Congratulations Justin-Siena Class of 2020 Justin-Siena cannot wait to see you at our many fun traditions and events this coming year! Given the fluid nature of the calendar you will want stay in touch and up to date by: • C hecking our official school calendar: https://www.justin-siena.org/school-calendar • C ontacting Caroline Gerlomes ‘79 to ensure you are on our email updates: cgerlomes@justin-siena.org • F ollowing us on Facebook and Instagram: @justinsiena SIGNATURE EVENTS
ACCESS 707 Online Wine Auction - Fall
36th Annual Crab Fest - Winter
Apart but still allHEART Our graduates... • 100% are going to college/ university–ALL 122 • Were accepted to 176 colleges and universities • Have been awarded $9.07 million+ in scholarships Where they are going... • 90% to a 4-year college • 10% to a 2-year college • 60% attending California colleges/universities > 12 University of California > 31 California State University > 12 California Community College > 18 California Private Colleges • 48 Out-of-State and International Colleges and Universities • 12 Catholic Colleges
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A Taste of Justin-Siena - Spring
JUSTIN-SIENA ANNUAL FUND: Transforming Lives As we celebrate the Class of 2020 and reflect on the 2020-21 school year, we recognize and are especially grateful for the many blessings that we share as a school community. We remain steadfast in our ongoing commitment to excellence in education and the opportunity to enrich the lives of the students entrusted to our care.
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4026 Maher St. Napa, CA 94558 707.255.0950 | www.justin-siena.org
JUSTIN-SIENA is a Lasallian Catholic high school offering a college preparatory program that serves approximately 545 young men and women in grades 9–12. Founded in 1966 by the De La Salle Christian Brothers and the Dominican Sisters of San Rafael, the school is located on forty acres in the City of Napa and is in the Diocese of Santa Rosa. Justin-Siena serves a variety of students from Napa, Sonoma, Solano counties, and around the world.
2019–2020
WE ARE
BRAVE
Late Summer–FALL 2019
Back to School: The class of 2020 started school bright and early with our annual “Senior Sunrise” breakfast. We also welcomed the class of 2023 with the annual freshman immersion and orientation. The Mass of the Holy Spirit: Celebrated in Clark Gym. WE LOVE: Each year, Justin-Siena unpacks a portion of the theme, ALLHEART: We Love. We Will. We Believe., as we learn what it means to be a Lasallian Catholic school. The ALLHEART theme for 2019-20 was “We Love.” Throughout the year we demonstrated our love for our on-and-off campus communities through sacrifice, service, and showing up. Advisory Service: The entire school participated in bringing items creating Care Packages for those in our community experiencing homelessness. Each Advisory group collected certain items such as socks, toiletries, gallon Ziploc bags, snacks, etc. Wellness Fair: Dozens of local organizations were invited to showcase all things health and wellness to hundreds of our local youth.
J-SPA: (Justin-Siena Parent Association) Led by an Executive Board and guided by school administration, the newly formed J-SPA provides proactive, positive, and meaningful support to the curricular and co-curricular programs of the school through promotion, service, and assistance to all areas of school life. Homecoming Week: “Decades” This fun tradition culminated with Jordan Wright ‘20 and Makayla Porter-Mowe ‘20 being named the Homecoming King and Queen at half time of our 41-0 football victory over rival Sonoma. Venaver El Paso, TX: Students travelled to El Paso, TX for a week long social justice immersion experience. Sophomore Retreat: The class of 2022 was asked to lean into having a “Change of Heart.” With talented junior leaders and supportive faculty and staff, the annual overnight retreat brought the class closer together.
Brave for a Day: Our signature shadowing program welcomed nearly 300 prospective Braves to learn about being #ALLHEART from our student ambassadors. Fall Production: “Romeo and Juliet: Kinda Sorta” took a comedic spin on the Shakespearean classic. Sports: Both girls water polo, and tennis celebrated back to back VVAL championships, while volleyball went to the NCS quarterfinals after upsetting #3 seeded Kelseyville in the first round. Tennis would go on to sweep the VVAL postseason singles, doubles, and team titles before Priyanka Shanker ‘21 took home the NCS Singles Championship. The football the team made the NCS semifinals after beating Lower Lake 55-14 in the opening round home game. Volleyball’s Eva Cleary ‘20 (Offensive Player of the Year) and football’s Hudson Beers ‘21 (Newcomer of the Year) highlighted the nearly two dozen athletes recognized by Napa Register’s All County Superlatives.
Winter 2019–2020
Commended Students: Three seniors earned this designation for scoring in the top 50,000 range on the PSAT: Michael Jeramaz ‘20, Cole Dominguez ‘20, and Liam McDevitt ‘20. We are very proud of these students for maintaining excellence in academics. Social Justice Gathering: The entire school came together to learn more about the unsung heroes in civil rights and social justice over time. Christmas Tree Lighting: Led by our LSL class, our first ever “Christmas Tree Lighting”was an evening of caroling and holiday cheer. 35th Annual Crab Fest: Always a success, and sold out in record time. We are grateful for the many supporters, students, and staff who came together to celebrate our community. Mock Trial: The JS team took home an impressive 7th straight Napa County Championship, earning the opportunity to compete at the state-wide level. ACCESS 707: This online wine auction continued to grow and raise money for tuition assistance.
Robotics: Our three teams again successfully hosted the 6th Annual FIRST Lego League Robotics Tournament, welcoming in students and fans from all over Northern California to our campus.
VENAVER, Montana: Our service immersion trip to the Blackfeet reservation allowed students to see and learn social justice and perform service at a sister school.
Freshmen Retreat: Led by faculty, staff, and class leaders, students participated in activities geared to allow for the class to grow closer.
Robotics Seminar: Theo Lemieux ‘21 took home a perfect score at a robotics surgery seminar hosted by Queen of the Valley Hospital with local medical professionals.
Winter Instrumental Concert: “Movies, Games, and TV Themes: An exploration of 60 years of thematic music” was performed in Siena Hall. ComedySportz: Now in the ninth season of “Mayhem on Maher St.”, ComedySportz stole the stage for four nights of laughs. In the students versus faculty match, the students took home a tightly contested win. National Poetry Out Loud: Whitney Powers ‘20 and Jonanthan Frias ‘21 represented the Braves in this fun academic competition. In five of the past six years, JS has sent a scholar to the state event.
Sports: Our wrestling team took home 3rd place in the NCS Duals Meet, earned All-Scholastic Team distinction and individually, Cooper Cohee ‘22, Jacob Guiducci ‘21, and Ya-Ya Martinez ‘22 won VVAL titles. Boys basketball also showed well on and off the court, qualifying for both the NCS postseason and All-Scholastic Team distinction. Boys soccer continued to grow qualifying for the NCS playoffs. Among those recognized by The Napa Register for All-County Superlatives were basketball’s Liam McDevitt ‘20 (Defensive Player of the Year), Vincent Jackson ‘23, (Newcomer of the Year), and soccer’s Jacob Smith ‘20 (Offensive Player of the Year).
Spring 2020
Science Bowl: In their second year of existence, the two teams had a strong showing at regionals. This year both teams faced-off in a fast-paced questionand-answer format, being tested on a range of science disciplines. Arts Awards: Kevyn O’Neil ‘20, Morgan Dalcamo ‘20, and William Katz ‘20 all were recognized as Scholastic award winners for their work in digital art, architectural and industrial design, and design board. Educator Awards: Students and Staff recognized Mrs. Megan Dominici ‘92 (Br. Lawrence Award), Mrs. Caroline Bettencourt-Gerlomes ‘79 (Holy Spirit Award), and Mr. Samir Berbaway (Lasallian Educator of the Year), as recipients of our annual distinguished awards. AP Exams: 215 students took 477 AP Exams in 23 subjects. Hall of Honor: The school selected Timothy Aboudara, Sr. ‘73, Tom Carey ‘86, Greg Calvelo ‘89,* Dr. Elizabeth Nolan Conners ‘84 and Marsha Niemann to this prestigious group of Braves. * Posthumously
Digital Learning: Our entire community came together and displayed the responsiveness to ensure that the needs of our students were met. We are proud that not one day of learning was lost. A tremendous amount of gratitude goes to the faculty, staff, students, and parents for coming together to make distance education a success.
Napa Rotary Four Way Speech Contest: David Ryan ‘20 won first place in this contest, six years after winning the Justin-Siena Middle School Speech Contest as a seventh grader.
Advanced Choral: Their rendition of “All is Well, With My Soul” brought a touching bit of love to our community during shelter in place. The video for the song has been viewed over 10,000 times on social media.
Sports: Several teams were off to great starts and poised to continue the strong showings we saw from our teams in the fall and winter. Heading into the spring, Justin-Siena was in fourth place for the VVAL Commissioner’s Cup despite being the smallest school in our league. Softball, boys lacrosse, and baseball all held high rankings on Maxpreps, while Track and Field had numerous athletes ready to make an impact with the boys and girls record holding 4x100 relay team, girls 200 meter and high jump champions all returning from the 2019 season. We are grateful for our 34 senior athletes who could not finish their season as expected. Their contributions to their teams will be missed.
BravesUnited: This first-ever giving day saw an outstanding response with nearly 200 donors from our community coming together to help provide emergency tuition assistance for those affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. Truly a touching day! Founder’s Day: The digital renditions of the always fun festivities that celebrate our founder brought the community together for signature spirituality.
High School Musical: Not being able to perform on stage, the cast of our spring production was proud to share a message that “We Are All in This Together.”