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Commencement speaker Captain John Hayes '73
A look inside our International program
One family's deep ties to BBHS
Sports & arts round-ups
TABLE OF CONTENTS Brave Future Campaign Update 2 2017 Commencement Speaker: Captain John Hayes ’73 4 International Program 7 Sports Update 11 Arts Update
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Brave Generations: The Wellnitz Famly 18 Alumni Reunions and Events
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Planned Giving: Dr. Terry Egan ’64 Grad Tidings
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In Memoriam
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Sacred Spaces 29
Brave Magazine Spring 2017 Published twice annually by: Bishop Blanchet High School 8200 Wallingford Ave North Seattle, WA 98103 www.bishopblanchet.org
Contributing Photographers Stephen Brashear, James Sipes, Chris Grasseschi, Yuen Lui Photography
Editor Jen Russell Director of Marketing & Communications
Contributing Writers Mary Williams Beard ’81, Robert Lukevich ’04, Jacqueline Robinette, Mo Mershon, Gabe Glennie
Printer Precision Press
If you would like to send a letter to the editor, update your contact information or contribute a written piece for consideration, please email jrussell@bishopblanchet.org.
Designer Mathes Design
Dear friends and family of Bishop Blanchet, Once again, I am thrilled to present to you another stunning issue of Brave Magazine. Throughout these pages, I invite you to take in stories of our proud alumni like Captain John Hayes ’73 breaking down racial barriers and engaging communities in authentic relationship building. You will also get to know two of our talented students coming to BBHS from across the globe through our new international program. I am so proud of our active student body competing at the highest levels in the athletic arena and sharing their artistic talents on the stage. Enjoy reading about all the achievements of our students and the extraordinary ways they represent the Brave Family! Looking ahead, I am eager to continue the positive momentum with our capital campaign, A Brave Future. Read all about our progress and the projects we’ve achieved for this coming summer as well as our plans for the years ahead! In other recent news about next year, I am excited to announce our next Principal, Mr. Sam Procopio. Mr. Procopio (BBHS Class of 2000) will be completing a successful teaching and administrative tenure at Holy Names Academy and will be returning to his alma mater to begin service as our Principal in the coming school year. We have so much to celebrate and we ask for God’s continued blessings on this beloved school! God Bless and Go Braves! Antonio DeSapio President
To read more about Principal Procopio’s background, please visit www.bishopblanchet.org/newprincipal
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BBHS
A BRAVE FUTURE CAMPAIGN
Cafeteria Improvements: New Quad Entry
In March 2015, we initiated A Brave Future enabling our dream of hosting home games “under Capital Campaign with the vision to make significant investments in programs and our facilities. A Brave Future Campaign is focused on enhancements in three areas:
1. Enhancing the Learning Environment 2. Deepening the Community Experience 3. Promoting Physical Fitness and Wellness
the lights� and countless more practices conveniently on our campus. Through the early support of the campaign, we have also been able to update and modernize all the desks and furniture through all the classrooms in our building, creating a more dynamic and collaborative learning environment. This coming summer of 2017 will bring more improvements to our campus thanks to the generous support of the campaign. We have committed to add a second floor within the existing Ernie Rose Activities Center that will house brand new boys and girls locker rooms, a PE classroom, athletic offices, a cardio/fitness room and a sports medicine/training room. We have also committed to a full replacement of our 63 year old boiler and heating system. We will convert our steam system to an energy efficient hot water system including new boilers, piping, and unit ventilators in each room.
After two years of seeking leadership and major gifts in the quiet phase of the campaign, we are thrilled to announce that we have been blessed with over $8,000,000 in gifts and pledges to date. As we have visited with families, individuals, and foundations, we have encountered unanimous support for our projects and consistently experienced donors stretching to make the largest gifts that they have ever made! We have tremendous momentum heading into this final year of the campaign focused on raising $4,000,000 in the community phase of engaging all constituents as Construction will begin as soon as school is out in early we rise to meet our overall goal of $12,000,000. June with the plan for completion in September. Due to the significant construction, activities will be limited The generous support that we have already received on campus this summer. We will share updates and has allowed us to achieve two key priorities from the photos as these projects make progress! campaign. In September 2015, we completed the installation of lights on Mickey Naish athletic field, This spring we will launch the community (public) 2 / BISHOP BLANCHET HIGH SCHOOL BRAVE MAGAZINE SPRING 2017
These changes are huge and mean more to the athletes than I think most people recognize. Having been injured for the majority of my sophomore year, I spent more time on the bike and in the training room than I did running. Having to wait in line for bikes or weights made it difficult to stay motivated, and it was easy to get discouraged. Expanding these spaces will be a game changer in promoting fitness and inspiring athletes of every skill level. I am beyond excited to be able to experience a change this significant, and for my brother to have the opportunity to utilize this incredible new facility for his next three years at Blanchet.
– Emma Flood ’18
phase of the campaign. Over the remainder of 2017, we will engage all parents, alumni, and friends with the opportunity to join in this effort to improve our programs and facilities. We are focused on securing the widest support of our full community and committing to additional projects to be implemented in the summer of 2018. Our additional investments include expanding the cafeteria into a student commons and connecting that space into a beautified quad. Additional important projects include improving the choir room, dedicating a multi-purpose drama room, enhancing our arts lobby, updating robotics and computer science labs and expanding faculty professional development.
Ernie Rose Activity Center: New Lobby
We are so very grateful to the 90 donors who have already helped us reach the $8,000,000 milestone! We look forward to inviting the support of thousands more in the community phase to help us raise the final $4,000,000. We will be thrilled to tour you through our new spaces and show you even more plans to come! BISHOP BLANCHET HIGH SCHOOL BRAVE MAGAZINE SPRING 2017 / 3
2017 Commencement Speaker
One Brave Man:
Captain John Hayes ’73 On graduation night, our seniors anxiously await school. To share his story with our readers, we invited the calling of their names to receive their diplomas – visions of the celebrations and summer to come already swirling before them. This is it. The moment they have been waiting for since they embarked on their high school journey four years ago as tentative freshmen. With so much excitement and emotion, the task of listening thoughtfully to a commencement speaker can be a lot to ask. So, we make sure to invite someone to address our grads who will captivate their attention – who has something powerful to say directly to them. Our selection for this year’s commencement speaker is Captain John Hayes from the Bishop Blanchet Class of 1973. Captain Hayes recently celebrated his 35th year as part of the Seattle Police Department and has held a number of important roles within the force and his community since he became an officer following grad 4 / BISHOP BLANCHET HIGH SCHOOL BRAVE MAGAZINE SPRING 2017
five of our senior students – Angelica Dampier, Jeremiah Stone, Mahilet Mesfin, Meron Girma and Mesale Solomon – to enjoy breakfast with Captain Hayes and ask him questions about his life, time at Bishop Blanchet and his career. Each of these students is involved in either our Black Student Union or our Diversity Club and each is a person of color. Captain Hayes and this group shared a very candid conversation about life as a young person of color, what it means to be a black student at Bishop Blanchet and how the school and surrounding areas have changed over time. The group warmed up by asking Captain Hayes about his childhood. Born and raised in Seattle, John was the oldest of seven children (his sister Gloria passed away in infancy) and began his Catholic school education at St. Joseph on Capitol Hill. His father, a mail carrier, and
1973: John Hayes clears the high jump.
mother, who worked at a youth center for runaway girls, decided to move the family to the north end after the City of Seattle had expanded the Open Housing Act. Captain Hayes recalls knowing that as a black person you “couldn’t go north of the ship canal bridge.” The family’s house purchase in Maple Leaf was therefore negotiated by his mother and aunt because of their light skin – the neighborhood didn’t know the family was black until they moved in. When they arrived, they were greeted not with the customary casserole and warm welcome, but with neighborhood protests. Captain Hayes recalls, “It wasn’t until the Seattle Black Catholic Lay Caucus fought to get me and my siblings into St. Catherine that the school opened their doors to us.” When it came time to decide on a high school, Captain Hayes noted that Seattle Public Schools were in the process of desegregation and that riots were regularly breaking out in response. At the same time, he said that BBHS had been working hard at recruitment for several years in broadening their reach to include more black students: “Blanchet fought like heck to make this an accepting place for students of color.” Still, with a total of four black students when Hayes started his freshman year (just months after the assassination of Dr. King), life was often challenging. John says, “Sometimes I wanted to leave Blanchet, but there were incredible faculty members that helped me stay. Mr. Miranda, Mr. Pinsoneault...man, these were some folks that fought for me. They fought for me. They always made me want to do right.”
Captain Hayes found additional refuge in track and field – he laughed when telling the students that when he started at BBHS he knew three things: “I was going to play football, I was going to play basketball and I was not going to play baseball. So, I ended up giving track a try.” His seasons were spent perfecting the high jump, which ultimately earned him a full ride to the University of Washington (and a place of pride in our Athletic Hall of Fame, where he still holds the school record). Again, he points to the faculty as a positive force that helped him stay engaged and forward focused. He recalls Mr. Thenell purchasing him a pair of high jump cleats because he knew his family couldn’t afford them and says, “from there I took off.” It was during his time at the UW that John experienced several incidents of racial profiling on the part of police officers – experiences that ultimately propelled him into his own career on the force. After being held at gunpoint and wrongly accused of possessing drugs and committing theft, Captain Hayes says, “I became a police officer in part as a reaction to how I saw people being treated. I knew I wanted to be a more holistic and community oriented officer. To be honest, I initially saw myself as doing this for just a short time but decided I could do more good by staying in the PD.” He told the students how it might have felt satisfying to react to the unjust officers in the moment but that, “It wasn’t worth getting a felony or killed to be right in that moment...I saw how they treated me and I made a pledge to myself that I would never treat someone else that way.” BISHOP BLANCHET HIGH SCHOOL BRAVE MAGAZINE SPRING 2017 / 5
“Support each other. When you see someone do something good, share it. Don’t be competitive. Don’t divide. Keep doing the right things even when it’s embarrassing.”
Mahilet Mesfin, Mesale Solomon and Meron Girma shared a candid conversation with Captain John Hayes about life as a student of color – in 1973 and today.
This commitment to treating all people with respect became a hallmark of his career in the Seattle Police Department. He became known for developing community programs with aims of working with people and families as opposed to seeking more arrests. He explains his work on the gang unit by saying, “One of the easiest things in the world is to arrest gang members – they dress alike, they hang out together, they have signifying colors...But when I considered the arrests, I said ‘look at what this is doing to these families...we can’t do it like this.’ So we decided to go talk to the families and offer support.” Captain Hayes became focused on developing intervention tools, keeping families together and education programs intended to help them get out of gangs and stay safe, which resulted both in fewer arrests and fewer young people in gangs. He took a similar approach when confronted with a high crime intersection while serving as a lieutenant in the East Precinct in January 2004. He recalls calling an impromptu meeting in an alley behind the local nightclub. Attendees included not only representatives from area businesses but also some known drug dealers and prostitutes. He told them he wanted to offer an alternative to arrest and asked them what they needed. They told him they needed help with access to health care, housing and jobs. The next week, Captain Hayes returned with a public health worker and for
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a year and a half, the group met weekly in the alley with the promise of no arrests and a sense of working cooperatively together. Those with non-violent arrest records were also given the opportunity to anonymously check their criminal backgrounds, allowing them to settle outstanding warrants and suspended licenses without fear of arrest. Got Off the Streets (GOTS) is now a program of the non-profit organization, Seattle Neighborhood Group, in partnership with POCAAN and the Seattle Police Department, and continues to help reduce crime and bring services to those who need them. Jeremiah told Captain Hayes how beautiful he thought this program was before transitioning to asking about what advice he has for young minority students today. He thought a moment and said, “Support each other. When you see someone do something good, share it. Don’t be competitive. Don’t divide. Keep doing the right things even when it’s embarrassing.” While class schedules meant that our seniors were forced to leave with a number of their questions unanswered, they all commented that they are looking forward to hearing Captain Hayes’ remarks and further wisdom at graduation in June. Congrats, Captain Hayes ’73, on your selection as our commencement speaker and thank you for your service to our local communities!
BBHS
INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM
Janah Valenzuela at Yuyuan Gardens in Shanghai on a recent admissions trip.
In a recent issue of Brave Magazine, we shared the exciting news that BBHS was launching an international program. Since the moment the program began, Bishop Blanchet has been attracting students from around the world both for our excellent college prep curriculum and because they are looking for a complete American high school experience.
Here, we catch up with the (very busy!) director of the program, Janah Valenzuela – who also serves as our Director of Diversity – to answer our questions. Tell us a little bit about your background. What excited you about taking on an international program role? Personally, I grew up a “Navy brat” and had a chance to see the world at a young age. One major piece of my development and understanding of the world came from attending an international high school and boarding program in Rome, Italy. Professionally, much of my background has been working at the college level, which is where I discovered my love for working with students. Taking on this international program seemed like a dream! Growing up with similar experiences as our current international students helps
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me understand their needs and concerns, and I think it also helps them to feel understood. The opportunity to come to Blanchet and help shape a new program was exciting because I could use my experience and practice creativity at the same time – an energizing combo for me. What is your job like? What do you do on a daily basis? I wear many hats for the international program. When I have my Admissions Hat on, I am recruiting students, giving campus tours and interviews, and reviewing applications. I also wear a Homestay Hat, so I regularly keep in touch with the families who host our current students, help with any bumps during the transition of living together, and also spend time recruiting new families into our program for future students. My favorite part is when I get to wear my Program Director Hat because that’s when I get to engage with students the most. I help them pick out classes, apply for colleges, plan fun events like our recent Lunar New Year school celebration, and generally just have my office doors open to them for whatever they need. On a daily basis, I am wearing any one of those hats at any given time – or all at the same time!
Janah Valenzuela stops by to chat with students in the cafeteria.
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Tell us about the students who choose to study with us. Why do they select BBHS? Why do they generally choose to come to the US for high school? The students who have decided to study at BBHS are most attracted to the various opportunities they have to choose from. They love the choices for rigorous academics, but also appreciate being at a school with so many extracurricular options as well. Our international students come to the U.S. knowing they can have a more diverse academic experience. Our current international students, who come from China, really love having electives and time for clubs and sports, as their school experiences back home don’t really offer that. Students who study here for high school are also usually attracted to continuing on with an American college education. While some will opt to study at universities abroad, many appreciate the chance to also obtain a college degree here. To what degree do students in the international program participate in extracurriculars, etc? Are there special programs and activities for our international students? Our students really take advantage of what they’re offered! They’re involved in athletics (football, swim,
soccer), the arts (playing for orchestra, performing at the school musical), clubs (dance, ping pong, math), and also partake in activities outside of our school and into the Seattle community (volunteering, badminton, basketball). International students usually have a program where they get together at least once a month (bowling trip, Christmas party, etc.). What might surprise people to learn about our program or the kids who choose to move here for high school? These students learn so much in such a short amount of time! Think of when you went away to college and left home for the first time and had to learn things like how to do laundry, cook, buy groceries. Imagine doing things like that but as a high school student who is also trying to learn English – they really amaze me! How does the host family program work? Host families come from our BBHS community. They may be alumni or parents of current students, but they have some sort of tie to BBHS. That really helps our international students get better connected to our school a lot faster. Any family that is interested in exchanging culture and sharing their family life with an international student is always encouraged to apply. We always need great host families!
While we really aren’t looking to grow the number of international students drastically, I think what we would like to do is continue to build a really strong, high quality program here. Part of that involves continuing to find the best home stay families, as they are a major influential factor to our students’ experiences. We’d also love to keep growing as a more diverse international program. Currently, the international student trend shows most students coming from the Pacific Rim. We hope we can What do you think are the biggest challenges for also attract students from other parts of the globe, so that the kids in the program? What do you find most we can continue to benefit from the wonderful cultural interactions that we’ve had here thus far. challenging about your role? Learning English and building independent skills at a young age are major challenges, but our students face How is having an international program important to them so courageously. Getting out of their shells at first our overall mission as a Catholic school? and going out of their comfort zone can be intimidating Our mission affirms that we want our students to have a positive and diverse learning environment. The ability as well, but once they do, they never look back. to welcome students from all over the globe allows all The most challenging part about my role might just be of our students an opportunity to develop their world juggling all those different hats I mentioned wearing. view and examine unique perspectives at a young age, Spending time with my students always helps me which is such a valuable asset as we prepare them for refocus on why I have to wear all those other hats and college and beyond. Furthermore, the international program affirms who we are as a Catholic school keeps me going! committed to welcoming families from all walks of How do you see the program growing over the next life and providing them a quality education and the opportunity to grow spiritually. few years? What are you most excited about?
Students in the International Program regularly get together for organized activities and socials, such as this bowling outing in the fall.
Are you interested in serving as a host family for one of our amazing international students? Contact Janah Valenzuela for more info at jvalenzuela@bishopblanchet.org.
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International Student Profile:
International Student Profile:
From: Guangzhou, Guangdong (close to the sea in
From: An eastern coastal city called Qingdao (Tsingtao),
southern China)
which is famous for beer.
Why she came to the US to study: I like the freedom
Why he came to the US to study: I love the country and
to choose courses and more time to play sports and
the integration of different cultures and people. I picked
Ruoyan (Helen) Wu ’17
develop personal interests. Great opportunities for higher education following BBHS. Biggest differences between high school in the US and in China: There’s much more choice in the US high school format – in China you can only choose between liberal arts or science. Favorite thing about BBHS: Everyone is so nice and helpful! Teachers are always willing to answer my questions with patience. Hardest part about
Jiayuan (Tony) Huang ’17
Blanchet because I like Seattle. Biggest differences between high school in the US and in China: More freedom in course selection here. In China, everyone in the same grade has the same schedule. Student activities: I am in school band and the math team and played football.
studying away from
Hardest
home: Totally new
part about
environment with a totally
studying away
different language! My
from home/
family isn’t here to solve
family: Nothing
problems for me – I
has been
need to do all of that
particularly
on my own.
hard for me, but
Post high school plans: Attending college in the US and majoring in computer science. Hopefully working in
I think making new friends and accepting cultural differences can be challenging. Post high school plans: Attending a college in the US (hopefully California)
video game
and majoring in
design or a tech-
political science.
based company like Microsoft or Google.
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BBHS SPORTS
Fall Golf The Bishop Blanchet boys golf team completed a very successful fall season culminating in a tie for 3rd place in the Metro Playoffs. Three golfers – Blake Cooper ’17 (1st Team All Metro), Colin Curran ’17 (2nd Team All Metro) and Tommy Vail ’17 are moving on to the State tournament in Richland in May. The Bishop Blanchet girls golf team also competed extremely well in the Metro playoffs. As a result, they will be sending four Braves (Edie O’Conner ’17, Jane O’Conner ’17, Sam Conroy ’17 and Alex Sheldrup) to the District Tournament in May at Riverbend golf course – the largest number BBHS has sent in over 15 years! Football The varsity football team faced a tough schedule, providing the team with the opportunity to give a lot of younger players experience against some of the best competition in the state. The highlight of the season was a 3-way Mountain Division playoff victory when the Braves defeated Bainbridge Island and Lakeside in back to back 16-minute games. Will Merriman ’17 was named first team all league at both fullback and linebacker as well Offensive MVP by his coaches. He led the team in touchdowns (7), yards (404) as well as turnovers created (4) and tackles (68), for the second year in a row. Aarren Savelio ’17 was a 2nd team all league selection at nose tackle and voted lineman of the year.
Girls Cross Country The 2016 Bishop Blanchet girls cross country team had a fantastic season led by a group of dedicated senior leaders. At the Metro Championship meet, the Braves placed 3rd overall in the varsity race and 3rd in the JV race and followed that with a state qualifying performance at the SeaKing District Championship Meet. The Braves finished 6th overall out of 16 teams at the State meet in Pasco with solid runs by all. Annie Maher ’17, Emma Flood ’18 and Rachel Miller ’17 made the 2016 All-Metro Teams: Annie Maher, 1st Team All-Metro; Emma Flood, 3rd Team All-Metro; Rachel Miller, 3rd Team All-Metro. Boys Cross Country: 50th State Appearance! The 2016 Bishop Blanchet boys cross country team had a fantastic season with another huge turnout. Overall, the Braves had 90 runners on the team for one of the largest teams in the state of Washington. At the 2016 Metro Championship meet (hosted by Bishop Blanchet), the Braves placed 3rd overall in the varsity race and 2nd overall in the JV race and followed that performance went to the State Championship with 6th overall at the Sea-King Meet for a record 50th appearance where they captured 10th overall District Championship Meet. out of 16 teams. At the joint Sea-King District 2-5/8 Championship Meet (hosted All-Metro Teams: Connor Rauch ’17, by Bishop Blanchet), the varsity 2nd Team All-Metro; Jack Kane ’17, team placed 6th overall out of 14 2nd Team All-Metro; Parker Rathbun teams with 184 points to narrowly ’18, 3rd Team All-Metro. defeat Redmond and Seattle Prep by 9 points. This qualified the Girls Soccer Braves for a record 50th trip to BBHS girls soccer had another the Washington Cross Country standout season this past fall. The Championship Meet. The Braves team posted a 12-8-3 record on their
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way with an 18th place finish in the 100 freestyle and a 20th place finish in the 50 freestyle at Districts while Junior Lauren Canto finished 18th in the 1-meter Diving. Canto also set new school records for 6 dives (229.25) and 11 dives (280.25). Volleyball The Braves Varsity Volleyball team had a great rebuilding season this fall with a 3-13 finish. While they didn’t make it out of the Metro League tournament this year, the program looks forward to bouncing back to being a top league contender again. way to a third place finish in the Metro Tournament and a 4th place finish in the State Tournament, their best since 1994. Along the way the Braves defeated perennial 2A power Archbishop Murphy and hosted their first ever State playoff match on Mickey Naish Field- a win over Shorecrest.
Knowles ’19, and Payton Neal ’19 earned spots on the All-Metro Second Team. All-Metro First Team places went to Katie Watt ’19, Gigi Gallaudet ’18, Katie O’Kane ’20, Becca McCullough ’17, and Sadie Kenny ’19. Payton Neal was also awarded the Sportsmanship Award for the State Final Four.
Thirteen Braves earned individual, post-season honors. All-Metro Honorable Mentions went to Brooklin Gomez ’17 and Emily Caley, while Meghan Mason ’17, Katie Newman ’17, Ellie Schober ’18, Ashley Goodspeed ’18, Rory
Girls Swimming The Bishop Blanchet girls swim team continued to build a strong foundation of young swimmers, finishing 9th at the Metro League Championships and 17th at Districts. Freshman Dara Schoolcraft led the
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The following players received All Metro League honors: Second Team: Julia Leon ’17 Honorable Mentions: Beatriz Cuevas ’17 and Natalie Phillips ’17.
Winter Boys Swimming The Blanchet boys swim team capped off a successful season with a 6th place finish at the State Swim and Dive Championships February 17 and 18. Led by Captains Arthur Wesley ’17, Jack Schrader ’18, and
Paul Codd ’18, the team had six Top 8 finishers and four Top 16 finishers. Jack Schrader set two individual event school records on his way to finishing 2nd in the 100 breast (57.09 and an All-American Consideration time) and 6th in the 50 free (21.79). In the Sophomore class, Michael Lin finished 7th in the 200 free and 12th in the 500 free, Alex Oishi ’19 finished 19th in the 500 Free, and Evan Zverev ’19 finished 15th in the 100 butterfly. Ryan Gamble ’20 finished 5th in the 100 free and 13th in the 50 free. The 200 medley relay of Wesley, Schrader, Zverev and Gamble finished 8th, while the 200 free relay team of Lin, Zverev, Oishi, and Codd finished 16th. The 400 free relay team of Gamble, Lin, Oishi and Schrader finished 5th and set a new school record (3:16.31). Fourth-year Head Coach Mike McCloskey was voted the 3A WISCA State Coach of the Year.
Boys Basketball The BBHS boys basketball team had another positive season that included winning the Bellevue College Holiday Basketball Tournament and an exciting victory over Lakeside on Senior Night. The Braves worked hard and improved throughout the season with Liam Eberhardt ’17 and Maui Sze ’20 earning All Metro Honorable Mentions. Wrestling The Brave wrestling team celebrated a fantastic season with a 4th place in the Metro League, 5th in Regionals and four wrestlers qualifying for the State meet, where Beau Wiebe ’18 captured 3rd place! Zachariah Gomez ’18 was nominated for the Mat Classic 2016-2017 Wrestler of the Year and Connor Mahoney ’18 and Gomez both earned Honorable Mention for Academic All-State.
Girls Hoops Captures 2nd in State! The girls basketball program enjoyed a banner season, spending most of it undefeated and ranked #1 in the state. Their overall record was 25-2 with the second loss coming in the championship game against Mercer Island. Jadyn Bush ’17 was the team’s only returning starter – an impressive note when considering their 15-0 league record. After capturing the Metro championship title, the team continued to competitive district and State play. Ultimately, they defeated Lynnwood and Lincoln high schools before falling to Mercer Island by five points in the final game to claim 2nd place in state. Jadyn Bush, who will be playing for Harvard University in the fall, was named to the Seattle Times All Area Team, the 1st Team All Metro League, All Tournament Team 1st Team, was a McDonald’s All-American nominee, was honored as the Metro Defensive Player of the Year and was named the Associated Press State Player of the Year. Jillese Bush ’18 was named to the All Tournament 2nd Team and coach Brett Hecko was awarded Metro Coach of the Year. “If you had told me we’d be 25-2 with four new starting players, and have a chance to win a state title, not only make it to Tacoma, but to come down here and play for a title, I think many of us would’ve taken that,” said coach Hecko to the Seattle Times. “It’s really the great senior leadership we had this year.”
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BBHS ARTS
A Christmas Carol: the Musical In December, the BBHS drama team produced A Christmas Carol: the Musical at The Moore Theatre. Our successful production included two grade school matinées, which housed over 1,700 students. Three additional performances for general audiences brought in over 2,800 people. In 1843, Charles Dickens was inspired to write A Christmas Carol because he saw so much poverty in the streets of London, and was particularly moved by the poor and homeless children. The cast and crew honored the story’s beginnings by raising money for Mary’s Place “No Child Sleeps Outside” campaign at each performance. Mary’s Place is a nonprofit organization that empowers homeless women, children and families to reclaim their lives. Our audiences were very generous and we raised over $5,000! God Bless Us Everyone indeed!
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BBHS ARTS
Attendees at the 2016 Raise the Curtain event were delighted with musical and dramatic performances.
Drama
directed by Noelle Mortensen ’17 and Resuming Mitosis directed by Kenzie Pyle ’17. Hail Caesar was awarded Raise the Curtain the Best of the Fest and director Noelle Mortensen was On October 1, we held our 6th annual Raise the Curtain awarded Best of the Fest director. All of the plays were performance fundraiser for drama with over 14 student well produced, directed, acted and teched through. performances. Emceed by Director of Dramatic Arts While waiting for the adjudicators’ totals for the awards Mo Mershon (who gave a performance of her own), the for Best of Fest, our IMPROV team wowed us with their fundraiser brought in over $31,000 from our wonderful games. Of note: Resuming Mitosis was written by BBHS patrons to help support the musical this year. In drama alumna Katie Christianson. Congratulations go addition, we raised over $18,000 for The Mo Mershon out to all involved. Truth & Courage Enduring Drama Endowment. Chicago National Unified Auditions On February 5, five of our senior drama students flew One Act Festival to Chicago along with Mo Mershon to participate in the Our student-driven One Act Play Festival took place on National Unified Auditions for performing arts colleges January 12 – 14 at our Marge Bradburn Studio Theatre. and conservatories. The Unified Auditions allow The One Acts are a culmination of our Advanced students to audition for numerous university programs Theatre Acting class and Our Advanced Technical in one location over the course of several days. Students Theatre classes. We had three One Acts this year: Nico Dangla ’17, Jordan Williams ’17, Noelle Mortensen Driver’s Test, directed by Jordan Williams, Hail Caesar ’17, Bella Brown ’17 and Gabby Giordano ’17 have worked
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on their audition material since last summer to ready Music themselves for the intense slate of auditions and they performed for over 15 programs while in Chicago. This year, the Bishop Blanchet music program has made major leaps and bounds. The BBHS String Orchestra, Animal Farm under the direction of Mr. Gabriel Glennie, has grown from BBHS’ spring play Animal Farm by George Orwell was only four students in 2012 to a sixteen-member chamber performed on campus in our Marge Bradburn Studio ensemble. The focus on differentiated instruction allows Theatre on March 30, 31, and April 1 to rave reviews. students to learn music at an accelerated rate: currently, Animal Farm had a cast of 29 and a tech crew of 37. the ensemble has fifteen pieces in its working repertoire, as compared to the average of six pieces for most high school orchestras. In March, the ensemble began their festival season, starting their tour with the EBMEA Orchestra Festival at Garfield High School. The Band continues its diligent support of the spirit of Bishop Blanchet, by performing at football and basketball games, assemblies, and athletic send-offs as they blast crowd favorites, including the Bishop Blanchet Fight Song, composed by Blanchet Band director, Mr. Sean Richarz. On January 24, the Band welcomed students from the BBHS Grade School Program, which supports the instrumental musical needs of Diocesan grade schools, to raise the roof at the Blanchet boys basketball game against Nathan Hale High School. The event was a great opportunity for young musicians to interact with their high school counterparts and get a feel for the strong pride that we hold here at Blanchet. Under the direction of Mr. Richarz, the Jazz Band has been hard at work studying genres ranging from Big Band Swing to New Cool. They have already competed at multiple festivals and are gearing up for the Reno Jazz Festival in April. The annual Big Band Bash fundraiser for the trip to Reno had a record attendance of 170 patrons, and raised an unprecedented $11,000 from the community. From collaborating with living composers, hosting choir exchanges with local and out-of-state choirs, participating in regional choral festivals to performing in the Catholic High School Choir Festival at Benaroya Hall, the choirs at Blanchet have had a full year so far. Directed by Ms. Becca Cantrell, the choral program at Blanchet consists of over 120 students from diverse musical backgrounds and varying levels of singing experience. This year, the choirs have had the privilege to work with nationally recognized choral clinicians J. Edmund Hughes, Vijay Singh, and Geoffrey Boers, among others.
Nigel Fernandez ’17 playing the saxophone at the Big Band Bash, which helped support the April trip to the Reno Jazz Festival.
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Brave Generations With many of Seattle’s Catholic schools established by a BBHS education. We speak to one such family early in the 20th century, some see Bishop Blanchet here about what it means to be a “Blanchet family” as in its relative youth as an institution. But with our and found that while buildings and favorite songs recent 60th year celebration, we have transitioned change, the heart of BBHS – and what it means to to an age where it’s not uncommon that grandpa took be part of this community – has remained steadfast. typing in the same classroom his granddaughter’s Damien, Lily ’19, and Jennifer Wellnitz King ’90.
robotics class now uses. There are more and more We invite you to meet Jennifer Wellnitz King ’90, families who can boast the multiple generations her husband, Damien, and some of her (many) (and dozens of relatives!) who have been shaped Brave relatives.
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Tell us about you and your family. When did you attend Bishop Blanchet? Who in your extended family has attended/is attending? I was fortunate enough to grow up in a very large, Irish Catholic family. My father Brian ’68 was the second of 11 children (9 attended BBHS) and my mother Mary Colleen Sullivan ’67 is the second of 14 children – and all 14 attended Blanchet! My parents met at Blanchet when my mother was a freshman and my dad was a sophomore. Needless to say, I was born a Brave. I never even looked at another high school. By this point, over 50 of my family members have been part of the Blanchet community. My daughter, Lily is a third generation Brave and I have four cousins who are currently at BBHS. What’s special about BBHS? What do you think makes your family so connected to the school? Blanchet has an amazing community. The fact that many students return to work for BBHS is proof! My cousin Kate taught there after college and Lily has already had two teachers that I had during my time at Blanchet. Many of my family members had successful academic and athletic accomplishments while attending BBHS. My parents still have best friends – Kathy and Steve Bourgette – that they met during high school. I believe my family is connected because of the comfort the school provides. It is like family is so many ways – supportive, loving, challenging yet motivating its students to do well. What are some differences in the experience of Blanchet between generations of Braves in your family? What seem to be the common threads? Facilities have definitely been upgraded over time! Even since the time I was a student, things have changed for the better. Having a field on campus where we can come together as a community to watch football under
In 1996, eight Wellnitz family members were students at Blanchet. From top left: Nete Niemer, Sean Wellnitz, Charley Wellnitz, Pat Wellnitz, Kate Mullin, Sarah Hupf, Dave Wellnitz, and Mary Wellnitz.
the lights is an amazing asset. The new gym facilities, library and chapel are also significantly improved. Another huge change and improvement are all the electives students can choose from – we didn't have as many choices. There are so many opportunities for students to find something new and interesting to excel at beyond sports or the arts like 3D drawing, graphic design or sports medicine. What a great opportunity to discover something you may love to do as a future college major or career! But the quad is still there – a place my parents may have eaten lunch or completed their homework, we may have sat in the same place under the sun and it is still a meeting and gathering area for current students. BISHOP BLANCHET HIGH SCHOOL BRAVE MAGAZINE SPRING 2017 / 19
Favorites of the Mullin/Wellnitz family over the years:
How our Tastes Changed!
2005 Ali Mullin GROHL Song: Ignition Movie: Mean Girls TV: Laguna Beach Book: Something borrowed Weekends: Playing Braves soccer
2007 Emily MULLIN Song: Bad Girls Don’t Cry Movie: The Notebook TV: Laguna Beach Book: The Great Gatsby Weekends: Driving with friends (because we just got our licenses) and listening to music
1996 Kate Mullin BENNETT Song: Satellite Movie: Sixteen Candles TV: Friends Book: To Kill a Mockingbird Weekends: Watched movies with friends, XC meets, basketball games, track meets
1976 Jenny Wellnitz WALKER Song: Time in a Bottle Movie: Jaws TV: Mash Book: The Hobbit Weekends: Football games
1973 Becky Wellnitz MULLIN Song: Killing Me Softly Movie: The Sting TV: The Mary Tyler Moore Show Book: Romeo & Juliet Weekends: Working at Pizza Haven, sleepovers and football games 1970 Patricia Hupf WELLNITZ Song: Bridge Over Troubled Water Movie: Love Story Weekends: Cheerleading at BBHS sporting events 1966 Dave WELLNITZ (oldest Wellnitz to graduate from Blanchet) Song: Unchained Melody Movie: Zorba the Greek TV: Andy Griffith, My 3 Sons Book: Moby Dick Weekends: Football games and sock hops
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2019 Lily KING Song: Location Movie: Me Before You TV: Law & Order Book: Wonder Weekends: Sleep in 2008 Doran McBRIDE Song: Angst-filled emo music Movie: There Will be Blood TV: The Daily Show Book: A Canticle for Leibowitz Weekends: Slave over the design of the Miter
2009 Matt McBRIDE Song: Walkabout Movie: There Will be Blood TV: The Office Book: Brave New World Weekends: Sleep in!
1990 Jennifer Wellnitz KING Song: I Think We’re Alone Now Movie: When Harry Met Sally TV: MTV Book: To Kill a Mockingbird Weekends: Going to Dick’s on 45th, and football games
1996 Mary Wellnitz SCHROEDER Song: Big Dipper Movie: Good Will Hunting TV: Seinfeld Book: East of Eden Weekends: Hanging at Starbucks
1996 Patrick WELLNITZ Song: Big Dipper Movie: The Empire Strikes Back TV: Seinfeld Book: Catcher in the Rye Weekends: Play and see music
1969 Mary Colleen Sullivan WELLNITZ Song: I Heard it Through the Grapevine Movie: Rosemary’s Baby TV: That Girl Book: Valley of the Dolls Weekends: Went to movies
“BBHS is a special place for me, as my daughters are following the tradition of their mom, grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins. Blanchet has helped shape the lives of so many of my extended family. Our girls are very fortunate to have the same opportunity by joining this extraordinary community. Even as a Roosevelt HS graduate, many of my friends attended Blanchet. I spent a lot of my high school years competing against them on the football field, basketball court and baseball fields. I even spent most of my free time hanging out with my Blanchet friends on the weekend. Blanchet has been and will always be a part of our family.” – Damien King
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ALUMNI REUNIONS & EVENTS
Alumni Board Becky Riopel ’94 Brent Lumley ’82
REUNIONS
Christa Caballero ’81 Chuck Bocian ’73 Diane Bunce ’61 Erin Donohue-Zink ’82 Jim Melia ’62 Joann Hamilton ’76 Joe Sievers ’87 Lynn Burns ’64 Noel Pyatt ’64 Pauline Alokolaro ’97 Rich Schmidt ’66 Thomas Lukevich ’99 Tina Ferguson ’76 Tony Martinez ’84
1997 Save the date for the weekend of July 21 – July 23, 2017. More information to follow and look for the BBHS Class of 1997 Facebook page for more details.
1995 40th Birthday Reunion! Save the date for Saturday, October 21, 2017 at the Ballard Elks Lodge 5:00 PM – 11:00 PM. More information to follow. Contact Robert Lukevich at rlukevich@ bishopblanchet.org or at 206-527-3981.
1982 Save the date for Saturday, October 14, 2017 at the Duchess Tavern in north Seattle. More information to come soon. Look for a Class of 1982 Facebook Page for additional details in the near future.
1977 Save the date: September 30, 2017. The event will be held at the Glendale Country Club in Bellevue, WA. More details to follow.
1967 Save the date: May 20, 2017 from 5:00 PM to 11:00 PM in Seattle. More details to follow. If you would like to help out, it would be appreciated and it’s great fun. Have you digitized your old photos yet? What a perfect time to start! Email us some good ones from back in the day, from your life or prior reunions for a slide show. Contact us with photos, information or questions at classof1967bbhs@gmail.com. More information to follow soon in an email. Make sure we have your current email address so we can stay in touch. See you on the 20th.
For the latest information on your upcoming reunion, make sure to visit www.bishopblanchet.org/reunions
Classes of 2007, 1992, 1987, 1972 and 1962: We are still seeking volunteers to plan your reunion! Please contact Robert Lukevich ’04 at rlukevich@ bishopblanchet.org or 206-527-3981 if you’re interested in helping out.
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Golf Classic Last summer, at Willows Run Golf Course, BBHS alums, parents, and friends hit the links for the 19th annual Bishop Blanchet Golf Classic. For nearly twenty years the BBHS community has come together to golf, have a good time and raise money for the BBHS Annual Fund. Golfers were treated to a gorgeous day in Woodinville and a delicious catered dinner. Participants loved the opportunity to challenge Coach Sean Gaskill ’02 in a “closest to the pin” contest. Raffle winners took home Husky Football Tickets and lodging for four in Hawaii. Thank you to all of the golfers and sponsors who made it possible for us to hold this wonderful annual event. Also, a big thank you goes out to the BBHS Alumni Board for their efforts in helping to plan the event. We hope to see you all for our 20th Annual Golf Classic on Monday, June 19, 2017 at Willows Run Golf Course. For more info and to register, visit www.bishopblanchet. org/golfclassic
Brave Venture Auction
Brave 5K
On March 11, 2017, over three hundred members of our Brave Community “Gathered ’Round” in our Ernie Rose Activities Center, which was transformed into an elegant and rustic setting by Decor Chair Amy Hampson and her dedicated decorations committee. Dressed in their best western attire, guests sipped on twisted sweet tea cocktails and bid on silent auction items. The program also included a vocal and guitar performance from students Barnabas Sirak ’17, Meagan Hodgins ’17 and Arthur Li ’18.
Save the Date for the Brave 5k! This is the annual race at Lower Woodland Field. Proceeds benefit the BBHS cross country teams. This year’s Brave 5k will be held on August 19 at Lower Woodland Park. 5k walk at 9AM, Kids 1 mile run at 9:15 AM, 5k run at 9:30 AM. Visit www.bishopblanchet.org/athletics to register as the event approaches.
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Gold and Brave The Gold & Brave Club is having a great first year! This club serves After mass, enjoy light snacks and refreshments in the BBHS Library to recognize and celebrate those within the Blanchet community and feel free to roam the halls to relive old memories. Family who graduated more than 50 years ago. This year we welcome the members are welcome at the mass and reception. Class of 1967 into the Gold & Brave Club. If you are a Gold & Brave Club member and haven’t yet received your Save the Date! Our annual Gold & Brave Mass will be held at Bishop Gold & Brave “B” lapel pin, please attend the mass or contact Robert Blanchet in the Chapel on Sunday, August 27, 2017 at 10:00 AM. Lukevich ’04 at 206-527-3981 or rlukevich@bishopblanchet.org.
Support Bishop Blanchet High School Today If every alum participates, we could raise $1.5 million or more!
Want to amplify the impact of your Give5 gift? GiveBIG on May 10! The Seattle Foundation will generously match a portion of all gifts made to BBHS during the 2017 GiveBIG campaign.
In order to keep Bishop Blanchet accessible to ALL qualified students, we depend on generous alumni support. Giving five dollars for every year since graduation guarantees that others will have the same opportunities Bishop Blanchet gave you. Please give to the Alumni GIVE FIVE Campaign at www.bishopblanchet.org/give5.
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Starting with this edition of Brave Magazine, we plan to focus on one planned giver with each new edition. We are extremely grateful for all of our donors and we appreciate every bit of generosity that they show Bishop Blanchet High School. Planned gifts can be made by alumni, past parents, current parents and friends of Bishop Blanchet High School.
Planned Giving in Focus If you have a question about making a planned gift to BBHS; please contact Robert Lukevich ’04, Assistant Director of Development, Alumni Relations and Planned Giving at rlukevich@ bishopblanchet.org or
Recently, Dr. Terrence (Terry) Egan ’64 decided management where he became a nationally-recognized to include BBHS in his estate plan. Terry resides south of Tacoma and has spent his professional life in the fields military service, state government management and education. Terry fondly remembers his time at Blanchet and his interactions with Coach Herber as a wrestler and with Dr. Maury Sheridan in Drama, Speech and Debate. In addition to those pillars of our community, Terry is thankful for all of the hard work of the teachers who helped him during his time at BBHS.
at 206-527-3981.
After graduating from BBHS Terry attended the University of Portland, there he majored In Political Science during the academic year and during the summers he fought forest fires as a member of the elite US Forest Service smoke jumpers based at Cave Junction, Oregon, completing 55 fire and training jumps in his four-year career. Terry continued his life of adventure as an Air Force officer, serving in a variety of command and staff positions in regions from the Bahamas to Chilean Patagonia. When speaking about his career, he has come to the realization that each facet of his life has been spent in a form of service to the public or others. Each step of Terry’s career built perfectly upon his previous education and experience, ultimately leading to a his final career in emergency
expert in national and international mutual-aid systems. Throughout his professional career, education and Catholicism were always at the center of his professional and life pursuits. Terry credits the Catholic education he received throughout his life at Blanchet, the University of Portland and Seattle University with his ability to read, interpret and write at a high level during his professional career. During a recent meeting with Terry, he mentioned that he now appreciates more than ever the efforts of teachers and faculty members that taught at BBHS when he was a student. He believes the skills he learned at BBHS helped him to become an accomplished and published writer and mentioned that he still uses the same argumentation and debate preparation skills that Dr. Sheridan taught him many years ago. Terry said that he included Bishop Blanchet in his estate plan in order to honor his teachers and what the institution imparted upon him. Terry’s life after BBHS and his professional work are a testament to Blanchet’s mission to have students transform the world around them through a lifelong commitment to faith, scholarship and service.
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GRAD TIDINGS
1958 Mick Moynihan served for 29 years 1974 Jeanne Horan has worked with St. as a judge in the State of Washington. Mick spent 13 years in municipal courts and 16 years as a Whatcom County Superior Court Judge.
Francis Christmas House for more than 30 years and her enthusiasm is contagious. Each winter Jeanne and others work hard to make each Christmas even more special for many families across the greater Seattle area.
1976 Barry Reifel was inducted into the
Judy (Zimmerman) Wolff spent 26 years managing Special Education grants for the Minnesota Department of Education. Judy focused on grants for students with low incidence disabilities and worked with many wonderful people.
1959
Donald McClure just celebrated his 50th year anniversary of graduation from the UW School of Medicine. Donald practiced Pathology for many years in Denver, Colorado before retiring to establish Ayres Vineyard and Winery in the Northern Willamette Valley.
1967 Richard (Rick) Lorenz just coached in and led his Central Catholic High School team to his 11th and their 6th Oregon School Activities Association Girls 6A Volleyball State Championship. Rick and his 8 other brothers and sisters attended Blanchet between the 1960’s and 1970’s. Rick has been an educator and coach for over 41 years and mentored thousands of student-athletes.
Washington State Coaches Association Hall of Fame on Saturday, January 28, 2017. Barry has coached football, basketball and wrestling at East Valley High School in Yakima for 26 years. Upon graduation from BBHS, he began playing football and serving as a coaches’ assistant at WSU. Barry then graduated from WSU with a degree in Vocational Technical Education and began his career in education and coaching. Prior to his arrival at East Valley, the team had reached the state playoffs twice. Upon his retirement East Valley had won multiple state titles and was a perennial contender. Over the course of his coaching career he compiled 144 wins and built his coaching philosophy around “Learning more than just a game...” Congratulations Barry!
To submit a grad tiding, email Robert Lukevich ’04 at rlukevich@ bishopblanchet.org
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1980
Dr. Lee-Volker Cox, Col (USAF, Ret) Class of 1980 retired from the Air Force in 2011. Recently, Lee-Volker completed a Doctorate in education from Brandman University in Organizational Leadership after successfully defending his dissertation focusing on generational differences. In addition to his academic accomplishments Lee-Volker had his photography selected for exhibitions in Lompoc and Santa Maria California.
1984
Tim Malloy spends three months each spring in Mexico, spreading his message of positivity to all those he encounters. Here he is pictured in San Miguel de Allende, an historic town recognized by the U.N.
Photo used with permission of the 5th Avenue Theatre
Aviona Rodriguez-Brown is performing on tour with the 5th Avenue’s Adventure Music Theater Educational Program. She is 1988 Chris Kaczor is a Professor of Philosophy at Loyola Marymount part of a small team that tours local schools University. In 2015 he was appointed to the Pontifical Academy for Life, an performing an original piece based on honorary society in the Vatican City for his work in bioethics. historical fiction entitled Free Boy. By the end of the tour the group estimates that they will visit 150 schools and perform for 1990 Jason Martin recently released his Courtney Kessler-Jeffrey Since leaving 70,000 students. Aviona’s goal is to take the fourth book Best Climbs: Red Rocks. It is a BBHS Courtney ’06 has been working gift of theater to students in communities select guidebook to rock climbing in Red as a wardrobe technician in Seattle for that have never experienced the arts. Rock Canyon, Taproot Theatre, Seattle Shakespeare located just Company, Book-It Repertory, Village 2014 Stephanie outside of Las Theatre, Seattle Children’s Theatre and Spiekerman was Vegas, Nevada. ACT – A Contemporary Theatre. Also in honored as the This book and 2016, Courtney joined the company of the Western Athletic Jason’s other Oregon Shakespeare Festival. She has had Conference (WAC) published works plays produced at Taproot Theatre, Theatre Defensive Player are available for Schmeater and the Seattle Play Series. of the Year for purchase on Amazon.com.
Women’s Soccer. Stephanie started all 18 games this season for Seattle University and logged more minutes for the Redhawks than any other player this past season.
2002
Since graduating from BBHS Curtis Gibbs has been deployed four times in support of world-wide contingency operations (twice to Iraq and twice to Afghanistan). He graduated and was commissioned from Central Washington University in 2007 and has been stationed in Hawaii, Virginia, North Carolina and California. Thank you for your service Curtis.
2006
Michele Johnson is working at St. Joseph Notre Dame High School in Alameda, CA as a theology teacher.
2016
2010 David Belcher is making waves in the electronic music scene. He was recently featured on a Microsoft Office Facebook page in the #FirstDrafts feature. David has been working on developing music and taking a positive approach towards his musical career and creativity.
Laura Marty was a part of the Track & Field Freshman Spotlight at Duke University. Laura set the Washington State record for the pole vault while at BBHS and is looking forward to her Freshman Season at Duke.
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IN MEMORIAM
Alumni 1958 Robert Hoyer, brother of Bill ’59, Jim ’61 (deceased), Marie ’65, Catherine ’67, Teresa ’69, Edward ’71, Elizabeth ’72, and cousin of Frances (McJannet) ’74 (deceased), Mary ’79 and Janice ’85 Roger Martain Linda (Johnson) Grace
1960 Joanne (Bingham) Brown, sister of Steve ’64 and David ’66 Marie Major, sister of Annette ’61, John ’63, Geri ’64, Pat ’65 (deceased), and Barbara ’66
1961 Steven Kirschner, brother of Kathleen ’62, Thomas ’64, Mary ’66, and Richard ’73 John Spenard
1979 Dale Hopper, brother of Lisa (Joe) ’85, Duane ’75, Darren ’83, Maria ’87, Susan ’81 and Uncle of Zach ’10, Joey ’08, Sam ’12, Jeff ’16, and Greg ’14 and nephew of Christine ’69, Linda ’63, Kenton ’60, Roger (Susan) ’61 and cousin of Susan ’75, Madeline ’17
1980 Martin “Marty” Xitco, brother of Martha ’77 and Margaret ’81
1982 Nicholas Waltner, brother of Charles ’84
2000 Ky Cooper Rachel Faires, sister of Anna Faires ’98
2012
1963
Patricia Flores Perez
Sally Jo (Benner) Gibson, sister of Mike Benner (deceased) ’64 and Pat Benner ’68 and aunt of Kenneth ’96 and Brian ’00
Friends
1966 William (Jerry) McCoy, brother of Mary Kay ’75 uncle of William (Billy) Nash ’02, Chelsea Nash, ’04 Timothy (Tim) Nash ’06, Shawn Nash ’09
1968 Brian Beeby, brother of Mary Kay ’66 and Suzanne ’73 (deceased)
1970 Steven Van Antwerp
1971 Patrick Pike, brother of Helen ’69, and Arnold ’73 and cousin of Colleen ’73 Chris Philippsen, brother of Tony ’61, Mark ’65 and Greg ’67
James Albert Schemmer, father of Twi McDonell, theology teacher at BBHS, father-in-law of Angus D. McDonell ’80, grandfather of Josie ’15 and Lawrence ’17. Mark Leo Derr, father of Mike Derr ’80 and Mary (Derr) Fertakis ’79 and grandfather of Adam Derr ’14 and Amanda Derr ’16. Rosemary Niese, mother of Kathleen ’64, Karolyn ’66, Marilee Anderson ’70, Patti Matson ’72, Jeanne ’74, Laura ’78, Linda ’78, Bryan ’86, Barry ’87 and grandmother of Kalin ’03, Sophie ’15 Ann Cockrill, mother of Damon Enkeboll ’14 and Aunt of Nate Lewis ’18 William (Bill) Vincent Cheshier, father of Robert ’80, Nicole ’81, and Anthony ’83, grandfather of Christian ’14
1974 Anne Jane “Annie” McManus, sister of John ’62, Mary Sue (Bunch) ’64, Bridget ’77
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Tony Pizzano, brother of staff member Laura Fieser ’74, Loretta ’76 (deceased) and brother in law of Jerry ’74 and uncle of Aaron ’02, Megan ’08, Michelle ’10 Donald Jordan, son of Donald Jordan ’65 and Joan (Walters) Jordan ’65 and nephew of Daniel ’68, John ’70, Judith ’73, Thomas ’77 (deceased), Bill ’67, Janice ’61, Bob ’58 Scott Moser, son in law of Mike Naylor ’66 Anne Stott, mother of Kristine (Stott) Lobb ’84 and Jennifer (Stott) Lovgren ’86 Michael Leo Schemmer, brother of faculty member Twi McDonell, brother-in-law of Angus McDonell ’80, uncle of Josie ’15 and Lawrence ’17 Sister Veronica Grennan, BVM, former faculty member Karen Bryant, mother of Susan (Bryant) Landon ’68 and Michael Bryant ’67 and mother in law of George Landon ’67 Monica Salle, sister in law of current faculty member Laura Salle Ann Sherrill Hay Richarz, mother of current faculty member Sean Richarz Dorothy Schmitz, mother Catherine Schmitz ’69, Mary Anne ’67, Margaret ’65 and Sarah ’82 Robert “Bob” Browne, father of Karen ’71, James (Anola) ’72 and uncle of Marian ’83, John ’82, Thomas ’91 and great uncle of Niklas ’20 John David Burton, brother of faculty member Clarice Hunter and uncle of Rachel ’13 Cesar Kalow, father of Nevilla ’02 Swede Olson, father of staff member Sheryl Welch and grandfather of Matthew ’14 and Cody ’20
Every morning the BBHS community begins our day together in prayer.
BBHS SACRED
SPACES
Often, this takes the shape of a student reflection. Please enjoy part of a recent reflection by senior Gunnar Streuli’s on the importance of silence.
Interested in submitting your own reflection, poem or prayer to Brave Magazine? Email Jen Russell at jrussell@ bishopblanchet.org.
Lord, help us all to see that something that can go so unnoticed can be so powerful in each of our lives. Help us to realize that you are found in the peace and serenity of silence and guide us as we find a balance between resting and focusing. We trust in you to lead us to whatever you have called us to be and also to show us how to remain stable and present as we work. In your name, we pray, Amen.
“Music is my life’s passion and it’s what I aim to make my career. Hopefully I’ll get there one day with lots of hard work and remaining focused on my goals. But let’s take a step back for just a second. I love playing music and always being the loudest one in the room. However, at the same time, my second love is absolute silence. My favorite part of playing a show is afterward. I get to load up my gear, go home and sit in my favorite recliner and not talk or listen or move. It’s incredibly serene and meditative for me because at some point – in all the chaos and racket I create – I need a resolution from the tension. I need silence. We need silence. Silence is what brings us to our major realizations. Everyone has danced to some funky dance beat at one point or another. The groove and the beat comes not from the sound of the music and notes played, but the empty spaces in between.” – Gunnar Streuli ’18
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