Falcon Family News - March 2024

FALCON FAMILY NEWS

Dear Families:

As Lasallian educators, we often look to the writings of our Founder, St. John Baptist de La Salle, for guidance and inspiration “Take care that your school runs well,” wrote De La Salle in a 1709 letter to Br Robert, who was leading a school in France As President of Christian Brothers High School, I am ever mindful of this simple, but profound statement and take seriously my role as a steward of Lasallian Catholic education in Sacramento. Fortunately, I am not in this alone.

Our community is served by dedicated administrators, faculty members, and staff whose commitment to outstanding academics and enriching co-curricular activities is resolute CB is blessed with dedicated volunteers whose time, energy and talents support the school through our Lasallian Parent Ambassadors, our New York, New York! Auction Committee, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging endeavors, our Alumni Engagement Committee, and the La Salle Club just to name a few. Collectively, these groups all work tremendously hard to ensure that our school runs well and by doing so, assist us in ensuring that CB is the place to be and belong for our students

We recognize that you make tremendous sacrifices to send your children to Christian Brothers. Our constant challenge is balancing mission-centered excellence with affordability. Please know that we work hard to invest your resources well in your children’s education and consider this a sacred partnership

A MESSAGE FROM OUR PRESIDENT

Recently, the Board of Trustees approved an operating budget which calls for an increase in tuition of 4.75% percent. As such, tuition will be $16,365 and the registration fee is set for $785 for the 2024-25 school year While this is greater than our typical increase, we are not immune to the rising costs of goods and services impacting us all Much time and effort are directed at ensuring that increases are minimized to the extent possible with great attention placed on tracking inflation and economic factors affecting families.

We recognize our tuition is a significant sacrifice for most families We also recognize that it is prohibitive for some families Our Lasallian Catholic mission calls for us to ensure that a Christian Brothers education is available and accessible to families at all income levels We embrace this opportunity.

In 2023-24, we are distributing $3 4 million to 455 students, approximately 40 percent of our student body We expect these numbers to be similar in 2024-25 Tuition assistance comes from three sources: endowment earnings, fundraising efforts, and the operating budget. We are grateful to all of our alumni and parents who support our fundraising activities. Your ongoing support is critical to our mission!

De La Salle also said “To be entrusted with the teaching of the young is a great gift and grace of God ”

Thank you for entrusting us with the “gift” of your children. We are working diligently to ensure that the sacrifices you are making for your children today – tuition, time, and example – will reap rewards long into the future

Crystal LeRoy, Ed D President

NEWS

FROM THE COUNSELING DEPARTMENT

Highlighting our College Counseling and Wellness Programs

Christian Brothers High School has the most robust Counseling Program of any private school in the region and our College Counseling and Wellness Programs are perfect examples of the excellent programs available to our students. In the Wellness Program, we are very fortunate to have two Wellness Counselors in our department for over a decade to better serve the emotional needs of our students. Mrs. Emily McDougall, in her ninth year at CB and Mrs. Juanita Patterson ‘81, in her second year at CB. Both wellness counselors see many students across all grade levels who seek out help in everything from anxiety and depression to substance use, eating issues, coping with stress and grief They also go into the classrooms throughout the year offering presentations about Wellness, which involve the whole person (physical, emotional, academic, social, intellectual, environmental, and of course, spiritual) and also offer small group support on the topics of Stress Management and Social Support Mrs McDougall sends out her insightful “Wellness Wednesday” message to our students and families via Schoology They even offer virtual services via their “Virtual Calming Room” that can be found here and their one-of-a-kind Virtual Wellness Center that offers meditations, visual relaxation, yoga, prayer, music, and creative activities along with the ability for students to sign up for in-person sessions via the website They are truly invaluable to our entire school community and offer tremendous expertise and care for all of our students.

The CB College Counseling duo of Ms. Melissa McClellan and Mrs. April Melarkey are outstanding resources for any or all topics related to college advising. You would be hard-pressed to find two experts that know each other so well and work so tirelessly for our entire CB community. No stone goes unturned in their practice as they can be found in-person for one-on-one sessions, on the stage giving packed-house presentations, in the classroom giving college advising sessions, virtually in Morning Coffee Meet-Ups, and on the lawn for College Fairs. They have years-long relationships with representatives of colleges all over the country and stay up-to-date in all topics related to college advising. Our reputation as the “Place to Be” stays intact under their watchful eyes in college counseling! Please join our entire community in our shared gratitude for these outstanding programs and everything they do to make the CB Counseling Program the premier program in the region

Pre-Registration 2024-25:

The Counseling Department would like to ask you to please go over your student’s future courses with them before the registration period closes on March 11th at 8 p.m This will ensure all students’ projected schedules are accurate and require fewer changes over the summer Counselors have finished meeting with students in the classroom and they have received a Class Registration Planning Sheet All students will be completing preregistration through PowerSchool and students may log-in to make changes as many times as necessary over this time period Please have your student log into PowerSchool via the CB website and not use the iPad app In order to assist with this pre-registration process, students will want to reference the 2024-25 Course Catalog that is available on the CB website under the “Academics” section as well as view the 2024-25 Summer School information and registration links also available on the CB website under “Academics”. Counselors will be available to students at lunch outside of the Learning Commons to answer Pre-Registration questions or complete on the spot registration in PowerSchool during this time. Additional questions may be directed to your student’s grade-level counselor or any of the CB college counselors.

Upcoming Counseling Dates:

March 14 Exploring College Night for Juniors and their Families (In-Person)

March 20 Coffee for Freshman Parents and Guardians. (Virtual)

THE ARTS

March brings exciting things for our Media program. Over the St. Patrick’s Day weekend, our KBFT and broadcasting students will

ent Television Network convention. Students will enter feature mpetition and compete in events like the “Crazy 8s”, a p given a topic and then 8 hours to write, shoot and edit a segment on the given topic To see the work our media students have been doing all year, check out KBFT’s YouTube page at https://youtube.com/@kbft?si=R3YQcOkyis6btsr9

And while you’re at it, read all the news from campus and beyond in our studentproduced publication, The Talon: http://cbtalon.com/

In theatre news, last month, our most advanced performers went to the Lenaea High School Theatre Festival and came away with some serious hardware. Congratulations!

Bronze medal for Outstanding One Act Play - “Kitty Hawk”, written and directed by Adam Sunderman ‘24

Silver medal for Original Script - Adam Sunderman ‘24

Silver medal- Monologue - Madelyn Whitnell ‘24

Gold medal- Monologue - Kamryn Holley ‘24

Respondent’s Choice Award - Monologue - Kamryn Holley ‘24

Respondent’s Choice Award - Song - Madelyn Whitnell ‘24

On Friday, March 1, CB will host the Diocesan Choral Festival in which 350 K-8 singers from local Catholic schools will perform songs they have prepared and workshop them with the choral instructors from CB, St. Francis and Jesuit High School. The highlight of this day is a performance of a song with the combined choirs to close out the festivities. It’s a joy to see students, some of whom will no doubt be future Falcons celebrating the arts on our campus

LASALLIAN STUDENT LIFE OFFICE LASALLIAN STUDENT LIFE OFFICE

The last Junior Retreat is March 6 - 7 at San Damiano Retreat Center in Danville.

The last Kairos for the Class of 2024 is March 12 - 15 at Applegate. The sacrament of Reconciliation is offered to all on campus this Tuesday, March 5 in our chapel from 9 a m - 3 p m All are welcome to the Sacrament For those who have no religious affiliation and wish for spiritual guidance, the priest is available to serve you as well.

ATHLETICS

Our first letter of intent signing day of the 2023-2024 took school year place Wednesday, December 20th at 1 p.m. in the George Cunningham ’40 Performing Arts Center. The following athletes signed:

Anna Boyers ’24 - Diving, Sacred Heart University

Rachel Davis ’24 - Soccer, Wayne State College Nebraska

Liam Golden ’24- Baseball, Stanford

Devin Greer ’24 - Soccer, UC Santa Barbara

Genevieve Muskopf ’24, Soccer - Fresno State University

Sarah Pritchard ’24 - Soccer, Wayne State College Nebraska

Collin Ross ’24 - Soccer, Claremont McKenna College

Bradey Tyler ’24 - Lacrosse, Sonoma State University

Mason Vicari ’24 - Football, UNLV

Sydnie Watkins ’24 - Track, Northern Arizona University

The next letter of intent day will take place Tuesday, April 23rd at 8 a.m. in the George Cunningham ’40 Performing Arts Center

Congratulations on the selection of our CB football players, Lorenzo Bautista ’24 and Yonathan Cervantes ’24 who will be honored at our National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete Banquet on Sunday, March 3, 2024. The honor is for grades, community service, and overall performance on the football field.

Winter sports playoffs began in the last two weeks of February. The Women’s Basketball Team was the number three seed in the Division 2 Playoffs. Men’s Basketball made it back to the playoffs - their first section championship game in 23 years! - as the sixth seed in Division 3. The Men’s Soccer Team was the second seed in Division 3 Playoffs and the Women’s Soccer Team was the number sixth seed in Division 3 playoffs. Congratulations to the Men’s Varsity Soccer Team and Women’s Varsity Basketball Team who were both CAL League Champions!

CHRISTIAN BROTHERS HIGH SCHOOL

16 MARCH 2o24

Christian Brothers High School’s most impactful fundraiser of the year is only two weeks away! Your participation, whether through donation, sponsorship, or volunteering, is critical for fundraising success. Together we ensure a lasting impact is made to CB education and tuition assistance.

Thank you for everyone who purchased tickets. The silent auction and cocktail hour begins at 5:30 PM in the Jack Witry Field House, with the live auction and dinner to follow in the Ron Limeberger ’53 Gymnasium.

Want to get involved? Here’s How!

Silent Auction

You do not need to be present to participate in silent auction bidding The auction mobile site is at your fingertips to place a winning bid Register in advance at: NYCityCBAuction.givesmart.com. Be sure to add your credit card information so there is not a delay when trying to bid. More information will come to registered users.

Golden Raffle

Your purchase of a Golden Raffle ticket helps support quality education and enters you into a drawing to win your choice from a selection of live auction items Tickets are $125 each. To purchase please call 916-733-3647.

Volunteering

Come have fun and meet new people! We need many hands to make it a wonderful evening in the Big Apple Find out more here

Donations

We still need donations to complete our silent item packages. Click here to visit our Amazon Wish List for ideas.

Sponsorships

Thank you to all of CB’s 'New York, New York' Sponsors! Special thanks goes to Presenting Sponsor Capital Pediatrics - The Khaira Family and to Emerald Sponsors House Real Estate - Kim Squaglia, Jackson Construction and River City Bank. Find all Sponsors here.

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