Alumnae Au Courant: December, 2017

Alumnae Au Courant December 2017

Come Home for Christmas

On December 1 and 3, alumnae, parents, students and friends came together to celebrate Christmas at the 5th annual Come Home for Christmas weekend. Thank you to all alumnae who volunteered, attended and participated in the festivities. A special thanks to boutique co-chairs Nicole Russo Steinthal ’88 P ’19, P ’21 and Paula Tennyson, Newton College '75 and Santa's Secret Shop co-chairs Camille Mordaunt P '25 and Liz Waldrup '77. More than $75,000 was raised over the course of the weekend for the Sacred Heart Faculty and Staff Professional Development Fund.

Click here for photos from the weekend.

Volleyball Reunion

On Saturday, November 25 we welcomed home alumnae volleyball players for our 2nd annual Volleyball Reunion on the courts of the Athletic Center. Alumnae and current varsity volleyball team members played a friendly game.

The Fund for Sacred Heart

Congratulations to the Class of 2018 for reaching 100% participation to The 2017 - 2018 Fund for Sacred Heart!

Join the Class of 2018 and make your gift today!

Find us on Venmo: @SacredHeartGreenwich The Fund for Sacred Heart closes June 30th.

College Alumnae Congé

Classes of 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017 PLUS your parents: Check your email for a Paperless Post invitation to College Alumnae Congé on Wednesday, January 3rd. Be sure to RSVP!

Alumnae Career Network Have you signed up for the new Alumnae Career Network? Don’t miss out on your opportunity to connect with other members of the Sacred Heart Greenwich alumnae community for career networking, guidance and opportunities.

For more information, click here.

Log into the web version here or download the mobile app for iOS and Android here.

For those alumnae and parents of alumnae who are interested in hiring a Sacred Heart alumna, we’re rolling out a new job board this spring!

Please send any job descriptions to Katherine Colihan Scott ‘06, Assistant Director of Alumnae Relations, at scottk@cshct.org.

From the Broadcast Studio Lucy Adams '12, Kate Rayner '05 and Kat Spillane '11 shared their insights about how the broadcast journalism program at Sacred Heart helped prepare them for their careers.

Lucy Adams '12 is a filmmaker from Hastings-onHudson, New York. After graduating from Sacred Heart in 2012, she attended Kenyon College where she studied English and Film. In the summer of 2016, she was awarded the Valentine and Clark Emerging Artist Fellowship and has written, produced, and directed several short films that have been screened at festivals internationally.

To read more about how Sacred Heart's filmmaking program prepared her for her career click here.

Kate Rayner '05 visited Sacred Heart Greenwich's Intro to Filmmaking class on December 1. She shared how she applied her interests in acting and writing in Sacred Heart's classrooms to her career as a reporter at NBC Connecticut.

As a reporter, Ms. Rayner produces on average two stories a day. She shared video clips with the class of her reporting on breaking news stories as well as a poignant story about a five year old girl who was facing serious surgery.

To read more about her visit click here.

Kat Spillane '11 visited the Advanced Broadcast Journalism class to share her story with the students as well as lend advice to those considering a career in the industry.

Ms. Spillane explained how she originally wanted to be a lawyer, but after studying English at Dartmouth College and working as a legal assistant, she decided to pursue her high school passion, broadcast journalism, instead.

To read more click here.

Katy Grogan Garry '95 creates custom art for Star Wars: The Last Jedi

Katy Grogan Garry '95 has teamed up with The Picture House Regional Rilm Center to create a unique exhibit of original artwork to celebrate the highly-anticipated opening of Star Wars: The Last Jedi. Selected fine art pieces from Garry’s collection will be on view in the lobby of the historic theater from opening night on Thursday, December 14th through Sunday, December 31st. The artwork, inspired by the Star Wars movies, will also be available for purchase with a portion of the proceeds benefitting The Picture House.

To read more about the partnership click here.

Bicentennial of St. Philippine Duchesne Pilgrimage

This upcoming July, join the Religious of the Sacred Heart in Europe as they embark on a pilgrimage for young adults (ages 18-35) in France as part of the Bicentennial of St. Philippine Duchesne.

Open to Sacred Heart students, alumnae and educators, you will join 150 young people from July 21-28 as you live in the footsteps of Philippine in Grenoble, France.

For more information email Catherine Swanstrom at kswanstrom@vdoh.org

Call for Class Notes Have you recently landed a new job, started a new career or business, gotten married or had a baby? Let everyone know about it by sending a class note to be published in Horizons!

Helpful tips:

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Please inform us only after an event has taken place, for example- after a child is born or a marriage has taken place.

When announcing news about classmates, please make sure you have their permission to share anything personal about their family or health.

We love photos! Here are tips for sending us digital photos that will look fabulous in print:

 Send the news to Meghan Mara Ryan '01, Director of Alumnae Relations, at classnotes@cshct.org by December 19, 2017.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Around Campus    

Students go behind the scenes at CBS This Morning 13 Upper School Students compete at Princeton Model United Nations Conference Varsity Basketball team wins opening game Three Upper School photographers honored by Greenwich Magazine

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Identify everyone, left to right, in the photo and provide a caption. Be sure to include class year, as we get lots of photos.

Save files as JPGs and email them to your class agent.

Save the Date Christmas Eve Mass

If you have any questions, please contact Meghan Mara Ryan '01, Director of Alumnae Relations, at maram@cshct.org

Basketball Reunion

Tour Day (All Grades) January 11 9:00 AM - Noon For more information click here.

In Memoriam Anne Nawn daughter of Patricia Joyce Figge '58, niece of Mary Catherine Joyce McCooey '60, Bonnie Joyce Grace '63 and Cathleen Joyce Egan '68, and cousin of Julie Grace Burke '87, Katie Grace Daly '88 and Mary Catherine McCooey Dodman '88 Ann Joyce Figge Nawn of Skillman, N.J., died suddenly and unexpectedly on Nov. 8, 2017. Born March 1, 1966, in Davenport, Iowa, to Patricia (Joyce) and John Kahl Figge, Joyce was the beloved wife for 26 years of James William Nawn Jr.; and devoted mother of James, Peter, and Henry Nawn. http://obits.nj.com/obituaries/trenton/obituary.aspx?n=ann-nawn&pid=187211912&fhid=13800

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January -

February -

24 - Christmas Eve Mass @ 5pm

3 - College Alumnae CongĂŠ @ 12pm

1 - Alumnae Career Morning

28 - Alumnae Basketball Reunion @ 9am

11 - Admission Tour Day 9am - Noon 12 - Martin Luther King Jr. Prayer Service @ 10am coffee and conversation for alumnae and parents of alumnae to follow

2 - First Friday @ 8:30am 14 - Ash Wednesday Liturgy @ 10am - coffee and conversation for alumnae and parents of alumnae to follow

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