Horizons Spring 2017

HORIZONS

Advancing the

Future of Science Online Learning

Empowers

Educating to New Frontiers of Love & Justice

The Magazine of Sacred Heart Greenwich

75inYears Greenwich Spring 2017

Where young women become global leaders

“Educating Principled Leaders and Innovators for the Opportunities and Challenges of Tomorrow” SACRED HEART GREENWICH STRATEGIC PLAN www.cshgreenwich.org/ page/strategic-plan

Middle School students with School astronomer Rick Bria in our Hardey Observatory

Welcome to Sacred Heart

D

EAR SACRED HEART COMMUNITY: Now in our 168th academic year, we look forward to a future that builds upon the successful state of our School. We are in the strongest financial condition in our history due to prudent fiscal management and our generous community. Over the past five years, we have purchased 118 acres of land from the Society of the Sacred Heart, built a state-of-the-art 2 PMS Colors: 342 & 416 athletic facility, and made numerous campus improvements and renovations.

Sacred Heart’s academic excellence, outstanding athletics, diversified extracurricular activities, and focus on social responsibility prepare students to lead with courage and confidence. Our banner phrase, “Where Young Women Become Global Leaders,” highlights our robust and supportive learning environment that prepares our students for success in the real world.

This year, we adopted a new strategic plan, “Educating Principled Leaders and Innovators for the Opportunities and Challenges of Tomorrow.” At its heart are four pillars that we will emphasize, as we build upon our strengths: • Mission and Culture • Global Education and Experience • Communication and Outreach • Transformative Student Opportunities and Outcomes

Sincerely,

Our Goals and Criteria are more important than ever as a framework to instill ethics and moral responsibility in our students. The global connectivity of the Sacred Heart Network provides unique opportunities for personal growth and academic development through the international exchange program and the technologically innovative SophieConnect. As part of this global network, we can offer our students a safe and enriching global educational experience that is differentiated from other Fairfield/ Westchester schools.

Within these pages of Horizons, we highlight our strategic plan and the educational experiences it empowers.

Christopher R. Ryan P ’12, ’16 Pamela Juan Hayes ’64 Chair of the Board of Trustees Head of School

1177 King Street, Greenwich, CT 06831 203-531-6500 | cshgreenwich.org Board of Trustees 2016–2017 Christopher R. Ryan, Chair Dreux Dubin Claiden ’77, Vice Chair and Alumnae President William D. Hirshorn, Treasurer Joseph A. Tranfo, Secretary Sarah Jorquera ’79 Neil A. Augustine PMS Colors: 342 & 416Katherine “Kate” Lavin ’98 James T. Bretzke,2 S.J. Carolyn Dursi Cunniffe ’58 Dolly Mayer Douglas M. Mellert Erinn Laragh Denson ’85 Timothy Muccia Mary Beth Duncan, Mandy Dawson Murphy ’85 Parents’ Assn. President Bernadette Prato Jan Dunn, RSCJ Barbara Quinn, RSCJ Lisa Burke Fallon ’89 Cynthia van Eck Paula S. Gruner, RSCJ Abbas “Eddy” Zuaiter Pamela Juan Hayes ’64, Head of School Mission Statement Sacred Heart Greenwich, founded in 1848, is an independent Catholic college preparatory school for young women, from preschool through grade 12. The newly established Barat Center for Early Childhood Education accepts boys and girls. Sacred Heart Greenwich will remain single-gender female from kindergarten through grade 12; only The Barat Center is coed.

True to its international heritage, the School provides students with experiences of diversity and welcomes students of all races, socioeconomic backgrounds, and religious beliefs. Sacred Heart Greenwich, steeped in a solid academic tradition, educates women to have independence of judgment, personal freedom, and strength of character so that they can become leaders with broad intellectual and spiritual horizons.

Service to others is a compelling commitment of our education, and the entire school community, as a member of the Network of Sacred Heart Schools, is dedicated to the Goals and Criteria: › A personal and active faith in God; › A deep respect for intellectual values; › A social awareness which impels to action; › The building of community as a Christian value; › Personal growth in an atmosphere of wise freedom.

Stay Connected with Sacred Heart FOLLOW THESE SOCIAL MEDIA OUTLETS TO FIND OUT WHAT IS NEW. @CSHGreenwich Csh Greenwich Alum

2

HORIZONS spring 2017

@CSHGreenwich @GoCSHGreenwich

@CSHGreenwich @GoCSHGreenwich

@CSHGreenwich

in this issue The Magazine of Sacred Heart Greenwich HORIZONS SPRING 2017

features 22

28

Marking our years at our Connecticut home

Sacred Heart’s Online Learning Empowers Students Worldwide

75 Years in Greenwich

SophieConnect

BY VICTORIA TAYLOR ALLEN H ’13

BY MATILDE LARSON & KARL HAESELER

30

32

to Lower School Students

Reflections on Red Cloud

BY KATHLEEN S. FAILLA

BY CLARE HAMMONDS & KATHLEEN S. FAILLA

Teaching Chinese

Daring to Succeed

36

Advancing the Future of Science Highlights of our Student Research Projects

BY KATHLEEN S. FAILLA

40

Educating to New Frontiers of Love & Justice The legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

BY KATHLEEN S. FAILLA

Head of School Pamela Juan Hayes ’64 Director of Advancement Melissa Canoni canonim@cshct.org Editor Kathleen S. Failla Director of Public Relations and Communications faillak@cshct.org

Alumnae Editor Meghan Mara Ryan ’01 Director of Alumnae Relations maram@cshct.org Send address changes to Irene Colford Director of Advancement Services colfordi@cshct.org

Contributing Writers Victoria Taylor Allen H ’13 Melissa Canoni Jayne Collins Kathleen S. Failla Annette Grueterich Clare Hammonds Pamela Juan Hayes ’64 Karl Haeseler Matilde Larson Marian McLeod Christopher R. Ryan Meghan Mara Ryan ’01 Kelly Stone

Contributing Photographers Jason Brand (Highpoint Pictures) Gabrielle Hoffman (Good Design) John McKeith Photography Rohanna Mertens Salvatore Rotondo Rachel Zurheide

departments 01 05 17 18 42 50 60

Welcome to Sacred Heart Inside Our Classrooms Give from the Heart!

Sacred Heart Athletics Alumnae News Class Notes In View

On the cover Lizzie Kupersmith ’17, a lifer, escorts Jina Haggenmiller, a student in the Barat Center for Early Childhood Education, at the all-school prayer service which opened the 2016–2017 school year

Design: Good Design LLC Printing: Service Press

Sacred Heart Greenwich • cshgreenwich.org

3

April 12 • 2:30 p.m.

Alumnae Generations Tea

EV ENTS

April 24 • 7 p.m.

Middle and Upper School Spring Concert April 27 Alumnae San Francisco Reception April 29 • 10 a.m.

Father-Daughter & Barat Son Games May 18 • 6:30 p.m.

Barat Society Leadership Donor Reception

2017 Benefit & Auction

May 19–21 US Squash Junior Silver Tournament

Saturday, May 6, 2017 • 6:30 p.m.

May 21 Katie Cassidy Higgins ’96 Memorial Lacrosse Tournament

A Night of Pride & Tradition Sacred Heart Athletic Center

Proceeds support Sacred Heart’s Endowment Seated Dinner • Live Auction Silent Auction • Class Gifts 747 Orchestra • Renny & Reed • Watson’s Catering cshgreenwich.org/benefit2017

Stay up to date on all Sacred Heart events:

cshgreenwich.org

4

HORIZONS spring 2017

May 30 • 8:45 a.m.

Lower School Prize Day May 31 • 9:30 a.m.

Middle School Prize Day June 1 • 9:30 a.m.

Upper School Prize Day June 2 • 1:30 p.m.

Graduation June 3–4 USA Field Hockey U19 Regional Club Championship June 6 Parents of Alumnae Reception

OU R C L A S SRO OM S Making History with Maggy Wolanske ’18

By Kathleen S. Failla, director of public relations and communications Marguerite (Maggy) Wolanske ’18 was awarded the inaugural Outstanding Youth Volunteer Award by Family Centers in Greenwich. She credited Sacred Heart and the Middle School’s Making History project for inspiring her commitment to community service.

Over the past four years, Maggy has volunteered at the Family Centers’ Grauer Preschool. In addition to reading to the students and helping the teachers with classroom activities, she served as the School’s photographer and documented its yearly activities. Every June, she would compile her photos into a special yearbook that was distributed to each family during the School’s graduation ceremony.

Maggy’s volunteerism grew out of the eighth-grade Making History project. The Middle School service program culminates in eighth grade with a transformative first-hand experience as the girls complete the yearlong Making History project in theology class. Each student chooses a social justice topic, researches causes, and then develops and implements a plan to affect positive change. Maggy’s project continued well beyond eighth grade, and she continues to serve children from financially disadvantaged families.

The award was presented at Family Centers’ annual meeting by Sacred Heart parent Pepper

Family Centers honored Maggy Wolanske ’18 with its first Outstanding Youth Volunteer Award. Left to right: Jennifer Flatow, senior director of development at Family Centers, Maggy Wolanske ’18, and Pepper Anderson P ’23, managing director at JP Morgan Private Bank.

Anderson P ’23, who works with JP Morgan, supporters of Family Centers. “We wanted to create an award for an outstanding youth volunteer,” said Mrs. Anderson. “Family Centers immediately suggested Maggy. The spark for her volunteerism was the eighthgrade Making History project. Three years later, her commitment is only stronger and the work she has done is inspiring.”

“Maggy started with Family Centers as a bright-eyed eighth-grader with the ambitious idea of creating photo yearbooks

for each of the children in our preschool program. Her enthusiasm was infectious, and it was not long before she became an integral part of the program’s fabric. She has continued her yearbook tradition for the past three years, and I’m thrilled to see how her volunteer experience at Family Centers has enhanced her growth as a student, athlete and community ambassador,” Jennifer Flatow, Family Centers’ senior director of development.

Sacred Heart Greenwich • cshgreenwich.org

5

NURTURING A SENSE OF COMMUNITY AT BARAT CENTER “Doughnuts with Dads” and “Muffins with Moms” are more than snack time at the Barat Center. It is a way to nurture community among our parents and youngest students. Lower School Head Christine D’Alessandro’s open door policy extends to creating opportunities for parents to become more involved on a day-to-day basis. Another activity that is popular with Lower School parents is the series “Conversations with Christine,” which discusses specific topics across a broad range of current issues.

6

HORIZONS spring 2017

INSIDE OUR CLASSROOMS

Career Insights for Students Who Shadow Sacred Heart will once again offer students a valuable look at careers through our Shadow Program this summer.

The program enhances the education of Upper School students by providing first-hand experiences in business, law, medicine, publishing and many other fields.

Students have gained a personal perspective of potential college majors and careers thanks to the companies, parents and alumnae who have generously offered these unique opportunities.

Last summer, our students shadowed at places such as global investment bank Moelis Asset Management, media company The Economist Group, insurance company Ironshore, lighting studio Patdo and analytics firm RiskMatch. Other students shadowed Connecticut State Representative Caroline Simmons, a local emergency room physician and many more.

The 2017 program has three sessions: June 5–9, 12–16 and 19–23.

If you would like to participate, please contact Jennifer Bensen, Upper School dean, at bensenj@cshct.org for details. Students do not require compensation to participate.

Kelsey Donovan ’17 shadowed Dr. Elizabeth Kassapidis ’81, P ’19, ’20 in the emergency room of a local hospital last summer.

Coming into the program, I knew I was interested in the sciences, but after shadowing Dr. Kassapidis I AM EVEN MORE INSPIRED AND COMPELLED TO STUDY MEDICINE. —Kelsey Donovan ’17 Sacred Heart Greenwich • cshgreenwich.org

7

MIDDLE SCHOOL ROBOTICS FOCUSES ON INNOVATION AND TEAMWORK By Marian McLeod, librarian and advisor to the robotics teams The Middle School robotics teams have had successful seasons, leading to awards at the FIRST LEGO League robotics regional competition and the Innovative Solution first place award at the state competition.

Since August, the seventh- and eighth-grade Tech Tigers and the sixth-grade Titanium Tigers had been building, practicing and researching, as they prepared for this year’s “Animal Allies Challenge.”

Each team was tasked with programming robotics missions, earning points for each completed mission, as well as a research project that requires teamwork and critical thinking skills. The project raises awareness of real world problems, like issues related to human-animal interactions, by asking students to research these problems and create new and innovative solutions. The Tech Tigers focused on how to alleviate animal boredom in captivity with mentally stimulating activities and the Titanium Tigers suggested a traffic app add-on that would alert drivers to animals crossing the road.

At the regional robotics competition on November 19, the Middle School teams presented their projects, competed on the robotics fields,

and completed teamwork challenges, along with 22 other teams. The Tech Tigers came in first in the Presentation category. The Titanium Tigers earned enough points to qualify for the state tournament.

On December 3, the Titanium Tigers competed against 48 teams from around Connecticut, finishing a long, busy day with the first place Innovative Solution trophy.

The teams will be continuing to build their skills and practice in the spring, in preparation for a robotics exhibition in April.

Top: The Tech Tigers and Titanium Tigers compete.

Bottom: Left to right, sixth-graders Nailah Archer, Olivia Caponiti, Moira King and Lilly O’Sullivan practice in our Makerspace.

8

HORIZONS spring 2017

INSIDE OUR CLASSROOMS

A Time to Serve: Introducing our Eucharistic Ministers The Most Rev. Frank J. Caggiano, bishop of the Diocese of Bridgeport, celebrated Sacred Heart’s Mass of the Holy Spirit, a tradition for all Sacred Heart schools at the opening of the school year.

This was Bishop Caggiano’s first time celebrating Mass in the new gyms dedicated to large assemblies and liturgies in the Athletic Center.

Students played a major role during the Mass as readers, cantors and altar servers. In keeping with our global connections, students took turns reading the Prayers of the Faithful in languages that included Arabic, Chinese, French and Italian. Giving voice to the School’s internationality, they prayed for world peace, unity and a more ethical and moral social environment.

The bishop commissioned 26 seniors as Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion, a role that allows them to serve as Eucharistic Ministers at school

liturgies. After their graduation in June, they will join the alumnae who were also commissioned at Sacred Heart and who have continued to serve while in college.

This year, one third of the Class of 2017 serve as Eucharistic Ministers.

Margot Butler ’17 decided to become a Eucharistic Minister because she wanted to play a more active role in the life of the School. “I have attended Sacred Heart since kindergarten and was always drawn to the position. It is the first time I have really been able to take an active role in my faith and to give back to the community Sacred Heart has provided for me.”

“They are an amazing group of young women,” said Maureen Considine, Upper School campus minister. “Throughout their training, I was so impressed with their commitment to their faith and their devotion to this process. The joy that they bring to the community is evidence of this commitment.”

Eucharistic Ministers in the Class of 2017: Tasha Adison Kathryn Allyn Jacqueline Beshoory Quinn Butler Margot Butler Sabrina Carotenuto Kathleen Danahy Haley Davis Maggie Davis Kristen Davis Juliette Guice Clare Hammonds Maeve Hogan Morgan Johnson Clare Keeney Emily Lencyk Alexandra Massello Madeline McLane Emily Micciulli Ellen Pucel Shannon Pyne Helen Rail Courtney Smith Erin Snopkowski Ava Vanech Krystal Ventura

Sacred Heart Greenwich • cshgreenwich.org

9

Students come to understand that empathy and the willingness to engage in a cycle of review and revision are AT THE HEART OF A SUCCESSFUL, HUMAN-CENTERED DESIGN PROCESS. —Annette Grueterich, Middle School art teacher

Alana Frederick fabricating her design for a bus shelter

10

HORIZONS spring 2017

INSIDE OUR CLASSROOMS Students consult Middle School art teacher Annette Grueterich and collaborate with one another to solve problems. Left to right are Mrs. Grueterich, Nina Ferrucci, Sacha Kalinichenko and Valeska Lasky.

Gaining Insight into Urban Design and Architecture

By Annette Grueterich, Middle School art teacher

Eighth-grade girls at Sacred Heart Greenwich are discovering what careers as an architect, designer and engineer are like, as they collaborate with boys from the Brunswick School on an urban design project.

As part of the School’s dedication to STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and math) education, eighth-graders enrolled in the second trimester Studio Art course examine transportation as a challenging urban design problem from a personal perspective.

The students began by studying the impact on the environment and asking if the number of students who ride school buses could be increased, thus reducing traffic and pollution. They theorized that more riders would require more bus stops. Then, they set about researching design concepts of bus stops and the behaviors and needs of local students, as they relate to the use of school buses and bus stops. The

girls experienced the iterative nature of the design process, as they created sketch models, floor plans and orthographic drawings, and critiqued and discussed each other’s research results and design ideas.

Their findings from the research and the revision during the design process culminate in the construction of individual architectural models that incorporate each student’s design priorities and considerations.

This course is taught in cooperation with an eighth-grade art class at the Brunswick School. The girls share their research results and ideas for their designs, and sketch models with their peers at Brunswick.

Students at both schools come to understand that the design process benefits from a large variety of inputs, viewpoints and ideas.

Now in its third year, the program prepares students for more advanced studies in the Upper School by working on real-world problems.

Sacred Heart Greenwich • cshgreenwich.org

11

Sacred Heart Publications Win Gold Medals COLUMBIA SCHOLASTIC PRESS AWARDS GOLD MEDAL TO PERSPECTIVES The Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA) awarded the Upper School magazine of art and literature, Perspectives, a gold medal for its 2016 issue.

This award recognizes the excellent work by student writers, artists and editors — not only as individuals but also as an entire staff uniting to create, once again, an impressive magazine.

Perspectives has been recognized by the CSPA eight times. The magazine received a silver crown, a top recognition, for its work in the 2011–12 and 2012–13 school years.

In addition, three students received individual recognition from the CSPA for their artistic contributions to the 2016 issue. Georgina Cahill ’16 won a Gold Circle award, for her work, “Fun House,” in the use of a designated or art headline category. Juniors Anna Bella and Nina Rosenblum earned Certificates of Merit for their collaborative piece “Arcade Busters,” in the “single illustration: computer generated” category.

This was a very competitive year with 6,420 student magazine contributors entering their work in the CSPA’s awards program.

GIVING ART A GLOBAL VOICE The Columbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA) awarded the Upper School’s multicultural art and literary magazine, Voices, a gold medal for its 2016 issue.

“We are thrilled that for the second year in a row our Upper School students have been awarded a gold medal for their work on the art and literary magazine, Voices,” said Montserrat García, chair of World Languages Department for the Upper School.

The award recognizes the excellent work of student writers, artists and editors who

Celebrating Success: Renée Rodriguez, chair of the World Languages Department at Sacred Heart Greenwich, at left, congratulates the Voices 2016–2017 co-editors, Alexandra Grusky ’17, left, and Tatiana Lieberman ’17, who were part of the staff that won a gold medal from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association. They are joined by Montserrat García, at right, the language department’s Upper School chair.

12

HORIZONS spring 2017

collaborated to produce an impressive issue of Voices. The publication is unique among literary magazines in that it features the original literary works of students writing in six different languages: Arabic, Chinese, French, Latin, Polish and Spanish. “Your magazine is charming and very unusual in its focus on poetry written in various languages and then translated,” said the CSPA judges in their comments enclosed with the award.

In addition to original poetry, Voices features the English translations, composed by students. Student artists provided the visual element by illustrating each literary piece with photos, designs, paintings and drawings created by students. Voices is an example of art and literature coming together beautifully in one creative magazine for the school community to enjoy.

In the words of the CSPA judges, “Your magazine presents an eclectic mix of languages and cultures and really stands out because of its global focus. Congratulations and job well done!”

Voices has been recognized with gold medals for its excellence and unique creativity in the 2014–2015 and 2015–2016 school years.

The 10th issue, published in May 2016, firmly establishes the Upper School’s voice in a global society. The magazine’s philosophy states: “The education of each student is founded on the commitment to the School’s Goals and Criteria, which encourages students to be active and informed in today’s global world.”

“It is a pleasure to work with such a talented and motivated group of students, and we look forward to another successful magazine,” said Ms. García, the language department’s Upper School chair and faculty adviser to Voices.

INSIDE OUR CLASSROOMS

Introducing School Psychologist Melissa Otero, Psy.D. We welcome Melissa Otero, Psy.D., as our new school psychologist for the Middle and Upper Schools. In her role, she is primarily focused on promoting emotional wellness within the entire school community.

Dr. Otero received a bachelor’s degree from Boston College and her doctorate in psychology from Yeshiva University. She has worked with children and adolescents over the past 12 years and is thrilled to be at Sacred Heart.

Students enjoy dropping by her warmly furnished office conveniently located in the Gillespie Science Center to meet individually or in small groups. Dr. Otero helps students develop their individual strengths and encourages them to be champions for their own emotional well-being.

It is important for children to have “safe havens” outside the classroom with supportive, non-judgement professional staff who can help them work through issues relating to academics, athletics, social media and relationships, she said. “Sometimes it is a matter of helping them think about it from a different perspective,” said Dr. Otero. Alternatively, it could involve coaching a student to speak with a teacher or parent.

Dr. Otero is working on grade-specific and school wide initiatives, such as a character strength survey that will be available in the future for the entire community. “Knowing your strengths and using them in life and in relationships helps build a more enriching life,” she said.

Last fall, she began offering regularly scheduled meditation sessions for the Middle and Upper Schools. The sixth-graders liked it so much they started their own meditation club, which meets Wednesdays during study hall in Dr. Otero’s office.

Dr. Otero welcomes the opportunity to work with parents and faculty to collaborate and explore ways to best support our students.

The Doctor Is In: What does a school psychologist do?

School psychologists are uniquely qualified members of school teams that support students’ ability to learn and teachers’ ability to teach. They apply expertise in mental health, learning and behavior to help children succeed academically, socially, behaviorally and emotionally. School psychologists collaborate with families, teachers, school administrators and other professionals to create safe, healthy and supportive learning environments that strengthen connections between home, school and the community.

Why do children need school psychologists?

All children may face problems from time to time related to learning; social relationships; making difficult decisions; or managing emotions such as feeling depressed, anxious, worried or isolated. School psychologists help students, families, educators and members of the community understand and resolve both long-term, chronic problems and short-term issues that students may face. In addition, school psychologists can be proactive by creating programs that focus on helping students develop positive aspects of their character. School psychologists have the opportunity to become champions of wellness within the School, helping to create a culture of self-care and compassion for both self and others.

Middle School girls meditating with Dr. Otero

Sacred Heart Greenwich • cshgreenwich.org

13

New Dean of College Guidance Named Marcie McDonald, who had been serving as the communications director for College Guidance since September, has been named to the new position of dean of College Guidance.

“As we continue to experience growth in the size of our graduating classes, we are excited to expand this vital department,” said Jayne Collins, head of the Upper School.

Mrs. McDonald’s career began in the Network of Sacred Heart Schools. After graduating from Boston College, she worked at Newton Country Day School of the Sacred Heart as a teacher before becoming an admission representative at a college outside of Boston.

She then became dean of students in the Upper School at Sacred Heart Greenwich and fulfilled many different roles including theology teacher and an interim period as acting head of the Upper School.

After taking some time to raise her young family, Mrs. McDonald became the principal of St. Mary Catholic School in Ridgefield, Conn., and, after four years in that position, she was named assistant to the superintendent of schools for the Diocese of Bridgeport. Mrs. McDonald’s husband’s career led her family to many moves throughout the country including time in Houston where her daughter attended Duchesne Academy of the Sacred

Heart and her sons had the privilege of attending the Regis School of the Sacred Heart, one of the Network’s only schools for boys. In 2011, they returned to Fairfield County, a move which culminated in great joy as she and her husband watched their only daughter graduate from Sacred Heart Greenwich in 2014. Mrs. McDonald is passionate about the mission of the Network of Sacred Heart Schools and is thrilled to have returned to Sacred Heart Greenwich.

She will assume responsibility for the College Guidance Office, directing the work of our counselors, Rachel Boyer and Erin Ramirez, and will initiate new programs, policies and procedures.

Mrs. McDonald will also work closely with the academic deans, as together they oversee the academic profile of each student, beginning in grade nine, to prepare them for the college process.

The new structure for college guidance will also involve the creation of a College Guidance Suite at the center of the Upper School. This new location will provide easier access for parents and college representatives, and a more open and inviting environment for parents and students to meet with the College Guidance counselors.

“We are very proud of our outstanding college acceptances and matriculation,” said Mrs. Collins. “This achievement has been the direct result of our extraordinarily hard-working and talented students, along with professional faculty and college counselors who are dedicated to the academic and personal growth of our young women.”

CAIS teachers hosted by Lower School The Lower School hosted a professional development session for the Connecticut Association of Independent Schools (CAIS) in January that was geared to the needs of third-grade teachers.

The teacher luncheon is a new concept for CAIS. During the luncheon in McLaughlin Gallery, the third-grade teachers from across the state shared success stories on community building in the classroom and math enrichment. A variety of opinions surfaced when they discussed issues, such as homework and how much is appropriate.

The exposure to new ideas and experiences in a supportive collegial group was beneficial. CAIS first teacher luncheon for third-grade teachers provided networking opportunities, too. The teachers plan to create a Google site that will enable them to continue to share ideas and stay in touch.

14

HORIZONS spring 2017

Linda Maldonado of Sacred Heart Greenwich, at right, listens to Elissa Mauke from the Renbrook School, with Daniel Combatti from the Stanwich School, at left, at CAIS’ first teacher luncheon for third-grade teachers, which was hosted by Sacred Heart.

INSIDE OUR CLASSROOMS

SEVEN SENIORS NAMED NATIONAL MERIT COMMENDED STUDENTS Seven seniors were named Commended Students in the 2017 National Merit Scholarship Program. Commended Students placed in the top 5 percent of more than 1.5 million students who entered the competition.

The students were honored by Head of School Pamela Juan Hayes ’64 at an Upper School assembly last fall.

The head of the Upper School, Jayne Collins, honored the students, saying “Congratulations to these bright young scholars who have

excelled in their classes and have been role models for intellectual curiosity.”

“The young men and women being named Commended Students have demonstrated outstanding potential for academic success,” commented a spokesperson for the National Merit Scholarship Program. “These students represent a valuable national resource; recognizing their accomplishments, as well as the key role their schools play in their academic development, is vital to the advancement of educational excellence in our nation.”

The following students were presented with a Letter of Commendation from the School and the National Merit Scholarship Corporation: • Kathleen Danahy • Clare Hammonds • Morgan Johnson • Clare Keeney • Emily Micciulli • Kendall Newman • Alexandra Yu.

Sacred Heart Greenwich • cshgreenwich.org

15

Lower School students with artist-in-residence

The Arts at Sacred Heart Sacred Heart Greenwich recognizes the important role the arts play and provides opportunities for its students in all divisions to be involved in fine and performing arts programs. Students in the Lower, Middle and Upper Schools perform in concerts, plays and musicals, sharpening their skills while developing confidence and taking risks on stage as singers, dancers, musicians and actors. They hone their visual art skills through a variety of art programs.

Middle and Upper School students set records this year in the Scholastic Writing Awards and won many awards in photography and visual arts in the Scholastic Art Awards. In addition to achieving a school record for the most writing awards in a single year, Sacred Heart won the most awards among all competing schools. Forty-two students in Middle and Upper School took home 58 writing awards.

FOR A CLOSER LOOK AT THE WINNERS, visit cshgreenwich.org.

Upper School performs “Fiddler on the Roof”

Middle School produces “Beauty and the Beast Jr.”

16

HORIZONS spring 2017

Kindergarten Publishing Party

Give from the Heart!

By Melissa Canoni, director of advancement • canonim@cshct.org • 203-532-3326 Some may recall the old expression “give ’til it hurts,” a phrase equating philanthropy with sacrifice, pain and obligation.

Fundraising volunteers and professionals invoked these words to cajole donors and guilt them into donating.

True generosity, though, as we know it at Sacred Heart Greenwich, is given from the heart. This was evident on Valentine’s Day when our alumnae rallied for Give from the Heart!, the School’s first crowdfunding effort.

Restricted to financial aid, the goal of raising $10,000 in 24 hours was exceeded by raising

$15,988.14 from 172 alumnae! Participation went global with gifts from Norway, Ireland, England and 17 U.S. states. Gifts ranged from $5 to $1,000, proving that gifts of all sizes truly make a difference.

Give from the Heart! went viral with 5,000 views across all of our social media channels.

The response was heartening as alumnae posted photos and shared their own stories of love and appreciation for the education they received at Sacred Heart and the desire to support our current students.

At Sacred Heart Greenwich, parents,

alumnae, grandparents, faculty, staff and students support each other and our local and international communities through gifts to The Fund for Sacred Heart, clothing and book drives, donations to our sister school in Uganda, Parents’ Association events, and events for special purposes, such as the Summer Outreach Golf Outing, Come Home for Christmas, and the biennial Green & White Benefit.

At Sacred Heart Greenwich, philanthropy is a joyous activity shared with true gifts from the heart.

Sacred Heart Greenwich • cshgreenwich.org

17

SACRED HEART

FALL SEASON

HIGHLIGHTS Congratulations to our Middle School, junior varsity and varsity teams who sustained excellence as they concluded the fall season and competed in the Fairchester Athletic Association (FAA) championship tournaments.

(As Horizons went to press, the winter season was still in play.)

CREW In the Head of the Charles Regatta, the world’s largest two-day rowing competition, Sacred Heart placed a very impressive 36th, which automatically qualified the team for the 2017 regatta.

Sacred Heart’s Novice 4+ earned a silver medal at the Head of the Schuylkill Regatta.

Four out of five boats beat Greenwich Academy on October 15, 2016.

CROSS COUNTRY RECORD: 20–7 The team earned 1st place at the 13th Annual O’Connell Cross Country Invitational at Cheshire Academy.

They earned 2nd place at the Fairchester Athletic Association (FAA) in Championship with an outstanding score of 70.

They crossed the finish line 4th out of 14 teams competing in the Collegiate Invitational at Van Cortlandt Park in New York City on October 21, 2016. Senior captain Mackenzie Jordan won the 2.5 mile race with a time of 16:11.4.

All 7 runners at the New England Division II Championships achieved season-best.

18

Senior to row for George Washington Senior Lilly O’Sullivan signed a National Letter of Intent to row for the George Washington University Division 1 crew team.

Lilly competed for Sacred Heart’s crew team and this year was a member of Connecticut Boat Club, where she primarily rows a port rower.

“I chose George Washington University because the second I stepped onto the campus I fell in love with it,” O’Sullivan said. “I could easily picture myself there for the next four years.”

Her older sister, Emily ’15, was a basketball player at Sacred Heart who surpassed the 1,000-career point plateau. Emily plays on the basketball team at Haverford College.

Like her sister, Lilly will head to college knowing she is ready, thanks to the time she has spent at Sacred Heart.

“Sacred Heart has prepared me for this by providing me with many tools and people who have allowed me to decide the way I want my future to go,” O’Sullivan said. “I am very grateful to have been able to choose such a great school like GW, and Sacred Heart has helped me be my true self throughout this decision.”

O’Sullivan is a member of the Italian Club and the Leo Zoological Club at Sacred Heart, and participated in Mock Trial. She plans on attending George Washington’s business school to major in sports management and psychology.

Cross Country

Mackenzie Jordan ’17 achieved a number of recognitions during the fall 2016 cross-country season. Mackenzie won the 2016 Fairchester Athletic Association Championship and the 2016 Collegiate Invitational at Van Cortlandt Park, in New York City.

She placed fourth at the New England Division II Championship Race at Tabor Academy and earned an opportunity to race in the New England All-Star Event for the fourth straight year. She is a four-time All-New England runner and placed second in the 2016 New England All-Star Race. Mac kenzie placed second in the 2016 New England Division II Championships.

She set a school record of 19 minu tes and 19 seconds for a 3.1-mile race on November 12, 201 6.

Basketball Freshman Leah Atkins was selected as an honorable mention tournament player at the 54th Paul “Frosty” Francis Kingswood Oxford Basketball Invitational Tournament, which was held during Christmas break. The Kingswood Invitational Tournament is the longest-running prep basketball tournament in New England.

Sacred Heart Greenwich • cshgreenwich.org

19

VARSITY FIELD HOCKEY RECORD: 15–5 Beat Westminster School and Kent School for the first time 2nd place in FAA regular season with 7 wins and 1 loss FAA tournament finalist New England tournament quarterfinalist; first time competing

JV A FIELD HOCKEY RECORD: 10–2–1 JV FAA tournament champions

JV B FIELD HOCKEY RECORD: 5–2–1

VARSITY SOCCER RECORD: 6–8–5 6th place in FAA regular season FAA tournament quarterfinalist Beat Greenwich Academy for the first time in the regular season

JV SOCCER RECORD: 9–7–2 Achieved its best record in more than 11 years

VARSITY VOLLEYBALL RECORD: 14–5 2nd place in FAA regular season with 7 wins and 1 loss

Volleyball

FAA tournament finalist

Jenna Whelan ’17 was presented with the 2016 Val Dickinson Memorial Volleyball Award at the Upper School athletics assembly on November 21 by a representative of the Connecticut Federation of Volleyball Officials (CFVO). Given in memory of Ms. Dickinson, a CFVO official, who was inducted posthumously to the Connecticut Women’s Volleyball Hall of Fame in 2009, this honor recognizes seniors who played for high schools in Fairfield County. Recipients are selected based upon their exemplary volleyball skills, exhibition of leadership, teamwork, sportsmanship and their love of the game.

New England tournament quarterfinalist; second appearance

JV VOLLEYBALL RECORD: 8–13

20

HORIZONS spring 2017

SAVE THE DATE:

MAY 21

For the Love of the Game and Katie

Swimmers Set Records In Newly Renovated Aquatic Facility

Sacred Heart’s swimmers have set pool records in our newly renovated aquatic facility.

On January 17, the 200-yard medley relay team set a new record Miss record of 1:57.50 was established by for our pool of 1:55.73. The previous nnor ’19 rt’s medley team included Emma O’Co Porters School in 2004. Sacred Hea erfly and butt — ’18 oll breaststroke, Kalyna Carr — backstroke, Katelin Ulmer ’19 — Hackley the ated rd was set as swimmers defe Caleigh Pope ’18 — freestyle. The reco School team. relay team ol on January 18, the 400-yard free In a meet against the Westover Scho ’21 Wise la Ursu and ’18, Kalyna Carroll ’18 of Emma O’Connor ’19, Caleigh Pope ed in blish esta previous record of 3:58.20 was set a new pool record of 3:56.84. The 2003 by Miss Porters. the ming facility has significantly impacted “The recent renovation of the swim as well as tes, athle entexperience for our stud quality of the training and competing . ctor ,” said Kelly Stone, athletic dire our instructional swimming program for spectators, In addition to the enhanced seating e to improve many other changes have been mad of the facility. ation the overall appearance and oper n of a new llatio Swimmers will benefit from the insta ic touch-pads at Colorado Timing System with electron ks, a scoreboard the end of each lane, digital pace cloc renovations were The m. and an underwater sound syste rt family.

Hea generously underwritten by a Sacred

The 15th annual Katie Cassidy Higgins ’96 Memorial Lacrosse Tournament will be held on Sunday, May 21, on the fields at Sacred Heart Greenwich.

Join us as we honor Katie’s memory and her spirit, work ethic and love of athletics.

Katie, a three-sport varsity athlete in field hockey, basketball and lacrosse, attended Sacred Heart from kindergarten through twelfth grade. After graduating in 1996, she went on to play lacrosse at St. Lawrence University. During her sophomore year, her life was tragically cut short while crossing the street.

Tournament proceeds support a four-year scholarship to Sacred Heart. Since it began, the tournament has sponsored the education of four Upper School students. The tournament is open to girls’ lacrosse teams in seventh and eighth grades in Fairfield and Westchester Counties. Each year, there is a huge turnout from the hundreds of lacrosse players competing on the School’s athletic fields, to the large group of families and alumnae enjoying music, food and games. (above) Middle school teams competing in the 2016 Katie Cassidy Higgins ’96 Memorial Lacrosse Tournament

FOR UP-TO-DATE ATHLETIC NEWS, www.cshgreenwich.org/page/athletics

Sacred Heart Greenwich • cshgreenwich.org

21

75inYears Greenwich 22

HORIZONS spring 2017

BY VICTORIA TAYLOR ALLEN H ’13, SCHOOL HISTORIAN

In 2017, Sacred Heart Greenwich marks

75 years at our home here in Greenwich, the town where we have grown, prospered and expanded our circle of friendship and intellectual achievement.

Sacred Heart Greenwich • cshgreenwich.org

23

Our stated goal in establishing the School was

“To establish, organize, maintain and conduct an institution for the education of children and women in the various departments of elementary and secondary education and to perform such works of education, charity and religion as may be determined by its by-laws.”

T

his statement appeared in the official Articles of Association of the School, but long before those words were written came the purchase of “Friendship,” the much-loved house and its land belonging to Dina Block, the widow of newspaper publisher Paul Block. The original 180-acre estate extended far along King Street, and down to the Byram River, its land planted with specimen trees that overlooked a small golf course, a pool and a farm. The original owner of the estate, Henry Steers, built the house itself in 1904. Its red brick façade and green-shuttered windows gave the place a warm, almost cozy look, and from its very beginning, the house was filled with happy families and guests who loved the place.

By the time 1941 began, the estate was in a forlorn condition, Paul Block having died, his widow now living elsewhere and a world war raging in Europe. Shortly after Pearl Harbor was attacked in December of that year, Mrs. Block decided to try to sell the house and its land. In 1942, the Society of the Sacred Heart visited the property and concluded that it would be the perfect place for a new school. Having been forced to leave Maplehurst in the Bronx because of New York City’s decision to expand the entrance ramps to the George Washington Bridge almost into the school grounds, the Society was eager to establish a new base, relatively close to the City, but in a quieter, suburban area.

In addition to the large house and its dependent cottages was the farm, and just as soon as the weather became warmer, the religious of the Sacred Heart began to use the property as a summer community where they could come for a rest in the summer and establish a “Victory Garden,” a World War II plan to provide homegrown food during the time of rationing. By 1945, the Society refurbished the house and grounds and was ready to bring its students to the School.

The House Journal reads: “So the small chapel was made ready; the master bedrooms became classrooms, the floors were polished and ninety-eight children who shared the energetic spirit of the religious were welcomed on the appointed day.”

Soon, students and teachers, the house and the land began to grow and flourish.

By the time that the centennial of the foundation of Sacred Heart schools in New York City was observed in 1948, nearly 300 people celebrated the big event in the “new” gymnasium, a Quonset hut that would serve the School until a new facility was dedicated in 1990. Life at

24

HORIZONS spring 2017

The school community at the opening liturgy of the 2016–2017 school year

School was busy, with students taking courses in English, Religion, History, Algebra, Geometry, Latin and French.

School life was centered mostly in the original building (now Salisbury Hall), and is described by retired English teacher Kaye Cherry ’53, RSCJ, as: “…what is now the parlor was the library…the entire area where Admissions is now was taken up by the study hall. We…sat at table-like desks with lids, were meant to keep strict silence for study, but when we wanted to have a discreet, and illegal conversation with a neighbor, we raised the tops of the desk and quietly conversed behind them until the mistress in charge caught on and called out names.”

As the School grew larger, a much-needed expansion was in order. In 1959, with 271 students, the religious decided that it was time to build an addition. By November of 1960, there was a new wing with large study halls, additional classrooms, a library, a science lab and an auditorium. The original swimming pool

As the world has expanded, we have too.

Our main building remains, more beautiful than ever. There are attractive new classrooms with the latest in technology.

Sacred Heart Greenwich • cshgreenwich.org

25

“As our predecessors stated long ago:

‘The purpose of the school is: to instill into the youthful mind a solid and permanent love of religion, to train the heart to virtue, as well as to cultivate and adorn the intellect…’”

26

HORIZONS spring 2017

added by Paul Block was enclosed. The main building now had a new, large chapel, dining rooms and a new kitchen. True to the founding principles of the School, community service and outreach activities not only flourished, but also expanded, with volunteerism at a children’s hospital, located where Fairview Country Club is now, and in a variety of places around the Greenwich area. Throughout those years of growth, faith was, as it had always been, of great importance to the entire school community, expressed both in practice and in community service.

The School continued to expand in its enrollment, facilities and academics. Sacred Heart acquired the 118-acre campus from the Society in 2011, establishing the direction for future growth with opening in 2015 of the 35,600 sq. ft. Athletic Center, an expanded student dining room and a new outdoor commons with amphitheater and playgrounds.

Originally located near the old barn, the Farm Program moved to a large property in Dutchess County, N.Y. Now known as Sprout Creek Farm and run by the Society, the programs draw students from Sacred Heart schools and area public schools, as well as adults who are interested in experiential environmental studies. Today, in the area around our old barn is a college-level outdoor observatory, staffed by an experienced professional astronomer. During the summer, the happy voices of 260 children who qualify for the free-lunch program in their public schools, can be heard during the five weeks we offer the Summer Outreach Program.

As the world has expanded, we have too. Our main building remains, more beautiful than ever. There are attractive new classrooms with the latest in technology. Our new Athletic Center allows our students to play competitive sports year-round on campus, coached by professionals. The curriculum has expanded at every level with many new offerings, state-ofthe art technology, STEAM (science, technology, engineering, arts and

math), and a focus on internationality that emphasizes growth as a responsible global citizen. The student world is a wide one, extending as it does into numerous parts of the globe through experiential learning made possible by our Exchange Program.

Since our founding in 1848 in New York City, we have remained steadfast in our mission to educate our students to be women of character, intellect, spirituality and generosity to others. As our predecessors stated long ago: ”The purpose of the school is: to instill into the youthful mind a solid and permanent love of religion, to train the heart to virtue, as well as to cultivate and adorn the intellect…is the main purpose of the Ladies of the Society of the Sacred Heart of Jesus...Not in the least important of educational results is the acquisition of steady habits of order, of industry, critical thinking, and reasoning.”

True to the faith, our students have prayer services, retreats and Masses; serve as Eucharistic Ministers; and engage in community service and social justice programs that bring the world to our doorstep.

We welcome members of all religious faiths into our community.

We are different than we were 75 years ago. The world and studies at Sacred Heart have expanded in our changed world, but our hearts remain always with our faith, service to others and our love for our beloved School.

Sacred Heart Greenwich • cshgreenwich.org

27

SophieConnect Sacred Heart’s Online Learning Empowers Students Worldwide

By Matilde Larson and Karl Haeseler, directors of SophieConnect

Even our intrepid Philippine Duchesne, who journeyed to America to bring Sacred Heart education to the new world, could not have envisioned online learning and the expansion of the Sacred Heart education experience into this new frontier. Her entrepreneurial spirit, however, inspires those of us who continue her work, and thus SophieConnect was born. Now in its second academic year, this partnership-driven, online learning enterprise is flourishing and looking to seek out new frontiers of its own.

Community Today, learning and growth happen in many different arenas, which is why SophieConnect provides students the chance to discover Sacred Heart in a different light: independent of geographic location, cultural contexts or national identity. The social learning experience builds on commonalities inherent in Sacred Heart schools while expanding awareness of the global dimension of Sacred Heart’s mission and values. It also holds the potential to provide a virtual network exchange experience for all Sacred Heart students.

To date, 14 schools from Canada and the United States have committed funds and other resources in support of this online learning collaborative. Currently, SophieConnect is offering eight academic courses, including AP Music Theory, Latin and AP Microeconomics, as well as one professional development course about the history of Sacred Heart education. This program allows schools to add fully accredited Advanced Placement courses at a fraction of what it would cost to run them face to face, while adding new dimensions of online learning that are securely embedded in Sacred Heart traditions and values.

28

HORIZONS spring 2017

These two Sacred Heart Greenwich seniors, left to right, Clare Hammonds and Elizabeth Bachman, are taking John Martone’s Latin course through SophieConnect.

“I decided to take AP Music Theory through SophieConnect because I am going to study music in college, and music theory is an extremely important part of music education. I really enjoy taking this class because I have gotten to know students from all different Sacred Heart schools. I have talked to girls taking the class who go to the Sacred Heart schools in Houston and San Francisco.

It is great to have this connection, and without SophieConnect I would not have gotten to know them.” —Delia Hughes ’17

Mindset We know that the future success of our graduates rests not only on their content knowledge, but also on their learning skills and the mindsets they bring to a task. Key to SophieConnect’s popularity as an innovative extension of Sacred Heart education is not only the extraordinary online courses — from Marine Biology to Computer Science — but also the set of skills and dispositions students gain in non-traditional learning environments that support opportunities for intellectual, social and behavioral growth. These courses provide challenging learning spaces for critical or innovative thinkers, teamwork and effective communication; skills, that are especially important in globally, integrated economies.

Academic excellence SophieConnect teachers are “Sacred Heart” — from Greenwich, Houston, St. Louis, Halifax and Montreal — and are well versed in the subjects they teach and have experience translating their classroom expertise into an effective online learning environment. Their motivation to teach for SophieConnect is both personal and professional, because they believe in the value of preparing our students to thrive in an online class, which they most certainly will encounter in their post-secondary academic careers. Our teachers also believe in the value of maintaining and nurturing those invaluable traditions unique to Sacred Heart schools in all academic settings, whether brick-and-mortar schools or the virtual classroom. This is why every SophieConnect course is anchored in the Five Goals that enshrine our mission. There is particular emphasis on Goal Three, which calls for encountering social justice issues by raising awareness and taking action.

SophieConnect uses an asynchronous model for facilitating online learning, which means students do not have to be online at specified times in order to participate. This model is the most commonly used approach in designing online learning in the United States, and it is important to note that the courses are not self-paced. A teacher/ facilitator sets the pace, monitors progress, responds to students via discussion board posts, provides audio-visual lectures/content, and is very much “a presence” in his or her course.

SophieConnect teachers include materials and post discussion questions that challenge students to think critically about real-world problems through virtual discussions with other Sacred Heart students throughout the country. The opportunities online learning affords our students go far beyond the material covered in the class.

They gain first-hand experience in what it means to be connected to others who share their existence as a Sacred Heart student. Many form virtual relationships extending beyond the online classroom via social media and some encounter their virtual classmates during network exchanges or summer projects. SophieConnect offers students opportunities to discover common ties that define the Sacred Heart experience, no matter how far apart they are geographically. The shared learning experience helps build community by magnifying identity as members of a global community and holds the potential to provide a virtual network exchange experience for all Sacred Heart students.

SophieConnect is preparing to expand nationally and globally to further leverage the potential for international collaboration.

Reaching out to schools in Australia, Ireland, the United Kingdom and Japan is a first step in establishing a global partnership that would allow for the virtual network exchanges to become even more meaningful and enduring.

The foundations for building a strong community beyond familiar frontiers is what Philippine Duchesne had in mind when she ventured into the “New World” more than 200 years ago. SophieConnect is taking a leap toward new frontiers.

Matilde Larson teaches journalism and English as a member of the Upper School English department. Karl Haeseler is director of educational technology and an Upper School computer science teacher.

Sacred Heart Greenwich • cshgreenwich.org

29

Students learn about Chinese culture, such as this celebration of the Moon Festival, while practicing their Chinese.

Teaching Chinese to Lower School Students

By Kathleen S. Failla

The Lower School’s new Chinese teacher, Difei Shi, is encouraging her young learners to have fun while they learn a new language. Parents, she said, might think, “Chinese is too challenging for the children to learn. But the truth is that young learners find that learning Chinese is a very interesting and different experience.” The tools she uses are familiar to students:

storytelling and technology.

30

HORIZONS spring 2017

Second-grader Camilla Pazmino is using an iPad app to create a book on the Chinese characters she is learning

Cecilia Heyworth and Jesseva Taylor, left to right, created Chinese greeting cards to mark the Chinese New Year, which was celebrated by wearing a splash of red

When teaching the Chinese characters, for example, she uses storytelling. “I start with telling my students how the character starts its life as pictures of physical objects, and the story and culture behind it,” said Ms. Shi. This helps students as they are introduced to a written system that is very different from the English language.”

Immersion in the language is helpful, too.

“In Chinese class, students are immersed in the Chinese language through many fun activities such as games, songs, stories, arts and hands-on projects,” she said. “Other subjects, such as math, science and social studies, are integrated to provide a meaningful context for the children to understand and use Chinese to communicate.

Speaking and listening is the focus, with the introduction to reading and writing characters through a multi-sensory approach. We also include technology in Chinese class by asking children to create an electronic Chinese book and a puppet show on their iPad.” Her goal is to create a learning environment to encourage children in their study of the Chinese language.

Lower School Chinese Teacher Difei Shi is working with second-grader Jane Banegas.

Sacred Heart Greenwich • cshgreenwich.org

31

Succeed Daring to

Senior Clare Hammonds delivered the following reflection at the All Saints Liturgy, November 1, 2016, on her service experience at the Red Cloud Indian School.

32

HORIZONS spring 2017

Two summers ago, I traveled to the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota with a group of Sacred Heart Greenwich students and educators.

Our work was laid out for us: We were to assist in the classrooms as the students learned, interacted and played. However, there was no clear goal for us. We knew our job, but none of us knew what we could possibly give to or receive from the children of Red Cloud School. Over the course of my week there, I became immersed in a completely new culture, exposed to drastically different ideas and attached to so many students of the school.

Sacred Heart Greenwich • cshgreenwich.org

33

In our theme for this school year, “educating to new frontiers,” we strive to embody the spirit of St. Madeleine Sophie Barat and St. Rose Philippine Duchesne, who lived their lives with the same adventurous spirit that so many in the Sacred Heart community possess today. St. Madeleine Sophie had the courage to recognize a need for female education that had not previously been considered the status quo. St. Philippine Duchesne ventured out in her work with the Potawatomi tribe as a missionary of God. In our theme for this school year, we strive to embody the spirit of these two saints in our everyday lives. Not everyone has the same obstacles to overcome. Perhaps for one student, their frontier is beginning to learn a different language, while for a teacher, their frontier is trying a new teaching style.

Sometimes we may not even realize what our frontiers are until we pass them, until we

realize how much we have come forward in our ideas, thoughts and beliefs.

We must dare to transgress boundaries. We could stick to what we know, or we can try something new. We could play it safe, or we can make mistakes. Sacred Heart educators recognize the value in learning by doing, and encourage us to realize that we are not perfect. Instead of instructing us to strive for perfection, Sacred Heart pushes us to be better versions of ourselves.

So maybe my goal of working on the Pine Ridge reservation was not to help others, but to let others help me. Maybe instead of pushing the Red Cloud students to explore their academic horizons, I was pushed to open myself up to the plethora of ideas surrounding me.

On Pine Ridge, tradition and ancestry are valued. In the modern world, we tend to overvalue things like wealth, power or fame.

My experience at Red Cloud allowed me to understand that there is value in both the old and the new. This challenge to modern society’s standards was the frontier I had dared myself to cross.

We each have a mission, with frontiers to cross and challenges to overcome. Sacred Heart works to educate students with roots in faith and service. Students are preparing themselves to go out and serve the world. St. Madeleine Sophie and St. Philippine Duchesne left all of us a legacy. A legacy to live every day as an adventure. A legacy to embrace challenges as an opportunity. A legacy to dare.

“St. Madeleine Sophie and St. Philippine Duchesne left all of us a legacy. A legacy to live every day as an adventure. A legacy to embrace challenges as an opportunity.

A legacy to dare.”

34

HORIZONS spring 2017

Creating positive change at

Red Cloud

By Kathleen S. Failla

F

opportunities for service, as they learn about modern Native Americans.

William Mottolese, English department chair, became deeply involved with Red Cloud during his sabbatical two years ago. Dr. Mottolese along with Upper School Math Teacher Judene Pendergast and her husband, John, chair of Religion and Philosophy at the Brunswick School, collaborated to design a comprehensive curriculum for Red Cloud.

Mrs. Pendergast returned to Red Cloud last spring with a group of Upper School students. Junior Charlotte Sheehan was on the trip and commented, “It was humbling to see the friendly and positive nature of the students at Red Cloud, despite the immense hardships that many of them face.”

Red Cloud left an impression on faculty, too. After her first trip last summer, Ellyn Stewart, director of Broadcast Journalism, said, “I was struck by the resilience, positivity and sense of humor of the people we met on the Pine Ridge reservation. I am grateful for their hospitality and for Sacred Heart’s continued commitment to support collaboration between our two schools.”

© OZGURCOSKUN/SHUTTERSTOCK.COM

ather George Winzenburg, S.J., president of Red Cloud Indian School on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, visits Sacred Heart each year to strengthen the relationship between our two schools.

Greeting our students in the Lakota language, Father George spoke about the challenges imposed by life on the reservation on his visit in December.

He introduced a fine example of the Red Cloud alumni, Nikina Mills, who graduated from Creighton University in Omaha, Neb., in 2002.

Despite personal challenges, she worked hard and graduated with a degree in sociology, receiving the prestigious Spirit of Creighton Award.

Mrs. Mills spoke to our students about her decision to return to Pine Ridge, where her first job with Social Services gave her an unvarnished view of the critical needs of young people on the reservation.

She became convinced that education was vital to overcoming problems there. In 2012, she joined Red Cloud as director of Student Advancement and Alumni Support. She works with guidance counselors to prepare students for college and provides an array of support to help them graduate from college and improve their lives.

The relationship between Sacred Heart and Red Cloud (redcloudschool.org) has evolved into a partnership with Sacred Heart teachers and students visiting the reservation over spring break and summer vacations to assist with educational needs.

This immersion experience has been beneficial to Sacred Heart, as it informs our school community on social justice issues and provides students with

Sacred Heart Greenwich • cshgreenwich.org

35

Winners of the 2016 President’s Environmental Youth Award are, left to right, Katherine Siciliano ’16 and Madison Miles ’16.

36

HORIZONS spring 2017

Accepting their award at a White House ceremony are, left to right, Mary Musolino, Madison Miles and Katherine Siciliano.

Advancing the Future of Science

BY KATHLEEN S. FAILLA

Sacred Heart’s three-year Science Research Program offers girls who are passionate about STEM (science, tech, engineering and math) an advanced curriculum to prepare them for careers in science.

Students take the course for three years and work on their ideas for research with the opportunity to be mentored by notable scientists at leading universities and hospitals engaged in research.

Under the guidance of Upper School Science Teacher Mary Musolino, students are gaining national attention for their work. Last summer, Mrs. Musolino and two of her students, Madison Miles ’16 and Katherine Siciliano ’16, traveled to the White House where they were recognized by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for outstanding contributions to improving the environment.

The students received the President’s Environmental Youth Award (PEYA) for their project, which created food waste compost that can do the job of a chemical fertilizer.

Sacred Heart Greenwich • cshgreenwich.org

37

The students carefully tested and studied different formulations of food waste to create a specific formula that helps protect people and the environment from potentially harmful runoff and chemical waste, while still helping plants grow.

Madison and Katherine conducted individual research projects during sophomore and junior year. Each student’s project was completed by senior year and gained recognition, Madison’s Eastern bluebird project by the Naturalist Awards Competition and Katherine’s invasive species study at the Connecticut Science Fair. As seniors, they decided to work together on the joint environmental project for PEYA and conducted literature research, designed experiments and completed testing and analysis. Both are considering the pursuit of science while in college. Madison is attending Cornell University and Katherine is at Boston University.

This year, the Science Research program is highlighting the accomplishments of many students, who will be entering this year’s regional and national pre-college science competitions. Several student teams hope their work will merit a trip to the White House and will submit their work to the 2017 competition for the EPA’s President’s Environmental Youth Award.

Highlights of 2016–17 student work in the Science Research Program:

38

HORIZONS spring 2017

Seniors Ava Vanech, left, and Stephanie Comer in the science lab

Yale University Neurology Research: Ava Vanech ’17 worked at Yale University School of Medicine during her junior summer through the Discovery to Cure Program, a highly competitive program for high school juniors. Her project is “Investigating Mechanisms of Absence Seizure Severity.” Ava, who grew up in a household “where creativity and innovation were encouraged,” said science was of interest from her earliest age.

Ava was able to continue her passion for science in the research course.

“Through my research for this class, as well as my personal investigations into current neuroscience advancements, I became fascinated with pediatric neurology and found that there is still so much to be discovered in this area,” said Ava. “I was drawn to the

work on Childhood Absence Epilepsy being done at the Blumenfeld Lab at Yale Medical School so I reached out to the lab’s principal investigator, Dr. Hal Blumenfeld. After visiting the lab and learning more about their research, Dr. Blumenfeld offered me a summer internship to conduct research on a project looking at seizure severity in absence epilepsy. He also suggested that I apply to the Discovery to Cure program at Yale. Even though I had already been offered a position in the lab, he suggested I apply to get the necessary lab training, as well as to have more structure and supplementary activities to enhance my summer experience.”

Ava submitted her research paper on absence seizures into the Regeneron Science Talent Search and received a digital badge for her work. A research report digital badge is awarded to students in

Alexandra Grusky ’17, left, with NOAA researchers on Long Island Sound last summer

recognition of a well-written college-level research paper. The Regeneron competition, formerly known as the Intel Science Talent Search, is a competition for high school seniors who have completed an independent science research project prior to the fall of their senior year. Applicants submit their academic records, essays, recommendations from teachers and a 20-page research paper on their work.

Ava’s course work continues as she has also submitted a business plan for a water filtration product to the Conrad Spirit of Innovation Challenge, a national competition that honors the legacy of Apollo 12 astronaut Charles “Pete” Conrad and his four-decade passion for innovation and entrepreneurship. Four teams of Upper School students have submitted business plans for their environmental products to the Conrad Challenge this year.

NOAA Marine Biology Research: Alexandra (Ally) Grusky ’17 conducted field research at Milford Laboratories (Milford, CT) in conjunction with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). She compared the habitats of oyster-farming cages and rocky reefs in Long Island Sound by collecting data on juvenile finfish and by taking measurements at each habitat. Ally is currently presenting her research project, “A Temporal and Spatial Distribution Assessment of Centropristis striata for the Appraisal of Oyster Aquaculture Cages as Suitable Artificial Habitats for Temperate Fish,” at regional symposia.

Columbia University Cardiac Research: Stephanie Comer ’17 worked at Columbia University’s Herbert Irving Comprehensive Cancer Center during her sophomore summer. Her study, “Evaluation of the Platelet Aggregation Inhibitor RUC-4,” demonstrated the promise this treatment holds in treating people who have experienced a heart attack.

Weill Cornell Study on Women’s Health: Francesca Lippolis ’17 worked at Weill Cornell Medical College during her sophomore summer and New York University’s Langone School of Medicine during her junior summer. Her study at Weill focused on women’s health and is titled “Comparing the Levels of the Protein HE4 in Patients with Malignant and Benign Adnexal Masses.” Francesca's research was recognized with an award at the Connecticut STEM Fair during her junior year​.

Sacred Heart Greenwich • cshgreenwich.org

39

Justice Educating to New

By Kathleen S. Failla

40

HORIZONS spring 2017

Frontiers of Love &

C

ivil Rights activist Joanne Bland was the keynote speaker at Sacred Heart’s annual celebration of the life and mission of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. The theme of the 2017 prayer service was “Educating to New Frontiers of Love and Justice.”

“Today we affirm our need to be educated and to educate, to be people of compassion and communion and reconciliation,” said Head of School Pamela Juan Hayes ’64, addressing the all-school assembly in DuBois Gym.

Civil Rights Activist Joanne Bland

Mrs. Bland entered the packed gymnasium heading a procession of the Madrigals and eighth-grade students singing “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot,” let by soloist Jodanna Domond ’17.

Students played a major role throughout the service. They took to the podium to deliver gospel readings, speeches and prayers for justice, compassion and courage. Five members of the Upper School club AWARE and their faculty adviser, Kerry Bader, encouraged all to take action for social justice.

Mrs. Bland delivered a powerful message based on her experience in the Civil Rights movement of the 1960s and the fight for passage of the Voting Rights Act of 1965. “That same act has been under attack since then.

We’ve come a long, long way since (1965), but we’re not where we need to be,” she said.

As a child in Alabama, Mrs. Bland recounted not being able to sit at the lunch

counter like white children, an inequality that motivated her from a young age. With other local children and teens, she participated in activist efforts organized by the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee. She was arrested in 13 documented instances by the time she was 11 years old.

Mrs. Bland participated in freedom marches with Dr. King and other Civil Rights leaders that came to be known as “Bloody Sunday” and “Turnaround Tuesday.”

She encouraged the students to work for social justice. “You are the ones we have been waiting for,” she told the Sacred Heart student body. “Movements for social change are like a jigsaw puzzle.

Everybody has a piece — everybody.”

The Concordia College GospelKnights, the Madrigals and the Vision Steppers provided inspiring music and performances.

The GospelKnights

“

You are the ones we have been waiting for,”

Mrs. Bland told the Sacred Heart student body.

“Movements for social change are like a jigsaw puzzle.

Everybody has a piece —

The Madrigals

everybody.”

Sacred Heart Greenwich • cshgreenwich.org

41

ALUMNAE news Dear Alumnae and Sacred Heart Family: From my perch in the alumnae office at 1177 King Street, I see much of our 118-acre campus, the highest point in all of Greenwich. The trees are bare, allowing a view of Long Island Sound. Our beautiful campus is a reminder of all the hard work that goes on outside and inside at Sacred Heart Greenwich.

Our Office of Alumnae Relations, headed by Meghan Mara Ryan ’01, is hard at work reaching out to our alumnae near and far, and welcoming you back to campus. This past autumn, alumnae returned to campus for one of our most well attended reunions in our history, and introduced a brand new Young Alumnae Spirit Award. We coupled our reunion with the Fall Festival, and many alumnae brought their infants and toddlers to enjoy the spectacular day. Thank you to all the alumnae board members and the reunion committee who worked on Reunion 2016, making it our most successful yet. Photos, award winners and more about Reunion 2016 can be found in the following pages.

In November and December 2016, we held two sports reunions for our athletes. For the first time ever, we hosted alumnae volleyball and swimming reunions, which spanned generations from the Class of 1963 to the Class of 2016. Current students and alumnae enjoyed some friendly competition, and the alumnae had a chance to reconnect with each other and Sacred Heart.

For the fourth year in a row, we held Come Home for Christmas, a weekend event that grows more successful each year. On Friday, December 2, alumnae, parents, faculty, staff, and friends gathered in the new gyms for cocktails, dinner, silent auctions, and a humorous “Ugly Sweater Contest.” On Sunday, December 4, we held a day for families that was well attended by alumnae who returned for Mass and to shop at the Christmas boutique of 38 vendors for gifts for family and friends. Sunday’s events included activities for children: a visit with Santa, shopping Greenwich-Maplehurst Alumnae Association Board 2016–2017 President Dreux Dubin Claiden ’77 Vice President Sarah Jorquera ’79

42

HORIZONS spring 2017

Treasurer Erinn Laragh Denson ’85 Secretary Deana McGlasson McCabe ’89 Board Members Gabriella Almeida ’07 Tory Bensen ’10 Caitlyn Harrington Bertoncin ’03 Maureen Mara Brown ’82 Michelle Vittoria Gelinas Buford ’88

2016–2017 Alumnae Association Board

at Santa’s Secret Shop where children purchased affordable gifts for family, and gingerbread house decorating. The entire weekend captured the Christmas spirit. I would like to thank all the alumnae who volunteered at Come Home for Christmas, especially Nicole Russo Steinthal ’88 and Liz Waldrop ’77, who coordinated both the vendor boutique and Santa’s Secret Shop.

Proceeds from the entire weekend netted nearly $100,000 for the Faculty and Staff Professional Development Fund.

Our alumnae events take place here at Sacred Heart and wherever alumnae reside. We welcome you to come home to our campus or join us at one of the destination events. Our next event will take place in San Francisco on Thursday, April 27, 2017. No matter where you are, you always have a home at Sacred Heart Greenwich. Welcome Home.

Sincerely,

Dreux Dubin Claiden ’77 President, Greenwich-Maplehurst Alumnae Association Roxana Maffei Burciago ’99 Johna McCoy Clear (91st St.) ’91 Sara Callagy Finn ’88 Noël Ausserlechner Gilbert ’00 Rita Houlihan ’66 Debbie Busby Kunces ’73 Vanessa Palo Lowry ’99 Margot Kearney Navins ’02 Kathleen Plunkett O’Connor ’89 Jennifer Bentley Rivera ’94 Nicole Russo Steinthal ’88 Sarah Quick Stuebe ’04

Colby Gargano Summers ’01 Liz Waldrup ’77 Kelly Whipple ’06 Ex Officio Pamela Juan Hayes ’64, Head of School Melissa Canoni, Director of Advancement Meghan Mara Ryan ’01, Director of Alumnae Relations

ALUMNAE news

SACRED HEART gatherings young alum CONGÉ

1. College-age alumnae gathered January 3 for the annual networking lunch with the seniors.

2

2. Francesca Hay ’15, Marie Riera ’15, Alexa DiTursi ’15 and Maddy Hay ’13 3. Marie Njie Mitchell ’16, Devika Arjoon ’16 and Brooke Remsen ’16

1

3

4. Maddy Hay ’13, Taylor Ryan ’13, Lauren Ioli ’13, Devon Hoffman ’13 and Alexandra Jordan ’13 5. Taylor Michael ’13 and Polly Bruce ’13 4

5

Alumnae Career Morning Focuses on MEDICINE Elizabeth Tahmincioglu Kassapidis ’81, an emergency medical physician and former military doctor, spoke to the Upper School about careers in medicine at the annual Alumnae Career Morning on February 2.

Dr. Kassapidis is a graduate of Sacred Heart Greenwich and the mother of two daughters, Roxanne ’19 and Zoe ’20.

She provided students with valuable insights on the field of medicine today and the wideranging opportunities that are available to young women interested in medical careers.

After graduation from Sacred Heart in 1981, she attended Drew University and graduated from Manhattanville College with a bachelor of arts in biology. She attended the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine and the New

York Institute of Technology and completed a residency at St. Barnabas Hospital in the Bronx.

Dr. Kassapidis then joined the military, where she served as physician in the U.S. Army.

Today, she is a doctor in the Emergency Department at Bridgeport Hospital, which is affiliated with the Yale New Haven Health System. Last summer, Dr. Kassapidis hosted two rising seniors, Kelsey Donovan ’17 and Kathleen Danahy ’17, in the Upper School’s Shadow Program. The program offers students the opportunity to shadow professionals in fields they want to pursue for careers.

Zoe ’20, at left, and Roxanne ’19, at right, were proud of their mother, Dr. Elizabeth Kassapidis ’81, who spoke at Career Morning.

Sacred Heart Greenwich • cshgreenwich.org

43

HALLOWEEN play date

1. Daughters of Colby Gargano Summers ’01 2. Son of Kate Henry Zentko ’01 3. Meghan Mara Ryan ’01 and Annie Mara Whitman ’02 with their daughters 4. Daughter of Jane Chapman Lodge ’04 1

ALUMNAE Au Courant Our new, monthly alumnae Au Courant is filled with the most current alumnae news and happenings on campus. Check your email at the beginning of the month for the latest issue or visit cshgreenwich.org/alumnaeaucourant.

44

HORIZONS spring 2017

2

3

4

ALUMNAE news

1

2

1. Past and present volleyball players at the first annual volleyball reunion 2. On the court at the November 26 volleyball reunion

SWIM reunion

1

3. Gabriella Almeida ’07, Lauren DeGennaro ’11, Michelle Peng ’11, Tara Nooyi ’11, Amanda Molinelli ’11, Alex Jordan ’13 and Claire Ferrara ’07

3

VOLLEYBALL reunion

2

1. Alumnae swimmers gather at the December 17 reunion 2. Fast start for alumnae 3. Past and present swim team captains

3

Sacred Heart Greenwich • cshgreenwich.org

45

Outstanding Alumnae Award recipient Rita Houlihan ’66 with her family and Pamela Juan Hayes ’64

Markey Pullen Burke ’56, recipient of the Outstanding Alumna Award, pictured with Pamela Juan Hayes ’64 and Tom Burke

Joan Marechal Mickley ’60, Pamela Juan Hayes ’64, recipient of the Outstanding Alumna Award Sue Marechal Scully ’56, Kate Scully and Susan Watson Scully ’78

46

HORIZONS spring 2017

The Class of 2006 was honored with The Young Alumnae Spirit Award.

The award was established in 2016 to recognize the young alumnae class (2006–2015) with the highest participation in The Fund for Sacred Heart (annual giving).

The Class of 1966 50th Reunion committee. From left to right, Joan Dowling Todd ’66, Elissa Forstmann Moran ’66, Pamela Juan Hayes ’64, Pinky Coleman Laffoon ’66, Kate Sanford Fentress ’66 and Vicky Tweddle de Barros ’66 (not pictured). Special recognition was given to the Class of 1966 for their class gift, a Reunion tradition. The class elected to fund the creation of a garden with elegant benches surrounding our statue of Mary on the front lawn.

Mary Fitzgerald Bohan ’06, Katherine Colihan Scott ’06, Elise Byrnes ’06, Joyce Khandji ’06, Shannan Henry ’06 and Danielle Prescod ’06

Class of 2011

Class of 2001

Lorraine Routh Nelson ’72 and Caroline Coleman ’72

Shannan Henry ’06 and Kate Henry Zentko ’01 with husband Paul and sons Noah and Brayden

Cathy Finnegan Nix ’71, Sr. Rosemary Sheehan, RSCJ, and Monica Dursi Cimina ’71

Class of 1981

Sacred Heart Greenwich • cshgreenwich.org

47

Sarah Quick Stuebe ’04 with husband Riley and sons Sean and Conor at Fall Festival

Alumnae Board member Noël Ausserlechner Gilbert ’00 with Alumnae Association President Dreux Dubin Claiden ’77 under the alumnae tent at Fall Festival

Class of 1966 tours the new Athletic Center at Reunion 2016

Class of 1966 50th Reunion Class of 1971

Fall Festival 2016 Children of all ages enjoyed games, activities and food at the annual Fall Festival.

48

HORIZONS spring 2017

SAVE THE DATE

& Fall Festival

Saturday, September 23, 2017 Erin Aoyama ’11, Michelle Peng ’11, Gloria Lee ’11, Kathleen Spillane ’11 and Lindsey Hascher ’11

JJ

Connect with classmates and Sacred Heart Greenwich.

JJ

Bring your children and grandchildren to Fall Festival.

JJ

Attend the liturgy for alumnae and the awards ceremony.

JJ

Honor the Class of 1967 at its 50th reunion and all classes ending in 2 and 7.

JJ

Enjoy a cocktail reception and class photos.

JJ

Tour the School.

11 a.m.–2 p.m. Fall Festival

Nancy DePalma H ’16, executive assistant to the head of school, was recognized as an honorary alumna and thanked for her service.

1 p.m. Reunion luncheon for the Class of 1967 3 p.m. Tours of the School 4 p.m. Mass in the School Chapel & Alumnae Awards Ceremony 5 p.m. Cocktail Reception and Class Photos

To volunteer for your class reunion, contact Alumnae Director Meghan Mara Ryan ’01 at maram@cshct.org.

Sacred Heart Greenwich • cshgreenwich.org

49

class notes

TO SUBMIT INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR CLASS AGENT OR MEGHAN MARA RYAN ’01 AT CLASSNOTES@CSHCT.ORG.

1947

1951

1954

Mary Jani Englert, maryhenglert@gmail.com

classnotes@cshct.org

Susan Herold, 212-988-1114

1948 Virginia Beach Coudert, vcoudert@optonline.net

1949 classnotes@cshct.org

1950 Madeleine Price Naylor, 231-627-5085

50

HORIZONS spring 2017

1952 Irene Lamm Haskell, sissyhaskell@aol.com

1953 classnotes@cshct.org

Jean Thomas “JT” Dwyer, DC (Doris Dwyer) recently celebrated 55 years as a Daughter of Charity and her 80th birthday! She lives in a house in San Antonio with four other nuns, all of whom work with low-income and marginalized people. Sr. Dwyer’s focus is advocacy work in three areas: healthcare access and affordability, anti-human trafficking, and ending family detention of asylum-seeking refugees. She has been extremely busy at the Interfaith

Welcome Coalition, which is run in partnership with a nonprofit immigration legal group. If there are Sacred Heart alums in this area, she would love to acquaint them with this ministry.

1955 Margaret Dealy Ackerman, mtda@aol.com Bob and Meg Dealy Ackerman are still in Boston and spent a good week in May 2016 exploring the islands of the Azores. Dick and Mary Beth McAnaney Barth traveled to France last June, touring

between Avignon and Lyon with a visit to Paris at the end of the trip. The Barths continue to spend the winter months in Houston.

Penny Fishel Carr reports that Mike has taken up bridge and so, in addition to playing golf together, they are now competing in weekly duplicate matches. The Carrs spend a significant amount of time in Florida, but return to Westchester in the summer and on holidays.

Bill and Sue Sughrue Carrington also have a Sacred Heart connection. Their son Michel now lives in California and his six-year-old son is enrolled in Stuart Hall, the Sacred Heart boys’ school in San Francisco.

Cynthia Crump Crimmins and husband Arvid Klein were able to return again to Maine for a few weeks this summer as well as to enjoy a September small barge trip with another couple on the Garonne River, ending their visit with a few days in Paris. Judy Ollinger Depontes counts herself and three of her boys who live in Jacksonville, FL as very fortunate to have escaped significant damage from last fall’s hurricane. Judy continues to be very active in her church choir, as well as keeping up with her many grand- and greatgrandchildren living in Florida.

John and Aggie Schmidt Dowd enjoyed a two-week October trip out West including visits to the Grand Canyon and Bryce National Canyon. Both are now fully retired and heavily involved with parish work, especially Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults, bible study and ChristLife. Deirdre Cassidy Hitch spent the month of September traveling all over France and already has trips planned to Ireland and Bosnia and Croatia for next year. Dan and Joanne O’Connor Hynek are now living about half the time in Cambridge, MA and half in Falmouth, MA. They look forward to attending

the graduations of their three grandchildren this spring, from a high school in Texas, a college in Boston and a medical school in Ottawa. John and Sheilah Lane Malafronte continue to enjoy living in eastern Long Island. The only downside is the travel time required to get into the city to visit their children and grandchildren, three-year-old Guthrie and twoyear-old Eleanor. Ann Dinger McKenna and Bill, having lived in their New Rochelle, NY, home for 44 years, have started the process of organizing and discarding belongings in anticipation of a downsizing move sometime in the next year.

Anne is very grateful for the help of her daughter and daughter-in-law with the project. David and KC Conway Morrish extended their usual summer time in New York and New England until midOctober this year in order to be with daughter Cary and her family in Darien, CT, as they awaited and then welcomed Cary’s fourth child.

Her daughter Conway has three girls and lives in Manhattan. Jack and Jane Gillespie Steinthal are looking forward to the marriage of the eldest grandchild, Kristin, next summer in Texas. Kristin is completing a master’s degree in art history and a master’s in business administration. The Steinthals have two granddaughters at Greenwich.

Kim Smith Wayne’s 12 grandchildren range in age from 1 1/2 years old to 20, and she feels lucky to be able to have the nine who live on the West Coast and their parents gather at a beach house for annual Thanksgiving family reunions. Kim reports she is now the very proud driver of a bright yellow Fiat.

Stay Connected with Sacred Heart

1956 Markey Pullen Burke, markey.burke@comcast.net Markey Pullen Burke and husband Tom live in Wayland, MA. One son lives close by with his wife and two of their grandchildren. Markey’s daughter lives in Darien, CT, with her three children and her other son lives in Kennett Square, PA, with two young kids! Tom is still working and they are both doing well.

Muffie McKeon Cosnard has eight grandchildren from 25 to 8 years old. She sings in two local choirs, draws and paints in an atelier, and presents her favorite books in nearby libraries. Gallo Roman and Celtic ruins and the archeological history of Brittany are among her favorite topics. A “first,” she made 10 pots of jam with quetsch — blue grey plums! Sr. Kathy Dolan, RSCJ is living in California and working at the Sacred Heart school in Atherton, CA. She is a member of the Education to Mission Team, which educates adults about Sacred Heart spirituality, heritage and traditions.

Suzanne Kenney Gaetano and Len have lived full time for the last three years in Arizona. Her four children are in San Diego, Andover, Auburn and Arizona. She has two grandchildren; one is in Massachusetts and one in Arizona.

Suzanna and Len took a cruise through the Mediterranean from Nice, France, to Barcelona, Spain.

Bunny Farrell Gorman has two children and five grandchildren who live near her in Riverdale, NY. Margi Brown Gregory is working with those who are applying for annulments (she and Jim previously worked together in the Ministry to the Married). She is finishing a book she and Jim started to describe their journey in marriage. Margi’s oldest son, Jim, lives near Detroit and her youngest daughter, Betsy,

FOLLOW THESE SOCIAL MEDIA OUTLETS TO FIND OUT WHAT IS NEW. @CSHGreenwich Csh Greenwich Alum @CSHGreenwich @GoCSHGreenwich @CSHGreenwich @GoCSHGreenwich @CSHGreenwich

is near DC. The three middle children — Kate, Maggie and David — are local to her in PA. She has 14 grandchildren, two step-grandchildren, and they have a new great-grandchild! Mary Grady Keith and her husband, Fred, live in New Hampshire and Connecticut. Their daughter, Trish, lives close to them in Connecticut with her husband and stepsons. One stepson is working and the other is a junior in high school. Mary’s son, Fred, lives in San Antonio, Texas with his family. Mary and Fred love the theater so have been searching for places to go! Joan Gormley MacLean has 5 children, 15 grandchildren and 10 great-grands!

Pray for her oldest child, as she has breast cancer, and her grandson, who has overcome leukemia and is now a happy and healthy threeyear-old. Carol McQuade had a new hip and was unable to attend reunion because she was at the Australian Shepherd Nationals in

Sacred Heart Greenwich • cshgreenwich.org

51

1967 Mary Francina Golden, maryfgolden@aol.com

1 Barbie Bertrand Saxe ’59 and husband Brock celebrating 50th wedding anniversary

Members of the class of 1959 gathered at Christmastime. On the left, from front to back — Cynthia Bush Logan, Maureen Kelly Winter, Kate Nugent West, DeDe Mannix Burke, Margie Naughton, Sally Assheton Dodd. On the right side from front to back — Neepie DeCastro Bourne, Dodo Cox Agnew, Kathie Wall Healy and Helen Gillespie Plaia.

Oregon. Dede Hochschwender Shannon’s youngest grandchild is now 17 years old! Sue Marechal Scully lives in Rye, NY, and in the winter in Vero Beach, FL. She has 5 children and 10 grandchildren. Two of her grandchildren have graduated from college: one from Colgate and one from Trinity. She has a granddaughter in Winchester, MA, who was in the tennis finals of the state doubles. She has two grandsons in the Sacred Heart school in Atherton, CA (where Kathy Dolan is!), and recently received the Outstanding Alumna Award at reunion.

Mary Ann Skelly Tragesser moved in October of 2015 to an over-55 community in Lancaster, PA, for some carefree living.

1957 classnotes@cshct.org

1958 Carole Antolini Scherer, casstretch@optonline.net

52

HORIZONS spring 2017

1959 Dolores Cox Agnew, doloresagnew@hotmail.com Nancy Murphy, RSCJ, is living in Indonesia, where she has been for over eight years, with nuns from six different countries. There are now three RSCJ communities in Indonesia. 1 Barbie Bertrand Saxe and husband Brock celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at the Cloister in Sea Island, GA.

1960 Katharine Donahue Whamond, bamakaran@aol.com

1961 Pamela Raymond, rskeywest@yahoo.com

1962 Pamela Wall Madden, topamad4@gmail.com Beth Coakley Dolce, Sheila Hickey Cameron, Christine Donovan, Elizabeth King, Jackie Paterno Kirby, Pam Wall Madden, and Anne Harris Majic got together in June to celebrate the life of classmate Anne Haigney Roome. Cis Keller Sperling has recently moved back to New York City.

1963 Martha McQueeny Hosp, hospmartha@yahoo.com

1964 Ursula Moore Smith, ursie@comcast.net

1965 Stephanie Beaudouin Piper, spiper@utk.edu

1966 Vicky Tweddle de Barros, vickytweddledebarros@gmail.com

Chris Hohl Hubbard is retired and enjoying her grandchildren.

Her daughter Rebecca (Jimmy) is a teacher in Bridgeport and has three children: Zoe (5), Dylan (3) and Hunter (6 months). TJ (Lauren) is a producer for Golf Channel and has two children, Connor (3) and Devin (7 months). Brett is an attorney in DC, and Abby is engaged to Joe and is getting married next fall.

1968 Cathleen Joyce Egan, cashie@optonline.net

1969 Marion O’Grady, ogrady.marion@gmail.com It has been an exciting year for Gloria del Valle Christopher and husband Bob, who both celebrated their 65th birthdays and their 40th wedding anniversary, and both are retiring this year! Gloria leaves her role at Guy Carpenter after 42 very successful years. Their daughter Annie hosted a wonderful party to celebrate her parents’ very special year. Cathy Maloney Claflin and Tim are thrilled to have welcomed their fifth grandchild in August!

Tim retired last spring and they planned a great trip to New Zealand in February. Joan McAnaney Fay and David bought a new home in Vero Beach, FL, and travel between there and NYC while spending summers at the Jersey shore and in Rhode Island. They also enjoy traveling abroad. This year, Joan and David welcomed two more baby grandsons to their growing family, bringing their total number of grandchildren to six: five boys

class notes

The 15th Annual Katie Cassidy Higgins '96 Memorial Lacrosse Tournament SUNDAY, MAY 21, 2017 Alumnae Lacrosse Game: Noon Contact Meghan Mara Ryan '01 at maram@cshct.org for more information. See page 21 for additional details about the event.

and one girl...all under the age of four! The new grandsons were born 90 miles and just 90 minutes apart!

Dee O’Grady writes… Happy 65th birthday to all the 69 year-olds!

Dee is busy writing her new blog atableforone.com. She loves writing it as it’s a great counterbalance to her other work. Dee gets together with Joan Wooters-Reisin in NY. Joannie finished her Masters this year and continues to develop her career in Special Ed. Morgan Barry Morton and Allen are still dividing their time between Houston and California. When in Texas, they get to see all six grandkids. Morgan and Allen took a great trip to Croatia in August, with Joan and David Fay. Both Morgan and Joan catch up with Marie Gerli on occasion and Morgan, Lee and Marie continue to make their annual February ski trip to Vail.

Lee Rodriquez Schneider and Bill are living in Denver. They love seeing their daughters Ashley and Tracy who have both settled in the mountains in Colorado. Ashley was married last summer and all of their families, spouses and lots of cousins were able to attend. Bill is retired, but doing consulting work which includes having made many trips to China this year! Barbara Banks Schwam and Keith welcomed

their third grandchild, William, in May. Named after Barbara’s dad, William joins happy siblings Cliff and Caroline. Barbara’s daughter, Kristin, started law school at Notre Dame last August, following in her Mom’s shoes! Peggy O’Neal Shepard and Rocky love seeing their six grandchildren in Rye. The oldest is already college bound next fall! Daughter Mandy celebrated her fifth year at Soul Cycle, T.R. moved back from L.A. to manage the new Go Stride fitness studio and Brian is still teaching, coaching and assisting in the college acceptance program at Brunswick. Peggy continues to enjoy her work with Sotheby’s International Realty. The annual class Christmas dinner in NY brings Joan, Joannie, Ingrid Cronin Packard, Anne Correa, Gloria, Barbara, Morgan and Dee together, with hopes that more will join whenever you’re in the NY area!

1970 Joyce Gorman, jgormanesq@gmail.com; Lisa Gowdey Prichard, lisadotson@live.com

1971 Robin Clark, robincrjc@hotmail.com; Catherine Finnegan Nix, Cathynix30@gmail.com

1972 Patricia Steller Grace, PStellerGrace@msn.com

1973 Debbie Busby Kunces, Debra.Busby@penton.com Beth O’Connell Bardeen is doing well and still living outside of Boston in Dedham, MA. Debbie Busby Kunces has been employed at Penton Media for 17 years where she organizes tradeshows/conferences for the environmental and recycling industry. She travels quite a bit to any city that has a large convention center such as Las Vegas or any resort with beautiful golf courses for smaller conferences. Debbie still loves her industry and traveling.

She is also back serving again on the CSH Alumnae Board. Her exciting family news is that her oldest son, Rob, is getting married September 9, 2017 — the destination wedding is taking place at a historic castle

in Estoril, Cascais, Portugal.

Barbara Byrne Schnauss has been a certified master gardener for the last seven years with the Pima County Cooperative Extension in So. Arizona. She gives tours of the demonstration gardens and is also involved in gardening outreach programs to the Tucson community.

She volunteers twice a week at a thrift store that benefits the local Humane Society. She loves both her volunteer jobs. In addition, Barbara does a lot of gardening at home including fruits, herbs and vegetables. Her property was recently selected to be part of the 2018 home garden tour! Barbara has retired from teaching fitness classes, which she did for 20 years, but still loves to take Zumba classes. She invites all of her classmates to visit Tucson!

Debbie Busby Kunces, Caroline Riley, Missy Mackenzie Cumings, Kathy Dunn and Martia Patrick Gordon ’72 traveled up to Vermont this fall for a girls' weekend at the beautiful home of Emmy McBee Dailey ’74 in Arlington. They had so much fun catching up and laughing about their great times at Sacred Heart.

1974 classnotes@cshct.org

Sacred Heart Greenwich • cshgreenwich.org

53

1975 Joanne Kaufmann, josie.kaufmann@yahoo.com; Kerry Murphy Maloney, kmm2@optonline.net

1976 Kathryn Grainger Hobbins, kghobbins@verizon.net; Lisa Roman Johnston, LisaMRoman@aol.com 2 On September 24th, 10 members of the class of 1976 met at Kathy Grainger Hobbins' house to celebrate their 40th reunion. During the evening, the group FaceTimed and chatted with Clemency Wethered Stimpfig from England, Liza Kerrigan from California, Vickie Roschen Van Leight from Florida, Angela Vorder Bruegge Hudson who lives near Philadelphia, Lilly Shiland Shoemaker who lives in northern California, and Felicia “Fish” Value who is keeping everyone in check in Washington… the state! Betsy Mulderig could not make it, but lives in Bermuda with her husband, Hubert, and their dog, Otto, and is an artist of children’s books!

1977 Toni Palazzo Maloney, palazzosister@aol.com

1978 Mary Raho Julian, julianstm@aol.com Liz Lamont Alesio is living in Pacific Palisades, CA. She has a shop in Malibu called Room at the Beach, Interiors by Elizabeth Lamont. The shop features highend home furnishings, and Liz was recently featured on Curated Kravet. Liz’s twins are college

54

HORIZONS spring 2017

2 The class of 1976 at Kathy Grainger Hobbins' house to celebrate their 40th reunion. Left to right, Sheila McKee, Lisa Roman Johnston, Rosamond Vernon (in back), Joanne Rodriguez Willich (in front), Kathy Grainger Hobbins, Laura Fox Macken, Chris D’Andrea McNeill, Katherine Crowley, Robin Craig Piebes and Mimi Mouakad, front sitting.

freshmen. Claudia Gutwirth is living in Brooklyn, working in sales and minding her cat. She travels occasionally to deal a poker tournament. Her other “career,” she says, is finding parking spots and moving her car! The car is 26 years old (they do not build them as they used to), the cat is 16, and she turned 56 in November. 2016 was been a good year. Mary Raho Julian is having lots of fun planning her daughter Sarah’s September 2017 wedding. Sarah graduated from Sacred Heart Greenwich in 2008, and two of her bridesmaids will be Sacred Heart women. The Sacred Heart connection runs deep. Karen O’Brien Lichtenauer has earned a degree in library science and has been working in the Westchester school system doing leave replacement as a school librarian. Theresa Levins Walker and her husband, Patrick, recently celebrated 30 years in their 300-year-old farmhouse in Durham, NH. They have raised two sons, hundreds of sheep, and grown a lot of grey hair.

3

Joyce Rodrigues Williams ’78 wedding

Follow their flock on Instagram @greatbaywoolworks. 3 Joyce Rodrigues Williams recently returned to campus to celebrate her wedding to Bobby Williams in the school chapel. Classmates in attendance included Eileen Andreassi, Claudia Gutwirth, Susan Watson Scully, Megan Crowley McAllister, Mary Raho Julian, Karen O’Brien Lichtenauer, Rosemary Mouakad Moukattaf and Ellyn Shannon. The couple moved to Florida, where they built their lakefront dream home.

Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Williams!

1979 classnotes@cshct.org

1980 Brenda Alison Shelly, bashelly1@gmail.com

1981 Teresa Pica, pica1014@yahoo.com; Sharon Heller, sheller@panynj.gov

1982 Lauren Clark Kenny, lckenny4@aol.com

1983 Margaret Heffernan Trimble, magtrimble776@hotmail.com; Jane Riley, jwriley@optonline.net

1984 Jillian Payne, jillianpayne@yahoo.com

1985 Megan Cassidy Foley, meganf920@gmail.com Cathleen Mendelson Daly completed her 200-hour yoga teacher training in 2016 and is now teaching yoga in the Bronxville area.

Her son, Connor, is a freshman and playing Division 1 golf at Villanova University. 4 Genevieve Lynch DeBree’s son, Emmett, entered the University of Virginia’s architecture school in the fall of 2016. Her daughter, Schuyler, is a junior at

class notes

4 Schuyler, daughter of Genevieve Lynch DeBree ’85

Duke University and on their soccer team. She came back from an ACL tear to help her team make it to the round of 16 in NCAA playoffs.

5 Clare Foley, the daughter of Megan Cassidy Foley, is starring in the movie “The Great Gilly Hopkins” that opened in theaters in October and is now available on iTunes. The movie is based on the award-winning book of the same name written by renowned children’s author Katherine Paterson and stars Kathy Bates and Glenn Close.

1986 Alyssa Keleshian Bonomo, alyssa@kinvestmentsinc.com; Nicole Peluso, nicolepeluso@gmail.com

1987 Elizabeth Hawthorn, lizzylizzyny123@yahoo.com

5 Clare Foley, daughter of Megan Cassidy Foley ’85, is starring in the movie “The Great Gilly Hopkins.”

7

Children of Jennifer Bentley Rivera ’94

(COURTESY OF LIONSGATE)

has two daughters at Sacred Heart Greenwich and her son is a freshman at Providence College.

1989

Peyton Steinthal ’21, Daisy Steinthal ’19, and Charlotte Fisher ’22. The girls are daughters of Nicole Russo Steinthal ’88 and Alexandra Fitzpatrick Fisher (Atherton) ’88 and granddaughters of Jane Gillespie Steinthal ’55 and Sandra Steinthal Powell ’62.

6

1988 Kristina Sekor Hooper, kristina.hooper@gmail.com Sara Callagy Finn has a daughter in the 11th grade at Sacred Heart Greenwich and she loves it. Sara is also a member of the alumnae board. 6 Nicole Russo Steinthal

1994 Mirsada Pasalic Hoffmann, mapasalic@gmail.com

Lucy Coudert Conrod, lconrod@verizon.net; Angela Dinger, angela_dinger@yahoo.com

7 Jennifer Bentley Rivera has seven children and lives in Stamford, CT. Jennifer is currently on the alumnae board and has two daughters that attend Sacred Heart’s Middle School.

1990

1995

Megan Lahey Sibley, megsibley@me.com

Dina Cortese Urso, dinaurso327@gmail.com

1991

1996

Molly Donius Boscarino, mollyboscarino@yahoo.com

Rebekah Goodhue, rcgoodhue@gmail.com; Erin Tiernan Patts, tiernanerin@hotmail.com

1992 Christine Murtha Coogan, Christine.Coogan@morganstanley.com; Katherine Shafer Coleman, katherine.s.coleman@gmail.com

1993

1997 Samantha Geary, samantha.geary@baml.com; Clare Heffernan Mulcahy, claremulcahy@gmail.com

Magee Finn King, magee.king@gmail.com

Sacred Heart Greenwich • cshgreenwich.org

55

2000 Margaret Feeney, margaret.m.feeney@gmail.com; Lindsay Smith, lsmith1211@hotmail.com 11 Noël Ausserlechner Gilbert currently serves on the alumnae board. Noël and her husband, Scott, live in New Canaan with their fouryear-old daughter, Maddie.

Elizabeth MacKinnon Haak ’98, husband, Andrew, and baby, Henry Carl Haak 8

1998 Elizabeth MacKinnon Haak, emackhaak@gmail.com; Katherine Lavin, Katherine.Lavin@gmail.com

9 Francisco and Liliana Daniela, children of Roxana Maffei Burciago ’99

2001 Ella Grace Whiteman, daughter of Katie Molloy Whiteman ’99 10

8 Elizabeth MacKinnon Haak and her husband, Andrew, welcomed a baby boy, Henry Carl Haak, into their family on June 6, 2016. They are living in Boston and enjoying their time together as a family.

Teresa Principe lives in the West Village and works as senior vice president of Bessemer Trust in private asset management. She has a place in Cos Cob for weekends so she gets to Greenwich a few times a month.

Tara Varbaro completed the New York City Marathon on November 6 with a finishing time of 4:27:10.

Kate Kretschmann Lederer, Kate.Lederer@gmail.com; Cynthia Bouvet Heraty, cbouvet@gmail.com; Cristin McGuinn, cristin.mcguinn@gmail.com; Margaret Shafer, margaret.shafer@gmail.com

11

Noël Ausserlechner Gilbert ’00, husband Scott, and daughter Maddie

12 Tuohy Ahern Bashian and her husband Alex welcomed Beatrice Ann Bashian on September 5, 2016. The family is living in Nairobi, Kenya. Diana Dove moved to Charleston, SC in October 2015 and loves it. She is the studio manager at Longevity Fitness in Charleston. 13 Cristin McGuinn Hayes and her husband, Chip, welcomed their second child

12

Tuohy Ahern Bashian ’01 with her husband, Alex, and baby Beatrice Ann Bashian

13 William Francis Hayes, son of Cristin McGuinn Hayes ’01

1999 Kathleen Heffernan, HeffKate@gmail.com; Kathleen Molloy, molloy.katie@gmail.com; Margot Dolce Sturz, margotsturz@gmail.com 9 Roxana Maffei Burciago and her husband, Daniel, welcomed their daughter, Liliana Daniela, on August 16. She joins her big brother, Francisco.

10 Katie Molloy Whiteman and her husband, Alex, welcomed Ella Grace Whiteman on October 17, 2016.

56

HORIZONS spring 2017

class notes

on January 12, 2017. William Francis Hayes and big brother Christopher are doing well. The family resides in Old Greenwich.

14 Cynthia Bouvet Heraty and her husband, Ryan, welcomed their third child, Theodore Francis Heraty, on February 21. Brother Paddy (6) and sister Margot (4) couldn’t be more thrilled! 15 Katie McGurty Hutter and her husband are U.S. Navy helicopter pilots stationed at Pearl Harbor. She graduated from the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, RI, in 2016 with a master’s degree in national security. Katie and her husband welcomed their son, Dean Thomas Hutter, on January 14, 2016. Big sister Grace is enamored by her baby brother. Kate Kretschmann Lederer is working with the New York City Board of Education at PS 234 in Tribeca as an elementary school counselor.

2002 Annie Mara Whitman, Annie.mara@gmail.com; Jennifer Raymond, jennifer.r.dresden@gmail.com 16 Ellen Feeney and sister, Kathleen ’98, ran into former Upper School teacher Sra. Neuman when they stood in line to see Pope Francis on his visit to New York City.

2003 Nicole Seagriff, nicole.seagriff@gmail.com; Jennifer Einersen, jeinersen13@gmail.com 17 Jennifer Einersen married David Fernandez on October 8, 2016. The couple, who met at Fordham University Law School, live in Miami, just minutes away from the Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart. 18 Jen Aloisi Ham and her husband, Chris,

14 Theodore Francis Heraty, son of Cynthia Bouvet Heraty ’01 15

Katie McGurty Hutter ’01, husband and children, Grace and Dean Thomas

Ellen ’02 and sister, Kathleen ’98 Feeney, with former Upper School teacher Sra. Neuman 16

welcomed their first child, Eloise Grace, on July 15, 2016. Eloise was 6 pounds, 6 ounces, and made her arrival at Greenwich Hospital at 8:56 p.m. The whole family is happy and healthy.

17 Jennifer Einersen ’03 with husband David Fernandez

18 Jen Aloisi Ham ’03 with baby Eloise Grace

2004 Alexandra Hines Watters, alexandra.hines@gmail.com; Danielle Decina, danielle.decina@gmail.com; Jaime Straub Steers, jaime.steers@gmail.com 19 Caitlin Brittan Kiehl welcomed her second son, Edmund Erich, on October 5, 2016. Her older son, Mark, is proud to be a big brother.

The family lives in Cleveland, where her husband, Erich, is a cardiology fellow at Cleveland Clinic.

19 Caitlin Brittan Kiehl ’04 with husband Erich and children Edmund Erich and Mark

Sacred Heart Greenwich • cshgreenwich.org

57

20 Katie Gojkovich ’05 and Mackenzie Flight ’05 at NYC Marathon

2005

21

Sacred Heart alumnae at the wedding of Monique Febbraio Irons ’07

Training Camp with the Houston Texans and has produced content that aired on HBO, Fox Sports 1, Showtime, NBC, and NFL Network. Julia Wilfert married Ted Moore on September 10, 2016, in Old Greenwich. They live in New York City.

Annie Dolce Canton, annedcanton@gmail.com; Meghan McGuinn Chew, meghan.m.chew@gmail.com; Katherine Gojkovich, kgojkovich@gmail.com 20 Katie Gojkovich ran the New York City Marathon in November.

Mackenzie Flight helped her train and cheered her on from Harlem.

2009

2006 Kelly Whipple, kelly.e.whipple@gmail.com; Elizabeth Purcell, epurcell2@gmail.com; Katherine Colihan, katherine.colihan@gmail.com Erin Morelli is a senior software engineer and lives in Boston.

2007 Gabriella Almeida, gabriella.j.almeida@gmail.com; Kristina Benza, kbenza@gmail.com 21 22 Monique Febbraio married Stephen Irons in Greenwich on July 18, 2015. Leigh Colihan was maid of honor and Jenna Harris was a bridesmaid. Monique and her husband enjoyed a honeymoon in Hawaii and currently live in

58

HORIZONS spring 2017

22 Stephen Irons and Monique Febbraio Irons ’07

Hoboken, NJ.

2008 Maria Zoulis, zoulism@gmail.com; Sarah Julian, sarah.j.julian@gmail.com; Margaret Larson, mryan1021@gmail.com Liana Khandji received her master’s degree in elementary education from Columbia University Teachers College and is teaching third grade at PS/MS 161 in Harlem. Emily Leitner is an associate producer at NFL Films.

She recently won an Emmy for her editing work on Hard Knocks 2015:

Antonia Libassi, antonia_libassi@alumni.brown.edu; Lauren Manning, laurenmanning2013@ u.northwestern.edu; Kyla Harrington, kyla_harrington@alumni.brown.edu; Alejandra Ferrara, ferrara.alejandra@gmail.com

23 Kristin Carey ’09 and Kyla Harrington ’09 ran the NYC Marathon

23 Kristin Carey and Kyla Harrington ran the New York City Marathon together start to finish in November. Kristin and Kyla started Sacred Heart together in fourth grade. 24 Ale Ferrara and her sister, Lorena ’04, saw Pope Francis when he visited Washington, DC, last fall.

2010 Elizabeth LaBossiere, elizabethlabossiere@gmail.com; Jennifer Traver, jenny.traver@gmail.com

24 Ale Ferrara ’09 and her sister Lorena ’04 in Washington, DC

class notes

Sacred Heart alumnae attending the Villanova University graduation in 2015.

From left to right, Cassidy Mara ’08, Kristen Carey ’09, Bridget Mara ’11, Megan Cincotta ’11, and Kelsey Mara ’11

26

2011

2014

Grace McMorrow, grace.mcmorrow@gmail.com; Kathleen Spillane, kathleen.r.spillane.15@dartmouth.edu

Margot McCloskey, mlm330@georgetown.edu; Colleen O’Neill, Colleen.M.O’Neill.101@nd.edu

25 Gloria Lee and Kate Benjamin ran the New York Marathon together in November.

27 Jane Mikus and Margot McCloskey represented Sacred Heart and Georgetown University at the Papal Mass held at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, DC.

2012 Jennifer Schwabe, jschwab2@villanova.edu

2013 Sarah Hirshorn, sarah.hirshorn@gmail.com; Catherine Considine, cconsidi@villanova.edu Allison Brett spent her fall semester working on a photo documentary project for a class called “Visual Communication and Social Change” in which she documented homelessness in Los Angeles. She is also excited to report that she and Alexa de Alessandrini interned together at Viacom in New York City this past summer. Polly Bruce was a marketing and communications intern this summer for the White House Historical Association.

Catherine Considine worked as a Flynn Oncology Fellow at the

25 Gloria Lee ’11 and Kate Benjamin ’11 ran the New York Marathon

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and hopes to continue working with cancer patients post-graduation from Villanova. Margaret Dunne attends Georgetown University and spent her fall semester with the World Health Organization in Manila, Philippines, focusing on malaria and other vector-borne diseases in the western Pacific region. She had an incredible experience and has returned to Georgetown for the spring semester.

26 Jenna Hascher and the Northwestern University soccer team won the Big 10 trophy for the first time in the program’s history. Kayla Souza is working for Liberty Mutual Insurance in Boston, in their Human Resources Development Program.

Jenna Hascher ’13

27 Jane Mikus ’14 and Margot McCloskey ’14 in Washington, DC

2015 Ellie Denson, edenson@friars.providence.edu Grace Isford was accepted to the Mayfield Fellows Program at Stanford University, which is a nine-month

immersion course in technology leadership and entrepreneurship and includes a summer tech internship.

She also organized a conference for 200 high school girls for Stamford Women in Business in January 2017.

Sarah Jackmauh has decided to double major in English and government at Georgetown University and was accepted as an editorial assistant to the Georgetown Journal of International Affairs.

2016 Elizabeth Considine, egc40@georgetown.edu

Tell us your news!

To submit information, please contact your class agent or Meghan Mara Ryan ’01 at maram@cshct.org.

Below are some tips for sending us your digital photos so they look great in Horizons: > Set the photo size to 4 x 6 inches or larger, in 300 dpi > Set your digital camera to the best photo setting > Save files as jpg or tif > Identify everyone left to right in the photo and provide a caption > Send images as attachments. Please do not embed them into your emails

Sacred Heart Greenwich • cshgreenwich.org

59

IN VIEW

Congratulations to the Class of 2017

T

his photo of the Class of 2017, above, was taken at the start of the 2016–17 school year.

The “Gate Picture” is one of many senior year traditions. In literature and mythology, gates are symbolic entrances to new worlds. When the Class of 2017 graduates on June 2, they will depart our familiar gates on King Street, well prepared for their life journeys, knowing they will always be welcomed home as “children of the Sacred Heart.”

“Wherever you go, whatever road you may travel, you will always find a home at the Sacred Heart. Your relationships will endure and transcend all confines of time and space because they are founded on faith, hope and love.”

—Life at the Sacred Heart, 1985

Look for graduation coverage in the digital edition of Horizons this summer.

60

HORIZONS spring 2017

SUPPORT THE FUND FOR SACRED HEART TODAY AND ENSURE THE SUPPORT OF: Outstanding academics. Active faith. International network. Opportunities to shine in visual and performing arts. Exciting, hands-on research and activities.

Top-notch facilities. Competitive athletics. Global perspective. Strong community that encourages exploration and balance.

Please join trustees, parents, alumnae, faculty, staff, grandparents and friends, and make your gift today.

Visit cshgreenwich.org/makeagift

THANK YOU!

Sacred Heart Greenwich • cshgreenwich.org

61

1177 King Street Greenwich, CT 06831 Address Service Requested

2 PMS Colors: 342 & 416

Stay Connected with Sacred Heart FOLLOW THESE SOCIAL MEDIA OUTLETS TO FIND OUT WHAT IS NEW. @CSHGreenwich Csh Greenwich Alum

@CSHGreenwich @GoCSHGreenwich

@CSHGreenwich @GoCSHGreenwich

@CSHGreenwich