Winter 2007 - Sacred Heart Schools

Heart Matter 

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SACRED HEART SCHOOLS, ATHERTON ALUMNI MAGAZINE WINTER 2007 

Home for Water Polo 

Genevieve Ang (SHP ‘04) and 100 other alumni 

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PLUS... 

• Nike VP Michael Doherty (SJSH ‘57) 

• Parisian Chef & Author Laura Pauli (SHP ‘78) 

• Inventor-Engineer Adam London (SHP ‘91) 

• World traveller 

• Alumni basketball & soccer scrimmages, 

class reunions & holiday parties

State of the Heart 

Dear Alumni and Friends, 

As you read through this magazine, you will 

soon realize that all the stories relate to Goal 

Three of Sacred Heart education: to educate 

to a social awareness that impels to action. 

These pages are filled with examples of alumni, 

students, and families serving others. 

There are grandparents and grandchildren enjoying time together; 

students who have won awards in a Human Rights Arts contest; 

parents and teachers participating in courses in ethics and Catholicism; 

Helping Hearts service projects; SJSH students making 1,000 

cranes to support the Peace Mass; alumni who are serving others 

through their work in the professional worlds of business, education, 

science, and cuisine; and a teacher who spent a summer teaching 

in the Sacred Heart School in Uganda. Finally, there are our St. 

Madeleine Sophie award winners, Mrs. Lauren Gray Koenig (SJSH 

‘73, SHP ‘77) and Mrs. Connie Solari. These two women embody 

the true meaning of being a Child of the Sacred Heart. 

Now comes the hard part. As many of you know, this will be the 

last issue of the magazine where I will have the pleasure to address 

you as Director of Schools. I have decided to accept the offer of the 

Convent of the Sacred Heart in New York City to become their new 

head of school starting July 1, 2007. 

My decision to accept the position in New York City is based on 

my desire to return back east for family reasons. Furthermore, since 

coming into the Sacred Heart system, I have fallen in love with it. I 

have had in mind all along that my next move would have to meet 

three conditions: it would be a Sacred Heart school, in the city and 

on the east coast. An offer that meets these criteria does not come 

around often. Now that it has, I believe I should take it lest it never 

come around again. 

My seven years here have been wonderful. I have been very fortunate 

to have been a member of this community. I want to thank each 

of you for your support, your care and your dedication to providing 

your children the best possible education by deciding to send them 

here. I know I will always have a home here and I want you know 

that you also have a home at 91st Street in New York City. 

I am delighted with the Board of Trustees’ recent decision to appoint 

Mr. Richard Dioli as the next Director of Schools. Rich’s dedication 

to the mission of Sacred Heart Schools will ensure the success of 

the new Strategic Plan. I am sure all of you will join me in congratulating 

Rich on his new appointment. As always, thank you for your 

continued prayers and support. 

Sincerely, 

Joseph J. Ciancaglini 

Director of Schools 

Dear Alumni and Friends, 

It is with great enthusiasm that the Board of 

Trustees announces the appointment of Rich 

Dioli as Director of Schools, effective July 1, 

2007. He is the resounding choice of the Board 

and we are delighted that he has agreed to take 

on this new role. 

Rich’s appointment is the culmination of a process that began late 

last year when Dr. Joe Ciancaglini decided to accept the Director 

position at our sister school, the Convent of the Sacred Heart in 

New York City. Since then, the Board has devoted a great deal of 

time thinking through our needs and selection criteria, talking to 

search firms and schools who have gone through similar searches, 

and conducting a rigorous assessment of Rich. Although he is well 

known to all of us as Principal of SHP, and in many ways is a logical 

and natural choice, we nevertheless felt a duty to step back and 

carefully and objectively evaluate his experience and capabilities 

against the needs of this critical role. Our conclusion is that Rich is 

an excellent and uniquely well-qualified choice. 

Rich is a strong, experienced leader with an outstanding track record 

of success, including 14 years as Principal of the Prep. He is deeply 

familiar with our organization, our culture and history. He passionately 

supports and champions Sacred Heart’s unique mission. His 

own values, character, integrity and personal faith closely reflect the 

Goals and Criteria of a Sacred Heart education. At the Prep, he has 

distinguished himself by building an extraordinary team that materially 

improved our high school on every dimension during his tenure. 

His enormous energy and contagious enthusiasm have been a 

driving force behind the Prep’s success. He has strong, broad-based 

support from parents, students, faculty, staff and alumni and is extremely 

well known and respected in the community. Since he is integrally 

involved in our strategic planning process, he understands 

and embraces the direction we are headed and will immediately step 

in and begin driving key initiatives. Most importantly, Rich is profoundly 

and genuinely committed, at a very personal level, to the 

long term success of SHS. 

At the end of the day, we couldn’t imagine a national search yielding 

a more qualified candidate, let alone one already so steeped in 

Sacred Heart’s values. The Board feels very fortunate and blessed to 

have Rich available to lead our School in the years to come. 

One of Rich’s first responsibilities will be to lead a process to find 

his own successor as Principal of the Prep. This will begin immediately. 

Rich will also immerse himself in becoming even more familiar 

with SJSH, and getting to know more of the SJSH parents, 

students, faculty and staff. We are developing plans to properly introduce 

Rich to the broad Sacred Heart community and celebrate 

his appointment. Please join the Board in extending Rich heartfelt 

congratulations and continued success in his new role. 

Sincerely, 

Mindy Rogers 

Chair, Board of Trustees

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Heart 

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SACRED HEART SCHOOLS, ATHERTON ALUMNI MAGAZINE WINTER 2007 

JOSEPH J. CIANCAGLINI 

Director of Schools 

M’LIS BERRY (SJSH ‘77, SHP ‘81) 

Director of Development 

HOLLY GOODLIFFE 

Communications Coordinator 

WENDI MANGIANTINI (SHP ‘80) 

Alumni Relations Coordinator 

TRUSTEES 

Mindy Rogers, Chair 

Kay Baxter, RSCJ; Maude Brezinski; 

Roberta Campbell; Mike Child; Elizabeth 

Dunlevie; John Etchemendy; Sally Furay, 

RSCJ; Ann Barry Giurlani (SHP ‘62); 

Marritje Greene; Fredric Harman; Anne 

Holloway; Mike Homer; Mark Larwood; 

Manny Maceda; Steve Meisel; William 

H. Muller, SJ; William Neidig; Kenneth 

Olivier; Steve Rudolph; Mark Stevens; 

Anne Wachter, RSCJ; Michael Wishart. 

Trustee Emeriti - Robert Glockner; John 

Hunter 

We welcome your comments, questions 

or suggestions. Please contact 

Holly Goodliffe, Communications 

Coordinator, at 650-473-4004 or 

hgoodliffe@shschools.org. 

Sacred Heart Schools Atherton are 

Roman Catholic, independent schools 

founded by the Society of the Sacred 

Heart of Jesus (RSCJ) in 1898. Our 

mission is to educate the whole child 

to be a leader who loves God and 

serves others. 

The Heart of the Matter magazine 

is published bi-annually, in February 

and July, by the SHS Development 

Department. Postmaster please send 

address changes to Development Department, 

Sacred Heart Schools, 150 

Valparaiso Ave., Atherton, CA 94027. 

The diverse opinions expressed in 

Heart of the Matter do not necessarily 

represent the offi cial policy of Sacred 

Heart Schools Atherton. 

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Sacred Heart in Uganda 

My incredible summer teaching job at the Sacred Heart secondary school in 

Uganda 

By Deborah Farrington Padilla 

(SHP Global Studies Teacher) 

A Sacred Heart Journey Continues 

My 1996 foreign exchange trip to the Sacred Heart school in Guadalajara 

By Nell Triplett (SHP ‘99) 

From Rocket Engines to Solar Panels 

From designing the world’s smallest rocket engine to working on breakthroughs 

in renewable energy, Adam London (SHP ‘91) is an unstoppable 

engineer 

Laura’s Keyboard for a Cutting Board 

The adventurous Laura Pauli (SJSH ‘78) left her Silicon Valley cubicle to 

become a Parisian chef and writer 

From Show Business to Shoe Business 

As a Creative Director at Nike, Michael Doherty (SJSH ‘57) has done it all 

Heart of the Campus 

I Know it by Heart 

Alumni Events 

Class Notes 

In Memoriam 

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SJSH Students Make 1,000 

Paper Cranes for Peace Mass 

“This is our cry, 

This is our prayer, 

Peace in the world.” 

- Sadako and 1,000 Paper Cranes 

This year’s December liturgy at SJSH had a new twist— the students celebrated 

Mass beneath an enormous hanging mobile of 1,000 paper cranes, 

inspired by Eleanor Coerr’s well-loved story Sadako and 1,000 Paper Cranes. 

Students and teachers alike planned the Mass focusing on peace around the world 

and in our hearts. 

Sadako and 1,000 Paper Cranes tells the true story of a young Japanese girl 

who was two years old when the atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima at the 

end of World War II. At the age of 12, Sadako developed Leukemia as a result 

of her exposure to the atom bomb. Her friends knew that according to Japanese 

tradition, making 1,000 origami paper cranes would grant her one wish from the 

gods, so they quickly embarked on the project in the hopes of saving her life. 

Today, children throughout the world look to Sadako as a symbol of hope and 

peace. 

After reading about Sadako, SJSH art teacher Jan Reeves conceived of the idea 

of creating an enormous hanging mobile to represent peace, and she decided to 

involve all of her students. Every SJSH first- to eighth-grade student made at least 

one crane to contribute to the mobile. As each student made a crane, he or she said 

a prayer for peace or wrote messages of peace on the paper. 

For the students, the learning experience has been profound. Sixth grader Christine 

Flynn said, “Because of the peace cranes, I’ve been thinking more about 

the soldiers fighting in Iraq.” Sixth grader Marisa Pelowski added, “Folding the 

cranes is really difficult, but I think it was worth it for peace.” Other students have 

suggested sending the entire 

hanging mobile to Iraq, 

in hopes that the messages 

would offer hope to the soldiers 

and Iraqis. 

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VIRTUAL TOUR: 

FOLDING FOR PEACE: 

Left, seventh graders 

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FINISHED PRODUCT: 

Right, hanging in the 

Foley Center 

Preschool & 

Kindergarten 

Bulb-a-thon 

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Christmas in 

New Orleans 

Christmas came early for 25 members of the 

SHS community. Santa and his elves, however, 

were nowhere in sight. 

The week before Christmas, 18 Sacred Heart 

Preparatory students and seven adult chaperones 

(parents, SHP teachers, and SJSH teachers), traveled 

to New Orleans and worked on three hurricane 

relief projects with the Louisiana United Methodist 

Disaster Recovery Ministry. The group stayed 

at the Westbank United Methodist Church, whose 

volunteer coordinator, Kathy Power, said, “There 

THE TEAM OF SHP STUDENTS (above): ****** ***** CLEARING 

DEBRIS (below): ******** ******** 

is still so much to be done. But if you bring hope to 

one person or one family, you have made a big difference— 

because hope is what they need most.” 

According to participants, the work was grueling 

and “gross”— and mostly involved the gutting of 

houses in neighborhoods that resembled post-war, 

bombed-out cities. One resident told the group that 

he did not expect New Orleans to be back on its feet for another 10 years. “No,” 

he said. “Make that 20 years.” 

SHP senior Kevin McCarthy, who worked tirelessly on all three sites, said, 

“One of the things that surprised me most, at first, was seeing how much destruction 

there still was— and how little progress has been made. I was shocked 

to see that these citizens, who had so little to begin with, have been left with 

nothing.” 

Kevin added that, “Any contributions we can make to the rebuilding effort, 

whether it be volunteer work or donated funds, is desperately needed.” When 

asked if he would go back, Kevin said, “Yes, in a heart beat.” 

In the middle of their stay, the Sacred Heart Academy of New Orleans (“the 

Rosary”) invited the group to attend a Christmas liturgy. The following day a 

number of the students from the Rosary joined the Atherton crew at one of the 

work sites. 

SHP senior Molly Johnston said, “My friends and family members were in shock when I told them that the houses we gutted 

were still full of the families’ belongings. It’s heart-breaking.” Molly is already making plans to return to New Orleans during 

Easter vacation. 

All members of the Sacred Heart Schools Atherton community will have opportunities in the near future to participate in similar 

projects. Sister Marie-Louise Wolfington, RSCJ, of New Orleans, told Mr. Mark Davis, who coordinated the Christmas trip, 

that, “Several RSCJ are interested in opening a house for volunteers.” News of upcoming trips will be published online and in 

parent newsletters. 

HARD AT WORK (far left): Preschoolers 

**** ******* WORKING AS A TEAM 

(second from left): Parent Sarah 

Buckley Stuart (SJSH ‘83, SHP ‘87) with 

preschoolers ***** ***** WE’VE GOT 

THE BULBS! (immediate left) **** ******* 

with his mother Kristina DIG IN! (right) 

Kindergarteners ***** ***** with parent 

Kelly 

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Art for 

Human 

Rights 

What does art have to do with human 

rights? A lot! Four SHP students won 

Honorable Mention for their entries in the 

Human Rights Watch High School Challenge 

art contest. This is the culmination of a 

project to create works relating to the theme 

of human rights in Ms. Peggy O’Leary’s Art 

1 and Art 3 classes. 

The artwork of honorees Nicole Villeneuve, 

Carolina O’Donnell, Amy Juelsgaard 

and Joanna Milner was displayed at the Fairmont 

Hotel in San Francisco for the annual 

Human Rights Watch Annual Dinner Gala, 

Voices for Justice. The dinner featured presentations 

from three human rights advocates 

working in Mexico, Nepal, and Zimbabwe. 

“I am so proud of all our SHP artists who 

participated in this amazing project,” said 

Ms. O’Leary. “Each student was affected 

by her experience in different ways.” SHP 

sophomore Carolina O’Donnell explained, 

“The child in my painting is so young— she 

reminds me of my three younger brothers. It 

breaks my heart to think of such young children 

living in poverty. I felt that by creating 

this work of art, I could show my sympathy 

and support.” Sophomore Joanna Milner 

agrees: “I believe that all children should 

have the right to feel safe, so I chose to portray 

children who do not have that right.” 

Looking back, all four honorees agree that 

this innovative 

art project has 

inspired them to 

become more involved 

with human 

rights organizations 

in the 

future. 

Grandparent & 

Special Person Day 

SHS FAMILY TREE: 

SJSH second grader **** 

***** with her parents 

John and Elisabeth, and 

grandmothers Connie 

Hayes (SJSH ‘57, SHP 

‘61) and Carol (past 

SJSH parent) 

VERY 

SPECIAL 

GUESTS: SHP 

senior Julie 

Harper with 

her mother 

Jean, and her 

grandmothers 

Libby 

Liljeblad and 

Gloria Harper 

In September 275 students, parents, grandparents, and other special guests gathered 

for Grandparent & Special Person Day. The event began with a mass at the 

Campbell Center for the Performing Arts, followed by brunch on Conway Court. 

During brunch, students and their guests were entertained by the SHP Jazz Combo 

Group, made up of SHP students Brian McFarland, Peter Innes, Brain Cropper, 

and Chris Lamkin, along with their instructor John Escalera. After the brunch the 

students took their families on a tour of their classrooms and other favorite places 

on campus. 

Many families traveled to California for this exciting day. Second and fourth 

graders Ally and Nicholas 

Hinson were excited to have 

their grandparents Louis and 

Daisy Pang fly all the way 

from Hawaii to celebrate the 

day with them! 

HUMAN 

RIGHTS ART- 

ISTS **** ***** 

with their art 


ST. MADELEINE SOPHIE AWARD WINNERS 

Lauren Gray Koenig (SJSH ‘73, SHP ‘77) 

and Connie Solari 

In September, Dr. Ciancaglini presented 

medals to the 2006 recipients of the St. 

Madeleine Sophie Award. This award honors 

individuals who have made extraordinary 

contributions to SHS Atherton over a 

significant period of time. 

Lauren Gray Koenig (SHS Parent, SHS 

Alumna, and Former SHS Trustee) has 

been part of the Sacred Heart community 

for more than 40 years. It all started back 

in the fall of 1965, when she was a kindergarten 

student. Lauren was at the top 

of her class then, and she remained there 

until her graduation from the high school 

in 1977. “The Sacred Heart tradition was 

instrumental in formulating my academic 

interests and motivation,” said Lauren, 

Students Celebrate 

Día de los Muertos 

On Día de los Muertos, or Day of the Dead, Mexican families 

remember their dead and celebrate the continuity of 

life. In October and November, students across campus celebrated 

this holiday in a variety of ways. 

SJSH preschool students in Room 2 celebrated with SJSH 

parents Hector and Silvia Barragan. They read books about 

the holiday, made music with maracas, and danced. The preschoolers 

also made a traditional altar with celebratory food, 

such as pan de muerto, as an offering. 

In Ms. Alison Epstein’s Spanish classes (grades 1-3 and 6- 

8), students decorated sugar skulls, which are a traditional dessert 

made by families in Mexico as an offering to the dead. 

Second grader Allison Taylor said, “It was fun to do something 

people in Mexico do.” Most of all, the students enjoyed 

the sweet icing that they used to decorate. “The best part was 

the sugar and the icing” said second grader Diego Sanchez. “I 

liked to eat them!” 

In Honor of 

St. Madeleine 

Sophie Barat 

“And it also provided me with 

a foundation for my spiritual 

faith.” It was Sacred Heart 

Schools that prepared Lauren 

for Stanford and future days on 

Wall Street. Little did Sacred 

Heart know that her financial 

background would be their 

gain once she returned to the 

area—Lauren has used her tremendous talents 

to give back to the school that, as she 

says, “cultivated within me a desire to help 

others.” Lauren has contributed countless 

hours to Sacred Heart serving on the Board 

of Trustees (1997-2005), spearheading the 

Alumni Council, and working on various 

Sacred Heart Parent Association committees, 

including the Booster Club, the 

Spirituality Committee, and the Classroom 

Volunteer Committee. She uses her contagious 

enthusiasm and energy to encourage 

other parents to become more involved in 

the school. 

Connie Solari (SHP Faculty and Former 

SJSH Parent) has been an integral part of 

Sacred Heart Schools for 33 years. Her 

peers describe her as a “brilliant educator,” 

an “exceptional writer,” a “master of 

literature,” a “Southern belle with a Southern 

drawl,” the “consummate teacher,” 

a “friend,” an “inspiration to all,” and a 

“diva.” Upon her arrival at Sacred Heart 

Prep (which was then called Convent of 

the Sacred Heart Menlo), Connie was 

first hired as an attendance secretary and 

French teacher. In the years that followed, 

she went on to teach in the English Department, 

chair the English Department, work 

in the Development Office as a writer, participate 

as an actress in school productions, 

sing on occasion with the SHP choir, and 

serve on the Sacred Heart Prep Administrative 

Team for 14 years, first as Dean of 

Faculty and then as Academic Dean. Today, 

Connie is the Senior Academic Advisor, 

the Senior Independent Study Coordinator, 

and an AP English teacher. She recently 

formed a group called the “Educators for 

the Sacred Heart,” made up of faculty and 

staff who want to grow in their knowledge 

of and commitment to the mission of the 

Sacred Heart tradition. 

LEARNING ABOUT THE TRADITION: Left, **** ****** with 

her mother Silvia, who taught the Room 2 preschoolers 

about the ways that Mexican families celebrate the continuity 

of life PROUD OF OUR SKULLS: Right, SJSH first 

graders ****** ****** show the sugar skulls they decorated 

with icing 

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SJSH Drama Teacher Wins National Award 

Last summer, SJSH lower school teacher Ms. Stacey Ardelean 

received one of the greatest honors a drama teacher 

can receive: The Creative Drama Award from the American Alliance 

for Theatre and Education (AATE). This national accolade 

honors teachers for outstanding 

achievement and service as a 

Creative Drama Specialist concerned 

with the inner creative and 

social growth of young people. 

“I was shocked and delighted to 

receive such a prestigious award,” 

recalls Stacey, “It is so satisfying 

to be acknowledged for the invisible 

work of the classroom and 

the inner growth of my students. 

I also love that the award honors 

the process of drama and not the 

product.” 

Stacey’s colleagues and leaders 

attest that she is a gifted and 

talented educator who truly understands 

children and their academic 

and creative development. 

As SJSH middle school drama 

teacher Rachel Prouty puts it,“I 

never cease to be amazed by her ambitions, creativity, and high 

expectations for her Lower School students. Stacey does not 

work to create little ‘actors,’ instead she works to build confidence, 

self-esteem, and self-reliance. Through her innovative 

lessons she is able to unlock potential within her students. Her 

students also work in collaborative small groups where they 

learn to problem-solve and negotiate at very young ages. She 

masterfully guides them through the process so that they come 

away from each activity with a feeling of success and a sense 

of ownership in the work.” 

Stacey works very hard with her fellow educators to make 

sure that the drama class performances 

help to support the curricular material 

in the grade-level classrooms. Over 

the years, her exciting collaborative 

projects have included the first-grade 

Rainforest plays, the second-grade 

Native American Tribal Tales, the 

third-grade World Puppetry Unit, the 

fourth-grade California Performing 

Arts Histories Extravaganza, and the 

fifth-grade Coming to America plays 

(which the students wrote and performed 

after reading first-person accounts 

of immigrants). 

In addition to her work in the classroom 

during the school day, Stacey 

has opened doors of opportunity for 

students in the after-school hours. 

STACEY IN CLASS brainstorms scene ideas 

Five years ago she began an afterschool 

Shakespeare Drama class that 

with fifth-grader ***** ***** and his group 

culminates in a 45-minute production 

of a Shakespeare play. She also co-founded the SJSH Drama 

Society to provide students in 4th-8th grades with weekly opportunities 

to explore improvisation and acting skills, as well 

as properties of set design and creation. This group has even 

traveled to Ashland, Oregon to watch the plays performed at 

the Ashland Shakespeare Festival. 

SJSH Helping Hearts 

HELPING OUT: Left, **** ********** 

prepare treats. Below, ****** ***** do 

crafts with the preschoolers 

In October over 30 SJSH middle school students and par- 

ents planned a Fall Celebration for preschoolers at the Head 

Start school in Redwood City. Before traveling to the Head 

Start site, the students helped prepare games, crafts and treats 

for the children to enjoy. 


Religious Studies 

for Adults 

There’s more to Catholic 

education than teaching 

our students in the 

classrooms— we also 

need to provide ongoing 

religious education for 

the teachers and the 

parents in our school 

community 

There’s no question that the students at 

Sacred Heart Schools get a thorough 

education in religious studies. From their 

preschool prayers to their high school 

seminars, our students are well-versed in 

not only Catholicism, but also in many 

other religious traditions. But what about 

the adults? For our school community to 

function at its optimal level, our teachers, 

administrators, and parents also need to 

be invigorated in the Catholic tradition. 

And with the new Ethics Institute and 

the new Catholicism Seminars, SHS is 

doing just that. 

“The mission of the SHS Ethics Institute 

is to develop a community of professional 

educators who will provide on-going 

support for one another in teaching 

ethics,” said Program Coordinator Sally 

Vance-Trembath. “Since its founding in 

2005, the heart of the program has been a 

summer conference for Catholic school 

teachers where we examine the intellectual 

roots of the Catholic moral tradition. 

In the coming years, we hope to develop 

additional programs to meet the changing 

needs of Catholic teachers.” 

One attendee (Jim Fish of Bellarmine 

Prep in Washington state) described the 

SHS Ethics Conference as, “One of the 

best conferences I have ever attended 

in 29 years of teaching.” The conference 

has also received high praise from 

Maureen Huntington, Superintendent 

of Schools for the Archdiocese of San 

Francisco, as the on-going formation of 

Catholic school teachers is a high priority 

for our Archdiocese. The conference 

features Professor Andrew Peach (a 

philosopher at Providence College) and 

Professor Elisabeth Brinkmann, RSCJ (a 

moral theologican at the College of New 

Rochelle). 

SJSH parent Lori Mirek helped found 

the Ethics Institute. As Lori went on to 

serve as head of the Spirituality Committee 

of the SJSH Parent Association, she 

realized that teachers weren’t the only 

ones in need of spiritual nourishment. 

“I noticed that many of our parents were 

hungry for a deeper understanding of the 

Catholic tradition,” said Lori, “So SJSH 

parent Lori Nawn and I asked Dr. Ciancaglini 

to support us in creating educational 

programs 

that were specifically 

designed to 

meet parents’ 

needs.” 

EXPLORING 

THE CATHOLIC 

TRADITION: Dr. 

Sally Vance- 

Trembath 

(above) 

lectures while 

SHS parents 

Ellen Parsons 

and Jennifer 

O’Holleran (left) 

listen 

From this beginning, great programs 

have flourished. Last school year, the 

Director’s Office offered a mini Ethics 

Conference for SHS parents. And starting 

this school year, SHS parents have 

met weekly (on Monday mornings) to 

learn from our resident expert Dr. Sally 

Vance-Trembath about Catholic Theology. 

“It is such an incredible opportunity 

to be reminded of what it truly means to 

be a Catholic,” said Lori Mirek. “Not 

only is Sally a former Professor of Theology 

(at the University of Notre Dame 

in Indiana), she is also a riveting speaker!” 

In many ways, the intellectual 

landscape of Madeleine Sophie Barat’s 

time was not unlike that of our own time. 

Many people view the commitment 

to a personal God who loves and is 

involved with the human community as 

an irrational and anti-intellectual stance. 

Catholic schools have long provided 

places where faith does co-exist with 

high level reasoning. Indeed, Madeleine 

Sophie founded her schools in order to 

foster the deep intellectual tradition of 

the Catholic Church. And with these two 

new programs, SHS leaders are working 

hard to keep St. Madeleine Sophie’s 

vision alive. 

For more details about the SHS Catholicism 

Seminars, please visit http://www. 

shschools.org/shs/news/catholicism_ 

seminars.html. For more details about 

the SHS Ethics Conference, please visit 

www.shschools.org/community/ethics_ 

conference.html. 


Sports Beat 

Girls’ 

Tennis 

WCAL & 

CCS 

Doubles 

Champions 

Boys’ Cross 

Country 

Division V CCS 

Champions 

TENNIS DOUBLES CHAMPS (above) **** 

******** with their coach, Losaline Mafileo 

GREAT RETURN (left) by ***** ***** 

Outstanding Fall Season (5 

SOCCER CHAMPS (right): ******* 

********** 

Boys Water Polo 

WCAL Co-Champions 

WATER POLO CHAMPS 

(above): ****** *******. GOING 

FOR THE SAVE (left): **** ****** 

GOING FOR THE PASS (right): 

****** ******** 


Girls’ Water Polo 

WCAL Champions 

WATER POLO CHAMPS (right): 

******* ****** GOING FOR 

THE PASS (upper left): ****** 

******** GOING FOR THE SAVE 

(right): ****** ******* FANCY 

FOOTWORK: Left, ***** ******* 

dribbles the ball down the field. 

Below, ******** ********* 

GET SET, GO! (upper 

left): ******* ******* 

RUNNING THEIR 

HEARTS OUT (left): 

******* ********* 

Boys’ Soccer 

Division III CCS Champions 

championships!!!) for SHP 

SJSH Football 

EIGHTH GRADE FOOTBALL PLAYERS 

****** ********* charge the field in a flag football 

game. Coached by SHP parent Bill Campbell, 

this team ended their season tied with Menlo for 

the league championship. 


SH in Uganda 

My incredible summer 

teaching job at the 

Sacred Heart secondary 

school in Uganda 

By Deborah Farrington 

Padilla (SHP Global 

Studies Teacher) 

T his year, my summer was filled 

with smiles sincerely shared, with 

music pounding from tribal drums, 

with prayer from deeply-thankful 

believers, with long conversations 

around the community table, and with 

the faces of poised, determined, hopeful 

young ladies trying to make a future 

for themselves. 

The RSCJ have shared their teaching 

ministry in Uganda since the 1960s, 

and the RSCJ have taught at the parish 

school, St. Charles Lwanga Girls’ 

Training Center (GTC), since the 

1970s. Ever since 1984, the school’s 

headmistress has been a Ugandan 

RSCJ. Under her guidance, the 450 

secondary boarding school girls are 

now receiving a strong college-preparatory 

education. The school is nestled 

next to the tiny village of Kalungu, 

near Masaka, a four-hour drive from 

Kampala, Uganda’s capital. 

It was within this context that I spent 

last June volunteer-teaching math to 

100 girls in Senior-1 (the equivalent of 

our eighth grade). These students face 

tremendous challenges— they do not 

have textbooks, they sit 50 to a class- 

10 Winter 2007 

room, they must copy every 

lesson from the chalkboard, 

few have luxuries such as calculators, 

and most struggle to 

afford the pens and exercise 

books. But in spite of all this, 

they are learning algebra and 

geometry that would match 

the standards of our California 

curriculum! The village was 

without electricity for months, so the 

students studied by a few dim generator 

bulbs. Unsanitary water and 

malaria were constant health threats. 

And the students lived in 100-person 

dormitories with only a bunk bed for 

personal space. Yet these students 

were thriving in their academic and 

spiritual education. 

The paradox of so few resources 

combined with such strong desire to 

learn made my task both daunting and 

fulfilling. In addition to my teaching 

math to Senior-1 students, I substituted 

every time there was a need, held 

supplemental evening math sessions, 

tutored older students, proctored and 

graded mid-term exams, and worked 

through any and all math problems 

with girls who brought their homework 

and tests to me. But this was just 

the “official” part of my experience; 

math teaching was the skill I could 

give to the young ladies of GTC. 

What I did not expect were the gifts 

that were showered upon me. The 

seven Ugandan Sisters welcomed 

me to live with them in their convent 

at the school. We lingered long after 

dinner talking about our cultures 

and our families. Sr. Betty and Restie 

taught me drumming late in the evenings 

(the lay teachers living nearby 

couldn’t understand why they were 

hearing drumming into the wee hours 

of the night); Sr. Mary taught me to 

shake my “cabina” in tribal Ugandan 

WITH SR. NOELLINA, the Head 

Mistress of the Sacred Heart 

School in Uganda 

WITH BRIDGET, one of the students 

whose education has been sponsored 

by SH Atherton donations 

dancing; Sr. Flo welcomed me to her 

dairy farm; Sr. Grace shared late-night 

conversation with me; and Sr. Noellina 

taught me how to peel a mango! 

These sisters became my sisters. 

Despite my lousy singing voice, 

the young ladies of GTC eagerly 

welcomed me into their choir to 

share in their joyous liturgical music. 

They taught me drumming; they 

shared their family photos and stories, 

often punctuated with death or 

illness due to AIDS; and they shared 

their matoke (cooked banana), posha 

(corn porridge), sweet potatoes, avocados, 

and sugar cane. I was able to 

hug Bridget, Jennifer, Hannifah, and 

several other students who are being 

sponsored by Sacred Heart Atherton, 

to let them know first-hand that they 

are loved by students and families 

in California. The girls welcomed 

me into their dormitories late in the 

evening as they washed their clothes, 

pumped water from the well, talked, 

danced, and sang. These young ladies 

became my daughters. 

I saw first-hand that the RSCJ 

Uganda-Kenya Province is doing 

God’s work, despite terrific hardships. 

I learned that, with joy and dignity, the 

Sacred Heart of Jesus can and does 

create a better world. 

If you would like to sponsor a SH 

Uganda student for $500, please email 

Deborah: dfarrington@shschools.org.

A Sacred Heart Journey 

My 1996 

foreign 

exchange 

trip to the 

Sacred 

Heart 

school in 

Guadalajara 

By Nell Triplett (SHP ‘99) 

My recent trip to Guadalajara to visit the family that 

hosted me as an exchange student at the Sacred 

Heart sister school seemed like a journey back in time, 

but it also prompted a reflection of what has come to pass 

since then in my life. 

My intense interest in other people, other cultures, 

other landscapes, other customs, and other languages 

was spawned at an early age, undoubtedly a result of my 

Triplett genes. Maybe it was luck that I ended up at SHP, 

with the network of Sacred Heart schools spanning the 

globe and where we had teachers like Emily Corpos setting 

up sister school exchange programs. Let’s just say it 

didn’t take much arm-twisting for me to travel down to 

Mexico with five other SHP students for an exchange program 

and language immersion after sophomore year. 

Nearly ten years later, it felt like an odd mixture of déjà 

vu and new discovery to walk down the same airport corridor 

and to again meet a host family I once knew so well. 

My host family marveled at how tall I had gotten and how 

fluent my Spanish was, but they also commented that I 

was very much the same girl they remembered. Only now, 

my host parents and I engaged in lively debates about 

Mexico’s recent presidential elections, when as a tiny 

sophomore with broken Spanish I could barely understand 

their commands to get another helping of food. Ten years 

ago, I could barely understand my host brothers’ sense of 

humor, but now they were the ones laughing nonstop as I 

dropped wry comments or subtle jokes. Whereas my host 

sister and I used to baby-sit her young cousins, she was 

now introducing me to her husband and baby girl. 

Returning to Guadalajara was also a journey back to 

the amazing colors, sights, and sounds that makes the city 

such a vibrant place. I traipsed around the traditional Guadalajara 

markets and the timeless city downtown and the 

neighboring towns-- all places I had been with the other 

Sacred Heart program participants during our program excursions. 

I passed by the campus where we had our Span- 

Continues 

ish classes back in 1997, Colegio Guadalajara Sagrado 

Corazón, where as high school students we were forced 

to get out of our comfort zones. Oftentimes, these places 

seemed quite different than how I remembered them, but 

no doubt it was my perception that had changed as much 

as anything. 

The 1997 Sacred Heart exchange program was not my 

first and would not be my last, but it certainly affirmed my 

cross-cultural interests and cemented a love of the Spanish 

language. Traveling to Mexico as an impressionable 

and enthusiastic high school student set me on a very focused 

path that would eventually come to define my studies, 

my time living abroad, and now, the field in which I 

work. And it was the bond formed with my host family 

that brought me back to reflect on how these brief events 

in our lives can have such an enduring influence without 

our even realizing it. 

Before our goodbyes the second time around, my host 

parents told me that they raised three children but that after 

the summer I spent with them, they considered themselves 

to be the parents of four. 

Nell Triplett (SHP ‘99) is a Presidential Management 

Fellow in Washington, D.C., currently working in international 

environmental policy for the U.S. Department of 

Interior’s Offi ce of International Affairs. 

NELL VISITING her Sacred Heart host sister Xinthia 

Dominguez Valladolid nearly ten years after their 

first meeting (top of page) and visiting other members 

of her host family: host parents Martha and 

Sergio, and host brothers Aldo and Tomás 


From Rocket Engines 

to Solar Panels 

From designing the world’s smallest rocket 

engine to working on break-throughs in 

renewable energy, Adam London (SHP ‘91) 

is an unstoppable engineer. 

“I 

grew up dreaming about 

space,” recalls Adam London 

(SHP ‘91). When I was a little boy, 

I always woke up early to watch the 

space shuttles lifting off on TV.” All 

his classmates knew of his passion, 

and even his SHP English teacher, 

Mrs. Connie Solari, in her farewell address 

to the seniors, told Adam to “be 

sure and recite a few lines of Virginia 

Wolfe into the lunar atmosphere when 

you walk on the moon one day.” 

Adam wants Mrs. Solari and the 

rest of us to know that there actually 

isn’t an atmosphere on the moon, but 

that he has had some great adventures 

contributing to the study of space. 

In the 15 years since his SHP graduation, 

Adam has earned a PhD in aero- 


space engineering, worked on NASA 

shuttle launches, designed the world’s 

smallest rocket engine, consulted for 

McKinsey & Company, and started 

his own technology development 

company. Not bad! 

Adam received his BS at the Massachusetts 

Institute of Technology 

(MIT). He spent a few summers at 

NASA, and even got to work in payload 

mission control during one Space 

Shuttle mission. “It was very cool,” 

Adam recalls. “I ended up just down 

the hall from the main mission control 

room you see on TV. I think it’s so 

sad that NASA’s shuttle launches are 

so infrequent these days.” 

Adam decided he wanted to continue 

at MIT, studying micro-propul- 

sion for his PhD project in Aerospace 

Engineering. It was during this time 

that Adam built the world’s smallest 

rocket engine. It’s about the size of a 

dime, made out of the same material as 

electronic micro-chips, and far more 

weight-efficient than similar large-engine 

rockets. One hundred of Adam’s 

rockets, bunched together, would generate 

an amazing 200 to 300 pounds 

of thrust—enough to launch a small 

satellite! Based on this work, MIT bestowed 

its prestigious MIT Aerospace 

Award on Adam, noting that he “demonstrated 

extraordinary accomplishment 

early in [his] career.” 

“Looking back at my time at Sacred 

Heart, I value the breadth of experiences 

I had there,” says Adam. 

“I found that I was able to make the 

cut scientifically and mathematically 

at MIT, but that I tended to be better 

prepared than my peers on the writing 

and verbal side given all my tough 

SHP English and history classes. As 

my career has progressed 

from academia to consulting, 

I’ve found that the ability to 

communicate clearly is probably 

the most important skill 

of all.” 

Adam’s SHP experiences 

came in handy in another 

way at MIT: “When I got to 

college I found that MIT’s 

Habitat for Humanity program 

had petered out a few 

years before,” recalls Adam. 

“After my great experience 

volunteering in the SHP 

Habitat for Humanity homebuilding 

project, I thought 

ADAM HARD AT WORK 

designing the core of his 

power generator, which 

is based on a modified jet 

engine

A NEW MATERIAL 

FOR SOLAR 

PANELS: Left, 

Ventions, LLC 

is working on 

making solar 

panels less 

expensive by 

building them 

out of the same 

material used 

to manufacture 

potato-chip bags 

THE WORLD’S 

SMALLEST 

ROCKET ENGINE, 

designed by Adam 

London (SHP ‘91), 

below 

that MIT was missing out big-time, so 

I decided to revive the Habitat club.” 

After completing his PhD in 2000, 

Adam decided it was time “to get an 

understanding of how the ‘real’ business 

world worked,” as he puts it. 

“So I got a job in San Francisco with 

McKinsey & Company, a management 

consultancy firm, and came back 

to the Bay Area.” Adam spent the next 

four years with McKinsey, but says he 

finally realized that, “I missed building 

cool things, and couldn’t deal with 

the constant travel.” He decided it was 

time to launch his own company. 

Adam got together with two MIT 

friends and they founded Ventions, 

LLC in 2004. Their company specializes 

in developing innovative energy 

and aerospace technologies that will 

have commercial applications. The 

key to re-tooling aerospace technology 

for the commercial sector, Adam 

explains, is cost. “Aerospace-derived 

technologies are typically very expensive,” 

he says, “So we focus on the 

cost of producing these systems— we 

try to come up with designs that are 

intrinsically lower cost to manufacture.” 

Right now, Adam and his partners 

are working with the Department of 

Energy to design a small power generator 

based on a modified jet engine 

for distributed energy generation. This 

means it produces electricity locally, 

instead of relying on far-away central 

power plants. “Systems like this exist 

today,” says Adam, “but are quite expensive. 

We think our technology will 

reduce the cost by half, so that making 

electricity on site will make economic 

sense for large office buildings, 

hotels, malls, and places like that.” 

Ventions also helps other inventors 

and small companies with technology 

development and commercialization 

efforts. “We’ve been working with 

a couple guys who had a great idea 

for an aerospace-inspired solution to 

the high cost of solar power,” Adam 

explains. Ventions helped them get 

early-stage funding for prototype development, 

and is now helping them 

locate development and commercialization 

partners. “The idea is to 

replace 95% or so of the expensive 

silicon solar cells with an inexpensive 

concentrating mirror assembly, made 

from basically the same stuff as potato 

chip bags, which should cut the cost 

of solar power by a factor of two or 

more.” As the same technology can be 

used to heat and purify water, Adam 

is excited about the international opportunities. 

“This may be a way to 

provide electricity and potable water 

in developing economies without the 

need for building up lots of infrastructure,” 

he says. 

Ventions, LLC is based in San Francisco, 

though they have an office in 

Washington, D.C. run by one of Adam’s 

business partners. “My travel 

time has gone down dramatically since 

my McKinsey days,” says Adam with 

a smile. “Most of our work is done locally, 

and I only have to venture out 

to D.C. five or six times a year.” This 

leaves much more time to enjoy living 

in San Francisco, and many more 

opportunities to go sailing or racing 

on the bay in the classic wooden sailboat 

(built in 1947) that he and some 

friends own and are restoring. 

And what happened to Adam’s 

rocket engine? “The market for 

rockets isn’t that big,” Adam says, 

“but rocket science is too fun to give 

up on entirely.” So Ventions is talking 

with the government about a couple 

of projects that will use a version of 

the engine. So the next time you hear 

about a small satellite launch, perhaps 

Adam’s rocket engine will be helping. 

And the next time you hear about a 

major break-through in renewable 

energy, chances are that Ventions, 

LLC and Adam will be involved. 


Laura’s Keyboard 

for a Cutting Board 

The adventurous 

Laura Pauli (SJSH 

‘78) left her Silicon 

Valley cubicle to 

become a Parisian 

chef and writer 

If you long to travel to Paris, rent 

an apartment, and eat an elegant 

meal prepared by a private chef, 

we’ve found the right Sacred Heart 

connection for you— Laura Pauli 

(SJSH ‘78) is a private chef who gives 

guided tours and cooking lessons in 

the heart of Paris. 

Laura’s culinary passion began as 

a child. She recalls, “I spent endless 

hours in my Italian grandmother’s 

kitchen, which always had a bubbling 

pot of tomato sauce on the stove. 

I would run in, rip off a chunk of 

freshly baked bread and dunk it in 

the tomato sauce. I burned my tongue 

every time...but I didn’t care!” 

Growing up as a student at St. 

Joseph’s School, Laura recalls, 


“One of my fondest memories is of 

the eighth grade school play, Bye 

Bye Birdie. I played Albert’s old 

mother, Mama Mae Peterson, while 

Paul Golubovich (SJSH ‘78) played 

Albert, Ford Englehart (SJSH ‘78) 

played Conrad Birdie (wearing a gold 

lamé costume!), and Bodee Gardenier 

(SJSH ‘78) played Kim McAfee.” 

Laura’s classmate, Elizabeth Hunter 

Kerrigan (SJSH ‘78) adds, “The 

reason Laura remembers that play 

so well is because she was fantastic 

as Mama. She stole the show! When 

she entered the gym (now the Foley 

Center) in her squeaky shoes, calling 

“Alberrrt!” the audience went wild.” 

Laura wore many hats including 

accountant and public relations 

marketer before jumping into a 

traditional Silicon Valley career, 

spending a decade working for 

Oracle, Siebel and several startups 

(or, as Laura calls them, “dotbombs”). 

Longing for more variety, 

she treated herself to ten professional 

cooking classes at Home Chef in 

San Francisco. “From the moment 

of that first class in 

1997, I knew my 

culinary career had 

been ignited!” said 

Laura. She ditched 

her cubicle and went 

on to study in Paris 

and Florence. 

“Yearning to share 

my experiences and 

passion, I launched 

a small cooking 

school in my home 

and invited friends, 

IN CULINARY 

SCHOOL Laura 

(far right) poses 

with her classmates 

LAURA HARD AT WORK IN THE 

KITCHEN aboard a lobster boat 

in Brittany, France 

family and acquaintances to join me 

in my humble version of the Tuscan 

countryside,” recalls Laura. “I used 

the nickname my Italian grandfather 

gave me as a child—testa rossa, 

which translates as ‘red head’— 

and named my cooking school the 

Cucina Testa Rossa (the Red Head’s 

Kitchen).” 

And the Cucina Testa Rossa is still 

alive and well today. But now, in 

addition to having her own kitchen, 

Laura has her own book (published 

in August 2006), her own website 

(http://cucinatestarossa.blogs.com), 

and her own weekly online column 

Bay Area Bites for KQED San 

Francisco. Laura’s wonderfully witty 

stories on food, travel, and life have 

cemented the Cucina Testa Rossa’s 

status as an acclaimed author in the 

food world. 

After her first cooking lessons, 

Laura continued her studies in New 

York City, eventually graduating 

from the French Culinary Institute,

where she studied under Master 

Chefs Jacques Pépin, André Soltner, 

Alain Sailhac, and Master Sommelier 

Andrea Immer. 

Next, Laura worked in the back 

kitchen set of Jacques Pépin’s PBS 

cooking show, Fast Food, My Way. 

She describes this experience as, 

“the coolest thing I’ve ever done,” 

and adds, “If you watch the show, 

you won’t see me, but you’ll see my 

food!” 

Laura then moved to France to 

start, as she puts it, “cooking my way 

around the country.” She launched 

her tour in the south of France on the 

Côte d’Azur cooking at the Cannes 

Film Festival. She then traveled to 

the northwest corner of France, to 

Brittany, and cooked on a lobster 

boat/restaurant specializing in fish 

and shellfish. She then headed 

east to Paris to the world-famous 

Pierre Hermé Patisserie, where she 

made thousands of his spectacular 

macaroons every day. Her final 

stop was an internship at the Le 

Cinq restaurant under Chef Philippe 

Legendre and Pastry Chef Fabrice 

Lecleir. 

These days, Laura enjoys 

chefing, a practice where a 

chef is hired temporarily for 

a variety of short-term jobs. 

“Chefing suits me perfectly 

because I love the variety 

of the work, and I still have 

plenty of time for writing,” 

said Laura. 

In Laura’s first book, My 

Keyboard for a Cutting 

Board, she traces her journey 

“One of my fondest memories is of the eighth 

grade school play, Bye Bye Birdie. I played 

Albert’s old mother, Mama Mae Peterson, while 

Paul Golubovich (SJSH ‘78) played Albert, Ford 

Englehart (SJSH ‘78) played Conrad Birdie 

(wearing a gold lamé costume!), and Bodee 

Gardenier (SJSH ‘78) played Kim McAfee.” 

from corporate Silicon Valley 

to culinary Paris. Right now, 

in addition to working on 

her weekly KQED column, Laura 

is writing two books. “On a typical 

day, I wake up in my apartment in 

the 5th Arrondisement and spend 

the morning writing,” said Laura. 

“Later, I travel to one of the Paris 

food markets, armed with my camera 

and note book, to check out what is 

in season and to purchase whatever 

I need for my upcoming chefing 

jobs.” Laura’s chefing gigs are 

typically evening events, where she 

finds herself cooking primarily for 

Americans who have rented 

Parisian apartments for a 

week or two. 

“I love the variety of 

my life right now,” said 

Laura, “but my long-term 

LAURA’S FIRST BOOK, My Key- 

board for a Cutting Board, was 

published in July 2006. She is 

currently working on two more 

books 

goal is to have more time to write 

and more time to travel.” Based on 

Laura’s impressive track record, it 

looks like she will have no trouble 

achieving those goals. To Sacred 

Heart students and alumni who aspire 

to be chefs, Laura recommends they 

check out her website, email her, and 

come visit her in Paris! 

AT THE FRENCH 

CULINARY INSTITUTE 

with teachers André 

Soltner, Dean of 

Classic Studies (left) 

and Jacques Torres, 

Dean of Pastry Arts 

(right) 


I I Know It it By by Heart 

A social awareness which impels to action 

December 7, 2006: SJSH kindergarteners each carry a giftwrapped 

pair of shoes for a child at the Haven Family House in 

Menlo Park. The kindergarteners managed to donate over 150 

pairs of gently-used shoes! 

PHOTOGRAPH BY ALISON VAN DYKE, SJSH PARENT 



From Show Business to 

Shoe Business 

As Creative Director at Nike headquarters, 

Michael Doherty (SJSH‘57) has done it all 

Michael Doherty’s (SJSH ‘57) 

career in the film industry grew 

from a tiny seed. While attending 

college at USF and San Jose State, 

Michael decided he wanted to major 

in English, with the hope of becoming 

a college English professor (pipe 

and all!). On a fluke, he added a minor 

in TV and film. That fluke led to 

an internship at Lee Mendelson Film 

company in Burlingame (where the 

Peanuts movies were produced). His 

duties included shuttling the cans of 

film from the film labs to the editors. 

“I found the editing process fascinating,” 

he remembers. “I would sit and 

watch the film-makers long after my 

deliveries were done.” 

The film-makers at Lee Mendelson 

noticed Michael’s interest and talent 

in film, and they had a job waiting 

for him when he graduated from 

college. While there, Michael helped 

produce the TV series Hot Dog, starring 

Woody Allen and Jonathon Winters, 

which aired on Saturday mornings 

on NBC. “On that assignment,” 

recalls Michael, “Lee Mendelson sent 

me traveling all over the country coordinating 

the filming of how products 

were made. We shot the manufacturing 

process of everything from baseball 

bats to automobiles.” 

Later, Michael represented the town 

of Carmel to the film industry (convincing 

film-makers to shoot scenes 

in Carmel) and was employed by 

Clint Eastwood to run his Hogsbreath 

Inn. Along the way he was hired by 

Merv Griffin as a production assistant 

for the pilot of Wheel of Fortune, and 

later he became an Associate Producer 

for Jeopardy. Then Michael spent 

several years as the Senior Talent Coordinator 

for the Merv Griffin Show. 

In 1981, a little company called Nike 

(which had been in business for 10 

years and had 300 employees) asked 

Michael to relocate to Portland and 

create an internal film/video division 

to bolster the company’s marketing 

efforts. “I had always been interested 

in sports, and it seemed like a really 

fun opportunity,” recalls Michael. “So 

I jumped!” 

Twenty-five years later, Michael is 

still going strong at Nike. “I’ve been 

fortunate enough to wear many different 

hats during my time at Nike,” said 

Michael, “And I’ve loved every min- 

HANGING OUT WITH TIGER: 

Michael (left) with golfer Tiger 

Woods and Nike Founder Phil 

Knight (who is dressed up as 

Tiger’s caddy) at a Nike event 

ute of it. Well, almost 

every minute!” 

Michael built Nike’s film division 

from scratch, focusing his efforts on 

promoting the athletes who were under 

contract to Nike. “The thing I love 

about Nike is that it is design-driven, 

which is very rare. Everything the 

company does requires high-end design 

and production,” said Michael. 

“That’s really the reason I love my 

job.” 

Eventually, Michael’s film division 

expanded into a multimedia division, 

and Michael’s role expanded to encompass 

a new age of marketing—the 

birth of guerilla marketing. “We created 

marketing teams that we called 

SWATs (Sports World Attack Team),” 

recalls Michael. “Our SWAT teams 

created ‘on-the-ground events’ where 

we gave away products or called attention 

to our marketing campaigns 

and product roll-outs. One of our 

events featured kids traveling in special 

Nike Hummers; another guerilla 

technique was to install Nike ‘campus 

reps’ on college campuses all over the 

country.” 

This guerilla-style of marketing was 

an important part of Nike’s marketing 

mix and was born out of a need to provide 

a face for Nike on the ground and 

in person. “Guerilla marketing helps 

us portray Nike as a very personal 

company,” said Michael. “We don’t 

want our consumers to perceive us 

as a faceless corporation— we want 

to reach potential consumers one at a 

time, and personally convert them to 

our brand.” 

For example, in 1996, Michael hired 

20 college students to travel with 

him to the Atlanta Olympic Games 

for two weeks of guerilla marketing. 

Every day the students tried something 

new—they hung out with the 


Nike-sponsored athletes, gave away 

products to the crowds, and generally 

created a high profile for Nike at The 

Games. As Michael remembers, “That 

was one of my favorite projects. In the 

end, people remembered us as having 

been one of the major sponsors of the 

Atlanta Olympics, when really, Nike 

sponsored individual athletes and 

teams at The Games. The beauty of 

guerilla marketing is that it’s personal, 

it’s word-of-mouth, and it’s cheap.” 

Today, Nike has 30,000 employees 

and Michael is the Creative Director 

for Global Presentations, overseeing 

presentations in Asia, Europe and 

North America. Nike has a beautiful 

800-seat theater, where Michael produces 

his high-end, energetic productlaunch-shows 

and award-shows, many 

of which are directed at employees, 

retailers, sales teams, athletes, and the 

press. “I love all the aspects of producing, 

writing and directing a show,” 

said Michael. “The staging, the lighting, 

the choreography, the art direction, 

the set building... it’s collaborative 

and fun.” 

Michael says that the beauty of his 

job is that there’s constant variety. 

“There is no such thing as a typical 

day. Some days I’m in the theater, preparing 

for a show. Some days I’m advising 

colleagues on how to structure 

their product roll-outs. Other days I’m 

in my office (which looks more like a 

talk show set since it has lots of sofas 

and no doors) with my colleagues 

wandering in and out to consult with 

FAMILY TIME: Michael 

with his wife Daphne 

and son Conner, who 

is now a film student 

at USC 

me for upcoming projects. 

I even spend some of my 

time hosting a weekly internal 

online radio show!” 

Michael loves his work 

environment. “Nike has an 

irreverent, fun, energetic 

environment,” he said. “I’m a bit of a 

dinosaur, but I’m surrounded by hip, 

smart young people who cover for 

me!” 

As he looks back, Michael credits 

St. Joseph’s with “instilling within 

me a sense of pageantry and tradition, 

which I use every time I create 

a Nike show.” He also recalls that his 

“love for athletics was born at St. Joseph’s.” 

“One of my favorite SJSH memories 

is of the time Mr. Henry Schrimpf 

knew I wanted to learn how to drive 

and he gave me driving lessons,” said 

Michael. “I’ll never forget when I 

drove a bunch of my classmates around 

the parking lot in his jeep— good luck 

trying that now!” Michael also clearly 

remembers the day the 100 Building 

opened— “Mother McCarthy made 

us throw away our leather-soled shoes 

because she did not want the shiny linoleum 

floors in the hallway marked 

up.” 

“Another fond memory is of picking 

up our new uniforms at the Van 

deSand 

store at the begin- 

ning of each school year, 

where the clothes were 

laid out in stacks. You 

picked up your brown corduroy 

pants, a white seersucker 

shirt, brown V-neck 

sweater and brown rounded 

shoes with a horrible 

pink rubber sole. Frankly, 

it was the same every year, 

so I don’t know why I got 

MICHAEL introducing 

cyclist Lance 

Armstrong at a Nike 

event 

so excited. But it was a simpler time 

then.” 

“And I vividly remember Feast 

Day when we students would line the 

convent pathway and wave our clean 

white hankies as the Reverend Mother 

drove past us in a golf cart, waving 

like the Pope. Obviously it didn’t take 

much to get us fired up!” 

In August 2006, Michael came back 

to the Sacred Heart campus for a visit. 

He stepped inside the Main Building 

and reported that, “The moment I hit 

the polished wood floors, my memories 

of being an altar boy in 1956 and 

1957 came flooding back. As I slipped 

inside the chapel I remembered my 

early-morning bike rides from Stockbridge 

Avenue for 6:00 a.m. mass. 

The entire first floor used to be filled 

with the wonderful smell of freshbaked 

bread mingled with the smell 

of incense. I remember the Mothers 

sitting all around the Chapel walls in 

their chairs, while the high school students 

sat in the pews. Parts of my time 

at St. Josephs were magical— almost 

Harry Potter-like.” 

Michael has some advice for the 

current students in the Sacred Heart 

community: “I suspect most people 

end up doing what they have an interest 

and passion for. But everyone 

should be willing to do anything on 

any level when they begin. Never 

think you are too good for any job. 

That’s as true today here at Nike just 

as it was when I was starting my first 

job. You should always show initiative 

and a willingness to work hard 

and you’ll be well on you way to success. 

Above all be positive— trust me, 

you’ll get noticed.” 


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CLASS of ‘56 REUNION: 

1 Front row: Judy Wadler Thams, 

Mary Ann Dolen, Kathleen Hills 

Wagner, Patricia Woods Madsen, 

Judith Dillon Christiansin, and 

Sandra Petri Gaubert. Back 

row: Sr. Nancy Lassotovitch, 

Susan Olson Corsetti, Miriam 

Michael Morrissey, Pat Razzetto 

Skidmore, Jane Elder Unger, Brenda O’Brian Lydecker, Diane 

Lovegrove Bader, and Lani Stephens Valentine. CLASS of ‘61 

REUNION: 2 Front row: Pauline Dabo Mitsud, Sandy Schonholtz 

Watt, Shirley Perry Connelly, Joan McSweeney Terry, Ann Carter 

Cane, and Kathy Wagner Castelli. Middle row: Mary Ann Lipuma 

Bauer, Sara Merryman, Maria Assenza Bolleri, Genie Iverson Clymer, 

Lisbeth Esquivel, and Betsy Tripp Lucido. Back row: Ann McGuire, 

Jane Dolan Barnes, Sister Nancy Lassotovitch, Maribeth Mattinson 

Rodee, and Susan Scheble Burns. CLASS of ‘66 REUNION: 

3 Chris Flores, Mary Caroline Chunn, Janice Glynn, and Pam Gill 

4 Nancy Kirk and Nan Farasyn 5 Margie Mayo, Deidre McHugh, 

Mary White, and Jill Fuerst enjoy old photos 6 Debbie Stein, Mary 

Ann Kelly, Margie Mayo, Deidre McHugh, 

and Carol Kennett 7 Theodora Rossi takes a 

moment to relax in the chapel CLASS of 

‘76 REUNION: 8 Front row: Ann Wagstaffe 

Yates, Angie Robbiano, Kelli Greenbach Ward, 

MaryEllen Carberry Roide, Patti Pike, Michele 

Armbruster Maidens, Beth Carpenter, and 

Terri Cattermole. Back Row: Brenda Wolbur, 

Stacy Toy, Mary Breen, Mary Pang Hinson, 


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10 

Mary Alice Spitters, Michele Moran, Teri Gray McKelvy, and 

Lisa Daschbach Fuerst. CLASS of ‘86 REUNION: 

9 Molly Lynch Gibbons, Julie Shipstad Lynch, Wendy 

Bates, Mary Byrne, Julie Fang, Cheryl Ramos, Melissa Concepcion Pike, and 

Myla Tambunting Puyat CLASS of ‘96 REUNION: 10 Jessica Kemp and 

Elisabeth Gould 11 Ricardo Maldonado and Curtis Nishimura 12 Front Row: Terry 

Wetterman, Mary Simonson Heffernan, Vera Shinsky (with her husband), Kristina 

Gossard, Christen DeFazio, and Renee Robinson. Middle Row: Phil Maskiewicz, 

Ricardo Maldonado, Alexis Beckman, Gina Ferrari, Rachel Trusty, Elisabeth Gould, 

Dawn Desautels, Evan Aydelott, and 

Michelle Marsili. Back Row: Adam 

Barycza, Curtis Nishimura, Brad 

Cook, Demetra Jones, Kelly Miller, 

Nick Thomson, Kelli Dragovich, and 

Annie Abramson 

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Alumni Events 

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4 

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5 

ALUMNI SOCCER SCRIM- 

MAGE: 1 Ben Kennedy dribbling the 

ball 2 Front row: Kevin Morris (SHP ‘90), 

Christophe Moustirats (SHP ‘90), Niko 

Castaillac (SHP ‘98), and Job Gregory 

(SHP ‘98). Back row: Phil Maskiewicz 

(SHP ‘96), Mike Varga (SJSH ‘88, SHP 

‘92), Jason Varga (SJSH ‘91, SHP 

‘95), Coach Len Renery, Jeremy Wong 

(SJSH ‘98, SHP ‘02), Ben Kennedy (SHP 

‘92), and David How (SJSH ‘88, SHP 

‘92) 3 Coach Len Renery reminisces 

with his past players 

ALUMNI 

BASKETBALL SCRIMMAGE: 

4 Kevin Dos Remedios (SHP ‘06) tries 

to get past Kevin Andrews (SHP ‘06) 

5 Jordan Stone, Chris Wood, Jamie 

Greene, and the rest of the boys 

celebrate at the Old Pro 6 Jack Scheifl y 

(SHP ‘04), Chris Wood (SJSH ‘00, SHP 

‘04), Eric Cowell (SHP ‘06), Samer 

Sayigh (SHP ‘04), Narsai Tailo (SJSH 

‘00, SHP ‘04), Chad Gibbs (SHP ‘06), 

Mike Budelli (SHP ‘97), Coach Lamont 

Quattlebaum, Jamie Greene (SHP ‘04), 

and Jordan Stone (SHP ‘05) 

ALUMNI WATER POLO 

SCRIMMAGE: 7 The alumni 

white team waits for game time 

8 Pat Norton (SHP ‘04) and 

Garrett Farwell (SJSH ‘98, SHP 

‘02) 9 Front row: Edie Campbell- 

Urban (SHP ‘06), Rebecca 

Child (SHP ‘06), Christie Clark 

(SHP ‘06), Zizi Clark (SHP ‘03), 


7 

8 9 

10 

Carrie Paton (SHP ‘00), and Genevieve Ang 

(SHP ‘04). Back row: Jen Whelan (SHP ‘00), 

Courtney Loomis (SJSH ‘96, SHP ‘00), Diana 

Livermore (SHP ‘01), Julia Browne (SHP ‘03), 

Corinne Salera (SHP ‘03), Jeannie Campbell- 

Urban (SHP ‘03) 10 Brandon Child (SHP 

‘04) 11 Diana Livermore (SHP ‘01) and ***** 

****** (SHP ‘08) 12 Boys Water Polo 2004 

Team - Front row: Bradley Thompson (SHP 

‘04), Chris Whittam (SHP ‘04), Brandon Child 

(SHP ‘04), Ian Simon (SHP ‘04), and Jamie 

Greene (SHP ‘04). Back row: Carter Brutschy 

(SJSH ‘00, SHP ‘04), Honorary Boys Coach 

and Dean of Students Brian Bell, Chris Wood 

(SJSH ‘00, SHP ‘04), Honorary Boys Coach 

Dante Detamanti, and Pat Norton (SHP ‘04). 

13 Christie Clark (SHP ‘06), Edie Campbell- 

Urban (SHP ‘06), Rebecca Child (SHP ‘06) 14 

Courtney Loomis (SJSH ‘96, SHP ‘00), Diana 

Livermore (SHP ‘01), and 

Jen Whelan (SHP ‘00) 13 

15 Melissa Mordell (SHP 

‘06) 16 Honorary Coach 

Brian Bell talks strategy 

with the boys 

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Alumni Events 

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3 

4 

5 

7 

YOUNG ALUM COCKTAIL PARTY: Alumni from the 

classes of 1994 to 2002 gathered at the new Old Pro in 

Palo Alto 1 Alex Jamieson (SHP ‘00), Stephanie Vocker 

(SHP ‘00), Catie Paton (SHP ‘00), and Glynn Connolly (SHP 

‘00) 2 Jenny Pope (SHP ‘97), Megan Heckman (SHP ‘97), 

and Michael Tornabene (SHP ‘00) 3 Angela Saldivar (SHP 

‘02), Jessica Clee (SHP ‘02), and Maria Miranda (SHP ‘02) 4 

Jeff Jackson (SHP ‘02), Garrett Farwell (SJSH ‘98, SHP ‘02), 

and Nate Myall (SHP ‘02) 5 Shannon Farley (SJSH ‘93, SHP 

‘97), Patrick Scott (SHP ‘99), and Bridget Burton (SHP ‘97) 6 

Charles Lloyd (SHP ‘01) and Zoe Swenson Graham (SJSH 

‘99, SHP ‘03) 7 Jon Unkart 

(SHP ‘02), Adam Green (SHP 

‘02), Roy Hills (SJSH ‘98, SHP ‘02), and Ben Wang (SHP ‘01) 

8 Sergio Arreola (SHP 03), Alicia Kemmer (SHP ‘03), Camille 

Konopnicki (SHP ‘01), and Bridget Geibel (SHP ‘01) 9 Molly 

Fleming (SHP ‘02), Nicole Sheikh (SJSH ‘98, SHP ‘02), Lauren 

Burris (SHP ‘02), and Yasmin Vahdatpour (SHP ‘02) 10 

Alana Dulaney (SHP ‘03), Matt Daniels (SHP ‘03), and Stephen 

Carlson (SHP ‘03) 11 Matt Tarantino (SHP ‘02), Beata 

Bakhtiari (SHP ‘03), and Michael Pearson (SHP ‘03) 12 Jessica 

DeVivo (SJSH ‘94, SHP ‘98), Katie Fowler (SHP ‘98), and 

6 

8 

Shaila Freyer (SHP ‘94) 13 

Zizi Clark (SHP ‘03), John 

Murray (SHP ‘02), Corinne 

Salera (SHP ‘03), and Taylor 

Aronson (SHP ‘03) 14 Josh 

Jackson (SHP ‘00), and Dan 

Sedehi (SHP ‘98) 15 Tommy 

Norse (SJSH ‘98, SHP ‘02) 

and John Sutherland (SHP 

‘02) 


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10 11 

12 

13 

COLLEGIATE ALUMS HOLIDAY PARTY: Alumni 

from the classes of 2003 to 2006 gathered at Café Borrone’s 

in Menlo Park 16 Adam Rhine (SHP ‘06), Eric 

Rhine (SHP ‘05), and Jason Rhine (SHP ‘03) 17 David 

Schaller (SHP ‘06) and Mike Schaller (SHP ‘00) 18 Katie 

Dickinson (SHP ‘05), Kelsey Stallings (SHP ‘05), Briana 

Currier (SHP ‘05), Hudson Smythe (SHP ‘05), and RJ 

Horsley (SHP ‘06) 

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Alumni Events 

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3 

4 

5 

GINGERBREAD HOUSE PARTY: 

SHS alumni and families decorated 150 

houses at two separate seatings and 

helped raise funds for the Kate Basile 

de Blois Alumni Scholarship. 1 SJSH 

lower 

school students **** ****** 2 Melissa 

Coleman with preschoolers ****** ******** 

3 Preschooler ****** ******** with mom 

Tricia 4 Ann Barry Giurlani (SHP ‘62) with 

her grandson 5 ********* with Peter Coleman, Sr. (SHP ‘88) and 

grandmother Heidi Johnson 

6 SJSH second grader ****** 

****** with her father Phil 7 

Erin Serene Gillette (SHP ‘90) 

with her daughter ******* and 

grandmother Marion Bergman 

8 Alexis Beckman (SHP ‘96) 

with her son ****** 9 SJSH preschooler 

****** ******* with her 

father Matthew 

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Class Notes 

1920s 

Catharine Britschgi Blomquist (SJSH 

‘20) celebrated her 100th birthday at the Millville 

Grange Hall in Palo Cedro, California 

with her family and friends in November. 

Judith Keenan (SHP ‘62) 

1930s 

Jeanne Ward Bone (SJSH ‘32, SHP ‘36) 

is now living in a nursing home in Menlo 

Park and has lost her ability to speak. Several 

of Jeanne’s classmates still come by to visit 

her. 

Mother Helen Costello (SHP ‘35, former 

SJSH faculty) lives at Oakwood and visits 

“The Castle” each morning. She has had to 

give up her monthly luncheons but is still 

very active. 

1940s 

Brenda Doyle Jeffers (SHP ‘42) is doing 

well and living in San Francisco. She enjoys 

her many grandchildren and keeps busy with 

the Tor House Foundation in Carmel. 

Sheila Doyle Kiernan (SHP ‘44) is living 

in San Francisco where she stays in touch 

with her classmates. Last year she visited 

Marie Elizalde Peck (SHP ‘44) at her home 

in Palm Springs. She also sees classmate Virginia 

Imboden Faulk (SHE ‘40) a couple of 

times a year. Virginia lives in Gridley, California 

and comes to the City to enjoy dinner 

and a play with Sheila. Sheila also mentioned 

that one of her sons, John Sullivan O’Day 

was recently married. 

1950s 

The Class of 1956 celebrated their 50th 

reunion on campus in October. 

Rita Jo McManus Azevedo (SHP ‘56) 

Calling all St. Joe’s 

graduates from the 

class years ending 

in 2 and 7! 

Would you like to help plan your 

class’s reunion in 2007? Please 

contact the Alumni Office at 650-454- 

8394 or alumni@shschools.org 

In November, Judith visited campus to speak to photography classes and yearbook 

clubs at both SJSH and SHP. As Judith herself explains, “Photography is my avocation 

and passion. I have been a carpenter and General Contractor for the last thirty 

years, mostly on the Peninsula and in San Francisco, and that has supported my 

photography habit quite nicely.” 

Judith began taking black and white photography classes at Foothill College in the 

late 1960s when her daughters’ father gave her his cameras. “I started photographing 

anti-war demonstrations, and went to work as a photographer for an alternative newspaper 

in Palo Alto,” said Judith. “I did anti-war work with the Institute for the Study of 

Non-violence, and then did photography for a project in San Diego with a group called 

Peoples Union.” 

Judith has enjoyed much success as a photographer. She has had three exhibits in 

the last six years, has sold many of her photographs, has provided three cover photos 

for The Wind Bell (the San Francisco Zen Center’s magazine), has photographed a 

number of weddings, has won an honorable mention in a silver anniversary competition 

of Women in Photography International, and recently had her photo on the cover 

of The Sun Magazine. 

Judith is pleased to report that, “I’m at a place in my life right now where I’m able 

to do more photography and less construction. And soon I hope to do no construction 

and all photography 

!” 

attended Notre Dame (in Belmont) after 

graduation and then married her husband Jim 

and moved to Los Altos where they raised 

four children. Rita spent many years working 

with children who have disabilities, and 

she writes, “I feel so very lucky to have had 

this opportunity to work with these incredible 

youngsters.” She also has wonderful 

memories of school: “I enjoyed the Convent 

and all its traditions. I never have 

forgotten our Mistress General, 

Mother Morris (the green dorm), 

Mother Reynolds (Latin), the 

clicker, the ranks, and of course 

Mother Welch and her black 

Great Dane.” 

Carol Terven Crowell (SHP 

‘56) married her husband Dick, 

and became a teacher. She 

NEWLYWED Gertrude 

Zelaya Huber (SHP ‘80) 

with her husband Karl 

opened a school called Rivendale Academy 

which used several innovative multi-sensory 

techniques to help children with special 

needs. In 1991, she began a PhD program at 

the University of South Florida, but had to 

return to the Monterey Peninsula in 1996 to 

care for her mother and has lived there ever 

since. Her son Byron has a growing family 

and Carol is enjoying grandmother duties. 

Ellen Butow Emma (SHP ‘56) has retired 

from her position with the Santa Clara Valley 

Transportation Authority. She and her 


Class Notes 

GREETINGS FROM THE PHILIPPINES! 

Maria “Mavi” Victoria Reyes (SHP ‘90) 

with her son Kevin in Manilla 

husband Vincent are living in Hollister when 

they’re not traveling, and enjoying visits with 

their seven grandchildren. 

Jane Marie Elder Unger (SHP ‘56) became 

a nurse after graduating from Sacred 

Heart. After three children and a 38-year 

marriage, Jane lost her husband to cancer in 

2001. Today Jane lives in Paso Robles with 

her eldest daughter and granddaughter. Jane 

says, “At times it feels like Green Acres as I 

tend to my fruit trees, lavender and rose gardens, 

and vineyard.” 

Janice Meagher Ciccoletti (SHP ‘56) has 

four wonderful children and a loving husband 

of 46 years who passed away in 2005. 

Today, Janice is the Director of Catechetical 

Ministry for the St. William Parish in Mountain 

View. 

Judy Dillon Christiansin (SHP ‘56) 

is living in retirement on the Sammamish 

Plateau outside of Seattle with her husband 

Harvey. Judy says, “Although is seems like 

a short time ago [that] we were all walking 

the corridors at Sacred Heart, and playing 


basketball and hockey, it’s hard to believe it’s 

been 50 years!” 

Susan Olson Corsetti (SHP ‘56) attended 

Dominican College and then married her husband 

Michael. They have one son. Susan loves 

traveling and visiting her husband’s family in 

Lucca, Italy. Her favorite school memory is, 

“When I was diving off of the diving board in 

the new pool and nearly drowned because of 

the voluminous and decorous swim suit.” 

Mary Anne Dolan (SHP ‘56) graduated 

from Stanford with a degree in nursing and 

then was a member of the Dominican Sisters 

order for thirteen years. After many years of 

experience in hospital nursing departments, 

Mary Anne earned her masters and PhD in 

nursing and began a prestigious teaching 

career that included positions at the University 

of Nevada, Reno, the University of 

Texas, Lewis-Clark State College, and Villanova. 

Sandra Petri Gaubert (SHP ‘56) is living 

in Woodside and for forty-seven years 

has been married to her husband Claude. 

Together they have three children and four 

grandchildren. She writes, “It is hard to believe 

that 50 years have passed since our 

graduation, because it seems like yesterday 

that we were in our uniforms curtsying to 

Reverend Mother. My years at the Convent 

are truly memorable to me and have played 

an important part in my life. Now we have 

a granddaughter at St. Joseph’s and even 

though much has changed, it is nice to hear 

they still have many of the same traditions” 

Susan Walker Kinsey (SHP ‘56) lives in 

Thousand Oaks and has three grown children 

and six grandchildren that all live in California. 

She is a two-time survivor of breast 

cancer. Today, she is very involved with her 

volunteer work. She wrote that she was not 

able to attend the reunion as she was traveling 

in China. 

Masuko Kijima (SHP ‘56) was not able 

to attend the reunion but wrote fondly of her 

wish to be remembered. She is living in Tokyo 

and confined to her wheelchair, which 

makes traveling difficult. 

She and her husband 

Masamura have 

two daughters, and they 

enjoy visiting with their 

grandchildren. 

Patricia Macarthy 

(SHP ‘56) attended Lone 

BRIDE Leslie 

Walton (SHP ‘92) 

with Sparrow 

Malvino Bonino 

(SHP ‘92) and Katie 

Peterson (SJSH 

‘88, SHP ‘92), who 

both participated in 

the ceremony 

Mountain (now USF) and became an EMT 

and later worked for a blood center. She married 

her husband Patrick and had four children 

in Chico. Two of Patricia’s children are 

now deceased. Her son Timothy passed away 

this year. 

Patricia Woods Madsen (SHP ‘56) attended 

Seattle University where she met her 

husband Dick. They were married in 1960 

and had two sons they raised in Danville. 

One son passed away in 1989. Pat raised 

her children and graduated from CSU Hayward 

(BS) and St Mary’s (MBA). She then 

worked for an engineering-architectural firm 

in Oakland. Pat worked for the firm for eighteen 

years and served as vice president and 

served on the board of directors. Today she 

ONCE A GATOR, ALWAYS A 

GATOR: Alum athletes Erin Moix 

Grieb (SHP ‘97) and Anne Marr (SHP 

‘96) are back on campus, coaching 

the SHP JV Girls’ Volleyball team 

is very involved with her grandchildren, volunteering 

for Loaves and Fishes, bridge club, 

garden club and the American Association of 

University Women. 

Miriam Morrissey (SHP ‘56) attended 

Seattle University with two other classmates 

(Patty Woods and Judy Dillon) and stayed in 

Washington. She lives on a farm where she 

and her husband Pat raised their four children 

and every kind of farm animal imaginable. 

She is also in charge of the Women’s Guild for 

her parish, a position she has held for twenty 

years. Her tennis game and her travel keep 

her busy, as do her seven grandchildren. 

Nancy Parina Miller (SHP ‘56) became a 

teacher after Trinity College and then spent seventeen 

years in Europe and the U.S. teaching 

for the Department of Defense. After her career 

she met and married Mike Miller and they keep 

very busy with their nieces and nephews. 

Patricia Lynn Perry (SHP ‘56) graduated 

and entered Sisters of the Holy Family and 

began working with the homeless. After fifteen 

years in the order, Tricia became a teacher. 

Today she is finishing her 47 year teaching 

career at Campbell Union High School. Tricia 

also helps with planning liturgies at Santa 

Clara University and loves it.

Judith Wadler Thams (SHP ‘56) graduated 

as an engineer from USC with a BS and 

MS and worked in the aerospace industry for 

many years. Now Judith works primarily in 

health care as an independent consultant. She 

lives in Fullerton with her husband Toby and 

sees her son and daughter often. 

Anne Riley (SHP ‘56) works in real estate 

and lives in Burlingame. She enjoys 

riding motorcycles, scuba diving, traveling, 

and spending time with her family and four 

grandchildren. Her best friend after 50 years 

is still Lani Stephens Valentine (SHP ‘56). 

Anne was sorry to miss her class reunion but 

was on a study trip following the “silk road” 

from Beijing to Moscow. 

Patricia Razzetto (SHP ‘56) attended 

Lone Mountain after high school. She married 

her husband Dick in 1959 and had three 

children. She enjoys going to her grandchildren’s 

soccer and lacrosse games as well as 

gardening. 

Lani Stephens Valentine (SHP ‘56) has 

had a full life serving as Mayor of Belvedere, 

California, volunteering for numerous charities 

and helping with the family business, 

Valentine Corporation, an engineering and 

construction firm. Now Lani and her husband 

Bob are enjoying a new venture, a family 

owned vineyard where they grow Cabernet 

Sauvignon grapes. She also enjoys her grandchildren, 

golf, fly-fishing, and wine-making. 

Kathleen Hills Wagner (SHP ‘56) is 

living in Las Vegas with her husband Fred. 

After living in Bombay, Alaska and Bogata, 

and having had careers in teaching, real estate 

and running an art gallery, Kathleen has 

finally retired. She is very proud of her three 

grown children. 

1960s 

Ann McGuire (SHP ‘61) has wonderful 

memories of her school days: waxed floors, 

the tapestries, hearing the nuns sing at goûter. 

Today Ann is busy working for the Board of 

Registered Nurses in Sacramento training 

nurses, doctors, and other health professionals 

in Drug Diversion Programs. 

Melissa Brown Pritchard (SHP ‘66) is 

BRIDE Mary Simonson (SHP ‘96) 

and her husband Brian Heffernan 

were married on July 22nd 

a professor at Arizona State University and 

is publishing a biography entitled Devotedly 

Always, Virginia: A Life of Virginia Galvin 

Piper, which should be available in the fall. 

She is also taking a group of master’s students 

from ASU to Calcutta, India to work 

with members of Kalam, an arts and education 

poetry project funded by the Daywalka 

Foundation, an anti-trafficking non-government 

organization (NGO). She is also co-directing 

a documentary on the contemporary 

human rights issue of slavery in Sudan. 

1970s 

Mary Shepard Spaeth (SHE ‘70) writes 

from Sweden that she is doing well and has 

started her own business, Transmera AB, a 

management consultancy firm. Before her 

many international adventures, Mary taught 

at Loyola University of Chicago and Southern 

Methodist University. She currently 

serves on the board of directors for the Swedish 

Fulbright Commission. Mary’s two grown 

children live in Texas. 

1980s 

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Please tell us what 

you’re up to so we 

can include you in 

the next magazine: 

Class of 1967 

SAVE THE DATE! Your 40th 

Reunion will be held on campus 

on Sunday, April 22nd. 

Contact alumni@shschools.org 

for more information. 

Gertrude Zelaya Huber (SHP ‘80) writes 

that she is happily married to Karl Huber and 

enjoying life in Sunny Isles, Florida. 

Julie Davis Halpin (SHP ‘84) is living 

in Sebastopol where she is a certified 

nutrition consultant for her own business, 

FoodWorks. Julie Farr Connolly (Stone 

Ridge ‘84), 

who was an 

alumni@shschools. 

org 

Alumni Offi ce 

Sacred Heart 

Schools 

GROOM 

Chris 

Stoner 

(SHP ‘94) 

married 

Julie 

Finnegan 

of Philadelphia 

in June 

exchange student in 1983, is now working 

as a Vice President/Compliance Counsel for 

MCI Hospitality Corporation in Maryland. 

The two Julies (who had previously remained 

good friends) lost touch in 1994, but they 

contacted the Alumni Office and found each 

other again! 

1990s 

Erin Gillette (SHP ‘90) visited campus 

with her grandmother and daughter in December 

to decorate a Gingerbread House. 

(See photos on page 26.) 

Molly Peterson (SJSH ‘86, SHP ‘90) is 

a free-lance radio journalist working for National 

Public Radio in New Orleans. 

Ana Neff Reeck (SHP ‘91) is working 

as a nurse practitioner for the Rogue Valley 

Medical Center in Oregon. She is also 

a guide for Outward Bound mountaineering 

trips in Alaska and California. Ana has been 

traveling with her husband, who is a surgeon 

on medical mission trips, the last one to Peru 

and Bhutan. 


Class Notes 

Leslie Walton (SHP ‘92) married Dion 

Monstavicius in July 2006. Sparrow Malvino 

Bonino (SHP ‘92) and Katie Peterson 

(SJSH ‘88, SHP ‘92) performed the readings 

for the ceremony. Leslie’s sole attendant was 

her sister Liz Walton (SHP ‘94). Rob Walton 

(SHP ‘90) also attended his sister’s wedding 

with his wife Carrie. He is now a lawyer 

in Jacksonville, Florida. 

Katie Peterson (SJSH ‘88, SHP ‘92) received 

her PhD in English from Harvard in 

June. 

Chris Stoner (SHP ‘94) just finished a 

graduate degree at the University of Maryland. 

He married Julie Finnegan of Philadelphia 

in June with Ian Kemmer (SHP 

‘94) serving as his best man and his sister 

Kimberly Stoner Voldseth (SHP ‘91) as the 

wedding photographer. He is working for the 

Teaching Company as a coordinator of intellectual 

properties. The company produces 

educational DVDs, mainly for adults. Chris 

and Julie live in Falls Church, Virginia. 

Mary Simonson (SHP ‘96) and Brian 

Heffernan were married on July 22, 2006. 

They are living in Menlo Park. 

Kristina Gossard (SHP ‘96) ran the 2006 

New York City Marathon with nine teammates 

and raised over $100,000 for the Cancer 

Research Institute. She currently teaches 

English at Gunn High School. 

Michael Peterson (SJSH ‘92, SHP ‘96) 

taught at SHP until June 2006, and is now 

attending and teaching at the University of 

North Carolina. Michael, who holds a Master’s 

in English, is currently working on an 

Master’s in fine arts. 

Lency Triplett (SHP ‘97) has been blissfully 

married to Aksel Olsen of Denmark since 

March 2005. In attendance at the wedding 

were sister Nell Triplett (SHP ‘99), Heather 

Elgin (SHP ‘97), Meg Barrager (SHP ‘97), 

Sandra Hailey (SHP ‘97), Oceana Murray 

(SHP ‘97), Brendan Murray (SHP ‘00), 

and Justine Walker (SHP ‘99). The couple 

lives in San Francisco, where Aksel is an urban 

planner for the city of San Francisco and 

Lency teaches first grade in the Tenderloin. 

They have plans to move to Denmark in the 

near future. 

Sean Day (SHP ‘97) lives in San Francisco 

and is a producer for Fox Sports. 

SHP FASHION SHOW 

SPECTATORS Carrie Paton 

(SHP ‘04), Catie Paton (SHP 

‘00), and Lindsay Van Zanten 

(SHP ‘05) watch their younger 

brothers in action 

Meghan Shumm Oliveri (SHP ‘97) 

graduated from the University of San 

Diego Law School in 2004 and is practicing 

general civil law in Plymouth 

Michigan. She recently married Matthew 

Oliveri. 

Mike Budelli (SHP ‘97) married Brooke 

Nylen (SJSH first-grade teacher) in June. 

They met each other at Cal Poly San Luis 

Obispo where they both attended college. 

Mike is now working in high-tech sales. Other 

alumni attending the wedding were Bobby 

Budelli (SHP ‘95), Steve Roeser (SHP ‘95), 

Brad Cook (SHP ‘96), Rich Russo (SJSH 

‘93), Charlotte McIntosh Pfannersteil 

(SJSH ‘93, SHP ‘97) and Carey McIntosh 

D’Alessandro (SJSH ‘93, SHP ‘97). Mr. 

Rich Dioli (SHP Principal) made an appearance 

too! 

Craig Haubrich (SHP ‘98) is now the Director 

of Membership for the Alumni Association 

of the University of Arizona. He says 

the best part of his new job is working with 

the Athletic Department and traveling with 

the football and basketball teams to meet the 

alumni. 

Brad Davis (SJSH ‘98, SHP ‘02) graduated 

from Boston University with a degree 

in broadcast journalism and as a member of 

the Chi Phi Fraternity. Following his goal to 

work in sports, Brad is currently the Assistant 

Director of Sports Communications at Bryant 

University in Rhode Island. 

Katie Whitchurch (SHP ‘99) is living in 

Albuquerque, New Mexico. She has been 

working as a nurse in the neonatal intensive 

care unit and has recently entered a program 

at Vanderbuilt University working on a master’s 

degree in nursing to become a nurse 

practitioner. 

Shaun Ghafouri (SHP ‘99) received his 

JD in May, from Golden Gate University and 

is an attorney for Lewis Brisbois 

Bisgaard & Smith in San Francisco. 

2000s 

Alex Jamieson (SHP ‘00) is attending 

the University of San Francisco 

for her teaching credential 

and is teaching in San Francisco at 

St. Peter’s. 

BRIDE Lency Triplett 

(SHP ‘97) with her husband 

Askel Olsen 

Glynn Connolly (SHP ‘00) is working in 

Beverly Hills for a talent agency and lives 

across the hall from Elizabeth Beare (SHP 

‘00). 

Wendy White (SHP ‘00) came back to 

visit campus in December. She is in her third 

year of medical school at USC. She hopes to 

eventually work in internal medicine. 

Jeremy Law (SHP ‘00) came home over 

Christmas and told us he is working on a 

PhD in applied condensed matter physics at 

UCSD. 

Mike Schaller (SHP ‘00) is working as a 

biomechanical engineer for Cardica Inc. in 

Redwood City. It is a company that manufactures 

medical devices. 

Alison Dyer (SHP ‘01) is pursuing her 

master’s in education at San Jose State. She 

attended the alumni water polo scrimmage in 

November and looked happy to be in the pool 

after a long break. 

Charles Lloyd (SHP ‘01) is teaching music 

full time at the California School for the 

Blind in Fremont. He graduated from the 

Berklee College of Music in Boston with a 

degree in Jazz Composition. 

Armando Del Rio (SHP ‘01) is the 

new head soccer coach at Woodside Priory 

School. 

Camille Konopnicki (SJSH ‘97, SHP 

‘01) is earning her PhD at UCSD. 

Tyler Bell (SHP ‘01) is living in San Francisco 

and working in the advertising industry. 

Nathanial Myall (SHP ‘02) is earning his 

masters degree in Biology at Stanford. 

Maria Miranda (SHP ‘02) is studying 

medicine at Dartmouth and plans on graduating 

with her degree in 2010. 

Jeremy Wong (SJSH ‘98, SHP ‘02) is 

studying for a masters degree in electrical engineering 

at Stanford. 

Sergio Arreola (SHP ‘03) is studying 

graphic design at Loyola Marymount. 

Matthew Smith (SHP ‘03) graduated in 

December from Wakeforest with a degree in 

mathematics and Spanish. He will continue 

his studies at Wakeforest as he works toward 


A SACRED HEART MARRIAGE 

Mike Budelli (SHP ‘97) married 

SJSH first-grade teacher Brooke 

Nylen on June 24th in Squaw Valley 

an MA in mathematics. 

Several members of the class of 2003 

stopped by the collegiate party at Borrone’s 

while they were home for the holidays: Steve 

Carlson (SHP ‘03), Alison Brady (SJSH 

‘99, SHP ‘03), Stacey Hills (SHP ‘03), Sara 

Wozniak (SHP ‘03), Tony Cassanego (SHP 

‘03), Matt Daniels (SHP ‘03), Shane Keane 

(SHP ‘03), Jason Rhine (SHP ‘03), Tony 

Masia (SJSH ‘99, SHP ‘03), and Danny 

Colligan (SHP ‘03). 

Alana Delaney (SHP ‘03) is studying at 

the University of Santa Clara and working on 

a degree in psychology and a minor in music. 

Christine Geibel (SHP ‘04) is studying in 

Rome for a year through Loyola University 

Chicago’s program. After a papal audience, 

she was able to use her Sacred Heart Schools 

Alumni Passport to see the original Mater 

Admirablis fresco located in the Trinita. She 

thought the original painting was beautiful 

and that the whole experience was amazing! 

Genevieve Ang (SHP 04) is living in London 

this spring while she continues her studies 

with the USC School of Annenberg 

Communications. 

Whitney Burton (SHP ‘04) 

stopped by Café Borrone’s to 

Brooke Selling (SHP ‘04) 

Brooke took last semester 

off from her studies at USC 

to work in Guatemala City for 

Boys Hope Girls Hope, an organization 

that works with atrisk 

children who have no other 

opportunity for an education. 

Brooke volunteered to teach 

English to children who were 

eight to eighteen years old. 

Of her experience Brooke 

says, “I always wanted to take 

a little time and slow things 

down but the timing was never 

right. After I have two years of 

college under my belt, I still had 

that nagging feeling that I wanted to have more life experience and gain a broader perspective 

on life. Soon after, when I heard about this organization that needed an English teacher, 

I signed up right away.” 

“Soon after arriving, I found myself surrounded by people who believed many cultural 

stereotypes about me as an American,” recalls Brooke. “While Brooke struggled with immersion 

into the culture and the language, I really learned how to be comfortable in my own skin. 

I am also more focused now about my life and goals.” 

Brooke says that a social awareness that impels to action was instilled in her during 

her SHP years. “Teachers such as Jesus Ramos, Barb Intersimone, and Stuart Morris encouraged 

me to follow my interests and to not always follow traditional paths,” remembers 

Brooke. “All of my teachers were so helpful to me and they are all such great people. They 

instilled in us that we should always help others. I still stay in touch with them. I miss SHP so 

much because it’s so small, and you really get to know your teachers.” 

Brooke continues, “I have a passion for literature that was fueled by many good English 

teachers such as Connie Solari and Barbara Intersimone. Ms. Solari radiates passion and 

intelligence and Ms. Intersimone is wonderful and taught me to explore any idea. All of the 

SHP departments are strong, but the English department is really wonderful. They taught 

me more than English; they taught me how to expand my mind.” 

In Guatemala City, Brooke taught two-hour classes to children who spoke no English, and 

she worked hard to keep all of her students engaged and interested in the lessons. “Through 

singing, dancing, and playing fun games, I formed amazingly close bonds with my students 

in a short time,” said Brooke. “I know I’ll keep in touch with my students and visit them as 

often as possible— I feel like I have 50 little siblings now.” 

tell everyone that she really likes UC Davis 

and is on the swimming and diving team as 

a diver. Anri Marie Sugitani (SHP ‘04) is 

attending Babson, and Gemma Ross (SHP 

‘04) is attending Dartmouth. 

Several members of the class of 2005 

stopped by the collegiate party at Borrone’s 

while they were home for the holidays: Briana 

Currier (SHP ‘05), RJ Horsley (SHP 

‘05), Hudson Smythe (SHP ‘05), Katie 

Dickinson (SHP ‘05), and Kelsey Stallings 

(SHP ‘05). 

Charlotte Chuter (SHP ‘06) participated 

in the World Championships of Rowing for 

the U.S. Women’s Four and won the B final, 

placing seventh overall. Charlotte is busy 

studying at Harvard this winter and spring. 

David Schaller (SHP ‘06) is enjoying UC 

Davis and working on pursuing an engineering 

degree. 

MASTER MOTIVATOR 

Jonny Dorsey (SJSH 

‘99, SHP ‘03) returned 

to campus to talk about 

AIDS in Africa and to 

motivate students to 

find their passion and 

get involved 


Sports In Memoriam 

Beat 

We ask for your prayers for the families and friends 

of our community who passed away during the past year. 

Sacred Heart Prep Alumni 

1945 - Mary Wilbur Thacher (SHE ‘41, SHP ‘45) passed away following 

a heart attack on August 18, 2006 while she was visiting 

her Sonoma mountain ranch. After Sacred Heart graduation, Mary 

attended Vassar and UC Berkeley. She married Carter Thacher in 

1952 and together they raised three children. She was a dedicated 

homemaker who also worked as a docent for the Stybring Arboretum 

and the DeYoung Museum of Art, and served on the Board of 

Trustees for the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Cal Pacific 

Medical Center, and University of San Francisco. 

1946 - Katherine Panas (SHP ‘46) passed away in March 2006. After 

receiving her Bachelors degree from the San Francisco College 

for Women and her Masters degree in English from the University 

of Southern California (USC), Katherine studied graphic arts in 

Paris. She returned to California to serve as the first Director of the 

Equal Opportunity Program at Cal State University in Fresno. She 

later received her Doctorate and worked as a Clinical Psychologist 

at UC Santa Cruz. She will be missed dearly by her sisters, her 

numerous nieces and nephews, and her family friends Niccolina 

(SHP ‘04) and Stephanie (SHP ‘09) Clements. 

1956 - Lillian U. Jurika (SHP ‘56) passed away on September 19, 

2006 after a heroic 26-year struggle with metastatic breast cancer. 

After boarding at Sacred Heart, Lillian earned her Bachelors degree 

from the University of San Diego, and earned her Masters 

degrees in English from Stanford and counseling from San Jose 

State. Lillian taught in the San Diego School District and later 

served as a college counselor for De Anza-Foothill College District. 

She enjoyed international travel, volunteering for the Breast 

Cancer Support Group in Palo Alto, and choral singing. 

1960 - Barbara JoAnne “Jan” Mape Hannigan (SHE ‘56, SHP 

‘60) passed away on November 19, 2006, after a three-year battle 

against kidney cancer. Jan was one of the first women admitted to 

the University of Santa Clara in 1961. She married her husband 

Tom and moved to Fairfield where they raised their three children 

and Jan became a respected educator. After earning a Master’s degree 

in education from the University of San Francisco, she served 

as a principal at the Fairfield Adult School and the Green Valley 

Middle School. After retiring in 1999, Jan enjoyed golf, bridge, 

visiting Lake Tahoe, and making needlepoint stockings for her six 

grandchildren. 

Oakwood Community 

Sister Mary Lou Warner taught 

at St. Joseph’s from 1982 until 

1994. Over those 13 years, she served as a lower school math 

teacher and middle school Latin teacher. She earned her Masters 

degree from the University of San Francisco. She was a mother, a 

widow, and a Religious who shared her gifts with everyone. She 

was an excellent teacher, quilter, pastry chef, and friend. 

St. Joseph’s Alumni 

1925 - Mary Maloney Fisher (SJSH ‘25) passed away on July 23, 

2006 at the age of 95. Mary was the mother of Jack Fisher (SJSH 

‘48), grandmother of three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. 

She was a beloved caregiver to many in the Sacred Heart 

community. Her father built the steeple on the Nativity Church 

and she was very involved in the Nativity parish community all of 

her life. For the last eight years of her life, she was living with her 

son and his family in Chicago. 

1932 - Bernard P. Doyle (SJSH ‘32) passed away in November 

2005 at the age of 86. After St. Joseph’s, Bernard attended Bellermine 

and the University of Santa Clara, where he played on the 

football team. After serving in World War II as a Major, Bernard 

settled in Albuquerque where he worked in sales. He was famous 

for his Irish recitations, especially Casey at the Bat 

and The Kids’ 

Last Fight. 

SHS Community 

The family of Shirley Bathgate, mother of Danny Bathgate (SJSH 

‘04, SHP ‘08) and wife of Jim Bathgate (current parent). 

The family of Roger Cromack, father of Douglas Cromack (past 

parent) and grandfather of Kenny Cromack (SJSH ‘00, SHP 

‘04). 

The family of Mary Diepenbrock Draeger (SH Broadway ‘42), 

mother of SHS students Mary Claire DeSoto (SHP ‘78), Rebecca 

Peters (SHP ‘82), Joan Draeger-Winkler (SHP ‘85) and seven 

other children, grandmother to Allie Winkler (SHP ‘09), and 

Victoria Draeger (SHP ‘03). 

The family of Dwight Dunlevie, father of Bruce Dunlevie (current 

parent), father-in-law of Elizabeth Dunlevie (SHS Trustee), 

and grandfather to Jane Dunlevie (SJSH ‘99, SHP ‘03), Alex 

Dunlevie (SJSH ‘01, SHP ‘06), Vee Dunlevie (SJSH ‘05, SHP 

‘09), and Robert Dunlevie (SJSH ‘07). 

The family of Jack Fleming, father of Molly Fleming (SHP ‘02). 

The family of Israel “Gil” Gilboa, husband of Donna Gilboa (SHP 

history teacher), father of Susan Zuckerman-Seeley (current 

parent), and grandfather of Andrew Seeley (SJSH ‘05, SHP ‘09). 

The family of Timothy Macarthy, son of Patty Nettles Macarthy 

(SHE ‘52, SHP ‘56). 

The family of Jessie “Jess” Parks, father of Diane Greenleaf 

(SJSH Coordinator of Extended Care & After School 

Enrichment), father-in-law to Dan Greenleaf (SHS Grounds 

Supervisor), and grandfather to Melissa Greenleaf (SJSH ‘97, 

SHP ‘06), Kelsey Greenleaf (SJSH ‘00, SHP ‘04), and Shane 

Greenleaf (SJSH ‘05, SHP ‘09). 

The family of Peter Harrell Black, father of Kathleen Black 

Spieker (SJSH third grade teacher), and grandfather of Sara 

Spieker (SHP ‘00) and Stephanie Spieker (SJSH ‘00, SHP ‘04) 

The family of Joanne Storum, mother of Marie Storum Mitchell 

(SHP ‘81). 

The family of Harmon “Buzz” Burns, , father of Tori Burns (SJSH 

math teacher). 

The Alumni Office is grateful for the notification of deaths of Alumni and their families. 

When word is received, we ask the sisters at Oakwood dedicate a mass in their honor. 


The Sacred Heart Alumni Association 

invites everyone to... 

An 80th Birthday Party for 

Sister Nancy Morris 

SAVE THE DATE! 

When: Sunday, June 10th, noon until 3 pm 

Where: The SHS Aquatics Center and Soccer Field 

What: A casual barbeque & pool party 

Who: SH Atherton & SH Broadway alumni, family and friends 

For further details contact the Alumni Department at 650-454-8394 or alumni@shschools.org 

Please join us for the annual 

Parents of Alumni 

Mad Hatter Luncheon 

On Conway Court 

Friday, April 27, 12 noon 

To receive an invitation or to sign up as a Table Leader, please contact 

Nancy Tarantino in the Special Events Offi ce (650-473-4089 or ntarantino@shschools.org)

Calendar of 

Alumni Events: 

Thursday, March 8, 6pm 

Alumni Board Meeting: All are invited 

From the Archives 

Saturday, March 31 

SHS Auction 

Thursday-Saturday, April 19-21 

Associate Alumni of the Sacred Heart (AASH) 

National Conference 2007 in New York City 

Thursday, April 26, 9am 

Alumni Board Meeting: All are invited 

Friday, April 27, 12noon 

Parents of Alumni Luncheon 

Friday, May 25, 10am 

Feast of St. Madeleine Sophie Barat - 

All-School Mass 

Thursday, May 31, 10am 

SJSH Alumni Pinning Ceremony 

Thursday, June 7, 5pm 

SHP 

Alumni Pinning Ceremony & Graduation 

Sunday, June 10, 12noon 

Sr. Nancy Morris’s 80th Birthday Celebration 

For event details, contact us at 

650-454-8394 or alumni@shschools.org 

Above, a group of SHS “hayseeds” in the 1920s 

During Field Days, the annual day-long competitions of games played between 

SH Broadway (“the city girls”) and SH Atherton, the latter were 

known as “the country girls” or the “hayseeds.” They sang: 

We are Menlo’s Fighting Hayseeds - A bright and bonny bunch! 

We eat granite for our breakfast - Thistles for our lunch! - Rah, Rah, Rah! 

Get together now, show your spirit - Victory is nigh! 

We’re going to win or know the reason why! 

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Parents of Alumni: 

If this magazine is addressed to a son 

or daughter who no longer maintains a 

permanent address at your home, please 

email us (alumni@shschools.org) with 

his or her new address. Thank you!

Winter 2007 - Sacred Heart Schools

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