Winter 2011 - St. Joseph's Academy

leaders...mothers...professionalsSJA Alumnae Reconnect in GatheringsHeld at Home and Around the CountrySt. Joseph’s Academy graduates love to get together, whether it’s for a dinner withclassmates or a three-day weekend of fun with other alumnae and their families. Thisfall and winter, alumnae have enjoyed reconnecting in cities across the state and thecountry.ChicagoWashington, D.C.When St. Joseph’s Academyand Catholic HighSchool embarked upontheir annual Thanksgivingexcursion to Washington,D.C., with members of thetwo schools’ junior classes,school administrators andfaculty/staff members took the opportunityto visit with graduates living in thearea.Nine SJA alumnae and nine graduatesof CHS met at Joe Theismann’s restaurantin Alexandria, Virginia, for brunchand reminiscing with one another andLafayetteschool representatives.Representing SJA at the reunion werePrincipal Linda Fryoux Harvison, Alum-faculty member Holly Randow. RepresentingCHS were Glen Randow andEddie Samson.Baton RougeEnjoying a visit in the Chicago area are, left to right (bottomrow) Natalie Marionneaux ’86, DLisia EdwardsBergeron ’94, Sheri Gillio, (back row) Angie Byrd ’97,Lindsay Wilkes ’97, Alex Rabalais ’05 and Stacia Andricain.The SJA Alumnae Association hosteda get-together for graduates in the Chicagoarea on November 12. SJA was representedby Sheri Gillio, assistant principalof academics, and Stacia Andricain, assistantprincipal of activities. The groupenjoyed dinner at Hugo’s Frog Bar andFish House.New OrleansThe St. Joseph’s Academy Alumnae Association, in conjunctionwith Catholic High School, hosted a tailgate party atSt. Thomas More High School in Lafayette. The get-togetherwas held in September prior to the CHS-St. Thomas Morefootball game. Visitors enjoyed jambalaya and catching upwith administrators and faculty/staff members. Picturedhere are Scott Ritter, CHS class of 1993; Sister JoanLaplace, CSJ, SJA director of major gifts and plannedgiving; Dorothy Sanchez Gauthier ’68; Principal LindaFryoux Harvison ’66; and Emmett Gauthier.Approximately 25 members of the St.Joseph’s Academy class of 1985 gath- on November 26 for a Girls’ Night Out.The evening was part of a weekend offestivities to celebrate the graduates’ 25-year reunion.Classmates traveled from as far asHouston, Austin and Atlanta to enjoythe fun.New Orleans-area graduates gathered on July 17 at thehome of Jacquee Jackson Carvin ’66. The group celebratedmass at St. Patrick’s, then enjoyed dinner at Carvin’s home.Seated are Mary Loisse Marix ’66, Nancy Sutton Eskew’66, Genie Kleinpeter Maginnis ’61 and Loretta CapdevilleClark ’36. Standing are Anne Heroman Jeanmard ’90,Jean Healy Bowling ’75, Ruth Healy Thompson ’80,Denise Coignet Woodward ’59, Jacquee Jackson CarvinSister Adele Lambert ’54.