Behind the Scenes

from BC High Magazine, Spring/Summer 2020

In Memoriam

Tom Conley ’08, Assistant Athletic Director, married Amelia Pepe on December 28, 2019 in Quincy, MA. Amelia is a 2008 alumna of Notre Dame Academy. Tom writes, “she was my high school girlfriend and prom date too!” Maggie Ruddy, science department, and her husband Eddie Crane, welcomed their third child, Fiona Mae, on December 20, 2019. She is getting a whole lot of love from big brother Finn and big sister, Olivia!

Sue Glover, Manager of People and Culture, ran the New York City

Marathon in November 2019 with the Team MR8, The Martin Richard

Foundation. Sue and her team were training for the Boston Marathon On May 11, 2020, Sarah Nolan, guidance department, her husband Tom, and big brother, Thomas, joyfully welcomed, Theodore “Teddy” Daniel to the family.

when it was cut short due to the global pandemic. She was named captain for Team MR8 Boston 2020. She writes., “Whether it's September 14th or some other date, I'll be out there, motivating others, lifting them up and keeping this team focused on why we run. It's not about time, speed, or self-glorification. It's about Martin.”

Congratulations, Doctors! In February, health teacher and curriculum coordinator Jessica Kiely successfully defended her doctoral dissertation “Her Seat at the Table: A Youth Participatory Examination of Food Insecurity Among Latina High School Students.” In June, via Zoom, Nick Argento successfully defended his doctoral dissertation from fellow Jesuit institution Creighton University on extensive research Shannon and Michael Clancy ’03, social studies department, and big brother, Jack, welcomed Nora Colleen on February 12, 2020. surrounding the continuing formation of veteran Jesuit school educators in their ongoing discernment and understanding

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of the Ignatian mission. Tom Smith, Academic Dean, and Allie Rosshirt Smith, welcomed their first child, Benjamin.

Heidi Hayes, guidance department, and her husband Greg Pare’ welcomed their third child, Eve Hayes, on May 24, 2020. Big siblings Henry and Hazel are excited to

have a new little sister!

2020 appeared to begin auspiciously for the English department’s Ron Fletcher ’87, who followed up his annual reading at the Moby-Dick Marathon in New Bedford with the Midway Café debut of Dark Crushes, his 1980s cover band. Lizzy Corsetti, math department, and her husband, Nick, welcomed their first child, Annabelle Clare on May 31, 2020. On April 7, 2020, Patrick Travers, Arrupe social studies, his wife, Maura, and big brother Cullen, welcomed Liam Kelley to the family.

inspiration

Stephen Healey ’81, math department, was a guest speaker at the National High School Baseball Coaches Convention held in Columbus, Ohio in December 2019. The focus of his talk was “Developing the High School Pitcher.”

Eight members of the faculty and staff attended the NAIS People of Color Conference in Seattle, WA in December 2019. The PoCC designed for people of color and allies in independent schools as they pursue strategies for professional and leadership development. It also offers networking opportunities for people of color and allies working to build and sustain

inclusive school communities.

congrats!

Matt Joyce '01, science department, and his wife Maggie welcomed Keegan Joyce to the family weighing 9 lbs 6oz (or 4.265 kgs for all of the science folk).

FACULTY & STAFF news BEHIND the scenes

TEACHING WITH TROUT www.mass.gov/service-details/teaching-with-trout

Elena Gourlis’s AP Environmental Science classes recently worked with the National Fish & Wildlife Association to raise brown trout from eggs and put the “fingerlings” (little fish about the size of your finger) in Houghton’s Pond, one of the designated restocking areas. We received trout eggs in early January, and they hatched and grew in our tank. This is our second year working with this federal group, who has the capacity to breed the trout but not raise all of them. This is where schools like us can step in and help. These trout are to restock the ponds and local waterways all over Massachusetts for recreational fishing.

DRIFTER/SEA TURTLE STRANDING STUDY www.nefsc.noaa.gov/drifter/drift_bchigh_2019

Meanwhile, Marine Biology classes constructed a drifter, which was used by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to track turtle strandings in Cape Cod Bay. Many turtles migrate long distances both along the Atlantic Coast and across the ocean. They feed along the Atlantic Coast during the summer months and should head to the warmer waters off the Southern U.S. and Mexico as the weather turns. Every year however, hundreds of turtles get “stuck” in Cape Cod Bay because of the unique geography. As the temperature drops, the turtles (including many very-endangered Kemps Ridley, Loggerheads and Green) become cold-stunned and wash ashore on beaches in Wellfleet and Orleans. Because they are amphibians, they will die if they do not get rescued. Our drifter was used to help inform NOAA and the Audubon Society as to where the currents were traveling — which informed scientists as to where the turtles would likely wash ashore. And, it did! There were some turtles off of Great Island in Wellfleet that washed ashore, and the volunteers were waiting for them, thanks to our drifter!

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