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From the President

Scarlet & Grey VOL. XXVI • NO. 1 • WINTER 2014

St. John’s College High School President

Jeffrey Mancabelli Principal

Bro. Michael Andrejko, FSC Vice President for Institutional Advancement

Michael Esten Director of Development

Mark Gibbs ’96 Director of Communications

Kathy Howe Director of Annual Giving

Deborah DuPont Associate Director of Development

Tom Veith Events Manager

Gerri O’Boyle Database Manager

Lori Martin Editor

Kathy Howe Contributor Aubrey Andre Photography

Lawrence French Kathy Howe May Overmyer ’15

Dear St. John’s Community, It is my hope that the greater St. John’s community enjoyed the many blessings of the Christmas season and greeted 2014 with enthusiastic optimism.

As the first semester comes to a close, St. John’s is grateful for the success of our fall teams and for the competitiveness of the winter season. We also congratulate our girls’ tennis team for bringing home their seventh WCAC championship in eight years!

Although it is difficult to write about a football championship when the story does not end with a St. John’s victory, I am compelled to tell the story of the support and spirit of the St. John’s community. Alumni, parents, students and friends of St. John’s came out this November by the thousands to support the Cadets at their first championship game in 22 years.

Starting as early as 5:30 a.m. and ending in the late evening hours, graduates from the 1950s through present day joined parents and students in support of our team. Some might say there is nothing special about a football tailgate, but for those who were there, we will always remember that strong feeling of camaraderie and sense of pride in St. John’s.

On the academic side, our faculty and administration successfully launched our integrated technology curriculum, which provided iPads to each student. St. John’s continues to be a pioneer in educational technology. I encourage you to read the article detailing our 21st century curriculum.

Lastly, as an ambassador for St. John’s, I have the privilege of representing the school at various functions and events. This past summer, I attended the 93rd birthday party for Earl Griffin ’39. Earl has been a lifelong friend and supporter of the school. He may have graduated 76 years ago, but it seems as if it could be yesterday; his deep affection for St. John’s is apparent when he shares his cherished SJC memories. When prospective parents ask me why their children should attend St. John’s, I wish they could speak with Earl. To engage with our living legacy is to know that St. John’s is more than a school – it is a lifelong relationship.

I hope the many stories in this issue remind you of all this community has to offer and encourage you to continue your relationship with St. John’s.

Sincerely,

Art Director

Frank Sheehan St. John’s College High School 2607 Military Road, NW Chevy Chase, DC 20015 www.stjohnschs.org Alumni and Development Office 202.364.0229 | F: 202.363.5091 khowe@stjohnschs.org

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Academic Convocation Honors Student, Faculty Achievements

St. John’s Board Adds Three New Trustees

(From left) Kirk Ruthenberg, Barbara Keebler and Bro. Robert Schaefer.

This fall, St. John’s welcomed three new faces to the Board of Trustees.

The school looks forward to working with these new members: Barbara Keebler has served as the director of communications and public relations for the National Catholic Education Association for the last 25 years. She was previously vice president at two of the country’s largest public relations firms, Edelman and Ruder Finn. A graduate of Dominican University, she is a member of the National Press Club, the Education Writers Association and the Public Relations Society of America. Keebler spent 15 years on the advisory board for SOS Children’s Villages, the American branch of an international family-based child-care organization, and is a past vice president of the St. John’s Mothers’ Club. Her son, Michael Giroux, graduated in 2008.

Kirk Ruthenberg is a senior litigation partner with the international law firm Dentons, where he has practiced law for more than 30 years.

He also headed the firm’s Washington, DC, litigation and dispute resolution practice for almost 20 years. He is a

graduate of the University of Illinois and the Georgetown University Law Center. Ruthenberg is a member of Our Lady of Mercy in Potomac, MD, where he has served on the parish’s Finance Council and as an assistant scoutmaster and committee member for the church’s Boy Scout troop. He is a former member of the Men of St. John’s and three of his five children attended SJC: Danny ’07, Rob ’07 and Cris ’10.

Bro. Robert Schaefer, FSC, is the principal at Central Catholic High School in Pittsburgh, PA. Before taking on his current role in 2009, he served as the school’s assistant principal for student affairs and taught religion and English. In additional to Central Catholic, he has also taught at four other Lasallian high schools in Pennsylvania and Maryland. He was director of vocations for the Baltimore District of the Brothers of the Christian Schools from 2000-2003 and a delegate for the International Chapter of the Brothers of the Christian Schools in 2000. He is a graduate of La Salle University and Seton Hall University.

On Sept. 25, St. John’s honored more than 300 students for their academic success at the annual Academic Convocation.

The school gave out several awards at the ceremony, including 74 San Miguel Award plaques, presented to students who received straight As in all courses taken during the 2012-13 school year, and 235 certificates for Achievement with Distinction, awarded to students who received a 3.6 GPA with no grade lower than a B for the 2012-13 school year.

Each Academic Department presented awards to individual members of the classes of 2014, 2015 and 2016 for outstanding academic performance last year. St. John’s also gives out four special awards for academic achievement: the Dartmouth College Book Award, presented to Sara Winters ’14; the George Washington University Engineering Award, presented to Travis Tomon ’14; the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Science Award, presented to Sadie Lynch ’14; and the Wellesley Book Award, presented to Alexa Romero ’14.

In addition, 94 students were inducted into St. John’s Archbishop Hannan Chapter of the National Honor Society.

Membership is based upon scholarship, service, leadership and character, and students who have earned a 3.6 GPA or higher at St. John’s are eligible to apply for admission.

St. John’s also honored three faculty members at the ceremony. Linda Majkrzak was named as St. John’s Distinguished Lasallian Educator of the Year. Donna Moga and Katie Vedete were chosen by their peers as recipients of the 2012-13 Gasser Award, which recognizes individuals who are excellent educators and who serve as Christian role models. These educators maintain effective relationships with their students and their families and support with great zeal the philosophy and mission of St. John’s.

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Web Design for the Greater Good

Above: Globetrotter Handles Franklin visited a St. John’s AP physics class. Left: Dave Hovan (left) and Franklin show off their skills.

The Science of Spinning Basketballs This fall, a viral video of science teacher Dave Hovan demonstrating angular momentum for his astronomy class attracted more than one million online views from around the world and caught the attention of the Harlem Globetrotters.

In the video, Hovan spins a basketball and then transfers the still-spinning ball to a pen – which he then uses to write! A former St. John’s student filmed the demonstration last year and put it on YouTube this November. Within days, the video had gone viral and was published on numerous websites.

Hovan’s basketball skills attracted the attention of the world-famous

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Harlem Globetrotters, who posted comments on the YouTube video seeking the teacher’s identity. Many of Hovan’s current students wrote to the Globetrotters praising their teacher and his skills.

On Nov. 7, Globetrotter Handles Franklin paid a visit to Hovan’s AP physics class to check out the teacher’s moves in person. The two traded tricks, and then Hovan explained the science behind the spin. Even the students got in on the action, helping to demonstrate both scientific principles and basketball tricks. Franklin also invited Hovan to show off his tricks at the Globetrotters’ game on March 15 in the Verizon Center as part of the team’s 2014 “Fans Rule” World Tour.

Spinning a basketball is what first made Hovan interested in science.

When he was 5, a high school student demonstrated the spin for his class.

Hovan thought it was amazing and practiced until he could do it himself.

Then in high school, one of his teachers demonstrated the same lesson in class that Hovan now uses at St. John’s.

Franklin and Hovan also filmed an updated version of the original video, which has also attracted attention from around the world. Visit the St. John’s website for links to both videos.

This fall, the students taking web design at St. John’s had an opportunity to put their skills to work in the real world – and to help educate students in Africa in the process.

Computer science teacher Nick Drohan found an online ad from the non-profit organization Textbooks for Africa, which was looking for a web developer to create a new website. Drohan knew this would be the perfect challenge for his students, and he reached out to the organization to offer their services free of charge.

“Textbooks Africa was particularly well suited for an educational environment, and it struck me as an opportunity to get my students some real-world experience while also serving the community,” Drohan said.

The organization collects textbooks, library books, school supplies and computers and sends them to teachers and students in Africa. They wanted a new website to support their current project, which aims to raise enough money to ship a 20-foot sea container full of books, computers and school supplies to Zimbabwe.

The class’s nine students spent five weeks creating and refining a website for their client, presenting options and incorporating content and feedback from the organization. The final result was a professional website that was posted in December. In addition to the new site, St. John’s students collected textbooks and other school supplies to support the cause. They presented the donation to Textbooks Africa’s founder, Wede Gibson, when she visited campus this fall.

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Bro. Michael Andrejko: 25 Years of Christian Brotherhood This fall, Bro. Michael Andrejko, FSC, celebrated his silver jubilee with the Brothers of the Christian Schools.

Andrejko joined the Brothers on Sept.

24, 1988, when he was a junior at La Salle University. He first felt the call as a senior in high school, and he transferred to La Salle as a sophomore in college to pursue this path. After two years of training and a year as a novice, Andrejko was ready to take on his first position at a Lasallian school.

He started out teaching accounting and religion at La Salle College High School in Wyndmoor, PA, where he also coached the golf team to a conference championship.

He finished his teaching certificate there, and after two years he transferred to St. Gabriel’s Hall school in Audubon, PA. St. Gabriel’s is a school for court-adjudicated delinquent youth, and Andrejko said he learned a lot about himself, the mission of the Christian Brothers and what direct service to the poor means during his time there. He spent three years at St. Gabriel’s and finished his master’s work in theology at Villanova University before he was called to serve in Washington, DC. Andrejko’s first term at St. John’s began with the 1996-97 school year and lasted for four years. He taught business and religion and moderated the Student Council. He left to spend seven years as assistant principal for academic affairs at West Catholic Preparatory High School in Philadelphia, PA, followed by a three-year stint as campus minis-

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ter at Central Catholic High School in Pittsburgh, PA. In 2010, he was called again to St. John’s, this time to serve as the school’s principal. Andrejko said he was excited to return to SJC because he knew it was a great place and he wanted to be a part of the school’s renaissance.

“I felt the sense of community, the pride in the school and a sense of responsibility to help make sure that continues,” Andrejko said.

Although Christian Brothers join an institute and not a specific institution, Andrejko hopes to stay at St. John’s for a while.

In addition to his administrative duties, he has also taught during each of his years here – this year he is teaching morality. He said that his class gives him “41 minutes of sanity” each day and reminds him of the reason the Brothers are here, providing a constant perspective on the order’s mission.

On Oct. 26, Andrejko celebrated 25 years as a Brother with a ceremony held on campus. In addition to St. John’s faculty and staff, the celebration was attended by his family and friends from West Catholic, St. Gabriel’s, Central Catholic and La Salle. He said he was overwhelmed by the support from so many of the people he’s served with over the years.

“Over a quarter of a century of being a Christian Brother, I have had the privilege to work with other brothers and lay Lasallians who have been a great source of hope and support to young people across five

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Bro. Mike Andrejko (front row, center) with the scholastic community at Archbishop Carroll High School (Philadelphia) in September 1989.

very different and distinct ministries,” Andrejko said. “In each one of them, committed individuals have taught me important lessons and tugged on my heart.

Along with the students I have encountered, they have made me a better brother, a better Christian, a better person. For this, I will always have a grateful heart.”

As he looks ahead to the next 25 years, Andrejko said he feels a sense of contentment and freedom in his life that he only sees getting better with age. He plans to focus on deepening his relationship with God and on learning how to move from “human doing to human being.”

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Lasallian Community Honors St. John’s Teachers This fall, three SJC faculty members were recognized by the Lasallian community for their hard work and dedication to Catholic education.

On Oct. 25, teachers Colin Crawford and Kwame Darko were honored at the annual High School Principals Association (HSPA) Fest, which brings together educators from Catholic schools in the Washington, DC, area. Crawford was chosen by his peers to receive the St. John’s Veteran Teacher of the Year Award; he has been a member of the Social Studies Department for 13 years. The faculty also chose Darko as St. John’s New Teacher of the Year; he joined the Mathematics Department last year. These annual awards are sponsored by the Archdiocese of Washington.

Earlier this year, mathematics teacher Linda Majkrzak was named St. John’s

Left: Colin Crawford (left) and Kwame Darko were honored by their fellow St. John’s faculty members.

Right: Mathematics teacher Linda Majkrzak receives the Distinguished Lasallian Educator Award.

Distinguished Lasallian Educator of the Year. This award honors an educator who exemplifies the ideals of John Baptist de La Salle, patron of the Christian Teachers of Youth. This fall, Majkrzak was also chosen by the Brothers of the Christian

Schools’ District of Eastern North America (DENA) as a Distinguished Lasallian Educator. She was one of only three recipients to receive this award, which was presented at the annual Huether Workshop in New Orleans on Nov. 23.

Cup of Joe Warms St. John’s On Nov. 19, Catholic Charities visited campus for a special service opportunity with a St. John’s connection.

Students, parents and faculty volunteered their time to pack breakfasts-togo as part of Catholic Charities’ Cup of Joe program. This program partners with the organization’s five low-barrier emergency shelters, which provide a safe place to stay, a shower and a hot meal for more than 1,000 men and women each night. However, those men and women must leave by 7 a.m. each day, and breakfast is not provided. Cup of Joe ensures that they have a healthy meal to help sustain them throughout the day.

Msgr. John Enzler, Catholic Charities’ CEO/president and SJC Class of 1965, founded Cup of Joe in honor of Joe Robert, SJC Class of 1970. Robert was a businessman and philanthropist with a strong commitment to helping the less fortunate in Washington, DC. He was a generous supporter of St. John’s and many

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local organizations, including Children’s Hospital, Fight For Children and Catholic Charities. Robert was also a strong advocate for both Catholic education and St. John’s. He passed away on Dec. 7, 2011.

St. John’s students perform more than 25,000 hours of community service each year, and the community was particularly glad to take part in a program started

by and in honor of St. John’s graduates.

By the end of the evening, 35 large bins and several more large bags of breakfasts were ready to be delivered the next morning.

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Sr. Mary Catherine Mindling (front row, far left) with her novitiate class in 1963.

Mindling (far right) celebrated her golden anniversary with the six living members of her novitiate class on Sept. 7.

Sr. Mary Catherine Mindling Celebrates 50 Years with the Sisters of Mercy On Sept. 8, Sr. Mary Catherine Mindling, RSM, celebrated her golden jubilee with her order, the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas.

Mindling felt the call to a religious life from a very early age and recalls identifying with the story of St. Catherine of Siena, who also felt the call from childhood. She said she had a typical high school experience growing up in Lexington, KY – cheering with the pep club, going on dates and attending the prom – but she knew from the first time she met the Sisters of Mercy that their community was the right place for her.

On Sept. 8, 1963, she was received into their community as a novice. She attended the order’s Georgian Court University, where she majored in French and minored in Spanish. Mindling took her final vows in 1966.

In 1968, she graduated from college and took her first teaching job at St. Mary High School in Perth Amboy, NJ. She loved teaching and knew that this vocation was the right fit for her. She taught French, Spanish and theology at St. Mary and three other New Jersey high schools, as well as serving as assistant director of admissions for Georgian Court University, before she was called to Washington, DC. Mindling joined the St. John’s faculty in 1985. She started as a dual language

teacher for French and Spanish, but over the last 28 years she has primarily focused on Spanish and has taught every Spanish class offered at St. John’s. In 1988, she became the chair of the Foreign Language Department, a position she has retained with the exception of a one-year sabbatical in 1991-92.

She has been a strong presence in the development of St. John’s Foreign Language Department. Mindling is also deeply involved with the students, chaperoning trips to Mexico and Costa Rica and advising the Amigos de las Americas service program and the Spanish Honor Society. She has received several teaching awards, including the Distinguished Lasallian Educator Award (three times), the Gasser Award, the St. John’s Veteran Teacher Award and the Archdiocese of Washington’s Sister Mary Lucille, RSM, Outstanding Teacher Award.

Mindling said she has truly enjoyed being a part of the St. John’s community and watching the school evolve during her 28 years here. She has also enjoyed representing the Sisters of Mercy in this Lasallian school, blending the two charisms to cultivate the best possible environment for the students.

“I have loved working with the Christian Brothers; they have really made me feel like an integral part of the

community here. I rode the tide with them, and it was an amazing thing to be a part of it,” Cross of the Mindling said.

Sisters of Mercy She celebrated her golden jubilee on Sept. 7 with the six living members of her novitiate class at Mount St. Mary Academy in Plainview, NJ, where they first joined the order. She had a second celebration at St. John’s on Sept. 15, marking the occasion with members of her family, community, neighborhood and the St. John’s faculty.

Her brothers, who are both Kapuchin Franciscan priests, each gave a homily at one service to help their sister commemorate her anniversary.

When she looks back over her time as a sister, she said that it feels as though “the last 50 years have been a single day unfolding.” She still loves teaching as much today as she did in 1968, and she hopes to keep making a difference in her students’ lives for years to come.

“I still feel that I have the ability to make my classroom into a learning environment, and as long as the students are learning, I want to stay there. I want to be a catalyst for their learning,” Mindling shared.

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(From left) Ashley Guirand ’16, Marcos Melendez ’15, Genevieve Pennanen ’16 and Jacob Bearer ’15 model the new blue cadet uniforms.

St. John’s Cadet Corps Has a New Look This fall, the St. John’s Cadet Corps joined JROTC programs around the country in updating their uniforms.

Instead of the green uniform, JROTC students will now wear a dark blue uniform with a grey shirt and beret.

The decision to change the uniform, made by the Department of the Army, has been under consideration for the past five years. The Army conducted a national survey of JROTC instructors to find out what they liked about the old look and what needed to change. The goal was to develop a new dress code that was both militaristic in style and easily differentiated from the uniforms worn by active duty soldiers.

The new look is based on the Army dress blues uniform. St. John’s students wore the new blue attire to this year’s Regimental Ball, and it was added into the regular rotation on Dec. 3. Underclassmen will substitute their blue uniform one day each week for the rest of the school year. This year’s seniors 8 Scarlet&Grey Winter 2014

will not make the change and will finish their St. John’s JROTC careers in the green uniform.

St. John’s differs from many other JROTC programs in that our cadets wear their JROTC uniform every day, while national requirements only call for uniforms at school one day per week. There is a threeyear plan in place to phase out the green uniform, and the St. John’s JROTC program expects to be wearing blue uniforms five days a week by the start of the 2016-17 school year. The three-year plan is necessary because both the Army and St. John’s need time to build up their inventories in order to have enough blue uniforms for each cadet.

St. John’s JROTC instructors are very happy with the change, which they think will have a positive impact on the Cadet Corps.

“We’re now in 2013, and we need to look ahead and not to the rear,” said CSM John McConnell. “This change will bring a positive attitude to the students and to the Army JROTC program.”

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Cadets Shine at the Regimental Ball On Nov. 22, St. John’s held its 85th Regimental Ball at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, DC. This event is always one of the year’s highlights, especially for the seniors.

A formal receiving line welcomed each guest to the event. The Color Guard kicked off the evening with the presentation of the colors as SJC’s Vocal Resonance group sang the national anthem.

Each senior then made their entrance as part of the grand march on, presenting their sabers while escorting their dates down the staircase and through a tunnel of sabers created by JROTC underclassmen.

The cake-cutting ceremony, during which St. John’s President Jeff Mancabelli, Regimental Commander Andre Andrada ’14 and Cadet Mascot James Sullivan ’17 cut the cake with a saber, completed the formal portion of the evening; dinner and dancing followed.

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Sports at St. John’s

fall 2013 Sports In Review The football team had an amazing season, advancing to the WCAC championship for the first time in 22 years.

The team beat Gonzaga 17-10 in two consecutive games and won nine games for the first time in 24 years, finishing the regular season with only one conference loss. The defense ended the season as the top-ranked defense in the WCAC. At this January’s Under Armour All-American Game, quarterback Will Ulmer ’14 played on one team while SJC Coach Pat Ward ’93 coached the other team’s offensive line. (See page 14 for more on the football team’s season.)

The cross country team also had a successful season. The boys’ and girls’ varsity teams finished second and third respectively in the Landon Invitational in September. In October, a team of SJC runners competed in the Ragnar Relay DC, a 200-mile team race, placing third out of almost 300 teams. At the WCAC championships, both the girls’ and boys’ teams finished in the top half of competitors. The boys also earned a school-best sixth-place finish at the Maryland-DC Private School Championships. Tommy Reese ’14 advanced to the Nike Cross Nationals Southeast Regional Meet in November.

The volleyball team capped their season with a 20-win campaign. The team also won the first-ever DC state championship, sweeping Sidwell Friends in the final round. Becca Bateman ’14 finished a stellar SJC career by becoming the program’s all-time leader in sets played (379), aces (305), serving points (1,828) and assists (2,527). She also received her third First Team All–WCAC selection, becoming the first SJC player to accomplish that feat.

The girls’ tennis team finished the season 8-0 and won their seventh WCAC championship in the last eight years. The Cadets were the team to beat this season, but at the championship, the girls were behind in points going into the finals. The

girls dug deep and Stephanie Miller ’15 (#1), Milan Graves ’15 (#2) and Chloe Henderson ’16 (#5) each won their flight.

The #2 doubles team of Graves and Michelle Bucher ’14 then won their match, giving the Cadets 32 points and cementing the team’s championship.

The field hockey team finished the season 8-8. One of the season’s highlights was the team’s opening 1-0 win against NCS, which allowed the girls to avenge their 5-0 loss in last year’s season opener. The team advanced to the WCAC finals, where they came from behind to defeat Bishop Ireton. The girls fought until the final whistle in the second round, but ultimately lost to top seed Holy Cross.

The crew team posted some of the program’s strongest finishes this fall, including the boys’ varsity eight’s performance at the Head of the Potomac regatta in September, where they finished sixth out of 20 crews. The rowers finished their fall season with a midNovember trip to New Jersey, where St. John’s captured a gold medal in the girls’ novice 4+ event.

The boys’ and girls’ soccer teams both finished the regular season ranked fifth in the WCAC.

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fall 2013 Sports Honors

Becca Bateman ’14

set several new St. John’s volleyball records during the 2013 season, including sets played (379), aces (305), assists (2,527) and service points (1,828).

Individual

• Becca Bateman ’14 (Volleyball) – Gatorade’s DC Volleyball Player of the Year • Jeanne Westney ’16 (Volleyball) – Most Valuable Player, DC State Tournament

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Second Team • Omar Truitt ’14 (Football) Honorable Mention • Eric Assoua ’15 (Football) • Becca Bateman ’14 (Volleyball) • Nicholas Finelli ’14 (Soccer) • Joe Giglio ’14 (Football) • Tommy Reese ’14 (Cross Country) • Will Ulmer ’14 (Football)

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WCAC

First Team • Rachel Alexander ’15 (Soccer) • Eric Assoua ’15 (Football) • Becca Bateman ’14 (Volleyball) • Devante Brooks ’16 (Football) • Nicholas Finelli ’14 (Soccer) • Sammy Francois ’14 (Football) • Joe Giglio ’14 (Football) • Juan Ramirez ’16 (Soccer) • Tommy Reese ’14 (Cross Country) • Samantha Scaffidi ’15 (Soccer) • Lolly Steuart ’14 (Field Hockey) • Omar Truitt ’14 (Football) • Will Ulmer ’14 (Football) • Lena Washington ’15 (Volleyball) • Maggie Wood ’15 (Cross Country) • Kate Worthy ’14 (Field Hockey) Second Team • Karen Aye ’15 (Soccer) • Erin Bistany ’14 (Volleyball) • Emily Carroll ’16 (Cross Country) • Denzel Dykes ’14 (Football) • Rachel Egan ’15 (Field Hockey) • Stephen Harlan ’15 (Soccer) • Ayron Monroe ’15 (Football) • Cooper Roark ’15 (Football) • Ashley Ventura ’17 (Soccer) • Jeanne Westney ’16 (Volleyball)

Varsity football kicker Joe Giglio ’14 raised $1,777 for the Kicking for the Dream program during the fall 2013 season.

Kicking for the Dream allows football kickers to raise awareness of and funding for the Colleen’s Dream Foundation, which supports research for the early detection of and improved treatment for ovarian cancer.

T hird Team • Kenny Brooks ’14 (Football) • Mason Gray ’15 (Football) • Noel Hijazi ’16 (Football) • Ashli Taylor ’14 (Volleyball) • Collin Wallish ’15 (Football) • Devin Williams ’14 (Football) Honorable Mention • Matthew Carey ’16 (Soccer) • Leo Confalone ’16 (Soccer) • Makela Davidson ’15 (Soccer) • Jo Fisher ’14 (Field Hockey) • Mary Kate Ford ’16 (Soccer) • Will Greening ’16 (Soccer) • Savohn Hunt ’16 (Football) • Alexis Landis ’14 (Soccer) • Billy McCaffrey ’14 (Football) • Mitch Mona ’15 (Football) • Maggie Naccarato ’14 (Field Hockey) • Scotty Washington ’15 (Football) • Taylor Williamson ’14 (Soccer) • Stephan Wolley ’14 (Football) • Anna Wright ’14 (Field Hockey)

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Girls’ Tennis: Undefeated Champions On Nov. 4, the SJC girls’ tennis team beat Paul VI in the WCAC championship match. This is the program’s third consecutive WCAC title and its seventh in the past eight years.

Although the Cadets were the team to beat this year, they found themselves behind in points during each round of the tournament. It was a familiar situation: in the last meeting with Paul VI, the Cadets came back from a 2-4 deficit to win 5-4. In that match, #1 doubles (Stephanie Miller ’15 and Shayna Brown ’16) and #2 doubles (Milan Graves ’15 and Michelle Bucher ’14) stepped up and swept the opponent for the team win. According to Coach Merritt Johnson, this was one of the toughest matches of the season.

On the final day of the WCAC tournament, the St. John’s tennis team faced

Paul VI again. Trailing by three points, the Cadets had to win most of the matches to take the championship. At the end of the singles matches, the Cadets pulled ahead by three points with wins from #1 Miller, #2 Graves and #5 Chloe Henderson ’16.

The #2 doubles duo of Graves and Bucher finished the match to decide the championship title. “Proud of the team and the way they fought in the finals,” said Coach Johnson. The team finished the 2013 season 8-0.

one of our goals of winning the WCAC, it was nice to see the looks on the players’ faces when they realized we were about to become the first-ever DC state champs.

It’s moments like that hopefully they’ll never forget,” said Head Coach Bill

Pribac. “I’m happy we were able to send the seniors off on a high note. Not too many teams have the opportunity to win their final game of the year. I’m glad this one gave the players a championship to be proud of.”

Volleyball Wins First-Ever DC Championship This fall, St. John’s varsity volleyball team won the inaugural Washington, DC, state championship. The girls swept Sidwell Friends School in the final round to earn their title, and Jeanne Westney ’16 was selected as the tournament’s Most Valuable Player.

The championship was a fitting end to a great season, and the team finished with a record of 21-7.

“As far as the season went, this team overcame a lot of adversity.

Though we didn’t attain

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Football Season in Review This article was contributed by the SJC football coaching staff.

Few observers would have predicted that the 2013 St. John’s football team would gain a berth in the conference championship. In fact, it had been a full 22 years since the Cadets played in a title game.

“We knew coming into the season that in order to make it to the championship we had to stick together as a family, and I think that’s what we did,” said tight end Devante Brooks ’16. “That same mentality will bring us back to the championship.”

The Cadets came up short in the end, falling to the nationally ranked DeMatha Stags in the title game. “The sting of the championship game still burns,” said Head Coach Joe Patterson ’93, “but the players will eventually be able to look back with satisfaction on what they accomplished this year.”

Their nine victories this season were the most by a Cadet team since SJC’s 1989 WMAC championship season (the Cadets won eight games in 1991, 2006 and 2007). Notable among those nine victories were back-to-back wins against archrival Gonzaga. In their longstanding football rivalry, St. John’s has never before beaten Gonzaga twice in the same season.

And the manner in which it was accomplished was truly unique: wins in consecutive weeks by identical scores, 17-10.

Going into the first game, Gonzaga and St. John’s had identical conference records, both perfect in conference play outside their respective losses to DeMatha. The site of the first matchup was the traditional venue of Blair High School, and again the schools played host to an over-capacity crowd.

Two plays stood out in that game as pivotal. The first came in the third quarter with the game tied, 10-10. St. John’s punter Joe Giglio ’14 stood at his own 38 yardline to receive the snap from center.

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Gonzaga seven yardline. Special teams sensation Tucker Strycharz ’16 separated the return man from the ball and then pounced on it in the endzone for the go-ahead score. “This year, I felt like we have been excited about our roles on special teams,” said Strycharz. “With that attitude all season, it only felt right that we could step up and score the

game-winning touchdown in one of the biggest games of the year.”

Still, the game was far from over. In the fourth quarter, Gonzaga ripped off a 40-yard run to advance the ball to the Cadet 15 yardline, setting up the first of seven consecutive red zone plays for the Eagles. Eventually, Gonzaga earned a first-and-goal at the five yardline. The St.

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John’s defense stiffened, though, repelling four straight runs, including a fourthdown stop by linebacker Mitch Mona ’15 at the one yardline. “I just saw the hole open, and I filled it as hard as I possibly could,” said Mona, whose relatives Cap Mona ’61, Joe Mona ’58, Gary Mona ’66 and Dave Krug ’64 all won football championships at St. John’s.

The second Gonzaga-St. John’s matchup was far more important than the first one, given what was at stake: a berth in the WCAC championship. For the first time in conference history, the semifinal matchups were played at a neutral site; so on a beautiful Sunday, the respective school communities converged at the University of Maryland’s Byrd Stadium.

“It was a really big stage,” said linebacker Maurice Harley ’14. “It was a testament to how hard we worked to that point.”

Gonzaga jumped out early, scoring on its third play from scrimmage on a long run. They added a field goal in the second quarter, establishing a 10-0 lead. From that point forward, the Cadet defense proved impenetrable. “Coach [Rashod] Gillespie did a fantastic job all season,” Patterson said of St. John’s defensive coordinator. “The guys played physically and fundamentally sound all season. The defense set the tone for everything we did this year.”

In fact, the Cadets finished the season with the top-ranked defense in the conference, allowing 11 points per game in the regular season conference games and just nine points per game when the four nonconference games are included. Defensive lineman Eric Assoua ’15 led the team with 11 sacks and 20.5 tackles for loss on the season. Assoua said the defense performed so well this season because “everybody was doing their assignments and trusting one another. We got it into our minds that people weren’t going to score on us.”

A 62-yard touchdown pass from Billy McCaffrey ’14 to Ayron Monroe ’15 and a 12-yard touchdown run by Omar Garcia ’15 put the Cadets ahead 14-10 before Giglio extended the lead to 17-10 with a field goal.

Gonzaga had one final shot: a Hail Mary pass from the 33 yardline on the game’s final play. Monroe and Denzel Dykes ’14 successfully defended the 6-foot-7 Gonzaga receiver, knocking the ball away to seal the victory.

The 2013 season had several other memorable moments. It began with St. John’s defeat of Calvert Hall of Baltimore, a team that beat St. John’s in each of the previous three seasons. That game was followed by a 42-0 win over Bullis, undefeated outside its loss to St. John’s.

The Cadets also had their first out-of-

state win since 2007, defeating the highly regarded Roman Catholic program in Philadelphia, 35-0.

Conference play began with a bitter 26-21 loss to DeMatha. SJC trailed 20-9 in the third quarter before clawing back to take a 21-20 fourth-quarter lead. “The guys battled hard as always, but we came up one play short in the end,” Patterson said.

The team responded by rattling off a six-game winning streak that included a 31-6 thumping of Good Counsel, who won the previous four WCAC championships.

“We came out prepared,” said lineman Sammy Francois ’14. “We left it all on the field. As seniors, we needed to go out with a bang by beating Good Counsel.”

Another key game was a week seven matchup against the McNamara Mustangs, who came into the game with a 5-1 record. McNamara held a 14-3 lead in the fourth quarter, but St. John’s scored touchdowns on its final two possessions to win. The first touchdown came on a two-yard run by Garcia. On the ensuing drive, the Mustangs advanced the ball all the way to the St. John’s six yardline but came away without any points. With just two minutes remaining, the Cadets mounted a 14-play scoring drive. Twice on the drive, St. John’s faced fourth down, and twice McCaffrey hooked up with Monroe for spectacular plays. The St. John’s College High School 15

Sports at St. John’s SJC Football: LEAVING IT ALL ON THE FIELD first was a 43-yard pass to the leaping Monroe on fourth and 13. The second was an 18-yard completion on fourth and nine, in which Monroe caught a tipped pass at the one yardline to set up senior quarterback Will Ulmer’s game-winning sneak.

Overall, the team can view 2013 as a successful season. Ulmer led the team in rushing for the second straight season. Monroe and fellow junior Scotty Washington led the team in receiving, and McCaffrey and Ulmer combined for 1,130 yards passing. Harley finished the season with 85 tackles, the most by a Cadet since Rico McCoy ’05 in 2004. Omar Truitt ’14

This Is Crew Culture As you walk around the halls at St. John’s, it may be difficult to recognize one of the many students who participate in the rowing sport known as crew. Crew members don’t use any identifying outerwear visible on the school uniform, but if you listen closely, you can hear the crew language. Words and phrases such as coxswain, fours, eights, hold water and swing it do not make sense to the untrained ear, but to Cadet crew members this language prepares them for competitive regattas. A sport in both the fall and spring seasons, crew has been offered as a club program

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notched six interceptions, the most since J.J. Johnson ’05 had seven in 2004. Giglio scored 56 points as a kicker, the best total by a kicker in more than a decade.

Patterson credits the team’s success to the tremendous attitude that the players brought to every practice and every off-season workout. He also noted the impact of several alumni coaches. Antwon Bailey ’08 took over this year as the offensive coordinator, and Aaron Richardson ’08 took over as the linebacker coach.

“Coaches Bailey and Richardson played here recently, so they have a

at St. John’s since 2008; in 2011, the program became a varsity sport.

In fall, crew races are called head races and are longer in time and length, lasting 15-20 minutes at distances of approximately 4,000 to 5,000 meters.

The spring season is all about speed.

Crews sprint race 1,500 meters for about six minutes. “There’s nothing quite like the adrenaline rush of racing,” said captain Grace Kim ’14.

This fall, the boys’ varsity eight (eight athletes in one boat) posted the program’s strongest finish at the Head of the Potomac regatta in September, finishing sixth out of 20 crews. The girls’ varsity four finished 17th out of 43 crews at the Head of the Schuylkill regatta in Philadelphia.

This is senior Bishop Snedden’s fourth year on the crew team and her second season as captain. She is interested in competing in college next year. “If a college sees you have rowed in high school, you automatically get extra consideration for being part of such a renowned, hard-

clear idea about what we’re trying to accomplish,” said Patterson. “They brought tremendous knowledge, work ethic and professionalism to the staff.” They joined a staff already replete with alumni, including Pat Ward ’93, who just finished his 14th season on the staff and coached in the Under Armour All-American Bowl on Jan. 2. Greg Burlin ’02, Mike Ward ’06 and Justin Molloy ’94 all served key roles on the varsity staff this year as well. “Having alumni serve as coaches creates a natural bridge across the generations of St. John’s football players,” Patterson observed.

The 2014 season will see the return of six offensive starters and six defensive starters, so the team has high hopes that competing for a championship could become a regular occurrence, especially since the freshman team only lost to one team this season. “There is momentum in the program right now,” Patterson said.

“We need to build on that.”

working culture,” Snedden said. College crew programs recognize St. John’s as a premier high school program. This fall, three female alumni are competing at Division I programs: Eva Baker ’13 is at the University of Rhode Island, Sophia Baker ’13 is at the University of Washington and Cassie Houy ’13 is at San Diego State University. Both Eva Baker and Houy signed National Letters of Intent in the fall of 2012.

Crew is a year-round commitment at St. John’s that provides the foundation to continue participating in college, and it creates lasting friendships. As a family, the crew program has rowed thousands of meters since its inception in 2008. “Crew is all about pushing yourself to the limit, and you do that with your teammates,” said captain Nolan Trouvé ’14. “You start together, finish together and win together.” Participating in crew at St. John’s is more than joining a team; it is joining the crew family and living the crew culture.

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his fall, quarterback Will Ulmer ’14 had a chance few high school athletes receive – he played for the WCAC championship in the same stadium where he’ll play football for the University of Maryland Terrapins next year.

Although the Cadets lost the championship game, they had an amazing fall season. One of the highlights for Will, and for the larger St. John’s community, was the team’s back-to-back victories over archrival Gonzaga. Will said his favorite moment of the season was running in a 70-yard touchdown and scoring the first points in the first Gonzaga game.

He has been playing football since he was 5 years old, always as a quarterback. He started off on the JV team as a freshman, but quickly moved up to varsity that same year. He began starting as a sophomore and has served as a leader on the team, “pushing [his] teammates for success and striving for the best.” He said he’s learned a lot about strategy and game planning from his coaches, which will serve him well in college.

“Will is an incredibly dynamic ballplayer, but his contributions to the team transcended what he did on the field.

He led by example, and his desire to win was infectious,” said Head Coach Joe Patterson ’93.

Although he visited nearly 30 colleges during his time at St. John’s, Will chose Maryland because he wanted to stay close to home in order to give back to his community. Giving back is important to him, and he regularly

volunteers as a mentor for younger students. “There are a lot of kids that aren’t blessed with the same opportunity I had. It’s just good to give back.”

Will said he has been lucky to have a number of caring mentors at St. John’s. One of those mentors is Rashod Gillespie, Benilde teacher and varsity defensive coordinator, who started working with Will on his college search when he was just a freshman. Gillespie accompanied the athlete on many college visits, once driving him nine hours to visit Syracuse University. They have also worked together on volunteer projects for the local community.

“Will is dedicated to being a good person. People see the success Will

has had on the football field, but what they do not see are the hours he has spent with me mentoring young men at the Emery Heights Recreation Center in Washington, DC,” Gillespie said. “Many of the young men that I mentor come from broken homes, and Will provides them with a positive younger role model that they can look up to and emulate. He always makes time to give of himself and has even volunteered many of his Sunday evenings in the spring to train and work out with the kids.”

This year, Will was chosen to play in the Under Armour All-American game in Orlando, FL, which he said was “a blessing. Not too many people get the opportunity, and it’s a big accomplishment.” He wasn’t the only St. John’s football representative this year; Pat Ward ’93, assistant athletic director and varsity offensive line coach, also coached in the game.

“Will is one of the most electrifying athletes that I have ever seen. But more importantly, he is a great kid and a fantastic person. I enjoyed sharing a great experience with a young man that I really respect,” Ward said.

Even as he focuses on the future, Will is also reflecting back on his time at SJC. He said he’ll miss St. John’s traditions and “ just being a Cadet, really.” This spring, Will plans to concentrate on getting stronger and bulking up for next fall. He’ll also be running track – specifically the 100and 200-meter dashes – to keep up his speed and wrap up his remarkable high school athletic career.

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olly Steuart ’14 loves to play hockey. At St. John’s, she’s been a key member of the varsity field hockey team for four years. This year, she joined the SJC ice hockey team and is one of only two girls on the squad.

Ice hockey came first for Lolly. She joined the Chevy Chase Club’s team in second grade and played for them through her sophomore year. Before picking up ice hockey, she’d been a figure skater. However, she found that she really enjoyed being part of a team and left the solo sport behind. She’s since played every position but goalie on the ice.

She took junior year off to focus on field hockey, but found she really missed the sport. She’s now playing left and right wing for the Cadets and is glad to be back on the ice, dusting off her old skills and working to improve them. “I’m excited to see where the team can go. We’ve got a whole lot of good players this year, and it looks like we can go far.”

Lolly discovered field hockey when she came to St. John’s. She’d played a little at her previous school, but she never thought field hockey would be the sport she’d play throughout high school. She made the varsity squad as a freshman and was one of the team’s three captains this fall. Lolly really focused on training in the spring of 2013, and her efforts paid off. She finished this season with nine goals and seven assists and earned First Team All-WCAC honors in 2012 and 2013.

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She was also named as the team’s offensive MVP for the last two seasons.

“Lolly is a naturally gifted field hockey player. Though I only had the opportunity to coach her for two seasons, I knew immediately that she was a special player,” said Head Coach Katie Grant. “Her dedication throughout the off-season elevated her level of play and set an example for her fellow SJC teammates. She was an on-field threat to every team we encountered and a leader for our team both on and off the field.”

This year’s team had a good run, finishing the season 8-8. Lolly said she is proud of how hard the team worked, and she enjoyed watching the

team improve and become a force to be reckoned with this fall. Although the girls lost to Holy Cross at home during the regular season, the SJC team fought hard and came close to beating them, which Lolly described as her favorite St. John’s athletic memory. She is happy to have left the team on a high note. “We came so far this year, and over the last four years we’ve grown so much. I’m hoping that next year they can keep going forward and improving.”

Lolly said one of the best parts of being a captain this year was helping her teammates improve and feeling as though she was able to teach them something. She also learned a lot from her coaches about being a leader and always striving to play at her highest level. “You can feel that you’re doing your best, but you can still excel and go farther. No matter how good you are, you can still get better.”

As her time at St. John’s comes to a close, she said what she’ll miss most is “being a part of a team and having teammates to look out for you.”

Although Lolly hasn’t settled on which college she’ll be attending next year, she’s hoping to continue to play both kinds of hockey in the future.

“Lolly is extremely passionate and competitive, but she also truly enjoys her time on the field, which is a unique balance to find in an athlete,” Grant said. “She was an absolute pleasure to coach, and I know that her many talents will lead her to success beyond St. John’s.”

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Class of 2014 Athletes Commit to Play in College This November, 17 seniors from the SJC baseball, basketball and lacrosse programs committed to college athletics. St. John’s is proud of these young men and women who have excelled during their time as Cadets. Congratulations to: • Bubba Anderson (Lacrosse) – University of Vermont • Darian Anderson (Basketball) – Fairleigh Dickinson University • Jake Bernstein (Baseball) – Georgetown University • Darian Bryant (Basketball) – George Washington University • Tre Campbell (Basketball) – Georgetown University • Molly Flores (Lacrosse) – Manhattan College • Robbie Heffron (Lacrosse) – Hood College • Nate Howard (Lacrosse) – University of Vermont • Brodie Leftridge (Baseball) – University of Tennessee • Will Martin (Lacrosse) – Union College • James Mitchell (Basketball) – St. Thomas Aquinas College • Mike Morsell (Basketball) – Towson University • James Palmer (Basketball) – University of Miami • Jake Pawela (Lacrosse) – Wagner College • Adrian Peralta (Baseball) – Concord University • Britani Stowe (Basketball) – Eastern Michigan University • Bo Williams (Baseball) – Catholic University

From left: Jake Bernstein, Brodie Leftridge, Adrian Peralta and Bo Williams.

Front row, from left: Bubba Anderson, Nate Howard, Molly Flores and Jake Pawela; back row: Robbie Heffron and Will Martin.

From left: Darian Anderson, Mike Morsell, Tre Campbell, Britani Stowe, James Palmer, James Mitchell and Darian Bryant.

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An Educational Revolution St. John’s New 1:1 iPad Program Has Evolved The Way We Educate Students

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his fall, St. John’s took a giant step forward in educational technology by equipping each of the school’s 1,090 students and 90 faculty members with a schoolowned iPad. This 1:1 iPad program has

revolutionized the way students learn at St. John’s – they are more organized, engaged and creative with their schoolwork. The iPads are also an effective tool for teachers, saving time and allowing them to expand their classrooms in new and exciting ways.

This initiative was two years in the making. In 2011, the school formed a 21st Century Educational Initiative Task Force to explore new ways of fully integrating technology into the St. John’s curriculum. The task force determined that tablets would be the best possible technology for the St. John’s community.

These educational tools provide multiple platforms for teaching and learning, allow for real-time assessment and feedback, streamline the organization of notes and classroom materials and give students and teachers the freedom to work from any location while still remaining connected to each other.

St. John’s implemented a pilot program during the 2012-13 school year that included 260 students across all grade levels and 13 teachers in seven academic departments, and participating teachers noticed immediate improvement in their students’ organization, focus and achievement. In February 2013, the St. John’s Board of Trustees unanimously voted to implement a school-wide program for the 2013-14 school year.

This year, iPads have been integrated into every aspect of a St. John’s education. From the classroom to the library, art studio and music room, these tablets have enhanced each student’s educational journey. “We strongly believe that technology is an essential component of a comprehensive secondary education.

The future of education is not to ‘add on’ technology, but to have seamless integration in the classroom,” said St. John’s President Jeff Mancabelli.

Organization

One of the most immediate effects of the iPad integration was a sharp increase in student organization. Before this fall, students had multiple notebooks, binders and textbooks for their classes. With notes, worksheets, flash cards, presentations and other hard copy materials to organize and store, some students spent a lot of time searching for the documents they needed. However, the iPad allows them to easily store all of those materials digitally in one place.

Apps like Notability and Showbie serve as digital organizers for student work. In Notability, students can create separate files for each subject’s notes that are then organized by tab; for example, within their English file they might have tabs for class notes, vocabulary terms and essay research. They can easily search within and navigate each subject’s materials, so they don’t have to search through pages and pages of notes to find a particular piece of St. John’s College High School 21

information. “It’s really about learning to use all of the help available to them. I’m teaching my freshmen how much they can get out of it and how it can make their lives better, easier and more organized,” said veteran English teacher Bro. Martin Zewe, FSC. Showbie allows teachers to assign, collect and grade student work digitally, and it stores each student’s assignments for quick review. Student work is time-stamped, and teachers can review the work on their iPads and return it digitally. This allows teachers to use class time more effectively. “It has revolutionized the way we turn in homework. Electronic submission is brilliant – it solves the problem of using class time to review homework and they always have it in front of them, even after it’s been submitted,” said Brian McCarthy, Science Department chair.

“ It’s really about learning to use all of the help available to them. I’m teaching my freshmen how much they can get out of it and how it can make their lives better, easier and more organized.”

Teachers also distribute most of their class materials digitally, using apps like Notability or Dropbox. Students can save the materials to their iPad and take notes directly onto the digital handouts or presentations. For Vicki Melin’s AP Art History class, students used to make dozens of flash cards for the artwork they studied. Now they can embed photos directly into their notes, allowing for more effective study and less paper waste. “The iPad’s note-taking features allow my students to study in a more userfriendly, effective way. Since they’ve been using the iPad, I’ve seen a steady improvement in their test scores,” Melin said.

Electronic Books

The introduction of eBooks has also significantly impacted the learning experience. This year, more than 85 percent of the required textbooks were available digitally. This saved St. John’s families a significant amount of money, as eBooks are much less expensive. For example, the freshman and sophomore science books cost only $15 this year; last year each textbook cost about $100. Electronic books also save students time and effort. Gone are the days of lugging around backpacks full of heavy textbooks; most students need only their tablet for both class and homework. For subjects like science, where the textbooks were so large that teachers often did not require students to bring them to class, this has completely changed the classroom environment.

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eBooks allow students to take learning to a new level. In addition to the traditional text, they include embedded features such as videos, audio recordings, step-by-step tutorials, animated diagrams and self-assessments. Using these books, students can highlight passages and add annotations and notes directly to the text. Math and science students can watch as problems are solved and diagrammed, and videos help illustrate difficult concepts. For English students, audio recordings explain literary themes and the embedded dictionary provides the meaning of any word with just one touch. Foreign language students can listen to recordings for word pronunciation and usage and test their comprehension, all from their tablet.

Collaboration

The introduction of tablet technology has also allowed for more collaboration. For group projects, students can connect instantly to easily share data and work remotely on the same document. It has also opened up new ways for students and teachers to collaborate. English teacher Ben Hatton has employed a blog for the last few years to spur student-led discussions, but he said that the iPad makes this kind of collaboration much easier. Students complete reading assignments and then submit questions to Hatton, who posts them to the blog. They are required to discuss and answer those questions online as a class, and the online conversation continues during class time. “This way, the learning process doesn’t have to end when you leave campus,” Hatton said.

Scott Camillo uses an online wiki to facilitate collaboration in his AP US History classes. Using this web application, students work together to define vocabulary terms and outline essay questions. Each student is required to contribute equally, and the class shares both the responsibility for completing the work and the final grade. At the end of the year, Camillo hopes the students will be able to create a review guide for their AP exam using the notes they’ve created as a class. “Creative construction is at the core of social studies, and with the latest tools, our students can now learn through expansive collaborative and individual projects. They can develop new digital literacy skills to learn from, contribute to and take ownership of a vast trove of human experience and records, with which they are now instantly connected. It’s an exciting time to be a student and a teacher at St. John’s,” Camillo said.

Communication

iPads have made it significantly easier for teachers and students to communicate outside of class. Each St. John’s student was issued a school email address this year, which they can use to communicate with each other and with their instructors.

In addition, the iPad also allows for other forms of communication. For example, Melin uses the iCal feature to provide her students with an overview of upcoming class subjects and assignments that they can download directly to their iPads. Students (and parents) need only subscribe to her public calendar, which also includes embedded Dropbox files for class presentations, handouts and videos. Subcribers

receive immediate notification when she makes a change to the course schedule. “My students like it because it all happens instantly on their iPad. They are more comfortable because they always know exactly what is expected of them and when their deadlines fall,” Melin said.

Meaningful Feedback

One of the iPad’s best features is that it provides so many ways for teachers to give students meaningful feedback. When students submit their work electronically, teachers can use their tablets to grade that work directly on their iPad and return it much more quickly. Students then have their work and their teacher’s comments available on their tablet at any time.

Some SJC teachers are using the iPad to take their reviews a step further. Virginia Avetisian, English teacher and instructional technology specialist, uses the Explain Everything app to provide each student with individual critiques of their papers. Explain Everything allows users to record both their voice and their actions on the screen; in this case, Avetisian’s students can hear her articulate her thought process aloud as she writes comments on their work.

Students can watch the recording as needed to fully understand her critique and incorporate it into their work, which in turn helps them improve their writing. “Giving students video feedback puts the power of learning in their hands, because they have meaningful input from their teacher that they can review when it is convenient for them at a pace that is comfortable for them,” Avetisian explained.

“ Creative construction is at the core of social studies, and with the latest tools our students can now learn through expansive collaborative and individual projects.”

Flipped Classroom

The concept of flipping the classroom is a relatively new trend in education, but some St. John’s teachers have found that the iPad makes it easy for them to implement this idea in their classes. The flipped classroom inverts the traditional educational model. Rather than listening to their teacher lecture during class time, students instead watch a video of the lecture the night before as homework, and class time is spent on discussion and coursework.

Physics teacher Greg Sesny began flipping his classroom during last year’s iPad Pilot Program. He uses the Explain Everything app to record his voice and presentation together, and the students watch the video as homework. Then during class, the students work on assignments with Sesny there to serve as a resource for questions. He said that for his students, homework St. John’s College High School 23

“ With the iPads, the classroom walls don’t end on the property – they extend. So we’re able to offer the opportunity to learn beyond just a 41-minute block.”

is the hardest part of the class. He feels that having him there gives his students more confidence when completing their work, and then more homework gets completed at a higher level. “With the iPads, the classroom walls don’t end on the property – they extend. So we’re able to offer the opportunity to learn beyond just a 41-minute block,” Sesny said.

Kristin Turner ’08 also employs the flipped classroom for her Spanish students. She records a lesson for each new language concept using Explain Everything and stores them in her Dropbox. These five- to seven-minute videos are then available for any student who has to miss class or who just needs some extra help with a difficult concept. “It makes them feel more independent and gives them the power to identify their weaker areas and address them at their own pace,” Turner explained.

Research

One of the biggest advantages to the tablets is that they allow St. John’s students to access the Fitzpatrick Library’s wealth of resources at any time. From their tablet, they can log into the school’s 10 interactive Gale databases and research topics for virtually any subject. In addition, students can access the Facts on File and Grolier databases online from the St. John’s website, as well as the library’s electronic card catalog.

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Research projects that used to require days spent in the library, with students searching for materials and sharing resources, can now be completed in much less time from any location with a Wi-Fi connection. “It’s great because every student has the library in their hands. Having the iPad streamlines the research process so they can concentrate on writing and creating meaningful work,” said Laura Turowski, director of library services.

Using their tablets and the school-wide Wi-Fi, students have instant access to the Internet. This allows them to easily research current events from the classroom, and it also gives instructors the chance to teach their classes about how to gather and interpret the deluge of information available online.

Simply obtaining information is not enough; they must also gain knowledge. And while the iPad’s capabilities for social networking, texting and messaging are positive features in the classroom, students must also learn how sharing information this way can negatively impact their lives. “Our students have grown up in the digital age. This presents an opportunity for us, as educators, to guide their decision-making process.

Obviously, we strive to help them understand productive and appropriate ways to use the Web for research, but good digital citizenship is as much about what young adults put on the Web as it is about what they view. We help our students understand the importance of creating a positive online profile and the far-reaching impact that their life online can have on their reputations and very real personal relationships,” said Chris Themistos, assistant principal of academic affairs.

The Arts

In St. John’s visual arts classes, students use their iPads to create digital art and photograph the three-dimensional art they produce. Tiffany Mills’ design classes complete almost all of their work exclusively on their iPads using the ArtRage app. This program simulates real-world materials, such as pencils, markers, crayons, palette knives, airbrushes and even oil paints that build in the same way physical oil paints do.

Although there’s no substitute for learning traditional artistic skills, the iPad makes certain tasks easier and gives students a new medium in which to create. “I think that creating art on the iPad is giving the students a more complete picture of the art world at the present time. In particular for our design

New Possibilities

“ It’s great because every student has the library in their hands. Having the iPad streamlines the research process so they can concentrate on writing and creating meaningful work.”

students, introducing the iPad has opened up possibilities that weren’t there before. For example, students are able to work faster, thus creating more art that is still well executed; given the time available in the class, this was never possible before,” Mills said.

The performing arts have also incorporated the iPad into their work. All of the instrumental ensembles use the Tunable app, which serves as an electronic tuner and is more accurate than many pocket tuners. This summer, director of Bands Ken Hammann created electronic files of this year’s sheet music that he loaded to his Homework Central page, which students can access on their iPad as needed for practice. He also has his students record and submit their playing tests, which used to take up a lot of valuable rehearsal time, on their iPads.

Introducing the iPads into the St. John’s curriculum has opened up many new and exciting possibilities for St. John’s educators.

French teacher Sharyn Moreau has been able to engage her students with creative assignments that help them to better grasp the language. Her students create animated presentations using Doceri, and they make their own eBooks using the Notability app. For St. John’s French Week this fall, her classes wrote, filmed and edited short movies on their tablets, which Moreau then posted online for students’ friends and family to vote on. “The iPad has allowed a variety of ways for students to be creative. It also allows us to show not just the St. John’s community what we’re doing, but also to show the outside world and even to collaborate with other schools,” Moreau said.

In the Science Department, the iPads have allowed instructors to elevate lab work to a new level. The school uses equipment from a company called PASCO, which has developed an app that allows students to download lab measurements directly from the equipment to their iPads. Students can then graph the data and analyze trends on their tablet. Because they are connecting directly to the instruments, the data is much more precise; for example, the thermometers are accurate to a tenth of a degree.

“With this robust data, our students can use the same statistical tools employed by professional scientists. Having an iPad in the hands of every student opens up even more possibilities to tap into the cutting-edge technology that’s changing the way scientists study the world around us,” McCarthy said.

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Cadets At Large:

David Burroughs ’59 Every day, David Burroughs ’59 goes to work on one of the largest railroad systems in the world – model railroads, that is. He owns the Roads and Rails Museum (www.roadsnrails.com) in Frederick, MD, which is home to the world’s fourth-largest model railroad.

Burroughs built the display, which is approximately 127 feet long and 22 feet wide, with the help of his sons, David ’88, John ’95 and Matt ’98, and architectural modeler Bill Gardner. The display goes well beyond just the model trains that run throughout the space. Together they created an entire world that includes cities, mountains, deserts, forests, islands, lakes, rivers, caves and even a working volcano.

The model is full of intricate detail, and it would surely require multiple visits to see everything. Throughout the display there are animated vignettes – cars move, children swing, construction workers dig and amusement park rides light up and whirl – that help bring the model to life.

There are familiar DC landmarks to spot, such as Union Station and the 9:30 Club, as well as fictional locations, including Dunder Mifflin Paper Company (“The Office”), The Drunken Clam (“Family Guy”) and even the Cobra Kai Dojo (“The Karate Kid”).

Working in such painstaking detail, it took the men almost five years to complete the display and open the museum. In 2007, Burroughs sold the company he’d owned for 30 years, Visual One Systems, a computer firm that specialized in automating hotels and restaurants. He said he saw the recession coming and wanted to get out ahead of it. That’s when he put into motion his plans to open the museum.

Burroughs grew up in Bethesda, MD, as did his sons and daughter. However, he’d always loved Frederick, which he likens to Montgomery County 20 years ago. In 2000, he and his wife relocated to Frederick, and in 2001 he moved his business headquarters there. He found the perfect location for his museum in 2009, and the family moved the 26 Scarlet&Grey Winter 2014

Top: David Burroughs ’59 owns the Roads and Rails Museum, home to the fourth-largest model railroad in the world. Left: Burroughs created the museum with the help of his sons. From left: Matt ’98, David ’59, David ’88 and John ’95.

models they’d been building to the new site to complete their work.

The Roads and Rails Museum opened in 2011, and it’s been a success – in 2012, they welcomed 20,000 visitors, and Burroughs said they increased that number in 2013. In addition to the model railroad, the museum has an entire room dedicated to intricate LEGO models, some of which are more than 30 years old. They are currently working on a new car display that showcases “orphan cars,” all of which are the last of their line. Some of the classic car lines visitors will see when it opens in 2014 include Studebaker, Kaiser, Chrysler, Packard, Hudson, Edsel and even a DeLorean.

Although the museum appeals to visitors of all ages, their clientele falls heavily into two categories: preschoolers and senior citizens. Burroughs said the senior citizens enjoy it because they, too, grew up building

models. The preschoolers love to watch the trains, especially the Thomas the Tank Engine display. The museum also hosts birthday parties, typically one or even two each weekend; in addition to children’s parties, they recently hosted a birthday party for an 88-year-old model railroad enthusiast.

Burroughs has been interested in models for many years, and he considers model building to be an art. This museum is a labor of love for him, and he enjoys the detail that goes into creating such intricate work.

However, the Burroughs men don’t take themselves too seriously, which is apparent in the many jokes and pop culture references they sprinkle into their work. They truly enjoy their work and Burroughs is happy to be able to share it with the community.

“Art can be two-dimensional with oil and canvas, but I like my art to be threedimensional. When you mix into that the fourth dimension of movement, I believe it’s as good as any art museum,” Burroughs said. “It’s fun to be in a business in which you hear children laughing. But I’m also a business man, and it’s good business when you can get people to pay to see what you’ve created!”

Alumni Action

Alumni Council: Recent and Upcoming Events After a busy fall season featuring a host of alumni events that included reunions, the Homecoming Fifth Quarter, the Thanksgiving Eve Party and two Meet the Coaches events, the Alumni Council is pleased to announce that Raul Fernandez ’84 will be the speaker at this year’s alumni luncheon on Friday, Jan. 31.

The Events Committee is delighted to welcome Fernandez as this year’s guest speaker. He is a distinguished St. John’s alumnus and businessman who is the chairman of ObjectVideo and vice chairman of Monumental Sports and Entertainment.

He is also an avid philanthropist and currently serves on the boards for America’s Promise, DC College Access Program, DC Public Education Fund, Fight for Children and the Fernandez Foundation.

This February, a third Meet the Coaches event will be held at Caddies in Bethesda, MD. Attendees will have the chance to meet SJC coaches Mark Gibbs ’96 (baseball), Danny Phillips ’94 (boys’ lacrosse) and Aubrey Andre (girls’

Alumni enjoyed another successful Thanksgiving Eve Party this fall.

lacrosse). Like the fall events, it is also an opportunity to interact with fellow alumni at an alumni-owned establishment. Happy hour drink prices will be available and appetizers will be provided.

The Alumni Council has also been working to expand online social networking opportunities for SJC alumni

in order to improve communications, as well as mentoring the 2014 alumni reunion committees. It also welcomed new members Matt Martin ’91 and Maria Wright ’97 this fall thanks to the efforts of the Nominating Committee, which seeks out qualified candidates to join the Council.

De La Salle Legacy Society St. John’s is blessed by the philanthropy of its alumni, families and friends. Their generosity ensures that the school remains a leader in Catholic education while also providing for St. John’s future through a robust endowment and state-of-the-art facilities.

“My husband and I are grateful that our sons were able to attend St. John’s College High School and be educated in the Lasallian tradition. I want to make it possible for other families to choose St. John’s and enable their children to have the same opportunities in the future.”

–Mary Ellen Hrutka, PhD Parent 1991 and 1995, Trustee 2004-13 The De La Salle Legacy Society secures St. John’s future through planned gifts and provides another option for charitable giving. The most common type of planned gift is a bequest, but there are other opportunities that can provide income to you or to your loved ones, as well as capital gains and estate tax relief.

If you are interested in learning more about charitable trust gift annuities, retained life estates or pooled income funds, please contact Tom Veith, associate director of development, at tveith@stjohnschs.org or 202-364-0229, ext. 1078.

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A Golden Celebration: How St. John’s Graduates Celebrate 50 Years as Alumni Each year, St. John’s welcomes back classes celebrating important milestones in their lives as alumni. While all reunions allow our graduates to reconnect with their classmates and with St. John’s, the 50th reunion is a special celebration that commemorates both the achievements of the class and the special place they hold in the life of the school.

The celebration is traditionally held during commencement in late May or early June. The events are planned for Thursday and Friday so that the reunion doesn’t conflict with graduations, weddings and other weekend events that can make it harder for alumni to return.

A committee of class volunteers works closely with the St. John’s Development Office to plan the event, giving their time and energy to ensure the events are wellattended, well-planned and enjoyable.

Bob Shaffer ’62 helped plan his 50th reunion in 2012, and he said it was one of the best parts of the entire experience. “I was on the committee with six other guys, and that was in itself an awful lot of fun.

We were able to renew the friendships that had existed back in school.”

The kick-off event is a class dinner held on Thursday night to welcome everyone back. It’s usually held on campus, with a cocktail hour on the patio and a delicious dinner served in the Vaghi Dining Room.

This event allows everyone to rekindle their friendships and catch up on each other’s lives, even if they haven’t seen each other since graduation.

“It was very nice. It brought back fond memories and good laughs. It was good to follow up and see how people’s families are doing and where they’ve moved on to since graduating from high school,” said Rick Roberts ’63, who helped plan last year’s 50th reunion.

On Friday morning, attendees can take guided tours of the campus before the traditional medal ceremony. The medal ceremony, held in the De La Salle Chapel, allows the class to remember those who 28 Scarlet&Grey Winter 2014

The Class of 1963 celebrated their 50th reunion in 2013.

have passed away and to celebrate 50 years of friendship with their classmates. Each attendee receives a medal from the school to commemorate the occasion. Shaffer said he wrapped his reunion medal around his St. John’s saber when he returned home.

“Now my saber represents both 50 years ago and the anniversary of the graduation.”

After the medal ceremony, the class is transported in comfort to the National Shrine of the Basilica for St. John’s commencement service. Members of the reunion class are active participants in the ceremony, processing in immediately after the graduating class and sitting on the left-hand side of the altar during the service.

“I kind of remember these guys from when I was there, seeing these old codgers, and here I am one! It was fun in that regard,” Shaffer said. “To be able to sit up on the sanctuary of the cathedral was a real treat and a real honor. The whole ceremony was very impressive.”

During graduation, the reunion class is recognized for their achievements

and contributions to both St. John’s and the larger community. Including these alumni makes the occasion special for them and for the graduating class; the seniors catch a glimpse of their future, and the alumni reflect back on their own graduation and all that they have accomplished in the last 50 years.

“To be a part of the actual graduation ceremony and have one of my classmates say the Mass was quite over the top! The way the people responded to our presence, it made you feel good to know that you’ve come back after 50 years and you’re still a major part of the St. John’s family,” Roberts said.

The alumni process out of the service with the faculty and return to campus for a cocktail party, the reunion’s final event, which provides a final chance to come together as a class and make plans to stay in touch in the future. In the end, the graduates’ bond is strengthened, ensuring they will stay connected to each other and to the school for many years to come.

Alumni Action

The Hannan Banquet: An Evening To Remember On Nov. 7, St. John’s held its biannual Hannan Banquet to recognize four men who have given extraordinary service to the school. Lou Donatelli ’52, Al Merritt ’58, Joe Borger ’76 and Bro. Tom Gerrow, FSC, were each honored for their work and presented with the President’s Medal, St. John’s highest accolade.

Attendees enjoyed dinner and drinks at the Columbia Country Club in Chevy Chase, MD, and heard remarks from the honorees and from St. John’s President Jeff Mancabelli, Beverly Merritt, Doug Donatelli ’79 and John Magnolia ’66.

All proceeds from the banquet support the Archbishop Philip M. Hannan ’31 Endowed Scholarship Fund.

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CLASS OF 1943

ST. JOHN’S COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL CALL TO REMEMBER

Call to Remember is the complete list of names (to date) of St. John’s alumni who have served in the Armed Forces. We greatly appreciate and honor their service and the sacrifices they have made to protect our freedom and our country.

If your name or the name of someone you know is missing from this list, please email Lori Martin at lmartin@stjohnschs.org.

CLASS OF 1924

Robert Connor-USN*

CLASS OF 1926

Francis P. Hannan-USA*

CLASS OF 1928

Joseph Batch-USA

CLASS OF 1931

Philip M. Hannan-USA*

CLASS OF 1932

Walter Dosh-USN August Kramm-USA William H. Mahoney, Jr.-USNR** Bernard A. Schwartz-USA, USMC, USCG, UAF*

CLASS OF 1933

Walter Mess-USA

CLASS OF 1934

Robert Griffin-USA

CLASS OF 1935

Francis A. Gaegler-USA* John W. Stadtler-USCG*

CLASS OF 1936

Richard Hamilton-USAF John Law-USN* Albert Listchgi-USA Joseph Mickey-USN James Rice-USA

CLASS OF 1937

Ralph Carrello-USA** John Hepburn-USA

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John Oberg-USAF Joseph Plattner-USN John J. Toomey-USA*

CLASS OF 1938

Yates Boswell-USAF George H. Cain-USA* Gerald Eakle-USAF James V. Earley-USCG* James A Geibel-USA* Denis T. Hannan-USA* Francis G. Naughten-USN George Joesph Nesline-USA* James Roland-USA* (KIA)

CLASS OF 1939

Frances Aluisi-USMC Judson Lincoln, SR-USAF Berbard Rehkopf-USAF Daniel Williams-USN

CLASS OF 1940

Francis Gardner-USMC Daniel Murphy-USA

CLASS OF 1941

Raymond Agricola-USN* Samuel Flickinger-USN Edward C. Gibbs-USA* Robert T. Schroth-USN* Joseph C. Smith Joseph F. Zimmer-USA*

CLASS OF 1942

William Ford-USA Richard Giebel-USA John H. McGovern, Jr. Joseph Weisgerber

Dr. Clarence Gibbs-USN** Charles McCallum-USMC Clarence J. Ruppert-USA* Paul J. Stadtler-USA*

CLASS OF 1944

William S. Logan-USMC* Jim McNamara-USA* Dominic W. Russell-USA*

CLASS OF 1945

Ricardo Alvarado-USAF James Fleishell-USCG Eugene F. Smallwood-USA (KIA)

CLASS OF 1946

William D. Austermann-USA** Francis X. Gaegler, Jr.-USMC Joseph F. Kenkel-USAR* John Madigan-USA Robert McGovern-USA (KIA) Donald J. Mclaughlin-USA William Shaw-USA

CLASS OF 1947

Jack Baden-USA* Anthony G. Bohorfoush-USMC* Edward Boucher-USN William Flanery-USN Lee Ford-USN Samuel Jackson-USAF* Joseph R. Marsden-USA*

CLASS OF 1948

James Holloway-USA George E. Jarboe-USAF Jerome McGovern-USA (KIA) Harry B. McLaughlin-USA Harry J. McNerney Jr.-USA William McVeigh-USN William Riley-USMC J. Wilson-USAF

CLASS OF 1949

Jerome J. Crane-USA John Crown-USA William Epling-USA** Samuel Fields-USAF** Donald Gormely-USN Charles Hohmn-USAF Frank Jiminez-USAF Raymond Lash-USA Arthur J. Murray-USAF William K. Quinter-USAF* Donald N. Sliwicki-USA

David “Doonie” Waldron-USN* Timothy Wallace-USN** John T. Williams-USAF

CLASS OF 1950

Donald J. Brannon-USAF* Charles Brown-USAF* Timothy Conner-USAF Baron Fredricks-USAF** Eugene Henry-USAF George L’Heureux* James A. Konouck-USA John C. Reilly, Jr.-USNR George B. Werle-USN

CLASS OF 1951

Richard Dowell-USAF John L. Finnegan-USAF James D. Hannan-USNR* John B. Kelly-USA** James E. Kenkel-USN H. Robert Morris-USAF Donald F. Nalley-USA John Paterson-USAF Roger Shriver-USA

CLASS OF 1952

Thomas J. Anessi-USAF** Howard R. Boose III-USA** Thoedore Burns-USAF Christian Dreyer-USAF Louis Grimmnitz-USAF George Lanman-USN Charles F. Lay-USAR John R. McIntyre-USAF Thomas A. Neal-USAF** Nicholas Poulos-USA Donald Press-USA William J. Retzbach, Jr-USAF Joseph H. Wubbord III-USCG

CLASS OF 1953

Ronald Beckwith-USMC Ronald Caporaletti-USA Bernard Davall-USA Charles Grey-USAF

USA – U.S. ARMY USN – U.S. NAVY USAF – U.S. AIR FORCE USCG – U.S. COAST GUARD USAR – U.S. ARMY RESERVE USMC – U.S. MARINE CORPS * SERVED IN WAR ** SERVED IN WAR AND 20-PLUS YEARS OF SERVICE KIA – KILLED IN ACTION

Alumni Action

Tom Finnegan-USCG John DeMarco-USAF John C. Lay-USAR** Warren S. Smith-USA** William Wayland-USMC

CLASS OF 1954

John Burns-USN Brian Cunnignham-USN* George A. Derkum-USAF* Angelo A. Floria-USN Joseph R. Holland-USMC Richard Klix-USAF** John Lieske-USNR Edward McNamara-USMC* Philip Mudd-USN* Michael Murtaugh-USN* Jerome Paull-USMC Charles Reich-USA David N. Rogers-USN** Denis Reily-USMC Thomas Smyth-USMC

CLASS OF 1955

Richard Baden-USN Harry G. Bennett-USMC Richard Burns-USAF* Michael Carns-USAF** Josheph Claffy-USA* James Fitzpatrick-USA Jack Goldthrope-USCG Edward Anthony Grimm-USMC** George A. Knudsen-USMC Thomas G. Maleady-USMC John McNerney-USA** Andrew O’Meara-USA** Kevin O’Neil-USA** Arthur M. Pomponio-USA John J. Quinn-USA* Michael Paul Raum-USN Michael Ross-USMC Hurbert Servis-USA Anthony Springer-USA* Frederic Strub-USAF Edward Talbot-USA Richard Tammaro-USMC Joseph Ward-USAR

CLASS OF 1956

Brian Baldwin-USAF* Ed Clexton-USN** Paul T. Cornwell-USAR Eurich Z. Griffin-USAF Joe Jaap-USN Hugh A. Smith-USMC James Webb-USMC

Ralph Burr-USA** John Coon-USAF Anthony Giaquinta-USMCR Peter L. Huber-USMCR James V. Kimsey-USA Joseph B. Kuhns-USN Robert Harper-USN William E. Lacy, Jr.-USMCR Fausto Marino-USMCR Michael Moynahan-USN James S. Needham-USMC** Manny Pena-USA William M. Rakow-USMC** H. Michael Rankin-USA** James E. Schwartz-USN Edward Spellacy-USAF John Talbott-USMC* Michael D. Vanech-USMC Malcolm Wehrung-USMC** James Wimsatt-USN

Louis DeHenry-USA Kevin Dillon-USN Russell N. Finn-USA** John Flynn-USA* Hugh Gillogly-USN Charles Hoover-USA Robert M. Kuhns-USA Paul Marks-USA* Michael Murphy-USA* Robert H. Passman-USAF Thomas F. Quinn-USNR William Rimm-USA** Michael Ryan-USMC Paul Shahady-USAF Herman Shipman-USN Michael Sivigny-USA Robert I. Smith-USN** Raymond M. Soo-USAF John W. Stadtler, Jr.-USMC* Charles Stevenson-USAF Cyril L. Thiel, Jr.-USNR

CLASS OF 1958

CLASS OF 1961

CLASS OF 1957

John Boehm-USA Jim Burke-USN* Byron Craig-USN Robert Evinger-USAF Robert Fletcher-USMC Robert Gibson-USMC John Heister-USMC George W. Irving III-USAF** Peter S. Maroulis-USMC Thomas O’Day-USA*

CLASS OF 1959

James “Curly” Combs-USAR* Robert E. Copes III-USA Walter J. Costello-USMC** Steve George-USA* (KIA) James Goldthorpe-USA** Patrick Lanigan-USMCR Phil Leslie-USMC** Joseph Liberti Joseph Lyon-USMC Frank Martorano-USN Andrew Oehmann-USA Ed Quinn-USAR Thomas Timmes-USA**

CLASS OF 1960

Robert A. Andretta-USN* Richard Amato-USAR Robert Bieber-USA Jerome Butler-USAF Dan Carney-USA* John B. Comeau-USAF

CLASS OF 1963

Berbard Auth-USN Gene T. Bushey-USAF* C. Timothy Corcoran III-USN** Dennis Doyle-USAR* Robert Emmet-USA* Charles F. Hannan-USNR** Herb Harback-USA *(Ret) Gordon E. Hadlow-USAF* Michael Ingelido-USAF Paul Kennedy-USN* Joseph P. Lynch-USNR* John T. Peak-USAR Jorge C. Pulupa-USA* John (Jack) J. Toomey-USN* Michael Zens-USAF

CLASS OF 1964

David Arensdorf-USA James J. Boarman-USAF John Collins-USN Jeremiah F. Costello-USAF (KIA) Richard Costello-USMC* Benjamin Fishburne III-USA* Kenneth R. Granata, Jr-USA** Carl Kauffmann-USN Jay Keegan-USAF John Mattina-USA** Martin F. McAlwee-USAF** Pat McCracken-USMC* John McIntosh, Jr.-USAF* Joseph C. Missar-USMC*(KIA) Timothy Russell-USN* John Sakaley-USA* John K. Trainor-USMC*

Joseph J. Basilone-USMC Chris Beverley-USMC* William P. Boswell-USAF Jay Brzezanski-USA* Kevin Callanan-USMC* Patrick Cassidy-USMC George B. Colgan-USA(KIA) James G. Fishburne-USA* Richard G. Gardner-USA (KIA) Josephy M. Kelly-USMC (KIA) William Kenealy-USA* William F. Kernan-USA** Fred Klare-USA* Michael Lott-USMC Brian McHugh-USA James W. Moore-USMC* J. James O’Donnell-USMC* Richard Riley-USN Michael Stout-USA David Terrar-USA William J. Vought-USA* David Yost-USNR

CLASS OF 1962

CLASS OF 1965

Thomas Barry-USMC Melvin Bayne-USAF** Jerome R. Brown-USAF* Larry Comella-USA* Mike Cushman-USAF Paul Flood-USAF William Hallahan-USAF Charles P. Maloney III-USMC* Donald J. Mattarro-USA (KIA) Gerald McAteer-USA* Charles J. McCoy-USAF** Henry McIntyre-USAF Louis J. Parkhurst-USA William J. Schwieder-USA

William J. Bahr-USA* William J. Boehm-USA (KIA) Thomas Condon-USN Thomas P. Costello-USN** Willard (Bill) J. Demo, Jr.-USN** Richard K. Garland-USN Arthur J. Hayes-USA** Michael Holmes-USA James M. Johnson-USAF** Jan David Kopacz-USAF Randall M. Lott-USN Brendan Michael Lee-USCG Michael McCarthy-USMC Joseph M. McHugh, Jr.-USNR

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Joseph L. Metzler-USA William Newman-USAF* John Polley-USN Reserve** Henry P. Pramov-USA Thomas L. Sumter-USA* Taylor Walsh-USA Glen Yankowski-USMC*

CLASS OF 1966

Herbert Allen-USA Joseph A. Burke IV-USAF Thomas Gililland-USAF John P. Hannan-USA* Mark Hertstein-USN Carlyle Lash-USA Juan M. Gomez-USAF** John McNamara-USAF Sean O’Day-USA* James J. Stakem-USMC* Stephen A. Stoll-USCG** Paul Whelton-USN

CLASS OF 1967

George Benskin-USMC George Correa-USA* Mike Cusato-USAF* Dell Dailey-USA Timothy P. Doran-USMC (KIA) Stephen M. Estelmann-USA** Kevin McCarthy-USMC Kevin P. McHugh-USNR Charles Moose-USAR John Oberg-USA Henry Przelomski-USCG Albert Syeles-USN* Thomas H. Wilkins-USCG

CLASS OF 1968

Dan Bryan-USA** Scott T. Cantfil-USN** James P. Cerha-USAF** Frank P. Cyr, Jr-USAF** William M. Flynn-USAF** Michael Ryan-USMC Anthony Rybka-USAR** Thomas M. Schlechty-USMC** Louis S. Welker-USAF** Edwin J. Whitney-USAF**

CLASS OF 1969

John C. Baumann-USA Alfred Brooks-USA Aldo Calvi-USAR** William R. Downey-USAF** John E. Gaegler-USAF* Raymond Gajan-USN**

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Gabriel Kinney-USCG George Kovach-USN George Mauser-USA (Ret) William Monahan-USAR Albert Phillips-USAF Robert Redfield-USA** James E. Robinson IV-USAF* Joseph Rollman-USN Albert Walcek-USAF**

CLASS OF 1970

Michael J. Baxter-USCG** Michael Ciarrocchi-USA* Edward J. Fishburne-USN* John McAdams-USMC Timothy McCarthy-USN Eric McGrath-USA John J. Mullaney-USAF Michael Trotta-USA Timothy Kolb-USMC George E. West III-USA

CLASS OF 1971

Ernest Armentrout-USA* Lenard P. Edmonds-USAF Jospeh Fitzpatrick-USAF Mark Rossetti-USA

CLASS OF 1972

James C. McDonough-USN** Stanley A. McChrystal-USA

CLASS OF 1973

John N. Lawless-USA** Anthony Massino-USAF Brad McDonald-USN Christopher McMahon-USMC Robert Miller-USMC Phillip Pfeifer-USMC

CLASS OF 1974

John Ingram-USN Erwin Lessell-USAF** Mark McDonough-USA Seamus O’Boyle-USN Alvin A. Perkins-USA** R. Steven Riddick-USNR* Kevin Schaaff-USN Kevin Sinnett-USN Howard Stone-USN Peter M. Tan-USA** Michael E. Younger-USMC

CLASS OF 1976

Richard Diaz-USMC Daniel McCallum-USA* James T. Lenihan-USN* Carl Riddick-USNR John Smathers-USA

CLASS OF 1977

Aaron Peter Gillison-USA David Kranking-USCG Michael Szukelewicz-USMC Andrew Wall-USN

CLASS OF 1978

Walter Arze-USMC Joseph Barbano-USA Kevin Baugher-USN Kevin Beasley-USAF Hugh Beins-USNR George Kulick-USA Carroll F. LeFon-USN** Gustavi Loureiro-USN Martin W. Mullan-USN** Manson Myles-USA Dennis A. O’Brien-USA** Patrick Protacio-USN Dennis Sinnett-USN James Stascavage-USN**

Richard Bedford-USN Manson K. Brown-USCG* Carols Duran-USN Andreon Ensor-USN Joseph Lynch-USN Hank Molinengo-USN* Larry Morris-USA** Kevin O’Keefe-USMC Dennis Reilly-USN** Michael Smith-USA Christopher Wright-USMC

CLASS OF 1979

CLASS OF 1975

Tom Chapman-USA** Clement Chen-USN Christopher P. Dinenna-USAF**

Jose Cidre-USA Michael Gotsch-USA

James Bula-USA Patrick Chapman-USA* Michael Edwads-USN Pat Fennell-USN* William F. Freitag-USN Milton Johnson-USAF* James Kelly Morningstar-USA Frank Ryan-USN Brook Schurman-USMC

CLASS OF 1980

John DuTeil-USA Raymond X. Fitzgerald-USCG Michael Hauser-USAR Kevin Schaffer-USN John Winkler-USA

CLASS OF 1981

Charlie Callhoon Steven Castro-USMC Collin Green-USN Anthony Falcone-USA Paul Hechenberger-USN* Bruce King-USN Fernand A. Lavallee-USA James Malloy-USN George Meehan-USMCR Richard R. Metry-USN* James F. Parshall-USA* John Wasel-USN

CLASS OF 1982

William Abu-zaid-USAF Henry A. Blackner-USN Kevin Dines-USN Brian Goldsmith-USA Gary Greer-USN Michael Kline-USAR Stephen H. Mahoney-MDARNG Jon J. Metrey-USA* Kevin Naughten-USN** Lawrence Oliver-USMC* Christopher Patton-USN Wallace W. Ward-USA

CLASS OF 1983

James M. Earley-USN John Garrity-USA** James T. Giganti-USN John Kenkel-USA* John Kirsch-USA* Michael Oshiki-USA* Herman Phillips-USN John Sniffen-USN Ron Steptoe-USA Kurt O. Tilton-USA Brian Wagner-USA* Don Walton-USA* Paul L. Washington, Jr.-USA

CLASS OF 1984

Jamie Beins-USNR Stephen Degnan-USA* Gilroy Gotianco-USA Keith Hayes Edgar Jiminez-USMC Paul D. Metrey-USA

Alumni Action

Jack Painter-USA James Rossi-USN Frederick Seward-USAF

CLASS OF 1985 Robert P. Andrews-USA, USAF** James Behr-USN** John DeLuca-USMCR Joseph Deskevich-USA* Sean Fagan-USN William Leonard-USMC Jim Walton-USA* (KIA)

CLASS OF 1986 Conor Cusick-USA* Brett Hampton-USA K. Weedon Gallagher-USA* Matthew Littleton-USNR Nana Mensah-USA Mike McGrath-USMC Del Rico Antonio Mora-USMC Cliff Patterson-USA (KIA) Michael Tropea-USA Edward Whitty-USN

CLASS OF 1987 Erik Harris-USN Robert King-USN Arpad Kovacs-USA Christopher Lievens Edward Moreland-USA Malcolm Palmore-USMC Everett Penn-USAR Andrew Piasecki Edward Reddick-USN Scott Shepard-USN* Michael Sodano-USMC

CLASS OF 1988 Mark Arden-USA Anthony Aquino-USA* Alvin Bryant, Jr.-USMC* Carl Cirillo-USN Joshua Hill-USA Jason Q. Jones-USN Paul Jones Preston Jones-USN Darrell F. Neely-USN Chris Nowak-USAF Kenneth Schipp-USMCR* L. Eduardo Villalobos-USMC W. Rob Walper-USMC Michael Weis-USN

CLASS OF 1989

Luke Ahmann-USAF* Stephen Grim-USMC Ian Kurtinitis-USA Daniel R. Metrey-USCG John Meyer-USA Dan Ladd-USA Brian Robinson-USA Paul Sari-USA Richard Scott

CLASS OF 1990

Craig McGarvey-USA* Dave Ott-USA*

CLASS OF 1991

Eric Ciliberti-USNR* Shawn Kucharski-USNR* John J. Mullaney-USA* Criag Phelps-USA Mike Robinson-USA* Tim Ryan-USAR*

CLASS OF 1992

Carlos Ashton-USA Brandon M. Higgins-USMC Daniel Jimeno-USMC Mario Osorio-USA Dave Scott-USA AJ Vertino-USMC* Russell Washington-USA

CLASS OF 1993

Craig Phelps-USNR Michael Paull-USMC Geoffrey Wilson-USN

CLASS OF 1994

Kenneth E. Doyle-USA* Graham Fox-USA Anna P. Brogan Mann-USA* Ramon S. Rodriguez-USMC Richard A. Szabo-USA*

CLASS OF 1995

Rommel Geronimo Stephen Hrutka-USN Athena Knight-USA Joseph Murphy-USA

CLASS OF 1996

Sean Jeffords-USA George Riveire-USN Edward Tijero-USMC

CLASS OF 1997

Joshua Alt-White-USA* Alejandro Argerich-USA Jarek Dyhouse-USA* Jean Rwakazina-USMC* John Tudela-USMC, USAF Joshua White-USA*

CLASS OF 1998

Rannell D. Boykin-USAF Michael Dennis-USA James Fix-USA Alex D. Haseley-USA* Jason Q. Jones-USN Matthew Murphy-USA Michael J. Ortiz-USAR* Christopher Witcher-USA*

CLASS OF 1999

Matthew Doyle-USA* David McKelvin-USA Carlos Peralta-USMC

CLASS OF 2000

Nathaniel Butler-USAF Daniel Feliciano-USAF Curtis Minor-USA* Brian Stover-USA Jabari White-USA*

CLASS OF 2001

Andrew Carraway-USA* Tim DeLorenzo-USMC* Hunt Frazier-USA* Eric Hastings-USAF Leslie Herrera-USA Tiffany Lane-USA Michael McCarthy-USMC Eric VanLadingham-USN Cesar Visurraga-USA* Richard Wade-USMC*

CLASS OF 2002

Bryan Eull-USA* Marcus Hunt-USA* Kenneth Ivory-USA* Roger Priego-USA* Mike Salah-USA* Chris Weaver-USA*

CLASS OF 2005

Dominic Arechiga-USAF* Michael Barker-USA* Patrick Cooper-USMC* Chasity (Phelps) Eull-USA* Peter Ewashkow-USMC* John Fisher-Thompson-USMC* Thomas Goheen-USA* Alexander Goodman-USMC* Sean Quirk-USA*

CLASS OF 2006

Chris DeBord-USA* Matthew Mitchell-USA* Kyle Phelps-USA Brandon Zangwill-USA*

CLASS OF 2007

Joseph Anderson-USA* Christopher Glen-USAR*

CLASS OF 2008

Emily Balingit Clark-USCG Christian Cieslak-USA* Ian French-USA* Kyle Spiegel-USA

If your name or the name of someone you know is missing from this list, please email Lori Martin at lmartin@stjohnschs.org.

1915-2015 In November 2015, St. John’s will celebrate 100 years of leadership. Keep an eye out for more information!

CLASS OF 2003

Stephen Barbieri-USA

CLASS OF 2004

G. Matthew Borger-USCG Rory O’Connor-USA

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Class Notes

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1963 Father Tim Corcoran published a remembrance of the Naval Academy Catholic Choir’s performance at President John F. Kennedy’s funeral in the November/ December 2013 edition of Shipmate, the magazine of the US Naval Academy.

1966 Several members of the Class of 1966 gathered at the Bethesda Theater on Nov. 12 for a Veteran’s Day luncheon (see photo). The SJC color guard presented the colors at the event, which featured remarks from Maj. Gen. Bernard Loeffke (retired). The theater is owned by Rick Brown and Patrick Welch ’84.

Members of the Class of 1966 gathered for the Gonzaga game. From left: Joe Ambrose, Bob Mague, Rick Brown, Bill Madero, John Long, Mark Dubinsky, Tommy DeChant and John Magnolia.

1975 Richard Zmuda recently published an original play, “Apollo 11 – Original Adaptation For The Stage.” Available for purchase on Amazon.com, the play “brings to life – in breathtaking detail – the drama that captivated the world as Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin took their unforgettable first steps on the lunar surface on July 20, 1969.”

2005 Peter Ewashkow completed Marine Corps boot camp at Parris Island, SC, on April 12. He earned the title of expert rifleman and is currently a private in the US Marine Corps. He began the next phase of his training (Marine combat training) at Camp Geiger, NC, in May. Beth Neumann married Ian Hankins ’06 on July 20 at Mount St. Mary’s University.

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First row, from left: Annie Hankins ’09, Patti Neumann ’07, Beth Neumann Hankins ’05, Ian Hankins ’06, Katie Walsh ’05 and Katherine Jensen Shawhan ’05; second row: Thomas Gibeily ’13, Lindsay Washington ’05, Katie Neumann ’10, Genevieve Fecteau ’05, Patrick Kelley ’03, Kathleen Kelley ’05 and Jessica Topel ’05; back row: Gerald Heller ’73, John Neumann III ’73, Michael McCarthy ’73, Brendan O’Leary ’05 and Oliver Pagan ’73.

Class Notes

Peter Ewashkow ’05 at his graduation from Marine Corps basic training.

Brenna Ryan ’13 with some of her students in the Philippines.

2006

Brenna Ryan is currently completing a year of service and working at Everest Academy and De La Salle Santiago Zobel School in the Philippines. She runs retreats and recollections for the young women’s section of Regnum Christi in Manila and is also the general secretary for Pure Fashion, a faith-based program that encourages teen girls to live, act and dress in accordance

Kristen Dozier was invited to train with USA Volleyball’s Women’s National Team over the summer and to compete for a spot on the 2016 Olympic team.

She played for Ohio State University and has played professionally in Puerto Rico, Israel and Spain.

Ian Hankins married Beth Neumann ’05 on July 20 at Mount St. Mary’s University.

2009 Haley Crock, an engineering major at University of Maryland, won a video contest held by Schlumberger, the world’s largest oilfield services company. Her short film, “Schlumberger: Take the Blue Pill,” documented her summer internship as a field engineer on oil pipelines around Prudhoe Bay in Alaska.

2010

2013

with their dignity as children of God. “It is incredible that I can go 10,000 miles away from SJC and still run into Christian Brothers! The first day I was with the girls there, I led prayer and ended in typical Lasallian fashion with ‘St. John Baptist de La Salle...’ and the girls were shocked! It is a surprise for them to learn that there are high schoolers all over the world who pray the same prayers that they pray!”

Earl Griffin ’39 celebrated his 93rd birthday this year with friends and family.

Griffin’s lifelong generosity to St. John’s has made him many friends at the school.

Griffin (second from left) is pictured with SJC President Jeff Mancabelli, classmate Joe Gallagher ’39 and Lou Donatelli ’52.

Alex O’Neill received a yearlong scholarship for Nepali Study at Tribhuvan University. Follow his adventures on Tumblr: http://environeill.tumblr.com/.

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Class Notes

Class Notes LJ Hoes ’08

What is your favorite St. John’s memory? I have so many it is hard to pinpoint my favorite. The most memorable experience was winning the WCAC championship in baseball my freshman year. Also, my sophomore year I hit a home run against DeMatha to win the game.

Who was your favorite St. John’s teacher? Why? Mr. Scalzo was one of my favorite teachers because he was a very genuine teacher and person. Also, his class and teaching style were effective and helped me to look at life from different perspectives.

Why did you choose to attend St. John’s? I chose St. John’s because of the high academic reputation that it held, and it was important to me to choose an environment I knew I would be both comfortable in and able to have a positive impact on.

SJC rugby alumni had a mini-reunion at last year’s college division 2 final four match.

From left: Paul France ’12, Matt Reilly ’10, Cole Conte ’11, Tom Cieslak ’11 and SJC Rugby Coach John France.

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You played both baseball and basketball for the Cadets. What benefits do you think student-athletes receive from playing multiple sports? I feel like different sports teach you different values and lessons. Some sports are more team-oriented than others – but they each teach you responsibility and how to be able to have trust in the reliability of others. Also, playing multiple sports presents opportunities to interact in different social groups.

This year you started your first game with the Baltimore Orioles.

What was it like to make your first start in the major league?

It was very surreal. Of course I was nervous, but it was a dream come true. I was playing for my hometown team and a team that I grew up rooting for. It was one of the best feelings of my life.

You finished out the year playing for the Houston Astros. How does Texas compare to Maryland? Texas is very, very hot. Texas has a strong and welcoming fan base, so moving to Houston from Maryland wasn’t difficult at all.

When was the last time you visited campus, and why were you here? The last time I visited campus was in the winter of 2013 for the St. John’s baseball alumni breakfast.

Where do you see yourself a year from now? A year from now I hope to have a successful baseball season and to win the 2014 World Series with the Houston Astros.

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Class of 1953 Reunion

Class of 1958 Reunion

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Class of 1963 Reunion

Class of 1968 Reunion

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Class of 1973 Reunion

Class of 1978 Reunion

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Class of 1983 Reunion

Class of 1988 Reunion

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Class of 1993 Reunion

Class of 1998 Reunion

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Class of 2003 Reunion

Homecoming Football Alumni Reunion

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Condolences

James A. Donohoe III ’63 Oct. 6, 1945 – Nov. 4, 2013 ames A. Donohoe III ’63 died Nov. 4, 2013, after a valiant battle against cancer.

Donohoe was chief executive officer and chairman of the board of directors for The Donohoe Companies, a family-owned real estate, development and construction business established by his grandfather in 1884. He also served as chairman of the board of directors for the Federal Center Plaza Corporation.

He first joined the family business at age 15, working as a summer construction laborer. During and after his graduation from The American University, he worked as a bricklayer, carpenter and assistant superintendent before taking on his first development project, the Guest Quarters Hotel in Washington, DC. Donohoe was the construction project manager, superintendent and development director for the New Hampshire Avenue, NW, location.

In the 1970s, he moved into the firm’s development wing, which produced about 50,000 square feet per year. By the 1980s, Donohoe Development Company had produced more than 10 million square feet of real estate, including commercial, residential, hotel and mixed-use projects.

Donohoe became president of The Donohoe Companies in 1987, and through his leadership, the firm became one of DC’s largest general contractors, constructing offices, high rises, embassies, schools and more than 60 hotels during the last two decades. He also led the creation of Donohoe Hospitality Services, which manages 11 Marriott, Holiday Inn and Hilton hotels in the DC area, and the growth of the firm’s Real Estate Services and Facilities Management divisions, which currently manage more than 30 million square feet of property.

Over the last decade, Donohoe devoted much of his time to construction and renovation projects on the St. John’s campus.

He served on the Board of Trustees for six years, generously giving his time and expertise to guide the school. Donohoe wanted to make sure that St. John’s students were given the finest facilities, and the board could always rely upon him for sound advice and counsel. Donohoe Hall is named in his family’s honor, and The Donohoe Companies served as the lead construction firm for the more than $13 million in campus projects completed over the last 10 years.

Donohoe is survived by his wife of 43 years, Mary Jo Donohoe; two children, James A. Donohoe IV and Maurian Dubinsky; two brothers, D. Patrick Donohoe ’67 and Robert B. Donoho ’66; two sisters, Virginia McHugh and Rosemary Collopy; and three grandchildren.

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Condolences

Our deceased alumni, faculty and friends are enrolled as perpetual members of the St. La Salle Auxiliary.

The Christian Brothers and the entire St. John’s community offer their prayers and condolences to the families and friends of those who have passed. (Includes notices received through Nov. 30, 2013.)

Alumni 1932 Walter Mess 1935 Joseph Tumulty 1938 James Giebel 1941 Joseph Zimmer 1942 John McGovern 1944 John Donoghue 1946 William Plunkett 1948 Thomas Fannon 1949 Robert Amato

1949 Patrick O’Donnell 1950 Dominic Schiattareggia 1951 Joseph Hands 1951 John Sarsfield 1952 Charles Francis Lay 1952 Robert Sweeney 1954 Robert Gibbs 1957 Charles McSurdy 1960 David Gabel

1961 Joseph Soria 1963 Michael Conroy 1963 James Donohoe 1966 Richard Didden 1966 Michael Ford 1967 Raymond Dean 1969 Walter Haggerty 1969 Carl Vitaliti 1970 John Whalen

1971 1972 1974 1974 1976 1978

Francis DiBlasi Joseph Tereshinski Kevin McGrath Leo Natali Peter Haley Carroll Lefon

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of George Didden ’63, James Didden ’65 and Donald Didden ’68 Donohoe, James ’63, brother of Robert Donohoe ’66 and D. Patrick Donohoe ’67; cousin to Brian Donohoe ’72, Steven Donohoe ’74, Christopher Donohoe ’76, Robert Donohoe ’79 and David Donohoe ’80 Fernandez-Touzon, Antonio, father of Antonio Fernandez-Touzon ’89 and Carlos Fernandez-Touzon ’93 Gibbs, Robert ’54, father of Frederick (Bob) Gibbs ’84 Jurith, Edward, father of Ted Jurith ’04 Kranking, Margaret Graham, mother of James Kranking ’71 and David Kranking ’77; grandmother of Timothy Kranking ’12, Stephen Kranking ’12, Emily Kranking ’12 and Cara Kranking ’12 Lingley, Cornelia, wife of Stew Lingley ’58 Madden, Claire, mother of John Madden ’65, Michael Madden ’67, Paul Madden ’68, Kevin Madden ’70 and Gerard Madden ’76

• Marzetti, Josephine, mother of Philip Marzetti ’68

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mother of John McAdams ’70, Walter McAdams ’72 and Michael McAdams ’80 McAlwee, Robert, father of Martin McAlwee ’61 McConnell, JoAnn, mother of John McConnell, SJC faculty McGovern, John Jr., brother of Robert McGovern ’46 and Jerome McGovern ’48 McIntosh, Mary, wife of John McIntosh ’61 Nighan, Dorothy, mother of Ray Nighan, SJC faculty O’Brien, Teresa, mother of Michael O’Brien ’68 and grandmother of Vincent Natali ’11 Painter, Joseph, father of Leah Roberts (SJC Mothers’ Club president) and grandfather of Andrew Roberts ’16 Simmons, Christopher, father of Tucker Simmons ’11 Trone, James Norcross, father of James Trone, Jr. ’76, Daniel Trone ’78 and George Trone ’88

Joe Hands ’51, an outstanding football and baseball player, was inducted into the SJC Athletic Hall of Fame in 2002.

• Weyland, Priscilla, mother

of Alan Weyland, executive director for mission and ministry for the Brothers of the Christian Schools’ District of Eastern North America • Whalen, John ’70, uncle of Grace Droege ’17 • York, Charles Irving, father of Steve York, SJC faculty; grandfather to Stephen York ’02 and Joseph York ’07 • Zannino, Maria Santa (nee Glorioso), mother of Felicia Baker, SJC consultant; grandmother of Jerry Baker ’12, Sophia Baker ’13 and Eva Baker ’13

Classes of ’64, ’54 and ’44

JUNE 5–6

Classes of ’69 and ’74

SEPTEMBER 20

Classes of ’79 and ’84

SEPTEMBER 27

Classes of ’59, ’89 and ’09 Classes of ’94, ’99 and ’04

OCTOBER 17–18 OCTOBER 18

Save the date for the fall 2014 class reunions! This year, St. John’s is pleased to welcome back classes with years ending in four or nine. For more information and online registration, visit our website at www.stjohnschs.org.

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