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The Salesian Magazine
Volume 8, Issue 1 • Fall 2021
An annual publication of Salesian College Preparatory for its alumni, faculty, staff, students, donors, and friends. PRESIDENT Stephen Pezzola ‘74 PRINCIPAL Marylou Flannery DIRECTOR Fr. John Itzaina, SDB EDITOR/PRODUCTION JoEllen Baker LAYOUT AND DESIGN Margaret Bowles PHOTOGRAPHY Juan Rodriguez ‘09 Lea Smith Lisa Duncan
Oscar Ruiz Henry Huang
CONTRIBUTORS Joseph Thomas Gabriella (Zaragoza) Carrillo ‘08 Tatum Baker
Chad Nightingale Dr. William Heidenfeldt ‘94 Stephen Pezzola ‘74
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Contents 4 Congratulations, Class of 2021 7 Message from Leadership 8 Annual Report & Donor Honor Roll 12 Hyflex Learning: How Salesian Adapted to the Pandemic
14 All Things Alumni 16
pportunities Stem from O STEM Programs
18 Salesian College Preparatory: A Force for Good
20 Home of Champions 22 Salesian Service 23 The Benefits of Diversity 24 Beyond Salesian
Takes on Summer Melt
26 In Memoriam
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Congratulations to the Class of
2021! This year’s graduation took place on May 28, 2021 on Selway Martin Field. It was a beautiful ceremony as families were able to share in their joy and celebrate while gathering safely in socially distanced family pods. This truly has been TWO years like no other for the Class of 2021. They finished their junior year and began their senior year fully remote. They were able to join together again as a class for their semester senior year thanks to our HyFlex Learning program. Congratulations to the class of 2021! Their resiliency and sheer determination will certainly ensure their continued success in college and beyond.
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TOP TIER UC Acceptances
2020-2021
Award Winners
Valedictorian: Amare McArthur Salutatorian: Alyssa Garana Salesian Award: Dylan Chan and Alyssa Garana
Award for Excellence in Fine Arts: Keana Howard
Year over year, Salesian students are granted acceptances to top tier UC’s. (UC Berkeley, UCLA, UCSD, UC Davis, UCSB)
Award for Excellence in Liberal Arts: Anani Perales Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science: Dylan Chan Salesian Scholar — Athlete Award: Dominic Fontanilla and Treena Patel
Academy of Art University The University of Alabama Arizona State University — Tempe Arkansas Baptist College University of Arkansas Barry University Baylor University California State University Maritime Academy California State Polytechnic University — Pomona California Polytechnic State University — San Luis Obispo California State University — Bakersfield California State University — Channel Islands California State University — Chico California State University — Dominguez Hills California State University — East Bay California State University — Fresno California State University — Fullerton California State University — Long Beach California State University — Los Angeles California State University — Monterey Bay California State University — Northridge California State University — Sacramento
California State University — Stanislaus University of California — Berkeley University of California — Davis University of California — Irvine University of California — Los Angeles University of California — Merced University of California — Riverside University of California — San Diego University of California — Santa Barbara University of California — Santa Cruz University of Colorado Boulder Colorado State University — Fort Collins University of Connecticut University of Denver Dillard University Dominican University of California Elizabeth City State University Fisk University Fordham University George Washington University Gettysburg College Grambling State University Hampton University Harris — Stowe State University University of Hawaii at Manoa Hollins University Holy Names University Howard University Humboldt State University Illinois Wesleyan University
Jackson State University Lawrence University Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Loyola Marymount University Loyola University Chicago University of Maine Manhattan College University of Mary Hardin — Baylor University of Massachusetts — Amherst University of Minnesota — Twin Cities University of Mississippi Morehouse College New Jersey City University New York University North Carolina A & T State University University of Oklahoma — Norman Campus Pace University Pacific Union College Pacific University Paris Beauty College Penn State World Campus Pepperdine University Portland State University University of Portland Prairie View A & M University University of Puget Sound Rhodes College Saint Mary’s College of California
San Diego State University University of San Diego San Francisco State University University of San Francisco San Jose State University Santa Clara University Simon Fraser University Sonoma State University University of Southern California Southern Methodist University Southern University at New Orleans Spelman College St. John’s University — Manhattan Suffolk University Syracuse University Temple University The University of Tennessee — Knoxville Texas Southern University Texas State University Texas Tech University The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas at Dallas The University of Texas at San Antonio Tulane University of Louisiana University of Oregon Utah Valley University University of Washington — Seattle Campus Xavier University of Louisiana I5 Western Oregonwww.salesian.com University
A Message from
Leadership
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From the Office of the Director
From the Office of the President
Like Climate Change, which is experienced in drought and super wildfires, we now face a crisis that affects all facets of our daily life. The fact is we have lost our center. We use God’s name not in praise and petition, but as a word of surprise; we hold Truth as no longer self-evident, but rather as mere convenience that leads to our advantage; we regard human life expendable or allowed to exist only if it is useful or wanted. Nonetheless, the concentric centers of God, Truth, and Life matter greatly at Salesian College Preparatory, characterized by Faith, Family, and Academics. We want to live with God, with the truth that dispels the darkness, and with a reverence for all life. We continue to believe that there is great hope in the young people we serve. Salesian College Preparatory is anchored in a faith that experiences God’s everlasting gifts of hope and love. From Faith’s anchor we gain knowledge of how to care for ourselves and others and for all creation. St. John Bosco, who gave us the name of “Salesian,” never ceased asking for help, advice, prayers, and continued financial support or for bread for his hungry ones. In the name of Don Bosco, we too ask for your help, counsel, prayers, and continued support for a Salesian high school marked by faith, family, and academics.
Few of us will forget the 2020-2021 school year. The year started off during a period of Shelter-in-Place, physical distancing, and remote school. The support, presence, and loving kindness of our alumni, family, and friends this year kept Salesian College Preparatory strong. We ended with in-person, on-campus instruction, athletics returning, and graduation on May 28th on the Selway Martin Field. We are thankful that the start of the 2021-2022 school year has been more normal. The faculty was simply amazing at working through remote school, HyFlex, and adjusting to increasing numbers of students on campus. We offered Covid testing to our athletes, coaches, students, and teachers three times per week. Through the generosity of some wonderful philanthropic foundations and donors we were able to accomplish the following early in the school year: (1) place a hospital grade purifier in every classroom, office, hallway, and gathering space to protect our faculty, staff, and students; and (2) provide updated laptops to our faculty which was critical to HyFlex teaching. We finished the refresh of our building thanks to the Flare Challenge led by David Flaherty ‘80. Come visit and see our totally refreshed flooring and painting in the hallways and staircases. Our curriculum continues to be updated. Our Environmental Science students are excited about the start of our monitoring of Wildcat Creek which was restored by the City of San Pablo this past spring. We have expanded our Project Lead the Way’s Biomedical Science Pathway with the addition of Human Body Systems to rave reviews by our students. We are continuing to ask for donations for both our Endowment and the Annual Fund. The Annual Fund helps to satisfy our most urgent financial needs, including current-year tuition assistance and curriculum advancement. I encourage you to stop by Salesian the next time you are driving along Highway 80 and visit. The sense of family is still alive and well and the outpouring of support this past year has been awe-inspiring. It is through your generosity that we will be Salesian Forever.
Fr. John Itzaina, SDB Director of SCP
Stephen Pezzola ‘74 President
A Letter of Hope
Salesian Forever.
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Donor Honor Roll This is a list of donors who have contributed to Salesian College Preparatory between July 1, 2020 and June 30, 2021. Thank you for your support.
St. John Bosco Circle $10,000+ Anonymous William G. Irwin Charity Foundation Bay Scholars Family Aid-Catholic Education Robert S. and Helen P. Odell Fund Stephen Pezzola ’74 & Twila Foster Phillip Rinaldi Charitable Trust Selway Machine Tool Co., Inc. LaNasa + Kunzweiler Foundation Phyllis V. Smith Michael Oddo ‘76 David Flaherty ‘80 Peter ’74 & Karen Filice Chevron Matching Employee Fund Oakland Paper & Supply - dba Cogent Solutions & Supplies Clark Stanton The Joseph and Mercedes McMicking Foundation Trust Funds Incorporated Gerald H. Fay
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Marjorie Mosher Schmidt Foundation Dean & Margaret Lesher Foundation Matsuura Machinery USA, Inc Arthur M. Robinson Foundation Hedco Foundation Robert T. Yahng, Esq.
Director’s Club $5,000-$9,999 Richard & Nancy Robinson Michael & Anne O’Neal Dante & Lisa Robinson Salesian Booster Club Kelly Robinson Brian & Marylou Flannery David ’82 & Jill Kenney Marvin Collins Construction Hank ’66 & Sidne Delevati Rogers Family Foundation Jessie Banuelos Insurance Agency Michael & Patricia Niedermeyer Paul V. Bennett
President’s Club $2,500-$4,999 Anonymous Eddie Foster Jr. The Guardsmen John T. Kunzweiler & Julie LaNasa Joseph & Denise Reid National Philanthropic Trust Oaks Jewelers East Bay Paint Center Republic Services, Inc. Mechanics Bank James Brandt Michael Deorian Sr. ‘70 James K. Watts Dima & Zeead Handoush Eileen Lee Christ the King Catholic School Greg & Jody Ginsburg Marc V. Colelli Michael & Charisse Wan Pete & Janet Muncie
Salesian Society $1,000-$2,499 Dee & Alta Garrett Anne Omura John & Patricia Olivero Jupian Leung Frederick D. Morris James ’79 & Jeanine McDermott Morgan Stanley Gift Fund Daniel ’02 & Jamie Hutson Joseph J. Abessinio Yi-De Chuang, Ph.D. Matthew ’82 & Michelle Parella Neil & Joey Baker Helen Nichols Randy & Paula Sanchez Jeffrey ’78 & Denette Accornero Satyaraj Berde John Sepolen MoonDance Painting Michael & Sandra Lee Emmanuel ’87 & Pamela Lugos Christine Monzon David & Carla Hultman Hoc Khac & Kitty Vu Metro Services Group J. Friedman Foundation William Heidenfeldt, Ph.D ‘94 Joseph Ruiz ‘94 Khadija Fredericks David Fontanilla & Teresa Hurley Maurice ’89 & Liza Atendido Doherty’s Truck & Auto Rentals
Red & Black Club $500-$999 Anonymous Mark & Beth Rietdorf Francis & Mina Villanueva Kevin & Katina Woodbury Daran ’76 & Camille Santi Bruce & Donna Hartman Victoria Lewis David Cronin Paul J. Begley ‘68 Thomas & Adrienne Pearse PNM Co. El Cerrito Heating Inc. Kevin McHugh Lee Henderson Henderson Hutter Group LLC Wells Fargo Matching Gifts Program John & Kathy Pinckney Lawrence P. Yankow Todd & Wilada Thompson Gregory McArdle ‘80 Timothy & Cathy Gonzalez Barbara Sundahl John & Koren Bertolli Gina Ryan Adam Drewniany Michael & Carla Del Sol John F. Chiozza Bryan Millsaps ‘71 Mark Sanchez Today’s Youth Matter Merrill & Deborah Chandler, MD
Brian & Juno O’Rell Roda & June Bautista Bishop John Cummins Russell & Jennifer Hague Millsaps Enterprises, Inc. Sang Phan & Cathy Nguyen Enterprise Roofing Service, Inc. Donald N. Hirabayashi James Luippold Jens & Dorothy Gehrke Louis ’76 & Bonnie Paulson Alejandro Rojas Energy Wise America, Inc. Kenneth & Tracy Kauftheil Jefferson Hilliard Stephen Hill Jeffrey Meier Jim & Laurel Morrison Gabriel J. Rhoades Patrick & Camelina Conway Vinnie’s Bar & Grill William Mellis & Christina Karabinis N. Richmond Missionary Baptist
Patron’s Club $250-$499 Diane Butler Raymond Smith Loyd & Vivienne Richardson Benjamin W. Katz Maureen Cary James & Sharon Casey Monica M. De La Rosa ’13 John & Sheila Kelly-Helfrich John Castro Brian Fay ‘89 Thomasina Tagaloa Robert Humphreys Daniel J. Gayton Lawrence Herbert Sr. Gregory ’64 & Linda Parini Amber Holland ‘19 John H. Rath III ‘05 First Republic Real Estate & Property Management Christopher ’70 & Paula Wimmer Kenneth Kleier Italian Catholic Federation Steven Hallock Nardi Construction Company WCC Salesian Boys & Girls Club Lewis & Ivy Altman Aljoe & Lorena Mandoriao Terrance ’64 & Marcia McDonough Salesian Boys and Girls Club Grip It Golf Repair Armor Locksmith Services Jose Lozano IV Mark Forbes HY Floor & Gameline Painting, Inc. Marvin Florence Leroy & Felecia Johnson Marie Freschi Jeannette M. Inkabi Clayton Leche Reynolds Medical PC John ’81 & Paula Martinucci Leonel & Zuleyma Guardado
Century Club $100-$249 Anonymous Jim & Amanda Breen Juan ’84 & Evangelina Montenegro Mark Hirth ‘73 Nicole Rohme, MD ‘99 Darla Varin Thomas ’66 & Sue Wright Michael ’65 & Pat Corral Nicolas ’78 & Cheryl Thomas Erle Brown Gregory ’77 & Joni Hirth Elizabeth A. Darr Janis L. Vega Thomas ’64 & Carol Ozanich William ’73 & Marie Walton Kathleen C. Murphy Bruce Moret United Mechanical Michael ’87 & Amy Simon Aaron R. Feldman Robert Forbes ‘74 Christopher ’81 & Celeste Rodwell Kathy Wemmer Greg Cattalini Kevin & Michelle Bowling Panorama Global Impact Fund John & Eileen Howard Thomas C. Pearse Adam Tachner Mark ’75 & Victoria Lewis Ricky ’09 & Gabriella ’08 Carrillo Patricia Bauer Greg & Diana Kenyon Mary Ellen Baker Emmanuel & Kate Njome Elqasass Inc. Frank Driscoll ‘16 Donna Tombor Rachel A. Romero ‘12 Bradley & Carol Shafer Kurt & Aprylle Odlum-Chang San Pablo Avenue Sportsmen, Inc. Adric Alvaro Frank R. & Teresa A. Lavin Ovidio & Gina Portillo Patrick & Judith O’Callaghan Ricardo & Susan Gonzalez Raymond ’81 & Cristina Graham Lynnette Franks Community Health Charities Harimandir Khalsa Alfredo Jr. & Susan Gabriel William & May Hirose Doug & Joan Gardner Phil-Mark Rosete ‘90 Brian R. Swanson Isaac & Marianne Bazal Hilda Hernandez Richard M. Adler Nancy Wallis James Rasbold Peter Erickson ‘82 Geraldo & Francisca Chua Mark ’78 & Christine Pires Robert & Pilar Romero
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Cornelius Johnson James Perero ‘65 Doris E. Dasilva Tim DeGrasse Joan F. Mancuso Frank ’66 & Maria Teresa Beltran Linda Smith Vince Fletcher William Mayorga & Blanca Cuellar Sandra Paris Engineering Dept. CGI Inc. David Gaylord & Catherine Davalos Leodigario P John ’66 & Debbie Rensen Daniel & Gina Cullen Bob Nugent Michael & Catherine Jupina Gonzalo & Carmela Madayag Tom & May Woulfe Ticey Harris Reynaldo & Teresita Centeno Elsie J. Smrekar Gerald & Eleanor Flaherty Joe M. K. Helfrich ‘17 Dorothy Lee Robert ’67 & Regennia Kilmer Janet Kotlier Robert & Joyce Pimm Julie Bernas-Pierce Lisa Eitzel Kathryn Marshall Magdalena Casanas Gryco Sportswear John L. Pearson Maral Kismetian ‘94 Margaret Baker John & Pamela Albaugh-Wolff Daniel ’72 & Heidi Martin Larry ’86 & Carolyn Lewis Gerald ’64 & Peggy Mascaro John & Mary Alexander William Jr. & Alice Thompson Yvonne Colombo Veronica A. Molinar Alicia Miller Jerry & Kimberly ‘92 Smiljanic Donald & Michelle Lau Paul Vowels Anne M. Lee Jose & Maria Pajuleras Russell & Marion Quinn Jim & Christine Hickey Carol Zweifel Charles ’86 & Patty Danner Carolina Casanas Sharon Gragg John & Eduardina Perdigao Steven Martinucci Stephen ’66 & Linda Hedstrom John & Monique Ziesenhenne Cortney Appelbaum Carlos Miller ‘79 Dayana B. Cuellar ‘15 Hal Cody Debra Shushan Eiji Nakamura & Nancy Clabby Desiree Elvira Yvonne J. Oberto Christie Rosete ‘93
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John Thomas ‘65 Gary C. Macaluso Kenneth V. Jennings Edward A. Schilling, Jr. Cicero Canoy Henry Moe ‘89 David Jobe ‘01 Christopher Malixi Leonard Neal Diana Vergil Beverly J. Young William Gallagher Willam Driscoll Robert Romero, Esq. Ralph Freeman, III Marlene McDermott Marianela Carter-Madoshi Lois M. Rose Frank R Lavin, CHFC Emmanuel Paz Edward McLaughlin Daran Santi Gabriel Valenzuela ‘14 Ayana Stevenson Tim & Rebecca Mangle Lisa Clemons
$99 and Below Anonymous Anonymous (2) Robert E. Portillo ‘80 W. A. Colbert Michael & Kelsea Fitzgerald Jahna Q. Maramba ‘13 Matthew Maggy ‘04 William & Robin Weidinger Roderick & LoWanda Moore James R. Ozanich ‘79 Irene Larrabee Jessly A. Chicas ‘18 Richard Cooluris Erika S. Ruiz Adriene Rockwell Karla Couture Zaaruck Martinez Katherine Herman William & Suzanne Lingo Zarah M. Maroof ‘17 Jory Hemmelgarn Conrad & Charlene Montuya Herbert & Barbara Di Grazia Jeff & Jennifer Gadd ‘95 Wolfgang M. Weber Henry & Doreen Covell Linda Stitch Stefanie G. Ali ‘08 Dolores Albaugh Yolanda Stenmark Gilbert W. Jone Naomi Hiroshige, DDS John M. Manrique ‘16 Janice Wilson Kenneth ’72 & Diane Sena Noel & Aida Jinon Scott Giusti Jennifer Boyd Scott Osmus Margaret Rowan Kimberly Woods
Maria Lyman April Hamilton Maria V. Herbulis Gary & Denise Grimshaw Jeff Hazel Thanhvan Nguyen Le Tom & Karen Archer Mark & Pauline Cisneros Patricia Lee William Schaff Patricia Ramirez Zoily Sosa Kevin Rietdorf John & JoAnne Wilson John J. Bricker Jesmer ’89 & Janice Lorenzo Kelly Joe Jeffrey & Gina Marks Edward ’66 & Patricia McLaughlin Michelle Bareng Lucelia Travalini Janice Reid Pauline Traverso Danny Riggio Lori Framsted Robert R. Antaki James & Nikki DiSangro Janet Pires John & Luz Camello Dennis & Amelia Olson Xiomara Poblano Max & Melissa Drake Marcelo Diaz & Ella Sabas Paul ’81 & Doris Rodgers Jack & Mary Castro Victor & Susana Baja Edgardo ’85 & Myra Perez Brett Whitmarsh Mary Elliot Francesca Bongiorno Larry & Cynthia Colombo Diane Williams Kathy Cichanowski Farayi C. Wiley ‘95 Tim Herring Maryann Thompson Susan S. Schauf Suzette Winters Jonathan & Marthaa Torres Janet O’Hair Christina McAfee Nichole Lorensen Julie Y. Sherman Nancy Estebez Jerry Salde, Jr. Valentin Saldaña, Sr. Richard Rincon Monica M. De La Rosa ‘13 Elizabeth M. Coscia, Ph.D. Ana-Marie Santos
We hope we have correctly recognized each of our generous donors. Please notify the Office of Mission Advancement at 510.234.4433 ext 7219 or communications@salesian.com if there are any corrections or omissions. We are grateful for your support.
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HyFlex Learning How Salesian Adapted to the Pandemic On March 9th, 2020, as the threat of the Coronavirus became a reality, and in anticipation of a county-wide shelter-in-place and mandated school closures, Salesian sprung into action. The Salesian community of Faculty, Staff and students collaborated to test the capabilities for online synchronous schooling. As the pandemic worsened, and the shelter-in-place was imposed, Salesian education did not miss a beat. We concluded the 2020 school year fully remote, implementing the newly established online infrastructure to ensure the safety of its students while maintaining the delivery of a rigorous academic curriculum. Amidst the turbulent situation and the need for remote learning during the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, Salesian quickly engaged its remote learning program after several meetings and tests with the staff and test days. “[On the] First day of school closures, we were fully remote,” said Assistant Vice Principal Brian Swanson, “[The Hyflex program] grew from that day back in March that everyone will remember, when we heard COVID was for real.” Through a great deal of work, workarounds, and a total team effort by faculty and staff, Salesian was able to get its synchronous learning program in motion, building off of the momentum gained from the initial remote learning program.
Diversity Club Adapts
The deadly Covid 19 pandemic forced our students into remote learning. Despite being physically distant and at times sheltering-in-place, we were able to continue our student-led co curriculars, including our Diversity Club. Our students adapted very well to remote learning tools. As our nation also began to suffer a crisis in social justice, the Diversity Club mobilized to see how they could provide a service to our community. Penelope Toland ’23, Vice President of the Diversity Club, was able to view a social justice presentation from Dr. Arin Reeves, former president of The
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“we were one of the first schools doing this and we felt that we mastered it,” Athens Group, current president of Nextions LLC and consultant who specializes in inclusion, leadership, cross-cultural communication, and diversity in the legal profession. Ms. Toland, using her Salesian ingenuity, approached Dr. Reeves to ask for permission to use the presentation for the Diversity Club. Dr. Reeves offered to create and deliver via zoom a presentation for the Diversity Club. None of that would have been possible without Salesian’s full adoption of the tools for remote learning. Ms. Toland enthusiastically intends to utilize these tools to have more guest speakers and continue to enrich the club and the Salesian community’s experience. We are all enriched by the actions of our Diversity Club.
After the initial shock of the Coronavirus Pandemic and with the beginning of the 2020-2021 school year on the horizon, an immediate need to transition to an even better, long-term online learning offering began. We realized that some students or some families would not be comfortable going to school even when allowed with all the necessary precautions. We knew that many of our students would want to come to school in person as soon as it was practicable. In order to meet this challenge, Salesian swiftly enhanced its online remote instruction program and subsequently instituted a synchronous learning program to educate both remote students and students who felt comfortable attending socially distanced in person classes. Salesian’s synchronous “Hyflex” learning program allows for students to receive the same level of highly engaging and in-depth learning while respecting the safety and comfort of our students, faculty and staff in order to provide the best educational experience possible during the trying times of the pandemic. Since part of being a Salesian is to be inclusive and to ensure that all belong, we implemented an option for students to attend either in person, socially distanced classes or remote learning simultaneously. Salesian aimed to provide its students with the best, most safe and rewarding educational experience possible given the circumstances of each student, while respecting the safety and comfort of the students. “Nothing can replace on campus in person instruction, even as proficient that we were with remote learning, nothing can replace the in person teaching here at Salesian,” said Brian Swanson. One Salesian student, Penelope Toland ‘23, stated there were “a lot more opportunities for distraction [with online learning].” Another student participating primarily with online learning, Charles-Anthony Davis-Woodfork ‘21 described the situation as less than ideal, however praised the availability of extra assistance, stating, “[t]hey made it easy for us to get help at office hours.” Ms. Toland described the remote and in person learning experiences as “very organized.” The success with Salesian’s hyflex program can be attributed to the hard work of its faculty and staff. Salesian did not take the new challenge of Hyflex learning lightly, “we were one of the first schools doing this and we felt that we mastered it,” Brian Swanson said. Salesian educators worked around the clock to meet the challenges of teaching two different groups of students at once, one at home, one in the classroom, while meeting the needs of both. Despite the difficulties, Salesian was more than able to make the best out of a nearly impossible situation. Ms. Toland described her feelings surrounding returning to in person learning as “hesitant at first,” however, after being vaccinated, she felt fully comfortable returning to school, as well as a greater sense of connection with her immediate family as a result of the lockdowns. As remote learning transitioned into in person and synchronous learning, Brian Swanson expressed joy at the result, “Hearing the laughter in the halls when kids came back was an amazing feeling.” While not all clubs could function to the same capacity, co-curriculars were still functional, such as Leadership and the Black history month celebration. Salesian was not about to let its co-curriculars fall to the wayside and maintained them to the greatest extent possible to ensure the highest quality educational and social experience for the students during the trying times of the height of the pandemic. www.salesian.com I 13
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One of the most exciting days was surprising and celebrating our Almost Alumni, the Class of 2021, with a Boba Truck, a few days before commencement. It was a parTEA for all seniors, which included photobooths, games, and music. It was such a hit that we are looking forward to celebrating the Class of 2022 in the same way. We’re looking for alumni sponsorship to assist with establishing this new tradition.
David Flaherty ‘80 challenged our alumni community to a dollar-for-dollar campaign to raise the funds needed for a main building refresh. The Big Flair Challenge raised around $70k and funded new LVT flooring, upgraded lighting, newly painted walls, and display boards for showcasing student work. A big thank you to those who participated and donated to The Big Flair Challenge! What a success!
Reunited and it feels so good! Despite two years like no other, classes are eager to reunite. Though we were not able to meet on campus, we found the perfect place to reconnect, which has now become our preferred meeting place for smaller groups. On August 14, the Class of 2011 gathered on the Factory Bar patio. Alums from across the Bay Area met up, reminisced and said, “Cheers to 10 years!” Thank you to Yasmeen Zapparolli ‘11 and Salesian Math Teacher Litzia Martin ‘11 for stepping up, forming a committee, and hosting a fun night!
After forty years, Michael Oddo ‘76 along with his mother Marie visited campus for her 89th birthday. He reconnected with his mentor Stephen Pezzola ‘74 and former teacher, Fr. John Itzaina. He was amazed at our school’s transformation and was moved to invest in our students by establishing a generous tuition and scholarship gift. www.salesian.com I 15
Update
STEM
Salesian College Preparatory attracts students who desire a rigorous academic program in a family setting. Over the years, approximately two-thirds of our students have expressed an interest in pursuing a career in the STEAM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, Mathematics) and related majors. According to the Pew Research Center, “since 1990, employment in STEM occupations has grown 79%—increasing from 9.7 million to 17.3 Million.” Furthermore, specialization in STEAM fields greatly improves one’s chance of acceptance into major colleges and universities. In recognition of this demand, Salesian raised money through its Dream, Believe, Succeed capital campaign to build state of the art laboratories and classrooms on our third floor to properly house our STEAM program. The next step was to expand the science curriculum to include an even greater variety of subjects, additional AP classes, and to partner with Project Lead the Way (PLTW) to offer the Biomedical Science Pathway. Established in 1997, PLTW is a non-profit organization which aims to harness this increase in demand for STEAM occupations to provide new opportunities for prospective students and allow them to pursue their dreams in these areas by providing students with real-world, practical, objective based learning. Those students who participate in PLTW’s programs acquire a deeper understanding of 16 I SALESIAN College Preparatory
science and often outperform their peers in college. The early returns from the first year of our PLTW offering can be summed up by this quote from student, Sarabjot. “I feel very fortunate to be enrolled in PLTW because[…] [t]he skills cultivated[…] are definitely providing me with the foundation for pursuing biomedical studies in college, and are simply good talents to have no matter which field I eventually enter.” The project based learning implemented by Salesian though PLTW enables STEAM oriented students to gain invaluable life skills to prepare them for success in college and beyond. Students learn skills such as communication, creative and critical thinking, collaboration, and ethical reasoning. As a further example of how Salesian students help their community, Salesian partnered with the City of San Pablo to monitor Wildcat Creek which assisted the City of San Pablo’s restoration of Wildcat Creek. Through this partnership, the environmental science class of Salesian, under the guidance of Dr. Elizabeth Coscia will participate in collecting data on the various flora and fauna of the local ecosystem. Salesian’s Computer Science
students continue to participate in various technology based projects, such as creating computer programs and robots, in collaboration with PiE (Pioneers in Engineering), UC Berkeley Engineering department’s student lead outreach program. These STEAM initiatives enable Salesian to invest in the futures of its students.Salesian has opened the door to a wide variety of viable, fulfilling, and sustainable STEAM field educational and job opportunities to those students with the desire and ambition to pursue them. www.salesian.com I 17
Salesian College Preparatory:
A Force for Good Thinking critically and exercising artistic expression
At Salesian College Preparatory, we offer rich avenues for the development of critical thinking and social action in young leaders. We value the arts and artistic expression, and consider them vital to one’s development. Recent events have caused us to renew our focus on social justice, equity and belonging. Salesian teachers Debra Shushan (Department Chair of Visual and Performing Art) and Dr. William Heidenfeldt (French teacher and Instructional Coach) worked with the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA)’s collection to bring art and social justice together through their involvement in the museum’s Teacher Advisory Group. SFMOMA established the Teacher Advisory Group in 2016. Heidenfeldt represented Salesian in 2017 and 2019, developing art-making and language-developing units for international students and intermediate French students. This year, Shushan joined Heidenfeldt in the group. In Salesian’s art program, Shushan invites students to employ learning routines inspired by her formation in the Artful Thinking Palette, emerging from Harvard’s Project Zero. The concepts of the 18 I SALESIAN College Preparatory
Artful Thinking Palette include “reasoning, questioning and investigating, exploring viewpoints, comparing and connecting, observing and describing, and finding complexity.” Artful Thinking routines are “short, easy-to-learn mini strategies that extend and deepen students’ thinking and become part of the fabric of everyday classroom life. They are used flexibly and repeatedly — with art, and with a wide variety of topics in the curriculum.” Students in second-year art and third-year French were able to explore their own social and political interests by studying the political posters Shushan and Heidenfeldt selected from the collection. The posters themselves varied in artistic style, social issues and language, and invited students to engage with political and
social history. As a result of their critical engagement with these artifacts from SFMOMA, students in both classes used different approaches to making their posters. Additionally, posters (some employing three languages) reflected the lived multilingual experiences of students. Salesian students created posters with themes from social reform to climate change awareness — two issues that have greatly impacted our community, particularly amid ongoing police violence and wildfires which have ravaged the West Coast. The students produced striking images that cut to the core of some of the most prevalent issues in our world today, demonstrating awareness and a passion for change and progress. Through encounters with the SFMOMA collection, the Artful Thinking approach and international history, students are capable of using art to express themselves and their desired changes in the world. They then bring those ideals and essential lessons with them outside the classroom. Salesian prides itself on its ability to allow students to flourish and brighten the world with their creativity, passions and courage by providing a nourishing environment and many opportunities to apply what they have learned outside of the classroom. In turn, the students make the world around them a more just, equal and loving place in which all belong.
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What Happened to Sports
Cross Country: To accommodate COVID restrictions enacted by the East Bay Regional Park District, for the first time in over thirty years, Salesian ran their home cross country meets on a course set up on campus. Normally, the team hosts meets at Point Pinole Regional Park, but this year Coach Gabriel Rhodes set up a three-mile course on campus that consisted of three laps around the school grounds. Meets were exciting to watch and easy to view! “ It brought me back to my old cross-country days when our meets were always around the campus and through the neighborhood,” remarked Stephen Pezzola ‘74.
Girls’ Basketball: The girls’ basketball team also played a total of 15 games this past season where they finished 14-1 (overall 4-0 in the TCAL). The Pride were led by Alexsandra Alvarado ‘21 signed a national letter of intent with San Francisco State University where she will compete for the Gators in the winter. The team had outstanding victories over St. Ignatius, Sacred Heart Cathedral, Bishop O’Dowd, Heritage, and Campolido in their shortened season. Coach Stephen Pezzola ‘74 reached a milestone this season, earning his 300th win as the head coach of the Pride. The Pride have 14 players returning for the 20212022 season.
Football: The football team competed in five TCAL contests this past spring that were chosen at random by the league commissioners for COVID purposes. The team played De Anza, Richmond, Kennedy, Hercules, and St. Mary’s. The team went 4-1 against their five opponents, with a victory over St. Mary’s in the last game of the truncated season. The victory over St. Mary’s was Coach Chad Nightingale’s 200th win as the head varsity coach of the Pride. Elijah Satcher ‘21 signed a national letter of intent with Cal Poly San Luis Obispo and will play for the Mustangs in the fall.
Golf: The team played several group matches at Blue Rock Springs, Franklin Canyon, and Berkeley Country Club this past spring. Because of COVID restrictions, the teams of TCAL played “all-comers” matches at various courses and aggregate scores were compiled to determine daily winners. Led by Joseph Julian ‘21, the Pride played several great matches.
Baseball: The Salesian baseball team also welcomed back another Salesian graduate to take over the reins of the program, Coach Tino Leite ‘11. In his inaugural season, Coach Leite led the Pride to a winning record. The team played a total of eleven games and an outstanding group of players return for the 2021-2022 season. Softball: The Pride welcomed back new head coach Meghan Bradbury ‘15 for the 2020-2021 school year and season. Under Coach Bradbury’s leadership, the Pride finished the season 12-6, winning their last four games in a row. The team had outstanding victories over Pinole Valley and El Cerrito, and the Pride beat the St. Mary’s Panthers both times they met on the diamond this past year. Congratulations Coach Bradbury!
Girls’ and Boys’ Tennis: Coach Gary Hazard and the tennis teams were able to host and play a variety of matches while wearing masks and social distancing, throughout the season. The turnout for both teams was tremendous, and all look forward to the 2021-2022 school year where the teams can play a more complete schedule. Boys’ Basketball: In Coach Bill Mellis’ 23rd season, the boys’ basketball team played a total of 15 games in the COVID shortened season and finished 13-2 overall. After a very short preparation period before the season began, and starting with two close losses, the team went on a 13-0 run the remainder of the season (9-0 in the TCAL). The Pride played De La Salle on April 27th and Bishop O’Dowd on April 30th, winning both games. This was the first time DLS and BOD lost to the same team in the same week in over 35 years. Demarshay Johnson ‘21 San Diego State University and will play for the Aztecs in the winter. Boys’ Soccer: Led by Coach Joe Bacchus, the Pride played a spirited season of league contests. The team was able to play a total of seven games due to COVID-19, where they were competitive in each. The team returns a host of players for the upcoming season.
Girls’ Volleyball: The girls’ volleyball team was able to play a total of eight matches this past season. COVID protocols were toughest on indoor teams, and this delayed or cancelled several other matches during the shortened season. The Pride were led by Alyssa Garana ‘21, Cailah Concon ‘21, and Jasebeth Mayorga ‘21. This fall, Salesian’s very own Michaela Ahlenslager ‘15 returns to guide the Pride as the team’s new head varsity coach. Good luck team and good luck Coach Ahlenslager!
Swimming: After much struggle to find a pool available to use, the Pride got into the water at the Pinole Community Pool. Although the season was very short, students were able to compete and enjoy each other’s camaraderie. The team will return to their normal facilities at Contra Costa College in the spring.
Track and Field: The Pride competed in nine track meets this past spring, and outstanding performances were turned in by a variety of athletes despite a very short preparation period due to COVID. Atallah Allen ‘22 jumped over 18 feet in the long jump, and distance runner Gabe Cutino ‘22 ran in the 4:40s for the 1600. www.salesian.com I 21
Salesian Serves the Community The mission of St. John Bosco motivates and inspires us as a community to take ownership of the four major goals of service learning: • To encourage students, parents, staff and faculty to grow and share their faith by serving others. • To facilitate in all the members of the Salesian school community the capacity to “build welcoming communities.” • To deepen respect for the differences of others through strengthening our understanding of our mission as “a church”. • To encourage each of us to demonstrate our love of God by sharing our gifts, talents, and time with others.
Salesian College Preparatory encourages faith in action.
Meet Karyme ‘24 Karyme is a proud member of The Campus Ministry Team, the heart of many of our school’s community focused activities. CMT champions community toy drives, fundraisers for international relief and causes, and local carnivals and events for children in the community. For over 20 years, the Campus Ministry Team has orchestrated Project Santa, a community toy drive. CMT was able to successfully deliver over 500 toys to boys and girls throughout the Bay Area in the midst of a pandemic. In addition, CMT also led a Personal Hygiene Drive for St. Anthony’s of San Francisco. Boxes, bins and bags of needed items were delivered by our Service Learning team of moderators.
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Join Karyme ‘24 and The Campus Ministry Team and participate in Project Santa Toy Drive by dropping off a new unwrapped toy on Wednesday, December 1st! Donations are welcome at the school office from 10am to 2pm.
Diversity Broadens the Educational Experience and Better Prepares Students for the Future A diverse secondary school environment offers a number of benefits to the educational and overall life experience of high school students. It better prepares them for college, career, and life. One of the benefits of a diverse School Environment, according to Amy Stuart Wells, Lauren Fox, and Diana Cordova-Cobo of Teachers College Columbia, is that “diversity enhances cognitive development through exposure to novel ideas and experiences.” In short, being exposed to a diverse environment increases one’s world view and ability to empathize with and understand others. That skill is vital for building and maintaining relationships, both professional and personal, in the world. A sentiment that is echoed by Dr. Marthaa Torres, Director of K-12 Instruction, Oakland Unified School District and member of the Board of Directors at Salesian College Preparatory. Uniquely and richly diverse, Salesian College Preparatory is located in Richmond, California. It has an ethnically, socioeconomically, and culturally diverse student body with roughly equal representation of African American, Hispanic/Latin American, Asian/Pacific Islander, Multi-Racial and Caucasian students. This creates and offers a truly diverse educational environment, which is supported by its mindful and socially conscious faculty, staff, and administration. Both Dr. William Heidenfelt, Instructional Coach and French teacher at Salesian and Dr. Torres explain, there are many “slices” to diversity, the “visible” elements --such as ethnicity or people who look like the people you know at home -- and the “invisible” elements-such as language and relating to each others’ similar life
experience, which can significantly improve engagement with students. Dr. Torres further states that in a diverse environment “Students learn not just from the teacher but also one another” and that “part of the goal of education is to expose students to a broad range of ideas and engage with a wide range of peers.” Diversity needs to carry through to curriculum as well. An example of diverse curriculum shared by Dr. Heidenfeldt was a lesson on fashion in his French class. “When people think of fashion, they think of New York or Paris,” Dr. Heidenfeldt remarked, “I wanted to broaden their understanding of that.” To accomplish this, Dr. Heidenfeldt created a lesson surrounding a fashion show which spotlighted various fashions of the Francophone (french speaking) nations of Africa. Through his desire to create a diverse curriculum, Dr. Heidenfeldt introduced his students to a whole side of the world often not explored in High School Textbooks. The various sides of diversity (both visible and invisible) when shared in the classroom hold a great many benefits to students. The student has greater engagement in seeing something familiar to them as well as expanding their horizons by learning something new and exciting together with their diverse group of peers.
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Salesian Faculty Stays Culturally Responsive and has partnered with Challenge Success, a non-profit affiliated with the Stanford University Graduate School of Education that provides schools and families with proven strategies that promote well-being and engagement with learning.
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Beyond Salesian Takes On Summer Melt
“I got into college, now what do I do and who can help guide me?” It is this question that hangs over the heads of many students as they reach a major turning point in their educational career. Salesian has an answer for this perplexing question. Salesian’s educational experience is designed to last a student for a lifetime. Salesian’s commitment to its students is forever. Salesian is committed to building and maintaining its family even after students have graduated and are taking their first steps into adult life and higher education. To this end, Salesian started “Beyond Salesian” to ensure students who want some guidance and assistance will have a stable network of support as they start their collegiate careers. Beyond Salesian began in the past few years as a project to prevent a phenomenon known as “Summer Melt,” something that is described on Harvard’s Center for Education Policy Research website as “the surprisingly common scenario in which high-school graduates apply, are accepted, and say they plan to enroll in college—but don’t.” Harvard’s very same website prescribes that the solution to this concern are programs “designed to keep college-bound students on track by offering logistical and emotional support during the transitional summer season before college.” Beyond Salesian goes even further. Beyond Salesian is a mentorship program designed to assist students through their first two years of college, and enable them to set themselves on a path for success in higher education and fruitful careers in their future. As Salesian Board Member Joe Reid puts it, “ Beyond Salesian is about creat[ing] a bridge to starting college and provid[ing] guidance from volunteers to help them navigate the start of college” as well as “provid[ing] a tool kit for adult life” that helps students succeed in life; Beyond Salesian aims to help students fill a “tool kit” that is totally unique to 24 I SALESIAN College Preparatory
each with the necessary skills to thrive in post-secondary education, employment, and life. The Beyond Salesian mentorship program is comprised of a support network consisting of two individuals: a Near Peer --an individual who is close to the student in age but can offer experience pertaining directly to the first few years of college and can help answer the most immediate questions-- and a Mentor --one with more job, career, and world experience that can offer advice with respect to the world beyond education. This program is designed to offer opportunity and enrichment for all parties involved, including the Mentor, Near Peer, and the student. One way in which the Beyond Salesian program benefits all parties involved, is that it “draw[s] more alums into helping other Salesian students. No one understands that experience better than those that have been through it,” says Joe Reid. Beyond Salesian’s Mentorship program helps recent graduates make all the decisions that are heavy on theirs mind that may contribute to pre-college anxiety such as which classes to pick, what to think about for a career, how to handle large classroom sizes, as well as the ones they aren’t thinking about, such as how to live with roommates, how to pick a dorm, the importance of staying in touch with those you connect with at college, and so on. According to the Research Center’s 2020 Persistence and Retention Report, 24 percent of first time undergraduate college students do not persist in post-secondary education. A study conducted by UCLA in 2011 found that 42 percent of students whose parents had attended college were able to graduate within four years, while for students who were first generation college students, a demographic which comprises a fair number of Salesian’s students, only 27 percent graduated within four years. Salesian aspires to ensure its students do not fall through the cracks and become one of the unfortunate statistics.
Become a Mentor or Near Peer! If you’re interested in learning more about becoming a mentor or near peer please contact Tery Lizarraga tlizarraga@ salesian.com or Gabriella (Zaragoza) Carrillo ‘08 at gzaragoza@salesian.com
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In Memoriam ALUMNI Zarrie Allen ‘19 sister of Atallah ‘22 Gary Bianco ‘80 Loren Bombardier ‘68 Wallace Boyance II ‘68 Tom Butler ‘64 Patrick Catanesi ‘72 Doug De Mercurio ‘69 Carl Eleck Jr ‘95 Greg Friel ‘72 Brittany (Ruffin) Geersten ‘06 sister of Brandon ‘03 Rodney Headington ‘79 Douglas Kovacich ‘85 Frank McKenna ‘49 Allyn Meyers ‘66 Robert Preston ‘67 James Ruiz ‘89 father of Daniella ‘22, Brother to Joe ‘94 Ed Sanchez ‘67
Sylvia Costello grandmother of Ashley Wyatt ‘08 and Blake Wyatt ‘13 Stella Faria mother of Allen ‘71 and James ‘75 Lena Filice mother of Peter ‘74 Chris Huber former Salesian coach Gilbert Jackson Jose Jaime father of Joshua Jaime-Reyes ‘01 and Matthew Jaime-Reyes ‘03 Michael Kenney father of David ‘82 and Donald ‘87 Raoul A. Martinez father of Raoul P. Martinez ‘77 Margarita Montenegro mother of Juan ‘84 and Paulo ‘87 Jerry Olivero father of Jerry ‘81, uncle to David ‘81, grandfather to Amanda (Olivero) Hassell ‘03, Andrew ‘05, Ashley ‘07, Anthony ‘10
William “Bill” Selway ‘64 husband of Kathryne Selway and brother to Pat ‘65, Jim ‘67, Chuck ‘70, Daniel ‘71
Nicholas Orozco brother of Zach ‘20
James Stober ‘68
Joyce Mary Petersen Vince Pistello
John D. Stott ‘64
James Manuel
husband of Kimberlee A. Rock ‘01
Michael Thomas ‘75
father of Nick ‘05
FAMILY AND FRIENDS
father of Javier ‘02, Ricky ‘07, Lilly ‘08
Angie Accornero
former counselor and wife of former teacher, Art Reardon
Rick Quintana
Henry Accornero mother and father of Jeff ‘78, grandparents to Melissa ‘04, Lindsey ‘07, Alex Quintana ‘04, Nadia Quintana ‘08 and Gina (Quintana) Bamert ‘08 Ruth O. Brown mother of Marty ’78, Stan ‘78, Bernard Brown II ‘79, grandmother to Adriana D. ‘13 26 I SALESIAN College Preparatory
Diane Reardon Ricardo Reyes
former Salesian staff
Corinne Schultz
mother of Garette ‘08 and Greyson ‘10
Pete Sklover
father of Lindy ‘96
“Their lives are a testimony to the integrity of life, the search for excellence, the joy of living and the commitment to family, church and school.” -Fr. John Izaina, SDB, Director
William ‘Bill’ Selway ‘64 December 8, 1946 - April 14, 2021, Pleasanton, CA Bill was a mentor for many — his kids and grandchildren, their friends, his friends, nephews and, nieces and business associates. Bill’s generosity showed no bounds. As a beloved alum, Bill loved and strongly supported the Salesian mission. He may be gone but certainly not forgotten. The Selway family moved to Richmond, California and Billy welcomed six brothers Pat ‘65, Jimmy ‘67, Chuck ‘70, Danny ‘71, Dell, Joe and sister Helen. Bill married his high school sweetheart, Kathryn “Kate” Steinberg. Bill and Kate welcomed four daughters into their world: Kasey, Jamie, Marni & Meghan. But after a life with six brothers, Bill kept trying for a boy and Zack finished off their family. He was overjoyed with his six grandchildren – Cassidy and Harrison Kepp, MykelPatrick Hayes, and Jade, Dori, and Blake Selway. Bill was larger-than-life, humble and a caring and warm soul. He went to church several times a week, ran the Pleasanton Catholic Youth Organization (CYO) sports program, and was instrumental in the fundraising for St. Elizabeth Seton and worked tirelessly to establish a Catholic high school in the Tri-Valley area. He joined neighbors in San Ramon to work for the Twin Creeks Homeowners Association, built the snack bar and restrooms at Amador Valley High, headed Amador Boosters for years, and donated to the Bay Area Animal Rescue Foundation (ARF), Salesian High School, his alma mater, and many more. We pray for Bill and the entire Selway family, for he has lived the Salesian spirit of joy, family, faith and service.
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