2023-2024 Annual Report / Maypoll

MAYPOLL

Annual Report 2023-2024

HEAD OF SCHOOL

Joe Sciuto

ADMINISTRATION

Allison Castro

Director of Middle School

Beth Dorr

Director of Lower School

Anna Longstaff

Director of Advancement

Lauren Marlis

Director of Enrollment

Linda Rabitoy

Director of Finance

Erika Sears

Director of Technology and Innovation

Thomas Stafford

Director of Marketing and Communications

Phil Velasco Director of Facilities

EDITOR

Kristina Martinez de la Torre

DESIGN

Caroline Halili

PHOTOGRAPHY

Rick Davitt

Kristina Martinez de la Torre

Adrianna Schuster

Thomas Stafford

Phil Velasco

Daniel Villarreal

Amy Williams

The Maypoll is published for the community and friends of Mayfield Junior School. We welcome your comments and suggestions. Every effort is made to avoid errors, misspellings and omissions. Please direct any questions, comments or corrections to

Kristina Martinez de la Torre, Mayfield Junior School, 405 South Euclid Avenue, Pasadena, California 91101, kmdelatorre@mayfieldjs.org

For more information about Mayfield Junior School, please visit our website at www.mayfieldjs.org

NON-DISCRIMINATION POLICY

Mayfield Junior School does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, national or ethnic origin, religion or sexual orientation in the administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, financial aid or other schooladministered programs or activities.

ACCREDITATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS

Mayfield Junior School is accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC), Western Catholic Education Association (WCEA) and the California Association of Independent Schools (CAIS) and is a member of the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS).

Our Mission

Mayfield Junior School, a Catholic independent school founded and sponsored by the Society of the Holy Child Jesus, implements the philosophy of the Holy Child Schools which is based on trust and reverence for the dignity of every person. We are committed to the religious and educational development of each child and to maintaining a sense of community and family spirit that welcomes people of diverse backgrounds. At Mayfield, each child is challenged to reach his or her potential. We encourage our students to respond to the needs of our time with compassion, integrity, and confidence in God and in their own gifts.

Educational Vision Statement

Guided by our Holy Child heritage, we provide a distinctive educational experience that balances tradition and innovation in an intellectually challenging and creative environment. Students discover their best selves as they question, collaborate, and connect in a joyful community.

From the Head of School

Dear Mayfield Community,

We are so excited that Phase IA of “Learning Elevated: The Campaign for the Whole Child” is complete! Our state-of-the-art Mustang Athletic Playing Field is absolutely beautiful, and our new parking garage will help a great deal with parking for events after school and on the weekends. Thank you to our Capital Campaign Chair, Brad King P ’17, ’20, ’22, and our Director of Advancement, Anna Longstaff, for helping us to inspire the transformational early donors who made Phase IA possible. Our momentum is strong, and I am confident that we will fund the completion of Phase IB (Center for Teaching and Learning and Arts and Media Annex) now that we are in the public phase of the campaign.

This Maypoll highlights some of our accomplished alums from the class of 2020 and also provides a snapshot of our extensive and growing Middle School program. Our Middle School program continues to flourish with added co-curricular and extracurricular programs and activities. Our Middle School has always focused on leadership and service to others, and that will continue. Our Holy Child Mission, Holy Child Goals, and Student Pledge guide us in all that we do to help create compassionate, kind, and loving leaders who make a difference in our world.

The 2023-2024 donors we celebrate in this issue represent our incredible community support. Your support helps to provide important resources for the operation of the school as we continue to flourish. Thank you first to those of you who are long-time supporters, whether you are a member of our 1931 Circle, a Giving Partner, or the Cornelia Connelly Society, and thank you also to those who have just begun your support of Mayfield Junior School through our Mayfield Fund, Learning Elevated capital campaign, and other opportunities. All of you make a difference. Thank you!

Go Mustangs!

Joe Sciuto Head of School

Report

2023 -2024

Mayfield is extraordinary because of you. Mayfield Junior School has thrived for nearly 100 years with the generous support of our vibrant community of parents, alumni, and friends. Together, we create an environment where students can grow academically, socially, and spiritually.

Through your annual contributions to the Mayfield Fund, we can provide the resources and programs that promote joyful learning and inspired leadership.

Thank you for supporting our Holy Child mission.

We are grateful to the Society of the Holy Child Jesus for their financial contribution as well as their support and continued sponsorship of Mayfield Junior School of the Holy Child Jesus.

“We want nothing more than to see our children joyful, healthy, and as positive lights in this world. We are proud to support all of the Mayfield programs that directly benefit our children, giving them confidence and purpose.”

Tiffany Akasaki, P’25, ’28, ’30 Chair, Mayfield Fund Committee

2023-2024 Financial Report

FUND

Fund 675 Donors to Mayfield Fund 100% PARTICIPATION FROM Board of Trustees Alumni Council Parent Association Board

BY THE NUMBERS

GIFT MATTERS

366 GIFTS OF $250 or less

DONORS AT LEADERSHIP LEVEL ($1931 AND ABOVE) GAVE

CORNELIA CONNELLY SOCIETY MEMBERS

297 donors have contributed for 5 or more consecutive years

After the Area of Greatest Need, most funds are donor-directed to Tuition Assistance 83 YEAR SPAN

donors have contributed for 20 or more consecutive years

23 Mayfield Fund volunteers handwrote 300 personalized notes

The Cornelia Connelly Society

The Cornelia Connelly Society celebrates a commitment to Holy Child education by donors who have made gifts to the Mayfield Fund for five or more consecutive years.

Lifetime (20 or more years)

Minnie Allen GP’04

Liz and Paul Anderson ’78 P’07, ’08

Sandy and Dan Bane P’97, ’02 GP’27, ’29

Vince Bohanec ’83 P’14, ’16, ’18, ’20

Jill Brown P’84, ’87 GP’15, ’17

Louise Clark P’04, ’09

Teresa and Mark Dilbeck P’14, ’16, ’18

Bridget and Christopher Floyd P’10, ’13, ’15

Alison Gamble ’83 and Mark Gamble P’18, ’20

Amy and Timothy Garrity P’13, ’17, ’19, ’21

Connie Genton P’13

Connie and Robert Gerringer P’90

Ann and Mark Grimmett P’06

Peggy Mills Ireland ’78 P’12, ’15

Virginia Jones ’60 and Tom Jones P’83, ’85, ’89 GP’18, ’20, ’26

Cinty and Raymond Kepner P’99, ’03

Alison Shea Knoll ’83 and Ryan Knoll

Georgina and Mark Maechling ’78 P’13, ’15

Seema and Rajan Malhotra P’11, ’14, ’18

Romola and Leo Mascarenhas P’12, ’14, ’20

Mary and Britton McConnell P’09, ’11, ’15

Patricia and Kenneth McKenna P’08, ’13

Myrna and David McLane P’14, ’19

James McManus P’10, ’17

Linda and Liam Mennis P’99, ’02, ’04

Margit and Paul Onufer P’11, ’15

Karen and Stephen Sweeney P’01, ’05

Kathy and Kevin Sweeney P’13

Arlene and Walter Weiss P’14, ’18

Sister France White, SHCJ

Cornerstone (10-19 years)

Mari Agundez

Jennifer and Christopher Allen P’18, ’21, ’28

Charlotte Anderson ’08

Henry Anderson ’07

Teri Attanasio P’24, ’27

Samantha Bainter ’97 and Christopher Bainter P’27, ’29

Leenatha Berger

Caroline and Thomas Borncamp P’24

Natividad and Anthony Bower P’22

Taylor Brennan ’11

Barbara Brennan P’11

Evy and Jason Bridge P’23, ’23

Jennifer and Kenneth Bunt P’16

Kate Burns ’92

Tricia and Terence Butler P’24, ’27, ’30

Lisa and Brian Byrne P’22, ’23

Margot and Patrick Byrne GP’22, ’23

Christine and Matthew Carrillo-Vincent P’21, ’25, ’27

Krista and Jason Charvat P’22, ’24

Heather and Weber Chen P’29

Beckie Yue and Allen Chen P’24, ’29

John and Tess Clair P’96, ’99, ’04

Kirsten Clougherty ’89 and Dennis Clougherty ’89 P’17, ’19, ’24

Dianna and Bernard Clougherty P’90, ’02, ’04, ’05 GP’26

Mary Cole ’98 and Christopher Cole P’26, ’28

Kristin and Bryan Cook P’21

Sara and Jorden Crepaux

Katherine Delgado

Nicole and Sean Dixon P’16, ’19, ’21

Majella LueSue and Nhien Doan P’24, ’30

Darin Doerning

Judith and John Donovan P’89, ’92, ’92, ’95, ’99

Beth Dorr

Jen Tracy-Duplass and Jay Duplass P’23, ’26

Jose Elias

Austin Ripley and Doc Eslinger P ’27

Martha Fitzpatrick P’78, ’81 GP’10, ’23

Stacey and James Francis P’24, ’26

Teresa Villegas-Galaviz and David Galaviz P’20, ’23, ’24

Juan Garcia

Susi and Dennis Gertmenian P’94, ’00

Jill Frazee and Octavio Godinez P’28

Christine Goethals

Jaymie and Jimmy Gomez P’23, ’25, ’30

Jessica Acosta and Eduardo Gonzalez P’22

Joe Gorman ’53

Margaret and Louis Greco P’91, ’93,’00

Laura and Jason Grinnell P’19, ’20

Tatiana Canelo Guyer

Janet Hale

Pamela Halferty ’87 and James Halferty P’17, ’20, ’25

Clara and Matthew Hess P’18, ’19

Arianne and Edward Heupler GP’27, ’29, ’32

Paige and Charles Hobey P’16, ’19, ’30

Gisele and Kevin Hoffer P’23, ’28

Lei and Mark Hoffman P’24

Angela Howell ’72

Julia Almanzan and Douglas Hunter P’24

Mary Ellen Jebbia ’02

Marian Wu and Matthew Jeng P’22, ’26

Simone Johnston ’92 and Thomas Johnston P’23, ’25, ’28

Kelly and Robert Jue P’23, ’25, ’28

Mary Grace and Peter Kaufman P’98, ’03

“As an alum, past parent, and teacher at MJS, I fully value Holy Child education, its mission, and its heritage. Every year, I look forward to giving back to Mayfield for all this school has done for me and my children.”

Peggy Ireland '78, P'12, '15

Cornelia Connelly Lifetime Donor

Mindy and Peter Klarin P’22, ’24

Brooke LaBonge ’04 and Mike LaBonge

Christine Kang and Thomas Lee P’24, ’27

Christiane Linao

Anna Longstaff and Jeff Muzerolle

Bridget Kelley-Lossada and Carlos Lossada P’18, ’22

Lily Maechling ’15

Matthew Maechling ’13

Sunny Malhotra ’14

Nisha Malhotra ’11

Lauren Marlis

Kristina Martinez de la Torre ’78

Leah and Brent Mason P’24, ’26, ’28

Luz and Scott McBride P’15, ’18, ’24

Shea McConnell ’09

Maureen McConnell ’11

Peter McConnell ’15

Luke McKenna ’13

Emily McLane ’14

Janice Goodwin and Frank McNiff ’53 P’80, ’82, ’84 GP’10, ’11, ’15

Sara Tartof and Francisco Meza ’91 P’27, ’29

Monica and Christopher Mihaly ’74, P’24

Patricia Blanco and Douglas Morales P’07, ’19

Kimberly Murphy

Kelly and Robert Nakasone P’20, ’25

Shawn Neth

Jennifer and Elliot Neumeyer P’24, ’27

Chelsey and Robert Page P’20, ’21

Thomas Parisi P’20

Casandra and Scott Porter P’17, ’23

Lisa and Daniel Prince P’29

Betty and Hazim Rabadi P’21, ’23, ’25

Kimberly and Kurt Racine P ’26

Erika and Kevin Randall P’18, ’21

Susan Reedy

Brittany Reeser ’01 and Matthew Reeser ’01 P’32

Kathleen Regan GP’25, ’25

Nancy and David Rhodes GP’24, ’27

Marcela and Phong Rock P’18, ’24

Anne and Sean Ryan P’17, ’20, ’22

Lyn Beecher and Hunt Salembier P’16, 20

Gloria and Jerome Sander P’04

Charlene and James Seley GP’18, 21, 24

Rebecca Seymour

Julie Shu-Serrato

Kathryn Gordon Smith and Marlin Smith P’24, ’26, ’29, ’32

Deborah St. John P’95, ’97, ’98, ’02

Shannon and Jeffrey Staat P’18, ’23,’26

Maureen Sweeney ’01

Megan Sweeney ’05

Helen Wu and Mark Tan P’13, ’16, ’20

Kelley Terrazas ’95 and Rob Terrazas P’29, ’29

Charisse and Robert Tolleson P’17, ’19, ’21

Ethan Tse ’15

Davis Tse ’12

Tyler Urbach ’10

Austin Urbach ’14

Alysse Urbach ’14

Monica Perez and Daniel Vargas P’23, ’25

Ruth Villarreal

Nancy Fong and Jay Villavicencio P’21, ’28

Nicole and Bernhard von Thaden P’20, ’20, ’20

Janice Ohta and Fred Weiss P’07, ’11, ’11

Carolyn West GP’00, ’03, ’06, ’08

Melissa White P’23

Khanh Le and David Willingham P’17, ’20, ’22

Nicole Wirth

Lauren Wood ’71

Cheryl Chua and Earl Yaokasin P’24, ’27

Kayla Yokoyama Dodge ’03

Lisa and Jerome Yuan P’23, ’27

Leni-Jane and Steffen Zirn P’19, ’20

Milestone (5-9 years)

Sayoko and Takeo Akasaki GP’25, ’28, ’30

Tiffany and Scott Akasaki P’25, ’28, ’30

Vanessa and Raul Anaya P’28

John Attwood ’17

Rana and Akram Awad P’25, ’27

Lisa Tchorbajian and Patrick Baghdassarian P’26

Judy and Armen Bandari P’28, ’30

Cara and Andy Bates P’27

Susan Woo and Randi Bienstock P’26

Flora and Andrew Birdzell P’28, ’31, ’31

Barbara Blake P’76

Nobuko Fujita-Boardman and Peter Boardman P’08, ’11

Robert Boardman ’11

Amanda and St John Bowron P’28, ’28

Brigid Brahos ’78 and Bill Brahos P’10, ’23

Maryam and Stephen Brown P’26, ’29

Sophia and Jason Chan P’25, ’27

Caren and Neal Cheng P’27, ’31

Jessica Chu and Calvin Cheng P’26, ’29

Angel Cheung GP’25

Jack Clougherty ’17

Will Clougherty ’19

Christina and Kirk Comer P’26

April and William Costigan P’27, ’28, ’28

Kathryn Cowan ’96

Lauren Crecelius ’03

Sydnee Cua ’07

Betty Chen and Charles Cui P’26, ’30

Lisa Paez and Sean Daley P’31

Elaine and Tom DeLellis P’28

Erica and Milton Diaz P’28, ’30

Samuel Donaldson

Fabiana Varjao and Sillas Duarte P’25

Hayley English ’05 and Nick English

Ellen Suh and Robert Fletcher P’21, ’22

Declan Floyd ’13

Kathryn Fogarty P’13

Kathleen Frazee GP’28

Maggie Fu P’25

Matthew Gamble ’18

Amanda D. Gandara

Jeanne and Mark Gangi P’15, ’27

Heather Gardner Butler and Clark Gardner GP’27

Bridget Garrity ’13

Luke Garrity ’17

Meghan Garrity ’19

Diana and Rodrigo Gonzalez P’28, ’31

Stefanie and Craig Graham P’25, ’30

Kate Grinnell ’19

Kathleen and Kenneth Grobecker P’93

Justis Guardia ’13

Romy Han and Kobi Gulianni P’26, ’30

Colleen and Erick Heath P’25, ’25

Leandra Hinrichs and Daniel Herbert P’26

James Hess ’19

Daryll and Bryan Hinckley P’26, ’29

Debbie and Bruce Hinckley GP’26, ’29

Erin and Simon Holford P’25, ’28

Yassie and Adam Holliday P’25, ’27, ’29, ’30

Justin Hornick ’98

Baiyu Dong and Yu-Wei Hsieh P’28, ’32

Emily Wei and Charles Huang P’19, ’25

Angela and Karo Isagholian P’28, ’28

Elizabeth and John Iskander P’27, ’28

Diana Vesga and Andres Jaramillo P’21, ’29

Elizabeth and Dennis Jebbia P’02, ’04

Mallory Jebbia ’04

Katherine and Paul Johnson P’10, ’10, ’12, ’14

Ani and John Kedeshian P’21, ’25

Peter Keller ’76

Tiffany Kim

Meredith and Matthew LaBonge P’27

Charie Laugharn P’91, ’92

Denise Takahashi-Lehmann and Richard Lehmann P’25

Marie and Zachary Levenick ’92 P’23, ’27

Lisette Gavina Lopez and Marcel Lopez P’28

Jinsu Wang and Jun Lu P’28, ’31

Bryan Lynch ’98

Krish Malhotra ’18

Dorsa and Pavel Maryska P’25, ’27

Rose and Petr Maryska GP’25, ’27

Maritza and Brent Maue P’27

Karen Mayeda

Julianne McLane ’19

Michelle and Steven Mena P’25, ’28

Gabriela Rubio and Rene Mendoza P’27

Andrea Miller

Maureen and Spence Miller P’28, ’32

Cecily Brogdon and Mark Mitchell P’15

Smita Dayal and Rasham Mittal P’28

Heather and Walter Mix P’09, ’07, ’15

Karen and Cyrus Modanlou P’28, ’30

Lesley and Andy Monro P’27

Tom Moore ’87

Vickie and Stephen Moy P’26, ’27

Megan and Christopher Murphy P’24, ’27

Lucy and Iyoshi Nakayama P’26

Ty Finn Page ’20

Julie Soma and Leonard Peña P’21

Ying Wang and Min Peng P’25, ’29

Lancianne Phillips

LeeAnn Ramirez

Tara Randall ’18

Kathryn Reilly P’92 GP’23, ’27

Dorothy and Richard Reyes P’05

Joan and Santo Riboli P’88, ’93

Eleanor and Evan Richardson P’28, ’31

Dario Rock ’18

Sarah Ryan ’17

Kate Salembier ’16

Heather and Spencer Sanderson P’26, ’28

Marcie Gilbert and Joe Sciuto

Cindy Lee and Christopher Seid P’21, ’26

Arianne and Brandon Shapiro P’27, ’30

Tracey and Andrew Spiegel P’25, ’27

Thomas Stafford

Joy and Bernard Sullivan P’97

Frances and Donald Sumner P’86

Meg Symes ’75 and John Symes P’02, ’04, ’08

Min Shen and Huan Tan P’27

Maggie and Joseph Teltser P’24, ’26

Anne Porter and Christian Tschida P’28

Stephanie and Doug Urbach P’10, ’14, ’14

Carina Li and Jian Wang P’25, ’28

Nan Nan Jiang and ShunDeWang P’21, ’24

Malia Weiss ’18

Rebekah and Willard Wong P’25, ’26, ’28

Valerie and Christopher Yee P’28

Peggy Yingling P’89, ’91

Yuen Lee and Hun Jong Yoo P’26

Vicki Chiang and Nick Zanoria P’23, ’26

Joe Ziemann ’53

The 1931 Circle: Partners in Giving

The 1931 Circle was established to honor Mayfield's founding year and recognize the generosity of donors who have made a leadership-level gift to the school. Members of the 1931 Circle provide substantial financial support and make a significant impact on our ability to fulfill our Holy Child mission.

Within the 1931 Circle, three Giving Partner levels recognize those donors who demonstrate an extraordinary commitment to Mayfield with an annual gift of $5,000 or more.

Holy Child Partners ($20,000 and above)

Flora and Andrew Birdzell P’28, ’31, ’31

Mary Grace and Peter Kaufman P’98, ’03

Harry Bronson and Edith R. Knapp Foundation

Kate and Kevin Kohorst P’27, ’30

Anush and Armen Yemenidjian P’32

Mayfield Partners ($10,000-$19,999)

Jennifer and Christopher Allen P’18, ’21, ’28

Sandy and Dan Bane P’97, ’02 GP’27, 29

Evy and Jason Bridge P’23, ’23

Maryam and Stephen Brown P’26, ’29

Fiona Lau and Philip Chan P’31

Sophia and Jason Chan P’25, ’27

Beckie Yue and Allen Chen P’24, ’29

Betty Chen and Charles Cui P’26, ’30

Yassie and Adam Holliday P’25, ’27, ’29, ’30

Jing and Song Liu P’24

Rachel Kim and Tommy Ngan P’30, ’32

Katrina Roski and Marc Pearl P’26, ’27, ’30

Rebecca Gibb Ruthenberg and Georg Ruthenberg P’24

Sammi Cha and Mingsheng Yang P’24, ’26

Valerie and Christopher Yee P’28

Head of School Partners ($5,000-$9,999)

Akiko Hayata and Patricio Alvarez P’31

Judy and Armen Bandari P’28, ’30

Amanda and St John Bowron P’28, ’28

Linh Pham and Michael Cao P’27, ’29, ’31

Jessie and Liang Chen P’27, ’27

Jessica Chu and Calvin Cheng P’26, ’29

Amy Liu and Nevin Cheung P’29

Victoria and Mark Crigler P’29, ’31, ’32

Cynthia Herrington P’29, ’31

The James Irvine Foundation

Elizabeth and Dennis Jebbia P’02, ’04

Betty Chen and Ken Jiang P’30, ’32

Simone Johnston ’92 and Thomas Johnston P’23, ’25, ’28

Deridre Quinn and Brett Karns P’28

Robert Kohorst and Shelley Allen GP’27, ’30

Anita Feng and Rock Lei P’29, ’30

Marie and Zachary Levenick ’92 P’23, ’27

Nicole Huang and Nate Li P’31

Dorsa and Pavel Maryska P’25, ’27

Leah and Brent Mason P’24, ’26, ’28

Luz and Scott McBride P’15, ’18, ’24

Vickie and Stephen Moy P’26, ’27

Lucy and Iyoshi Nakayama P’26

Jennifer and Elliot Neumeyer P’24, ’27

Ariel Chen and Victor Ni P’32

Celine Liu and Xiang Ou P’32

Lisa and Daniel Prince P’29

Casey Regan

Anne and Sean Ryan P’17, ’20, ’22

Kate and Steve Sachs P’25, ’25

Leslie Dans and Kiran Sugana P’29, ’30, 32

Carina Li and Jian Wang P’25, ’28

Rebekah and Willard Wong P’25, ’26, ’28

Sophie Yang and Ray Ye P’30, ’32

The 1931 Circle ($1,931-$4,999)

Nelida Duran and Joseph Acevedo P’28, ’28, ’28

Janet Salib and Sherif Adeeb P’28, ’28

Nicole and Daniel Adrien P’27

Ashley Kim and Steven Ahn P’31

Tiffany and Scott Akasaki P’25, ’28, ’30

Monique and Michael Alvarez P’27, ’29

Vanessa and Raul Anaya P’28

Mylinh Trinh and Jon Aquino P’29, ’31

Semma and Mario Arzapalo P’29

Theresia Choi-Bae and John Bae P’28

Ruby Zhao and Richard Bai P’30

Samantha Bainter ’97 and Christopher Bainter P’27, ’29

Cara and Andy Bates P’27

Susan and Richard Berberian P’26

Susan Woo and Randi Bienstock P’26

Nobuko Fujita-Boardman and Peter Boardman P’08, ’11

Caroline and Thomas Borncamp P’24

Jennifer and Ryan Brist P’20, ’22, ’25, ’27

Tricia and Terence Butler P’24, ’27, ’30

Alexis Casillas P’27, ’32

Kristy and Ben Cecil P’25

Aaliyah Chang P’29

Joyce and George Chen P’32

Eva Lee and Michael Chen P’31

Caren and Neal Cheng P’27, ’31

Angel Cheung GP’25

Eunmee and Hyunbae Cho P’29

Jessica and Steve Choi P’29, ’31

Louise Clark P’04, ’09

Kim and Tom Cody P’26, ’27

Mary Cole ’98 and Christopher Cole P’26, ’28

Christina and Kirk Comer P’26

Roxanne Aryafar and Dimitris Constantinou P’27, ’29

Christy Taylor-Coon and Ken Coon P’23, ’27

Joni and Nolan Cooper P’30

April and William Costigan P’27, ’28, ’28

Teki Cruikshank P’31

Elaine and Tom DeLellis P’28

Ariana and Harout Dermendjian P’30

Allison and Todd Dietrick P’24

Kathryn Schotthoefer and John Dreyer P’24

Victoria and Mark Eaton P’13, ’17

Hayley English ’05 and Nick English

Courtney and Barney Evans P’09, ’11, ’14

Martha Fitzpatrick P’78, ’81 GP’10, ’23

Stacey and James Francis P’24, ’26

Maggie Fu P’25

Heather Gardner Butler and Clark Gardner GP’27

Jacqueline Geragos ’08 and Michael Geragos

Amber and Ryan Gillespie P’29, ’29

Jaymie and Jimmy Gomez P’23, ’25, ’30

Diana and Rodrigo Gonzalez P’28, ’31

Romy Han and Kobi Gulianni P’26, ’30

Pauline Zhou and Romain Han P’31

Nancy Han and Tim Wei P’32

Adelina Vartanian and Rylan Hanks P’31

Colleen and Erick Heath P’25, ’25

Tulsi Akikwala and Derek Held P’30, ’32

Leandra Hinrichs and Daniel Herbert P’26

Esther and Walter Hewlett GP’28, ’31, ’31

Daryll and Bryan Hinckley P’26, ’29

Paige and Charles Hobey P’16, ’19, ’30

Debbie and Randy Hoffman P’03, ’05, ’09

Lei and Mark Hoffman P’24

Courtney and Sebastian Hoffmann P’31

Amy Zhang and Chengyi Hong P’26

Baiyu Dong and Yu-Wei Hsieh P’28, ’32

Emily Wei and Charles Huang P’19, ’25

Angela and Karo Isagholian P’28, ’28

Elizabeth and John Iskander P’27, ’28

Diana Vesga and Andres Jaramillo P’21, ’29

Julia and Benjamin Johnson P’32

Kelly and Robert Jue P’23, ’25, ’28

Ani and John Kedeshian P’21, ’25

Marianne Fahmy and Nathan Kolta P’30

Ashley Feng and James Ku P’27

Meredith and Matthew LaBonge P’27

Thomas Lambert GP’29

Heather and Amir Larian P’30, ’31

Ada Liu and David Lee P’27, ’31

Michelle and Benjamin Lee P’30, ’32

Christine Kang and Thomas Lee P’24, ’27

Melony Lee and Michael Leung P’30

Jamie and Wendong Liang P’31

Jenny Zhang and David Lin P’26, ’29

Lei Wang and Jack Liu P’32

Shirley Zhang and Kan Liu P’31

Karen Lee and Alan Lo P’27

Sherry and Justin Lo P’30, ’32

Anna Longstaff and Jeff Muzerolle

Kyla and Will Lowery P’25

Muchan Yang and Kevin Luan P’32

Linda and Dan Manheim P’29, ’32

Alfie Mateu and Marcos Mateu Mestre P’25

Diane and Kurt Mechaley P’18

Michelle and Steven Mena P’25, ’28

Maureen and Spence Miller P’28, ’32

Karen and Cyrus Modanlou P’28, ’30

Lesley and Andy Monro P’27

Krystal and Adam Morgens P’31

Kelly and Robert Nakasone P’20, ’25

Iris and Francisco Navarro P’25

Dana and Kenneth O’Neill P’32

Kayleigh and Kuruvilla Olasa P’30

Lilia and Apolonio Pagsisihan GP’27

Kristin and David Poole P’25

Casandra and Scott Porter P’17, ’23

Brittany Reeser ’01 and Matthew Reeser ’01 P’32

Joan and Santo Riboli P’88, ’93

Nicole and Robert Rodger P’30

Amelia Swabb and Scott Rowan P’29, ’31

Melissa and Gus Ruelas P’29, ’31

Mando Ruvalcaba P’27, ’30

Heather and Spencer Sanderson P’26, ’28

Marcie Gilbert and Joe Sciuto

Bree and Evan Scott P’30

Cindy Lee and Christopher Seid P’21, ’26

Kelly and Joseph Self P’25, ’26

Arianne and Brandon Shapiro P’27, ’30

Ada Leung and Kato Shum P’30

Hadan Qi and Jin Si P’29

Kathryn Gordon Smith and Marlin Smith P’24, ’26, ’29, ’32

Sandra Wu and Kenny Ta P’26, ’27

Min Shen and Huan Tan P’27

Maggie and Joseph Teltser P’24, ’26

Kelley Terrazas ’95 and Rob Terrazas P’29, ’29

Mariia and Artem Usan P’30

Monica Perez and Daniel Vargas P’23, ’25

Zoe and Perry Vidalakis P’27

Virginia and Fernando Villa P’29

Nancy Fong and Jay Villavicencio P’21, ’28

Nan Nan Jiang and ShunDeWang P’21, ’24

Xiaoxun Gu and Hao Wang P’29, ’32

Samantha Cua ’00 and Gerald Woo P’30, ’31

Natasha and Douglas Wood P’30, ’32

Coco Ge and Tong Wu P’28

Helen Guo and Jianmin Yang P’25, ’27

Yuen Lee and Hun Jong Yoo P’26

Kuuki Bao and Edwin Yu P’31

Lisa and Jerome Yuan P’23, ’27

Yujun Sun and Kevin Zhang P’31

Kit Chu and Terry Zhang P’29

“We are truly grateful for the whole child experience that MJS provides. Supporting our child's education is paramount and we will continue to provide MJS the resources they need to further the Holy Child ethos in hopes that others will do the same.”

Julia and Ben Johnson, P'32

Mayfield Fund Donors

Nelida Duran and Joseph Acevedo P’28, ’28, ’28

Ryan Acosta ’22

Zoila Acosta GP’22

Cathy Adanto

Janet Salib and Sherif Adeeb P’28, ’28

Nicole and Daniel Adrien P’27

Mari Agundez

Ashley Kim and Steven Ahn P’31

Tiffany and Scott Akasaki P’25, ’28, ’30

Sayoko and Takeo Akasaki GP’25, ’28, ’30

Sherese and Joseph Akrotirianakis P’26, ’26, ’32

Lauren and Michael Albrecht

Minnie Allen GP’04

Jennifer and Christopher Allen P’18, ’21, ’28

Sylvia and Gilbert Almanzan GP’24

Akiko Hayata and Patricio Alvarez P’31

Monique and Michael Alvarez P’27, ’29

John Amato P’96, ’99, ’04

Vanessa and Raul Anaya P’28

Liz and Paul Anderson ’78 P’07, ’08

Charlotte Anderson ’08

Henry Anderson ’07

Elizabeth and Joseph Angiuli P’32

Mylinh Trinh and Jon Aquino P’29

Ernie Arias

Adrienne Arvanites ’04 and Mitchell Arvanites

Semma and Mario Arzapalo P’29

Teri Attanasio P’24, ’27

Victoria Attwood ’09

John Attwood ’17

Nathan Atwater

Lisa and Jeff Austin P’32

Armando Avelar

Rana and Akram Awad P’25, ’27

Alexandra and Issa Azat P’32

Theresia Choi-Bae and John Bae P’28

Lorna Baggott ’03

Lisa Tchorbajian and Patrick Baghdassarian P’26

Ruby Zhao and Richard Bai P’30

Samantha Bainter ’97 and Christopher Bainter P’27, ’29

Danielle and Jason Ballard P’24

Judy and Armen Bandari P’28, ’30

Sandy and Dan Bane P’97, ’02 GP’27, 29

Dana and James Banta P’30, ’32

Ray Banta GP’30, ’32

Honor Roll of Donors

We gratefully acknowledge each and every one of our 2023-2024 Mayfield Fund donors for their generous contributions to Mayfield Junior School. With the support of parents, alumni, faculty, staff, and friends in the extended Mayfield community, we continue our more than 90-year tradition of excellence in Holy Child education. Together, we inspire confidence, creativity and community among our students and families. Thank you for your support.

Yu Duan and Na Bao P’32

Tiffany and Tim Barden P’29, ’31

Allison and Brad Barnes P’01, 04, ’07 GP’32

Linda and Seth Bass P’12, ’15

Cara and Andy Bates P’27

Dianna Lau and Kevin Beggs P’14, ’18

Katherine Beggs ’14

Breydon Beggs ’18

Tawanna Benbow

Chantal Bennett ’85 and Stephen Bennet

Susan and Richard Berberian P’26

Leenatha Berger

Stephanie Berger ’11

Jennifer and Matthew Bergeron P’24

John Bergh GP’31

Susan Woo and Randi Bienstock P’26

Barbara Bigby GP’25

Flora and Andrew Birdzell P’28, ’31, ’31

Barbara Blake P’76

Andrea and Geoffrey Bland P’15, ’16

Nobuko Fujita-Boardman and Peter Boardman P’08, ’11

Robert Boardman ’11

Nicole Boardman ’08

Vince Bohanec ’83 P’14, ’16, ’18, ’20

Caroline and Thomas Borncamp P’24

Caroline and Brian Botsford P’31

Kay Bowen

Natividad and Anthony Bower P’22

Esme Bower ’22

Amanda and St John Bowron P’28, ’28

Brigid Brahos ’78 and Bill Brahos P’10, ’23

Barbara Brennan P’11

Taylor Brennan ’11

Evy and Jason Bridge P’23, ’23

Jennifer and Ryan Brist P’20, ’22, ’25, ’27

James and Michelle Brooks P’16, ’19

Jill Brown P’84, ’87 GP’15, ’17

Maryam and Stephen Brown P’26, ’29

Maria Azcue and Andrew Buckland P’29

Linda Buckland GP ’29

Jennifer and Kenneth Bunt P’16

Penelope and Frank Burkard P’03

Kate Burns ’92

Tricia and Terence Butler P’24, ’27, ’30

Lisa and Brian Byrne P’22, ’23

Aidan Byrne ’22

Ceili Byrne ’23

Margot and Patrick Byrne GP’22, ’23

Dave Caldwell and Jill Bush

Linh Pham and Michael Cao P’27, ’29, ’31

Nicholas Cardet

Christine and Matthew Carrillo-Vincent P’21, ’25, ’27

Allie Carroll ’02

Brandon Carroll ’00

Shelby Carroll ’05

Anthony and Penelope Carter GP’26

Tiffany and Justin Carter P’30

Peter Carter GP’30

Alexis Casillas P’27, ’32

Debra Casillas GP’27, ’32

Allison Castro

Kristy and Ben Cecil P’25

Roman Cervantes

Sophia and Jason Chan P’25, ’27

Fiona Lau and Philip Chan P’31

Angel and Alfred Chan P’30, ’32

Aaliyah Chang P’29

Honora Chapman ’76

Krista and Jason Charvat P’22, ’24

Roy Chavez †

Heather and Weber Chen P’29

Beckie Yue and Allen Chen P’24, ’29

Eva Lee and Michael Chen P’31

Joyce and George Chen P’32

Jessie and Liang Chen P’27, ’27

Jessica Chu and Calvin Cheng P’26, ’29

Caren and Neal Cheng P’27, ’31

Angel Cheung GP’25

Amy Liu and Nevin Cheung P’29

Carmela and Michael Ching P’31

Eunmee and Hyunbae Cho P’29

Jessica and Steve Choi P’29, ’31

Vienna Nguyen and Paul Chon P’29

John and Tess Clair P’96, ’99, ’04

Elizabeth Clark ’04

Louise Clark P’04, ’09

Brian Clifford ’04

Kirsten Clougherty ’89 and Dennis Clougherty ’89 P’17, ’19, ’24

Kathleen Clougherty ’90

Erin Clougherty ’90 and Vince Clougherty ’90 P’22

Annie and Joseph Clougherty, Jr. ’91

Maureen Clougherty ’02

Bernadette Clougherty ’04

Dianna and Bernard Clougherty P’90, ’02, ’04, ’05 GP’26

Terry and Anthony Clougherty P’89, ’90, ’91, ’94 GP’17, ’19, ’22, ’24

Jack Clougherty ’17

Will Clougherty ’19

Bobby Clougherty ’24

Kim and Tom Cody P’26, ’27

Maggie Coffey ’98

Mary Cole ’98 and Christopher Cole P’26, ’28

Christina and Kirk Comer P’26

Michele Conn P’19, ’24

Roxanne Aryafar and Dimitris

Constantinou P’27, ’29

Kristin and Bryan Cook P’21

Alexander Cook ’21

Christy Taylor-Coon and Ken Coon P’23, ’27

Joni and Nolan Cooper P’30

Darlene Cooper

April and William Costigan P’27, ’28, ’28

Kathryn Cowan ’96

Lauren Crecelius ’03

Sara and Jorden Crepaux

Victoria and Mark Crigler P’29, ’31, ’32

Kieran Cross ’23

Kimberly Crowley

Teki Cruikshank P’31

Rosa and Johny Cu P’99

Simeon Cua ’02

Sydnee Cua ’07

Samuel Cua ’09

Betty Chen and Charles Cui P’26, ’30

Catherine Cushing P’93

Lisa Paez and Sean Daley P’31

Terri Darr GP’30

Rozella Oliver and Evan Davis P’22

Gloria de Olarte P’04

Erica and Joseph Deato P’31

Elaine and Tom DeLellis P’28

Katherine Delgado

Carol and Jon Demorest GP’30

Ariana and Harout Dermendjian P’30

Deanna and Gene Detchemendy P’13, ’16

Erica and Milton Diaz P’28, ’30

Allison and Todd Dietrick P’24

Teresa and Mark Dilbeck P’14, ’16, ’18

Nicole and Sean Dixon P’16, ’19, ’21

Lucas Dixon ’19

Olivia Dixon ’21

Mia Dixon ’16

Majella LueSue and Nhien Doan P’24, ’30

Darin Doerning

Samuel Donaldson

Erin Donovan ’89

Judith and John Donovan P’89, ’92, ’92, ’95, ’99

Beth Dorr

Jalen Dove ’14

Steve Drake ’72

Kathryn Schotthoefer and John Dreyer P’24

Fabiana Varjao and Sillas Duarte P’25

Genevieve and Keith Dunton P’25

Jen Tracy-Duplass and Jay Duplass P’23, ’26

Victoria and Mark Eaton P’13, ’17

James Edwards

Jose Elias

Lynn Lin P’30

Yennis Wong and Bret Enerson P’24, ’27

Hayley English ’05 and Nick English

Anna and Darian Esfahani P’32

Austin Ripley and Doc Eslinger P’27

Courtney and Barney Evans P’09, ’11, ’14

Yvonne and Carl Everett P’13, ’20

Annaliese Everett ’13

Fadia Fahmy GP’30

Mary and Eric Falkner GP’31

Juwon Jin and James Feser P’25

Martha Fitzpatrick P’78, ’81 GP’10, ’23

Allie Flaherty ’13

Ellen Suh and Robert Fletcher P’21, ’22

Lydia Flores

Bridget and Christopher Floyd P’10, ’13, ’15

Declan Floyd ’13

Kathryn Fogarty P’13

Jennifer Young and Sam Fong P’30

Stacey and James Francis P’24, ’26

Kathleen Frazee GP’28

Maggie Fu P’25

Kristie and Steven Furlanetto P’24, ’27

Christine and Richard Furlanetto GP’24, ’27

Teresa Villegas-Galaviz and David Galaviz P’20, ’23, ’24

David Galvan ’85

Alison Gamble ’83 and Mark Gamble P’18, ’20

Matthew Gamble ’18

Gracie Gamble ’20

Amanda D. Gandara

Jeanne and Mark Gangi P’15, ’27

Grace Gannon ’18

Kristin Nicastro and Michael Gannon P’18

Jo Ann and John Gantus P’93 ’96, ’98, ’02

Juan Garcia

Heather Gardner Butler and Clark Gardner GP’27

Amy and Timothy Garrity P’13, ’17, ’19, ’21

Bridget Garrity ’13

Luke Garrity ’17

Meghan Garrity ’19

Grace Garrity ’21

Lillian and Jose Gaviña GP’28

Connie Genton P’13

Jacqueline Geragos ’08 and Michael Geragos

Connie and Robert Gerringer P’90

Susi and Dennis Gertmenian P’94, ’00

Jessica and Joseph Giammalva P’31

Frank Giammalva GP’31

Jacqueline and Charles Gilfillan P’32

Joseph Gill

Amber and Ryan Gillespie P’29, ’29

Lesley Taylor and Daniel Gingold P’28, ’30

Jill Frazee and Octavio Godinez P’28

Christine Goethals

Amanda Carter and Cory Goings P’26

Jaymie and Jimmy Gomez P’23, ’25, ’30

Kathryn Gomez GP’31

Albert Gonzales ’02

Deanna Gonzales

Jessica Acosta and Eduardo Gonzalez P’22

Diana and Rodrigo Gonzalez P’28, ’31

Joe Gorman ’53

Carlin and David Gould GP’26, ’27

Stefanie and Craig Graham P’25, ’30

Margaret and Louis Greco P’91, ’93,’00

Amity and Warren Grimes P’04, ’07

Ann and Mark Grimmett P’06

Laura and Jason Grinnell P’19, ’20

Kate Grinnell ’19

Jake Grinnell ’20

Kathleen and Kenneth Grobecker P’93

Margie Grossman ’56

Justis Guardia ’13

Romy Han and Kobi Gulianni P’26, ’30

Caitlin and John Guthrie P’25, ’28

Tatiana Canelo Guyer

Cathy Guzman P’08

Mason Guzman ’08

Janet Hale

Pamela Halferty ’87 and James Halferty P’17, ’20, ’25

Pauline Zhou and Romain Han P’31

Nancy Han and Tim Wei P’32

Adelina Vartanian and Rylan Hanks P’31

Tess Hanna ’04

Lindsay Hayden ’93 and William Hayden ’83 P’22, ’26

Colleen and Erick Heath P’25, ’25

Bill Hees ’72

Tulsi Akikwala and Derek Held P’30, ’32

Leandra Hinrichs and Daniel Herbert P’26

Carla Hernandez P’26

Patricia Lopez-Benitez and Anotinia Hernandez-Ruiz P’31

Cynthia Herrington P’29, ’31

Clara and Matthew Hess P’18, ’19

Louis Hess ’18

James Hess ’19

Arianne and Edward Heupler GP’27, ’29, ’32

Esther and Walter Hewlett GP’28, ’31, ’31

Debbie and Bruce Hinckley GP’26, ’29

Daryll and Bryan Hinckley P’26, ’29

Francia and Dale Hines GP’25

Paige and Charles Hobey P’16, ’19, ’30

Maria G. Hodge, Ph.D.

Christy Hodson ’78

Gisele and Kevin Hoffer P’23, ’28

Debbie and Randy Hoffman P’03, ’05, ’09

Matthew Hoffman ’03

Spencer Hoffman ’09

Lei and Mark Hoffman P’24

Courtney and Sebastian Hoffmann P’31

Erin and Simon Holford P’25, ’28

Yassie and Adam Holliday P’25, ’27, ’29, ’30

Amy Zhang and Chengyi Hong P’26

Chad and Kathleen Hopper P’30

Justin Hornick ’98

John Hornick P’98

Angela Howell ’72

Baiyu Dong and Yu-Wei Hsieh P’28, ’32

Emily Wei and Charles Huang P’19, ’25

Cindy Jin and Hao Huang P’31

Paul Huckerby

Mark Hughes ’87

Julia Almanzan and Douglas Hunter P’24

Peggy Mills Ireland ’78 P’12, ’15

James Irvine Foundation

Angela and Karo Isagholian P’28, ’28

Elizabeth and John Iskander P’27, ’28

Christina and Harold Jabarian P’08, ’11

Cynthia James GP’32

Diana Vesga and Andres Jaramillo P’21, ’29

Elizabeth and Dennis Jebbia P’02, ’04

Mary Ellen Jebbia ’02

Mallory Jebbia ’04

Marian Wu and Matthew Jeng P’22, ’26

Chloe Jeng ’22

Betty Chen and Ken Jiang P’30, ’32

Katherine and Paul Johnson P’10, ’10, ’12, ’14

Julia and Benjamin Johnson P’32

Simone Johnston ’92 and Thomas Johnston P’23, ’25, ’28

Kenneth Johnston GP’29

Virginia Jones ’60 and Tom Jones P’83, ’85, ’89 GP’18, ’20, ’26

Dana and Albert Jones P’24

Kelly and Robert Jue P’23, ’25, ’28

Deridre Quinn and Brett Karns P’28

Mary Grace and Peter Kaufman P’98, ’03

Ani and John Kedeshian P’21, ’25

Adrienne and CL Keedy P’00, ’04

Peter Keller ’76

Aileen Ng and Thomas Kelly P’29

Cinty and Raymond Kepner P’99, ’03

Lindsay Kepner ’99

Nina and David Kidd GP’26, ’29

Tiffany Kim

Karen and Justin King P’24, ’26

Mindy and Peter Klarin P’22, ’24

Thomas Klarin ’22

James Klarin ’24

John Klein GP’24, ’26, ’29

Harry Bronson and Edith R. Knapp Foundation

Alison Shea Knoll ’83 and Ryan Knoll

Kate and Kevin Kohorst P’27, ’30

Robert Kohorst and Shelley Allen GP’27, ’30

Marianne Fahmy and Nathan Kolta P’30

Valerie Zapata-Koselke and Greg Koselke P’31

Armine Kostanian

Kroger, Inc.

Ashley Feng and James Ku P’27

Brooke LaBonge ’04 and Mike LaBonge

Meredith and Matthew LaBonge P’27

Salina and Travis Lafaille P’26

Bao Jun Kang and Michael Lambert P’29

Thomas Lambert GP’29

Melissa Lanchantin ’88 P’22, ’27, ’28

Etienne Lanchantin ’22

Sarah and Peter Lanfer P’26, ’28

Heather and Amir Larian P’30, ’31

Linda and Donald Larsen P’12

Christy Shing and Cyril Lau P’31, ’32

Charie Laugharn P’91, ’92

Elsa Lazo

Anne Leary

Christine Kang and Thomas Lee P’24, ’27

Ada Liu and David Lee P’27

Michelle and Benjamin Lee P’30, ’32

Denise Takahashi-Lehmann and Richard Lehmann P’25

Anita Feng and Rock Lei P’29, ’30

Bin Lee and Michael Leung P’30

Denise and Dan Levenick P’92, ’97 GP ’23, ’27

Charlie Levenick ’23

Marie and Zachary Levenick ’92 P’23, ’27

Alex Lewis

Nicole Huang and Nate Li P’31

Jamie and Wendong Liang P’31

Patrick Liddy ’12

Jenny Zhang and David Lin P’26, ’29

Christiane Linao

Carter Link ’16

Wendy Rutter and Paul Lisi P’29

Jing and Song Liu P’24

Lei Wang and Jack Liu P’32

Shirley Zhang and Kan Liu P’31

Sherry and Justin Lo P’30, ’32

Karen Lee and Alan Lo P’27

Flavia and James Lo Coco P’09, ’13, ’14

Anna Longstaff and Jeff Muzerolle

Cynthia and Thomas Longstaff

Annette Vartanian and Alan Loomis P’30

Lisette Gavina Lopez and Marcel Lopez P’28

Bridget Kelley-Lossada and Carlos Lossada P’18, ’22

Kyla and Will Lowery P’25

Jinsu Wang and Jun Lu P’28, ’31

Muchan Yang and Kevin Luan P’32

Bryan Lynch ’98

Krystyn Madrigal

Georgina and Mark Maechling ’78 P’13, ’15

Lily Maechling ’15

Matthew Maechling ’13

Seema and Rajan Malhotra P’11, ’14, ’18

Sunny Malhotra ’14

Nisha Malhotra ’11

Krish Malhotra ’18

Linda and Dan Manheim P’29, ’32

Colum Manning ’20

Melissa Pastrana and Gideon Manning P’20

Carolyn Mansour ’81

Lauren Marlis

Fr. Tony Marti OFM Cap.

Kerry Martin

Kristina Martinez de la Torre ’78

Dorsa and Pavel Maryska P’25, ’27

Rose and Petr Maryska GP’25, ’27

Romola and Leo Mascarenhas P’12, ’14, ’20

Leah and Brent Mason P’24, ’26, ’28

Sarah Symes ’04

Dan Shao and Luis Alfredo Mateos Guzman P’29

Alfie Mateu and Marcos Mateu Mestre P’25

Maritza and Brent Maue P’27

Karen Mayeda

Jessica Boyle ’98

Luz and Scott McBride P’15, ’18, ’24

Mary and Britton McConnell P’09, ’11, ’15

Peter McConnell ’15

Maureen McConnell ’11

Shea McConnell ’09

Amy and Michael McEvoy P’24

Olga Castellanos and Michael McGee P’05, ’09

Patricia and Kenneth McKenna P’08, ’13

Luke McKenna ’13

Conor McKenna ’08

Myrna and David McLane P’14, ’19

Emily McLane ’14

Julianne McLane ’19

James McManus P’10,’17

Janice Goodwin and Frank McNiff ’53 P’80, ’82, ’84 GP’10, ’11, ’15

Sr. Sheila McNiff ’52

Diane and Kurt Mechaley P’18

Kathryn Mechaley ’18

Michelle and Steven Mena P’25, ’28

Gabriela Rubio and Rene Mendoza P’27

Linda and Liam Mennis P’99, ’02, ’04

Nichole Mercado

Sara Tartof and Francisco Meza ’91 P’27, ’29

Monica and Christopher Mihaly ’74 P’24

Andrea Miller

Maureen and Spence Miller P’28, ’32

Erica Falkner and James Miller P’31

Vana Minasmasihi

Ryan Miranda ’05

Cecily Brogdon and Mark Mitchell P’15

Smita Dayal and Rasham Mittal P’28

Heather and Walter Mix P’09, ’07, ’15

Katholeen Mix ’07

Tommy Mix ’15

Jacqueline Mix ’09

Karen and Cyrus Modanlou P’28, ’30

Lesley and Andy Monro P’27

Tom Moore ’87

Patricia Blanco and Douglas Morales P’07, ’19

Krystal and Adam Morgens P’31

Vickie and Stephen Moy P’26, ’27

Carly Muir ’06

Christpher Muir

Alexis Mullinix ’06

Kimberly Murphy

Megan and Christopher Murphy P’24, ’27

Kelly and Robert Nakasone P’20, ’25

Lucy and Iyoshi Nakayama P’26

Iris and Francisco Navarro P’25

Shawn Neth

Jennifer and Elliot Neumeyer P’24, ’27

Anne and Jeff Newman P’10, ’10

Rachel Kim and Tommy Ngan P’30, ’32

Ariel Chen and Victor Ni P’32

Jeffry Niedermeyer ’00

Timithie and Nicholas Norman ’98 P’26, ’27

Susan and Francisco Ochoa P’24, ’26, ’29

Kayleigh and Kuruvilla Olasa P’30

Helen O’Leary ’41

Ahkim Olugbala

Dana and Kenneth O’Neill P’32

Margit and Paul Onufer P’11, ’15

Celine Liu and Xiang Ou P’32

Chelsey and Robert Page P’20, ’21

Ty Finn Page ’20

Sissy Scout Page ’21

Lilia and Apolonio Pagsisihan GP’27

Gwen and Edward Palafox P’22

Thomas Parisi P’20

Yvonne and Chipper Pastron P’18, ’22

Katrina Roski and Marc Pearl P’26, ’27, ’30

Nikki Peddada ’91

Julie Soma and Leonard Peña P’21

Lola Peña ’21

Ying Wang and Min Peng P’25, ’29

Maria Pesheva P’27, ’27

Kalia and William Petmecky P’24

Lancianne Phillips

Kirrily Pierson

Echo Chiu and Ramon Pineda P’27

Kristin and David Poole P’25

Casandra and Scott Porter P’17, ’23

Brooke Porter ’17

Carson Porter ’23

Lisa and Daniel Prince P’29

Betty and Hazim Rabadi P’21, ’23, ’25

Linda Rabitoy

Kimberly and Kurt Racine P ’26

Donna and Nicholas Ralph P’30

Susan and Steven Ralph GP’30

LeeAnn Ramirez

Maria Ramirez

Erika and Kevin Randall P’18, ’21

Tara Randall ’18

Carter Randall ’21

Sierra Rankin

Sammy Reed ’18

Susan Reedy

Brittany Reeser ’01 and Matthew Reeser ’01 P’32

Greg Reeser ’07

Kathleen Regan GP’25, ’25

Casey Regan

Kathryn Reilly P’92 GP’23, ’27

Michele Renn ’78

Dorothy and Richard Reyes P’05

Karla Reynoso P’22, ’26

Nancy and David Rhodes GP’24, ’27

Edwina Riblet ’57

Joan and Santo Riboli P’88, ’93

Eleanor and Evan Richardson P’28, ’31

Marcela and Phong Rock P’18, ’24

Dario Rock ’18

Nicole and Robert Rodger P’30

Marnie Chavez and Paul Rodriguez P’30

Lee Taylor and David Rosenberg P’25

Amelia Swabb and Scott Rowan P’29, ’31

Melissa and Gus Ruelas P’29, ’31

Rebecca Gibb Ruthenberg and Georg Ruthenberg P’24

Mando Ruvalcaba P’27, ’30

Anne and Sean Ryan P’17, ’20, ’22

Sarah Ryan ’17

Peter Ryan ’20

Mary Elizabeth Ryan ’22

Kate and Steve Sachs P’25, ’25

Maria Markova and Miguel Salazar P’28, ’31

Jan Marie and Jeffrey Salcido ’96 P’32

Patrick Salcido ’02

Lyn Beecher and Hunt Salembier P’16, 20

Kate Salembier ’16

Grace Salembier ’20

Rebecca Sales

Scott Salsman

Gloria and Jerome Sander P’04

Heather and Spencer Sanderson P’26, ’28

Whitney Saunders P’26

Blake Scheffey ’91

Katie Scheffey ’91 and Joshua Scheffey ’91

Jon Scheffey ’00

Clay Scheffey ’05

Alana Schulkin ’05

Adrianna Schuster

Marcie Gilbert and Joe Sciuto

Bree and Evan Scott P’30

Joan Scott GP’30

Erika Sears

Cindy Lee and Christopher Seid P’21, ’26

Chasen Seid ’21

Charlene and James Seley GP’18, 21, 24

Kelly and Joseph Self P’25, ’26

Rebecca Seymour

Arianne and Brandon Shapiro P’27, ’30

Ada Leung and Kato Shum P’30

Julie Shu-Serrato

Alice and Tony Shyu P’25

Hadan Qi and Jin Si P’29

Brian Simpson ’04

Allyson and Roland Simpson P’98, 04

Marianne and Stephen Sinclair P’10, ’17

Kathryn Gordon Smith and Marlin Smith P’24, ’26, ’29, ’32

Jessica and Andrew Smith P’30

Sammy Sohl ’11

Eunice and Paul Song P’29

Hannah and John Song GP’29

Tracey and Andrew Spiegel P’25, ’27

Deborah St. John P’95, ’97, ’98, ’02

Shannon and Jeffrey Staat P’18, ’23,’26

Thomas Stafford

Priscila and Daniel Stanton P’20, ’23, ’28

Cathy Contreras ’90

Maria Collins Stolpe ’79

Emily and Scott Street P’26

Leslie Dans and Kiran Sugana P’29, ’30, 32

Bryan Sullivan ’90

Joy and Bernard Sullivan P’97

Maura and Jamie Sullivan P’14, ’16

Meghan Sullivan ’16

Michael Sullivan ’14

Frances and Donald Sumner P’86

Kathy and Kevin Sweeney P’13

Karen and Stephen Sweeney P’01, ’05

Maureen Sweeney ’01

Megan Sweeney ’05

Meg Symes ’75 and John Symes P’02, ’04, ’08

Sandra Wu and Kenny Ta P’26, ’27

Cassandra and Eric Tam P’31

Helen Wu and Mark Tan P’13, ’16, ’20

Betty and Victor Tan GP’23, ’25, ’28

Min Shen and Huan Tan P’27

Ann Tanaka ’22

Linda Bortell and Jock Tardy P’20

Melissa Taylor ’88 and Jarrod Taylor P’21, ’22, ’25

Maggie and Joseph Teltser P’24, ’26

Evanjeli Terohanian

Kelley Terrazas ’95 and Rob Terrazas P’29, ’29

Charisse and Robert Tolleson P’17, ’19, ’21

Mayra and Yunuen Tolosa P’23

Deborah Tomberlin GP’30

Anne Porter and Christian Tschida P’28

Davis Tse ’12

Ethan Tse ’15

Elaine Chen and Ping Tsou P’32

Stephanie and Doug Urbach P’10, ’14, ’14

Austin Urbach ’14

Tyler Urbach ’10

Alysse Urbach ’14

Mariia and Artem Usan P’30

Monica Perez and Daniel Vargas P’23, ’25

Sarah New and Danny Vargas

Phil Velasco

Justin Velez

Zoe and Perry Vidalakis P’27

Virginia and Fernando Villa P’29

Yolanda Villa GP’29

Ruth Villarreal

Nancy Fong and Jay Villavicencio P’21, ’28

Dawn and Will Vogl P’25

Carolyn and Chris Von Der Ahe P’03

Nicole and Bernhard von Thaden P’20, ’20, ’20

Margaret Walker GP’17, 20

Nan Nan Jiang and ShunDeWang P’21, ’24

Carina Li and Jian Wang P’25, ’28

Xiaoxun Gu and Hao Wang P’29, ’32

Tamara Watson Dove P’14

Arlene and Walter Weiss P’14, ’18

Janice Ohta and Fred Weiss P’07, ’11, ’11

Malia Weiss ’18

Carolyn West GP’00, ’03, ’06, ’08

Nicole Whalen ’88

Melissa White P’23

Sister France White, SHCJ

Jane Whitney ’00

Rosemarie Whitt GP’30

Laura and Corbet Wilcox P’29

Caitlin and David Williams P’17, ’19

Brennan Williams ’19

Khanh Le and David Willingham P’17, ’20, ’22

Casey Adams and Jason Windass P’24, ’27, ’29

Nicole Wirth

Jason Wolfe

Rebekah and Willard Wong P’25, ’26, ’28

Gloria and David Wong GP’25, ’26, ’28

Samantha Cua ’00 and Gerald Woo P’30, ’31

Athena and H. Phelps Wood ’75 P’07, ’08, ’12

Lauren Wood ’71

Natasha and Douglas Wood P’30, ’32

Warren Wood ’78

Coco Ge and Tong Wu P’28

Alumni Giving

We are thankful for the generosity and spirit of our Mayfield community, especially our alumni and alumni parents and their heartfelt investment in our school’s future.

Blue and White Day of Giving • May 31, 2024

We held our 3rd annual Blue and White Day of Giving on May 31 to correspond with the student Blue and White Field Day. Alumni of all ages were challenged to join the Blue Team (odd grad years) or White Team (even grad years) to see which team could make the most contributions to the Mayfield Fund. Online donors ranged from the class of 1972 through the most recent class of 2024, and ultimately the White Team won for the second year.

New this year was the parent-of-alumni “stack the pancakes” challenge. For decades, parent volunteers have provided a pancake breakfast for Mayfield students before the field games begin. Our digital giving campaign revisited this tradition, encouraging alumni parents to give to the Mayfield Fund and each gift would add one pancake to the stack. It was a fun way to incorporate the parent experience of this memorable day.

With the support of new and returning donors, contributions increased 40% during our 2024 Blue and White Day of Giving versus the previous year. Thank you to all who participated to benefit Mayfield Junior School!

Sunny Chang and John Wu P’29

Sammi Cha and Mingsheng Yang P’24, ’26

Helen Guo and Jianmin Yang P’25, ’27

Amy Yang ’24

Cheryl Chua and Earl Yaokasin P’24, ’27

Elizabeth Wolfe and Marcello Yapura P’30

Sophie Yang and Ray Ye P’30, ’32

Valerie and Christopher Yee P’28

Caroline and Ting Yee GP’28

Anush and Armen Yemenidjian P’32

Sharlene Young and Jason Yi P’32

Peggy Yingling P’89, ’91

Samuel Ynzunza P’18

Kayla Yokoyama Dodge ’03

Yuen Lee and Hun Jong Yoo P’26

Kuuki Bao and Edwin Yu P’31

Lisa and Jerome Yuan P’23, ’27

Roxana Zamudio

Vicki Chiang and Nick Zanoria P’23, ’26

Jamie Evans and Jay Zapata P’29, ’31

Eva Zepeda

Kit Chu and Terry Zhang P’29

Yujun Sun and Kevin Zhang P’31

Joe Ziemann ’53

Leni-Jane and Steffen Zirn P’19, ’20

1940s

Helen Forve O’Leary ’41

1950s

Joe Gorman ’53

Margie Gregg Grossman ’56

Frank McNiff ’53

Sr. Sheila McNiff ’52

Edwina Peters Riblet ’57

Joe Ziemann ’53

1960s

Virginia Schlueter Jones ’60

1970s

Paul Anderson ’78

Brigid Fitzpatrick Brahos ’78

Honora Howell Chapman ’76

Steve Drake ’72

Bill Hees ’72

Christy Hodson ’78

Angela Howell ’72

Peggy Mills Ireland ’78

Peter Keller ’76

Mark Maechling ’78

Kristina Halpin Martinez de la Torre ’78

Christopher Mihaly ’74

Michele Nardon Renn ’78

Maria Collins Stolpe ’79

Meg Carmack Symes ’75

H. Phelps Wood ’75

Lauren Ann Wood ’71

Warren Wood ’78

1980s

Chantal Berger Bennett ’85

Vince Bohanec ’83

Dennis Clougherty ’89

Kirsten Larsen Clougherty ’89

Erin Donovan ’89

David Galvan ’85

Alison Jones Gamble ’83

Pamela Livingstone

Halferty ’87

William Hayden ’83

Mark Hughes ’87

Alison Shea Knoll ’83

Melissa Gerstner

Lanchantin ’88

Carolyn Collins Mansour ’81

Thomas Moore ’87

Melissa de la Cruz

Taylor ’88

Nicole Nardon Whalen ’88

1990s

Samantha Bane Bainter ’97

Katherine Burns ’92

Erin Sechler Clougherty ’90

Joseph Clougherty, Jr. ’91

Kathleen Clougherty ’90

Vince Clougherty ’90

Maggie Kaufman Coffey ’98

Mary Stathatos Cole ’98

Cathy Contreras ’90

Kathryn Blasair Cowan ’96

Lindsay Shaller Hayden ’93

Justin Hornick ’98

Simone Porter Johnston ’92

Lindsay Kepner ’99

Zack Levenick ’92

Bryan Lynch ’98

Jessica Boyle McBride ’98

Francisco Meza ’91

Nicholas Norman ’98

Nikki Peddada ’91

Jeffrey Salcido ’96

Blake Scheffey ’91

Joshua Scheffey ’91

Katie Dwyer Scheffey ’91

Bryan Sullivan ’90

Kelley Driscoll Terrazas ’95

Brooke Barnes LaBonge '04

Sarah Symes Massonneau '04

Shea McConnell '09

Conor McKenna '08

Ryan Miranda '05

Jacqueline Mix '09

Katholeen Mix '07

Carly Muir '06

Alexis Alfieri Mullinix '06

Jeffry Niedermeyer '00

Brittany Barnes Reeser '01

Greg Reeser '07

Matthew Reeser '01

Patrick Salcido '02

Jon Scheffey '00

Clay Scheffey '05

Alana Yokoyama

Schulkin '05

Brian Simpson '04

Maureen Sweeney '01

Megan Sweeney '05

Jane Whitney '00

2000s

Charlotte Anderson ’08

Henry Anderson '07

Adrienne Norman Arvanites '04

Victoria Attwood '09

Lorna Baggott '03

Nicole Boardman '08

Allie Carroll '02

Brandon Carroll '00

Shelby Carroll '05

Elizabeth Clark '04

Brian Clifford '04

Bernadette Clougherty '04

Maureen Clougherty '02

Lauren Von Der Ahe Crecelius '03

Samantha Cua '00

Samuel Cua '09

Simeon Cua '02

Sydnee Cua '07

Hayley Hoffman English '05

Jacqueline Jabarian Geragos '08

Albert Gonzales '02

Mason Guzman '08

Tess Niedermeyer

Hanna '04

Matthew Hoffman '03

Spencer Hoffman '09

Mallory Jebbia '04

Mary Ellen Jebbia '02

Krish Malhotra '18

Nisha Malhotra '11

Sunny Malhotra '14

Maureen McConnell '11

Peter McConnell '15

Luke McKenna '13

Emily McLane '14

Julianne McLane '19

Kathryn Mechaley '18

Tommy Mix '15

Brooke Porter '17

Tara Randall '18

Sammy Reed '18

Dario Rock '18

Sarah Ryan '17

Kate Salembier '16

Meghan Sullivan '16

Michael Sullivan '14

Davis Tse '12

Ethan Tse '15

Alysse Urbach '14

Austin Urbach '14

Tyler Urbach '10

Malia Weiss '18

Kayla Yokoyama Dodge '03

2010s

John Attwood ’17

Breydon Beggs '18

Katherine Beggs '14

Stephanie Jabarian Berger '11

Robert Boardman '11

Taylor Brennan '11

Jack Clougherty '17

Will Clougherty '19

Lucas Dixon '19

Mia Dixon '16

Jalen Dove '14

Annaliese Everett '13

Allessandra Flaherty '13

Declan Floyd '13

Sammy Sohl Fox '11

Matthew Gamble '18

Grace Gannon '18

Bridget Garrity '13

Luke Garrity '17

Meghan Garrity '19

Kate Grinnell '19

Justis Guardia '13

James Hess '19

Louis Hess '18

Patrick Liddy '12

Carter Link '16

Lily Maechling '15

Matthew Maechling '13

Brennan Williams '19

2020s

Ryan Acosta ’22

Esme Bower '22

Aidan Byrne '22

Ceili Byrne '23

Bobby Clougherty '24

Alexander Cook '21

Kieran Cross '23

Olivia Dixon '21

Gracie Gamble '20

Grace Garrity '21

Jake Grinnell '20

Chloe Jeng '22

James Klarin '24

Thomas Klarin '22

Etienne Lanchantin '22

Charlie Levenick '23

Colum Manning '20

Sissy Scout Page '21

Ty Finn Page '20

Lola Peña '21

Carson Porter '23

Carter Randall '21

Mary Elizabeth Ryan '22

Peter Ryan '20

Grace Salembier '20

Chasen Seid '21

Ann Tanaka '22

Amy Yang '24

Benefit 2024: Monaco Nights

April 20, 2024 was a great day for Mayfield Junior School! Nearly 400 guests including current parents, alumni, faculty and staff, and friends gathered at Noor in the Pasadena Paseo for a glittering night to celebrate MJS with music, games, dancing, and fun. The lively “Casino de Mayfield” featured poker, craps, blackjack, and roulette tables while the ballroom hosted live jazz, dancing, Formula 1 race footage and an impressive sushi bar.

Monaco Nights took place under the direction of co-chairs Marcel Lopez P’28 and Yennis Wong P’24, ’27 and their event committee. Their vision was to create an evening as fun as it was fruitful, with more time to mix and mingle and enjoy the company of the Mayfield community. Guests agreed it was a fantastic party.

Each year, the Benefit raises funds for Mayfield’s Endowment while a fund-a-need opportunity supports a special, designated cause. This year, through sponsor and patron support, raffle ticket sales, casino play, and a record-breaking online auction, the event raised $170,000 for the Endowment and another $50,000 for new instruments for Mayfield’s symphonic music program. These funds helped Mayfield achieve a 1-to-1 student-instrument ratio for the 2024-2025 school year.

The annual Benefit continues to be a beloved Mayfield tradition that unites our community in support of Mayfield’s students and Holy Child mission.

2024 BENEFIT COMMITTEE

Benefit Chairs

Marcel Lopez

Yennis Wong

Auction Chair

Karina Arabolaza

Vanessa Anaya

Décor Chair

Susan Ochoa

Katrina Roski

Zoe Vidalakis

Vicki Chiang-Zanoria

Event Committee

Alexis Casillas

Jackie Gilfillan

Caroline Botsford

Majella LueSue

Marnie Chavez

Nicole Sotolongo

Elaine DeLellis

Cindy Salcido

Jeff Salcido

Arianne Shapiro

Marian Wu

Betty Rabadi

Megan Murphy

Chris Murphy

Jay Villavicencio

THANK YOU TO OUR MONACO NIGHTS PATRONS

Prince’s Palace ($7,500)

Jenn and Chris Allen

Kate and Kevin Kohorst

Katrina Roski and Marc Pearl

The Yue & Chen, Feng & Lei, Han & Wei, and Yang & Ye Families

Monte Carlo ($5,000)

Samantha and Jason Burkhart

Francis and Neumayer Families

Gonzalez and Yee Families

Lisette Gavina Lopez and Marcel Lopez

Leah and Brent Mason

Kathleen Regan

Rock and McBride Families

Rebekah and Willard Wong

Grand Prix ($2,500)

Sandy and Dan Bane

Susan and Richard Berberian

Sophia and Jason Chan

Elaine and Tom DeLellis

Ariana and Harout Dermendjian

Leandra Hinrichs and Daniel Herbert

Geno Pantleo and Antoinette Mendoza

Marie and Zack Levenick

Ariel Chen and Victor Ni

Maria Markova and Miguel Salazar

Kelly and Joe Self

Yacht Club ($1,500)

Samantha and Chris Bainter

Caroline and Thomas Borncamp

Claudie Kiti Bustamante and Michael Bustamante

Baiyu Dong and Yuwei Hsieh

Erika Falkner and Jimmy Miller

Ani and John Kedeshian

Maureen and Spence Miller

Vickie and Steve Moy

Kate and Steve Sachs

Amelia Swabb and Scott Rowan

Paddock Club (up to $1,499)

Judy and Armen Bandari

Fr. Tony Marti OFM Cap

Mayfield Senior School

Kelsey and Kevin Maxwell

Mary and Britt McConnell

Jennifer Nguyen

Society of the Holy Child Jesus

Meg and John Symes

Special Funds at Mayfield

Named funds provide an opportunity for a family or group of people to recognize or memorialize a loved one while meeting a specific need of Mayfield Junior School. We are grateful to all the donors who have contributed to the following:

Funds for Tuition Assistance

Provide tuition support for one or more students who meet defined criteria.

The Brian Driscoll ’98 Scholarship Fund

The Faculty Scholarship Fund

The Soledad Jimenez McLane Fund

The Stephanie Griffin Scholarship Fund

Funds for Professional Development

Provide resources for faculty and staff to learn new skills, earn certifications, and build capacity for leadership and teamwork.

The Gill Fund for Professional Development

The Hearst Teacher Development Fund

The Keck Faculty Fund

Endowment Funds

Provide unrestricted support for MJS on an annual basis.

The 75th Anniversary Fund

The Wagener Family Endowment Fund

Program Support Funds

Provide financial support to designated programs and initiatives.

The Bland Family Legacy Fund

The Maureen Shea Memorial Tennis Endowment

Please contact the Advancement Office if you are interested in establishing a special fund.

Euclid Society

“I have found that MJS faculty and staff love our kids fiercely. They want to see these kids grow across all of life's domains, and are constantly figuring out new ways to tease out development from our young people. I donate to the Mayfield Fund so that the adults at Mayfield (who are real partners in my parenting journey) have whatever they need to keep bringing out the best in our children.”

Alexis Casillas, P'27, '32

Donor and Parent Board Member

The Euclid Society was established in 2007 to recognize and honor current parents, parents of alumni, alumni, and friends who have included Mayfield Junior School in their estates or financial plans. These gifts provide a lasting legacy for Mayfield and its community, ensuring that Holy Child education thrives in Pasadena for generations.

Mayfield Junior School would like to thank the following members of the Euclid Society for their leadership and generosity to the school:

Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Anderson

Mr. and Mrs. Paul Anderson ’78

Mr. and Mrs. Geoffrey Bland

Mr. and Mrs. Edward Chen

Mr. and Mrs. William Clark

Mr. and Mrs. John Gantus

Mrs. Stephanie Griffin

Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Hall

Mr. Peter H. Kaufman

Mr. and Mrs. Britton McConnell

Mrs. Eugenia A. Mulé

Ms. Victoria Geis Pauley ’44

Mrs. Katherine Strub Reed ’62

Mr. and Mrs. Steve Robinson

Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Saggese

Mr. and Mrs. Roland Simpson

Mr. Philip Swan

Mr. Thomas Smith

Hon. Kim and Mr. William M. Wardlaw

Giving to Mayfield Junior School

Each year, donors provide the additional resources needed to maintain Mayfield’s excellent programs. These generous contributions from our community also allow the school to plan and execute upgrades to our facilities and curriculum to “meet the wants of the age” through the years. We are grateful!

Mayfield Junior School accepts many kinds of gifts, including:

• Cash

Current cash gifts are deductible for income tax purposes to the full extent allowed by law and may be made with cash, check, or credit card.

• Appreciated Securities

A gift of appreciated stock or other capital assets can result in significant tax savings. You may be able to obtain a tax deduction for the full market value of the gift and avoid paying tax on the gain.

• Matching Gifts

Many employers will match employees’ donations, increasing the impact of a single gift and providing an additional source of income for Mayfield Junior School. Inquire with your Human Resources Department if your employer matches charitable gifts.

• Qualified Charitable Distributions

Donors who are 70 ½ or older can direct an IRA distribution directly to Mayfield. For those 72 or older who must take a Required Minimum Distribution (RMD), an IRA gift is a simple way to give while reducing one’s taxable income.

Please contact the Advancement Office with questions or for assistance:

Anna E. Longstaff Director of Advancement alongstaff@mayfieldjs.org or 626-229-2105

Timithie Norman P’26, ’27

Senior Associate Director of Advancement tnorman@mayfieldjs.org or 626-229-2117

• Grants

Mayfield is honored to accept grants from private foundations, corporate foundations, donor-advised funds, and other grant-making organizations for unrestricted or designated purposes.

• Memorial or Honorary Gifts

A contribution in honor or memory of a loved one can be a cherished gift to an individual or family. Our Holy Child sisters, faculty and staff, and students remember these special intentions in prayer at School Masses.

• Planned Gifts

Mayfield accepts planned or estate gifts of life insurance, charitable trusts, bequests, or real estate. A donor may wish to consider these gift vehicles as a way to reduce or avoid estate and inheritance taxes while making a larger impact for Mayfield. Those who choose to direct a planned gift are welcomed into the Euclid Society of donors.

Adrianna Schuster

Associate Director of Advancement and Constituent Relations aschuster@mayfieldjs.org or 626-229-2126

Kristin Nicastro P’18 Parent Engagement and Events Manager knicastro@mayfieldjs.org or 626-229-2104

Linda Bass P’12, ’15 Advancement Services Coordinator lbass@mayfieldjs.org or 626-229-2138

The Mayfield Advancement Office has made every effort to ensure that donor information listed in this document is accurate. With any compilation of data, errors are possible. Should any errors be brought to our attention, we will make every effort to correct any information in our database and in future communications.

“The completion of the new field marks a significant milestone in the upgrading of our campus for our Mustangs. The field not only offers a much-needed play space for students throughout the day but also provides a near-perfect surface for PE and sports. It stands as a testament to our community’s unwavering commitment to our school and enhances the educational experience for our students.”

Jennifer Allen, P'18, '21, ’28 Chair, MJS Board of Trustees

Learning Elevated: The Campaign for the Whole Child

With joy and gratitude, we are happy to announce the completion of Phase 1A on our journey to Build a Better Mayfield. The new Mustangs Playing Field and new parking complex are ready for use and our community is so grateful for our generous donors who made it happen! Thank you for your support and for sharing our vision.

$1,000,000+

Anonymous (2)

Brad and Pam King

Bob and Dottie King

The Roski Family

$500,000+

Anonymous

The Ahmanson Foundation

H. Leslie and Elaine S. Hoffman Foundation

The Kaufman Family

The O’Toole Foundation

The Wardlaw Family

$250,000+

The Bridge Family

Ryan and Jennifer Brist

The Buchanan Family

The Francis H. Clougherty Foundation

The Cole and Roncelli Families

Betty Chen and Charles Cui

W. Robert Kohorst and Shelley Allen

The Lin Family

The Mena Family

Rachel Kim and Tommy Ngan

$100,000+

The Birdzell Family

Andrea and Geoff Bland

The Crigler Family

The William R. and Virginia Hayden Foundation

Mary Ellen, Mallory, Liz and Dennis Jebbia

Ken Jiang and Betty Chen

The Jing and Song Liu Family

The McBride Family

The Norton Family

The Anne and Sean Ryan Family

The Salembier Family

Rebekah and Will Wong

Ray Ye and Sophie Yang

$50,000+

Vanessa and Raul Anaya

Jason and Sophia Chan

The Isagholian Family

Kevin and Kate Kohorst

The Tolleson Family

Khanh Le and David Willingham

$25,000+

The Adrien Family

Lauren and Michael Albrecht

The Levenick Family

Leah and Brent Mason

Joe Sciuto and Marcie Gilbert

Laurie and Jeff Smith

The Thorell Family

Up to $25,000

Judy and Armen Bandari

The Cheng Family

The Costigan Family

Elizabeth Gilfillan ’69 and Graeme Gilfillan

Simone Porter Johnston ’92 and Thomas Johnston

The Lei Family

Thomas and Cynthia Longstaff

The Nakasone Family

Jennifer and Elliott Neumayer

The Page Family

Kevin and Erika Randall

Francis H. Scully †

The Smith Family

Mustang Spirit

Middle School Snapshot

ACADEMIC WEEK

Art

Drama

Health

Humanities

Math

Music

Physical Education

Religion

Science

World Language (Spanish/Latin)

Writing Lab* new in 2024-25

The core of the Middle School program at Mayfield draws from the belief that everything is learning. Supporting that belief is an intentional approach to how students learn. Agency, opportunity for deeper thinking, and a growth mindset are encouraged. At Mayfield, Middle School is when students become self-starters and active participants in their education, knowing they have the support of trusted adults.

A middle schooler's day is filled with challenging academics, religion, visual and performing arts, wellness, athletics, and time for play. They can expand their interests in co-curricular courses or extensive elective choices, step outside their comfort zone in service-learning activities to make a positive difference in the lives of others and bring their learning to life with projects, presentations, or performances.

Middle School at Mayfield is also a time for expanding student roles in the school community. They gain responsibility as members of student council, build relationships, and share passions in student clubs. They and organize school events such as the Harvest Festival and Blue & White Day. This sense of community is key, making students feel connected and supported.

Each grade level experience builds upon the core attributes of a Mayfield graduate: Curious Mind, Confident Voice, Creative Spirit, and Open Heart. The skills and perspective they gain today will inspire and elevate their futures.

CO-CURRICULAR CHOICES

Chess

Choir

Debate

Mental Marathoners

Model UN

Speech

Pasadena History Museum Docents

Robotics

Symphonic Strings

ARTS

Art Show

Concerts

Grade-Level Plays

Public Speaking

Video Production

Vocal and Instrumental

Music

O PERIOD CLASSES

Geometry

Symphonic Strings

ATHLETICS

Grades 7-8 A, B and C team options + 6th grade tournaments

SPORTS: Baseball Basketball Flag Football Golf Soccer

Softball

Swimming and Diving Tennis

Track and Field Volleyball

ELECTIVES

Over 20 choices/ 2 semesters

STUDENT-LED CLUBS

Helping Hands

Inclusive By Design (ID)

COMMUNITY

7th Grade

Morning Carline Assistance

Class Reps

Grades 5-7

Dedicated

Advisory Time

Harvest Festival

Love Grams

School Families

Admissions

Ambassadors

Snack Bars

Student Council –8th Grade

Executive Members

EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING

GRADE-LEVEL OVERNIGHT TRIPS::

Astrocamp, Idyllwild - 5th

Catalina Environmental Leadership Program (CELP) - 6th and 7th

El Capitan Canyon, Santa Barbara - 8th

REACH OUT AND SERVICE

LEARNING

Good Shepherd Shelter

KPals (K and 6th Grade)

St. Francis Center

Union Station

COMPETITIONS/ PRESENTATIONS

Math Olympiad Science Fair Maker Faires

FACULTY: DESIGNATED SPECIALISTS

2 Full-Time Counselors

Design Specialist

High School Mentor

Innovation Support Specialist

Learning Specialist

Math Specialist

Media Literacy Support

Celebrating the Class of 2024

“We measured our own victories on the success of our fellow classmates. Our friend groups could hardly be called groups–they were massive, and we moved in packs. And each new student that joined our class added another unique piece to our ever-growing puzzle. Look around, fellow graduates. I bet you’ve made a memory with every person in this class during your time at Mayfield.”

Alexandra Mason , Student Body President address

Graduation 2024: Hearts Filled with Gratitude

With great joy and a few tears, the Mayfield Junior School community celebrated the Class of 2024 on June 6 inside the Greg Smith Memorial Gymnasium. A Mayfield graduation is always bittersweet. So much pride and excitement wash over our close community as it comes time to send students off to high school. At the ceremony, they sit before us – budding artists, athletes, scientists, each unique in their dreams and aspirations. Creative, confident, engaged, and resilient, they are ready, with the foundation they received, for the big and small challenges ahead. This moment is a celebration of achievement and of possibility.

As is tradition, the ceremony featured several speeches and awards before diplomas were presented. In his address, Head of School Joe Sciuto reminded the class to be good listeners.

“We are in a fast-paced, social media-driven world, and we are constantly surrounded by noise,” he pointed out. “The better we can block out the noise around us and truly listen to others, the more fulfilled our life will be.”

Alumni speaker Dario Rock ’18 urged the graduates to recognize their responsibility to their own futures and to appreciate the opportunity and formation Mayfield provided. He told them, “Mayfield Junior School has built you a foundation to be successful for this next stage in your life, academically, and with your faith. See, what makes Mayfield so special is that it does not just build the student, but it builds the individual. You never really leave Mayfield Junior School, you will carry it with you for the rest of your young lives.”

Speaking on behalf of her class, Student Body President Alexandra Mason was reflective in her address, noting, “Isn’t it interesting to think that what unites us is actually our differences?” She shared memories of truly missing each other when the pandemic sent them home and how something shifted in their journey to this moment. “We bonded. I think back and remember class projects, some even with unlikely partners, where classmates encouraged each other and helped each other.

“We have reached the end of our journey here. Though our paths diverge and many of us will be going our separate ways, may we always remember that we are never alone and that, should we decide to return to Mayfield, we will be met with open arms and a warm smile.”

Cadence Chan ’24, Graduation Opening Prayer

We measured our own victories on the success of our fellow classmates. Our friend groups could hardly be called groups–they were massive, and we moved in packs. And each new student that joined our class added another unique piece to our ever-growing puzzle.”

The final address given by parent Scott McBride echoed the bittersweet nature of the occasion. After his youngest daughter, Kathleen, and the last of three to graduate from Mayfield, introduced him, Scott was sentimental and grateful. He shared that Mayfield had been a part of their lives for several years, even before Kathleen was born. “We knew that a Holy Child education was special. Eighteen years later, with 23, 20- and 14-year-olds, the Holy Child experience has far exceeded our expectations. Our 9 million, four hundred sixty thousand and 800 minutes as a Mayfield family have certainly been filled with love.”

Looking forward and looking back, as is common on such occasions, highlights the shared experiences of each graduating class. As they leave and continue their educational journey, they will always have Mayfield - memories, lessons, and friendships. And endless support and best wishes for their extraordinary lives ahead. Congratulations to the Class of 2024!

“Our school motto is ‘Actions not Words.’ The true meaning of this motto is that we want everyone in our Holy Child community to be people of actions…not just words… but I believe that mindfulness is an intentional action…and it’s certainly not about always using words. Holy Child education is about action…not simply words.”

Joe Sciuto, Head of School Address

Awards and Recognition Graduation Awards

The Cornelia Connelly Awards for the Arts are presented to students who have made outstanding contributions to one or more of the fine arts: drama, art and music (both choral and instrumental). These students have demonstrated the creativity, skills, self–discipline and growth characteristic of successful artists.

VISUAL ARTS

Ryan Chen and Hannah Noser

DRAMA

Lucas Almanzán Hunter

MUSIC

Carolina Butler and Cadence Chan

The Jameson Hill Dance Award

is given annually to a deserving 8th grade student who excelled in dance while always exhibiting the joyful Holy Child Spirit. Mr. Hill was a beloved French and Religion teacher at Mayfield for 22 years. He was also the choreographer for many 8th grade plays, and he was always a lively spirit on campus. Mr. Hill embraced Holy Child education, and his Halloween costumes were legendary. His exuberance will never be replaced, but our memories of him will live on forever.

Alexandra Trujillo

The Christina L.C. Patel Prize in Religion is given annually to a deserving 8th grade student who represents the ideals of Christian life.

Cayden Doan

The Resa Baratta Citizenship Award

is presented by the faculty and administration in honor and memory of former faculty member Resa Baratta. Resa modeled service and citizenship in her work at Mayfield and in the community. She consistently taught her students that treating others with respect and dignity was as important as any other action.

Claire Furlanetto

The Colleen Nickerson Memorial Award

This award is given to an 8th grade student, or students, who have demonstrated perseverance, commitment to growth, and dedication to purpose.

Paxton Enerson

The Highest Academic Average for the 2023 - 2024 school year

Zachary Attanasio

The Mayfield Award

Representing the highest goals and ideals of Holy Child education, the Mayfield Award is given annually to an eighth grade student who has shown outstanding evidence of character, cooperation, loyalty and service.

Joaquin Ochoa and Eleanor Smith

“Our daughter, Sara, remembers Father Greg Boyle saying, ‘Mayfield isn’t just a place that you come to. It’s a place that you come from.’ We agree. Thank you to the joyful, caring teachers that have nurtured our children, and helped them become good, loving people. Your kindness and patience resulted in countless positive interactions that were formative experiences for our children.”

Scott McBride, Graduation address

Family Recognition

Legacy Families

The following members of the Class of 2023 are multigenerational Mayfield graduates and now share the role of MJS alumni with their parents.

Tucker Conn ’24 and Walter Conn ’81†

Robert Clougherty ’24, Dennis Clougherty ’89 and Kirsten Larsen Clougherty ’89

James Mihaly ’24 and Chris Mihaly ’74

Longest Family

McBride Family 17 Years

Scott and Luz

Sara ’15

Ryan ’18

Kathleen ’24

“Stay positive and joyful, be good listeners, and be leaders…you have learned all these things at Mayfield..”

Joe Sciuto,

Head of School

Address

Class of 2024

Lucas Alexander Almanzán Hunter*

Zachary John Attanasio*

Brooke Dorothy Ann Ballard

Julia Marie Bergeron

Francesca Bonsignore-Arabolaza*

Eva Noelle Borncamp*

Carolina Chase Butler*

Sabane Faith Campbell

Kaila Casalino

Cadence Magdalene Chan*

Allison Marie Charvat*

Ryan Aiden Chen*

Robert Quinn Clougherty*

Tucker Joseph Conn*

Sadie Anne Dansiger*

Lars Pedersen Dietrick

Cayden Doan*

Paxton Wong Enerson*

James Thomas Francis*

Claire Furlanetto*

Sarah Isabel Galaviz Villegas*

Isabella Hope Gavia*

Paola Eloise Guerrero

Cash Evan Hagel

Kate Hoffman*

Jonathan Zachary Ito Wilson

Oliver Chapman Jones

Charlotte Avery King

James Penn Klarin*

Nathaniel Lee*

Sofia Arianna Linares Lara*

Anan (Stella) Liu

Scarlett Lily Manninger

Alexandra Katherine Mason*

Kathleen Ellie McBride*

Hayden G. McEvoy*

Jack Powers Michelson*

James Christopher Holden Mihaly*

Sophia Rosario Dubra Mills*

Olivia Marie Murphy

Collin Maxwell Neumayer*

Hannah Marie Noser

Joaquin Porter Ochoa*

Caroline Elena Perez-Fraga

Delano Phong Rock*

Scarlet Ruthenberg

Eleanor Gordon Smith*

Jude Ramos Suguitan*

Louis Ryan Tanaka*

Henry Augustin Teltser*

Alexandra Grace Trujillo

Jake Hirotoyo Ueno*

David Dimitry Villagra

Isabel Wang

Avery Elizabeth Windass

Ryden H. Yamada

Yixian Yang

Sophia Reese C. Yaokasin*

Attended MJS since kindergarten

Second generation Mayfield graduate

The

Class of 2024 will be attending the following high schools:

California School of the Arts, Flintridge Preparatory School, Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy, Harvard-Westlake School, La Salle College Preparatory, Loyola High School, Maranatha High School, Marlborough School, Mayfield Senior School, Oaks Christian School, Polytechnic School, Sequoyah School, St. Francis High School, Westridge School

Board Notes

At the final meeting for the 2023-2024 school year, Board Chair Jennifer Allen expressed gratitude and praise for the leadership and counsel of retiring trustees, Jason Bridge and Father Tony Marti and welcomed incoming trustees Thomas Borncamp. Cynthia Herrington MD, Fr. Tom O’Neill SJ, and Jim Lo Coco.

NEW TRUSTEES

Thomas Borncamp

Thomas Borncamp is an attorney with Yukevich | Cavanaugh acting as lead and co-lead trial counsel representing manufacturers, producers, corporations, and individuals in business, consumer fraud, and class action litigation. He also manages litigation and discovery for U.S. and foreign corporate defendants. Thomas received his J.D. from Loyola Law School, Los Angeles in 1996, joined Yukevich | Cavanaugh in April of 2000, and is currently serving as a Partner with the firm. He and his wife Caroline have two children, Eva ’24 and future Mustang, Tommy. Thomas has served on the Risk Management Committee of the Board.

Cynthia Herrington MD

Dr. Herrington received her M.D. from Northeastern Ohio University College of Medicine and currently serves as the Surgical Director of Pediatric Heart Transplant at Children's Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA). In addition, she serves as the Executive Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at CHLA, and is a Professor of Clinical Surgery at Keck School of Medicine (USC). Dr. Herrington has participated in several advisory Boards and professional societies; such as the American College of Surgeons and Women in Thoracic and has served on the Ronald McDonald House Board and as a Transplant Physician for Transplant Games in Minneapolis. Dr. Herrington has two daughters; Olivia ‘29 and Emma ‘31 and has served on the Parent Association Board and the Risk Management Committee of the Board.

James Lo Coco

James Lo Coco is an Investment Advisor Representative working at Western International Securities in Pasadena and has over 16 years of experience in the finance industry. In 2014 Jim was recognized by Los Angeles Magazine in a list of “Top Wealth Managers in Los Angeles.” A great supporter of Holy Child education, Jim has been a part of the Mayfield community since 2000 with three daughters Jordan '09, Lauren '13, and Carolyn '14 graduating from Mayfield Junior School and then continuing to Mayfield Senior School. Jim has previously served on the Advancement Committee of the Board and has served on the Board at Mayfield Senior School.

Fr. Tom O'Neill, SJ

Fr. Tom taught for many years at Loyola High School in Los Angeles and recently returned there as Campus Chaplain. Fr. Tom has an M.F.A. in painting from the Pratt Institute in New York and worked in the Fine Arts department at the University of San Francisco. He has served as the Superior of the Jesuit Community and worked in the Adult Spirituality program at St. Ignatius Prep in San Francisco. For the past eight years, he was an Associate Pastor at St. Ignatius Loyola Parish in Sacramento and served as the Superior of the Jesuit Community. In 2006, Fr. Tom developed a deep love for the ministry of the Jesuits who serve the Lakota people of the Pine Ridge Reservation. He worked for several months at Our Lady of the Sioux church in Oglala, South Dakota and then served on the Board of Directors of Red Cloud Indian School – the Jesuit mission on the Reservation. Fr. Tom has presided at several Masses at Mayfield.

Alexandra Zuch ’16

Chapman University Computer Science

Harry Foy ’16

Santa Clara University Finance

CLASS OF 2020

Rori Escalante ’16

University of Colorado, Boulder Integrative Physiology

Kate Salembier ’16

Wellesley College Media Arts & Sciences

SENIOR SEND OFF

Jenna Webster ’16

Texas Christian University

Marketing and Finance, Real Estate

Evy Favretto ’16

St. Olaf College Biology

Graduation Season

CLASS OF 2016

Gabriel Bohanec ’16

DePaul University

Computer Science with a minor in Japanese Studies and Management

Members of the Class of 2020 and many of their parents returned to campus in August for the traditional Senior Send Off event. It was a memorable evening as we celebrated their successes and wished everyone well as they embarked on their next chapter – whether heading to college or pursuing other exciting adventures. The night featured some special moments, including time with former teachers, advice from current college students and a celebratory toast.

Class of 2020 Colleges and Universities

We are proud to share many of the colleges and universities the MJS Class of 2020 will be attending this fall. Whether pursuing athletics, science, or the arts, whatever their path we wish each of them joy in their journey. Congratulations and good luck!

Baylor University

California State University, Long Beach

California Institute of Technology

Carnegie Mellon University

Chapman University

Dartmouth College

DePaul University

Columbia University and Trinity College Dublin – Dual degree

Emerson College

Georgetown University

Gonzaga University

Indiana University

Iowa State University

Lehigh University

Loyola Marymount University

Marquette University

Middlebury College

New York University

Oklahoma State University

Orange Coast College

Pepperdine University

Perdue University

Pomona-Pitzer College

Santa Clara University

Texas Christian University

The New School

University of California, Berkeley

University of California, Davis

University of California, Santa Cruz

University of California, Berkeley

University of California, Santa Barbara

University of California, Los Angeles

University of Arizona

University of Colorado Boulder

University of Kansas

University of Notre Dame

University of Oregon

University of Tennessee

University of Washington

University of Southern California

University of San Diego

Vanderbilt University

MJS Class of 2020

Mollie Baribault

Nicholas Battany

Olivia Bohanec

Fred Brist

Tessa Buchanan

Anne Conzonire

Francesca Di Fronzo

Delilah Dudas

Lucas Favretto

Catherine Fife

Frances Foy

Maddie Frealy

David Galaviz

Andrew Gallanis

Grace Gamble

Zoë Griffin

Jake Grinnell

Natalie Grohs

Joaquin Guerrero

Marcos Guerrero

Cornelia Halferty

Tate Harahan

Emma Hayden

Naomi Kerekes

Rhys King

Peter Knight

Carolina Krakovic

Lauren Lampton

Thomas Lieb

Luke Lopez

Colum Manning

Lauren Mascarenhas

Donald Morgan

Henry Morrison

Penelope Nakasone

Emilia Newey

Caitlin Norton

Finn Oliver

Tyler Finn Page

Louis Parise

Catherine Parisi

Erica Ramos

Nicolle Riley

Cristian Rojas

Alyssa Romero

Peter Ryan

Grace Salembier

Henry Simonson

Carson Smith

Zan Srinivasan

Nicolas Stanton

Luke Swanson

Jeremy Tan

Adam Tardy

Danielle Tsai

Carolina Velasquez

Alexandra von Thaden

Ella von Thaden

Max von Thaden

Collin Walker

Noah Willingham

Santina Yvanez

Katharina Zirn

Alumni Stories

Mayfield Junior School alumni find their passion and true potential in many meaningful and dynamic fields and careers. The alumni featured here draw from their Holy Child experience, continue to love learning, and stay true to their unique gifts and perspectives.

TRUST THE PROCESS

Lisa Byrne, Arts Department Chair with Niamh Diver ’15

Applied Theatre, or using theatre for a purpose beyond the production, has always been an important aspect of my pedagogy and personal values. I believe artists have a commitment beyond the art to help people deal with the issues of today and create a vision toward a better tomorrow. To these ends, I was privileged to work with the Rehabilitation Through the Arts (RTA) program at Sing Sing Correctional Facility in New York from 1999-2005 as a teaching artist, choreographer, and performer.

In 2005, the RTA worked alongside writer/director Brent Buell to create a new musical called Breakin' the Mummy's Code, a mashup of characters ranging from Hamlet to Freddy Krueger. Over the last few years, director Greg Kwedar and Clint Bentley have been working with writers Clarence "Divine Eye" Maclin and John "Divine G" Whitfield, other formerly incarcerated members of RTA, as well as seasoned actors Coleman Domingo and Paul Raci, to dramatize this experience, and it was finally released by A24 films in the summer 2024. Imagine my surprise when the person working on this project at A24 was my former student from Mayfield, Niamh Diver '15! Talk about a full-circle moment!

I had the opportunity to chat with Niamh (and her sister Orla ’13) at the Brooklyn premiere of the film. I could not be prouder of Niamh and the work she is doing. As a teacher, there is no greater joy than knowing your former students are thriving and continuing to make the world a better place.

LB: Niamh, you have come such a long way from our 8th-grade production of Godspell! How did you get to where you are now?

ND: In my senior year of high school, I was awarded the Warner Bros. Discovery Reach Honorship, an internship and scholarship program. Through this program, I was guaranteed four consecutive summer internships at Warner Bros. Discovery, starting after I graduated from Mayfield Senior School through the summer before my senior year of college. I double majored in History and Political Science at Boston College. The four internships I completed focused on publicity for both TV and Film. I was also a Warner Bros. University Ambassador for Boston College, hosting screenings, events,

and giveaways on campus related to upcoming Warner Bros. releases. After graduating in May 2023, I moved to New York and joined the Specialty Marketing team at A24 doing Regional Publicity and Events.

LB: What is the best thing about your job/life?

ND: I get to plan and attend many really cool events and festivals like our world premiere of The Iron Claw in Dallas, SXSW Film Festival, and screenings for films such as Sing Sing at Sing Sing Correctional Facility for the current population of incarcerated people. It's really rewarding getting to work on film campaigns that elevate the voices of historically underrepresented and marginalized groups. Plus, it is a privilege getting to work on some of my favorite films with some of my favorite actors and directors! Outside of work, one of the best things about my life is just living in New York in my early 20s with all my friends. I've also been meeting so many new people, and it's been great expanding my social circles and making connections with a variety of people.

LB: What is the most challenging thing?

ND: Work is very, very busy! It can be hard to have a great work/life balance because working in the entertainment industry, especially publicity and events, means you must be available pretty much all the time. I've definitely improved balancing my time and making sure that I'm prioritizing not only my job but my social and personal life as well.

LB: What are your future plans?

ND: I am staying in New York for the foreseeable future and definitely planning on staying in the entertainment industry. I hope to continue learning and growing professionally.

Tracey Hodson Blount ’82

Tracey Hodson Blount '82 wanted to be a lawyer for as long as she can remember. There were hiccups along the way, hesitation, and doubt, but somehow, she kept coming back to this path. She found out why along the way. With many choices and fields of law to pursue, Tracey found profound and fulfilling work as trial counsel for Los Angeles County Counsel. Today, with 20 years of experience as an attorney, Tracey hopes to continue her service as a Judge of the Superior Court. She has qualified for a runoff this November.

Last year, Tracey generously volunteered as a judge in our 8th-grade Humanities Mock Trial based on the novel The Outsiders. We were privileged to have a few moments to chat with her and learn more about her career and future plans.

Like most people, Tracey’s career path was never a straight line. She really thought she knew what she wanted until her decision to attend law school at Syracuse University in upstate New York gave her doubts. “I learned the hard way that one should visit a school before deciding to attend,” Tracey shared. “I've always responded to weather; upstate New York in the winter was too much for me. I left after one semester feeling very discouraged –mostly because I was not finishing what I had started.”

Back home, Tracey considered studying psychology, yet soon found her way back to law, taking a job with a bankruptcy attorney. When her mother suggested she look at the University of La Verne Law School, the opportunity to study while working as a legal assistant put her back on her original path. She learned a lot about law and about herself. “I worked for a couple large firms in downtown Los Angeles, first doing real estate and then loan and finance. It was all so transactional – not at all what I imagined or wanted. Meanwhile, in school, I started writing for law review, participated in moot court, and ended up as a paralegal for an insurance company’s in house counsel doing traditional litigation. All this experience was so valuable as it allowed me to see what I liked and didn’t like.”

Tracey had finished law school and was married with her first child when a friend recommended a job opening at Los Angeles County Counsel. “I had never heard of County Counsel,” Tracey admitted, “and I know many people to this day have no idea all the office does. It was eye-opening. Technically, the County Counsel represents the Los Angeles Board of Supervisors and departments of the County as agents of the Board. I started working in the sheriff's advice unit and then transferred to the dependency division. I was still a paralegal at this time and began working with attorneys who would become my mentors.”

Once again, Tracey's path took a detour. She passed the bar, but with life and a government hiring freeze, she found herself working in criminal appeals in the San Bernardino district attorney's office. “I was trying to learn criminal law and realized I just wanted to be back at County Counsel, back in the dependency division. It is a very hard assignment – cases of child abuse and neglect. You are in court every day, and some cases,

such as dealing with serious abuse or a child's death, really weigh on you. Every person serving in that courtroom feels the weight and yet wants to be there.” It was meaningful work, and Tracey was there for it.

In addition to her daily work as an attorney, Tracey serves on several committees. She is part of the County's Diversity and Inclusion Committee and leads that committee's Attraction and Recruitment Subcommittee. She is on the Inter-Agency Council for Child Abuse and Neglect, which deals with teen suicide and exploitation, and she works with several agencies on other issues, such as education and access for foster children who need psychotropic medication. Tracey is committed, “I purposefully involve myself; I want to be a part of these projects.”

Tracey first applied for judge just when the pandemic brought everything to a standstill. Her application was submitted, but nothing was happening. Then, a friend who had successfully run for judge texted her one day at the end of last year. Tracey remembers the moment clearly. “She wrote, Tracey, get down to the recorder's office now and reserve your spot. Today is the deadline!”

Running for judge has been an undertaking. The how – all the procedures, election laws, endorsements, and visibility that are part of running for a judge's seat – Tracey has had to learn along the way. The why - her reason for running has always been very clear. “I wanted to be a judge because I knew the responsibility a judge in dependency court holds. There is no jury because of the confidentiality in cases involving children. The judge listens to everyone, has to keep track of all the facts, and then make decisions. When you're in court every day watching a judge do this, bearing the weight of it, you really understand what service is.”

For Tracey, it is more than a career choice. “I had some of the best judges who were so patient, even-tempered, and acknowledged everyone that came into their courtroom no matter the issue. And, we see some ugly, ugly things, but they were always very respectful to everyone. And that’s who I appeared before for all those years and who I would like to emulate. This is what I feel my assignment is; everything I’ve done has brought me to this point. I am ready.”

36th Annual Maureen Shea Memorial Tennis Tournament

The 36th Annual Maureen Shea Memorial Tennis Tournament was held on Sunday, May 19 at a new venue: the Flint Canyon Tennis Club. We welcomed first-time and returning players to the courts for a day of family fun and friendly competition. Current parents Heather and Spencer Sanderson P’26, ’28 joined tournament director Jon Wood in planning the event that included student and alumni divisions, hit-for-prizes, and an exciting finals match and dinner generously hosted at the Shea family home.

Previous alumni division champions and siblings Sarah Leiva ’21 and Matthew Leiva ’15 played Peter McConnell ’15 and Shea McConnell ’09 in the finals, retaining their title for a second year. In the student division, Smith Sanderson ’26 with dad Spencer Sanderson challenged student duo Chloe Shyu ’25 and Elise Chan on the Shea’s clay court, eventually claiming the championship.

Special thanks to MJS alum Carla Tamborini Flores ’01 of the Flint Canyon Tennis Club, and to Mary Shea and her family who generously welcome the MJS community to their home each year.

ABOUT MAUREEN SHEA

2024 Maureen Shea Student Division

Winners: Smith Sanderson ’26 and Spencer Sanderson

Runners-Up: Chloe Shyu ’25 and Elise Chan

Consolation: Delphine Lanchantin ’27 and Ed Lanchantin ’78

2024 Donna Martin Alumni Division

Winners: Sarah Leiva ’21 and Matthew Leiva ’15

Runners-Up: Peter McConnell ’15 and Shea McConnell ’09

Consolation: Henry Tolleson ’19 and Rob Tolleson

Maureen Shea graduated from Mayfield Junior School in 1982. She was a member of the tennis teams at both Mayfield Junior and Senior Schools. Her life ended suddenly in an automobile accident in 1985. Coming from a large and caring family, we thought it would be appropriate to have a family tennis tournament as a loving tribute to Maureen. The names of the winners are inscribed on the perpetual trophy donated by her family.

So much about Mayfield, from the longevity and tradition to the joyful spirit that fills the campus, is made possible through the actions and commitment of so many remarkable people over our 90+ years. Many of these individuals helped shape our school, giving of themselves and sharing their passions in support of our mission. Uplifting, defining relationships that only made us better. Our community mourns the loss of facilities team member Roy Chavez

Beloved for his ready smile, positive outlook, and signature phrase, “It’s all good,” Roy fell in love with Mayfield while working on a construction team during the south campus remodel in 2002-2004. He joined Mayfield’s staff even before construction was completed. Throughout his nearly 20 years at Mayfield, Roy had a knack for being there when you needed him most and cheerfully carrying, fixing, cleaning, or moving anything requested whenever he could. Spending most of his day working out and around campus, Roy built relationships with the students, faculty and staff and always put their needs and safety first. His gratitude for his work and the Mayfield community was so deep when he retired in 2023 to fight his Leukemia diagnosis, his connection remained strong, and he visited campus whenever possible. Roy’s joyful spirit was a gift to our community. We pray for his family and all who were blessed to know him.

In Memoriam

Mayfield Junior School extends its deepest sympathy to those members of our community who have recently lost loved ones during the 2023-2024 school year*. The following individuals have their names inscribed in the Mayfield Junior School Chapel Memorial Book and will be perpetually remembered in the prayers of the Sisters of the Holy Child Jesus.

Melissa Winston Alfieri ’79, MJS alumna and mother of Alexis Mullinix ’06, Austin ’10, Avery ’12, and Winston ’14

Philip Falese, father of Lola ’18 and Sade ’19

Helen Green, mother of Wendolyn Green Abbate ’67, Brad Green ’72, and Pamela Green Schroer ’74 Susan Hayes ’51

Frederick Hughes, father of Mark Hughes ’87

Henry Suarez, father of Henry ’15 and Audrey ’17

* July 1, 2023 – July 1, 2024

MAYFIELD JUNIOR SCHOOL OF THE HOLY CHILD JESUS

405 South Euclid Avenue • Pasadena, CA 91101

www.mayfieldjs.org

Parents of Alumni

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From the Archives

On the corner of Bellevue and Waldo… Mayfield’s field has been a favorite place on campus for decades. And an important space - big games, historic events, or where students could run, play or just hang out at recess like these photos from year’s past. A few memories and moments of what was, as we start a new era on our reimagined Mustangs Playing Field. So many more memories to come!