Brave Magazine Spring 2019

BRAVE MAGAZINE

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Continuing the Legacy of Successful Capital Campaigns

Meet the MAC

Building an International Family

Sports & Arts Round-ups

TABLE OF CONTENTS Building an International Family 2 Meet the M.A.C. 5

A Brave Future is a Brave Success! 8 Sports Update Arts Update

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Alumni Reunions and Events Grad Tidings

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In Memoriam

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Reflection

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Brave Magazine Spring 2019 Published twice annually by: Bishop Blanchet High School 8200 Wallingford Ave North Seattle, WA 98103 www.bishopblanchet.org

Editor Jen Russell Director of Marketing & Communications Printer Precision Press Designer Mathes Design

Contributing Writers Mary Williams Beard ’81, Robert Lukevich ’04, Jacqueline Robinette, Corey Eriksen, Antonio DeSapio, Sean Gaskill ’02

Contributing Photographers Stephen Brashear, Chris Grasseschi

If you would like to send a letter to the editor, update your contact information or contribute a written piece for consideration, please email jrussell@bishopblanchet.org.

Dear friends and family of Bishop Blanchet, With this spring edition of Brave Magazine, we are highlighting the unique contributions of the BBHS Multicultural Affairs Council (MAC) and the special ways in which our Brave community celebrates our diversity. We have profiled our upcoming 2nd annual Family Unity Night as a powerful way for everyone in our community to experience the richness of so many cultures coming together within the walls of our beloved school. I encourage you to read all about it and save the date for Family Unity Night on May 2nd.

Our fundraising success over the course of the campaign has translated into a $13 million dollar investment in our facility and programs. The planning and coordination of all these improvements would not have been possible without the hard work of our Facilities Committee.

In particular, I want to acknowledge Ed Thenell ’80 as chair of the committee over these past four years.

Channeling his family legacy and love for BBHS as an alum and parent, Ed was fully committed to making sure these improvements were focused on students, faculty and staff - and that our plans were on par with the high-quality, long-lasting original construction of the building.

As we moved from planning to the actual construction of these projects, our community benefited immeasurably from the ever-present commitment of Ed Foster, Director of Property and Construction for the Archdiocese of Seattle. On behalf of BBHS and Archbishop Sartain, Ed served in the pivotal role of owner’s rep, requiring his wealth of expertise and an immense time commitment tracking schedules, details, and critical decisions. With Ed’s guidance, we consistently remained within our overall project This edition also marks the official conclusion of A budgets, making the most of every dollar invested in Brave Future - the Campaign for Bishop Blanchet High this campaign.

School. Throughout these pages, we will lay out the full scope of the campaign’s impact on the life of our Through all of the construction, the BBHS Facilities school - and in particular, express our gratitude to all team managed all the site preparation, monitored the those who so generously supported this effort through safety of our community and provided countless cost effective solutions. I want to thank Kathy Kondratyuk their time, talent, and treasure. ’07, Stsiapan Shliazhko, Valeriy Firsov ’02, Viktor I wanted to take this opportunity to thank some key Prokhor, Nina Prokhor, Ivan Andriyuk, Vera Firsova, individuals and groups particularly critical to the success Pavlo Popovych and Anatoliy Ratko for your hard of our campaign, starting with our Campaign co-chairs, work and dedication to BBHS. Beau Gould and Mary Hermann Welch ’65. Beau, and his wife Julie Gould, have been active supporters and Finally, I want to acknowledge the hard work of the enthusiastic advocates of the Brave Community since BBHS Development Team. In the midst of continuing their first child started at BBHS in 2011. Throughout to build up our annual fundraising efforts, the team their time as parents, and even now with Grace ’15 and stepped up to take on this ambitious campaign. In Hope ’17 off in college, our community has been so particular, I want to acknowledge Mary Beard ’81, blessed by their generosity and I have been personally Director of Development, for her leadership, as well as so grateful for Beau’s friendship and guidance as co- the entire Development Team – Jacqueline Robinette, Sheryl Welch, Robert Lukevich ’04, Stephanie chair.

Gravenkemper and Sandi Walls.

Mary Hermann Welch ’65, along with her husband Pat, have been consistently and generously supportive of I am so grateful for the way our Brave Community the Brave Community. As an alumna from the class of rallied around this campaign and I am thrilled to watch 1965 and as a parent of Brian ’96, Mary brought to our our students, faculty, staff and families enjoy these campaign both the spirit of her classmates and the incredible improvements to our facilities and programs! pride of a parent. Over the four years of this campaign, God Bless and Go Braves!

Mary was steadfast in her enthusiasm and her active Antonio DeSapio involvement served as a powerful witness to our alumni President and past parent communities.

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BBHS INTERNATIONAL

PROGRAM

Creating an International Family Hosting an international student is an act of giving, but we find that expanding the definition of “family” is the far greater gift. to add another member to our family since Riley is an only child.

Tell us a little bit about Peter and the experience of having him join your family.

Peter came to us in his second year at BBHS, so he already had been oriented to the school and to Seattle.

He has been an excellent visiting student. We don’t have to worry about his academic focus, and he has been a good influence on Riley. He is independent, managing his time well and he is motivated to do well.

He has been a helpful contributor to the family, doing household chores as asked and preparing his own breakfast and lunch.

Has anything about this experience surprised you?

The Chinese cultural focus on academics is pretty intense; more so than for most American families.

There is a lot of focus on test scores and grades with the goal of getting admitted to a top college in the United States.

What have been some of your favorite moments of hosting?

Taking Peter on trips and showing him places in the Pacific Northwest, such as the Washington State Fair and Leavenworth and spending Thanksgiving with our extended family. We’ve also enjoyed conversations with Peter about his family and his home culture.

The Jones family began hosting for the International Program in 2016. Read on to hear about their experience What would you say to other members of the BBHS with senior Peter He from China. community thinking about hosting an international What initially inspired the decision to host a student student? in our international program?

Do it! It has been such a positive experience for our This was the first time for us hosting a visiting student. family and really not much extra effort in managing The original interest came from our son, Riley (a BBHS a household. For those already part of the BBHS student at the time) and we thought it would be nice community, it’s a way to stay connected to BBHS today.

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“Studying abroad is not an easy thing, but my host family brought me a lot of fun moments. Riley, my host brother, gave me so much help on my English learning. He also taught me how to ride a sledding board and shared his submarine designs. Kathy and Philip are the parents who gave me opportunities to enjoy American culture.

Staying with a host family may not be as comfortable as staying in your own home, but they will always have your back when you need them, telling you you are not alone even when you are thousands miles away from home.”

– Peter Kaiyuan He ’19, Guangzhou, China Consider becoming a host family to one of Bishop Blanchet’s international students! For more information, visit www.bishopblanchet.org/host.

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F R OM OUR INTER NATIONA L PR OG RA M G RA DS :

A Host Family is Forever

Jimmy Junyi Dai ’18

Arthur Jiaao Li ’18

From: Liuzhou, China

From: Changchun, China

Studying at: Loughborough University, United Kingdom

Studying at: Loyola Marymount University

Majoring in: Sport Science and Coaching Favorite classes while at BBHS: Sport Medicine and Human Anatomy; I learned A LOT (such as physiology disciplines, training and recovery methods) that eventually became fundamentally helpful when I started my degree here in Loughborough. I also enjoyed all of the social studies classes – learning about how the government as well as the political systems in the US work, which I am highly interested in.

On living with a host family: For me, the best part was being treated truly as a member of the family. Everyone helped each other when in need and really cared about each other.

Zoey Yuqing Gao ’16

Majoring in: Theatre Arts and Music

From: Weihai, China

Advice to new international students: You will meet lots of new friends who will encourage you to move forward in your life and will encounter challenges that will make you stronger than you already are!

Studying at: University of Washington Majoring in: Statistics, with a minor in Entrepreneurship and Dance Best part about studying at BBHS: I developed more confidence in English, communication and personal interaction. My host family still helps me!

Favorite BBHS activity: The hiphop dance team. I felt the support and love.

Host family memory: I really enjoyed the Nordstrom employee party in Kathleen's (host family) house and spending Thanksgiving in Spokane.

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Best part of host family experience: I don’t have one specific best part and that is because they were always so kind for the two years I lived with them. They gave me support and cared about me and I worked hard to make them proud.

BBHS MULTICULTURAL

AFFAIRS

Meet the MAC More about the Multicultural Affairs Council (MAC) with Director of Diversity and International Student Services Janah Valenzuela

by Jen Russell, Director of Marketing & Communications

Tell us about the MAC! How did it come about? How What is the primary function of the council? are members selected?

We came up with the mission statement (next page) The MAC started in the fall of the 2017-18 school year. in our first year. We believe it is our role to keep our As director of the diversity program, I was looking students and families of color actively engaged with for more ways to support the programming but our school community, so we try to come up with goals most importantly the students I get to work with. each year with that in mind. Simply put, we know there The members were selected based on the areas of are groups of students and parents that may not easily representation: parents, student leaders, teachers/club jump into events or activities that happen on campus. moderators. So we went out to parents who might have Perhaps they don’t quite feel plugged in or don’t feel an interest in our work, then teachers who moderate comfortable or included. Our hope is that everyone diversity-related clubs or activities, then the students finds their home in Blanchet, and that programming who lead those clubs and activities. with this group of families in mind will help with those inclusion goals.

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Mission Statement: The Multicultural Affairs Council (MAC) strives to make all members of the Bishop Blanchet community feel welcome, celebrated, and safe, with a focus on students and families of color.

What are you most proud of in terms of the MAC’s work thus far?

We are so proud that we were able to bring families together through last year’s inaugural Family Unity Night aka MAC FUN! Family Unity Night was our first If diversity programming is one big umbrella, the MAC big goal we wanted to accomplish as a group- planning is an important spoke under that umbrella. The MAC a night where we could celebrate the beauty of our continues to grow and evolve and consider how to diverse community and do it in a way that hadn’t been move forward with our mission and how it can support done before. We weren’t sure what people would make of our event and prayed hard that people would come the diversity programming already happening. and check it out. We were floored by the huge turnout How does the MAC’s work dovetail with the rest of BBHS diversity programming?

the entire Brave community is invited to the 2nd annual

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Family Unity Night more info & rsvp at www.bishopblanchet.org/macfun

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FROM THE EDITOR: Sophie Shen ‘21 from Shenzhen, China performs a traditional Chinese dance called “Qiān Sī Xì” (“Puppet Show”)

In February, I joined some of the members of the MAC for a casual round table conversation about why the council is important and what they are working on.

Q: Why do you think it’s important that BBHS has the MAC? Kelli Christiansen (teacher): It’s important to communicate to the wider community that we really value diversity, especially to those who may not have felt as valued in the past.

Jesse McFeron (teacher): I think it’s important for our students, parents and whole community to receive the benefits of the MAC. I mean, MAC FUN last year was huge – it was a super positive meeting of good food and good people.

Janah Valenzuela (Director of Diversity & International Services): Yes, it felt like there was a really great buzz about the event. It was just...immeasurable great vibes. I think it was really affirming to students who were asked to perform...for them to feel comfortable to share their culture here at school was really amazing. It’s a great example of the important role the MAC plays.

Q: Let’s talk more about MAC FUN. and felt really proud to see families who didn’t normally come to school events make it to this one.

It really did feel like a unifying community event and we had a blast!

Why should people reading this come to MAC FUN in May? Why would anyone miss an event with the word “fun” in it?! In all seriousness, MAC FUN is a great opportunity to engage and connect with our Blanchet families in a unique way. There will be amazing cultural performances, an awesome community cultural potluck, prizes to win, and new friendships to be made! Blanchet continues to grow in its goals to be a diverse and inclusive school and we believe this event positively supports those efforts. We hope to see you there!

K.C.: It really provided something different that we haven’t had before.

Geana Nicolas ‘19: We got to see things that we just regularly don’t get to see.

Rose Alokolaro (teacher): And people stayed the whole time! They didn’t just show up to show up... they really stayed and enjoyed.

Katie Newman (teacher): I think it’s also really about creating these new traditions. BBHS is really steeped in its own traditions, which is great, but adding new ones that are accessible to more people is a really good thing.

K.C: This also was just purely social and community building.

R.A: Yes, and there were people who kept trying to pay! They couldn’t believe it was all free! (group laughs) J.V.: And beyond the event, it’s nice to be able to say that the MAC exists. For people who are just getting to know us, it really communicates something important. Families really value knowing how deep our commitment is to offering support to students of color.

K.N.: And we’re continuing to build more programming for all of our groups, like the great parent event this spring with Korrie Miller.

Q: What are your hopes and dreams for the future of the MAC? J. M.: I’d like us to continue looking at how we serve our student population in terms of educational opportunities, perhaps something like we did for parents in March.

J.V.: I’d love to see students who graduated come back for events, to expand beyond our current family community to really involving our alumni.

K.C.: Doing something like a speaker series would be amazing – something that could really engage the wider community, like inviting all of the other Catholic schools to participate.

G.N.: Like others have said, I’d really like to see the MAC expand not just its programs but also the groups it serves. To become even bigger and more impactful than it is already.

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BBHS A

BRAVE FUTURE

Historic Campaign Success!

A Brave Future Campaign leadership extend their heartfelt gratitude to the BBHS community.

As we turned the calendar to 2019, BBHS completed another historic chapter of our growth as a school community - the conclusion of A Brave Future Capital Campaign. The Campaign united our entire Brave Community and raised a historic $10.4 million and significant progress was made toward the three pillars of A Brave Future: deepening the community experience, enhancing the learning environment and promoting physical fitness and wellness.

Bishop Blanchet has long benefited from a generous community committed to ensuring our school is the best Catholic, college-preparatory school in Seattle. The success of A Brave Future stands on the shoulders of previous campaigns that made tremendous impacts on BBHS. Two previous campaigns improved our physical plant with the additions of Ernie Rose Activities Center, the Marge Bradburn Studio Black Box Theatre, Mickey Naish Athletic Field and Haggerty Music Hall and established a strong philanthropic foundation that served as the launching point for the success of A Brave Future.

Our current Strategic Plan, established in 2014, highlighted important facility improvements and program enhancements that we knew would require outside investment. Under the guidance of a consulting firm, we embarked on a feasibility study and established a vision for the most ambitious capital campaign in school history. In March 2015, the leadership phase of A Brave Future was launched with the public announcement of the largest gift Bishop Blanchet had ever received.

Thanks to the generosity of our community, over the next three and a half years, 624 donors joined BBHS to make a total of over $13 million dollars of investments into our campus and programs through donations, savings and financing. Now, half way through our 10 year Strategic Plan, it is exciting to watch our entire community - especially our students - enjoying A Brave Future!

Campaign CoChair Mary Hermann Welch ’65 with Dr. Peg Haggerty, Honorary Campaign Steering Committee Member.

Thank you to our committee members for their gifts of time, leadership and support of A Brave Future Campaign!

Campaign Co-Chairs Beau Gould Mary Hermann Welch ’65 Campaign Committee Brian Acarregui ’85 Matt Campbell ’85 Tricia Bee Heffernan ’87 Mike Heffernan John Hempelmann ’60 Kerry Loveland ’87 Heather Bradburn Mears ’88 Jim Pinsoneault Jr. ’80 Margie Rose John Traynor Honorary Committee Fr. Gordon Douglas Dr. Peg Haggerty David ’58 & Shelley Hovind Jim & Theresa Murphy Jim & Madeline Pinsoneault

Dr. Peg Haggerty Dr. Peg Haggerty has been connected to Bishop Blanchet since her husband, Dr. Joe Haggerty, became principal in 1979. For four decades, Peg has remained an active member of the Brave Community, supporting Blanchet in a variety of ways, most recently as an Honorary Member of our Campaign Steering Committee.

Why I supported A Brave Future: “During my late husband’s 20-year tenure at Blanchet, Joe was dedicated to building upon a solid foundation of arts programming. I am deeply committed to helping where I am able to build on his legacy and proudly support BBHS in his memory.” I was proud to make a gift to complete the remodel of the choir room.

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We believe in the mission of Bishop Blanchet. We are most grateful for the education our four children received here and the long lasting friendships we have developed over the years. Blanchet is one large family!

–Jim and Madeline Pinsoneault

Jim Pinsoneault

Joe ’85 and Cheryl Pinsoneault

Jim Pinsoneault joined the Blanchet Business Office in 1965 and he, his wife, Madeline, and their children Jim ’80, Annette ’82, Joe ’85 and John ’88 have been an involved force in the Brave Community ever since.

Jim served as business manager, teacher, coach, development director and vice principal throughout his time at Blanchet – he can still be spotted subbing in the wood shop at BBHS from time to time! Jim and Madeline served as honorary campaign steering committee members and Jim Jr. served on the steering committee - driving to Blanchet from Spokane for monthly meetings for over three years!

When I saw the drawings for opening up the cafeteria to the Quad I thought it was such a great idea. Bringing in the natural light with an inviting entrance will create a special gathering place. The BBHS community will enjoy this addition for years to come and we are happy to have participated.

John ’88 and Alethea ’88 Pinsoneault

Bishop Blanchet High School has been a blessing to our family in many ways. Faith, friends and a Catholic A Brave family through and through, the Pinsoneault Foundation are the aspects of our Blanchet Life that children aimed to work together and inspire others to stand out to us. We love and want to honor Blanchet as make gifts in honor of their father’s 42-year career at a way of honoring the Patriarch of our family that has Bishop Blanchet. With their own initial commitments exhibited inspirational faith and commitment. and the support of donors compelled to honor Jim Sr., the quad is now officially named the Jim Pinsoneault Quad.

Back row: Joe, Jim Jr., Jim Sr. Front row: Cheryl, Brigette (Jim Jr.’s daughter) and Madeline.

Jim Jr. ’80 and Janelle Pinsoneault Blanchet inspires me because of the community that it develops. As with many things in life it is the people and relationships that are established that get us through the challenges. The Blanchet community is second to none!

Annette ’82 and Woody Winter We supported the campaign to honor my dad. The Quad being named after him reflects what he stands for; a sense of community at BBHS. The Quad will be a communal place where people can gather to form relationships and feel a true sense of family!

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Dan & Joyce Divine Murphy ’58 Dan and Joyce Divine Murphy ’58 were one of several donors from our inaugural graduating class to support A Brave Future. Not only is Joyce a proud Brave alumna, Joyce and Dan have also had four grandchildren pass through the hallowed green halls, and hope to have several more benefit from the advancements of A Brave Future!

On why they believe in Bishop Blanchet: “We gave to A Brave Future because Joyce has enjoyed countless memories and friendships since she graduated from Blanchet in 1958. We are inspired by the quality of leadership, staff and students at Blanchet and wanted to thank the school that has prepared our grandchildren for success in college.”

Scott and Michelle Rose ’88 Summers Michelle’s parents believed in the power of a Blanchet education and sent their children to BBHS. Now, Michelle and Scott are the proud parents of two Braves of their own, Anna ’19 and Claire ’21.

What about BBHS inspires you?

We are inspired most by the steadfast commitment BBHS shows to its core values, providing a positive place that, as its mission states, “inspires students to transform the world around them through a lifelong commitment to faith, scholarship and service.” This commitment our family sees from BBHS inspires us to want to give back so that the future is even brighter than the present.

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We could not resist a request to donate to the campaign in honor of Jim Pinsoneault as he embodies the heart and soul of BBHS and everything we love about our alma mater. BBHS gave both of us an incredible foundation and we have always felt it was a cornerstone to our development!

–Jeff and Gina (Price) Auter ’85

A Brave Future Donor Roll The following list represents gifts and pledges given to A Brave Future Capital Campaign for Bishop Blanchet, as of January 1, 2019. Gifts are still welcomed and greatly appreciated.

Please contact Mary Williams Beard ’81, Director of Development, at (206) 527-7733, mbeard@bishopblanchet.org or make your gift online at www.bishopblanchet.org/campaign.

$1,000,000+

Beau and Julie Gould The Norcliffe Foundation Jim and Margie Rose

$250,000-$999,999

Archdiocese of Seattle David J. Hovind ’58 and Shelley Hovind The Moraine Foundation PACCAR Inc David and Sally Swanson ’87 Wright

$100,000-$249,999

Anonymous Bishop Blanchet High School Booster Club Robert and Sara Blair Joshua Green Foundation Dr. Peg Haggerty in memory of Dr. Joe Haggerty Patrick and Mary Hermann ’65 Welch In honor of Frank and Dolores Holberg Moccasin Lake Foundation Joseph ’85 & Lisa ’85+ Petschl, Joey ’08 & Devin Gilmore ’08 Petschl, Zachary ’10 & Danielle Monen ’10 Petschl, Samuel ’12 & Elle Blume ’12 Petschl, Gregory Petschl ’14, and Jeffrey Petschl ’16 Pinsoneault Family Jeffrey and Perri Roe in honor of Morgan, Caroline and Liza Patrick M. Shanahan ’80 In memory of Ray Shanahan ’85 +Denotes Deceased

$50,000-$99,999

Anonymous Robert and Debora Horvath Chris and Shannon Rose ’90 Langer Dan and Joyce Divine ’58 Murphy The Perkin Fund The Frost and Margaret Snyder Foundation

$25,000-$49,999

Brian ’85 and Chrissy Acarregui Bob and Bonne Bejan Fr. Gordon Douglas Curt and Olga Dyckman Frank and DeAnn Feeman Tim and Teresa Spellman ’82 Gamble John W. Hempelmann ’60 Jeff and Sally Hunt Kerry ’87 and Catherine Loveland Stephen J. Meaney and Irene L. Meaney Family Trust Scott and Tiffany Merriman Steve and Lynnette Muenzberg James and Jill Navone Raikes Foundation Greg ’74 & Stephanie Jacobsen ’74 Schuler, Dan ’88 & Karen Schuler and Breanna ’20 & Chloe ’22 Schuler, Jacob ’01 & Shannon Sifferman ’96 Schuler JoAnne Shanahan in honor of the Shanahan Family Scott and Michelle Rose ’88 Summers Ed and Edie ’62 Wartelle

$10,000-$24,999

Anonymous Dan and Lisa Adams Jeff ’85 and Gina ’85 Auter Paul and Colleen ’77 Brajcich Randall and Maureen Broom Keith Burney and Amy HoganBurney Lynn Broadgate Burns ’64 Matt ’85 and Amy Campbell Dr. Matt Campbell Jr. and Irene Campbell Steve and Pam Mitchell ’79 Cory

Patrick and Karen Crumb Luke and Judy Delen Michael J. ’80 and Ann Derr Antonio and Martha DeSapio Brian McMullen and Ramona Emerson Lorne and Tyera Enquist Edson and Julie Gallaudet Garneau-Nicon Family Foundation Chris Grasseschi and Julie Thenell ’79 Grasseschi Craig and Amy Hampson Matthew and Anne Haskins

The Pinsoneault family with Fr. Gordy Douglas at the groundbreaking of the Jim Pinsoneault Quad.

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The new cardio room is positively impacting the health, fitness and well being of our school community as it is being utilized annually by over 1,700 students, teachers and staff through PE classes, during 3 seasons of sports, after school and during summer conditioning.

Bill and Molly Hastings David and Kari Hatlen Michael and Patricia Bee ’87 Heffernan Ozo and Beth Jaculewicz Steven R and Laura Johnson Helen Jolly John and Marisol Joynt Mark and Deirdre Lacambra Eben and Jane Lewis Lukevich Family, Peter ’71 and Linda, Thomas ’99 and Gaia, Robert ’04 and Andrea Robert and Marta McCullough Markow Family Tom and Ann Martin Ted and Jan McCaugherty James and Theresa Murphy Chad and Robyn Murphy Lee and Alison Parsons Kip and Karen Prohaska Richard C. Redman ’61 Scott Redman ’83 Paul and Shawn Saline Sellen Construction Company Jim and Luisa Sheldrup Ed ’80 and Lynn Thenell Martin and Lisa Thenell John and Angela Traynor Peter and Karen Wickstrand Philip and Jennifer Yerkes

$5,000-$9,999

Rick and Refawne Acarregui Scott and Suzie Alan Randy and Julie Back Dan & Mary Williams ’81 Beard in memory of Clay and Dorothy Williams Tom and Colleen Stewart ’79 Blaikie David ’91 and Lisa Gurry Renato and Melanie Canto Dr. Pauline M. Cline ’65 in memory of Paul and Margaret Cline & Pat Miranda ’62 Pierre-Etienne and Candice-Jennifer Chartier

Scott and Laura Greenberg Uli and Patty Haller Harmon Family Jim Harmon ’78 Brock and Karin Henson ’82 Loen Pete and Trina Hollomon Timmie Hollomon Robert and Annmarie Kelly Jim ’78 and Linda Kinerk Brad and Shannon Gurry ’89 Knowles Mark and Stacie Ludden Thomas and Melissa Maider Philip and Kelley Martin Thomas J. ’84 and Suzanne Sinegal McGill Tony Olney and Mary McHugh Philip VanDerhoef ’77 and Kathleen McKay Carlo and Heather Bradburn ’88 Mears James ’63 and Gretchen Vogel ’62 Miller Steve, Kim and Molly Miska Lynn Wartelle O’Connor ’88 Thomas and Mary Loft ’80 Ramsey Tom Allen and Mary Ransom Russell and Kathy Schmidtke Paul and Kathleen Donahue ’65 Seely Julie Teel Matt and Marianne Herb ’83 Wells Donna Wybo in honor of Fr. Gordon Douglas

$1,000-$4,999

Anonymous (2) Anonymous in memory of Veronica Gannon Abramowicz Family Charlene Aguilar and Luis Fraga Stuart Allen and Sunny Liu Larry ’58 and Charon Alvar Nancy M Amato ’82 and Lawrence Rauchwerger in honor of Sr. Maureen Rose Brent and Jen Anderson

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Charles and Sherry Atterbury Bridget Mathews Aumell ’85 Chuck and Gaye Barrett Vincent Vonada and Francesca Benoit Brian and Rachel Berryessa Bigler Family Charles ’73 and Rebecca Ourada ’73 Bocian Brent LaMotte and Lisa Boucher In memory of Brady Bracken John and Leslie Bratrud Steve and Jeanne Bremer Breshock Family in honor of Sister Heck & Mr. Hecko Stephen and Patricia Brown Christopher and Kimberly Butler Kelly and Jacquie Byrne JoAnn Carbonetti ’68 Patrick Carr ’69 Sheila Cameron Cooper ’83 Gary and Patty Donahue ’68 Corum, Katy ’06 and Conor ’08 Will ’81 and Shannon Crowley King and Kathy Cushman Scott and Monica DeMeulemeester Wright and Sandy Dickinson Nick and Janie DiMartino Terry Douglas and Gary Christianson in honor of Gordie Douglas Jeffrey ’87 and Jennifer Cushman ’89 Droppelman Michael ’65 and Becky Egan Jim Erhardt ’71 Bill and Laurie Farmer Fischer & Wagner-Fischer Family Kevin ’80 and Colleen Flanigan in memory of John Flanigan Elizabeth Gauer David and Stephanie Gravenkemper Gray Family Jason Hagens ’88 and Erin Myrin Hagens ’87 Himmelspach Family Mac Hofeditz ’87 in honor of the Class of 1987

David ’84 and Teresa Jolly ’84 Holt Peter Johnson and Carol Troup Barry ’81 and Shellee Kaimakis Joseph ’89 and Kristin Kenny Dan Kilpatric and Colleen Kinerk ’70 In memory of Ed Thenell Sr. John T. and Nicole Korman Joseph and Kala Kunthara Jeffrey and Tina Lee D. Andrew and Ruth Rogers Lewis Tom and Mary Pat ’58 Lord Anthony and Pamela ’74 Mayfield Patricia McBride Kraig and Deven McCoy Rev. Michael J. McDermott Loren and Jeannie Orebaugh ’63 McElvain Toby ’96 and Linda McGill R. Michael McNulty ’64 Joe ’87 and Carmela ’90 Mele Kevin and Betty Mest Monteleone Family Chris Moore ’80 and Susanne Quistgaard Ed and Cindy Moriarty Dan Grohl and Ali Mullin ’05 Michael and Shelley O’Clair Jim, Molly, and Fiona ’21 O’Donnell Teresa Rowland ’80, Stewart and Patrick ’18 O’Leary Patrick and Janet Oishi Tony Philippsen ’61 and Patricia Novarra Samuel ’00 and Britt Hesse ’01 Procopio J. Noel ’64 and Cathy Pyatt Rampersad Family Rascon Cordova Family Thomas ’76 and Tracy ’78 Read John and Maureen Reid in memory of Ed and Marge Kelly Barrett and Debra Rochefort Steve Roselli ’80 Stephen and Jen Russell James M. Ryan ’70 Mary K. Lancaster Ryan ’68 in memory of Bill Ryan ’67

“The new cardio room is fantastic – it allows all the PE classes a place to warm up without going outside. Plus it helps build a lifetime habit of health for our students.”

– Lisa Olsen, PE Instructor Mark and Ursula Saltvig David and Margie Schmutz James Schwartz ’79 and Renee M. Willette ’79 Gregory and Stacie Sena Mary T. Sheehan ’70 Maury and Judy Sheridan Paul A. Sittauer ’80 Shaun Smith and Sandra Barton Smith ’78 Valerie A. Krueger-Stahnke ’83 John and Patty Stockamp Steven and Susan Stolle Charles ’83 and Sara Strazzara James Sullivan ’ ’70 Jack and Sarah Sutermeister Douglas and Catherine Vasey ’83 Tveter Christopher ’83 and Charlotte Van Hollebeke John ’76 and Elizabeth Vandenberg John Vanderzanden and Sandra Harui Wampler Family Richard and Sheryl Welch Ken ’86 and Esmee Williams Matthew and Ann Tiesi ’87 Wood

Up to $999.00

Anonymous (17) Anonymous in honor of K. Reinke Anonymous in memory of Kelly Abrahamson Kim Abson Adkisson Family Chris and Christie Allemand George and Molly Allen Matt and Allison Allen Anderson Family Lyle and Colleen Anderson Fr. Michael Angelovic in honor of Fr. Joe Erny and Coach Mickey Naish Luis ’94 and Maria ’95 Arruela Peter and Connelia Aylett Steven and Jennifer Bader John and Anne Baisch Bill and Marilyn ’65 Bailey Mary and Mitchell Balzer Baron Family in memory of Bert Baron Andrew and Liz ’86 Barrett James Bartel and Antonella Vesponi-Bartel

Steve and Stacey Guise ’80 Bean Dave and Barb Belfie Ruth Mlecko Bence Christine ’84 and Benford Bennett Patricia and Angela ’85 Bennett Roger ’59 and Karen Berens Don ’63 and Susanne Betz Biermanski Family Gladys Biglor ’70 George and Jane Bissonnette Bjorke Family Christopher ’87 and Alana Blunt Todd and Jina Bonime Ed Boyle ’86 Glen ’86 and Christine Bradburn Randall Bremgartner and Victoria Silecchio Ian and Anne Brown Julie Brown Jim and Molly Bullard Valerie Buono-Spannaus ’88 Patricia J. Burke Andrew and Marci Bylund Richard ’66 and Anita Byrne John Byrum and Karen Tanzy Caballero Family Erin Camden ’01 William and Stephanie ’05 Campbell John Cerqui and Dawn Ehde Joshua Chaitin and Erin Galvin Peter and Rita Chudecke Tom and Teresa Chudecke William and Wendy Gremmel ’86 Codd John and Adela ’63 Collins Colleen Colston Cook/Carr Family Michael and Lynn Cordova Joseph Cunnane and Darla Goodwin Thomas and Catherine Cunningham Mathias and Kristine Dangla David and Terri Danielson Diosdado and Veronica Dato Charlie and Heidi ’84 Deane Luke A. Decker ’04 and Elvira Aguilera John Jay Deubler and Heather Goad-Deubler Keith Dingfield and Susan Slonecker Raymond ’65 and Becky Dion Ryan and Anne ’78 Dodge Dombek Family Erin Donohue-Zink Family Joseph Donovan ’66 Donsky & Overturf Family Shawn and Elizabeth Dougherty

Dreis Family Dominick and Aurora Driano Duffy Family Dunkle Family John ’72 and Allison Durkin Dawn Dwyer ’69 Einmo Family Shirley P. Epton Corey and Joni ’99 Eriksen Fahey Family, Pat ’60 & Barbara ’62 Fahey

Marlene ’65 and Ron Frost Tim Frost Frugé-Culanag Family Dale and Mary ’81 Fugier & Family in memory of Charles & Mary Contenta Gamez Family Robert Gardner ’66 and Janet Curran in honor of Fr. Gordon Douglas and Jim Pinsoneault

Patrick Fennessy and Ann Alokolaro ’95 Gerard ’74 and Laura Pizzano ’74 Fieser Mike Finnegan and Monica Armstrong Fiorini Family Valeriy ’02 and Vita Firsov in memory of my grandfather Michael Grib Mike and Katie Fleming Flinn Family Patrick Foley and Amy Soberg ’89 Myke and Barbara Folger Laura Ford George Freeman ’92 Paul and Mary Freiburger

Charles and Sally Garneski Michael ’88 and Lori Gasca Todd and Amy Genovese Gary ’65 and Evie George Joseph and Maureen Gockowski Mary Grace Gockowski ’15 Cheryl ’64 and John ’64 Goodspeed James ’90 and Kristine Goodspeed Madelena Gorev ’19 David Graves and Jennifer Dold Graff Family Lydia Green ’10 Griffin Family Arthur and Mary Griffin Tracy Guinasso ’77 Michael and Kimberly Halvorson Fred Hamel ’80

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Wayne ’83 and Joni Hampson Greg Hanon and Julie Schober ’85 Hanon Hanson Family Jane Healy Brett Hecko Bond/Heffernan Family Jack Heffernan ’18 Robin Heide ’82 Rob and Elizabeth ’86 Hendry Jennifer and Robert Henning Bill Herber Herrera Family Hester Family Kent and Terry Hickey John and Carolyn Hickman Joseph Hinshaw ’18 Dat Hoang and Thuan Nguyen Lance and Kristi Holmes Christian Houck and Lynne Kalina In honor of Paul Hovind Bill Hoyer Family in honor of the class of ’59 Hugo and Mary Anne in honor of Sam Procopio Clarice and Dana Hunter Hyder Family Jo Ellen Hylind Greg Iten ’65 George P. Johnson ’63 Holly McArt Johnson ’81 and Dwight Johnson in memory of Elizabeth McArt Sharon Moran Johnson ’85 Anthony ’71 and Ann Jones Marsi Jones William and Stephanie ’89 Judy Kallick Family Ashley E. Kane Kevin ’90 and Kelley Kane John ’92 and Sarah Katsandres

Kevin Keadle and Sally ’87 Anderson Steve ’77 and Christina Kealy Kearney Family Keller Family Kristin Kenefick Kennedy Family James Keyes ’79 Greg and Shannon ’80 Komen Brian J. Kraus Paul and Connie Krause Krembs Family John and Stacy Krueger Kathryn Lassiter ’65 Keith J. Lawson ’98 Kay Thomas Lee ’67 Joel and Delia Lemus Mike Lindblom ’80 Chuanmin Liu Cecilia Locsin Mark and M. Patricia Lunde Gregory and Pamela Marchand Ian and Sarah MacKay Anne Maher Mary Cosgrove Malley ’65 Joe ’85 and Erin ’85 Manca Robert and Caroline Markwardt Scott and Glorilyn Maw Jim Mazurk ’83 Brian ’77 and Mary Kay McDevitt Angus ’80 and Twila McDonell Jesse ’96 and Caitlin McFeron Matthew and Heidi McGavick Dennis and LouElla McGaughey Mary P. McGough ’83 Padraic and Rachel McGovern Steve McMullen McVey Family Dean Oquist and Melissa Meier James ’62 and Sheryl Melia Marie Massart Miller ’75 in honor of Jim and Doris Massart

Michael ’70 and Roxanne Milne Minor Family Gary ’81 and Margaret Mitchell Wills Mitchell ’04 and Anna Boone Janice and Steve Moehring Thomas and Sarah Moloney Daren and Nicole Monroe Margie Moore ’58 Robert and Lori Morris Steven ’78 and Julie Morris Susan Finney Morry ’64 Warren Moy Katie and Brian Mulholland Conrad and Heather Mulligan Kevin and Denise de Pinna ’91 Mullins Mia Murphy Christine Murray ’65 and Jim Niblack

Robert and Micaela Murray in honor of BBHS Teachers Louise Antush Naehr ’66 Tim and Margaret Newcomb in honor of Father Gordon Douglas Katie Newman Mary Oaksmith Nichols ’73 Harry Nicoloudakis Steve Nolan Steven Northey and Margo Sepanski-Northey Randall and Meghan Novak John and Betsy O’Kane Bernadette O’Leary Dennis ’85 and Carla O’Leary John P. O’Leary ’92 in memory of Jerry O’Leary in honor of Noreen O’Leary

Bishop Blanchet Legacy Society Bishop Blanchet High School has served students for more than sixty years, establishing a legacy of excellence in faith, scholarship and service of which we are extremely proud. BBHS accepts planned gifts from alumni and members of the Brave Community who were committed to ensuring this legacy continues for decades to come. Opportunities for planned gifts include working with donors to establish endowments and include BBHS in the estate plans.

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The new health classroom is more than just an updated place of learning for PE classes, it is also an area that allows teams to meet, strategize and focus. Prior to having access to this classroom, the softball team had to meet in the locker room, little gym or wrestling room where there were constant distractions, but now we have this new space that has greatly improved our ability to communicate as a team.”

-Kate Yerkes ’20

Noreen O’Leary John and Isabelle Ochsner Albert and Susan ’98 Ocoma Christina Odom ’86 David ’61 and DeeDee Olmer Lisa Olsen Orse Family Nicholas Padrnos Mike and Janet Parks Virginia Paulsen Robert Penne ’59 Janine Perrotti Tom ’87 and Michelle Pierson Michael Pierce ’86 Justin ’72 and Karen Pirak Susan Plummer Teresa ’76 and Doug Polonis Pavlo Popovych Popp Family Potter Family Dylan and Heidi Pouley Genevieve E. Pritchard ’17 Prosser Family David and Rita Pruin Bill and Jodie Purcell Catherine Purpur ’85 and Scott Hanson in memory of Harry Purpur Mark ’69 and Paula Quinn Linda Reeder ’73 in memory of Milton and Bette Reeder Mary Anne Reeder ’76 in memory of Milton and Bette Reeder

Steven Reeder ’69 in memory of Milton and Bette Reeder Matthew G. and Kristin Reese James and Diane Reeves Michael and Colleen Reinhardt Scott Remillard and Gladys Cuellar Peter and Michelle Richmond Jon and Margaret Rican Rivero Family Paul and Nerie Roa Jacqueline Robinette Hanne Dittler and Anita Robles Ed and Laura Rogan Allan and Karla Romano Mary Romano and Brad Olsen R Brian Rowse ’69 in memory of Zoe & Bob Rowse John and Eileen Rumpf Robert and Antonette Ruppin Erik and Maureen ’84 Sabiers Laura Salle Andy and Gini Salvador Christopher and Shelli Sams Jason and Kim Sanchez Satterthwaite Family Paul and Mary Schwaegler Christopher Schatz ’86 Joe ’82 and Deb Schober Ian Schroeder and Jan Nicosia Schwartz Family Harry L Sedies ’60 Harry Sellers and Le Van Thi Nguyen Bob ’79 and Kim Serwold Steven and Kelly Nolan Shafer Shelton Family

You have the power to ensure BBHS continues to offer top notch, college prep education for generations of students in the future. To learn more about how to establish your planned gift and connect your own legacy to that of Bishop Blanchet High School, contact Robert Lukevich ’04, rlukevich@bishopblanchet.org or 206-527-3981.

Another way to Support BBHS. Did you know that you can gift a gift to BBHS directly from your IRA. This is a great way to support BBHS and receive tax benefits in

Steven and Gail Siebert Jackson and Michele Simmons Eric ’80 and Katherine Simmons Sires Family Kevin and Julie Skinner Gary Smith and Ann Ward ’66 Margaret Smith Stephen Smith and Charlene Boyd Soethe Family Larry Spyridis and Constance Katsandres ’90 Brion and Kristin Stone Julie Stolzer Howard Stott Allen ’66 and Janet Stover Liz ’77 and Bernd Strassner P. James Sullivan Terry ’75 and Patty Pastro ’75 Sullivan in memory of Rosemarie Pastro deFarias ’65 Sharon Suver-Jones ’68 Stephanie Swenson Szymanski Family Brett and Erica Thomas Jeff and Heather Thoren Thornburg Family Mark and Mary Thornton Robert ’75 and Christine Throckmorton Vicky Tiberio in Memory of Bob Tiberio Mike and Jennifer Todd Tompkins Family Joan Twohy Reynolds in memory of Kevin Mark Twohy

Janahlyn Valenzuela Diane Valach and Matt Willkens Patrick and Debbie Van Der Hyde Marilyn ’65 and George Veomett Jeff Vogel and Mariann Krizsan Yen-Khanh T. Vu Mick and Sandra Walls Julia Walters-Burns in memory of Tom Burns Todd Waltier ’83 and Laurel Rabel-Waltier Tony ’81 and Ann Waltier Jim ’63 and Karen Ward Dean ’85 and Susan Wartelle Brian ’96 and Katie Welch Matt Welch ’14 Cassandra Western Westling Family James and Kimberley White Charles ’85 and Christie Wickstrand Wick Family J. Gregory ’92 and Nicole Wickstrand Ralph and Mary Willison Kyle and Jennifer Condit ’99 Willoughby Patrick ’84 and Kristine Wilson Robin Wixom and Matthew Hovde Wolfe Family Thomas E. Workman ’63 John and Jeanne ’86 Worrell Chris and Lisa Wrenn John and Thuy Yuen John and Victoria Zeisner Kurt and Linda Zumdieck Andrei and Svetlana Zverev

return. If you’re at least 70½ years old, you can make a tax-free transfer up to $100,000 to BBHS. If you have not taken your required minimum distribution this year, an IRA charitable rollover gift can satisfy all or part of this requirement.

If you have questions contact Robert Lukevich, Assistant Director of Development, Alumni Relations & Planned Giving at rlukevich@bishopblanchet.org or at 206-527-3981

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The following donors gave all or a portion of their gift to name our BBHS Quad in honor of Jim Pinsoneault Sr. Brian ’85 and Chrissy Acarregui Jeff ’85 and Gina ’85 Auter Robert and Sara Blair JoAnn Carbonetti ’68 Patrick Carr ’69 Dr. Pauline M. Cline ’65 Kathy and King Cushman Antonio and Martha DeSapio Michael ’65 and Becky Egan Kevin ’80 and Colleen Flanigan Michael ’88 and Lori Gasca Kent and Terry Hickey Helen Jolly Mike Lindblom ‘80 Rev. Michael J. McDermott Lynn Wartelle O’Connor ’88 Noreen O’Leary Joseph ’85 & Lisa ’85+ Petschl, Joey ’08 & Devin Gilmore ’08 Petschl, Zachary ’10 & Danielle Monen ’10 Petschl, Samuel ’12 & Elle Blume ’12 Petschl, Gregory Petschl ’14, and Jeffrey Petschl ’16 Annette Pinsoneault ’82 and Woody Winter James ’80 and Janelle Pinsoneault John ’88 and Aletha ’88 Pinsoneault Joseph ’85 and Cheryl Pinsoneault Jim and Margie Rose Teresa Rowland ’80, Stewart and Patrick ‘18 O’Leary Greg ’74 and Stephanie Jacobsen ’74 Schüler, Dan ’88 & Karen Schüler and Breanna ’20 and Chloe ’22 Schüler, Jacob ’01 and Shannon Sifferman ’96 Schüler Paul A. Sittauer ’80 Howard Stott P. James Sullivan John ’76 and Elizabeth Vandenberg Ed and Edie ’62 Wartelle Dean ’85 and Susan Wartelle Charles ’85 and Christie Wickstrand J. Gregory ’92 and Nicole Wickstrand Peter and Karen Wickstrand

The following donors gave all or a portion of their gift to name a classroom in memory of Jennifer Campbell ’86

Thank you to the following corporations for matching a gift donated by a Brave Community member

Brian ’85 and Chrissy Acarregui Bridget Mathews Aumell ’85 John and Anne Baisch Andrew and Liz ’86 Barrett Ruth Mlecko Bence Ian and Anne Brown Dr. Matt Campbell Jr. and Irene Campbell Matt ’85 and Amy Campbell John Jay Deubler and Heather GoadDeubler Gray Family Greg Hanon and Julie Schober ’85 Hanon Rob and Elizabeth ’86 Hendry Lance and Kristi Holmes Jo Ellen Hylind Marsi Jones Ashley E. Kane Kristin Kenefick John and Stacy Krueger Joe ’85 and Erin ’85 Manca Ed and Cindy Moriarty Janine Perrotti Popp Family John and Eileen Rumpf Christopher Schatz ’86 Joe ’82 and Deb Schober Gregory and Stacie Sena Julie Stolzer Julie Teel Ken ’86 and Esmee Williams John and Jeanne ’86 Worrell David and Sally Swanson ’87 Wright

Ally Financial Baird Foundation Inc Bank of America Matching Gifts Program Boeing Gift Matching Program Boeing Political Action Committee Boeing Retirees Matching Gifts Program Bright Funds Foundation Chevron Humankind Matching Gift Program D.A. Davidson Companies Dell Matching Gifts Electronic Arts Outreach Gift Match F5 Networks Gift Matching Program Johnson and Johnson Matching Gifts Program Meredith Corporation Foundation Matching Gifts Program Microsoft Corporation Morgan Stanley Matching Gifts Program Motorola Solutions Foundation Gift Match Program Starbucks Matching Gifts Program T-Mobile USA Inc Gift Match Program Tableau Foundation US Bank Matching Gift Program Wells Fargo Bank Matching Gifts Program

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A Brave Future Historic Campaign Success!

$10.4 3

MILLION WAS GIVEN

DONORS CONTRIBUTED MORE THAN

950

STUDENTS AND FACULTY ARE NOW USING THE LATEST SMART TVS

880

$1

MILLION EACH

624

GIFTS

1

$1,701,752

200

BBHS COMMUNITY MEMBERS WERE ENGAGED BY ATTENDING ONE OF OUR 8 LEADERSHIP BRIEFINGS AND NEIGHBORHOOD GATHERINGS

STUDENTS USE THE NEW HEALTH CLASSROOM FOR SPORTS MEDICINE AND HEALTH CLASSES

PLANNED GIFT VALUED OVER $1 MILLION

9,500

SQUARE FEET OF NEW SPACE WAS ADDED WITH THE SECOND FLOOR ADDITION TO THE ERNIE ROSE ACTIVITIES CENTER

WAS GIVEN BY BBHS ALUMS

300

PERFORMING ARTS STUDENTS ARE ENJOYING THE NEWLY REMODELED CHOIR ROOM

1,500

SQUARE FEET WAS ADDED TO THE NORCLIFFE STUDENT COMMONS

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BBHS SPORTS

Girls Swimming

Boys Swimming

The girls swim team, led by captains Maddy Gudrian-Crawford ’19, Kitt McVey ’19 and Sydney Paulus ’19, had a great year placing 18th at the State Championships.

The boys swim team capped a successful season with 9th place at the State Championships. Evan Zverev ’19 placed 2nd in the 50 Free (21.03) and 3rd in the 100 Free (46.59), setting school records in both.

Ella Haskins ’21 broke school records in the His teammate Michael Lin ’19 placed 6th in 50 Free (23.96) and 100 Free (52.23) placing the 200 Free and 10th in the 100 Free while 2nd and 3rd at State respectively. Ella, Ben Culala ’21 placed 15th in the 100 Breast. along with teammates Dara Schoolcraft ’20, Theresa Krembs ’21 and Sarah Van Alex Oishi ’19, Evan Martin ’21, Evan Hollebeke ’21, placed 13th at State in the Zverev ’19 and Michael Lin ’19 placed 7th 400 Free Relay. in the 400 Free Relay and Alex, Michael, Evan and Michael Martin ’21 placed 7th in Kitt McVey ’19 and Sydney Paulus ’19 the 200 Free Relay. earned Academic All-American recognition for their 3.9 GPAs. The team earned the Alex Oishi ’19, Eric Haller ’19 and Will WIAA Outstanding Scholastic Award for an Szymanski ’19 earned Academic Alloverall team GPA over 3.5.

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Girls Soccer The 2018 girls soccer season was a rebuilding year for the Braves; with only four seniors on the roster, the future looks bright as a lot of younger players earned valuable experience in big Metro competitions.

Despite challenges on the field, team cohesion was strong and younger players like Natalie Clouse ’22, Ella Powers ’22 and Luisa Sherwood ’22 integrated seamlessly into the program.

The Braves made it to the Metro Tournament for the 8th consecutive year, led by captains Rory Knowles ’19, Amelia Tiesi ’19 and Helena Dougherty ’20. Game highlights included a pre-season win over Nathan Hale, and a season sweep of Bainbridge Island.

Girls Cross Country

Post-season honors went to Amelia Tiesi ’19 – All-Metro First Team; Natalie Clouse ’22, Helena Dougherty ’20, Bernadette Keppler ’20, Rory Knowles ’19, Claire Koehler ’21 and Emma Mulligan ’20 – AllMetro Second Team; Meg Cunningham ’21, Fiona O’Donnell ’21, Luisa Sherwood ’22 and Makayla Weston ’19 – All-Metro Honorable Mention.

Girls Basketball The girls basketball team concluded its season in February with a loss in the Metro Tournament, ending the season 10-11. The Braves were led offensively most of the season by Taliyah Clark ’21 and Minnie Miller ’20. The highlight for the Braves was a last second victory against #6 ranked Seattle Prep in January.

The team loses only two seniors, Anna Summers ’19 and Katie Watt ’19, who were awarded the Coaches’ Award this year, for their hard-work and leadership throughout the season. Clark was named to the 2nd Team All Metro Team by the Metro League Coaches.

The 2018 Bishop Blanchet girls cross country had a fantastic season with another great turnout and superb racing efforts and results.

Volleyball The girls volleyball team welcomed a new coaching staff this Fall. BBHS Alum, Jennifer Berard ’92 took over the program and added a great team of coaches. Senior leadership helped with the transition and hard work, drive and passion for the sport by all the girls in the program lead to a successful season. Finishing league play 5-5, varsity continued to improve daily. The team finished 5th in the Metro Tournament and spent the next week focused on what it would take to make it to the State playoffs in Yakima.

Upsetting Bellevue in the district playoff to clinch a berth to State was a definite highlight of the season, with the girls playing with the confidence they needed to finish 3rd in the District Tournament.

The Braves fell just short in a five set match against Snohomish in round 1 of the State Tournament and could not get past the Seattle Prep Panthers on Day 2. These girls grew as a team, played as a family and finished the season strong!

At the Metro Championship meet (hosted

by Bishop Blanchet), the Braves placed 4th overall in the varsity race. In the Metro JV Championship the Braves finished 2nd to Holy Names. In addition, we had two individual top ten finishers in both the varsity race (Olivia Freeman ’21, 5th place) and in the JV Championship race (Margarita Hillon ’21, 6th place).

At the Sea-King District 2 Championship meet (hosted by Bishop Blanchet), the girls cross country team qualified for the Washington State Meet by finishing 5th overall out of 12 teams. The Braves were led

by Olivia Freeman ’21 to an 8th place finish.

At the WIAA 3A State Championship meet, the Braves placed 4th overall out of 16 teams for a podium award. The Brave girls beat Holy Names and all of their SeaKing District teams from the week before!

Olivia Freeman ’21 finished in 22nd place with a time of 19:34 while Emme Leonard ’21 placed 32nd overall. Rounding out our scoring top five were Abby Hecko ’19 (54th place), Tait Rowley ’20 (60th place) and Kate Manley ’19 (64th place). The last time the Brave girls podiumed was in 2000.

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Wrestling The 2018-2019 Bishop Blanchet wrestling team was able to build a great deal of momentum heading into future seasons.

This year returning and new wrestlers showed dedication to success by starting training in early September with strength and conditioning nearly every day after school until the season started midNovember.

For the first time in Bishop Blanchet history, girls were allowed to join the Braves wrestling team! The girls squad consisted of a dedicated group of four girls. A highlight of the girls season included Maddy Mcsherry ’21 qualifying for the State Tournament at the end of the year. The team’s numbers this year were tremendous as the team ended the year with 17 wrestlers, 11 more wrestlers than last year!

The snowstorms this February caused mayhem for post season wrestling across the state. As a result of the snowstorms and school closures, regionals this year was canceled meaning all wrestlers who placed top eight in the Metro League tournament

moved on to State. This meant that seven Bishop Blanchet wrestlers participated in the WIAA 3A State Championship.

The Brave wrestling team will no doubt build upon their momentum to have a dominant next season!

Boys Cross Country The 2018 Bishop Blanchet boys cross country had a fantastic season with another huge turnout. Overall, the Braves had 81 runners on the team for one of the largest teams in the state of Washington including 25 freshman boys (for a new school freshman record).

At the Metro Championship meet, the Braves placed 2nd overall in the varsity race losing to Lakeside by just 14 points and pulled off a great feat by winning the Metro JV Championship over Ballard by 9 points.

At the Sea-King District 2 Championship meet, the boys cross country team qualified for the Washington State Meet by finishing 5th overall out of 12 teams.

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At the WIAA 3A State Championship meet, the Braves placed 6th overall out of 16 teams. The 2018 trip to the state meet marked the 50th time in school history that a boys team from Blanchet has raced at the meet (a state record). Nicky DiMartino ’20 finished in 31st place with a time of 16:30 while Michael Lewis ’20 placed 32nd overall. Nicky and Michael received 1st team honors on the 2018 All Metro Cross Country Team while Adam Flood ’20 received 2nd team honors.

Ultimate Frisbee Ultimate frisbee concluded its season in February ranked 8th in the A Division. The team ended the season with a two-point loss to the Ingraham Rams, but it was an epic battle in frigid temperatures. The Braves had several seniors on the roster, who all played extremely well throughout

the season: Abby Hecko ’19, Pieran Robert ’19, Liam Tracey ’19, Cole Siebert ’19 and Thomas Parkhurst ’19. They will be missed greatly next year.

Golf The varsity boys golf team finished the year with a 7-4 record. The Braves placed 6th in the Metro Championships and had two golfers (Connor Stockamp ’21 and Joe O’Connor ’21) qualify for the WIAA State Golf Championships in May at Indian Summer Golf Course. Joe earned 2nd Team All-League honors for the year. The young golf team looks to continue its success into next year with a goal of having the team qualify for the State Tournament.

The varsity girls golf team finished the year with a 5-6 record. The girls team had a record turnout this year! The team had a total of eight girls (three freshmen, one sophomore and four juniors). The girls came to practice each day with a positive attitude and determination to improve. Special congratulations go out to Lauren Thomas ’22 who qualified for the District Championships this coming May at Riverbend Golf Course.

Boys Basketball The boys varsity basketball team ended its season with a loss vs. Bellevue at the District tournament, the Braves first District appearance in years. The Braves finished 13-10 overall and 9-8 in Metro League play giving them an 8th place finish out of sixteen teams. Wins over Franklin and Seattle Prep were highlights of the season.

A nail biter loss to O’Dea also showed the grit and toughness the team embodied.

Football

After a successful 2017 season, the football team was promoted to the top division of the Metro League for 2018. The Braves had a fantastic season, finishing 5-4 (3-2 in league) and in third place in a very competitive league. The Braves came together as brothers and overcame a schedule that featured five consecutive road games. The highlight wins of the season came in a road win at Rainier Beach and a last second field goal at Seattle Prep.

The junior varsity and freshman teams also The team earned a Metro League bye and had successful seasons, in terms of both wins hosted a home playoff game for the first and losses but more importantly showing time since 2015. The season ended with a growth and improvement throughout the hard fought battle to Yelm in the first round season. The Metro League is an extremely of the playoffs. tough league, but this years varsity group raised the bar in terms of what can be The team was led by a group of 16 hardaccomplished. We expect the returning working seniors who established the varsity players and underclassman to build standard for what it means to be a Bishop on the successes of this year’s team.

Blanchet Brave. Many of the seniors were

three-year varsity starters and contributed to our success on offense, defense and special teams.

Players receiving recognition on the AllMetro Teams: Kurtis Delen ’19 (K) Jack Donahue ’19 (LB) Chris Frost ’19 (WR/DB) Tommy Gardner ’19 (RB/DB) Tyler Hardie ’19 (LB) Patrick Harmon ’19 (OT) Matthew Kennedy ’19 (OL/DL) Jimmy Navone ’19 (DL) Jacob Nguyen ’20 (DL) Cole Thomas ’19 (OT) The freshman and JV teams also had great seasons as they improved each time they took the field. We look forward to the bright future of young men developing within our program.

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BBHS ARTS

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Spotlight Cabaret On November 17th, the Performing Arts Department launched their new combined fundraiser, the Spotlight Cabaret. It was an evening with full of live performances from Blanchet’s own singers, musicians and actors. Our 200 guests raised a total $22,730 that directly benefits costs at BBHS. You don’t want to miss out on this lively, fun event next year!

Christmas Concert The bands and choirs joined together on December 9th for Blanchet’s annual Christmas Concert. More than 175 Blanchet students, led by Sean Richarz and Becca Cantrell, performed at this seasonal favorite event, ushering in the Christmas Season!

Almost, Maine

There, the group participated in two choir workshops in Los Angeles, and got to spend one day running around the park. The choir also performed in the DeMiero Jazz Festival in Edmonds on March 8th.

Jazz Band The Jazz Band had a busy March. On the 16th, the group played a gig at Tula’s Restaurant and Jazz Club in Belltown. Tula’s is known as a hotspot for Seattle jazz, and it was a great experience for the students.

After canceling the original date due to the snow, the Festival of Catholic Choirs Working was rescheduled for March 28th. At this Blanchet Drama is excited to present amazing event, the choir was able to work Working, by Stephen Schwartz and Nina with special guest Dr. Andrea Ramsey, a Faso at The Moore Theatre April 12th – 14th. composer, conductor, scholar and music Directed by Robert Bergin, this musical educator known around the world. Dr. gives a glimpse at the life of everyday Ramsey lead clinics at Benaroya Hall for the working people from Studs Terkel’s book by Catholic Choirs participating in the festival. the same name. More than 50 students have put their own personal hard work into the Fall Choir Concert show, on stage and behind the scenes.

This October, all of the choirs performed

This year’s fall play was Almost, Maine by John Cariani, directed by Robert Bergin.

With a cast of nine on stage, and nearly 40 more students working behind the scenes, Almost, Maine told the many different Drama Alumni in Action stories of love in a small town in Maine. The In December, alumnus Andrew Gryniewicz show performed November 9 – 11. ’14 led a musical voice and a movement class for Blanchet Students. Andrew played One-Acts many roles in Blanchet musicals, including This year’s One-Act Festival featured the title role in Shrek. It was great for our three plays that were completely student students to get a chance to work with an produced: Slop Culture by Robb Badlam alumni from the program, and get private directed by Samantha Murray Tuesta instruction as they prepared for the musical ’19, The Game, by Lousie Bryant, directed auditions.

by Savannah Waltier ’19 and an original piece written and directed by Emily Feucht Jazz Choir ’19, Infinity House. Congratulations to The Jazz Choir, led by Becca Cantrell, all the students who made these great traveled south this winter to Disneyland! productions!

at St. Catherine of Siena for the Fall Choir Concert. Amongst the many wonderful performances was the inaugural performance of a select Barbershop-style men’s choir. More from this group to come!

New Choir Room This year is the first year for the choir in the newly renovated choir room. With more than 15% of the student population taking a choir class, the new room has improved the learning by adding rehearsal rooms and creating a curved rehearsal space to better hear each other.

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BBHS

ALUMNI REUNIONS & EVENTS

Local Alumni Gatherings This year we held two Local Alumni Gatherings in Ballard and SODO. Look for an opportunity to join fellow Braves for a drink in your area. Don’t miss our last two opportunities this year in April 13th just prior to Alumni Night at the BBHS Spring Musical Working.

Roaring Twenties Join us at Kell’s Irish Pub for a beer! Finally, our last On March 9, 2019, over 300 members of our Brave event is on May 15th. You can find more information Community took a trip back in time for the Roaring www.bishopblanchet.org/support/events. All Braves Twenties Brave Venture Auction in our Ernie Rose are invited – be sure to bring a fellow alum.

Activities Center. The Main Gym was transformed to the early 20th Center by Décor Chair Amy Hampson.

Dressed in flapper dresses, newsboy hats and argyle Homecoming socks, guests sipped on “Bees Knees” and bid on silent Homecoming is a time to celebrate our alumni and the and live auction items. The gala also included music by Bishop Blanchet community. This year’s Homecoming the BBHS Jazz Band and a performance from our cast football game kicks off at 7:00pm Friday, October 11, of the 2019 Spring Musical Working.

2019 with the Braves taking on Seattle Prep at Mickey During the live auction the bidding over the Walla Walla getaway was hot and this one item raised over $5,500 alone. The highlight of the evening came after current parent Jen Yerkes and BBHS student Deborah Gebreyesus ’19 spoke about this year’s funda-need, investing in automatic exterior door locks and new classroom blinds. Investing in a safer learning environment struck a chord with our guests as they raised their bid cards raising over $139,000. Thanks to a generous BBHS family, all donations to the fund-aneed were matched!

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Naish Field.

The Alumni & Friends Homecoming begins at 6:00pm on Mickey Naish Field. Homecoming is FREE for alumni and their families. Visit www.bishopblanchet.org/page/ support/events/homecoming for additional details.

Gold & Brave Mass

Save the date for Sunday, September 22nd at BBHS. Refreshments to follow in the BBHS Norcliffe Student Commons.

REUNIONS: SAVE THE DATE! 1959 60 Year Reunion Sunday, August 25, 2019 BBHS Norcliffe Student Commons Brunch More details to follow

1964 55 Year Reunion Saturday, September 14, 2019 More details to follow

1969 50 Year Reunion Saturday, September 21, 2019 BBHS Norcliffe Student Commons 5:00 pm More details to follow

1974 45 Year Reunion

Golf Classic Save the Date for Monday, June 17th! The BBHS Golf Classic will be held at Willows Run Golf Course. For more information and to register online, visit www.bishopblanchet.org/golfclassic.

Saturday, August 3, 2019 BBHS Norcliffe Student Commons More details to follow

1979 40 Year Reunion Saturday, June 29, 2019 BBHS Norcliffe Student Commons More details to follow

Hall of Fame BBHS plans to hold a Hall of Fame induction dinner on Homecoming Weekend. Save the Date for Thursday, October 10th. More details will be posted on the BBHS Hall of Fame Website. www.bishopblanchet.org/athletics/hall-of-fame

Brave 5k Save the Date for the Brave 5k August 24th at Lower Woodland Park! Proceeds benefit the BBHS cross country teams. 5k walk begins at 9am, Kids’ 1 mile run at 9:15am and 5k run at 9:30am. Register at www. bishopblanchet.org/support/events.

Alumni Board

1999 20 Year Reunion

Becky Riopel ’94 Christa Caballero ’81 Chuck Bocian ’73 Diane Bunce ’61 Erin Donohue-Zink ’82 Lynn Burns ’64 Noel Pyatt ’64 Pauline Alokolaro ’97 Rich Schmidt ’66 Thomas Lukevich ’99 Tina Ferguson ’76 Tony Martinez ’84 Katy Corum ’06

August 23 - 25, 2019 BBHS Norcliffe Student Commons More details to follow For more information and to help organize, especially classes of 1984, 1989 and 2009, please contact Robert Lukevich ’04 at rlukevich@bishopblanchet.org or 206-527-3981. Keep up to date on reunions by visiting www.bishopblanchet.org/reunions

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GRAD TIDINGS

We welcome your submissions for Grad Tidings and In Memoriam.

Please email your information/photos to rlukevich@bishopblanchet.org.

Submissions received 2/15 – 8/15 will be published in our fall issue; submissions received 8/16 – 2/14 will be published in our spring issue.

Monica Antonellis ’05 and her husband have recently purchased Scott Sherman Auto Care on 92nd and Greenwood. Since graduating from BBHS Monica has acted in theater and film and last performed at the Seattle Repertory Theater as Nausicaa in the Odyssey.

Victoria Butler ’75 has spent 35+ years in K-12 Archdiocesan and Independent Schools. She completed her doctoral studies and was recently appointed Dean of the Alright School of Education at City University of Seattle.

Dr. Gordon Tucker Jr. ’68 has worked for 45 years as a professional archaeologist across the United States. He has also worked abroad in Japan and Israel. Since 2012, he has excavated at the ancient sites of Ashkelon and Tel Shimron in Israel and plans to return to Shimron this summer.

John Lindblom ’86 is finishing his PhD in Theology at Notre Dame. John studies are a part of the World Religions and World Church program. His dissertation is an analysis of a translation of the New Testament into Classical Chinese which occurred in the 1940s. John has studied the Catholic Church in China for 20 years and taught and visited the country many times during his academic and professional career.

Mike Lindblom ’80 covers transportation for the Seattle Times’ community-funded Traffic Lab team, featured in the paper’s Sunday “Behind the Byline” column March 3. Mike was editor of The Miter here at BBHS and has worked 30 years at newspapers in Wenatchee, Kennewick, Longview and Seattle. He wrote in-depth stories about the engineering, breakdown and revival of boringmachine Bertha that drilled the new Highway 99 tunnel, and the Oso mudslide disaster in 2014.

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Stephanie Spiekerman ’14 has signed a professional soccer contract with AS Harima Albion a club that is a part of the Kansai League located in Japan. Stephanie finished her career at SU as a First Team WAC player, the Seattle U Female StudentAthlete, numerous other conference honors and helped Seattle U win two WAC Tournament Titles and three WAC regular season championships.

Leo Perucca ’14 graduated from Western in June of 2018 with a BS in Psychology and a Minor in Sociology. Leo now works at Autism Spectrum Therapies.

Isabella Perucca ’16 is a Junior at Seattle U where she is studying Digital Design with a Minor in Mandarin.

BBHS

IN MEMORIAM

Pat Miranda ’62 Beloved teacher, coach, administrator and Brave Community pillar Pat Miranda ’62 passed away on February 5th, 2019.

Pat spent 40+ years working at Blanchet in various capacities and was a part of over 10,000 student’s lives here at BBHS, whether he was teaching, coaching or serving as the Academic Vice Principal or Interim Principal of Bishop Blanchet High School. Pat was a wonderful brother and

Alumni 1958 Charles “Chuck” Tobin, brother of Gary ’60 and Dale ’65 1959 Jeanette “Jan” Teresa Sullivan 1960 Robert Charles Accetturo Thomas Joseph Troy, husband of Judy ’60 and brother of Mary ’62 1961 Dr. John Dennis Plut 1963 Helen Margaret Sullivan, sister of Joan ’64, Jim ’70, Timothy (Pam) ’71, Robert ’77 and aunt of Brooke ’98 1965 Madeleine Ann (Fleury) Martin, mother of Jonathan ’93 and Andrea ’95 1966 Gregory “Greg” Linscott, brother of John ’65 and Sara ’78 1969 Michael Murphy Kevin Joseph Robinson, husband of Catherine J. Schmitz-Robinson ’69 and brother of Brian ’65, Troy ’67, Teresa ’70 (deceased), Danny ’76 and sisters in law Margaret ’65 Mary Anne ’67 and Sally ’82

1973 Michael “Mike” McCarty, brother of Kevin (Sharon) ’74 1974 Michael Eisenheim, brother of Karen ’67, Harold ’69, Pamela ’70, David ’73, Mary Ann ’77 and Sallie ’78

uncle, an avid traveler and photographer and great friend to many in the Blanchet community and outside of it. Pat loved BBHS and was known for working late into the night to ensure that Blanchet maintained its excellence in providing a Catholic education to its students. His impact on this community is indelible and he will be thought of often and missed dearly by his classmates, colleagues, friends and family.

Bao Manh Do, father of Theresa ’21 William Chandler, father of Laura ’73, Neil ’76 and Lee ’77 and grandfather of Marty ’13 Olive Anne Langhans, mother of Judy ’65, Larry ’66, Mary ’67, Nancy (Richard) ’71 and Kim ’77 and grandmother of John’88, Chris ’90, Jackie ’98, Jessica ’00, Lauren ’00, Steve ’02, Brian ’03

1976 Michael “Mike” Henderson, brother of Jim Thomas “Tom” Boivin, father of Sharilyn ’65 (deceased), Bob (Marilyn) ’66, Tom ’72, ’90, Bret ’92, and Lora ’94 Mary ’74, and John ’82 (Gena) ’83 Bonnie Ackeman, mother of Steven ’72, 1979 David ’73 and Laura ’76 Daniel Shea, brother of Michael ’80, Patrick ’82 and Timothy ’84 Bud Leland, father of Laurie ’80, Stacy ’81, Heidi ’90 and grandfather of Parker ’22 1985 Thomas “Tom” Ernest, brother of Douglas Sterling Sessions, grandfather of Kyli ’09 ’82 (deceased) Andre Yandl, grandfather of Gregory ’03, 2006 Elizabeth ’05, Timothy ’08 and Teresa ’15 Brian Flanigan, son of Kevin ’80 and and uncle of BBHS faculty member Charlie Colleen, brother of Megan ’04, Molly ’08, Mason Kyle ’11, nephew of Kathleen ’76, Patrick Joe Little, son of Jonathan ’80 and ’77, Michael ’79, Timothy ’82, Maureen ’84, nephew of Susan ’73, Blake ’75, Matthew Colleen ’87, and cousin of Casey ’22. ’76, Luke ’79 (deceased), Elizabeth ’84 and cousins Jason ’05, Luke and Logan ’06, Friends Kristen ’07, Tyler ’13 and Luca ’22 Pakie Plastino, father of Alexandra ’19 Martin (Marty) Hentschell Nico Luiggi, brother of Andre ’22 Laura Pedersen, mother of Taija ’21 Lisa Stanford, mother of Brittany and Katrina ’11 and Derrick ’19

John Boren, father of Lynn ’81 (John ’80), grandfather of Michelle ’04 Anne Therese Langenfeld, mother of former BBHS faculty member Jeanne Mikesell Natalie Gulizia, former BBHS Student

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BBHS REFLECTION

A Reflection on a Quintessential BBHS Freshman Experience Morning Reflection & Prayer Offered on February 21, 2019 This evening, our freshmen will take part in one of the most highly anticipated Brave experiences, the freshman retreat. I remember when I was a freshman, when I didn’t know who I was or where I fit in. When preparing for the retreat, I had so many mixed feelings, some fear and nerves, others eagerness and excitement. I was delighted at the prospect of getting to know my fellow classmates, the people I’d be surrounded by for the next four years. But I was also nervous.

Ysabelle Pobre ’20

I don’t really talk when I don’t have to, I’m most comfortable talking to my friends, and I had absolutely no idea who was in my group. It’s not that I’m completely opposed to talking to new people, I’m just afraid of not saying the right thing. I want to talk to talk to new people, but sometimes my fear gets in the way. I started to fear that I wasn’t going to get anything out of the frosh retreat, since I was too scared to put anything in. But, I didn’t want to ruin my experience, so I encouraged myself to see the retreat as an opportunity to break out of my shell and interact with new people. When we had small group discussions, I shared my opinion and ideas. Normally I would just listen and let everyone else do the talking. For the first time, I was talking and taking part in group conversations. In doing this, I began to feel more comfortable with the person I was. I felt less afraid of being myself, especially since everyone else was opening up as well. I was allowed to show my true colors, and I saw everyone else’s too.

It’s crazy to think that now I’m a junior, and still have lasting friendships from the freshman retreat. It’s thanks to my leaders, teachers and fellow group members that made it so memorable to me. It’s very important, whether we’re freshmen, seniors, or anything in between, to be open and friendly to everyone we talk to. Although we never know how someone else is feeling, chances are they’re just like us. If we put our phones down, look at each other in the eye and listen intently to each other, we are the given the opportunity to truly see each other, and build relationships. We have to be able to trust in each other to be comfortable in our own skin.

Now let us a pray a prayer by St. Thérèse of Lisieux and St. Teresa of Avila.

May today there be peace within.

May you trust God that you are exactly where you are meant to be.

May you not forget the infinite possibilities that are born of faith.

May you use those gifts that you have received, and pass on the love that has been given to you.

May you be confident knowing you are a child of God. Let this presence settle into your bones, and allow your soul the freedom to sing, dance, praise and love.

It is there for each and every one of us.

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Freshmen are continually challenged to step outside their comfort zones toward growth, as pictured in their “class dance� at the beginning of the school year.

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