Winter 2006 - Sacred Heart Schools

Heart Matter 

of 

the 

SACRED HEART SCHOOLS, ATHERTON ALUMNI MAGAZINE WINTER 2006 

one hundred years 

Plus... 

• Philanthropist Jonny Dorsey (SJSH‘99, SHP‘03) 

• Award-winning Kameelah Rasheed (SHP‘02) 

• Entrepreneurs Stephan Carlson & Andy Ramsay (SHP‘02) 

• Basketball Star Kate Paye (SJSH‘87) 

• Parent Andi Vertanian Dehne (SJSH‘82) 

• WB Executive Musette Buckley (SJSH‘76, SHP‘80) 

• Campus Minister Sharon Kugler (SHP‘77)

State of the Heart 

“Whenever she could, Mother Barat would be off to the 

garden with one of the children. They would pick 

wildflowers together and the child would share her secrets, 

knowing that Mother Barat would understand.” 

Dear Alumni and Friends, 

The quotation above comes from a childrenʼs book commissioned 

to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Religious of the Sacred Heart. The 

cartoon-like picture that accompanies this caption depicts a serious but loving Mother 

Barat holding hands with a joyful child. Both are carrying wild flowers. The sentiment 

expressed by the picture and the words caught the essence of Sacred Heart education. 

Sacred Heart educators are dedicated to educating the whole child, whether in the 

classroom studying calculus, on a field trip to climb half-dome, or just sitting with 

a student during a lunch break. While we donʼt often pick wild-flowers these days, 

we still form close bonds with our students. It is frequently the case that one of our 

teachers or staff members will be the first to hear from students about an argument at 

home, a disappointment about a lost game or a rejection that has devastated a young 

heart and mind. It may be that the student of the 21st century is vastly different from 

the student of the early 19th century in dress, custom, expectation and exposure to the 

world. But the need for a sensitive ear and a heart that listens is still the same. In this 

regard, Mother Barat is alive in all who work at a Sacred Heart school. 

Our students carry this need to be connected with others for the rest of their lives. John 

Dorsey (SHPʻ03) has launched a fundraising campaign called “FACE AIDS.” Sharon 

Kugler (SHPʻ77) is the University Chaplain at the Johns Hopkins University. Andi Vartanian 

Dehne (SJSHʻ82) has been lovingly parenting a child with Down syndrome. 

Our teachers and staff routinely serve others. Here are just a few samples: the enormous 

outpouring of support for the victims of Hurricane Katrina; the creation of the 

new support program for student with learning differences; the daily service of the 

Sacred Heart Society to the Oakwood community; the outstanding independent study 

projects at the Prep; the pre-school cooking projects and the new Life Skills program 

at St. Josephʼs. 

There are times when I stop to do a reality check – to ask myself, “Are we still a Sacred 

Heart School” The litmus test in my mind is whether or not St Madeleine Sophie 

would recognize us as one of her schools should she miraculously appear on the front 

steps one day. I think she would feel very much at home taking the hand of any child 

and seeing that, 200 years later, every child here is very much a child of the Sacred 

Heart, wild flowers or not. 

Thank you for keeping us in your heart and for supporting our efforts to keep St Madeleine 

Sophieʼs vision alive in the centennial year of St. Josephʼs and in the 107th year 

of the Convent school. 

Sincerely, 

Joseph J. Ciancaglini 

Director of Schools 

JOSEPH 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 

Sr. Kay Baxter, Maude Brezinski, 

Roberta Campbell, Michael Child, John 

Donahoe, Elizabeth Dunlevie, John 

Etchemendy, Martin Flanagan, Sr. Sally 

Furay, Marritje Greene, Anne Holloway, 

Mike Homer, Lauren Koenig (SHP‘77), 

Mark Larwood, Steve Meisel, Fr. William 

H. Muller, William Neidig, Mark Stevens, 

Sr. Anne Wachter 

We welcome your comments, questions 

or suggestions. Please contact 

Holly Goodliffe, Communications 

Coordinator, at 650-573-4004 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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Facing AIDS 

For Jonny Dorsey (SJSHʻ99, SHPʻ03), a summer trip to Zambia was the beginning 

of a million-dollar campaign 

Thanks, Truman & Rockefeller! 

Kameelah Rasheed (SHPʻ02) won two prestigious national honors this year 

A Thriving Start-Up 

Stephan Carlson (SHPʻ02) and Andy Ramsay (SHPʻ02) have recently jumped into 

the dot-com craze by starting their own internet company: MyCollegeMarket.com 

Beating the Odds 

Kate Paye (SJSHʻ87) has done what most thought impossible— she made it to the 

WNBA and beyond 

My Demanding Career 

By Andi Vertanian Dehne (SJSHʻ82) 

Parenting a child with special needs has unique challenges and unique rewards 

Life at Warner Brothers Pictures, Inc. 

What do Bugs Bunny, Harry Potter, Friends, and Sacred Heart have in common 

Musette Buckley (SJSHʻ76, SHPʻ80)! 

Building Community 

As University Chaplain, Sharon Kugler 

(SHPʻ77) deepens understanding among 

25 religious groups 

What a Difference 50 Years Make! 

A day in the “Fourth Academic” year of Diane Lovegrove (SHPʻ56) and a day in 

the Senior year of Brooks Miller (SJSHʻ02, SHPʻ06) 

Why Financial Aid 

Ever wondered what St. Madeleine Sophie meant when she said, “For the sake of 

one child I would have founded the Society” 

Heart of the Campus 

I Know it by Heart 

Alumni Events 

Class Notes 

Sports Beat 

Plus: special 

SJSH Centennial 

booklet at page 16 

The Heart of the Matter 1


Experts in 

Their Fields 

his year, six SHP seniors and one 

Tjunior T 

completed honors projects in 

2 Winter 2006 

the areas of History, English, Spanish, 

Religious Studies, and Math. One senior even did two 

projects! Founded in 1998, SHPʼs Independent Honors 

Program for Seniors provides the opportunity for highly 

self-motivated students to deeply examine intellectual issues. 

Each honors student was responsible for seeking out mentors outside 

the SHP community to assist in their research. This year, the 

mentors included such scholars as: 

• Dr. David Kennedy: Professor of History 

at Stanford University; Awarded the 

Poetry 

of Garcia-Lorca 

Flamenco Dance and the 

Pulitzer Prize in History in 2000 

by ************ *********** 

• Dr. Peter Robinson: Former special 

assistant and speechwriter to U.S. President 

Ronald Reagan; Research Fellow at the Hoover Institution on 

War, Revolution and Peace at Stanford University 

• Dr. Michael Predmore: Professor of Spanish at Stanford; Recipient of the Fulbright 

and Guggenheim fellowships 

• Dr. Francisco LaRubia-Prado: Professor of Spanish at Georgetown University 

The honors students had to complete extensive research and on-going assignments 

throughout the semester, including a log of conversations with their mentors, weekly 

The Art of Persuasion: 

Rhetoric in the Speeches of 

de Gaulle, Castro, and Reagan 

by ********* ************* 

papers summarizing their progress, three 5-page 

papers on selected topics, one 20-page final paper, 

at least one field excursion related to their 

topic, and an oral presentation 

in front of SHP faculty, students, 

and community members. 

The impressive presentations, which took place in January, 

included powerpoint lectures, mathematical calculations, a Flamenco 

demonstration, and intense Q&A sessions. 

Heritage Oak Falls 

At 7:30am on Sunday, 

January 15, 2006, the 

magnificent heritage oak in 

front of the Main Building 

fell. The tree was uprooted 

due to heavy rainfall over the 

previous month. Thankfully, 

it fell towards the McGanney 

Center, only knocking 

down a smaller palm tree. 

There was no damage to the 

Main Building and no one 

was hurt. 

Multivariable 

Differential Calculus 

by *** **********, *** 

***, ***** ***********, 

and ********* ********** 

Facilitating 

the Dialogue 

on Abortion 

by ****** ****** 

The American Dream & 

Its Visibility in Speeches 

of the Past Few Decades 

by ******* ******** 

BEFORE & AFTER: The beautiful heritage oak before the 

fall (left) and after the fall (above)

Starting 

the Year 

Off Right 

SEPTEMBER 8, 2005: SJSH and 

SHP students, faculty, staff, and 

parents, led by Fr. Tom Moran, 

gathered in beautiful Robinson 

Court to ask God’s blessings on 

their studies 

Skills for Life 

This year the SJSH Middle School launched a new class, 

called “Life Skills.” The curriculum combines emotional intelligence 

exercises with multicultural education and group problem-solving. 

Each co-ed class, made up of 9-10 students, meets 

once a week for 50 minutes, and is led by a facilitator (a teacher 

or staff member who has been trained in emotional intelligence 

and group problem-solving). 

What exactly is 

emotional intelligence “It is a way of under- 

standing and shaping how we think, feel, and act,” said Program Coordinator 

Nitza Agam, “We can assess the strength of our studentsʼ 

emotional intelligence by looking at their self-awareness, empathy, 

impulse control, communication skills, stress management, personal 

responsibility, anger management, and decision-making.” 

Research suggests that emotional intelligence shapes as much 

of 70-80% of “success” in life. “If we want our students to succeed 

in their 

interpersonal and intrapersonal relationships at school, at 

home, and at work, then these emotional intelligence skills are vital,” 

said School Counselor 

Wendy Parker. 

One week the curriculum 

focused on body 

language. “We learned 

that 55% of the messages 

we send to other 

people are sent with 

our bodies,” said seventh-grader 

******** 

******. “Only 7% of 

the meaning comes 

from our actual words, 

and 38% comes from 

our tone of voice.” 

WHAT BODY LANGUAGE DO YOU SPEAK SJSH 

School Counselor Wendy Parker (center) encourages 

seventh-graders ****** ***** and ******* ********** 

to shake hands as part of a class exercise about body 

language 

Raising Awareness 

SEEKING EDUCATIONAL EQUITY & DIVERSITY: The 

faculty SEED group meets twice each semester 

How do we raise diversity awareness and empathy in our 

community The SHS Office of Equity, Justice, and Multicultural 

Education (EJME) has created three forums for SHS faculty, 

staff, and parents to explore questions within our schools. 

SEED (Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity) discussions 

for faculty & staff and for parents & guardians meet throughout 

the year. “These seminar groups provide an opportunity for 

adults to examine contemporary scholarship as well as ʻthe textbooks 

of their lives,ʼ” said EJME Director James Everitt. “The 

seminars provide SHS community members with opportunities 

to discuss important issues of diversity in a safe, non-judgmental 

environment.” 

In addition to the SEED groups, which have been going strong 

since 2004, the “Big 8 Book Club” has debuted this year. The National 

Association of Independent Schools (NAIS) uses eight cultural 

identifiers to evaluate how well each school is doing in its “equity 

and justice” efforts. The eight identifiers are ability, age, ethnicity, 

gender, race, religion, sexual orientation and socio-economic status. 

The Big 8 Book Club is a group of SHS teachers and staff members 

that meet twice each semester to discuss contemporary fiction 

relating to these eight identifiers. The book club offers an informal 

setting for participants to enter into the worlds of others, to deepen 

their knowledge of others, and to develop empathy. 



Collaborations Across Campus 

Whatʼs the best thing about having preschoolers, 

elementary schoolers, middle 

schoolers, high schoolers, and retired nuns all on 

the same campus The opportunities to bridge the 

age gap and work collaboratively on projects! 

This year administrators have formed a new 

mentoring and tutoring program for SHP students 

and SJSH lower school students after school. 

Meanwhile, the tradition continues of pairing first 

and eighth graders together throughout the year 

as buddies who look out for each other. And this 

year the second graders have visited the Oakwood 

Retirement Center twice each week to read with 

the Sisters. 

In November, SHP seniors and SJSH middle 

schoolers joined together for a special project. 

Five SHP seniors performed James Stillʼs awardwinning 

play, And Then They Came For Me: 

Remembering the World of Anne Frank for a 

packed house of middle schoolers who were 

eager to learn more about the Holocaust. 

PERFECT PAIRS: Above, SJSH first and eighth graders stand 

together during mass SHP TUTOR: ****** ********* helps fourth 

grader ******* ********** study, below 

SPELLBOUND: SJSH 

seventh graders ***** 

******* and ****** ***** 

(above center) pay rapt 

attention to a Q&A session 

following the performance of Then They Came For Me by SHP 

actors ***** *****, ***** ******, ****** ******, ******* *********, and ******* 

******** (left) BOOKWORMS: Above right, second grader ******* 

********** reads with Sr. Verona 

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Whatcha Got Cookin’ 

The SJSH Preschoolers have been doing a lot 

of work in the kitchen this year. CRISS-CROSS 

APPLESAUCE: Parent Diana Hewitt (SJSH‘83, SHP‘87) 

helps pre-schooler ****** ****** (left) DON’T BREAK MY 

CONCENTRATION! Preschooler **** ******* works the 

apple peeler (lower left) READY TO MAKE OMELETTES 

Preschoolers ******** *********, ***** *****, and ****** ******* 

(below) EVER HEARD OF STONE SOUP The legend 

comes to life when Room 2 Preschoolers cook stone 

Photos courtesy Susan Frimel 

soup (lower right) GRATING THE 

CHEESE: ****** ************* ( 

upper 

right) 

In November, Dr. Ciancaglini 

presented medals 

to the 2005 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. 

Vinette “Nettie” Ramsay 

joined the SHS community 

as an SHP parent 

in 1995. Over the last ten 

years, Nettie has served in 

numerous volunteer leadership 

capacities for SHS 

Atherton, including SHP 

Fashion Show Co-Chair, 

President and Vice President 

of the SHP Parentsʼ 

Association, Co-Chair of the SHP Christmas party, Co- 

Chair of the SHS Auction, and Nutrition Educator. “Thank 

you Nettie,” said presenter Richard Dioli, Principal of SHP, 

“For being a true friend to SHS Atherton and for believing 

in the five goals of Sacred Heart education.” 

Sherlene Pjesky served as Director of Business from 1994 

Sophie’s Accolades 

THE ST. MADELEINE SOPHIE AWARDEES: Sherlene Pjesky, 

Lori Pickett, SHS Director of Schools Joseph J. Ciancaglini, 

and Vinette “Nettie” Ramsay 

to 2005, with stewardship 

over the Schoolsʼ finances, 

facilities, grounds, and construction 

projects. “Sacred 

Heart education appealed 

to me, because it was similar 

to my own educational 

experience,” said Sherlene. 

“I had very special teachers 

who really shaped the 

person I have become; my 

classmates and I had special 

attention, and were exposed 

to the most innovative 

education.” From her 

first moment on campus, 

she “knew SHS was a special 

place.” 

Lori Pickett has served 

as the Director of Nursing 

for the Oakwood Community 

for nearly ten years. She came to Oakwood with a goldmine 

of administrative experience, ranging from intensive care to 

psychiatry. In addition to her role at the Oakwood Community 

Nursing Center, Lori has served as a consultant to the Elder 

Care task force of the USA Provincial of the Religious of the 

Sacred Heart. 

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RELIEF FOR 

NEW ORLEANS: 

SHP senior 

president ******* 

****** presents 

Dr. Ciancaglini 

with proceeds 

from the SHP 

Fashion Show, 

Seniors Un- 

scripted, 

for hurricane 

relief at 

the Academy of 

the Sacred Heart 

in New Orleans 

(The Rosary) 

Katrina Relief 

After Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans, SHS opened its doors to 

enroll two students from New Orleans schools—a second grader 

from St Andrewʼs Episcopal School in New Orleans, and an eleventh 

grader from Holy Cross High School in New Orleans. 

In addition, students ran fundraisers for hurricane relief. “Our student 

council leaders encouraged students to give a part of their allowance 

and to sacrifice for those who lost so much,” said SJSH Service 

Learning Coordinator Ted DeSaulnier. “The donations were sent to 

the Sacred Heart Network Schools Fund.” SJSH students also wrote 

prayers of support and notes of encouragement to the lower school students 

of the Academy of the Sacred Heart in New Orleans. 

Students and parents at Sacred Heart Prep responded to the disaster 

by donating some of the proceeds of the annual Senior Fashion Show 

for hurricane relief. Senior class president ****** ****** presented 

a check for $2,500 for Sister Lynn Lieux, Principal of the Academy of 

the Sacred Heart in New Orleans. 

“We continue our prayers for those on the Gulf Coast who are 

struggling to rebuild their lives,” said Director of Schools Joseph J. 

Ciancaglini. 

Alums, Students, & Staff Join Forces 

in the Dominican Republic 

SHP Director of College Counseling Frank Brightwell, SHP Spanish teacher 

Karen Filice, seniors ****** ***** and ****** *****, and alumnae Kirsten 

Harmon (SHPʻ05), Erica Ruggeri (SHPʻ05), 

and Melissa Miranda (SHPʻ03) recently spent a 

week in El Naranjito, a rural village in the mountains 

of the Dominican Republic. 

They traveled with, and served 

as translators for, an organization 

called “Somos Amigos Medical 

Missions,” which was founded by 

our very own Frank Brightwell to 

send groups of physicians, dentists 

and health care professionals 

to El Naranjito twice a year. 

To find out more, please contact 

SHP ALUM Kirsten 

Harmon (SHP‘05) working 

in the pharmacy 

Karen Filice (kfilice@shschools. 

org). 


African Dance 

HARVEST TIME: Above, 

third graders ****** ****** 

and ****** ****** perform 

the men’s harvest dance 

KEEPING THE BEAT: 

Left, workshop leader 

Masankho Banda sings 

and drums while the 

students dance 

SJSH first, second, and 

third graders danced 

their way through autumn 

with dance workshops in 

P.E. class. Masankho Banda, 

the workshop teacher, 

has been visiting SJSH for 

several years to share African 

stories and dance with students. All the students 

performed the dances they had learned in front of a 

packed house in Spieker Pavillion. 

TRANSLATORS: Left, 

***** ******* (SHP‘06) and 

Erica Ruggeri (SHP‘05). 

Above left, ****** ******* 

(SHP‘06), Karen Filice 

(SHP Spanish teacher) 

, 

and Melissa Miranda 

(SHP‘03) AMIGOS 

FOUNDER F 

rank Brightwell 

(SHP Director of 

College Counseling), 

above

Heart of the Alumni 

Facing AIDS 

For Jonny 

Dorsey 

(SJSH‘99, 

SHP‘03), a 

summer trip 

to Zambia 

was the 

beginning 

of a milliondollar 

campaign 

Anyone who knew him during his Sacred Heart days knows he 

is kindhearted, and a passionate leader. So you shouldnʼt be 

surprised to learn that after he spent a summer living in a Zambian 

refugee camp, he couldnʼt go back to life as he knew it. Instead, 

Jonny has launched a campaign called FACE AIDS to address the 

AIDS epidemic he saw firsthand in Africa. 

In 2003, after completing a St. Josephʼs and Sacred Heart Prep 

education with a Light Blue Ribbon, Jonny went to Stanford and 

followed his passion in the area of Human Biology, an interdisciplinary 

program that combines biology and health policy. His area 

of concentration is International Health and Infectious Disease. 

The summer after his sophomore year, Jonny traveled to Zambia 

with the FORGE program (Facilitating Opportunities for Refugee 

Growth and Empowerment). “I chose to work with FORGE 

because I thought their work was exciting, and also made good 

sense.” Jonny was in Mwange, in a camp of 23,000 refugees from 

the Congo. “These people came to Zambia with nothing,” said 

Jonny. “I developed a mentoring program for orphans, in which 

high school students served as mentors for elementary students.” 

Jonny and his two co-volunteers from Stanford were shocked 

to find that in the refugee camp, there were only 47 people who 

had tested positive for HIV, and that only 5 people were tested for 

the disease each month. “We couldnʼt believe so few people were 

getting tested, when national statistics suggested that at least 1000 

people in Mwange were living with HIV/AIDS.” 

“We also met Katele Henriette, the only semi-open HIV-positive 

person in the camp of 24,000 refugees, and began to work 

with her to convince more people to find out their HIV status.” 

Since then, the rate of testing has increased tenfold. Mama Katele 

(pictured above) spoke openly about her HIV status in a culture 

that generated great shame and stigma around the disease. Her 

willingness to share with Jonny and his colleagues helped them 

put a face to the great struggle of the HIV/AIDS crisis in Africa. 

When they focused on specific ways to help their friend Mama 

Katele, the focus of FACE AIDS began to take shape. 

One afternoon, the three students sat on the porch, talking about 

what they could do about AIDS in Zambia. No one wanted to 

go home and forget what they had learned. They decided they 

wanted to develop a small income-generating project that would 

encourage HIV testing and help families in the refugee camp have 

better lives. 

Jonny explained, “We learned that once a member of a family 

develops HIV, their ability to work stops and their children drop 

out of school and use desperate means to generate money for the 

family. However, if the person with HIV can generate a small income 

three things happen: 1) they will have more protein in their 

diet which will extend their life, 2) their children will be able to 

remain in school, and 3) when this income is developed through a 

small co-op, a support group is naturally formed.” 

“By the end of our porch discussion, weʼd all decided to take one 

year off from college and launch a campaign for student awareness 

and fundraising,” said Jonny. “Katie stayed in Zambia to organize 

co-ops of refugees to make beaded pins with the AIDS logo. These 

groups double as AIDS support groups. Lauren and I returned to 

California to distribute the pins and recruit more volunteers.” 

The plan: Distribute 50,000 pins in the next year, raising $1 

million. Then grant that $1 million to Partners in Health. 

“While I was in Zambia, I saw that how you give money away 

is extremely important,” said Jonny, “Many campaigns have been 

ineffective and have created more cultural stigma. I think that 

Partners in Health is the best organization treating HIV-positive 

patients in the developing world. They were the first to show that 

you could successfully provide ARVs in the developing world, 

and have since reformed WHO policy. They are just now moving 

into sub-Saharan Africa, and we want to speed up that process 

with our funding. We also want as many university students to 

understand their model as possible, and see that there are effective 

ways to treat AIDS in the developing world.” 

“We named the million-dollar fund the Katele fund, in honor 

of the woman who started it all,” said Jonny. “After living with 

AIDS for over four years, Mama Katele died on September 1, 

2005, just weeks before the United Nations brought anti-retroviral 

drugs (ARVs) to the refugee camp. The FACE AIDS campaign 

is dedicated to her memory.” 

“When we sell pins on college campuses, we tell the personal 

stories of people like Katele who made the pins,” said Jonny. “I 

think the personal stories make a big impact on college students 

when they are at a very impressionable age.” 

When reflecting back on his days at SJSH, Jonny remembers 

the “Sandwiches on Sundays” program, where he got to take food 

to serve at a church in Redwood City. “The one-on-one interactions 

with folks who needed food were very important,” said 

Jonny, “I think this experience helped me stay connected to my 

community, and compassionate, as I grew up.” The SJSH community 

service award was initiated that year, and Jonny was the 

first recipient. 

During his freshman year at SHP, Jonny traveled to Belize on 

a service immersion trip, where they worked on a seawall. “This 

trip was my first exposure to the developing world,” said Jonny, 

“Throughout high school I got to have personal relationships with 

people very different from myself, and it built my confidence in 

knowing that I could have an impact on someone elseʼs life.” 

Obviously, Jonnyʼs career in public service is far from over. 

We look forward to the great things to come. 

To learn more about Jonnyʼs work on the 

FACE AIDS campaign, 

please visit www.faceaids.org 


Thanks,Truman 

& Rockefeller! 

Kameelah Rasheed 

(SHP‘02) won two 

prestigious national 

honors this year 

W hat does it take to be selected as 

Wa Harry S. Truman Scholar The 

federal government awards 75 Truman 

Scholarships annually to intelligent, 

passionate student leaders who want to 

attend graduate school in preparation 

for a career in public service. The application 

process is rigorous and competition 

is stiff, with colleges nominating 

only a few applicants every year. 

It is one of the most prestigious undergraduate 

scholarships in the nation. 

And what does it take to be selected 

as a Rockefeller Brotherʼs Fund (RBF) 

Fellow for Aspiring Teachers of Color 

The RBF selection committee (comprised 

of school administrators, higher 

education professionals, and RBF Fellows 

with three or more years of classroom 

experience) chooses people who 

have the potential to become exceptional 

public school teachers, and who 

demonstrate a clear passion for working 

with children and a commitment to 

teaching in the public schools. Only 25 

fellows are selected each year. 

Kameelah Rasheed (SHPʻ02) recently 

won both these honors. At Po- 

mona College, Kameelah has designed 


her own major in Public Policy Analysis, 

concentrating on Africa and the 

African Diaspora (dispersed African 

populations throughout the world). 

Kameelah has been actively involved 

in teaching and mentoring underprivileged 

and at-risk youth since she was 

thirteen. Her activist and academic interests 

are focused on the intersections 

between education and imprisonment 

with relation to race, class and gender. 

At Pomona, Kameelah has channeled 

her energies into a diverse set 

of organizations, including the Muslim 

Student Association, the Womenʼs 

Union, the National Society of Collegiate 

Scholars, and the Mortar Board 

Honor Society. She also coordinates 

and teaches the Social Justice Studies 

elective at a local high school and interns 

with Critical Resistance-Los Angeles 

teaching classes and doing community 

outreach related to reducing 

prisons and policing in Los Angeles. 

She has recently started a new group 

at Pomona College called the Prison 

Activist group, which is working to organize 

a mini-conference related to the 

prison-industrial complex. 

At Sacred Heart Prep, Kameelah 

was the co-founder of the Jewish-Muslim 

Alliance, was heavily involved in 

the Black Student Union and Diversity 

Club, and spent time volunteering 

through the SHP Service Learning program 

at local schools and the Boys and 

Girls Club. Additionally, Kameelah 

was involved with the SHP Yearbook, 

the Sacred Heart Society and the National 

Honors Society. 

“I actually found out that I received 

the Truman Scholarship and the RBF 

Fellowship on the same day,” said 

SERVICE LEARNING: Kameelah 

working hard in Salinas on an SHP 

Service Learning immersion trip to 

learn more about migrant labor 

Kameelah,” I was studying abroad in 

Cape Town, South Africa at the time. I 

was thrilled to win both awards as they 

are such great honors. I am excited to 

have these opportunities to work with 

other leaders and activists who are concerned 

with creating social change.” 

Kameelah plans to use her Rockefeller 

Fellowship to pay for a two-year 

Masters of Education and teaching 

credential program. “I want to teach 

high school students in continuation 

schools,” said Kameelah. “Hopefully 

Iʼll work with youth who have been 

imprisoned, are at risk of being imprisoned 

or in the transitional stages 

of community-based programs to deter 

repeated imprisonment.” Kameelah 

will use her Truman Scholarship to 

pursue a Masters in Urban Planning. 

“I want to study gentrification and 

ways to incorporate local knowledge 

in building and improving communities,” 

said Kameelah. “As I pursue this 

degree, Iʼll investigate the way global 

and domestic cities work to meet the 

housing needs of the urban poor.” 

Established by Congress in 1975, 

the Truman Scholarship Foundation 

awards $30,000 scholarships to college 

students to attend graduate school 

in preparation for careers in government 

or elsewhere in public service. 

Established in 1991 by the Rockefeller 

Brotherʼs Fund, the Fellowship for 

Students of Color Entering the Teaching 

Profession addresses the need for more 

minorities in the teaching profession. 

Each fellow receives up to $22,100 over 

a five-year period.

A Thriving 

Start-Up 

Stephen Carlson (SHP‘02) & Andy 

Ramsay (SHP‘02) have recently 

jumped into the dot-com craze head 

first, by starting their own internet 

company: MyCollegeMarket.com 

Q: What exactly is MyCollegeMarket 

Stephen: Basically, MyCollegeMarket is an eBay-like 

website for college students. Itʼs a college-only, online 

market where students can buy and sell anything. However, 

our site also integrates the social-networking capabilities of 

websites like FaceBook.com and MySpace.com. Anyone 

with a valid .edu email address can register. 

Q: What inspired you to create MyCollegeMarket 

Andy: First and foremost, the success of FaceBook.com 

awakened us to college studentsʼ intense desire to network 

with each other in an online format. We thought these robust 

social networks could do even more for the students 

that use them. 

Stephen: Our second source of inspiration was the 

equally robust piles of junk that accumulated in our rooms 

after two years of college. Extra-long sheets, textbooks, old 

movies, and hangers cluttered our rooms. All this stuff was 

perfectly good, there just needed to be a venue for me to 

sell it. The only online forums we could find were poorly 

publicized and severely under-used. 

Then we realized, the active online commerce community 

of a site like eBay, mixed with the college-only, networking 

capabilities of FaceBook.com would be the perfect 

venue for college students to sell all this perfectly good 

merchandise that they no longer needed. 

Q: What are your roles in the company 

Andy: Stephen is the boss. His job is to keep all of us in 

line. We have five staff members, plus “ambassadors” at 

several college campuses, who are in charge of promoting 

MyCollegeMarket at their own universities. 

Stephen: Andy is in charge of marketing. When we 

launched the site, we needed to make it cool and start a phenomenon 

that would spread by word-of-mouth. Although 

Andy had no official marketing experience, I knew he had 

the magic touch. Back when we were at SHP, he founded 

the SHP Swedish Culture Club— if there ever was a successful 

phenomenon, the Swedish Culture Club was it! 

Andy: Yeah, the Swedish Culture Club was all about just 

having fun, welcoming anyone, and just doing cool activities, 

purely for the sake of doing them. I learned that people respond 

if youʼll just make it fun. Iʼve really tried to capture that 

same spirit of fun in our marketing for MyCollegeMarket. 

Stephen: Our SHP education has come in handy in many 

other ways, too. First and foremost, the writing skills we 

gained at SHP have been invaluable to our work. Anything 

we put up on the internet has to be polished, and we learned 

how to write and edit and re-write from the absolute best 

teachers at Sacred Heart. Plus, our SHP education taught 

us to work hard, but stay balanced. Almost all SHP students 

find time to participate in drama, sports, and other stuff. 

In our growth stage, we sometimes worked almost eighty 

hours a week on MyCollegeMarket, but we always tried to 

balance the work with school, travel, and leisure. 

HARD AT WORK: Stephen (far left) and Andy (far right) 

with the rest of the MyCollege Market executive team 

Q: How do your five staff members work together 

when they live all over the country 

Andy: Yeah, it isnʼt easy— Iʼm in LA, Stephen is in Maine, 

and the others are in New York and the Bay Area. We stay in 

touch via email, instant messaging, and internet telephony. 

Q: So whatʼs next for MyCollegeMarket 

Andy: Bigger and better. Weʼre still in our infant stage, 

but at this point weʼre about ready to get some funding 

and prepare the site to handle exponential growth and 

to become profitable in the coming months. With this 

growth, I am also really thrilled about the potential for 

MyCollegeMarket to do some charity work. In the new 

site, we will definitely give students the option to donate 

proceeds from their sales to some form of charity. 

Stephen: We also hope to empower student artists with 

MyCollegeMarket. Itʼs a great venue for song-writers, 

bands, painters, sculptors and authors to get some exposure 

and sell their art. Weʼve created a whole “MyArtist” plan 

that will really make MyCollegeMarket a great tool for any 

budding student artist. 

STEPHEN CARLSON is a junior at 

Bowdoin College, studying French and 

Economics. ANDY RAMSAY is a junior at UCLA, majoring in English. 


Beating the Odds 

Kate Paye (SJSH‘87) 

What kind of teenager turns 

down recruiting offers from 

has done what most California, Dartmouth, Harvard and 

thought impossible — Princeton, where she could play, and 

decides to be a hopeful walk-on at 

she made it to the 

nationally-ranked Stanford, where 

WNBA and beyond sheʼll be lucky to make the team 

What kind of basketball player plays 

professionally at a height of only 

5ʼ8” What kind of student earns an 

MBA and a JD from Stanford University 

while playing full-time in the 

WNBA 

Meet Kate Paye (SJSH ʻ87). 

Coaches, teammates, and classmates 

describe her as driven and determined. 

She achieved feats that no 

one thought possible for her. And yet 

sheʼs one of the most humble people 

you will ever meet. She says that all 

along, she “Just wanted to see how 

good of a basketball player I really 

could be.” 

“I remember Kate as one of the 

most gifted athletes we have ever 

had here at St. Josephʼs,” recalls 

SJSH Athletic Director Sue Mc- 

Donald. “She was the ultimate team 

player— very unselfish. She was 

quiet, gifted academically, extremely 

fast and very humble—we often had 

to remind her to shoot the basketball 

rather than always passing it off to a 

teammate.” 

After attending SJSH from preschool 

to eighth grade, Kate attended 

high school down the street at Menlo 

School, where she led her team to 

three consecutive state championships 

in Division Five. 

“My mom, dad, older brother, 

and older sister were all Stanford 


graduates,” said Kate, “Iʼd always 

dreamed of playing college basketball 

for Stanford.” No one thought 

much of her when she joined the basketball 

team her freshman year, but 

pretty soon, everyone noticed her. 

Two-thirds of the way through her 

freshman year, she had made a big 

enough team contribution to garner a 

scholarship for the remainder of her 

Stanford years. 

THEN AND NOW: Kate as an 

eighth-grader at SJSH in 1987 

and as Assistant Coach for 

the San Diego State Aztecs 

“I am very proud to have ever 

made it to that level,” said Kate, 

“I believed I was a good athlete, 

but never imagined I would make 

it to the pro level—learning the 

strategies, skills and concepts of 

the game at the elite level was amazing 

for me!” 

First Kate played for the now-defunct 

American Basketball League, 

and then joined the WNBA, first with 

the Minnesota Lynx for two years 

and then with the Seattle Storm for 

one year. The WNBA played in the 

summer months, so during training 

time the rest of the year, Kate went 

to Stanford and pursued a Law de- 

“Sports were an important part of the girls’ lives 

at St. Joe’s and our competitions were just as 

serious as the boys’.” 

Kate went on to become one of 

Stanfordʼs best defensive players. 

Her team won the Pac-10 Championship 

three out of her four years. 

Kate went on to win two Pac-10 All- 

Academic awards and the Stanford 

coaches award, in addition to serving 

as team captain for two seasons and 

being named Stanfordʼs “Best Defensive 

Player” in 1994. 

“I learned incredible lessons 

at Stanford from Coach Tara 

VanDerveer,” said Kate, “She always 

said the greatest determiners of our 

success were the two things we could 

each control: our attitude and our effort. 

I was certainly not the most 

physically gifted player on the team, 

but I put myself in the position to get 

the most out of what I did have.” 

Amazingly, during her years at 

Stanford Kate never worried about 

playing time or whether she would 

be a starter. “I just took the gifts I 

did have and worked hard, never letting 

an opportunity pass by.” 

After graduating, Kate played basketball 

professionally for six years. 

gree and Business degree at the same 

time. Her teammates could not believe 

it. But as Kate put it, “I was 

accustomed to being a student athlete—I 

knew how to be extremely 

disciplined and use my time wisely.” 

After six years of professional ball, 

Kate started practicing corporate law 

in Palo Alto— but not for long. Pepperdine 

University recruited her to 

coach their womenʼs basketball 

team for one season, and after 

that Kate moved on to her current 

position, as the Assistant coach 

of the womenʼs basketball team 

of the San Diego State Aztecs. 

“I love being on the court everyday 

and teaching the young 

players,” said Kate, “My job 

includes working with the point 

guards and perimeter players, 

designing the overall team offense, 

and overseeing all recruiting 

efforts.” Kate is on the road 

most of the time, either traveling 

with the team or recruiting new 

players from around the world. 

“When I coach, I try to pass on the 

special experience I had of being on a 

team,” said Kate, “I want each player 

to experience something greater than 

herself. When players truly contribute 

to their team, they get back immeasurable 

rewards.” 

Looking back, Kate remembers 

that sports were a valued part of 

the education at St Joeʼs. “I am so 

thankful for the great coaching I received 

from Mrs. Lochtefeld and Sue 

McDonald during those formative 

years,” said Kate, “Sports were an 

important part of the girlsʼ lives at St. 

Joeʼs and our competitions were just 

as serious as the boysʼ. At the time, 

I thought this type of equity was normal 

everywhere!” 

“At St Josephʼs I was constantly 

being challenged,” said Kate, “It 

was a great preparation for everything 

that was to follow in my life.” 

When she came to SJSH to speak to 

the students a couple years ago, Kate 

emphasized the importance of seeking 

out and conquering challenges 

in life. “Even when everyone else 

thinks you canʼt succeed, you need 

to believe in yourself,” said Kate, 

“Amazing things can happen if you 

work hard enough.” 

Kate is excited that St. Josephʼs is 

celebrating 100 years of education, 

and she hopes to visit for the celebrations 

on May 20th if her busy schedule 

allows. 

COACH Paye gives an Aztec 

player some tips on the court 


My Demanding 

Career 

Parenting a child with special 

needs has unique challenges 

and unique rewards 

By Andi Vartanian Dehne (SJSH‘82) 

Pick any demanding career out there and, chances are, 

there are stringent courses to be taken and tests to 

pass before one is allowed to enter it. Parenting, however, 

has no such requirements. And yet, it is one of the most 

important and demanding jobs there is. I know because I 

am a relatively new mom to two small children. I didnʼt 

take any classes in motherhood, I didnʼt pass any tests 

before being allowed to work as a mom, and nobody even 

asked for a resumé before handing me my first child and 

sending me home with him! It doesnʼt feel like too long 

ago that I was a six-year-old girl wearing a plaid jumper 

and saddle shoes in Sr. Robinsonʼs first grade class! How 

on earth did I become somebodyʼs mother 

My four siblings and I all attended St Josephʼs for 

elementary school. We all received an outstanding 

education, but, maybe more importantly, we grew up in a 

school environment that strongly supported our familyʼs 

values. Between my parents and the influence of all the 

teachers, we had no choice but to grow up with a strong 

sense of responsibility, a good work ethic, compassionate 

hearts and respect for others. We learned to treat others as 

we wanted to be treated and we learned to value people for 

who they are on the inside rather than for material reasons. 

Although many things I learned at St. Josephʼs, such as 

conjugating French verbs and writing five-paragraph 

essays, do not currently factor in to my daily life, my 

value system is something I use daily in parenting my own 

children. And it played an instrumental role in helping me 

welcome my oldest child, Riley, into my life. 

While pregnant with Riley, we learned that he had an 

extra chromosome, meaning he would be born with Down 

syndrome (DS). Receiving that news over the phone was 

one of the most shocking and brutal moments of my life. 

My husband and I didnʼt want our son to have DS, but he 

did. In my heart I knew I needed to meet my boy. I felt that 

he was given to me for a reason. 

Riley has been an amazing teacher. In his short life he has 

already impacted so many people, and he reminds me daily 

of what is truly important. In raising Riley I am reminded 

that a true measure of oneʼs success is what kind of person 

you are and how you treat others. I have learned to slow 

down and appreciate the little wonders in life. Riley has 

taught me to work hard for what I want and to not give 

up when a situation is challenging. He has also taught me 

to not take anything for granted. Every time he meets a 

milestone, it is that much sweeter because I know he has 

worked extra hard to get there. 

Like any child, Riley has his own relative areas of strength 

and weakness. As any parent would do, I try to support him 

in his areas of need, give him the tools he needs to be more 

independent and guide him towards pursuing his passions. 

As his mother, I do worry about him. I worry about how 

others may treat him. I worry that some kids may tease him 

as he gets older...but I also have faith. I look back to my 

childhood and recall the warmth, safety and acceptance I 

felt as a child at St. Joeʼs and I know that there are people 

out there who will see my boy for the amazing and gentle 

soul that he is. I know I will work hard to build a supportive 

community around him and to instill in him the values that 

I received as a child. 

In December of 2004 my husband and I were blessed 

with our second child, Emily. Looking in her eyes I can 

tell that she is a strong, social, opinionated little girl with 

a contagious zest for life. She loves her big brother and 

follows him all around the house. I know she may have 

some extra challenges having a brother with special needs, 

but I also know that having Riley in her life will make her 

a better, richer and stronger person, just like it has me. 

Some people have told me that I am “special” and that 

they “could never do what I do.” The truth is, I am not 

any more special than any other mother out there who 

loves her child. Being a mother is a difficult job, with no 

training, but I know that my experiences as a child have 

helped to make me the mother I am today. I look back to 

my childhood and time spent at St. Josephʼs with fondness 

and with a sense of security that comes from growing up 

knowing I was loved and appreciated for who I was. This 

sense of security is something I strive to provide for my 

own children so that they will have the confidence to listen 

to their hearts in difficult situations, stand up for what they 

believe is right, and to value the people and relationships 

in their lives. 


Life at Warner Brothers 

Pictures, Inc. 

What do Bugs Bunny, 

Harry Potter, Friends, 

and Sacred Heart 

have in common 

Musette Buckley 

(SJSH‘76, SHP‘80)! 

When Musette Buckley (SJSH 

ʻ76, SHPʻ80) walks around 

the 110-acre Warner Bros. campus, 

everyone—from the security guards 

to George Clooney—knows her name 

and greets her with a big smile. 

Musette is the Senior Vice 

President of Production Resources 

for Warner Bros. Pictures, one of the 

leading motion picture and television 

production facilities in the world. She 

works in the newly-emerging field 

of product placement. “Remember 

when Reeseʼs Pieces appeared in the 

movie E.T.” said Musette. “That was 

the beginning of product placement.” 

For example, Musette formed the 

partnership with Samsung so that 

their phones appeared in Matrix 

Reloaded. She hopes that Samsung 

will also appear in Superman, which 

releases this summer. And she made 

the deal with Chrysler to promote 

their new 300 Sedan in Firewall, 

starring Harrison Ford. 

“The main purpose of branded 

integration is to generate revenue 

to reduce the costs of production,” 

said Musette. Her workday is packed 

with meetings for every movie and 

show that the studio has in preproduction 

at the time. Musette 

looks for opportunities for product 

placement, and then she builds 

strong relationships with consumer 

companies such as Apple, Anheuser- 

Busch, Chrysler, Kodak, Samsung, 

and Coke. In return for their products 

appearing in movies and TV shows, 

the companies reduce production 

costs, generate revenue, and leverage 

placement with promotional campaigns. 

“My favorite part of the job is my 

daily interaction with a variety of 

people, from creative production 

people to the marketing geniuses of 

the world,” said Musette. Her highenergy 

personality is perfect for her 

demanding job, where every minute is 

packed with action. “For one movie, 

I proposed ten product placements to 

the director during the pre-production 

process, and he turned them all 

down. Then the day before filming, 

the director realized the value, and 

wanted all ten delivered the next day. 

And we did! That was definitely my 

craziest day at work.” 

In addition to her high-profile 

career at Warner Bros., Musette is a 

mother to an adorable two-year old 

daughter, “Muzie.” “I love being a 

mom, but I couldnʼt juggle a career 

like this without a lot of support,” 

said Musette. “Little Musette comes 

to work for a visit once a week. Her 

favorite activity is to ride around the 

WB campus in the golf cart to see 

the animation studio, the Bewitched 

MUSETTE & MUZIE pose on 

Halloween (above) and ride on 

an elephant at a Warner Bros. 

event (below) 

house, and the Partridge Family 

house. 

While fulfilling to her duties as 

Senior VP and mother, Musette 

also volunteers extensively for 

AMFAR, Planet Hope, and The 

Dream Foundation. She recently won 

Time Warnerʼs prestigious Andrew 

Heiskell Award, given to employees 

in recognition of their outstanding 

public service. 

“I first became interested in 

charitable works at Sacred Heart 

when I was president of Mother 

Costelloʼs organization, Castle Youth 

Helping Others,” said Musette. 

“Our group raised money for people 

with disabilities, people who were 

homeless, and for guide dogs for the 

blind through bake sales and door-todoor 

solicitations. Mother Costello 

made a huge impact on my passion 

for helping others. She was a loving, 

compassionate mentor. My experience 

in Castle Youth formed the base of all 

the service work I do today.” 

In general, Musette remembers her 

Sacred Heart education as structured, 

challenging, and enriching. “At 

Sacred Heart I gained a life-long love 

of learning, a sense of self-worth, 

an appreciation for community, 

good work habits, and the qualities 

of compassion and respect,” said 

Musette. 


Building 

Community 

As University Chaplain, Sharon 

Kugler (SHP‘77) deepens 

understanding among 25 

religious groups 

Many who attended Sacred Heart 

with Sharon Kugler (SHPʻ77) 

remember that extra spring in her 

step and that great smile that seemed 

permanently set on her face. The grades 

appeared to come effortlessly and all 

the faculty and students enjoyed easy 

conversation with her. She served as a 

leader in the Honors Society and was 

President of her senior class. 

Now, almost three decades after 

her high school graduation, Sharon 

is enjoying great professional success 

in an area she never would have 

expected: chaplaincy. 

Sharon is a rarity on the national 

scene, a lay person who serves as 

University Chaplain at a major 

institution, John Hopkins University 

(JHU). How did she end up there 

It was a series of steps, beginning, of 

course, at Sacred Heart. Sharon recalls, 

“At Sacred Heart I was comfortable 

exploring lifeʼs large questions in and 

out of a classroom setting with faculty, 

staff and fellow students.” 

After graduating from the Convent, 

Sharon pursued a bachelorʼs degree in 

math at Santa Clara University, where 

she was very involved with campus 

ministries and joined the Jesuit 

Volunteer Corps. She was sent to 

Cleveland through the Corps, where 

she worked with battered women in a 

shelter. During her motherʼs illness, 

Sharon moved back to the Bay Area 

and accepted a job at Santa Clara 

University as Associate Campus 

Minister. “I loved my work at Santa 

Clara— I had the opportunity to 

preach regularly at the Universityʼs 

mission and to work at all the spiritual 

retreats,” said Sharon. “The campus 

had a social activist air about it, and I 

found the Jesuits very empowering.” 

Next, Sharon and her husband 

moved to Baltimore, and she took a 

position as the Director of a Hospice 

for AIDS that was funded through 

ecumenical church donations. “This 

was my first exposure to work outside 

of the Catholic Community,” said 

Sharon, “While in this job, I became 

very interested in chaplaincy on 

college campuses, so I interviewed 

“MINISTRY OF GASTRONOMY”: 

Above, Sharon (SHP‘77), far 

right, serves up food at an interfaith 

dinner with her daughter 

Zoe (center) and a Muslim student. 

THE FIRST OF ITS KIND: 

Left, Sharon speaks at the open- 

ing ceremonies of the 

Bunting- 

Meyerhoff Interfaith and Community 

Service Center at JHU 

the several chaplains who sat on the 

hospice Board of Directors and wrote 

a paper about it.” 

Little did Sharon realize where that 

paper would take her. At this time 

(1993), Johns Hopkins University 

administrators were considering the 

elimination of their chaplain position. 

They couldnʼt seem to find a way 

to make chaplaincy work in such 

a religiously-diverse environment. 

When they read Sharonʼs paper, 

they recruited her to come work as 

a consultant to help them restructure 

their chaplaincy program. 

While consulting full-time for JHU, 

Sharon worked toward her Masters 

degree in Comparative Religions at 

Georgetown. Her thesis, entitled The 

Limits and Possibilities of Building a 

Religiously Plural Community, thrust 

her into the spotlight for groups across 

the nation that were wrestling with the 

questions of religion in universities 

and in society. Sharonʼs thesis was so 

well-received that it has been adopted 

by the United States Department of 

Defense as a tool for new chaplains in 

the military. 

After a few months of consulting, 

JHU asked her to stay on staff as the 

full-time chaplain and implement her 

vision of an inter-faith structure. “As 

University Chaplain, I advocate for the 

religious needs of students, professors, 

and staff members,” said Sharon, 

“My goal at JHU has been to build an 

inclusive sense of community within 

our religiously plural population.” 

Obviously, Sharonʼs hard work 

has paid off. Since Sharon became 

Chaplain, her center went from 


epresenting eight religious groups to 

representing over 25 religious groups 

of nine distinct traditions, including 

Buddhism, Hinduism, the Bahaʼi faith, 

Unitarianism, and Christianity. Sharon 

convinced the JHU administration to 

create the first-ever spiritual facility 

in the 123-year history of the college: 

The Bunting-Meyerhoff Interfaith and 

Community Service Center, which 

opened in 1999. 

At the Center, Sharon focuses 

on deepening awareness and 

understanding between the 25 

different religious groups that it 

serves. Sharon formed the Interfaith 

Council, composed of members of 

various student religious groups on 

campus. The Council members work 

towards establishing a cooperative 

community spirit among all religious 

groups on campus and dispelling the 

myths and misunderstandings about 

the various religions. 

In addition to working with the 

Interfaith Council, Sharonʼs duties 

include counseling, leading worship, 

and planning memorials. “You feel 

called to do it,” said Sharon. “If itʼs 

not feeding your soul, youʼre going 

to know it pretty quickly. Chaplaincy 

gives you the opportunity to give to 

people and be there in their hours of 

greatest need.” 

Sharon has proved herself a master 

at building community among all the 

religious groups on campus. “JHU is 

a very intense place academically,” 

said Sharon, “One way I get students 

involved in the interfaith center 

is to create a relaxing, welcoming 

environment that feels nothing like 

the lab. I always save room in my 

annual budget for a bubble-blowing 

machine and a stocked ice-cream cart.” 

These whimsical ideas for building 

community have worked wonders. “I 

canʼt tell you how glad I was, right 

after September 11th, to share that ice 

cream cart with our students when the 

world was all chaos and confusion.” 

In addition to the centerʼs fun 

environment, Sharon has created 

annual events to bring diverse 

students together for community. 

“Regardless of their religious beliefs, 

THEN & NOW: Right, Sharon’s 

photos at Sacred Heart in 1977 

and at JHU in 2001. INTERFAITH 

COUNCIL: Below, Sharon (far 

left) gathers with the members 

of JHU’s Interfaith Council 

the ministry of gastronomy is at 

the heart of connecting with college 

students,” said Sharon, “I started 

hosting chili dinners as a lark my first 

year here,” said Sharon, “I just wanted 

to do something nice for the resident 

advisers on campus and also break their 

misconceptions about me as a religious 

leader.” From that humble beginning, 

the chili tradition has grown each year, 

and is well-known across campus. 

In addition, Sharon has an hors 

dʼoeuvre buffet for all the members of 

the Interfaith Council every December. 

“The Muslim students particularly 

enjoy this Christmas dinner, because 

it has coincided with Ramandan, a 

month-long time of prayer and fasting 

during daylight hours,” said Sharon. 

“At this special dinner, there is a unique 

feeling of connectedness between the 

students.” In fact, Sharon has enjoyed 

friendships with culturally-diverse 

students ever since her days at Sacred 

Heart. She recalls, “I loved learning 

about the lives of the boarders-- their 

families, their countries of origin and 

what mattered most to them.” 

In 2001, Sharon completed her 

second term as president of the 

National Association of College and 

University Chaplains. “While serving 

as President, I got to travel to Rome to 

join a special consultation of European 

chaplains discussing religious diversity 

with the Vatican,” said Sharon. “As 

I met with the Cardinals, I felt so 

humbled, and also excited about where 

the ongoing dialogue might take us.” 

The new millennium also brought 

heart-breaking news: Sharon was 

diagnosed with Lymphoma, Hodgkinʼs 

Disease. She continued her work at 

JHU while going through treatment, 

and eventually she beat the cancer. “I 

never tried to hide my cancer,” said 

Sharon. “I think that helped me stay 

connected with my community. I love 

sharing my survival story with others 

to give them hope.” Sharon is healthy 

and cancer free today. 

“Sacred Heart was key to my 

early formation and understanding 

of what it means to be a person of 

conscience,” recalls Sharon. “It was 

a place of broad intellectual and 

spiritual exploration in the very best 

sense.” Sharon reports that because of 

her own wonderful experience at the 

Convent, she and her husband chose 

to send their two daughters, Emily and 

Zoe, to all-girls schools. “At Sacred 

Heart we had rich traditions such 

as liturgies in the old building, the 

Little Theater productions, the ring 

dance, and graduation on Palm Court. 

These were things that made me feel 

that I belonged to part of something 

bigger than myself— that I was part 

of the living history of a very special 

place.” 


I I Know It it By by Heart 

Building 

Community 

as a 

Christian 

Value: 

November 17, 

: 

SJSH second 

**** 

and 

**** ****** 

visit Oakwood 

Retirement 

Center to read 

with Sr. en 

Donohoe, RSCJ 



What a difference 

50 years make! 

A day in the “Fourth Academic” year of Diane 

Lovegrove (SJSH‘52, SHP‘56) and a day in the 

Senior Year of **** ******** (SJSH‘02, SHP‘06) 

Diane Lovegrove (SJSHʻ52, SHPʻ56) 

6:45am: Wake up and get dressed in 

my uniform: a light blue skirt and blue 

bolero with a white blouse, gray sweater, 

and brown saddle shoes. 

7:30am: Walk to school, then go to 

study hall and put my books in my desk 

(there were no lockers). Curtsy to the nun 

at the front of the hall. (Once in a while 

we got to come back to study hall to do 

some homework – in silence of course.) 

8:00am: Literature and English 

Composition class, taught by Mother 

Welch, who now resides at Oakwood. 

She was a really good teacher, and very 

down-to-earth. We wrote one essay every 

Friday. 

9:00am: French IV with our only lay 

teacher (until Mr. Brown came our senior 

year). All the rest of our teachers were 

nuns and we called them Mother. Madame 

told us firsthand about places in France, 

which developed my curiosity. When I 

finally did go to France after college, I 

couldnʼt believe I was really there. 

10:00am: Religion class with Mother 

Schaffer, a young nun who also taught 

sewing and ceramics on Saturdays. 

11:00am: Logic class with Mr. John 

Brown. When we were seniors we 

suddenly had a man teacher for one 

semester! This was quite a shock since no 

boys were allowed on campus, not even 

the brothers of the boarders. This tall 

lanky young man didnʼt sit at a desk and 

teach. He paced back and forth in front 

of the class! 

12:00pm: Lunch downstairs in 

the cafeteria. We all ate there, and 

it was our time to talk and visit. The 

Sisters fixed the food. (The Mothers 

were our teachers while the Sisters did 

the menial tasks.) We all bought lunch 

and there werenʼt many choices. We took 

turns drying the silverware after lunch. 

We all loved to help Sister Christine. 

1:00pm: Chemistry lecture or lab. We 

had lectures three days a week and lab 

two days. Lab was the first experience 

we had where we worked collaboratively 

with another student. 

2:00pm: History class. We had no 

breaks between classes, only time to walk 

to the next class. We never left campus 

during school hours. There was no reason 

to. School was extremely rigorous, and 

we learned excellent study habits which I 

carried all the way through grad school. 

3:00pm: Music class in the Little 

Theater— I had Glee Club with Mother 

Cronin. 

4:00pm: After-school activites, including 

field hockey, soccer, volleyball 

and a wonderful game that involved 

throwing a rubber ring over the net to 

another girl. I think this game originated 

in Central America and was brought to us 

by the boarders. 

5:00pm: I changed out of my gym 

clothes, gathered up my books, and 

walked home. Before dinner, I practiced 

THEN & NOW: Diane 

Lovegrove in 

1956 and in 2006 

the piano for an hour. 

6:00pm: I helped 

make dinner and then 

ate with my mom and dad. After dinner, 

I studied for 2 or 3 hours. Sometimes 

I watched my favorite TV shows: I 

Love Lucy, Jackie Gleason, and The Ed 

Sullivan show. 

10:00pm: Go to bed. 

We did not have class officers. We had 

a system of ribbons: blue ribbons for the 

upperclassmen and green ribbons for 

the lower classmen. There was a voting 

system to see who earned them. We did 

not have yearbooks, nor were there any 

clubs. We had only one dance a year, and 

it was chaperoned by our parents. 

Once a week we had Primes. We all 

wore our white uniforms and sat with our 

classes in the Little Theater. Reverend 

Mother Deming or Mother Williams 

presented us with awards for the week. 

They were little cards that said Très 

Bien, Bien or Assez Bien. To receive our 

awards, we walked down the steps from 

the hard wooden benches, down the 

parquet floor and up the steps to the stage 

where Reverend Mother was seated. We 

curtsied whenever we went by her and 

when we received our awards. 

In my senior year, I had to choose 

between College of Notre Dame in 

Belmont and Dominican College in San 

Raphael. I chose Notre Dame. In my 

senior year of college, I applied to USC, 

UCLA and Stanford and was accepted at 

all these universities. I chose to attend 

Stanford, where I earned my MA in 

Education. In 1993, I earned another 

degree from the University of San 

Francisco— an MA in Pastoral Ministry. 

There were 32 girls in my graduating 

class. 


****** ****** (SJSHʻ02, SHPʻ06) 

7:00am: I wake up, get dressed in jeans 

and a T-shirt, have a quick breakfast, and 

drive (or bike, on Wednesdays) the two 

blocks to school. 

7:50am: Marine Biology class, 

taught by Ms. Justine Walker (SJSHʻ95, 

SHPʻ99). We just finished a unit on dunes 

and the transfer of sand. Now weʼre 

learning about toxic chemical pollutants 

in the environment. 

8:40am: American Diplomacy class, 

taught by Mr. Barry Treseler. Right now 

weʼre in our Vietnam War unit, working 

toward Desert Storm. 

9:20am: I jet over to 32 Sigall (our 

assembly room) to prepare for the 

weekly assembly. 

9:25am: Grades 9-12 gather all 

together for assembly. At the beginning, 

I make announcements about student 

council (because Iʼm the Student Body 

President). 

9:50am: Break time. I go to the Gator 

Pit (our cafeteria) to get something to 

eat—and chat with friends. 

10:05am: Honors Short Stories class, 

taught by Mr. Kermit Holderman. Today, 

we discuss The Storm by Kate Chopin 

and A Jury of Her Peers by Susan 

Glaspell. This is my largest class by far, 

with 18 students. Weʼre all seniors. 

10:50am: Creating Literature 

class, taught by Mr. Michael Peterson 

(SJSHʻ92, SHPʻ96). Each team presents 

their research on a certain form of poetry. 

ACADEMIC SNAPSHOTS: Left, 

in Diane Lovegrove’s time, 

students worked in Study Hall 

in complete silence. Below, 

SHP teacher Michael Peterson 

(far left, SJSH‘92, SHP‘96), leads 

***** ****** (far right) and his 

classmates in a discussion 

My team is analyzing free form 

open verse. 

11:35am: My first free period. I 

go to the library to do homework, 

catch up on email, and work on my 

essay for my college applications. 

12:15pm: Lunch begins. I grab 

food at the cafeteria and swing 

by Mr. Mark Davisʼs room to ask 

him to write a letter of recommendation 

for my college applications. 

Iʼm applying to film programs at 

Loyola Marymount, USC, Emerson, 

University of Oregon, and Chapman. 

Iʼm applying to English programs at 

Boston University, UC Santa Barbara, 

and UC Irvine. 

12:30pm: Lunch continues. I lead 

the student council meeting in the Otto 

Library. We discuss suggestions from 

our new online suggestion box and 

discuss the status of fine arts, athletics, 

publicity, social events, service-learning, 

curriculum, and diversity. 

1:00pm: Meeting period. I go see 

Valéria Piazza-Lunga to get her advice— 

I need a tutor to help me prepare for the 

SAT IIs (individual subject standardized 

tests) in French language. 

1:45pm: AP French class, taught by 

Valéria Piazza-Lunga. We take a practice 

AP exam, and a few class members 

present their memorized one-minute 

speeches. This is my smallest class, with 

only 6 students. 

2:30pm: My second free period. We 

are allowed to leave campus if we have 

the last period of the day free, so I go 

to Posh Bagel with my friend Scott. 

After eating, I work on my article for 

the student newspaper The Heartbeat, 

analyzing Michael Mooreʼs new movie 

about the health care industry, Sicko. 

3:30pm: Varsity soccer practice. We 

COMEDY REHEARSAL: **** 

******** (left, SHP‘06) at Kitsch 

rehearsal with ***** ****** 

(SHP‘07) 

start with five laps, then play keep-away 

and do shooting drills, passing drills, and 

scrimmaging. 

5:00pm: Grab food at J and Jʼs 

Hawaiian Grill with three friends from 

the soccer team. We swing by my house, 

since itʼs on the way to J and Jʼs. 

5:30pm: Kitsch practice in the Sigall 

building. Kitsch is a student-run comedy 

improv group. There are 12 students 

in the group. As team leader, I run the 

group through warm-up games, mental 

games, and rhyming games to get our 

minds going. Then we launch into 

improvisation. 

7:00pm: Drive home and have dinner 

with my mom, dad, and little brother. 

8:00pm: Log on to mySHPnet.com 

to see my homework assignments. 

Work on my computer in my room until 

11pm, with short breaks for IM-ing with 

friends— we chat about homework and 

life. 

11:30pm: Go to bed, unless I have a 

test the next day, in which case I stay up 

a few more hours. 

There are 116 boys and girls in my 

graduating class. 


Why Financial Aid 

Ever wondered 

what St. Madeleine 

Sophie meant when 

she said, “For the 

sake of one child I 

would have founded 

the Society” 

Most of us have heard the famous 

words of St. Madeleine Sophie, 

foundress of the Sacred Heart Society: 

“For the sake of one child, I would 

have founded the Society.” But what 

did she mean and what exactly was her 

vision Elaine Berra Barry (SHPʻ87 

and SHP Staff Member), provides her 

opinion: “I truly believe that this school 

was founded for the sake of one child. 

If we are to make this our center, then 

we need to guarantee that our doors are 

always open— wide open.” 

St. Madeleine believed in the power 

of education to transform society. 

“Present-day society will be saved by 

education,” she said. “Other means 

are almost useless. Education must be 

concerned not only with studies but also 

with whatever may be required for the 

right ordering of life and requirements 

of cultivated society.” 

My Opinion: 

Lindsay Aydelott (SHP‘99) 


Clearly, part of her vision for 

changing society was changing who 

had access to this transformative 

education. In a time when girls had 

very limited access to education, St. 

Madeleine Sophie, as RSCJ Superior 

General Patricia García de Quevedo 

puts it, “believed in the transforming 

power of women.” 

Not only did she seek to educate 

women, but also the urban poor. 

Superior General de Quevedo explains, 

“Whereas most congregations of 

Madeleine Sophieʼs time worked in 

rural areas, Madeleine Sophie was 

uring my time at Sacred Heart Prep, I valued the 

“Dsocio-economic diversity at the school as it provided 

me with many opportunities to develop unique and rewarding 

friendships. I know that the financial aid program 

made it possible for me to have such a great experience 

at Sacred Heart. Not only did I benefit from the financial 

aid program, but I know many other people who would 

not have had the experience if it were not for financial 

aid.” 

“I think it’s so important for the school to provide an educational community 

that more closely reflects the world in which we live. Students who have a limited 

social experience are at a real disadvantage when they leave for college. 

The financial aid program actually benefits all students.” 

After SHS, Lindsay went on to study at UC San Diego. Now she works as As- 

sistant to the Director of the Southern California Institute of Architecture. 

THE 

STUDENT 

ASSISTANCE 

FUND: SJSH 

Parent Association 

Board 

Members 

present SJSH 

administrators 

with a 

check for 

$16,830.75 to 

support the 

SHS Assistance 

Fund. 

Left to right: Amy Hsieh, Melissa Gordon, Montye Rodgers, Charlene Golding, 

Diane Flynn, Maryan Ackley, Diana Hewitt, SJSH Preschool Principal 

Cee Salberg, Dee Armstrong, and SJSH Principal Karen Eshoo. 

different. She founded schools in cities; 

she insisted on a high level of studies 

and offered a holistic education. From 

the beginning she wanted to offer 

education to the poor.” 

On the topic of educating women, St. 

Madeleine Sophie Barat said, “Women 

and children must have some knowledge 

of current errors and form their 

own judgments in light of Christianity, 

in order to conform intelligently to the 

enlightened teaching of the Church. 

The hour has come when we must give 

reason for our faith.” 

How is St. Madeleine Sophieʼs vision 

present today in Sacred Heart schools 

across the world In the 1800s, St. 

Madeleine attached a “poor school” to 

each privileged Sacred Heart school. 

But in our time, campuses across the 

world integrate students from diverse 

socio-economic backgrounds. “This 

is why financial aid is absolutely vital 

at SHS,” said James Everitt, Director 

of the Office of Equity, Justice, and 

Multicultural Education, “With the 

rising cost of private education, 

thereʼs no way we could realize St. 

Madeleineʼs vision of education for all 

if we didnʼt give financial assistance.” 

SHS Atherton has come a long way 

in building up financial aid funds in the 

past five years. We have 51 endowed 

scholarships. This year the three 

schools provided $379,394 in tuition

My Opinion: Nefara Riesch (SHP‘05) 

“Not only does fi nancial aid allow 

people from all over the socioeconomic 

spectrum to receive an 

equal education, it creates an environment 

that everyone benefi ts 

from. The world is not made up 

of one socio-economic group, so 

there is no reason a school should 

be.” 

“Despite the challenges of being 

the only Samoan girl at our school and trying to balance 

my life between the two completely different worlds of 

Sunnyvale and Atherton, I am so grateful for the opportunity 

to go to SHP. If I hadn’t gone to Sacred Heart, I 

would not have such a positive outlook on my future. The 

Offi ce of Diversity staff, my incredible teachers, my basketball 

coaches, and Mr. Dioli gave me the ambition and 

the skills to not only move forward in life, but to do so with 

confi dence and relentless will power. “ 

“When I look around at the other freshmen at UCLA, I 

see that many of them lack the simple skills necessary to 

succeed in college, especially study skills. That’s how I 

might have been without my excellent SHP training. I am 

able to get all my assignments done on-time and virtually 

stress-free because of what I learned about organization 

and time-management at SHP.” 

After graduating from SHP with the Dark Blue Ribbon, 

Nefara accepted a full scholarship at UCLA. She is currently 

a freshman. 

assistance for our students. 

In addition to tuition expenses, SHS 

has created the Student Assistance 

Fund to address the non-tuition 

financial needs of students, such as 

tutoring or testing, uniforms, cafeteria, 

lunches, school trips, sports equipment, 

and enrichment classes. In fact, at the 

beginning of the school year the SJSH 

Parent Association members chose to 

put the $17,000 they had raised through 

activities such as eScrip toward the 

Student Assistance Fund. 

“The SJSH Parent Association Board 

wanted to support the Student Assistance 

Fund because we are chartered 

to assist the SHS administration in 

providing an equitable educational 

opportunity for all students,” said Dee 

Armstrong, President of the SJSH 

Parent 

Association Board. 

“The SJSH Parent Board decided 

unanimously to donate our fundraising 

dollars to the Student Assistance Fund,” 

said SJSH parent Sandy Levison. 

“In order to fully support Sacred 

Heartʼs commitment to diversity, we 

all have to do our part. Financial aid 

does not stop with tuition; it is about 

alleviating all the financial barriers 

a student may encounter so they can 

take full advantage of a Sacred Heart 

education.” 

At a recent international conference 

of the Religious of the Sacred Heart, 

participants affirmed our continued 

commitment to St. Madeleine Sophieʼs 

original vision: “We live in a world 

where the poor become poorer and 

the rich richer. In certain institutions 

of learning or universities, we are 

dealing with the privileged class, those 

privileged through wealth or through 

learning, or through power. [We need 

to ask ourselves,] How can we develop 

a specific pedagogy so that the social 

classes which are more favored will 

commit themselves to the cause 

and interests of the poor, instead of 

remaining closed in their privileges” 

For teachers and administrators 

at SHS Atherton, financial aid is 

a clear part of accomplishing this 

ideal education. As SHP Science 

Department Chair Guy Letteer 

points out, “Goal Three of the 

Sacred Heart Goals and Criteria 

specifically charges us with 

teaching our students to achieve 

social awareness and ultimately 

to act on this knowledge. To 

offer a Sacred Heart education 

to only those who can afford it 

would circumvent the very goals 

that are so vitally central to this 

experience.” 

Joan Eagleson, Director of 

the SJSH Learning Center adds, 

“Madeleine Sophie understood 

the importance for every child 

to have the opportunity of a 

Sacred Heart education, and 

she never drew back because 

of any obstacle. As Sacred 

Heart schools, we need to open 

our doors, our hearts, and our 

financial support to all potential 

students who want to learn about 

Godʼs love, and share what they learn 

with people around them.” 

“We have a moral responsibility as a 

Sacred Heart School to reach out and 

support all families,” said SJSH Lower 

School Dean Sally Peterson, “Our 

students need to learn how to respect 

and work together with children 

who may think differently and have 

differing perspectives on the world 

than they do.” 

My Opinion: 

Doug 

Lowney 

(SJSH‘84, 

SHP‘88) 

f we did not have 

“Isocio-economic 

diversity at SHS, we 

would fail to nurture 

students to live in 

the socio-economically diverse world. Why 

would we want to prepare students for a 

world that doesn’t exist” 

“I’m so grateful for the fi nancial aid that 

made my SHS education possible. For me, 

Sacred Heart was about so much more 

than academic programs. There were 

teachers who knew me, counseled me 

through the foolish moments of adolescence, 

and guided me to develop my own 

intellectual interests.” 

After SHS, Doug went on to study at Vassar 

College. Now he is an AP English Teacher 

and Service-Learning Coordinator at SHP. 


Alumni Events 

1 

2 

5 

3 

4 

6 

7 

REUNION WEEKEND 2005: 1 The 

class of ‘55 visited the Sisters at Oakwood: 

Carroll Michael Shannon, Georgine Drees 

Premo, Mary Whitlock Raptis Nielsen, 

Amalia Salcedo de Langenscheidt, 

Ramona Somaria Schoenwisner, Sr. 

Connie Welch (former English teacher to the class 

of ‘55), Susan Davidson Thomas, and Sr. Helen 

Donohoe 2Anne Marr 

(SHP‘96) and Betsy Barth Marr 

(SHP‘59) 3 Jim Mosso (SJSH‘55) and Diane Morey 

(SJSH‘56) 4 Class of ‘00: Julia Reichert, William 

“Sparky” Hartman, and Leyla Boissonnade 5 Mary 

McGuire Driscou (SHP‘73), Diane Giavia Kramer 

(SHP‘73), and Marianne Dean Quarré (SHP‘75) 6 

Class of ‘55: Terry Johnson Bolduc, Suzanne Faul 

Garetson, and Barbara Meagher Madison 7 Class 

of ‘85: Christina Galindo, Ingela Kaersvang, Sandra 

Lorenz Frojel, Joan Draeger-Winkler, 

Karyn Forbes 

8 


9 

Rosol, and Kyla Lambert Eller 8 Erin Moix Grieb (SHP‘97) 

and her husband Mark 9 Class of ‘75: Front: Kathy Rapp 

Hoffman, Marianne Dean Quarré, Julie Marr, and Rita Musto. 

Back: Yukiko Okutsu, Angelica Sanguinetti Michela, Leana 

Giannini, Cathy Baldacci Jensen, Barbie McCoy Hale, Ann 

Carey, Suzanne Jaroch Lizotte, Katie Booth Iversen, and 

Molly Fox Shamir. 10 Class of ‘55: Sheila Molloy Gast and 

Mary Ellen Cosgrove Scherrer 11 Class of ‘00: Pablo Garces 

and Alex Jamieson 12 Class of ‘95: Tory Ford, Jenny Circle, 

Jennifer Harris Sabo, Iliana Tandler, Lauren McWilliams, 

Steve Roeser, Jason Varga, and Shawn Nickel 13 Class 

of ‘95: Kobie Kennon, Jennifer Feyling, Monica Dean, and 

Kelly Crowley 14 Class of ‘95: Liko Soules-Ono and Lauren 

McWilliams 15 Mike Corpos (SHP‘95) and his wife Orshi 

11 

12 

10 

13 14 15 


Alumni Events 

1 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

YOUNG ALUMNI COCKTAIL PARTY: Classes of ‘93-‘03 

met for their annual holiday event at Nola’s in downtown 

Palo Alto 1 Michi Toll (SHP‘98), Caroline Abramson (SHP‘98), Darlene 

Moustirats (SHP‘98), and Kelley Clark (SHP‘98) 2 Mike Budelli 

(SHP‘97) and Rich Moustirats (SHP‘96) 3 Katie Fowler (SHP 

‘98) 

and John Benedict (SJSH‘94, SHP‘98) 4 Claire Pomeroy (SHP‘01), 

Pepa Paniagua (SHP‘01), and Laurie Cronin (SHP‘01) 5 Megan Heckmann 

(SHP‘97), Suzy Goodman (SHP‘97), and Jenny Pope (SHP‘97) 

6 Charles Lloyd (SHP‘01), Nick Wang (SHP‘01), and Peter Sachs 

(SHP‘01) 7 Ali Dwiggins (SHP‘01), Nick Moiseff (SHP‘01), and Emmi 

Gravie (SHP‘01) 8 Pablo Garces (SJSH‘96, SHP‘00), Alison Dyer 

(SHP‘01), and Ben Carson (SHP‘00) 9 Glynn Connelly (SHP‘00) and 

Catie Paton (SHP‘00) 10 Camille Konopnicki (SHP‘01), Victoria Wang 

(SHP‘01), Alicia Kemmer (SHP‘03), and Nicole Kukas (SHP‘01) 11 

Jesse (Chris Moy’s fi ancé), Jeff Jackson (SHP‘02), and Chris Moy 

(SHP‘00) COLLEGIATE ALUMNI COCKTAIL PARTY: 

7 


8 9 

Classes of ‘02-‘06 got together 

in the Black Box 

of the Campbell Theater 

12 Future alums ***** ****** 

(SHP‘06), *********** ****, and 

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

********** (SHP‘06) 13 Kelsey 

Stallings (SHP‘05) and Rebecca 

Williamson (SJSH‘01, SHP‘05) 

14 Sarah Burke (SHP‘04), 

Catherine Burke (SHP‘02), SHP 

teacher Connie Solari, and Scott 

Norton (SHP‘01) 

11 

10 

12 

13 

14 


Alumni Events 

1 2 3 

4 

GINGERBREAD HOUSE PARTY: SHS Alums and 

their families decorated 150 houses at two separate 

seatings and helped raise funds for our Alumni Scholarships. 

1 Daisy Pang and her grandson ******* ***** (1st grade) 

2 SJSH 6th graders (from L to R) ******* ******, ********** *******, 

********* **********, ********** ********, ******** *******, ******* *******, 

****** ********** 3 Preschooler **************** ********** with her 

mother Lynn 4 ****** (2nd grade) and ***** (Kindergarten) ***** 5 

5 ********* ******* (3rd grade) 6 Back: Mike Texido (SJSH‘80) 

and his sister Mary Texido Folsom (SJSH‘78, SHP‘82), with 

their mother Helen Texido. Front: ******************* and 

***************. 7 Alumni Board member Ellen Gallagher Par- 

sons and *********** *************************** (3rd grade) 

8 Mary Lucier Askins (SJSH‘79, SHP‘83), left, with her sister 

Anne Lucier Ashendorf (SJSH‘81), right, and Sr. Nancy Morris 

(former Director of Schools), center, with ************** ******* 

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

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

************ ************, 

front. 

6 

7 

8 


1950s 

Patricia Lynn Perry (SHPʻ56) is working 

as a high school teacher for the work 

experience program in the Campbell Union 

High School District. 

Lydia Dioli Cooper (SJSHʻ56, SHPʻ60), 

Charlie Troglio (SHPʻ56), and Sue Morey 

Mein (SJSHʻ56) are hard at work planning 

the SJSH 50th Reunion for May 20, 2006. 

To join in the fun, please contact them via 

the SHS Alumni Office or email Lydia at 

ldioli@yahoo.com. 

Patricia 

Lynn 

Perry 

(SHP 

‘56) 

“My fondest Sacred Heart memories 

are of the Mothers of the Sacred 

Heart taking me under their wings and 

tutoring me academically when I fi rst arrived 

on campus for high school. That 

experience inspired me, and now that 

I’m a teacher, I take that same approach 

with the slower learners in my class. 

1960s 

Celeste Smith (SHPʻ67) has worked for 

36 years in dentistry as a professional relations 

coordinator. She is now living in Seattle 

and studying real estate. In her spare 

time she is mentoring women in transition. 

THREE GENERATIONS of Sacred 

Heart students gather for a 

photo shoot: Kathy Keogh Berra 

(SHP‘63), ******** ******* (SJSH 

2020), Dave Barry, Elaine Berra 

Barry (SHP‘87), ******* ***** (SJSH 

2019), and Rich Berra 

1970s 

Taun Costentino Relihan (SHPʻ70) is 

living in Palo Alto and has one son in college. 

From her days at Sacred Heart, she 

fondly remembers “coming in from the cold 

morning, and seeing all the freshly polished 

wood and smelling the lemony smell of 

wax.” After finishing her PhD several years 

ago, Taun has taught special education in 

high schools and has been a case manager. 

She would love to hear from other alumnae 

at: Aestheteye@aol.com. 

A VISIT FROM EL SALVADOR: 

Theresa Escalon de Morales 

(SHP‘55), second 

from right, visits 

campus with her 

two daughters 

and her grandson 

Class Notes 

Daniel Dalessandro (SJSHʻ72) is living 

in Cathedral City, California. 

Carol Jones McGee (SHPʻ74) is living 

in the Sacramento area and teaching middle 

school history and math. She and her husband 

Joe have two grown sons. 

Martha Novy Broderick (SHPʻ76) is 

working as an attorney and a law professor. 

She lives on a lake in Maine and has 

three daughters. She would love to hear 

from her old playmates from 30 years ago at 

marthab@maine.edu. 

Suzanne Hill-Forcier (SHPʻ77) is living 

in San Diego, where she and her husband 

Mike have owned and operated San Diego 

Limo Buses and Limousines for 20 years. 

She has three sons, one of whom is a quarterback 

at the University of Michigan. She 

will celebrate her 25th wedding anniversary 

this October. 

John Haile (SJSHʻ78) writes that he is 

living in Seattle and managing a software 

company. He would love to hear from other 

alumni. 

Celeste Smith 

(SHP‘67) 

“My fondest Sacred Heart 

memories are of spending warm 

afternoons on Palm Court and singing 

in the Little Theater. The heavy 

red velvet drapes and the dark wood 

of the benches are still vibrant in my 

mind. I would slip away to sing my 

favorite Moon River 

when no one 

was around. On one occasion after 

lunch Mother Dilling noticed my exit onto Palm Court and 

followed me down to the Little Theater. She ushered me off 

to Latin class, because even though she too loved music, 

studies came fi rst. 

Photo courtesy of Hilary McMahon 


Class Notes 

1980s 

Wendi Hunter Mangiantini (SHPʻ80) is 

living in Atherton and married Mike Mangiantini 

in July. The reception was held at the home 

of her sister, Elizabeth Hunter Kerrigan 

(SJSHʻ78, SHPʻ82). Also in attendance were 

Aida Jones (SHPʻ80), Ann McGraw Morrical 

(SHPʻ81), and her sisters Julene Hunter 

(SHPʻ78), Mary Hunter Leman (SJSHʻ83), 

and her brother John Hunter (SJSHʻ80). 

Michelle Foster (SHPʻ80, SJSHʻ76) is living 

in the Los Angeles area. 

Kelly Stokes Allegretti (SHPʻ82) attended 

Santa Clara University and graduated in accounting. 

While in college she met her husband, 

whom she married in 1987. For several 

years she worked for Arthur Young, a “big 8” 

accounting firm. Now she is CFO of Allegretti 

and Company, her family-owned business. She 

and Joe have three children: Adriana (15), Anthony 

(13), and Melanie (11). They live in the 

Los Angeles area. 

Clare Tuma (SJSHʻ82) is currently working 

as a financial advisor at Merrill Lynch in 

Menlo Park. She graduated from 

Cornell University with a BA in 

History and Government, and 

then received an MBA at NYU 

in Finance and Accounting. She 

In 

Memorium 

The In Memorium section 

will appear in our summer 

issue. If you learn of the 

death of an SHS Atherton 

alumnus, please send 

the information, inluding 

newspaper clippings, to: 

alumni@shschools.org 

OR 

Alumni Offi ce 

Sacred Heart Schools 

150 Valparaiso Ave. 

Atherton, CA 94027 

INTRODUCING Paedrin 

Makena Gillette, daughter 

of Erin Rosenburg Gillette 

(SHP‘90) 

has fond memories of her great teachers 

at St. Josephʼs, especially Mrs. Speiker, 

Mrs. Burdick and Mr. Rose. 

Sue Chang (SHPʻ85) has recently 

moved back to the Bay 

Area from Seoul, where she 

worked as the bureau chief for 

Dow Jones Newswires. She is at 

UC Berkeleyʼs Graduate School 

of Journalism as a visiting scholar. She 

is married with a 12-year-old daughter 

and a 10-year-old son. 

1990s 

Erin Rosenburg Gillette (SHPʻ90) 

and her husband Kevin welcomed their 

first child, Paedrin Makena Gillette on 

December 23, 2004. 

Thank Nguyen (SJSHʻ87, SHPʻ91) 

is living in Minneapolis and has just 

completed his General Surgery residency. 

He will remain in Minnesota 

while he trains for an additional two 

years in Transplant Surgery at the University 

of Minnesota. 

David McMillan (SHPʻ91) is 

working at Stanford as a computer administrator 

for the Education for the 

Gifted Youth program. He has worked 

there for almost 10 years. He does all 

of his travel on his recumbent bike. In 

his spare time David works for several 

volunteer organizations including 

CLASSMATES Celeste Smith (SHP‘67), 

Mary Keith Roberts (SHP‘67), Chris 

Lussier Dyer (SHE‘63, SHP‘67), and Gail 

Hughmanick Alberti (SHE‘62) get together 

“Friends of the Ventana Wilderness” where 

he is known for his trail breaking work. 

Tom Schubin (SHPʻ94) is living in Rancho 

Cordova with his wife Cassie. He is currently 

working as a private investigator for a 

national agency that combates compensation 

and disability fraud. He would love to hear 

from any of his classmates. 

Melissa Prichard 

(SHP‘66) 

Melissa was recently named Director of Creative 

Partnerships at the Daywalka Foundation, 

an organization dedicated to stopping human 

trafficking in Nepal, India, and Bangladesh. 

Melissa has taken on this volunteer position in 

addition to her other responsibilities, including 

teaching full-time at ASU, mentoring graduate 

students, co-judging the PEN/Faulkner Award, 

writing a biography of philanthropist Virginia G. 

Piper, and writing short stories. 

“Within Daywalka, I work on the Kalam project, 

where we teach poetry writing workshops 

to children in the brothel districts,” said Melissa. 

“My job is to create partnerships with artistic and 

creative organizations that can help us with this 

work. I intend also to travel as a spokesperson 

for Daywalka and to make a documentary film or 

films about Kalam’s evolving work with children 

born into brothels, and the very young women 

who are illegally trafficked and sold into sexual 

enslavement.” In January, Melissa took her first 

outreach trip, traveling to Nepal and India with a 

small delegation of Daywalka donors and board 

members. 

“Human trafficking is a global epidemic, third 

only in illegal trade after drugs and weapons,” 

said Melissa. “Although Daywalka currently 

works in Nepal and India, the Foundation intends 

to expand into Mexico, South America, 

Europe, Africa, and North America.” 

And how does Melissa find the time and energy 

for all this work “My energy comes from my 

passion for this issue,” said Melissa. “If you are 

passionate about the things you choose to do in 

life, you may be a bit tired and overwhelmed at 

times, but you are always engaged, aware, and 

alive in the highest sense.” 

Photos courtesy of Brandon Sullivan 

(left) and Zuzana Sadkova (right) 


#3 

Jen OʼNeal (SHPʻ97) lives in San Francisco 

#2 

and works in marketing for StubHub.com. 

Elaine Maneatis (SHPʻ97) attended 

UCSD and graduated in History in ʻ01. She 

completed her teaching credential at Notre 

Dame and is teaching grade school in Los 

Altos. She was married in the summer of 

2004. 

#1 

Chris OʼNeal (SHPʻ98) completed her 

Masters of Arts in Diplomacy and International 

Commerce at the University of Kentucky. 

She is now working for the Department 

of Homeland Security. To 

The Top 3 Reasons Why 

Alumni Give to SHS 

You know that every single gift — from $5 to $1 million — makes a 

difference to the school. If we can get 100% alumni participation, outside 

organizations are more likely to support us too. 

You want to give back to the School that provided you with the best 

faculty, the best programs, and lifelong friendships, so that today’s students 

can have the same benefi ts. 

You know you are infl uencing Sacred Heart in a specific, personalized 

way – you can choose any fund or any program for your gift to support. 

make your gift online, visit www.shschools.org/support 

Heather Brady (SJSH 

ʻ94, SHPʻ98) sends word 

that she is working for the 

Big Sur Land Trust as their 

Stewardship Coordinator in 

Carmel, California. 

Craig Haubrich (SHPʻ98) 

graduated in May from the 

University of Arizona with a 

Masters degree in Public Ad- 

DINNER IN SF (above): Front: Christine Kwan (SHP‘82), Cindy 

Lau (SHP‘82), Hila Kwon (SHP‘84, Visiting from LA) and 

Veronica Tsang (SHP‘85, Visiting from LA). Back: Janet Cheung 

Wong (SHP‘85) and Yolanda Yung (SHP‘84, Visiting from 

Hong Kong).GREETINGS FROM HONG KONG! (below) Front: 

Jacqueline Guteriez (SHP‘82), Charlotte Chang (SHP‘81), Abby 

Mac (SHP‘83, Visiting from Toronto), and Angela Law (SHP‘84). 

Back: Karen Ting (SHP‘83), Yolanda Yung (SHP‘84), Evelyn Lu 

(SHP‘84), and Wanda Ngan (SHP‘83). 

ministration. He lives in Tuscon where he is 

the Assistant Director of Alumni Clubs with 

the University of Arizona Alumni Association. 

He has many fond memories of his senior year 

house-building trip to Tijuana through SHP. 

Mary Judson Bennett (SHPʻ98) was 

married to Bradley Bennett on September 

17, 2005. Christy Hiller Myronowicz 

(SHPʻ98), Michelle Cummings (SHPʻ98), 

and Jennifer Judson (SHPʻ00) were bridesmaids. 

Jeremy Miller (SHPʻ96) served as 

a groomsman. 

Aziz Sayigh (SJSH ʻ99, SHPʻ03), a junior 

Kelly Stokes 

Allegretti (SHP‘82) 

“My fondest Sacred 

Heart memory 

is of 

times spent with Donna 

Gilboa. During my 

daughter’s high school 

years, I have come to 

see how important it 

is to have someone 

who believes in you— 

someone in addition to 

your parents. Donna 

Gilboa was that person 

for me. She believed in my abilities and intellect. 

She challenged and encouraged me. She gave 

me a sense of confi dence in myself. She helped 

shape me into who I am today. I came to Sacred 

Heart a shy young girl; I left a confi dent, capable 

young woman. 


Class Notes 

FAMILY SHOT (left): Kelly Stokes Allegretti (SHP’82), 

left, with her husband and children GATOR VS. GATOR 

(below): At a varsity water polo game, Princeton’s #12, 

Douglas Wigley (SHP‘05), plays against UCLA’s #24, Carter 

Brutschy (SHP‘04). The final score: UCLA 14, Princeton 6 

at Dartmouth, helped the Big Green rugby 

team reach the Northeast RFU finals by scoring 

a try in a 17-10 victory over Buffalo in 

the semifinals in Amherst, MA. That put No. 

8 Dartmouth in the finals against No. 3 Army. 

Despite a 60-yard by Sayigh for his teamʼs 

only try, the Big Green fell in the finals, 37 

to 7. 

The Andersons’ Legacy of Giving 

he Art Corridor was a 

“Treal gift to me as an 

art teacher,” recalls former 

Sacred Heart art teacher 

Janet Whitchurch. “Walking 

by the paintings and prints 

every day was an ideal way 

for my students to learn 

about and appreciate what 

the artists were trying to do. 

We had repeated trips to 

the corridor and I was able 

to talk with my students 

about the art. This was all 

vastly superior to a onetime 

trip to an art gallery 

show or museum!” 

During the 1970s, Mary 

Margaret (“Moo”) and Harry 

(“Hunk”) Anderson, parents 

of Mary Patricia (“Putter”) 

Anderson Pence (SJSH‘73, 

SHP‘77), provided a rotating display of important works of art from 

their collection. As Sacred Heart students walked down the hall 

of the Main Building, they passed pieces by such pivotal American 

artists as Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, Franz Kline, 

Clifford Still and Mark Rothko. 

“As a student keenly interested and aware of contemporary art, 

I thought it was a huge privilege to have that art available to me at 

any time,” recalls Julene Hunter (SHP‘78). The Andersons were 

right on the cutting edge of art, collecting works of abstract expressionism, 

color-fi eld painting, pop art, minimalism, photo-realism 

and geometric abstraction at a time when most people had 

Taress Reyering (SHPʻ99) is currently 

pursuing a Masters degree from Sciences- 

Politiques in Paris, France where she is 

studying Trans-Atlantic Relations. She plans 

to conduct a cross-cultural study of Language 

no idea what these styles 

were. 

The Anderson Collection 

is one of the most outstanding 

private collections of 

20th Century Art, numbering 

over 800 pieces. In 2000, 

the San Francisco Museum 

of Modern Art presented 

Celebrating Modern Art: 

The Anderson Collection, a 

comprehensive retrospective 

exhibition that occupied 

the entire museum. 

Educating and exposing 

the public to contemporary 

art has long been a passion 

for the couple, and their 

commitment to educating 

Sacred Heart students has 

continued long after the 

graduation of their daughter 

Putter. For the grand opening of the Campbell Center for the Performing 

Arts in January 2005, the Andersons loaned SHS Larry 

SHP AP ART STUDENTS ****** ***********, ******** *******, ***** 

************, ****** ******, and SHP Art Teacher Peggy O’Leary 

with Elie Nadelman’s sculpture entitled Man in the Open Air 

at the Andersons’ private home in Atherton 

Politics and Identity between the US and several 

European countries. Before heading to 

Paris, Taress had been studying at the University 

of North Carolina. 

Lauren Mang (SHPʻ99) is working for 

Poons’ #15. In September, #15 was replaced by Tom Holland’s 

Berkeley Series #104. In addition to these generous loans on 

campus, the Andersons continue to invite groups of Sacred Heart 

art students into their private home to view works of art. 

This article was written by Sheryl Nonnenberg, Library Assistant 

in the SHS Lucas Family Library. Ms. Nonnenberg was the curatorial 

associate and collection manager for the Anderson Collection 

from 1994 to 1999. 


Christieʼs Galleries in New York. Her photograph, 

“New York at Night” recently appeared 

in the New York Sun newspaper, where 

it was chosen to announce the 5th annual Insider 

Art exhibition for Christieʼs Galleries in 

Rockefeller Plaza. 

2000s 

Ben Fleisher (SHPʻ00) is living in Boulder 

and working as an EMT for Pridemark 

Paramedic. He is still working as a SCUBA 

and CPR/ First Aid Instructor. 

Rebecca Zigterman (SHPʻ00) lives in 

Lafayette, Colorado, and is managing the 

RE/MAX real estate office there. 

Laurie Cronin (SHPʻ01) just graduated 

from the University of San Diego with high 

honors in Political Science and French and a 

minor in Peace and Justice. Currently, she is 

studying law at USF in San Francisco. She is 

thrilled to be back in the Bay Area. 

Sara Griner (SHPʻ01) recently graduated 

from the University of Oregon and is 

currently on scholarship to attend Florida 

State/Asolo Conservatory for professional 

actor training. 

Jeff Jackson (SHPʻ02) is completing an 

internship in the political section of the U.S. 

Mission to the United Nations, where he has 

been working on security affairs in the East 

Asia Pacific and in Europe. 

Christopher Sartor (SHPʻ03) is attending 

Orange Coast Community College and 

studying Business and Finance. He has many 

memories about a class trip to Ashland and 

“can you hear a tree fall in the forest, or next 

to a bridge, or a road” Recently Christopher 

took a road trip to visit fellow alums Eric 

“Hoss” Van Resselaer (SHPʻ03) and Marissa 

Dacay (SHPʻ03). 

Stephanie Neidig (SJSHʻ00, SHPʻ04), 

a sophomore at Princeton University, is a 

member of Kappa Alpha Theta sorority and 

a photographer for The Daily Princetonian. 

This fall she ran for office to become a Director 

of El Dorado Countyʼs Community District 

Board. 

Laura McKenna (SJSHʻ05) is now living 

in Lake Forest, Illinois with her parents 

and brother Michael. 

Brandon Child (SHP‘04) 

laying water polo at the Division One level has been an 

“Peye-opening experience,” said Brandon Child (SHP‘04). 

“I never really understood the amount of work it would take 

until I myself was in the water getting yelled at by three different 

coaches to speed up on what seemed like a never-ending 

amount of swimming and leg sets.” 

Obviously, those practices are paying off big-time. A sophomore 

on the USC water polo team, Brandon scored seven goals for the 

Trojans in his first season, and in his second season achieved a 

team-high of four goals in one game, helping his team win the 2005 

NCAA Championship. But scoring points isn’t the most important 

thing to Brandon. “While the topic of individual goals scored represents 

personal achievement to some, for me it is really unimportant 

as long as my team is successful in the end,” said Brandon. “On 

our team we really have enough scorers, and although my position 

as hole man is traditionally an offensive position, I have tried to 

concentrate on setting other players up, and being a defensive force.” 

During his years at SHP, Brandon thrived on the Gators water polo team, earning such accolades 

as All-America second team honors, All-Central Coast Section first team honors, and 

all-league first team honors. “The team experience I had at Sacred Heart was unlike anything 

I have ever experienced,” said Brandon. “We were all super good friends and remain so to 

this day.” Now times have changed a bit, and Brandon says he feels shocked when he looks 

up in the weight 

room and sees athletic 

super-stars like 

Matt Leinart or Reggie 

Bush working 

out next to him. 

Just as he balanced 

athletic and 

academic excellence 

at SHP (earning 

honors as a 

National Merit Commended 

Scholar), 

Brandon has kept 

this equilibrium at 

USC, with his major 

in Mechanical Engineering. “The schedule combination is difficult, fitting in classes and labs 

between daily morning practices, daily afternoon practices, and lifting weights three times 

a week.” 

And his advice for Gator athletes as they look toward college “When examining your 

college options, imagine you get hurt and are unable to play. Then make your decision,” 

said Brandon. “There are so many outside factors with collegiate athletics, so just make sure 

you don’t choose a school simply because of athletics, but because it is a place you can see 

yourself successful and happy for the next four years.” 

BRIDE Mary Judson Bennett (SHP‘98), center, with her husband 

Bradley and the wedding party, including Christy Hiller Myronowicz 

(SHP‘98), far left; Michelle Cummings (SHP‘98), fourth from left; 

Jennifer Judson (SHP‘01), to the right of the groom; and Jeremy Miller 

(SHP‘96), third from right. 


Sports Beat 

Girls’ Tennis Team 

WCAL Champions 

The SHP Girlsʼ Varsity Tennis team had an impressive season, 

winning the West Catholic Athletic League (WCAL) 

championship for the second time in a row! “The team has practiced 

hard and played hard 

ABOVE & BEYOND (right): 

throughout the season,” said 

SHP Freshman ********** 

Coach Losaline Mafileo. “I ********* makes the pass. 

am proud of their amazing CHAMPIONS’ CELEBRAaccomplishments.” 

TION (below): ************* 

Two of the talented players ***************** ************ 

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

on the team went undefeated 

this season: sophomore Haley 

Hemm (23-0) and junior 

Samantha Rosekrans (22-0). 

In addition, Rosekrans was 

named Girlsʼ Tennis Player 

of the Year by the San Jose 

Mercury News. 

SJSH Softball 

Thrives 

The SJSH Eighth Grade Varsity A Softball 

team had a great season this year, making it 

all the way to the league championship game. Mr. 

Peter Florkiewicz (middle school science teacher) 

coached the team, assisted by SHP students Jesse 

Zigterman and Claire Habig. 

Four of the players on the team also participated 

in the league All-Star Game: Chantal Morgan, 

Lizzy Weisman, Haley Gordon and Sarah 

Heslin. Congratulations to our exceptional softball 

players! 

Rising Polo Stars 

Despite their youth, the SHPʼs Boysʼ Varsity Water Polo 

team (with only four seniors) had an outstanding season, 

winning the SHP Invitational Championship and going 

all the way to the Central Coast Section (CCS) Div. II finals. 

One highlight of the season was the Gatorsʼ impressive 

victory over Menlo-Atherton High School at the SHP Invitational 

(8-7), where goalie Alex Dunlevie blocked 11 shots. 

At the end of the season, the team defeated Palo Alto High 

School 8-2 in the first round of the CCS playoffs. They then 

defeated Los Altos High School 10-9, to earn a trip to the 

CCS Championship game. 

Coach Brian Kreutzkamp said, “It is wonderful to coach 

some of the best young players in the Bay Area.” Some of 

the players on the team have represented on the national 

level, including the USA Cadet Team and U.S. National Development 

Team. 

VICTORIOUS! ********** ******** *************** 

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

CATCHER 

******* 

********* 

went all the 

way to the 

league All- 

Star Game 


Calendar of 

Alumni Events: 

Saturday, April 1 

SHS Auction: “Under the Tuscan Sun” 

From the Archives 

Friday, April 28 

Parents of Alumni “Mad Hatter” 

Luncheon 

Thursday, May 18 

St. Madeleine Sophie Mass: 

All-school liturgy 

Saturday, May 20 

St. Josephʼs Centennial Celebration: 

11am Carnival, 2pm Class Reunions, 

4:15pm Mass 

Thursday, June 1 

SJSH Alumni Pinning Ceremony, 10am 

SHP Alumni Pinning Ceremony, 5pm 

SHP Graduation, 6pm 

Friday, June 9 

SJSH Graduation, 10am 

Saturday, October 14 

Reunion for all alumni, plus class reunions 

for class years ending in 1 and 6 

For event details, contact us at 

650-473-3280 or alumni@shschools.org 

Above photo: Joanne White, Jackie Welte, Coleen Craft, and Reta Walker 

on the northeast side of the old St. Josephʼs Building in 1954, the year of its demolition 

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