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<strong>REACH</strong><br />

RECRUITING EXCELLENCE IN ACADEMICS FOR CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOLS<br />

10 TH ANNIVERSARY | 1<br />

2 FROM EXPERIMENT TO ACHEVEMENT | 4 REFLECTING ON 10 YEARS OF SERVICE | 6 REGIS HIGH SCHOOL MISSION<br />

7 <strong>REACH</strong> MISSION | 8 OVERVIEW OF THE PROGRAM | 10 REVENUE SUPOPRT & EXPENSES<br />

11 ABOUT THE <strong>REACH</strong> COMMUNITY | 12 MEASURES OF SUCCESS | 13 BENEFACTORS & FRIENDS<br />

14 STUDENT & ALUMNI TESTIMONIALS | 18 AWARDS AND THANKS | 19 ALUMNI | 20 PROGRAM CALENDAR


2 | <strong>REACH</strong> PROGRAM 10 TH ANNIVERSARY | 3<br />

From Experiment to Achievement<br />

Philip Judge, S.J. | President, Regis High School<br />

In 1914 only five Catholic high schools served young men<br />

in Manhattan. They charged tuition of up to $200 a year –<br />

well beyond the means of most Catholic families, whose<br />

children often worked by day and went for basic schooling<br />

at night. Nationally, less than a quarter of teenagers were<br />

enrolled in high schools. Education was a real luxury. A<br />

free Catholic secondary school could hardly have been<br />

imagined, until it actually appeared: Regis High School<br />

opened in September of that year, with a class of young<br />

men achieving 85% -- oops, make that 90% after the first few<br />

months of registration -- in their grammar school grades.<br />

While everyone at Regis needed to be bright and come<br />

with a willingness to work hard, money for tuition was no<br />

obstacle. The school welcomed all who had academic talent<br />

and who honed it well under the tutelage of the good sisters<br />

who staffed the parochial schools. Regis served the brightest<br />

young men in the city, very many of whom were the sons<br />

of immigrants (the normal<br />

reality of Catholics early<br />

in the 20th century). And<br />

so began an incredible<br />

educational story and<br />

accomplishment.<br />

A funny thing happened by<br />

the turn of a new century.<br />

A growing educational<br />

divide had taken its toll as<br />

suburban school districts<br />

surpassed inner-city schools<br />

and Catholic grammar<br />

schools there continued an inevitable decline, as wealthier<br />

Catholics more often sent their children to private schools,<br />

as immigrant families with financial need found themselves<br />

with few educational options. For the first time talented<br />

young men faced a financial barrier that neither they nor<br />

Regis had created. A new generation of immigrants found<br />

itself unable to compete equally with other young men who<br />

had access to gifted and talented and similar enrichment<br />

programs in high-performing grammar schools. While Regis<br />

was never limited to serving immigrant and underprivileged<br />

boys, the reality of Catholic history from 1914 assured<br />

that it did. There was certainly never an intention to<br />

stop serving them in 2000. How to ensure that all gifted<br />

Catholic young men who were willing to work hard had<br />

access to Regis emerged as a new challenge for the Regis<br />

Trustees and Administration. How to provide access without<br />

compromising standards was the puzzle that was solved<br />

spectacularly by <strong>REACH</strong>, starting with the first class of fifth<br />

grade candidates in the summer of 2002.<br />

<strong>REACH</strong> seemed a curious hybrid: bits and pieces borrowed<br />

from summer programs, Saturday tutoring expanded,<br />

mentoring provided by Regis students, three years instead of<br />

one. Maybe with lots of extra work before the Regis entrance<br />

exams, a few of the first cohort of 35 students might make<br />

up for missing opportunities and make it past the exam<br />

to the Interview stage on<br />

their own. Twelve did the<br />

first year, and roughly a<br />

third have continued to do<br />

so each year since. Almost<br />

all of the rest have won<br />

scholarships and/or needbased<br />

grants to our “core”<br />

schools (the New York Jesuit<br />

high schools: Fordham<br />

Prep, Xavier, Loyola School,<br />

and Cristo Rey), substantial<br />

scholarships at other<br />

Catholic high schools, or<br />

admission to competitive public high schools. If seven years<br />

of high school admissions have been strong, three years of<br />

college admissions have been incredible for young men<br />

whose families could never have dreamed of paying tuition<br />

and many of which did not speak English: MIT, Williams,<br />

Boston College, Fordham, the University of Scranton have<br />

all welcomed <strong>REACH</strong> graduates, almost universally the first<br />

in their families to get to college. This was success beyond<br />

anything Regis thought possible.<br />

Ten years later we invite you to celebrate with us not<br />

an academic experiment, but an increasingly welldocumented<br />

educational achievement. It is possible for<br />

socio-economically disadvantaged boys not just to avoid<br />

knowledge drain and poor achievement during their middle<br />

school years, but instead to make great educational strides,<br />

to win access to highly coveted schools, and to continue<br />

to achieve alongside students who very often have a great<br />

many more advantages. The work is challenging, the<br />

time away from home significant, the formation rigorous,<br />

leadership expectations high, and community palpable.<br />

The cost? A fraction of Catholic grammar school tuition.<br />

There remains more to celebrate. When Regis sends its<br />

seniors out into the Metropolitan area for Christian service<br />

during the week, and even for a whole trimester as an<br />

optional capstone experience, we expect they quickly learn<br />

how much more they receive than they give. The <strong>REACH</strong><br />

students teach us what is really at stake in education. School<br />

is not some kind of fashion statement, but a life-changing<br />

possibility. Hard work does not simply prove something,<br />

but is essential to real achievement. Immigrant stories and<br />

struggles are too often things we shield ourselves and our<br />

students from. In the end, an achievement that costs little<br />

in personal investment is worth even less. <strong>REACH</strong> students<br />

show us that every July departure day when they leave for<br />

three summer weeks at the University of Scranton, every<br />

August morning they return to Regis, and every Saturday<br />

they cheerfully appear at 84th Street. We remain proud<br />

of their achievement. We are more than blessed to be of<br />

service to them. In 1914 an incredible gift made educational<br />

opportunity available to qualified young men. Since 2001,<br />

<strong>REACH</strong> has meant that it still is.


4 | <strong>REACH</strong> PROGRAM 10 TH ANNIVERSARY | 5<br />

Reflecting On 10 Years of Service<br />

Todd Austin | <strong>REACH</strong> Director<br />

After ten years of operations, <strong>REACH</strong> has finally established<br />

a program logo. It might seem odd that, in this era of<br />

aggressive marketing and bold branding, the design you<br />

see on the cover of this publication is making its first<br />

appearance. We just never got around to it—as at any new<br />

startup, there was always something else to do. It is also<br />

the case, of course, that <strong>REACH</strong> has been able to ride the<br />

good name of Regis through our first decade. Adding our<br />

acronym opposite the name of our school on the official<br />

letterhead was enough to get us going, and going strong.<br />

But <strong>REACH</strong> has since developed a reputation of its own,<br />

one worthy of its own logo. Regis remains our home and a<br />

principal goal for <strong>REACH</strong> members, so it is only right that<br />

it includes the Regis seal. But <strong>REACH</strong> is making its mark<br />

in other places too—in families, parishes, grammar schools,<br />

other high schools and colleges—so it showcases our name<br />

as well. <strong>REACH</strong> did not begin with its own brand, but with<br />

the resources of faith and hard work our students, families,<br />

teachers, mentors, benefactors and friends have built up the<br />

one that we celebrate this year.<br />

Since <strong>REACH</strong>’s inception in 2001, a number of important<br />

developments have occurred. Over the course of the 2005-06<br />

school year, <strong>REACH</strong> experienced its first major leadership<br />

transition. The founding team of Mr. Jim Power (Board<br />

Chair), Fr. Tom McClain (President), Fr. Vin Biagi, S.J.<br />

(Principal) and Fr. Chris Devron, S.J. (<strong>REACH</strong> Director)<br />

handed the leadership mantle over to a new team which<br />

included Mr. Anthony Domino (Board Chair), Fr. Phil<br />

Judge, S.J. (President), Dr. Gary Tocchet (Principal) and<br />

myself. The significant but seamless switch ensured that<br />

<strong>REACH</strong> would continue to thrive beyond its founding<br />

years. In the spring of 2009, <strong>REACH</strong> completed its first<br />

strategic review. That process allowed us the opportunity<br />

to: 1) present a detailed overview of <strong>REACH</strong>’s seven<br />

operational areas, 2) confirm with extensive data collection<br />

and analysis what we knew to be the early achievements of<br />

<strong>REACH</strong>, 3) establish a set of data points for future analysis<br />

and evaluation and 4) determine new objectives and<br />

improvement plans for the coming years, like the hiring<br />

of a Dean of Student Recruitment and a Coordinator of<br />

the Math Curriculum. The most important development<br />

over the last ten years would have to be the growth and<br />

achievement of the student community within <strong>REACH</strong>,<br />

which has grown from 35 to 292. Twelve members of<br />

the first <strong>REACH</strong> class earned a Regis scholarship; that<br />

number has since grown to 68 Regis scholarships. Our<br />

206 alumni have won over $8.1 million in financial<br />

awards at New York City’s top Catholic high schools, have<br />

enrolled in outstanding colleges and universities and are<br />

enthusiastically giving back to <strong>REACH</strong> as Counselors and<br />

Collegians. Needless to say, we hear no more from those<br />

who once doubted the <strong>REACH</strong> initiative.<br />

Despite these developments, the design and character of<br />

our program remains unchanged. Our annual calendar<br />

looks much like it did in the early years. Camp <strong>REACH</strong><br />

at the University of Scranton remains the heart of the<br />

<strong>REACH</strong> year and continues to challenge our students to<br />

take developmental steps toward greater independence<br />

and thoughtfulness. Our advisement names, inspired by<br />

Loyola, Xavier, Claver, Pro, Ricci, Healy, Gonzaga, Campion,<br />

Miki and Hurtado, continue to capture the imaginations<br />

of our members and build community among them.<br />

Candidates still read Lois Lowry’s The Giver in their<br />

summer English class. Mealtime at Scranton is still our<br />

favorite time of the day and Fr. Mohr, of the university’s<br />

philosophy department, still darts around Chapman Lake<br />

in his speedboat with fearless students in tow. Every day<br />

at Regis still begins in prayer in the school’s Chapel of the<br />

Sacred Heart, and everyday ends in play in the school’s<br />

gymnasium. The summer musical continues to take the<br />

stage, giving our students the opportunity to explore their<br />

musical gifts and increase their confidence. Regis High<br />

School students continue to support <strong>REACH</strong> through<br />

our mentoring project and serve alongside alumni on our<br />

summer Counselor and Collegian teams. Much to the<br />

chagrin of these young men, the faculty team continues<br />

to prevail over the staff squad in our summer facultystaff<br />

basketball game. Most importantly, our students<br />

continue to strive to become more open to growth,<br />

more intellectually skillful, more faithful, more loving<br />

and better servants to their communities—and God is<br />

still good, all the time.<br />

As <strong>REACH</strong> moves into its second decade, we do so not<br />

only with a new logo, but also with a motto chosen<br />

three years ago. Current members and their families<br />

know it as lux luceat—let your light shine—but many<br />

may not know its source. In his Sermon on the Mount,<br />

as it appears in the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus offers the<br />

following counsel to his disciples:<br />

“No one after lighting a lamp puts it under the bushel<br />

basket, but on the lampstand, and it gives light to all in<br />

the house. In the same way, let your light shine before<br />

others, so that they may see your good works and give<br />

glory to your Father in heaven.”<br />

All too often the gifts of students like ours go<br />

unnoticed, like a lamp put under a bushel basket, and<br />

the world is darker for it. <strong>REACH</strong> is their lampstand.<br />

We promise to provide our students and alumni with<br />

the opportunities to develop their gifts, and in return,<br />

we ask them to let their light shine for the benefit of<br />

others and for the greater glory of God.<br />

God’s love and grace lead us onward.


6 | <strong>REACH</strong> PROGRAM 10 TH ANNIVERSARY | 7<br />

REGIS HIGH SCHOOL<br />

MISSION Ms.<br />

Founded in 1914 by an anonymous benefactor and<br />

supported by the generosity of her family, its alumni and<br />

friends, Regis High School offers a tuition free Jesuit college<br />

preparatory education to Roman Catholic young men from<br />

the New York metropolitan area who demonstrate superior<br />

intellectual and leadership potential. In the admissions<br />

process, special consideration is given to those who cannot<br />

otherwise afford a Catholic education.<br />

As a Jesuit school Regis is committed to both academic<br />

excellence and fostering a spirit of generosity and service<br />

to those in need. With an emphasis on academic rigor and<br />

Catholic formation, the school’s program is designed to<br />

promote each student’s intellectual and spiritual growth<br />

grounded in a deepening relationship with Jesus Christ.<br />

Regis seeks to inspire and train the ethnically diverse young<br />

men in its care to become imaginative leaders committed to<br />

promoting justice and exerting leadership in the Church, in<br />

the civic community, and in their chosen profession.<br />

Dr. Gary Tocchet,<br />

Principal<br />

Rev. Phil Judge, S.J.,<br />

President<br />

REGIS HIGH SCHOOL<br />

BOARD OF TRUSTEES<br />

Zeena Abdulahad<br />

Director of Development,<br />

Memorial-Sloan Kettering<br />

Ms. Caroline F. Berry<br />

Assistant Headmaster<br />

The Buckley School<br />

Rev. Vincent L. Biagi, S.J.<br />

Provincial Assistant for<br />

Secondary Education,<br />

New York Province of the<br />

Society of Jesus<br />

Mr. J. Andrew Bugas P’06’08<br />

Partner<br />

Radar Partners<br />

Mr. Thomas B. Burke ‘85<br />

Chief Operating Offi cer<br />

XL Capital Investment<br />

Partners, Inc.<br />

Mr. Vijay B. Culas ‘91<br />

Managing Director<br />

Goldman Sachs & Co.<br />

Mr. Adrian Dollard ‘80<br />

Chief Operating Offi cer<br />

Qatalyst Partners<br />

Mr. Anthony J. Domino, Jr.<br />

‘80 P’08<br />

Board Chairman<br />

President<br />

Associated Benefi t Consultants<br />

Mr. Thomas P. Hanrahan ‘68<br />

Partner<br />

Sidley Austin LLP<br />

Rev. John J. Hanwell, S.J.<br />

President<br />

Fairfi eld College Preparatory<br />

School<br />

Mr. Brendan R. McGuire ‘94<br />

Assistant U.S. Attorney<br />

Southern District of New York<br />

Mr. Gary J. Mezzatesta ‘76<br />

President and Chief Operating<br />

Offi cer<br />

UPP Entertainment Marketing<br />

Dr. Margaret M. Minson<br />

P’88<br />

Executive Director<br />

Student Sponsor Partners<br />

Mr. Thierry G. Porte ‘75<br />

Operating Partner<br />

J.G. Flowers & Co. LLC<br />

Rev. Thomas R. Slon, S.J.<br />

Socius/Executive Assistant to<br />

the Provincial<br />

New York Province of The<br />

Society of Jesus<br />

Rev. James A. Stoeger, S.J.<br />

President<br />

Jesuit Secondary Education<br />

Association<br />

Dr. Gary J. Tocchet<br />

Principal<br />

Regis High School<br />

Rev. James R. Van Dyke, S.J,<br />

Fordham Preparatory School<br />

Mr. John R. Walsh ‘88<br />

Partner<br />

Ernst & Young<br />

Rev. George M. Witt, S.J.<br />

Pastor<br />

Church of St. Ignatius Loyola<br />

<strong>REACH</strong><br />

MISSION<br />

<strong>REACH</strong> serves middle school boys in the New York City area who are<br />

Catholic, academically gifted, possess leadership potential, and whose families<br />

demonstrate financial need. <strong>REACH</strong> admits students in the spring of their<br />

5th grade year.<br />

Designed as an educational and leadership program, <strong>REACH</strong> prepares<br />

students to compete for scholarships at Regis, as well as at other top Catholic<br />

high schools in New York City. Whether at Regis or elsewhere, <strong>REACH</strong> hopes<br />

that all of its members develop into young men willing to serve as leaders in<br />

their communities, schools, the Church and the wider world. The program is<br />

an outstanding opportunity for boys to nurture their gifts of mind and spirit.<br />

<strong>REACH</strong><br />

ADMINISTRATIVE<br />

TEAM<br />

The <strong>REACH</strong> administrative team<br />

includes the following full-time and<br />

part-time members:<br />

Mr. Todd Austin<br />

Director<br />

Mr. Brian Daley<br />

Dean of Student<br />

Recruiting<br />

Mr. Doug Eickman<br />

Dean of the Math<br />

Curriculum<br />

Mr. Kevin Lardner<br />

Dean of 2nd Year<br />

Program<br />

Mr. John Russo<br />

Dean of 1st Year<br />

Program<br />

Rev. Philip G. Judge, S.J. ‘80<br />

President<br />

Regis High School


8 | <strong>REACH</strong> PROGRAM 10 TH ANNIVERSARY | 9<br />

overview<br />

OF THE<br />

program<br />

Academic Development<br />

<strong>REACH</strong> serves its members outside the<br />

traditional school calendar. <strong>REACH</strong><br />

consists of a 6-week summer session,<br />

a fall Saturday session and a spring<br />

Saturday session, as well as a winter<br />

reading project. Accelerated classes<br />

in Math and English Language Arts<br />

as well as classes in the visual and<br />

performing arts, Latin, computer<br />

applications, research writing, public<br />

speaking and study skills define the<br />

core academic program. Additional<br />

elective courses are offered in the<br />

summer.<br />

Summer Session<br />

The 6-week summer session is<br />

divided into two 3-week components.<br />

The session typically begins at the<br />

beginning of July and ends in Mid-<br />

August.<br />

Camp <strong>REACH</strong>: The summer begins<br />

with a 3-week academic camp<br />

located at the University of Scranton<br />

in Pennsylvania. Under the close<br />

supervision and care of the <strong>REACH</strong><br />

professional staff, students live in<br />

university residence halls and enjoy<br />

access to a wide range of academic<br />

and recreational resources on campus.<br />

Camp <strong>REACH</strong> is designed to provide<br />

students with an accelerated academic<br />

and leadership development program,<br />

all in the spirit of meeting new friends<br />

with similar interests and abilities.<br />

<strong>REACH</strong> at Regis: Upon returning to<br />

New York City from Camp <strong>REACH</strong>,<br />

students continue their summer classes<br />

at Regis High School for an additional<br />

3 weeks. Class days during <strong>REACH</strong> at<br />

Regis run from 8:45am to 5:00pm.<br />

Fall Saturday Session<br />

From mid-September to mid-<br />

December, students attend classes<br />

at Regis on 10 Saturdays. <strong>REACH</strong><br />

Saturdays run from 9:00am to<br />

2:00pm and include academic course<br />

work, guidance and recreational<br />

opportunities.<br />

Winter Session<br />

Between mid-December and early<br />

March, students engage in an<br />

independent reading project designed<br />

by <strong>REACH</strong>.<br />

Spring Saturday Session<br />

From early March to mid-May, students<br />

attend classes at Regis on 10 Saturdays.<br />

As in the fall, <strong>REACH</strong> Saturdays run<br />

from 9:00am to 2:00pm and include<br />

academic course work, guidance and<br />

recreational opportunities.<br />

In order to graduate from <strong>REACH</strong>,<br />

students must complete three full years<br />

in the program as 6th, 7th and 8th<br />

graders. Prior to entering high school,<br />

students are required to attend a 3-week<br />

Rising 9th Grade Program at Regis.<br />

Participation in this high school prep<br />

program marks the fourth <strong>REACH</strong><br />

summer for members.<br />

Leadership Development<br />

The 5 principles of the <strong>REACH</strong><br />

program lie at the heart of the<br />

leadership development program.<br />

<strong>REACH</strong> seeks to graduate students<br />

who are becoming more: 1) open<br />

to growth; 2) intellectually skillful;<br />

3) loving; 4) faith-centered; and 5)<br />

dedicated to serving their community.<br />

<strong>REACH</strong> promotes these principles as<br />

the defining characteristics of a leader.<br />

To develop as a leader in <strong>REACH</strong> is<br />

to grow as a faithful disciple of Jesus<br />

Christ. The various components of<br />

the leadership program seek to foster<br />

in students the courage, spiritual<br />

discipline, faith and skills needed to<br />

realize their potential as servants and<br />

leaders.<br />

<strong>REACH</strong> seeks to foster the leadership<br />

development of its students<br />

through the explicit promotion of<br />

the 5 <strong>REACH</strong> principles, a vibrant<br />

spiritual life program, the formal<br />

C.O.R.E.(Challenging Outdoor<br />

<strong>REACH</strong> Experiences) curriculum and<br />

the Arrupe Saturdays. The 3-week<br />

C.O.R.E. curriculum is designed<br />

to develop students’ self-awareness,<br />

communication skills, cooperative<br />

problem solving skills and capacity<br />

for measured risk-taking. By inviting<br />

students to experiment with roles<br />

as leaders and team members in<br />

the pursuit of specified objectives,<br />

C.O.R.E. allows students to learn<br />

from their successes and failures in<br />

these roles. The Arrupe Saturday<br />

program for graduating 8 th graders<br />

stands as the capstone of the leadership<br />

development program.<br />

Student Advising<br />

Upon accepting their <strong>REACH</strong><br />

membership invitation, students<br />

commit to preparing themselves to<br />

compete for scholarships at Regis<br />

and other top Catholic high schools.<br />

Toward this end, students agree to<br />

fulfill the following conditions of their<br />

<strong>REACH</strong> membership: 1) earn and<br />

maintain a 90 or above in all subjects<br />

in their grammar schools, 2) earn and<br />

maintain high conduct grades and<br />

attendance records, 3) attend all of<br />

the <strong>REACH</strong> class days in the summer<br />

and on Saturdays, 4) show respect<br />

for peers, adults and property and 5)<br />

show ongoing commitment to the 5<br />

principles of <strong>REACH</strong>.<br />

<strong>REACH</strong> membership serves as a strong<br />

motivational force for students as<br />

they strive to fulfill these conditions<br />

and realize their goal. The student<br />

advising program is in place to provide<br />

the individual attention needed to<br />

hold students accountable to these<br />

conditions and to support them as<br />

they face challenges and setbacks in<br />

their grammar school years. <strong>REACH</strong><br />

seeks to advise students in partnership<br />

with their parents and grammar school<br />

teachers.<br />

Mentoring Project<br />

Each <strong>REACH</strong> student is paired with<br />

a mentor from Regis High School<br />

student. By assigning members to<br />

a Regis High School student as his<br />

mentor, <strong>REACH</strong> seeks to introduce<br />

members to a young man who has<br />

already achieved their shared goal of<br />

winning a high school scholarship.<br />

Mentors can provide <strong>REACH</strong> students<br />

with motivation and support (social,<br />

intellectual, and spiritual) beyond<br />

what is available in their homes and<br />

schools. Each year roughly 100 Regis<br />

students serve as mentors in the<br />

program. The mentoring relationship<br />

spans the three years during which the<br />

mentor is at Regis (sophomore, junior<br />

and senior years), and the mentee is a<br />

<strong>REACH</strong> member.<br />

High School Placement<br />

<strong>REACH</strong> seeks to place all of its<br />

graduating 8 th graders at Regis and<br />

at other top Catholic high schools in<br />

New York City. <strong>REACH</strong> considers each<br />

of the high schools in New York City<br />

with a Jesuit affiliation a “core school”<br />

and strives to place as many students as<br />

possible in one of these “core schools.”<br />

Other than Regis, these schools include<br />

Cristo Rey High School, Fordham<br />

Preparatory School, the Loyola School<br />

and Xavier High School. Georgetown<br />

Prep in Washington, D.C. presents<br />

<strong>REACH</strong> students with a Jesuit<br />

boarding school option. The high<br />

school placement program actually<br />

begins in a student’s second year in<br />

<strong>REACH</strong> and continues throughout his<br />

third year.<br />

Alumni Support<br />

R EACH alumni attend Regis, other<br />

Catholic high schools and selective<br />

and specialized high schools in New<br />

York City. For the most part, these<br />

high schools immerse students in a<br />

culture and provide them with the<br />

academic, spiritual and guidance<br />

programs needed to ensure that they<br />

realize their high potential as collegebound<br />

students committed to lives<br />

of faith and service. Three classes of<br />

<strong>REACH</strong> alumni have now entered<br />

college. A <strong>REACH</strong> Alumni Council,<br />

an alumni directory and an online<br />

alumni community help students<br />

maintain their friendships throughout<br />

the high school years and beyond. As<br />

<strong>REACH</strong> grows, the program continues<br />

to consider opportunities and new<br />

strategies for serving its alumni<br />

throughout the high school and<br />

college years, and beyond.


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STUDENTS<br />

parent was born outside the U.S. In 67% MENTORS<br />

of current <strong>REACH</strong> families, both parents<br />

<strong>REACH</strong> annually enrolls 125 students<br />

At any one time, roughly 100 Regis students<br />

were born outside of the United States.<br />

between grades 6 and 9. Students come<br />

serve as mentors to <strong>REACH</strong> members.<br />

<strong>REACH</strong> families represent more than 30<br />

from neighborhoods throughout New York<br />

different countries across Latin America, the<br />

City and represent the city’s wide ethnic<br />

Caribbean, Asia, Africa and Europe. ALUMNI<br />

diversity.<br />

The <strong>REACH</strong> alumni network includes 206<br />

The FY 2012 <strong>REACH</strong> budget is $499,453, a cost of $3,027<br />

FY2012 REVENUE SOURCES<br />

FAMILY INCOME<br />

BOROUGHS<br />

students currently in high school or college.<br />

80% of <strong>REACH</strong> families have an income<br />

per student served. Development efforts on behalf of<br />

22% from Brooklyn, 34% from the Bronx,<br />

below the 2011 area median household<br />

<strong>REACH</strong> generate gifts from philanthropic foundations, individual<br />

donors and corporations that cover 38% of <strong>REACH</strong>’s<br />

of families qualify for the federal free and FACULTY & STAFF<br />

21% from Manhattan and 23% from Queens.<br />

ADMINISTRATION,<br />

income for New York City ($53,466). 61%<br />

FOUNDATIONS<br />

ETHNICITY<br />

annual budget. Individual gifts to Regis High School’s<br />

20%<br />

Hispanic/Latino 71%; African/Africanreduced<br />

lunch program.<br />

annual operating fund cover the remaining 62% of the<br />

American/Afro-Caribbean 12%; Asian/<br />

Asian-American 6%; Caucasian/European-<br />

<strong>REACH</strong> budget. The following is a more detailed summary<br />

PARTNER SCHOOLS<br />

REGIS<br />

ANNUAL FUND*<br />

American 6%; Mixed Ethnicity 5%.<br />

of <strong>REACH</strong>’s financial activity for the current school year.<br />

62%<br />

Revenue Support<br />

Expenses<br />

revenues<br />

Foundations 20% $99,890<br />

Individuals (<strong>REACH</strong>) 16% $81,923<br />

Corporate Gifts 2% $9,989<br />

Regis Annual Fund* 62% $307,650<br />

INDIVIDUALS<br />

(<strong>REACH</strong>)<br />

16%<br />

CORPORATE<br />

GIFTS<br />

2%<br />

*Individual giving by Regis alumni, alumni parents and<br />

current parents supports the Regis High School Annual Fund.<br />

ABOUT THE <strong>REACH</strong><br />

COMMUNITY<br />

STUDENT FAMILIES<br />

The large majority of <strong>REACH</strong> families are<br />

immigrant families.<br />

FAMILY STATUS<br />

In 94% of <strong>REACH</strong> families, at least one<br />

Over the last 10 years <strong>REACH</strong> has served<br />

students from more than 130 different<br />

grammar schools in New York City.<br />

SCHOOL TYPE<br />

Currently 80% of <strong>REACH</strong> students attend<br />

Catholic schools while the remaining 20%<br />

of students attend public schools.<br />

Each member of the <strong>REACH</strong> administrative<br />

team teaches in the program. <strong>REACH</strong><br />

hires additional faculty and staff for each<br />

of its academic sessions. <strong>REACH</strong> teachers<br />

include members of the Regis faculty, Regis<br />

alumni and teachers from other schools<br />

with experience educating gifted students.<br />

Members of the <strong>REACH</strong> staff include<br />

current Regis students, <strong>REACH</strong> alumni and<br />

Regis alumni.<br />

Total $499,453<br />

expenses<br />

Academic Development 27% $135,589<br />

Camp <strong>REACH</strong> 20% $101,872<br />

Leadership Formation 13% $62,645<br />

Recruiting and Admissions 12% $60,103<br />

Student Services* 11% $54,709<br />

General Admininstration 17% $84,535<br />

FY2012 EXPENSE ALLOCATION<br />

GENERAL<br />

ADMINISTRATION<br />

17% ACADEMIC<br />

DEVELOPMENT<br />

27%<br />

STUDENT<br />

SERVICES<br />

11%<br />

RERCRUITING &<br />

ADMISSIONS<br />

12%<br />

LEADERSHIP<br />

FORMATION<br />

13%<br />

CAMP<br />

<strong>REACH</strong><br />

20%<br />

Total $499,453<br />

*Includes the Mentoring Project, High School Placement and<br />

Alumni Support.


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benefactors<br />

friends<br />

90%<br />

of <strong>REACH</strong> students<br />

who enter the 6th grade<br />

as high-achievers (national exam scores<br />

in top quartile) persist as high-achievers<br />

through the 8th grade. Nationwide,<br />

the persistence rates of high-achieving<br />

students from the lower half of income<br />

brackets over the elementary and<br />

high school years are just 61% and<br />

73% respectively; persistence rates<br />

for students from the higher-income<br />

brackets over these same periods are<br />

71% and 81%. 1<br />

33%<br />

of the 206 <strong>REACH</strong><br />

graduates have earned<br />

a Regis High School scholarship.<br />

This rate surpasses the overall Regis<br />

acceptance rate of 15%.<br />

78%<br />

Overall, <strong>REACH</strong> has<br />

placed 78% of its<br />

graduating members in a “core” high<br />

school (Regis, Xavier, Fordham Prep,<br />

Loyola, Cristo Rey), 14% in other<br />

Catholic high schools and 9% in<br />

specialized or sel ective public high<br />

schools.<br />

99%<br />

of <strong>REACH</strong> alumni<br />

who have attended a<br />

Catholic high school have won a 4-year<br />

measures<br />

OF success<br />

academic scholarship or need-based<br />

grant totaling $8.1 million.<br />

95%<br />

<strong>REACH</strong> alumni at<br />

Regis matriculate at<br />

the same rate as the general student<br />

population (95%). Overall, 95% of<br />

<strong>REACH</strong> alumni finish on-time at the<br />

high school in which they first enroll.<br />

96%<br />

of the 81 <strong>REACH</strong><br />

graduates who have<br />

finished high school have enrolled in a<br />

4-year college or university. 2 In roughly<br />

85% of their households, these students<br />

would be the first male to graduate<br />

from a 4-year college or university.<br />

84%<br />

<strong>REACH</strong> has welcomed<br />

348 students into the<br />

program as members over the last 10<br />

years; 292 (84%) of these students have<br />

successfully completed the rigorous<br />

3-year <strong>REACH</strong> commitment or<br />

currently maintain their membership<br />

status. 3<br />

300<br />

Through <strong>REACH</strong>, over<br />

300 Regis students have<br />

had an opportunity to serve as a mentor<br />

to a middle school student during their<br />

sophomore, junior and senior years.<br />

1<br />

The Achievement Trap, The Jack Kent Cook<br />

Foundation (2007)<br />

2<br />

<strong>REACH</strong> is currently tracking down<br />

college attendance data on three alumni<br />

from the first two classes.<br />

3<br />

To fulfill the requirements of their<br />

<strong>REACH</strong> membership, between their 6 th<br />

and 8 th grade years, students must maintain<br />

a 90 average or higher in their grammar<br />

school classes, annually attend <strong>REACH</strong>’s<br />

6-week academic summer session and<br />

annually attend <strong>REACH</strong> classes on 20<br />

Saturdays during the academic year.<br />

BENEFACTORS<br />

Individuals / Organizations<br />

Mr. John P. Collins '67<br />

Ms. Gail Cortez <strong>REACH</strong> P’06<br />

Richard J. Cronin, M.D. '56<br />

Ms. Kristin Cupillari<br />

Mr. Leo E. Denlea '50<br />

Mr. Anthony J. Domino '80<br />

Mr. Donald J. Donahue '41<br />

Mr. Donald J. Dougherty '44<br />

Mr. Thomas E. Dudar '74<br />

Mr. Henry J. Ferrero '59<br />

Mr. Thomas F. Flood '85<br />

Mr. Brian T. Foley '68 P'95'00<br />

Mr. John V. Forrest '58<br />

Mr. and Mrs. James T. Gorman P'12<br />

Mr. Charles P. Guarino '84<br />

Mr. J. K. Hickman '46<br />

Ms. Therese Klay P'01<br />

Mr. Roger T. Knight '00<br />

Mr. Michael G. Lavallato '80<br />

Mr. Michael Leone '84<br />

Ms. Deborah Lumley P'09<br />

Mr. Patrick J. McGreal '80<br />

Mr. Raymond G. McGuire '56<br />

Mr. Charles Miceli P'07 <strong>REACH</strong> P’11<br />

Ms. Dung T. Nguyen <strong>REACH</strong> P'14<br />

Mr. Richard E. O'Connell, P'07<br />

Mr. David A. O'Keefe, '52<br />

Mr. William G. Passannante '80 P'10’14<br />

Mr. James E. Power '57<br />

Mr. Michael P. Punzalan '99<br />

Mr. John J. Roche '53<br />

Mr. John J. Scollay '43<br />

Ms. Tina Throckmorton<br />

Ms. Susan T. Wengler P’09’13<br />

Anonymous<br />

Williams & Connelly LLP<br />

New York Province of the Society of Jesus –<br />

Brooklyn Prep Fund<br />

The University of Scranton (In Kind)<br />

FOUNDATIONS<br />

Altman Foundation<br />

Mr. Donald J. Donahue '41 Family Foundation<br />

Goldman Sachs Foundation<br />

Leavy Foundation of Los Angeles<br />

Charles Hayden Foundation<br />

The Heckscher Foundation for Children<br />

Homeland Foundation<br />

Louise Calder Foundation<br />

Davi d A. and Mildred H. Morse<br />

Charitable Trust<br />

Achelis-Bodman Foundation<br />

Fairfield County Community Foundation<br />

Sage Foundation<br />

Anonymous<br />

FRIENDS<br />

Grammar School Principals, Teachers and<br />

<strong>REACH</strong> nominators<br />

<strong>REACH</strong> Parents and Families<br />

<strong>REACH</strong> Mentors<br />

The Regis Parent’s Club<br />

The Regis Rep<br />

The Regis Book Store<br />

Ten Mile River Boy Scout Camp<br />

The University of Notre Dame, SSLP<br />

Tom Cupillari, Ph.D., Keystone College<br />

Observatory<br />

Mr. Benjamin Hamm, Admissions Director,<br />

Xavier High School<br />

Mrs. Lillian Diaz-Imbelli, Admissions<br />

Director, The Loyola School<br />

Mr. Christopher Lauber, Admissions<br />

Director, Fordham Preparatory School<br />

Mr. Bill Porcaro, Admissions Director,<br />

Cristo Rey New York High School<br />

Ms. Roseann Carotenuto, District<br />

Superintendent of Bronx Catholic Schools<br />

Mr. Michael Pizzingrillo, Asst.<br />

Superintendent of Schools, Diocese of<br />

Brooklyn<br />

Mr. Michael Deegan, Superintendent of<br />

Inner-City Schools, New York City<br />

Timothy McNiff, Ph.D.,Superintendent of<br />

Schools, Archdiocese of New York<br />

Mr. Rudy Vargas, Field Consultant for the<br />

Catholic School Advantage Campaign<br />

Mr. David Di Certo, Student Recruitment,<br />

Archdiocese of New York<br />

Mr. Philip Gorrasi, District Superintendent<br />

of Westchester Catholic Schools<br />

Philip Franco, Ph.D., Director of Religious<br />

Education, Diocese of Brooklyn<br />

Sr. Joan Curtin, CND, Director, Catechetical<br />

Office, Archdiocese of New York<br />

Ms. Fran Davies, Communication &<br />

Marketing, Archdiocese of New York<br />

Sr. Jeannette Chishibanji, Director, Bronx<br />

Catechetical Office<br />

Sr. Catherine Ryan, FSP, Regional Director,<br />

Manhattan Catechetical Office


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student & alumni<br />

testimonials<br />

MY NAME IS CHRIS CHAVEZ, AND<br />

<strong>REACH</strong> is the<br />

first step on a<br />

path to success.<br />

I heard about <strong>REACH</strong> through my middle school principal<br />

at Our Lady of Fatima in Jackson Heights and decided<br />

to apply after talking to a few members about their<br />

experiences at Scranton. I would be equipping myself for<br />

the high school admissions process down the road and, at<br />

the same time, it sounded like a lot of fun. Sacrificing your<br />

summers in middle school may seem tough, but when you<br />

look at where some of their alumni end up, the reward is<br />

great. After a solid candidate summer, I just had a feeling<br />

that all this hard work in the classroom was going to pay off.<br />

Sure enough, <strong>REACH</strong> always had me one step ahead of<br />

my middle school classmates. The program taught me<br />

that being open to growth means trying new things and<br />

meeting new people from all backgrounds, and it gave me<br />

the confidence that I had this gift of intellect—and I could<br />

use it! I graduated from <strong>REACH</strong> in 2007, and the program<br />

put me on the path to attending Xavier High School, where<br />

becoming a “Man for Others” is the motto. My faith was<br />

strengthened through retreats<br />

and, looking back on it, the<br />

Jesuit principles and values<br />

introduced to me at <strong>REACH</strong><br />

remain close to my heart today.<br />

Having graduated from<br />

Xavier in 2011, I am currently<br />

a freshman at Marquette<br />

University (yet another<br />

Jesuit school!) studying Journalism in the College of<br />

Communications. I’m working as a sports analyst for<br />

the student television station and writing for the student<br />

newspaper, all while maintaining a few writing gigs for<br />

websites on the side. I’m going to continue to work hard<br />

in pursuit of my goal of serving as a reporter for a trusted<br />

media source like ESPN or CBS.<br />

I know <strong>REACH</strong> has a bright future, and I hope that the<br />

program continues to serve the types of students that have been<br />

going and growing through this program for ten years now.<br />

Chris Chavez is the older of two children born to Beatriz and<br />

Silvestre Chavez. A fi rst generation American, Chris traces his<br />

family heritage through his mother to Colombia, and through his<br />

father to Peru. The Chavez family keeps their Spanish-speaking<br />

home in the East Elmhurst section of the Queens. Chris was<br />

nominated for <strong>REACH</strong> by his principal at Our Lady of Fatima<br />

School in Jackson Heights and went on to attend Xavier High<br />

School in Manhattan. He is currently a freshman at Marquette<br />

University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.<br />

MY NAME IS KELLY GARCIA, AND<br />

<strong>REACH</strong> has<br />

helped me come<br />

a long way.<br />

It made me aware of what I am capable of. Through my<br />

teachers and my friends, I saw just how good a person could<br />

be. I was in an environment where I was expected to give it<br />

my all. I was encouraged to do so because all of my friends<br />

were also working hard and doing their best. <strong>REACH</strong><br />

helped me to learn to have goals for myself and to achieve<br />

them. It made me aware that I had skills that I needed to<br />

develop and put to good use. <strong>REACH</strong> gave me community<br />

and love that I was compelled to express in my own life.<br />

There were many sacrifices. My Saturdays and summers<br />

were spent in schools. I had to wake up early to commute<br />

to Regis. I had homework to worry about. But I learned<br />

English and Math; I learned to use a computer; I learned<br />

how to swim. At Regis, I studied philosophy and current<br />

events, developed debating skills, and made new friends<br />

that remain with me to this day. I learned to challenge<br />

myself and always go for the highest goal. I was part of a<br />

community. We learned what it meant to be a true friend—<br />

helping each other. That’s what got us through it. Nothing<br />

feels more satisfying than achieving something you worked<br />

so hard for. I would tell new applicants to think about a<br />

summer without <strong>REACH</strong>.<br />

They might go on trips, watch<br />

TV and play videogames.<br />

But those memories will<br />

fade without having made<br />

an impact on your character.<br />

<strong>REACH</strong> makes an impact.<br />

To be an alumnus of Regis<br />

is to live out the ideals of<br />

excellence and being a man for others. It is to live humbly<br />

and always have a positive attitude towards life. It is to bring<br />

community to wherever you go and to always do your best.<br />

Coming from Regis, I see all of the wonderful people that<br />

influenced my life and all of the friendships I had. Regis is a<br />

second family to me.<br />

It means that I have come a long way. I am taking advantage<br />

of the opportunities that my parents never had. I am<br />

studying what has always interested me. At Cornell, that<br />

means that I am one step closer to achieving my dream of<br />

going to medical school and becoming a doctor. Although<br />

the world is tough and competitive, I will do my best.<br />

Kelly Garcia is the second of three children born to Hilda<br />

and Humberto Garcia. Of Columbian descent, Kelly is a fi rst<br />

generation American who lived with his Spanish-speaking family<br />

in the East Elmhurst section of Queens, and he attended the St.<br />

Gabriel School as he progressed through the <strong>REACH</strong> Program.<br />

Kelly graduated from Regis High School in 2011, and he is<br />

currently a freshman at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.


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MY NAME IS JOSE ALMANZAR, AND<br />

<strong>REACH</strong> is the best<br />

thing that ever<br />

happened to me.<br />

I can understand why a young man would be hesitant<br />

to join the <strong>REACH</strong> Program. I was. Giving up six weeks<br />

or your summer and a lot of Saturdays during the year is<br />

tough. The Scranton experience takes you away from your<br />

parents. You have to learn to decide for yourself what’s good<br />

to do and what is not. It’s your turn to step up. I had to rely<br />

on myself and trust myself, so I’m more independent now. I<br />

don’t need somebody on my back telling me what to do. I<br />

know what to do.<br />

We also learned to rely on each other. The bonds that I made<br />

with friends from the <strong>REACH</strong> Program stay with me to this<br />

MY NAME IS MARIE PAYEN, AND<br />

<strong>REACH</strong> is<br />

challenging…<br />

but worth it!<br />

I’m from Haiti. When I was 23, I moved to Canada, where<br />

I completed one year of college, and then I moved to the<br />

United States when I was 26. We, my family and I, were<br />

ecstatic when Josh was accepted into the <strong>REACH</strong> Program.<br />

He went to a very good school, but he needed something<br />

more. He needed a challenge. The <strong>REACH</strong> Program seemed<br />

like the perfect fit.<br />

Josh had been doing well in school, but it was a completely<br />

different setting once he started at <strong>REACH</strong>. There was<br />

day. We help each other with<br />

homework and buy each other<br />

meals when someone doesn’t<br />

have money. We trust each other.<br />

They always have my back, and<br />

I have theirs. <strong>REACH</strong> taught us<br />

that there’s no excuse not to love<br />

each other, and we remember<br />

that every day.<br />

We encouraged each other to set goals and meet them. Mine<br />

was to get into Regis, and I worked as hard as I could to<br />

accomplish that. When I got that letter of acceptance, it was<br />

the best feeling. I couldn’t have done it without the <strong>REACH</strong><br />

Program or without my friends.<br />

Jose Almanzar is the second child and only son born to Ms.<br />

Jeannini Landron. A fi rst generation American of Dominican<br />

descent, Jose lives near Fordham University in the Bronx, where he<br />

attended Our Lady of Mercy Grammar School. He is currently a<br />

junior at Regis High School.<br />

discipline. Everything was<br />

organized. The work had to be<br />

done on time and in a certain<br />

way. He started to realize that<br />

he could learn more, that he<br />

could do more. It gave him<br />

the opportunity to see just<br />

how much was out there for<br />

him. At home, Josh was the<br />

baby. Everybody did things for him, helped him, and told<br />

him what to do. All of a sudden, Josh started to grow up. He<br />

became his own person. He was making decisions for himself.<br />

He had places to go and things to do. He knew what had to<br />

be done, and he was on top of it.<br />

As a parent, you have to realize that if you’re going to get<br />

involved with the <strong>REACH</strong> Program and see it through, you<br />

have commit your time and energy. You have to be there to<br />

drop them off and pick them up. You have to be there on<br />

Saturdays. You have to be there for special appointments.<br />

There’s a lot of work to be done when they get home too,<br />

even when they’re tired after a long day of class. But it is so<br />

worth it to just see your child grow from being this little<br />

baby who everybody takes care of to being a mature young<br />

man. Josh was learning so much that he was happier—just<br />

because he was challenged.<br />

When it came time for high school, we didn’t have to worry.<br />

I knew he was ready. He would get a scholarship from a<br />

good school. Sure enough, he got into Regis, where we<br />

found such a sense of family. Everyone welcomes you, and<br />

you become part of a community where everyone pushes<br />

you to do the best that you can do. People want to support<br />

your child and watch him succeed.<br />

MY NAME IS GIANNI VILLEGAS, AND<br />

<strong>REACH</strong> will<br />

change your life.<br />

When I first entered the <strong>REACH</strong> Program, I struggled to<br />

adjust. Scranton felt like a nightmare in the beginning. I<br />

missed my parents so much that I couldn’t even sleep for<br />

the first week or two. I felt like something had been taken<br />

away from me, and I wanted it back. But every time I cried,<br />

my parents told me that the experience would pay off, so I<br />

just kept on persevering, knowing that it was worth it and<br />

something good would come out of it in the end.<br />

The Scranton experience taught me how to be independent.<br />

You had to bring your own alarm clock to wake yourself<br />

up. You had to be very organized with your things and keep<br />

everything together in your book bag. It showed me when I<br />

was on my own, I had to take care of myself.<br />

At the same time, I connected with my classmates and made<br />

so many new friends that I now consider brothers. I saw<br />

such bright futures in all of them. They had the potential<br />

to achieve, to do what they wanted to do. They motivated<br />

me like role models. I wanted to follow in their footsteps<br />

and show them that they could look up to me too. Our<br />

At Regis, Josh strives everyday to do better, because that’s<br />

what he learned at <strong>REACH</strong>. You can do better. You just<br />

have to focus. You just have to want it. I tell other parents<br />

all the time: If you can get your child into the <strong>REACH</strong><br />

Program, that’s the best thing you can do for him. It’s going<br />

to be difficult. It’s going to take time. It’s going to take<br />

commitment. But the education is worth it.<br />

After fi nishing high school in 1983, Ms. Marie Payen left Haiti<br />

and settled for two years in Montreal. There, she completed two<br />

years of college before relocating to New York City. Her youngest,<br />

Joshua, attended Incarnation Grammar School in Queens Village<br />

and is now a junior at Regis High School.<br />

teachers must have seen that<br />

potential as well, because they<br />

treated us like mature young<br />

men and pushed us to meet<br />

their standards. I had to put<br />

in a lot of time and effort into<br />

my studies, and I couldn’t give<br />

up on myself easily, so it was<br />

important to know that my<br />

friends and teachers would help me up when I fell down.<br />

We were all struggling together for better futures.<br />

I see such a difference in myself now as an eighth grader in<br />

Flushing and third year student in the <strong>REACH</strong> Program.<br />

I feel more confident, because I’ve met challenges and<br />

overcome them. I want to continue to make progress<br />

beyond what everyone expects of me. My friends come up<br />

to me after school and ask me to explain things to them. I<br />

feel like there’s something inside of me, a new me that can<br />

lead them and show them a better path.<br />

I’d be happy for anyone who has this opportunity. It<br />

changed me so much. You’ll pull through. You’ll stand out<br />

from your friends. You’ll be the leader.<br />

A fi rst-generation American of Ecuadorean and Colombian<br />

descent, Gianni Villegas is the younger of two children born to<br />

Susana Aguas and Rene Villegas. He lives in Flushing, Queens,<br />

currently attends JHS 189 and is a third year student of the<br />

<strong>REACH</strong> Program, poised to enter high school next year.


18 | <strong>REACH</strong> PROGRAM 10 TH ANNIVERSARY | 19<br />

awards<br />

AND thanks<br />

Tribute to past Ignatian Award winners<br />

Named in honor of St. Ignatius of Loyola, this award honors<br />

an individual whose outstanding support of <strong>REACH</strong> has<br />

uniquely contributed to the growth of its students as young<br />

Catholic leaders. The Ignatian Award is presented at the<br />

annual Spring Recognition Ceremony.<br />

Mr. Christian Talbot (2005), for his service to <strong>REACH</strong> as a<br />

teacher and author of the <strong>REACH</strong> English Language Arts<br />

curriculum<br />

Rev. Joseph McShane, S.J. (2006), for his service to <strong>REACH</strong><br />

as the [former] President of the University of Scranton<br />

Rev. Scott Pilarz, S.J. (2006), for his service to <strong>REACH</strong> as the<br />

[former] President of the University of Scranton<br />

Mr. Jim Phillips (2007), for his service to <strong>REACH</strong> as the first<br />

and long-time director of the <strong>REACH</strong> summer musical<br />

Rev. Christopher Devron, S.J. (2009), for his service to<br />

<strong>REACH</strong> as its founding Director<br />

Rev. Patrick Mohr, S.J. (2011), for his service to <strong>REACH</strong> as a<br />

priest and friend at the University of Scranton<br />

Tribute to past James E. Power Award for<br />

Excellence winners<br />

Named to recognize the vision and leadership of James E.<br />

Power (Regis ’57), who in his role as chairman of the Regis<br />

Board of Trustees led the school to establish the <strong>REACH</strong><br />

Program, this award is granted for exemplary embodiment<br />

of the <strong>REACH</strong> ideals. The Power Award is presented<br />

annually to a member of the graduating class.<br />

Ruben Martinez ’05<br />

Regis ’09, SUNY Binghamton ’13<br />

Bryant Ramon ’06<br />

Regis ’10, Boston University ’14<br />

Gabriel DePena ’07<br />

Regis ’11, Fordham University ’15<br />

Daniel Echevarria ’08<br />

Regis ’12<br />

Joseph Nivar ’09<br />

Regis ’13<br />

Adrian Alonzo ’10<br />

Fordham Prep ’14<br />

Patrick Ndukwe ’11<br />

Regis ’15<br />

alumni<br />

<strong>REACH</strong> Alumni High School Report<br />

Of the 206 <strong>REACH</strong> alumni, 160<br />

or 78% have enrolled in one of<br />

our “core” high schools (Jesuit<br />

affiliation) with a scholarship or<br />

grant. <strong>REACH</strong> alumni have also<br />

enrolled at Georgetown Prep and<br />

Fairfield Prep with awards.<br />

15% have received a scholarship to<br />

attend another Catholic high school:<br />

All Hallows High School (7);<br />

Archbishop Molloy High School<br />

(3); Bishop Loughlin High School<br />

(5); Cardinal Hayes High School<br />

(2); Cardinal Spellman High<br />

NUMBER OF <strong>REACH</strong> ALUMNI TO<br />

ENROLL IN A JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL<br />

CRISTO REY<br />

LOYOLA 7<br />

9<br />

FORDHAM<br />

PREP<br />

24 REGIS<br />

68<br />

XAVIER<br />

50<br />

School; Mt. St. Michael's High<br />

School (2); St. Agnes High School<br />

(3); St. Francis Preparatory School;<br />

St. John's Preparatory School (2);<br />

St. Raymond’s High School (2);<br />

Xaverian High School<br />

7% have enrolled in a specialized<br />

or selective public high school:<br />

Aviation High School; Bard<br />

Early College High School;<br />

Brooklyn Tech High School (2);<br />

Bronx High School for Science;<br />

City College High School for<br />

Math, Science and Engineering;<br />

Columbia Preparatory School;<br />

High School for American Studies<br />

at Lehman College; High School<br />

for East-West Studies; LaGuardia<br />

High School for the Performing<br />

Arts; Manhattan Hunter High<br />

School for Science; Masconomet<br />

High School (ABC Placement);<br />

Stuyvesant High School;<br />

Townsend-Harris High School<br />

Overall, <strong>REACH</strong> alumni have won<br />

$8.1 million in scholarship and<br />

grant awards at these schools.<br />

<strong>REACH</strong> Alumni College Enrollment<br />

81 <strong>REACH</strong> alumni have now graduated from high school. Our<br />

alumni currently attend the following schools:<br />

Baruch College (3)<br />

Boston College (2)<br />

Boston University (3)<br />

Bryant University<br />

Colgate University<br />

College of the Holy Cross (3)<br />

Cornell University (4)<br />

CUNY College of Technology<br />

Drexel University<br />

Fairfield University<br />

Florida International University<br />

Fordham University (6)<br />

Hunter College (2)<br />

King’s College (PA)<br />

Labor Institute of<br />

Merchandising<br />

Lafayette College (2)<br />

Loyola College in Maryland (3)<br />

Loyola University - Chicago<br />

Manhattan College<br />

Marist College<br />

Marquette University<br />

Massachusetts Institute of<br />

Technology<br />

Pace University<br />

Polytechnic Institute of NYU<br />

Providence College<br />

Queens College<br />

Rochester Institute of<br />

Technology (3)<br />

Seton Hall University<br />

Skidmore College<br />

St. Francis College (2)<br />

St. John’s University<br />

SUNY Albany (4)<br />

SUNY Binghamton (2)<br />

Syracuse University (4)<br />

The United States Military<br />

Academy Preparatory School<br />

The University of the<br />

Sciences (2)<br />

The University of California<br />

at Fullerton<br />

The University of Delaware (2)<br />

The University of Notre Dame<br />

The University of Scranton (3)<br />

Vanderbilt University<br />

Villanova University (2)<br />

Williams College (2)<br />

RECOGNIZING 10 years<br />

OF generosity<br />

Regis High School and the <strong>REACH</strong> Program<br />

express our deepest gratitude to the University of Scranton<br />

for hosting Camp <strong>REACH</strong> in each of our first 10 summers.<br />

Rev. Joseph M. McShane, S.J., President, 1998-2003<br />

Rev. Scott M. Pilarz, S.J., President, 2003-20011<br />

Rev. Kevin P. Quinn, S.J, President, 2011-Present<br />

<strong>REACH</strong><br />

Alumni<br />

Council<br />

Phillipe Chatelain ’05<br />

Regis ’09, Boston University ’13<br />

Kwaku Frimpong ’06<br />

Loyola ’10, Providence College ’14<br />

Chris Chavez ’07<br />

Xavier ’11,“Marquette University ’15<br />

Danny Echevarria ’08<br />

Regis ’12<br />

Miguel Palines ’09<br />

Regis ’13<br />

Adrian Alonzo ’10<br />

Fordham Prep ’14<br />

Esteban Angeles ’11<br />

Regis ’15<br />

The <strong>REACH</strong> Alumni Council invites you to join the<br />

<strong>REACH</strong> alumni facebook page:<br />

<strong>REACH</strong> Program at Regis High<br />

School — Official Alumni Group<br />

Update your personal information in the<br />

<strong>REACH</strong> Alumni Directory:<br />

On your campus, and within your community, our<br />

students have deepened their experience of religio, mores<br />

and cultura.<br />

1. Go to www.regis-nyc.org/reach.<br />

2. Click on the <strong>REACH</strong> Alumni link.<br />

3. Click on the Link to <strong>REACH</strong> Alumni Database button.<br />

4. New users must click on New User Registration button.<br />

5. Once you are registered, update your home address, email address,<br />

high school attended and college attended.<br />

6. Use the directory to look up your <strong>REACH</strong> and Regis friends.


<strong>REACH</strong><br />

RECRUITING EXCELLENCE IN ACADEMICS FOR CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOLS<br />

NON-PROFIT<br />

ORGANIZATION<br />

U.S. POSTAGE<br />

PAID<br />

PERMIT NO. 314<br />

JERSEY CITY, NJ<br />

Regis High School<br />

55 East 84th Street<br />

New York, NY 10028<br />

www.regis-nyc.org/reach<br />

2012 PROGRAM CALENDAR<br />

JANUARY 26<br />

Notifi cation of Regis<br />

Scholarship Winners<br />

JANUARY 28<br />

READ for <strong>REACH</strong> Day<br />

Arrupe Saturday Meeting<br />

FEBRUARY 1<br />

<strong>REACH</strong> Nomination<br />

Deadline<br />

FEBRUARY 5<br />

Memorial of Pedro<br />

Arrupe<br />

FEBRUARY 6<br />

Feast of St. Paul Miki<br />

FEBRUARY 15<br />

<strong>REACH</strong> Information<br />

Night @ 6:30pm<br />

MARCH 3<br />

Spring Saturday<br />

Session Begins<br />

MARCH 24<br />

<strong>REACH</strong> Application<br />

Deadline<br />

<strong>REACH</strong> Entrance<br />

Exam Day<br />

MAY 12<br />

<strong>REACH</strong> Interview Day<br />

Memorial of Matteo Ricci<br />

MAY 23<br />

Spring Recognition<br />

Ceremony @ 7:00pm<br />

JUNE 10<br />

Candidate Orientation<br />

JUNE 16<br />

Feast of St. John<br />

Francis Regis<br />

JULY 7<br />

Depart for Camp <strong>REACH</strong><br />

JULY 27<br />

Return from<br />

Camp <strong>REACH</strong><br />

JULY 31<br />

<strong>REACH</strong> @ Regis Begins<br />

Feast of<br />

St. Ignatius Loyola<br />

AUGUST 17<br />

Summer Celebration<br />

@ 6:00pm<br />

AUGUST 18<br />

Feast of St.<br />

Alberto Hurtado

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