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VOLUME XI ISSUE 1 | WINTER 2015 Pius News 6-10 PAGES Social Justice @ SPX Student service experiences within the community
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Pius News811 W. Donovan Street

Houston, TX 77091

713.692.3581 | stpiusx.org

St. Pius X High School

Administrative Team

Sister Donna M. Pollard, O.P. Head of School

Diane Larsen Academic Dean

Jeff Donaruma Dean of Students

Allan Minar Director of Finance

Mary Linda Portner Director of Advancement

Joseph Noonan Director of Facilities

Board of Directors

Sister Antoinette Carter, O.P.Mrs. Gina Hamala Demny '76Mr. Timothy Fjeldal, P.C.Mr. Ray GilliamMr. Edward Herrera '69Mrs. Marisa Cruz Hurd '94Mrs. Andrea JohnsonMrs. Anna Mateja, Vice ChairMrs. Debra MoutonMr. Jerry Nevlud '74Sister Donna M. Pollard, O.P., Ex OfficioMr. Barrett Reasoner, SecretaryMs. Kim RuthSister Lavergne Schwender, O.P.Ms. Terrie Sechrist, ChairMr. Kirby ShanksMr. John B. ShelyMr. Ramon A. Vitulli, IIIBoard of Trustees Carol Mayes, O.P., PrioressAntoinette Carter, O.P., VicaressPatricia Casey, O.P., CouncilorJulie Grieg, O.P., CouncilorEditor

Deanna M. Werner Director of Communications

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From the Head of School

Set the World Ablaze

Around Campus

Panthers on the Prowl

Alumni News

Class Notes

In Memoriam

GET MORE OUT OF PIUS NEWS! Look for QR codes such as the one to the right for more information on articles and content in this issue. Scanning the codes is easy - just use your barcode reader on your smartphone to scan these images for access to videos, audio, additional photographs and more! Free barcode reader apps can be found in most marketplaces, accessible from your smartphone. Or, as always, you can visit St. Pius X online at stpiusx.org.

Credits: Photography by Michael Martinez, Wayne Donnelly, Juliette Davin and St. Pius X High School. Printed by DiscPro Printing & Graphics, Houston, Texas.

Featured Article:A Story About Life & Death6PAGE

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Ask any St. Pius X student to name the Four Pillars of Do-minican education and how they practice them, and you will find they have ready an-

swers for prayer, study, community and preaching. At the foundation of our mission are all four of these pillars. We begin and end each school day with prayer, celebrate feasts and solemnities of the Saints, go on retreat, and gather together monthly as an entire school faith community to celebrate the liturgy of the Eucharist. One assumes high school students study, expanding their breadth of knowledge and learning how to think for themselves; and in the myriad of campus activities, ministries, teams, clubs, and lunch table comradery, our students build and experience community at its best. But what of preaching?

The first three pillars enable the pillar of preaching. This past fall semester the pillar of preaching was once again at the fore-front of the SPX experience. The Dominican charism of preaching embraces more than words from the pulpit. Dominicans use their God-given gifts and talents for the good of the community as preaching is birthed in varied ways. Students who serve as members of our Dominican High School Preaching Team can often be heard sharing this phrase; “Where do Dominicans preach?” – “Where don’t

they!”

This fall our students, faculty and staff have studied some crucial social justice issues of our time, lived as servants and worked for justice in a variety of arenas:

• Our community welcomed Sr. Helen Prejean, C.S.J. to campus as part of the Dead Man Walking School Theater Project. In conjunction with her visit, theology classes devoted a unit of study to capital punishment as understood through the social teachings of the Catholic Church.

• Theatre SPX produced and performed “Dead Man Walking” to full houses fol-lowing Sr. Helen’s visit.

• Responding to the challenge issued by Channel 57 The KUBE to St. Pius X High School and St. Thomas High School to compete to donate the most diapers to Star of Hope Mission, our Panthers gathered over 28,000 diapers—more than half a year’s supply!

• In the first four Stewardship for Justice Campaign collections this year, students donated $6,000 to Catholic and Domin-ican causes, notably $2,500 to our Do-minican Family in Iraq.

• Fall semester drives restocked food pan-tries and supplied toys for children at St. Joseph Parish, The St. Vincent DePaul Food Pantry of St. Simon & Jude Parish, Angela House, Santa Maria Hostel, The St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry of St.

Rose of Lima Parish and also to Domin-ican Family sponsored Plant It Forward Farms.

• The choir and band delivered musical cheer in live Christmas concerts at area Inner City Catholic Schools, St. Dom-inic’s Village and the M.D. Anderson Rotary House.

• Student clubs dedicated to service flour-ished! The Junior Catholic Daughters of America membership grew from 14 stu-dents at its inception in 2013 to nearly 60, a year later. A Best Buddies chap-ter was formed at SPX by a student as an outgrowth of her Christian Service Learning apostolate at Camp Blessings. With over 80 members, the SPX Pro-moter Chapter works to raise awareness of people with intellectual and develop-mental disabilities and to volunteer at Best Buddies events.

Each day, our students engender Teach-ing Truth, Preaching Justice. This zeal for preaching—as a ministry of service and in pursuit of social justice—embodies our St. Pius X education rooted in the Dominican tradition. “Where do Dominicans preach?” –

“Where don’t they!”

In Veritas,

Donna M. Pollard, O.P. Head of School

First the bow is bent in study,

then the arrow is released in

preaching.

— Hugh of St-Cher, O.P. , 13th Century

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The Set the World Ablaze campaign is within $1.5 million of breaking ground on the new Science Building. With plans virtually complete, the 27,000-square foot structure will house six lab-lecture rooms, a Media Center, additional classroom and administrative spaces, and a rooftop garden. It will be sited to the southwest of the new entrance to the School building. Groundbreaking is planned for 2015.

For additional information on the campaign, please contact Mary Linda Portner at [email protected] or by phone at 713.579.7512.

IN THE NEWS

NEW SCIENCE BUILDING - FINAL RENDERINGS

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Two St. Pius X High School seniors, Nathan Murphy and Grace Phillips, were named Fi-nalists, while senior Haley Shoebotham, was recognized as a Commended Student in the 60th annual National Merit Scholarship Pro-gram.

Murphy and Phillips represent a nation-wide pool of less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors. They have an opportuni-ty to compete for some 7,600 National Merit Scholarships worth about $33 million that will be offered in the spring.

Shoebotham placed among the top five percent of the more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2015 competition. She was presented with a Letter of Commendation from St. Pius X and National Merit Schol-arship Corporation, which conducts the program. It acknowledged her exceptional academic promise, demonstrated by her out-standing performance on the qualifying test used for program entry.

The selection process for this prestigious competition began the seniors’ junior year

by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT®). Only approximately 34,000 com-mended students and 16,000 semifinalists were selected.

Murphy is interested in attending Brown University, Vassar College or Tufts Univer-sity and is likely to major in theater. This summer, he will volunteer with Alley The-ater’s PlayMakers, a children’s theater camp. Phillips plans to attend the University of St. Thomas in the fall and is interested in study-ing science. Shoebotham plans to study busi-ness and is interested in attending University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, University of Virginia, College of William and Mary, or Georgetown University.

Finalists for the award were chosen on the basis of exceptional academic ability, skills, accomplishments, and potential for success in rigorous college studies. National Merit Scholarship winners will be announced in four nationwide news releases beginning in April and concluding in July.

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SPX BOASTS TWO FINALISTS AND A COMMENDED STUDENT

National Merit

Grace Phillips Finalist

Haley Shoebotham Commended Student

Nathan Murphy Finalist

of high school seniors.

St. Pius X finalists represent a pool of

<1%

DID YOU KNOW?

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TWO JUNIORS JOIN MAYOR’S YOUTH COUNCIL

Sister Helen Prejean, an internationally ac-claimed human rights activist and the author of “Dead Man Walking”, shared her person-al story, ministry and mission to abolish the death penalty with the St. Pius X High School community on Wednesday, Nov. 12.

Sister Helen was welcomed to St. Pius X as part of the Dead Man Walking School The-atre Project. Created by Tim Robbins, noted actor, director, writer and producer, the Dead Man Walking School Theatre Project inte-grates the power of theatre arts and academ-ic study into the national discourse on the death penalty. Its goal is to replace ignorance, apathy and cynicism among young people re-garding the death penalty with information, introspection and inspiration.

At SPX, this experience included the The-atre SPX production of “Dead Man Walking”, cross-curricular connections in all courses, and the school-wide assembly with guest speaker, Sister Helen.

A STORY ABOUT LIFE AND DEATHAuthor of “Dead Man Walking” Shares Ministry with SPX

“The goal of this presentation and project is to assist our community to become better informed about this critical social justice issue, improve understanding of Catholic social teaching, and further our mission that students ‘embody social justice and service,’” Head of School Sister Donna M. Pollard, O.P. said.

No stranger to St. Pius X, Sister Helen first visited campus in 1999, and then again in 2007, each time being met with great interest and respect by the SPX community. She has served in prison ministry and with death-row inmates and victims for over 30 years, received honorary degrees from universities throughout the world, and has been nominat-ed for the Nobel Peace Prize three times.

Sister Helen and the Dead Man Walking School Theatre Project were brought to SPX as part of the School’s Climate of Character initiative. St. Pius X creates a safe and sup-portive learning environment where the indi-viduality of the students shines. The Climate of Character program defines clear standards of behavior for all of our community mem-bers. Administrators, faculty, students and parents play a role in creating a safe and re-spectful setting.

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Scan the QR code below to view an in-depth look at capital punishment as understood through the teachings of the Catholic Church, presented by the SPX Theology Department.

THEATRE PERFORMS DEAD MAN WALKING

“Dead Man Walking”, a play written by Tim Robbins, is based on the book of the same name by Sister Helen Prejean. The book which sparked a 1995 film starring Sean Penn and Susan Saran-don, became a New York Times Best Seller, then a stage play and an opera. Performed by Theatre SPX Nov. 21-23, the play centers on Sister Helen’s experience as a spiritual advisor to a prisoner on death row. The SPX production featured Riley En-gland as Sister Helen Prejean and Matthew Goodrum as death row inmate Matt Poncelet.

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STUDENTS CONTRIBUTE $6,000 FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE

During the first semester of the 2014-15 school year, St. Pius X students have given $6,000 to several non-profit agencies through our Stewardship for Justice Campaign.

Our tradition of giving was extended to Houston's Inner City Catholic Schools in honor of Archbishop Emeritus Joseph A. Fioren-za, our Dominican Family in Iraq, the Angela House and the Retired Dominican Sisters of Houston.

SPX collected $2,500 alone for our Dominican Family in Iraq, while the SPX Class of 2017 led the generosity of the campaign do-nating over $1,700 to the four causes.

The Stewardship for Justice Campaign, however, is much more than a monetary collection. It is a formation experience in learning about the needs of our community and world, and our call to respond as good stewards of all God's gifts.

The campaign raises awareness among our School faith commu-nity and provides facts and formation on a variety of social justice needs and agencies, as well as monetary funds. The campaign culti-vates advocacy and charity, the two feet of social justice.

Initiated in 2000, the goals of our Stewardship for Justice Cam-paign are rooted in the mission of the Dominican Sisters of Hous-ton – to study and address the crucial justice issues of our times, to develop consciousness of local and global environmental issues, and to work to transform the social conditions which oppress women and children.

Beneficiaries in the history of the campaign include United Way Kids Way of Greater Houston, The America Red Cross, Hurricane and Natural Disaster Relief in Texas, Louisiana, the Philippines, Japan and India, The Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, The Gabriel Project of Galveston-Houston, Dominican Volunteers USA, The Dominican Sisters of Houston San Rafael Mission in Guatema-la, Casa De Esperanza, the Water Tower Project for our Dominican School, and many others.

Dominican Sisters of HoustonTo Praise To Bless To Preach

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In the spirit of giving over the holidays, the St. Pius X community restocked food pantries and donated toys for young children.

The annual food and toy drives help ensure that those in need are able to have food for Thanksgiving and at least a couple of toys for their children at Christmas. Beneficiaries included St. Joseph Parish Social Ministry facilitated by Sr. Lucia Schexnayder, O.P., Angela House facilitated Sr. Maureen O'Con-nell, O.P., and St. Rose of Lima food pantry. The food drive was coordinated by Student Council. The toy drive was also coordinated by STUCO, with the help of the Foreign Lan-guage Department.

St. Pius X High School partnered with Channel 57 The KUBE and St. Thomas High School to collect and donate over 43,000 diapers to the Star of Hope Mission in November.

"Just amazing," said Scott Arthur, Direc-tor of Public Relations at Star of Hope. "You guys provided us with about a year's worth of diapers for our homeless babies. This helped our morale. The moms know that somebody cares, that somebody loves them, and that God is looking out for them. They can't afford diapers on their own and it's really tough for us on our budget to afford diapers, so this is an answer to a prayer."

In the week-long diaper drive, the Pan-thers alone gave more than 28,000 diapers to help meet the needs of the babies at Star of Hope.

"It's kind of a testament of how the School always operates," said SPX Athletic Director Jason Kimball. "We always use the term St. Pius X family, and with this benefitting Star of Hope and families in need, it really hit home to a lot of our students and teachers,

how they backed this initiative. It's been a complete team effort as a School community and this is something we're really proud to be a part of."

The diaper drive was held in conjunction with the St. Pius X vs. St. Thomas district championship football game. The Panthers were given special recognition for their con-tributions during the Channel 57 The KUBE broadcast of the game.

"I think it just goes to show that the com-munity we have here at St. Pius X is so giving," said junior quarterback Clay Rob-erts. "Sometimes people aren't as blessed as you are, so it's good to give back."

Star of Hope Mission goes through ap-proximately 45,000 diapers a year and is projected to go over 60,000 next year. The center for women and children offer 296 beds and has been at capacity every night for six straight years.

"At St. Pius X, we really have a family-ori-ented School and I think because the diaper drive is for other families, that's why we really succeeded in getting so many diapers," said senior Hannah Laster.

As part of the Dominican pillar of preach-ing, St. Pius X exposes students to social jus-tice causes and grows their awareness of the dignity and needs of others.

SPX HELPS TO DONATE OVER 43,000 DIAPERS

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PANTHERS REPLENISH FOOD SHELVES AND PROVIDE GIFTS FOR CHILDREN

From L-R: Sr. Maureen O'Connell, O.P., senior Ashley Holt and Associate Academic Dean Marc Martinez

Watch the video by Channel 57 The KUBE.

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In February 2013, 14 St. Pius X students joined a new club – the Junior Catholic Daughters of the Americas

(JCDA). They became the 76th JCDA Court in the state of Texas and are sponsored by Catholic Daughters of the Americas (CDA) - Christ the King #1750, located in Houston.

A year later, the group numbers nearly 60 members.

JCDA has four basic goals – to develop as a Christian, to learn to work for the good of others, to grow spiritually, and to be creative and flexible. Members of the court at SPX have been accomplishing these goals and more through a productive 2014 fall semester.

In September, JCDA enjoyed Pasta Thursday lunch with their spon-sors, CDA - Christ the King. The two groups got to know each another and conversed about the CDA organization. JCDA members met some wonderful role models of how to be Catholic women with hearts of service. Among the senior court members were 17 women who had either attended St. Pius X or whose children and/or grandchildren attend SPX.

“We had such a lovely time together,” JCDA Co-Sponsor Denise Meschwitz Lloyd '84 said. “We brought a copy of our JCDA prayer and a pink paper rose to each of the CDA members, and they bought each

of the JCDA girls ice cream. On the bus ride back to school, some of the girls were dreaming of having their daughters and granddaughters join JCDA in years to come. JCDA is fast becoming a tradition at SPX.”

In October, JCDA members embarked on a yearlong service project with St. Rose of Lima Catholic School. The girls committed one hour a week to help St. Rose with their after-school program. JCDA members travel as a group, read to the Pre-K students, and assist with homework for their first and second grade students.

In mid-November, seven JCDA members and five chaperones braved the chilly weather to serve at the Guadalupe Food Fair. Over roughly two hours, they worked with several other youth groups and regular volunteers to bag and distribute around 14,000 pounds of food to fill pantries for those in need. The Guadalupe Food Fair was open to any family in Houston needing food assistance. In addition, JCDA assembled over 40 grocery bags of food for the Guadalupe Food Pantry which is open to the public daily.

JCDA at SPX is co-sponsored by Lloyd, Angela Stinner-Trimble and Michelle Broussard.

SEES TREMENDOUS GROWTH

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JCDA

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St. Pius X High School earned first place in four competitions at the Texas Renais-sance Festival School Days in November.

Peyton Cuccia (General News), Made-line Lee (Action Photograph), Jenelle Wrightson (Portrait) and the St. Pius X Video Tech Class (Broadcast Package) each took home first-place honors.

Jordan Batiste (General News), Este-fania Guthrie (Action Photograph) and Madeline Lee (Feature Photograph) were awarded third place, while Theatre SPX received fourth place out of 15 schools for their One-Act Play. Elizabeth Hopmann was the student director of the one act.

School Days at the Texas Renaissance Festival is a two-day event offered exclu-sively as an educational opportunity for public, private, and home school groups grades K-12. The 55-acre New Market Village, an authentic recreation of a 16th century European township, comes alive with interactive characters, live demon-strations, performers and stage shows ap-propriate to school age children.

SPX WINS FOUR CONTESTS AT

SCHOOL DAYS

by Madeline Lee First Place - Action

by Peyton Cuccia First Place - General News

by Jenelle Wrightson First Place - Portrait

Renfest

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On Sept. 30, the St. Pius X High School band, choir and Beppo's Bells competed in the 2014 TAPPS State Drumline Contest at Waco ISD Stadium in Waco, Texas.

St. Pius X received the State Outstanding Front Ensemble Award for Division I schools.

Members of the SPX drumline are Lucas Jones, Jason Carranza, Nicolas Villasana, Miles Bentley, Grace King, Robert Cogh-lan and Kevin Taylor-Jarrell. The Beppo's Bells members were Isaac Mackzum, Chase Gorman, Edith Escobar and William Hernan-dez.

SPX BAND REVITALIZES UNDER NEW DIRECTOR

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GET TO KNOW ROBERT CARLIN

Robert Carlin is the band and or-chestra director at St. Pius X High School. Prior to joining St. Pius X, he was a band clinician, private brass and percussion teacher, and judge for many school districts in the area and state.

Carlin has an all levels bachelor of music education degree from Sam Houston State University. He is a member of the Texas Music Educators Association, Texas Pri-vate School Music Educators Asso-ciation and the Texas Bandmasters Association. He taught in Ganado ISD for two years, Katy ISD for

seven years and Cypress Fairbanks ISD for 22 years.

Carlin has worked with bands that have advanced to the UIL 5A Area Marching, UIL 2A State Marching and UIL 4A Finalist State Marching Contests. His con-cert bands have received numer-ous 1st divisions and sweepstakes trophies for the UIL Concert and Sight-Reading contests. His stu-dents have advanced to the UIL 5A State Honor Band Finalists.

Carlin has been the summer band camp manager for Sam Hous-

ton State for the past 18 years, and has been associated with the camp since 1973. He has taught many band directors, private teachers and performers in the Houston area. He was the treasurer for the Region 27 High School Band Divi-sion.

Carlin has a wife Amanda, daughter Lindsey, son-in-law Billy Gideon and son Cameron. He has played in many brass and percus-sion ensembles all over town, and was an original charter member of the Bull Pen Pep Band for the Houston Texans.

SPX EARNS STATE OUTSTANDING FRONT ENSEMBLE AWARD

On Saturday Oct. 25, junior Leonard Marrufo was selected to the Texas Music Educators Association All-Area Orchestra on cello.

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MARCHING BAND COMPETES AT STATE

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MUSIC DEPARTMENT SPREADS CHRISTMAS CHEER THROUGH SONG

The St. Pius X High School band, color guard and twirler traveled to Fort Worth Oct. 25 and competed in the Texas Private School Music Education Association State Marching Contest held at Nolan Catholic High School.

The Panthers received one Superior and two Excellent ratings from the judges and tied for fourth place in the state competition.

"It was a long, hot day but it was very sat-isfying to compete at a high level," SPX band director Robert Carlin said. "We are so proud of our wonderful students. They represented SPX very well."

The annual Christmas concert on Friday, Dec. 12 featured the Concert Chorale and Campus Singers, Beppo’s Bells Handbell En-semble and the Concert Band.

The St. Pius X Concert Chorale per-formed at several destinations at the be-ginning of December as part of its Christ-mas day tour. Stops included St. Peter The Apostle School, M.D. Anderson Rotary House, St. Dominic’s Chancery, and St. Dominic’s Village where the group sang for SPX founding Dominican Sister Do-loretta Bieter, O.P. (pictured above)

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People have been laughing at "The Importance of Being Earnest" for over 100 years. In November, St. Pius X students and families found out why! An amazing cast of young actors, led by Graham Bryant, Nathan Murphy, Sarah Leishner, Elizabeth Hop-mann and Kathleen Blute, took audiences on a tour of Oscar Wilde's Victorian England; where nobody cares what you say as long as you phrase it properly.

THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING EARNEST

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Homecoming 2014 saw each class representing a different region in the United States: Seniors – South, Juniors – West, Sophomores – Northeast, Freshman – Midwest. The theme continued with special dress days including ‘Merica Monday, Tacky Tourist Tuesday, Regional Dress Wednesday, School and Sports Rock Thursday, where students dressed to repre-sent sports teams and colleges from their region, and Spirit Day Friday, Oct. 31. Panther football defeated St. John XXIII 54-6 that evening. SPX was ahead 54-0 before the Lions scored their only touchdown late in the fourth quarter. Seniors Ashley Holt and Sam Vitulli were crowned Homecoming Queen and King. The queen was announced at the Homecoming football game on Friday, while the king was announced at the Home-coming Dance on Saturday.

HOMECOMING 2014 – PARTY IN THE USA

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All-State

First Team

Sean Killpatrick, Sr., LBJalen Smith, Sr. DBSam Vitulli, Sr., WR

Second Team

Matthew Alexander, Sr., DLReese Forest, Jr., OLMicah Massey, Sr., RBNick Minkoff, Jr., WR

Honorable Mention

Bracy Webb, So., DL

With the No. 1 defense in the district, St. Pius X football finished 8-3 overall and 3-1 in Texas Association of Private and Pa-rochial School (TAPPS) District 3-I under first year head coach Stephen Hill.

Offensively, the Panthers lit up the score-board all season, with junior quarterback Clay Roberts throwing for over 3,400 yards and 34 touchdowns.

Other key players included senior run-ning back Micah Massey, a 1,000-yard rusher – 1,174 yards to be exact – and a three-time all-state performer, and senior Sam Vitulli, one of the top receivers in TAPPS with nearly 1,600 yards and 19 touchdown receptions.

Leading the defensive charge are senior linebackers Sean Killpatrick and Nelson Gunnell, senior free safety Jalen Smith, senior defensive lineman Matthew Alex-ander and sophomore defensive end Bracy Webb.

To kick off the season, the Panthers handed Fort Worth All Saints its first loss since 2011. Vitulli caught a 31-yard touch-down pass from Clayton Roberts with 3:49 remaining to rally past Fort Worth All Saints 35-32. Victories over Sealy (17-14), Kinkaid (36-21), in which SPX scored 30 points in the second half, and Bay City (39-0) had SPX off to a 4-0 record.

The team’s first loss came at the hands of El Campo, but the Panthers regrouped quickly and rattled off another four straight wins defeating Stafford (28-20), Concordia Lutheran (30-21), Beaumont Kelly (53-7) and Saint John XXIII (54-6). During that stretch, Vitulli was selected as the 2014 Built Ford Tough Texas High School Foot-ball Player of the Week for his outstanding efforts in the Panthers’ win against Monsi-gnor Kelly.

The Panthers dropped their last two games of the season, but will carry over their hunger for a district championship and a state title to the 2015 season.

PANTHERS EXCEL UNDER FIRST YEAR HEAD COACH

All-District

First Team

Matthew Alexander, Sr., DLBracy Webb, So., DLSean Killpatrick, Sr., LBJalen Smith, Sr. DBReese Forest, Jr., OLMicah Massey, Sr., RBSam Vitulli, Sr., WRNick Minkoff, Jr., WRSecond Team

Christopher Gunnell, Sr., LBAryton Payne, So., DBTaylor Huckabee, Sr., OLClay Roberts, Jr., QBLaDevin Beldsoe, So., RBDarius Law, Sr., WR

Senior wide receiver Sam Vitulli was selected as the 2014 Built Ford Tough Texas High School Football Player of the Week for his out-

standing efforts in the Panthers' win against Monsignor Kelly on Dec. 17. In the 53-7 victory, Vitulli caught 11 balls for 298 yards and three

touchdowns. Vitulli was also featured as KHOU's Athlete of the Week.

Watch Vitulli recieve KHOU's Athlete of the Week Award.

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The beginning of the 2014-15 school year marked a new era for health and fitness at St. Pius X High School, as a new weight room was unveiled to the school community.

The 2,400 square-foot weight room includes the same state-of-the-art weightlifting equipment used by the Hous-ton Texans, New England Patriots, Denver Broncos, and found at the University of Texas, Auburn University, Clemson University and Duke University, to name a few.

The new facility replaces outdated equipment and a 1,600 square-foot room that was too small to accommodate stu-dents and athletic teams. The new SORINEX equipment is well-built, multifunctional, safe, and can be interchanged and personalized easily.

The old weight room was cleared down to the studs, renovated and expanded into a space that was formerly the old football locker rooms. Improvements include new brick work, flooring, doors, mirrors, electrical, AC, and more. The new space has plenty of room for weight ma-chines and free weights.

The process of the new weight room began in March 2014 and was completed in August 2014. It is available for use by current SPX students, including both male and female student-athletes, as well as current faculty and staff members.

ATHLETICS DEBUTS NEW, EXPANDED WEIGHT ROOM

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The St. Pius X varsity volleyball team reached the playoffs in 2014 after amassing a regular season record of 12-9, a district record of 8-4, and finishing third overall in TAPPS District 3-5A.

The Panthers hit their stride midseason with a five-game winning streak, defeating Awty, Incarnate Word Academy, St. John’s School, Monsignor Kelly and Duchesne Academy. In addition, in the last 11 games of the regular season, the team finished 8-3 with all eight wins being shutouts. During that stretch, SPX outmatched its opponents 24-9.

The Panthers’ defensive strength showed during the 8-3 run with 5-foot-9 senior Natalie Nevlud at libero.

Nevlud had plenty of help with the strong blocking of 5-foot-10 senior Victoria Griffin at right side hitter and six-foot senior Haley Shoebotham at middle blocker.

The Panthers also depended on 5-foot-8 senior Gabby Perez at outside hitter/defensive specialist and five-foot senior Cassidy Lehner in the back row.

SPX volleyball’s top two leading hitters were Katie Stewart and Shelly Chapron. The top three leading passers were Nevlud, Stewart and Mackenzie Dillard.

VOLLEYBALL REACHES PLAYOFFS IN 2014

ON THE PROWL

All-State

Second Team

Natalie Nevlud, Sr.

Honorable Mention

Katie Stewart, So. Shelley Chapron, Jr.

All-District

First Team

Natalie Nevlud, Sr.Shelley Chapron, Jr.Katie Stewart, So.

Second Team

Victoria Griffin, Sr.Haley Shoebotham, Sr.Marjani Myles, So.

CROSS COUNTRY SEASON HIGHLIGHTS

Four members of the cross country team earned medals at the Incarnate Word Invitational on Saturday, Aug. 23.

From L-R: Sean Fagan (13th/106), Jesse Folk (9th/106), Mary Sommer (9th/59) and Carrie McIntyre (14th/68)

The girls cross country team finished first, and the boys placed second at The Woodlands Friday

Night Lights Meet on Aug. 29.

From L-R: Kathleen Blute-7th, Carrie McIntyre-1st, Sean Fagan-4th, Jesse Folk-3rd, Martha Priestley-5th and Sydney Ashmore -8th

The boys cross country team finished as the TAPPS 3-5A district runner-up. Sean Fagan placed fifth and Jesse Folk finished seventh. The other member of the boys team were Marcos Elizondo, Doug Pechacek and Giovani Torres Aponte.

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Jackson signed his NLI with Texas Tech University to play men's bas-ketball, while Boudreaux signed to run track at Texas State University.

Jackson was born in Lubbock but has lived in Houston since he was a young child. He is a two-time TAPPS All-State honoree. On sign-ing day, ESPN rated Jackson the No. 52 shooting guard in the nation and the No. 22 player in the state of Texas. He is the son of two former Texas Tech athletes, Eric Jackson and Sheryl Swoopes. Swoopes led the Lady Raiders to the national title in 1993 and still holds the Lady Raiders' record for career scor-ing average at 24.9 points. She is a three-time Olympic gold medalist, four-time WNBA champion and three-time league MVP.

As a junior, Jackson helped the Panthers reach the TAPPS Final Four and earned TAPPS first team Class 5A All-State honors after av-eraging 14.2 points, 5.3 rebounds and 3.4 assists per game. He received honorable mention All-State honors as a sophomore and is a two-time first team All-District 3-5A honor-ee.

Boudreaux is the TAPPS 4A State Champion in the 200-meter and 400-meter dash. The son of Lisa and Bruse Boudreuax, he was also a member of the 4x400-meter relay team that won the 2014 USATF Na-tional Championship in the 17-18 Men's Division. His personal bests are 21.90 in the 200m and 48.60 in the 400m. He is also a member of the Texas Storm Track Club.

Jordan Jackson and Bruse Boudreaux signed national letters of intent to continue their academic and athletic careers at Division I institutions on Wednesday, Nov. 12.

Jordan Jackson

TWO SIGN NATIONAL LETTERS OF INTENT

ON THE PROWL

Top L-R: Athletic Director Jason Kimball, Director of Admis-sions Susie Kramer, Head Boys Basketball Coach Russell Carr, Academic Dean Diane Larsen, Assistant Athletic Di-rector Erin VanWassenhove, Bottom L-R: Jordan Jackson, Bruse Boudreaux

Bruse Boudreaux

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The largest and most successful gala in the foundation’s history treated guests to an Enchanted Evening on the High Seas at the Westin Houston, Memorial City. Guests kicked off the evening with cocktails, a silent and a big-board auction, and followed with a live auction, dinner and the pre-sentation of the Del Sarto Award.

The 2014 honorees, Beth and Jim Black, were selected for their generosity and commitment to the St. Pius X community. They became affiliated with SPX when their two sons, Andrew ’05 and Adam ’07, began attending the School. Beth dedicated herself to her sons’ education and ex-tracurricular activities, becom-ing an active participant in the Parent Association and all of their sports activities, including Panther football. She has spent countless hours volunteering at their schools and at St. Simon and Jude Parish in The Woodlands on various events and projects.

Beth is also known among family and friends for her thoughtful-ness, generosity and her kind and friendly demeanor – qualities that have meant much to St. Pius X and extend well beyond its bor-ders.

Under Jim’s leadership as Presi-dent and CEO of Moran Shipping Agencies, the family of compa-nies has experienced dramatic growth, becoming the largest in-dependent steamship agency in North America. During his il-lustrious career, Jim has enjoyed active affiliations with many as-sociations and organizations. He is chairman emeritus of the SPX High School Board and is the cur-rent president/chairman of the St. Pius X High School Founda-tion Board of Trustees.

Beth and Jim’s commitment to SPX has continued beyond the graduation of their two sons. It has manifested itself through financial support, fundraising

and providing guidance and sage advice to important and note-worthy school projects.

This year’s event was organized by the Gala Committee, including Gala Chair Cathy Pawlowski, with support from the Founda-tion. Music and entertainment was provided by Yelba’s Variety Band.

Notable attendees includ-ed long-time benefactors and friends of the School including

Bishop George Sheltz, Sister Carol Mayes, O.P., Mrs. Raye G. White, 2012 Gala Honoree Trini Mendenhall, 2013 Honorees Anna Marie and Harold Hidal-go ‘59/’59, members of both the Foundation Board and the School Board, and Head of School Sister Donna M. Pollard, O.P.

Funds raised from the gala benefit the St. Pius X Foundation endowment and help to provide funds for financial aid and school operations.

It was full speed ahead at the 2014 St. Pius X High School Foundation Gala as the sold-out event raised more than $500,000 and honored Beth and Jim Black as the recipients of the Del Sarto Humanitarian Award.

Record-Breaking Gala Raises Over Half a Million Dollars

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St. Pius X alumni from different jobs and industries, both sea-soned and new professionals, came together for a networking event in October at the Corkscrew.

The Corkscrew is owned by Andrew Adams ’85, and provided a warm, friendly setting in the Heights for the happy hour. All alumni in attendance received a St. Pius X High School shot glass.

At the beginning of the 2014 season, the St. Pius X volleyball team took to the floor of the Herzstein Gym for the first alumni game, facing off against the Panthers of the past.

The current Panthers welcomed more than 10 former players, and the two teams competed for three sets with the alumni winning one.

SPX ALUMNI ASSOCIATION HOSTS NETWORKING HAPPY HOUR

PANTHERS RETURN FOR FIRST ALUMNI VOLLEYBALL GAME

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Alumni from every decade gathered for the Alumni Tailgate Party at Cadillac Bar prior to the St. Thomas football game in November. Excited to meet old friends, teachers and coaches, and catch up on their lives, alumni enjoyed heavy hors d'oeuvres, drinks and great company before going to support the Panther football team against the Eagles.

PANTHER ALUMNI TURN OUT FOR TAILGATE PARTY

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The Class of 1964 officially celebrated its 50-year reunion over the weekend of Sept. 19-20, 2014. The celebration commenced with a class reunion party on Friday night at the Hyatt North Houston.

On Saturday, over 75 alumni from the Class of ’64 and all other reunion classes gathered for the Jubilee Mass and Head of School Re-

ception. During the Mass, the class honored its deceased and several families of the de-ceased alumni were present. Members of the Jubilee Class received Golden Panther pins and posed for a class photo following the lit-urgy. The Head of School Reception includ-ed light appetizers, drinks, a guided tour of campus and plenty of reminiscing and recon-necting with classmates.

Class of 1964 reunion committee members included Anita & Jim Gorski, Pat McKen-na, Dian Duoto, Donna Ellinwood, Lucille Brooks, Charlotte Krysinski, Mary Farmer, Linda Orlando, Lynn Knapik, Theresa Fon-tana, Georgana Repal, Frank Salvato, Linda Scarborough, Rich Descant, Greg Schildgen, Ron Kloudelka and Eddie Sadoski.

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The Class of 1969 met on Saturday evening at the Buffalo Grill. The reunion committee was comprised of Debbie Cavanaugh, Susi West, Bridgette Schattle, Julia Marino, Amy Goldknopf and Che-ryll Baldridge.

CLASS OF

REUNION

1969

The Class of 1994 celebrated its 20th reunion Saturday night at the Heights Lodge. Reunion committee members were Kari Griggs Martin, Marisa Cruz Hurd, Tracy Gonzalez Reynolds, Aaron Gaydosik, Grace Bernabe Phan and Rosalyn Cerda.

CLASS OF

1994

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The Class of 1999 reunited on Friday evening at the Wakefield Crowbar in the Heights. Elaine LeBeuf Atherton and Charlotte Gilliam Ray organized the event.

CLASS OF1999REUNION

The Class of 2004 held their reunion party at J. Black’s in the Washington Corridor on Saturday night. Committee members included Ashley Flores McCarty, Eva Dix, Ida Clay and Loren Luera Prye.

CLASS OF

2004

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3/249-10:30 A.M.

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TAKE A LOOK TUESDAYAn opportunity for prospective parents to tour the School and see our teachers and students in action.

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THEATRE SPX PRESENTS: THE FOREIGNER

SPX Auditorium

SPX GALA Honoring Cheryl & Mel Myers /'61

4/219-10:30 A.M.

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REUNION WEEKEND

Individual Anniversary Class Reunions Off

Campus - Visit stpiusx.org/reunion

for more information.

The Westin Houston, Memorial City

6 p.m. Cocktails & Silent Auction

7:30 p.m. Dinner & Live Auction

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Torchbearer Societythe

You can light up their future. They are your legacy. If you will it.

Carry the Light. Leave a Legacy.

Let us know.Sharing your plans is easy and places you under no obligation. Contact us today:Mail: 811 W. Donovan St. | Houston, TX 77091Phone: 713.579.7512E-mail: [email protected]: www.stpiusx.org

Many of our alumni, parents, and friends have included St. Pius X High School in their wills or estate plans but haven’t had the opportunity to tell us. If your plans include a bequest to St. Pius X that will one day leave a legacy for our students, please let us know. We would like to thank you for your generous commitment and welcome you to The Torchbearer Society.

Future support from people like you ensures we continue to provide a strong Dominican, Catholic education for genera-tion of students to come. And by sharing your intentions, we

can keep you informed of our mission to uphold the high stan-dards of education which you have come to know and cherish.

A bequest is a simple way to support St. Pius X while re-taining control of your assets during your lifetime. We can be named as the beneficiary of your will, trust, retirement plan, life insurance policy or financial accounts. So whether you are taking those first important steps towards planning your estate or updating your estate plan, contact us today.

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Alma and Ronnie Marches

'59/'59 celebrated their 55th wedding anniversary with family and friends, including many classmates from SPX, on September 13, 2014.

Charles "Chuck" Joseph '64 was inducted into the Texas Radio Hall of Fame Novem-ber 16, 2013, after 30 years in broadcast, including work-ing for stations KILT, KNUZ, KFMK and KXYZ.

John Ramirez '74 graduated from Grand Canyon University with a master's degree in secondary education.

Alumni from the Class of 1974 gathered together at the home of Linda and Rusty Reichle '74/'74 to celebrate 40 years since gradu-ating from SPX.

David Pierce '81, who guided the Sam Houston State baseball program to three consecutive trips to the NCAA Regionals, was named head baseball coach at Tulane University in June 2014.

Valerie Sweeten '85 authored and published a children's book, "Shh,

Listen: In the Rainforest."

Miriam Zebrowski Stevens '99 and husband Matthew became proud parents of Elliot Michael on August 8, 2014. Elliot weighed 6 pounds 14 ounces and was 20 inches long.

Andrea Valdez '01 was named editor of texasmonthly.com.

Veronica Weinmann Frankeny '04 starred in local operetta “The Sorcerer” produced by the Gilbert and Sullivan Society of Houston. Veron-ica played Sybil, the band groupie and girlfriend of the trumpet player.

Lauren Lucas Power '05 and husband John welcomed their first child, John Ambrose, on November 19, 2014, Ambrose weighed 8 pounds and was 19 ½ inches long. Lauren is the SPX Director of Alumni Relations.

Sarah Kolar '06 married Daniel Poche on September 6, 2014, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Plantersville, Texas. The reception was at the Olde Dobbin Station in Montgomery. The couple currently lives in Houston. Daniel is an accountant for Apache Oil and Gas and Sarah teaches elementary school art at St. Cecilia Catholic School.

CLASS NOTES // ALUMNI

John Ambrose Power

Elliot Michael Stevens

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For 20 years Kathy Ladd shared her gifts and talents with the St. Pius X High School Community. A dedicated theology teacher who gave freely of her time to help her students, she was also quietly generous to students who needed assistance with textbooks, uniforms and gradu-ation or prom attire.

Since her passing on November 1, 2014, members of the St. Pius X community have inquired about ways in which to honor Kathy/Ms. Ladd’s memory.

The Kathy Ladd Memorial Fund, dedicated to tuition assistance, has been created in her memory. As a former student, colleague, friend, past or current parent, please consider making a lasting tribute to a teacher who helped to form and shape the lives of a generation of stu-dents at St. Pius X High School. Donations can be made online, by check through the mail, or in person.

Support the Kathy Ladd Memorial Fund

now by scanning this QR code.

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THE KATHY LADD MEMORIAL FUND

Kathy Ladd – 1950-2014

HAVE A NOTE? GIVE IT HERE!

CLASS NOTES

STUDENTS, FACULTY & STAFFTK Flores '07 and wife Tori welcomed baby girl Tyleigh Brook Flores on October 9, 2014. She weighed 7 pounds 6 ounces and was 21 ½ inches long. Tyleigh is also the granddaughter of current SPX staff member Cindy Flores '80.

Lisa Lucas '07 married Richard Hartsfield on August 8, 2014, at St. Martha Catholic Church in Kingwood, Texas.

Joni Joyner '08 graduated from the University of Houston with a bachelor’s degree in teaching and learning on May 10, 2014.

Cassadra Hebert '10 married Logan Scott Niles on September 19, 2014.

Laura Mae Falco '10 graduat-ed from Texas A&M University with a bachelor's degree in man-agement and a minor in history on May 9, 2014. She now attends Texas A&M School of Law in Fort Worth on a scholarship.

D’ante’ Breaux '12 is training to be a Navy Military Arms Policeman. D’ante’ has received ribbons for sharp shooting and joining the Navy during wartime.

Alumni in the New Orleans area gathered for dinner at Lakeview Harbor on October 19, 2014, with Head of School Sister Donna M. Pol-lard, O.P., Academic Dean Diane Larsen and Director of Campus Min-istry Patrick Spedale.

Meagan Messina '15 cheered in the 2014 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade in New York City. Meagan was one of three high school cheerleaders from the Houston area to be invited to cheer in the parade.

Angela Stinner-Trimble, current SPX faculty member, welcomed her grandson Guil-laum Parker Pejerrey on Oc-tober 1, 2014. He weighed 6 pounds, 9 ounces and was 20 ½ inches long.

Contact Lauren Lucas Power '05, Director of Alumni Relations

@ 713.579.7500 or [email protected].

Tyleigh Brook Flores

Guillaum Parker Pejerrey

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Thomas Welborn '61

Joseph Parker '62

Blase Dragna '64

Dorothy Michalak Forbert '64

Michael Hall '64

Barbara Korenek Poche '66

Robert McCorkle '68

Jo Ann Marek Maloney '69

Dennis Hruby '70

Francis "Frank" Clawson '71

Shirley Borski Kujawa '73

Daniel Mushinski '73

Linda Acosta, mother of Alan Acosta '97

Kenneth Boudny, father of Kim Boudny Drawdy '82

David Buckner, father of Ron Buckner '76, Christopher Buck-ner '78 and his wife Rosemary Buckner '78, Edward Buckner '83 and Charlotte Buckner Willis '90

Floyd Derkowski, uncle of Cinthia Derkowski Kopinitz '70, Denise Derkowski Phillips '73, Glinda Derkowski Bancroft '74, Peggy Derkowski Markowski '77, Penny Derkowski '78 and Sharon Derkowski Hogg '80, grandfather of Alicia Derkowski Lopez '02 and Crystal Derkowski Howse '05

Margaret Drewry, grand-mother of George Drewry '14

John Adam Ellzey, father of Heloise Ellzey '95 and brother-in-law of former St. Pius X High School principal and School Board member Sister Heloise Cruzat, O.P.

Richard Gallego, father of Robert '03, Corinne '07 and Paul Gallego '09

Linda Lee Garney, wife of Ronald Garney '63, mother of Ronald Garney Jr. '82, sister of Sharon Cuccia Lawrence '73, Karen Cuccia Brown '73, Tom Cuccia '80 and Joseph Cuccia '82, aunt of Chase Cuccia '10 and Peyton Cuccia '16

Maria Garza, grandmother of Basilio Fernandez '15

Margaret Gerlich, mother of Patricia Gerlich Silverman '65, Rev. Bob Gerlich, S.J. '67 and Carol Gerlich Chang '68, grand-mother of Lauren Gerlich '08 and Landon Gerlich '11

Emily Gillis, mother of Mary Gillis Larson '82

Rafael Gomez, father of Albert Gomez '06

Martha Gorski, mother of Kay Gorski Herring '76

Ron Herzig, grandfather of Aimee DuPree '17

Pauline Hutchings, mother of Sharon Hutchings McLeod '75 and grandmother of Jessica McLeod '01

Jose Ibarra, grandfather of Nova Morales '17

Bernadette Jackson, grand-mother of Rhea Levy '12 and Demerril Levy '18

Clara Jankowski, mother of Rosie Beniretto '63, Mary Ann Jankowski Beard '72 and Leon Jankowski '73, and grandmother of Lisa Beard Purdum '98

Robert "Bob" Jankowski, father of Debbie Jankowski Mosbey '80, Kim Jankowski Freidell '83, Jacqueline Jankowski Hayes '98 and Jennifer Jankowski Transeau '01

Michael Keenan, grandfather of Laura Cody '16

Philip L. Kmiecik, brother of Dolores Kmiecik-Graham '68 and Charles Kmiecik '70

Kathy Ladd, former faculty member and theology depart-ment co-chair

Frances Hanel Marek, mother of Alice Marek Hobizal '64, Bruce Marek '66, John Marek '69 and Paul Marek '71, sister of Sister Mary Magdalen Hanel, O.P. and Janice Hanel Poin-sett '63, sister-in-law of Ralph Marek, aunt of Stan Marek '65, Donald Marek '67, Thomas Marek '69 and Angela Marek McClanahan '72, great-aunt of Nicholas Marek '01, and grand-mother of Jonathan Marek '98

Albin Charlie Meschwitz, father of Denise Meschwitz Lloyd '84 and Diane Meschwitz Sebesta '88, brother of Charles Meschwitz '62, uncle of Mel-anie Meschwitz '99, Denise Meschwitz Theile '82, Anne Meschwitz '78 and Gerard Meschwitz '77, and grandfather of Colston Lloyd '17

Jeanette Morello Loria, grand-mother of Michelle Poncio Blan-kenship '86 and Misty Poncio Rumfolo '91

Odell McMillian, great-grand-father of Sarah McMillian '17

Hermila "Minnie" Mendez, mother of Julian Mendez '77, Margie Mendez Moreno '81, Connie Mendez Kubis '83 and Laura Mendez Thom '85, and grandmother of Kristie Zaragoza '96

Ray Miller, grandfather of Amy Miller '15

Timothy Nailor, brother of Linda Nailor Bryer '67, Patrick Nailor '69 (deceased), Sandra Nailor Ruffino '73, Kathy Nailor Joyner '76 and Judy Nailor '76, and uncle of Matthew Joyner '03 and Joni Joyner '08

Paul J. Naquin, father of Brian Naquin '74, Cindy Naquin Lee '75, Yvonne Naquin Schneider '78, Chris Naquin '79, David Naquin '81 and Michael Naquin '83

Richard "Greg" New, brother-in-law of Jerry Nevlud '74 and uncle of Nathan Nevlud '11

Theresa Pawlawski, mother of Henry Pawlawski '63 and Eliza-beth Pawlaski Nuby '70

Billy Probst, father of Jacquelyn Probst '03

Delia Roppolo Roccaforte, mother of Nicholas Roccaforte '66 and mother-in-law of Julie Partin Roccaforte '66

Frank Charles Romano, father of Emily Romano Oehler '61

Gilbert Sanchez, son of Virgin-ia Sanchez, current staff member of Greenspoint Building Service owned by Pat and Vic Virgada-mo /'60

Kevin Syzdek, brother of Michelle Syzdek Bartholomew '84 and brother-in-law of Tina Marches Syzek '82

Catherine Taake, mother-in-law of Pat Fischer Taake '68

Kenneth Vance, husband of Barbara Wisniewski Vance '80, and brother-in-law of Wanda Wisniewski Matthews '82 and Frank Wisniewski III '95

Maria Venarske, wife of James Venarske '61 and aunt of Melissa Northway Sanders '99

Sylvia Wachel, sister of Mi-chael Kloss '66

Corrections: Gerald Campbell '60 was incorrectly listed under the In Memoriam in the Summer 2014 issue. Michael Skolaut '59 passed away February 5, 2014. Also, Jerome Jozwiak '62, re-ported in Summer Pius News, is Jerome (J.B.) Jozwiak '64.

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we believe you should always practice what you preach we believer that diversity is a beautiful thing we believe that every student has a special gift we believe your school should feel like home we believe in preparing our students for the rigors of college life we believe in a caring and supportive learning environment we believe in challenging our students to realize their full potential we believe you should always practice what you preach we believe that diversity is a beautiful thing we believe that every student has a special gift we believe your school should feel like home we believe in preparing our students for the rigors of college life we believe in a caring and supportive learning environment we believe in challenging our students to realize their full potential we believe you should always practice what you preach we believe

a Dominican education should be available to all

we believe

we believe you should always practice what you preach we believe that diversity is a beautiful thing we believe that every student has a special gift we believe your school should feel like home we believe in preparing our students for the rigors of college life we believe in in preparing our students for the rigors of college life we believe in a caring and supportive learning environment we believe in challenging our students to realize their full potential we believe you should always practice what you preach we believe that diversity is a beautiful thing we believe that every student has a special gift we believe your school should feel like home we believe in preparing our students for the rigors of college life we believe in a caring and supportive learning environment we believe in challenging our students

a community that works together

we believe in

we believe you should always practice what you preach we believer that diversity is a beautiful thing we believe that every student has a special gift we believe your school should feel like home we believe in preparing our students for the rigors of college life we believe in a caring and supportive learning environment we believe in challenging our students to realize their full potential we believe you should always practice what you preach we believe that diversity is a beautiful thing we believe that every student has a special gift we believe your school should feel like home we believe in preparing our students for the rigors of college life we believe in a caring and supportive learning environment we believe in challenging our students to realize their potential we believe you should always practice what you preach we believer that diversity is a beautiful thing we believe that every student has a special gift we believe your school should feel like home we believe in preparing our students for

we believe you should always practice what you preach we believe that diversity is a beautiful thing we believe that every student has a special gift we believe your school should feel like home we believe in preparing our students for the rigors of college life we believe in a caring and supportive learning environment we believe in challenging our students to realize their full potential we believe you should always practice what you preach we believe that diversity is a beautiful thing we believe that every student has a special gift we believe your school should feel like home we believe in preparing our students for the rigors of college life wwe believe in a caring and supportive learning environment we believe in challenging our students to realize their full potential we believe you should always practice what you preach we believe that diversity is a beautiful thing we believe that every student has a special gift we believe your school should feel like home we believe in preparing our

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