIV/ AIDS by challenging it from<br />
every angle, including mental health.<br />
Though the adjustment to a new culture took time,<br />
Maureen says that learning a new language and adjusting<br />
to a smaller diet are insignificant hardships compared to<br />
the harrowing struggles of Botswaninan youth. While she has the constant support of her Corps friends and family, tens-of-thousands of<br />
African children are facing an unbeatable war with grace and strength. “These kids have maturity and depth far beyond anything that I<br />
could have anticipated,” said Maureen, referring to one child who arrived in tears seeking help with her alcoholic father. “They have lost<br />
so many to HIV, yet somehow pull through and have an understanding beyond their years.”<br />
Though Maureen will ultimately return from Botswana, she says that the experience has allowed her to reflect on the true power of helping<br />
others, as she once learned as a student. While she is proud of her career as a mental health professional, she says that the influence of her<br />
<strong>Ursuline</strong> education is what ultimately inspired her to take a chance, a world away.<br />
“My life since <strong>Ursuline</strong> <strong>Academy</strong> has come full circle,” she wrote. “Being honored with receipt of the Serviam Award at graduation, I have<br />
been blessed to carry the spirit of service, and that of <strong>Ursuline</strong>, throughout my life and now throughout the world.”<br />
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Students from the village school are benefitting from Maureen’s guidance<br />
UA alums were ‘in the house’ at Rally for Ally, a February<br />
fundraiser to support Alexandra “Ally” Smith. Ally attended UA<br />
in 7th and 8th grade (class of 2006). She suffered a traumatic<br />
brain injury on December 28th in a car accident. As of April,<br />
she is continuing to undergo extensive therapy at Spaulding<br />
Rehabilitation Center in Boston.<br />
Pictured top (left to right) are Lisa Rubini ’79; Ally’s classmates<br />
Diana Gulew, Jill Greim, Susie Gushard, Caroline Saad, and<br />
Katie Douglas; and Robin Monahan Norberg ’79.<br />
Pictured bottom (left to right) are Judy Heron with Laura<br />
McCann Barrett ’02 and Alison McCann Sower, daughters of<br />
deceased faculty member Martha McCann. Tim McCann was<br />
also present.<br />
Other UA community members were also there, including<br />
committee member Yvette Grimm Shakespeare ’73, who<br />
decorated and created picture boards, and Julie Monahan<br />
Espinosa ’78 and Darin Monahan Brooks ’82. Alexandra’s family<br />
appreciates all of the prayers <strong>Ursuline</strong> is sending their way.<br />
Harrington: Service in Small Doses<br />
continued from page 10<br />
“<strong>Ursuline</strong> played a big part in helping me to realize that I want to be a<br />
nurse,” said Meghan, who wrote her college essay on a brave little patient<br />
she met while volunteering. Though her education prepared her for the<br />
rigors of a nursing school curriculum, it was the opportunity to reach out<br />
and help others that allowed her to recognize her passion before heading<br />
to college.<br />
“I think the service projects at <strong>Ursuline</strong> are what you make of them, and<br />
I really embraced it,” she said.<br />
Ryan Prendergast ’07 and Meghan<br />
Senior Service at Children’s Hospital, May 2007<br />
While studying at Northeastern, Meghan worked in the Neurology ICU<br />
at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, which she believes was the true test of her ability as a nurse.<br />
Many days, she was asked to care for patients after they had passed to facilitate the organ donation process. Though witnessing<br />
codes and accepting death were difficult trials for a twenty-year-old, Meghan says she survived by looking on the bright side.<br />
“The first time I had to take care of someone who passed was really hard, but the more experience I got with organ donations the more<br />
I realized how amazing the process is. I got a lot of experience with the harder situations in nursing early on, which was important,” she<br />
said.<br />
These days, Meghan can be found caring for infants on twelve hour shifts, three times a week. When she is not working long hours at the<br />
hospital, she is researching volunteer opportunities in less fortunate communities in the world. What started as a service project is now a<br />
journey for Meghan, who in just one year will be able to call herself a nurse. “I think there is a lot of compassion in this career, and that<br />
is something I picked up while volunteering,” she said. “If you are really dedicated, it’s an amazing job.”<br />
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Dana Weston and Katie Kenny<br />
Back on the Team!<br />
New AD is an old Friend<br />
Michael O’Connor P’03, ’08 has<br />
played many roles at <strong>Ursuline</strong><br />
<strong>Academy</strong> over the years.<br />
In 1983, he accepted a position as an<br />
athletic coach at a time when the<br />
program supported just one team<br />
per season. When he was not on the<br />
sidelines, Mike taught an accounting<br />
class to seniors.<br />
In 1986, Mike left UA to join the<br />
Boston Police <strong>Academy</strong>. While in the<br />
force, he served on <strong>Ursuline</strong>’s Board<br />
of Trustees and sent both of his<br />
daughters to his favorite little school<br />
on Lowder Street.<br />
After retiring from the police force,<br />
Mike returned to <strong>Ursuline</strong> <strong>Academy</strong><br />
in July of 2010 to reclaim his role as<br />
the Director of Athletics. We are<br />
happy to have him back on our team!<br />
Division I Calling<br />
Two UA seniors prepare to dive and dig<br />
into Division I college teams<br />
Ahead of its time in many ways, UA’s athletic program was up and running<br />
long before stipulations of Title IX slipped in to open doors for female<br />
athletes. Since <strong>Ursuline</strong>’s mission is to provide a well-rounded education for<br />
young women, a program was put in place shortly after the school opened,<br />
offering volleyball, basketball and softball to interested athletes.<br />
Over time, as the emphasis on health education for young people grew, so<br />
did the number of athletes representing the Bears. The <strong>Ursuline</strong> <strong>Academy</strong><br />
athletic program has significantly evolved over the last three decades into<br />
an increasingly competitive program featuring fourteen varsity teams.<br />
A well-organized athletic program in an academically renowned school often breeds a<br />
collection of outstanding and well-rounded athletes. In the past twenty years, we have<br />
recognized three students for scoring 1000 points on the basketball court, seen<br />
numerous young women honored by the MIAA for balancing sports and school, and<br />
have proudly cheered on a handful of athletic achievers as they embarked on careers as<br />
collegiate competitors.<br />
The Class of <strong>2011</strong> has many accomplished athletes, each of whom exhibited leadership<br />
and commitment as they moved up the ranks. For Katie Kenney and Dana Weston, the<br />
journey is only beginning, as they prepare to leave the Bears in June to join Division I<br />
collegiate programs next fall. Come September, all-scholastic athlete Katie Kenney of<br />
Dedham will dive head first into a career with the Boston University Terriers, as a<br />
member of the Women’s Swim Team. With a solid finish to her high school career last<br />
November—she finished first in all her races, she is looking forward to being a small fish<br />
in a bigger pond at BU.<br />
“I couldn’t be happier about my choice to commit to Boston University. It is a great fit<br />
for me,” she says. “The school has a very strong program for the area of study that I want<br />
to go into—physical therapy, and when I went on my recruiting trip I clicked<br />
immediately with the coaches and the team. I’m really looking forward to my next four<br />
years as a Terrier!”<br />
As for volleyball captain Dana, whose team wrapped up the season with an impressive<br />
13-4 record and chance at the tournament, a smaller pond with a winning team is worth<br />
the trip to Worcester.<br />
“I am so excited to continue my volleyball career at a school I absolutely love,” says<br />
Dana, who will join the College of the Holy Cross Crusaders in September. “Volleyball<br />
is my passion and I cannot wait to learn more about it and to evolve into a better player<br />
at a collegiate level.”<br />
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of<br />
Lutz Talent<br />
“My dad wanted me to be a hockey player,” says twelve-yearold<br />
Megan Wessenberg ’16, who recently achieved a 12th place<br />
finish at the U.S. National Junior Figure Skating Championships<br />
in Salt Lake City, Utah. “When I was little and saw the skaters on<br />
the ice with us, I knew that’s what I wanted to do.”<br />
Megan first hit the ice at age four and moved quickly up the ranks. When<br />
she is not perfecting her routine at Boxborough’s Colonial Skating Club,<br />
or increasing flexibility in dry-land training, she can be found challenging<br />
herself in local and national competitions. For Megan, the rink is a home<br />
away from home.<br />
“Megan is very dedicated to the sport,” says Felicia Wessenberg, who<br />
supports her daughter’s dedication to the time-consuming sport. “It is<br />
difficult to get her to take time off from skating because she loves it so<br />
much.”<br />
After securing a fourth place finish at the New England Regional<br />
Championships in October of 2010, Megan headed west to compete in the<br />
juvenile (u-13) division of the Junior Nationals, where she went toe to toe<br />
with the best young skaters in the country. Though the national<br />
competition was her biggest yet, Megan slid onto the ice confident that<br />
eight years of training would back her up.<br />
“You are always nervous before a competition, but I practiced a lot,” said<br />
Wessenberg, who glided along to Sarah Brightman’s mystical ballad<br />
“Harem” while the judges watched her complete an impressive three<br />
jump combination. According to Megan, the stakes of the competition<br />
did not change the way she felt while performing the routine: calm and<br />
ready.<br />
Megan, who lives in Medway with her family, entered <strong>Ursuline</strong> <strong>Academy</strong>’s<br />
seventh grade in September of 2010, less than a month before heading to<br />
Regionals. She says that balancing schoolwork and friends with an intense<br />
practice schedule is feasible, because figure skating is an equally important part<br />
of her life. “I practice two to three hours a day, six days a week, says Megan, who<br />
heads to the rink straight from school each day. “I usually just do my homework<br />
in the car.”<br />
In late January, Megan teamed up with former Boston Bruin great Ken Hodge<br />
to cut the ribbon at Faneuil Hall’s new ice skating rink. Megan was chosen for<br />
the gig by her coach, Debbie Leeming, in recognition of her accomplishment<br />
in Salt Lake. “That was really fun,” says Megan, who wore a turquoise skating<br />
outfit for the occasion.<br />
These days Megan is working hard to perfect her jumps, most notably the<br />
challenging triple lutz. Though her long-term goal of competing at Nationals<br />
is in sight, Megan says she is taking it one jump at a time. “There is always something<br />
more to work on. There is always a harder jump,” she said.<br />
When asked if she is already thinking about Olympic gold, she smiled. “Yes, everyone does.”<br />
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photo by Pat Bagley<br />
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photo by Dave Albeck<br />
Reaching New Heights “I absolutely love competing”<br />
Francesca Metcalf knows no bounds. “I guess you<br />
could say that I’m a professional rock climber,” said<br />
the soft-spoken seventeen-year-old, who is currently<br />
enjoying the last months of her high school career at<br />
<strong>Ursuline</strong> <strong>Academy</strong>. That is, when she is not dangling<br />
from the side of a rock wall.<br />
Francesca may be on the honor roll, but the rank she is most focused on improving<br />
these days is number 38, where she falls in a list of the best female rock climbers in the<br />
world. Yes, the world. While many teenagers spend their weekends hanging at the mall,<br />
Francesca prefers to spend her free time hanging from the brightly colored pegs of a<br />
rock wall.<br />
“I started climbing when I was five years old, and fell in love with it,” said Francesca,<br />
who started competing at age eight. Since her first ascent, she has been a regional,<br />
divisional, national and continental champion. Last year alone, she made USA proud<br />
with a 12th place finish at the IFSC Climbing World Cup in Vail, followed by a 16th<br />
place finish at the World Youth Championships in Scotland.<br />
“I absolutely love competing—I go to just about every competition I possibly can, no<br />
matter how small, just because I love the atmosphere that pushes me to push my<br />
boundaries,” she wrote on the website of her sponsor, Five Ten.<br />
When Francesca is not studying for a test or writing college essays, she can be found<br />
climbing the walls of her local gym four to five times a week. She is extremely skilled<br />
in bouldering, a style of climbing undertaken without a rope. Unlike traditional rock<br />
climbing, this style requires great balance and<br />
concentration, as the nature of the climb is typically<br />
short and tricky.<br />
“The shorter the walls, the more powerful the climb,”<br />
says Metcalf. Though her long days at the gym and<br />
intense travel circuit often interfere with her homework,<br />
she is determined to keep her grades as high as her<br />
climbing aspirations.<br />
“I’ve had a lot of late nights with homework, but that<br />
is a sacrifice I am willing to make. I wouldn’t have been<br />
able to come this far without the support of <strong>Ursuline</strong>,”<br />
she said, grateful that teachers recognize and support<br />
her unique talent.<br />
While Francesca’s travels have taken her to all corners of<br />
the globe, she most enjoyed her recent trip to Quito,<br />
Ecuador where she finished first in bouldering at the<br />
Pan-American Continental Championships. Though the<br />
win helped to secure a third place finish for Team USA,<br />
Francesca was modest about her accomplishment.<br />
“It was a shock to win, but it is always a huge motivator to do well,” she said, adding<br />
that international competitions are great places to connect with other young climbers.<br />
Even with new friendships formed on the road, Francesca says that it is the support of<br />
her family that keeps her confident. Amelia (19) and Olivia (15), Francesca’s sisters, are<br />
equally skilled athletes and have also made their<br />
presence known in the climbing world. Olivia<br />
placed 12th at the 2007 Junior World<br />
Championship, while Amelia finished 20th in<br />
her division at the World Youth Championships this past September. According to<br />
Francesca, her parents are their daughter’s greatest fans. “My parents have always been<br />
really supportive. They really love traveling with us,” she said.<br />
In just a few months, Francesca will make the bold climb from high school to college.<br />
Though she has not yet determined where she wants to matriculate, she plans to take<br />
her climbing shoes along. “There is a college series for climbing. If the college I choose<br />
doesn’t have a team, I want to start one. If they do have a team, I want to make it<br />
stronger,” she said.<br />
After an easy win at the <strong>2011</strong> Dark Horse Series Championship in early February,<br />
Francesca climbed her way to first place in the <strong>2011</strong> ABS 12 National Bouldering Youth<br />
Championships in Colorado. Though she dislocated her ankle during a nasty fall on her<br />
last climb, she received word at the hospital that she had won The North Face Young Gun<br />
Award for young athletes.<br />
“That was probably one of the best moments ever. I am so touched and proud that USA<br />
Climbing and The North Face think so highly of me...the satisfaction definitely<br />
overpowered the gloom, and the pain,” wrote Francesca, on her Five Ten blog.<br />
With an ankle brace secure inside her climbing shoes, Francesca is already back on the<br />
wall. Though she does not yet know where her<br />
climbing route will take her in the future, it<br />
appears that the sky is her only limit.<br />
“I can always get stronger. I just have to keep<br />
climbing,” she said.<br />
Division I Calling<br />
continued from page 16<br />
While some athletes pursue college-level<br />
careers and others are recruited, it is well<br />
known that coaches ultimately hope to attract<br />
dedicated athletes who will be able to stay<br />
above water academically as the season heats<br />
up. Holy Cross Volleyball Coach Marritt<br />
Cafarchia says that she asked Dana to join the<br />
team because of her great ability and academic<br />
promise.<br />
“I saw Dana play on a couple occasions this summer,” says Cafarchia. “She plays with<br />
passion and has fantastic athletic ability. Not only is Dana a great player, she is also a<br />
great student and more importantly a great person. Dana puts her heart into achieving what she wants. We look for players that have<br />
enthusiasm, drive and determination to succeed, like Dana.”<br />
No matter where their paths may lead, it is comforting to know that every UA athlete is a Bear for life.<br />
Soccer: Clean Play at UA<br />
In the fall of 2010, <strong>Ursuline</strong><br />
<strong>Academy</strong>'s Varsity Soccer Team<br />
received the MIAA Sportsmanship<br />
Award for their commendable<br />
attitude toward opposing teams<br />
and officials during the fall 2010<br />
season.<br />
The team was the only girls squad<br />
chosen from a multi-division pool<br />
of nominees, and athletic Director<br />
Mike O'Connor P’03, ’08 was<br />
happy to nominate the girls for<br />
the honor. "I think they only got<br />
one yellow card this season, and it<br />
was debatable," he said.<br />
According to the MIAA website,<br />
"the awards are presented to<br />
those teams who have<br />
demonstrated a sincere<br />
commitment to the highest ideals<br />
and objectives of sportsmanship<br />
during their season of play."<br />
photo by George Lucozzi, ASA Photographic<br />
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Valedictorian: Rose Bailey<br />
Salutatorian: Lauren Vozzella<br />
Commencement Speaker:<br />
Mary Beth Murphy Roche ’81<br />
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Serviam Award<br />
In <strong>Ursuline</strong> schools throughout the world,<br />
the Serviam Award is the most coveted<br />
honor. It seeks to reward outstanding<br />
traits of leadership in service, awareness<br />
of others, acceptance of responsibility and<br />
academic achievement. This year, the<br />
<strong>Ursuline</strong> Serviam Award was given to<br />
Alexis Schneider.<br />
Principal’s Award<br />
In recognition of her appreciation of the<br />
benefits of a Christian education, her<br />
leadership on behalf of her class and her<br />
willingness to serve others, the Principal’s<br />
Award was given to Rosie Henry.<br />
The Sister Mercedes Videira Medal<br />
Established in 2009, this special award is<br />
presented to the student who best<br />
embodies the qualities of an <strong>Ursuline</strong><br />
woman as modeled by Sister Mercedes<br />
herself: integrity, humility, generosity and<br />
concern for others, coupled with a deep<br />
love for the <strong>Academy</strong>. In 2010, this award<br />
was given to Stephanie Spadoni.<br />
Meet the Class of 2010<br />
Miss Danielle E. Allen<br />
Miss Kristina M. Angeles<br />
Miss Rose C. Bailey<br />
Miss Sarah E. Bielski<br />
Miss Brittaney E. Browne<br />
Miss Lauren E. Butler<br />
Miss Angela M. Cakridas<br />
Miss Nicole R. Caron<br />
Miss Jennifer M. Carrozza<br />
Miss Leighann E. Conlin<br />
Miss Gillian R. Daly<br />
Miss Kelly E. Dempsey<br />
Miss Liann J. Devereux<br />
Miss Alessandra A. Fagone<br />
Miss Kristin N. Feeley<br />
Miss Elizabeth Anne H. Gavin<br />
Miss Kelsey L. Grady<br />
Miss Sheila Griffin<br />
Miss Clare I. Gunshenan<br />
Miss Mary Kate Harrington<br />
Miss Rosemary L. Henry<br />
Miss Jennifer M. Hickey<br />
Miss Margaret M. Horgan<br />
Miss Victoria K. Howe<br />
Miss Amanda G. Jackson<br />
Miss Tessa H. E. Janus<br />
Miss Amanda L. Judge<br />
Miss Sarah M. Kane<br />
Miss Stephanie L. Kangas<br />
Miss Lauren E. Kelley<br />
Miss Myra A. Kenny<br />
Alexis Schneider and Stephanie Spadoni<br />
Miss Jennifer K. Kent<br />
Miss Catherine Levin<br />
Miss Rachel Lord<br />
Miss Alexandra I. Lowney<br />
Miss Anna K. McFadden<br />
Miss Kaitlin E. McGree<br />
Miss Kathleen J. McNally<br />
Miss Sarah E. Muccini<br />
Miss Olivia Munro<br />
Miss Nora Kate O’Brien<br />
Miss Mary A. O’Dwyer<br />
Miss Shannon M. O’Neill<br />
Miss Jamie A. O’Sullivan<br />
Miss Michaela C. Pastore<br />
Miss Allyson L. Penella<br />
Miss Sarah K. Peterson<br />
Miss Chloe M. Potash<br />
Miss Alexis M. Schneider<br />
Miss Stephanie R. Spadoni<br />
Miss Brinley E. Sullivan<br />
Miss Noelle K. Sullivan<br />
Miss Victoria M. Sullivan<br />
Miss Michelle K. Surette<br />
Miss Abigail R. Tarantino<br />
Miss Kathleen M. Thokar<br />
Miss Jennifer P. Tolland<br />
Miss Kelly M. Tyman<br />
Miss Lauren E. Vozzella<br />
Miss Lauren E. Vozzella<br />
Miss Margaret M. Warner<br />
Miss Caroline C. Wilber<br />
Miss Sara E. Wojda<br />
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A Fairy Tale<br />
Come True<br />
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Once upon a time,<br />
an <strong>Ursuline</strong> graduate named Jennifer Coliflores ’02<br />
became engaged to her handsome prince, Eric<br />
Rosenthal. The couple was so looking forward to<br />
saying their vows, but knew that they could not<br />
do so right away because Jen was being held hostage by the<br />
evil bar exam. Jen is not your average damsel in distress; in fact, she was doing<br />
quite well at Roger Williams University School of Law after graduating from Colby<br />
College in 2006. Alas, she was still faced with the task of planning a dream wedding while<br />
trapped in the dungeon of her law school library, studying from dawn to dusk.<br />
One day, just as Jen was about to crack open the books, her fairy godmother appeared and<br />
clicked on Rhode Island’s NBC 10 WJAR News. Suddenly, a commercial advertising the station’s Free Wedding Give-<br />
A-Way contest appeared in a flash. “How fun would it be to win a wedding,” she thought, and knew that the contest would be her<br />
only way to make a wedding happen as the bar loomed over her head. Jen filled out an application<br />
and told the little bird in her window to take it to WJAR. (Okay, she applied online.)<br />
Just as the leaves started to fall outside the library dungeon window, Jen received word that she and<br />
Prince Eric made it to the second round of the contest! In lieu of relying on a glass slipper to<br />
determine the winner, the station asked contestants to create a one-minute video explaining to<br />
viewers why they deserved to win a dream wedding. As fast as you can say Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo,<br />
the couple transformed themselves to look like iconic NBC 10 anchors Frank Coletta and Patrice<br />
Wood, and did a faux report about the wedding which aired during a broadcast. “We were<br />
prepared to stand out as much as we could. We sent the link out to everyone we knew, and asked<br />
them to vote,” said Jen. A week later, cameras caught the reaction of the couple, their friends<br />
and family when they found out that they had won a $40,000 wedding.<br />
With just ten weeks ‘til “I do,” it would seem that Jen and Eric would feel the pressure.<br />
However, winning the grand prize also meant that they had the luxury of watching the nuptials<br />
come together as if by magic. The ceremony would be officiated by daytime-tv star Judge<br />
Frank Caprio, the reception was booked at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Warwick, RI. The<br />
wedding music, photographer, videographer, attire for both the bride and the groom, rings,<br />
invitations, honeymoon, hair, makeup, rehearsal dinner, and guest favors would all be decided<br />
on by NBC 10 viewers. “Under normal circumstances, I would be your everyday ‘bridezilla,’<br />
but having the viewers decide actually made the process more enjoyable, so I didn’t worry<br />
about the little things,” said Jen. To make the ceremony unique, the couple made sure that their Phillipino and Jewish<br />
cultures were both represented. “It was the best of both worlds.”<br />
The Rosenthal nuptial aired February 15, 2010 on NBC 10, featuring Jen’s family, friends and even a few <strong>Ursuline</strong> pals.<br />
With the wedding of her dreams behind her and Prince Eric by her side, Jen will continue to pursue her dream of defeating<br />
the evil bar exam and starting her life as a lawyer. Perhaps if she keeps on believing, the dreams that she wishes will come true.<br />
<strong>Ursuline</strong> alums in attendance were: Jessica Coliflores ’04 (Maid of Honor), Katie Flaherty Florek ’02 (Bridesmaid), Carolyn Bradley,<br />
Noelle Rushton Wilson ’02, Sarah Rotiroti ’02, Patty Walsh ’02, Kate Foley ’02, Kayleigh McDonald ’07, Emily McDonald ’11<br />
The End.<br />
Weddings<br />
Audra Boden ’00 married Stephen Kenny last October in Vermont, during<br />
peak foliage at the Inn at the Round Barn Farm. The couple met<br />
while studying at the University of Vermont. In attendance were Audra’s<br />
best friends and fellow Class of 2000 graduates: Molly Reedy Kling,<br />
Caitlain McCarthy Hutto, Molly Wheeler, Katie O’Leary Collins and<br />
Andrea Farwell. Class of 2005 graduate MaryBeth O’Leary was also in<br />
attendance.<br />
Pamela Barros ’01 married Michael Murphy on July 18, 2009, in the<br />
presence of many close <strong>Ursuline</strong> Friends! Pictured below, left to right,<br />
are: Meghan McSheffrey ’01, Bridesmaid Kerry Tubridy ’01, Pamela<br />
Barros Murphy ’01, Maid of Honor Kimberly Barros Boucher ’95, Kristen<br />
Leary ’01 and Susan Forshner ’01.<br />
Bridget Quinn Cobb ’02<br />
and Megan Quinn ’09<br />
Kathleen Giordano ’02 married Josh Holtz on the<br />
shore of Lake Pearl in August of 2010. Pictured at<br />
right is Kathleen the bride, with classmate Mary<br />
Long ’02—her bridesmaid and future sister-inlaw.<br />
Their mothers are Sheila Schaeffer Giordano<br />
’72 (left) and Elizabeth Devlin ’72 (right). Four<br />
<strong>Ursuline</strong> Alumnae are now one big happy family!<br />
Bridget Quinn ’02 married Andrew Cobb in June, 2009.<br />
Megan Quinn ’09 was Maid of Honor.<br />
Jillian Tuleja ’02 married Xaverian Brothers High School<br />
graduate Andrew Joseph on September 12, 2009. Jillian<br />
is currently pursuing her goal to become a Physician’s<br />
Assistant!<br />
Caitlin O'Connor ’03 was married to James Thibeault on<br />
September 24, 2010.<br />
Audra Boden Kenny goes from plaid to fab<br />
with classmates Molly Reedy Kling, and<br />
Caitlain McCarthy Hutto (left), and<br />
Molly Wheeler, Katie O’Leary Collins<br />
and Andrea Farwell (right).<br />
Jillian Tuleja Joseph ’02<br />
and Andrew Joseph<br />
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In Memoriam<br />
Attention UA<br />
Alumnae: We want<br />
to hear from you!<br />
Wouldn’t it be great to know<br />
what your former classmates<br />
are up to? Well, they want to<br />
hear all about you too!<br />
Collegiate achievement?<br />
Exciting career change or<br />
promotion? Wedding or birth<br />
announcement? We would love<br />
to hear from you and share<br />
your news in an upcoming<br />
edition of Serviam Magazine.<br />
Email our<br />
Director of Alumnae Relations:<br />
alumnae@ursulineacademy.net<br />
Log in to the<br />
UA Alumnae Portal.<br />
For more information,<br />
see the back cover.<br />
We offer our condolences to all members<br />
of our <strong>Ursuline</strong> Community who have<br />
lost a loved one since last published in<br />
Serviam Magazine Fall 2009. We do our<br />
best to acknowledge everyone, however,<br />
if we have missed your loved one, our<br />
sincerest apologies.<br />
Cassandra Hickey ’54, dear sister of Raymonda<br />
Hickey ’58, February 8, 2009.<br />
Timothy John Dunn Lane, June 23,<br />
2009, loving father of Jennifer Lane<br />
Klein ’78, Amelia Lane Messina ’80,<br />
Sarah Lane Smith ’83, Catherine Lane<br />
Ariola ’90, Marjorie Lane ’96 and dear<br />
grandfather of Kendyll Messina ’06.<br />
John “Jack” Cribari, dear grandfather of<br />
Alessandra Fagone ’10 and Marina<br />
Fagone ’13, September 26, 2009.<br />
Margaret Moore, beloved mother of<br />
Mary Moore Welch ’70, October 10,<br />
2009.<br />
James George Strickland, loving father of<br />
Trish Strickland ’77, October 13, 2009.<br />
Mary Duffy, November 9, 2010, dear<br />
grandmother of Colleen Duffy ’11 and<br />
Caitlyn Duffy ’16 and mother-in-law of<br />
Terri Murphy Duffy ’81.<br />
Dr. Halim G. Habib, November 10,<br />
2009, dear father of Judy Habib ’71,<br />
Jacqueline Habib Gonzalez ’73 and<br />
Susan Habib Piccione ’76.<br />
Robert M. Capuano, Xaverian alumni<br />
and loving husband of Jeanine Muse ’72,<br />
suddenly on November 14, 2009.<br />
Sister Joanne Nee, SSND, a beloved faculty<br />
member, on December 12, 2009.<br />
Thomas M. Hand, January 8, 2010, loving<br />
father of Deirdre Hand Rourke ’96.<br />
Ernest J. Handy Sr., January 8, 2010,<br />
cherished grandfather of Grace Handy<br />
’09 and father of the late Mary-<br />
Bernadette Handy ’76.<br />
Esther G. DePasquale, January 19, 2010,<br />
beloved mother of John DePasquale, <strong>Ursuline</strong><br />
basketball coach.<br />
Anita M. (Ludvigsen) Clarke, alumna of the<br />
Class of 1981, suddenly January 19, 2010.<br />
Peter M. Flinn, 1973 alumni Catholic Memorial,<br />
devoted father of Erica Wilson ’11,<br />
January 28, 2010.<br />
Gerard P. “Jerry” Doak, January 26, 2010,<br />
beloved father of Kelley Doak Lynch ’79 and<br />
Kimberly Doak Green ’81.<br />
Brendan G. Burke, Xaverian ’06, beloved<br />
brother of Katie A. Burke ’99, February 5,<br />
2010.<br />
Martin F. Mayer, February 11, 2010, loving<br />
father of Michael Mayer, faculty member.<br />
Leo J. Buckley, February 12, 2010, devoted<br />
dad of Terry Buckley ’79.<br />
John E. Howard Jr., March 13, 2010, cherished<br />
grandfather of Patrice Howard ’04,<br />
Catherine Howard ’08 and Bernadette<br />
Howard ’12; and father-in-law of Beth Mc-<br />
Manus Howard ’76.<br />
Daniel Michael Patrick Foley, March 15,<br />
2010, beloved father of Patti Foley Cummins<br />
’77, Kathleen Foley Graham ’85 and<br />
loving uncle of Kristin Burke ’81 and Mary<br />
Lou Afonso ’82.<br />
John G. Kenney, March 17, 2010, devoted<br />
father of Joan Kenney Sweeney ’76, Elizabeth<br />
(Betty Ann) Kenney Wakely ’82, and<br />
Mary Kenney Monagle ’83.<br />
Faculty member Lynn Petti’s mother,<br />
Thelma Rubin, passed away March, 2010.<br />
Ellen Hinchey, April 11, 2010, loving<br />
mother of Jennifer Hinchey ’96.<br />
Joseph Francis Howard, April 17, 2010,<br />
uncle of Patrice Howard ’04, Catherine<br />
Howard ’08 and Bernadette Howard ’12.<br />
Catherine Leahy, April 23, 2010, beloved<br />
mother of faculty member Ellen Lytle and<br />
grandmother of Rachael Lytle ’00.<br />
Noreen M. McCarthy, cherished mother of<br />
faculty member Maura McCarthy Polles<br />
’86 on May 7, 2010.<br />
Randall Erk, cherished dad of Ali Erk ’15,<br />
on May 18, 2010.<br />
Kathleen Harlow, June 17, 2010, loving<br />
mother of Elizabeth Harlow ’08.<br />
Anne B. Horgan, dear mother of Fred Horgan,<br />
UA Business Manager, and cherished<br />
grandmother of Elizabeth Horgan ’07 and<br />
Meg Horgan ’10, on June 25, 2010.<br />
Elizabeth V. Claus, July 2, 2010, beloved<br />
mother of Elizabeth “Liz” Claus ’77.<br />
Kenneth D. McGonagle Jr., July 3, 2010;<br />
he was the adoring brother of Dawn McGonagle<br />
’88.<br />
Catherine M. Tully, beloved mother of<br />
Carol Tully McSherry ’77 and Diane Tully<br />
’80, on July 6, 2010.<br />
Margaret L. MacKenzie Dunn, cherished<br />
grandmother of Sara MacKenzie ’08, July<br />
6, 2010.<br />
Elizabeth Ann Kenney, loving mother of<br />
Joan Kenney Sweeney ’76, Elizabeth (Betty<br />
Ann) Kenney Wakely ’81 and Mary Kenney<br />
Monagle ’83, August 11, 2010.<br />
On August 24, 2010, Ralph Viscariello<br />
passed away; he was the loving father of<br />
Gina Viscariello ’07.<br />
William A. Lovely, dear father of Mary E.<br />
Lovely ’85, September 1, 2010.<br />
Francis McGillivray, adoring grandfather of<br />
Kathryn McGillivray ’16, September 18,<br />
2010.<br />
Eamon Christopher O’Holleran, cherished<br />
infant son of Eileen Whyte O’Holleran ’87,<br />
September 2010.<br />
Marie-Elena F. (Cacchetti) Carrier ’65 on<br />
October 4, 2010.<br />
Owen Charles Lynch, the much adored<br />
three-year-old brother of Casey Lynch ’14.<br />
Joel C. Priestley, beloved husband of Margaret<br />
Campbell Priestley ’78, suddenly November<br />
1, 2010.<br />
Kathleen A. Murphy, the loving mother of<br />
Abigail Murphy ’14 and Kaylene Murphy<br />
’14 died at age 50 from breast cancer.<br />
John S. Allison Jr., dear grandfather of Jillian<br />
Lawler ’11 and Shannon Lawler ’15,<br />
November 6, 2010.<br />
Patrick Connolly, beloved father of Anne-<br />
Marie Connolly Wilson ’85, November 11,<br />
2010.<br />
The cherished mother of Kate Nolan<br />
Levesque ’77, Helen M. Nolan, passed on<br />
November 14, 2010.<br />
Timothy J. Sullivan, loving father of Maureen<br />
Sullivan Huddleston ’81, passed December<br />
2, 2010.<br />
Robert P. Reney, December 12, 2010, dear<br />
brother of Sr. Barbara Reney C.S.J., faculty<br />
member.<br />
Allyson Penella ’10, her grandmother Margaret<br />
Penella passed away December 14,<br />
2010.<br />
Mary Angela Fay, sister of Joan Fay Olah<br />
’79, suddenly December 11, 2010.<br />
Paula Clair Fitzsimmons ’50, passed away<br />
December 15, 2010.<br />
Maureen Courtney McGaffigan ’60, lost her<br />
beloved sister, Denise Rossi on December<br />
19, 2010.<br />
Catherine Estelle Bent, devoted grandmother<br />
of Kathryn Bent ’05, Amanda Bent<br />
’08 and Sarah Bent ’13, passed away on December<br />
20, 2010.<br />
Robert J. Byrne, loving Papa to Dana ’11<br />
and Jenny Weston ’16, passed away on January<br />
4, <strong>2011</strong>.<br />
Doris M. McAnulty, loving mother of Katie<br />
McAnulty Hegarty ’97 and Erin McAnulty<br />
’99, passed away on January 5, <strong>2011</strong>.<br />
Mary McDonough, cherished grandmother<br />
of Mikaela McDonough ’12, passed away on<br />
January 8, <strong>2011</strong>.<br />
Cathleen Ball Foster-Smith ’74, sister of<br />
Susan Ball Concannon ’79, passed away on<br />
January 10, <strong>2011</strong>, .<br />
The beloved mother of Sandra Frezza ’81,<br />
Philomena Fezza, passed away on January<br />
23, <strong>2011</strong>.<br />
Ronald J. Pacheco, beloved husband of<br />
Carol Kelley Pacheco ’66 and the devoted<br />
father of Amy Pacheco ’96 and Kelly<br />
Pacheco Davis passed away on February 4,<br />
<strong>2011</strong>.<br />
Robert Harrington, Catholic Memorial ’91<br />
and loving brother of Lisa Harrington ’86,<br />
passed away on February 12, <strong>2011</strong>.<br />
On February 18, <strong>2011</strong>, Kevin Morrissey,<br />
the loving father of Bridgette Morrissey ’96<br />
and Melissa Morrissey Kelly ’98, passed<br />
away.<br />
Kenneth J. Clark passed away on February<br />
25, <strong>2011</strong>. He was the loving grandfather of<br />
Kelly Clark ’02 and Kristina Clark ’06.<br />
The loving mother of Alexandra Sulu ’02,<br />
Linda Sulu, passed away on March 1, <strong>2011</strong>.<br />
Ralph E. Morgan Sr., dear grandfather of<br />
Anna Dolan ’11, passed away on March 4,<br />
<strong>2011</strong>.<br />
Vincent A. DiIorio Sr., beloved father of<br />
Elinor DiIorio Gallahue ’81 and dear<br />
grandfather of Colleen Gallahue ’07 passed<br />
away on March 5, <strong>2011</strong>.<br />
Karen Bryla Bruck ’65 <strong>Ursuline</strong> <strong>Academy</strong><br />
<strong>Spring</strong>field, passed away on March 5, <strong>2011</strong>.<br />
Patricia M. Tyrrell, loving sister of Mary<br />
Tyrrell Coughlin ’81 passed away on March<br />
9, <strong>2011</strong>.<br />
On March 10, <strong>2011</strong>, Eileen Mann, grandmother<br />
of Rebecca Thorn ’12 and mother<br />
of Kathy Thorn, Administrative Assistant<br />
to the Principal, passed away.<br />
Rita Bourque, dear grandmother of Susan<br />
Bourque ’07 passed away on March 13,<br />
<strong>2011</strong>.<br />
Christopher R. Donlon, devoted twin<br />
brother of Marissa Donlon ’12, March 16,<br />
<strong>2011</strong>.<br />
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