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The Alumnae, Parents, and Friends Publication • Spring 2011 

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Presented by the Mercy Parents’ Club

Dear Mercy Community, 

Mercy Starts with Me! Mercy calls each of us – students, faculty, alumnae 

and Mercy community members – to reach for our dreams and to achieve 

all that we are meant to be. As a school community, we empower our 

students to develop their faith, to be prepared for the rigors of college, and 

to give back to their communities sharing their 

gifts and talents to help create a better world. 

The front cover of this issue of the Oaks mirrors 

our new Admissions brochure. Over the past year, 

the Board of Directors and the Leadership Team 

worked with Mary Schwedhelm ’65 and Betsy 

Todd (Tyler Wienckowski ’12) Co-Founders of 

LOOK - a marketing, branding and advertising 

agency, to articulate what makes Mercy unique 

and different from other Catholic high schools in our area. What makes 

Mercy unique is living out the vision of Catherine McAuley and the Sisters 

of Mercy in today’s world. Mercy Starts with Me calls each of us to look at 

who we are and how we want to be in the world. 

In this edition of the Oaks, we would like to highlight our alumnae and 

student achievements as well as a few new programs: Kairos Retreat, 

Link Crew, and Service Learning. Each of these programs touches the 

hearts of our students as they learn more about themselves, God and their 

community and “grow into the me you’re meant to be.” 

As you reflect on the many ways you are Mercy to the world, I want to 

take a moment to tell you of a wonderful opportunity which supports our 

Mercy students. On May 4, 2011, we will host our 7th Annual Making A 

Difference Scholarship Luncheon which raises money for tuition assistance. 

Through Making A Difference we have raised over $365,000 for tuition 

assistance for Mercy girls. The Mercy High School Board of Directors 

generously underwrites the luncheon and there is no cost for guests to 

attend. However, those who attend are invited to be as generous as they are 

able in making a gift to support tuition assistance. We would love to have 

you join us. More information may be found on pages 6-7; you may RSVP 

or make a donation using the enclosed envelope or by clicking on the link 

to Making A Difference on the front page of Mercy’s website. 

Sincerely, 

Laura M. Held 

Principal 

Board Of Directors: Carol M. Bucci, Georgene Vincent Carambat ‘65, Judith Carle RSM, Peter 

Comaroto, Michael Crockett, Joe Galligan, Paula Gilmartin, Margot Fourie Giusti ‘70, Laura 

Held - Principal, Carol Kelley, Marilyn Lacey RSM ‘66, Lorraine Welch Paul ‘68, Marilyn Cullen 

Quinlan ‘69, Jan Selenger Robertson ‘53, Marian Rouse ‘72, Howard Yang and Anita Ziebe. 

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Kairos Retreat 

(God’s Time) 

Kairos, Greek for “a time with God,” is our new Junior Retreat program offered 

twice per year. The Kairos retreat is a three day, two-night student-led retreat with a 

team of leaders comprised of students, members of the Campus Ministry Team, and 

other faculty/staff members. Retreatants are given the gift of time, something all 

too rare in our modern day lives. During this process, the retreatant also becomes 

very close with the others involved in the retreat. Through the course of the retreat, 

a building of a strong community takes place, through encouraging openness, 

reflection, and trust. During Kairos you can expect: 

• Opportunity to examine your life, faith, values, relationships, hopes and dreams 

• Friendships and memories that will last a lifetime. 

Mercy began Kairos in October 2010 for our junior class. In January 2011, 

we held a Kairos retreat for the seniors and will have a second Junior Kairos 

Retreat in March. 

—Angie Simonetti, Sandy Flaherty and Jessica Mueller , Mercy’s Campus Ministry Team 

“My daughter loved Kairos, I believe every teenager should have this experience. 

It strengthens their connection with God and with those they love. My daughter 

has the utmost respect for the teachers and leaders of Kairos.” – A Mercy Parent

As an immediate response to recent studies that have shown 

that student experience in the freshman year has a tremendous 

impact on the overall success one has in high school, Mercy 

High School proudly implemented Link Crew this past fall. 

Link Crew is a nationally recognized student-centered 

leadership and mentoring program that helps create a positive 

atmosphere while laying 

the groundwork for 

building confidence among 

our freshman students. 

The program helps the 

girls feel that they are part 

of the Mercy community 

beginning with their 

first day of high school. 

Link Crew not only provides a compelling and interactive 

orientation program for our freshmen, but it also gives Mercy 

the opportunity to expand our leadership opportunities for 

our junior and senior students. The Link Crew program 

focuses on leadership, freshman orientation and the infamous 

transition into high school that can so often be overwhelming 

for students. 

With our Link Crew Leaders welcoming our freshmen on 

Orientation Day and following up with them throughout the 

year in various Link activities such as team-building and grade 

checkups, we have been able to provide our freshmen girls with 

a more comfortable and encouraging transition into Mercy 

High School, which has helped to turn their overall Mercy 

experience into a much more positive one. As one freshman 

noted, “Link Crew made me feel welcomed into Mercy 

immediately, and it made me feel part of something. The 

older girls that became my Link Leaders continue to include 

me in activities, and they have made me feel special, like I 

am their little sister.” 

2010-2011 Link Crew Leaders 

Mercy 

Introduces 

Link Crew 

“Bringing Mercy Together 

One Link at a Time...” 

The driving force behind the Link Crew program is the belief 

that the older Mercy students are capable of incredible things. 

As positive role models, Link Leaders are motivators, leaders 

and teachers who help to guide the freshmen throughout their 

transition into Mercy while also encouraging them to get 

involved so that they may have a successful high school career. 

One junior Link Leader stated that, “Link Crew has given me 

the opportunity to be a leader in a new way on campus while 

helping our new freshmen.” One senior Link Leader followed 

this statement up by saying, “so many people talk about what 

we do for Link Crew, but what they left out was what it would 

do for us. Since becoming a Link Leader I have felt a greater 

connection to the Mercy community and I feel like I matter to 

the school. Link Crew is one of the best changes Mercy has had, 

and I feel very honored to have been picked to be a part of it.” 

Mercy’s Link Crew Leaders are a cross-section of our student 

body with representatives from all social groups of the school, 

thus giving freshmen an older student with whom they can 

identify. Through identification with and connection to a Link 

Crew Leader, freshmen start to see themselves as leaders on 

campus, too. The Link Crew high school transition program 

provides the structure for Mercy freshmen to receive support 

and guidance from juniors and seniors who have been through 

the challenges that high school poses, and understand that the 

transition to a larger school can sometimes be overwhelming. 

The success of adding a program like Link Crew has been 

immediate at Mercy, and just like the program, the Link 

Leaders have brought with them a contagious and positive new 

spirit to the school that is already encouraging those around 

them to get involved and become Link Leaders for next year! 

Special thanks to the leadership and vision of the faculty/staff 

Link Crew Team of Colleen O’Donnell, Michele 

Macmillan and Ellen Williamson. 

—Natalie Cirigliano ‘02, Dean of Student Life 


Making A Difference 

Mercy’s Commitment 

Mercy High School has always offered financial assistance to our students. This 

commitment allows us to fulfill our mission of educating young women of all economic 

backgrounds. However, rising costs and a challenging economy make it difficult for 

many families to afford a Mercy education. The requests for assistance have dramatically 

risen over the past few years. In 2004, we established our “Making A Difference 

Luncheon” in order to raise the additional funds necessary to help us achieve our goal 

of ensuring that all qualified applicants who dream of a Mercy education are afforded 

that opportunity. This luncheon is a crucial source of funding for out tuition assistance 

program and we need to increase available funding for our families. 

You Can Make A Difference 

Through the Making A Difference Luncheon we have been able to say “yes” to more 

students. We are seeking support from our Mercy community to help us meet the 

increased needs of our families. “Making A Difference” has raised over $365,700 for 

tuition assistance. The luncheon is generously underwritten by the Mercy High School 

Board of Directors; there is no cost to attend the luncheon. However, those who attend 

are expected to make a gift to support our tuition assistance. 

This year’s luncheon is more important than ever 

• Mercy’s tuition and fees for 2010-11 are $17,192 

• Mercy received over $1,800,000 in requests for aid for this school year and 

awarded $568,075 to 23% of our student body 

• Award ranges: $1,000 to $9,500 with 11% receiving awards from $8,000 to $9,500 

and 31% receiving awards from $5,000 to $7,500; 35% receive awards ranging from 

$3,000 to $4,750 and 23% receive awards of $1,000 to $2,750 

We invite you to join us at this luncheon 

100% of the gifts received for “Making A Difference” will directly support our Tuition 

Assistance Program. If you or a friend are interested in attending the “Making A 

Difference Luncheon”, please contact the Mercy Advancement Office at 650.762.1190 

or mlund@mercyhsb.com. 

Be a sponsor! Make your gift today! 

You may make a tax-deductible online donation to Making A Difference at 

www.mercyhsb.com or use the enclosed envelope to mail your gift directly 

to the Mercy High School Advancement Office. 

Mercy Makes a Difference .. 


.You Can Too! 

Save the Date 

Making A Difference 

Scholarship Luncheon 

Wednesday, May 4, 2011 

11:30 am – 1:00 p.m. 

Green Hills Country Club, Millbrae, CA 

Reservations required 

Welcome: 

Taimane Tuiasosopo ‘11 

Prayer: 

Sr. Suzanne Toolan, RSM 

Keynote Speakers: 

Stacey Longwich ‘98 

Courtney Rebholtz ‘11 

For more information, contact the 

Mercy Advancement Office 

650.762.1190 

email: mlund@mercyhsb.com 



Students Embody 

Catherine’s Spirit through . . . 

Catherine McAuley’s spirit of courageous service is well alive at Mercy High School. Students are hearing the call to 

“be Catherine in today’s world,” and are responding by taking risks to go places they have never gone and serve people 

who are unfamiliar to them. Whether it is traveling to Martinique over Spring Break or walking over to Marian Care right 

here on campus, students are learning about their own capacity to make a difference as they connect with the needs of 

various communities. Here are a few highlights from Fall 2010 as students share the presence of Mercy in the Bay Area. 

In October, the Varsity and Junior Varsity Water Polo team signed up 

for the Saturday of Service in San Jose. Working with Sacred Heart 

Community Services, students learned surprising facts about poverty 

and heard compelling stories of community support in the midst of 

hard economic times. Sacred Heart serves over 20,000 people each 

year who are near or below the poverty line, helping them with job 

training, food, clothing, and additional support to help them stay 

afloat and move ahead. While there, Mercy students put together 

almost 1,000 bags of food and household items for families who are 

living on the edge. It only took 3 hours for those bags to be picked 

up by working families who were needing help to subsidize their 

expenses and meet the needs of their family members. 

Also in October, the Cross Country Team joined with Stuart Hall to 

“serve on the run” at the Nike Women’s Marathon. They volunteered 

to help on a cold and rainy day, encouraging the runners and giving 

them water to help them along. The Cross Country Team shows 

us how to serve out of our own passions, as they turned their love 

of running into support for the community and the Leukemia- 

Lymphoma Society. 

In November, Mercy students worked with Jewish Family and 

Children Services (JFCS) to bring holiday cheer to the elderly who 

were anticipating Hanukah. It was a true intergenerational event— 

kindergarteners decorated the bags, adults at JFCS filled them with 

Hanukah goodies, and then Mercy High School students delivered 

them to the elderly in nursing homes and Alzheimer care facilities. 

Students who were unfamiliar with Hanukah learned more about 

the tradition from the residents, and they experienced the true spirit 

of the season each time they witnessed the residents’ faces light up as 

they received their Hanukah bags.

Service-Learning 

Also in November, Mercy’s Green Team began the process 

of landscaping around Marian Care Center right on campus. 

After two Mercy teachers took a course on permaculture last 

summer, they have committed to cultivating a garden and 

beautifying the area. Several faculty and staff members joined 

for this Saturday of Service, getting their hands dirty as they 

connected with the earth and one another. 

In December, Mercy girls were fortunate to 

spend time with those who have invested their 

whole lives embodying Catherine’s spirit of 

service—the Mercy Sisters. Students went over 

to Marian Care to prepare for the Christmas 

holiday, where they helped the Sisters decorate 

for Christmas and then played Bingo together. 

The spirit of hospitality was overwhelming, as 

the Sisters were the ones who provided treats and 

called out Bingo for the students. After much 

laughter and 

a great time 

connecting, Mercy students came away with a sense that 

they have much more to learn from these companions of 

Catherine. They are looking forward to deepening those 

friendships over time—starting with a “Comfortable Cup 

of Tea” in late January in which Mercy students and Mercy 

Sisters will spend time getting to know each other better. 

This is only the beginning—there is much more to come! Mercy girls will be seen this 

Spring Semester working with Habitat for Humanity, cooking homemade meals with Project 

Open Hand, going to San Jose for an Urban Plunge, deepening friendships with the Mercy 

Sisters, experiencing a Poverty Simulation with Serra High School and Notre Dame, as well 

as participating in Immersion Trips to Salinas, New Orleans, and Martinique. In each of these 

experiences, students will be learning and sharing the spirit of Catherine—her commitment to 

hospitality, her courageous service to the poor, her love for deep and authentic relationships, 

and her effective action which flows from prayer. 

a part of the Catherine Project 

—Jessica Mueller , Mercy’s Campus Ministry Team, Service Learning Coordinator 


Mercy Artists Visit 

Corpus Christi School 

The senior art students at Mercy High 

School, as the most advanced Art 

students in the Visual Arts program, 

are offering their valuable experience 

working with young children in the arts 

as part of a service learning component 

to their art curriculum, and their 

membership in the new chapter of 

the National Art Honor Society here 

at Mercy. These Honors and AP Art 

students are dedicated to compassionate 

service, inspired by our foundress, 

Catherine McAuley, and have been 

planning for this visit for weeks. 

These students, guided and directed by, 

their instructor, Nazira Kury-Arnold ‘98, 

visited the Kindergarten/First Grade 

class of Corpus Christi School in San 

Francisco and taught these students 

Visual Arts. Corpus Christi is an 

elementary school in the Excelsior 

District of SF and is run by an order 

of the Salesian Sisters. A senior artist 

was paired with a K/1 student for oneon-one 

instruction in the Visual Arts, 

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Mercy Art Students and Kindergarten/First Graders of Corpus Christi School in San Francisco 

following the California Visual Arts 

Content Standards for Kindergarten/ 

First Grade. Our Mercy students 

came up with the lesson plan, aligned 

it to the Art standards and prepared 

all the material for this lesson. Art 

education is a method of discovering 

each child’s skills and talents, while 

enhancing their creativity and selfexpression. 

Learning experiences in the 

Arts contribute to the development 

of academic skills, including the areas 

of reading and language development, 

and mathematics. We believe that this 

service was not only a uniquely valuable 

experience for the community of 

Corpus Christi, but also for our Mercy 

students. We hope to visit again next 

month to foster the relationships our 

Mercy students have begun with their 

new art students! 

Tri-School Walk for the Catholic Worker House 

On September 25th students from Mercy Burlingame, Notre Dame and Serra High Schools along with their 

teachers and family members, walked 4.4 miles from Mercy High School in Burlingame to the San Bruno 

Catholic Worker House. Over 100 students participated in the walk to raise money and awareness for the 

San Bruno Catholic Worker Hospitality House.

Counseling Staff: Kristin Southwick, Katie Paul, Dot Joo and Michele Macmillan 

Mercy Welcomes New Counseling Staff 

Katie Paul (daughter of Lorraine Welch Paul ’68) is in her second year as Director of 

Mercy’s Counseling Program. Under Katie’s leadership, the Counseling Program now 

integrates personal, academic and college counseling. Beginning with freshman year 

and continuing throughout each girl’s four years, the Counseling Program provides 

course advising, college guidance, academic planning and support services, positive 

self-image education, and support in the transitions and challenges of high school. In 

this way, each counselor builds a strong relationship with their students and by senior 

year the counselor knows the girl well both academically and personally and can truly 

help with their college application and planning process. Mercy welcomes to our 

professional counseling staff Dot Joo, Kristin Southwick and Michele Macmillan. 

Kimberlee Cazale and Natalie Cirigliano ‘92 

Introducing Kimberlee Cazale 

Mercy’s New Athletic Director 

Dean of Student Life, Natalie Cirigliano ’02 works closely with Mercy’s 

new Athletic Director, Kimberlee Cazale bringing a new level of energy and 

enthusiasm to Crusader sports. Kimberlee brings a background in management 

and coaching to her new role as Athletic Director. She began coaching 

swimming and diving as a college student at Loyola Marymount working with 

athletes ages five to seventeen. After graduation, she entered the insurance 

industry as a commercial property and casualty underwriter for Liberty Mutual. 

It did not take long before she decided to redirect her career and combine her 

passion of coaching with her background in management. With over fifteen 

years of Catholic education, Kimberlee understands the importance 

of educating the whole person. 

At Mercy, athletics are not just about winning or losing, but learning how to win or lose with integrity. Kimberlee has a vision to 

take Mercy athletics to the next level. She has already begun achieving this by hiring quality coaches that understand the mission 

of Mercy, renting high quality facilities near campus, and constantly working on improving and adding to the athletic department. 

She is working with varsity level coaches to establish and maintain overall programs for every sport to ensure that all 

levels are working on similar techniques, strategies, and goals. Most importantly, she is working with the school to 

bring the Mercy community together to improve school spirit at sporting events. 


Congratulations 

Fall Athletes! 

The 2010 Fall Sports Awards Ceremony took place in November ‘10. The girls 

below were honored at the ceremony for their achievements in their respective 

sports. Congratulations to all the Mercy athletes on an excellent Fall season! 

Mercy Fall Sports Awards 

Varsity Tennis 

Most Valuable Player: Adriana Eversole 

Coaches Award: Mackenzie Hagey 

Coaches Award: Kristen McCormick 

JV Tennis 

Most Improved: Glennda Hou 

Most Valuable Player: Morgan Sanders 

Coaches Award: Katie Adams 

JV Water Polo 

Most Valuable Player: Marka Ballard 

Most Improved: Bella Manning 

Coaches Award: Aly Lee 

Varsity Water Polo 

Most Valuable Player: Daria Kekuewa 

Most Valuable Player: Alex Gomes 

Coaches Award: Katelynn McDermott 

Varsity Golf 

Most Valuable Player: Miranda Wiss 

Most Improved: Olivia Zell 

Coaches Award: Cathy Mariani 

Cross Country 

Coaches Award: Hannah O’Brien 

Most Valuable Player: Amanda Kielian 

Most Improved: Erica Maldonado 

Varsity Volleyball 

Most Valuable Player: Mary Alice O’Reilly 

Most Valuable Player: Veronica Smart 

Coaches Award: Midori Le 


JV Volleyball 

Most Improved: Ellen DeMartini 

Most Valuable Player: Nicole Connolly 

Coaches Award: Shay Scerri 

Freshman Volleyball 

Most Valuable Player: Tiana Hernandez 

Coaches Award: Alexa Oropeza 

Most Improved: Lisa Stenson 

2010 All League Honors 

Volleyball 

Most Valuable Player: Mary Alice O’Reilly 

1st Team: Veronica Smart 

2nd Team: Jen Winnett 

Honorable Mention: Leslie Baumann, 

Samantha Benz, Katie Benz, Midori Li, 

Cristina Molina 

Golf 

1st Team: Miranda Wiss 

Tennis 

2nd Team: Adriana Eversole, Jenna 

Khoury, Deanna Williams 

Honorable Mention: Aoife Berril, Mackenzie 

Hagey, Avery Ikeda, Kristen McKormick 

Water Polo 

MVG: Daria Kekuewa 

1st Team: Alex Gomes 

2nd Team: Mia Wong, Courtney Reboltz 

Honorable Mention: Michelle Bradley 

Cross Country 

Honorable Mention: Jordan Chase, Sara 

Delucchi, Amanda Kielian, Rebecca Reid 

Fall Sports Highlights 

Sophomore Golfer 

Represents Mercy at 

CCS Tournament— 

Congratulations to our 

sophomore, Miranda Wiss, 

who shot the low round of the 

league tournament! She had a 

personal best and whopping 

low 77 in her 18 hole match 

in which she shared the lead 

with Castilleja’s Harvardbound 

senior. Miranda represented Mercy in the CCS 

Tournament where she continued to excel. The entire 

golf team had a successful season as each girl improved 

by an average of 12 strokes throughout the season. 

Miranda and the rest of the team are looking forward 

to next year’s league matches! 

Volleyball Success— Led by seniors Mary Alice 

O’Reilly and Veronica Smart, our Varsity Volleyball 

Team had a very successful season in which they 

dominated the WBAL and continued on into the 

CCS Tournament. With new head coach Nga Tran 

and assistant coach Eric Ballelos, Mercy Volleyball 

began the season with two first place trophies from 

the Westmont and Carmichael Tournaments. The 

Crusaders took this confidence into the league where 

they dominated the WBAL and ultimately became 

the title holders for the 2010 league championships. 

The Crusaders continued their post-season play into 

the CCS Tournament where they lost in the semifinals. 

Overall the Crusaders were very pleased with 

their season and the new competitive edge Coach Nga 

brought to Mercy. We wish our senior Mary Alice 

O’Reilly a successful future at San Jose State University 

where she will be playing Division 1 Volleyball with a 

scholarship she signed this fall.

and Winter Sports Updates... 

Water Polo— Mercy Water Polo 

had an amazing season taking 3rd 

place in the annual Watsonville 

Tournament and 2nd place overall 

in their league. With the defensive 

strength of senior goalie, Daria 

Kekeuwaka, and the offensive 

speed and agility of Alex Gomes, Katelynn McDermott, 

Michelle Bradley, and Mia Wong, our team was able to have a 

fun and successful season. Congratulations to Daria who was 

the league’s Most Valuable Goalie! A major highlight for our 

girls this season was being asked to play in California’s first 

Pink Water Polo game. This game was played to honor those 

Breast Cancer survivors and victims and to raise money and 

awareness of the cause. 

Dance and Cheer Teams Qualify in Multiple Categories 

for Nationals— Mercy Cheer and Dance is doing something 

unprecedented by any other school by potentially taking 

six teams to Nationals this March! With our Cheer Novice 

Team, Mascot Team, Varsity Pom Team, and Junior Varisty 

Pom Team already qualified, our girls are stepping up their 

competition level at practices in preparation and anxiously 

awaiting to see if a few more of their schoolmates will be 

joining them. Our Mercy Hip Hop Team and Competitive 

Dance Teams are looking in prime position to qualify as 

well in their qualifying meet next month, and if these two 

teams qualify, Mercy will be doing the improbable by taking 

girls in so many different categories. When asked about this 

tremendous feat, dance coach Gary Ferguson said, “With 

an all-girls school of our size, we are doing something that is 

truly remarkable. The ability to take so many girls in different 

categories shows how far this program has come in a short 

two years, and it is a very obvious show of the talent we have at 

Mercy High School.” 

Crusaders and Padres 

Supporting Each 

Other— Throughout 

the fall our Mercy girls 

and the Serra Padres 

could be found on 

one another’s campus 

decorating locker 

rooms and hallways in 

attempts to help encourage one another before big games. Mercy and 

Serra look forward to continuing this new tradition of sneaking into 

the locker rooms to decorate with streamers, balloons, and signs while 

spreading out Gatorades and candy throughout each sport season. 

Basketball Mid-Season 

Update— With an 

entirely new basketball 

coaching staff, Mercy 

Basketball is heading 

in a new direction and 

has taken on a new 

competitive edge which 

has clearly been seen as 

each team entered the 

season with a winning record. Led 

by the new head coach Ola Dean, 

and assistant coaches, Ashley Dolezal 

(2003) and Darrell Davis, the Varsity 

Basketball Team started the year off 

with a first place trophy from the 

Live Oak Tournament and a second 

place trophy from the Santa Maria 

Tournament. With a new coaching 

approach that has brought on a 

much more aggressive play from 

our girls, the Crusaders have come 

into league play and shocked Crystal 

Springs, ICA, and Kings Academy 

into defeats. With a 3-0 league 

record, our Varsity Basketball Team 

has proven that they are a force to be 

reckoned with this year. The team, 

which is led by captains Angela 

Finocchiario, Jenna Sweidan, Hayley 

Fanfelle, and Samantha Requilman 

are extremely excited with the success 

of their season thus far and have their 

eyes on the CCS Tournament! 


Tri School Play 

The Philadelphia Story 

Tri-School Productions, the award-winning drama 

program featuring Mercy, Serra and Notre Dame 

students presented “The 

Philadelphia Story,” written 

by Philip Barry this past Fall. 

This light, romantic comedy 

featured Mercy Senior Barbara 

Del Castello as Tracy Lord, 

a rich east coast socialite 

entangled in a romantic 

triangle between her exhusband 

C.K. Dexter Haven 

(James Giusti – Serra) and her fiancé, George Kitteredge 

(Robert Cecchi – Serra). To complicate matters, their 

weekend getaway to the family estate is invaded by the 

media – reporter Macauly (Mike) Connor (Lucas Gust 

– Serra) and photographer Elizabeth Imbrie Mercy Junior 

Hilary De Witt. Mercy Sophomore Amanda Odaz played 

Mrs. Lord, Tracy’s mom and Mercy Senior Taylor Sanders 

played her minx of a little sister Dinah Lord. 


Coming this Spring... 

For information on purchasing tickets visit Mercy’s website at 

www.mercyhsb.com.

Night at the Mansion: 

Freshman Fun! 

On the evening of Friday, January 21, the echoes of shrieks 

and shrills could be heard coming from the many rooms of 

the Kohl Mansion as over seventy freshmen gathered together 

for the first annual freshmen sleepover in the Great Hall. With 

over thirty upper classmen and Link Crew leaders guiding the 

girls through a number of activities, the night proved to be yet 

another successful addition to the Student Life portion that 

Mercy High School offers its students. 

The evening was filled 

with fun ice breakers, 

dinner in the Black 

and White Room, 

the lantern tour of 

the school including 

the infamous fourth 

floor, an ice cream 

social, movies and 

lots of laughter. 

While some girls 

were able to fall 

asleep amidst the giggles in the Great Halls, others stayed up 

all night and morning, talking about nothing and everything! 

After waking up and having breakfast, our freshmen left with 

sleepy eyes, but huge smiles, stating that it was the best event 

they had been to yet. “It was such an amazing night!” 

It is our hope that by adding more annual activities such as this 

freshmen sleepover, our students will gain a greater connection 

to and appreciation for their school and one another, while 

also providing extra leadership opportunities for students to 

participate in. 

—Natalie Cirigliano Dean of Students 

Congratulations to... 

Seniors Amy Kuhn and Annette Lee 

National Merit Scholarship Commended Students! 

Only 2% of the 1.5 million students who took the 

2009 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship 

Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) and entered 

the National Merit Program, are recognized 

as Commended Students by the National 

Merit Scholarship Program. 


Hark…we hear a Mercy Caroler! 

On Thursday, December 9th the Mercy High School Interact Club, moderated by Mrs. Cynthia Yabes, headed down the hill to 

Marion Center where they proceeded to serenade the Sisters with various Christmas Carols. It was a wonderful afternoon with 

the Sisters not only enjoying the music, but participating in the singing. The Club Officers, Justine Carion, Lisa Dimech, Amanda 

Odasz and Nicole Wilson, worked with Ms. Yabes to provide the Sisters with copies of the music and a Christmas ornament. The 

Sisters had their own surprise for the girls and treated them to cookies and apple cider! The girls were excited to visit with the 

Sisters and thoroughly enjoyed their afternoon. 


Quilting for Babies Club 

The Quilting for Babies Club delivered 9 finished quilts 

to Stanford Hospital in September. The head nurse, Kate 

Teague, gave the girls a tour of the NICU where they saw 

some of the baby preemies, one as young as 16 weeks short 

of her normal due date. They have 60 beds and all of them 

were full. The quilts provide parents a sense of normality 

besides feeding tubes, oxygen, medical equipment, etc. 

After seeing the babies in the NICU and realizing the 

huge need for these quilts, seniors Katherine Susa and 

Jennifer Re, the co-presidents of the club, discussed how 

they will try to increase their productivity to bring more 

quilts by the end of the school year.

Pink Week for Breast 

Cancer Awareness 

Mercy’s Pink Week for Breast Cancer Awareness began 

with the 2nd Annual Dig Pink Volleyball Game which 

Mercy hosted at Serra High School. Walking into the 

pink-decorated gym, fans and players were able to buy pink 

shirts and baked goods in addition to honoring those who 

have been affected by breast cancer by placing their name 

on the Honor Wall. Prior to the varsity game vs. Sacred 

Heart Prep, Mercy staff and students held a presentation 

that honored breast cancer survivors. The Mercy Varsity 

Volleyball Team won a hard fought three matches! The Dig 

Pink Volleyball Game was one of many “pink” activities 

that Mercy sponsored for their Pink Week for Breast Cancer 

Awareness. In addition to the Dig Pink Game, which raised 

$1,200 to be donated to breast cancer research, Mercy held 

a Fact Day, a Pink Party for the girls as well as a pink bake 

sale and t-shirt sale. Mercy’s Pink Week ended with a Pink 

Rally and an official hair cutting ceremony in which 17 

students, Dean of Student Life Natalie Cirigliano, as well 

as Registrar Nancy Green had between 8 and 10 inches 

of their hair cut so that it could be donated to “Locks of 

Love” and “Pantene Beautiful Lengths” Foundations. At 

this ceremony senior Chrystelle Azcona gave a speech about 

being a wig recipient as a child, and counselor Katie Paul 

spoke about her mom’s battle with breast cancer. 

Students after hair cutting ceremony.... 

their hair 

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Mercy senior Caitlin Philpott, honors her Mercy Teacher and 

breast cancer survivor Carol Galetta. 

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Photo taken by Kore Chank

Three Weeks in France... 

Written by Taylor Sanders, Senior 

This summer, my classmates and I took a three week trip to 

France. It consisted of three seniors and seven juniors from 

Mercy. Not only was it a getaway to a foreign country but it 

also was a wonderful experience to see 

a whole new way of life and culture. I 

have always wanted to go to France. I 

had only seen Paris through pictures 

and movies. I had the opportunity 

to see monuments and buildings 

that make Paris stand out. We saw 

the illustrious Eiffel Tower, Arc 

d’Triumph, Louvre, and Notre Dame. 

Even though my friend Mckenna and 

I were terrified of heights, we decided 

to go to the top of the Eiffel tower knowing it was a once in a 

life time opportunity and were stunned by the view. Versailles 

was also another place that was stunning to say the least. After 

four days in Paris, our group took a four hour trip on the TGV, 

one of the fastest trains in the world, to the south of France. 

We lived with a family in Hyeres who spoke only French 

and went to an international school with other teenagers 

from around the world. Not only did I learn about French 


culture, but also the cultures of Switzerland, Sweden, and the 

Czech Republic. Most of our class time was spent discussing our 

different lifestyles from schools to manners. We also visited Nice 

and Monte Carlo before taking an eleven hour flight back to San 

Francisco. Overall the food was fantastic, the sights magnificent, 

and the memories unforgettable. I could not have asked for a 

better experience in unique and extraordinary France. 

Mercy offers travel to Spain and France to our upper division 

French and Spanish students each summer providing travel, a 

homestay and intensive language classes. Students are in class 

with youth from all over the world and must truly speak the 

native language as they stay in communities who generally 

do not speak English. 

What do Sseko sandals 

and Mercy Burlingame 

have in common…they 

are part of the uniform, 

of course! 

This year a wonderful thing is happening: 

Mercy High School is helping to make a 

difference in the lives of Ugandan women 

by purchasing the sandals that they make. 

Proceeds from the sales provide funds 

toward higher education for these women 

and contribute to the overall economic 

development of Uganda. In an effort to 

continue to “Make A Difference” in other 

women’s lives, Mercy girls are supporting 

Sseko Designs by having this sandal become 

a part of the Mercy uniform.

Laughter The Best Medicine… 

In September Kathy Buckley, gifted comedienne, award-winning actress, accomplished 

author, and renowned inspirational speaker, spoke to the students at Mercy. Kathy is 

billed as “America’s First Hearing Impaired Comedienne” and is a five-time American 

Comedy Award Nominee as Best Stand-Up Female Comedienne and winner of 

countless other awards. Her appearances include The Tonight Show, Good Morning 

American, Extra, CNN, HBO and many more. As a motivational speaker, she inspires 

hundreds of thousands of people around the world, sharing her story of overcoming 

some of the most difficult obstacles one can imagine in life, and how she met those 

challenges with dignity, courage, and laughter. 

Kathy told the compelling story of not being diagnosed as deaf until she was eight as 

well as the struggles she endured in school and in life. She wove a wonderful story 

about her life – infused with comedic humor and the stark reality of the challenges she 

has faced. Her poor performance in second grade landed her in a school for mentally 

and physically impaired children. It took school administrators, psychologists, and 

audiologists nearly a year to discover it was just a hearing loss and not a lack of mental 

acuity that was impeding her speech and language development. Today, Kathy shakes 

her head as she quips to amazed audiences, “... And they called me slow?” 

For many years, Kathy was a massage therapist working with cerebral palsy patients 

telling them stories of her youth and hearing impairment in a comedic way, which they 

loved! One day, friends encouraged her to participate in a Stand-Up Comedy Contest, 

which would benefit the children. Having no stand-up comedy experience, she had 

three weeks to practice what other comediennes have been doing for many years. Much 

to her surprise, she got up, gave her routine – not hearing the laughter mind you, but 

hearing the vibrations from the laughter. Imagine her surprise when she won and went 

on to the semi-finals where she placed 4th nationwide. With this, a new career was 

born! She later was able to obtain hearing aids that opened up a new world to her. 

Kathy believes that “our mind is the most important tool that we have” and this belief 

saw her through challenging times. Kathy ended her presentation by telling the girls “to 

always respect themselves and to, most of all, live in the moment and be in the now.” 

Her final comment to the girls was “If you want to make God laugh – tell him your plan!” 

2011 Calendar 

of Events 

Visit our website for details on 

these and other events 

www.mercyhsb.com 

“Mystique” 

Auction & Dinner 

Kohl Mansion 

March 5, 2011 • 5:30 p.m. 

“Into the Woods” 

Tri-School Musical 

Hillbarn Theater, Foster City 

March 31, April 1, 2, 7, 8, 9 - 7:30 p.m. 

Sundays, April 3 & 10 - 2:00 p.m. 

Mercy Dance Concert at 

City College of San Francisco 

April 3, 2011 • 3:00 p.m. 

6th & 7th Grade 

Student Open House 

April 29, 2011 

1:30 - 3:00 p.m. 

Spring Concert 

Kohl Mansion 

May 12, 2011 • 7:30 p.m. 

MercyArtsFest 

Kohl Mansion 

May 24, 2011 • 5:00 p.m. 

Baccalaureate Mass 

Our Lady of Angels 

June 4, 2011 • 7:00 p.m. 

Class of 2011 Graduation 

St. Ignatius Church 

June 5, 2011 • 2:00 p.m. 


Homecoming 2010 

Close to 200 alums from the classes of 1935 to 2005, celebrated their reunions and renewed 

friendships at Mercy’s annual Homecoming Mass and Luncheon in September! 

The day began with coffee with the Sisters in the Motherhouse, followed by 

a Mass in the Motherhouse Chapel. Following Mass, the Kohl 

Mansion came alive as classmates reunited; for some of our 

alums this was the first time they had been on campus 

since their graduation. It was a wonderful day! 


Class of 1980 Class 

Class of 1990 

A generous memorial gift was mad 

Mercy Scholarship Fund in honor o 

O’Donnell by members of the Class

of 1985 

e to the Spirit of 

f classmate Moira 

of 1990. 

Class of 1960 

Many thanks to members 

of the Class of 1960 who so 

generously donated to our 

scholarship fund, Making A 

Difference, in order to help 

current and future Mercy 

girls who are in need of 

tuition assistance! 

Class of 2000 

Dorothy Wagers 

Landrum 

Class of 1935 

Class of 2005 

Class of 1958 

Class of 1970 

Class of 1950 

Class of 1955 

Homecoming 2011! 

Homecoming is for all alums of Mercy, not only those 

celebrating a reunion! This year, Homecoming will be held 

September 18th. We hope you will join us! 

Reunion Classes— We invite you to hold your reunion at 

Homecoming. Rooms and tables will be reserved based upon 

the number of classmates in attendance. This year’s reunion 

classes include ‘36, ’41, ’46, ’51, ’56, ‘61, ’66, ’71, ’76, ‘81, ‘86, ‘91, 

’96, 2001, and 2006! We would be happy to assist you in any 

way in planning your reunion. The Advancement Office can also 

provide class lists, labels and any help you might need to make 

the day special. Please contact Mary Lund in the Advancement 

Office 650.762.1190 or the Alumnae Volunteer Office at 

650.762.1198 for futher assistance. Please let us know about 

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Volunteer 

Corps 

Give a Year of Service in the 

United States & Guyana as a 

Lay Volunteer! For more 

information visit 

www.mercyvolunteers.org 

or contact Janet Gray at the 

Mercy Volunteer Corps Office 

215.641.5535 

Becoming a 

Sister of Mercy 

Spend your life in a 

community of women 

committed to Mercy. 

For more information visit 

www.sistersofmercy.org or 

email our vocation director at 

vocation@mercyburl.org. 


Associates 

Associates are lay 

people, single or 

married, who are committed 

to the mission of Mercy. If you 

are interested in learning more, 

contact Sister Felice Sauers at 

fsauers@mercyburl.org or visit 

www.sistersofmercy.org. 


Sister Mary 

Waskowiak 

Visits Mercy... 

Sister Mary Waskowiak, a native 

of California, and President of the 

Institute of the Sisters of Mercy of the 

Americas since July 2005, came to visit 

the Mercy Students this past August. 

She came to talk with the girls about 

her role as President of the Institute, 

what it means to serve others and the 

ongoing Catherine’s Project that Mercy 

High School Students will participate in 

this year. 

Sr. Mary encouraged the girls to really 

believe in themselves and know that 

they are each very special and wonderful young women, each bringing different gifts to the table. 

She asked them to try to incorporate “Mercy” into all aspects of their lives and that by doing 

so, they will continue to grow, to reach out to others and serve God. She asked them to think 

about what Catherine McAuley might ask of each of them. Sr. Mary concluded by asking them 

to continue the good works that they do here at Mercy 

High School and to live a merciful life in the spirit that our Foundress, Sr. Catherine McAuley 

did before them! 

Sr. Mary has served as facilitator and/or presenter for groups of women and men religious in 

Argentina, Chile, England, Guyana, Ireland, Peru, South Africa, the United States and Zambia. 

Sr. Mary served as councilor on the Institute Leadership Team from 1991 to 1999 and as President 

of the Sisters of Mercy Regional Community of Burlingame, California, from 2003 to 2005. 

Sr. Mary also served as President of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) 

from 1996 to 1999, during which time she participated as official observer to the Bishops’ Synod 

for the Americas at the Vatican. Her prior ministry experiences include secondary education, 

parish ministry, seminary field education, Sisters of Mercy vocation and formation ministry, and 

directing Mercy Center in Burlingame. 

Sr. Ellene Egan Spends 

the day at Mercy... 

This past November, Sr. Ellene Egan, Liaison Member of 

the Education Sponsorship Council, visited the Mercy 

campus. Sr. Ellene spent time with various groups in order 

to better understand how we are “living out the Mission of 

Mercy education.” Her schedule for the day included visits 

to a Junior Religion Class, meeting with the Leadership 

Team, lunch and meeting with student leaders and an 

orientation visit with our AMES Program.

Mercy Week 2010 

During the week of September 20th, the Mercy Community celebrated Mercy Week! 

During this fun-filled week, the girls participated in many activities to celebrate 

Mercy and to welcome the new Freshmen. Mercy Week culminated on the Friday of 

this week with “Mercy Day.” On this very special day, the students, faculty and staff 

celebrated their connection to the larger Mercy family. As an institution founded by 

the Sisters of Mercy we are part of a large network of schools, hospitals and other 

service organizations which bare the name Mercy. On September 24th all these 

institutions take time to stop and remember our history as we celebrate the Feast of 

Our Lady of Mercy. It was on this day in 1827 that Catherine McAuley, the foundress of 

the Sisters of Mercy, dedicated the first House of Mercy in Dublin, Ireland. The House of 

Mercy served as a shelter for women in need, a school for children and at times a soup 

kitchen for the hungry. As we celebrate Mercy Day we remember Catherine McAuley, 

all the Sisters of Mercy who have gone before us and their compassionate service to 

those in need and are inspired by them to make a difference to the needy of our own 

time. At Mercy Burlingame, Mercy Day began with an all school photo taken on the 

patio near the mansion followed by a beautiful Eucharistic Liturgy in the Motherhouse 

Chapel. The students then changed into their class colors and the day continued 

with a barbeque luncheon, games, skits and a spirited rally on “the green.” 


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Young Alums Come Back to Mercy! 

Over the Christmas Holidays, the Mercy High School Alumnae Association was happy to host a Young 

Alum Wine and Cheese. About 100 young alums met at the Kohl Mansion to catch up and reconnect 

with old friends! It was a great night with lots of laughter and Mercy “remember when’s!” 

The Alumnae Association hosts this event once every 4 years to give the alumnae who have been away 

at school and starting new jobs a chance to reconnect with old Mercy friends. Please visit the mercy 

website at www.mercyhsb.com to view more photos of this fun night!

Alumnae Spotlight... Alumnae 

ROYAL . . . Realizing Our Youth As Leaders 

Maggie De Vera ’87, Founder 

Maggie De Vera ’87 is the President and CEO of ROYAL 

- Realizing Our Youth as Leaders, Inc., a non-profit 

organization dedicated to providing at-risk youth with the 

skills to identify positive opportunities that break the cycle 

of limited choices that inevitably leads to negative social 

consequences. After years of experience as a Clinician, 

Administrator, Family and Child Advocate, Social Worker 

and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Maggie 

recognized a gap in effective services for a growing 

population of forgotten children. In 2003, Maggie 

founded ROYAL, which prepares disadvantaged and/or 

at-risk youth, ages 5 to 18, for success in life by providing 

therapeutic counseling services as well as training in personal 

empowerment and family and community leadership. 

Maggie returned to Mercy this fall to speak with our 

students. Her accomplishments are wide ranging from 

acting, to CEO and therapist. Maggie has also been on the 

speaking circuit at a variety of organizations, schools, and 

parishes as well as radio and television appearances. If that 

were not enough, adding to her Master’s Degree and Clinical 

Certificates, Maggie will soon be referred to as Dr. Maggie 

upon completion of her Doctoral Candidacy. 

Maggie believes and tries to live out the ideals of Catherine 

McAuley in her everyday life. She was the first to admit that 

life at Mercy was not always the smooth ride, but that she 

tried to be involved, and that because certain faculty treated 

her with dignity and believed in her, she grew up to be the 

strong and caring woman she is today. Her high school 

days helped to shape and mold her into who she is now…. 

a woman who wakes up every day feeling fulfilled! 

Maggie encouraged the girls to work through life’s 

challenges and to remember to be true to themselves. 

Maggie has demonstrated success in working intensively 

with children, adults, and families who have significant 

behavioral, emotional and mental health issues. She is a 

well-respected therapist, trainer and consultant in the Bay 

Area. Backed with extensive experience (over 19 years) 

and education/training, Maggie is known in her field for 

working effectively with the most challenging cases and 

currently runs a private therapy practice. 

Starting ROYAL gave Maggie the privilege to work with 

the top 3% of at-risk children in San Francisco. Maggie 

stated that you “don’t want to give people fish, but rather 

you want to teach them to fish, so that they will always 

have food.” She said they have seen such amazing results 

in these youth, and that the goal of preparing them for life 

and leadership is the ultimate reward of her job! 

Maggie is one of the few professionals who have 

successfully packaged 28 hours in a 24 hour day 

and we thank her for generously giving of her 

time to all of us here at Mercy today. 

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Welcome Class of 2014 

Alumnae Daughters! 

P.S. We Care 

Mercy Students Start Foundation 

Juniors Patty De Luca and Stephanie Sierra started their own 

foundation, P. S. We Care, to help people with autism. After 

volunteering at Hillsdale High School’s Special Education 

summer school program, the girls began asking themselves 

“How can we help them? How can we give back to these kids?” 

For Stephanie, working at Hillsdale’s Special Ed Summer School 

program was an eye-opening experience. Stephanie and Patty 

had the extraordinary opportunity of working individually with 

each of the students. Stephanie was struck by how the simplest 

activities brought joy to the students. “As complicated as our 

lives are, I realized we sometimes forget the simple joys we 

experience. The truth is we are given so very much and here was 

an opportunity to help kids with much less.” 

For Patty, autism is a part of her life. At the age of two, Patty’s 

older brother was diagnosed with Autism, OCD, and Epilepsy. 

“My brother changed my life. Having him in my life made 

me look at situations and get the best out of them, it made me 

more patient, it made me not judge people who are 

different. I believe that he is a blessing in disguise; and 

now I want to give, we want to give thanks back to 

him for how he has changed my life.” 

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Mercy proudly welcomes the following Alumnae Daughters! 

Pictured above from bottom to top, right (daughter) to left 

(mother): Anastasia Koehler and Tracy Brady Koehler ’93 of 

St. Catherine Parish; Allison Barri and Katie Olson Barri ’81of 

Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish; Alexis Ayllon and Gina 

DeNatale Ayllon ’85 of St. Robert Parish; Alyssa Hoyt and Karen 

Gutierrez Hoyt ’82 of St. Veronica Parish; Rebeccaimee Jimenez 

and Rebecca Huerta ’86 of All Souls Parish; Claire Unger and 

Jane Cavagnaro Unger ’78 of Our Lady of Angels Parish; 

Sabrina Arsalane and Maricar Floresca-Arsalane ’86 of 

Our Lady of Mercy Parish. 

L to R: Stephanie Sierra, Patty De Luca and Patty’s Brother 

Because of Patty’s brother and the kids who they worked with 

this summer, the girls wanted to start our own foundation called 

P.S. We Care. On May 1st they are hoping to have their first 

annual walk-a-thon at Hillsdale High School to help raise money 

for people with autism. Funds raised from the walk-a-thon will 

be donated to Community Gate Path, a non-profit that fosters 

hope, dignity and independence among children and adults with 

disabilities. They are looking for volunteers, so for those of you 

who would like to help…we need you! Watch for information on 

Mercy’s website or contact Mercy’s Advancement Office at 

jscerri@mercyhsb.com or 650-762-1190. 

Patty and Stephanie presented to the student body at the Justice 

Liturgy in January. This article reflects excerpts from their 

outstanding presentation. Stephanie Sierra is the daughter of 

alumna Jackie Speier ’68.

Alumnae 

Class Notes... Calling All Alums! Let us know what you are up to! We love to have information for the 

Class Notes section of the Oaks, as well as information we can use in an article! Use the enclosed envelope to send us your 

news and photo or e-mail us at alumnae@mercyhsb.com. We look forward to hearing from you soon! 

1940’s 

Valerie Schuld White ‘45 sent us her class note via 

email and writes, “At 83 I am now doing email! After 7 

years in a lovely retirement facility owned by the Mercy 

nuns in No. Bend, Or., I felt the need for an extended 

visit with family in CA. Two months of fun with my 

2 daughters, 5 grand-daughters and 6 great-granddaughters 

plus 1 g-grandson. Will forward a picture. 

Each morning I start my day in thanksgiving for my 

faith, family and friends. I am truly appreciative for my 

education and the Sisters of Mercy. May God continue 

to bless us.” 

Winifred Brisbois Buckley ‘48 writes, “I graduated from 

Mercy High in June of 1948. I then attended Dominican 

College where I was Social Chairman my Senior year. I 

was the first Catholic School graduate ever to be hired 

for Hillsborough Schools. My husband Jim and I were 

married Nov. 28, 1953 and we were blessed to have 12 

children (8 girls & 4 boys) and 27 grandchildren thus far. 

He was a doctor in Belmont until he had kidney failure 

several years ago. He passed away on April 8, 2010. 

Beverly Minotto Muzio ‘49 writes, “ For the third 

time I was a vendor at Christmas at Kohl and sold my 

American doll knitted and sewn clothes.” 

1950’s 

Fran Duarte Lawrence ‘52 writes, “Just a little note 

of what has been going on in my life in the last 58 

years since I graduated Mercy. This past November my 

husband and I have been married 55 years. We have 

two daughters and three granddaughters. To keep busy 

I am the Office manager for the Fear of flying Clinic, 

which helps people with their flying anxiety and I also 

do taxes during the tax season. My oldest daughter and 

I are partners in her Art Supply Business, Maggie’s Art in 

Redwood City. Then in my spare time I play golf.” 

Mary Sacco Camacho ‘58 writes, “I am still at my job 

at the State of California, Consumer Affairs Branch. 

We handle consumer complaints in regard to utilities, 

including energy and telecommunications where I have 

been since October 29, 2007. I am located in the San 

Francisco Office of the CPUC.” 

Jeanette Lazare Brown’s ‘61 

great-grandaughter 

Lillian Elizabeth Patterson 

Maureen Jolly Szostak ‘63 and 

Maureen Marconi ‘63 

Maureen Jolly Szostak ‘63 and 

Maureen Marconi ‘63 in Finland 

1960’s 

Jeanette Lazare Brown ‘61 

writes, “Hello, I am sending 

this photo of our first greatgrandchild, 

Lillian Elizabeth 

Patterson, born to our 

granddaughter and her husband, 

Caitlin and CJ Patterson. Both 

are Marines and are trained 

in Linguistics at this time. My 

husband and I have been married 

for 40 years, and between our five 

children, have 10 grandchildren 

and now one great-grandchild.” 

Maureen Marconi ‘63 and 

Maureen Jolly Szostak ‘63 went 

on a 10 day Baltic Cruise with 

their husbands Aug. 30, 2010. 

Maureen Marconi writes, “It was 

my birthday during that month 

so the first picture is of us in front 

of my cabin. Second picture is 

in Helsinki, Finland where they 

were having an exhibit of Bears 

decorated in the culture of over 

90 countries. We are standing 

next to Ireland’s bear since we 

both are Irish. I also became a 

grandmother for the first time last 

April 2010. My granddaughter’s 

name is Mariana Murphy.” 

Peggy Cosgrave ‘64 writes, 

“Off to Vienna Austria Jan. 2 to 

March 13 performing as Big 

Momma in “Cat On A Hot Tin 

Roof “ at the ENGLISH THEATRE 

OF VIENNA. Started acting at 

Mercy (with Sister Mary Earnest 

) and have been a professional 

actor since 1971. Loved 

my Mercy years.” 

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Valerie Armento ‘69 at Hot August Chill Donner Lake 

Class Notes... Alumnae 

Marilyn Lacey, RSM ‘66 in Sudan 

hand pounding lulu nuts 


Marilyn Lacey, 

RSM ‘66 writes, 

“In my work with 

Mercy Beyond 

Borders in 

Southern Sudan, 

I am privileged 

to meet many 

resilient, inspiring 

women. Surviving 

is, for them, a 

daily struggle 

against poverty, 

heat, disease, and 

the violence that 

persists after 40 

years of civil war. 

Here I am in the 

town of Rumbek, 

Sudan, trying my 

hand at pounding lulu nuts, a source of oil that the women can 

sell. I gave up after a few hoists of that awkward and suprisingly 

heavy wooden pestle, convinced that my energies are better 

suited for raising awareness here in the States about ways that 

we can partner with our sisters and mothers and daughters in 

Sudan to improve their lives. Check out our website for more info: 

www.mercybeyondborders.org 

Members of the class of 1965 recently reunited —Annette 

Adams reunited with Melanie Allen, Mary Presta, Ginny 

Callaghan, Peggy Fallon, Judith Nickson, Anne Barber and 

many more. Annette Adams writes, “I am 

currently living in San Cristobal de las Casas 

and have traveled the globe, written books 

and had a career in the arts.” 

Kate Gomez ‘65 writes, “After 30 years 

working in marketing and advertising in 

New York, I will be returning to California in 

January, not to retire, but to transition into a 

new phase of life. I will be living in Santa Rosa.” 

Suzanne Michelony ‘67 writes, “After 

38 years in education as an elementary, 

junior high teacher and principal, Suzanne 

Michelony ‘67 removed her shingle as of 

1-1-2011.” 

Valerie Armento ‘69 has been an ardent 

open water swimmer for over 20 years. 

She had an extensive 2010 open water 

swimming season, participating in 16 

northern California swims, ranging from 

500 yards in the Russian River (first place) to 2.8 miles (the length 

of Donner Lake). She scored well enough to capture 4th overall 

in her competitive age group of 58 participants. She also was 

part of a 6 person coed team in the turbulent Maui Channel 

Swim from Lanai to Maui on the Saturday of Labor Day weekend. 

Photo is from the Hot August Chill event at Donner Lake, where 

Val swam both the 0.5 mile and 1.5 mile courses back-to-back 

and came in third in each event. 

1970’s 

Elizabeth Fajardo ‘72 has written a 

new book “Eavesdropping on Angels: 

10 Tips to Survive Job Loss from 10 

People Who Inspired Me.” The book is 

$10.90 (includes tax, shipping is $3.25, 

Liz will deliver to Mercy girls in the 

area.) To order, send a check or money 

order to Elizabeth Fajardo at P.O. Box 

#77, Millbrae, CA 94030. 

L to R: Terry (Sweeney) Walsh ‘72, Susan (Landucci) De Paula ‘72, 

Kathy O’Leary’72, Cris (Demattei) Philipps ‘72, Susan Eschelach’72, 

Liz Fajardo ‘72 , Joanne (Borg) Bennett ‘72 and 

Eugenia (Paine) Rapasky ‘72. 

Photo by Joanne (Borg) Bennett ‘72. 

Eugenia Paine Rapasky ‘72, writes “Some of the Mercy Class 

of 1972 got together on October 23, 2010 in Livermore, CA at 

Catherine (Lehanne) Myers home, had a Wine Tasting and dinner 

together. Great fun. I would like to let fellow classmates know 

as of August 2010 there are about 37 of us on FACEBOOK and 

growing. It is great after graduating from high school, college, 

having careers, getting married or single, having children etc. 

some of us are reconnecting on FACEBOOK. WOW!! Join us on 

FACEBOOK.”

Class Notes... 

Nancy Cafferata Gorell ‘76 and 

Ann Schweitzer Minahan ‘76 

Nancy Cafferata 

Gorell ‘ 76 

writes, “Ann 

Schweitzer 

Minahan’s son 

J.T., attends the 

Naval Academy 

and I live in 

the D.C. area. 

So after the 

Navy Football 

game, Ann and 

I met downtown 

Annapolis for 

dinner. It was awesome getting together after 34 years! I look 

forward to seeing the rest of the Mercy Class of ‘76 next 

September for our class reunion.” Nancy serves as the Chair 

of the Commissioning Committee for the PCU Arlington (LPD 

L to R- Command Master Chief Lawrence M. Riccitiello, 

Nancy Cafferata Gorell -Commissioning Committee Chair, Commanding 

Officer - Commander Darren W. Nelson and 

Executive Officer - Commander Brett C. Hershman 

24). It is to be named for Arlington, Virginia, the location of 

the Pentagon. Like her sister ships, USS New York (LPD 21) and 

PCU Somerset (LPD 25), she is named in commemoration of 

the September 11, 2001 attacks. Ship commissioning is the act 

or ceremony of placing a ship in active service. The ceremonies 

involved are rooted in centuries old naval tradition. A ship will 

have PCU in front of the name until she is commissioned and 

becomes a U.S. Navy ship. PCU stands for Pre Commissioning 

Unit. Our commissioning committee includes spouses 

of those who lost lives in the Pentagon and on American 

Airlines flight 77. First responders—firefighters, police and 

emergency medical technicians who came to rescue—they 

too are represented on the commissioning committee. More 

information about the ship, commissioning ceremony and the 

work of the commissioning committee is at; 

http://ussarlingtoncommissioning.org/. 

Marianne Barrett ‘78 writes, “This year marks my 25th year 

anniversary as an Assistant District Attorney in the San Francisco 

District Attorney’s Office. I am currently the managing attorney 

of our Child Assault Unit. It’s hard to believe how time flies!” 

Ivette Amaro ‘79 

Alumnae 

Sandra Corradetti ‘79 writes, “Jacob just turned four Dec 13th - The 

same day I started back to work after four years of being home with 

“my baby”. I accepted a job with Citi Venture Cap in Palo Alto. It’s a 

bitter sweet transition but an opportunity I couldn’t pass up. “ 

1980’s 

Ivette Amaro ‘79 writes, “Turning 50 in 

May! Went back to work after 12 years! 

Just passed the Nation Test for mortgage 

brokers.” 

Erin McHale Armsuewicz ‘81 writes, “I am living in Marin County. 

Daughter Kate will be graduating college in San Diego. Robert is 

Erin McHale Armueswicz’s ‘81 children 

18 and living in Sonoma County working fulltime for/with step dad. 

Are we having a big party reunion for our 30th? I hope so!!!!! 

Would love to see everyone again!” 

Susan Lopez- Guerra ‘81 is currently living in San Mateo and still 

working in her own company, LeaseMobile/California, located in 

Burlingame. Susan writes, “...I am currently training to compete in 

my 6th marathon in December, in the hopes of qualifying for the 

Boston Marathon.” 

Lisa Davies ‘84, Bret Harte Middle School Principal, has been 

chosen as the city of Hayward Chamber of Commerce “Educator 

of the Year”. Lisa has been the Principal of a middle school in 

Hayward for the last six years. She is well known for her positive 

attitude, her dedication to bringing the community and parents 

into her school and her laser focus on student achievement and 

success for all students. She has led her school to 52 

point gain in academic achievement as measured on 

state standardized testing. A gala event to celebrate 

this amazing honor was held on January 22, 2011 at 

California State East Bay. 

The The Oaks Oaks • • Spring Spring 2011 2011 2


Mariclare Dunne Ballard ‘54 (aka Marcy) writes, “I have a 13 

year old granddaughter living in Northfield, MN and 19 month 

old fraternal Twin Grandsons: The Together Boys - Nikolay and 

Anthony.....Hello to All. Hope to get together again soon.” 

Hospital too much 

to consider moving 

back to CA. If any 

1986 alumnae want 

to stop in and say 

hello on their way to 

Vail or Beaver Creek, 

CO, drop me a line. 

anagloriar@aol.com.” 

0 The Oaks • • Spring 2011 

Mariclare Dunne Ballard’s ‘54 twin grandsons 

AnaGloria Rodriguez-Wilkinson ‘86 

and daughter Penelope 

AnaGloria 

Rodriguez- 

Wilkinson, M.A. 

‘86 writes, “My 

family and I are 

enjoying life in the 

Rocky Mtns. My 

husband, Corbett, 

and I are raising two 

beautiful, bilingual 

children. Penelope is 

5 and Charles Jasper 

is 3.5 years old. I 

keep trying to figure 

out a way so that 

Penelope can attend 

Mercy, however, my 

husband enjoys his 

job at the Children’s 

AnaGloria Rodriguez-Wilkinson’s ‘86 

son Charles Jaspar 

Marquetta D. Pinkard Sarsour ‘88 and husband Laurent 

Marquetta D. Pinkard Sarsour ‘88 writes, “I am happy to 

announce my marriage to Laurent Sarsour (Mills High school Class 

of ‘91) on Sunday October 31, 2010 at Burlingame’s Crystal Springs 

Golf Course. My cousin Marguerite Suzette Sanders-Rodriguez 

Class of ‘83 Mercy SF, Gwendolyn Pinkard-Harris Class of ‘88 

Mercy SF and my classmate Deena Patel Class of ‘88 were three 

of my eight bridesmaids. The officiant was my Uncle Prentice Earl 

Sanders (Retired Chief of Police of San Francisco). My husband is 

a videographer for the San Francisco 49ers and I am working in 

the medical field as a medical administrative. We are residing 

on the Peninsula. 

1990’s 

Danari Mahal daughter of Narimel Tulawan Tarver ‘92 

Narimel Tulawan Tarver ‘92 and husband Daron happily 

welcomed their daughter Danari Mahal Tarver on 

February 9, 2010, 9.46 lbs and 19 1/2 inches.


Julie Olson ‘95 writes, “My boyfriend of three years, Jeff Adams, 

proposed on December 21, 2010 at the spot where we first met. We 

are getting married on September 24, 2011 at Charles Krug Winery in 

St. Helena and couldn’t be happier!” 

Tessa Marie Manni O’Dowd ‘95 writes, “I am the Account & 

Operations Manager for a wine producer named Cameron Hughes. 

Cameron is a modern international négociant, who partners with 

top-tier wineries around the world, buying and contracting their 

ultra-premium wine to sell at very affordable prices. We produce $50 

- $100 program wines and sell them under $30. Managing all levels 

of the accounting and HR department has been very rewarding both 

personally and professionally. It is a fun, exciting, and hardworking 

industry to be in. BTW – I love Mercy. I pray I can afford it when my 

daughter goes. Yikes it will be 2024.” 

Phoenix Rey son of Melissa Tameta ‘96 

Melissa Tameta ‘96 writes, “My husband, Cesar, and I welcomed 

a baby boy (Phoenix Rey) into our family on August 25. We’re so 

excited to have in our family, and so is my sister, Alanna Tameta 

(Class of 1998). “ Phoenix is at about 2 months in the photo. 

Erica de Jesus Garcia ‘97, husband Mercy teacher Michael Garcia 

and daughters Mia and Emma 

Alumnae 

Erica de Jesus Garcia ‘97 and husband Michael, Mercy High 

School faculty, welcomed their second child, Mia Michael Garcia, 

on December 7, 2010, 7 lbs 3 oz, 19 inches. Erica also writes, “I am 

also thrilled to announce I achieved my Masters of Arts in College of 

Education with a concentration in Instructional Technologies from 

San Francisco State University.” 

Rebecca Duran Malinowski ‘98 

and husband Erik 

Rebecca Duran 

Malinowski ‘98 

maried Erik 

Malinowski 

on 10/10/10 

in Monterey, 

California. 

Mercy girls in 

attendance 

were Roxana 

Cardoza ‘98, 

Brandy Navarro 

(Martinez) ‘98, 

Monica Aiello 

‘98, Maggie 

McDermott ‘98, 

Colleen Kennedy 

(Cafferkey) ‘98 and 

Gina Comisky ‘98. 

L to R: Roxana Cardoza, Brandy Navarro (Martinez), Monica Aiello, 

Rebecca Duran Malinowski , Maggie McDermott, 

Colleen Kennedy (Cafferkey), Gina Comisky 

The The Oaks Oaks • • Spring 2011 2011 1


Alumnae 

Online 

Community 

Hundreds of alumnae have 

logged in and set up their 

personal pages on Mercy’s 

Online Alumnae Community, since it was launched in March 

2008 at www.mercyhsb.com. 

Who has already registered? Alum’s from 1945 to 2010 

are posting greetings, reunion info, photo’s and class notes. 

Once you are registered, you will be able to browse through 

the online community to find old friends from any 

graduating year and network with new ones. 

Register today and connect with classmates and other 

Mercy alumnae! If you are an alumna and have not 

registered, look on the address label on the back of The Oaks 

for your personalized first time login Registration ID. 

Join us on Facebook! 

Join the Mercy High School Burlingame fan page on 

Facebook! When you are logged into Facebook search 

“Mercy High School Burlingame” and you will see our fan 

page! We will post photos and updates about Mercy on the 

fan page. For more information contact Carol Fraher 

at cfraher@mercyhsb.com or 650-762-1192. 

Mercy Alumnae Dues Are 

Now Being Collected... 

The annual Mercy Alumnae dues are now being collected 

for the 2010-2011 year. It is through the generosity of the 

alumnae that we are able to mail you this newsletter. The 

Oaks gives us the chance to keep you abreast of the latest 

Mercy news - your dues are a critical funding source for 

this publication. We appreciate your support! 

• Annual Dues: $15 

• Lifetime Membership: $150 

Dues may be sent to the Mercy High School Alumnae 

Association by using the enclosed envelope or may be 

made online by checking the gift box marked Alumnae 

Dues/Membership. 

New Lifetime Member: Patricia Sotherden Huskey ‘62 

Alumnae 


L to R: Gina Rosaia Collins 99’, Heather Manders Torres 99’, Casey Stern Sternsmith ‘99, 

Katie Olson Tobin ‘99, Emily Frye Diop ‘99, and Natalie Frye Diop ‘99. 

Casey Sternsmith ‘99 and husband Benjamin welcomed son Jack 

William Sternsmith born April 30, 2010. Casey writes, “He is the lucky 

nephew of Tess Stern ‘02. This is a photo on my first mother’s day, 

Jack is only 2 weeks old in the photo!” 

Thank you! 

2010 Foundation Grants 

A special thank you to the following 

foundations who awarded grants this 

past fall for tuition assistance: 

• The Drum Foundation 

• The Carl Gellert and Celia 

• Berta Gellert Foundation 

• Trust Funds


Loubna Qutami ‘03, center, with Mercy Seniors 

Alumnae 

Alumnae 

Alumnae Association Board Members 

Annie Bianchini ‘90 • Caroline Connolly Bottoms ‘77 • Ruth Curran Dolim ‘41 • Eugenia Dubbiosi Hovland ’59 • Nancy Cummings Johnson ‘50 • 

Kristina Kronenberger ’00 • Kathleen Lama ‘87 • Stacey Longwich ‘98 • Marian Marsili ‘71 • Kelly Hendon Molloy ‘89 • Kathy Lacunza Pompili ‘78 • 

Arlene Figoni Rohrer ‘59 • Lorraine Mozzini Sbragia ‘60 • Casey Sternsmith ‘99 • Kirsten Strobel ‘96 • Jessica Buick Viltman ’00 • Mary Lund, Director 

of Advancement • Carol A. Fraher, Director of Public Relations • Laura M. Held, Principal 

The Alumnae Board members have had a fantastic year with 

Homecoming, Christmas at Kohl and the Young Alum Wine and 

Cheese. This year, the funds raised by the Alumnae Association will 

support four scholarships for alumnae daughters, the bus for the 

Senior Kairos Retreat, a special year-end gift to our senior class as well 

as funding for some new projects in the spring. Thanks to everyone 

for your support! 

2000’s 

Loubna Qutami ’03, a graduate student in Ethnic 

Studies at San Francisco State University, returned 

to Mercy in October as a guest speaker in our Global 

Speaker Series. 

As President of the Student Body at Mercy, Loubna 

first began to pursue her passion to respond to 

the needs of others. Since then she has spread 

her wings by utilizing her given talents in many 

ways. She has worked as the Special Project 

Coordinator at the Arab Cultural and Community 

Center where her responsibilities include social 

services coordination, youth programming, and 

cultural competency presentations to local service 

providers, domestic violence case management, 

civic engagement and policy reform work. 

Loubna stated that we must always remember to respect the role that we play in our community and that nothing that we do is “private”, 

as we are all intrinsically connected to one another. She further stated that each of us has the opportunity to become either a “passer 

or an actor” in life…. we can pass on and pretend that we did not know what was going on, or we can act and entrench ourselves in the 

injustice and help to change the world. She told the girls that college is a place where you can explore yourselves and encouraged each 

of them to be deliberate, to ask questions and to find their passion as the opportunity to be a change maker is up to each of us. 

Dawn Bailey ‘06 graduated from the University of California Santa Barbara with a major in Studio Art. She’s done mission work in Mexico 

and Kenya, and has been a youth leader in her parish and diocese. She led the design and installation of the new labyrinth at St. Mike’s 

University Church, made from recycled materials. The idea of incorporating recycled materials was inspired by Dawn’s concern for the 

immense amount of plastic waste discarded into our ocean. Dawn is currently an intern at St. Mary’s in West Harlem, NY, working for 

AmeriCorps through Episcopal Social Services at the Early Head Start Program in the Bronx, providing care to families with very 

young children. 

The Alumnae Board meets 4-5 times per year and sponsors 

the above mentioned events! We have a great time and would 

love to have more people join us! If you are interested you may 

contact Advancement Director Mary Lund at 650.762.1191 or 

email mlund@mercyhsb.com. We hope to hear from you! 


Mercy Mass Program 

Memorial and Honorary 

At each of our school liturgies, the 

students and faculty of Mercy High School 

pray for those people who have been 

acknowledged in the Mercy Mass Program. 

Not only are donations made in memory 

of a loved one, but also to honor others on 

special occasions such as anniversaries and 

birthdays, or at times of illness. Donations 

support the Mercy Tuition Assistance 

and Scholarship Programs. 

To enroll someone in the Mercy Mass 

Program, simply contact the Mercy 

Advancement Office at (650)762-1190 or 

salbers@mercyhsb.com and we will send 

you a Mass envelope or you can fill out and 

return the form on page 37. We will keep 

you in our prayers and ask that you also 

pray for the community. 

The donors listed have made a donation to 

Mercy in honor or in memory of the special 

person listed in italics above their name. 



Richard Adams 

Richard & Betty Battaglia 

Patricia Adamson 

Penny Alexander 

Dorothy Aiello 

Lorraine & John Leatham 

Jose Alfaro 

Elizabeth Castillo Hoyt 

George Almes 

Mercedes Mendieta 

Margaret Almes 


Nathan Almes 


Dr. Philip Alper 

Mercy High School 

Estelle André 

Nancy Souza André 

Cecelia Andrews 

Robert Artoux 

Dr. Veronica Avalos 

Ed & Shirley Barazoto 

Raymond Barazoto 

Howard & Pearl Bloom 

Gordon & Beverly Chalmers 

James & Nancy Copland 

Lynn Cornish 

Robert & Rita De Lue 

Patricia Deeny 

Norma Dercole 

Jack Driscoll 

Mr. & Mrs. Walt Farrell 

Natalie Finn 

Ivor & June Garlick 

Keneth & Eulalie Glaser 

John & Carol Gray 

Thomas & Marlene Halligan 

Matin & Carol Harband 

Sydney Kapchan & Steven Tulkin 

Jerry & Kathleen Krause 

Kathy & Jerry Krouse 

Henry & Theresia Lang 

Annette Lantos 

Mrs. Jacquelyn Tremeroli Longhini 

Bryan & Kathleen Mahan 

Kathy & Roger Martarano 

Barbara McCullum 


Joan Minsky, M.D. 

Mary & Robert Molinari 

Bernard & Gail Nebenzahl 

O’Kane & Tegay Insurance Brokers 

Madeline Ongwarski 

Merilyn Pezzuto 

Wm. & Joan Protz 

Linda Rawlings 

Sensiba San Filippo 

Marlene Schaffer 

Robert & Margaret Shay 

Mary Somers 

Mr. Wm. Spencer 

Joseph & Ruth Starr 

Ellen & Wayne Thivierge 

C. Thomas & Stella Thompson 

Jerold & Helen Thompson 

Alvira Belvini 

Jackie & Paul Tremeroli 

Lilyan Tremaroli 

Fred & Patricia Ulrich 

Jacqueline A. Willson 

Charles & Nikki Zarganis 

June Draga Tilton 

Marilyn Archambault 

Mercy Alumnae Association 

Yvette Ball 


Marguite Garnier Bargetto 



Shirley Barisone 

Mary Ann Button 

Mr. & Mrs. Gary Cahalan 

Victor Baroody 

Ray, Rita & Nicole Ramos 

Anita Barry 

Chris Sevieri 

Irene Barton 

Shelby Molini 

Daniel Begovich 



Janet Belton 

Ellen & Martin Frank 

Kelli Benz 


Joseph & Helen Beresford 

Barbara & David Dinelli 

Johnny Berges 



Karen Hansen Bergstrom 

Nadine Goyenetche 


Lawrence Bertolucci 



Rita Bianchi 

Paul & Linda Bianchi 

Mary Ellen Bichard 



Rudona Bleichner 

Pam Scannell 

Argentina Bodker 

Diane Battaglia-Dillon 

Beverly Bonamie 


Elsie Borba 


Julio Borruso 



Keith Bottoms 


Gwen Lacey Bowsley 

Kathy & Skip Mefford 

Bill & Pat Britton 

Julie Britton Kanzaki 

Paul J. Bromham 


Kathleen Doherty Moran 

John Bruni 


Dora Bruno 

Lois Scampini 

Irene Wright 

Dr. James Buckley, M.D 

Laverne Barrett-Marzalek 



Wendy Burge-Dickenson 

Julie Lowndes 

Joan Louise Burns 


Sue Burns 


Lefty Burrows 

Barbara Cleary 

R. Alan Burt 

Barbara Bowden 

Bert Laurence 

Carol Busalacchi 

Cathy Barranti

Mary Alice Edwards Bussell 



Antonia C. 

Anonymous 

Lucy Cabel 

Mrian Marsili 

Richard Canziani 

Robert & Elizabeth Mantegani 

Richard Canziani 

Lois Scampini 

Sam Caponio 



Mischelle Carey 

Eugenia Paine 

Charles “Harry” Carlin 

Mr. & Mrs.Oliver Connolly 

Antonio Casagrande 

Roberta Cerri Teglia 

Evelyn Casagrande 


Luigina Casagrande 


Annie Casanova 

Rosalie Natole 

Famlies Casanova 


Louis Casanova 


Maritza Casanova 


Richard Casanova 


Keith Cattaneo 


Charlotte Faith Centurion 

Catherine Eusebio Moody 

Alfredo Cerri 


Alvin Cerri 


Ambrosia Cerri 


Catherine Cerri 


Betty Cirigliano 


Roy Clansky 

Jeanne Biernat 


Ray, Rita & Nicole Ramos 

Mary Nora Clark 

Mary Germano 


Classemates’ 52 

Lilia Cady 

Bridgette Clement 

Catherine Lutz 

Victoria Lutz 

Conrad Earl Clizbe 

Dava Sheehan 

Greg Cochran 



William Cochrane 


Lou Coffaro 

Pauline Bertolino 

Bill Collins 

Barbara Lenardon Cleary 

Aldina Corradetti 

Diane Isola 



Dorothy Corvi 



Vincent Cosgrave 

Peggy Cosgrave 

Claire Costantino 



Morgan Crofton 

Cathy Plevin 

Gayle Darling 

Ann Diedrich 

Fern Davis 



Larry & Jane Urmini 

Mr. De Smedt 

Maureen Nerli 

Anne Deakle 

Carol J. Simmons 

Leo Del Rosso 



Raymond Jerome Dempsey 

Maureen Claire Lami 



Steve Dennison 

Ruth & Clare Dolim 

Philip Deredi 

Daniel Brown 

Wendy Burge Dickenson 

Julie Lowndes 

David & Jane Dinelli 


Thomas Dolan 



Paul Domeniconi, Jr. 


Michael Dudley 

Molly O’Brien 

Brian Dunleavy 

Judie & Stu Harris 

Mr. & Mrs. Patrick Dunleavy 

Melanie & Rick Cirigliano 

Patrick Dunleavy 




Cris Dematei Philipps 

Gina Bowcutt Dynes 



Minnie Madrona Elizaga 

Orlando & Cynthia Yabes 

Claire Jones Emanuels 

Nancy Cummings Johnson 



Kevin & Ruth Epidendio 

Judy Epidendio Etchamendy 

Jean & Marie Etchamendy 

Judy Epidendio Etchamendy 

Dan Evans 

Joan Del Secco 

Jacinto & Victoria Fajardo 

Annette Fajardo 

Norma Falletti 

Marian Marsili 

Kendra Fallon 


Eugene Fanuuchi, Sr. 

Lana Appenrodt 

Florence Ferko 



Agnes Rose O’Donnell Fernandez 

Jacqueline & Robert O’Donnell 

Filomena Ferreira 

Nannette Morgan 

Mr. & Mrs. Thomas Finnigan 


Alfred Fisk 

Sheila McVicar 

Margaret Fitzpatrick 


Elizabeth “Betty” Flynn 

Maureen Medeiros 

Christi Fontenot 


Rose Forbes 

Mary Lou Brignolo Harris 

Mary & Lars Lund 



Beverly Bonalanza Ford 


Alice Fore 

Jane &Larry Urmini 

Alfred & Margaret Fourie 

Tom & Pat Fourie & Family 

Karen Fraher 

John, Carol, Shawna & 

Heather Fraher 

Thelma Fraschieri 




Mary Frazier 

Dorothy Flanagan 

Patricia Flanagan 



Adolph (Doph) Joseph Frengs 

Alain & Patricia Brie 

James Brisbois 

James & Winifred Brisbois Buckley 

Graphics Service Bureau 

Norma & James Carney 

Jack & Patricia Collins, Jr. 

Michael & Mary Del Carlo 

Timothy & Jennifer Elliott 

Frank Frisella 

Stephanie & David Henri 


Ann & George Mitchell 

Dennis & Margaret O’Donnell 

James & Margaret O’Donnell 

Robert & Jackie O’Donnell 

Friends of Rosalie Natole 


Gail Galligan 


Lois Scampini 

Joseph Galligan, Sr. 


Lois Scampini 

Jorge Garcia 

Gwen Garcia 

Barbara Gates 

Betty Battaglia 

Steven Geramoni 



Victoria Ashby Gil 

Marlene Bacon 



Helen Fagan Reidy 

Neale & VirginiaThompson Smith 

Clementine Giraudo 




Eda Giusti 



Dan Gower 



Tosca Graziani 


Bob Greenberg 


Ario Gregori 

Lois Scampini 

Jackie Greig 


Janessa Greig 


Bernadine Grundhoefer 

Carol Johnson Simmons 

Anna Guth 


Doug Hale 

Nancy Johnson 

Caroline Hansen 


George Hanson 

Mr. & Mrs. J. Baldanzi 

Charles & Rosemary Bogert 

Joseph Hanson 


Aileen (Mickey) Hart 

Ron & Sandy Albers 


Clare Dolim 

John & Carol Fraher 

Larry, Arden & Joel Hamilton 

Nancy Johnson 

Ruth & George Dolim 

Jim & Mira McTiernan 

Maureen Medeiros 

Mercy Alumnae Associatin 


Ronald & April Quok 

Donald & Lizbeth Seil & Family 

Geraldine Barry Seil 

Barbara Seil Toth 

Thelvina (Lina) Vitalie 

Lesa & Bob Wilson 

Janessa Harwood 

Bob & Charlotte Wiard 

Jeff Healy 



Judy Lynn Petrini Heath 

Toni Craviotto 

Margaret Heiduk 


Joan Herman 

Jeanne Biernat 

Annetter & Tom Counts 

Carol Fraher 


Charles Hoenisch 



Howard Huenergardt 


Margaret Hustedt 



Nancy Gray Ianson 

John & Arlene Rohrer 

Catherine Imbellino 





Gabriella Isola 

Diane Isola 

Elda Jekot 



Vicente Jimenez 

Rebecca Huerta 

Nancy Johnson 

Ruth, George & Clare Dolim 

Sherlye Lynn Jones 

Michelle Squires Hytry 

Raymond Kam 

Rina Kam 

Muriel Kannengeisger 

Therese and Kevin Kannengeiser 

Lisa Karaeff 

Jessica Karaeff 

Julia Karpawich 


Louise Kehoe 

Clare & Ruth Dolim 

David Keller 

Patricia Lane 

John Kennedy 


Anthony “Tony” Kester 

Tom & Carol Walsh 

Sr. Mary Mercedes Kiely, SHPH 

Mercy High Alumnae Association 


Lisa Kilmartin 

Laurie Gomes 

Maria Kiu 


Laura Koch 

Dianne Offield 

Omar Komsan 


John Krol 

Ron & Eugenia Hovland 

Mr. Kukla 


Anthony Kulisch 

Mercy Alumnae 


Marty Kulisch 

Gwen Lacey 


Maureen Clooney Landeck 

Patricia Casey 

Pat Caulfield 

The Hickey Family 



Rick Lang 

Joanne Giovannini Storkan 

Constance Ann Sims Langill 

Constance Anne Langill 



Joan Lawson 

Nancy Johnson 

Frank Leonard 

Maureen Leonard 

Dan Linehan 

The Glasser Family 

Brigida Lombos 


Lowndes Family 

Amanda Lowndes 

Butch Lupo 

Chris Sevieri 

Esther & John Mackesy 

Margaret Mackesy Booker 

Maura Mackesy McDonald 


Rose Maimone 


Rush Manbert 

John, Carol, Shawna & Heather 

Fraher 

Mike Marsala 


Teagan Rose Marsh 

Patricia Scanlon Lane 



Margaret Mary Marshik 


John Masio 


Helen Maslock 

Caroline Assereto 

Boris Massenkoff 

Maria Massenkoff Hoppe 

Irene Massenkoff 

Maria Massenkoff Hoppe 

Madeline Estelita Mathiesen 

Daniel Mathiesen 




Geraldine Mackle Mattocks 

Sheila Canzian 



Elizabeth Mayer 


Margaret Ralston McCool 

Rosemary Baldanzi 



Oliver McDermott 

Carmel Brown 

Gail McGinty 

Suzanne McGinty Petrocchi 

Timothy John McInerney 

Patricia O’Brien Valencia 

Nancy Gray McKay 

Phil & Marianne O’Reilly 

James McKeever 



Edward McLaughlin 



Steven McLaughlin 



Walter McVicar 

Sheila Fisk McVicar 

Hannah McWeeney 

Lars & Mary Lund & Family 



Timothy & Patricia McWeeney 

Rafael & Patricia Valencia 

Derek Meffert 



Vaneeta Mehta 


Sister Mary Jean Meier, RSM 



Richard Melodia 

Claire Melodia 

Donald Menicucci 



Tom Menicucci 



Ray Mensing 

Barbara Gilivich Bowden 

Mercy Community 


Charles Meyers 

Jackie Harris 

Walter Meyers 


Arthur Middleton 


Gracela Mier y Teran 

Elizabeth Castillo Hoyt 

Edwina Miller 


Hugh Mitchell 

Kelli Benz 

Judie & Stu Harris 

The McCann Family 


Mary Monteverdi 

Julie McCarthy 

Arlene Navarett Mooch 

Joan Moreno 

Cassandra Leigh Moody 

Nelia Eusebio 

George Morasci 

Terry Kenealy 

Morgner Family 

Jo Ann Fields Evans 

Timothy Murphy 

Mr. & Mrs. James Brennan 


Willian & Ramona Murray 

Ramona Prieto 

Laurance Nannini 


Natole 


Joseph & Annette Natole 

Rasalie Natole 

James Michael Neary 

Rob & Lori Hervatine 

Muriel Nicolini 

Inger Bischofberger 

Judy Nydam 


William Oberster 



James O’Brien 



Paul O’Kane 

John & Carol Fraher 

Craig Orlando 


Frank O’Rourke 

Mercy Alumnae Assocation 


Theadora Ortega 

The Rowan Family 

Walter O’Toole 


Virginia Pagano 

Mercy Alumnae Assocation 


John Palm 


Pete Papapietro 

Jeanette Papapietro 

Peter Parashis 



Roy Parenti 

Mercy Alumnae Associaton 


Barbara Parodi 



Robert Patton 


Grace Marie Paulus 

Kim Paulus 

Cecelia Pearce 

Nancy Johnson 

Mary Irene Pellizzer 

Mr. & Mrs. Chet Chapin 



Josephine Petrancosta 


Stephen Petrocchi 

Suzanne McGinty Petrocchi 

Birgith Piccini 

Dr. Kathleen Baratte Beebe 

Wanda Pickett 

Joan Del Secco 

Walter Podesta, Sr. 


Natalia Jean Poletti 

Shelly Simons-Luba 

Melba Price 



William Pritz 


Alice Puccetti 

Pauline Bertolino 

Mr. & Mrs. Robert Mantegani 

Merce Puccinelli 

Chris & Mark Sevieri 

Patricia Conway Putkey 

Mary Conway Zodrow 

Margaret Quigley 

George & Jane Caughman 

Alberto Quintanilla 



Christina Raquel 


Diane Reid-Romero 

Cathy Elchinoff 

Frank Renda 

Lars, Mary, Theresa, Kathleen & Kevin 

Lund 


Sister Jeri Renner, O.P. 

Eileen Ryan 

Camille Renzulli 

Debra Cochrane Vercammen 

Henry Risso 



Tim Rivers 

Judie Harris 

John Roake 



Judy Robb 

Vivian & Don Davis 

Ruby Robinson 

Dave & Denise Shaffer 

Diane Reid Romero 

Mark & Catherine Elchinoff 

Olga Roveta 



Richard Rozzi 


Susan Ruperto 


Claire Ryan 

Nina Thompson

Leonard Saldanha 

Mary E. Meissner 

Margaret Fregosi Salmon 


Ray & Mildred Samaroo 


Eugene Santi 


John Saracino 



Gladys Scherba 

Annmarie Fahy 

Tommy Scodeller 

Kathryn & James Dwyer 

Alana Mae Scott 

Ix Cel Mendieta De La Torre 

& Family 



Patricia Segura 


Audrey Seiler 

Cathy Plevin 

Frank Sevieri 

Mark & Chris Sevieri 

Juliana Molloy Shields 

John Shields 

Jean Silveira 

Patricia Flanagan 

Frank Siri, Jr. 

John & Arlene Rohrer 

Jerry & Celeste Cozzoli Brasuell 

Alan Sloan 

Charlotte Wiard 

Cecilia Jobst Smith 

Elizabeth Jobst Cruz 

Dura Smith 

Clare Dolim 

Your Mercy Mass donation 

helps support the 

Mercy Tuition Assistance 

and Scholarship fund. 

Thank you! 

Ernest T. Souza 

Nancy Souza Andre 

Al Spangenberg 

Ron & Sandy Albers 

Anne Spinharney 


Penny Boden Stack 

Gus & Kay Benz 

Denise Severi 

Craig Stagnaro, Jr. 

Adela Stagnaro 

Jack & Carol Steffens 


Patsy Stevinson 


John & Althea Sullivan 

Barbara Sullivan-Clegg 

Rene Tanjuakio 


Cecelia Telles 


Jean Thomas 

Elleen Kirby Ryan 

Mary Thornton 

The Hickey Family 

Pat Toohig 

Laverne Barrett 

Allison Renee Tweden 


Ceil Twomey 

Hickey Family 

Amelia & Zefferino Uliana 

Caterina Uliana 

Mike Valdez 


Robert Valdez 

Maria Cava 




Shirley Van Wart 



Alfredo Velasquez 

Nora Sotelo Kury 

Rita Vereli 


Ethene Vergie 


Yvonne Vick 

Andine Hadfield 

Steven Allen Vina 





Ray Rita & Nicole Ramos 

Irene Wright 

Aracely Wadel 



Carmelita Waechter 



Mary Conway Walsh 

Peggy Cosgrave 

Walter McVicar 

Sheila McVicar 

Kim Webber 



Valeria Werdeman 


Ken Whelan 

Rebecca Beck 

Ken & Mary Lou Whitcomb 

Joan White Selchau 


Mercy Mass Card Enrollment 

“God’s Mercy Endures Forever” 

Please enroll 

in Mercy’s Mass Program. 

Enrollment made by: 

Name Alumnae Year 

Address 

City/State/Zip 

Phone / - Maiden Name 

Mercy Mass Donation $ 

Please send a q Memorial Card or qHonorary Card to: 

Name 

Address 


Return to: Mercy High School • 2750 Adeline Drive • Burlingame, CA 94010 

Larry Wight 

Vivian & Don Davis 

Benetta Wilson 



Casey Wise 

Barbara Caballero Wise 

Patrick Wisecarver 

June Wisecarver 

William Wisecarver 

June Wisecarver 

Mercy Alumnae Associaton 


Ralph Arthur Woodman 

Marsha Aliamus 

Beldon Yee 

Richard & Laurie Warner 

Ronald Young 


Pauline Youtsos 

Patricia Ivancich Dassios 

Nicole Zagar 


Antonio Zenteno 


Helen Zerga 



Jeffery Zingg 

Julie Urquidez 

Silvina Zipp 

Ida Crowley 

Carolyn Zipp Amador 

Nick Zlatunich 




U Rest 


in Peace 

Please remember the following alumnae, alumnae family members and friends of the Mercy High School Community in your 

prayers. Please note we have tried our best to list all deceased members and relatives of the Mercy Community. In the event we 

have missed someone, please contact the Mercy Alumnae Office at 650.762.1198 and we will include their name in the next Oaks. 

Margurite Garnier Bargetto ’45 sister of Elizabeth 

Garnier Taylor ’49 and Rosemary Garnier Cross ‘49 

Victor Baroody father of Mercy High School faculty 

member Nadine Baroudi 

Katherine Battaglia mother-in-law of Mercy High 

School staff member Betty Battaglia 

Karen Hansen Bergstrom ’71 sister of Kristine Hansen 

Muller ’67 and Kathryn Hansen ‘69 

Lawrence Bertolucci grandfather of Melissa Melnikoff 

’98 and Cristina Melnikoff ‘03 

Mary Ellen Bichard mother of Gabrielle Bichard ‘83 

Jean Boffi mother-in-law of Catherine Revetria Boffi ‘72 

Julio Borruso grandfather of Marisa Borruso 2000 

Lillian Bottali grandmother of Jessica Bottali ‘05 

Paul J. Bromham husband of Moira Doherty Bromham 

’60, brother-in-law of Marjorie Doherty Sangmaster 

’48 and Kathleen Doherty Moran ’53 and Peggy 

Doherty Fallon ‘65 

John R. Bruni friend of Mercy 

Joan Louise Burns mother of Carolyn Leahy Slavich ’59 

and Barbara Leahy Reilly ‘61 

Mary Alice Edwards Bussell ’37 aunt of Deborah 

Edwards ‘80 

Sam Caponio father-in-law of Eileen Johnson 

Caponio ‘71 

Mishell Wilkinson Carey cousin of Egenia Paine ‘72 

Mary Nora Clark grandmother of Kristina Germano ‘08 

Mary Roberts Clark grandmother of Angelina 

Simonpour ‘01 

Greg Cochran uncle of Cristina Henderson Mercy High 

School P.E. Teacher 

Claire Constantino mother of Doris Constantino 

Osterling ’61, Joan Constantino ’67 and Catherine 

Constantino ‘72 

Aldina Corradetti mother of Lidia Corradetti Roman ’78 

and Sandra Corradetti Gendron ‘79 

Dorothy Corvi mother-in-law of Denise Boragno 

Corvi’68 and grandmother of Cara Corvi ‘01 

Fern Davis mother-in-law of Dona Pesino Edlund ‘65 

Raymond Jerome Dempsey brother of Maureen 

Dempsey Lami ‘49 

Thomas Dolan grandfather of Lisa Zito Sawyer ’92, Erica 

Zito ’98 and Ana-Alicia Dolan ‘04 

Patrick Dunleavy father of Catherine Dunleavy Rosaia 

’72, father-in-law of Cindy McDonald Dunleavy ’81 

and grandfather of Gina Rosaia Collins ‘99 

Florence Ferko mother of Cynthia Ferko Behrend ’64, 

past President of Mercy High School’s Mercy 

Shield Guild 

Jeaneen Tanner Ferraris ‘58 sister of Marueen Tanner 

Huth ‘54 (deceased) 

Mary Frazier mother Kathleen Frazier Holmgren ’61, 

Grace Frazier Robinson ’65 and Patricia Frazier 

Ryken ’67 (deceased) 

Gail Galligan mother of Marie Galligan Evans, Judy 

Galligan Chong, grandmother of Patricia Walworth 

’03 and mother of Joe Galligan member of Mercy 

High School Board of Directors 

Joseph Galligan father of Marie Galligan Evans, Judy 

Galligan Chong, grandfather of Patricia Walworth ’03 

and mother of Joe Galligan member of Mercy High 

School Board of Directors 

Steven Geramoni father of Monica Pavia ’87 and Phaidra 

Pavia Garcia ‘88 

Victoria Ashby Gil daughter of Helene Thompson Ashby 

’52 and niece of Virginia Thompson Smith ‘48 

Clementine Giraudo mother-in-law of Barbara Breuer 

Giraudo ‘78 

Eda Giusti mother-in-law of Diane Buchner Giusti ’67 

grandmother of Emily Giusti ‘99 

Frederick Glesener father of Kathyrn Glesener ’72, Mary 

Glesener ’76, Elizabeth Glesener Piper ’78, Christianne 

Giesener Becker ’80 and Barbara Glesener ‘83 

Dan Gower husband of Agnes Evans Gower ’46, brotherin-law 

of Norma Evans Leonardos ’46 and Joan Evans ‘47 

Anna Guth grandmother of Lisa Chapman ’06 

Aileen (Mickey)Barry Hart ’41 mother of Sandy Hart 

’72, sister of Geraldine Barry Seil ’39, Mary Jane Barry 

Cannon ’36 (deceased) and Patricia Ann Barry Barbier 

’34 (deceased) and Sister Ethel Barry Ellis 

Jeff Healy brother of Kathlin Healy Carpenter ‘80 

Charles Hoenisch grandfather of Corine Hoeniseh ‘88 

Margaret Hustedt mother of Mary Hustedt Milton ’66 

and Patricia Hustedt ‘71 

Catherine Imbellino mother of Nicole Imbellino ‘01 

Elda Jekot mother of Jill Jekot Ballard ‘80 

*Sister of Mary Mercedes Kiely S.H.S.P. (Catherine Kiely ’45) 

Julia Karpawich grandmother of Delenne Franco 2014 

Tony Kulisch husband of Martha Schwarz Kulisch ’61 

brother-in-law of Mary Schwarz Egan ‘56 

Maureen Clooney Landeck ’71 sister of Barbara Clooney 

Lyons ’66 and Aunt of Tara Lyons Graupera ’90 and 

Kerry Lyons ‘97 

Margaret Mary Marshik mother of Gail Marstik Sutton ‘75 

Geraldine Mackle Mattocks ‘73 

Madeline Estelita Mathiesen ’66 sister of Lorraine Estelita 

Greenberg ’72 and Carmen Estelita Mayo ‘77 

Margaret Morgan Ralston McCool ’52 mother of Julie 

Ralston Zavala ’76, Kelly Ralston ’79 and Melissa 

Ralston Bishop ‘81 

James D. McLain husband of Donna Sullivan McLain ‘56 

an d sister-in-law of Maureen Sullivan Spencer ’49 

Edward McLaughlin father-in-law of Marianne Bock 

McLaughlin ‘67 

Steven Mclaughlin brother-in-law of Diane Henneberry 

McLaughlin ‘78 

Kenneth McKay uncle of Kathy McKay Mercy High School 

Staff member 

James McKeever grandfather of Jennifer Turdici ‘99 

Derek Meffert brother of Amanda Meffert ‘08 

Sister Mary Jean Meier RSM, Principal of Mercy High 

School Burlingame 1959-1962 

Donald Menicucci father of Lynn Menicucci ‘69 

Tom Menicucci uncle of Lynn Menicucci ‘69 

William Oberster father of Lisa Oberster Mancina ‘88 

James O’Brien brother of Suzanne O’Brien Brady ’52 

and Jane O’Brien Boehle ‘62 

Marilyn Archambault Olson ’44 sister of Carol 

Archambault Dillon ’47 

Frank O’Rourke father of Maureen O’Rourke Ranken ‘64 

Walter T. O’Toole father of Sharon O’Toole Debiagio ’65, 

Carolyn O’Toole Seits ’67 and Catherine O’Toole ’68 

Virginia Pagano mother-in-law of Anne Repetto 

Pagano ‘71 

Peter Parashis grandfather of Marie Parashis Campo ’83 

and Suzanne Parashis ‘90 

Mary Irene Pellizzer grandmother of Julie Pellizzer 

Rachfal ‘85 

Alberto Quintanilla father of Clarissa Quintanilla ’03 and 

Sara Quintanilla ‘08 

Henry Risso father of Dr. Marlis Risso ‘88 

John Roake father-in-law of Joan Stalteri Roake ‘75 

Olga Roveta mother of Sandy Roveta ’58 and Melanie 

Roveta Conroy ’65 (Deceased) 

Margaret Fregosi Salmon ’56 

John Saraceno father of Rachelle Saraceno Quinn ’66, 

Renee Saraceno O’Brien ’68 and Rosey Saraceno ‘70 

Alana Mae Scott grandmother of Morgan Giusti 2012 

Robert Valdez husband of Sharon Valdez former Mercy 

High School Staff member 

Rita Verili mother of Corinne Verili Courtney ‘60 

Steven Vina husband of Joan Mayr Vina ’61 and brotherin-law 

of Jeanne Mayr Graves ‘64 

Joe Vinal grandfather of Mary Vinal ‘02 

Aracely Wadel grandmother of Marissa Wadel ’92 and 

Leslie Wadel Hoppe ‘94 

Carmelita Waechter mother of Madeline Waechter 

Bottari ’67 and mother-in-law of Linda Murphy 

Waechter ‘70 

Kim Webber daughter of Susan Roby Webber ’71, niece 

of Sr. Linda Roby BVM ’68 and Diane Roby ‘70 

Benetta Wilson mother of Kathleen Wilson ’65, Kristine 

Wilson Morales ’75 and sister of Selena Rogers 

Sanders ’41 (deceased) 

Ralph Arthur Woodman brother of Mary Lou Woodman 

Whitcomb ‘56 

Helen Green Zerga ’44 

Sylvina Zipp mother of Carolyn Zipp Amador ’57 and 

Elizabeth Zipp Paso ’59 (deceased) 

Nick Zlatunich uncle of Theresa Zlatunich Elzea ’58, Clare 

Zlatunich Yerba ’61, Marianne Zlatunich La Rosa ’67, 

Christine Zlatunich Hurley ’68 and Corinne Zlatunich 

Web ‘68 

The Mercy Mass Program—At each of our 

school liturgies, the students and faculty of Mercy 

High School pray for those people who have been 

acknowledged in the Mercy Mass Program. Not 

only are donations made in memory of a loved 

one, but also to honor others on special occasions 

such as anniversaries, birthdays, or at times of 

illness. To enroll a loved one in the Mercy Mass 

Program, simply contact the Mercy Advancement 

Office at 650.762.1190 or salbers@mercyhsb.com 

and we will send you a Mass Envelope. Once you 

have enrolled someone, we will send them a Mass 

Card telling them or their loved one that you have 

enrolled them in the Mercy Mass Program.

Reserve your 

spot now for... 

Mystique 

mercy auction & dinner 

Saturday 

March 5, 2011 

5:30 p.m. Kohl Mansion 

RSVP online at www.mercyhsb.com or send in the 

reservation form below. You may also become a sponsor online. 

Specific Sponsor Level Benefits can be found on the website. 

For more information contact Patricia Glasser, Event Coordinator 

at 650.762.1199 or pglasser@mercyhsb.com 

Mystique 

Auction and Dinner • March 5, 2011 

Name 

Address 

Please RSVP with payment by February 25 th 

(adults only please) 

Reservations may also be made online at www.mercyhsb.com 


Phone / 

Email 

Mercy Alum Year: Daughter’s Class: 

Please reserve place(s) at $80 per person. 

Please include names of guests, with entrée choice of 

beef, chicken or vegan 

Please reserve table(s) of 10 at $750 per table.* 

*To receive special price above for tables of 10, full payment 

per table must accompany this reservation request and 

be received by February 25th. 

Please include me in the program as 

a sponsor at the following level: 

See invitation for sponsor level details. 

$5,000 $500 

$2,500 $250 

$1,500 

$1,000 

Other $ 

Your gift is appreciated and tax deductible to the extent 

allowable by law. Mercy’s Tax ID is 94-1230999. 

Payment for Reservations/Sponsorships: 

Enclosed is my total payment of $ 

� Check (payable to Mercy High School) $ 

Please charge my: 

� Visa � Mastercard $ 

Card # 

Exp / 

Name as it appears on card 

� For quick check-out at the Auction use the 

credit card # above for my Silent or Live Auction 

purchases. 

For further information contact Patricia Glasser at 650.762.1199 or pglasser@mercyhsb.com 

Mercy High School • 2750 Adeline Drive • Burlingame, CA 94010 


Address Service Requested 


2750 Adeline Drive 

Burlingame, CA 94010 


“Tools for School with a Twist” 

Summer Program for 

6th, 7th & 8th Grade Girls 

June 13 - July 8 

For more information call 650.762.1105 

or visit the Mercy website at 

www.mercyhsb.com 


2011 

“Tools for School with a Twist,” features a new spin 

on our ever popular full day summer program 

for girls entering 6th, 7th and 8th grades! A 

new integrated approach to courses will allow 

students to practice and enhance their reading, 

writing, mathematics and study skills while also 

enjoying art, dance, American Sign Language, 

drama and swimming. Each Friday we will head 

off campus for a fun filled field trip. Sign up 

soon as enrollment is limited!!! 

* There is a separate program for Mercy students and incoming 

freshmen. Watch for more information on Mercy’s website at 

www.mercyhsb.com. 

Mercy’s 6th & 7th 

Grade Student 

Open House! 

Friday, April 29, 2011 

1:30 -3:00 p.m. 

NON-PrOfit Org. 

U.S. POStAgE 

P A I D 

MErCY HigH SCHOOL 

See if Mercy is right for you! Here is your 

chance to take a quick tour of our campus 

and enjoy fun-filled student demonstrations. 

For more information contact Director of 

Admission, Ellen Williamson at 650.762.1114 

or ewilliamson@mercyhsb.com. 

“the Oaks” 

The Oaks is published twice yearly for 

the Alumnae, Parents, and Friends of 

Mercy High School, Burlingame 

a Catholic College Preparatory 

Laura M. Held 

Principal 

Mary Lund 

Director of Advancement 

Carol Fraher 

Director of Public Relations 

Mary Lund • Carol Fraher 

Editorial Staff 

Designed by: Jill Scerri 

Graphic Communications Coordinator 

Main Office: 650.343.3631 

Advancement Office: 650.762.1190 

Alumnae Office: 650.762.1198 

FAX: 650.343.2976 

E-Mail: alumnae@mercyhsb.com 

Website: www.mercyhsb.com

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