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NOVEMBER-FEBRUARY Winter Institute

2 Welcomes 4 Class of 2025 6 Irish Factoids 7 News & Notes ON CAMPUS

Workshops & Sports Clinics

DECEMBER

10 & 11 Christmas Choral Concert Sounding Joy

Maddan’s Corner

Sister Caroline Collins, DC, Theater

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Back to School at Last

JANUARY

SHOWCASE

Classes resume

4 Bruce-Mahoney Boys Basketball Game

SHC ROUNDTABLE

SHC @ Chase

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Parent Talk

University of San Francisco

10 Neil Sweeney ’44 16 History Lessons FEATURES

Bruce-Mahoney Girls Basketball Game University of San Francisco

SPORTING GREEN

Crab Dinner

INNOVATIONS

Sister Teresa Piro, DC, Student Life Center

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Fall Sports Update New i2 Website Debuts

26 Gold Diploma 28 Class Notes 32 Celebratory Giving ALUMNI NEWS

sacred heart cathedral preparatory Enter to Learn; Leave to Serve Inspired by the Daughters of Charity and the De La Salle Christian Brothers, in partnership with families, Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory’s mission is to provide the finest education in an inclusive Catholic community of faith. We prepare our students to become service-oriented leaders with a commitment to living the Gospel.

A Message from Dr. Skrade What a blessing it has been to be together again. Our schoolwide theme for the year is Gather, and as a community, we share a renewed sense of thanksgiving for this simple and profound act. We welcomed our entire student body back to campus this fall and revel in the meaningful experiences that seemed nearly impossible just one year ago. Classrooms are filled with engaged students and passionate instructors, while the hallways and plaza buzz with the excited chatter of friends reunited. It would be enough! Then came the return to our programs, especially arts and athletics — on the stage and the court. Our theater program enjoyed an extraordinary run of their fall play production, 1984. Our Instrumental Music Program and Dance Team performed at a recent Golden State Warriors game at Chase Center, while the visual arts program showcased their exhibits in the new De Paul Lobby and Gallery. Across town, we won the Bruce-Mahoney Football game at Kezar with over 7,000 fans in attendance and advanced to post-season play in a truly historic season! Girls Volleyball joined the Mahoney tradition and both of our basketball games will be hosted by Sacred Heart Cathedral at USF in January. And that’s not all! We hosted more than 3,000 individuals at our annual Open House. Each of our guests learned about our exemplary programs like the Inquiry and Innovation (i2) Program which showcases the i2 scholars’ passion projects spanning from international language apps to escape room game technologies to a student documentary about the impact of social media on body image and well-being. Perhaps it is the small moments that have inspired us above all — friends sharing lunch together in the dining hall, spirit rallies in the Plaza and Pavilion, cheering on our student-athletes at sports events, students participating in service opportunities, groups of learners huddled around desks, sharing ideas, collaborating and simply being together. We are grateful for every minute. It is in the spirit of gratitude for the strength and resilience of our community that we share with you this issue of SHC Magazine. Within these pages you will learn about the many ways in which SHC stays on the cutting edge of modern pedagogy, and you will meet some of the newest members of our community — faculty, staff and students. You will also get to know one of our oldest living alumni, Neil Sweeney ’44, whose experience and wisdom invites us to reflect upon and honor all those who paved the way for our students today. What looks like our achievements should, instead, be understood as God-given gifts. Enjoy this issue of SHC Magazine. Sincerely,

Melinda Lawlor Skrade, PhD President

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welcomes SHC is thrilled to welcome these new members of our faculty and staff this academic year.

Harvey Carey

Justina Mendoza

Project Assistant

Counselor

Maily Diep

Project Assistant, Head Girls Junior Varsity Volleyball Coach

Eric Abante

Payroll Administrator

Oscar Miranda

Alexandria Cervantes

Instructor of Spanish

Instructor of Mathematics

Brian Jay

Special Events Manager

Maria Apablasa Instructor of English

Terrell Clarke

Nicholas Purves

College Advisor

Instructor of Science

Janice Kristanti

Instructor of Religious Studies

Rosalynn Cambe Instructor of English

Brother Kenneth Curley, FSC Instructor of Religious Studies

Hannah Reese

Instructor of English, Instructor of Social Studies

Bob Marquez Controller

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magazine Emily Rogers ’16

OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS & MARKETING

Admissions Associate, Project Assistant

Mark Pardini ’88

Director of Communications & Marketing

Andrew Shahamiri

Instructor of Religious Studies

Clarissa Mendiola

Communications & Marketing Content Manager

Giselle Palacios-Delmundo ’94

Communications & Marketing Graphic Designer

Lucie Duffort

Communications & Marketing Associate

Thai Chu

Photography Manager

CONTRIBUTORS

Geninne Ruegg Executive Assistant to the President

Kirra Steel

Director of Advancement

Andy Chan; Thai Chu; ClubSoda Productions; Collin Crouch ’23; Bob Dahlberg; Lucie Duffort; Mona Fowler; Gianna Geraldi ’23; Andrea Hammond; Sabrina Kung ’22; Legacy.com; Tiffany Lu ’23; Selamawhit Menghisteab ’23; Clarissa Mendiola; Brian Ong; Orange Photography; Giselle Palacios-Delmundo ’94; Mark Pardini ’88; Prestige Photography; Jessica Rice ’22; Shawn Singleton ’88; Connie Truong; Kirstin Weihl

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Tomoko Sakudo Instructor of Japanese

Evan Vaughan

Service Learning & Immersion Coordinator

SACRED HEART CATHEDRAL MAGAZINE is a publication of the SHC Office of Communications & Marketing and is published for alumni, faculty, staff, parents, students, investors, parents of alumni and friends.

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Justin Woodard

Instructor of Social Studies

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class of 2025 AZRA BASHIR

EVAN LIU

I chose SHC because I was excited about the World Languages program (Japanese), and the Dance Program. I think that my transition to SHC from grammar school was smooth and easy, especially because the social aspect of life at SHC is very fun. I participate in Student Council, SHCtv, The Company (dance), and the Outdoor Adventure Club. Right now, my favorite class is World History because of my teacher, my friends in the class, and the material. SHC in a word: Awesome.

I chose SHC because of my passion for baseball and for the amazing academics. I love the SHC baseball community. SHC is a lot different from grammar school because my grammar school only had 23 eighth graders and 220 students in the entire school. Coming into a school where the entire freshman class is bigger than all of the grades at my old school combined was a lot to take in. Something that has surprised me about my experience so far is the way that you feel welcomed at SHC. I knew a few people when I came here, but I have become friends with so many more people. I joined the freshman football team and I am planning to join the baseball team as well. My favorite class so far is World History with Mr. Rocha. I’m excited about becoming more involved in the community at SHC. I want to become friends with more of the 2025 class and build good relationships with my teachers. SHC in a word: Family.

DEREK BRAY I was already familiar with SHC and had many previous introductions to school over the years. Coming from a public school, the transition to life at SHC wasn't very easy but I have gotten used to it over time. I played football this fall, and I hope to be a part of the baseball program in the spring. Physics is one of my favorite classes because Ms. Freudenberg is a very good teacher, and because a lot of my friends are in the class, too. SHC in a word: Fun.

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SALLA GRIGOR I chose SHC because of the strong academics and the impressive Visual & Performing Arts Program. I also really liked the sense of community and school spirit all the students share. I transferred from a large public school in seventh grade to a small private school in eighth grade. It was a very fast paced school so it forced me to become a better student, which made it easier to transition to SHC. The VPA Program surprised me the most — it's the most supportive and positive theatre program I've ever had the chance to participate in. All of our pre-show rituals revolve around showing gratitude for everything each individual brings to the show. I also really appreciate all the clubs and programs SHC has to offer. Right now I'm in Guitar, Jubilee, Mock Trial, Drama, and Rose clubs. I'm also taking Acting 1,2, and I hope to also join choir next year when we can take two VPAs as Sophomores. One of my favorite classes right now is English. I'm in Ms. Apablasa's English 1,2 class, and she is always willing to help you out with anything, She's super understanding, and she breaks her class up into segments and makes sure we all get a brain break so we don't zone out or lose focus. Overall, it's an amazing curriculum and I enjoy it a ton! SHC in a word: Diverse.

OLIVIA TANGAAN I chose SHC because of the amazing community, and because my family has a history at the school. Aside from changing COVID policies and the number I chose SHC because of of people, I'd say high the loving and caring school is similar to community I saw long I chose SHC because I grammar school. I was before I made my final wanted to be part of a surprised at how many decision. SHC gives very friendly and inclueveryone room to grow, different teachers and staff members work at SHC. sive community. I would Everyone has great pride in the school and wants it and so many people say that the transition are willing to help you to remain a safe place for students. I am involved in wasn't easy, getting used along the way. Ending Student Council, Kapamilya, SHC Volleyball, and to the rotations and my eighth grade year, I I play club volleyball outside of school. My favorite schedule was confuswas scared for what was class so far is American Sign Language 1,2. The ing at first but then it to come as I entered a new chapter in my life. SHC activities we do are fun, and we get to do a lot of slowly came to me. I was group video projects. I am most excited about growwas extremely welcoming to us freshmen, with so surprised at how you can much support and so many caring individuals who ing older and maturing with my classmates at SHC. meet and make new friends so quickly at SHC. Evhelp you feel at home. The teachers here are so help- I also look forward to participating in clubs and in eryone is just really friendly, and that is really helpful the i2 program. SHC in a word: Tight-knit. ful and patient. They not only care about grades, for people who are not very social. I hope to be part of but also about your health and well-being. the soccer team as gatherings with my club team has been difficult this past year. My favorite class so far is This year, I chose to participate on the Dance Team definitely Scripture because my teacher is great and SHC was really the best as well as the Dance Company, and I take the the whole mood of the class is very chill, which I really fit for me, and I liked Advanced Dance and Composition class. Next year, enjoy. I’m really excited for all of the things I hope to the environment. It was I hope to take photography classes to see different accomplish at SHC. SHC in a word: Awesome. easy to transition from perspectives as well, and to be behind the camera my old school to SHC. instead of in front of one. My favorite class so far I like SHC so much and has been Scripture. We get to learn about faith and I’m really so comfortable religion, but we also talk about real-life events, here. One of the things share our opinions and we listen to others, which that surprised me is that helps us learn and relate in ways we may have there are lots of students never thought of. I am excited to continue building here, so there are classes community and to become more involved at SHC. with new people every time. World History is one I want to make the most of the four years I have of my favorite classes because I love my teacher here at SHC because everything will pass before you Mr. Morgan — he is such a fun teacher and he has know it. SHC in a word: Determination. a great sense of humor which makes class more enjoyable. I look forward to playing soccer, meeting new people and having a fun time at SHC. SHC in a word: Fun.

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RAMON RAMIREZALEMAN

LIAM WILSON

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For many families, SHC is a multigenerational affair. Case in point — the Pardini family! The Pardini family patriarch, Julian, was the first to attend Sacred Heart, graduating in 1949. In the past 50 years, there have only been two years when a Pardini family member was not on campus at SHC, either as a student or teacher. Today, four family members are part of our on-campus community — (left to right) Instructor of English David ’80, Director of Communications Mark ’88, Gabriel ’25, and Mia ’22 .

irish factoids The De Paul campus building underwent a major HVAC overhaul over the summer as heating and cooling was installed in the entire second floor. Additionally, an air filtration system was put in place to provide clean indoor air and a whole system building management system was implemented as well.

SHC alumna Jen Ryan ’17 and Steph Lee ’19 were teammates on a Tufts University squad that made it to the Division 3 Elite Eight, finally losing in threesets to the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire. At SHC, both were starters on their respective championship teams. Jen was on SHC's 2012 WCAL and State Championship team and was a senior captain for the Jumbos. Steph was on the 2018 WCAL and CCS Open Championship team at SHC and this season was named an honorable mention American Volleyball Coaches Association (AVCA) All-American at libero. Lee was also on the AVCA All-Region Team and was selected to the All-Tournament Team at the Johns Hopkins NCAA Regional. GO IRISH!!! SHC’s Lasallian Vincentian Youth Club has been doing amazing work in our local communities this academic year. Their service has ranged from food pantry and food preparation for neighbors in need to wellness work with Tenderloin residents to habitat restoration at public parks. Keep up the amazing work, LVY!

The Walkathon is back! It was incredible to get back to the Polo Fields this past September for the 32nd Annual Walkathon. Students raised a record-breaking $265,000 and celebrated with our traditional walk through Golden Gate Park and a festive picnic hosted by the SHC Parents Association. Meadow the Walkathon Dog enjoyed attending the event with her owner and Campus Safety staff member, Tony Joost.

This past November, hundreds of SHC students quietly walked out of their classes to simultaneously participate in a powerful sit-in held on the La Salle Campus Plaza. Entirely student organized and led, the sit-in was held in a show of solidarity with victims of sexual assault. The event included a solemn reflection from a current senior and a period of silence. The sit-in aligned with similar events at local schools held the same week. “To the survivors who are here today, we demonstrate to recognize you, to support you, to strengthen you.” —Student sit-in leader

SHC welcomed more than 3,000 hopeful Irish to our Annual Open House this past October. Following the virtual event held last year, it was incredible to share the full spirit of our community, in person, with prospective families.

news, notes, etc. MADDAN’S CORNER This year, I have bookends — a freshman and a senior — siblings on opposite ends of high school, one figuring his way in, the other figuring her way out.

Bruce-Mahoney Tradition Reborn The presidents and principals of Sacred Heart Cathedral and St. Ignatius agreed this fall to include girls volleyball and basketball in the annual Bruce-Mahoney contest, making it a best three-out-of-five affair. SHC President Melinda Lawlor Skrade, PhD, shown here with St. Ignatius Principal Michelle Nevin Levine, joined with SHC Principal Gary Cannon, EdD and SI President Edward A. Reese, SJ, to agree upon the update after almost two years of behind-the-scenes negotiations.

Bibliobicicleta: Dr. Alicia Tapia’s Traveling Library SHC’s Director of Library Services Dr. Alicia Tapia was recently featured in the San Francisco Chronicle’s Total SF Podcast celebrating her efforts to share her love of books with residents of the Tenderloin. Dr. Tapia rides her customized mobile bicycle library to the Safe Passage Parklet in the Tenderloin every week, inviting folks to grab a book off the shelf. Reflecting on the neighborhood, Dr. Tapia says, “ … this is a beautiful, vibrant community with a rich history. There are tons of families and children here. Ironically enough, I feel the safest here, just because everyone is looking out for one another. Everyone says, ‘Hello’.”

Like the rest of the world, their lives were interrupted by the pandemic, teenage freedom and normalcy quarantined. When fall finally came, it didn’t feel like the sad ceasing of summer, but a welcomed start. It was a time to order books and backpacks and routinely head out the door. In the mornings, the sun flooded Market Street as we drove down it. The city had begun to percolate with cars, buses and bicyclists, and people walking dogs or strolling babies or running for coffee. At the intersection of Gough and Ellis, there was a familiar sea of green, students in SHC hoodies passing to class. It felt almost like normal, but everyone has changed, even if in the slightest of ways. And in the midst of that change, there was more. For freshmen, it was navigating the campus, remembering a locker combo or finding a new friend. For seniors, it was forecasting a future, applying to college and sitting for graduation portraits to capture a snapshot of who they were at that moment in time. Heather Maddan-Dowdell is a fifth generation San Franciscan. She met her husband, Dan, at a high school party. They have three children — Sicily ’22, Asher ’25, and Jackson (12).

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hile students officially were back on campus last spring, this semester has brought a sense of normalcy back to SHC. Masks aside, the sounds of students laughing and talking energetically around campus has replaced the hushed, muffled tones of the students who returned from the pandemic, unsure of so many things. This spread of photos is a salute to our students and to youth in all of its energetic glory.

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Neil

Sweeney ’44

A classmate of Jerry Mahoney ’44 reflects on a life of achievement and service.

By Mark Pardini ’88 until talking with Neil Sweeney ’44, a charming man with a twinkle in his eye who is one of our oldest living alumni, was just how much of a history lesson we would receive that day, a snapshot of a time not only in the history of SHC, but of Northern California, and our nation as a whole.

hen attending Sacred Heart Cathedral, one joins a family that extends back 170 years, including tens of thousands of alumni and spanning multiple generations of some families. In this context, when SHC Magazine was presented with the opportunity to interview a teammate of the famed Jerry Mahoney ’44, we jumped at the opportunity, knowing full well that this opportunity to capture history might not present itself again. What we couldn’t have known

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In his 92 years of life, Neil has been in turn a student leader, an athlete, a soldier, a coach, a teacher, Neil Sweeney ’44 and an administrator. With his charming wife of 70 years, Beverly, by his side, he is also a father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and a community stalwart. His imprint can be seen in his eight children who still live in the area and the multitude of grandchildren and great-grandchildren they have produced. The influence and wisdom he has shared lives on in the thousands of youth whom he coached, taught and mentored. “When I was a sophomore at SH I saw the film Knute Rockne, All American, and from then on I wanted to be a coach. I figured out

that in order to be a coach, you had to be a teacher, so that was my goal from then on.” Lastly, through his son Matt, a renowned coaching icon in the Tri-County area, Neil’s legacy of affecting youth through athletics and education continues to this very day. Neil Sweeney was a St. Paul’s boy growing up in Noe Valley during the Great Depression, the fourth of five sons, all of whom attended Sacred Heart High School (Tim ’34, Joe, Robert ’39, and Bernard ’46). His brother Joe even left SH after his freshman year to become a Christian Brother, serving for twelve years. Neil remembers his eldest brother, Tim, choosing to skip college to help the family out financially during the Great Depression, still finding time on his one weekly day off from working for the Examiner to take Neil and neighborhood pal and SHC legend Bill Henneberry ’48 down to swim near Palo Alto. It was a different, quieter time in the Bay Area, pre-tech, before the strip malls, when families buckled down, made do with what they had, and stuck with friends from their parish for their entire lives. Asked if he was good friends with Mahoney, a Star of the Sea boy from the Richmond, Neil replied “As a teammate, mostly. He was kind of all business … Mostly the guys I hung around with were the guys from the Mission, from St. Paul's Parish. Tim O'Regan ’44 was from there. Joe Ryan ’44 was from down in St. Peter's area, Lower Mission, Bill Nightingale ’44 was out in my area. I was mostly friendly with them.” A “Brothers’ Boy” through and through, Neil shared, “Yeah, I had a great experience with the Brothers, I can't say that enough.” Remembering his time at SH, Neil recounted some of the most influential of his mentors.

was quite a good athlete. He had a similar build to Chris Mullins (Golden State Warriors Hall of Famer), same kind of ruddy complexion.” Recalling the WWII era in general, Neil said, “... it was a very patriotic time, and there were even a couple of sophomores that left school and went into the service at that time. The Brothers came up with a plan that you could get your diploma in three and a half years rather than four, so almost half our class left after the end of the fall semester in ’43, and Jerry Mahoney played both football and basketball that school year before enlisting. I can't remember when he left … definitely before the end of the spring semester. He went into the Navy right away.”

"The Ripper"

“Brother Lawrence Corey, he was a chemistry teacher, he was just a young Brother, he was also the Athletic Director (AD). He later went on to St. Mary's and had a long tenure there. Even after he left the brothers he stayed on at St. Mary's as a science teacher, quite a guy. He just died a couple years ago. When he was the AD at SH, we played Mission one year (Neil was primarily a left guard, nicknamed “the Ripper” for his forearm shiver). They had an unbalanced line with a single wing, and I was a middle guard and I had a good game. We had no plastic helmets in that era, and we went both ways. We had no face mask and we had leather helmets. Anyway, I got my mouth all beat up and I had to go to the emergency on the way home and get stitches in my mouth. We were playing the next week at Poly, and Brother Lawrence got two nose guards and sandwiched one on top of the other, so I couldn't even get the helmet off during the game. I got one penalty in that game because I was over the line of scrimmage with that facemask! Brother Lawrence was great. Our principal was Brother Alfred who later became the provincial because he was at the college too. Brother Michael, who left later, he became a teacher and coach in San Ramon. A lot of them were in my brother's class in Mont La Salle and they all treated me pretty well. I had a great experience at SH.” Returning to Mahoney, the all-city football and basketball player who died in combat shortly after joining the war effort, Neil remembered, “He

Savoring his tenure as SH student body president, Neil would wait to enlist in the Naval Air Crew program until after Thanksgiving of his first semester at St. Mary’s College, during which he continued playing football. With many of the top college players off in combat, Neil got a taste of big-time college football with the Gaels as a 160 lb. lineman. “We played USC, Cal, UCLA. So I played two games in the Coliseum that year. We didn't win a game, we weren't very good. Pretty much most of the [previous year’s] team disbanded.” After an especially-lopsided loss to the Coast Guard team, Neil remembers his former Coach Phelan ribbing him and his teammates. “After the war, you guys wanna get in the stadium, you're gonna have to sell programs!"

Once he joined the war effort, Neil showed an aptitude for communications work in his initial testing at his Millington, Tennessee base, and he was accepted into the radio training program, manning that part of the flight crew. Recalling those times, Neil shared, “My first assignment was the Ft. Lauderdale, Florida naval air station. I was assigned to a squadron there … we flew TBMs (torpedo bombers). I was on a three-person crew, a pilot, a gunner, and a radio man, me, and the only space for the radio man was in a small little cabin right behind the torpedo!” During his time in Florida, Neil would frequently go to the end of the base tarmac during his spare time and watch the squadrons take off. It was during two of these sojourns that Neil watched squadrons depart never to return, alleged victims of the infamous Bermuda Triangle. With the war winding down, Neil had decisions to make. While tempted to reenlist, Neil says “I was anxious to go back home, though, so they sent me to Livermore, which had a naval air station, the site of what’s now known as the Lawrence Radiation lab.” From there, he would return to St. Mary’s to finish his education and again play football. With the players from the war returning, however, Neil revisited his childhood coaching ambitions. “I asked coach (Joe Verducci), if I could help out with the freshmen,” Neil recalled. “‘He says ‘Sure,’ so I helped coach the freshmen in ’48 which was a great experience.” Through good friend Jack Hanson, a teacher at St. Elizabeth’s in Oakland, Neil got a job as a teacher and coach. Ironically, Neil faced Mahoney (#33) lines up behind Neil (front row, third from the right) notable challenges

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neil sweeney ’44 (cont.) with the football program there. “The facilities were terrible. It was a dirt lot behind one of the buildings. In the fall, we'd rent trucks and go to the Chevrolet plant where they had a big field and that’s where we had to practice our passing game.” In one year’s time, though, Neil had changed the culture at the school. “In ’49 we won the Catholic Athletic League Championship. We beat Serra, St. Mary's High of Berkeley and St. Mary's of Stockton. I think it's the only time St. Elizabeth's ever won a football championship.”

“I'd tell them to enjoy the era they're in, and don't be afraid to hit the books and be as outgoing as you can as you get through it.”

too, and she wanted a job, but there weren't any available. She gave up quite a bit to come, but the good person she is, she made the best of it,” Neil recalled. “The community of Pleasanton was about 2,500 people total, pretty rural. In fact, my wife was walking down main street, and she says, ‘What am I doing in this hick town?’” Neil continued, “When we came here, there were five large dairies. They milked 800 cows twice a day. Then it was a lot of ranch land. This was all pasture land where we are now. The old owners used to be hay farmers. There are huge deposits of gravel in this valley. When we first came they'd be shipping 28 trainloads of gravel every night from here.”

Neil would serve at Amador for 21 years, watching the school enrollment grow from 200 to 2,600, coaching for just six before serving as vice principal, then principal, later moving to the newly-opened Foothill High School as principal. “And then I went to the district offices,” Neil recalled, “Director of secondary education, and assisBy June of 1950, Neil had married tant superintendent. When I retired in 1985, I was deputy superBeverly, also a teacher, from Hilo, intendent of schools and I was only 58 years old.” Later, he would Hawai’i, and had gotten his own serve as the assistant commissioner of the California Interscholastic teaching credential from San Francisco State, quickly accepting a job at Federation (CIF), currently headed by fellow SHC alum Ron Nocetti ’86. “Seventy years in Pleasanton, and 70 years married. Pretty fortunate Amador Valley High in Pleasanton. The couple quickly established roots … plus,” he adds, mischievously eyeing Beverly, “I still like her!” in the then-rural community. “We During this time, Neil and Beverly still managed to start a family, came back to Pleasanton as newwith children Joe, Pat, Anne, Matt, Liz, Tim, Fran, and Dan keeping lyweds so this was our first home the couple busy. Eventually, seven of the children would attend together. Beverly had a credential Catholic colleges, six attending St. Mary’s and Joe choosing Notre

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Beverly proudly showing off a Sweeney family photo album

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Dame. While all of the children were accomplished athletes and have had successful professional careers in a number of differing fields, coaching still runs in the family blood. Neil’s youngest son, Dan, is currently the girls basketball coach at Foothill, balancing that with his job in the tech industry. Perhaps most recognizable in the local coaching community is Neil's son, Matt, an Amador Valley alum of 1978 who would later coach both football and softball at Foothill High. Over 31 years coaching football, Matt’s 265 wins put him third all-time in the North Coast Section. He won 13 EBAL titles, four sectional titles, and coached future pro athletes Sean Mannion and the San Francisco Giants legend Brandon Crawford. While briefly courted by the 49ers as a quality control coach, Matt prioritized his family and stayed at Foothill. And as if that weren’t enough, Matt was voted 2019 state softball coach of the year, leading Foothill to a 28-0 record and no. 3 national ranking. The kind of characteristics required to lead sports programs of both genders to these levels of excellence can only be taught, and the tutelage of his father and, by extension, the Christian Brothers (Matt also graduated from St. Mary’s), seem instrumental in his development as a leader. When asked his thoughts on the recent inclusion of girls sports into the Bruce-Mahoney competition between SHC and St. Ignatius, Neil approved wholeheartedly and extolled girls athletics in general. “I saw that in the email. That's good, I think that's great!” he cried of the change. “The girls are the athletes in our family. Matty had a daughter up at Oregon on a soccer scholarship, Joe's daughter went to Notre Dame in swimming. One daughter went to Michigan in water polo, and [Tim’s] gonna have a daughter going up to Oregon for lacrosse … and [Matt’s daughter] Kelly played softball at Boise State.” When asked for any advice he would give to current SHC students, Neil alluded to the pandemic-induced travails experienced by today’s teens. “I'd tell them to enjoy the era they're in, and don't be afraid to hit the books and be as outgoing as you can as you get through it.” He recounted trying times in his own professional career for context. “In 1967, I was the vice principal and we had about 1,200 students in a facility that was built for about 600, then the following year, we had 1,800 in a facility that could handle 600. We had three starting times, three lunchtimes, and three ending times. We went from 7 am until 5 pm every single day. One administration, I was the VP and I handled all the discipline.” Neil paused. “When I left my house in the morning, I had to put my lips up in a smile, force myself to smile, and I said the peace prayer of St. Francis: ‘Lord let me not be consoled but to console, not to be loved but

Neil and Beverly

to love.’ I said that every morning, and at the end of the year, I was stronger than when I started the year.” As our nation and world struggle out of COVID, we can look to the perspective of people like Neil Sweeney for guidance. Undeterred by financial chaos and world war, they faced the future with resolve and forged lives for themselves fearlessly, undaunted by what the future might bring. Along the way, these stalwarts passed along not only their wisdom, but the wisdom of those who influenced them. In Neil’s case, this influence was provided by the Brothers at SH and St. Mary’s, and in his lifelong service to youth, these teachings in turn reached new generations. When celebrating the legacy of service represented by Jerry Mahoney and his sacrifice, we should never forget the contributions of those like Neil Sweeney who served a quieter, more day-to-day mission of influencing young peoples’ lives one day at a time.

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he SHC Theater Department truly reached new heights this fall with its adaptation of George Orwell's dystopian classic 1984. With its use of set and costume design, lighting, video, and of course, our student actors, Director Spenser Morris and Technical Director Tim Mahoney created an inescapable environment of repression and groupthink. Hats off to the entire cast and crew of this performance and many thanks for making SHC Drama the top program in the City.

SHC ROUNDTABLE

Parent Talk WHY DID YOUR FAMILY CHOOSE SHC? David: SHC has a rich history of being a key contributor within what makes San Francisco such a special city. The school's reputation for providing an excellent education while also developing and nurturing socially and spiritually-responsible young adults was an especially critical reason why we knew SHC was the perfect fit for our daughter. Mailine: We SHC chose because of the diverse community, quality education and the incredible teachers and college counselors. Chris: We chose SHC for the academics, faculty and staff, and competitive sports.

The Roundtable brings together a cross-section of SHC community members to offer their perspectives on compelling issues. In this edition of The Roundtable, we ask some SHC parents about why their child chose the school as well as their experiences in the community.

with the great lessons my children learned in showing empathy and being selfless.

AS A PARENT, HOW DO YOU CURRENTLY CONTRIBUTE TO THE SCHOOL COMMUNITY? David: I've already volunteered for the Walkathon, Bruce-Mahoney football game and Open House and look forward to becoming even more involved within the community. Mailine: I attend various sports and performing arts events, and I also donate to the various fundraisers. Chris: I participate in the SHC Parents Association and volunteered at Open House.

David: While we've only been at SHC as a family for a little over two months, the faculty and staff have been extremely welcoming. Additionally, my daughter is already extremely proud to be part of the SHC community due to how much she enjoys her classes. Mailine: The faculty and staff at SHC are extremely responsive. An email will be responded to often within an hour, but certainly within 24 hours.

DAVID DRUTZ Father of Cassidy Drutz ’25

Richard: I currently serve on the SHC Board of Regents.

IF YOU ARE THE PARENT OF AN ALUM, HOW DID SHC PREPARE YOUR STUDENT FOR LIFE BEYOND HIGH SCHOOL? Mailine: SHC has taught my child to not be afraid of asking questions and following up.

Richard: We chose SHC because Richard: Both of my children are thriving in college. it’s a great school, and my children Richie is at San Francisco State University, and Lucie is were very excited about the wide currently at the University of Washington. range of options and opportunities.

HOW HAS SHC EXCEEDED YOUR EXPECTATIONS?

OUR PANEL:

CHRIS THOMAS Father of Zachary Thomas ’24

HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE YOUR CURRENT SHC STUDENT’S EXPERIENCE AT SHC SO FAR?

MAILINE WONG

David: Cassidy looks forward to school each day as she greatly enjoys all of her classes. She's particularly happy with how engaging all of her teachers are.

Mother of Michael Carriere ’21 & Christine Carriere ’25

Mailine: It is a second home community for my child. Chris: Overall, his experience has been very good and academically challenging.

WHAT IS YOUR HOPE FOR YOUR STUDENTS AS THEY CONTINUE THEIR HIGH SCHOOL JOURNEY?

RICHARD CUTLER Father of Richard P. Cutler ’17 & Lucie Cutler ’19

David: Our hope for Cassidy is that she continues to learn and develop both as a student and overall person. The SHC community continues to impress us as it's more Chris: The school’s overall commu- than just a high school; it's been wonderful to see SHC alumni remaining involved with the community for life. nication and level of support has We look forward to seeing Cassidy contribute to the been fantastic. school's rich history and legacy. Richard: Our children have made Mailine: My hope for my child is to discover new interlifelong friendships and my wife and I have made a number of great ests and to learn and share her talents. friends with other SHC parents Chris: I hope my student continues to develop intellectuand faculty. I am always impressed al curiosity and explore other interests. S A C R E D H E A R T C AT H E D R A L P R E PA R AT O RY M A G A Z I N E

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history lessons

By Lucie Duffort

SHC IS EMPLOYING CUTTING-EDGE METHODOLOGIES IN ITS CURRICULUM TO AUGMENT STUDENT GROWTH AND ADDRESS QUESTIONS OF EQUITY IN LEARNING

“When we take on our stories, we take on world history.” Gates History Project introduction video

his is the second year that, in a department-wide effort to shift to a skillsbased approach to learning, the ninth grade World History team has collectively made use of the Gates Foundation-backed Open Education Resource (OER) platform. The open source (read: free) platform provides a network of units that span all of recorded history, separated into three sections: Big History, 1200-Present, and 1750-Present. It connects teachers from across the country (and the world) to units that are interactive, collaborative and constantly evolving. OER enables a unified but dynamic basis for teaching beyond a printed textbook. Rather than focus strictly on content, teachers focus on myriad skills including geography and mapping, data exploration, sourcing, claims testing, causation exploration and more. Information presentation includes standard readings, but also curated video presentations and discussions between teachers and professors, worksheet activities, and a variety of primary source presentations. Readings themselves can be tailored for different skill levels. In other words, the sources are adaptable for a given classroom, specific student need, and different moments in time in order

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to customize skill development. Assistant Principal of Academics Joan O’Neill tells us that OER is a platform that supports the department’s current shift from competency-based assessment (whether a student can perform a group of tasks, and how well) to the assessment of overall skills needed as broad learners and navigators of history. “This is particularly relevant in a world where you can look up any date that you want online. This platform is context based, skills based, and the building of these skills can be followed from ninth grade through any APs they take.” In fact, students who took the course before its widespread adoption three years ago have noticed skill corroboration with APs taken later on, particularly with Data Based Questions (DBQs). When asked how AP

World History was going, one student told Instructor of Social Studies Dabney Standley: “It’s awesome, because of the DBQs we did in ninth grade, I’m already set.” “Like science, like anything, we keep discovering history over time,” emphasizes Standley, who brought the platform to the department. “The history that you and I took has been rewritten. We need to make sure the kids are learning to create their own historical narratives as new things come along. It’s all about teaching kids to create and articulate and defend these narratives.” Standley has been using OER for four

years and was introduced to it by Bob Regan, Director of Education at Gates Ventures and father to SHC alums Lizzie ’20 and Hannah ’18. Standley is one of a large number of teacher representatives called upon to curate and contribute to the ongoing self-evaluation of the OER platform. This fine-tuning of the platform’s offerings includes cyclical evaluations and measured progress, online professional development, events, and regular social media interactions which connect our history teachers to a wider network of educators and enable regular refinement of the tool.

The platform itself also pulls from other familiar educational resources, connecting with Khan Academy, Project Score and Turnitin, in order to establish a set of skills benchmarked by universities and the College Board. Instructor of Social Studies Jeffrey Juelsgaard, who also serves as learning team leader for ninth grade World History, tells us, “Ultimately I think this is the future of text(books), and a lot of delivery of curriculum will be through sites like this that are really well curated. The hope is that this will be a beefy text that is easily accessible, seamlessly incorpo-

ALIGNMENT IN THE

ENGLISH DEPARTMENT A few years ago, instructors of English Paul Barnes and Jim Jordan got together to align course goals from their respective AP courses (Literature for Barnes, Language & Composition for Jordan). As Department Chair, Barnes quickly realized that streamlining could be applied across all offerings of English classes, enabling instructors to explain and explore skill building vertically, in line with the assessment goals and skill development progression of the College Board AP English program. For Jordan, who has consulted for the College Board for 15 years, this was a no-brainer. “We are an AP school, and the College Board recently produced the most concise curricular goals we've ever seen for both AP English courses. One focuses on literature and the other on composition, so it makes sense that we would adopt these collegiate reading and writing skills as curricular standards for all SHC English courses.” Jordan also emphasized that these skills extend to the department’s other year-long upperclassman offering, a second rhetoric-focused class designed by California State University and adapted by our instructors, called Expository Reading and Writing Course (ERWC). Most recently, Jordan has encouraged the implementation of this alignment strategy across all departments as part of the school’s WCEA accreditation. The terminology and skill assessments from the AP courses are now being used across all departments in course planning and skill building. Connecting skills and goals from freshman English to the highest level courses helps teachers communicate and build college readiness from day one. Aligned goals means that our upperclassmen are more prepared to take AP courses, and all graduates are more prepared for the types of coursework and evaluation they will face in college.

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history lessons (cont.) rates the activities that you want to do, and shows you why they are valuable. It makes it a little bit easier to understand the practical use of history.” Juelsgaard goes on to emphasize the positive aspects of the site’s not being quite as Eurocentric as other textbooks he has encountered in the past. Though it doesn’t have an integrated historiography piece (the study of how history is written), it does teach this in some ways through “osmosis”, providing a variety of histories of World War II, from Brazil, Ghana, and Australia, rather than just Germany and Japan. “It’s interesting for students to learn about different places,” he says, “maybe somewhere they have some ancestry. There’s a bit more buy-in.” There is, of course, room to grow with this or any new information delivery system. Social Studies Department Chair Dan Ingoglia has been impressed by the capacity of the program, but points out that while it enables the use of remarkable technologi-

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cal tools, including “ The history that you and I took tailoring of content has been rewritten. We need to to specific reading make sure the kids are learning levels, it doesn’t offer a to create their own historical non-digital option for narratives as new things come students who process along. It’s all about teaching differently to work in kids to create and articulate a more hands-on way. and defend these narratives.” While the platform provides a rich base for DABNEY STANDLEY history education and INSTRUCTOR OF SOCIAL STUDIES a great starting point for the learning team’s planning process, it still benefits from teachers’ supplemental instruction and adaptation to the specific environment required by individual student and class needs. The importance of equity in this type of offering is not to be ignored, either, which is a particularly salient point for SHC and its mission. With free access to the platform, students from all socio-economic backgrounds can interact with the information and become exploring, individual learners without buying a textbook. In providing students multiple entry points to learning, teachers also introduce students to new perspectives through a familiar lens, encouraging them to use their own interests and knowledge to go further in the construction and exploration of their own stories. These are traits that any follower of the Lasallian Vincentian charisms can appreciate, and we look forward to seeing this platform and its implementation develop over time.

ON CAMPUS

shc @ chase T

he SHC community joined with Dub Nation on Friday, November 5 as students, parents, and faculty and staff attended the Warriors game versus the New Orleans Pelicans. With the SHC band playing the national anthem, the school Dance Team performing, longtime Golden State hype-man Franco Finn ’95 amping up the crowd, and a special birthday wish for Sister Frances displayed on the big screen, Chase Center for one night took on a decidedly green tone. GO IRISH!

SPORTING GREEN

FALL SPORTS

UPDATE

Game faces

No "i" in team

FOOTBALL SHC Football took a wild and historic ride in the 2021 season, losing their first five games, four in the fourth quarter, before turning the season around with a 3-3 run in the always-brutal WCAL and making the CCS DIII playoffs. Once there, the Irish took care of their At the feet of the master business, winning three successive games to capture the program’s second sectional title versus Christopher High th In coach Andy Chan’s 24 season leading the proSchool of Gilroy gram, boys and girls cross country had an impreson November 27, sive season, the girls finishing third in the league 27-3. From there, the and the boys fifth. Following this, the program Irish ascended into enjoyed more outstanding performances in the uncharted territory, WCAL Finals and in the CCS Finals. At the latter, Elizabeth Nip ’22 and Cam Gregg ’25 both qualified beating Chico High School 31-7 in the for State as individual runners, representing the Irish at the State Finals at Woodward Park in Fresno NorCal D4A finals on Saturday November 27. All WCAL selections for at Kezar Stadium on December 4, setting the program were Gregg and Miles Cook ’25, both up a date in the state nd 2 Team, a promising sign for the ongoing excelbowl game versus lence of this storied SHC program. Southern California

An improbable run for glory

cross COUNTRY

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Gatorade bath

CCS Champs

Jay Murphy ’23, Frosh Coach John Hammond, Silas Bahlibi ’22, and Aiden Shea ’22 celebrate

representative Northview a week later. While occurring too late for inclusion in this issue of SHC Magazine, the final result is truly secondary to the character and grit displayed by the team this season. The SHC gridders (3-4 WCAL, 6-7 overall) rebooted their season on October 8 with a 21-20 victory over St. Ignatius at Kezar Stadium, evening the reconfigured Bruce-Mahoney contest at 1-1. The following week, they defeated Bellarmine for only the fourth time since 1940, with wide receiver RL Miller ’23 snagging three TD receptions in a 20-13 victory at San Jose City College. Coach Barry McLaughlin’s squad then beat Mitty 27-16 on the final day of the regular season, guaranteeing them a berth in the CCS playoffs. In the first two CCS playoff games, the Irish dominated on both sides of the ball. In the quarterfinal matchup against Leigh High School in San Jose, the Irish scored a touchdown on their first drive and never looked back, defeating the Longhorns 21-0 and advancing to the semifinals against Mountain View. In that one, Miller

scored two TDs, Jerry Mixon, Jr. ’23 busted off a 62 yard TD run, and Bruce Uperesa ’22 scooted 33 yards for a TD and caught another from ringmaster QB Ray John Spears ’22 as SHC spotted Mountain View a 7-0 deficit before storming back and running away with a 42-14 victory. Versus Christopher, Mixon busted off a long touchdown reception from Spears on the first possession and the larger, more athletic Irish never took their foot off the pedal. In the Chico game, Uperesa broke a long punt return for a touchdown right before halftime and the Irish were never threatened thereafter. The Irish were rewarded for their superlative efforts this year with ample post-season accolades. In addition to making the First Team All League squad, Mixon was named WCAL Co-Utility Player of the Year for his excellence at both linebacker and running back. Joining him on the First Team were DL Silas Bahlibi ’22, OLB/WR Miller ’23, QB Spears ’22, and WR/OLB Uperesa ’22. 2nd Team Honors went to RB/DE Derek Reagans III ’22, OT Lorance Wong ’22, and WR/DB Isaiah Keishk ’23. Irish named to the Honorable Mention team included OL/DL Benjamin Hatch ’24, LB Jabari Ryan ’23, CB/DB/Kick Returner Kendric Sanders ’23, DB Erik Bosch ’22, and OL Grant Garlow ’22. While losing many of the leaders of this year’s team to graduation, the Irish have an extremely strong nucleus of talent returning next year, supplemented by an exciting array of young talent at the frosh level. Congratulations to the entire coaching staff and team for truly giving us a season to remember. GO IRISH!

Pre-match bonding

Lining it up perfectly

girls GOLF Alumni parent and head coach Jim Enright’s squad went 3-4 in the WCAL and 3-7 overall. The highlight of the season was undeniably a memorable win against St. Ignatius on September 2 at the Presidio Golf Course as they defeated the Wildcats 234-257. All League Honorable Mention accolades went to Giuliana Rovetti ’24.

girls TENNIS

Led by recent graduate and head coach Emily Rogers ’16, girls tennis continued to build a foundation for sustained success. With a full squad of 14 athletes, the team went 2-13 (0-10 in league). Highlights include a 5-4 win over Urban High School on September 17 at Westlake Park, and a 7-0 shutout victory over Lincoln High School on September 23rd. Recognized for their excellence were 2nd Team All WCAL singles player Marsella Johnson ’22 and doubles tandem Margot Hart ’22 and Kira Moss ’22.

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girls VOLLEYBALL For the 17th straight season (excluding last year’s pandemic-shortened edition), Coach Margi Beima’s storied SHC girls volleyball program notched 20 wins and qualified for the CIF State Tournament. Finishing with a 20-16 record, 3-7 in the WCAL, the Irish battled all season by playing intelligent, strategic volleyball, a hallmark of Beima’s teams through the years. Early in the season, the Irish battled against future Division 2 CCS champions Burlingame High School on the road and came away with an impressive 3-2 victory (25-15, 19-25, 18-25, 25-17, 15-8). They also had strong performances at both Milpitas Spikefests and the Presentation tournament as well. In league play, after losing 0-3 at Valley Christian in their first matchup, the Irish made the necessary adjustments to defeat the Warriors on Christian Brothers Court 3-0 in the second matchup of the season. The Irish most notably made history on October 5 as the first SHC girls program to compete for the Bruce-Mahoney trophy, ushering in a new era of competition between SHC and St. Ignatius at a loud and raucous Kezar Pavilion. Once in the CCS DIII playoffs, the Irish defeated Capuchino 3-0 before falling at Santa Cruz High School 0-3. From there, the Irish entered NorCal playoffs and defeated Foothill High School from Palo Cedro, CA 3-1 in the first round before their season ended with a 3-0 defeat at the hands of Soquel High School in the Norcal Quarterfinals on November 11. First Team All WCAL honors went to outside hitter Kate Lau ’23 and Honorable Mention accolades were awarded to DS/ libero Kiana Paredes ’23. With a strong nucleus of young talent returning and moving up from the program’s JV and Frosh levels, SHC volleyball continues to have a bright future moving forward.

Kate Lau '23, Marissa Diner '22, and Nicole Diner '22 tracking at the net

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COACH BEIMA STEPS DOWN

Melanie Quan '22 flies high

Margi working on her lineup, circa 2005

Kiana Paredes '23

Drawing to a close a legendary coaching career, Margi Beima is stepping down as head girls volleyball coach, a position she has held at SHC for 19 years. In her career, Beima went 533-180, captured eight Central Coast Section Championships, three West Catholic Athletic League titles, five NorCal titles and one CIF State Championship in 2014. During this time, Coach Beima was recognized with many awards, including Cal-Hi Sports State Coach of the Year, CIF Model Coach and CCS Honor Coach. Coach Beima will continue to serve Sacred Heart Cathedral as athletic director and looks forward to the next chapter in Irish volleyball history. “It's been an honor and a joy to head the Irish volleyball program and to coach the amazing young women I've had the privilege to coach,” Beima recounted.

One final Senior Night

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INNOVATIONS

i2 program debuts a new website interface

s anticipated, the Inquiry & Innovation Program has gone through many changes this year. These changes aim to raise the profile of the students involved in the program as well as to show their summative projects, enabling these SHC students to share, to innovate and to bring their exciting work onto a public-facing stage. As conceived of last April, students (in particular Pascal Reich ’22, Fiona Gard ’22 and Clara Puiggali ’22), adult leaders, and key professional advisers have been working on i2.today — the new i2 website. Organized by grade, an easily-navigable interface allows the user to select a student and click through to their background and bio and, perhaps most importantly, projects. “All i2 students are submitting projects onto the website. It will be an ongoing portfolio site they can use for internships, scholarship applications, etc.,” says i2 Program Director and Instructor of Social Studies Dabney Standley. Currently, descriptions of projects include infographics, blogs and videos. One can filter by student, project and grade level.

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Standley shared a few examples of student work with us: Matthew Tsang ’22 shows the process of designing a “bath bag” that emphasizes cleanliness and water conservation. This hands-on project is incredibly effective, appealing to campers or athletes in need of a sideline salt-bath, and also has potential as a tool for those who are differently-abled. Madison Li ’23 currently a featured scholar on the site and previously featured in SHC Magazine (Spring 2021), designed an artificial intelligence (AI) system that uses a robotic arm to mechanically play music on chromatic copper pipes. Her video concludes with a duet between herself on flute and her AI instrument playing Beethoven’s Minuet in G. Frustrated by not understanding his feline friend’s meowing, Matthew Simpson ’23 designed an experiment to train his cat to communicate using color and shapes. After demonstrating levels of a process based in clicker-stimulated behavior and a treat reward-system, he determined that cats aren’t hard to train at all and recommends owners to pursue their own mentally-stimulating methods. Overall, the website is an effective platform for the program and all students involved in i2. Furthermore, with i2 running as an Academic Exploration in addition to a stand-alone program (see previous article in the Summer 2019 SHC Magazine), students not currently in the program can also participate and highlight their work on the website, encouraging new students interested in STEM to get involved in projects. The launch of the site will add accountability and structure to the i2 Program and its extended family of programs (including Robotics, TEDx, and the Student Launch Initiative (SLI)), as it enables free access to completed presentation of work. There is often student crossover between these programs, and it is easy to see how they complement each other. The design of the website, for example, was influenced in part by the structure of SLI, which enables students to develop a program and pitch it to SHarCs (advisors including current venture capitalists, company executives, designers, and more). They can then use this advice to fine-tune their projects based on goals or even market needs. This type of opportunity teaches students to develop concrete presentations and proof of concept, which many will likely use professionally in the future.

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Previously, i2 leaders had noted the expanded possibility for collaboration and innovation brought by distance learning, and the development of the i2 website benefitted accordingly. “This would not have been possible without the year we just had,” emphasizes Standley, “We couldn’t meet in person, but we wanted to keep going.”

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Students are now excited to be featured on a truly public-facing showcase. They are already approaching Standley with expansion ideas, film festival concepts, reworked projects, and more. Students are seeing the potential of the site as a forum for incorporation of other projects and presentation of themselves and their work as a whole, and are being encouraged to include information about leadership activities and reflections on what they have learned through i2. Standley points out that they can really see their work evolving into something more long term and helping them in the future. He smiles as he says, “They understand that this is going to be something really cool.”

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ALUMNI NEWS 1

CLASS OF 1971 SACRED HEART 1 These days, Sebastian Ambra

enjoys fishing, hiking and restoring classic cars. Now retired after a 12 year tenure as a shop supervisor at San Francisco International Airport and the Department of Public Works, and a 38-year career in the sheet metal industry, he also enjoys volunteering his time at the Penngrove Power & Implement Museum. Sebastian and his wife, Joy, consider Athens, Greece among their favorite destinations, and they also have dear memories of a road trip along Route 66 in a 1951 Studebaker. Reflecting on his time at Sacred Heart, Sebastian recalls the influence of two great instructors, Mr. Johnson and Mr. Wojack. He also remembers Br. Thomas leaping over a stair railing to discipline a rowdy student! Words to live by: “When you come to a fork in the road, take it!” -Yogi Berra

2 Paul Catalano is enjoying

retirement after an impressive 45-year career with PG&E. He enjoys hiking, collecting memorabilia, gardening, and especially spending time with his grandson, Magnus. His recent travels brought

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him to Costa Rica for a fishing excursion. Remembering his time at Sacred Heart, Paul counts Earl Hargrove among his favorite instructors, and he fondly recalls the AAA Basketball Championship of 1969. Words to live by: “This is this.” Daniel Cocilova has wonderful memories of playing football under the tutelage of Bill Henneberry ’48. Brother Antonio, as for so many others, was an incredible influence on Daniel’s development throughout his time at Sacred Heart. Today, Daniel is enjoying retirement, filling his leisure time on the links, at Giants games, spending time with his three children and vacationing with family. Words of wisdom: “Be the best you can be.”

4 in San Jose and throughout the South Bay. Today, he and his wife, Sandra, have four children and five grandchildren. In his leisure time, Manny enjoys playing golf, listening to Latin music, and camping on the beach with family and friends. His travels bring him to Las Vegas, Palm Springs and Mexico annually, and his favorite trip was a Mediterranean cruise with ports in Spain, Italy, France, Greece and Turkey. He remembers Mr. Johnson from Sacred Heart well, and recalls driving his 1965 Chevy Malibu to SH athletic events with friends. Words of wisdom: “The 80-20 rule: Listen 80% of the time and speak only 20%.”

5 After graduation, Ray Jayme went on to attend City College of San Francisco and then 4 Manny Diaz went on to reSan Francisco State University. ceive his bachelor’s degree in He served in the US Army and engineering after graduating from in the US Department of Justice Sacred Heart. Today, Manny serves in the Immigration and Naturalas president of Diaz & Associates, ization Service and Immigration a government affairs firm based and Customs Enforcement. He here in the Bay Area. Throughout has since retired from his career his career, Manny has served as in the Department of Justice, and a San Jose City Councilman and tallied many distinguished awards California State Assemblyman, including the Meritorious Service vice chair of the California Latino Medal, The National Defense Legislative Caucus, and through Medal, and the Global War on Terit all, he has served as an advoror Expeditionary Medal, among cate for the Latino community others. Ray and his late wife have three children and five grandchil-

dren. In his retirement, Ray enjoys camping, serving as an usher at his local church, and travel — especially to the Southwest and Europe. As he reflects on his years at Sacred Heart, he recalls the many teachers that influenced his development: Mr. Hargrove, Mr. George Cosmos ’60, Mr. Cardella ’63, Mr. Finley, Br. Antonio (“Kiss the blackboard!”), Br. Joseph, Br. Arnold, Br. Thomas, and Br. Maris. Ray shares these words of wisdom, “No matter how many mistakes you make or how slow you progress, you are still ahead of everyone who isn’t trying.” -Tony Robbins.

6 After his four years at Sacred

Heart, Michael Johnston went on to receive a bachelor’s from the University of San Francisco, and his DDS from the University of Pacific School of Dentistry. Now retired, Michael enjoys playing golf, staying up-to-date on high school and college athletics, and enjoying life with his wife of 40 years, Cris. Together, Michael and Cris have three children (Amy, William, Michael), and three grandchildren (Ben, Scott, Ella). He has served on the Board of Regents at both SHC and Serra, and was the 1990 Sacred Heart Cor Jesu Award recipient. Michael cherishes

memories made with his varsity football and golf teammates during their time at Sacred Heart, and he is grateful for the guidance from some of his favorite instructors: Brother Arnold, Brother Warren, Mr. Emil Moy, Coach Rudy Lapera ’63 and Coach Steve Ellison. Words of wisdom: “When you get knocked down, don’t stay down — Always get back up!”

7 After graduation, Gregory

Lim went on to attend the University of San Francisco, later establishing a successful career as a federal mediator. Today, Gregory has one child, and he enjoys spending his spare time honing his target archery and photography skills, and volunteering in the Oakland Chinatown Safety Patrol. Gregory counts Japan, Cambodia and Morocco among his favorite travel destinations. As he reminisces about his time at Sacred Heart, Gregory recalls Brother Joseph and Rich Malfatti ’61 as being highly influential on his development, and he remembers fondly serving as the yearbook editor. Words to live by: “What’s next?”

8 After graduation Dennis

Murphy went on to attend the University of San Francisco and also served in the United States Army. Now retired, he

served as a senior vice president at the Bank of America, and was once a recipient of the bank’s CEO Award. He and his wife, Mary-Jo, have three children. Today he enjoys golf, world travel, and numismatics — the study and collection of currency. Dennis has served on the St. Dunstan School Board, and as a youth baseball coach for Lion’s Organization. Of all his travels, Dennis counts Ireland as a top destination. Looking back on his time at Sacred Heart, he fondly remembers his lunch table group and his favorite instructor, Mr. Earl Hargrove. He shares these words of wisdom, “Expect the unexpected.”

9 Geoffrey Smyth went on to

receive both bachelor’s and master’s degrees from the University of the Pacific after graduating from Sacred Heart. He is currently enjoying retirement after a 30-year career as a community college instructor and coach. He enjoys golf, handball, volunteering with Moving Ministries, and travel. Over the years, Geoffrey has visited 25 countries and 40 states, counting Mexico and Hawai’i as his favorite destinations, attending the World Cup in Rio de Janeiro in 2014 and surviving the bull run in Pomplona among his favorite travel experiences. When he thinks about his time at Sacred Heart, he remembers the theater productions, receiving All-

11 WCAL Soccer and Cross Country distinctions, learning from Mr. Steve Ellison, Mrs. Reed, Mr. Moy and Coach Rudy Lapera ’63. Words of wisdom: “1. Think: spend sometime in thought, reading, meditate, question. 2. Cry: be moved to tears, feel, express your emotions and 3. Laugh: enjoy life, every moment. That's a Full Day. "Don't ever Give Up." —Jimmy V.

and eventually served in the United States Department of Justice. As an attorney, Bill has enjoyed many accomplishments in the courtroom, including the release of the wrongful incarceration of a client and securing political asylum for another client in the US Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit. Bill was also listed for distinction in the Who’s Who in American Law in 1987-88. Among all of his successes, Bill Phil Sollar went on to attend 10 the University of San Francis- counts his family as his greatest accomplishment. Today, Bill is an co after graduation and eventuavid cyclist who leads a gathering ally owned and operated a music store. Today, Phil works in human of fellow alumni on bike rides throughout Napa Valley. He and resources and recruiting, and he his wife enjoy travel and count enjoys playing drums, going to Ireland, Spain, Belgium, France, concerts, and collecting records Holland, Mexico, El Salvador, Guaand pop culture memorabilia. He temala, England and Wales among and his wife, Karen, have enjoyed their favorite trips. Looking back traveling to England, Holland, Belgium, Italy, Spain, New Zealand, on his time at Sacred Heart, he remembers SH taking the basketAustralia and Hawai’i. Looking ball and baseball championships, back on his time at Sacred Heart, and the importance of Latin as Phil remembers playing in the school band, attending rallies and taught by Brother Joseph. Words of sporting events, and serving on the wisdom: “Carpe Diem.” yearbook staff. Words to live by: “Family, Friends, Art and Music.”

11 Bill Vela and his wife, Janice,

have three children and three grandchildren. After his time at Sacred Heart, Bill went on to attend the University of California, Hastings College of the Laws. He also enlisted in the Marine Corps

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1953 12 For their 60 anniversary,

Jerome Finnigan and his wife, Jo Ann, returned to Evergreen Lodge (near Camp Mather) where they first met and eloped from in 1961. The couple was joined by their three children and five of their six grandchildren.

1963 13 Kevin Illia and his wife, Pam,

recently visited their son, John Colin Illia, at his present assignment in the US Embassy in London.

1971 After graduation, Gino Francesconi endeavored to become a conductor so he went on to study at Juilliard in 1974. He began working as an usher and later as a backstage artist attendant at Carnegie Hall. He had the pleasure of working with artists

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such as Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald and Leonard Bernstein. After a stint in Italy further pursuing his conducting education, he returned to Carnegie Hall to lead the development of their archives ahead of the hall’s centennial anniversary. Gino and his staff opened Carnegie Hall’s first museum with their findings. Now retired, Gino still assists with research at Carnegie Hall, but aims to live by the old Italian saying, “Dolce far niete” — the sweet enjoyment of doing nothing.

14 John Schindler retired eight

years ago as a supervisor of respiratory services at San Francisco General Hospital.

Julio Lacayo retired 10 years ago as 17 Ronald P. Muriera is the the Bay Area regional administraowner/consultant of RPM tor in the California Department of Consulting, working to support Motor Vehicles after a successful arts and cultural organizations and 35-year career. educational institutions through strategic planning, board develSuzette Martinez Standring 15 opment and fundraising. He was holds the distinction as the recently elected board president of first writing instructor hired by Californians for the Arts — the only The School of American Thanatolcomprehensive, multidisciplinary ogy, which focuses on the science organization focused on advancing of death, dying, and grieving. and building public awareness of the value and impact of arts, culture and creativity across California. Ron lives in San Jose with his wife, Gina, Friends from the Cathedral 16 who serves as an adjunct lecturer Class of 1975 recently enjoyed at San Jose State University, and a long weekend in Incline Village, their two children, Francesca and reminiscing of the good old days. Leonardo.

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1977 After 34 years as an attorney, Theodore Cercos retired on June 30, 2021. He also recently relocated from San Diego to Durango, Colorado.

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BOARD OF REGENTS Carol Wicklund Enright Board Chair

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George Beierly currently lives in Honolulu, Hawai’i. His brother, Joe ’75, passed away this past January from complications due to COVID-19.

Jon Hayward is seen above alongside Mike Gomez, Gregg Kelly, Jeff Piccinini at a mini reunion for the Class of 1980 at a Giants game. The group ended up sitting next to a current Spanish teacher at SHC! Small world. Go Giants and Go Irish!

Ronald DeMartini checked 18 off a major life goal from his bucket list by performing live at the Silver Legacy in Reno as Elvis Presley. With over 1,000 people present, Randy and a full band performed Elvis's greatest hits.

19 Andre Valentine is seen

here with NASA astronauts Joe Acaba and Mark Vande Hei at NASA Headquarters in Washington, DC. Andre recently reached the 20 year mark of an out-of-thisworld career at NASA Television. For the past 10 years he has served as the producer and voice of the space agency's weekly news and events show, This Week @NASA, which you can view at nasa.gov/ twan. He, his wife Eldora, and their daughter, Sydney, reside just outside DC, in Northern Virginia.

William D. Rauch, JD Board Vice Chair Elizabeth Brown Parents Association President Kase Abusharkh ’00 Sr. Adella Armentrout, DC Stella Bialous, DrPH Kevin Buckley ’13 Courtney Chin ’03 Richard Cutler, PhD Br. Victor Kenneth Curley, FSC Ed Delfs

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Stefan Gartrell ’02

Richard Ballesteros wishes all his fellow Irish well!

Miguel Guzman ’91

21 The Sacred Heart Class of 1981 recently

Sandra Gulli Francois Hechinger Daniel Holland ’79

celebrated their 40th reunion at the United Irish Cultural Center.

Janet Holland ’77

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Monica Kelly ’06

Michael Rouan recently shared a meal with friend Chuck Nastari ’74 at Parkside Tavern, where they met Don Schmidt ’82 by chance at the bar, and discovered their server, Paul O’Driscoll ’20 was also a fellow alum!

Sister Frances Meyer, DC

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Stacie Solt, MD ’99

Steven Palmer retired from Masters, Mates & Pilots this past June. Before retirement, he served as master of the container ship M/V APL Saipan on the GSX (Guam Saipan eXpress) with service between Busan, Yokohama, Guam and Saipan.

Harold Wong ’77

Dominic Solis can be seen above enjoying his 56th birthday with his wife, Ellen Grace, and daughter, Cassie, at a Giants game.

Shani Mahany Director of Finance

Jim Jones Eileen Malley, JD ’77 Joey Nevin ’01 Margaret O’Driscoll Jeffrey Porter ’72 James Ryan, Jr. Sue Sami Ed Wang ’90

EX-OFFICIO Melinda Lawlor Skrade, PhD President Gary Cannon, EdD Principal John Gumina ’91 VP for Advancement and Enrollment Mark Pardini ’88 Director of Communications & Marketing John M. Vigo ’81 Director of Stewardship and Future Giving

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1992 24 After 20 years as an educator

and director of charter school operations in the East Bay, Kenya Williams is back in San Francisco to join French American and International High School as executive assistant to Head of School. Her son, Aiden, is a seventh grader at Cathedral School for Boys.

1997 25 LyRyan Russell is seen above

with his son LyRyan Christopher, hanging out and celebrating the little guy's first birthday.

1998 Alston L. Lew credits his journey toward serving as a civil litigation attorney with Murphy Pearson to the excellent education he received at SHC. He remembers former principal Br. Christopher Brady ’70 FSC, fondly.

2003 Marvel and Myo D’Cerone, children of Nick Cerone and Irene Gardner are pictured above looking adorable in their costumes. Nick owns Raise the Bar Fitness in the Sunset district specializing in home fitness equipment and per-

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sonal training. Irene is a registered Eugene Dawydiak was recently dietitian and sports nutritionist. hired as a tax associate at the Both also coach, Nick in basketball accounting firm BPM, LLP. and Irene in rugby. They love that Lisa Hipp Alemann and her their kids will grow up around sports. 29 husband, Nick Alemann, were finally able to celebrate their marriage with family and friends this past August after rescheduling due 27 Ki-shawna Moore Mitchell to the pandemic. Pictured above recently married Cleveland are Lisa’s parents Karen and Eric, Mitchell. The happy couple is and her siblings, Kaitlin ’05, Tim ’07, now expecting their first child in Erica ’13, and Emily ’13 as well as March 2022. their grandpa, Warren Johnston ’48, Ronan Nievera and his wife have and his wife Betty. been married for two years and they are expecting their first child in March 2022. 30 Ivayana Liggins received an MBA from California State University, East Bay in July 2021. She plans to continue her career 28 Lesley Alegria and her husband, Pat, married in 2020 in market research for many years and relocated from San Francisco to come. to Greenville, South Carolina. They bought a house and are happy to have her parents, who are enjoying retirement, nearby. Lesley’s sister, 31 Alejandro Muñoz recently Betsy ’12, moved to New York. Pat received a Masters in Entreserves as an eighth grade math preneurship and Innovation from teacher and volleyball coach. Lesley the University of San Francisco. is an HR and recruiting consultant He also played his final year as a and launched her career coaching D1 student athlete. Being a student business. athlete, student, and having a fulltime job wasn’t easy, but Alejandro

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has learned so much along the way — and he developed a love of coaching. He created VillageSports — a trust focused, on-demand coaching platform that connects student athletes with kids to help them improve their game, while giving back to the community.

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in the SHC Admissions Office, as Head Varsity Coach for the girls tennis program, and as assistant coach for the boys program. Keith Ismael recently appeared on Monday Night Football, starting at center for the Washington Football Team in a victory over the Seattle Seahawks.

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above on move-in day at the University Nevada, Reno.

35 Emily Jones is currently play-

ing college hoops at Morgan State University in Baltimore, MD. She was recently back in town as her team suited up against the USF Dons.

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CELEBRATORY GIVING

Celebratory Giving Program Listed on the following pages are the names of SHC community members’ family, friends and loved ones who are listed in SHC’s Book of Remembrance. Melinda Lawlor Skrade, PhD, the Christian Brothers and the Daughters of Charity offer prayers and Masses for the special intentions requested in honor of members of our school community each month. Please remember them in your prayers. This list reflects contributions made from May 15, 2021 through September 30, 2021.

IN HONOR Tim Burke ’70 Mike Rouan ’82 & Denise Rouan The Class of 1971 Biker Boyz Cyrus Kon ’71 Mike Johnston ’71 Cyrus Kon ’71 Father Andrew Metcalf ’60 Gerry O’Connor ’60 Ramsey Musallam, Ed.D. Mary & Alex Petrilli, Jr. Michael O’Dwyer ’60 Gerry O’Connor ’60 Coach Colin Peuse Joseph & Maggie Murphy

35th ANNIVERSARY OF PRIESTHOOD Father Arnold Zamora Larry Draper ’58 & Deanna Tomei-Draper

IN MEMORY Daga Acheritogaray Mary & Jean Curutchet & Sons Barbara Alexandrow Denise & John Branch Ruta Allen Candice & Russell Tillitt Alessandro Baccari James Mullane ’70 Tina Barsi Carol Jones Hupke ’54 & Peter Hupke

Felix Berrueta Mary & Jean Curutchet & Sons Rudy Bertolozzi Sue Bertolozzi Bob Butticci ’52 Armand Butticci ’50 Frank Noonan ’52 & Lois Noonan Frances Cairns Joe Kennedy, Sr. ’65 & Clo Kennedy

Philip Doherty ’61 Sue Ann Walsh Sister Mary Frances Doolan Rose Marie Camarena Azinheira ’51 Donald Dreyer James Mullane ’70 Steve Driscoll ’49 John Moriarty

Kathy Gallagher Ron Gaggero ’53 & Jacqueline Gaggero Kelly Gallagher ’95 Nancy & Lloyd Coyne James Garvey ’88 Mark Pardini ’88 & Petra Andersson-Pardini Dick Galliani ’50 John Moriarty

Matthew Carlin, Sr. Mary Anne & John Murray

Tom Duffy ’52 Rosie Lawlor Horan ’65 & Jim Horan Frank Noonan ’52 & Lois Noonan

Sully Cassou ’51 John Moriarty

Mike Dunne Brother Chris Brady, FSC ’70

Tim Hardey John Porras ’57

James Connors ’38 Jim Connors ’65 & Nancy Connors

Maria Etcheverria Mary & Jean Curutchet & Sons

Bill Henneberry ’48 Brother Chris Brady, FSC ’70

June Cummings Monica Williams

Luigi Fabiano Brother Joseph Fabiano, FSC Frank Lavin ’81 & Teresa Bondanza-Lavin

Robert Daly Gerry O’Connor ’60 Marlene Davancaze Rob Aveson ’74 & Cathy Aveson Leonard Davey Rosie Lawlor Horan ’65 & Jim Horan

Michael Fegan ’71 Brother Chris Brady, FSC ’70 Olga Fernandez Melinda Pulizzano-Moorley ’71 & Phil Moorley

Bill Delucchi George Lynch, Jr. ’67 & Sue Lynch

Bob Figone ’54 Jerry DeMartini ’66 & Juliann DeMartini Pete Gresh ’72 & Nancy Gresh

Paul DeMartini ’50 Joan Mahood Robideaux ’50

Tony Fontana ’57 John Porras ’57

Eileen Dillon Patty Shea Diner ’65 & Chris Diner, Sr. ’65

Bob Frendo John Porras ’57

Lois Gilliam Brother Chris Brady, FSC ’70 Daniel Gomez ’57 John Porras ’57

Donald Hope Gerry O’Connor ’60 Bernie Kelly ’51 John Moriarty Kevin Kent ’70 Barbara Kent Melinda Pulizzano-Moorley ’71 & Phil Moorley Dillon Kon Melinda Pulizzano-Moorley ’71 & Phil Moorley Robert Lambert Pete Siragusa ’73 & Sue Siragusa Victor Lampe George Lynch, Jr. ’67 & Sue Lynch Elpidia Letrondo Lilibeth & Jose Rapadas

Charles Love Charles Russell “Big Daddy” Love, Jr. passed away on November 11, 2021. A giant in the SHC community — first as a parent, then member and chairman of the Board of Regents — Charles served as one of the moral compasses of the school for years, fervently enunciating the mission of the school to educate the broadest range of students possible. Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on February 7, 1943, Charles was raised in the era of de facto segregation, even in the northeast. In 1954, the same year the United States Supreme Court ruled segregation illegal in Brown v. Board of Education, Charles moved with his mother and sister, Judith, to Los Angeles, California. He graduated from Dorsey High School in Los Angeles and came to San Francisco to attend San Francisco State University in 1960, majoring in language arts. While at State, he became very active in the Civil Rights movement, participating in the establishment of the National Student Association which was a precursor to the Black Student Union. He graduated in 1964 and was soon after elected president of the Friends of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee in the Bay Area. In 1965, he was sent to Alabama to participate in the Selma to Montgomery March. It was during this action that he met Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and was invited to join his organization, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Charles worked with Dr. King in Alabama until the passage of the Voter Rights Bill. Afterwards, Charles was asked to accompany Dr. King to Chicago, Illinois, to address issues of poverty and discrimination, working with Dr. King until 1967. In the course of his civil rights career, Charles experienced a few character-building events. He was beaten, shot at, tried and jailed, ‘buked and scorned’ on numerous occasions, but he had absolutely no regrets because of his convictions. After 1967 he worked with various federal agencies, including the National Labor Relations Board, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), and the Department of Education. On December 19, 1970, Charles married the love of his life, Gloria. They raised three children, Kimberlee Love-Triggs, Jaie Russell Love ’94 and Justin Love ’96 (deceased). After a long and successful career, Charles retired as the senior program manager for the Office for Civil Rights. Charles was preceded in death by his parents, his sister, Judith Susan Love Jones, and son, Justin Charles. Charles leaves to cherish his memory: his wife Gloria Jean, his children, Kimberlee Love-Triggs, Jaie Russell Love (Christina); daughter-in-law Mary Katherine; his grandchildren Onaje Triggs, Aqila Jimenez (Armando), Jaida Valdoris, Jeremiah Walter, Jamison Constance, Gideon Charles, Cydney Elise, and Ellison Jean; his great-grandchildren Araceli Ayana and Ivy Charlotte Love; his brother Mike Terry; his nephew Rashied Yuille (Nancy); and a host of other loved ones and friends. In the words of SHC President Melinda Lawlor Skrade, PhD, “There will never be another Charles Love”.

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CELEBRATORY GIVING

Mel Lillig Ken Gandolfo ’70 Marie Llamas Brother Joseph Fabiano, FSC Pete Gresh ’72 & Nancy Gresh Ken Hogarty ’66 & Sally Hogarty Rosie Lawlor Horan ’65 & Jim Horan Jo Ann Momono Michael Nerney ’75 & Roselle Nerney Justin Love ’96 Brother Chris Brady, FSC ’70 Ann Lynch George Lynch, Jr. ’67 & Sue Lynch

Tim McCue ’78 Brendan Bouey ’73 Ed Cota ’70 Patty Shea Diner ’65 & Chris Diner, Sr. ’65 Timothy Pacelli ’67 & Tina Ver-Pacelli Edward McNab ’49 Jo Ann McNab Anita Meister Denise & John Branch Daniel Moriarty John Moriarty Leanna Mossi Michael Nerney ’75 & Roselle Nerney

James MacDonald ’57 John Porras ’57

Mark Murphy ’69 John McGreevy ’69 & Lori McGreevy Jerry Sobeck ’69 & Susie Sobeck

Pat Mahoney ’60 Gerry O’Connor ’60

Maureen Murphy Gerry O’Connor ’60

Joseph Marchand ’57 John Porras ’57

Thomas Murphy Gerry O’Connor ’60

Thomas Mazzucco ’57 John Porras ’57

Dick Murray Dick Morosi ’61

George Lynch, Sr. ’35 George Lynch, Jr. ’67 & Sue Lynch

Thomas Duffy ’52 Thomas Bernard Duffy ’52 passed away on September 4, 2021 at his home here in the Bay Area. He was a student at St. Emydius Grammar School before attending Sacred Heart High School. Thomas was a proud SH alumnus and treasured the many friendships he created throughout his four high school years. After graduation, Thomas served in the US Army and was stationed in Germany for three years. After serving in the military, Thomas went on to start a career as a plumber, later serving at the San Francisco Water Department where he served as general foreman in the SFWD Suburban Division in Millbrae. Those who knew him admired his work ethic, leadership, and love for his job. Thomas is survived by his wife, Ann, and their five children and eight grandchildren.

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Dick Murray, Jr. ’59 Dick Morosi ’61 Maurice Murray ’41 Rich Henderson ’63 & Marina Henderson Frank Nann ’50 Ray Nann ’51 & Barbara Nann George Nann ’57 Ray Nann ’51 & Barbara Nann William O’Brien ’37 Susan O’Brien Dan O’Connor ’59 Gerry O’Connor ’60 John O’Connor, Jr. ’55 Gerry O’Connor ’60 Linda Orellano Mary & Jean Curutchet & Sons Peter Pallari George Lynch, Jr. ’67 & Sue Lynch Gerry O’Connor ’60 Julian Pardini ’49 Mark Pardini ’88 & Petra Andersson-Pardini Joyce Pasero Brother Chris Brady, FSC ’70 Kevin Callaghan ’68 & Kathy Callaghan Phil Cerone Marianne Pebet Mary & Jean Curutchet & Sons Roger Pehargou ’57 John Porras ’57 Oscar Peralta Ed Cota ’70 Andrew Pilara, Sr. Dick Morosi ’61 Mary Anne Ravizza Rosie Lawlor Horan ’65 & Jim Horan

Michael Rudometkin Larry Draper ’58 & Deanna Tomei-Draper Anne Russo Patty Shea Diner ’65 & Chris Diner, Sr. ’65 Joanne Ryan Matthew Ryan ’04 & Jennie DiStefano Joe Ryan, Jr. ’66 Reno Brown Rosine Ryan Kevin Black ’69 & Vicky Black Gilbert Salas ’54 National Financial Services LLC Ron Domingues ’54 & Joan Domingues Alex Sanchez Barbara Eichten

Mark Murphy ’69 Mark James Murphy passed away on September 4, 2021. He was born and raised in San Francisco where he attended both St. Phillip Catholic School and Sacred Heart High School. He was a student of life who garnered many valuable lessons as a bartender at both Tower Lodge and the Jury Room. Mark was a member of Local 510 Sign & Display Union for many years. Mark leaves behind his wife, Mary Jo, and their two children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.

Leah Sanders Lorraine Baptista John Schon George Lynch, Jr. ’67 & Sue Lynch Donald Schooley ’57 John Porras ’57 John Schuman ’57 John Porras ’57 Steve Smith ’68 Kevin Callaghan ’68 & Kathy Callaghan

“How long has Jesus been

Barbara Smith-Vaughn Rosie Lawlor Horan ’65 & Jim Horan

your heart, waiting to

Teresita Soncuya-Asido Corazon & Raymond Pinaroc

knocking at the door of enter?” ST. JOHN BAPTIST DE LA SALLE

Gigi Tapia ’84 Rosie Lawlor Horan ’65 & Jim Horan Sherman Turner Dick Morosi ’61 John Whalen Dick Morosi ’61

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CELEBRATORY GIVING

Sister Grace Zafarano, DC Sister Grace Zafarano, DC, passed away on June 30, 2021 at the age of 94. She served as a Daughter of Charity for 68 years. Sister Grace touched the lives of countless students as a teacher during her career as an instructor at many local schools, most notably at St. Vincent De Paul and Sacred Heart Cathedral. Sister Chris Maggi, DC shares, “Sister Grace was a gentle, warm Daughter of Charity and a dedicated teacher.”

Alton Williams Gerry O’Connor ’60 Steve Wilson Brother Chris Brady, FSC ’70 Mark Pardini ’88 & Petra Andersson-Pardini Sister Grace Zafarano, DC Brother Joseph Fabiano, FSC Pete Gresh ’72 & Nancy Gresh Rosie Lawlor Horan ’65 & Jim Horan Jo Ann Momono Art Zanello ’51 Brother Chris Brady, FSC ’70 Paul Zgraggen ’50 Brother Chris Brady, FSC ’70

“Do not have any anxiety about the future.

Frank Zupo ’57 John Porras ’57

Leave everything in God’s hands for he will take care of you.” ST. JOHN BAPTIST DE LA SALLE

We remember in our prayers the alumni who have recently passed away: Bob Abeling ’55

Patricia Montalto Girish ’55

Mark Murphy ’69

Kenneth Baima ’74

William Griffin ’47

James Murray ’61

Tony Boselli ’67

Bob Haggett ’55

David Pieruccini ’79

Lillian Ceruti ’54

Ernie Huesby ’42

Lois Tomassini Rebottaro ’53

John Compton ’54

Kevin Kent ’70

Frank Reiff ’54

Michael Cunneen ’55

Louis Legowski ’85

Raymond Rovero ’47

Paul DeMartini ’50

Jack Maitre ’50

Steve Ryan ’81

Raymond DeVita ’53

Marie Davi Mattrocce ’45

Edward Scholz ’48

Neal Dineen ’54

Bert Mazeau ’60

William Sheehan ’74

Philip Doherty ’61

Thomas McCarthy ’47

Maureen Tan ’02

John Donofrio ’59

Tim McCue ’78

Gigi Tapia ’84

Tom Duffy ’52

Edward McNab ’49

Robert Tognoli ’53

Bob Figone ’54

Leticia Medina ’55

Patricia Bates Walliser ’41

Edward Giannotti ’42

Mike Woodrome ’56 *The alumni acknowledged here are only those for whom we received notification.

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