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upcoming events Due to the effects of COVID-19 and the ensuing social disruptions, many of our normally scheduled school events are tentative. Please follow us on social media and shcp.edu for updated information in the coming weeks.
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J U N E - J U LY SHC Summer Institute Distance Enrichment Courses for 5th-9th graders
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First Day of Classes
Irish Factoids News & Notes Maddan’s Corner
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The New School
FEATURES 18
Essential: SHC Healthcare Workers
Sheltered in Peace Zoom Nation
22 Mike Dunne : A Life Lived Full
SEPTEMBER
23 Q&A with Alex Goldberg
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Irish Invitational Golf Tournament & Fightin’ Irish Athletics Night
IN-DEPTH
OCTOBER
SPORTING GREEN
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Class of 2024 Breakdown
24 Margi Beima Named AD 27 College-Bound Athletes
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Open House
TIME CAPSULE SHOWCASE
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Bill Henneberry ’48 Student Artwork
A Message from Dr. Skrade We dedicate this issue to our Sacred Heart Cathedral community in thanksgiving for their resiliency throughout crisis and uncertainty, especially our Class of 2020. Reflecting on our sacred responsibility, Brother Visitor Donald Johanson, FSC ’64 recently wrote, “Teaching, learning and praying in community are what we do best.” To our educators: Your hard work, compassionate support of our students, parents, and colleagues has been a testimony of faith in the power of a Lasallian Vincentian Catholic education, particularly during the transition into online learning this spring. Special congratulations to exemplary educator, Phi Le, instructor of science, for receiving the Lasallian Educator Award. His work is a sign of faith to all who model our charisms. Special congratulations to Director of Community Life and instructor of religious studies, Greg Schmitz, for receiving the Vincentian Service Award. His work is inspired by the charity of Christ. To our extraordinary Class of 2020: We know this isn’t the way you thought your final semester would be and that we cannot be together to celebrate all you have accomplished but what we have learned from you through your resilience, adaptive flexibility, and sheer will during a most challenging time has been an example to us. We have great faith in you and your future as leaders serving a world that needs you. Veteran educator, Rich Sansoe ’71 reflects, “The great support that we have within the community and the spirit of our students has carried me through the adversity.” We’re planning ways to celebrate all you’ve achieved. Congratulations to our Valedictorian Alden Standley ’20 and our Salutatorian Harry Nguyen ’20. Congratulations, graduates!
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.
Mark Pardini ’88
Director of Communications & Marketing
Clarissa Mendiola
Communications & Marketing Content Manager
Giselle Palacios-Delmundo ’94
Communications & Marketing Graphic Designer
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CON CONTRIBUTORS The entire faculty, staff, and student body of Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory; Valerie HoJew; Heather Maddan ’95; Chris Nunes ’92; Prestige Photography
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We pray for: the safety and well-being of you and your family. Please keep our first responders, public servants, and hospital workers in your prayers. We are blessed to welcome home our Father Alvin Yu ’07 as our new chaplain. Finally, and with great gratitude, we thank our three retirees: Athletic Director Jo Ann Momono, Instructor of Mathematics Jon Compton, and Director of Academic Resource Services Dr. Cally Salzman for over a half a century of service.
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To our community: Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory is blessed with over 168 years of history and tradition. Time tested — earthquakes, wars, continued struggle for social justice, and yes, pandemics — the supportive response of commitment to the school strengthens us. There is more ahead. We must face forward to our future with institutional responsiveness and strategic clarity. Our students depend on us.
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hen the Class of 2020 stepped onto the Sacred Heart Cathedral campus four years ago, they could have hardly imagined the way their high school careers would have ended. What should have been a semester full of unforgettable life experiences — prom, grad night, graduation — was stopped in its tracks by COVID-19. It's been said that we don't choose our history, that history chooses us. With that in mind, we salute you, Class of 2020: a class that will never be forgotten in the annals of SHC history. Please use your SHC|us app here to view a virtual prayer service held in their honor which includes moving speeches from the Class of 2020 Valedictorian and Salutatorian.
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hen the Class of 2020 stepped onto the Sacred Heart Cathedral campus four years ago, they could have hardly imagined the way their high school careers would have ended. What should have been a semester full of unforgettable life experiences — prom, grad night, graduation — was stopped in its tracks by COVID-19. It's been said that we don't choose our history, that history chooses us. With that in mind, we salute you, Class of 2020: a class that will never be forgotten in the annals of SHC history. Please use your SHC|us app here to view a virtual prayer service held in their honor which includes moving speeches from the Class of 2020 Valedictorian and Salutatorian.
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graduate profiles
class of 2020: college acceptances 297 graduates accepted into 211 colleges and universities across 40 states and 4 countries.
PENELOPE ADES Alabama A&M University • American University • Amherst College •
Olin College of Engineering • Oregon Institute of Technology • Oregon State University •
Arizona State University, Tempe • Barry University • Baylor University •
Otis College of Art and Design • Pace University, New York • Pacific University •
Bennett College • Bentley University • Boise State University •
Pennsylvania State University • Pepperdine University • Pitzer College
Boston College • Boston Conservatory, Berklee • Boston University
Point Loma Nazarene University • Point Park University • Portland State University
Brandeis University • Brown University • Butler University •
Pratt Institute • Purdue University • Reed College • Regis University •
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology • Rutgers University • Saint Edward's University
California Lutheran University • California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Saint Louis University • Saint Martin's University • Saint Mary's College of California
PETER CHAN
California State University, Channel Islands •
Salve Regina University • San Diego State University • San Francisco State University
California State University, Dominguez Hills •
San Jose State University • Santa Clara University • Scripps College •
California State University, East Bay • California State University, Long Beach
Seattle Pacific University • Seattle University • Seton Hall University •
California State University, Chico • California State University, Fullerton
Shaw University • Sonoma State University • Southern Methodist University
California State University, Los Angeles • California State University, Monterey Bay
Southern Oregon University • Southwestern University • St Lawrence University •
Peter is thrilled to attend Fordham University in New York in the fall as a Theatre Production & Design major. “I’m really looking forward to moving to the East Coast and pursuing something I’m really passionate about.” At SHC, Peter served as a member of Block Club and Drama Club, he served on the Irish for a Day Ambassador Leadership Team, and the SHC Theatre Tech team. Peter will bring with him one of the most important lessons he gained during his high school tenure, “It's okay to ask for help. I’m not afraid to ask questions, because deep down, everyone feels the same way.”
California State University, Northridge • California State University, Sacramento •
St. John's College • St. John's University • Stanford University
California State University, San Bernardino • California State University, San Marcos •
Stevens Institute of Technology • Suffolk University • Syracuse University •
Case Western Reserve University • Catholic University of America •
Temple University • Texas Southern University • The King's College
Chapman University • College of Charleston • Colorado School of Mines
The New School • The Ohio State University • University of Arizona •
Colorado State University, Fort Collins • Concordia University, Portland •
University of Tennessee • Tougaloo College • Tufts University
Concordia University, Irvine • Cornell University • Creighton University
Tulane University of Louisiana • United States Military Academy
City University of New York, Hunter College • Delaware State University •
University of Alabama at Birmingham • University of California, Merced
DePaul University • Dillard University • Dominican University of California
University of California, San Diego • University of California, Berkeley
Drexel University • Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach •
University of California, Davis • University of California, Irvine
Emerson College • Emmanuel College, Boston •
University of California, Los Angeles • University of California, Riverside
Fairfield University • Fashion Institute of Technology •
University of California, Santa Barbara • University of California, Santa Cruz
Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising, San Francisco •
University of Colorado, Boulder • University of Colorado, Colorado Springs •
Fordham University • Franklin University Switzerland • George Mason University •
University of Colorado, Denver • University of Connecticut • University of Denver
George Washington University • Georgetown University • Gettysburg College
University of Hawaii, Manoa • University of Illinois, Chicago •
Gonzaga University • Grambling State University • Grand Canyon University
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign • University of La Verne •
Hamilton College • Harvard College • Haverford College • Hofstra University •
University of Massachusetts, Boston • University of Massachusetts, Amherst •
Hollins University • Holy Names University • Humboldt State University
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor • University of Minnesota, Twin Cities •
Idaho State University • Indiana University, Bloomington • Iona College •
University of Nevada, Las Vegas • University of Nevada, Reno
Iowa State University • James Madison University • Johnson C. Smith University •
University of New Hampshire • University of New Mexico • University of Notre Dame
La Salle University • Lafayette College • Langston University • Lewis & Clark College •
University of Oregon • University of Pittsburgh • University of Portland
Loyola Marymount University • Loyola University, Chicago •
University of Puget Sound • University of Redlands • University of Rochester •
Loyola University, New Orleans • Manhattan College • Marquette University •
University of San Diego • University of San Francisco •
Marymount Manhattan College • Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences
University of Southern California • University of the Pacific • University of Utah
McGill University • McMaster University • Menlo College • Mercyhurst University •
University of Vermont • University of Virginia • University of Washington
Merrimack College • Miami University, Oxford • Michigan State University •
University of Waterloo • University of Wisconsin • Villanova University •
Mills College • Montana State University • Morgan State University •
Wake Forest University • Washington State University •
Mount Saint Mary's University, Los Angeles • New Jersey Institute of Technology •
Washington University in St. Louis • Whitman College •
New York University • Northeastern University • Northern Arizona University •
Whittier College • Willamette University • William and Mary •
Notre Dame College • Notre Dame de Namur University • Occidental College •
Worcester Polytechnic Institute • Xavier University denotes matriculation
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Accepted into nine universities, Penelope ultimately selected the University of Denver. At SHC Penelope was an Inquiry & Innovation Scholar and served as an Irish for a Day Ambassador, on the Kairos Leadership Team, and as a member of Block Club. She also participated on the Dance Team, SHC Theatre, and in multiple SHC choirs including the all-girl acapella group Treble on the High Cs. When she joins the freshman class at the University of Denver this fall as a marketing major, Penelope will bring with her the greatest lesson she learned at SHC, “It’s all about how you use what you have learned to help others.”
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AIDAN KURTH Aidan will join the freshman class at The King’s College in New York City with four scholarships and years of experience in SHC’s Visual & Performing Arts Program in his pocket. During his time at SHC, Aidan performed in chorus and several theater productions, and served as an officer in both. He also served as an Irish for a Day Ambassador, a member of Block Club, and as the founding member of the Rose Club. Aidan shares what he’s learned about staying positive during the COVID-19 pandemic, “I learned in Mr. O’Regan’s mindfulness class that if you frame this time in quarantine as a sacrifice to help others, then you will uplift your mind, soul and body.”
MAYA MEDINA The University of California at Davis was the perfect combination of community, opportunity, and environment for Maya Medina, who will enter UCD this fall as a biological sciences student. “There is a diverse community in which many perspectives are represented and learning is collaborative.” Maya plans to pursue her love of Chicano/a Studies as a minor and join the university’s Mexican folklore dance group. Maya played volleyball and basketball each of her four years at SHC, and outside of school, Maya participated in a Chicano Latino Youth Leadership Project conference, and supported multiple naturalization workshops for the California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation.
TUAN “HARRY” NGUYEN An international student from Vietnam, Harry transferred into SHC as a junior, and ultimately served as the Class of 2020 Salutatorian. Over the course of his high school years he has learned that both authenticity and community support are vital, “I just have to be who I am no matter what, stand up for what I believe in, stick with my moral standards, and the right people will come along.” In the fall, Harry will join the freshman class at Purdue University where he is considering a course of study that would afford him his ultimate goal — to pursue a career in product and industrial design. “I have lived and studied in two different countries, I have met different people and encountered different cultures, but I can say that my time at SHC has been the best time of my life.”
ALDEN STANDLEY For Class of 2020 Valedictorian Alden Standley, leaving to serve takes on a very specific meaning. Our school motto, she says, “ … captures SHC students’ desire to devote their lives to things greater than themselves — and we serve others by relentlessly pursuing our passions.” During her time at SHC, Alden was an Inquiry & Innovation Scholar, a star player on the Girls Varsity Volleyball Team, a member of the TEDxYouth@SHC leadership team and the SHC Student Launch Initiative. Alden also served as an Irish for a Day Ambassador, on Student Council and Block Club, and was a member of the California Scholarship Federation. She will join the student body at Washington University in St. Louis in the fall, focusing on psychology, neuroscience and philosophy.
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class of 2020: college acceptances 297 graduates accepted into 211 colleges and universities across 40 states and 4 countries.
PENELOPE ADES Alabama A&M University • American University • Amherst College •
Olin College of Engineering • Oregon Institute of Technology • Oregon State University •
Arizona State University, Tempe • Barry University • Baylor University •
Otis College of Art and Design • Pace University, New York • Pacific University •
Bennett College • Bentley University • Boise State University •
Pennsylvania State University • Pepperdine University • Pitzer College
Boston College • Boston Conservatory, Berklee • Boston University
Point Loma Nazarene University • Point Park University • Portland State University
Brandeis University • Brown University • Butler University •
Pratt Institute • Purdue University • Reed College • Regis University •
California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology • Rutgers University • Saint Edward's University
California Lutheran University • California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Saint Louis University • Saint Martin's University • Saint Mary's College of California
PETER CHAN
California State University, Channel Islands •
Salve Regina University • San Diego State University • San Francisco State University
California State University, Dominguez Hills •
San Jose State University • Santa Clara University • Scripps College •
California State University, East Bay • California State University, Long Beach
Seattle Pacific University • Seattle University • Seton Hall University •
California State University, Chico • California State University, Fullerton
Shaw University • Sonoma State University • Southern Methodist University
California State University, Los Angeles • California State University, Monterey Bay
Southern Oregon University • Southwestern University • St Lawrence University •
Peter is thrilled to attend Fordham University in New York in the fall as a Theatre Production & Design major. “I’m really looking forward to moving to the East Coast and pursuing something I’m really passionate about.” At SHC, Peter served as a member of Block Club and Drama Club, he served on the Irish for a Day Ambassador Leadership Team, and the SHC Theatre Tech team. Peter will bring with him one of the most important lessons he gained during his high school tenure, “It's okay to ask for help. I’m not afraid to ask questions, because deep down, everyone feels the same way.”
California State University, Northridge • California State University, Sacramento •
St. John's College • St. John's University • Stanford University
California State University, San Bernardino • California State University, San Marcos •
Stevens Institute of Technology • Suffolk University • Syracuse University •
Case Western Reserve University • Catholic University of America •
Temple University • Texas Southern University • The King's College
Chapman University • College of Charleston • Colorado School of Mines
The New School • The Ohio State University • University of Arizona •
Colorado State University, Fort Collins • Concordia University, Portland •
University of Tennessee • Tougaloo College • Tufts University
Concordia University, Irvine • Cornell University • Creighton University
Tulane University of Louisiana • United States Military Academy
City University of New York, Hunter College • Delaware State University •
University of Alabama at Birmingham • University of California, Merced
DePaul University • Dillard University • Dominican University of California
University of California, San Diego • University of California, Berkeley
Drexel University • Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach •
University of California, Davis • University of California, Irvine
Emerson College • Emmanuel College, Boston •
University of California, Los Angeles • University of California, Riverside
Fairfield University • Fashion Institute of Technology •
University of California, Santa Barbara • University of California, Santa Cruz
Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising, San Francisco •
University of Colorado, Boulder • University of Colorado, Colorado Springs •
Fordham University • Franklin University Switzerland • George Mason University •
University of Colorado, Denver • University of Connecticut • University of Denver
George Washington University • Georgetown University • Gettysburg College
University of Hawaii, Manoa • University of Illinois, Chicago •
Gonzaga University • Grambling State University • Grand Canyon University
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign • University of La Verne •
Hamilton College • Harvard College • Haverford College • Hofstra University •
University of Massachusetts, Boston • University of Massachusetts, Amherst •
Hollins University • Holy Names University • Humboldt State University
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor • University of Minnesota, Twin Cities •
Idaho State University • Indiana University, Bloomington • Iona College •
University of Nevada, Las Vegas • University of Nevada, Reno
Iowa State University • James Madison University • Johnson C. Smith University •
University of New Hampshire • University of New Mexico • University of Notre Dame
La Salle University • Lafayette College • Langston University • Lewis & Clark College •
University of Oregon • University of Pittsburgh • University of Portland
Loyola Marymount University • Loyola University, Chicago •
University of Puget Sound • University of Redlands • University of Rochester •
Loyola University, New Orleans • Manhattan College • Marquette University •
University of San Diego • University of San Francisco •
Marymount Manhattan College • Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences
University of Southern California • University of the Pacific • University of Utah
McGill University • McMaster University • Menlo College • Mercyhurst University •
University of Vermont • University of Virginia • University of Washington
Merrimack College • Miami University, Oxford • Michigan State University •
University of Waterloo • University of Wisconsin • Villanova University •
Mills College • Montana State University • Morgan State University •
Wake Forest University • Washington State University •
Mount Saint Mary's University, Los Angeles • New Jersey Institute of Technology •
Washington University in St. Louis • Whitman College •
New York University • Northeastern University • Northern Arizona University •
Whittier College • Willamette University • William and Mary •
Notre Dame College • Notre Dame de Namur University • Occidental College •
Worcester Polytechnic Institute • Xavier University denotes matriculation
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Accepted into nine universities, Penelope ultimately selected the University of Denver. At SHC Penelope was an Inquiry & Innovation Scholar and served as an Irish for a Day Ambassador, on the Kairos Leadership Team, and as a member of Block Club. She also participated on the Dance Team, SHC Theatre, and in multiple SHC choirs including the all-girl acapella group Treble on the High Cs. When she joins the freshman class at the University of Denver this fall as a marketing major, Penelope will bring with her the greatest lesson she learned at SHC, “It’s all about how you use what you have learned to help others.”
SUMMER 2020
AIDAN KURTH Aidan will join the freshman class at The King’s College in New York City with four scholarships and years of experience in SHC’s Visual & Performing Arts Program in his pocket. During his time at SHC, Aidan performed in chorus and several theater productions, and served as an officer in both. He also served as an Irish for a Day Ambassador, a member of Block Club, and as the founding member of the Rose Club. Aidan shares what he’s learned about staying positive during the COVID-19 pandemic, “I learned in Mr. O’Regan’s mindfulness class that if you frame this time in quarantine as a sacrifice to help others, then you will uplift your mind, soul and body.”
MAYA MEDINA The University of California at Davis was the perfect combination of community, opportunity, and environment for Maya Medina, who will enter UCD this fall as a biological sciences student. “There is a diverse community in which many perspectives are represented and learning is collaborative.” Maya plans to pursue her love of Chicano/a Studies as a minor and join the university’s Mexican folklore dance group. Maya played volleyball and basketball each of her four years at SHC, and outside of school, Maya participated in a Chicano Latino Youth Leadership Project conference, and supported multiple naturalization workshops for the California Rural Legal Assistance Foundation.
TUAN “HARRY” NGUYEN An international student from Vietnam, Harry transferred into SHC as a junior, and ultimately served as the Class of 2020 Salutatorian. Over the course of his high school years he has learned that both authenticity and community support are vital, “I just have to be who I am no matter what, stand up for what I believe in, stick with my moral standards, and the right people will come along.” In the fall, Harry will join the freshman class at Purdue University where he is considering a course of study that would afford him his ultimate goal — to pursue a career in product and industrial design. “I have lived and studied in two different countries, I have met different people and encountered different cultures, but I can say that my time at SHC has been the best time of my life.”
ALDEN STANDLEY For Class of 2020 Valedictorian Alden Standley, leaving to serve takes on a very specific meaning. Our school motto, she says, “ … captures SHC students’ desire to devote their lives to things greater than themselves — and we serve others by relentlessly pursuing our passions.” During her time at SHC, Alden was an Inquiry & Innovation Scholar, a star player on the Girls Varsity Volleyball Team, a member of the TEDxYouth@SHC leadership team and the SHC Student Launch Initiative. Alden also served as an Irish for a Day Ambassador, on Student Council and Block Club, and was a member of the California Scholarship Federation. She will join the student body at Washington University in St. Louis in the fall, focusing on psychology, neuroscience and philosophy.
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n a breathtaking logistical feat, 297 graduation boxes containing each graduate's cap and gown and a framed senior portrait with personalized messages from individual faculty members were assembled at the SHC campus and then delivered to graduates all over the Bay Area. Credit for orchestrating this project goes to Assistant Principal for Student Life Christine Buell and Associate Director of Community Life for Student Leadership Anita Diaz and to all of the other faculty and staff who helped assemble these powerful gifts to our graduates. Please use your SHC|us app at lower right to see a video of their deliveries by Dr. Alicia Tapia and Ismael Ruiz
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operation: grad delivery
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n a breathtaking logistical feat, 297 graduation boxes containing each graduate's cap and gown and a framed senior portrait with personalized messages from individual faculty members were assembled at the SHC campus and then delivered to graduates all over the Bay Area. Credit for orchestrating this project goes to Assistant Principal for Student Life Christine Buell and Associate Director of Community Life for Student Leadership Anita Diaz and to all of the other faculty and staff who helped assemble these powerful gifts to our graduates. Please use your SHC|us app at lower right to see a video of their deliveries by Dr. Alicia Tapia and Ismael Ruiz
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SUMMER 2020
ON CAMPUS
irish factoids Dayanara Rodriguez ’21 presented a fascinating look behind the creative process with her final project for Graphic Novel as Literature taught by Instructor of English David Pardini ’80. Using a tablet and stylus on her computer, Dayanara recorded the creation of her new cover art for the classic novel Watchmen. Use your SHC|us app here to watch!
With digital, distance learning in full swing, the SHC Science Department gathered all of the unused gloves from their classrooms and labs and distributed them to local hospitals in dire need of PPE.
news, notes, etc. Work Begins on De Paul Lobby The onset of COVID-19 and social restrictions only delayed the renovation of the De Paul Campus lobby, as work crews gathered immediately upon City approval to begin the project in early May. The space will be upgraded to maximize student comfort, enclosing the open areas on either wing, providing consistent heating and cooling, and will offer another functional spot on the campus for student collaboration and learning. Stay tuned for more updates on the project, slated for completion in the Fall of 2020.
Father Alvin Yu ’07 Returns to SHC San Francisco went into shelter-in-place just as SHC Theatre prepared for the opening weekend of their production of Xanadu. Thankfully, they had the opportunity to perform for family members at an intimate performance held in the Sister Caroline Collins, DC, Theater just before campus closed.
Shelterin-place orders couldn’t keep the SHC community from showing its Irish Pride during Spirit Week this spring. Students created community by participating in virtual contests throughout the week.
Congratulations to the seven SHC students who submitted prize-winning essays to the Young Men’s Institute contest this year! SHC is the only high school in its division with multiple prize-winners. Students shared their ideas on what they believe to be the most dangerous invention of the 21st century. Clockwise from top: Katelyn Cheng ’21, Toby Mui ’21, Mia Pardini ’22, Michael Manfreda ’23, Mia Franceschi ’23, Adelyn Chan ’22, and Kai Hinoki ’22.
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SHC is proud to welcome Father Alvin Yu ’07 back to his alma mater where he will serve as Chaplain for the 2020-21 academic year. Father Yu often serves as a celebrant for our Masses and he most recently blessed the Sister Frances Meyer, DC, Irish Prep Shop at the naming ceremony in January. Father Yu shares, "I am excited to be returning to SHC as chaplain to the school. I am grateful to Archbishop Cordileone and Dr. Skrade for giving me this opportunity to serve my alma mater. I look forward to working with the Daughters of Charity, Christian Brothers, faculty, staff and administration in providing for the spiritual needs of our students, alumni and the wider community.” Welcome home, Father Yu!
Keith Ismael ’16 Fulfills NFL Dream Former SHC gridder Keith Ismael ’16 was selected in April’s NFL draft in the fifth round by the Washington Redskins. A three-time All-Mountain West selection, the six-foot-three, 310-pound junior center looks to immediately help shore up the Redskins offensive line. Use your SHC|us app here to view an interview with Keith after his recent selection.
SHC Student Athletes Garner Praise SHC athletics was well represented this spring for their excellence as the 2019-20 San Francisco Italian Athletic Club (SFIAC) presented its annual award winners. Irish honorees were Dylan Rogers ’20 (Negoesco Soccer Trophy), Uday Narottam ’20 and Alden Standley ’20 (Luisetti Scholar Athlete Trophy), Skylar Canady ’20 (Athlete of the Year), Sabina House ’20 (Cross Country Athlete of the Year), and former girls hoops coach Brian Harrigan ’76 (Benedetti Trophy for Lifetime Coaching Achievement). In addition, Joe Beima ’20 won the San Francisco Prep Hall of Fame China Lang Scholarship for a student athlete. GO IRISH!
MADDAN’S CORNER They’re being called the Quarantine Class of 2020 — the graduates who had their high school experience culminate in online learning, canceled prom plans and postponed commencement ceremonies. Four years of forging friendships and studying ended with shelter-in-place and the uncertainty of what freshman year in college would entail. It isn’t fair. Hats off to these seniors who worked hard, adapted and had enduring spirits. While it’s not the milestone they (or their families) envisioned, across the country, people have rallied to celebrate this special class while social distancing. The main streets of small towns are lined with senior portraits and in cities, billboards went up and banners swayed. “Home of graduate” posters popped up on front lawns and house gates. A California man took notice and played “Pomp and Circumstance” on his trumpet door-to-door for the teens affected in his neighborhood. A postal worker wrote letters of congratulations to those on his route and tucked them in their mail boxes. The power of community also surfaced online where Instagram published yearbooks and John Krasinski played DJ and threw a prom on his “Some Good News” YouTube show. Former first lady Michelle Obama partnered with MTV to host a dance party. Basketball great LeBron James put together virtual commencement festivities with former president Barack Obama giving the address. In CNN’s special, “Class of 2020: In This Together” celebrities sent words of encouragement to the outgoing class. In an unprecedented time, humanity shined. Heather Maddan-Dowdell ’95 is a fifth generation San Franciscan. She met her husband, Dan, at a high school party. They have three children — Sicily ’22, Asher (13), and Jackson (10).
ON CAMPUS
irish factoids Dayanara Rodriguez ’21 presented a fascinating look behind the creative process with her final project for Graphic Novel as Literature taught by Instructor of English David Pardini ’80. Using a tablet and stylus on her computer, Dayanara recorded the creation of her new cover art for the classic novel Watchmen. Use your SHC|us app here to watch!
With digital, distance learning in full swing, the SHC Science Department gathered all of the unused gloves from their classrooms and labs and distributed them to local hospitals in dire need of PPE.
news, notes, etc. Work Begins on De Paul Lobby The onset of COVID-19 and social restrictions only delayed the renovation of the De Paul Campus lobby, as work crews gathered immediately upon City approval to begin the project in early May. The space will be upgraded to maximize student comfort, enclosing the open areas on either wing, providing consistent heating and cooling, and will offer another functional spot on the campus for student collaboration and learning. Stay tuned for more updates on the project, slated for completion in the Fall of 2020.
Father Alvin Yu ’07 Returns to SHC San Francisco went into shelter-in-place just as SHC Theatre prepared for the opening weekend of their production of Xanadu. Thankfully, they had the opportunity to perform for family members at an intimate performance held in the Sister Caroline Collins, DC, Theater just before campus closed.
Shelterin-place orders couldn’t keep the SHC community from showing its Irish Pride during Spirit Week this spring. Students created community by participating in virtual contests throughout the week.
Congratulations to the seven SHC students who submitted prize-winning essays to the Young Men’s Institute contest this year! SHC is the only high school in its division with multiple prize-winners. Students shared their ideas on what they believe to be the most dangerous invention of the 21st century. Clockwise from top: Katelyn Cheng ’21, Toby Mui ’21, Mia Pardini ’22, Michael Manfreda ’23, Mia Franceschi ’23, Adelyn Chan ’22, and Kai Hinoki ’22.
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SHC is proud to welcome Father Alvin Yu ’07 back to his alma mater where he will serve as Chaplain for the 2020-21 academic year. Father Yu often serves as a celebrant for our Masses and he most recently blessed the Sister Frances Meyer, DC, Irish Prep Shop at the naming ceremony in January. Father Yu shares, "I am excited to be returning to SHC as chaplain to the school. I am grateful to Archbishop Cordileone and Dr. Skrade for giving me this opportunity to serve my alma mater. I look forward to working with the Daughters of Charity, Christian Brothers, faculty, staff and administration in providing for the spiritual needs of our students, alumni and the wider community.” Welcome home, Father Yu!
Keith Ismael ’16 Fulfills NFL Dream Former SHC gridder Keith Ismael ’16 was selected in April’s NFL draft in the fifth round by the Washington Redskins. A three-time All-Mountain West selection, the six-foot-three, 310-pound junior center looks to immediately help shore up the Redskins offensive line. Use your SHC|us app here to view an interview with Keith after his recent selection.
SHC Student Athletes Garner Praise SHC athletics was well represented this spring for their excellence as the 2019-20 San Francisco Italian Athletic Club (SFIAC) presented its annual award winners. Irish honorees were Dylan Rogers ’20 (Negoesco Soccer Trophy), Uday Narottam ’20 and Alden Standley ’20 (Luisetti Scholar Athlete Trophy), Skylar Canady ’20 (Athlete of the Year), Sabina House ’20 (Cross Country Athlete of the Year), and former girls hoops coach Brian Harrigan ’76 (Benedetti Trophy for Lifetime Coaching Achievement). In addition, Joe Beima ’20 won the San Francisco Prep Hall of Fame China Lang Scholarship for a student athlete. GO IRISH!
MADDAN’S CORNER They’re being called the Quarantine Class of 2020 — the graduates who had their high school experience culminate in online learning, canceled prom plans and postponed commencement ceremonies. Four years of forging friendships and studying ended with shelter-in-place and the uncertainty of what freshman year in college would entail. It isn’t fair. Hats off to these seniors who worked hard, adapted and had enduring spirits. While it’s not the milestone they (or their families) envisioned, across the country, people have rallied to celebrate this special class while social distancing. The main streets of small towns are lined with senior portraits and in cities, billboards went up and banners swayed. “Home of graduate” posters popped up on front lawns and house gates. A California man took notice and played “Pomp and Circumstance” on his trumpet door-to-door for the teens affected in his neighborhood. A postal worker wrote letters of congratulations to those on his route and tucked them in their mail boxes. The power of community also surfaced online where Instagram published yearbooks and John Krasinski played DJ and threw a prom on his “Some Good News” YouTube show. Former first lady Michelle Obama partnered with MTV to host a dance party. Basketball great LeBron James put together virtual commencement festivities with former president Barack Obama giving the address. In CNN’s special, “Class of 2020: In This Together” celebrities sent words of encouragement to the outgoing class. In an unprecedented time, humanity shined. Heather Maddan-Dowdell ’95 is a fifth generation San Franciscan. She met her husband, Dan, at a high school party. They have three children — Sicily ’22, Asher (13), and Jackson (10).
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ith the closing of the SHC campus, faculty and staff entered a new reality, one where a bedroom, deck or basement now became an arena for engaging students and furthering the Lasallian Vincentian mission. Here are a collection of images capturing our remote working arrangements, sometimes ad hoc, sometimes well-utilized before the current pandemic.
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ith the closing of the SHC campus, faculty and staff entered a new reality, one where a bedroom, deck or basement now became an arena for engaging students and furthering the Lasallian Vincentian mission. Here are a collection of images capturing our remote working arrangements, sometimes ad hoc, sometimes well-utilized before the current pandemic.
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t its regularly-scheduled meeting on March 5, the Sacred Heart Cathedral Leadership Council sat down and first discussed the potential impact of the COVID-19 YES 51% epidemic on SHC. At that point, San Francisco’s first two cases had only just been NO reported, but the spectre of the cruise41% ship Grand Princess already lurked NO QUIZZES close off the coast ORBy TESTS of California, a ship bearing multiple ill passengers and crew. Monday March 9, events SINCE S.I.P. BEGAN had changed rapidly. The Leadership Council met twice that day, ultimately deciding to take proactive steps to close the SHC campus beginning Wednesday March 11 for deep cleaning, taking advantage of the end of the grading period as well as a planned student holiday that Friday. The process to thoroughly clean every surface, desk, doorknob, and corner of the school was to be completed by the end of that weekend and school was to reopen on Monday March 16. It was also announced at that time that the SHC Spring Gala would transition to DO YOU FEEL AS IF SOCIAL DISTANCING HAS an online event. GIVEN YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO TRY NEW THINGS
THAT YOUwas PREVIOUSLY HAD FOR? by the World Health OrgaBy March 11, the coronavirus officiallyNEVER declared a TIME pandemic nization and SHC announced distance learning until at least March 25. The NBA suspended its season that day as well, setting off in short order the cancellation of all men’s and women’s college sports, then all sports in general, including all SHC spring sports. Subsequently, the Bruce-Mahoney baseball game was postponed and finally cancelled. On Thursday the 12th, 21% San Francisco Mayor London Breed closed all SFUSD schools. SHC Performing Arts squeezed 16% YES, A LOT in two performances of Xanadu before its run was ended. On March 16, six Bay Area counties YES, A BIT ordered shelter-in-place restrictions on all residents, a state of quarantine not seen in our, or ABOUT THE SAME 12% our parents’ lifetimes. NOT AT ALL
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STUDENT CLUBS What some schools refer to as extracurricular, SHC calls cocurricular — that is, student involvement in activities outside of the regular academic curriculum which are not considered extra, but essential. Student clubs and organizations, for example, provide an outlet for students to discover passions, to engage with like minded peers, and to learn vital leadership and community building skills. Many SHC clubs continued to meet on a regular basis throughout the distance learning period this spring, including chorus, dance, theater, tech, sports medicine, and more. The SHC Book Club held book-related virtual scavenger hunts and one member, Kathryn Caceres ’21, created virtual trivia games pertaining to the club’s reading selection.
STUDENTS EMBRACING ENTREPRENEURSHIP & SERVICE For Marina Jew ’21 and Miho Koda ’21, shelter-in-place and physical distancing requirements presented an opportunity for connection. The two juniors started No One Is Alone, an organization which encourages individuals to “do small things to be your bigger self.” No One Is Alone invites people to connect during a time we must be apart through written correspondence or phone calls. Letters are submitted through their website, and volunteers who choose to connect with someone in need via telephone fill out a form via nooneisalone.org and are later matched and scheduled. Marina and Miho share, “Many volunteer opportunities require specific skills or have an age requirement which makes it difficult for students like us to contribute while social distancing. We know isolation is taking a toll on countless people right now, so we created No One Is Alone to offer hope and spread happiness for these people. Right now more than ever we need to come together as a community and support each other because no one should feel alone.”
STUDENT VOICES With so many families facing financial insecurity during the pandemic, the need to raise funds for student scholarships became even more vital. SHC’s annual 1DayIrish campaign in May aimed to raise such funds, which would also support distance learning efforts through faculty support and technology upgrades among many other aspects of learning at SHC. Students stepped up to support the campaign by submitting a series of moving video messages offering words of encouragement and solidarity. Students shared their hopes for returning to campus and shout outs to their favorite instructors. Their resilience and positivity inspired more than 200 donors to give more than $36,000 in a period of 24 hours.
And this is where the story truly begins. In the following pages, you will read about SHC’s sudden transition to distance learning, a new reality necessitated by unprecedented events. We will show you the faces of our community through the screens they have used to share and interact, and you will get a glimpse of the many ways our community has faced the challenge of distance learning with Irish spirit and the charisms of our Holy Founders guiding us along the way.
All data courtesy of polling done by the SHC Emerald student newspaper
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faculty creating community The SHC faculty and staff responded to the enormous disruptions to learning and instruction with determination, flexibility and commitment. Faculty members adjusted, without hesitation, to deliver the best educational experience possible for our students, virtually. They also recognized that during a time of great uncertainty and fear, emotional and social support for our students was more important than ever. Showing up for their students every day in an unfamiliar format, providing a sense of consistency and genuine care, truly fulfilling the role of big brother and sister, has been perhaps the most beautiful expression of our Lasallian Vincentian values during this time.
COACH ANDY CHAN BUILDS COMMUNITY DESPITE DISTANCE At any given time, Head Track & Field and Cross Country Coach Chan is responsible for nearly 100 student-athletes — for training them, organizing countless meets and competitions, keeping them motivated and inspired. The inability to meet in person did not stop Andy from delivering on his coaching responsibilities — even with a season cut short. For Andy, consistency and humor are crucial for maintaining a sense of community among his student-athletes, which is why he started “Two Things From Andy,” a series of messages to his team posted twice daily in their Schoology group. “The typical days of being passionate about track & field, interacting with the kids, and being my usual goofy self were on an extended time out. That’s when I decided I would post on Schoology every day. The first item is something Track & Field related to keep the sport that brings us together as a community on people’s minds. The second item is some random mundane thing — whatever popped in my head, the goofier the better. It would help the kids feel like they were at practice listening to me talk. We’d engage in the comments for each post, and the practice ended up being as much for me as it was for them.”
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VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS During difficult times, the arts become a vital outlet for self expression, for processing complex emotions and experiences, and for community building. SHC’s Visual & Performing Arts faculty met the challenge of distance learning — and distance creation — with imagination and dedication. Opening night for the spring musical production of Xanadu occurred just ahead of what would be an indefinite school closure. VPA was able to squeeze in one additional show with only parents of the cast and crew in the audience, and in spite of overwhelming feelings of disappointment and fear, students gave the performance their all. VPA faculty worked tirelessly throughout the semester to ensure the very closely knit community created by their students remained, albeit physically distant. Assistant Director of Music Rhonda Smith shares, “We definitely encouraged our students to continue to be creative throughout our distance learning experience this spring. They responded with visual journals and sketches, videos of them performing choreography outside in their yards, creating and combining vocal tracks for songs we would miss performing at our final concerts. All of their projects during this time helped maintain our sense of community and creative spirit amongst both students and staff in the VPA department.”
DO YOU FEEL MENTALLY EXHAUSTED/FRUSTRATED DURING THIS CRAZY TIME?
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Originally scheduled for an in-person gathering in March, the SHC Office of Advancement completely revamped its Annual Spring Gala event into a virtual fundraiser in light of shelter-in-place orders. The online auction was a tremendous success, far surpassing the fundraising goal by bringing in more than $202,000 which will support the De Paul Lobby renovation and provide additional financial aid dollars for our families most in need. The SHC community came together during unprecedented and trying times and declared its dedication to the young men and women at our beloved school. Thank you!
1DAYIRISH This year, 1DayIrish, SHC’s annual day of giving, landed nearly two months after the initial shelter-in-place order in San Francisco. The 24-hour campaign included various opportunities for alumni to gather virtually, fun digital content including videos featuring students, faculty, staff and parents. One of the virtual gatherings brought together 40 alumni from the classes of 1948 all the way to 2013, all in honor of heralded coach, the late Bill Henneberry ’48. Alumni gathered on Zoom to share stories and fond memories of Coach. 1DayIrish raised more than $36,000 in support of SHC. Use the SHC|us app to view a boisterous rendition of the Sacred Heart Alma Mater performed by the Zoom attendees.
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COMMUNITY LIFE It’s no secret that the strong sense of community at SHC is one of our most defining characteristics, and the Community Life Department supports the entire student body by creating meaningful opportunities for students to connect with one another and with our local communities. Community Life hosts events, retreats, prayer services, immersion trips, and service-learning experiences year-round. During the shelter-in-place period, Associate Director of Community Life for Student Leadership Anita Diaz was at the core of countless efforts to keep stuYOU FEELengaged MENTALLYand EXHAUSTED/FRUSTRATED dents DO connected, positive throughout the distance learning DURING THIS CRAZY TIME? period this spring. Anita supported students through the selection of next year’s student council, curating messages of hope and encouragement from students,7% faculty and staff for the “Hey SHC” Instagram 13% twice-weekly virtual socials for students and their series, and organizing 3% session hosted by the VPA department, instructors. In a “Talk Tuesday” A LOT MORE THAN USUAL students wore silly hats, talked casually about music theory and time MORE THAN USUAL signatures using THE the SAME online platform Ka43% then played a round of triviaABOUT hoot. It was almost like being together LESS in person, just THAN USUALfrom the comfort of each individual student’s home, and Alikely withTHAN a goofy background LOT LESS USUAL image. For Anita,34% doing the work to keep the sense of community strong among the student body was both effortless, and necessary, “The one thing we all, staff and students, missed was being together everyday, and even though we were not physically together, I wanted everyone to know that we are still a community in our hearts. Since we were not able to say goodbye to the Class of 2020, the faculty and staff needed an opportunity to let the graduates know that they made an impact at our school and in our lives.” ARE YOU GETTING MORE OR LESS SLEEP THAN NORMAL?
SHC FACULTY SUPPORTED FROM WITHIN By Lucie Duffort SHC faculty had already stepped away from our classrooms when the shelter-in-place order came through, but no one expected a week to turn into months. Being apart while trying to support students and maintain a connection to our community was a challenge, but we had some help. From Associate Director of Community Life Julia Rinaldi The Wellness Department partnered with our athletic trainers, animators and the Community Life Team with the purpose of supporting our faculty and staff during this time. Without question, as the old saying goes, we needed to “put on our oxygen masks first” — we needed to acquire new skills, lessons and classroom dynamics quickly — all requiring physical, emotional and intellectual shifts. The synergy between people and departments grew organically and successfully. We created resources in Schoology for faculty and staff filled with wellness and spirituality resources and simple programming to support our adult community — body, heart and mind. Folks could access the resources as their energy and time permitted. We have many wellness experts in our community, and they became our essential workers as we aimed to deeply nourish and nurture our adult community. Here is what a standard week’s support offerings looked like: MONDAY
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Make it Count Monday with Leiana Payawal, where faculty and staff shared posts and thoughts on topics like music, spring and regrowth.
• Rosary with Father Michael
• Game Night with Ismael Ruiz
• Mindful Moment with Julia Rinaldi
• Workout with Nathan Villanueva ’06
• Yoga with Assistant Dean Nicole Nastari
• Workout with Nathan Villanueva ’06
• Salsa with Ismael Ruiz
• Social Hour with Laura Krause ’02
• Athletic Trainer Guest Presentations on topics like proper ergonomics, blood drive support, stretching
From Director of the Fitness Center & Wellness Instructor Nathan Villanueva ’06 During the distance learning period, I had the privilege to plan a variety of wellness programs with Julia Rinaldi and Coach Franceschi. I taught full workout class three times a week with a great group of faculty and staff members attending consistently. We were able to bond, enjoy laughs, and work on our fitness at the same time. It’s easy to look up workouts on YouTube and do things on your own, but as a strength and condition specialist, I wanted to provide my colleagues with science and research-based exercise programs to not only provide physical health but to build community and camaraderie during a time we were required to be apart. Faculty Professional Development Director of Professional Development Janet Shapiro focused on sharing resources, particularly with new teachers. Topics included building relationships and community in an online classroom, best practices for online learning, diversity, equity and inclusion in an online class, authentic assessments in an online class, how to provide effective, relevant feedback in an online class. These efforts will continue throughout the summer and into next year, with some teachers working together already to construct a best practices guide. Zoom and Google Meet can’t replace sharing a lunch table or ducking into each other’s classrooms between periods, but for faculty and staff, being able to connect in whatever way we can has enabled us to maintain relationships and support systems. By having a regular flow of information and interaction, we have been able to feel more together, apart.
SHC MASK-A-TEERS When the CDC recommended wearing cloth masks in an effort to decrease the spread of COVID-19, the SHC community stepped up. Mask-making kits were distributed to SHC community volunteers who sewed more than 800 masks to date. More than 150 SHC community volunteers made use of their home sewing machines to get the job done. Completed masks have been distributed to organizations in need of PPE including: Laguna Honda Hospital, Christian Brothers Community, Kindred Hospice, Jail Medical Services, SFDPH Jail Medical Services, St. Mary’s Medical Center, San Francisco VA Hospital, Milwaukee VA Hospital, Healing Well Center, and Epiphany Center.
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hree months ago, Zoom and Google Meet were boutique technologies rarely-used in the realm of education, more readily associated with international finance or tech. Suddenly, these screen-meeting platforms were the way to communicate, congregate and, more importantly, teach and learn for SHC student, faculty and staff. These screen shots capture the many faces of SHC over the last two months, struggling through a new reliance on technological tools on the fly.
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hree months ago, Zoom and Google Meet were boutique technologies rarely-used in the realm of education, more readily associated with international finance or tech. Suddenly, these screen-meeting platforms were the way to communicate, congregate and, more importantly, teach and learn for SHC student, faculty and staff. These screen shots capture the many faces of SHC over the last two months, struggling through a new reliance on technological tools on the fly.
HOW STRONGLY DOES ZOOM OR GOOGLE MEET AFFECT YOUR LEARNING?
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HOW OFTEN HAVE YOU BEEN COMMUNICATING WITH FRIENDS THROUGH TEXTING, SNAPCHAT, AND OTHER SOCIAL MEDIA COMPARED TO NORMAL?
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By Clarissa Mendiola
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s a global community in the age of COVID-19, we have come to realize, more than ever, exactly how essential our essential workers are to our collective well-being. From delivery drivers to doctors to grocery store employees, we depend upon those on the frontlines of this pandemic to keep us healthy and safe. SHC community members in the field of medicine in particular illustrate one of the most beautiful expressions of what exactly it means to live our motto during these difficult times — Enter to Learn, Leave to Serve. Life during the COVID-19 pandemic varies dramatically between individuals and communities — students are learning from home, many service and gig workers are without work, young adults are sheltering in place with roommates, parents are juggling working from home while homeschooling kids of varying ages, some retreat to vacation homes during shelter-in-place orders, while others hunker down in small apartments without private outdoor space, some students have the technology they need for remote instruction, while others struggle to obtain resources. The pandemic asks a lot of every individual from every walk of life, and the demands upon our healthcare workers are great. Change is coming frequently and fast and healthcare workers must pivot and adjust to constantly changing protocols. For Emma Kuehl ’14, a registered nurse working in a COVID-19 positive unit in Portland, Oregon, adaptability and resilience are requirements. “Protocols and policy change every single day. Our morning huddles and rounds are very important to hear updates to protocols. Luckily, as a nurse, adaptability and resilience are typical qualities because we must always adjust to new patient scenarios.” Epidemiologists and medical professionals are learning more about the virus every day, making what is not known about COVID-19 one of the most difficult aspects of
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“My message to the SHC community is — as my job reminds me — life is incredibly precious. Check in with your loved ones, treat yourself to things that make you happy, watch the news a little less, read a little more and continue to social distance.”
working on the frontlines. Jennifer Martin ’13 currently serves as a registered nurse working in an COVID-19 positive Intensive Care Unit in Aurora, Colorado, where, as of midMay, the COVID-19 positive count hit nearly 2,500. “I’ll never forget how terrified and uncertain our unit was when we admitted our first COVID-19 positive patient back on March 1. Now, more than two months later, that fear has become our daily reality. Our ICU JENNIFER MARTIN ’13 which typically holds 38 patients was expanded with nearly 60 ICU patients, mostly COVID+, nearly all of whom are unable to breathe on their own, need emergent intubation and have a ventilator breathing for them.” Staffing at Martin’s hospital typically has a nurse to patient ratio of 1:1 or 1:2, and throughout the pandemic, it has often been tripled, with nurses working overtime and extra shifts to ensure proper care for their patients. Current parent and registered nurse Jim Benney who serves as a Surgical & Interventional Services executive at Sutter Health CPMC applauds local leaders for putting the Bay Area in an excellent position to respond to the pandemic. “Because we had Bay Area leaders that put us into shelterin-place early, we are sitting in a much better position than the rest of the nation. For such a large population — 6 or 7 million — our COVID positive rates have been much less than other areas of our size, and we’ve had a very low death rate. In the period leading up to other areas of the country initially responding, we were actively preparing for a surge—really a surge we never saw.” San Francisco Mayor London Breed activated resources by declaring a state of emergency at the end of February, ahead of even the first reported COVID-19 positive cases in the City. By March 16, San Francisco issued its Stay-at-Home order. Benney, who oversees the surgical and interventional operations at four CPMC hospitals, easily
Jim Benney
spent 14 hours a day at work during the beginning of the pandemic, helping CPMC plan and adjust to COVID-19. In a matter of days, he had to organize staff across four hospitals to communicate the cancellation of all elective surgeries, and design protocols for surgeries that were permitted to proceed. Jim believes it was precisely this ability to prepare that has allowed the hospitalization numbers in the Bay Area to plateau. Those in the healthcare field are facing very complex physical and emotional demands during this pandemic — including the fear that they may contract the virus given their greater exposure. Kuehl shares, “My biggest concern is the guilt I carry myself on my days outside of work. For example, to my knowledge, I am not a COVID-19 carrier, but at any given time, I could become one. I feel guilty every time I take the elevator up to my apartment, every time I go to the grocery store, every time I go out for fresh air — I think of all the people I could be exposing without knowing it.” On the CPMC campuses here in the Bay Area, great measures are being taken to ensure the health and safety of hospital staff — from proper PPE
access and protocols to staff dedicated solely to the sanitization of surfaces throughout their facilities, to organizing and isolating COVID-19 positive and suspected patients — they are leaving little room for error and unnecessary exposure. “We are at greater risk when we are caring for someone who is COVID-19 positive, but we also know what works, what measures we need to take to limit that exposure, how to gown ourselves, how to fit test respirators, how to safely transport patients around the hospital, we take every single precaution possible,” says Benney. In nearly all conversations around how to approach the new normal of life during a pandemic, the idea of self-care inevitably arises. For those who dedicate their lives to caring for others, caring for the self is particularly important. “Since nursing — even before COVID-19 — can be very emotionally distressing, I know what works best for taking care of myself and staying healthy. Running on a treadmill, meditating, reading, frequent video calls with friends and family,” says Kuehl. For Benney, part of his self care involves activities from which he abstains. “I personally have stopped watching some of the news. We’re already living it. For me, it’s about focusing on the now — doing whatever needs to get done, and keeping a positive attitude.”
“I got into nursing because I wanted to make a difference in people’s lives. You need to have the ability to be empathetic, to be able to deal with crises and work in challenging situations. You need to know it’s okay to cry, to hold hands. You see people at their best and at their worst, and you need to be able to understand why when they’re at their worst. Our job is to make their situation better.” JIM BENNEY
Jennifer Martin ’13
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s a global community in the age of COVID-19, we have come to realize, more than ever, exactly how essential our essential workers are to our collective well-being. From delivery drivers to doctors to grocery store employees, we depend upon those on the frontlines of this pandemic to keep us healthy and safe. SHC community members in the field of medicine in particular illustrate one of the most beautiful expressions of what exactly it means to live our motto during these difficult times — Enter to Learn, Leave to Serve. Life during the COVID-19 pandemic varies dramatically between individuals and communities — students are learning from home, many service and gig workers are without work, young adults are sheltering in place with roommates, parents are juggling working from home while homeschooling kids of varying ages, some retreat to vacation homes during shelter-in-place orders, while others hunker down in small apartments without private outdoor space, some students have the technology they need for remote instruction, while others struggle to obtain resources. The pandemic asks a lot of every individual from every walk of life, and the demands upon our healthcare workers are great. Change is coming frequently and fast and healthcare workers must pivot and adjust to constantly changing protocols. For Emma Kuehl ’14, a registered nurse working in a COVID-19 positive unit in Portland, Oregon, adaptability and resilience are requirements. “Protocols and policy change every single day. Our morning huddles and rounds are very important to hear updates to protocols. Luckily, as a nurse, adaptability and resilience are typical qualities because we must always adjust to new patient scenarios.” Epidemiologists and medical professionals are learning more about the virus every day, making what is not known about COVID-19 one of the most difficult aspects of
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“My message to the SHC community is — as my job reminds me — life is incredibly precious. Check in with your loved ones, treat yourself to things that make you happy, watch the news a little less, read a little more and continue to social distance.”
working on the frontlines. Jennifer Martin ’13 currently serves as a registered nurse working in an COVID-19 positive Intensive Care Unit in Aurora, Colorado, where, as of midMay, the COVID-19 positive count hit nearly 2,500. “I’ll never forget how terrified and uncertain our unit was when we admitted our first COVID-19 positive patient back on March 1. Now, more than two months later, that fear has become our daily reality. Our ICU JENNIFER MARTIN ’13 which typically holds 38 patients was expanded with nearly 60 ICU patients, mostly COVID+, nearly all of whom are unable to breathe on their own, need emergent intubation and have a ventilator breathing for them.” Staffing at Martin’s hospital typically has a nurse to patient ratio of 1:1 or 1:2, and throughout the pandemic, it has often been tripled, with nurses working overtime and extra shifts to ensure proper care for their patients. Current parent and registered nurse Jim Benney who serves as a Surgical & Interventional Services executive at Sutter Health CPMC applauds local leaders for putting the Bay Area in an excellent position to respond to the pandemic. “Because we had Bay Area leaders that put us into shelterin-place early, we are sitting in a much better position than the rest of the nation. For such a large population — 6 or 7 million — our COVID positive rates have been much less than other areas of our size, and we’ve had a very low death rate. In the period leading up to other areas of the country initially responding, we were actively preparing for a surge—really a surge we never saw.” San Francisco Mayor London Breed activated resources by declaring a state of emergency at the end of February, ahead of even the first reported COVID-19 positive cases in the City. By March 16, San Francisco issued its Stay-at-Home order. Benney, who oversees the surgical and interventional operations at four CPMC hospitals, easily
Jim Benney
spent 14 hours a day at work during the beginning of the pandemic, helping CPMC plan and adjust to COVID-19. In a matter of days, he had to organize staff across four hospitals to communicate the cancellation of all elective surgeries, and design protocols for surgeries that were permitted to proceed. Jim believes it was precisely this ability to prepare that has allowed the hospitalization numbers in the Bay Area to plateau. Those in the healthcare field are facing very complex physical and emotional demands during this pandemic — including the fear that they may contract the virus given their greater exposure. Kuehl shares, “My biggest concern is the guilt I carry myself on my days outside of work. For example, to my knowledge, I am not a COVID-19 carrier, but at any given time, I could become one. I feel guilty every time I take the elevator up to my apartment, every time I go to the grocery store, every time I go out for fresh air — I think of all the people I could be exposing without knowing it.” On the CPMC campuses here in the Bay Area, great measures are being taken to ensure the health and safety of hospital staff — from proper PPE
access and protocols to staff dedicated solely to the sanitization of surfaces throughout their facilities, to organizing and isolating COVID-19 positive and suspected patients — they are leaving little room for error and unnecessary exposure. “We are at greater risk when we are caring for someone who is COVID-19 positive, but we also know what works, what measures we need to take to limit that exposure, how to gown ourselves, how to fit test respirators, how to safely transport patients around the hospital, we take every single precaution possible,” says Benney. In nearly all conversations around how to approach the new normal of life during a pandemic, the idea of self-care inevitably arises. For those who dedicate their lives to caring for others, caring for the self is particularly important. “Since nursing — even before COVID-19 — can be very emotionally distressing, I know what works best for taking care of myself and staying healthy. Running on a treadmill, meditating, reading, frequent video calls with friends and family,” says Kuehl. For Benney, part of his self care involves activities from which he abstains. “I personally have stopped watching some of the news. We’re already living it. For me, it’s about focusing on the now — doing whatever needs to get done, and keeping a positive attitude.”
“I got into nursing because I wanted to make a difference in people’s lives. You need to have the ability to be empathetic, to be able to deal with crises and work in challenging situations. You need to know it’s okay to cry, to hold hands. You see people at their best and at their worst, and you need to be able to understand why when they’re at their worst. Our job is to make their situation better.” JIM BENNEY
Jennifer Martin ’13
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IN-DEPTH
PARTNER SCHOOL PROFILES:
class of 2024 breakdown
OUR LADY OF THE VISITACION SCHOOL Sponsored by the Daughters of Charity, SHC’s sister school Our Lady of the Visitacion has a long legacy of serving a diverse student body in San Francisco’s Visitacion Valley neighborhood. Guided by the charism of St. Vincent de Paul, St. Louise de Marillac and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, OLV is committed to “use the power of education to assist struggling families so they may achieve a better quality of life.” Notable alumni include Most Reverend Tom Daly ’78, Berknell Financial Group Founder Dasarte Yarnway ’09, and SHC Girls JV Basketball Assistant Coach Kalya Coloyan ’15.
SAINT MONICA SCHOOL Saint Monica School has been serving San Francisco families for more than a century. Located in the Richmond District, the school opened in 1919 by the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus & Mary. Notable graduates include MVP Flight, Inc. Founder Phil Doherty ’95, former SHC Chaplain Father Mark Doherty ’98, and SHC Hall of Famer and former Girls Varsity Basketball Coach Brian Harrigan ’76.
AP GIANNINI MIDDLE SCHOOL AP Giannini was founded in 1954 and named after the son of Italian immigrants and Bank America founder, Amadeo Pietro Giannini. Located in the Sunset District, the school aims to develop students into critical thinkers who are globally conscious and lifelong learners who contribute to their communities and seek justice for all people. The SHC Class of 2024 includes the largest cohort of AP Giannini alumni to date. Alumni include recent SHC graduate Penelope Ades ’20 (featured among the senior profiles on page 5) who will join the freshman class at the University of Denver this fall.
THE SAN FRANCISCO SCHOOL
LEGEND Grammar schools sending students to SHC in 2020 Grammar schools profiled at right SHC bus routes
As one of the oldest independent, coeducational day schools in the City, The San Francisco School’s mission statement says it all — “SFS cultivates and celebrates the intellectual, imaginative, and humanitarian promise of each student in a community that practices mutual respect, embraces diversity, and inspires a passion for learning.” Guided by its core values of Culture, Community, and Diversity, SFS serves a total of nearly 300 students ranging from preschool through middle school. Notable alumni include SHC Hall of Famer and De La Salle East Bay board member Kamailia Williams ’96.
BY THE NUMBERS:
Number of Students Enrolled: 351
Number of Different Partner Schools: 80
Students Living/Attending Elementary School in San Francisco: 91%
Average GPA: 3.65
GPA 3.5 and Above: 74%
GPA 4.0: 27% CLASS OF 2024 PARENT FEEDBACK: “The racial and socio-economic diversity and inclusion seems natural and not forced at SHC. Most of all, our daughter felt the most comfortable with the positive learning and social environment SHC has created with its leadership, teachers and student body.”
“We feel that SHC has the perfect balance of academics, community, leadership and sports along with affordability, diversity and a student body that is not too large and not too small. It feels like the ideal high school, offering great opportunities.” “My son continued to cite the the academic environment and whole-class discussion he saw on Irish for a Day. He wants that academic community and rigor.”
“The families we know whose children attend SHC rave about the school! We also appreciate the diversity and the fact that many of your students live in the City.” “My son has been dreaming of SHC since sixth grade. He really liked the whole vibe of the school. The combination of personalities, sports acumen and academics offered sealed the deal.”
“Family legacy! Two generations in our family have gone to SHC. There is just a different feeling that we had when we attended the open houses and other SHC events compared to the other schools.”
IN-DEPTH
PARTNER SCHOOL PROFILES:
class of 2024 breakdown
OUR LADY OF THE VISITACION SCHOOL Sponsored by the Daughters of Charity, SHC’s sister school Our Lady of the Visitacion has a long legacy of serving a diverse student body in San Francisco’s Visitacion Valley neighborhood. Guided by the charism of St. Vincent de Paul, St. Louise de Marillac and St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, OLV is committed to “use the power of education to assist struggling families so they may achieve a better quality of life.” Notable alumni include Most Reverend Tom Daly ’78, Berknell Financial Group Founder Dasarte Yarnway ’09, and SHC Girls JV Basketball Assistant Coach Kalya Coloyan ’15.
SAINT MONICA SCHOOL Saint Monica School has been serving San Francisco families for more than a century. Located in the Richmond District, the school opened in 1919 by the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus & Mary. Notable graduates include MVP Flight, Inc. Founder Phil Doherty ’95, former SHC Chaplain Father Mark Doherty ’98, and SHC Hall of Famer and former Girls Varsity Basketball Coach Brian Harrigan ’76.
AP GIANNINI MIDDLE SCHOOL AP Giannini was founded in 1954 and named after the son of Italian immigrants and Bank America founder, Amadeo Pietro Giannini. Located in the Sunset District, the school aims to develop students into critical thinkers who are globally conscious and lifelong learners who contribute to their communities and seek justice for all people. The SHC Class of 2024 includes the largest cohort of AP Giannini alumni to date. Alumni include recent SHC graduate Penelope Ades ’20 (featured among the senior profiles on page 5) who will join the freshman class at the University of Denver this fall.
THE SAN FRANCISCO SCHOOL
LEGEND Grammar schools sending students to SHC in 2020 Grammar schools profiled at right SHC bus routes
As one of the oldest independent, coeducational day schools in the City, The San Francisco School’s mission statement says it all — “SFS cultivates and celebrates the intellectual, imaginative, and humanitarian promise of each student in a community that practices mutual respect, embraces diversity, and inspires a passion for learning.” Guided by its core values of Culture, Community, and Diversity, SFS serves a total of nearly 300 students ranging from preschool through middle school. Notable alumni include SHC Hall of Famer and De La Salle East Bay board member Kamailia Williams ’96.
BY THE NUMBERS:
Number of Students Enrolled: 351
Number of Different Partner Schools: 80
Students Living/Attending Elementary School in San Francisco: 91%
Average GPA: 3.65
GPA 3.5 and Above: 74%
GPA 4.0: 27% CLASS OF 2024 PARENT FEEDBACK: “The racial and socio-economic diversity and inclusion seems natural and not forced at SHC. Most of all, our daughter felt the most comfortable with the positive learning and social environment SHC has created with its leadership, teachers and student body.”
“We feel that SHC has the perfect balance of academics, community, leadership and sports along with affordability, diversity and a student body that is not too large and not too small. It feels like the ideal high school, offering great opportunities.” “My son continued to cite the the academic environment and whole-class discussion he saw on Irish for a Day. He wants that academic community and rigor.”
“The families we know whose children attend SHC rave about the school! We also appreciate the diversity and the fact that many of your students live in the City.” “My son has been dreaming of SHC since sixth grade. He really liked the whole vibe of the school. The combination of personalities, sports acumen and academics offered sealed the deal.”
“Family legacy! Two generations in our family have gone to SHC. There is just a different feeling that we had when we attended the open houses and other SHC events compared to the other schools.”
FEATURES
A LIFE LIVED FULL The legacy of SHC parent Mike Dunne lives on in an endowment established in his name
By Lucie Duffort “It’s a special way to acknowledge Mike Dunne’s contribution to coaching and to athletics in the city, particularly the CYO and the Flame League,” says Director of Major Gifts & Planned Giving John Vigo ’81. “The lifelong impact that Mike had on students he coached was profound. Mike was a special guy, a legendary coach in San Francisco.”
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his year, Sacred Heart Cathedral lost one of its dearest promoters when John Michael “Mike” Dunne, husband to Stephanie, father to Chris ’97, Pat ’98 and Amy, lost his battle to pancreatic cancer. A man who “coached San Francisco,” Mike Dunne was Athletic Director at St. Vincent de Paul for 15 years spanning the 1960s, 70s and 80s. As a baseball and basketball coach and provider of sporting goods, he served innumerable teams and schools, as well as individuals from his Marina store, Doherty and Dunne, and later as a representative for T&B Sports. According to SHC Assistant Baseball Coach Steve Franceschi, “He was someone a coach could go to in a pinch for something you might need for your ballclub. Mike was always, without a doubt, there to help the Athletic Department at Sacred Heart Cathedral and all their coaches.” Dunne had a particularly special relationship with SHC, as he watched his two sons pass through its halls.
Though Dunne’s legacy centered around athletics, his son Pat says the scholarship doesn’t necessarily have to be awarded to an athlete, nor is it gender-specific. To honor his father’s humility and self-motivation, “I wanted to see someone develop and contribute, and have my dad’s name help give them the opportunity to help themselves.” Pat, who will play a part in the selection process, hopes to choose the recipient based on need, but also on the traits of character, mental toughness, and leadership that reflect his father’s. That character is one that “played for all WIth sons Pat and Chris the marbles,” according to Rudy Lapera ’63, a lifelong friend. “He was down and dirty, and there was no middle ground … everybody respected what Mike did and what he stood for. He always played for the home run, he wasn’t a singles and doubles kind of guy.” Lapera emphasizes that “advantage wasn’t in his makeup, he made his own advantage through hard work. But, he would give all the help he could.” The effect of this was apparent in the over 300-person turnout for a luncheon in his honor last April at the San Francisco Italian Athletic Club, a celebration-turned-roast organized by Randy DeMartini ’79 and Frank Billante. He brought the same spirit to coaching and mentoring youth that he did to his professional life, his game, and impassioned halftime speeches at the Funston Football League on Saturdays. If Mike Dunne was there, he was all in.
It is this devotion that the scholarship will honor. In establishing the fund, Pat is “excited to see that this endowment can carry his name and help a kid who is in His youngest, Patrick Dunne, returned to SHC in 2002 as a football coach and math teacher. It was Pat need and wants to be a part of the community.” who established the Mike Dunne Endowed Scholar- Donations to the Mike Dunne Endowed Scholarship can be made by selecting ship Fund to honor his father’s legacy. The endowthe Mike Dunne Endowed Scholarship Fund on shcp.edu/give, by contacting ment will award a partial scholarship to one student the Advancement Office directly, or by sending a check made out to Sacred Heart over the four years of his or her high school career Cathedral Preparatory. at SHC, and will enable lower-income students to have the same opportunities Mike worked so hard to provide his own children.
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Q&A with
alex goldberg Alex Goldberg was appointed director of advancement in January, but her SHC story starts nearly a decade ago. From SHC to our sister grammar school, De Marillac Academy, and back to SHC again, Alex found her home in the Lasallian Vincentian community, and as far as she’s concerned, there’s no other place she’d rather be. SHC Magazine chatted with Alex recently to learn about her many contributions to the Lasallian Vincentian community, and her hopes for advancement at SHC into the future.
WHAT INITIALLY BROUGHT YOU TO SHC? I joined the SHC community in 2011 after feeling like my jobs in corporate HR and recruiting lacked impact and purpose. I had always hoped to work in a high school environment but without a teaching degree I wasn't sure how to make that happen. I began applying for fundraising positions at various schools. I had no non-profit or development experience but then Director of Development Theresa Flynn Houghton ’96 took a chance and hired me to run the Walkathon, Spring Gala and support parent volunteerism at SHC. Right when I began I knew it was where I should be.
WHAT ROLE/S DID YOU FULFILL DURING YOUR INITIAL TENURE? I ran the Walkathon and Spring Gala, annual appeals, parent volunteerism, and was promoted to eventually oversee all events, alumni and parent giving programs and the team who managed them. I really enjoyed working with students, parents, volunteers and alumni to raise funds for the organization, and I also enjoyed strategizing on how to increase engagement, enhance the guest experience of events and ultimately find ways to make the largest impact on students of SHC.
HOW DID THE OPPORTUNITY AT DE MARILLAC ACADEMY ARISE? I made the difficult decision to leave SHC in 2017 to pursue an opportunity at a youth development nonprofit. When I left I kept saying, “It's not goodbye, it's just see you later,” because deep
down I felt I would return some day. Then, just a few short months after my SHC departure, Theresa, who had transitioned to serve as president of De Marillac Academy, called with an opportunity at DMA for a director of development. Returning to the Lasallian Vincentian community to work at DMA with Theresa and the amazing students, graduates and families De Marillac serves was a no brainer. Joining the DMA community felt like coming home. Working with the Brothers and Daughters, the SHC community and our Lasallian and Vincentian partners and benefactors felt so comfortable. I was able to continue to deepen relationships with benefactors who support both organizations without having to go through the challenges of forming those relationships from scratch. DMA also taught me valuable lessons and opened my eyes even further to the challenges our city and nation face regarding equity and inclusion, especially in education. My time at DMA only increased my passion for the mission driven work in which I continue to find myself.
WHAT BROUGHT YOU BACK TO SHC? Just short of three years at DMA, an opportunity arose at SHC to serve as director of advancement. Considering leaving the DMA community was one of the more challenging discernment processes I’ve ever faced. I returned to SHC knowing I was still in the Lasallian Vincentian community and was excited to see how I could approach my work in advancement at SHC in new ways with new knowledge and experience.
HOW DID DMA PREPARE YOU FOR YOUR NEW ROLE AT SHC? I had more exposure to new and innovative ways to approach fundraising and how to present the impact to our benefactors in ways that enliven them to be a part of the work. I feel more knowledgeable, though I will never stop learning and attempting to understand equity in education and within our extremely socio-economically diverse city.
WHAT IS YOUR HOPE FOR YOUR TEAM HERE AT SHC MOVING INTO THE FUTURE? I am excited to continue to build strong and meaningful relationships with our alumni, benefactors and supporters. I look forward to our future events and activities, especially hoping to be together again in that capacity as we navigate this very uncertain time. I love hearing and learning new perspectives and exploring ways to enhance the work of the Advancement Office to demonstrate the impact of our incredibly generous and loyal community, all in support and celebration of the young men and women of SHC, past, present and future.
FEATURES
A LIFE LIVED FULL The legacy of SHC parent Mike Dunne lives on in an endowment established in his name
By Lucie Duffort “It’s a special way to acknowledge Mike Dunne’s contribution to coaching and to athletics in the city, particularly the CYO and the Flame League,” says Director of Major Gifts & Planned Giving John Vigo ’81. “The lifelong impact that Mike had on students he coached was profound. Mike was a special guy, a legendary coach in San Francisco.”
Pat and Mike
T
his year, Sacred Heart Cathedral lost one of its dearest promoters when John Michael “Mike” Dunne, husband to Stephanie, father to Chris ’97, Pat ’98 and Amy, lost his battle to pancreatic cancer. A man who “coached San Francisco,” Mike Dunne was Athletic Director at St. Vincent de Paul for 15 years spanning the 1960s, 70s and 80s. As a baseball and basketball coach and provider of sporting goods, he served innumerable teams and schools, as well as individuals from his Marina store, Doherty and Dunne, and later as a representative for T&B Sports. According to SHC Assistant Baseball Coach Steve Franceschi, “He was someone a coach could go to in a pinch for something you might need for your ballclub. Mike was always, without a doubt, there to help the Athletic Department at Sacred Heart Cathedral and all their coaches.” Dunne had a particularly special relationship with SHC, as he watched his two sons pass through its halls.
Though Dunne’s legacy centered around athletics, his son Pat says the scholarship doesn’t necessarily have to be awarded to an athlete, nor is it gender-specific. To honor his father’s humility and self-motivation, “I wanted to see someone develop and contribute, and have my dad’s name help give them the opportunity to help themselves.” Pat, who will play a part in the selection process, hopes to choose the recipient based on need, but also on the traits of character, mental toughness, and leadership that reflect his father’s. That character is one that “played for all WIth sons Pat and Chris the marbles,” according to Rudy Lapera ’63, a lifelong friend. “He was down and dirty, and there was no middle ground … everybody respected what Mike did and what he stood for. He always played for the home run, he wasn’t a singles and doubles kind of guy.” Lapera emphasizes that “advantage wasn’t in his makeup, he made his own advantage through hard work. But, he would give all the help he could.” The effect of this was apparent in the over 300-person turnout for a luncheon in his honor last April at the San Francisco Italian Athletic Club, a celebration-turned-roast organized by Randy DeMartini ’79 and Frank Billante. He brought the same spirit to coaching and mentoring youth that he did to his professional life, his game, and impassioned halftime speeches at the Funston Football League on Saturdays. If Mike Dunne was there, he was all in.
It is this devotion that the scholarship will honor. In establishing the fund, Pat is “excited to see that this endowment can carry his name and help a kid who is in His youngest, Patrick Dunne, returned to SHC in 2002 as a football coach and math teacher. It was Pat need and wants to be a part of the community.” who established the Mike Dunne Endowed Scholar- Donations to the Mike Dunne Endowed Scholarship can be made by selecting ship Fund to honor his father’s legacy. The endowthe Mike Dunne Endowed Scholarship Fund on shcp.edu/give, by contacting ment will award a partial scholarship to one student the Advancement Office directly, or by sending a check made out to Sacred Heart over the four years of his or her high school career Cathedral Preparatory. at SHC, and will enable lower-income students to have the same opportunities Mike worked so hard to provide his own children.
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SUMMER 2020
Q&A with
alex goldberg Alex Goldberg was appointed director of advancement in January, but her SHC story starts nearly a decade ago. From SHC to our sister grammar school, De Marillac Academy, and back to SHC again, Alex found her home in the Lasallian Vincentian community, and as far as she’s concerned, there’s no other place she’d rather be. SHC Magazine chatted with Alex recently to learn about her many contributions to the Lasallian Vincentian community, and her hopes for advancement at SHC into the future.
WHAT INITIALLY BROUGHT YOU TO SHC? I joined the SHC community in 2011 after feeling like my jobs in corporate HR and recruiting lacked impact and purpose. I had always hoped to work in a high school environment but without a teaching degree I wasn't sure how to make that happen. I began applying for fundraising positions at various schools. I had no non-profit or development experience but then Director of Development Theresa Flynn Houghton ’96 took a chance and hired me to run the Walkathon, Spring Gala and support parent volunteerism at SHC. Right when I began I knew it was where I should be.
WHAT ROLE/S DID YOU FULFILL DURING YOUR INITIAL TENURE? I ran the Walkathon and Spring Gala, annual appeals, parent volunteerism, and was promoted to eventually oversee all events, alumni and parent giving programs and the team who managed them. I really enjoyed working with students, parents, volunteers and alumni to raise funds for the organization, and I also enjoyed strategizing on how to increase engagement, enhance the guest experience of events and ultimately find ways to make the largest impact on students of SHC.
HOW DID THE OPPORTUNITY AT DE MARILLAC ACADEMY ARISE? I made the difficult decision to leave SHC in 2017 to pursue an opportunity at a youth development nonprofit. When I left I kept saying, “It's not goodbye, it's just see you later,” because deep
down I felt I would return some day. Then, just a few short months after my SHC departure, Theresa, who had transitioned to serve as president of De Marillac Academy, called with an opportunity at DMA for a director of development. Returning to the Lasallian Vincentian community to work at DMA with Theresa and the amazing students, graduates and families De Marillac serves was a no brainer. Joining the DMA community felt like coming home. Working with the Brothers and Daughters, the SHC community and our Lasallian and Vincentian partners and benefactors felt so comfortable. I was able to continue to deepen relationships with benefactors who support both organizations without having to go through the challenges of forming those relationships from scratch. DMA also taught me valuable lessons and opened my eyes even further to the challenges our city and nation face regarding equity and inclusion, especially in education. My time at DMA only increased my passion for the mission driven work in which I continue to find myself.
WHAT BROUGHT YOU BACK TO SHC? Just short of three years at DMA, an opportunity arose at SHC to serve as director of advancement. Considering leaving the DMA community was one of the more challenging discernment processes I’ve ever faced. I returned to SHC knowing I was still in the Lasallian Vincentian community and was excited to see how I could approach my work in advancement at SHC in new ways with new knowledge and experience.
HOW DID DMA PREPARE YOU FOR YOUR NEW ROLE AT SHC? I had more exposure to new and innovative ways to approach fundraising and how to present the impact to our benefactors in ways that enliven them to be a part of the work. I feel more knowledgeable, though I will never stop learning and attempting to understand equity in education and within our extremely socio-economically diverse city.
WHAT IS YOUR HOPE FOR YOUR TEAM HERE AT SHC MOVING INTO THE FUTURE? I am excited to continue to build strong and meaningful relationships with our alumni, benefactors and supporters. I look forward to our future events and activities, especially hoping to be together again in that capacity as we navigate this very uncertain time. I love hearing and learning new perspectives and exploring ways to enhance the work of the Advancement Office to demonstrate the impact of our incredibly generous and loyal community, all in support and celebration of the young men and women of SHC, past, present and future.
SPORTING GREEN
SPRING SPORTS
NEWS
By Kevin Buckley ’13
M A RG I B E I M A N A M E D AT H L E T I C D I R EC TO R A new era of Sacred Heart Cathedral Athletics is set to begin July 1, 2020, as longtime SHC volleyball coach Margi Beima takes over as Fightin’ Irish Athletic Director. Beima will be replacing her mentor and former St. Rose Academy volleyball coach Jo Ann Momono, who is retiring after 30 years as SHC AD. While students at St. Rose, Beima and her sisters, Betsy Harrington and Tricia Heissenbuttel, all played volleyball for Momono. For Beima, it was the beginning of a lifelong mentorship. “Jo Ann was a great coach. She taught us the game of volleyball and also how to be competitors, good teammates, hard workers. I had so much fun and I grew up a lot,” Beima said. In fact, it was Momono who first brought Beima into the SHC community, albeit in a most unusual way. In March of 1999, Momono attended Margi’s wedding to Douglas Beima at St. John’s Church in Healdsburg, California. Knowing that her former coach could not stay for the reception, Margi made it a point to find Jo Ann for a chat before she left. It was a conversation neither would ever forget: “Jo Ann made what I thought was a joke about hiring me to coach volleyball,” Beima recalls. “She said, ‘Call me after your honeymoon’.” That fall, Beima coached the Irish freshman volleyball team and then JV for the next two seasons. She was brought up as an assistant varsity coach for the 2002 season, and then became head coach the next year. Since taking over as varsity head coach in 2003, Beima has established Sacred Heart Cathedral volleyball as one of the most prominent and prestigious high school programs in the Bay Area. Under her leadership, her teams have won eight CCS Championships, five NorCal titles, three WCAL Championships, and the 2014 Division III State Championship. In the fall of 2013, Beima founded the annual Serve It Up: Founders Classic Volleyball Tournament, which brings together Lasallian schools for a weekend of community service, and of course, volleyball. Fittingly, this past fall during the Serve It Up tournament, Coach Beima won her 500th career match. In addition to serving as head coach, Beima has also been a full-time staff member at Sacred Heart Cathedral for the past 15 years, serving as the assistant to the president. Describing her work in the Office of the President, Beima says, “I’ve been lucky to work under three presidents at SHC, starting with John F. Scudder, Jr. ’73, then Brother Ron Gallagher, FSC, and now Dr. Melinda Skrade. It’s been an honor to work with all three presidents, and to help steward partnerships with our Board of Regents and so many others in our community.”
Beima talks tactics in 2011
After graduating from St. Rose Academy, Beima played collegiate volleyball for Santa Clara University. Today, she and her husband, Doug, are the proud parents of Joe Beima ’20, who will attend Loyola-Chicago next year, and Maddy Beima ’22, who played varsity volleyball last fall. As she transitions to her new role as athletic director, Beima is proud to be succeeding her longtime mentor. “Jo Ann was not only the first female athletic director in the WCAL, but the longest tenured AD as well. Jo Ann’s been recognized with numerous awards, including California Coaches Association AD of the Year and just last month, the CCS Distinguished Service Award. I have big shoes to fill.” Beima, along with co-Athletic Director Phil Freed ’80, will oversee an athletic department that serves more than 700 student-athletes, with 56 teams and a 104 person coaching staff. Margi looks forward to running the department alongside Freed, whom she has known and worked with during her entire career at SHC. Beima credits Freed with helping to elevate the SHC Athletic Department and its standard of excellence over the years, including precipitating the school’s involvement with the renovation of
JP Lang Field, just down the street from campus. “Phil was the driving force behind our partnership with the City to assist with the renovation and turfing of Lang Field. When the restoration is complete, there will be expanded field access for SHC athletic teams and the greater community. It’s going to have such a positive impact on our students.” While there are many exciting developments in the SHC Athletic Department, many questions remain about the immediate future of high school athletics as a whole due to the pandemic. Beima realizes her first year on the job will not be a conventional one. Nonetheless, she knows that the SHC community will be able to weather the storm together, “What gives me confidence is the people that I’m working with, surrounded by, and learning from. I know we’ll be able to move forward together.”
“Margi is a uniquely special person. Even as a high school student at St. Rose, she had a charisma and a genuineness that made her a natural leader, and she is the most positive person I know. She has a strong belief in the goodness of people and she truly cares for others. It's these characteristics that have made her such an outstanding coach and mentor for hundreds of young women. These characteristics will also make her a great Athletic Director. I am blessed to call her a dear colleague and friend.” JO ANN MOMONO
State title in 2014
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SPRING SPORTS
NEWS
By Kevin Buckley ’13
M A RG I B E I M A N A M E D AT H L E T I C D I R EC TO R A new era of Sacred Heart Cathedral Athletics is set to begin July 1, 2020, as longtime SHC volleyball coach Margi Beima takes over as Fightin’ Irish Athletic Director. Beima will be replacing her mentor and former St. Rose Academy volleyball coach Jo Ann Momono, who is retiring after 30 years as SHC AD. While students at St. Rose, Beima and her sisters, Betsy Harrington and Tricia Heissenbuttel, all played volleyball for Momono. For Beima, it was the beginning of a lifelong mentorship. “Jo Ann was a great coach. She taught us the game of volleyball and also how to be competitors, good teammates, hard workers. I had so much fun and I grew up a lot,” Beima said. In fact, it was Momono who first brought Beima into the SHC community, albeit in a most unusual way. In March of 1999, Momono attended Margi’s wedding to Douglas Beima at St. John’s Church in Healdsburg, California. Knowing that her former coach could not stay for the reception, Margi made it a point to find Jo Ann for a chat before she left. It was a conversation neither would ever forget: “Jo Ann made what I thought was a joke about hiring me to coach volleyball,” Beima recalls. “She said, ‘Call me after your honeymoon’.” That fall, Beima coached the Irish freshman volleyball team and then JV for the next two seasons. She was brought up as an assistant varsity coach for the 2002 season, and then became head coach the next year. Since taking over as varsity head coach in 2003, Beima has established Sacred Heart Cathedral volleyball as one of the most prominent and prestigious high school programs in the Bay Area. Under her leadership, her teams have won eight CCS Championships, five NorCal titles, three WCAL Championships, and the 2014 Division III State Championship. In the fall of 2013, Beima founded the annual Serve It Up: Founders Classic Volleyball Tournament, which brings together Lasallian schools for a weekend of community service, and of course, volleyball. Fittingly, this past fall during the Serve It Up tournament, Coach Beima won her 500th career match. In addition to serving as head coach, Beima has also been a full-time staff member at Sacred Heart Cathedral for the past 15 years, serving as the assistant to the president. Describing her work in the Office of the President, Beima says, “I’ve been lucky to work under three presidents at SHC, starting with John F. Scudder, Jr. ’73, then Brother Ron Gallagher, FSC, and now Dr. Melinda Skrade. It’s been an honor to work with all three presidents, and to help steward partnerships with our Board of Regents and so many others in our community.”
Beima talks tactics in 2011
After graduating from St. Rose Academy, Beima played collegiate volleyball for Santa Clara University. Today, she and her husband, Doug, are the proud parents of Joe Beima ’20, who will attend Loyola-Chicago next year, and Maddy Beima ’22, who played varsity volleyball last fall. As she transitions to her new role as athletic director, Beima is proud to be succeeding her longtime mentor. “Jo Ann was not only the first female athletic director in the WCAL, but the longest tenured AD as well. Jo Ann’s been recognized with numerous awards, including California Coaches Association AD of the Year and just last month, the CCS Distinguished Service Award. I have big shoes to fill.” Beima, along with co-Athletic Director Phil Freed ’80, will oversee an athletic department that serves more than 700 student-athletes, with 56 teams and a 104 person coaching staff. Margi looks forward to running the department alongside Freed, whom she has known and worked with during her entire career at SHC. Beima credits Freed with helping to elevate the SHC Athletic Department and its standard of excellence over the years, including precipitating the school’s involvement with the renovation of
JP Lang Field, just down the street from campus. “Phil was the driving force behind our partnership with the City to assist with the renovation and turfing of Lang Field. When the restoration is complete, there will be expanded field access for SHC athletic teams and the greater community. It’s going to have such a positive impact on our students.” While there are many exciting developments in the SHC Athletic Department, many questions remain about the immediate future of high school athletics as a whole due to the pandemic. Beima realizes her first year on the job will not be a conventional one. Nonetheless, she knows that the SHC community will be able to weather the storm together, “What gives me confidence is the people that I’m working with, surrounded by, and learning from. I know we’ll be able to move forward together.”
“Margi is a uniquely special person. Even as a high school student at St. Rose, she had a charisma and a genuineness that made her a natural leader, and she is the most positive person I know. She has a strong belief in the goodness of people and she truly cares for others. It's these characteristics that have made her such an outstanding coach and mentor for hundreds of young women. These characteristics will also make her a great Athletic Director. I am blessed to call her a dear colleague and friend.” JO ANN MOMONO
State title in 2014
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By Kevin Buckley ’13
timeCAPSULE: SPRING SPORTS BILL HENNEBERRY '48 (cont.)
RECAP
On April 30, 2020, legendary Sacred Heart Cathedral figure Bill Henneberry ’48 passed away at the age of 89. Henneberry was a devoted member of the SHC community for over seven decades, first as a student, and then as a teacher and beloved football coach. He made it his mission never to miss a Friday the 13th luncheon reunion at Capurro’s Restaurant on Fisherman’s Wharf, where he enjoyed reminiscing with his past players for hours on end, and he was a constant at countless other SHC events. Bill Henneberry is survived by his wife of 68 years, Jeanie, his children Diane (Michael McLaughlin ’79), Charlene (John Crowley, deceased), and Leslie (Kevin McNaughton ’78), grandchildren Christopher, Christina, James, Andrea, and Caroline and numerous nieces and nephews. Bill was preceded in death by his son Dennis. Born in San Francisco on June 6, 1930, Henneberry attended St. Paul’s Grammar School and then Sacred Heart High School. While a student at SH, he played four years of football, two years of JV basketball, and served as class president his senior year. He then went on to the University of San Francisco, where he played football for legendary head coach Joe Kuharich. Henneberry again spent his senior year (1951-52) serving as student body president, and was a member of the Jesuit honor society, Alpha Sigma Nu. The Fall of 1951 would be a memorable one for the University of San Francisco, as their football team went 9-0 and were ranked No. 14 in the final AP Poll. Henneberry was a linebacker and backup quarterback for USF. In the Dons third game of the 1951 season, Henneberry, filling in as quarterback for an injured Ed Brown, led the Dons to a 26-0 victory over Camp Pendleton at Kezar Stadium. For the first time in school history, USF was offered an opportunity to play in a college football bowl game after the season. At the time, there were only eight bowl games total, and an invite to one was considered a prestigious honor. But the offer came with a glaring caveat. The Dons were given the chance to play in the Orange Bowl, under the condition that the team’s two black players, Ollie Matson and Burl Toler, would not attend. Without a second
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thought, the team immediately and unanimously turned down the offer. Quoted in an NFL.com article, Henneberry said, “If Ollie and Burl didn't go, none of us were going. We walked out, and that was the end of it.” The teammates’ bond was solidified, and their friendships lasted for a lifetime. Over the years, the team has received numerous honors, and they were even the subject of an hourlong ESPN documentary, ’51 Dons. A book about the team, written by Kristine Setting Clark, was published in 2002 by Griffin Publishing Group, with the title, Undefeated, Untied, and Uninvited: A Documentary of the 1951 University of San Francisco Dons Football Team. In January 2008, the ’51 Dons were honored at halftime of the Fiesta Bowl in Arizona. A few years later, they were honored during San Francisco’s hosting of the Emerald Bowl. In a 2016 article about the team, Henneberry said, "Most of the attention we get is because of the action we took in the face of discrimination. And when you look back on it, I guess you could say we really were a team that was ahead of our time."
Throughout their time at SHC, the student-athletes of the Class of 2020 have seen one Northern California title, seven CCS titles and three WCAL titles, and set several school and league records during their four years in green, white and blue. Many will go on to compete in new colors in college, but they’ll always be Fightin’ Irish.
M O L LY C A H A L A N E University of Connecticut (Crew) Bill and Jeanie in 2019
SKYLAR CANADY University of California, Los Angeles (Volleyball) MEGAN LENN University of California, Davis (Volleyball) ANGELO MARCON University of Notre Dame (Golf ) U D AY N A R O T TA M Harvard University (Baseball) OWEN STEVENSON University of San Francisco (Baseball) ISABELLA ALLISON Kansas Wesleyan University (Soccer)
Iconic
In 1955, Henneberry returned to his high school Alma Mater when he was hired to serve as an assistant football coach to newly hired head coach Doug Scovil. In his first year as an assistant coach, Henneberry was photographed on the sidelines leaping high into the air, after the Irish blocked an extra point against Polytechnic High School. The photo was published in LIFE Magazine’s October 10, 1955 edition, with the caption, “Coach’s High Point.” The image of the airborne, elated Henneberry has become one of the most iconic photographs in Sacred Heart Cathedral history. Henneberry took over as head football coach in 1958, leading the Fightin’ Irish football program for 11 seasons. He coached the Irish to an Academic Athletic Association football championship in 1965 and was named Coach of the Year. Henneberry stepped down as SH head football coach after the 1968 season, amassing a total of 49 wins. For his accomplishments, Bill Henneberry is enshrined in the Sacred Heart Cathedral, University of San Francisco, and SF Prep halls of fame. On February 21, 2019, the SHC community renamed the football practice field at the corner of Eddy and Gough Streets after Coach Henneberry. In addition to his family, the ceremony was attended by several of his former players, a testament to the positive and lifelong impact he had on so many young men. Bill Henneberry’s invaluable impact on the Sacred Heart Cathedral community could never be put into words. He was a true gentleman with a passion for education, athletics, and maintaining strong relationships. The Irish family will miss his kindness, quick wit, and legendary storytelling ability. We thank him for his years of service and dedication to our community, and we will be sure to keep his memory and spirit alive forever. A life well lived, indeed. Rest in Peace, Coach.
SIMONE BARRAGAN-SHAW Emerson College (Soccer) ALEX BONVILLE Pomona-Pitzer College (Soccer) ASHLEY CHAN Manhattan College (Volleyball) SAMANTHA IRWIN University of Nevada, Reno (Track & Field) DYLAN SOUZA Lewis and Clark College, (Cross Country, Track & Field) A L D E N S TA N D L E Y Washington University, St. Louis (Volleyball) NORA THOMPSON Humboldt State (Volleyball) OLIVIA ALPERIN Brown University (Rugby)
Year-End Faculty Awards LASALLIAN EDUCATOR AWARD: PHI LE At the close of each academic year the Lasallian Educator Award is presented to an exemplary educator whose work is a sign of faith to all who model the Lasallian charism by touching the hearts and inspiring the minds of students entrusted to his or her care. Phi Le joined the SHC faculty in 2007 as an instructor of science, and in the words of a fellow faculty member, Phi has “ … lived the Lasallian Vincentian charism of teaching excellence in his classroom and fulfilling the role of older brother to his students quietly and with little fanfare.” Over the course of the last 13 years, Phi has thoughtfully contributed and expanded the science department curriculum through the development of new courses and a passion for the field of science. Phi has taught both preparatory and honors courses, summer school, and several Academic Exploration courses. He serves as the California Scholarship Federation moderator at SHC, and each year Phi organizes a science-focused field trip to Catalina Island. Fellow science instructors credit Phi with diligently keeping the department organized, focused and motivated.
VINCENTIAN SERVICE AWARD: GREG SCHMITZ The Vincentian Service Award is given yearly to a faculty member whose work is inspired by the charity of Christ and who models the Vincentian charism by ministering with compassion, mildness, cordiality, respect and devotion. Director of Community Life and Instructor of Religious Studies Greg Schmitz has selflessly served the SHC community for nearly a decade. Known for his radiant positivity and genuine love for his students, Greg is a “spirit among the students,” as a colleague shares. In his Community Life role, Greg organizes countless student experiences that provide opportunities to connect to SHC’s Lasallian Vincentian traditions. He has facilitated wonderful student transformations through his retreat work year after year. As one faculty member noted, Greg’s office is constantly filled with students — “Students who choose to hang out there because he’s such an amazing person.” Without a doubt, Greg’s care extends beyond our students to our faculty and staff. Each year, Greg can be found walking around campus to administer ashes to community members unable to attend Ash Wednesday services. Greg is widely admired within the SHC school community for his incredible understanding of the Lasallian Vincentian charisms and his ability to inspire kindness and positivity in those around him. 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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By Kevin Buckley ’13
timeCAPSULE: SPRING SPORTS BILL HENNEBERRY '48 (cont.)
RECAP
On April 30, 2020, legendary Sacred Heart Cathedral figure Bill Henneberry ’48 passed away at the age of 89. Henneberry was a devoted member of the SHC community for over seven decades, first as a student, and then as a teacher and beloved football coach. He made it his mission never to miss a Friday the 13th luncheon reunion at Capurro’s Restaurant on Fisherman’s Wharf, where he enjoyed reminiscing with his past players for hours on end, and he was a constant at countless other SHC events. Bill Henneberry is survived by his wife of 68 years, Jeanie, his children Diane (Michael McLaughlin ’79), Charlene (John Crowley, deceased), and Leslie (Kevin McNaughton ’78), grandchildren Christopher, Christina, James, Andrea, and Caroline and numerous nieces and nephews. Bill was preceded in death by his son Dennis. Born in San Francisco on June 6, 1930, Henneberry attended St. Paul’s Grammar School and then Sacred Heart High School. While a student at SH, he played four years of football, two years of JV basketball, and served as class president his senior year. He then went on to the University of San Francisco, where he played football for legendary head coach Joe Kuharich. Henneberry again spent his senior year (1951-52) serving as student body president, and was a member of the Jesuit honor society, Alpha Sigma Nu. The Fall of 1951 would be a memorable one for the University of San Francisco, as their football team went 9-0 and were ranked No. 14 in the final AP Poll. Henneberry was a linebacker and backup quarterback for USF. In the Dons third game of the 1951 season, Henneberry, filling in as quarterback for an injured Ed Brown, led the Dons to a 26-0 victory over Camp Pendleton at Kezar Stadium. For the first time in school history, USF was offered an opportunity to play in a college football bowl game after the season. At the time, there were only eight bowl games total, and an invite to one was considered a prestigious honor. But the offer came with a glaring caveat. The Dons were given the chance to play in the Orange Bowl, under the condition that the team’s two black players, Ollie Matson and Burl Toler, would not attend. Without a second
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thought, the team immediately and unanimously turned down the offer. Quoted in an NFL.com article, Henneberry said, “If Ollie and Burl didn't go, none of us were going. We walked out, and that was the end of it.” The teammates’ bond was solidified, and their friendships lasted for a lifetime. Over the years, the team has received numerous honors, and they were even the subject of an hourlong ESPN documentary, ’51 Dons. A book about the team, written by Kristine Setting Clark, was published in 2002 by Griffin Publishing Group, with the title, Undefeated, Untied, and Uninvited: A Documentary of the 1951 University of San Francisco Dons Football Team. In January 2008, the ’51 Dons were honored at halftime of the Fiesta Bowl in Arizona. A few years later, they were honored during San Francisco’s hosting of the Emerald Bowl. In a 2016 article about the team, Henneberry said, "Most of the attention we get is because of the action we took in the face of discrimination. And when you look back on it, I guess you could say we really were a team that was ahead of our time."
Throughout their time at SHC, the student-athletes of the Class of 2020 have seen one Northern California title, seven CCS titles and three WCAL titles, and set several school and league records during their four years in green, white and blue. Many will go on to compete in new colors in college, but they’ll always be Fightin’ Irish.
M O L LY C A H A L A N E University of Connecticut (Crew) Bill and Jeanie in 2019
SKYLAR CANADY University of California, Los Angeles (Volleyball) MEGAN LENN University of California, Davis (Volleyball) ANGELO MARCON University of Notre Dame (Golf ) U D AY N A R O T TA M Harvard University (Baseball) OWEN STEVENSON University of San Francisco (Baseball) ISABELLA ALLISON Kansas Wesleyan University (Soccer)
Iconic
In 1955, Henneberry returned to his high school Alma Mater when he was hired to serve as an assistant football coach to newly hired head coach Doug Scovil. In his first year as an assistant coach, Henneberry was photographed on the sidelines leaping high into the air, after the Irish blocked an extra point against Polytechnic High School. The photo was published in LIFE Magazine’s October 10, 1955 edition, with the caption, “Coach’s High Point.” The image of the airborne, elated Henneberry has become one of the most iconic photographs in Sacred Heart Cathedral history. Henneberry took over as head football coach in 1958, leading the Fightin’ Irish football program for 11 seasons. He coached the Irish to an Academic Athletic Association football championship in 1965 and was named Coach of the Year. Henneberry stepped down as SH head football coach after the 1968 season, amassing a total of 49 wins. For his accomplishments, Bill Henneberry is enshrined in the Sacred Heart Cathedral, University of San Francisco, and SF Prep halls of fame. On February 21, 2019, the SHC community renamed the football practice field at the corner of Eddy and Gough Streets after Coach Henneberry. In addition to his family, the ceremony was attended by several of his former players, a testament to the positive and lifelong impact he had on so many young men. Bill Henneberry’s invaluable impact on the Sacred Heart Cathedral community could never be put into words. He was a true gentleman with a passion for education, athletics, and maintaining strong relationships. The Irish family will miss his kindness, quick wit, and legendary storytelling ability. We thank him for his years of service and dedication to our community, and we will be sure to keep his memory and spirit alive forever. A life well lived, indeed. Rest in Peace, Coach.
SIMONE BARRAGAN-SHAW Emerson College (Soccer) ALEX BONVILLE Pomona-Pitzer College (Soccer) ASHLEY CHAN Manhattan College (Volleyball) SAMANTHA IRWIN University of Nevada, Reno (Track & Field) DYLAN SOUZA Lewis and Clark College, (Cross Country, Track & Field) A L D E N S TA N D L E Y Washington University, St. Louis (Volleyball) NORA THOMPSON Humboldt State (Volleyball) OLIVIA ALPERIN Brown University (Rugby)
Year-End Faculty Awards LASALLIAN EDUCATOR AWARD: PHI LE At the close of each academic year the Lasallian Educator Award is presented to an exemplary educator whose work is a sign of faith to all who model the Lasallian charism by touching the hearts and inspiring the minds of students entrusted to his or her care. Phi Le joined the SHC faculty in 2007 as an instructor of science, and in the words of a fellow faculty member, Phi has “ … lived the Lasallian Vincentian charism of teaching excellence in his classroom and fulfilling the role of older brother to his students quietly and with little fanfare.” Over the course of the last 13 years, Phi has thoughtfully contributed and expanded the science department curriculum through the development of new courses and a passion for the field of science. Phi has taught both preparatory and honors courses, summer school, and several Academic Exploration courses. He serves as the California Scholarship Federation moderator at SHC, and each year Phi organizes a science-focused field trip to Catalina Island. Fellow science instructors credit Phi with diligently keeping the department organized, focused and motivated.
VINCENTIAN SERVICE AWARD: GREG SCHMITZ The Vincentian Service Award is given yearly to a faculty member whose work is inspired by the charity of Christ and who models the Vincentian charism by ministering with compassion, mildness, cordiality, respect and devotion. Director of Community Life and Instructor of Religious Studies Greg Schmitz has selflessly served the SHC community for nearly a decade. Known for his radiant positivity and genuine love for his students, Greg is a “spirit among the students,” as a colleague shares. In his Community Life role, Greg organizes countless student experiences that provide opportunities to connect to SHC’s Lasallian Vincentian traditions. He has facilitated wonderful student transformations through his retreat work year after year. As one faculty member noted, Greg’s office is constantly filled with students — “Students who choose to hang out there because he’s such an amazing person.” Without a doubt, Greg’s care extends beyond our students to our faculty and staff. Each year, Greg can be found walking around campus to administer ashes to community members unable to attend Ash Wednesday services. Greg is widely admired within the SHC school community for his incredible understanding of the Lasallian Vincentian charisms and his ability to inspire kindness and positivity in those around him. 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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SHOWCASE
farewells student artwork
At the close of this academic year, SHC bid farewell to a host of its most beloved faculty and staff members. We acknowledge the following staff members for their many combined years serving Sacred Heart Cathedral and impacting generations of future Fightin’ Irish:
As in previous years, SHC visual arts students are consistently producing high-level work. Use your SHC|us app here to to watch a slideshow put together by Instructor of Art Brian McHugh containing Studio Art students’ sketchbooks during quarantine.
Emily Harlan ’21 Carol Carney Collins ’86
Jon Compton
JoAnn Momono
John Pelton
Larry Kurnarsky
Andrew Callery
Cally Salzman
Marc Twomey
Tim Glasser
Sunny Pan
Abigail Barkley ’21
Paloma Polacci ’22
Paloma Polacci ’22
Abigail Barkley ’21
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farewells student artwork
At the close of this academic year, SHC bid farewell to a host of its most beloved faculty and staff members. We acknowledge the following staff members for their many combined years serving Sacred Heart Cathedral and impacting generations of future Fightin’ Irish:
As in previous years, SHC visual arts students are consistently producing high-level work. Use your SHC|us app here to to watch a slideshow put together by Instructor of Art Brian McHugh containing Studio Art students’ sketchbooks during quarantine.
Emily Harlan ’21 Carol Carney Collins ’86
Jon Compton
JoAnn Momono
John Pelton
Larry Kurnarsky
Andrew Callery
Cally Salzman
Marc Twomey
Tim Glasser
Sunny Pan
Abigail Barkley ’21
Paloma Polacci ’22
Paloma Polacci ’22
Abigail Barkley ’21
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Kenneth Garcia reports that he is “Still kicking. Living with my childhood sweetheart in Santa Rosa. Life is good.”
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Just like the football teams of the ’60s they were few, but mighty. A great group showed up to have lunch on Friday the 13th in March at Capurro’s.
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1967 (l-r) Jim Gibson, George 2 Lynch, Gary Vanucchi, and Steve Panos spent time in Punta De Mita for their annual group trip.
1968 3 Nelson Estrada and his wife, Martha, can be seen with their children Mariano, Tanya, and Nelson at Mariano’s Notre Dame University graduation in 2014.
1969 4 Softball legends Angelo
Rizzato and Steve Nurre ’70 enjoy the victors spoils after a tournament in Tracy this past March. They play for the Redwood City Blues, an over-65 team.
Tom Zipse retired in October of 2018 after 17 years at Moreno & Associates and 14 years as director of the Bronco Bench Foundation at Santa Clara University. Tom is enjoying daily walks and lots of time on the golf course. Tom and his wife, Sheri, have three sons, all graduates of Saint Francis High School in Mountain View.
1986 Longtime SHC staff member Carol Carney Collins was recently offered a position to support the Office of the Academic Dean at University of New Mexico, Taos. Over the course of her time at SHC, Carol wore many hats, and most recently served as the registrar.
1994 6 Members of the Class of 1994
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(l-r): Andrea Hall, Derek Detangle, Leah Cadiz, Dan Vincenzi, Jennel Sister Georgina Severin shares that Fernandez, Anthony Muzio, Anthoshe is a happy and grateful Daughny Tallerico, Jim Cunnie, Maureen ter of Charity. Bisio. Front: Adrien Edora. Patrick Burke and his wife, 8 Angela, welcomed their first child in April. The birth of Jeremiah Charles Burke makes beloved SHC Director of Admissions Tim Burke ’70 a grandpa again!
2000 Andrea Hall and fellow 9 members of the Class of 2000 share their well wishes to the SHC Class of 2020: “We send well wishes and congratulations to the Class of 2020! You have a unique and rare experience — it’s yours to leverage and evolve from! The ceremony is “the finish line”; all the work, effort, time and progress you’ve made getting to this point is what matters most! The world celebrates you! Onward to new and wonderful beginnings!” Back row (l-r): Kevin Nerney, Steve Mulry, John Figone. Middle row
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to John (Jed) Dalton this past December. He surprised her all the way from Portland, Oregon and proposed to her on a San Francisco Bay cruise.
CELEBRATORY GIVING
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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 February 1, 2020 through April 15, 2020.
IN HONOR Class of 2020 Tom Boles ’95 & Eileen Emerson-Boles Alex Goldberg and Advancement Team Anoushka Daska-Coyle Ariana Aloise ’21 Jeffrey Aloise ’87 & Tanya Aloise Sofia Aloise ’20 Jeffrey Aloise ’87 & Tanya Aloise Margi Beima Mary Anne & John Murray Ava Brasch ’21 Matthew Murray Donovan Brasch ’23 Matthew Murray Tim Burke ’70 John Moriarty Andy Chan, Kim Freudenberg and Alex Goldberg Laura Rafferty-Jacobo & Carlos Jacobo Lauren Havlin ’20 Barbara & John Addeo The John Johnston Institute First Cohort Scott Drain Jim Jordan Tom Boles ’95 & Eileen Emerson-Boles Ellie Quinlan ’10 Father Andrew Metcalf ’60 Gerry O’Connor ’60 Sister Frances Meyer, DC Jeff Porter ’72 & Sharon Porter Jo Ann Momono Donna Seid John Scudder, Jr. ’73 & Judy Scudder Brendan Bouey ’73
Brother Arnold Stewart, FSC Melinda & Phil Skrade Luke Wachowicz ’23 Kevin Kennedy
Frank Clyne, Jr. ’52 Dorene & John Campanile Rosie Lawlor Horan ’65 & Jim Horan Raymond Lombardi ’52 Bradley Thomas ’59 & Sharon Thomas BIRTHDAY WISHES Ken Cooper ’73 Warren Johnston ’48 Frank Capurro ’69 & Bernie & Joe Hurley Jen Capurro Mike Johnston ’71 & John Gumina ’91 & Cris Johnston Shanna Gumina Bernard Sweeney ’46 Bill Powers ’69 & Terry McLaughlin ’61 & Diane Powers Sandy McLaughlin Pete Siragusa ’73 & Sue Siragusa George DeMartini ’71 IN MEMORY Robert Vigil ’71 & Amir Alkhraisat ’17 Nancy Vigil Ron Pimentel Dennis DeVost ’71 Richard Bagdon ’67 Robert Vigil ’71 & James Mullane ’70 Nancy Vigil Bill Bandettini ’57 John Dineen ’60 John Porras ’57 Gerry O’Connor ’60 William Beeler ’57 Paul Doherty John Porras ’57 Gerry O’Connor ’60 Robert Bierman ’57 James Doran John Porras ’57 Gerry O’Connor ’60 Terry Cagle George Dudum ’69 Dom Panina ’80 & Frank Capurro ’69 & Colleen Panina Jen Capurro Tony Cahill Dennis O’Rourke ’69 & Helen O’Rourke Gerry O’Connor ’60 Tom Owen ’69 & Marty Callaghan ’57 Nancy Owen John Porras ’57 Bill Powers ’69 & Philip Canedo ’57 Diane Powers John Porras ’57 Jerry Sobeck ’69 & Susie Sobeck Matt Carberry, Jr. ’57 John Porras ’57 Mike Dunne Anonymous Marina Seoras Cassimus ’53 Marilyn Dermody Kristovich ’53 Patrick Alioto ’97 Jack Amoroso Marvin Cerruti ’47 Josephine Gandolfo Josephine Gandolfo Amoroso ’50 Amoroso ’50 Giovanna Ridondelli Cerruti ’50 Nancy Baccei Marilyn & Bill Bacigalupi
Roger Battaglia ’62 & Linda Battaglia Greg Bechelli Dave Bloom ’78 & Mary Bloom Josephine Boccelli Lou Bonsignori ’73 Denise & John Branch Carol & Tom Brandi Pat Brennan ’70 & Terry Brennan Judy & Mark Brittain Mary & William Brody Laurel & Roger Bross Kevin Buckley ’13 Tim Burke ’70 & Janet Burke Tom Callen, Jr. ’65 & Lynne Callen Joan Shaw Carmignani ’65 & Ray Carmignani ’62 Frank D Cassinelli John Centurioni ’73 & Julie Centurioni Pat Chelini Lou Cobos ’69 & Espie Luna Cobos Christine Collins Tim Curran ’69 & Celine Curran Christina Dallera Linda & R. Michael Delagnes Phyllis Del Carlo Joe Della Cella ’98 John Della Cella ’00 Sue Della Cella Norene De Luca Laura Brucken & Kevin Domecus Christopher Dunne ’97 & Amanda Dunne Steve & Linda Ellison Brother Joseph Fabiano, FSC Annette Farrell Shelley Forrest John Gallagher ’68 & Stacy Gallagher Joey Gandolfo ’82 & Sandy Gandolfo 31
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Kenneth Garcia reports that he is “Still kicking. Living with my childhood sweetheart in Santa Rosa. Life is good.”
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Just like the football teams of the ’60s they were few, but mighty. A great group showed up to have lunch on Friday the 13th in March at Capurro’s.
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1967 (l-r) Jim Gibson, George 2 Lynch, Gary Vanucchi, and Steve Panos spent time in Punta De Mita for their annual group trip.
1968 3 Nelson Estrada and his wife, Martha, can be seen with their children Mariano, Tanya, and Nelson at Mariano’s Notre Dame University graduation in 2014.
1969 4 Softball legends Angelo
Rizzato and Steve Nurre ’70 enjoy the victors spoils after a tournament in Tracy this past March. They play for the Redwood City Blues, an over-65 team.
Tom Zipse retired in October of 2018 after 17 years at Moreno & Associates and 14 years as director of the Bronco Bench Foundation at Santa Clara University. Tom is enjoying daily walks and lots of time on the golf course. Tom and his wife, Sheri, have three sons, all graduates of Saint Francis High School in Mountain View.
1986 Longtime SHC staff member Carol Carney Collins was recently offered a position to support the Office of the Academic Dean at University of New Mexico, Taos. Over the course of her time at SHC, Carol wore many hats, and most recently served as the registrar.
1994 6 Members of the Class of 1994
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(l-r): Andrea Hall, Derek Detangle, Leah Cadiz, Dan Vincenzi, Jennel Sister Georgina Severin shares that Fernandez, Anthony Muzio, Anthoshe is a happy and grateful Daughny Tallerico, Jim Cunnie, Maureen ter of Charity. Bisio. Front: Adrien Edora. Patrick Burke and his wife, 8 Angela, welcomed their first child in April. The birth of Jeremiah Charles Burke makes beloved SHC Director of Admissions Tim Burke ’70 a grandpa again!
2000 Andrea Hall and fellow 9 members of the Class of 2000 share their well wishes to the SHC Class of 2020: “We send well wishes and congratulations to the Class of 2020! You have a unique and rare experience — it’s yours to leverage and evolve from! The ceremony is “the finish line”; all the work, effort, time and progress you’ve made getting to this point is what matters most! The world celebrates you! Onward to new and wonderful beginnings!” Back row (l-r): Kevin Nerney, Steve Mulry, John Figone. Middle row
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book’s Park Tower campus this year where he serves on the Product Experience Analytics group in San Francisco.
2013 11 Sara Harrington got engaged
to John (Jed) Dalton this past December. He surprised her all the way from Portland, Oregon and proposed to her on a San Francisco Bay cruise.
CELEBRATORY GIVING
ALUMNI NEWS
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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 February 1, 2020 through April 15, 2020.
IN HONOR Class of 2020 Tom Boles ’95 & Eileen Emerson-Boles Alex Goldberg and Advancement Team Anoushka Daska-Coyle Ariana Aloise ’21 Jeffrey Aloise ’87 & Tanya Aloise Sofia Aloise ’20 Jeffrey Aloise ’87 & Tanya Aloise Margi Beima Mary Anne & John Murray Ava Brasch ’21 Matthew Murray Donovan Brasch ’23 Matthew Murray Tim Burke ’70 John Moriarty Andy Chan, Kim Freudenberg and Alex Goldberg Laura Rafferty-Jacobo & Carlos Jacobo Lauren Havlin ’20 Barbara & John Addeo The John Johnston Institute First Cohort Scott Drain Jim Jordan Tom Boles ’95 & Eileen Emerson-Boles Ellie Quinlan ’10 Father Andrew Metcalf ’60 Gerry O’Connor ’60 Sister Frances Meyer, DC Jeff Porter ’72 & Sharon Porter Jo Ann Momono Donna Seid John Scudder, Jr. ’73 & Judy Scudder Brendan Bouey ’73
Brother Arnold Stewart, FSC Melinda & Phil Skrade Luke Wachowicz ’23 Kevin Kennedy
Frank Clyne, Jr. ’52 Dorene & John Campanile Rosie Lawlor Horan ’65 & Jim Horan Raymond Lombardi ’52 Bradley Thomas ’59 & Sharon Thomas BIRTHDAY WISHES Ken Cooper ’73 Warren Johnston ’48 Frank Capurro ’69 & Bernie & Joe Hurley Jen Capurro Mike Johnston ’71 & John Gumina ’91 & Cris Johnston Shanna Gumina Bernard Sweeney ’46 Bill Powers ’69 & Terry McLaughlin ’61 & Diane Powers Sandy McLaughlin Pete Siragusa ’73 & Sue Siragusa George DeMartini ’71 IN MEMORY Robert Vigil ’71 & Amir Alkhraisat ’17 Nancy Vigil Ron Pimentel Dennis DeVost ’71 Richard Bagdon ’67 Robert Vigil ’71 & James Mullane ’70 Nancy Vigil Bill Bandettini ’57 John Dineen ’60 John Porras ’57 Gerry O’Connor ’60 William Beeler ’57 Paul Doherty John Porras ’57 Gerry O’Connor ’60 Robert Bierman ’57 James Doran John Porras ’57 Gerry O’Connor ’60 Terry Cagle George Dudum ’69 Dom Panina ’80 & Frank Capurro ’69 & Colleen Panina Jen Capurro Tony Cahill Dennis O’Rourke ’69 & Helen O’Rourke Gerry O’Connor ’60 Tom Owen ’69 & Marty Callaghan ’57 Nancy Owen John Porras ’57 Bill Powers ’69 & Philip Canedo ’57 Diane Powers John Porras ’57 Jerry Sobeck ’69 & Susie Sobeck Matt Carberry, Jr. ’57 John Porras ’57 Mike Dunne Anonymous Marina Seoras Cassimus ’53 Marilyn Dermody Kristovich ’53 Patrick Alioto ’97 Jack Amoroso Marvin Cerruti ’47 Josephine Gandolfo Josephine Gandolfo Amoroso ’50 Amoroso ’50 Giovanna Ridondelli Cerruti ’50 Nancy Baccei Marilyn & Bill Bacigalupi
Roger Battaglia ’62 & Linda Battaglia Greg Bechelli Dave Bloom ’78 & Mary Bloom Josephine Boccelli Lou Bonsignori ’73 Denise & John Branch Carol & Tom Brandi Pat Brennan ’70 & Terry Brennan Judy & Mark Brittain Mary & William Brody Laurel & Roger Bross Kevin Buckley ’13 Tim Burke ’70 & Janet Burke Tom Callen, Jr. ’65 & Lynne Callen Joan Shaw Carmignani ’65 & Ray Carmignani ’62 Frank D Cassinelli John Centurioni ’73 & Julie Centurioni Pat Chelini Lou Cobos ’69 & Espie Luna Cobos Christine Collins Tim Curran ’69 & Celine Curran Christina Dallera Linda & R. Michael Delagnes Phyllis Del Carlo Joe Della Cella ’98 John Della Cella ’00 Sue Della Cella Norene De Luca Laura Brucken & Kevin Domecus Christopher Dunne ’97 & Amanda Dunne Steve & Linda Ellison Brother Joseph Fabiano, FSC Annette Farrell Shelley Forrest John Gallagher ’68 & Stacy Gallagher Joey Gandolfo ’82 & Sandy Gandolfo 31
CELEBRATORY GIVING
“Do not have any anxiety about the future. Leave everything in God’s hands for he will take care of you.” ST. JOHN BAPTIST DE LA SALLE
Ken Gandolfo ’70 Michelle & Rick Gandolfo Thomas Giusto Karen & Conrad Grass Pete Gresh ’72 & Nancy Gresh Joseph Gualco Marsha Guggenheim John Gumina ’91 & Shanna Gumina Russ Gumina ’62 & Jill Gumina Janet Harrigan Michelle Hill Ken Hogarty ’66 & Sally Hogarty Janet Holland ’77 Maureen Horan Mike Kelly ’69 & Trish Kelly Nancy & Shawn Kelly Joe Kennedy, Sr. ’65 & Clo Kennedy Colleen Knopf Rudy Lapera ’63 & Lynn Lapera Janice & Robert Lee Debra Matteucci Frank Mazzucco ’76 & Jo Mazzucco Sara Blaschak Meskin ’98 & David Meskin Brenda & Doyle Miller Bob Mondin ’70 & Janis Mondin Winifred Noble Tom O’Connell ’67 & Barbara O’Connell
Tom O’Connor ’79 & Liz O’Connor John O’Kane ’96 & Natalie O’Kane Sharon & Tom O’Kane Old Timers Baseball Association of San Francisco Dom Panina ’80 & Colleen Panina Jonah Papesh ’98 Mark Pardini ’88 & Petra Andersson-Pardini Cynthia Parenti Catherine Paulsen Frances & Louis Pignati Frankie Ragusa ’09 Gino Ragusa ’12 Ron Ragusa ’79 & Michelle Ragusa Gerlorma Ratto-Clark Reilly Construction George Rush Patrick Ryan ’98 & Nicole Ryan Laureen Sabella Mike Sabella, Sr. ’78 & Dede Sabella Parvesh Sahi, Jr. ’98 St. Vincent De Paul Youth Club Marie Samson Rich Scarpa ’62 & Edie Scarpa Melinda & Phil Skrade Wendy & Greg Suhr Tad Tassone ’69 & Barbara Tassone Emanuel Thiel ’65 Vido Thiel ’65 Katherine Toland Cathy & Robert Unruh John Vigo ’81 & Lisa Vigo Paul & Teri Watters Lauren Wild ’99 Linda Zamagni Patrick Dunphy Janet Holland ’77 Larry Simi ’66 and Janet Rogers
Pierre Etcheverry Mary & Jean Curutchet & Sons Keith Farlow Patty Shea Diner ’65 & Chris Diner, Sr. ’65 James Garvey ’88 Mark Pardini ’88 & Petra Andersson-Pardini Josephine Gembala Charlotte Brown Denise Goyhenetche Mary & Jean Curutchet & Sons Marie Louise Goyhenetche Mary & Jean Curutchet & Sons Brother Joachim Grant ’53 Ron Gaggero ’53 & Jacqueline Gaggero Dennis Greene ’60 Gerry O’Connor ’60 Bill Henneberry ’48 Kevin Buckley ’13 Frank Capurro ’69 & Jen Capurro Paul Capurro ’67 & Janice Capurro Ted Cercos ’77 & Jane Cercos Fab Fabbri ’70 Dennis Fauss ’58 & Bobbie Fauss Mary & Dominic Franco Jim Gibson ’67 & Kathy Gibson Karen & Conrad Grass George Gulbengay ’69 & Kay Gulbengay Erica Hipp ’13 Ken Hogarty ’66 & Sally Hogarty Mike Horan ’69 & Lana Taran Frank Lee ’76 & Janis Lee Richard Lucett Frank Maguire ’58 & Bobbe Maguire John Moriarty
We remember in our prayers the alumni who have recently passed away. Mario Amato ’59 Marina Seoras Cassimus ’53 Marvin Cerruti ’47 Ken Cooper ’73
Brother Joachim Grant ’53 Joey Harp ’86 Bill Henneberry ’48 John McCarthy ’75
Steven Muders ’72 Patrick Pallari ’62 Dick Petrich ’48 Michael Propst ’72
*The alumni acknowledged here are only those for whom we received notification.
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Mark Pardini ’88 & Petra Andersson-Pardini Paul Ruggiero ’68 & Linda Ruggiero Anthony Schunk ’48 Jerry Sobeck ’69 & Susie Sobeck Michele Sullivan Tad Tassone ’69 & Barbara Tassone John Toomey ’69 & Melanie Toomey Robert Hill Charlotte Brown John Illia, Jr. ’57 Kevin Illia ’63 & Pam Illia Denise Kent ’77 Janet Holland ’77 Joan Galvin Kent ’52 Janet Holland ’77 Walter Kushnir ’60 Gerry O’Connor ’60 June Lee Gwendolyn Lee Rose Liang Patty Shea Diner ’65 & Chris Diner, Sr. ’65 Rudy Lopez Jerry Heckert ’51 & Claudie Heckert Lynda Louise Lowers-Strong Carol Jones Hupke ’54 & Peter Hupke Cornelius Lyons ’54 Maria Brill Jacqueline Cowans Julia Machin Mary & Jean Curutchet & Sons Lucio Machin Mary & Jean Curutchet & Sons Pat Mahoney ’60 Gerry O’Connor ’60 Curtis Mallegni Michael Nerney ’75 & Roselle Nerney Patrick McHugh Patricia Karleskind Mary Anne McGuire-Hickey Kathy Von Lehr Alfred McNaughton ’60 Gerry O’Connor ’60 Isako Momono Lisa Momono Jo Ann Momono
Maureen Murphy Gerry O’Connor ’60 Thomas Murphy Gerry O’Connor ’60 William O’Brien ’37 Susan O’Brien Richard O’Callaghan ’60 Gerry O’Connor ’60 Julian Pardini ’49 Mark Pardini ’88 & Petra Andersson-Pardini Bernard Peters Dan Wells ’69 & Betty Wells Jeremy Phillips ’89 Janet & James Phillips Jerry Phillips Amy Lynch-Sweeney and Kevin Sweeney George Pikich, Jr. ’60 Gerry O’Connor ’60 Gilbert Presto ’66 Ken Hogarty ’66 & Sally Hogarty Thomas Quinn Pete Siragusa ’73 & Sue Siragusa John Riordan ’50 Mary Marguerite Riordan Bob Roemer Janet Holland ’77 Elizabeth Rosado Larry Draper ’58 & Deanna Tomei-Draper Rosine Ryan Bill Powers ’69 & Diane Powers Rene Revel ’69 & Maureen Revel Dan Ryan ’69 Carlos Sosa Carol Jones Hupke ’54 & Peter Hupke Will Spencer ’65 Claire Spencer Albert Stroth 1924 Neill Stroth Gerian Sweeney Terry McLaughlin ’61 & Sandy McLaughlin Steve Wilson Mark Pardini ’88 & Petra Andersson-Pardini
BOARD OF REGENTS Gerald Murphy, JD Board Chair Elizabeth Brown Parents Association President Kase Abusharkh ’00 Sr. Adella Armentrout, DC Stella Bialous, DrPH Kevin Buckley ’13 Courtney Chin ’03 Neal Corkery ’95 Richard Cutler, PhD Ed Delfs Carol Wicklund Enright Sandra Gulli Miguel Guzman ’91 Kevin Harrigan ’74 Steve Heath Francois Hechinger Daniel Holland ’79 Janet Holland ’77 Jim Jones Monica Kelly ’06 John Kruger Charles Love Eileen Malley, JD ’77 Sister Frances Meyer, DC Gina Mulvey ’94 Marketing Consultant Joey Nevin ’01 Margaret O’Driscoll Jeffrey Porter ’72 William D. Rauch, JD Roman Rodriguez, MD ’68 James Ryan, Jr. Sue Sami Stacie Solt, MD ’99 Ed Wang ’90 Br. Tom Westberg, FSC Harold Wong ’77 EX-OFFICIO Melinda Lawlor Skrade, PhD President Gary Cannon, EdD Principal John Gumina ’91 VP for Advancement & Enrollment Shani Mahany Director of Finance Mark Pardini ’88 Director of Communications & Marketing John M. Vigo ’81 Director of Stewardship & Future Giving
CELEBRATORY GIVING
“Do not have any anxiety about the future. Leave everything in God’s hands for he will take care of you.” ST. JOHN BAPTIST DE LA SALLE
Ken Gandolfo ’70 Michelle & Rick Gandolfo Thomas Giusto Karen & Conrad Grass Pete Gresh ’72 & Nancy Gresh Joseph Gualco Marsha Guggenheim John Gumina ’91 & Shanna Gumina Russ Gumina ’62 & Jill Gumina Janet Harrigan Michelle Hill Ken Hogarty ’66 & Sally Hogarty Janet Holland ’77 Maureen Horan Mike Kelly ’69 & Trish Kelly Nancy & Shawn Kelly Joe Kennedy, Sr. ’65 & Clo Kennedy Colleen Knopf Rudy Lapera ’63 & Lynn Lapera Janice & Robert Lee Debra Matteucci Frank Mazzucco ’76 & Jo Mazzucco Sara Blaschak Meskin ’98 & David Meskin Brenda & Doyle Miller Bob Mondin ’70 & Janis Mondin Winifred Noble Tom O’Connell ’67 & Barbara O’Connell
Tom O’Connor ’79 & Liz O’Connor John O’Kane ’96 & Natalie O’Kane Sharon & Tom O’Kane Old Timers Baseball Association of San Francisco Dom Panina ’80 & Colleen Panina Jonah Papesh ’98 Mark Pardini ’88 & Petra Andersson-Pardini Cynthia Parenti Catherine Paulsen Frances & Louis Pignati Frankie Ragusa ’09 Gino Ragusa ’12 Ron Ragusa ’79 & Michelle Ragusa Gerlorma Ratto-Clark Reilly Construction George Rush Patrick Ryan ’98 & Nicole Ryan Laureen Sabella Mike Sabella, Sr. ’78 & Dede Sabella Parvesh Sahi, Jr. ’98 St. Vincent De Paul Youth Club Marie Samson Rich Scarpa ’62 & Edie Scarpa Melinda & Phil Skrade Wendy & Greg Suhr Tad Tassone ’69 & Barbara Tassone Emanuel Thiel ’65 Vido Thiel ’65 Katherine Toland Cathy & Robert Unruh John Vigo ’81 & Lisa Vigo Paul & Teri Watters Lauren Wild ’99 Linda Zamagni Patrick Dunphy Janet Holland ’77 Larry Simi ’66 and Janet Rogers
Pierre Etcheverry Mary & Jean Curutchet & Sons Keith Farlow Patty Shea Diner ’65 & Chris Diner, Sr. ’65 James Garvey ’88 Mark Pardini ’88 & Petra Andersson-Pardini Josephine Gembala Charlotte Brown Denise Goyhenetche Mary & Jean Curutchet & Sons Marie Louise Goyhenetche Mary & Jean Curutchet & Sons Brother Joachim Grant ’53 Ron Gaggero ’53 & Jacqueline Gaggero Dennis Greene ’60 Gerry O’Connor ’60 Bill Henneberry ’48 Kevin Buckley ’13 Frank Capurro ’69 & Jen Capurro Paul Capurro ’67 & Janice Capurro Ted Cercos ’77 & Jane Cercos Fab Fabbri ’70 Dennis Fauss ’58 & Bobbie Fauss Mary & Dominic Franco Jim Gibson ’67 & Kathy Gibson Karen & Conrad Grass George Gulbengay ’69 & Kay Gulbengay Erica Hipp ’13 Ken Hogarty ’66 & Sally Hogarty Mike Horan ’69 & Lana Taran Frank Lee ’76 & Janis Lee Richard Lucett Frank Maguire ’58 & Bobbe Maguire John Moriarty
We remember in our prayers the alumni who have recently passed away. Mario Amato ’59 Marina Seoras Cassimus ’53 Marvin Cerruti ’47 Ken Cooper ’73
Brother Joachim Grant ’53 Joey Harp ’86 Bill Henneberry ’48 John McCarthy ’75
Steven Muders ’72 Patrick Pallari ’62 Dick Petrich ’48 Michael Propst ’72
*The alumni acknowledged here are only those for whom we received notification.
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Mark Pardini ’88 & Petra Andersson-Pardini Paul Ruggiero ’68 & Linda Ruggiero Anthony Schunk ’48 Jerry Sobeck ’69 & Susie Sobeck Michele Sullivan Tad Tassone ’69 & Barbara Tassone John Toomey ’69 & Melanie Toomey Robert Hill Charlotte Brown John Illia, Jr. ’57 Kevin Illia ’63 & Pam Illia Denise Kent ’77 Janet Holland ’77 Joan Galvin Kent ’52 Janet Holland ’77 Walter Kushnir ’60 Gerry O’Connor ’60 June Lee Gwendolyn Lee Rose Liang Patty Shea Diner ’65 & Chris Diner, Sr. ’65 Rudy Lopez Jerry Heckert ’51 & Claudie Heckert Lynda Louise Lowers-Strong Carol Jones Hupke ’54 & Peter Hupke Cornelius Lyons ’54 Maria Brill Jacqueline Cowans Julia Machin Mary & Jean Curutchet & Sons Lucio Machin Mary & Jean Curutchet & Sons Pat Mahoney ’60 Gerry O’Connor ’60 Curtis Mallegni Michael Nerney ’75 & Roselle Nerney Patrick McHugh Patricia Karleskind Mary Anne McGuire-Hickey Kathy Von Lehr Alfred McNaughton ’60 Gerry O’Connor ’60 Isako Momono Lisa Momono Jo Ann Momono
Maureen Murphy Gerry O’Connor ’60 Thomas Murphy Gerry O’Connor ’60 William O’Brien ’37 Susan O’Brien Richard O’Callaghan ’60 Gerry O’Connor ’60 Julian Pardini ’49 Mark Pardini ’88 & Petra Andersson-Pardini Bernard Peters Dan Wells ’69 & Betty Wells Jeremy Phillips ’89 Janet & James Phillips Jerry Phillips Amy Lynch-Sweeney and Kevin Sweeney George Pikich, Jr. ’60 Gerry O’Connor ’60 Gilbert Presto ’66 Ken Hogarty ’66 & Sally Hogarty Thomas Quinn Pete Siragusa ’73 & Sue Siragusa John Riordan ’50 Mary Marguerite Riordan Bob Roemer Janet Holland ’77 Elizabeth Rosado Larry Draper ’58 & Deanna Tomei-Draper Rosine Ryan Bill Powers ’69 & Diane Powers Rene Revel ’69 & Maureen Revel Dan Ryan ’69 Carlos Sosa Carol Jones Hupke ’54 & Peter Hupke Will Spencer ’65 Claire Spencer Albert Stroth 1924 Neill Stroth Gerian Sweeney Terry McLaughlin ’61 & Sandy McLaughlin Steve Wilson Mark Pardini ’88 & Petra Andersson-Pardini
BOARD OF REGENTS Gerald Murphy, JD Board Chair Elizabeth Brown Parents Association President Kase Abusharkh ’00 Sr. Adella Armentrout, DC Stella Bialous, DrPH Kevin Buckley ’13 Courtney Chin ’03 Neal Corkery ’95 Richard Cutler, PhD Ed Delfs Carol Wicklund Enright Sandra Gulli Miguel Guzman ’91 Kevin Harrigan ’74 Steve Heath Francois Hechinger Daniel Holland ’79 Janet Holland ’77 Jim Jones Monica Kelly ’06 John Kruger Charles Love Eileen Malley, JD ’77 Sister Frances Meyer, DC Gina Mulvey ’94 Marketing Consultant Joey Nevin ’01 Margaret O’Driscoll Jeffrey Porter ’72 William D. Rauch, JD Roman Rodriguez, MD ’68 James Ryan, Jr. Sue Sami Stacie Solt, MD ’99 Ed Wang ’90 Br. Tom Westberg, FSC Harold Wong ’77 EX-OFFICIO Melinda Lawlor Skrade, PhD President Gary Cannon, EdD Principal John Gumina ’91 VP for Advancement & Enrollment Shani Mahany Director of Finance Mark Pardini ’88 Director of Communications & Marketing John M. Vigo ’81 Director of Stewardship & Future Giving
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