view from the top summer 2012 magazine

2012 SUMMER MagazinE

Celebrating

FLINTRIDGE SACRED HEART ACADEMY

80Years of Giving!

Please make your gift todayGive online at www.fsha.org/onlinegiving

Make a pledge now and fulfill it by June 30, 2012

Questions? Call the Development Office: 626-685-8391

Committed to:academic success • nurturing the whole student •

athletics • the arts • global learning • scholarship • service • spirituality

The Flintridge Fund, our annual giving program,

is a way you can give back to FSHA. From

scholarships to athletics, from technology to the

arts, from books to retreats, annual giving provides

for a vibrant holistic educational atmosphere for

every young woman. Choose to apply your gift

to any of the areas listed above.

MISSION: Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy, a Catholic, Dominican, college-preparatory school, educates young women for a life of faith, integrity and truth.

MEMBERSS. Gloria Marie Jones, O.P. Congregational Prioress

S. Diane Briden Becker, O.P. Vicaress General

S. Reina Perea, O.P. Councilor

S. Carolyn Marie Monahan, O.P. Councilor

S. Alicia Lucy, O.P. Councilor

BOARD OF DIRECTORSWilliam Spathelf Chair

S. Carolyn McCormack, O.P. President

Peter Conti, M.D.

Michael Davitt

Sarah Dooley ‘98

Robert Edwards

Robert Harper

Ann Holmquist

S. Gloria Marie Jones, O.P.

Leslie Kawai ‘80

Christopher LaBonge

Paul Locker

Darla Vessadini Longo ‘75

Robert Malchione

Steven Mann

Barbara Marshall

Juli Goodwin Roginson ‘87

Keith Sharp

S. Johnellen Turner, O.P.

View from the Top is published twice a year by the Development Office and is distributed to alumnae, past and current families, and those who have shown a continued interest in Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy. For comments and suggestions or to receive a copy of View from the Top, please send an email to [email protected].

Margaret Anne KeanChief Development Officer

Lisa Muñoz Bruchey ‘89Director of Marketing and Communications

Sawako IshibashiAdministrative Assistant

FLINTRID GE SACRED HEART ACADEMY

2 A Letter from the President

3 Strategic Plan Update

4 Glimpses

Short takes on and around the Hill.

12 A Fond Farewell to the Class of 2012

14 A Closer Look: Technology in the Classroom

18 Tologs Who Change the World

…Through Service

20 A Letter from the Alumnae Association President

21 Alumnae News

22 Alumnae Class Notes

27 Tolog Family Tree: The Friese Family

29 Lois Longo’s Appetite for Giving

Inside Back Cover: Faculty Profile: Elizabeth Ross

On the cover: Katie Hartwig ’14, Rachel Fowler ’14 and Julia Byrne ’14 build robots and control them with laptops as part of a new semester-long science course, Robotics. To read more about the use of technology in FSHA’s classrooms, turn to page 14

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Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy is accredited by the Western Catholic Education Association (WCEA), California Association of Independent Schools (CAIS) and the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC). The Academy is a member of the National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS), the National Catholic Education Association (NCEA), and others.

The Academy is a California 501 (c) 3, non-profit corporation governed by a 19-member Board of Directors made up of religious and lay individuals. FSHA engages in fundraising from foundations, corporations and individuals associated with the school. A growing endowment provides firm financial footing for the school whose annual budget is enhanced by voluntary contributions.

Althea LittleDirector of the Flintridge Fund

Patricia OstillerCampaign Director/ Director of Major Gifts

Allison RostCommunications Associate

Charlotte SaydahSpecial Events Manager

Julie SwayzeCampaign Associate

Elizabeth TomsDirector of Alumnae and Parent Relations

Vicky WolfDevelopment Database Manager

Designed by McGregor Creative, Inc.Pasadena, CA

Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.

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As I begin this letter to you, I am aware that this is Graduation weekend at Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy. For 79 years, our young women have donned beautiful long white dresses, gathered their red rose bouquets and moved proudly through Graduation ceremonies here on the Hill. In our archive of Graduation pictures through the years, the traditions and rituals of Flintridge Sacred Heart appear to be unchanging. And so, the graduates of the Class of 2012 have much in common with our first graduates of 1933. We treasure and celebrate those beloved traditions and rituals here on the Hill.

At our recent President’s Dinner, I began my remarks with a quote from Scripture that I want to share with you:

Give and it will be given to you.Good measure, pressed down, shaken together,running over, will be put into your lap.For with the measure you use,it will be measured back to you. Luke 6:38

A Letter from the President

This awareness of God’ s abundance and the gratitude it generates are alive in me each day as I engage in the ministry that is our mission on this beautiful hilltop. I am grateful for:

• The 80-year commitment of the Dominican Sisters at Flintridge Sacred Heart, years filled with prayer and dedication to the young women we have been and are privileged to educate in faith, integrity and truth;

• The strong, dedicated and determined leadership of our Board of Directors;

• The commitment of the school’s leadership, notably the academic community, human resources and business office, who – with support from our Board – have redesigned faculty/staff compensation and school-wide evaluation processes in order to ensure the highest quality of instruction and support for our girls;

• T he strong leadership of our CFO in carefully stewarding our resources, allowing us the security of a balanced budget while gathering internal

reserves to strengthen our mission;

• The anticipation of the new 1:1 Laptop Program that will begin in August with the incoming freshmen and faculty as the first recipients of this latest technology asset at the school;

• The “first ever in the history of the school” equestrian banner that will hang in our Student Activities Center this year as a result of an amazing team of riders who took first place in league this year;

• The fact that we are sending seven Flintridge Sacred Heart seniors to Division I colleges and universities with athletic scholarships – the largest group of athletes to be accepted from one school across our nation;

• The pride we all feel in Drew Washington ’12, this year’s Tournament of Roses Queen – and not only Drew, but the consistent line of beautiful Flintridge Sacred Heart young women who have gone ahead of her;

• The amazing generosity of our FSHA community in giving to our many fundraising efforts and the excellent work of our Development Office.

Please accept our grateful appreciation for you and the support you provide for us! May the measure you use to give, which is so generous, be measured back to you abundantly.

Most gratefully,

Sister Carolyn McCormack, O.P.

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One year ago in the Spring 2011 View from the Top, I shared the Strategic Plan adopted by the Board of Directors for the years 2010-2015. I am pleased to report that much wonderful progress has been done in the last 12 months. Highlighted below are some of the specific curricular enhancements underway in response to the strategic planning, as well as a summary of our master planning that will address the physical requirements of our curricular goals that have been identified through this planning process.

The first goal of our Strategic Plan is to create a living curriculum that ensures that each student is well prepared for college and provided with the foundation to live a life of faith, integrity and truth.

The Curriculum Board, headed by our Assistant Principal for Curriculum and Instruction, is comprised of the academic department chairs and our college-counseling director. This group has worked tirelessly to move the school forward to research, develop and implement a 21st-century curriculum. Specifically, the following initiatives are well underway:

�• Creation of a 21st-century educational framework is complete. Within this framework are the following 21st-century interdisciplinary themes: Global Awareness, Social Responsibility, Spiritual Growth and Holistic Development, and Learning in Context. Also, the framework calls for the following interdisciplinary skills to be further developed: Technology, Information Literacy and Research, Creativity and Innovation, Communication and Collaboration, Media Literacy, and Leadership, Initiative and Self-Direction.

�• Teaching of critical thinking skills throughout the curriculum across all disciplines is enhanced and in place. Our students are being asked to identify, define, analyze and evaluate elements of thought; to apply universal intellectual standards to thinking; to generate questions for investigation; to synthesize and make connections between information and arguments; and to reflect critically on learning experiences and processes.

�• Curricular mapping is an iterative process that captures the week-by-week detail of the curricular plans for each class that is offered. The first draft of the school’s curriculum map was completed this year, and assessment will occur during the 2012-13 school year to determine areas for improvement. The purpose is to ensure consistency in teaching within each discipline, sequencing from grade to grade and better alignment across the disciplines so we can identify opportunities for cross-curricular teaching.

�• A modified block schedule has been tested this year and will be implemented in 2012-13 school year. (See story on page 5).

��•��We are working to improve our research trajectory in our teaching. One of our goals is to standardize research requirements across disciplines and offer multiple opportunities for learned skills in each grade. Development

of a four-year research curriculum is underway, which will culminate at the end of each student’s senior year with a 15-page paper involving cross-disciplinary research.

�• A 1:1 Laptop Program will be implemented over the next two academic years (see story on page 16).

��• Vision for the Visual and Performing Arts (VAPA). The visual and performing arts faculty have spent many hours discussing their ideas for the role of the arts at FSHA. As we enter the second decade of this 21st century, a new vision has been established and will be shared in future issues of the View.

These curricular efforts are the backbone of the school’s commitment to ensure that our academic focus is strong and that we are fulfilling our promise to provide our students with a strong college-preparatory education in the 21st century. Key to this work is the provision of physical spaces that support these classroom efforts. This is where our master planning work intersects with our curricular work.

The master planning process has involved consideration of the number and types of classroom, study, research and performance spaces we currently have available, as well as what we predict we need to enhance current and future curricular offerings. Consideration was also given to the changes that are occurring in education that will require flexible spaces that can adapt to new requirements to be articulated in the future.

Working with our selected architect (Pica & Sullivan), our faculty, staff and master planning committee of the Board have completed an updated master plan of our property. We submitted the plan and a revised Conditional Use Permit application to the City of La Cañada Flintridge in fall 2011. The new master plan calls for the following changes to our physical plant:

��•��The building of a partially-subterranean parking structure in place of the current “Junior Lot” (across from the main Administration Building), to alleviate the parking constraints that students, faculty, staff and visitors face each day. It will also relieve congestion from the drop-off line and give parking needed for evening school functions.

��• A fine arts/humanities building in place of the 1956 auditorium, providing appropriately-sized teaching and performance spaces for all of our visual and performing arts programs as well as seven much-needed humanities classrooms.

��• A renovation and expansion of the 1952 high school classroom building to provide a new library/technology center and college-counseling space as well as to bring our existing classrooms to current standards.

We look forward to receiving city approval of our master plan and to implementing it over the next five to seven years. We will share progress made in future issues of the View, as well as additional reports on the implementation of other components of our Strategic Plan.

All of the work that is underway is for the benefit of the young women we are blessed to serve. It is all about them and our mission. This is an exciting time to be on the Hill!

Strategic Plan UPDATE



Winds Shut FSHA for Three DaysThe windstorm that swept through the San Gabriel Valley on November 30, 2011, brought power lines down across the area, including on the way up to the FSHA campus. School was cancelled for three days (Dec. 1-2 and Dec. 7) due to power outages. The winds also dislodged roof tiles across campus (including from the cottages and on the Patricia Traviss Bridge ’47 between the high school and the SAC), broke a window in a science classroom, ripped most of the roofing off a ceramics workroom outside the Auditorium and brought down scads of leaves and branches. Boarding students and Sisters were still able to enjoy warm meals thanks to an emergency generator that kept the Administration Building operating and heated. While disruptive, the windstorm did not cause any injuries on campus.

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At the beginning of the 2011-12 school year, ASB officers and Assistant Principal Katy Sadler chose peace as the theme for the year’s student activities. Or, more accurately: “We Believe in Peace...Peace in Our Hearts, Peace in Our Community, Peace in Our Nation, Peace in Our World.”

It resonated at the first prayer service of the year, where Campus Minister Kelley Dawson reminded students to keep peace in mind. “This year is sure to have its unpeaceful times — maybe a stressful exam, a fight with a friend, a breakup, not getting into your dream school,” she said. “These things are not peaceful, but they’re inevitable. We cannot eliminate them, but we can change the way we approach them. If we carry that calm in our hearts, we can face these things with love.”

The theme of peace was invoked many times during FSHA’s remembrance of 9/11 on September 9, 2011, in the Gymnasium. After ASB Campus Minister Abby Davitt ‘12 read a prayer, faculty and staff members shared their memories and students wrote the names of 9/11 victims on white ribbons (above) that were later displayed in the high school building. And on International Peace Day (September 21), students were allowed to wear white to school and posted white ribbons and messages of peace across campus (below).

Embracing PEAcE


Students went from trepidation to anticipation following the first trial of the new block schedule that FSHa will be implementing starting with the 2012-13 school year.

The new schedule will move FSHa away from its current rotation, which includes six 50-minute blocks every day, with an assembly period every Thursday and a shortened day on Friday. instead, students will attend all seven classes every Monday for 50 minutes, then rotate into a schedule of four 80-minute classes a day. The assembly period will move to Wednesday, and students will continue to receive an early release on Fridays – earlier, even, than the current schedule allows.

Before students and teachers gave the new schedule a whirl from november 7-18, 2011, many were skeptical. “i wouldn’t like it because it will be so hard to stay focused for such a long time

Block Schedule Coming to FSHA

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Just two years after our last Rose Queen (Natalie Innocenzi ‘10), a Tolog wore the crown! Drew Washington ‘12 was named the 2012 Rose Queen in a ceremony on Tuesday, October 18, 2011, at the Tournament House in Pasadena. Many of her fellow seniors turned out to support her, which prompted members of the media to comment on the enthusiasm of the Tologs present. A senior from Pasadena, Drew was the captain of the varsity volleyball team and a member of the track team, National Honor Society, NJCL (Latin Club) and SADD. She will attend New York University next year.

Senior Named 94th Rose Queen

on any one subject,” Caroline Treinen ’12 told the Veritas Shield.

However, the experiment found more fans than expected. “i am happily surprised with the positive feedback from students,” assistant Vice Principal annemarie Bacich told the Shield. The main complaints included the need for more time between longer blocks and difficulty in paying attention to 80-minute lectures. This feedback played into the next trial period, which was scheduled for april 16-27.

The move toward this new schedule is being spearheaded by the FSHa Curriculum Board as part of developing a 21st-century curriculum. The extended class time is intended to give students more time to collaborate with each other, to try out different activities and to use technology in the classroom.

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Allison Lieskovsky ‘00, who is also FSHA’s studio art and AP Art History teacher, won an honorable mention in the Second Annual La Crescenta Paint Out 2011. The competition, which ran from October 7 to November 5, 2011, prompted artists to create work that depicted the La Crescenta area – and all pieces had to be started and completed within that four-week timeframe.

Lieskovsky submitted three oil paintings, and won her award for a painting of the moonlit St. Luke of the Mountains Episcopal Church in La Crescenta. At the conclusion of the competition, Lieskovsky’s work – along with that from other participants – was displayed at St. Luke’s for the general public.

Alumna Art Teacher WInS HOnOR

Valentine’s Day was filled with even more love for many Tologs and their grandparents this year. On February 14, the oldest members of the FSHA community came up to the Hill for Grandparents’ Day, the first since 2010. They enjoyed a continental breakfast before hearing remarks from Sr. Carolyn and Sr. Celeste, and then heading off to class with their granddaughters. The day concluded with a performing arts assembly, where the guests laughed heartily at a ComedySportz show, and lunch in the Student Activities Center. For Kathie and Allen Lund, the day was an opportunity to visit with five FSHA granddaughters: (top, from left) Madelyn Peterson ‘14, Micaela Snashall ‘14, Sarah Lund ‘14, Ally Clapp ‘14 and Ashley Lund ‘12.

Grandparents’ Day


Senior Class Sets College Athletics Record


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In a ceremony on February 1, seven athletes in the Class of 2012 (all soccer players) signed their letters of intent for college. They are: Katelyn almeida, University of new Mexico; Breeana Koemans, northeastern University; alexa Montgomery, University of arizona; Kaitlyn Johnson, USC; Tera Trujillo, University of new Mexico; Jillian Jacobs, Loyola Marymount University; and Lindsey Espe, Belmont University. according to the Los Angeles Times, FSHa had the most high-school seniors committing to Division i women’s soccer programs than any other school in the country.

Another year of athletic triumphs has come to an end, but two teams in particular have much to celebrate:

•��The FSHA equestrian team received the team’s first SWSL (Saddle Seat and Western School League) championship trophy at a ceremony in May! (bottom right) The riders in the Saddle Seat and Western division of FSHA’s equestrian team were Alex Bernstein ‘12, who rode in the Varsity Saddle Seat division; Jamie Lemus ‘12, who rode in the Varsity Western division; and Isabella de Cardenas ‘14, who rode in both the Novice Saddle Seat and novice Western divisions. For individual honors, Alex also received her varsity letter from the USEF (United States Equestrian Federation) and was Varsity Saddle Seat Champion. Jamie was Reserve Champion for SWS Western Varsity division. In addition, Payton Parker, who rides in the Varsity Hunter/Equitation division for the Interscholastic Equestrian League, placed third in her medal final.

•��Thanks to the performance of several strong swimmers (and Caroline Bender ’15, the team’s lone diver, pictured below), the FSHA swim team went undefeated in its 2011-12 season and won the Mission League title outright. At CIF swim finals, FSHA’s 200-meter medley relay team broke a school record by 1.5 seconds! That performance by Katie Altmayer ‘14, Emily Balog ‘13, Meg Ryan ‘13 and Kirsten Vose ‘15 helped FSHA swim to a 14th place finish overall. The same four swimmers also broke the school record in the 200-meter freestyle relay; Katie broke the school record in the 100 butterfly; and Kirsten placed second in the 100 breaststroke.

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From a cast on roller skates in Xanadu to a prom dress made out of garbage bags and duct tape in the Art Show, FSHA’s student performers and artists blazed many new trails in the 2011-12 school year. The arts curriculum got a new addition in the form of Sculpture, a class taught by ceramics instructor Heather Kent that involves making 3-D shapes out of materials such as fabric, foam and cardboard. (The prom dress was one such project.) Despite one show being cancelled due to the December winds, the ComedySportz team kept everyone laughing with a slate of regular appearances, including a special ComedySportz assembly and a performance at February’s Grandparents’ Day. The choir blossomed this year to a full 21 members and impressed audience members at the Christmas and Pops Concerts, while violinist Tracy Zhang ’12 capped her senior year with a bravura performance of a traditional Hungarian piece that wowed onlookers. Claire Rodriguez ’12 and Lara Repko ’12 also commemorated their last shows at FSHA with starring roles in the aforementioned Xanadu and Our Town, respectively, while April’s Dance Concert focused on all manner of religious life.

It was a stellar end to a stellar year.

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Tracy Zhang ’12 shows off her impressive violin skills.

AP Art: Drawing student Alex Milat ’13 with Principal Sr. Celeste Marie Botello in front of her work at the Art Show.


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Claire Rodriguez ’12 on wheels as the lead Kira/Clio in the fall musical, Xanadu.

ABOVE: Emily Webb (Lara Repko ’12) marries George Gibbs (La Cañada High School freshman Charlie LePew) in a scene from this spring’s theatrical production, Our Town. Members of the Stagecraft class built the simple, evocative set pieces.

LEFT: Senior Saltatrix performs “The Final Plague,” based on Passover and the 10 plagues of Egypt, in the Dance Concert.

As part of the Dance Concert offering “The Eminence of Elements,” which represented pantheism, the Block 2 Dance I class lifts up Rachel Majich ’14.


GALA 2012 Raises Spirits – and Funds!

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Darla Vessadini Longo ‘75, the 2012

Distinguished Alumna Award recipient, with

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Marie Botello (far left) and President Sr.

Carolyn McCormack at Gala 2012.


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Oh, what a night! More than 300 current and past parents joined with alumnae and friends of FSHA for Gala 2012 at the Langham Huntington Hotel on the evening of Saturday, April 21. Guests enjoyed perusing items in the Silent Auction while listening to the harp-playing of Elizabeth Togneri ‘13 before heading into the ballroom for a full program, which included remarks from Sr. Carolyn and Distinguished Alumna Award recipient Darla Vessadini Longo ‘75, a performance from the FSHA Choir and a spirited Live Auction. All that, plus dinner and drinks, kept the crowd in a celebratory mood as FSHA’s 80th anniversary was toasted and lauded multiple times. Many, many thanks to our countless volunteers and donors, who worked behind the scenes for months to stage the event in addition to donating items for auction and underwriting costs — ensuring that all funds raised went back to FSHA students in the form of laptops and endowment support. Co-chairs Julieta Bennett (Amanda ‘11 and Andrea ‘14), Elizabeth Fitzpatrick (Meghan ‘10, Gabrielle ‘13 and Olivia ‘16), Maggie Hernandez (Katie ‘10) and Colleen Welsh (Nora ‘12) received FSHA prints donated by Gary Pantiskas (Lauren ‘11 and Megan ‘13) as a thank-you for their generous donation of time and talent orchestrating the event. Many more photos of Gala 2012 are available for viewing on the FSHA website, as well as the tribute video shown that evening.


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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIABerkeleyDavisIrvineLos AngelesRiversideSan DiegoSanta Barbara

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITIESCal Poly PomonaFullertonMonterey BaySan DiegoSan Marcos

PRIVATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES IN CALIFORNIAChapman UniversityDominican UniversityLoyola Marymount UniversitySaint Mary’s College of CaliforniaUniversity of San FranciscoUniversity of Southern California

PRIVATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES OUT OF STATEBelmont UniversityBerklee College of MusicBoston UniversityBrigham Young UniversityCarroll CollegeDe Paul UniversityGeorgetown UniversityGonzaga UniversityLoyola University ChicagoNew York UniversityNortheastern UniversityRegis UniversityRensselaer Polytechnic InstituteSaint Louis UniversitySchool of the Art Institute of ChicagoSmith CollegeSouthern Methodist UniversitySpelman CollegeTexas Christian UniversityTrinity University (San Antonio)Tufts UniversityUniversity of Notre DameUniversity of PortlandWake Forest University

PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES OUT OF STATEArizona State UniversityColorado State UniversityThe Ohio State UniversityUniversity of ArizonaUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignUniversity of New MexicoUniversity of North Carolina School of the ArtsUniversity of Texas, AustinUniversity of UtahUniversity of WashingtonUniversity of Wisconsin, Madison

UNIVERSITIES OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATESCity University of Hong KongUniversity of Winchester (Great Britain)Royal Academy of the Dramatic Arts

COMMUNITY COLLEGESPasadena City CollegeGlendale Community College

A FOnD FAREWELLto the Class of 2012The many accomplishments of the Class of 2012 were lauded at Graduation on Sunday, June 3. As valedictorian Nora Welsh put it: “Our confidence in the classroom is reflected in our confidence in the outside world. With Miss California Ranger, countless Gold Award winners, and let’s not forget our Rose Queen, we are not a shy bunch.” The alumnae left Crane Field headed for college and universities across three continents, sure to spread their Tolog spirit wherever they go.

“You have to understand: FSHA is my home. It’s a home to every one of my classmates in one way or another. Each one of us has that mom or dad or sister here. We may be too proud to show it, or too excited about college, but FSHA has made us strong, fierce, confident (with a touch of humility) and ready young women, ready to take on the world.”


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Leadership Medals Lindsey EspeAnais EngelJamie LemusHeather NorrisKelly Trueblood

Service Medals Isabel CremerDianne GutierrezJessica MartinCaitlin McCrearyMary Clare MolinaAmy RodriguezConstance Weissmuller

Archdiocesan Service Award Recipient Camille O’Connor

Tolog Award Natalie Janji

Honors at GraduationValedictorian Nora Welsh

Salutatorian Sarah Huerta

Veritas Awards Paulina AntaplyanAshley Moch

General Excellence Award Nora Welsh

Scholarship Medals Anais EngelSarah HuertaNora Welsh

Siena Award Abagael Davitt

Significant Academic Achievementby an International Student Yiruo Tracy Zhang

Visual and Performing Arts Award Kyler HarveyToni Clarisse Rodriguez

Many graduates received acceptances into multiple colleges and universities, allowing them to select from a number of institutions. Members of the Class of 2012 were also awarded substantial scholarships ranging from $4,000 to $88,000 from the educational institutions to which they were accepted, totaling more than $5.2 million.

A yearly tradition in the boarding halls, the May birthday dinner combines a birthday celebration for students with an emotional goodbye to the graduating boarders. And this year’s dinner, held on May 17, was no different. After a special meal of the boarders’ favorite foods, the seniors wept as various teachers and hall supervisors – including Martha Lem, the Director of Boarding Students – took to the microphone to reminisce with the soon-to-be graduates. Afterward, the boarding students reconvened in the Lounge, where the underclasswomen presented the seniors with their own tribute.

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Boarding supervisor Alana Bachor laughs through tears as she speaks to the seniors.

Religion teacher Olympio D’Mello (seated) helps pass out ice cream for dessert.

From left: Anais Engel ’12, Stephanie Poon ’12 and Dianne Gutierrez ’12.

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In Ty Buxman’s Block 3 Robotics class, Sophia Coffey ’15 steers a remote-controlled vehicle through an obstacle course marked by Styrofoam cups and black tape. She built the machine with a Lego Mindstorm kit, and she programmed the laptop connected to her controller to drive the vehicle through the maze.

Robotics is the most recent offering in the FSHA curriculum that features the latest in technology, but it’s by no means the first. On a campus that’s celebrating its 80th year of existence, what’s happening in many classrooms on the Hill has more of an eye on the future than a nod toward the past. FSHA’s technological prowess will get a big boost later this year, as the incoming Class of 2016 will be the first to participate in the new 1:1 Laptop Program. This move will eventually supply each Tolog with a laptop to use in class and at home, providing a seamless transition between the use of technology in both places (see page 16 for more).

What’s made the incorporation of various hi-tech gadgets and programs into existing classes that much easier has been fearless faculty members, according to John Pettersson, FSHA’s Director of Technology. “One thing that’s nice about the growth in classroom technology use at FSHA over the past five years is that it has been, by and large, a ground-up trend,” he says. “Most of the technologies used in the classrooms today were initially discovered and requested by teachers, not mandated by administration.”

A nEW PHILOSOPHyThe FSHA campus has come a long way since typewriters were the most cutting-edge teaching tool available. Today, instructors take attendance and record grades online, direct classroom activities through the use of interactive SMART Boards and student response clickers, and have pupils provide instant feedback to their classmates with peer-editing software. Outside the classroom, those 8th graders interested in FSHA apply online, coaches send information to athletes and their parents using email and text messages, and parents go to the Internet to make appointments with advisors and college counselors. Social media is also a growing phenomenon at FSHA – alumnae and parents from across the world stay connected with the Hill using such sites as Facebook and Twitter, and Visual & Performing Arts Department chair Ben Coria recently established the school’s first blog for instructional purposes (fshaarts.tumblr.com).

This growth of methodologies that are championed by teachers and staff (as well as a technologically adept student body) fit right in with the overall mission and philosophy at FSHA. An offshoot of the Veritas Study, which was completed in 2009, was the Portrait of a Graduate. Among the attributes listed in the document is: “Draws a connection between her ethical stance and the ways in which she uses technology in the pursuit of learning, for social networking and media entertainment.” This

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Technology in the Classroom

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quality received equal billing with “exhibits a basic knowledge of Scriptures” and “demonstrates the ability to think critically” – demonstrating how important technological awareness and intelligence is for Tologs starting out in the world today.

To Sr. Celeste Marie Botello, O.P., FSHA’s Principal, this growth is just a natural extension of the educational process. “There was a time when chalk and blackboard were something innovative,” she says. “And then, it went to Dry Erase Markers and white boards. Now that it’s gone to SMART Boards, we’re able to incorporate much more technology into the classroom than ever before.”

The Information Services Committee of the Board of Directors moved toward putting that into practice by adopting in May 2011 the FSHA Technology Plan, which provides guidance for the spread of technology on campus through the end of the 2013-14 school year. The first goal of that plan is to support the development of a 21st-century curriculum through expansion and standardization of technology across campus, as well as ways of evaluating the effectiveness of those methodologies.

As quickly as the world of technology seems to be moving at times, FSHA has adopted it right in line with larger educational trends across the country. In a 2009 report, the United States Department of Education found that the ratio of students to computers in public secondary-school classrooms was about 1.6 to 1; prior to the implementation of the 1:1 Laptop Program, FSHA’s ratio is about 1.4 to 1. The Department of Education also tracks the use of equipment such as interactive whiteboards, document cameras and various software programs that FSHA has in its classrooms – and the majority of public secondary schools use them as well.

ExPAnSIOn AcROSS cAMPUSJeannie Finley, who currently serves as Academic Technology and Library Services Manager, was the main architect behind the FSHA Technology Plan. She points to 2007 as the year when technology at FSHA really began to take off. That was the same year that Sr. Carolyn McCormack hired Finley as FSHA’s first Director of Information Services.

“When I started, we had projectors in a handful of classrooms, a few interactive SMART Boards and three laptop carts in the Student Activities Center,” she says. “The school had just undergone a huge technology initiative to upgrade our servers, backup systems, security and infrastructure.”Projectors and SMART Boards were soon added to every classroom on campus, and then, Elmo Document Cameras came in to replace overhead projectors as they aged and eventually malfunctioned. “Many teachers immediately found this new technology useful in their classrooms. Student work, books, objects and even demonstrations could be easily projected for the whole classroom to see,” Finley says.

These early moves paved the way for later innovations. Finley says that the FSHA community has long been supportive of technological changes in the classroom, but those changes had always needed someone to champion them first. “As certain teachers have had success with different tools, others have

TEcH GLOSSARyConfused about the latest lingo? Follow this guide to the biggest tech features on the FSHa campus, and visit fsha.org/technology to learn more.

SMART Boards: These interactive screens replace chalkboards and projector screens by connecting to a computer, which then uses the SMaRT Board as its display. Teachers and students can write and draw on the screen as part of a lesson, then wipe the tableau clean.

SMART Response Systems: Used in conjunction with SMaRT Boards, these equip students with individual “clickers” (pictured below) that they use to answer questions quickly as a class. The information is transmitted to the computer of the teacher, who can immediately evaluate the results.

Document cameras: These devices magnify and transmit images to projectors mounted to classroom ceilings, which then display them on a screen for an entire classroom to see.

Laptop carts: Each laptop cart contains approximately 25 laptops that can be stored and charged while in place. The cart is portable and can be wheeled to the various locations where laptops are needed for classroom instruction.

Podium: also known as FSHa’s online community, this program provides the infrastructure for the school’s website as well as services such as internet-based grade books, attendance and calendars. after logging in, students and parents can find links to any web service needed for class, such as Math XL (homework service for math classes) and noodleTools (research and citation assistance).



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A t a meeting on January 26, the FSHA Board of Directors approved a plan to implement a new 1:1 Laptop Program on campus starting in the 2012-13 school year.

Starting in August, students in the Class of 2016 as well as all teachers will be assigned individual laptops that they can take home and to class that will be loaded with all the software they need for their coursework. The program will expand to the remaining classes in the fall of 2013.

“Once students all have the same tools, we can make sure that we cover a variety of important technology skills throughout the entire curriculum to adequately prepare them for technology use in college,” says Jeannie Finley, FSHA’s Academic Technology and Library Services Manager. “Most teachers are thrilled to get a laptop as well so they can use school software and services and file access outside of campus.”

Freshmen and teachers will receive new Macbooks this fall, which FSHA will purchase and load with all the software programs students need for class. The laptops will be replaced every three years, providing students with a new computer just before their senior year that they can then opt to buy before heading off to college. A technology fee will also help fund a full-time tech support person to service students and teachers when necessary.

“If a laptop breaks, it will be immediately replaced with a loaner unit identical to the original computer, allowing the user to continue in her educational pursuits without having to learn a new system or adapt to different software titles or versions,” says John Pettersson, FSHA’s Director of Technology.

The first year will give Pettersson the ability to observe how the program works, fine-tune the school’s infrastructure and processes, and make any necessary changes before a roll-out to all grades. After that, the student computers already on campus will age out of the system and not be replaced.

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followed and interest has grown in an organic way,” Pettersson adds. “Tech purchases and standardizations are usually made as a result of demand from teachers, which makes for a more effective and authentic classroom experience.”

The SMART Boards and document cameras prompted the addition of SMART Response systems, which allow teachers to request feedback during a lecture or lesson. “These devices provide immediate checks for understanding with the entire class, not just those who were called on or who raised their hands,” Finley says. “Digital assessments provide extremely quick feedback to teachers so they know when re-teaching is necessary.”

SMART Boards and document cameras also made it easier for teachers to utilize the Internet as a tool in the classroom, which led to the explosion of web-based services for instruction and communication. Podium, which provides FSHA’s internal and external website, went live in 2008 and gave teachers the ability to manage homework, absences, grades and more from one central system. Parents and students also use Podium for school announcements, report cards, event registration and up-to-date calendars.

Since then, other web services have been implemented and gained many fans on campus. Naviance, which launched in 2011, helps juniors and seniors manage their college applications and test scores. Spanish classes use the Lingt Language and Audacity programs to improve students’ speaking and listening skills, particularly in Advanced Placement courses. And TurnItIn, a program that was initially developed to check for plagiarism, has made a big difference in English classes when students use it to critique their peers’ work anonymously – especially in conjunction with laptops in class. “Providing students with the ability to quickly type, read each other’s writing and easily review student work in class is extremely effective,” Finley says. “Utilizing a word processor in class – as opposed to only using it at home to write – is really the best way to teach the writing process.”

cURREnT nEEDSCoinciding with the expansion of the use of technology on campus has been an increasing need for those laptops that students can use in the classroom. Carts were added to the initial 2007 inventory, but demand quickly outstripped supply. “Need for the student laptop carts increased heavily every year,” Finley says, and it’s no surprise when contemplating the number of ways in which they’re used:

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•��Mary Schnieders Havrilla ’97, who teaches AP Environmental Science and anatomy/physiology, has split her classes into small groups and assigned a laptop to each one for collaborative assignments;

•��Economics teacher Mike Thornton assigns online work to his students, who use laptops in class to research budgets and the stock market;

•��Rosemary Johnston, senior religion teacher, gives her students a research project and presentation assignment every year that incorporate the use of technology through laptops.

As of the 2011-12 school year, there were eight laptop carts with more than 250 student laptops that could be used across campus in addition to two stationary computer labs – one in the Library, and one in the classroom that hosts Journalism, Yearbook and Graphic Design classes. “When we added wireless networks throughout campus to meet the growing need of our laptop carts, we first started to see the increase of student-owned computers on campus because students felt we did not have enough laptops available when they needed them,” Finley says. The carts are also limited by location, which is difficult on the Hill – science classes are held in the SAC, which is down a set of stairs from the main high-school building, and music instruction takes place in Cottage 4. “These issues are what led to the development of our laptop program,” Finley adds. “We wanted to put one of the most powerful educational tools into the hands of students and teachers when they need it without the intense location constraints we’re currently experiencing.”

The 1:1 Laptop Program launches FSHA into rarefied air among other local independent schools, most of which continue to rely on laptop-cart systems similar to the one FSHA has been using for the last several years. The closest private high school with a 1:1 program is a draw between Chaminade College Preparatory in Canoga Park and Marymount High School in West Los Angeles. “Laptop programs have been in existence for some time and many independent schools and school districts have invested in them, so we have been able to fully study their best practices and recommendations for implementation,” Finley says.

Of course, the addition of more machines to FSHA’s laptop cache and further use of web-based services means that there may soon be more stress on the campus’ network and infrastructure. “Our location has made this difficult in the past,” Finley says. “We plan on drastically increasing our bandwidth next year and will continue to be creative about how to manage this issue in the future, unless we can get a good-sized line up this hill!”

Though many of the costs required to expand FSHA’s technology services will be furnished by new technology fees, philanthropy does help as well. Since 2009, one of the Family of Funds in the Flintridge Fund has been the Technology Fund, and $150,000 of the Gala 2012 proceeds went toward the 1:1 Laptop Program.

As with any institution, it can be a challenge to keep FSHA students working with the latest technology. But it’s a challenge that FSHA has always risen to, especially because these skills end up sticking with Tologs for years. They also enhance the educational experience in ways that continue to evolve and expand as time marches on.

“Technology gives our young women, along with our faculty, the opportunity to expand our curriculum,” Sr. Celeste says. “It all has to be hand-in-hand – the technology, the young woman and her teacher are all needed to help the student learn.”


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One of the four pillars of the Dominican charism is service, and it is one of the most important educational values instilled during the four years our young women are here at Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy. Sometimes, “service” means simply being present for another person during a time of need. Other times it can mean giving hours and creative thought toward a worthy

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…Through Service

club 21, a nonprofit learning and resource center dedicated to the inclusion of individuals with Down syndrome in home, school and community life, held its annual fundraiser walk and mini-fair on October 30, 2011, at Central Park in Pasadena. Students from local schools, including 30 from FSHA, attended in great numbers. “It definitely was a success and a great opportunity to raise awareness and community support for the club,” Connie Weissmuller ’12 said.

Earlier in the school year, Club 21 founder Nancy Littekin brought five mothers and their children who have Down syndrome to the FSHA Gym to share their stories about living with DS to the student body. “I love going to a public school and I have a lot of friends. If they don’t understand me the first time, I speak slower and they get it,” Matthew Von der Ahe, 10, told the crowd.

“Kids with Down syndrome are the greatest example of love,” said Heather Norris ’12, a regular volunteer at Club 21 and whose mother is on the board. – Anna Liebelt ’12

Sara Newell ’12, a Girl Scout for 13 years, earned her Gold Award by spending the summer of 2011 making a short documentary film about the nonprofit Pasadena Senior Center.

Newell interviewed the people who work there as well as the seniors who frequent the center. “When you interview them, they are not only telling you about what they like [about the senior center], but also about themselves and their lives as well,” she said.

The documentary aired on Pasadena Community Network (PCN), which is a good launchpad for Newell – she will major in filmmaking at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts starting in the fall.

Newell said that her grandparents inspired the project. “Seeing how much they loved it there and how it made their lives so much happier really inspired me to make it

my Gold Award,” she said. – Abby Durkan ’14

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Students in Leslie Miller’s AP Environmental Science classes held a farmer’s market on the FSHA campus on the last day of class, Friday, June 1. The sale of items in the market, including organic bath products and food items, went toward supporting microloans in developing countries. (Far left) Andrea Bennett ’14, Elizabeth Spiers ’13 and Brianna Silverman ’13 manned the station with handmade organic soaps for sale, and (near left) Emily Sharp ’13 handled the food with Miller.

cause. Starting with their time here on the Hill and continuing for many years following graduation, Tologs have long made service a core part of their lives. As a continuation of our series Tologs Who Change the World, here are several snapshots of students and alumnae who make a difference through service.

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Recent graduate Mary Clare Molina ’12 spent 10 days rebuilding houses in a village in Fiji last summer. Molina helped to strengthen the walls of homes, construct kitchens and connect wires along with 16 other teenagers from all over the United States, Canada and Spain as part of a volunteer team from Rustic Pathways.

To ensure that the villagers were living in peace and safety, the group fortified the walls, which were originally built with sheets of tin, concrete and woven palm leaves. The new walls had to be built strong enough to withstand wind and other natural disasters, such as hurricanes, by using a mixture of sand, water and concrete powder. The team also constructed a “kitchen” in the home of an elderly couple so they would no longer have to walk out to their shed to cook. The teens painted the inside of the couple’s bedroom and connected wires to provide the home with solar energy.

“It made me see having excess material possessions as a handicap, because materialism makes it harder to appreciate the simple things in life,” Molina said. She hopes to one day join the Peace Corps. – Judy Lee ’14

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This summer, Kristen Gentilucci ’03 is leading a 10-week cross-country bicycle trip of 26 college-aged kids from Maine to Santa Barbara. Why? To raise funds for affordable housing through the nonprofit Bike and Build. Kristen is a longtime bicycle enthusiast who now lives in Oakland, and she began working for the cause of affordable housing while a student at UC Santa Cruz. Each rider and leader must raise $4,500 to participate, and to date, the organization has contributed $3.3 million to affordable housing projects. Follow Kristen’s progress on the ride at bikeandbuild.org.

Gloria Borges ’00, the commencement speaker for the Class of 2011 and the subject of the Alumnae Profile in the Winter 2011 issue of View from the Top, has reached a milestone in the operation of her nonprofit, the Wunderglo Foundation. Borges and the organization orchestrated the first Cancer Warrior Awards, which included a dinner and silent auction, on Thursday, June 21. The awards honored LIVESTRONG and the Morris Cancer Center GI Oncology Program, which is where Borges has been receiving treatment for her Stage-IV colon cancer since September 2010.

Many FSHA alumnae have integrated service into their careers, living out the Dominican charism on a daily basis. Here are just some of those Tologs and the causes they have undertaken as their life’s work:

Carolyn Canning-White ’84, Executive Director of Development, University of California, IrvineSharon Frank Francis ’89, Co-Founder/CEO, Channel Islands Social ServicesVirginia Hawthorne ’58, Co-Founder, Valley View Vaulters (nonprofit that teaches horse-riding to those with special needs)Dawn Miralle-Fong ’94, Site Manager, Neighborhood Youth Association Mar Vista Learning CenterRyan Poe-Gavlinski ’97, Staff Attorney, Legal Aid of West VirginiaShelly Wenker Schroth ‘94, Director of Advancement, Windward SchoolAmy McAndrews Walters ’93, Major Gifts Officer, Saint Mary’s College of CaliforniaMary McDonald Winners ’82, Certified Gerontologist/Founder, About Senior SolutionsGloria Diaz Ventura ’96, Founder, ACCION: Education in Action

Did we miss you? Let us know how you’re embodying the pillar of service on our Facebook page or at [email protected].


As you read these pages and learn more about the brilliant people who make FSHA wonderful, I hope you are reminded of the value of the place we affectionately call “the Hill.” The value of something is ultimately weighed by how much we desire it or prioritize it in our lives. Can we truly quantify the value of Flintridge? How can we determine the actual worth of this experience for young women who come from so many different places and continue onward in so many different directions? For many alumnae, parents, current students and families, Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy is a central player in the story of our lives. As time passes and we speed through each day, however, it may be natural to take for granted the gift that Flintridge is to all of us. I hope the following story will help you to remember the precious value of FSHA and how blessed we are to have had a stop here along our journey.

I am very fortunate to still have one grandparent—my 92-year-old grandmother, Antonina Ricchiazzi. My grandmother was born in 1919 in a very small mountain village in Sicily and has always told many stories of her childhood there. She attended a small school in her village where a few girls joined the boys until the third grade, after which time they went home to learn the centuries-old traditions of keeping a home and family. My grandmother was fortunate that her elders, ahead of their time and place, valued education, and sent her to another school in a nearby village that went to the fifth grade. She and her older brother attended this new school together even though they literally had to cross a river, traverse a valley and climb a mountain to get there.

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For many years she has said over and over again “I am very fortunate that I was sent to school until the fifth grade, because you can do nothing with the third grade!” For her, finishing the fifth grade was a great reward since most of the girls at that time had no schooling at all. The two extra years of schooling, she is certain, made all the difference in her life. With that education, she came to America, and with my grandfather she started and ran a successful business for almost 40 years, raised a family and bought property. She will leave behind a legacy of pride, hard work, integrity and blessed good fortune.

So when I think of Flintridge and my time here, I think of my grandmother, whose small village school also sat at the top of a mountain that looks much like the hills around FSHA. She also had to climb a hill to get to school and back down again at the end of the day. All this for a fifth grade education, which to this day she celebrates. From my grandmother, I have learned many things. But most importantly, I have learned the value of educating girls and the doors that open as a result. Because of her, I am reminded that these doors are not opened by others. They are opened, confidently, by the girls themselves, with a firm determination that with where they have been and what they have learned, they can do anything. And the value of that is priceless.

With gratitude,

Annette Ricchiazzi Blain ’90President, FSHA Alumnae Association

PRESiDEnT

annette Ricchiazzi Blain ‘90

FiRST ViCE PRESiDEnT

Jennifer Ricchiazzi Richard ‘92

SECRETaRy

Domenica Piumetti ‘95

DEVELoPMEnT CoUnCiL

Deidre Foley Cascelli ’84, Chair

gayaneh Pezeshkian avanes ’00,

Scholarship Chair

Melissa Majich Keeslar ‘02

Flannery Lagrua ‘03

KC Smith Reichert ‘90

CoMMUniCaTionS CoUnCiL

Kim avila ‘84

Trish Burghardt Sarbaum ‘87

Camille Barbaro Spina ‘87

CoMMUniTy CoUnCiL

Sarah Sima McCann ’96, Chair

Kristen geraci anderson ‘90

Sarah Dooley ‘98

Paula Capriccio orlandini ‘71

Juli goodwin Roginson ‘87

SPECiaL PRoJECTS CoUnCiL

Melanie Hitchcock Frey ‘86

Brandy Middleton ‘00

Kathleen Salvaty ‘88

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The sense of community on the Hill has always been strong. To make it even stronger, a core of dedicated Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy alumnae has been working all year – ever so quietly – on a Class Representative Initiative. The goal of this project is to update our significant database of more than 4,000 alumnae, ensuring that we have the most up-to-date contact information for everyone so we can continue to share news from the Hill and connect classmates with each other.

Phase One is coming to completion – we have at least one Class Representative for most graduating classes – which brings us to Phase Two: Class Representatives are calling all the alumnae from their graduation year. They will be updating the spreadsheets for their own class with support from the women on this committee.

A huge thank-you goes out to Sarah Sima McCann ’96 for chairing this effort, and to her committee of marvelous women who worked tirelessly on this important initiative:

30s/40s: Melanie Hitchcock Frey ’86 50s: Nicole DeVanon ’05 60s: Jessica Botello ’97 70s: Flannery La Grua ’03 80s: Molly Weber ’00 90s: Brandy Middleton ’00 2000+: Lisa Gualderon ’01 If you are interested in finding out more about being a Class Representative, email Elizabeth Toms, Director of Alumnae & Parent Relations, at [email protected]

Meanwhile, thank you in advance for helping your Class Representative when she calls!

Heather Norris ’12 receives a rose from Mary Schnieders Havrilla ’97 at the Farewell Mass on Thursday, May 17. Havrilla, along with other FSHA faculty alumnae and members of the Alumnae Association Executive Board, handed out alumnae pins and roses to the Class of 2012 after they were inducted into the Alumnae Association by President Annette Ricchiazzi Blain ’90. Norris took Havrilla’s anatomy/physiology class during her senior year.

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Beverly Beesemyer ‘37, Laguna Hills:

Well, at 93 and no more golf, I still drive my convertable and I have decided to return to my art, which I had not done since the 70s. I entered two pieces in a local art show, and to my surprise, I got second place on my oil and third place on my black-and-white scratchboard. I go to art class once a week, and otherwise, I’m busy with friends.

Rosemary Mikulich Pisani ’47, Las Vegas, Nev.:

Hello to my fellow alumnae! I have so many fond memories of the Class of 1947. Over the years, I have shared some of the teas and luncheons at Flintridge with my daughters and grandaughters, but will not be able to make this spring’s reunion. At age 81, I was doing my daily exercise (as the Sisters always taught us to do and stay active ...), and I was going too fast on the treadmill and boom on the treadmill I went! Broke my left shoulder and arm, but I’m currently in physical therapy and on the road to recovery! God bless and my love to all.

Mary Gallagher-Sanford ‘67, Carlsbad:

One Spirit Press has just published my book, Little Prayer Book for Our Planet! In the midst of composing some of my prayers, I was back on the Hill. I have a very strong identification with the Hill and actually pictured being in and around my cottage when I wrote “Prayer to Instill Light in the

Soul.” In other prayers, I pictured the covered bridge. The girls up there do not realize yet how positively Flintridge will affect the rest of their lives – it takes a few years of continued growth!

Kathleen Ivers ‘68, Lake Helen, Fla.:

For some reason, I thought about Sacred Heart today. It seems like yesterday when I was a student there. I remember Sister Ramona the best along with my art teacher (I received an art award when I graduated!), but I forgot her name. I’m living life and

learning to be an elder – I play music, make art and have two grown children and two grand ones.

Olga Baca Beck-Saracho ‘78, Chihuahua, Mexico:

I am married and living in Chihuahua, Mexico!

Class Notes

Several members of the Class of 2011 attended their first alumnae event at the Young Alumnae Christmas Social, which took place in the Lounge on December 28, 2011. One such Tolog was Molly Zwart ‘11, who assisted Director of Alumnae & Parent Relations Elizabeth Toms with planning the evening while attending her first quarters at Cal Poly Pomona. Grads enjoyed snacks and drinks with Assistant Principal Katy Sadler, Principal Sr. Celeste Marie Botello and Athletic Director Stephanie Contreras, updating friends both old and new about what’s going on in their lives. The crowd included graduates from as far back as 2003.

(From left) olivia Warner ’11 and Stephanie Ronay ’11 enjoy the Christmas decorations in the Lounge with Principal Sr. Celeste Marie Botello.

The zwart sisters—Sarah ’08 (middle) and Molly ’11—with Lauren Rideau ’08.

Members of the Class of 2007.

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Farrell Heydorff ‘00, Sierra Madre:

On October 18, 2011, I became engaged to Christopher Young.

Erin Frazier Boone ‘02, Colorado Springs, Colo.:

I have been in the United States Air Force for almost a decade now, and it has brought so many amazing experiences into my life: from living in four states in five years; to six months in Baghdad, Iraq; and, of course, meeting my dear husband in 2006! My military commitment was up this past year and I had planned to get out, but the Air Force made me an offer I couldn’t refuse: If I stayed in, they would allow me to get my Master of Arts as my full-time military job, and then I would be able to return to the Air Force Academy, my alma mater, to teach English literature to undergraduates! I jumped at the chance, and in 2011, I finished both my master’s degree and gave birth to our first child, Aoife Roslyn Katherine Boone. Named after three of the strongest, most courageous women I know – including a dear friend of mine, 1LT Roslyn L Schulte, who was killed in Afghanistan in 2009 – I can’t help but think back to my days at FSHA and how much I adored and appreciated the relationships I made with the young women there who are still some of my dearest friends today. My family and I moved to Colorado Springs this past January so I could start teaching, and my husband, also in the Air Force, was luckily able to get a job out here as well. So not only am I fufilling my dream of teaching English, but my whole family is able to be home together each evening to enjoy one another’s company and love – time that is all too rare to recieve in a dual military family at times. My love for English started there on the Hill, and from Mrs. Hayes and Mr. Bernstein to the undergraduates I teach today, I can’t help but smile that all of the dreams I had a FSHA not so long ago have finally come true! I am the woman I am today because of my start on that beautiful hill...

Thanks to the volunteer efforts of about two dozen alumnae, members of the Class of 2012 got to hear details about college life directly from fellow Tologs on January 4, the first day back to school after Christmas break. During the students’ enrichment period, two or three alumnae sat in circles with groups of seniors in the gym to chat about anything from studying to social life. The alumnae who participated included Christina Barsamian ’07, Elle navarro ’07, Lauren Wheeler ’07, Sara Espinoza ’09, Holly Hunt ’09, Maryellen Larkin ’’09, Dana Robie ’09, Kathryn Wilcox ’’09, Christina Brandt ’10, Marilyn Majich ’10, Laura allen ’11, Mish Edu ’11 and Molly zwart ’11. Members of the alumnae association Executive Board—including annette Ricchiazzi Blain ’90, Sarah Sima McCann ’96, Trish Burghardt Sarbaum ’87, Domenica Piumetti ’95, Melissa Majich Keeslar ’02, Camille Spina ’87 and Molly Weber ’00—also pitched in.

aBoVE: Sara Espinoza ’09 (center, in jacket) and Holly Hunt ’09 hold court over a group of current FSHa seniors curious about college life.

BELoW: Molly Weber ’00, Sarah Sima McCann ‘96 and Marilyn Majich ’10 in the gym after the discussion.

SEnIOR cOLLEGE ASSEMbLy with Young Alumnae

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At the Junior Ring Ceremony this year, one member of the Class of 2013 received a piece of jewelry none of her classmates did – a vintage ring from 1947. Kimberly Sandoval ’13 now wears the ring of Joanne Hastings Bevan ’48 as her own.

Before Bevan retired from her position as FSHa’s attendance clerk in 2010, she approached Kimberly’s mother, gina Sandoval, who also works in the front office. Bevan’s daughter and granddaughter did not attend FSHa, and she wanted the ring to go to another Tolog.

as she told the Veritas Shield, Kimberly has known Bevan since she was 3 years old. “i used to come up here after school and hang out with her and play cards,” Kimberly said. “She thought i would appreciate it, and i really do. i love it.”

Bevan joined Kimberly’s family for the ceremony in the gymnasium on october 27, 2011.

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In commemoration of FSHA’s 80th anniversary, the Alumnae Association has held regional events for graduates of all ages across California during the 2011-12 school year. The get-togethers also gave alumnae the chance to meet Tologs near them as well as hear about what’s happening on the Hill.

The first was a luncheon on October 15, 2011, hosted by Kristin Sciarra Martin ‘97 and Ashley Harrison Morris ‘97 at Martin’s home in Newport Beach. The occasion gave nearly two dozen Orange County alumnae the chance to visit with FSHA leaders such as President Sr. Carolyn McCormack, Principal Sr. Celeste Marie Botello, Assistant Principal Katy Sadler, Alumnae Association President Annette Ricchiazzi Blain ‘90, Chief Development Officer Margaret Kean, Director of Parent & Alumnae Relations Elizabeth Toms and Director of Major Gifts Patricia Ostiller.

LEFT: Sr. Celeste Marie Botello (far left) and Sr. Carolyn McCormack with Marjorie Macnally Hansen ’36 in San Diego. RigHT: alumnae attending the northern California brunch ran the gamut of graduation years. From left: Erin Fry Sinclair ’79, Mary nolan Howell ’61, Kathleen Locker ’08 and Therese Martin o’Meara ’48.

LEFT: orange County hostesses (from left) ashley Harrison Morris ’97 and Kristin Sciarra Martin ’97 with the impressive buffet. RigHT: Director of Major gifts Patricia ostiller (far right) looks through old yearbooks with Elisa zobelein Shambaugh ’53 (center); her daughter, giulii Kraemer (left); and Cari Curtis ’59 at the orange County luncheon.

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On FSHA’s Facebook page, Sheila O’Neal DeCoursey ’80 wrote, “We had so much fun! Sr. Celeste is the best!” The second event was a cocktail party on the evening of October 25 at the home of Marina Marrelli ‘78 in San Diego. About two dozen local alumnae sipped drinks and nibbled on hors d’oeuvres. They were joined by a surprise guest — Marjorie MacNally Hansen ‘36, who shared her memories of the earlier days on the Hill.

Bay Area-based alumnae then converged on the home of Beth Ward Francesconi ‘86 in Burlingame on a beautiful Super Bowl Sunday to brunch with their fellow Tologs. The gathering drew Sr. Mary Peter Traviss ’46 and Therese Martin O’Meara ’48 as well as Kathleen Locker ’08 – a span of more than 50 years of Tologs!


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The Hill was aglow on Saturday, March 17 with both candlelight and the warmth of friendships rekindled as Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy welcomed back alumnae from the Classes of 1967 through 2002 for the Celebrating Veritas reunion. About 85 women and their guests, with “Tolog-tinis” in hand, enjoyed a cocktail party in the Lounge. The Class of 1992 hosted the event, showed up in full force and – when the lights started blinking – headed over to a local home for an after-party. The Class of 1987 celebrated their 25th reunion with a pre-party, including alumnae who trekked from as far as Hong Kong and Mexico City! Similarly, the Class of 1977 embraced one of its own that had traveled from Hawaii for the event. All in attendance had not just a good time, but a great time.

Gabrielle Anthone Hasiak ‘03, Omaha, Neb.:

A lot has happened in my life since I left the Hill! On June 26, 2010, I married Christopher Hasiak in Omaha, Nebraska. Caitlin Long Acker ‘03 was my maid of honor and Marisa Holguin ‘03 and Auddi Leos ‘03 were bridesmaids. A year later, on June 4, we welcomed our first baby, a boy named Jude Christopher. He is nothing but a bundle of love! I am currently in my fifth year teaching at a Catholic elementary school here in Omaha. However, this upcoming June, we will be moving to St. Louis for my husband’s radiology residency. I hope all my fellow Tologs are doing well! Miss you all!

Heather Clayton ‘06, Huntington Beach:

I graduated with my Masters of Public Health from CSU Long Beach and recently got a research job through UC Irvine. I am looking forward to working with students, faculty and the health-care community.

Mariko Yokokura ’06, Los Angeles:

I just got accepted to pharmacy school at both USC and UCSF! I’m super excited. Most likely, I’ll be going to UCSF since it’s the No. 1 school in the nation, though I’ll miss everyone in L.A.

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The Class of 1992

Faculty members Olympio D’Mello (sophomore religion) and Mike Thornton (history) at the reunion.


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While time passes and new families join the Tolog family each year, there are some things that remain constant: the traditions that create a sisterhood among the girls and the bond of warm community spirit that the Dominican Sisters have nurtured these past 80 years.

over three nights in May, members of the new Class of 2016 and their parents gathered in the homes of current Tologs to learn about the wonderful traditions of Flintridge Sacred Heart academy. The girls heard from current students and alumnae who spoke about their favorite traditions; among them, the Father/Daughter Dance, Mother/Daughter Communion Breakfast, Spirit Week, Candle/Rose Ceremony, Junior Ring Ceremony, Big Sister/Little Sister, Junior/Senior Prom and retreats. The new students and their families also had a chance to meet each other, sparking new friendships. Their excitement was palpable.

President Sister Carolyn McCormack, Principal Sister Celeste Marie Botello, assistant Principal Katy Sadler, Campus Minister Kelley Dawson, athletic Director Stephanie Contreras and freshman-level teachers were on hand to greet the incoming families. Everyone who attended received a booklet that listed the traditions that still continue at Flintridge Sacred Heart academy – and with this new freshman class, will live on for even more years to come.

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Sr. Carolyn McCormack looks on as Elizabeth Whan ‘15 and Maddy Baca ’15 share their favorite parts of their freshman year at FSHA.

Candice and Colin Tom (Shelby ’12) at the event they hosted at their home in Pasadena.

Kim Ray Espe ’84, head of the Flintridge Fund Committee, with her husband John and daughter Lindsey ’12.

Teacher Stefani Collier, Athletic Director Stephanie Contreras and Campus Minister Kelley Dawson speak to the assembled parents and students.

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The convenience of the campus isn’t typically a reason why families choose to send their daughters to FSHA, but for the Friese family, it’s what brought all six daughters to the Hill. “The house we lived in growing up – and where my parents still live – is within walking distance to FSHA,” says Michele Friese Stephens ’83. “We used to go to Mass in the Chapel on Sundays, and we would spend time running around campus ‘exploring’ when we were young.” When Peggy and Richard Friese were looking for an all-girls Catholic high school, Flintridge Sacred Heart was the natural choice.

Though Stephens was the first Friese family graduate, she wasn’t the first student – Laura Friese Myers ’82 attended FSHA for her freshman and sophomore years before transferring to La Cañada High School. Her five younger sisters graduated as Tologs, however, keeping the Friese family on the Hill from Myers’ freshman year in 1978 to the graduation of twins Meghan Friese Stimmler and Robyn Friese Rogoff in 1992.

The Frieses are back in the student body with the enrollment of Stephens’ daughter Sarah in 2010. “For me, FSHA was such a loving environment where I felt safe and could be myself. I wanted those same things for Sarah,” Stephens says. “Sarah has found such wonderful friendships on the Hill and absolutely loves school. It was the same experience for me.” Sarah will likely not be the last Friese granddaughter to attend FSHA either; she has a younger sister, Hannah, as well as a cousin, Makena Stimmler, who will be in the 8th grade this fall.

Even separate from the second generation of Tologs going through FSHA, the Friese family continues to make its mark: Stephens worked as an assistant in the Admissions Office from 1998 to 2003, Kristin Friese Gannon ’85 has been instrumental in organizing the San Francisco Bay Area chapter of the Alumnae Association and twins Meghan Friese Stimmler ‘92 and Robyn

TOP: The original Friese Tologs with two of their daughters. From left: Michele Friese Stephens ’83, Kelly Friese Byars ’89, Meghan Friese Stimmler ’92, Caitlin Myers, Peggy Friese, Sarah Stephens ’14, Kristin Friese Gannon ’85, Robyn Friese Rogoff ’92 and Laura Friese Myers ’82.

RIGHT: Michele Friese Stephens ’83 with her daughter Sarah Stephens ’14 at the 2010 Alumnae Legacy Ceremony, which was held in conjunction with the Mother-Daughter Communion Breakfast on October 3, 2010.

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Friese Rogoff ‘92 organized their 20th high-school reunion. (Stephens has also co-chaired several committees and events as an active member of the Parents’ Guild.)

“I stay involved at FSHA because I want to give back to the school that helped form the person who I am today,” Stephens says. “The discipline and values that were instilled in me at Flintridge have guided me through life, and I am a better person for it.”


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FSHA President Sister Carolyn McCormack and Principal Sister Celeste Marie Botello welcomed 52 alumnae and friends to the Hill for the annual Alumnae Reunion Luncheon on Saturday, April 28. It was a lovely opportunity to honor those graduates marking a significant reunion year and greet any and all alumnae from the Classes of 1966 and before. The event began in the Lounge, where everyone heard from a current beneficiary of the Alumnae Scholarship, the Sisters and Annette Ricchiazzi Blain ’90, president of the Alumnae Association. Guests were treated to piano music performed by Tracy Zhang ’12, a boarding student and accomplished musician from Shanghai. The reunion-year honorees were announced and received pins and roses, and they included:

• Eleven women from the Class of 1962, who celebrated their Golden Anniversary by having a slumber party the night before the luncheon (top right)!

•� Two alumnae, Grace (Gloria) Tellier McCaffrey and Ruth Johnsen Gourdin from the Class of 1942, who commemorated their 70th anniversary (middle right).

• Four alumnae from the Class of 1947 (bottom right, from left: Patricia Nevins Akana, Mary Ellen Nevins Lewis, Joan Bachrach Knox and Jacqueline Holt Fox).

Current FSHA Ambassadors served an elegant lunch on the original Biltmore dishes in the Dining Room, and current parents offered tours of the campus to round out the day.

CONGRATULATIONS TO KAREN PINDROH KELLY ’92! She is the winner of this year’s Hawaii raffle – an eight day Hawaii trip for two donated by the William H. Hannon Foundation to benefit the Alumnae Scholarship Endowment Fund.

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As the manager of high-end restaurants, Lois Longo’s professional life was filled with the constant excitement and challenges of meeting high profile diners’ expectations.

“The restaurant business was fun and glamorous and I loved it,” Longo recalls, “But it also consumed 12-15 hours a day and there were no days off.”

She left the restaurant business to join Total Food Management, requesting to be assigned to one of the company’s accounts – a girl’s day and boarding school on top of a hill.

As Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy’s Director of Food Services for the past 16 years, Lois Longo oversees all menus and meal preparations for both the Sisters and boarding students who live on the hill, as well as the lunches for faculty, staff and day students. In that time, the school has become part of Longo’s extended family, so much so that she has included FSHA in her will. We asked her why she took that extraordinary step. “This place has become part of my life,” she says. “The mission that the Sisters have is very important to me, and to know the girls are being encouraged to live that out and to seek the truth is important. The girls are fantastic. I see them come in as little girls and they leave as young women. I like being able to help them grow up.”

Growing up in Altoona, Pa., Longo always had a creative interest. After earning her Bachelor of Fine Arts in photography and graphic design from Penn State, she came to California to work in the restaurant business. Along the way, she ran Wolfgang Puck’s Café on Sunset, helped start Twin Palms and ran Trumps.

From her first days on the hill, Longo introduced healthier options, set a high bar for FSHA’s kitchen and listened to her diners.

“We wanted to do more food from scratch rather than using pre-packaged or processed food,” Longo says. “And I like to know what the boarding

students and Sisters like and to provide them with favorites. When I interact with the boarding students, I try to be a bit of warmth for them as they are so far away from home.”

Longo and her staff often cater the parties that are held on campus. At the first campus party that she and her team catered, a guest raved to Sister Ramona about the food, asking who catered the event.

“Sister was pleased to say it was our own kitchen that did the food. We knocked their socks off,” she notes proudly. “I believe that we have brought the style of food and service up to the standard that the school should have.”

She also makes a point of teaching FSHA’s young women the importance of good sense when it comes to their food choices and their spending money.

“I see food services as part of the girls’ education. Often, when the girls first buy their lunch at the high school, they don’t pay attention to the cost. When they get to the cashier, they realize they have to think

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about that. So I’m helping them learn how to handle their money, to have that sense of responsibility,” she says. “They also help each other out if they are short some change. I like to see that interaction.”

When not planning FSHA menus, Lois and her Great Pyrenees dog Bernie (at right) volunteer with the Pet Therapy programs at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Methodist Hospital and the Vitas Hospice. They also visit the Arcadia Library where children read to Bernie.

Members of St. Rita Parish in Sierra Madre can also see Bernie and Longo in service together where the pair are porters at weekday morning masses. Longo also serves as a Eucharistic minister there and at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in downtown Los Angeles after being recruited by three-time FSHA dad Tom Romano.

“I want to support girls who otherwise would not be able to attend this wonderful school. Proceeds from my estate will add to the school’s general scholarship endowment.”


Despite her numerous other service commitments, Lois says the decision to include FSHA in her will was a natural. “These are my children,” she says. “I want to support girls who otherwise would not be able to attend this wonderful school. Proceeds from my estate will add to the school’s general scholarship endowment.”

It’s that spirit of generosity, creativity and love that makes Lois a special part of life on the hill, Sister Carolyn McCormack says.

“We are very fortunate to have Lois working here and we are especially grateful for her generosity in including the school in her will,” says Sister Carolyn. “That is a very thoughtful gift that will benefit many girls over the years.”


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In Memoriam

Sister Jean Marie Des Jardins ’37 Sister Jean Marie Des Jardins ’37 died on Thursday, January 12, at Saint Martin’s Residence at the Dominican Sisters Motherhouse in Fremont. She was 92 and a Dominican Sister for 74 years. Her principal active ministry was elementary and secondary education, and she taught French in many schools, including San Gabriel Mission High School in San Gabriel. She also served as principal at Immaculate Conception Academy in San Francisco and worked as archivist at FSHA. Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated on Wednesday, January 18, at the Dominican Sisters Chapel.

Lorna Farley Babcock ‘39Peggy Johnson Heimerl ‘39 Anna Mole Parker ‘39Mary Lou Petrie ‘53Judith Broomfield Shields ‘53Norma Blake Priest ‘54Vincent F. Amar

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Mary ConleyRaquel B. GuadalupePaul HaggarEileen “Lee” HayesHoward HippArmando Romero

Sr. Ann Ronin ‘48Ann Ronin ‘48, whom many alumnae knew as Sr. Mary Gerald, passed away on Friday, November 25, 2011. In addition to being an FSHA alumna, she was a beloved history teacher at FSHA and twice served as vice principal. In more recent years, she started an adult ESL class, worked with AIDS patients and served the homeless at St. Vincent’s soup kitchen while assigned to St. Elizabeth’s in Oakland. She was honored with a funeral Mass at 5 p.m. on Thursday, December 1, 2011, at the Mission San Jose Motherhouse, and buried in God’s Acre the following morning.

In Memoriam

Q: What is it about Shakespeare that you find so compelling?

A: Shakespeare is undoubtedly the world’s most influential poet and dramatist. i am fascinated by his work because he captures the range of human emotions in simple yet overwhelmingly expressive verse. if i can’t find words to articulate how i feel about love or loss or growing older, Shakespeare can speak for me.

Q: How do you make Shakespeare accessible to the teenage girl?

A: People find Shakespeare boring because they’re not willing to get through the language; that’s the only barrier. i try to make Shakespeare accessible by staying focused on the power of the human story and the beauty of the language. i like to read parts of the play aloud in class so students can “own” the lines, and i try to relate what the characters are going through to their own lives. i don’t want them to get discouraged and give up if at first they can’t understand what is being said. They shouldn’t resist the move that Shakespeare will make toward their soul.

Q: What benefits does LCF Shakes bring to students at FSHa?

A: FSHa is the only high school in the country with a professional theater company in residence. LCFShakes offers internship programs with the professional theatre company to provide an outstanding opportunity for our students to gain experience and connections in the world of professional theatre. (Lara Repko ’12 and Addie Wolfe ’13 appeared on stage in summer 2011, while nine

Elizabeth Ross wears many hats at FSHa. The English department chair also serves as moderator of the ambassador Club as well as principal during the summer-school session. Summer is also the time when VanguardRep, the theatre company for which her husband Sam is president and co-artistic director, takes up residence in Byrne amphitheater for the La Cañada Flintridge Shakespeare Festival (LCF Shakes) – bringing the same subject that Ross imparts to her sophomore students right to their doorstep. in 2011, LCF Shakes incorporated student volunteers in its productions of A Midsummer Night’s Dream and the Macbeth-inspired original After the Autumn, both on stage and behind the scenes.

Ross is in her 12th year of teaching at FSHa, though the setting isn’t unfamiliar – she is an alumna of the co-ed St. Pius X Catholic High School in atlanta, and later worked there as the assistant to the theatre department chair. She received her bachelor’s degree in English from the College of Charleston.

other FSHA students and recent graduates assisted the costume, lighting and stage designers.)

Q: What is your favorite part about teaching at an all-girls school?

A: i love teaching at an all girls’ school because i think it’s important to encourage girls to live up to their full potential and get comfortable being themselves – all without the pressure to impress boys. Research has repeatedly shown that girls perform better in single-sex schools. girls need to be encouraged to dream big, find joy in learning, and feel empowered and inspired by their education.

Translating Shakespeare for teenage minds

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On February 11, a rainy Saturday night, alumnae from the Class of 2002 and beyond joined with current students and parents to honor the memory of the late Jessica Hanson ‘02 and induct her into the Hall of Fame. Hanson, who passed away following a car crash in 2005 that also killed her father and boyfriend, was a star soccer player at FSHA and Loyola Marymount. After an emotional remembrance from longtime FSHA soccer co-coach Frank Pace, her mother Belinda and former coach Kelly Sinner Biggins ‘97 also spoke in her memory. Belinda Hanson’s speech brought the 180 attendees to their feet, and the crowd included many members of the Hanson family. (Jessica’s three sisters—Carrianne ‘95, Casie ‘97 and Jacqueline ‘99—are also FSHA alumnae.)

HALL OF FAMEInducts Jessica Hanson ‘02

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