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<strong>Heart</strong> Matter<br />

of<br />

the<br />

SACRED HEART SCHOOLS ATHERTON ALUMNI MAGAZINE SUMMER <strong>2007</strong><br />

Home for<br />

Graduation<br />

At the Alumni Pinning<br />

Ceremony, Christopher<br />

Wood (SHP ‘04) welcomes<br />

Hannah Adams (SHP<br />

‘07) into the Alumni<br />

Association<br />

PLUS...<br />

• Will DeLong (SHP ‘05)<br />

• Nicole Norton (SJSH ‘93, SHP ‘97)<br />

• Drue Kataoka (SHP ‘96)<br />

• Cristina Echevarria Moustirats (SHP ‘90)<br />

• Eric Lochtefeld (SHP ‘85)<br />

• Janet Mainini Manger (SHP ‘69)<br />

• Cara Black (SHE ‘65)<br />

• Marcie Eason Amory (SHP ‘52)<br />

• Don Manley (SJSH ‘47)


State of the <strong>Heart</strong><br />

Dear Alumni and Friends,<br />

I need to start my letter by thanking my predecessor, Dr.<br />

Joseph J. Ciancaglini, for his tireless efforts on behalf of the<br />

<strong>Schools</strong> over the past seven years. We have benefited enormously<br />

from his leadership, and the <strong>Schools</strong> are even stronger<br />

today in their commitment to educate the whole child. I<br />

am delighted that Joe is continuing his service in the <strong>Sacred</strong><br />

<strong>Heart</strong> Network as Head of the <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong> School in New<br />

York City (“91st Street”).<br />

Joe has been instrumental in the growth and success of the <strong>Schools</strong>, and I look forward<br />

to continuing that momentum. Our students continually demonstrate such tremendous<br />

excellence in academics, spirituality, service, and athletics. One only need<br />

stroll through the halls of SHP to find art students working on a ground-breaking<br />

exhibit on issues of immigration, science students creating their own robots, trivia<br />

masters preparing for their Quiz Kids matches, and the boys tennis team winning a<br />

national tournament. At SJSH, our middle school jazz band has been using their talents<br />

to spread joy in the community, while sixth-grade Spanish students have been<br />

studying murals in San Francisco’s Mission District and third graders have been<br />

exploring nature. Our preschoolers and kindergarteners have all made tremendous<br />

progress in their studies this year, learning about world cultures and becoming great<br />

artists and cooks.<br />

We ended our school year by welcoming 170 new graduates into our SHS Alumni<br />

Association — a truly outstanding class of 113 seniors from SHP, and 57 remarkable<br />

eighth graders from SJSH. These new alumni will join the ranks of thousands<br />

of children of the <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong> who have gone on to share their values throughout<br />

the world. Take, for example, the community service efforts of Nicole Norton<br />

(SJSH ‘93, SHP ‘97) and Dr. Don Manley (SJSH ‘47), the sacrifices of dedicated<br />

parent Cristina Echevarria Moustirats (SHP ‘90), the artistic endeavors of Drue<br />

Kataoka (SHP ‘96), and the educational ministry of Sr. Kathleen Dolan (SH Greenwich<br />

‘56).<br />

And it’s not just alumni who exemplify our <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong> goals and criteria. In this<br />

issue of <strong>Heart</strong> of the Matter, we take a look at other members of our community<br />

— including parents, teachers, and administrators — who make our <strong>Schools</strong> vibrant<br />

through their daily efforts.<br />

I count myself blessed to have the opportunity to serve as the next Director of<br />

<strong>Schools</strong> and to watch as our students grow in their spirituality, their intellect, their<br />

character, their activities, and their wise freedom. I extend my deep gratitude to all<br />

of you for your friendship and support to the <strong>Schools</strong>.<br />

Sincerely,<br />

Richard A. Dioli<br />

Director of <strong>Schools</strong><br />

RICHARD A. DIOLI<br />

Director of <strong>Schools</strong><br />

M’LIS BERRY (SJSH‘77, SHP‘81)<br />

Director of Development<br />

HOLLY GOODLIFFE<br />

Communications Coordinator<br />

WENDI MANGIANTINI (SHP‘80)<br />

Alumni Relations Coordinator<br />

TRUSTEES<br />

Mindy Rogers, Chair<br />

Mona Bailey; Kay Baxter, RSCJ; Maude<br />

Brezinski; Roberta Campbell; Mike<br />

Child; John Cogan; Sr. Barbara Dawson;<br />

John Etchemendy; Sally Furay, RSCJ;<br />

Ann Barry Giurlani (SHP ‘62); Marritje<br />

Greene; Tim Haley ; Fredric Harman;<br />

Anne Holloway (SH Newton ‘73); Mike<br />

Homer; Ron Johnson; Stephanie Lane;<br />

Mark Larwood; Manny Maceda; Steve<br />

Meisel; William H. Muller, SJ; Kenneth<br />

Olivier; Steve Rudolph; Sue Sutherland;<br />

Michael Wishart. Trustee Emeriti -<br />

Robert Glockner; John Hunter<br />

We welcome your comments, questions,<br />

or suggestions. Please contact<br />

Holly Goodliffe, Communications<br />

Coordinator, at 650-473-4004 or<br />

hgoodliffe@shschools.org.<br />

<strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong> <strong>Schools</strong> Atherton are<br />

Roman Catholic, independent schools<br />

founded by the Society of the <strong>Sacred</strong><br />

<strong>Heart</strong> of Jesus (RSCJ) in 1898. Our<br />

mission is to educate the whole child<br />

to be a leader who loves God and<br />

serves others.<br />

The <strong>Heart</strong> of the Matter magazine<br />

is published bi-annually, in February<br />

and July, by the SHS Development<br />

Department. Postmaster please send<br />

address changes to Development Department,<br />

<strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong> <strong>Schools</strong>, 150<br />

Valparaiso Ave., Atherton, CA 94027.<br />

The diverse opinions expressed in<br />

<strong>Heart</strong> of the Matter do not necessarily<br />

represent the official policy of <strong>Sacred</strong><br />

<strong>Heart</strong> <strong>Schools</strong> Atherton.


8<br />

Contents<br />

10<br />

<strong>Heart</strong> Matter<br />

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SACRED HEART SCHOOLS ATHERTON ALUMNI MAGAZINE SUMMER <strong>2007</strong><br />

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2<br />

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27<br />

32<br />

Home for Graduation<br />

Over 200 alums returned to campus to participate in Mass, Honors<br />

Convocation, the Pinning Ceremony, and Commencement Exercises<br />

My Favorite Part of the Day<br />

We asked 9 members of our <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong> community to give us a glimpse<br />

into their daily routines.<br />

12<br />

14<br />

16<br />

18<br />

20<br />

22<br />

24<br />

Nicole Norton<br />

SJSH ‘93, SHP ‘97, SHS Alumni Board Member<br />

Kathleen Dolan, RSCJ<br />

SH Greenwich ‘56, SJSH Religion Teacher & Campus Minister<br />

Dr. Don Manley<br />

SJSH ‘47<br />

Dr. Eileen Donahoe<br />

SJSH & SHP Parent<br />

Cristina Echevarria Moustirats<br />

SHP ‘90<br />

Ken Thompson<br />

SHP Academic Dean<br />

Drue Kataoka<br />

SHP ‘96<br />

<strong>Heart</strong> of the Campus<br />

Sports Beat<br />

Alumni Events<br />

Class Notes<br />

In Memoriam<br />

The <strong>Heart</strong> of the Matter 1


<strong>Heart</strong> of the Campus<br />

$1 Million Raised for the<br />

new Joseph J. Ciancaglini<br />

Endowed Scholarship Fund<br />

We extend our deep gratitude to our<br />

amazing donors,who proved to be<br />

incredibly ‘true to their school’ as they<br />

planned and implemented a special fundraiser<br />

concert, featuring the one and only<br />

Beach Boys. Over 350 guests enjoyed this<br />

once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, including<br />

an elegant dinner on Conway Court,<br />

a concert in The Campbell Center for the<br />

Performing Arts, and a reception for the<br />

performers and guests in the Black Box.<br />

The event’s proceeds, totalling over one<br />

million dollars, were used to establish the<br />

Joseph J. Ciancaglini Endowed Scholarship<br />

Fund for financial aid. This fund will<br />

generate the equivalent of one student’s<br />

tuition each year, and the fund will also continually grow so that the income<br />

stream will grow in perpetuity. As with all SHS endowed scholarship funds,<br />

additional financial contributions the the Joseph J. Ciancaglini Fund are<br />

welcome at any time.<br />

BEACH BOY Mike Love performs in The Campbell Center (above)<br />

SPECIAL GUESTS Steve Seabolt, Beth Seabolt, Mike Child, Dawn<br />

Refioglu, and Ilhan Refioglu meet Mike Love after the show (below)<br />

Jazz Band<br />

Performs at Head<br />

Start Preschool<br />

In April, the SJSH Jazz Band, led by Ms. Jamie<br />

Craddock, took their show on the road and performed<br />

at the Head Start Preschool. The students had<br />

visited this school before on Helping <strong>Heart</strong>s service<br />

days.<br />

Ms. Craddock started off the concert by introducing<br />

the name of each instrument while the band members<br />

demonstrated the instruments’ sounds. The preschool<br />

children greatly enjoyed the entire concert.<br />

JAZZ BAND MEMBERS perform on the Head<br />

Start School playground<br />

13 SHP Students Honored by<br />

National Merit Program<br />

NATIONAL MERIT<br />

HONORS were<br />

awarded to (front:)<br />

Chelsea Evans, Audrey<br />

Chau, Cristiana<br />

Valinoti, Hannah<br />

Doyle, Larisse Ortiz-<br />

Luis, (back:) William<br />

Derwin, Kramer<br />

Straube, Adam Davison,<br />

Patrick Murphy,<br />

Megan Maurano, and<br />

Maura (Jayne) De-<br />

Battista. Not pictured:<br />

William (Billy) Rowan<br />

and John Strohm<br />

This year the National<br />

Merit Program<br />

honored 13 SHP seniors.<br />

Our three National Merit<br />

Scholar Finalists were<br />

Maura (Jayne) DeBattista,<br />

William (Billy)<br />

Rowan, and Cristiana<br />

Valinoti.<br />

Our ten National Merit<br />

Commended Scholars<br />

were Audrey Chau,<br />

Adam Davison, William<br />

Derwin, Hannah Doyle,<br />

Chelsea Evans, Megan<br />

Maurano, Patrick Murphy,<br />

Larisse Ortiz-Luis,<br />

Kramer Straube, and<br />

John Strohm.<br />

2 <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2007</strong>


New Trustees<br />

In June, the SHS Atherton Board of Trustees<br />

elected Mona Bailey, John Cogan, Barbara<br />

Dawson, Tim Haley, Ron Johnson, Stephanie<br />

Lane, and Sue Sutherland as new members.<br />

Mona Bailey, former Head of Forest Ridge<br />

School of the <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong> (in Seattle), is a<br />

Senior Associate with the Institute for Educational<br />

Inquiry in Seattle. Additionally, Mona<br />

is an independent consultant in the field of<br />

education. She received her BS from Florida<br />

A&M University in Chemistry, her MS in Science<br />

Education from Oregon State University,<br />

and her PhD in Educational Administration<br />

from the University of Washington.<br />

John Cogan, father of six SJSH alumni and<br />

two SHP alumni, is a Senior Fellow at The<br />

Hoover Institute at Stanford University. He<br />

received his AB and PhD in Economics from<br />

UCLA.<br />

Barbara Dawson, RSCJ, is President of<br />

St. Martin de Porres School in Oakland. She<br />

received her BA and Secondary Teaching<br />

Credential from Lone Mountain College, her<br />

JD from USF, and her MA in Comparative<br />

International Education from Stanford.<br />

Tim Haley, father of two SJSH students, is a<br />

Founding Partner of Redpoint Ventures. He received<br />

his BA in Philosophy from Santa Clara<br />

University.<br />

Ron Johnson, father of one SJSH alumna<br />

and one SJSH student, is a Senior Vice<br />

President at Apple, Inc. He received his BA<br />

in Economics from Stanford and received his<br />

MBA from Harvard Business School.<br />

Stephanie Lane, mother of two SJSH students,<br />

serves on the Executive Board of the<br />

California American Cancer Society, and previously<br />

was Director of Customer Relations and<br />

Global Events at Oracle Corporation. She is<br />

pursuing her BA from West Virginia University<br />

in two fields: Professional Writing & Editing<br />

and Child Development & Family Studies.<br />

Susanne (Sue) Sutherland, mother of two<br />

SHP alumni, spent the majority of her professional<br />

career in human resources at Silicon<br />

Graphics and later doing independent consulting.<br />

She has also chaired the SHP Fashion<br />

show, worked on the SHS Strategic Plan, and<br />

chaired the search for the new principal at<br />

SHP. She received her BA in English from UC<br />

Berkeley.<br />

Rookie Robotics<br />

Team Makes Finals<br />

This year SHP fielded its first-ever Robotics Team, which<br />

competed in the Silicon Valley Regional Robotics Competition<br />

in March. The competition is hosted by an organization called<br />

FIRST, which strives to inspire students in the fields of science<br />

and technology. Over the course of three days, the 48 participating<br />

teams (from as far away as Alaska, Hawaii, Texas, Minnesota, and<br />

Massachusetts) competed in fast-paced, radio-controlled matches<br />

of a game called “Rack and Roll.”<br />

This competition followed six weeks of non-stop strategizing,<br />

designing, building, programming, and testing by the 13 students<br />

on the SHP Robotics Team. Their final creation, “RADbot” (named<br />

in honor of then-Principal Richard A. Dioli), did an amazing job in<br />

the competition, finishing in 11th place (out of 48 teams) and winning<br />

the Highest Scoring Rookie Team award.<br />

This amazing academic opportunity came to our students<br />

thanks to the support of several generous donors and parent volunteers,<br />

in addition to the mentoring of SHP Physics teacher Guy<br />

Letteer and SHS IT Director Tom Wildman.<br />

OUR ROBOT IN ACTION: Top, teammates await the start of<br />

a match with RADbot (the front robot, labeled 2144) from the<br />

other side of the glass wall. TEAM 2144: Directly above<br />

JOINING THE BOARD: Top to bottom, Mona<br />

Bailey, John Cogan, Sr. Barbara Dawson,<br />

Tim Haley, Ron Johnson, Stephanie Lane,<br />

and Sue Sutherland<br />

The <strong>Heart</strong> of the Matter 3


<strong>Heart</strong> of the Campus<br />

A Fond<br />

Farewell<br />

On June 3rd, the SHS community gathered<br />

to bid farewell to Dr. Joseph J.<br />

Ciancaglini and Ms. Karen Eshoo (SJSH ‘83,<br />

SHP ‘87), and wish them well in their new<br />

adventures.<br />

After seven years of dedicated service as<br />

Director of <strong>Schools</strong>, Joe has moved to New<br />

York City to serve as Head of the <strong>Sacred</strong><br />

<strong>Heart</strong> School at 91st Street. This opportunity<br />

is a unique fit with Joe’s desire to return to the<br />

east coast to be closer to friends and family,<br />

stay within the <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong> Network, and<br />

live in a major city.<br />

During Joe’s tenure, academics have grown<br />

stronger than ever. Our sports teams have<br />

enjoyed remarkable seasons. The fine and<br />

performing arts have reached new heights of<br />

excellence. Our seniors continue to be admitted<br />

into colleges that best fit their needs. The<br />

Oakwood community has grown in number<br />

and in its involvement with the life of the<br />

school. Our campus continues to be beautiful.<br />

Our physical plant has grown to support the<br />

many activities that take place here. We have<br />

been blessed with professional, caring and<br />

gifted teachers and staff. Our relationships<br />

with our neighbors, the Town of Atherton,<br />

and the Archdiocese of San Francisco have<br />

grown even more strong, positive, and mutually<br />

supportive. Our endowment has grown<br />

significantly and the financial position of the<br />

school is strong.<br />

Karen has been a part of the SHS community<br />

for 27 years— 15 years as a student from preschool through 12th grade,<br />

5 years as a teacher at <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong> Prep, and 7 years in administration at St.<br />

Joseph’s School of the <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong>. Most recently, she has served as SJSH Principal<br />

for grades 1-8. During her tenure at SJSH, the faculty and students have grown<br />

stronger than ever. She leaves the school ready for further growth and success in<br />

academics, athletics, fine arts, spirituality, and community.<br />

Karen has transitioned<br />

into the role<br />

of Assistant Head of<br />

School at Lick-Wilmerding<br />

High School in<br />

San Francisco. This is<br />

an opportunity for her<br />

to continue her work in<br />

administration, but to<br />

do so at the high school<br />

level and in an urban<br />

setting.<br />

San Francisco Murals<br />

To learn more about Latino<br />

art, SJSH and SHP<br />

Spanish classes recently<br />

journeyed to San Francisco<br />

to view various murals.<br />

The SJSH sixth graders, led<br />

by Spanish teachers Ms.<br />

Alison Trujillo and Ms.<br />

Isolina Martinez, explored<br />

the Mission District, taking<br />

a guided bilingual tour<br />

of Balmy Alley, located<br />

near 24th Street. They saw<br />

dozens of beautiful murals,<br />

including La Virgen, I Give You a Song, and Native Struggle.<br />

At the high school, after studying the art of Diego Rivera in class, Ms. Pati Galvin’s<br />

and Mrs. Maggie Mera’s SHP Spanish 4 classes went to San Francisco to see three of<br />

his murals, located at The City Club of SF, the SF Art Institute, and City College of<br />

SF. Both groups enjoyed a rewarding and unforgettable day of learning.<br />

SIXTH<br />

GRADERS<br />

(above)<br />

examine the<br />

AIDS Remembrance<br />

mural in the<br />

SF Mission<br />

District<br />

DIEGO’S<br />

WORK<br />

(right): SHP<br />

Spanish 4<br />

students and<br />

instructor<br />

Maggie Mera<br />

view one of<br />

Diego Rivera’s<br />

murals<br />

GOOD-BYE KAREN: Left, eighth graders with<br />

Karen Eshoo (SJSH ‘83, SHP ‘87), outgoing<br />

SJSH principal. TRANSFER OF POWER<br />

(above): Joseph J. Ciancaglini, left, will be<br />

succeeded by Richard A. Dioli as Director of<br />

<strong>Schools</strong><br />

Photo courtesy of Beckner Photography<br />

4 <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2007</strong>


Will you be my<br />

valentine?<br />

BELOW, Students with their love<br />

puppets<br />

VALENTINE’S DAY IN PRESCHOOL:<br />

A Fresh Look at Immigration<br />

In May and June, the Advanced Photography students of SHP presented<br />

an exhibition entitled Documented // Undocumented at SPUR Projects<br />

art gallery in Portola Valley.<br />

The exhibit included 80<br />

hand-printed black and white<br />

photographs from the U.S. /<br />

Mexico Border and Bay Area<br />

Immigrant Communities.<br />

Led by SHP Photography<br />

teacher Lars Howlett, the<br />

seven photography students<br />

(Rebecca Abbe, Molly<br />

Dickinson, Marie Hamilton,<br />

Shannon Hamilton, Pallavi Menon, Anna Paustenbach and Greg Randall) explored the<br />

THINKING BACK, LOOKING FORWARD<br />

Above, this photo of an immigrant<br />

was taken by Marie Hamilton (SHP<br />

‘07) on Fifth Avenue in Redwood City<br />

COUNTER-SURVEILLANCE: Right, this<br />

photo of a border-patrol jeep was taken<br />

at the Tijuana border by Rebecca Abbe<br />

(SHP ‘07) THE EXHIBIT: Below, a crowd<br />

gathers for the opening reception and<br />

artists’ talk at SPUR Projects art gallery<br />

issues of immigration and cultural identity through the lenses of their cameras. Working<br />

on film and in black and white, the photographers documented community events, rallies,<br />

and daily life in the Mexican and Central American immigrant communities of the<br />

Bay Area including Fair Oaks and San Rafael.<br />

As part of the project, five of the students traveled to Tijuana to spend five days at<br />

the Casa del Migrante, a Catholic refuge that provides meals and beds each night for<br />

up to 150 migrants and deportees. Students shared dinner with the migrants, hearing<br />

first-hand accounts of the harsh realities of life on either side of the border. Along with<br />

making portraits of the men, the photographers also explored<br />

the communities along the wall, documenting the daily joys<br />

and hardships in neighborhoods under the shadow of the<br />

United States.<br />

Selected images from this series were also exhibited at<br />

the <strong>2007</strong> Forum on Day Laborers held by the Cesar Chavez<br />

Institute at San Francisco State University. Mr. Howlett<br />

continues to plan more exhibits, a website, and a book to be<br />

shared within the Bay Area Mexican-American community<br />

and throughout San Francisco and the Peninsula.<br />

The <strong>Heart</strong> of the Matter 5<br />

The <strong>Heart</strong> of the Matter 5


<strong>Heart</strong> of the Campus<br />

3rd Graders Explore<br />

Wildlife on the Coast<br />

This Spring, the SJSH third<br />

graders visited the Fitzgerald<br />

Marine Reserve in Moss<br />

Beach (near Half Moon Bay)<br />

to learn about the diverse species<br />

of invertebrates and plants<br />

that live in the intertidal area.<br />

Guided by volunteers from<br />

Environmental Volunteers in<br />

Palo Alto, they found a variety<br />

of seaweeds, crabs, sponges,<br />

sea anemones, mollusks, starfish,<br />

and fish in the tidepools.<br />

“This field trip tied in with<br />

our science curriculum about<br />

animal habitats, biomes, and<br />

endangered species,” said third grade teacher Mrs. Kathy<br />

Spieker. “Before we went, the students did internet research<br />

about tidepool animals, and they were excited to see the<br />

animals they had studied.”<br />

I FOUND SOMETHING! Top, studnets search in the<br />

tidepools EMBARKING ON THE SEARCH: Directly<br />

above, students with their volunteer tourguide<br />

MASTERS OF TRIVIA celebrate their <strong>2007</strong> championship<br />

Quiz Kids Champions<br />

For the first time ever, our SHP team brought home the trophy<br />

from Bay Area Quiz Kids, a Peninsula TV program in which 32<br />

high schools compete in a trivia game show.<br />

On Saturday, March 17th, SHP competed in the semi-finals. SHP’s<br />

team of seniors Billy Rowan, Pat Murphy, and Kevin McFarland<br />

upset Harker School of San Jose in an exciting match (with a score<br />

of 320-260) that was tied with one minute to go.<br />

After their semi-final victory, SHP moved on to the final round<br />

which was taped immediately afterwards. In the finals, SHP competed<br />

against a strong team from Mills High School in Millbrae. The<br />

match was close the whole way; it was often tied, and both teams<br />

took the lead in the final round. However, SHP prevailed 310-250,<br />

which means they were declared the <strong>2007</strong> champions.<br />

The grand prize for the team (and faculty coach Kevin Morris,<br />

SHP ‘90) is a ten-day, all-expense-paid trip to Ireland, Wales, and<br />

England this summer, courtesy of ACIS Educational Tours.<br />

5th Graders Set Sail on the Titanic<br />

STORIES<br />

OF THE<br />

TITANIC:<br />

In the<br />

play’s<br />

opening<br />

scene, all<br />

the characters<br />

wait for<br />

the ship’s<br />

departure<br />

In May, the SJSH fifth graders recently presented Stories of<br />

the Titanic, a play they wrote themselves, based on the lives<br />

of the passengers aboard the Titanic. This performance was<br />

the culmination of months of research, including a visit to the<br />

Titanic Artifact Exhibition in San Francisco. Each year, SJSH<br />

Drama teacher Stacey Ardelean leads the fifth graders in writing<br />

and presenting a play exploring immigration stories.<br />

6 <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2007</strong>


National Tourney<br />

Champions<br />

Congratulations to the SHP Boys Tennis Team on<br />

winning the NHSCA National High School Boys<br />

Team Tennis Crown. The NHSCA (National High<br />

School Coaches Association) designed this new tournament<br />

to determine “Who is America’s Best Boys High<br />

School Tennis Team?” They invited 32 teams across<br />

the country to play (eight teams from four regions).<br />

After winning the Western regional championship<br />

on March 23-24, the SHP team went on to the national<br />

competition, held April 21-22 in Cincinnati, OH.<br />

SHP defeated Dr. Michael Krop Senior High School<br />

of Florida, The Bullis School of Maryland, and St.<br />

Xavier High School of Ohio to bring home the championship.<br />

Our Scholarly Athletes<br />

The Girls’ Lacrosse team has come a long way this year, led by Head Coach<br />

Brandon Badgley and Assistant Coaches Ron Cox and Pati Galvin (SHP Spanish<br />

teacher). They set a new school record with ten wins, and ended the season<br />

with a best-ever third place finish in the Peninsula Athletic League.<br />

To top it all off, they won the prestigious CCS Scholastic Team Award. This<br />

award, instituted by the Central Coast Section Board of Managers, recognizes the<br />

Varsity team from each CCS athletic program with the highest collective grade<br />

point average of all<br />

teams competing in<br />

that program during<br />

that season of competition.<br />

Our Gator girls<br />

had a cumulative GPA<br />

average of 3.51.<br />

POWDER PUFF TEAM: Row 1: Coach Mark Flynn, students, and Coach<br />

Bill Campbell. Row 2: Students and Coach Jeff Reynolds. Row 3:<br />

Coach Pat Dillingham, students, and Coach Mike Moe. Row 4: Coach<br />

Gary Graumann and students<br />

Sports Beat<br />

CHAMPIONS! Front: Students. Back: Tennis Program Director Jeff<br />

Arons, Athletic Trainer Kristan Coday, students, and Head Coach<br />

Losaline Mafileo<br />

SMART JOCK keeps<br />

the ball safe despite<br />

the Bears’ defensive<br />

attack<br />

Team USA<br />

This year two SHP water polo players<br />

were named to the USA National Teams:<br />

Caroline (KK) Clark and Paul Rudolph. Only<br />

15 players from the entire country are chosen<br />

for each age group— KK is on the Youth<br />

Team and Paul is on the Cadet Team. They<br />

will both be traveling around the world representing<br />

Team USA in the coming months.<br />

KK is the first SHP girl ever to be selected<br />

for a national team, while Paul is following<br />

in the illustrious footsteps of Dylan Mobley<br />

(SHP ‘05).<br />

Powder Puff!<br />

The 22 eighth-grade girls on the SJSH Flag Football<br />

team emerged victorious from the sixth annual<br />

Powder Puff game against Menlo in June. Our girls<br />

dominated Menlo with a score of 33 to 19. This year’s<br />

game put our SJSH Girls Football record at 4-2.<br />

The team’s great coaching staff included SJSH<br />

past parents Bill Campbell, Mike Moe, Mark Flynn,<br />

and Gary Graumann, along with Pat Dillingham<br />

(SJSH ‘97). The coaches and players trained hard<br />

for the two weeks leading up to the big game.<br />

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Graduation<br />

Home for Graduation!<br />

A record number of alumni returned to<br />

campus to take part in Graduation festivities<br />

1<br />

2 3<br />

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5<br />

6<br />

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9<br />

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10 11 12<br />

GRADUATES WELCOMED AS ALUMS: 1 Sabrina Switzer (SHP<br />

‘05) pins David Phillips (SHP ‘07) 2 Bailey Samuels (SHP ‘04), Carrie<br />

Paton (SHP ‘04), Catie Paton (SHP ‘00), Lauren Paschal (SHP ‘04), and<br />

Ali Gramaglia (SHP ‘04) 3 Dylan Mobley (SHP ‘05) pins his sister Andrea<br />

(SHP ‘07) 4 Sara Jacobs (SJSH ‘07) with her mom, Ms. Toni Jacobs (SH<br />

Forest Ridge, SJSH English teacher) 5 Student (SJSH ‘07) with her brother<br />

(SJSH ‘10), sister Sabine (SJSH ‘05), and grandmother 6 Catie Paton (SHP<br />

‘00) with her brother John (SHP ‘07) 7 Rob Van Alstyne (SHP ‘04), Whitney<br />

Burton (SHP ‘04), Lauren Habig (SJSH ‘00, SHP ‘04), Dan Chaknova (SHP<br />

‘04) and Michael Connor (SHP ‘04) 8 Jonathon Wang (SJSH ‘02,<br />

SHP ‘06), Annie Coyne (SJSH ‘02, SHP ‘06), Randy Ang (SHP ‘06),<br />

and Dan Filice (SHP ‘06) 9 Mr. Mike Murphy (SJSH Religion teacher)<br />

surrounded by his fans 10 Randy Ang (SHP ‘06) and Alex Maceda<br />

(SHP ‘07) 11 Student (SJSH ‘07) and Ali Dyer (SHP ‘01) 12 Patty<br />

Doherty Hjelm (SJSH ‘47), Barbara Pauley (SH El Cajon ‘69), and<br />

Lynn Rudolph (SHP ‘05) 13 Nicholas Chrisman (SHP ‘06) pins Clinton<br />

Trahant (SHP ‘07) 14 Eduardo Ramirez (SJSH ‘01, SHP ‘05), Jessica<br />

Clee (SHP ‘02), and Danielle DiFede (SJSH ‘99, SHP ‘03) 15 Brandon<br />

Child (SHP ‘04), Daniel Abbe (SHP ‘02), and Jeff Jackson (SHP ‘02) 16<br />

Christina Ramsay (SHP ‘07) is pinned by her siblings Andy (SHP ‘03)<br />

and Stephanie (SHP ‘99) 17 Brandon Chau (SHP ‘05) with his sister<br />

Audrey (SHP ‘07) 18 Sheila Giannini Ruprecht (SHP ‘63) and Ann<br />

Carey (SJSH ‘71, SHP ‘75)<br />

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15<br />

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Graduation<br />

Members of the SHP<br />

Class of <strong>2007</strong> will<br />

attend the following<br />

institutions:<br />

American University<br />

Arizona State University<br />

Boston College<br />

Boston University<br />

Brown University<br />

Bucknell University<br />

California State University,<br />

San Luis Obispo<br />

Chapman University<br />

Claremont McKenna College<br />

Cornell University<br />

Cuesta College<br />

Dartmouth College<br />

Dickinson College<br />

Evergreen State College<br />

Georgetown University<br />

Hampton University<br />

Harvard College<br />

Harvey Mudd College<br />

Humboldt State University<br />

Kenyon College<br />

Lafayette College<br />

Loyola Marymount University<br />

Middlebury College<br />

New York University<br />

Northeastern University<br />

Occidental College<br />

Pepperdine University<br />

Princeton University<br />

Purdue University<br />

Rhode Island School of Design<br />

San Jose State University<br />

Santa Clara University<br />

Scripps College<br />

Sonoma State University<br />

Stanford University<br />

Tufts University<br />

University of Arizona<br />

University of California,<br />

Berkeley<br />

University of California, Davis<br />

University of California,<br />

Los Angeles<br />

University of California,<br />

Santa Barbara<br />

University of California,<br />

Santa Cruz<br />

University of Chicago<br />

University of Colorado<br />

at Boulder<br />

University of Michigan<br />

University of Notre Dame<br />

University of Oregon<br />

University of the Pacific<br />

University of Portland<br />

University of Puget Sound<br />

University of Redlands<br />

University of San Diego<br />

University of Southern<br />

California<br />

University of Texas at Austin<br />

University of Washington<br />

University of Wisconsin,<br />

Madison<br />

Washington State University,<br />

Pullman<br />

10 <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2007</strong><br />

1<br />

SHP GRADUATION: 1 Graduates<br />

Caitlin O’Holleran, Pat Murphy, Michael<br />

McMahon, Jason McCarrick, and<br />

Michael Mahoney 2 Alex Maceda with<br />

her dad Manny (SHS Trustee), mom<br />

Lyra, and cousin 3 Valedictorian and<br />

Blue Ribbon Winner Hannah Doyle<br />

4 Graduates Greg Colligan, Jerome<br />

Duluk, Peter Innes, Matt Frederick,<br />

and Greg Casciaro play the drums as<br />

prelude to Graduation Mass 5 SHP<br />

Principal Rich Dioli presents Valedictorian<br />

Chelsea Evans with the light blue<br />

ribbon for Goal Five 6 Jayne DeBattista,<br />

Caroline Lewis, Adam Davison, and Braden Currier<br />

7 Graduates Christina Ramsay, Julie Harper, Sugeily<br />

Benitez, and Audrey Chau begin Graduation Mass with<br />

a liturgical dance 8 Samantha Carr receives her diploma<br />

from Director of <strong>Schools</strong> Joseph J. Ciancaglini, Chair of<br />

the Board Mindy Rogers, and SHP Principal Rich Dioli 9<br />

John Sutherland (SHP 02) leads the recessional playing<br />

his bagpipes, followed by Grant Gramaglia, Samantha<br />

6<br />

8<br />

2<br />

4<br />

Rosekrans, Marie<br />

Hamilton, Nick<br />

7<br />

3<br />

5


9 10 11<br />

12<br />

13<br />

Harstrick, Dwight Hobbs,<br />

Michelle Benevento, and<br />

Travis Benson 10 Sugeily<br />

Benitez with her parents<br />

Alicia and Fernando 11 Dark<br />

Blue Ribbon winner Y.D.<br />

Hoskings presents outgoing<br />

principal Rich Dioli with an honorary ribbon in recognition of his 14 years of service 12 Nicole Villeneuve,<br />

Ally Walters, and Nicollette Warner 13 Spanish teachers Elaine Barry (SHP ‘87), Jesus Ramos, and Karen<br />

Filice enjoy a moment with graduates Kim Selling and Anna Paustenbach 14 “<strong>Heart</strong> of the <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong>”<br />

winners Megan Putnam and Peter Innes<br />

SJSH<br />

A<br />

B<br />

GRADUATION:<br />

14<br />

C<br />

D<br />

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MY FAVORITE PART OF THE<br />

We asked 9 members of our<br />

<strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong> community<br />

to give us a glimpse<br />

into their daily lives.<br />

“<br />

My favorite part of the day is spent at Shoreline<br />

Park in Mountain View. I have been coming here<br />

regularly since I was a child and it holds many<br />

memories for me. I walk to “my spot” (a bench<br />

tucked away and shadowed by trees), and there I<br />

collect my thoughts and relax while I gaze at<br />

the mountains and the small inlet of the bay.<br />

For a long time I worked at a biotechnology startup,<br />

where my days varied from working at home<br />

on marketing materials to traveling to company<br />

headquarters in North Carolina. Now, I consult<br />

for small businesses and nonprofit organizations.<br />

There’s no such thing as a typical workday<br />

for me - I enjoy the flexibility and diversity in<br />

my work schedule. In addition to consulting, I<br />

volunteer with the SF Chapter of the National<br />

Black MBA Association.<br />

I think of <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong> as a place that embodies<br />

the ideals of community: inclusion, support,<br />

and moral guidance. Most important, I regard<br />

SHP as a place of belonging for life.<br />

For all of these reasons, I stay involved<br />

”<br />

with SHS<br />

and would like to increase my participation on<br />

campus in the coming years.<br />

Nicole Norton<br />

SJSH ‘93, SHP ‘97<br />

SHS Alumni Board Member<br />

Entered the <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong><br />

community in 1991<br />

12 <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2007</strong>


DAY<br />

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14 <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2007</strong>


Kathleen Dolan,<br />

RSCJ<br />

SH Greenwich ‘56<br />

SJSH Religion Teacher &<br />

Campus Minister<br />

Entered the <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong><br />

community in 1952<br />

“<br />

One of my favorite times of the day is my time<br />

with the students at St. Joseph’s. As the fourth<br />

grade Religion Teacher and the Campus Minister,<br />

I spend my days preparing for classes and<br />

planning prayer and liturgy opportunities<br />

for the St. Joseph’s community.<br />

My work and my hope is that I am able to instill<br />

in my students a personal and active faith in<br />

God. We lead such busy lives and it is important<br />

that both the children and adults have quiet<br />

time to be present to God, and to reflect on<br />

their relationship to God and to others.<br />

I love this line from scripture: ‘The gift you<br />

have received, give as a gift.’ I have been lucky<br />

enough to share the gift of a <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong><br />

education and the love of God with students,<br />

faculty, family and friends through my many<br />

”<br />

years of ministry at <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong> <strong>Schools</strong> in<br />

Connecticut, Michigan, New York City, Boston,<br />

and Houston.<br />

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16 <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2007</strong>


Dr. Don Manley<br />

SJSH ‘47<br />

Entered the <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong><br />

community in 1939<br />

“<br />

My favorite part of the day is spent riding<br />

my bike. I am a physician, and I see my cycling<br />

as a form of preventive medicine. I’ve<br />

noticed that cyclists eat more healthily and are<br />

more relaxed than the rest of the population. I<br />

never have the same stress on my bike as I do<br />

commuting through Philadelphia traffic in my<br />

car. I enjoy the beautiful scenery and feel my<br />

worries lighten. It all dates back<br />

to my riding a bike to St. Joseph’s every<br />

day when I was young!<br />

Now that I’m 72 years old and in perfect<br />

health, I feel it is payback time. So each<br />

week I visit three nursing homes to provide eye<br />

care to those who cannot easily get to medical<br />

offices. Then on Thursdays I work in the<br />

emergency room at Wills Eye Hospital<br />

teaching and training young physicians.<br />

I think my <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong> education instilled in<br />

me the importance of corporal works of<br />

mercy. I know that my <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong> education<br />

taught me how to respect people and helped<br />

me develop a lifelong interest in learning. I<br />

also learned to always ‘do the right thing.’<br />

This mantra has become my life motto.<br />

”<br />

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“<br />

My favorite time of day is very early in the<br />

morning, before anyone else is awake. I<br />

use this time to sit in my favorite chair and take<br />

quiet time for myself and read. After that, each<br />

day is packed with an odd combination of<br />

responsibilities, including kid logistics, political<br />

reading, and my research related to humanitarian<br />

military intervention. I am a fellow at the Center<br />

for International Security and Cooperation at<br />

Stanford and I’m also very involved in<br />

national politics - currently, I am actively<br />

supporting a presidential candidate<br />

through policy work and fund raising.<br />

Dr. Eileen Donahoe<br />

SJSH & SHP Parent<br />

Entered the <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong><br />

community in 1989<br />

When our family moved to California 23 years<br />

ago, we knew no one and <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong> became<br />

our extended family. Over the years, <strong>Sacred</strong><br />

<strong>Heart</strong> has been our support system and,<br />

in effect, the organizing institution in our lives.<br />

<strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong> has been especially important to<br />

us in helping develop our children’s sense of<br />

identity. Many of our family traditions have<br />

been built around <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong> activities<br />

and we organize ourselves around the<br />

<strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong> calendar.<br />

All four of my children have attended <strong>Sacred</strong><br />

<strong>Heart</strong>, from preschool to twelfth grade. My<br />

eldest boys (Jack and Thomas) graduated in<br />

2003 and 2005 respectively, and my daughter<br />

Catherine will be an incoming freshman<br />

this September. My youngest,<br />

”<br />

Kevin,<br />

is a middle schooler at St. Joseph’s.<br />

18 <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2007</strong>


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20 <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2007</strong>


Cristina<br />

Echevarria<br />

Moustirats<br />

SHP ‘90<br />

Entered the <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong><br />

community in 1985<br />

“<br />

My favorite part of the day is when my husband<br />

Christophe and I play or read together with<br />

our darling son Landon, who is 18 months old.<br />

Some days we get a chance to play first thing in<br />

the morning when Landon wakes up and climbs<br />

into our bed. Other days it’s in the evening right<br />

before Landon goes to sleep.<br />

Our time together as a family is worth more<br />

than gold. Christophe (SHP ‘90) works in sales<br />

for Oracle and he travels frequently. We do all we<br />

can to squeeze in time between his meetings when<br />

he’s in town. I practiced employment law for<br />

six years before Landon was born, and then<br />

closed my practice to be at home full-time. These<br />

days I’m very busy caring for Landon and our new<br />

baby boy Jean-Sebastian, who was born May, and<br />

renovating our new house in Redwood Shores.<br />

We both have fond memories of our days at <strong>Sacred</strong><br />

<strong>Heart</strong>. After all, it’s where we met! Our class<br />

was very small and all of our teachers were so<br />

supportive and accessible. We loved our <strong>Sacred</strong><br />

<strong>Heart</strong> years, and we can hardly wait until<br />

”<br />

our<br />

children are old enough to follow the tradition<br />

and become <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong> students themselves.<br />

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Ken Thompson<br />

SHP Academic Dean<br />

Entered the <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong><br />

community in 1989<br />

“<br />

My favorite part of the day is when I go on a<br />

hike or a run after a full day at SHP -<br />

I love being outside in a gorgeous oasis of<br />

wildflowers, beautiful views and nature trails.<br />

I feel closer to God when I am immersed in the<br />

grandeur of nature. I think John Muir summed it<br />

up well: ‘I only went out for a walk, ... for going<br />

out, I found, was really going in.’<br />

I actually began my <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong> career as<br />

a substitute at St. Joseph’s in the spring of<br />

1989 at the invitation of my friend, Vice Principal<br />

Kevin Eagleson. And I loved it! After my stint<br />

at SJSH, I became the Athletic Director at SHP.<br />

Three years later, I joined the math department as<br />

a teacher and department head for 13 years, until<br />

I became a dean. Before coming to <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong><br />

in 1989, I had coached the Santa Clara University<br />

women’s basketball team for ten years.<br />

I actually met my wife at <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong>.<br />

I love to sing, and so Joan Burdick (former<br />

head of the SHP Theater Department) asked<br />

me to be in several shows. It was during<br />

rehearsals for the Pajama Game that I met<br />

Joan’s daughter Corie, who was a<br />

”<br />

talented New<br />

York City actress. We met in 1995 and<br />

clicked instantly. We were married in 1996.<br />

22 <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2007</strong>


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24 <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2007</strong>


Drue Kataoka<br />

SHP ‘96<br />

Entered the <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong><br />

community in 1991<br />

“<br />

My favorite time of the day is twilight, when<br />

outside my studio window, the last lingering<br />

sunrays graze the clouds. A distinctive<br />

hush signals a quiet time of reflection upon the<br />

goodness of God and His bounty of nature.<br />

I like to paint this beautiful, ephemeral world in<br />

Sumi-e, Japanese brush painting. This 2000-<br />

year-old art form is steeped in a canon of brush<br />

strokes of landscape.<br />

Dipping into the lengthening shadows, I think<br />

about Sister Brown, the former Director<br />

of <strong>Schools</strong>, who was one of my greatest<br />

mentors. The values of an SHP education<br />

resonate with me as I fondly remember her<br />

appreciation and love of the arts.<br />

I am so blessed to be a full-time artist. My last<br />

project, Around the World in a Single Stroke,<br />

honored 12 distinguished global individuals<br />

from diverse disciplines in a celebration of<br />

peace. Currently I’m embarking on another<br />

”<br />

exciting project at the crossroads between art and<br />

technology, capturing the dynamic landscape of<br />

Silicon Valley.<br />

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1<br />

Alumni Events<br />

2<br />

3<br />

4<br />

5 6<br />

PARENTS OF ALUMNI LUNCHEON:<br />

“Mums of alums” from the classes of<br />

1996 to 2006 gathered for a “Mad Hatter”<br />

lunch on Conway Court. 1 Front: Elizabeth<br />

Hill, Stephenie Hebert, Jan Lindell,<br />

and Lynn Virnoche. Back: Marilyn Jandro,<br />

SHP Football Coach Pete Lavorato, Eloise<br />

Pollock, and Bebelu Wishart 2 Front: Lisa<br />

Ruggeri, Gayten Harmon, and Chaplain<br />

Fr. Tom Moran. Back: Mary Rudolph, Patti<br />

Leone-Cluss, Laurel Marino, and Chris<br />

Budd 3 Front: Joanna Wilkinson, Sue<br />

Merrill, SHP history teacher Donna Gilboa,<br />

and Renée Ortiz. Back: Jan Paton,<br />

Nettie Ramsay, incoming SHP Principal<br />

James Everitt, and Ofelia Delgadillo 4<br />

Front: Irene DeVivo, Renée Child, Pat<br />

Carlson, and Sue Sutherland. Back: Carla<br />

Schiefly, Renée Hannebrink, Angie Ang,<br />

Nancy Blears, Martha Bacon, and Cathy<br />

Norton 5 Front: Kathy McGlynn and Betsy<br />

Marr. Back: Anne Marr (SHP ‘96), Nancy<br />

Tarantino, and Pandy Garvic 6 Front: Bev<br />

Wheat, Beth Seabolt, Linda Haderer, and<br />

Michelle Turchi. Back: Chris McMillan, Jan<br />

Oldenburg, Katie Jordan, Sonia Sayigh,<br />

and Sandra Pachaud<br />

26 <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2007</strong>


1920s<br />

Alma Bracesco Bryner (SJSH ‘22)<br />

is living in Vancouver, Canada, where<br />

she and her husband have lived most of<br />

their life. Her husband, Cyril, was a Professor<br />

of Russian History at UBC. Alma<br />

has kept busy through the years volunteering<br />

for UNICEF, the Red Cross, the<br />

Faculty Women’s Club, and UBC Hospital.<br />

She has many fond memories of<br />

St. Joseph’s and Mother Foley.<br />

1940s<br />

Bernie McLoughlin (SJSH ‘42) is<br />

living in Menlo Park and remembers<br />

his days at St. Joseph’s fondly.<br />

1950s<br />

Nancy Sullivan Stretch (SHP ‘57) and Joelle<br />

Walsh Conn (SHP ‘57) helped bring the<br />

class of 1957 back to school in June.<br />

Ursula Cleary (SHE ‘54, SHP ‘58) attended<br />

the AASH New York conference in April, and<br />

visited Menlo in May. She lives in Washington,<br />

D.C.<br />

1960s<br />

After working for 41 years as a Registered<br />

Nurse and 24 years as a Nurse Manager for Kaiser<br />

in Southern and Northern California, Joan<br />

McSweeney Terry (SHP ‘61) retired in May.<br />

She is looking forward to traveling, volunteering,<br />

and spending more time with family and<br />

friends.<br />

Kathy Deming Vander Vennet (SHP ‘65)<br />

came back to campus for a visit during her sister<br />

Barbara’s class reunion. She donated her<br />

“letterman” sweater to the school archives.<br />

She is looking great and is happy living in<br />

Rohnert Park.<br />

The Class of 1962 will be gathering together<br />

in the fall at Ann Barry Giurlani’s home<br />

to celebrate their forty-five year reunion. Bobbie<br />

Doyle Bludau will be helping her plan the<br />

party.<br />

The Class of 1967 came back to campus in<br />

April and had a great time exploring the school<br />

and catching up with each other. Hillary Dyer<br />

O’Brien, Barbara Deming Clever, Christine<br />

Lussier Dyer, Annes Gilles Kennelly, Mitzi<br />

Malovos Konevitch, Alice Parcell, Mary<br />

Keith Roberts, Celeste Smith, and Meridee<br />

Talyor had a great time visiting over at Oakwood<br />

too.<br />

Cara Black (SHE ‘65)<br />

Cara is busy this Spring promoting her new book,<br />

Murder on the Ile Saint-Louis, the seventh novel in<br />

her Leduc series set in Paris. In April the book reached<br />

#2 on the San Francisco Chronicle’s fiction best-seller<br />

list. This was a great sequel to Cara’s first novel, Murder<br />

in the Marais (1999), which was #1 on the San Francisco<br />

Chronicle’s fiction best-seller list.<br />

“Attending <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong> Elementary in the 1960s with<br />

French-speaking nuns and students had a lot to do with<br />

choosing the setting for my books,” said Cara. She is enjoying<br />

her life as an author after<br />

serving as a YMCA Preschool<br />

Director and Jewish Community<br />

Center Preschool educator for<br />

many years. Today the <strong>Sacred</strong><br />

<strong>Heart</strong> tradition continues in<br />

Cara’s family as her son currently<br />

attends Stuart Hall in San<br />

Francisco.<br />

Cara visited SHP in May to<br />

meet with the SHP Women’s<br />

Group and several English<br />

classes.<br />

Class Notes<br />

Marcie Eason Amory (SHP ‘52)<br />

AASH President Marcie Eason<br />

Amory (right) with her classmate<br />

Sheila Poland Madden (SHP ‘52)<br />

at the AASH conference<br />

THANKS<br />

FROM THE<br />

HEART!<br />

Alumni Board<br />

President<br />

Leana<br />

Giannini (SHP<br />

‘75) thanks<br />

SHS Annual<br />

Fund donors<br />

and alumnae<br />

Susan Giavia<br />

Gaddis (SHP<br />

‘68) and Lisa<br />

McCloskey<br />

Geserick (SHP<br />

‘69)<br />

In April, Marcie became the President of the Associated<br />

Alumni of the <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong> (AASH). She was installed<br />

at the AASH conference in New York City. She gave a<br />

fabulous acceptance speech and all of the Menlo girls<br />

were very proud of her.<br />

“I loved my years at <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong> Menlo,” said Marcie.<br />

“I have wonderful memories, I made wonderful lifelong<br />

friends, and I received wonderful training from Religious<br />

who really got it when it came to education.<br />

“I was a full-time boarder, only returning home to<br />

Nevada for holidays and summer vacation,” continued<br />

Marcie. “I remember at <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong> we had Friday night<br />

movies. Mother Dorsey, then Mistress General, would<br />

pop corn in her office and then we would take it over to<br />

the theater. On Saturdays, those who had received a Très<br />

Bien card at Primes on Monday were allowed to go into<br />

Palo Alto for shopping and lunch. We had to pay a chaperone<br />

and buy her lunch for that privilege.”<br />

We hope to see Marcie visit campus as she travels<br />

to the various <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong> Alumni Associations and<br />

<strong>Schools</strong> in her new role as AASH President.<br />

The <strong>Heart</strong> of the Matter 27


Class Notes<br />

HAPPY BIRTHDAY<br />

SR. MORRIS! Sr. Nancy<br />

Morris celebrated<br />

her 80th birthday on<br />

June 10th, surrounded<br />

by her Menlo girls<br />

1970s<br />

Jeanmarie Tarmann Derry (SHE ‘69,<br />

SHP ‘73) reports on The Class of ‘73: “Our<br />

class held a ‘mini’ reunion in San Francisco in<br />

March. We had fun getting together for lunch at<br />

Scala’s Bistro near Union Square. People came<br />

from as far as Nevada and all over California.<br />

Even though it was an ‘off’ year (our 33rd reunion),<br />

great fun was had by all. Azy Doyle’s<br />

son is getting married in October of ‘07 and<br />

Jeanmarie Tarmann Derry’s daughter is getting<br />

married on 6/7/8. Our reunion planner for<br />

this fall is Lynne Utter Walter. We’ll be taking<br />

a cruise.”<br />

Laura Daschbach Pitchford (SJSH ‘73,<br />

SHP ‘77) and Lauren Gray Koenig (SJSH<br />

‘73, SHP ‘77) are planning their 30th Reunion<br />

for October 20, <strong>2007</strong>. Everyone should save the<br />

date and plan on an enjoyable day and an evening<br />

event.<br />

Sharon Kugler (SHP ‘77) was named the<br />

Chaplain of Yale University in March <strong>2007</strong>.<br />

Yale President Levin announced her appointment<br />

describing her previous work at JHU, remarking,<br />

“At Johns Hopkins, she has cultivated<br />

a chaplaincy that defines itself by serving the<br />

needs of the diverse cultural and religious traditions<br />

there. The members of the search committee<br />

and I were impressed by her success in<br />

building programs that support numerous faiths,<br />

by her work to facilitate interfaith dialogue, and<br />

by her keen pastoral skills that were appreciated<br />

by students of every background.”<br />

Jacqueline Kamber Hosford (SHP ‘79)<br />

thought her <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong> class ring was lost<br />

forever. In January it was returned to the <strong>Sacred</strong><br />

<strong>Heart</strong> Alumni office after it was found in a Lost-<br />

&-Found box in Delaware. Jacqueline, who<br />

lives in New York and works in the residential<br />

remodeling and design industry, was thrilled to<br />

have it back.<br />

1980s<br />

Gertrude Zelaya Huber<br />

(SJSH 79, SHP ‘83) is living<br />

in Miami, Florida and working<br />

on Spanish- and Englishspeaking<br />

television shows.<br />

One of her game shows,<br />

called Link Five, began airing<br />

nationally in March <strong>2007</strong>.<br />

If you are ever in Miami and<br />

want to be a contestant, let<br />

Gertrude know.<br />

Ruth Baird True (SHP<br />

‘80) and her husband have<br />

THE CLASS OF 1973 (top)<br />

gathered in San Francisco<br />

for a mini reunion: Azy Doyle<br />

Mariani, Jennette Lejardi<br />

Sawyer, Beth Conwell, Marcy<br />

McDonald Parker, Mary McGuire<br />

Driscoll, Lunne Utter Walters,<br />

and Jeanmarie Tarmann Derry<br />

THREE MUSETTES AT MARDI<br />

GRAS (left): Musette Buckley<br />

(SJSH ‘76, SHP ‘80, left) with<br />

her daughter Muzie and mother<br />

Musette<br />

opened Western Bridge, a<br />

nonprofit space in Seattle<br />

dedicated to recent developments<br />

in contemporary<br />

art. The True Collection<br />

contains important works<br />

in video, photography<br />

and other media by an international<br />

roster of both<br />

established and emerging<br />

artists. Works from the collection have been<br />

exhibited in major museums in North America<br />

and Europe.<br />

The Class of SHP 1982 will be celebrating<br />

their 25th reunion on October 20, <strong>2007</strong>. Save<br />

the date— Aileen Silva McDonald and Legia<br />

Rillos Oswald are planning a fun event.<br />

Janet Mainini<br />

Manger<br />

(SHP ‘69)<br />

“My years at <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong><br />

were the best four years of my growing<br />

up. The nuns built a wonderful<br />

community and gave us a sense of camaraderie.<br />

They taught us that putting others first was the<br />

highest goal. Living by this has given me a wonderful sense<br />

of satisfaction in my life. We had an awareness that we<br />

were supposed to make the world a better place. The nuns<br />

had a spirituality that they modeled for us and I have carried<br />

it with me throughout my life. To the nuns of <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong><br />

who taught me to live for others, I am truly thankful.<br />

Dana Perkins (SJSH ‘80, SHP ‘84) writes<br />

that she has been living in Seattle for ten years<br />

and that she is teaching high school English at<br />

The Bush School. She attributes her passion for<br />

teaching to Mrs. Connie Solari, who has been<br />

an “incredible role model for me.” Dana says<br />

she will never forget Connie teaching her AP<br />

English class from the floor when she had lower<br />

back problems. Dana still loves rowing, which<br />

she first took up at SHP, and she recently purchased<br />

her first single rowing shell.<br />

28 <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2007</strong>


1990s<br />

Gloria Martinez Ebner (SHP ‘92) and her<br />

husband Mark welcomed their first child, Antonio<br />

Marcos, into their family on August 14,<br />

2006. Gloria is now living in San Jose. She<br />

sends greetings to her class and congratulates<br />

Rich Dioli, who was a great friend and mentor<br />

to her, on his recent appointment as Director of<br />

<strong>Schools</strong>.<br />

Michelle Chaudoir Klosterman (SHP ‘96)<br />

married Eric Klosterman September 2006 in<br />

Napa with fellow alumnae Michelle Marsili<br />

Trisha Felts Hosley (SHP ‘97) has been<br />

named the Skyline College women’s basketball<br />

coach. After leaving the corporate world only a<br />

year ago, Trisha was surprised to become a head<br />

coach so soon. At SHP, Trisha was a stand-out<br />

guard in basketball who played on three state<br />

championship teams. She also played softball<br />

and was a 1994 cross country star. She attended<br />

University of Portland and later worked at Benefit<br />

Cosmetics. She and her husband Nathan<br />

have one son (Nathan Jr.). Trisha is also the coowner<br />

of the San Francisco restaurant Sauce.<br />

Kyleanne Hunter (SHP ‘97) is a Marine<br />

pilot, flying Cobra helicopters out of Al Asad<br />

or the eight years I attended grammar school at St.<br />

“FJoseph’s, the moment I looked forward to<br />

most each day was a handshake from Henry Schimpf. In<br />

his later years, Henry covered our recess after lunch. None of<br />

the students would think of beginning this special time without<br />

first locating Henry: the boys<br />

for a handshake and some<br />

warm conversation and the<br />

girls giving him a hug or a peck<br />

on the cheek. He made us feel special - like we could<br />

grow up and be anything we wanted to be.<br />

During our recess, Henry was constantly surrounded<br />

by children. Even though Henry was there to provide<br />

supervision and to handle our student conflicts, there<br />

was never any need for yelling with him on the job.<br />

You see, Henry treated us with love and respect. We<br />

understood that and never wanted to let him down.<br />

Henry is remembered because he made his time on<br />

earth count by spreading love every chance he had.<br />

For this reason Henry will always remain a hero to me<br />

and thousands of other St. Joseph’s alumni. I often<br />

wonder if the gatekeeper in heaven will have the same<br />

qualities as our Henry Schimpf.<br />

(SJSH ‘92, SHP ‘96) and Danielle Chaudoir<br />

(SHP ‘93) as attendants.<br />

Amy Henry (SHP ‘96) is graduating from<br />

Veterinary medical school and is married with<br />

two daughters.<br />

Drue Kataoka (SHP ‘96) invites the SHP<br />

community to visit her interactive art project,<br />

Around the World in a Single Stroke, at www.<br />

inasinglestroke.com. Next, she will embark on<br />

a project that celebrates Silicon Valley. Stay<br />

tuned at www.drue.net.<br />

Chalis Kuba (SJSH ‘92, SHP ‘96) graduated<br />

from Georgetown in 2000 and is now working<br />

for Novartis after stints for Clorox, Nestle,<br />

and Chiron BioTech. She lives in Concord with<br />

her husband, and they are currently renovating<br />

their home.<br />

Sean Day (SHP ‘97) is cooking up a ten<br />

year reunion for The Class of 1997. If you<br />

want to help with the event, email him c/o<br />

alumni@shschools.org.<br />

Eric Lochtefeld<br />

(SJSH ‘85)<br />

Airfield in Iraq as a medivac escort. She plans<br />

on coming home by October to run the Marine<br />

Marathon with her sister Leslie (SHP ‘01) in<br />

Washington, D.C.<br />

Jessica DeVivo (SJSH ‘94, SHP ‘98) graduated<br />

from Tulane University with a BS in Psychology<br />

and has been teaching special education<br />

at Charles Armstrong School.<br />

Monica Ortiz (SHP ‘99) is attending St.<br />

George University Veterinary School on the island<br />

of Grenada, West Indies.<br />

Amanda Frank (SHP ‘99) was recently engaged<br />

to Anthony Gregg, a chef and business<br />

owner, and they are planning an August 2008<br />

wedding.<br />

Reshma Khilnani (SHP ‘99) has moved to<br />

Beijing, China to work for Microsoft.<br />

Kristina Stankovic (SJSH ‘95, SHP ‘99)<br />

married Craig McClane on September 9, 2006<br />

at the Santa Clara Mission, with their reception<br />

on the grounds. Both the bride and groom are<br />

MOM Lindsay Peloso Fifield (SHP<br />

‘96) with her husband Paul and their<br />

daughter Haley. They have recently<br />

moved back to Menlo Park.<br />

SCU graduates. Bridesmaids included Julie<br />

Stankovic (SJSH ‘97, SHP ‘01), Laura<br />

Smith (SJSH ‘95), Natalia Carse (SJSH<br />

‘95), and Laura Evans (SJSH ‘95). At the<br />

wedding, Dawn Reyen (former SJSH teacher)<br />

performed all the music, with Mark Bowman<br />

(former SJSH teacher) and Julie Stankovic<br />

doing vocals. Kristina and Craig now reside in<br />

Scottsdale, AZ and Kristina works as a speech<br />

language pathologist.<br />

2000s<br />

Josh Garvic (SHP ‘00) graduated from the<br />

law school at Loyola Marymount in Los Angeles.<br />

He recently completed an internship with<br />

Chief Judge Alex Kozinski of the 9th Circuit<br />

Court of Appeals in Pasadena.<br />

Karla Gurley (SHP ‘00) is traveling with<br />

members of her church to South Africa over<br />

the summer to work with two organizations that<br />

help children orphaned or infected with HIV/<br />

AIDS. She will be working at Beautiful Gate in<br />

Capetown and Villa of Hope in Johannesburg.<br />

Got news?<br />

Please tell us what you’re up<br />

to so we can include you in the<br />

next magazine:<br />

alumni@shschools.org<br />

Alumni Office<br />

<strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong> <strong>Schools</strong><br />

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The <strong>Heart</strong> of the Matter 29


Class Notes<br />

BRIDE Meghan Shumm Oliveri (SHP ‘97),<br />

with her sisters Kathleen “Katy” Shumm<br />

(SHP ‘01, left) and Erin Shumm SHP ‘99)<br />

Catie Paton (SHP ‘00) graduated from UC<br />

Davis and is working in San Francisco at Alexandria<br />

Real Estate Equities, Inc.<br />

Kaori Murakami (SHP ‘00) has moved to<br />

Tokyo to work in marketing for FedEx Kinko’s<br />

and she invites her classmates to get in touch<br />

with her if they want to come for a visit.<br />

Bridget Geibel (SHP ‘01) is teaching English<br />

at a school in Torun, Poland.<br />

Sarah Bacon (SHP ‘02) graduated from Cal<br />

with a double major in Anthropology and Social<br />

Welfare. She is living in Menlo Park and interning<br />

at the Veteran’s Hospital.<br />

Chris Child (SHP ‘02) graduated from<br />

M.I.T. and is working for Bain & Company in<br />

Boston.<br />

Nate Myall (SHP ‘02) is finishing up his<br />

Masters in Biology at Stanford and will continue<br />

his studies next year in medical school at<br />

Stanford.<br />

Maria Patricia Miranda (SHP ‘02) is a first<br />

year medical student at Dartmouth. Recently she<br />

volunteered to work at a clinic in New Orleans<br />

helping the Katrina victims. She will continue<br />

with this work during the summer of <strong>2007</strong>.<br />

J.D. Mumford (SHP ‘02) is returning to<br />

California this summer after doing graduate<br />

work at Lehigh University for ground water<br />

cooling. He is planning to continue his gradu-<br />

ate studies and to look for work in the<br />

high tech field.<br />

Max Etchemendy (SHP ‘02) has<br />

moved back to the Bay Area and is<br />

now working for Coghead, Inc. He<br />

is house-sharing with <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong><br />

alumni Tommy Nourse (SJSH ‘98,<br />

SHP ‘02), Amarnath Santhanam<br />

(SHP ‘02), and Stephanie Lee (SHP<br />

‘02).<br />

Jessica Ortiz (SHP ‘02) is working<br />

as an Assistant Producer at Red<br />

Car, a National post-production company<br />

in Dallas, Texas.<br />

Jordan Palmer (SJSH ‘98, SHP<br />

‘02) is working in real estate with her<br />

mom. In July he is moving to L.A. to begin a<br />

job in sales and marketing for a new company.<br />

John Sutherland (SHP ‘02) is still living in<br />

Vancouver, British Columbia, still studying at<br />

Simon Fraser University, and still playing the<br />

bagpipes.<br />

Addie Bacon (SHP ‘03) is graduating from<br />

the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising<br />

in San Francisco with a degree in Visual<br />

Communications. She stays busy working in<br />

local retail and volunteering with the Juvenile<br />

Diabetes Research Foundation.<br />

Lauren Blears (SHP ‘03) recently graduated<br />

from USC with a major in Philosophy and a minor<br />

in Advertising. She is the past President of<br />

Kappa Kappa Gama sorority.<br />

Casey Brodhead (SHP ‘03) has completed<br />

four years at California State University Northridge,<br />

and will now be attending the Stanford-<br />

Pacific Graduate School of Psychology Consortium.<br />

This is a five-year doctoral program which<br />

is a joint program between Stanford and PGSP.<br />

Ashley Hannebrink (SHP ‘03) graduated<br />

from Dartmouth with a major in Government<br />

and a minor in Art History and French. This fall<br />

she will be attending Stanford Law School to<br />

concentrate in Health Policy and/or Public Interest.<br />

Ashley has also been a stand-out on the<br />

Dartmouth Equestrian Team. Dartmouth won<br />

the Equestrian Regional Competition and the<br />

All-Ivy Competition.<br />

Elizabeth “Libby” Hook<br />

BRIDE Christina<br />

Stankovic (SJSH<br />

‘95, SHP ‘99)<br />

with her sister<br />

Julie (SJSH ‘97,<br />

SHP ‘01), mother<br />

Latta (who<br />

taught at SJSH<br />

for many years),<br />

and father Bob.<br />

MARINE PI-<br />

LOT Kyleanne<br />

Hunter (SHP<br />

‘97) currently<br />

flies Cobra helicopters<br />

out of<br />

Al Asad Airfield<br />

in Iraq<br />

NEW DAD<br />

Nick Smith<br />

(SHP ‘99)<br />

with his<br />

daughter<br />

Alice<br />

(SHP ‘03) graduated from Regis University<br />

with a Business Management major and a Fine<br />

Arts minor.<br />

Melissa Miranda (SHP ‘03) graduated in<br />

May from Occidental College with a degree in<br />

Biology.<br />

Aziz Sayigh (SJSH ‘99, SHP ‘03) is playing<br />

rugby for Dartmouth. He was selected in April<br />

for the All Ivy League Rugby Team.<br />

Genevieve Ang (SHP ‘04) is currently finishing<br />

up her semester abroad with USC in England.<br />

This summer she plans to intern for Frog<br />

Design, a strategic-creative consultancy firm.<br />

Nicole Carlson (SJSH ‘00, SHP ‘04) is an<br />

English major at the University of San Diego<br />

with a minor in Theology. She taught ballet<br />

last summer at the City of San Diego School<br />

of Ballet. After college, Nicole plans to go to<br />

law school.<br />

Brandon Child (SHP ‘04) is a junior at USC.<br />

He has taken a break from the water polo team<br />

and is very happy.<br />

Christian DeVivo (SHP ‘04) has completed<br />

his third year at the University of Denver,<br />

Lamont School of Music with a Jazz Studies<br />

major.<br />

Ryan Leary (SHP ‘04) has completed his<br />

junior year at Santa Clara University studying<br />

computer engineering. He will begin a sixmonth<br />

internship for Network Appliance, Inc.<br />

30 <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2007</strong>


Christine Lindell (SHP ‘04) is attending<br />

the University of Washington. Currently she is<br />

studying abroad in Serbia, Bosnia and Croatia<br />

in an immersion program studying Serbian/Cyrillic<br />

language and governments. Last<br />

spring quarter Christine studied in Vienna with<br />

an immersion program in German government<br />

and language. This summer she will be working<br />

in Zagreb, Croatia as a summer intern<br />

through the University of Zagreb.<br />

Jennifer Merrill (SHP ‘04) has spent her<br />

Spring interning at Bellevue Hospital in New<br />

York, where she worked with the patients who<br />

were homeless, mentally-ill, and addicted to<br />

drugs . This summer she has an internship<br />

with Family Service Visitation Center, working<br />

with non-custodial parents and their children.<br />

She is working on a Master’s Degree in<br />

social work.<br />

Carrie and Jane Paton (SHP ‘04) are attending<br />

UC Davis and have been studying<br />

COACH Trisha<br />

Felts Hosley<br />

(SHP ‘97)<br />

is the new<br />

women’s basketball<br />

coach<br />

at Skyline<br />

College<br />

abroad in Florence,<br />

Italy. Jane is studying<br />

Fashion Design<br />

and Carrie is studying<br />

Art History.<br />

Chris Whittam<br />

(SHP ‘04) is enjoying his studies and water<br />

polo at George Washington University. He will<br />

be living at home and interning at Intuit this<br />

summer.<br />

Brandon Chau (SHP ‘05) returned to SHP<br />

in March, on a break from UCLA, to talk to Mr.<br />

Douglas Shultz’ computer class. He was able to<br />

share some of his animation work and talk to<br />

the students about his major in Design/Media<br />

Arts.<br />

Tyler Leone (SJSH ‘01, SHP ‘05) is completing<br />

his sophomore year at Santa Clara University.<br />

Lindsay Merrill (SHP ‘05) is majoring in<br />

Art at Carnegie Mellon. This summer she will<br />

spend one month in Costa Rica doing volunteer<br />

work, and then she will intern at the Institute for<br />

Unpopular Art in San Francisco.<br />

Zack Pollack (SHP ‘05) has completed his<br />

sophomore year at Loyola Marymount and is a<br />

Business major.<br />

Erica Ruggeri (SJSH ‘01, SHP ‘05) is a<br />

sophomore at Syracuse University. Next semester<br />

Erica will be studying abroad in Florence,<br />

Italy.<br />

Ruth Bacon (SHP ‘06) is attending Foothill<br />

College, working at Café Borrone and a local<br />

swim club, and is very happy.<br />

Will DeLong (SHP ‘05)<br />

Lacrosse is rapidly gaining popularity on the west coast<br />

and at SHP. Alumnus Will DeLong has taken his SHP<br />

lacrosse experience to the college field. “Although lacrosse<br />

is a club sport here at Southern Methodist University (SMU),<br />

the level of talent is far greater than what I encountered in<br />

California,” said Will. “We have so many talented players,<br />

including some high school All-Americans.”<br />

“Juggling academics with lacrosse has not been too hard<br />

for me,” said Will. “Since it is a club sport, I don’t have the<br />

same time commitment as I would with a varsity sport. The<br />

team practices three evenings a week for two hours.” Will<br />

still has plenty of time to spend in the classroom and in the<br />

library, and he even sees Nathan Farray (SHP ‘05) and Liz<br />

Bagnati (SHP ‘02) around campus every once in a while.<br />

“SHP did a great job preparing me for the rigors of college,”<br />

said Will. “I really learned how to be disciplined and<br />

stay on track. Here at college you have to be self-motivated.<br />

I learned a lot from Coach Pete Lavorato, who gave<br />

me some of my most cherished memories of high school.<br />

One of my favorite memories is the PSAL-BFL Championship<br />

game against Salesian my senior year. Sometimes it<br />

seems like I learned just as much on the football field as I did in the classroom, and I still use<br />

those lessons everyday.”<br />

Will still manages to come home every Thanksgiving and winter break. “I have visited<br />

campus several times and always see Señor Ramos in the weight room as I stop by to watch<br />

the football practices and visit all the coaches.”<br />

When asked what advice Will has for SHP lacrosse players who want to play in college, he<br />

said, “Just go for it. I was intimidated at first when I arrived at college and tried to play with<br />

teammates who have played their whole life, since I only played two years in high school.<br />

But after going out and playing, I have found that I can play at this level, even if I don’t have<br />

the same level of experience as my teammates. It’s also so fun to be part of a club team, and<br />

team sports are an awesome way to stay in shape.”<br />

Rebecca Child (SHP ‘06) is finishing her<br />

freshman year at UC Davis and loves it.<br />

Keegan Leary (SHP ‘06) is a freshman at<br />

UCLA majoring in Electrical engineering. He is<br />

learning to surf and enjoys skateboarding.<br />

Alex Ortiz (SHP ‘06) has just completed his<br />

first year at Salve Regina in Newport, Rhode<br />

Island. He is looking forward to a summer in<br />

California.<br />

Carrie Wilkins (SHP ‘06) is studying at<br />

George Washington University in Washington,<br />

D.C.<br />

Julia Garces (SJSH ‘02, SHP ‘06) is loving<br />

her experience at Duke University. She has<br />

just won a Mellon Grant for a research project<br />

in micro-financing that will take her to Ecuador<br />

for the summer of <strong>2007</strong>.<br />

Kelly Jandro (SHP ‘06) is enjoying college<br />

life at Northwestern.<br />

Jacky Mumford (SHP ‘06) had a wonderful<br />

semester at University of Arizona, but<br />

decided that a smaller school would be better<br />

for her, so she has been applying to California<br />

FELLOW GATORS: Alumna Kirsten<br />

Harmon (SHP ‘05), with her father (left)<br />

and former SHP Director of College<br />

Counseling Frank Brightwell (right) at<br />

the fundraising gala for Frank’s nonprofit<br />

organization, Somos Amigos<br />

schools. She is taking classes at Cañada College<br />

and working part-time.<br />

Margarita Miranda (SHP ‘06) enjoyed her<br />

first year at Wellesley College and will be home<br />

this summer.<br />

Aubrie Pollock (SHP ‘06) just completed<br />

her freshman year at Santa Clara University.<br />

She has not yet declared her major.<br />

Elodie Turchi (SJSH ‘02, SHP ‘06) is attending<br />

George Washington University studying<br />

in the Elliott School of International Affairs.<br />

She just completed an internship at the Alliance<br />

Française in Washington, D.C.<br />

Katie Wilkinson (SHP ‘06) is studying at<br />

UCSC and is interested in Psychology. She<br />

joined the Gamma Phi Beta sorority and is enjoying<br />

it.<br />

Carmen-Rosa Wishart (SHP ‘06) is enjoying<br />

Claremont-McKenna College.<br />

The <strong>Heart</strong> of the Matter 31


Sports In Memoriam<br />

Beat<br />

We ask for your prayers for the families and friends<br />

of our community who passed away during the past year.<br />

St. Joseph’s Alumni &<br />

<strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong> Prep Alumni<br />

1951 - Patricia Vetter Fauser (SHP ‘51) died on April 26, <strong>2007</strong> after a<br />

sudden illness. After <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong>, Pat attended San Francisco College<br />

for Women and received her Master’s degree in Philosophy at Catholic<br />

University in Washington, D.C. and her PhD in Philosophy from St.<br />

Louis University. She was a professor and Chairman of Humanities<br />

for many years at Benedictine University in Illinois. Her husband John<br />

passed away in the Fall of 2006 and she remained in Florida to be close<br />

to her sister Jane Vetter. She will be missed by her sisters Jane and Colleen<br />

Vetter Durrant (SHP ‘49) and her many nieces and nephews.<br />

1952 - Patricia R. Wurzburg Schechter (SHP ‘52) died after a long battle<br />

with breast cancer. Patricia attended <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong> in the late forties<br />

and then transferred to Palo Alto High School after a sudden death in<br />

her family. After high school she attended Stanford and graduated with<br />

a degree in nursing. She then went to UCLA and earned a Master’s<br />

degree so that she could teach. She was a co-founder of the College<br />

of Marin School of Nursing, and she taught there for many years. She<br />

will be missed by her husband Larry and her children.<br />

1953 - Nancy Derry Nejasmich (SJSH ‘49, SHP ‘53) passed away at<br />

home on March 30, <strong>2007</strong> after a long battle with cancer. She taught<br />

fourth grade for 40 years at Clifford Elementary School in Redwood<br />

City, and was widowed three times. She loved to play tennis and was<br />

a good friend to many. She will be missed by her siblings Gail Derry<br />

Blach (SJSH ‘50, SHP ‘54), Sr. Joan Derry (SJSH ‘47), and Rev.<br />

Daniel Derry (SJSH ‘51). She is also survived by several nieces and<br />

nephews including Dan Blach (SJSH ‘85), Matt Blach (SJSH ‘93),<br />

Mark Derry (SJSH ’69), Blake Derry (SJSH ‘77), and Tamra Tehaney<br />

(SJSH ‘72, SHP ‘76).<br />

1955 - Dian Billingsley DiSibio (SHP ‘55) died peacefully on May 5,<br />

<strong>2007</strong> from health problems related to a stroke of five years ago. She attended<br />

UCLA after high school and worked in her family construction<br />

business, DiSibio Construction, for many decades. Her three children<br />

Jeannie, Rocky, and Paul will miss her very much. Her fellow classmates<br />

will miss her great friendship.<br />

1960 - Irene Diskon Aleck (SHE ‘56, SHP ‘60) died peacefully in her<br />

sleep on March 28, <strong>2007</strong>. After her college years at the University of<br />

California and Dominican College, Irene lived in San Francisco and<br />

Boston with her husband Jay. Although the last 12 years of her life<br />

were physically challenging, she never lost her unquenchable joie de<br />

vivre. Her <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong> classmates will miss her fun-loving ways.<br />

1961 - Marta Zelaya DeBenedetti (SHP ‘61) died at her home in San<br />

Salvador in October 2006.<br />

SHS Community<br />

The family of Martin Baer, uncle of Peggy O’Leary (SHP Fine Arts<br />

teacher and Department Head).<br />

The family of Matilda “Dita” Baker Wilbur (former Trustee,<br />

alumna of SH Marysville College and Forest Ridge), mother of<br />

Lolita Wilbur (SHP ‘44). She was preceded in death by her husband<br />

and her children, Louise Bailey (SHP ‘42), Brayton Wilbur Jr., and<br />

Mary Thacher (SHP ‘45).<br />

The family of Paula Callahan, wife of Jim Callahan, and mother to<br />

Amy Callahan McHugh (SJSH ‘83) and Kristie Callahan Gill<br />

(SJSH ‘83).<br />

The family of Catherine Dolan, mother of Sister Kathleen Dolan<br />

(SJSH Campus Minister and Religion teacher), Dr. William Dolan,<br />

Dr. David Dolan, and Robert Dolan.<br />

The family of Rose Marie Haberstro, mother of Carol Malcolm<br />

(SJSH Grandparent), grandmother of Cheryl Barnoli (SJSH<br />

’90), grandmother of John Malcolm and his wife Elizabeth (SJSH<br />

parents), and great-grandmother of Shelby Ann (SJSH ‘13) and her<br />

brother John. She was preceded in death by her beloved grandsons<br />

Brian Malcolm (SJSH ‘87) and Robert Malcolm (SJSH ‘89).<br />

The family of Patsy Hardy, mother of Jeffrey Hardy (SJSH parent)<br />

and grandmother of Matthew (SJSH ‘07), Mark (SJSH ‘10), John<br />

Robert (SJSH ‘11), and Thomas Hardy (SJSH ‘16).<br />

The family of Lizette Lautze, mother of Chris Hatton (SHP College<br />

Counseling), and grandmother of Christian Hatton (SHP ‘93),<br />

Lucas Hatton (SHP ‘96), Briggs Hatton (SHP ‘01), Cory Hatton<br />

(SJSH ‘02, SHP ‘06), and Travis Hatton.<br />

The family of Jane Burch Merryman, mother of Sarah Sally<br />

Merryman (SHE ‘57, SHP ‘61), Janie Merryman (SHE ’51, SHP<br />

‘55), Alice Merryman (SJSH ’51) and William Merryman (SJSH<br />

‘54), and grandmother to Brett Merryman (SJSH alumnus).<br />

The family of Patricia O’Gara Stellar and Dr. Robert E. Stellar,<br />

mother and father of Eileen Holtvedt (Convent of the <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong><br />

Greenwich ’74), and grandparents of Brian (SHP ‘10), Lindsay<br />

(SJSH ‘07), and Christina Holtvedt (SJSH ‘10).<br />

The family of Rosalie Wilcox, mother of Sister Christine Wilcox<br />

(SHP Campus Ministry), Rose Wilcox, Jeanne Rousch, Allan<br />

Wilcox, Peter Wilcox, and Patrick Wilcox.<br />

The family of Anna Woo, mother of Ray Woo (SHP Religious Studies<br />

teacher).<br />

Oakwood Community<br />

Sister Helen Condon, longtime educator in Omaha, Nebraska, and Lake Forest, Illinois, died Thursday, December 21 at Oakwood, following a<br />

long illness. She was 85 and had been a Religious of the <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong> for 61 years. She was also a poet and some of her poems can be found<br />

in the RSCJ Journal of Reflection.<br />

Sister Addie Hickey passed away unexpectedly at Oakwood at the age of 91. Sister Addie was a <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong> middle school head for many years<br />

at Overbrook, 91st Street, and Nottingham. In the last 25 years of her life she became a nurse and served the RSCJ in their communities at<br />

Oakwood, Kenwood, and Regis. Her last gift of service was as a nurse in a hospice environment.<br />

The Alumni Office is grateful for the notification of deaths of Alumni and their families.<br />

When word is received, we ask the sisters at Oakwood dedicate a mass in their honor.<br />

32 <strong>Summer</strong> <strong>2007</strong>


In the<br />

Spirit of<br />

Mater<br />

Making a<br />

Difference...<br />

One Person at a Time<br />

On October 20, <strong>2007</strong>, the Feast of Mater, our<br />

<strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong> <strong>Schools</strong> Alumni are gathering to<br />

learn from three of our own who exemplify the<br />

Spirit of Mater and have gone on to achieve<br />

National and International recognition for their<br />

work to improve the lives of people without a<br />

voice.<br />

• Sister Irene Cullen (SHP ‘57)<br />

U.S. Director for the Society to the Kenya/Uganda<br />

Mission will talk to us about the mission of <strong>Sacred</strong><br />

<strong>Heart</strong> <strong>Schools</strong> in third world countries and specifi cally<br />

in Africa.<br />

• Melissa Brown Pritchard (SHP ‘66)<br />

ASU professor and novelist, will talk to us about her<br />

Daywalka Foundation that works to end human<br />

traffi cking in Nepal, India and Bangladesh.<br />

• Jonathan Dorsey (SJSH ‘99, SHP ‘03)<br />

A current Stanford student, will relate his passion to<br />

mobilize and inspire students to help African refugees<br />

living with HIV/AIDS through his FACE AIDS organization<br />

that provides support groups, income generating<br />

projects and grants for education and prevention.<br />

We hope this event will inspire and encourage<br />

everyone who has been joined through our<br />

<strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong> education and to understand that as<br />

God worked through Mary’s life, He is working<br />

through ours too.<br />

Please join us on October 20th as we gather in the<br />

Main Building for coffee at 9:30 am, followed by<br />

a 10 am Mass in the chapel, speakers and awards<br />

in The Campbell Center for the Performing Arts,<br />

and a luncheon in the parlors. Visits to Oakwood<br />

will end our day together.<br />

The<br />

Georgia Seitz Fults<br />

Memorial<br />

Garden<br />

at<br />

<strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong> <strong>Schools</strong><br />

MEMORIAL PAVING STONES<br />

Honor your loved ones, past and present.<br />

Purchase a memorial paving stone<br />

for a family member, for a student at<br />

<strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong>, or for someone dear who<br />

has passed. This engraved brick will<br />

be placed on the border of the beautiful<br />

Memorial Garden, located adjacent to<br />

the tennis courts at St. Joseph’s School<br />

of the <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong>. Simply contact the<br />

SHS Development Office at 454-8393 or<br />

amarr@shschools.org by August 17th.<br />

Each memorial paving stone costs $500.<br />

All donations are tax-deductible<br />

to the extent allowed by law.<br />

Inscriptions are 2 lines,<br />

15 characters or spaces per line,<br />

including punctuation.<br />

Thank you for your support!<br />

If you would like to attend, sponsor a table of eight or volunteer<br />

to help with the event, please email alumni@shschools.org.


Upcoming Events<br />

Save the<br />

Dates!<br />

Sunday, September 23<br />

11am-2pm<br />

Grandparent /<br />

Special Person Day<br />

Saturday, October 20<br />

10am<br />

“In the Spirit of Mater”<br />

Mass/Lecture/Brunch Event<br />

Wednesday, November 21<br />

12noon-5pm<br />

Young Alumni Sports Day<br />

Soccer / Water Polo /<br />

Basketball Scrimmages<br />

Saturday, December 1<br />

Gingerbread House<br />

Decorating Party<br />

Thursday, December 20<br />

Young Alumni Party<br />

For event details,<br />

contact us at<br />

650-454-8394 or<br />

alumni@shschools.org<br />

The <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong> Alumni Travel Program presents...<br />

The France of<br />

St. Madeleine Sophie<br />

Before & After the French Revolution<br />

June 7 – 16, 2008<br />

Space is limited. Email alumni@shschools.org<br />

to reserve your spot today.<br />

Highlights include visiting St. Madeleine’s childhood home in Joigny,<br />

visiting the first <strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong> School in Paris, traveling to Versailles,<br />

Vezelay, and Paris, and learning from Donna and Janet along the way.<br />

Join us with your best friend from high school and learn about<br />

Gothic and Romanesque architecture, France in the Middle Ages,<br />

Jansenism and the Catholic Church, and the French Revolution.<br />

Our guides will<br />

be long-time<br />

<strong>Sacred</strong> <strong>Heart</strong><br />

faculty members<br />

Donna Gilboa<br />

(History) and<br />

Janet Johnson<br />

Whitchurch (Art/<br />

Art History)<br />

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permanent address at your home, please<br />

email us (alumni@shschools.org) with<br />

his or her new address. Thank you!

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