A Peek into Where NWC Alumni Have “Gone,”

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INSIDE: ANNUAL REPORT, 2008-09
What’s your most vivid memory
from Northwest Catholic ?
Who “were”
you at NWC ?
Who “
are” you
now ?
When you hear the words “Northwest Catholic,”
what ’s the first word that comes to mind?
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Dear Friends,
Although every issue of Logos includes some stories about alumni, we have decided this
time to make alums the main focus – hence, the collection of brief profiles that makes
up our cover story. While this is just a tiny sampling of our alumni, it is so exciting and
gratifying to see the “places you’ve gone” and the things you’ve done.
This is also the issue that includes our annual report for 2008-09, and we are pleased and proud to tell you that, for the seventh year
in a row, we have exceeded the $1-million mark in donations to Northwest Catholic! In a year of such incredible financial uncertainty,
this is truly remarkable, and we are grateful and humbled by your support. We also know that many of you have endured reversals
recently that have challenged you, and we want you to know that we pray for you as you deal with these situations.
With your generous support, we have been able to provide more than $1.2 million in financial aid, renovate five more classrooms
with “SMART” technology, renovate the music room and fitness center, purchase a second after-school activity bus, upgrade our
technology infrastructure with new servers and an additional T1 line, and maintain our excellent educational program by improving
the curriculum and underwriting professional development for our faculty and staff. Thank you to all of you who helped make these
things happen.
The mission of Northwest Catholic – to “foster in young people a faith that gives meaning and direction to life, to challenge and
guide them in the pursuit of academic excellence, and to instill within them a spirit of service to God and others” -- is being carried
out today in the context of 21st century social and educational issues. It’s a mission that’s as important today as it was 49 years ago,
when the first freshman class walked through our doors. The successes of NWC alums serve as a beacon to today’s students as they
face ever-challenging career and ethical choices. In person and in spirit, you all provide hope and encouragement to the students we
work with today.
This year, we are focusing on using our gifts to serve others and honoring the priests of the Archdiocese who serve us all so well. Please
visit us when you can to see and feel the community as it exists today and to reminisce about your own high school days.
Thank you for all of your support and know that we pray for you all. We wish you the very best in the new year!
Sincerely,
Margaret Williamson
Principal/Chief Administrator
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LOGOS
The Greek word
or logos (pronounced lo-gaas) is defined as “word” or
“meaning.” St. John’s Gospel opens: “In the beginning was Logos (the Word), and
Logos was with God, and Logos was God.” The phrase “Word (Logos) of God,” found
in John 1:1 and elsewhere, shows God’s desire and ability to “speak” to the human.
The Dominican Sisters of St. Mary of the Springs (the founding Order of Northwest
Catholic) have been noted for their effective ability to preach the word. The mission of
the Dominicans is to provide intellectual formation, social communication, and service
through word and action. Our publication, Logos, conveys our mission and values
through this medium of the word.
Logos is published three times a year by the Communications Department of Northwest
Catholic High School. Please send comments or suggestions to:
Michelle M. Murphy
Director of Communications
Northwest Catholic High School
29 Wampanoag Drive
West Hartford, CT 06117
860.236.4221 x133
[email protected]
Editor: Michelle M. Murphy
Principal/Chief Administrator: Margaret Williamson
Photography: ArtRich Photography, Mark Dodd, Jane Leary, Michelle Murphy,
NWC archives, NOWECA (Northwest Catholic yearbook),
Jennifer Puskarz, Thomas Steen
Design: GO media
Depar tments
Contributors: Jordan Barnes ’99, Theresa Becker ’76, Butler Family, Catholic
Charities, Jei Cho ’10, Joseph Cote ’95, Catherine Foley BodakGyovai ’65, Harold Drabkin ’68, John Flannery ’79, Nico Greco
’10, Gerardo Heredia ’96, Patricia Juda, Marian Kindstrom
’85, Katie Krikawa ’10, Michael Lenz ’91, Richard Luddy,
Ph.D., Kelsey Marakovits ’10, Eddie Martucci, Ph.D. ’00, Kim
McElaney ’72, Brenna Milbier ’04, Irene O’Connor ’85, Miriam
O’Leary, M.D. ’95, Jason Randazzo ’98, Michael Rogers, S.J. ’98,
Rebecca Blais Sanda ’90, David Santos ’85, Kate Schuppe ’11,
Tchaka Shepherd, M.D. ’90, Mary Swetcky, Megan Tracey ’85,
Jessica Galanos Wallace ’97, Meghan Terrion Whitehouse ’03,
Patrick Williamson ’99, Floyd Wilson
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t’s been an enormously popular graduation gift for nearly 20 years:
Oh, the Places You’ ll Go, the modern Dr. Seuss classic, has sold millions of
copies–including 300,000 every Spring–since it was published in January 1990.
Its message of excited encouragement for people
on the threshold of the rest of their lives is especially
bittersweet considering that this was Dr. Seuss’s last
book before his death.
Like all of his works, this one has a signature
refrain–“Will you succeed? Yes, you will indeed. (98.75%
guaranteed.)”–that reinforces the book’s inspirational
theme. It could also be considered the thread that
connects the lives of the 15 Northwest Catholic alums
profiled on these pages.
Selected randomly from the 7,500 or so people who
have graduated from NWC since 1965, these alums
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embody the amazing array of places that Northwest
Catholic people have “gone,” personally, professionally,
and geographically. Of course, this is by no means an
exhaustive, or even adequately representative, overview
of the paths our alums have taken since graduation.
But it’s a start. Over the next several years, and
especially as Northwest Catholic’s 50th anniversary
gets closer, we will tell as many stories as we can of other
alumni, here in these pages and on our web site (www.
northwestcatholic.org). Please, tell us yours! Send info
to Michelle M. Murphy, Director of Communications
([email protected]).
For these profiles, we asked each person to respond to the same five questions:
What’s your most vivid memory
from Northwest catholic?
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When you hear the words Northwest catholic,”
what’s the first word that comes to mind?
Here’s what they said:
Catherine Foley Bodak-Gyovai, M.D. ’65 is a pediatric
neurologist at the A.I. duPont Hospital for Children in Delaware, as
well as an Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the Thomas Jefferson
School of Medicine in Philadelphia. She has 70 scientific and
medical publications. She and her husband, Levente Bodak-Gyovai,
DMD, a former professor at Penn’s School of Dental Medicine, live
in Media, PA, where he has a dental practice.
Catherine is the oldest of five girls – her sisters are Virginia Foley
’68, Elizabeth Foley Emile ’70, Patricia Foley Seremet ’71, and
Elenore Foley Sonski ’75, who’s married to Alex Sonski ’74 –
and was involved in a typical array of activities at NWC: yearbook,
newspaper, school plays. She graduated from Rosemont College in
1969 and from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
in 1974. She did a four-year pediatric residency at St. Christopher’s
Hospital for Children in Philadelphia, where she was the Chief
Resident. She also completed three years of neurology residency
at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.
After teaching at Temple
University Medical School
for 15 years and then at the
University of Pittsburgh
School of Medicine for 13
years, she assumed her current
position at Jefferson Medical
School.
Catherine Foley Bo
da k-Gyova i, M.D
. ’65
“I have been an academic child neurologist for my entire career,
and enjoy teaching medical students and residents, as well as taking
care of children with brain disorders. My work is truly an honor, a
challenge and a privilege. I can’t imagine doing anything else.
“Will you succeed? Yes, you will
indeed. (98.75% guaranteed.)”
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I am married to the love of my life. When I met him, he was a
widower with two adult sons; now we have seven grandchildren, the
youngest of whom is six months old. We are active in our parish, and
enjoy traveling, dancing, whitewater rafting, and kayaking. If
we live another 50 years, we will just about have enough time to
complete everything on our list of things we plan to do.
I believe my NWC homeroom produced at least two other
pediatricians – Matthew Frank, a child neurologist like me, and
Marilyn Bacon, a neonatologist. Our homeroom teacher was a tiny
little nun who taught Algebra II, Geometry, Trig – she was always
smiling and was a bundle of energy. I can see her face, but her name
eludes me.
I have several vivid memories of NWC: Sr. Veritas making us
kneel down to be sure our skirts touched the floor; my surprise at
being voted most likely to succeed; the day we all lost our innocence
when they announced on the loudspeaker in Sr. Mary Gilbert’s
French class that President Kennedy had been shot, and then sent us
all home early; the prom with the Ebb Tide theme and making the
gym (sort of) look like an undersea realm–the ’Little Mermaid’ had
not yet been invented.
The one word that comes to mind? Fun! Socially and
academically. In junior year, I was sent from Northwest to Chicago
as the CT high school representative to the Atomic Energy Young
Scientist Conference – the first time I had ever been on a plane.”
contact: [email protected]
Harold J. Drabkin, Ph.D.
’68 is a Senior Scientific Curator
of Mouse Genome Informatics
at The Jackson Laboratory in
Bar Harbor, ME. He is an expert
in nucleic acid biochemistry
and molecular biology, and is a
curator for the Gene Ontology
Project and the Protein Ontology
Project in the Mouse Genome
Database. He writes frequently in
professional journals and speaks
often at scientific conferences
about genetics and the Mouse
Genome project.
After NWC, Harold went to the
University of Hartford, where he
earned a B.S. in Biology and a B.A.
D. ’68
Ha rold J. Drabkin, Ph.
in Chemistry in 1972. He also earned
a Ph.D. in Biology from Wesleyan University in 1977. He also spent
many years as a research scientist in the Biology department at MIT.
who solidified my interest in biology. I’ve lost track of many, but
hope they are doing well.”
From the 1970s...
John L. Flannery, Jr. ’79 was this Fall named the President and
CEO of GE India, responsible for GE’s overall operations in the
country (GE has 15,000 employees in India). Before that, he had
been the CEO of GE Capital for the Asia Pacific region. He has
worked for General Electric his entire career.
A graduate of Fairfield University, John earned an MBA
from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
He grew up in West Hartford, the youngest of three children
(his older sisters did not attend NWC), but spent most of his
adult life in Wilton, CT, where he still has a home. He and his
wife, Tracy, also have a house on Nantucket. In January, they
will move with their 16-year-old son Tim from Tokyo to New
Delhi, India; their daughter, Morgan, 20, and son Matthew,
19, attend Colgate University. John said Matthew was named
after his close friend Matthew Brazel ’79, who passed away from
cancer some years after graduation.
“I travel a lot; I have had the good fortune to visit over 40
different countries for work or pleasure, and just this week I was in
New Delhi, Mumbai, Singapore, Seoul, and Tokyo – all in 5 days!
Strangely, the first thing I thought of when asked about my most
vivid memory is when we went on ’strike’ my senior year. We were
protesting some perceived slight that I cannot remember, and we
all agreed we would not enter the building as usual. So there we
were – a couple hundred of us standing in the parking lot milling
around, a few of the more organized ones with signs. However,
the school cracked down, and I think by 8:15 we were all back in
school. Probably none of us went on to become union organizers.
The first word that pops into my about Northwest is ’diversity,’
and it really has impacted my life. When I was at NWC, we had
kids from several towns as well as very different socioeconomic and
ethnic backgrounds. But everyone got along well, and I realized then
that people with many differences can not only have fun together
but also learn from each other because of those differences. I think
one of the reasons I have been so comfortable overseas in some
“I’m from Hartford, and I was an only child. I attended St.
Michael’s elementary school. At NWC, I was involved in the
newspaper.
In addition to my work in curation at MGI, I have a strong
commitment to distance learning, and teach through that venue
(Editor’s note: he’s been teaching biology and genetics through The
Charter Oak State College in New Britain, CT since 2000).
When I think about Northwest Catholic, I think of people. I
think of Ron Ferri; of Sr. James Marie; and of Sr. Veronica Welch,
John L. Flannery,
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pretty challenging places is due to lessons learned at NWC. I look
at cultural differences more with curiosity and as an opportunity
versus a threat.”
Kim McElaney ’72 is the Director of the Chaplains’ Office
at the College of the Holy Cross, her alma mater, where she has
worked for 25 years. She also worked for four years as an Assistant
Chaplain at Fairfield University and holds a Master’s of Divinity
from the Weston School of Theology in Cambridge, MA.
Kim grew up in West Hartford, and her four sisters – Meg
McElaney Woolley ’73, Ann McElaney-Johnson ’75, Jane
McElaney Peterson ’77, and Julie McElaney-Gorman ’83
followed her to Northwest Catholic. Her NWC connections
include her brother-in-law Bruce Woolley ’72 and her nephew
Jack Peterson ’12. In high school, she was involved in the glee
club, some of the musicals, French Club, and Student Council, for
which she was Secretary her senior year.
“I was an avid basketball fan at
Northwest, along with just about
every other student, and I loved the
sense of school spirit that was so
evident all four years. It’s impossible
to single out the ’most vivid’ memory
from high school – so many of my
memories remain vivid and rich. I
made wonderful friends, and I still
recall the many parties, ’hanging out’
on Drury Lane and Sheep Hill Drive,
snow days, Friendly’s after basketball
games, and so many other fun social
occasions. It was at Northwest that
I first fell in love, and at Northwest
where I first experienced the death
of a friend’s parent. I remember
with deep gratitude and admiration
the teachers I had, especially Paul
Reardon, Mike Miscio, Dan Carney,
Mrs. Slattery, and, of course, Sr.
Doris Regan. It was at NWC that I
first came to know how much I loved
studying literature.
Marian Kindstr
om
’85
to sing in the choir, something she still does today.
Marian moved to Sweden the day after her NWC graduation;
her aunt Britta helped her find a job there as a nurse’s aide in a
convalescent home. Over the ensuing years, she became certified as
a networking and computer technician, and also earned her Masters
in Caring Sciences degree from the University of Borås. Today, she
lives in a small town on the outskirts of Gothenburg, Sweden, with
her son Daniel, 13. Her older son, Robin, 22, lives nearby and is
studying to become a nurse. In addition to her involvement with her
community choir, Marian said she enjoys traveling, photography,
and snorkeling, and is in the process of obtaining her motorcycle
driver’s license.
“After NWC graduation, I was planning to stay here for about
half a year to figure out what I wanted to do next. I started working,
got the hang of the language, made some friends, fell in love, and
decided to stay a little while longer. It was great being independent!
After some months I got a new job in a restaurant, fell in love again,
got an apartment, and time just flew by.
My most vivid memory of NWC is of my friends – sitting in the
cafeteria and having a good time; that’s what I remember most. The
first word I think of? Art class. I loved
art class – and choir, of course!
I am looking forward to the next
reunion. I am actually planning my
vacation around it, so I can come
over and meet up with old friends.”
contact: mariankindstrom @
hotmail.com
I also find it impossible to come up with a single word that I
associate with NWC. They were golden years – some of the best
of my life.”
From the 1980s...
Marian Kindstrom ’85 is the school nurse at Fuxerna School, a
kindergarten-gr. 9 elementary school of 500 students in Lilla Edet,
Sweden. Born in Hartford Hospital, she grew up in West Hartford
– her parents, Lennart and Leila, still live in town – and had one
older brother, who now lives in Manaus, Brazil. At NWC, she loved
David Santos ’85 is the
Country Manager for Euler
Hermes Turkey, a credit insurance
company that’s a subsidiary of
the German insurance company
Allianz. David grew up in West
Hartford, in a large family with
strong Northwest Catholic ties:
His brothers Richard ’82 (now a
Deacon and the Chairman of the
NWC Religion Department),
Michael ’83, and Brian ’84 were
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all ahead of him in school, and his sister Katie Santos Hawkom
’88 was three years younger. His parents, Richard and Kathy, were
extremely active at NWC, and helped to get Saturday Night Live
off the ground in the early 1980s. David’s youngest brothers, Dan
and Tim, went to high school in Needham, MA, after his parents
moved there in the late 1980s. Sadly, Mrs. Santos passed away in
February 2006.
David graduated from Providence College in 1989 with a Finance
degree and then earned an MBA at UConn in 1991. Keen for a
career in international business, he studied Spanish and was hired
to start the Chilean operation of a small credit reporting company,
Veritas Credit Corp. That was the start of a 20-plus-year career
that’s taken him from Chile, to Mexico City, to Belgium, and now
to Turkey. He and his wife Susana live in Istanbul with their sons
Nicolas, 10, Tomas, 8, Martin, 6, Benjamin, 2, and David German,
3 months.
“My plan was to go to Chile for 2 years and return to the US. My
mother feared that I would meet a Chilean girl and never return,
but I of course assured her that would never happen. It was during
my fourth year in Chile that I married my Chilean girlfriend,
Susana Correa Vial.
The highlight of my NWC sports career was beating Xavier in
football 24-0 under the lights in Middletown, CT on a Friday night
during my Senior year. I will never forget the sense of energy we all
felt on the bus ride to the game. Alan Keney ’85, our star middle
linebacker and center, sat at the back of the bus and blasted out ’Eye
of the Tiger’ on the ride over, and we played the game of our lives.
on weekends. She was awarded an academic scholarship and
earned a degree in International Relations from Boston University
and an MBA from the University of Chicago. After graduating
from BU, she moved to Prague, Czech Republic, for her first job,
thus beginning a career that has taken her from Prague, to San
Francisco, to Hong Kong, and to Singapore – with extra stops back
in San Francisco and traveling throughout Asia, Europe and Africa
in between.
“My most vivid memory of Northwest is a funny one from my
cross country running days. There were several girls on the team
– including Colleen Porch ’91 and Heather Porch Rutkowski
’90 – who were really strong runners. I was never very good at
x-country, but my team made it to the State Championships. We
arrived to the finals very late, and we did not have a chance to walk
the route before the race. I said to my coach, ’How will I know
where to go?’ He said, ’Don’t worry, you’ll be somewhere in the
middle so just follow the people in front of you.’
Well, during the race I got so far behind – we are talking dead last
– that there was nobody to follow, and I got lost! I wandered out of
the woods and ended up on a hill overlooking the finish line and
never actually finished the race. Colleen and Heather finished in
the top 3. But everyone was so very nice to me on the bus ride back. They were really a nice group of girls. In hindsight, it was a good
experience to fail at something in a very public way. It taught me
humility and how to be graceful in a difficult situation. When I hear NWC, the first word I think of is values.”
When I think back to NWC the first word that pops into my mind
is community. I see the names of alumni and former classmates, the
names of the people I grew up with, who are still participating in
this community, and it really makes me feel proud to be a part of it.”
Rebecca Blais Sanda ’90
lives in Singapore with her
husband, Chris, and their
four-year-old son Michael. She
is the Senior Director of Global
Customer Programs for Oracle
Corp, with responsibility for
the ASEAN countries. She
grew up in a single-parent
home in Southwick, MA, and
ran track and cross country
while at NWC. She also
worked at times in the school
library to help cover her tuition
costs and had a job waitressing
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Tchaka Shepherd, M.D.
’90 is a trauma surgeon and
the Director of the Trauma/
Critical Care Division at St.
Francis Medical Center in
Southeast Los Angeles, CA. A
Hartford native, he was an only
child who immersed himself
in life at Northwest Catholic.
He was on the track and
football teams, he joined the
Spanish Club and several class
committees, and he was in the
ACTS class. He earned a B.S.
degree in Biology at Morehouse
College in Atlanta and his
medical degree at Meharry
Medical College in Nashville.
After six years of training in
general surgery in Southern
California, he came back East to
complete a trauma/critical care
fellowship at the Shock Trauma
Center in Baltimore, MD.
Today, Tchaka lives in
Redondo Beach, CA, with his
wife Latrice and their year-old
twins, Nyla and Noah.
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“During my matriculation at NWC, I was a young man searching
for answers regarding the complexity of African-American life in
America. It occasionally led to interesting and intriguing situations.
The Northwest community was an integral part of my growth
and development, and for that I will always be grateful.
I am currently living in California because unfortunately we are
one of the nation’s leaders when it comes to gang-related violent
crimes. I am involved in several violence-intervention programs in
the hopes of stemming the current tide of excessive teen violence.
My most vivid memory of NWC? This may surprise many, but
it’s Patricia Juda. She challenged me to be better than I ever thought
I could be. She challenged me to seek excellence, and that I can
never repay.
The first word that pops into my mind when I hear Northwest
Catholic? Home. The Northwest community will be forever a part
of my extended family.”
Joseph Cote ’95 lives
in Portland, OR, where
he is the Vice President
of Ticket Sales for the
Portland Beavers (a Triple-A
baseball team) and the
Portland Timbers (a 2011
MLS expansion franchise).
He grew up in Windsor, CT,
but moved to Enfield just
before junior year at NWC.
He was on the school paper
for a year and was a member
of the National Honor Society.
Joe went to the University of
South Carolina, where he earned
a B.S. in Sport and Entertainment
Management. After graduation, he
Joseph Cote ’95
worked at Madison Square Garden
(in CT) and the Columbus (OH) Blue Jackets (NHL) before
moving to Portland two years ago.
“My most vivid memory of NWC is the weekly vocabulary test
in Mr. Reardon’s freshman Honors English class. And the word
that comes to mind when I think of NWC is proud. I am proud to
be a NWC graduate.”
Miriam O’Leary, M.D.
’95 is a head and neck surgeon
and assistant professor in the
Department of Otolaryngology
– Head & Neck Surgery at Tufts
Medical Center in Boston. She
grew up in Granby, CT, the
oldest of three girls; her sisters
Niamh ’99 and Keara ’00 were
a few years behind her at NWC.
She was extremely involved with
the Dramateurs, participating in
the Fall and Spring play every year,
and she also played soccer and ran
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undergraduate degree in 1999
from Rosemont College, where she majored in
biochemistry and minored in theater, and her medical degree in
2003 from the University of Connecticut School of Medicine. After a five-year residency in Otolaryngology – Head & Neck
Surgery at Boston University, she went to the University of
Miami for a one-year fellowship in Head & Neck Oncologic
Surgery and Microvascular Reconstruction.
Gerardo M. Heredia ’96 has been teaching elementary school
for the past 13 years, and is currently the Dean of Students at West
Middle School in Hartford. He and his sister, Rocio Heredia ’98,
grew up in Hartford. He was part of Northwest Catholic’s “BEST”
program as a freshman and again as a senior, when he was one of
its leaders. He also played on NWC’s soccer team and helped out
with the basketball team. Gerardo earned his B.S. in Elementary
Education and his Master’s in Special Education from Central
Connecticut State University. He intends to begin an Ed. D. in
Educational Leadership in Summer 2010. He and his wife, Sara
Cianfaglione Heredia ’96, live in South Windsor with their
daughter, Ella Grace, 3, and their son Gerardo Attilio, 2; they are
expecting their third child in April.
“My most vivid memory of Northwest Catholic is the
diversity of the student population, which was greater than the
diversity in my hometown and even in my college class. I think
that this was excellent preparation for living and working in the
real world.”
Gerardo M. Heredia ’96
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“There are so many things that I recall about NWC, like Mrs.
Juda’s reading class; or Mr. Abbott’s typing class, which helped
me throughout college; our trips with the basketball team; Mr.
Callahan checking uniforms and earrings; Mrs. Van Brocklin’s
Geometry class (it was the best). John Mirabello was (and still is)
one of the biggest role models in my life.
But the best memory is of Mr. Reardon and his way of
teaching – he was so animated, and he made it easy to listen and
learn from him. He was a strong, strict, but fair role model for me.
I needed him to stay on track, not only with English class but with
life overall.
I am Northwest Catholic’s #1 fan. Without NWC, my life would
be completely different. Everyone is there with their heart. Going
to NWC was a blessing for my family; without NWC, my wife
and I wouldn’t be! I hope that one day my own children can attend
NWC.”
Michael J. Rogers, S.J. ’98 is a Religion teacher at Boston College
High School, where he also is in charge of Freshman Orientation;
occasionally directs drama productions; and coaches the tennis
team. At the end of this school year, he will leave BC High to study
theology – the last step in his preparation for ordination as a Jesuit
priest. A native of Wethersfield, Mike was the first in his family
to come to NWC: his brother, Fran ’04 followed him, and his
sister hopes to join the Class of ’14. During high school, Mike was
involved in the poetry club, mock trial, and drama; on the tennis
team; and was copy editor of the yearbook.
He earned a B.A. in
Philosophy
from
The
College of the Holy
Cross, where his vocation
was kindled. He entered
the Society of Jesus in
August 2002, taught and
did missionary work, and
earned a Master’s degree in
Philosophy from St. Louis
University in 2007. He also
studied at the University
of Central America in El
Salvador during the Summer
of 2005, when he was working
with the Jesuits in the
Salvadoran countryside. He
is on track to be ordained in
2013.
Michael J.
Rogers, S.J
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’98
“I have so many good and
happy memories of NWC.
One that sticks out, probably
because of where I find myself
in life, is organizing the prayer
service for graduation and then
reading the call of the prophet
Jeremiah at Graduation at the
cathedral. This verse sticks with
me to this day, because so often I have found that I have had to trust
that God is with me, even in the toughest or most challenging of
times. I remember looking out at the happy, hopeful, and nervous
faces of my classmates reading that passage as the light poured in
through the grand stained glass windows of the Cathedral, and
feeling grateful for what my time at Northwest had meant, as well
as hopeful for what lay ahead.
If there is one word which pops into my mind when I hear the
words Northwest Catholic, it is home. It is that place from which
I come, it is a place of origin for me, and my time there serves as
a foundation for my life today. It comes out in my own life as a
high school teacher, whether it is in hounding my students to use
proper grammar (thanks to Mrs. Juda), using Anselm’s proof for
God’s existence as an exercise of prayer (thanks to Mr. Woodford),
knowing what constitutes a decent cigar (thanks to Mr. Reardon),
consistently asking the questions about the relationship of faith
to our public life (thanks to Mr. Tressler), or being animated and
perhaps a little crazy in my teaching style (thanks to Mr. Kelly).
Northwest is home for me because it really has shaped who I now
am in so many ways, and that is something I am grateful for. “
Jordan Barnes ’99 is the
Photo Director at Seventeen
Magazine in New York City (but
is often on the road, especially
in Los Angeles for photo
shoots). A graduate of Central
Connecticut State University,
where she earned a Bachelor’s
degree in Communication,
she has also worked at O, The
Oprah Magazine and at InStyle
magazine. She grew up in
West Hartford, and has many
ties to NWC, including her
mother, Sharon, a member
of the Administration staff
from 1985-2001, and her
brother Loryn ’97. She was
on the basketball, track,
and swim teams, and was
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college, Jordan worked for
Art Rich photography and
also operated as an independent photographer; an internship at
The Oprah Magazine during her last semester of college was the
springboard to her career.
“Although it took a few years to find the perfect part of NYC,
I have found my home in Harlem. My neighborhood has such a
terrific sense of community and I am fortunate to live near amazing
churches and landmarks, including the Apollo Theatre.
My most vivid memories of NWC include attending basketball
games, Mr. Carney’s English class, ’walking tacos’ in the cafeteria,
Co v e r s t o r y
and learning how to develop my first photos in the darkroom –
Northwest is where I truly fell in love with photography.
The one word that comes to mind when I hear Northwest
Catholic? Friends. I have lived with four different Northwest
Catholic graduates, worked at different magazines with NWC
graduates, and have seen ten different Northwest Catholic
graduates get married. I have a diverse and well-rounded group of
friends from NWC that combined could do your taxes, represent
you in a court of law, manage your finances, write your advertising
campaign, educate your children, act in a play, write a novel and
more – I am so lucky to have met each and every one of them. I am
proud to have gone to NWC and am truly grateful for the friends
I made there. They will forever be a part of my life, and I consider
them family.”
From the 2000s...
Eddie Martucci, Ph.D. ’00 is a Senior Analyst at PureTech
Ventures, a venture creation firm in Boston that specializes in
creating new biotechnology companies to address major unmet
medical needs. A native of West Hartford, Eddie played football
and baseball for all four years at NWC, serving as Captain of both
teams when he was a senior. He also sang in the Concert Choir and
was active in student government. He was the Salutatorian of his
class. His siblings – AJ Martucci ’05 and Melissa Martucci ’11 –
followed him to NWC. After earning a B.S. in Biochemistry from
Providence College, he continued his education at Yale University,
where he earned a M.Phil in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry
and his Ph.D. in Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry. He lives
in Norwood, MA, with his wife, Diana, and their children Dante,
3, and Gianni, 6 months old.
“One of my favorite memories of NWC was making a pressurized
’cannon’ in Mr. (now Dr.) Luddy’s physics lab, where we got to
shoot a tennis ball from the side of the building over the football
bleachers. Just so the administration doesn’t get mad, he did make
us calculate all of the correct Newtonian forces and predict where it
would land. Other memories include late football practices, being
exhausted, but still running full defense; and Chili-cheese dogs
with ridged potato chips.
The first word that pops into my mind when I hear Northwest
Catholic is ’green,’ which is not very creative. Another is ’unfair’
– as in, NWC accelerated its development as soon as I left – the
additions to the building, new fields, new gym. It barely looks the
same! But I still like the old dark school.”
Contact: [email protected]
Brenna Milbier ’04 lives in
Tangier, Morocco, where she
is a first-grade teacher at the
American School of Tangier,
a preK-12 school where most
students are Moroccan, though
the other students come from
all over the world. A native
of West Hartford, she is the
youngest of four children, but
the only one to attend NWC.
During high school, she was
a member of Freshman Contacts,
worked with special-needs children who played
soccer, and was on the tennis team all four years.
As a senior, she was a Tri-Captain and the MVP.
Brenna
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Brenna majored in Early Childhood Education and Psychology
at the University of Vermont. During college, she studied abroad
in Stockholm, Sweden, and became extremely interested in
international education systems; a recruiting firm found her a
teaching job in Morocco immediately after she graduated.
“Tangier is located on the northwestern tip of Africa and is
within sight of southern Spain and Gibraltar. A short distance from
the city, there are amazing beaches that extend along the Atlantic
and Mediterranean coasts. The people of Tangier have traditionally
accepted a mixture of backgrounds and beliefs, and that is what
drew me to them and their culture. Since coming here, I’ve traveled
all around Africa and Europe, including Barcelona, where I visited
Sarah Driscoll ’04, who is teaching English as a second language
there.
My most vivid, exciting and nerve-wracking memory of NWC
is of an event that took place during the first few weeks of school –
the Freshman Shoe Dance. All of the senior boys threw their shoes
into the center of the cafeteria and each freshman girl had to pick a
shoe. The boy who owned the shoe you picked became your dance
partner. It was quite an interesting introduction to high school!
The first words that come to mind when I hear NWC are Mrs.
Juda and ’The Raven.’ “
Contact: [email protected]
Eddie Martucci, Ph.D. ’00
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E
very June, as soon as school gets out, Northwest Catholic students, faculty,
and staff scatter in every direction, in pursuit of all kinds of adventures. This
year was no exception. Here’s a small sampling of the “who, what, and where” of
the things NWC people did during the Summer of 2009.
Kate Schuppe ’11
Where I went: Tokyo, Hakkone, Ilyama City, Gifu, Hiroshima,
and Kyoto, Japan.
When I went: Jul. 19-Aug. 1, 2009
Why I went: I went to Japan as a part of the “People to People
Student Ambassador Programs.” We traveled to many different
cities to learn about Japanese history, to experience Japanese culture firsthand, and to develop an
appreciation for a new culture.
Who I went with: 38 high
school students, 4 adult leaders,
and a Japanese delegation manager from the People to People
program.
Kate Schuppe ’11
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What I did while I was there:
After our 13-hour flight to Japan,
we landed in Tokyo. The next
day, we visited the Government
Building, where we presented
a small gift during a welcoming
ceremony. Later, we visited an
anime studio where we recorded
voiceovers for a short animation
sequence. Over the next few days,
we saw the Emperor’s Palace,
shopped at a large mall (where we
were surprised to see many American movies playing), and caught
part of the eclipse that occurred that morn-
ing. During a visit to a temple, we learned the traditional way
of praying by rinsing our hands and mouth, and then bowing
after making a prayer. Over the next several days, we visited
Hakkone, where we climbed part of Mount Fuji and experienced the hot springs that flowed directly from the mountain
into our guest house and Ilyama City, where we stayed with
a Japanese family, slept on traditional tatami mats, made our
own chopsticks, danced at a Japanese festival, and saw rice fields
everywhere we went. We then took the bullet train to Hiroshima, which reduced the travel time to two hours versus the
six it would have taken to drive there. At Hiroshima, we were
stunned to walk through the Peace Park, and astonished to find
no hostility toward Americans in a city so affected by our attack on them. We saw the remains of the Atomic Bomb Dome,
which was the most intact building after the bombing. Everyone
was quite moved as we left Hiroshima. Our last stop was Kyoto,
Japan’s former capital. It was a trip I will always remember.
Richard Luddy, Ph.D., NWC Science teacher
Where I went: Geneva, Switzerland, the home of the European
Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) and the LHC (Large
Hadron Collider), which is the newest superconducting supercollider for particle research in the world, seven times more energetic than any earlier collider. The LHC machine itself is more than
27 kilometers in circumference. Thousands of physicists from all
over the world work there or are working on experiments being
tested there. CERN and the LHC straddle the border between
Geneva, Switzerland and France.
When I went: June 27-July 5, 2009.
Why I went: I was invited
to give a talk on my current Physics research about
the detailed structure of
protons at the 13th International
Conference
on Elastic and Diffractive
Scattering, which is also
known as the Blois Conference. (Editor’s Note: Dr.
Luddy was one of only a few
Americans invited to speak
at this conference.)
Who I went with: I flew
there by myself, but in Geneva I met several of my
collaborators and many
other physicists whom I
know from other work.
What I did while I was
there: The conference
agenda was packed for the whole
y, Ph.D.
Richard Ludd
week. Each day we listened to talks and
exchanged ideas about them from about 8am-6pm. On
Tuesday and Thursday we didn’t finish until 8:30pm. We met
in the “Council Chamber,” a large conference room much like
the United Nations. Everyone had a microphone and a headset,
and above us on the side of the hall were 6 glass rooms where
different translators could sit and work. We could select from
one of six languages to hear the speaker. Most of the speakers
were able to speak English fairly well.
My presentation was on Tuesday morning, and I admit to
being rather nervous while listening to the talk before mine.
I imagined falling down on my face while walking up to the
podium. When I got up there, it felt like I was talking to a class
at Northwest Catholic! My talk was very well received and was
referenced by many speakers during the rest of the week. It was
fun and exciting.
On Wednesday evening, we took a dinner cruise on Lake
Geneva to a small town in France called Yvoire. It was built
in around 1360. Many of the original buildings including the
church are still standing.
Best thing about the trip: The whole experience was very exciting, from chatting with famous physicists to ordering all my
meals in French. The morning of my arrival before the conference started, I walked around a small part of the 27 km path.
There were fields with miles of grapevines surrounding the site,
and mountains in almost all directions. It was a great experience.
Katie Krikawa ’10 & Kelsey Marakovits ’10
Where we went: This summer we rowed on the Connecticut
River. We are part of a Riverfront Recapture crew team, and this
was to help keep us in shape and help us improve our technique
and times for the Fall rowing season. You could consider this
our “preseason” or “summer league,” as many Northwest sports have.
When we went: Three days a week, two hours a day, for two months.
Katie Krikawa ’10 and Kelse
y Ma rakovits ’10
Why we went: In addition to helping get us in shape, we participated in crew over the summer because we thoroughly enjoy
it! We were also fortunate enough to participate in the college
coaches camp that was held at our boathouse. For one week,
we would row from 9-3 under the supervision of college crew
coaches who were able to assess our abilities and give us individual attention on how we could most improve.
Who we went with: Rowers from high school teams all over
Connecticut.
Best thing about it: The opportunity to make new friends. The
rowers are a completely different group of people than the ones
we know from school. We’re all tied together through our love
of the sport.
Nico Greco ’10
Where I went: I ran a number of
races this past Summer, one of which
was the GE 5k Road Race, which
benefits the Petit Family Foundation
founded by Dr. William Petit, Jr.
The race had a number of sponsors,
including GE and NBC Connecticut
TV.
When I went: We lined up at
9am on Saturday, July 18, 2009.
There were about 3,000 runners,
including Dr. Petit.
Nico Greco ’10
Why I went: I knew I needed to
run some races last Summer to know
what kind of shape I was in and to be able to predict where I
would be at the start of NWC’s cross country season. I also
knew this race was for a good cause, so I decided to just hop
right in and go.
Who I went with: My Dad came with me to the race; he’s
always been there to support me in every race. I ran into some
friendly competition with two recent graduates from Farmington High School and Berlin High School.
What I did while I was there: When I first got to the race, I
did my regular warm-up, stretched, and stood at the line and
heard a few words from Dr. Petit before the gun went off. I finished the race in 16:37, wearing my heavy training shoes – 5th
place overall. I was also the top High School finisher.
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Patrick Willi
I went to Guang Hwa Mun at the
end of July. I went there to meet
up with my old friend, who goes
to school in Pennsylvania but also
came home to Korea for the Summer. It is my favorite place to just
walk around. We walked around
the park that was just made there,
took pictures, and had dinner.
Patrick Williamson ’99
NWC Assistant Track Coach
Where I went: Lake Placid, NY for Ironman Lake Placid
When I went: The race was on July 26, 2009, but I was
there for about 3 days before and 3 days after
Why I went: To do a triathlon. This was my third attempt at an Ironman and the second one I completed –
you are required to swim 2.4 miles, bike 112 miles, and
then run 26.2 miles, all within 17 hours.
Who I went with: Margie & Brian Williamson, Bryan
Spinelli ’99, MaryKate Sitarz ’99, Meg Williamson ’03, Carolyn Spalluto ’08, Kate Williamson ’08.
Jei Cho ’10
I also went to Go-Sung, which
is near the South Sea of Korea. It
was at the end of August, a week
before I left Korea to come back to
the US. I went there with my three
of my cousins. We camped in the
mountain Seol-ak on the first day
and sailed on a yacht next two days.
I love to fish, so my oldest cousin
and I fished for eight hours straight
almost every night, from 8pm-4am.
I think this was the greatest experience I had last Summer.
Floyd Wilson, NWC Custodian
What I did while I was there: The race started in Mirror Lake at
7am during a downpour, and you had until midnight to finish. I
finished at 10:44.58 PM (15 hours, 44 minutes, 58 seconds). It was
great having my friends and family there with me, both competing
(Bryan) and volunteering at a run aid station (everyone else).
Best thing about it: Registering again for next year. I will compete in Ironman Lake Placid 2010 to raise money for The Hole in
the Wall Gang Camp in Ashford, CT, which was founded by Paul
Newman to provide a summer camp experience to children age
7-15 who suffer from chronic or life-threatening illnesses.
The camp serves over 1,000 children over 9 weeks each Summer
and upwards of 10,000 children through the Hospital Outreach
Program and weekend programs year-round. It is the flagship camp
of The Hole in the Wall Gang Association, which has 10 camps
worldwide that serve similar populations. The camp is free for all
attendees and operates solely through private and corporate donations. It costs $2,500 to send one camper for one week. My goal is
to pay for ten children to attend camp by raising $25,000 in Ironman
sponsorships over the next year. (See www.holeinthewallgang.org
and www.teamholeinthewall.org/netcommunity/LakePlacid2010 to
follow my fundraising efforts or to make a donation.)
Jei Cho ’10
NWC International Students Program
Where I went: Seoul, South Korea
Why I went: I went home to spend the Summer with my family
after attending NWC for my junior year.
When I went: I left CT for Korea the day after school got out in
June. I came back to CT in August to live with Brendan Lemp ’10
and his parents in West Hartford – my new host family.
Who I went with: I traveled home alone.
What I did while I was there: I had a really, really great time in
Korea, but at the same time I was wishing I was back in the US, as
well. I went to so many places this Summer with friends, family,
and some foreign friends who I met two years ago when I was going
to school in Texas.
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Floyd Wilson and
his siblings
Where I went: Selma, Alabama
When I went: July 2009
Why I went: I went to attend the Spencer Family Reunion, which
is held every other year in a different location around the country.
Who I went with: I drove to Alabama with my wife and four children, plus my five sisters from the Hartford area. There were about
300 of our relatives at the reunion, including my two brothers who
live down there.
What I did while I was there: We had three days of activities with
the reunion. Thursday was the hospitality day – when people arrived, checked in, and got settled. On Friday, there was a big family
picnic on the Spencer family plantation. Everyone at the reunion
went to that. That night, people would take little side trips or just
visit with one another. We did more of the same during the day on
Saturday. Saturday night was the big sit-down banquet. That was
beautiful. It was at the George Wallace State Community College,
in a big dining room. There were speeches, and singing or dancing
from the people with talent, and it was also when we voted on where
we will have the next reunion. It’s going to be in Texas in 2011.
Best thing about the trip: My favorite thing is motoring there.
That’s my thing. I love driving down, through Virginia, and Georgia, sightseeing, enjoying the ride along the way. And of course I
also love being with all my family, seeing who comes each year, visiting with them. We have been having these reunions for 16 or 17
years now, and every person doesn’t come to every one of them, so
I always like to see the people I might have missed at the last one.
NWC Legacy – A handful of the 26 alums and their Class of ’09 children
T
he star-studded Class of 2009 graduated from Northwest Catholic High
School on Wednesday, June 3, in a moving ceremony held in the beautiful
Cathedral of St. Joseph in Hartford.
Archbishop Henry Mansell presided over the 45th commencement, which featured an address by Maria Elena
Lagomasino ’66, the chief executive officer of GenSpring
Family Offices, a premier wealth management firm based
in Florida. A prominent executive in the banking industry,
Maria and her family f led Castro’s Cuba when she was 11
years old, settling in West Hartford, where Maria’s mother
worked for a while as a Spanish teacher at NWC.
Maria earned a bachelor’s degree from Manhattanville
College, a master’s degree from Columbia University, and
an MBA from Fordham University. She serves on a number
of corporate boards, including the Boards of Avon Products, Inc. and Lincoln Center Theater. She is also a Trustee
on the Board of the National Geographic Society.
The valedictory and salutatory addresses were delivered by
Nicole Boucher ’09 of Hartford and Kristen Bachteler ’09
of West Hartford, respectively.
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Bachteler, the daughter of James and Noreen Bachteler,
participated in a wide range of activities at NWC, ranging
from Mock Trial, Empty Bowls, and Northwest Passages to
field hockey, basketball, and the West Hartford teen organization, “The Grounds.” She was also active in St. Brigid
Church, where she taught CCD, and volunteered for Tabor
House and the Blair Manor Nursing Home. She is a freshman at the University of Notre Dame.
Boucher, the daughter of James and Kristen Boucher, was
known as much for her community service at NWC as for
her academic achievement. A member of the school’s ConnectiKids tutoring program and “Thursdays in the City”
student-mentoring program, she was also extremely active
in her church, Immanuel Congregational, and participated
in a forum on inner-city poverty issues sponsored by Mount
Holyoke College. She is majoring in biochemistry at Brown
University.
Almost half (42%) of the college-bound students in the
Class of ’09 are continuing their education at private institutions, while 31% are attending Catholic colleges or
universities, and 27% are enrolled in public institutions.
Last year’s college acceptances included Tufts, Vanderbilt, Boston College, and UConn, to name just a few. For
a complete list of the colleges
and universities to which the
graduates were accepted, visit
www.northwestcatholic.org/
academics.
CLASS OF ’09 BY THE NUMBERS
Graduates
College-Bound Grads
Grads’ Hometowns
Grads with Alumni Parents Honors Graduates
132
98%
23
26
60 (32 with honors,
28 with highest honors)
National Merit Finalist
1 (Boucher)
National Merit Commended Students
7
National Achievement Scholarship Program 2
Division 1 Athletes
5
$1 million
College scholarships and financial aid
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ANNUAL REPORT
2008-09
THANK YOU.
A DVA N C EMENT REPORT
Statement of Operating Activities
An unaudited statement of revenues and expenses for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2009
REVENUES
expenses
Operations:
Operations:
Tuition and Fees
$6,548,993
Administration
$1,422,218
Assessments
$118,300
Instruction
$4,350,889
Subsidies from Archdiocese
$206,923
Library/Media
$116,149
Athletic Income
$23,855
Plant
$674,139
Support Service Income
$200,231
Athletics
Other Operating Income
$448,485
Support Services
$7,546,787
Subtotal
Advancement:
5%
2%
$325,135
$857,135
$122,408
Subtotal
$203,507
17%
Other Expenditures & Capital
Reserves
4%
8%
Internal Fundraising
$234,794
Depreciation
1%
3%
Development
$632,128
Expenses
Total Expenses
$7,958,959 $979,543
Total Revenues
$8,526,330
Revenue
Expenses
5%
nue
1%
11%
1%
4%
8%
17%
2%
3%
5%
1%
Tuition and Fees
2%
0%
2%
8%
1%
Administration
1%
Assessments
Instruction
Library/Media
Subsidies from Archdiocese
Plant
8%
Athletic Income
51%
Athletics
1%
Support Services
Tuition and Fees
Administration
Asssessments
Other Operating Income
78%
Instruction
Depreciation
Subsidies from
Archdiocese
Athletic Income
Library/Media
Plant
Development
51%
Other Operating Expenditures
Athletics
Development
Other Operating
Income
Development
Support Services
Depreciation
Other Operating Expenditures
Development
78%
Advancement Report for fiscal year ending June 30, 2009
Northwest
Catholic Fund Capital Endowment
Total
Alumni
$200,454
$103,718
$16,919 $321,091
Current Parents
$98,295
$32,066
$390
$130,751
Alumni Parents
$55,562
$19,300
$8,265 $83,127
Foundations and Organizations
$155,084
$86,150
$2,000 $243,234
Friends and Faculty
$97,032
$3,990
$26,840 $127,862
2%
6%
4%
Magazine Drive
$61,107
$61,107
Golf Tournament
$48,080 11%
$48,080
Saturday Night Live
$61,831
$61,831
2%
6%
Subtotal
$777,445
$245,224
$54,414
$1,077,083
4%
Gifts In Kind
$23,309
$1,500 $24,809
29%
6%
11%
TOTAL
$800,754
$246,724 $54,414 $1,101,892
6%
29%
Alu
Fou
Mag
Frie
6%
Gol
29%
22%
8%
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Alumni
12%
Current Parents
8%
Alumni Parents
Foundations & Organizations
Magazine Drive
Alumni
Friends & Faculty
Current Parents
Golf Tournament
Alumni Parents
Foundations & 12%
Organizations
Saturday Night Live
Saturday Night Live
22%
Alu
Cur
Golf Tournament
12%
2%
11%
Magazine Drive
8%
Friends
& Faculty
22%
This listing reflects gifts received between July 1, 2008 and June 30, 2009.
6%
4%
Gifts in Kind
Gifts in Kind
Gift
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Academic Accolades
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1 student named National Merit Finalist; 7 students named National Merit Commended students;
2 students named National Achievement Participants
•
25 students named Advanced Placement Scholars – the most in school history
•
70 students inducted into the National Honor Society
•
Students took 230 Advanced Placement examinations
•
SAT scores remain at their highest level in 30 years.
New Technology and Improved Facilities
•
More SMARTBoards were added, bringing to 18 the number of classrooms with this technology.
•
Naviance, an on-line college- and career-planning tool, was introduced.
•
The f loors in the Johnson and Stosuy Gymnasiums were refinished.
•
An improved emergency lighting system was installed throughout the building.
•
New ceilings and lights were installed in the hallway between Campus Ministry and cafeteria.
•
The Fitness Center was refurbished with new f loor mats and new, gently used cardio and strengthening equipment.
•
The guidance office and guidance conference room were renovated and updated with fresh paint, new carpeting
and updated furnishings.
•
The Music Room was completely renovated and new instrument storage lockers were installed.
•
Two new servers and an additional T-1 computer line were added.
Fine and Performing Arts Awards
•
The NWC jazz ensembles competed in the 41st Annual Berklee Jazz Festival in January 2009, and took home several
awards: the Thursday Night Jazz Band received 5th place (out of 16 bands); the Jazz Combo also came in 5th (out of
16 combos), and the Jazz Singers came in 6th (out of 16 choirs) in the Vocal Jazz II division. John Fitzpatrick ’11
(Bass Trombone) and Jordan Greenberg ’11 (Acoustic Bass and Vocal Alto) earned “Outstanding Soloist” awards. In
its Berklee debut, the Monday Night Jazz Band placed 6th out of 16 in the non-competitive division.
•
In April 2009, NWC musicians traveled to Orlando to compete in Festival Disney, where the Women’s Choir,
Concert Choir, and Honors Wind Ensemble all earned “Excellent” ratings. The Thursday Night Jazz Band got an
excellent rating and was named class A A champions.
•
In May 2009, the NWC Chamber Choir and Concert Band competed in the “Music in the Parks” competition in
Massachusetts. The Chamber Choir earned an excellent rating. The Concert Band earned a superior rating and was
named “Best Overall Concert Band.”
Athletic Accomplishments
•
Two new sports added: Girls’ Golf and Unified Sports
Volleyball, bringing total number of NWC teams to 44
•
Football, Boys’ Basketball, and Girls’ Tennis won
Conference Championships
M iss i on S tatem ent
Northwest Catholic High School is a
coeducational, college preparatory school
•
203 students named to the Northwest Conference AllAcademic team
whose mission is to foster in young people a
•
65 students were named All-Conference
faith that gives meaning and direction to life,
•
26 students were chosen for All-State teams
to challenge and guide them in the pursuit of
•
Five Division I athletes in Class of ’09
academic excellence, and to instill within them
•
NWC awarded third place in prestigious CIAC-Sponsored
Michael’s Cup competition for “exemplary” athletics
program
a spirit of service to God and others.
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f acult y and s ta ff
ADministration
Matthew Fitzsimons
BS Finance; M Ed Education
Administration; MA Pastoral
Ministry
President
Margaret Williamson
BA French; MA French;
Sixth Year, Educational Leadership
Principal
Richard Callahan
BA History; MS Education
Vice Principal and
Dean of Students
John Cusson
BA English; MA Literature;
Certificate of Advanced Study,
Administration and Supervision
Academic Dean
faculty
Daniel Avery ’97
BM Music
Fine and Performing Arts
Sara Demos Avery
BA Theatre Arts; BS Ed English
Director of Theater; English
Ana Barrett
BS Spanish; MA Spanish
World Languages, Chair
Nita Beeman
BA History and Anthropology;
MA History
Danielle Belliveau
BS Biology
Science
Teresa Giegel Bournique ’84
BA Religious Studies
Religion, Campus Ministry
Beth Casey Boyle ’96
BS Psychology; MA Teaching
I.T. Coordinator
Madonna Burke
BA Religion; MA Pastoral Ministry/
Youth Ministry; 30+ Credits,
Religious Education
Religion
Cory Carlson
BA Sociology; MA History
Social Studies
Roger Clapper ’72
BS Accounting
Permanent Substitute
Timothy Crowley
BS Health Education;
MS Science Education
Science
Catherine Curran
BA Mathematics; MA Mathematics
Mathematics
Mark Dodd
BS Biology; MBA
Science
Allison Donnelly
BS Math
Mathematics
Valerie Doucette
BA German; BA English; MA
English
English
Yvonne Ellis-Rousseau
BA Foreign Languages; MA
International Affairs
World Languages
Joan Keating-McKeon
BA English; MA English Literature;
ABD English Language and
Linguistics; JD, Law
English
Fran Laffin
BA History; MA Pastoral Ministry
Religion
Paul Fitzpatrick
BA History; MA Public Policy
Social Studies, Chair
Richard Luddy, Ph.D.
BS Physics; MS Physics; PhD Physics
Science
Scott Fletcher
BS Geology; MA Science Education
Science
Nancy Martin
BA Spanish
World Languages
Mary Jo Foran
BA English; 30 Hours, School
Counseling
Guidance
Matthew Martorelli ’03
BA Sociology
Academic Advisor/
International Students Program
Coordinator
Christopher Gallagher
BA English
English
Kristina Gillespie
BA Spanish; MA Spanish
Religion, World Languages, and
Campus Ministry
Sandra Murray Hayes ’85
BS Business Management; MA
Library Science; MA Educational
Technology
Assistant Librarian
Claudia Hart ’78
BA American Studies; MA
Education
Mathematics Chair
Barbara Fanning Iorillo ’69
BA Spanish; MA Hispanic and
Italian Studies
World Languages
Patricia Juda
BA English and History; MS
Reading
English, Chair
Kara Kulpa
BA English; MA English
English
Marilyn Adamo, R.N.
B.S.N., N.C.S.N.
School Nurse
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Maryann Lacouture
Admissions Assistant
Susan Coffey Brimmer ’66
Administrative Assistant
Debra LeBel
Advancement Assistant
Rev. Joseph Crowley
Chaplain
Daniel Martinez ’06
Assistant Athletics Information
Director
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Jeffrey Przech ’92
BA English
English
Elizabeth Quinn
BA English; MA Special Education
Guidance
Mr. Scott Bennett ’88
Mr. Philip Bonee ’72, CP
Mr. Kenneth Boudreau
Rev. Joseph Crowley
Mrs. Kerry Kearns Curry
’77, AP
Mr. Daniel Filomeno, AP, CP
Mr. Matthew Fitzsimons, ex
oficio
Mr. Brendan Fox, Jr.
Mrs. Christine Golic, AP, CP
Dr. Tracy Brennan Graham,
AP, CP
Deborah Metzler
BA Economics; MA Education
Mathematics
Deacon Richard Santos ’82
Religious Studies
John Mirabello
BA Psychology; MA Social Studies
Education
Physical Education and Health
James Shugrue
BS Mathematics; Fifth-Year
Certificate, Math
Mathematics
Jennifer Montoney
BS Biological Sciences
Science
Katy Sibley
BA Spanish
World Languages
William Tressler
BA History; MA American History
Religion and Social Studies
Virginia Murphy
BA Biology; MS Marine
Environment Education
Science, Chair
Raymond Sinclair
BM Music, BA Music Education
Terri Turley
BS Education
Mathematics
Kerri Smith
BA English; BFA Acting
English
Michael Tyler ’73
BS Business Economics;
MA Social Work
Guidance
Robert Nasta, D.M.S.
BA Music; MA Music; DMA
(Doctorate of Music Arts)
Elizabeth Lynch Oates ’94
BA Art History; MS Art Education
Fine and Performing Arts, Chair
Deacon Jeffrey Sutherland
BS Chemical Engineering; BSC
Management Studies
Science
Ronald Swanson
BA Latin and Education; MA
Classics
Social Studies and World
Languages
Mr. Kevin Grenham, ’78
Mr. Thomas Kearney ’74
Mr. Scott Mansolillo, CP
Mr. John Mirabello, ex oficio
Mrs. Laurie Paternoster, CP
Mr. Jonathan Reed ’94
Marisa Varney
BS Math Education
Mathematics
David Woodford
BA English; MA Education
Religion, Fine and Performing
Arts
support staff
Lisa Huston
Administrative Assistant to the
President
Jane Leary
Director of Constituent Relations
Colleen Harrison
Secretary to the Vice Principal
Jennifer Puskarz
BA History; MA Secondary
Education
Social Studies
Mr. William Harris, AP, CP
Vice Chair
Joshua Reese ’95
BA History; MA History
Social Studies; Director of
Athletics
Joyce O’Rourke
BS Physical Education; MS School
Guidance Counseling
Director of Guidance
Nancy Scully Bannon ’73
Director of Admissions
Cindy Fusco
Assistant Director of Admissions
Stanley Piorkowski
BA Chemistry; MA Education
Mathematics
Mr. Robert O’Hara, AP, CP
Chair
Rosemary McNally
Religion, Chair
staff
Miriam Abate
Finance Assistant
Helga Phillips
BA Psychology; MA Library Science
Director of Library
and Media Services
School Board,
2008-09
Sister Ann Moore, CND
Teacher Consultant
Michelle M. Murphy
Director of Communications
Pat Allen
Food Service
Robert Pace
Head Custodian
Lynn Prendergast
Guidance Assistant
Slobodan Bogdan
Maintenance
Luke Ralston III
Custodian
James Natale
Sports Information Director
Epifanio Gonzales
Custodian
Tammy Rhodes
Food Service
Richard Puskarz
Director of Finance
Vincent Grant
Custodian
Angel Rivera
Custodian
Katie Rose
Administrative Assistant to the
Principal
Marcos Herrera
Custodian
Jan Sheehan
Food Service
June Mullen
Food Service
Cindy Todd
Food Service
Kim Mehern
Food Service
Floyd Wilson
Custodian
Thomas Steen
Director of Advancement
Colby Thresher
Advancement Officer
fou nders’ circ le
The Founders’ Circle comprises donors who display exceptional interest in the advancement of the school by virtue of their gifts of $1,000
or more. It recognizes the financial stewardship that many members of our community play in supporting the school’s operating and capital
needs. Their generosity serves as an inspiration and is most appreciated.
Legacy Society $100,000+
These donors have an unwavering belief
in the vision and future of Northwest
Catholic. Gifts given in this society are
usually allocated for capital improvements
or endowed scholarships. Many of these
generous gifts originated from thoughtful
estate planning or a special bequest.
and pioneered the development of the
Northwest Catholic Endowment Fund.
As a result, the school grew tremendously,
and today’s students continue to enjoy the
fruits of these programs.
Presidents’ Circle $50,000- $99,999
Presidents’ Circle members demonstrate
exceptional generosity, faith in our vision,
and a strong commitment to the mission
and values of our school.
Rev. Colton Society $10,000-$24,999
During his time at Northwest Catholic,
Rev. Bradford Colton, the first principal,
was an exemplary leader, educator and
mentor to many students. He lived the
mission of our school with humbling
grace and dedicated his life to educating
others.
Rev. Frascadore Society $25,000$49,999
As the school’s first president, Rev. Henry
C. Frascadore initiated the Annual Fund
1961 Society $5,000-$9,999
Northwest Catholic opened its doors in
1961. Gifts from the members of this
society make a notable impact on the
Presidents’ Circle
($50,000+ )
Philip M. Bonee ’72 and Valerie Bonee
Peter and Mary Bourdon
Paul and Mary Cancellarini Charitable Trust
Franklyn Chang ’86 and Sandy Chang
Cherish The Children Foundation, Inc.
Commercial Floor Covering
Michael P. Danziger
Gail and Jack Hughes
Carol B. Hunt
William and Janet Miller
Mary E. Navin
Michael and Laurie Paternoster
The Reynolds Charitable Foundation, Inc.
Most Rev. Peter A. Rosazza
Michael D. Shangraw ’76 and Barbara Shangraw
St. Ann’s Church
Don and Jean Wilson
Foundation for the Advancement of
Catholic Schools
William and Alice Mortensen Foundation
Rev. Frascadore Society
($25,000+ )
FIP Construction, Inc.
Hartford Courant Foundation
Anne F. Satriano †
Rev. Colton Society
($10,000+ )
Mark D. Breen ’68 and Sundae Breen
Timothy H. Callahan ’68 and Meg Callahan
Catholic Charities, Inc.
Giuliano and Edith DiFrancesco
Bill and Becky Fenoglio
Frank E. Genovese ’65 and Susan Genovese
Edward E. Guillet ’69
Carol Dupuis Haylon ’80 and Michael Haylon
Thomas Kelly Jr. ’82 and Kimberly Kelly
Kevin and Marilyn Lathrop
The John G. Martin Foundation
Dick and Denise Shima
Daniel Sisk ’90 and Julie Sisk
Ellen Fox Spalluto ’77 and Joseph Spalluto
Ralph E. Wentworth ’65 and
Kathleen Collagan Wentworth ’65
1961 Society
($5,000+ )
Laura Connelly Allen ’65 and Richard M. Allen
Green & White Circle
($2,500+ )
Anonymous
Theresa Notte Becker ’76 and Clinton Becker
Rick and Diane Beckerman
Ken and Judy Boudreau
Duane Bouligny ’90 and Nancy Bouligny
Luis J. De Ocejo ’69 and Anne De Ocejo
Rosemary Navin Dowd ’73 and Cornelius Dowd
Mark Drusedum and Molly Knorr
Walter J. Dyber †
Jack and Mary Facey
Richard J. Fairbrother ’70 and Virginia C.
Fairbrother
John L. Flannery, Jr. ’79 and Tracy Flannery
Kevin W. Grenham ’78 and Beth Grenham
Christopher Harkins ’66 and Susan Harkins
Craig M. Hudak ’79 and Judith A. Hudak
growth and progression of our school and
inspire others to invest in its future.
Green & White Circle $2,500-$4,999
Every fan of Northwest Catholic knows
that green and white are as popular and
as ubiquitous now as they were in 1961,
when they made their debut as our school
colors.
Dominican Society $1,000- $2,499
In 1961, eight Dominican Sisters of St.
Mary of the Springs devoted their time
and energy to educating the young minds
of Northwest Catholic students. Their
guidance provided the foundation for the
growth and development of the student
body.
James L. Hudak ’82 and Maria A. Hudak
Edward S. Jason ’71 and Mary Jason
Thomas and Letha Kunkel
Jean Lam
Matthew Lynch and Susan Banks
Gail W. McCue
Russell Morrisett ’73 and Mary Morrisett
Joseph E. Navin, Jr. ’69 and Suzanne Dumont
Navin ’78
Joe and Joyce O’Rourke
Jack and Liza Quinn
Ron and Marie Sanacore
Michael J. Sisk ’85 and Patricia Sisk
Colby and Anita Thresher
James R. Turner ’74 and Janice K. Turner
Frank and Kim Waltman
Dominican Society
($1,000+ )
Anonymous
Leandre and Josiane Adifon
Michael and Chiara Armetta
M. Catherine Donohue Barnhart ’72 and
Gary Barnhart
Beth Collins Barton ’70 and Michael Barton
Edward D. Boudreau, Jr. ’69 and
Susan K. Boudreau
John J. Bracken, III ’66 and Sherri L. Bracken
Joseph Buda and Linda Moran-Buda
Lucien and Denise Cance
Gail Davis Cardwell ’73 and David Cardwell
William and Karen Carew
Phil and Anne Carpenter
Jon and Eileen Case
John Chapman and Lorri C. Marquez
Michael T. Cobb ’77 and Susan Q. Cobb
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George Colli, III ’73 and Catherine Finley Colli ’72
William B. Collins ’68 and Sally Collins
Allan and Judy Connal
Kevin and Kate Conway
Kathy and Wes Cooper
Stephen and Xi Corcoran
Ed and Jean Cowles
George B. Curry ’77 and Kerry Kearns Curry ’77
Roger A. Cyr ’77
Morris and Kathleen Davenport
John M. DeAngelis ’72 and Patricia DeAngelis
Tom and Lucie Di Bella
Kevin and Cathy Dowd
Thomas Driscoll and Patricia Teufel-Driscoll
Owen and Joan Eagan
John Farley and Claudia Triggs
Dan and Franca Filomeno
William J. Fiocchetta ’72 and Patricia A. Fiocchetta
Rev. Henry C. Frascadore
Thomas Freund and Diane Mineck
Gregory and Laura Garger
Myles and Tracy Gibbons
Tom and Marilyn Gilbert
John and Barbara Ginnetti
Louis and MaryAnn Godbout
Mike and Chris Golic
Keith and Sandra Gollenberg
Jo-Anne K. Graham ’71
Neville J. Graham and Tracy E. Brennan Graham
Oz and Kirsten Griebel
Bill and Teresa Harris
Claudia A. Hart ’78
Mark L. Hudak ’71 and Bonnie B. Hudak
Terry and Glynis Huffman
Chris and Tanya Hug
Chris and Gail Johnson
Mildred C. Kay
Kelly and Kathy Kearney
John F. Kearns III ’75 and Connie Roher-Kearns
Phil and Kim Keck
Robert A. Keefe ’74 and Cynthia L. Keefe
Barbara and Tom Keenan
Phil and Susan Kelly
Ken and Camille Kilgore
David and Cheryl Kozak
Steven and Diane Krupa
Terrence T. Lescoe ’72 and Norine N. Lescoe
Gail Dionizio Lonczewski ’71 and
Loren Lonczewski
Jack and Kathy Looney
Dennis and Mary Lubozynski
John F. Luby ’69 and Carolynn B. Luby
Geraldine A. Luksic ’69
Marie De Maio Mansolillo ’82 and
Scott Mansolillo
Dan and Mary Ellen Martin
May, Bonee & Walsh
Dennis and Debbie McCormack
Merritt and Maggie McDonough
Bob and Jody McGoldrick
Cynthia Michaud-Innarelli
Karen Rodgers Miller ’81 and Peter K. Miller
William D. Molloy, Sr.
Jeff and Maribeth Mortillaro
Robert J. Mulready ’65 and Susan M. Mulready
Ed and Kathy Murphy
Steve and Linda Myott
Bob and Rosanne O’Hara
Liam and Jo O’Leary
David and Laurene Oleasz
Mike and Alexis Pariano
Pete Peterson ’82 and Theresa Peterson
Maureen Glynn Powers ’69 and John F. Powers
Betsy and John Quinn
Michele and Joseph Quinn and Family
Kevin M. Quinn ’80 and Nancy Quinn
Jonathan Reed ’94
Josephine E. Rovaldi
John and Kim Shea
John and Mary Shukie
Rich and Francine Sider
Tom and Kerry Spignesi
Thomas and Tina Steen
Sabin and Beverley Streeter
Scott and Ann Strid
Ron Swanson
Patrick and Martha Terrion
Joseph G. Tompkins
Richard P. Tonino ’69 and Ellen Postlewaite
Daniel G. Troy ’70 and Kathleen A. Troy
John P. Tuohy ’65 and Mary Boucher Tuohy ’66
Tim Venora ’81 and Laurie B. Venora
Paul and Susan Vignati
Luke Walsh ’91 and Caitlin A. Walsh
Bill and Pat Walsh
John and Cori-Lynn Webber
David and Mary-Liz Williams
Margie and Brian Williamson
† = Deceased
Young Alumni Founders’ Circle
To encourage and cultivate major gifts from its newest alumni, Northwest Catholic has established the Young Alumni
Founders’ Circle Society. The Founders’ Circle has long been the province of generous donors of $1,000 or more, but
the YAFC gives young alums the opportunity to participate in this elite group with a smaller annual gift, based on how
many years they have been out of school. The members of the Young alumni Founders’ Circle are invited to the annual
Founders’ Circle appreciation dinner.
The contribution structure for young alums is the following:
For the Classes of 2003-08 2001-02 1998-00 1996-97
1994-95
Contribution Amount
$100
$150
$250
$300
$500
The Young Alumni Founders’ Circle members for 2008-09 are:
Andrew S. Molloy ’95
Joshua Reese ’95
Elizabeth Lynch Oates ’94
John Scurlock ’06
Christopher J. Bruff ’03Hilary J. Scurlock ’03
Amanda Miser Reese ’02
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alumn i honor roll o f donor s
Alumni giving totals in each class are reported in three ways. Participation rates indicate the number of donors in relation to the
number of “active” members, i.e. alumni with deliverable addresses. Total Class Contribution reflects gifts made to the Northwest
Catholic Fund, along with gifts for capital or endowment purposes. The Northwest Catholic Fund total represents gifts to that fund,
which are vital to our operations and help to fulfill our mission.
Class of 1965
25% Participation (50 of 199)
$32,859 Total Class Contribution
$17,359 Northwest Catholic Fund
Anonymous
Laura Connelly Allen
Marilyn Bacon
Carol Dalton Beach
Gary L. Bockweg
Kathleen Klimas Bourn
Deborah Buckley
Kenneth J. Cahill
Kenneth Carpenter
Robert Cascone
Isabel Bohannon Cummings
Peter A. Curran
Constance Sidor Dice
Charles Drury
Clare McGuinness Drury
Gilberta E. Boucher
Brendan A. Durkin
William R. Eckert III
Stephen J. Ellis
Gail Doherty Foss
L. Matthew Frank
Robert Gallivan
Frank E. Genovese
Norma F. Ingram
Timothy F. Kelliher, Jr.
Catherine Zunner Kennelly
William J. Kerin
Albert A. Lavoie
Patricia Patry Le Brun
James J. Leary III
Linda Raymond MacDonald
Kathleen Adams Mashl
Jennifer Horton Mazur
James J. McGill
Claire Monahan McNamara
Robert J. Mulready
Everett Pelkey
Joyce Corbin Roy
Jerome Salmon
William V. Shages Jr.
Dennis M. Spurr
Susan Edmunds Staecker
Ron Stakem
Janice McCutcheon Stelljes
John P. Tuohy
Thomas J. Wall
Noreen McNamara Waller
Kathleen Collagan Wentworth
Ralph E. Wentworth
Elizabeth Burke Wieland
George S. Ziewacz
CLASS of 1966
Donald Armour
Sheila Navin Armour
Gary R. Battiston
John J. Bracken, III
Susan Coffey Brimmer
Ann Cameron
Armando L. Casals
Robert J. Christopher
Nancy Dillon Cocchiola
Anne Pettit Conway
Linda Goulet Curro
Kevin Dempsey
Marilynn Grant Dempsey
Patricia Mulkeen Droney
Vincent J. Ferlini
Marie Scully Gray
Elizabeth Zabel Greif
Christopher Harkins
Sharon T. Healy
Mark J. Honiberg
Jane Henahan House
John E. Jordan
Kenneth J. Kelly
Eugene E. Madara
Joan Buckley Matson
Donald T. McCue
Mary Lisa Dowd McGinley
Susan Whalen McKeown
Karen Lagan McNamara
Connie Merritt
Eric M. Meyer
Margaret Burns Morrison
Richard N. Riscassi
Paula Tapogna Sadlon
Elizabeth Mirkin Seifel
Margaret Linehan Skahill
Jane Carangelo Slagle
Michael J. Steeves
Jo Anne Keating Thorpe
Mary Boucher Tuohy
Mary Campise Zdrojowy
CLASS of 1967
Kathryn I. Burk
Dennis T. Cardello
James F. Danaher
James P. Donnelly
John A. Dowd
Joanne Warner Fyfe
Molly Rees Gavin
Carroll J. Grant
Patricia A. Hamilton
Laura Franco Jeppesen
Charles J. Keefe
Sally Calafiore Keefe
Thomas C. Kerrigan
Richard W. Lamb
Elizabeth Stumpf Lankarge
Albert P. Lenge
Michael J. Loftus
Martha Smith Murphy
Marie A. Osborn
Judith Merritt Rowean
Ross M. Salonia
Susan Wolfe Seigars
Robert J. Slusarz
Sarah Sprogell
Charleen Parent Taylor
Margaret McCormack Urban
Stephen R. Urban
Nicholas S. Walsh
Debra Dittman Warner
Patricia A. Welch
CLASS OF 1968
Jill Carangelo Ailleo
Albert A. Bosco
Mark D. Breen
Timothy H. Callahan
Karen Anderson Cichon
William B. Collins
Mary Ellen Sullivan Connors
Kathleen B. Curry
Terence J. Donovan
Michelle Richard DuChemin
Ned Dunn
Rita Hickey Ford
Kathleen Kelly
Vincent H. Kraft
Anne M. Lagan
Paul Larochelle
Ronald A. Letkiewicz
John N. Mastro
David H. Miller, Jr.
Ellie Plukas-Smith
Louise Blais Pyers
Kathleen Moriarty Ramont
Mary Jordan Sanford
Miguel Satut
John Tully
Janet Tonucci Waters
James C. Weaver
Dean Willis
Mamella Murphy Wontka
Richard Wontka
Thomas J. Zajac
Diane Bachta Zalewski
Linda Giuca Zemmel
CLASS of 1969
Anonymous
Jim Bagnall
Edward D. Boudreau, Jr.
Robert J. Brassil
Greg Burns
Susan L. Carpenter
Joanne Riordan Collins
John Collins III
Louise Lagueux Concodello
Ann Marie Faucher Corona
Luis J. De Ocejo
Anne Ryan Degnan
Alfred J. Del Ciampo
Dennis M. Dobruck
T. J. Donohue
David A. Downes
Joan Moriarty Ellis
Theresa Troiano Emery
Nancy Tuohy Frobel
Susan K. Gray
Edward E. Guillet
Ted Horton, Jr.
William J. Keenan
J. David Kennedy
Linda Whalen Kocha
Rene J. Lopez
John F. Luby
Geraldine A. Luksic
Michael J. McGuire
Monica Slusarz McKerracher
Daniel Montano
Charles D. Mulkeen
Robert J. Mulshine
Thomas Murray
Joseph E. Navin, Jr.
Alexander Pezzulo
Stephen J. Pitura
Maureen Glynn Powers
Anne Burke Reiser
Janet Crowley Sackbauer
Dorothy McCormick Shalev
Lenore Kelly Stebbins
Catherine Peck Tamburro
John G. Tamburro
Richard P. Tonino
Diane Bessette Toscano
Marguerite Lenge Weaver
Timothy J. Weir
CLASS of 1970
Anonymous
Roberta L. Allison
Beth Collins Barton
Linda Borawski
Thomas D. Callahan
Mary E. Chamberland
Ellen Fenton D’Angelo
Marcel L. D’Auteuil
Lorrie D. Devine
Maureen Meaney Dietze
Richard J. Fairbrother
Trey Foerster
J. Michael Halloran
Barbara Parutka Maffett
Liza Dunlay Marecek
Ellen Maguire Martinelli
James V. Martinelli
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Kathleen W. Meaney
Jose A. Mendes
Sandra Dittman Mendes
Carol Perkins Morton
James L. Mulshine
Marilyn Kammann Murray
E. Flynn O’Keefe
Patricia J. O’Neil
Sandra Corthouts Petruccelli
Bud Poliquin
Thomas M. Sheridan
Michael J. Slusarz
Daniel G. Troy
CLASS of 1971
Anonymous
Elaine Davis Charette
Frances De Vito Ciotto
Janet Gray Connelly
Deborah A. Donatelli
Thomas G. Dudeck
James F. Duffy
Barry Emswiler
Walter H. Ghent
Christine A. Gibson
Jo-Anne K. Graham
Robert J. Griffin
Mary Bellizzi Halloran
Mark L. Hudak
Amy Hughes
Edward S. Jason
Paul C. Kelly
Jane Lennox
Mary Elizabeth Summers Loffa
Gail Dionizio Lonczewski
Joan Andrew Luddy
Brian M. McGuire
Terence J. McGuire, III
Robert Molloy
Mary G. Morley
Peter J. Murphy
Margaret Fleming Newcomb
Thomas J. O’Brien
Jamie Dernbach Potkai
Susanne Russell
Mary Quinn Spillane
Barbara Beck Stiles
Joseph J. Tedone
Anne Troiano Wargo
CLASS of 1972
Anonymous
Mary Lou T. Angelastro
M. Catherine Donohue Barnhart
Anne Acquaotta Biancamano
Philip J. Bieluch
Janet Lynch Black
Philip M. Bonee
Albert J. Callahan
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Barbara Blanchfield Carpenter
Catherine Finley Colli
Jean Popp Collins
Joan Sennett Compagna
Catherine Lawyer Corbett
John M. DeAngelis
Susan Devine Dick
Mary Lou Tuohy Duffy
Marcella Hart Esler
William J. Fiocchetta
Joseph R. Fleming
Herve A. Gelinas
Kevin P. Gherard
Mark Hagarty
Lucinda A. Harris
Gary Jachym
Joanne Rees Kaczor
Brian T. Keefe
Kathleen Tracey LaChance
Terrence T. Lescoe
Karla D’Onofrio Ludwig
Richard K. Malone
Daniel B. Mara
Ellen McKone-Stafford
John J. Montano
Maureen A. O’Brien
Christopher J. Perigard
James M. Sarr
Catherine Barrett Schackner
Jerome V. Schierberl
Jean M. Sennett
Robert E. Shangraw
Margaret Redden Sitarz
Ann V. Vitale
Patrick Walsh
Jacqueline Lapenta Wasta
CLASS of 1973
Tim Bourret
Bradford M. Brimmer
Tim Bye
Gail Davis Cardwell
George Colli, III
Eugene P. Cronin
Beth Curry
Karen Mastrandrea DeBari
Margaret M. Derby
Rosemary Navin Dowd
Laurier Fillion
Sylvie Veilleux Fillion
Kenneth Goroshko
Elizabeth Roemke Graves
Michael Klimas
Robert G. Leeds
Anthony Mascolo
Susan Hickey McCabe
Timothy J. McGuire
Russell Morrisett
Maureen Fitzgerald Norton
Kathleen M. O’Connor
Patricia Hart Poole
Christopher R. Saunders
Susan Shay
Roberta O’Brien Stimpson
Michael F. Tyler
CLASS of 1974
Robert Boland
Judith Young Burt
Catherine Pszonowsky Col
Joyce Manfredi Cowles
Anita Dal Ponte
Michele Freda Davis
Ann Marie O’Neil Davoren
Thomas F. Davoren III
Cynthia Killian Dodd
Gerard L. Donohue
Robert F. Eilers Jr.
Judith Preston Francis
Patricia Zito Frey
Susan E. Grimes
Scott Guilmartin
Bruce R. Jachym
Robert A. Keefe
Dominick M. Leva
Christine Gherard Loeb
James Mangan
Ida D. McGhee
Dennis P. McMahon
Michael A. O’Brien
Christine A. Palm
Kathleen Beatty Palma
Victor Pileika
Andrew F. Resnisky
Irene Piccione Resnisky
Alex Sonski
Robert Strano
James R. Turner
Patricia McGuire Wenrich
Laureen Apuzzo Wood
Catherine Russell Wright
CLASS of 1975
Richard J. Cobb
Theresa Desjardins Cobb
Sheri Williams Connelly
Kathleen Curry
Joseph J. Darman
Cristina Creamer Downes
Melanie Wentworth Dumont
Kenneth M. Fleming
Robert A. Giuliano
Catherine E. Gobes
Jacqueline Bisson Gustafson
Vladimir Kalas
John F. Kearns III
Maureen A. Keefe
Carolyn Hughes LaMonaca
Terry Caruso Michalman
Michelle Maglaty Mostello
Donald O’Connor
Judith Brennan Oulundsen
Dennis R. Robinson
Susan E. Shea
James J. Sivo
Lynn A. Smith
Mary Quish Smullen
Elenore Foley Sonski
Kathleen Glynn Tremblay
CLASS of 1976
$12,235 Total Class Participation
Robertina Saltibus Analo
Theresa Notte Becker
Thomas W. Donohue
David R. Dupuis
Thomas H. Fenton
Paula Frothingham-Franco
Susan Lynch Galeota
Noreen Holmes Giannini
John W. Heslin
Patrice Preston Heslin
Ellen Guillet Kelleher
Deborah Samolyk MacMillan
Lincoln Maguire
Gerard P. Mullane
Patti Larkins Nenna
Jean Lambertson Nowak
Gloria Maradie Reddy
Michael D. Shangraw
Maura Hennessy Shaw
John T. Simoneau
Mark J. Smith
Mary Rice Sternberg
CLASS of 1977
Mark W. Boya
Diane Brighenti
Mary Malloy Brotman
John F. Buckley, Jr.
Elizabeth Hemond Cannone
Michael T. Cobb
George B. Curry
Kerry Kearns Curry
Roger A. Cyr
Michael P. Deneen
Denise Bouvier Desmarais
Gary S. Discenza
Nancy Tuttle Discenza
Debora Metcalfe Doucette
William F. Dougherty
Timothy Egan
Carl D. Frobel
Elisa Craemer Genovese
Anthony Giusani
Roseann Pauroso Gomez
Tracey Young Horner
Kevin Hughes
Vicki Shangraw Kvedar
Cathleen Fox Laffin
Nancy Davis Mainelli
Michael P. McGoldrick
al umni honor rol l of donors
Mark C. Molloy
Neil F. Murray
Diane Berube Purcell
J. Thaddeus Rice
Michael S. Riley
Margaret Brimmer Rollins
Lisa Scapellati
Sally E. Scully
Ellen Fox Spalluto
Judith R. Tracey
Daniel Venora
Maura Walsh-O’Brien
CLASS of 1978
Tom Bisson
Caroline Chesnut Blair
Timothy J. Canfield
Anne Dante Carroll
Mary Brennan Centrella
Andrew S. Clarke
Angela R. Coco
Kevin M. Deneen
William C. Doran Jr.
Mark J. Fernandes
Kevin W. Grenham
Claudia A. Hart
Anne O’Connor Hutchins
Robert B. Kay
Ellen McGuire Kelly
Arthur B. Landry III
James P. Lester
Kevin McHugh
Jean Donnelly Molloy
Michael F. Morris
Suzanne Dumont Navin
Kathleen Lennon Newman
James B. O’Toole
Maryann Sheehan Schuppe
Catherine Landers Shires
Katherine C. Thomas
Kevin A. Wholey
CLASS of 1979
Nancy Nakhoul Aniolek
William C. Balcezak
Sharon Tracey Barrett
Paul E. Bisson
Timothy J. Brimmer
Barbara Hill Coffey
Joe Coleman
Catherine A. Curis
Rev. Shawn Daly
Christopher D. Deneen
Frances Giuliano DiFiore
Patrick J. Downes
John L. Flannery, Jr.
Robert J. Hilliard
Craig M. Hudak
Cecil D. Hudson
Katherine Rodgers Katzman
Andrew E. Kearns
Maura McNally Kearns
Veronica H. Kulig
Deborah Belch Lyon
Robert J. Melanson
Michael P. Morgan
Mary C. Muccio
Kathleen Ohlheiser Murray
Nancy Sinsigalli Nardone
David G. Pastula
Meg McKenna Piccione
Thomas Rodgers
John F. Schiffer
James T. Scully
Ann Flaherty Steinle
Peter B. Vaphiades
Diane Mangan Venora
CLASS of 1980
Charles G. Andrew
Mark J. Antoniak
Elizabeth Clifford Beisel
Donald M. Bisson
Deirdre Walsh Crowell
James E. Dakin
William R. Denton
Bridget Cassell Dunn
Alfred B. Grady, Jr.
John Gunning
Theresa Morse Hatzikostas
Carol Dupuis Haylon
Joan M. Hijeck
Barbara Lennon Hooper
Robert E. Hyatt
Joan Janiszewski Karas
Elizabeth Rodgers Lomedico
Lisa Sumpter Lowe
Colleen Brewer Moore
Sarah Hagearty Nalbantian
Mark Pace
Ellen Dalton Patterson
Tracy E. Peggins
Kevin M. Quinn
William J. Scully
Cynthia L. Sullivan
Kevin J. Walsh
CLASS of 1981
Linda Rusconi Andrew
Maria Marafino Bateas
Rob Bouvier
Michele Cavanagh Burris
Ronald C. Clarke
Mary Clark Connell
Eileen Brennan Deneen
Robert D. Deneen
Susan Silvester Duncan
Margaret Verrengia Hallinan
Lee Ann La Porte Harper
Joan Casimir Harrigan
Suzanne Wise King
Loretta Lizotte-Sharkey
Charles J. Melanson
Karen Rodgers Miller
Kathleen (KC) Connors O’Brien
Holly O’Brien Stauber
Diane Sisk Tretton
David B. Van Schaack
Tim Venora
Betsy Lawyer Volg
CLASS of 1982
Paul R. Amato
Michael Bednarz
Thomas M. Brewer
Susan Pastula D’Anna
Elizabeth Dougherty Davis
Sharon Royce Dempsey
Catherine O’Toole Denton
Carrie E. Doyle
Margaret A. Eagan
Peter Gobes
Patrice Landers Grish
Sean W. Hayes
James L. Hudak
Kerry Casey Kelley
Thomas Kelly Jr.
Wilder J. Leavitt
Susan Shimkus Lemkuil
Joe Liss
Marie De Maio Mansolillo
Jenny Notte
Nora E. O’Brien †
Catherine O’Toole Denton
Pete Peterson
Rosanne Craemer Shea
CLASS of 1983
Anne Barasanti-Dzialo
Edward M. Connors
Kerry M. Cronin
Patrick J. Cullina
John E. Donnelly
Lee A. Dowden
Timothy G. Flanagan
Thomas P. Hilliard
Lenora Hogan-Harris
Matthew R. Marafino
G. Thomas Marshall
Robert McNally
John Peterson
Carol Quinn Toomey
Maureen Townsend
Mark E. Twambly
CLASS of 1984
$535 Northwest Catholic Fund
Michael E. Alquist
Terry Giegel Bournique
Clara Neptin Brown
Paul Cullina
Patricia E. K. Dabney
Maura Travers Douglas
Judith Jackson
Donald Kane
Marlene Facey McGunigle
Martha Deneen McKeon
Donald J. Melanson
James K. O’Brien
Margaret Mulshine Timoney
CLASS of 1985
Michael H. Barnes
Amy Di Pippo Connors
Margaret Donnelly
Ellen Rodgers Fox
Robert J. Hanks
Sandra Murray Hayes
Julie Shea Holt
Eileen Walsh Neubert
Kathleen Shima O’Brien
Christopher N. O’Connor
Delroy Patterson
David M. Poirot
Robert Quinn, Jr.
Michael J. Sisk
Yvette M. Standberry
Leah Stroman
Royd Vassiljev
CLASS of 1986
Lisa Guillet Abrams
John T. Berry
Franklyn Chang
Leslie DeMaio Costello
Ann Marie Dube
Jennifer Schiffer Freeh
Libby B. Gray
Harlynn Jackson
Sheila L. Kristofak
Kathryn Van Bramer Palmer
Katherine A. Schave
Rosemarie Liss Sughrue
Scott C. Thresher
CLASS of 1987
$608 Total Class Contribution
Thomas Daly
Margaret Deneen MacDonald
Michele Lattanzi Paul
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Elizabeth Korner Ritchie
Mark D. Stevenson
Lynne Chesner Torbeck
Rachel Ginnetti Tressy
Richard L. Tressy
Kathleen Willey
CLASS of 1993
CLASS of 1988
Robert P. Coelho
Kevin W. Baker
Scott Bennett
Daniel P. Cavanagh
James P. Cullen
Linda Krein Cullen
Rachel Fumia
Katherine Santos Hawkom
Juandalyn Calhoun Heslop
Alison Brewer Jamin
Elizabeth Guertin Regan
Jennifer Samolyk
Christine Shank
Michelle L. Thresher
William F. Urban
CLASS of 1989
Julie Schiffer Climer
Dorian Long
Amy A. Powers
CLASS of 1990
Jimmie D. Blackwood
Duane Bouligny
Hamilton Brown
Sean N. Cronin
Jerry Facey
Maribeth Hilliard Hager
Elizabeth Gies Schuck
Daniel Sisk
CLASS of 1991
Lauren Shukie McHugh
Jennifer Guertin Shockley
Luke Walsh
CLASS of 1992
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Ryan Attianese
Tim Dunn
James L. Flaherty
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CLASS of 1994
Elise Guidobono Garbeck
Alicia ZuWallack Graves
Elizabeth Lynch Oates
Jonathan Reed
Jeffrey Soto
Byron J. Thresher
John R. Wilson
CLASS of 1995
$1,370 Total Class Participation
Scott Cullen
Bridget Eukers
David P. Marceau
Andrew S. Molloy
Dr. Miriam O’Leary
Joshua Reese
John B. Shukie
CLASS of 1996
$403 Total Class Participation
Elizabeth Cenci
Patrick Corkum Sr.
George Oprica
Kathleen Socha
CLASS of 1997
$710 Total Class Participation
Daniel Avery
Amy L. Griffin
Silvia Santos Lopes
Kyla McMahon
Amaris Mendez
Matthew Skahill
Danielle L. Watt
CLASS of 1998
Chantel Ford
Danielle Johnson
CLASS of 1999
Kathleen Kennelly Breitenwischer
Kelly A. Carpenter
Jill Carpenter Devor
Michelle M. Dube
Joseph A. Fulliero
Niamh J. O’Leary
Mary Beth Slavin Reiss
Justin R. Smith
Amanda L. Vacca-Bartley
Nigel P. Williams
Patrick Williamson
Susan Poirier Zybert
CLASS of 2000
Jason Ball
Elizabeth M. Stafford
CLASS of 2001
Jason Bannock
Cara E. McNamara
Delroy A. Ross, Jr.
Justin A. Sider
Christine Willey
CLASS of 2002
Anonymous
Kate Johnson
Joseph M. Navin
Amanda Miser Reese
Jeffrey M. Slomski
Sarah Tyman
CLASS of 2003
Andrew C. Stanton
Krystal M. Wiggins
Meghan Williamson
CLASS of 2004
Molly K. Andruszkiewicz
Michael Boratko
Sarah E. Driscoll
Julian Harrigan
Virginia M. Lathrop
Neil Mascolo
Brenna Milbier
Harrison R. Paine
CLASS of 2005
Geoffrey K. Lewis
Nick Lorenzo
CLASS of 2006
William T. Bissell
Rachel Driscoll
John Scurlock
CLASS of 2007
Anonymous
CLASS of 2008
Kelsey Cahalan
Kevin Leuenberger
Adam Mortillaro
Hannah L. Pelton
Benjamin Pluta
Kristin Sullivan
Kate Williamson
† = Deceased
Ari J. Barnett
Christopher J. Bruff
Allyson E. Colvin
Matthew Cronin
Dennis M. Durao
Hilary J. Scurlock
Joshua M. Sider
cu rrent parent honor ro ll of donor s
Northwest Catholic is fortunate to receive considerable financial support each year from the parents of our students. Recognizing that tuition
alone does not cover the cost of a child’s education, many parents choose to make a gift to the Northwest Catholic Fund that helps subsidize the
difference between the actual cost and the tuition. These important gifts make it possible for us to maintain a reasonable tuition relative to
other private schools. Additionally, parents support Northwest Catholic through other gifts to endowment and capital projects. We are indeed
grateful to these parents for the investment they have made in enhancing the educational experience we are able to provide to our students.
Parents contributed $105,640 to the Northwest Catholic Fund, with total parent giving amounting to $203,100.
Rev. Colton Society ($10,000 +)
Kevin and Marilyn Lathrop
Ellen Fox Spalluto ’77 and Joseph
Spalluto
1961 Society ($5,000 + )
Philip M. Bonee ’72 and Valerie Bonee
Green & White Circle
($2,500 + )
Anonymous
Theresa Notte Becker ’76 and Clinton
Becker
Rick and Diane Beckerman
Thomas and Letha Kunkel
Gail W. McCue
Jack and Liza Quinn
Frank and Kim Waltman
Dominican Society ($1,000 + )
Anonymous
Leandre and Josiane Adifon
Michael and Chiara Armetta
Lucien and Denise Cance
William and Karen Carew
Jon and Eileen Case
John Chapman and Lorri C. Marquez
William B. Collins ’68 and Sally Collins
George Curry ’77 and Kerry Kearns
Curry ’77
Morris and Kathleen Davenport
Tom and Lucie Di Bella
John Farley and Claudia Triggs
Gregory and Laura Garger
Neville J. Graham and Tracy E. Brennan
Graham
Chris and Tanya Hug
Kelly and Kathy Kearney
Marie De Maio Mansolillo ’82 and Scott
Mansolillo
Dan and Mary Ellen Martin
Cynthia Michaud-Innarelli
Ed and Kathy Murphy
Bob and Rosanne O’Hara
Scott and Ann Strid
Benefactors ($500 + )
Robert and Ria Battaglia
Mark W. Boya ’77 and Teresa Boya
Paul and Mary Butler
Bob and Linda Crawford
Michael and Lauri Dahlem
Kamlesh and Usha Faldu
Catherine E. Gobes ’75 and Alfred
Masciocchi
Margaret Verrengia Hallinan ’81
and James Hallinan
Phil and Lori Hopkins
Rich and Patty Hunter
Linda B. Krikawa
Marc and Mary Leuenberger
Peter and Isabella Marandino
Peter and Laurie Schwartz
John and Kim Shea
Tom and Marlene Tartaro
Michael and Jean Wagner
Susan M. Wiskowski
Patrons ($250 + )
Harris and Theresa Aisevbonaye
Gail and Ray Baker
Terry Giegel Bournique ’84 and Glenn
Bournique
Thomas and Nancy Byrne
Elizabeth Hemond Cannone ’77 and
John Cannone
Michael P. Deneen ’77 and Jennifer
Deneen
Denise Bouvier Desmarais ’77 and
Thomas Desmarais
Tom and Madelyn Filomeno
John W. Heslin ’76 and Patrice Preston
Heslin ’76
Kyung Eun Jin and Jung Yul Park
John and Vanessa Kapral
Ina and Rohimi Katkar
Robert and Michelle Kuhlberg
Shawn and Patty Meehan
John and Nhung Nocera
James and Joanne Papillo
Russell and Susan Pelton
Suzanne Baran Piacentini
Michael S. Riley ’77 and Gail Riley
Kerry G. Ruiz and Carissa A. Fusco
Jeff and Mary Scobee
Donald and Jolene Shevchuk
Michael F. Tyler ’73
Thomas and Marisa Varney
Mario P. Vicki
Betsy Lawyer Volg ’81 and Kenneth Volg
Greg and Dee Waybright
Bob and Denise Winland
Guangzhi Xing
Michael and Lisa Young
Sponsors ($100 + )
Joe and Teresa Anquillare
Louis and Christine Auletta
James and Noreen Bachteler
Michael and Elizabeth Barrachina
Peter Boorman and Lyn Connery
Tom and Annmarie Butler
John and Whitney Christina
Tom and E.J. Conlin
Sheri Williams Connelly ’75 and Kevin
Connelly
Timothy and MaryAnn Corey
Don and Lynn Desiderato
Lawrence and Alicia D’Orsi
Susan Silvester Duncan ’81 and James
Duncan
Steve and Cindy Farrell
Leif and Nancy Fellinger
John and Katherine Fitzpatrick
Boris and Rocio Garcia
Dan and Virginia Gilmour
Paul and Betty Ann Grady
Michael and Paula Greenberg
Cynthia M. Gworek
Alicia M. Healey
William and Susan Healey
Christopher and Cheryl Italia
Donald Johnson and Martha LiljaJohnson
Andrew E. Kearns ’79 and Maura
McNally Kearns ’79
John and Patricia King
Bob and Kathy Kinley
Peter and Linda Kosha
Wayne and Pamela Kowalczyk
Arthur and Maria Kucharz
Alan Lake and Anne E. Pidano
Dan and Gina LaPorte
Patrick and Suzanne Lemp
Donna P. Lorenzo
Daniel Lynch ’78 & Amy Randall Lynch
’78
Joseph Marakovits
James and Kathy McCormack
Michael P. McGoldrick ’77 and Marilyn
McGoldrick
James and Caryl Mitsch
Mark C. Molloy ’77
and Jean Donnelly Molloy ’78
Chris and Pamela Moore
John and Abigail Moore
Richard and Liz Morris
Kathleen Ohlheiser Murray ’79
and Paul Murray
Paul and Karen Nista
Walter and Brenda Nuhfer
James B. O’Toole ’78 and Margaret
O’Toole
Iver Peterson and Shelley O’Brien
Deb and Paul Picciano
Michael and Mary Rosano
Maryann Sheehan Schuppe ’78 and
Walter Schuppe
Joungsoon Huh and Hyun Tack Shin
Robert and Ann Siegel
David and Kelly Skalski
Richard Stevens and Marina Rodriguez
Virginia A. Stuart-Watt
Karen Coole Tracey
David B. Van Schaack ’81 and Amanda
Van Schaack
John and Maureen Vaughn
Brian and Marie West
George and Maureen Wine
John and Sheila Yorio
Anniversary ($50 + )
Joanne and Cezary Ambrozej
Dawn M. Anderson
Nancy and Marino Boccuzzi
Ken and Carol Boin
James and Kristen Boucher
Lorin K. Bryant-Hardy
Ren and Patty Cicero
Christopher D. Deneen ’79 and
Eileen Brennan Deneen ’81
William R. Denton ’80 and
Catherine O’Toole Denton ’82
Gene and Jill Denver
Robert and Louise Dornfried
Manuel and Susana Duarte
George and Colleen Foster-Bey
Steve and Dori Grimshaw
Jeffrey and Jean Hagen
Michael and Claudia Janusko
Fabio and Nancy Jimenez
James and Ellen Juliano
Elaine J. King
Cathleen Fox Laffin ’77 and Fran Laffin
Joseph and Kim Lamari
Rickie S. Lassiter
Marie E. Lattiebudier
Cyril T. Marshall
Anthony and Valerie Massaro
Michael and Diane McAndrews
Robert and Judith McGowan
Marianne and Scott McKenzie
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William and Joan Noll
Delroy Patterson ’85 and Paulette Simon
Ron and Maureen Pepin
Rick and Patricia Poirier
MaryAnne B. Steadman
George Tuite and Cynthia Dressler
Tad and Linda Winterbottom
Jeffrey and Deborah Yao
Donors
Ian and Deborah Allison
Richard and Melanie Beaule
Joseph Bonfatto and Corinne Kapp
Joseph and Regina Domingo
James and Maria Grappone
Brian and Arlene Harris
Paul and Joan Hijeck
Andrew and Renee Kelly
Andrea E. Lombard
David and Eileen McCormick
Timothy J. McGuire ’73 and Susan
McGuire
Bob and Elizabeth Paine
Jim and Pat Peterson
Laura and Jeffrey Rode
Edward and Irene Rybka
Michael and Nancy Smith
Jamillia S. Stewart
Joseph A. Whalen
Flor M. Zurita
A LU MN I parent honor ro l l o f donor s
Parents of alumni continue to support Northwest Catholic as they see the value of the education borne out in their sons’ and daughters’
successes. This year, Alumni Parents gave $56,460 to the Northwest Catholic Fund, while their overall giving to all funds amounted to
$71,710. We are deeply grateful for their ongoing support of the school.
Rev. Colton Society ($10,000 +)
Mary E. Navin
Mike and Alexis Pariano
Michele and Joseph Quinn
John and Mary Shukie
Bill and Pat Walsh
Green & White Circle ($2,500 + )
Anonymous
Walter J. Dyber †
Jack and Mary Facey
Edward S. Jason ’71 and Mary Jason
Joseph E. Navin ’69 and
Suzanne Dumont Navin ’78
Ron and Marie Sanacore
Harry and Lynda Attianese
Catherine E. Gobes ’75 and Alfred Masciocchi
Stephen and Jane Granato
Michael and Linda Griffin
Scott Guilmartin ’74
Laurie Kennedy
Catherine Zunner Kennelly ’65 and Sean Kennelly
James J. Leary III ’65 and Jane Leary
Frank and Joann Martorelli
Anthony Mascolo ’73 and Nathalie Mascolo
Mark and Nancy Ricciardelli
Mike and Margaret Schiffer
Susan M. Wiskowski
Carol Dupuis Haylon ’80 and Michael Haylon
Dick and Denise Shima
Ellen Fox Spalluto ’77 and Joseph Spalluto
Ralph E. Wentworth ’65 and
Kathleen Collagan Wentworth ’65
1961 Society ($5,000.00 + )
Beth Collins Barton ’70 and Michael Barton
Phil and Anne Carpenter
Kathy and Wes Cooper
Ed and Jean Cowles
George Curry ’77 and Kerry Kearns Curry ’77
John M. DeAngelis ’72 and Patricia DeAngelis
Thomas Driscoll and Patricia Teufel-Driscoll
Owen and Joan Eagan
John and Barbara Ginnetti
Louis and MaryAnn Godbout
Chris and Gail Johnson
Phil and Susan Kelly
Steven and Diane Krupa
Dennis and Mary Lubozynski
Bob and Jody McGoldrick
William D. Molloy, Sr.
Ed and Kathy Murphy
Steve and Linda Myott
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Patrons ($250 + )
Anonymous
Richard Berry Jr.
Dick and Kathy Callahan
Kenneth Carpenter ’65 and
Barbara Blanchfield Carpenter ’72
Anne Dante Carroll ’78 and James Carroll
Bill and Doris Davis
Michael P. Deneen ’77 and Jennifer Deneen
Denise Bouvier Desmarais ’77 and
Thomas Desmarais
John W. Heslin ’76 and Patrice Preston Heslin ’76
William and Eileen Lichtenfels
Al and Helga Phillips
Mike and Mary-Ellen Rogers
Ray and Carol Sisk
Jack and Peggy Sitarz
Michael and Penelope Tosatti
Thomas and Marisa Varney
Richard and Mary Beth Walsh
William W. Walsh
Sponsors ($100 + )
Anonymous
Louis and Christine Auletta
Wayne and Ann Marie Ayotte
Marilyn A. Bacon ’65 and James M. Vaughan
William F. Baker
Petra Beatty
Frank and Sheila Beneski
Deborah Berry
Ed and Mildred Blaschinski
John and Ellen Brett
Terry and Charo Brock
Roger and Carol Carrier
Alan and Faith Casey
Paula Casey
Mark and Maureen Cenci
Allen and Janice Chin
Robert and Mildred Cleary
George and Elaine Dalton
William and Judith Dowden
Steve and Barbara Eukers
Brendan and Maureen Fox
Roland and Marie Francoeur
William and Mary Galligan
Boris and Rocio Garcia
Robert A. Giuliano ’75 and Cathy Giuliano
John and Maria Guedes
Steve and Kathy Hansen
Kathleen W. Hart
Frank and Mary Fran Hennessy
Bob and Pat Hilliard
Eileen S. Horan
Steve and Paulette Jameson
Alois and Ellen Kallfelz
Joan Keating-McKeon and Michael McKeon
Rick and Fay Lenz
Donna P. Lorenzo
Nicholas Lorenzo
Jack and Elaine Lyons
Tom and Bernie Malloy
Joseph Marakovits
al umni parent honor rol l of donors
James and Kathy McCormack
James and Caryl Mitsch
Daniel Montano ’69
Alpha and Gloria Nicholson
Virginia O’Brien
Arthur and Marion O’Donnell
Russell Ohlheiser
Tom and Julia Parker
Frank and Alice Pinney
Bill and Rosemary Powers
Paul and Jane Reardon
Corrie Sadler
William and Louise Sanders
Carol and Loren Schave
Bob and Janet Schultz
John and Marcia Shaughnessy
Margaret Redden Sitarz ’72 and Robert E. Sitarz
Margaret Linehan Skahill ’66 and John F. Skahill
Peter and Doreen Slomski
Ed and Lib Spinella
Janet Stone and Michael J. Selissen
Tim and Gerry Sullivan
Karen Coole Tracey
Jim and Dorothy Tuohy
Roger J. Williams
Anonymous
David and Marie Allabaugh
Peter and Karen Avery
Jim and Cecile Baker
Helen Batayte
Lucille Bellizzi
James and Kristen Boucher
Robert and Colette Bouvier
Mark and Diane Caron
Kevin and Deirdre Cavanagh
Ren and Patty Cicero
Maureen H. Connors
Kathryn Craemer
Thomas and Aline Cronin
Timothy and Mary Curran
Beverly M. Curry
Larry and Joan Delphia
Christopher D. Deneen ’79 and
Eileen Brennan Deneen ’81
Catherine M. Grimes
Edward and Doris Guillet
J. Michael Halloran ’70 and
Mary Bellizzi Halloran ’71
Joan Casimir Harrigan ’81
Steve and Susan Kristofak
Deryl and Antoria Marrow
Elizabeth and Douglas Maus
Ellen McKone-Stafford ’72 and Jeffrey Stafford
Al and Ethel Melanson
Leonard and Mary Melanson
Paul and Carol Mortensen
Nicholas Notte, Sr.
Alcides and Maria Ortiz
Louis and Linda Pellino
Ralph and Cruger Phillips
Elizabeth M. Plumley
Barbara K. Pulito
John and Catherine Quinn
R. Craig and Yvonne Robinson
Paul and Brenda Rohan
Mark and Helene Schmidt
Bob and Janice Shangraw
Harriet P. Shea
Herb and Elizabeth Shepardson
Paul and Jeanine Simoneau
Kenneth and JoAnn Smith
Carol Stevenson
Howard and Suzanne Travers
Kathleen Glynn Tremblay ’75 and
Thomas Tremblay
Bert and Ruth Williams
Donors
Anonymous
Sergey and Margarita Arzumanov
Todd and Elizabeth Bell
Anne Acquaotta Biancamano ’72
John L. Bonee
Ed and Brenda Boudreau
Clarence and Irene Bourret
Leroy and Hope Bruff
Barbara T. Bullard
Robert and Doris Burke
Warren and Diane Cardone
Timothy and Maureen Coleman
Benito and Sylvia Crispino
James and Mary Cronin
Timothy and Rosemarie Cronin
Frank and Diane D’Addabbo
Henry and Theresa Davis
Josephine F. DeAngelis
Anna M. Dennison
Marguerite W. Dionizio †
Cristina Creamer Downes ’75 and
William Downes
Yolande P. Dumont
Bette W. Egan
Dale and Margaret Evans
Don and Joanne Fenton
Maria C. Ferreira
Laurier Fillion ’73
Robert and Maryann Giovino
Joanne Gleason
Leonora Goroshko
Walter and Mary Hampton
Frederick and Yolande Hesketh
Stephen and Evelyn Hudak
Glenn and Gloria Knierim
Frank M. Kulig
Catherine La Penta
James and Marion Lavoie
Wendell and Valda Lawrence
Beverly A. Lemonious
Richard and Stephanie Leonard
George and Mary Lester
Patricia A. Liner
Joan Andrew Luddy ’71 and Richard Luddy
Thomas Malone
John and Dorothy Marks
James V. Martinelli ’70 and
Ellen Maguire Martinelli ’70
Mary Ellen Massicotte
Earlington and Ann Matthews
Lorna McFarlane
Ida D. McGhee ’74
Gregory and Mary McMahon
John and Mary Mengual
Terry Caruso Michalman ’75 and Roger
Michalman
William and Rosemarie Miskavitch
Daniel E. Molloy
Jose L. Morales
Donna B. Morrison
William and Diane Ortiz
Lila C. Pitek
Neil and Faith Quagliaroli
John and Anna Riccio
Bernard and Joanne Rooney
Mario and Elaine Rubino
Ed and Peggy Samolyk
David and Lorraine Schoenwolff
Edward and Teresa Sieczek
Julie A. Smith
Richard and Phyllis Smith
Michael and Elaine Sponzo
Ward and Violet Strange
Anthony and Frances Vacca
Jennifer L. White
Donald and Glenda Wilkerson
Ray and Cathy Williams
Joe and Cindy Wilusz
Vaughn and Mary Young
† = Deceased
N W C D onor s Re spond to Archdi ocesan M atchi ng Gi ft Incenti ve
In the Spring of 2009, the Archdiocese of Hartford made
an irresistible offer to its Catholic schools: If a school could
exceed its own goal for its 2008-09 annual fund, the Archdiocese would provide $0.50 for every dollar above that target.
Furthermore, the Archdiocese stipulated that the matching
funds would be earmarked exclusively for tuition assistance at
that school.
The goal for last year’s Northwest Catholic Fund was
$720,000. NWC donors responded quickly and generously to
the Archdiocesan challenge. Some people gave even more than
they had the year before – a remarkable thing, considering the
shaky economy – while others who had already given for the
2008-09 fund year made additional donations, knowing that
those dollars would go that much further via the match.
In the end, the Northwest Catholic Fund came in
$78,015.20 above goal, which yielded an extra $39,007.60 in
money that was available for financial aid. “We are so grateful
to our donors who stretched a bit further last year with their
gifts, enabling us to capitalize on this unique opportunity from
the Archdiocese,” said Advancement Officer Colby Thresher.
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friends honor roll of donors
Friends are generous individuals and organizations who do not fall into one of the other donor categories. Friends donated $56,917 to the
Northwest Catholic Fund, while overall giving to all funds amounted to $90,647.
Rev. Frascadore Society ($25,000 + )
Rev. Colton Society ($10,000 + )
Bill and Becky Fenoglio
1961 Society ($5,000 + )
Michael P. Danziger
Carol B. Hunt
The Reynolds Charitable Foundation, Inc.
Most Rev. Peter A. Rosazza
Don and Jean Wilson
Green & White Circle ($2,500 + )
Ken and Judy Boudreau
Jean Lam
Stephen and Xi Corcoran
Rev. Henry C. Frascadore
Mildred C. Kay
Joseph F. Reilly Golf Tournament
Bill and Deborah Brewer
Phil and Kim Heck
Rev. Eugene M. Kilbride
Donald and Ilse Nigro
Patrons ($250 + )
Robert J. Daly
Sponsors ($100 + )
Anonymous
Marilyn L. Brewer
Martin and Elevene Bryant
John and Carole Clark
Crisanne M. Colgan
Alice H. Kelsey
Skip and Sally McGurkin
Frank and Ann Mirabello
Robert M. Mittica
Patrick and Karen Murphy
James Nolan
Nancy D. Sullivan
Nellie A. Agostino
Maureen H. Connors
Donald and Murva Deneen
Donors
Marino and Maria Carducci
Richard and Judie Goldenthal
Joseph and Maureen Hallisey
Ann E. Rosetta
Mary P. Sanady
† = Deceased
facu lty & s taf f honor ro l l o f donors
The Northwest Catholic faculty, supported by administrators and staff, devote their time and energy to students’ intellectual, social,
psychological, and spiritual development. As the core members of the school’s learning community, the faculty is dedicated to the
maintenance of a stimulating and enriching educational environment. While that dedication is most obvious in their attention and
concern for students, it also appears in the generosity with which faculty and staff support the school’s mission.
Anonymous
Marilyn Adamo
Daniel J. Avery ’97 and Sara D. Avery
Nita Beeman
Teresa Giegel Bournique ’84 and Glenn Bournique
Susan Coffey Brimmer ’66
Catherine and Tim Curran
John and Regina Cusson
Mark Dodd and Cynthia Killian Dodd ’74
Matt and Sarah Fitzsimons
Scott and Andrea Fletcher
Mary Jo and Thomas Foran
Kristi and Jerry Gillespie
Sandra Murray Hayes ’85 and Bob Hayes
Lisa Huston
Pat and Mike Juda
Fran Laffin and Cathleen Fox Laffin ’77
Jane Leary and James J. Leary III ’65
Debra J. LeBel
Richard Luddy and Joan Andrew Luddy ’71
Rosemary and David McNally
John and Isabella Mirabello
Sister Ann M. Moore
Elizabeth Lynch Oates ’94 and Patrick Oates
Joyce and Joe O’Rourke
Helga and Al Phillips
Lynn and John Prendergast
Richard and Ann-Mary Puskarz
Joshua Reese ’95 and
Amanda Miser Reese ’02
Katy M. Sibley
Thomas and Tina Steen
Ron Swanson
Bill and Deanna Tressler
Marisa and Thomas Varney
Dave and Amy Woodford
gifts in kind
In addition to cash gifts, Northwest Catholic received generous contributions of useful goods and services that fulfill specific capital or
operational needs. If a gift in kind is accepted by Northwest Catholic, it is the donor’s responsibility to determine value, and it must be a gift
that brings clear budget relief to the school.
Acoustics, Inc.
The Barrieau & O’Toole Co.
Bloomfield Discount Liquors
Calcutta India Corp.
Commercial Floor Covering
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Peter and Debra D’Amato
Michael O. Eagan ’74 and
Geralyn Tuohy Eagan ’74
FIP Construction, Inc.
Lebon Press, Inc.
Navin Bros. Food Services
Sauce Restaurant
Selig Ford
Gifts to EndowED SCHOL ARSHIPS
Rev. Lawrence Bock Scholarship
Rev. Frascadore Teaching Chair
Patricia Mittica Scholarship
Nita Beeman
Rev. Lawrence Bock
Joshua M. Sider ’03
Justin A. Sider ’01
James Nolan
Robert M. Mittica
Maurice and Phyllis Guillet Scholarship
Russell Morrisett Scholarship
Paul E. Bisson ’79 and Kristen Bisson
Edward E. Guillet ’69
Jacqueline Bisson Gustafson ’75 and David J.
Gustafson
Ellen McKone-Stafford ’72 and Family
Russell Morrisett
Paige Ann Corrigan Memorial
Scholarship
Marilyn Adamo
Daniel J. Avery ’97 and Sara D. Avery
Joan Andrew Luddy ’71 and Richard Luddy
Sister Ann M. Moore
Elizabeth Lynch Oates ’94 and Patrick Oates
Carol and Loren Schave
Ron Swanson
Dave and Amy Woodford
Regina Guilmartin Memorial Scholarship
Scott Guilmartin ’74
Stephen Lennox ’69 Memorial Scholarship
Susan K. Gray ’69
Jane Lennox ’71
Ellen McGuire Williams Memorial
Scholarship
Catherine Malloy Pintavalle
Scholarship
Kathleen W. Hart
Rev. John T. and Mary G. Shugrue
Scholarship
† = Deceased
Brian M. McGuire ’71
matchi n g g if t compan i es
Many businesses and corporations will match the amount of a donation from one of their employees, increasing the value of the donor’s
gift dramatically. The companies listed here matched donations that Northwest Catholic received from our constituents – alumni, parents,
friends, and alumni parents. Please check with your employer to see if they, like the companies identified below, will match your donations
to Northwest Catholic.
Aetna Foundation
Lone Pine Capital LLC
Stop & Shop Supermarket Co.
American Nuclear Insurers
Macy’s, Inc.
The GE Foundation
Babson Capital
Microsoft Corporation
UBS Realty Investors, LLC
Bank of America - West Hartford Branch
MMC Matching Gifts Programs
United Technologies
Bristol-Myers Squibb
Northrop Grumman Foundation
United Technologies Political Action Committee
Chubb & Son
Pfizer Foundation
UNUM Provident Corp.
Fidelity Foundation
Prudential Foundation
UPS Foundation, Inc
General Re Corporation
Reader’s Digest Foundation
W.K. Kellogg Foundation
Goldman Sachs Educational
St. Paul Travelers Foundation
Wachovia Foundation
Hartford Insurance Group
Stanley Works
Wells Fargo Foundation
LandAmerica Foundation
Steelcase Foundation
Businesses, foundations & Organizations
Gifts in this category subsidize our financial aid program or fund specific programs or capital projects. This past year, a total of $240,107 was
raised from this group. We are grateful for their support of our mission.
Paul and Mary Cancellarini Charitable Trust
Hartford Foundation for Public Giving
CAS/CIAC
The John G. Martin Foundation
Catholic Charities, Inc.
May, Bonee & Walsh
Cherish The Children Foundation, Inc.
William & Alice Mortensen Foundation
Foundation for the Advancement of Catholic Schools
Golf For Good, Inc.
St. Ann’s Church
Hartford Courant Foundation
Target
Northwest Catholic is grateful for the many years of generosity from Hometown Marketing, a West Hartford-based custom publishing,
advertising, and marketing firm owned by Tom Hickey ’78.
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g i fts i n memory
Those honored through these gifts will be remembered perpetually in our prayers, especially during Mass. May the light of their
memory illuminate our paths every day.
In Memory of Robert Bagnall ’66
In Memory of William A. Neptin
Jim Bagnall ’69
Kathleen W. Hart
Clara Neptin Brown ’84
In Memory of Peter Beneski ’86
Frank and Sheila Beneski
In Memory of Janet Dubey Berry
Raymond and Sally Allen
Ed and Susan Autuori Family
Richard Berry, Jr.
Virginia M. Coracci
Leslie DeMaio Costello ’86
Kathryn Craemer
Richard and Aida Cyphers
Paul B. Dubey
Elizabeth Hollow
Maria Librio Judge
Lynn, Melissa and Chip (Kohn) Wood
Tori Langen
Alfred L. Nardini
Sabin and Beverley Streeter
Joseph G. Tompkins
John and Mimi Warwick
Mark and Hope Wigmore
Jim and Barbara Woods
In Memory of John J. Burke
Lisa M. Fitzgerald
Richard and Margaret Duggan
Northwest Catholic Cheer Fund
Debra and Douglas Senn
Sandra Senn
James M. Quinn
R. Leslie Childs & Percy and Lillian Stone
Janet Stone and Michael J. Selissen
In Memory of Margaret Clarke
Northwest Catholic Cheer Fund
In Memory of Peggy Guillet
Ellen McKone-Stafford ’72 and Family
In Memory of Dr. William Hart
In Memory of V. Chester Hickey
Susan Hickey McCabe ’73
In Memory of Thomas Hill ’65
Barbara Hill Coffey ’79
Kathleen W. Hart
In Memory of Lois Juda
In Memory of George Lescarbeau ’66
Kathleen W. Hart
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In Memory of Nora E. O’Brien ’82
Owen and Joan Eagan
Alois and Ellen Kallfelz
Kerry Casey Kelley ’82
In Memory of Thomas Pellino ’77
Louis and Linda Pellino
In Memory of Catherine Malloy Pintavalle
Kathleen W. Hart
In Memory of Joseph F. Reilly
In Memory of Catherine R. Rodgers
Katherine Rodgers Katzman ’79
Thomas Rodgers ’79
In Memory of Michael F. Romano ’77
Mark and Eileen Baldwin
Harry and Brenda Bellucci
Dave Bergen
Gordon and Karen Binkhorst
Paul and Virginia Blanch
Walter and Vivian Brooks
John and Sally Budds
Marino and Maria Carducci
Peter and Marie Carr
Jennie Cassarino
Jean Cassarino-Roberts
Cheryl Chase, Stuart Bear, Dara and Ross Dyer and Landon Chase Freeman
Nunzio and Joan Chelli
Aileen Cosgrove
Joe and Mary Cosgrove
Kevin and Joan Coughlin
Bob and Paula Cournoyer
Frank and Diane D’Addabbo
Sharon Dalton
Janet Dandley
Bill and Doris Davis
Steve and Angela Delaney
Michael and Lorinda DiDonato
Gary and Nancy Discenza
Michael and Nella D’Onofrio
Charlie and Jane Driscoll
Ginny McKinley Edelson
and Liz McKinley Gordon
Lisa and David Ellovich
Arthur and Mary Epstein and Family
Gregory and Leigh Farber
The Farrah Family
Gary and Darlene Filip
John and Anne Foley
Jesse Fritz
Albert Galante
Peter and Patricia Gibbon
Joanne Gleason
Richard and Judie Goldenthal
The Goldman Family
William and Hilda Gough
Michael, Mary, Kate and Sean Halloran
Todd and Theresa Hansen
Eleanor M. Hellner
The Hickey Family
John J. Houlihan, Jr., Esq.
Marianne Downie, Jonathan Housum Britton
Housum and Chauncey Housum
Kevin Hughes ’77
Robert and Lynn Huguet
Dorothy Ianzito
Tracy Jacot
Bruce and Merle Kaplan
Leslie, Paul and Rachel Korus
Josephine and Joseph Mascolo
Judith G. McDonough
Bob and Joanne McGoldrick
Gregory and Mary McMahon
Lucy Miano
Edward and Valerie Michaels
Ann and Greg Mittelman
Mary Ellen, Kelsey and Jonathan Mix
Margaret Mullarkey
Joseph and Anne Murphy
Kelly Murphy
John and Lynn Nickles
Eric D. Norfeldt School
Eric D. Norfeldt School PTO
Tom and Julia Parker
David and Arlene Parmelee
Louis and Victoria Piscatelli
Barbara Pons
QT Nu Group
Lil and John Reilly
Roisman & McClure, P.C.
Maryann Romano
Nichola E. Rubinow and Family
Donna and Bradford Russell
Clem and Ellen Sayers
Sue and Mort Shechtman
Natalina Speranza
Ed and Lib Spinella
Holly O’Brien Stauber ’81
George Tomljanovic
U/13 Girls West Hartford Premier Soccer Team
Marguerite and Glen Tracy & Family
Lori and David Warchol
Brian and Joan Warnken
Joseph and Carol Waxman
Matthew and Nancy Wemple
West Hartford Youth Soccer Association
Rohe L. Winchell
Lyn, Melissa and Chip (Kohn) Wood
Stephen and Denise Woodruff
Jeffrey and Debra Wrubel
In Memory of Jack Rovaldi
golf tou rnament
The 32nd annual NWC golf tournament was another resounding success. Under picture-perfect skies, alumni, parents, and
friends enjoyed a wonderful day of golf and camaraderie for a great cause. The net profits of $23,083.73 went to the Northwest
Catholic Fund, earmarked for tuition assistance (see inside back cover).
Players
Jim Abbott
Josh Austin
Jim Baio
Kevin Baker ’88
Mary-Anne Francoeur Baldassarre ’78
Kathy Dunn Bassett ’79
Diane Beckerman
Rick Beckerman
John Begley ’81
Scott Bennett ’88
Dave Berry
John Berry ’86
Rick Berry Jr.
Rick Berry III ’83
Tom Bisson ’78
Eileen Buell
Lenny Burke ’72
Cindy Hesketh Calitri ’81
Jim Cantey
Bill Carew
Bob Chamerda
Phil Coco
George Colli III ’73
George Colli IV
Allan Connal
Ed Connors ’83
Joe Copasso
Sam Cusano
Pete D’Amato
Jordy D’Angelis ’72
Jeanne Danielson
Leslie DeMaio Costello ’86
Pat Delaney
Kevin Deneen ’78
Mike Deneen ’77
Judy Devokaitis
Bill Doran ’78
Brenda Dowling
Shawn Dreyer
Jim Duncan
Bob Evans
Joe Ferolano
Joe Ferolano, Sr.
Dan Filomeno
Tom Filomeno
Ed Fitzsimons
Matt Fitzsimons
Brendan Fox
Ellen Rodgers Fox ’85
Maureen Fox
Greg Fox
Tom Furniss
Bob Gigliotti ’73
Marilyn Gilbert
Tom Gilbert ’79
Leslie Grande
Mary Lou Greenfield
Kevin Grenham ’78
Margaret Verrengia Hallinan ’81
Chuck Harding ’71
Bill Hardy
Jed Hayes ’73
Karen Herbert
John Heslin ’76
Glynis Huffman
Terry Huffman
Barbara Karsky
Tom Kearney ’74
Martin Kearns
Mike Kennedy
Mike Klimas ’73
Chip Kohn
Fran Laffin
Charlie Larson
Apostle Laske
Garrett Lasnier
Dominic Lopreato
Dan Lynch ’78
John Lynch ’72
Jay Maffe
Linc Maguire ’76
Julio Maisonet
Marie De Maio Mansolillo ’82
Frank Marroco
Matt Martorelli ’03
Eric Marziali
Anthony Mascolo ’73
Valerie Massaro
Dennis McCormack
Tim McGeary
Mark McGoldrick ’78
Rev. John W. McHugh
Kevin McHugh ’78
Tracey Mencio
Mary Dunn Miner ’79
Peter Mirabello
Randy Molloy ’65
Bobbi Moran
Matt Morgan
Mike Morris ’78
Mark Murnane ’88
Noreen Murnane
Joe Navin ’69
Joseph Navin
Ed Nebry
Joe O’Rourke
Evelyn Osowski
Peggy O’Toole
Jim O’Toole ’78
Victor Pileika ’74
Jim Quinn
John Quinn, Jr. ’98
John Quinn, Jr. ’74
Josh Reese ’95
Doc Resnisky ’74
Skip Roosevelt ’65
Dean Rustic
Richard Rustic
Todd Sadler
Emil Sapere
Greg Sapere
Bill Scully ’70
Sally Scully ’77
George Scurlock
TJ Selig ’77
Herb Shepardson
Tip Simmons
Dave Spalluto
Ellen Spalluto ’77
Joe Spalluto
Bob Strano ’74
Scott Strid
Andy Sullivan
Steve Sztaba
Maureen Walsh ’65
Pat Walsh ’72
Brian Williamson
Jeff Yao
Henry Yazdzik
Liz Ziecky
Sponsors
Raffle &
Silent Auction Contributors
Gold ($500)
BK and Co.
Ed and Jean Cowles
John Cusson
Franca Filomeno
Madelyn Filomeno
Betty Ann Grady
Hair by Israel, LLC
Hot Tomatoes
Jane Leary
Marie Mansolillo
Anthony and Valerie Massaro
May, Bonee & Walsh
Max Downtown
Mark Murnane ’88
Michelle Murphy
Partners In Mission
NWC Pep Shop
John Quinn
Reliable Auto Tire Company
Gail Riley
Dennis Robinson
SteenoSports Memorabilia, LLC
Sherri Thompson
Union Street Tavern
Pat Walsh
Dinner ($5,000)
Navin Brothers Food Services, Inc.
Cart ($3,000)
Wentworth-DeAngelis Insurance
Diamond ($2,000)
The Huffman Family
Shepard Steel Company, Inc.
Platinum ($1,000)
Kevin W. Baker ’88
FIP Construction, Inc
Future Benefits, Inc.
General Casualty
May, Bonee & Walsh
QBE Regional Insurance
Anonymous
P.F. Kelly Company
Venora Electrical Service
Green ($300)
Aztec Equipment
Barrieau Oil Company, Inc.
Elizabeth Collins Barton ’70
Future Fitness Sport
Herb’s Sports Shop
Kevin McHugh ’78
Select Medical
Sinatro Agency One, LLC Insurance
White ($125)
Art Rich Photography
Edward Connors Ins. Agcy.
Dillon Mailing Bureau, Inc.
Lyons Service Corp.
O’Malley, Deneen, Leary, Messina &
Oswecki
Press Check, LLC
St. Ann’s Church
St. Thomas the Apostle School
Wachovia Securities, LLC
Gifts In Kind
Bloomfield Discount Liquors
Lebon Press, Inc.
Navin Bros. Food Service
Selig Ford
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s at u rday n ig ht l i ve
Saturday Night Live, the Silver Anniversary edition, was a sparkling success! Parents, alumni, and friends filled the silver-and
black-bedecked halls of NWC on Nov. 22, 2008 – the 25th anniversary of this signature fundraiser. The net proceeds of
$36,444.59 were particularly remarkable against the backdrop of the shaky economy.
Room Sponsors
Cowdery, Ecker & Murphy
F. A. Hesketh & Associates, Inc.
Highland Capital Brokerage
Horizon Financial Advisors
May, Bonee & Walsh
Mike and Mike in the Morning
Molloy Funeral Home
SteenoSports Memorabilia, LLC
Whittlesey & Hadley, P.C.
Advertisers
Church of the Holy Spirit
Corpus Christi Church
Duncaster
House of Flora Flower Market, LLC
Rainbow Graphics
Riley Lumber
Sacred Heart Church
Saint Joseph College
St. Bernard Church
St. Mary’s Church
St. Mary’s School
St. Thomas the Apostle School
St. Timothy Middle School
The Church of St. Timothy
Venora Electrical Service
Wentworth-DeAngelis Insurance
West Hartford Police Officers Association
Patrons
Harris and Theresa Aisevbonaye
Joe and Teresa Anquillare
Marc and Patty Austin
James and Noreen Bachteler
Jim and Nancy Bannon
Michael and Elizabeth Barrachina
Beth Collins Barton ’70 and
Michael Barton
Robert and Ria Battaglia
Theresa Notte Becker ’76 and Clinton Becker
John F. Begley ’81 and
Mary Beth Begley
Nancy and Marino Boccuzzi
Peter and Ellen Bompane
Peter Boorman and Lyn Connery
Peter and Louisa Budarz
Paul and Mary Butler
Tom and Annmarie Butler
Elizabeth Hemond Cannone ’77 and John
Cannone
John Chapman and
Lorri C. Marquez
Paul and Carol Ciotto
William B. Collins ’68 and
Sally Collins
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Bob and Linda Crawford
Robert and Lauren Crory
Michael and Lauri Dahlem
Don and Lynn Desiderato
Robert and Louise Dornfried
Kamlesh and Usha Faldu
Steve and Cindy Farrell
Leif and Nancy Fellinger
Matthew and Sarah Fitzsimons
Dan and Virginia Gilmour
Maureen Davis Grabowski ’77 and Chester
Grabowski
Paul and Betty Ann Grady
Charles and Leslie Grande
Margaret Verrengia Hallinan ’81 and James
Hallinan
William and Susan Healey
Thomas Hickey ’78 and Shevon Sweeney Hickey
’79
Phil and Lori Hopkins
Rich and Patty Hunter
Christopher and Cheryl Italia
Pat and Mike Juda
Bob and Anne Kelly
Mike and Rita Kennedy
Bob and Kathy Kinley
David and Noreen Knortz
Linda Krikawa
Robert and Michelle Kuhlberg
Tom and Letha Kunkel
Kara Cunningham Langan ’81 and Kevin Langan
James J. Leary III ’65 and Jane Leary
Patrick and Suzanne Lemp
Carlos and Stella Lopez
Donna P. Lorenzo
Isabella and Peter Marandino
Gail W. McCue
Timothy McDonnell ’86 and
Laura Ginnetti McDonnell ’86
Rosemary and David McNally
Shawn and Patty Meehan
John and Abigail Moore
Ed and Kathy Murphy
Tom and Michelle Murphy
Paul and Karen Nista
Walter and Brenda Nuhfer
Robert and Lynn O’Connell
Janet and Richard O’Donnell
James and Joanne Papillo
Scott C. Pearsall, CTANG
Russell and Susan Pelton
Ron and Maureen Pepin
Jim and Pat Peterson
Al and Helga Phillips
Rayette Ramoya
Gail and Michael Riley ’77
Laura and Jeffrey Rode
Kerry Ruiz and Carissa Fusco
William and Louise Sanders
Antoinette P. Savard
Mark and Lynette Scapellati
Walter and Maria Schawiak
Maryann Sheehan Schuppe ’78 and Walter
Schuppe
Jeff and Mary Scobee
John and Kim Shea
Marc and Sheila Sherer
Thomas and Mary Sitaro
Joseph Spalluto and
Ellen Fox Spalluto ’77
Michael and Bonnie Stephens
Scott and Ann Strid
Virginia A. Stuart-Watt
Wayne and Coreen Sumple
Patrick and Sherri Thompson
Ed and Mary Turbert
Michael and Patricia Visintainer
Betsy Lawyer Volg ’81 and
Kenneth Volg
Jim and Suzanne Walsh
Bill and Pat Walsh
Greg and Dee Waybright
Bob and Denise Winland
Tad and Linda Winterbottom
Susan M. Wiskowski
Andrew L. Wizner and
Sheila M. Houlihan
Henry and Evyonne Yazdzik
Michael and Lisa Young
Endowed and Annual Scholarships
Over the past two decades, alumni parents and friends have chosen to honor an individual or family while helping students in financial
need by funding an endowed scholarship. A portion of the annual earnings ensures that needy students can take advantage of the educational
opportunity available at Northwest Catholic. Endowed scholarship funds are essential to ensuring an economically diverse school community
and are a critical component in NWC’s tradition of supporting financially needy students. Endowed scholarships may be initiated with a
gift of $25,000. Annual scholarships may be established with a gift of $5,000 or more, provided it is the donor’s intent to make a long-term
commitment.
Endowed
Annual
Rev. Lawrence R. Bock Scholarship
Rev. Bradford Colton Scholarship
Paige Ann Corrigan Memorial Scholarship
Carol Cunningham Family Scholarship
Daly Family Scholarship
The Maurice and Phyllis Guillet Scholarship
Regina Guilmartin Scholarship
Stephen Lennox Scholarship
McKiernan Scholarship
Patricia Mittica Scholarship
Russell Morrisett Scholarship
Salvatore Piacente Scholarship
Catherine Pintaville Scholarship
R.A. Roncari Family Retreat Ministry
Rev. John T. Shugrue and Mary G. Shugrue Scholarship
Trina Sullivan Scholarship
Bruce Torrell Scholarship
Ellen McGuire Williams Memorial Scholarship
Timothy and Meg Callahan Scholarship
Cancellerini Trust Scholarship
Foundation for the Advancement of Catholic Schools
William R. Fenoglio Foundation Scholarship
Greater Hartford Catholic Educators Association
Dr. William Hart Scholarship
Hartford Courant Foundation Scholarship
Hartford Inner-City Scholarship
Haylon Scholarship
Robert Kay Memorial Scholarship
Mahoney Scholarship
Matthew 25 Scholarship
NWC Faculty & Staff Financial Aid Scholarship
Carmelo Romano Scholarship
Sanchez Scholarship
St. Ann’s Scholarship
pl anned g ivin g at northwe st cathol ic
The Heritage Society recognizes as members those alumni, parents and friends of Northwest Catholic who make a planned gift to the
School. Planned gifts include a provision in a will or trust; naming Northwest Catholic as the beneficiary of a life insurance policy, pension,
profit-sharing, IRA or 401(k) plan; establishing a Charitable Gift Annuity (see below) or Charitable Remainder Trust. These gifts allow
individuals to make an ultimate statement of commitment and will define future educational opportunities for deserving students.
Charitable Gift Annuities
With an irrevocable gift of cash or securities of at least $10,000 to Northwest Catholic, a donor can:
•
lock in a high annual fixed rate of return for life;
•
benefit from a healthy charitable deduction;
•
reduce capital gains taxes, if it is a gift of appreciated securities; and
•
make a difference for Northwest Catholic!
Gift Annuity Rates Paid Annually to a Donor for Life
Age 70: 6.5% Age 75: 7.1% Age 80: 8.0% Age 85: 9.5%
For more information about The Heritage Society, charitable gift annuities, or other options for planned giving, please contact Colby
Thresher, Advancement Officer, at 860.236.4221, x156 or [email protected].
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news from 29 wamp
Welcome Class of 2013!
The Class of ’13, Plus 19 Transfer Students, Join the NWC Community
The 2009-10 school year opened with 651 students among the four grades at NWC, including
171 freshmen and 19 transfer students. Margaret
Williamson began her tenth year as Principal, and
this year has also added the title of Chief Administrator.
West Hartford is home to the most freshmen
(40 students), with Bloomfield (18 students) and
Windsor (16 students) ranking next. In keeping
with recent trends, the freshman class includes
siblings of many current or former NWC students;
indeed, 39% of the Class of ’13 (67 students) are
NWC siblings. Furthermore, 25 students have a
parent who graduated from Northwest Catholic.
When the freshmen arrived on Wed., Sep. 2,
they were greeted by more than 100 members of
the Class of ’10 who had volunteered as “Freshman Contacts,” the group that helps ease new
students’ transition into NWC life. These seniors
helped the freshmen navigate the corridors, fiddle
with lockers, decipher class schedules, and enjoy
a cookout in the school courtyard. A week later,
the seniors hosted (and attended) the Freshman
Dance, which had a huge turnout and featured
such NWC traditions as the “Shoe Dance.”
This year’s student body also includes 19 students who transferred in to the sophomore and
junior classes. Eleven of these students are part of
NWC’s year-old international students program.
There are now 14 students who have matriculated
at Northwest Catholic but who hail from other
countries, including South Korea, China, Spain,
Germany, and Brazil.
(From left) Freshmen Brendan Thompson, Connor Krikawa, Alejandro Tobon,
Christopher Thomas, and Arnoldo Ballestas congregate in the school lobby
while waiting for the first day of high school to begin.
Alecia Dulaire ’13 (left) and Lindsay
Dombrosky ’13 get to know one another
before an opening-day presentation in
the Rice Auditorium.
Grace Quinn ’10, a member of the Freshman Contact group, offers a personalized
NWC welcome to her brother, Charlie
Quinn ’13.
Some members of the Freshman Contacts group, which returned to school early to help with freshman orientation.
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LOGOS
n e w s f ro m 2 9 wa mp
NWC Students Excel on National Exams
Dozens of Northwest Catholic students
distinguished themselves on a range of
national standardized tests during the past
several months:
Students, which means they were among
the highest scoring students who took the
PSAT exam.
with Distinction (students earned an
average grade of 3.5 on all AP Exams
taken, and a grade of 3 or higher on five
or more of the tests); AP Scholar with
Honor (students earned an average grade
of at least 3.25 on all AP Exams taken,
and a grade of 3 or higher on four or more
of the exams); and AP Scholar (students
who receive scores of 3 or higher on three
or more AP Exams).
Three students were named AP
Scholars with Distinction; six were
named AP Scholars with Honor; and
16 were named AP Scholars. The complete list of students and their hometowns appears on the NWC web site:
www.northwestcatholic.org/academics.
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ichael Deneen ’10, the son of Jennifer and Michael Deneen ’77 of Windsor,
was named a National Merit Semifinalist
based on the PSAT exam he took in October 2008. Fewer than 1% of the 1.5 million students who took that test achieved
scores this high. He will now continue
in the competition for a National Merit
scholarship, which will be announced in
Spring 2010.
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lexis Dahlem ’10, Caroline Garger ’10,
Luke Pelton ’10, and Emily Peters ’10
were named National Merit Commended
• J oel Adifon ’10 was named an Outstanding Participant in the National Achievement Scholarship Program conducted by
the National Merit Scholarship Corporation.
•K
elsey Vega ’10 earned Honorable
Mention in the National Hispanic
Recognition Program administered by
the College Board.
• Twenty-five students – the highest number in school history – were named AP
Scholars for 2009, based on exceptional
achievement on Advanced Placement Exams taken in May 2009. AP Scholars earn
one of three designations: AP Scholar
Plans for Celebrating NWC’s Golden Jubilee Are Under Way
Incredible as it may seem, Northwest Catholic will soon
have a big birthday: In September 2011, it will turn 50
years old! Plans for celebrating this important milestone are
already under way.
In June 2009, Principal Margaret Williamson and Advancement Officer Colby Thresher invited a number of people from different constituencies – current and alumni parents, faculty, staff, and alums – to convene for an initial brainstorming session. Over a light supper, this core
group talked about some of the ways Northwest Catholic might celebrate
the half-century mark.
Though nothing has been set in stone, the 50th Anniversary Steering
Committee decided on some broad parameters:
• Traditional NWC events – like Saturday Night Live or the Golf
Tournament – will have a special 50th anniversary spin that year.
• Memorabilia – including photos, news clippings, scrapbooks,
plaques, etc. – were pulled off school shelves, out of closets and
drawers, and from every nook and cranny of NWC over the Summer of 2009. Supervised by Director of Communications Michelle
Murphy, volunteers sorted, catalogued, and organized the material
by decade and topic, and then packed it up for safe, off-site storage.
The 50th Anniversary Committee will refer to the material via a
thorough inventory of the contents that’s kept on a shared network
drive at NWC. Videos, powerpoints, and gallery displays are among
the multimedia options being considered for the yearlong anniversary celebration.
• T he 50th anniversary celebration will begin in September 2011,
probably with an Anniversary Liturgy, and will continue through
June 2012.
• A festive Anniversary Gala will be held in March 2012 to which
every member of the NWC community will be invited.
• Only a few extra anniversary-specific events will be added to the
school calendar during that year, in the interest of keeping the activities manageable and memorable. NWC will that year also be going through the New England Association of Schools and Colleges
(NEASC) reaccreditation process, which occurs only once a decade,
so it will be a particularly busy time.
Volunteers are needed and welcome to help make this yearlong celebration a success! To make suggestions, to volunteer, or for more information altogether, contact Principal Margaret Williamson (mwilliamson@
nwcath.org) or send a message to a special e-mail address established for
this purpose: [email protected].
• A n anniversary-specific logo and slogan are in the works.
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NWC Welcomes New Teachers and Coaches
Some new (and some familiar) faces embarked upon a variety of teaching and
coaching positions in September 2009.
On the Academic side:
… and on the Athletics side:
Sr. Angela Marie Castellani, F.S.E., joined the Religion Department. A native of Italy, Sr. Angela holds a diploma in accounting
and computers from a technical school in Perugia, Italy, as well as a
law degree and a Master’s in Legal Professions from the University
of Perugia, and a Master’s in Moral Theology from Holy Apostles
College and Seminary in Cromwell. A member of the Franciscan
Sisters of the Eucharist community in Meriden, through which she
teaches religious ed to teenagers, she previously worked in insurance
and sales (in Italy) – and she was a soccer coach! Sr. Angela teaches
three sections of Freshman Religion.
Monica Kirschmann is the newest member of our English Department. She earned her Bachelor’s
degree in English (with an Economics minor), summa cum laude, Phi
Beta Kappa, from Fordham University, and her Master’s in Humanities from the University of Chicago.
Monica comes to NWC from Paramus Catholic High School in New
Jersey, where she has been teaching
English since September 2006. She
also served as the school’s Assistant
Director of Communications. She
teaches Freshman and Sophomore
English.
Matt Cronin ’03 returns to the Boys’ Lacrosse Program as an
Assistant Varsity Coach after working successfully with the JV program last year. Coach Cronin played lacrosse for Mount Ida College
before returning to complete his degree at Central Connecticut State
University. He works as a Special Needs Assistant at Whiting Lane
School in West Hartford.
Cara DeAngelis ’05 returns to the NWC Girls’ Lacrosse program
as an Assistant to Coach Bill Mullady. She has also previously been
an assistant for NWC’s Field Hockey team. She is completing her
studies at St. Joseph College.
Bob Hartman is the new
Freshman Football Coach. A
1966 graduate of Southern
Connecticut State University,
Hartman lettered in Lacrosse
and Swimming for the Owls.
He has been assistant football
coach at Hall High School in
West Hartford and assistant
swimming coach at Trinity
College. Currently, Hartman
is a CPR/First Aid instructor
for the Farmington Chapter
of the American Red Cross.
Brendan Jasper ’08 and
Dean Spence ’08 have become
Assistant Football Coaches,
filling in gaps left by former
Assistant Coaches Sean Ring ’99, Matt Restivo, and Jeff Soto
’94, who had to step aside due to increased career demands. Jasper
was an Assistant Track Coach in 2008-09 under Head Coach Jeff
Przech ’92. As students, Jasper and Spence helped the Indians capture several consecutive Nutmeg League Championships. Spence, a
quarterback, was named All-State as a Senior. Jasper and Spence are
students at UConn’s West Hartford branch.
Sr. Angela Marie Castellani and Mrs. Monica Kirschmann
joined the NWC faculty in September 2009.
Fran Laffin, a part-time Religion
teacher at NWC since 1987, joins the
full-time faculty this Fall. Fran will also
be working part-time as an Advancement Officer, helping to further
the NWC mission. A graduate of St. Michael’s College (BA, History) and Saint Joseph College (MA, Pastoral Ministry), Fran recently
retired from Catholic Charities, where he had been the Director of
Residential Services for the past 21 years. He and his wife Cathleen
Fox Laffin ’77 have three sons: Michael ’11, Matthew ’13, and
Stephen, a student at St. Timothy Middle School.
Deacon Richard Santos ’82 is the new Chair of the Religion
Department. A graduate of Holy Apostles College and Seminary,
Deacon Santos has been teaching Religion at NWC since 2000. A
veteran of the NWC track team himself, he has been an assistant
track coach, is the moderator of the Film Club, and began “Theology on Pizza,” an extracurricular activity through which students
and some faculty discuss topics related to faith or the Church over
pizza at Bertucci’s. He and his wife Renee Roberts Santos ’81 frequently chaperone the prom.
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Bill Mullady ’66 is the new head coach of the Field Hockey team.
(He will continue to serve as the Head Coach of the Girls’ Lacrosse
team, as well.) In the past, Mullady had been an Assistant Field
Hockey Coach. He is a Physical Education teacher in Hartford’s
Learning Corridor. His assistants will include his daughter, Marci
Mullady, a special ed teacher and Girls’ Lacrosse coach in the Windsor Public School System.
Dianna Soucier ’08 is an assistant Field Hockey coach, working with the Junior Varsity team. Soucier was a standout athlete at
NWC: She was a member of the most successful Girls’ Lacrosse team
in school history (15 wins in ’08, a school record, and the top spot in
the Div. II CIAC State Tournament), and she was also the first-ever
NWC Field Hockey player to be named First Team All-State. She is a
Nursing student at St. Joseph College.
Rosemary McNally, the longtime
chair of NWC’s Religion Department, received a standing ovation at
the end of the schoolwide Ascension Thursday Mass in May 2009,
in recognition of her 28 years of
service to the school. Mrs. McNally
began her career here in September
1973, took a hiatus from teaching
in the late 1970s, but returned to
NWC in 1983 and became Religion
chair in the Fall of 1985. This past
Spring, she announced her plans to
retire. Along with the gratitude of
the NWC community, she also accepted a bouquet of roses!
Kevin and Cathy Dowd (left), parents of Ryan Dowd ’09 and Erin Dowd ’12, joined Principal
Margaret Williamson and other guests for Rev. Joseph Crowley’s blessing and dedication of five
newly renovated classrooms in September 2009. The Dowds were among other Class of ’09 parents who made contributions to the Senior Parents’ Legacy Gift, which funded the renovations
and installation of SMARTboards. NWC now has 18 classrooms equipped with SMARTBoards.
Theresa Notte Becker ’76 Joins
Northwest Catholic School Board
Insurance executive Theresa Notte
Becker ’76 of Farmington, CT, joined
the Northwest Catholic School Board in
September 2009. A graduate of Bowdoin
College, from which she earned a Bachelor’s
degree in Math, she currently works at General Re-New England Asset Management,
Inc., where she is responsible for new business development and marketing strategy
for the firm’s insurance company investment
capabilities. She began her career at General
Reinsurance Corp. in 1980.
Terry and her husband Clint have two
children, Matthew ’11 and Mary ’13. They
are parishioners of St. Patrick Church in
Farmington, where Terry is a CCD teacher
and has volunteered for the House of Bread.
“I am honored to be part of the Board,”
she said. “I will strive to make a meaningful
contribution to the continued success of our
wonderful school.”
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KUDOS TO...
• Dr. Michael Griffin, who worked at Northwest Catholic from 1979-2005, who has
been named Principal of Holyoke Catholic
High School in Holyoke, MA. He assumed
his new position on July 1, 2009. A graduate of Providence College, Dr. Griffin earned
a Master’s degree in religious studies from
Saint Joseph College in West Hartford and
a Ph.D. in educational administration from
UConn. He started his NWC as a teacher
in 1979, and ultimately served as President
for nine years, before becoming a teacher and
the Director of Development and Planning
at Sacred Heart Academy in Hamden. His
daughters Sarah Griffin Casper ’96 and
Amy Griffin ’97 are active NWC alumnae.
• Patrick Dornfried ’10, Fanol Prevalla ’10,
and NWC Baseball Coach Cory Carlson,
all of whom competed on the Berlin, CT
American Legion baseball team during the
Summer of 2009. Finishing the season with
a 34-8 record (the best Summer record in the
history of Berlin baseball), the team won the
Zone 3 Title, State Championship, Northeast Regional, and traveled to Fargo, ND, for
the American Legion World Series. This was
Coach Carlson’s 11th season as the team’s
pitching coach.
• The NWC Athletics Program, which
won a third-place cup (SS classification) in
the prestigious Michael’s Cup competition
sponsored by the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference (CIAC). The award
recognizes NWC’s “exemplary” athletics
program achievements during the 2008-09
school year. In its award letter, the CIAC
stated that “exemplary” is defined as “athletic participation, academic success, equitable
opportunities, trained and professional personnel, chemical-free programs and environment, athletic achievement, and a clear sense
of sportsmanship marked by high ethical
and moral standards.”
• Ellen Fox Spalluto ’77 and her husband
Joe Spalluto, her parents Dr. Brendan and
Maureen Fox, and her daughters Maureen
Spalluto ’06, Carolyn Spalluto ’08, and
Caitlin Spalluto ’12, who co-chaired the
20th annual “Miracles” Gala in September
2009 for the benefit of St. Francis Hospital
and Medical Center. This year’s gala was
the largest one ever, with 1,300 guests at the
Connecticut Convention Center.
• N WC Athletic Director Josh Reese ’95,
who has earned the designation Certified
Athletic Administrator (CAA) from the National Interscholastic Athletic Administrators Association (NIAAA). According to the
NIAAA, the voluntary certification process
included a comprehensive written exam as
well as an evaluation of Reese’s educational
background, experience, and professional
contributions. “Josh is one of an elite group
of interscholastic athletic administrators nationwide to attain this level of professionalism,” the group said.
• Brendan Lemp ’10, who recently won two
prestigious golf tournaments outside school:
the RI Golf Association Junior Championship, held in August 2009 at the Metacomet
Country Club in East Providence, RI, and
the Future Collegians World Tour New England Open, held in October at Newport (RI)
National.
• Joan Keating-McKeon, NWC English
teacher, who earned her CT Professional Certification (the highest tier of teaching certification in CT) during the Summer of 2009.
Matthew 25 Scholarship Program Expands to Support Eight NWC Students
Eight NWC students – two from each grade – have been designated “Matthew 25 Scholars” for the 2009-10 school year, thanks to
the generosity of six new sponsors who have agreed to participate in the
unique scholarship program.
The Matthew 25 program, a joint effort between Northwest Catholic and Catholic Charities of Hartford, was established in 2001 to help
promising, underserved Hartford students get a better education than
they might have access to otherwise. Candidates must demonstrate academic ability and financial need and must have strong family support.
The program is premised on the Gospel passage from Matthew 25:
“Whatsoever you do to the least of my brothers, that you do unto me.”
The scholarship applies to tuition, uniforms, books, and fees. The
donor/sponsor pays 40% of the total, Northwest Catholic pays 40%,
and the student’s family is responsible for the other 20%. The sponsors
also agree to serve as mentors to the recipients.
In addition to the tuition assistance and the mentoring, Matthew
25 Scholars and their families receive additional support and advocacy
from Catholic Charities. This holistic approach is designed to foster
self-esteem and independent achievement as well as educational and
social success.
Ashley Combs ’05, one of the first Matthew 25 Scholars, was invited to be a guest speaker in May 2009 at Catholic Charities’ “Help
and Hope” fundraising breakfast in Hartford, which spotlighted the
Matthew 25 program.
“The lessons I learned as a member of the program – the importance
of building community and lending a hand to those in need, as well as
the importance of obtaining an education – are lessons that I carried
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Paula Mann-Agnew, Director of Programs for Catholic
Charities, congratulates Matthew 25 Scholars Ashley
Combs ’05 (left) and Sheena Harrigan ’08.
with me throughout my college experience and that I will carry with
me through the rest of my life,” said Combs, a May 2009 graduate
of UConn. “I will put these lessons and attitudes to use through my
continued work in my community.”
NWC is First Catholic School in CT to Offer Unified Sports
The visiting students filed into the Johnson Gym in March 2009, quiet and looking
slightly uncertain about what would come
next. The NWC students, equally uncertain
and with volleyballs tucked into the crooks
of their arms, shyly greeted the kids from the
Intensive Education Academy (IEA), a private school for special-needs students located
on N. Main Street near Bishop’s Corner in
West Hartford.
And so began the very first Unified Sports
program at Northwest Catholic – indeed,
the first and only Unified Sports program at
any Catholic school in the state. Founded in
1989 by Special Olympics, Unified Sports is a
nationwide program through which students
with disabilities are partnered with equal
numbers of students without disabilities to
learn and compete in sports. In Connecticut,
1,600 students in 130 schools participate in
Unified Sports, according to a story that appeared in The Catholic Transcript, but only
one of those schools – NWC – is non-public.
“It is a very unique arrangement, and the
only one of its kind in the state,” said Bob
Deasy, assistant director of Unified Sports
for the Connecticut Association of Schools
(CAS), who told the newspaper that the
IEA/NWC program had been in the works
for three years. “There are a lot of logistics
that need to be worked out.”
NWC and IEA collaborated on transportation, facilities, and supervision, including the need for on-site medical personnel.
Rounding up NWC students to volunteer
for the weekly sessions was the easy part,
according to NWC Principal Margaret Williamson. “Our students like to help, and they
are realizing that all kids, no matter what
their abilities, are just kids,” she said.
From March through May, the IEA/NWC
volleyball teams met each Wednesday at
NWC, learning volleyball techniques and
rules. One week, they traveled to Branford,
CT for a Unified Sports volleyball tournament – a highlight of the season. And on the
last day of the program, the students shared
pizza and soda following an awards ceremony, when each IEA student received an honorary NWC varsity letter.
“Not only does this program allow for an
excellent learning experience, it directly coincides with the mission of Northwest Catholic,” said Athletic Director Joshua Reese
’95. “This is a fantastic opportunity for our
school and a great addition to our community. We look forward to continuing it next
Spring.”
On the last day of the season, IEA and NWC students pose for a team photo with a thank-you poster created by Ryan McCarthy,
a student at IEA.
Five members of the NWC
Volleyball team volunteered
with WFSB-TV morning news
anchor Irene O’Connor ’85 at
a September 2009 fundraiser
benefiting St. Agnes Home in
West Hartford.The team also
donated a basket of goodies worth $150 to the event.
The players who participated
are (from left) Alyssa Reaves
’13, Alana Seldon ’13, Maggie
Gauthier ’12, Emily Kapral
’12, and Logan Lawson ’12.
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Class of ’10 Parents to Give Senior Patio a Facelift
Fundraising is under way, and construction will begin in the
Spring. Current parent Sherri Thompson, Senior Patio Project advisor to the NWC Advancement Department, stated that gifts of
all sizes would be welcome and appreciated. “We truly want everyone to feel a part of this, and we would love for the Class of ’10
parents to be the first in NWC history with 100% participation
in the Senior Parent Legacy Gift,” she said. On-line gifts may be
made by visiting www.northwestcatholic.org and clicking on the
“Give to NWC” button on the home page.
The goal is for the seniors and their parents to be able to enjoy
the new space during graduation-related festivities in June 2010!
NWC Senior Patio “Before”
The privilege of using the “senior patio” – the space just
outside the glassed wall of the Navin Cafeteria – has always
been one of the great rites of passage at Northwest Catholic. No matter the weather, it seems, rising seniors migrate
out to “their” space just as soon as they’re allowed.
Like anything that’s well-loved, the patio is looking a bit
tired …after all, it is 48 years old. This special space clearly
needs a “facelift” – and with the help of the parents of the
Class of ’10, the Senior Patio will get it.
For the past three years, the parents of NWC seniors
have given generously toward a “Senior Parent Legacy
Gift” to the school. Those funds have gone toward classroom renovations (see photo on p. 39). This year, the proceeds will go toward refurbishing the patio with designertype concrete, landscaping, sitting walls, and benches and
planters encircling the space.
Two NWC Students
Become Eagle Scouts
Francis Butler ’11 and Ryan
Kirk ’10 became Eagle Scouts – the
highest possible rank in Boy Scouting – during the Summer of 2009.
An Eagle Scout must complete at
least 21 merit badges and organize
a major service project that benefits
his church, community, or other organization. Only a small fraction of
Scouts achieve this distinction.
Francis Butler, the son of Thomas
and Annemarie Butler of Enfield,
belongs to Troop 2000 of St. Bernard Parish in Enfield. For his Eagle Project, he created a Memorial
Prayer Garden at St. Bernard’s. The
Parish cleaned and fixed the statue
of Mary, while Francis (and his crew
of volunteers) constructed a 5’ X 15’
brick walkway and a 12’ diameter
garden. Donors contributed materials and expertise. The walkway
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includes memorial bricks (sold for
$30 each) that were engraved with
the names of parishioners.
Ryan Kirk, the son of Edward
and Cheryl Kirk of Windsor, is a
member of Troop 203 based at First
Church in Windsor. He has been
a Scout since he was six years old.
An avid outdoorsman, he’s attended High Adventure trips to Camp
Pupukea in Hawaii and canoe trips
down the Connecticut River and
the Delaware River Water Gap.
For his Eagle project, Ryan led
a crew of scouts to build a walking
path from First Church down to the
Farmington River. In addition to
his Eagle rank, Ryan has also earned
a bronze Palm, given to Scouts who
earned at least five merit badges
beyond the required number.
Francis Butler stands in the new memorial prayer garden at
St. Bernard’s parish in Enfield, which was the service project
he completed on the way to becoming an Eagle Scout.
sports news
by joshua reese, athletic director
from the desk of
joshua reese ’95
A stormy New England Spring and record
rainfall could not dampen the spirits
of a talented group of NWC athletes
determined to succeed in Spring 2009.
First things first…
It goes without saying that being first in the
world of athletics is a big deal. In Spring 2009,
“first” was the watchword for the entire Northwest
Catholic athletics program.
First on their own…
First as a team…
Tom Bourdon ’10 – who has verbally
committed to playing baseball for the Boston
College Eagles – was the first Junior in school
history to be named to the Connecticut High
School Coaches Association All-State first team.
He was also selected to the All-Conference team
for the third straight year – another school first.
Brendan Lemp ’10 was the medalist – i.e., he
came in first – in the final Northwest Conference
Golf Championship en route to securing his
spot in the New England Championships, after
firing a scorching 75 in the CIAC Division IV
Golf Championship. Mary Frailey ’10 and
Devon Soucier ’10 were tapped as first team
members of the Girls’ Lacrosse All-State team.
Two Boys’ Outdoor Track relay teams – the 4x800
(John Whiting ’09, Brian Poirier ’12, Dan
Huehner ’10, and Nico Greco ’10) and the 4x100
(Alden Jasper ’10, Trenton Jackson ’10, Ryan
Siegel ’10, and Eric Kennedy ’10) – set school
records for their events. Also first in the record
books is the Girls’ 4x800 relay team (Meghan
Feeney ’10, Elizabeth Allen ’12, Christine Smith
’10, and Andrea Dombek ’09), who set a school
record, as well.
The Girls’ Tennis team hung its first banner
ever in the Johnson Gymnasium, securing the last
conference championship in Northwest Conference
Girls’ Tennis history with a 13-3 record, and
advanced to the Quarterfinals of the CIAC Girls’
Tennis State Tournament. The Softball program
became the first team since 1998 to qualify for the
CIAC Girls’ Softball Tournament.
The first Girls’ Golf team in school history
had a very respectable second-place finish in the
Northwest Conference, with an 8-7 record.
Northwest Catholic became the first Catholic
school in Connecticut to launch a Unified
Sports program, by partnering with the Intensive
Education Academy (IEA), a high school for
special-needs teenagers on N. Main St. in West
Hartford. Each Wednesday afternoon, a group of
athletes from IEA traveled here to the Johnson
Gym to play volleyball with a team of NWC
volunteer athletes.
With the end of the Spring season came the
end of the Northwest Conference, which has now
dissolved – but the first year of the new CCC is
right around the corner. I will be first in line
watching our young people compete.
Boys’ Golf
Coach Scott Fletcher’s Boys’ Golf squad
remained one of the best in the State,
finishing the year with a 20-3-2 record.
Captain Matt Collins ’09 (MVP) and
Brendan Lemp ’10 (Coaches Award; New
England Championship Qualifier; Northwest
Conference Tournament Medalist) made
First Team All-State. Next year seems equally
promising with the return of Chris Sherer
’11, Patrick Nista ’11, Brian Butler ’12,
Tyler Huffman ’12, Alex Phibbs ’12, and
Ryan Strid ’12.
Girls’ Golf
In its inaugural season, under the direction
of Moderator Matthew Martorelli ’03 and
paced by Captain Mary Beckerman ’10
(MVP), the Girls’ Golf team finished the
season with an 8-7 record, second in the
Northwest Conference. With the starting
five – Beckerman, plus Caroline Connal
’12, Caroline Davenport ’12, Samantha
Russon ’12, and Hannah Shea ’12 (Coaches
Award) – returning next year, the future looks
very bright.
Outdoor Track
Under the leadership of Head Coach Jeff
Przech ’92, the Boys’ and Girls’ Track team
Brendan Lemp ’10
completed the final season of the Northwest
Conference with a 9-7 record, highlighted
by several remarkable performances. On the
Boys’ side, school records were established in
the 4x800 (Tri-Captain John Whiting ’09,
Brian Poirier ’12, Dan Huehner ’10, and
Nico Greco ’10, who was All-Conference
in the 3200m and 1600m), as well as the
4x100 (Alden Jasper ’10 – Coaches Award,
All-Conference in 300 Hurdles; Tri-Captain
Trenton Jackson ’10 – MVP, All-Conference
in 100m and 200m; Ryan Siegel ’10; and
Tri-Captain Eric Kennedy ’10 – AllT H E M AG A Z I N E O F N O R T H W E S T C AT H O L I C
Mary Beckerman ’10
Conference in 200m and Long Jump). After
his record-breaking performance in the
4x800, Greco was an All-State finisher in the
3200m.
The Girls performed equally well. The
dominant 4x800 relay team (Meghan
Feeney ’10, Elizabeth Allen ’12 (Coaches
Award), Christine Smith ’10, and QuadCaptain Andi Dombek ’09) crushed the
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Kayleigh Donnelly ’09. Coach Mullady cited
the strength and composure of first-time goalie
Dana Crory ’11 (Coaches Award), who filled
in nicely when longtime goalkeeper Bridget
Daly ’10 was injured early in the preseason.
Returning players Erika Duenas ’10, Haley
Heslin ’10, Chelsea Mencio ’10, Maureen
Mitsch ’10, Julia Mansolillo ’11, Haley
Massie ’11, and Grace Hallinan ’12 promise
a bright future in the years to come.
Alden Jasper ’10
school record en route to their respective AllState selections.
This group was also named All-Conference
in the 4x400m relay. Quad-Captain Kelsey
Marakovits ’10 (MVP) is the latest in a
long line of talented throwers, while QuadCaptain Nia Harris ’10, Quad-Captain Kylie
Steadman ’09 and Codie Landsman ’09
added much-needed experience.
Head Coach Chris Gallagher’s young and
inexperienced group missed the State playoffs
by just one game – no small feat, considering
that most of the Boys’ Lacrosse regular-season
opponents qualified for their respective State
Tournaments, and most of NWC’s games
were lost by just one goal. Leading a group
of talented athletes were Co-Captains Kevin
Boya ’09 and Sean Murphy ’09 (Second Team
All-State; MVP), joined by Will Grady ’09,
Jack Heslin ’09, Jack Olson ’09, and Jake
Spignesi ’09. Coach Gallagher will rely heavily
on the efforts of returning stars Jack Hayes
’10 (Coaches Award), James Hallinan ’10,
Drew Orsini ’10, Kevin O’Toole ’10, Ben
Van Schaack ’10, Matthew Visintainer ’10,
Timothy Waltman ’10, Michael Laffin ’11,
Taylor Waybright ’11, and Tanner Vaughn ’12.
Lacrosse
B aseball
Head Coach Bill Mullady ’66 took the
helm of this program from his daughter Jill
Mullady (Girls’ Lacrosse Head Coach – Post
University). Despite losing a number of
talented seniors last year, First Team All-State
Selections Mary Frailey ’10 (MVP) and
Devon Soucier ’10 led this year’s crew to a
10-5-1 record, making it to the Quarterfinals
of the Division II CIAC Girls’ Lacrosse State
Tournament. Seniors who made their mark
on the program included Tory Mansolillo
’09 (Co-Captain; Second Team All-State),
Lizzie Winland ’09, and goal-scoring machine
Consistency has been the theme since Head
Coach Cory Carlson took over the baseball
program in 2004; for instance, the NWC
team has qualified for the State Tournament
every year since this year’s Seniors were
Freshmen. Leading the way: Tom Bourdon
’10, the first Junior in school history to make
First Team All-State, ushered the club to its
14-8 finish. All-Conference selections Andy
Beaule ’10 (most pitching wins) and TriCaptain and MVP Patrick Tanguay ’09 were
vital contributors as the team made it to the
Sean Murphy ’09
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Andi Dombek ’09
Quarterfinals of the Class S CIAC State
Tournament. Tri-Captains Garrett Hickey
’09 (Coaches Award) and Dillon Desiderato
’09 led a successful group of Seniors, rounded
out by Ryan Dowd ’09, Ryan Foster ’09,
and Lester Primus ’09. The solid returning
nucleus of Zack Boorman ’10, Nick Calitri
’10, Patrick Dornfried ’10, Jason Moore ’10,
Jon Moore ’10, Fanol Prevalla ’10, Ryan
Thompson ’10, and Matt D’Orsi ’11 could
have the “local nine” making noise for years to
come.
Softball
Often the “forgotten group” of NWC
athletes, Head Coach Liz Sankar’s Softball
squad committed themselves to excellence
and began preparing last Fall for their Spring
2009 season. Captain and Coaches Award
winner Caroline Leuenberger ’09 and Nina
Varney ’09 (MVP; All-Conference) led the
dedicated team to its first appearance in the
Garrett Hickey ’09
Kayleigh Donnelly ’09
s port s n e w s
NWC Alumni athletes:
where are they now?
Class of ’09 Members of Boys’ Tennis Team
CIAC Class M State Tournament since 1998.
Pitching sensation Lauren Backhaus ’11
(All-Conference) kept the team within reach
of every contest. Returning players include
standouts Sharon Grimshaw ’11 and Melissa
Martucci ’11, and expectations for the 2010
season are high.
The Girls’ Tennis team joined the Johnson
Gym “Banner Party” this year: Head Coach Stan
Piorkowski’s talented team captured the first
team league championship in school history.
The team posted a 13-3 record, advancing to the
Quarterfinals of the CIAC Class S Tournament
while winning the final Girls’ Tennis regularseason title of the Northwest Conference.
Leading the group were Co-Captains Maura
Eagan ’09 and Emily Schwartz ’09, along with
Kathleen Baldassarre ’09 (State Tournament
Doubles Qualifier; All-Conference), Caitlin
Erickson ’09, and Mikka Tracey ’09 (Coaches
Award; State Tournament Doubles Qualifier).
Emily Olszewski ’10 (Team MVP; AllConference; State Tournament Individual
Qualifier) and her sister Lizzie Olszewski ’11
(State Tournament Doubles Qualifier) provided
a talented attack. Gabby Marandino ’10 (State
Tournament Doubles Qualifier) and Emily
McDonough ’10 are among the standouts from
this talented group who will be returning next
season.
Nina Varney ’09
Keith Kwasnik ’08 – the Gatorade
Player of the Year in 2008, the first NWC
golfer to earn that distinction – won the
New Britain City Golf Championship at
the Stanley Golf Course in June 2009,
shooting a combined score of 149 in a
highly competitive field.
Devin Walsh ’06, a neuroscience/
chemistry pre-med major at Bowdoin
College, was named to the NESCAC
Conference All-Academic Football team
for Fall 2008. He played for the Polar
Bears as a defensive lineman again this
Fall.
Kevin Eagan ’08 – who helped the
Indians to three consecutive Nutmeg
Conference championships, the first in
school history – has taken his talents to
Endicott College. As a freshman, Eagan led
the team in tackles (99), including 12.5 for
a loss. The 245-pound rookie finished the
year sixth in tackles in the New England
Football Conference and was named AllConference.
A two-sport standout at NWC, Greg
Peterson ’08 is now playing lacrosse
Tennis
An extremely competitive schedule against the
talent-loaded Northwest Conference, combined
with several key injuries, was the story of the
Boys’ Tennis team in the Spring of ’09. Head
Coach Tim Crowley’s squad featured a gifted
group led by Co-Captain Richard Jakiel ’09
and Co-Captain Joseph McAndrews ’10, who
was injured most of the season after advancing
far into the State Tournament in 2008. Jimmy
Williams ’09 (MVP) and Connor Deneen ’10
(Coaches Award) had tremendous individual
success. Coach Crowley remains optimistic for
the future, with returning standouts Ameet
Katkar ’10 and Lucas Tyler ’10 bouncing back
to lead next year’s team.
After completing a stellar career on
the Albertus Magnus Women’s Basketball
team (during which she reached the
1,000-point plateau), Candace Young
’03 now works as a social worker at
Capitol Prep High School in Hartford. She
is also the Assistant Athletic Director and
Assistant Girls’ Basketball Coach at the
school.
at the College of the Holy Cross. The
Crusaders freshman was named to the
Patriot League’s Academic Honor Roll for
2009, which requires a 3.2 grade-point
average during the semester in which the
sport is played.
Shannon Morales ’08, a standout
player on the NWC Girls’ Soccer team,
is now playing for the Chargers at the
University of New Haven. Here at NWC,
she was named All-Conference three
times, and All-State as a senior. She was
also an All-Conference selection in indoor
track during her freshman year at NWC.
Emily Schwartz ’09
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1960s
Aurea Henry Collins ’67 lives in Wheaton,
IL, with her husband of 38 years. They have
four children and four grandchildren. She is
an artist whose favorite medium is pottery.
Louise Blais Pyers ’68 and her husband
Don celebrated their 39th wedding
anniversary on Sept. 26, 2009. Their son
Matt lives in Wallingford, where he works
in the information technology field, and
their daughter Kelly lives in New Haven,
where she manages the Book Trader Café, an
independent bookstore. Louise is the founder
and Executive Director of the Connecticut
Alliance to Benefit Law Enforcement
(CABLE), an interdisciplinary research and
education collaborative made up of police
professionals and citizens to address issues
related to mental health (www.cableweb.org).
In October, Louise spoke at the International
Association of Chiefs of Police Conference
in Denver about effective police responses to
people with mental illness.
1970s
Capt. Robert Leeds ’73, U.S. Navy
(Retired), is working for the Navy again – this
time as a civilian. He is the resource sponsor
for the Small Tactical Unmanned Aerial
Vehicle at the Pentagon.
Terry Caruso Michalman ’75 reports
that she’s been happily married for almost 35
years. She and her husband Roger have four
children: Jennifer Allen (and her husband
Michael), Stacey Blanchette (and her husband
Jim), Robert Michalman (and his wife
Jennifer), and Karen Michalman Wabrek
’00 (and her husband Jon). They also have
seven grandchildren, ranging in age from 1
year to 10 years old. She and her husband still
live in Bloomfield, where they own Caruso’s
Auto Body Service.
Susan Shea ’75 is the Director of Conservation for the Green Mountain Club (www.
greenmountainclub.org), a group that is
dedicated to maintaining and protecting
Vermont’s Long Trail in cooperation with
the VT Department of Forests, Parks and
Recreation, U.S. Forest Service, National
Park Service, Appalachian Trail Conservancy,
and private landowners. She wrote a chapter
in A Century in the Mountains –Celebrating
Vermont’s Long Trail. The book is available
through the group’s web site.
Patricia Sullivan ’77 and her husband
Paul DiGangi relocated to Kona, HI in
November 2008 to establish the Hawaii
branch of Cetacean Society International –
CSI Hawaii www.csiwhalesalive.org, a nonprofit group. Her son, Brian Patrick Sullivan,
married Marisa Esposito in Newport, RI, in
July 2009. Patricia expects to earn a M.Ed.
from Capella University in December 2009.
Tracey Johnson Stanley ’79 has been
working in the Registrar’s Office at Wesleyan
University for the past 12 years. Her son Trey
James is a freshman at the Storrs campus of
University of Connecticut.
1980s
Holly
O’Brien
Stauber
’81
recently completed her second halfmarathon in Philadelphia. She lives
with her husband and two daughters in
Blue Bell, PA.
Kathleen Murray Burna ’82 lives in
Chicago with her husband Dave and their
daughter, Amy Yuyuan, adopted from China
in November 2008.
Anne E. Murray ’84 lives in Salem, OR,
with her children, Madeleine, 15, and Samuel,
14. Anne spent a year at the University of
Portland; a year abroad in Salzburg, Austria;
and earned a BA in Political Science at
Southern CT State University in 1988, while
working full time for the then-Speaker of the
House in the CT Assembly. She earned her
J.D. from Willamette University College of
Law in 1993. She is the Northwest Director of
Government Affairs for Bristol-Myers Squibb
Company.
Chris Homa ’86 has been married to his
wife, Wendy, for 16 years. They live outside
Ft. Lauderdale, FL, with their daughter,
Bailey. He says that most of his career has
been in retail management, but “my favorite
position is as a coach to a girls’ travel 12&
under fast pitch softball team. We went to the
Pony national tournament in Texas last year.
My daughter plays multiple positions, and my
wife coaches as well.”
Jon Stevenson ’87 lives in Redwood City,
CA, with his wife Christina and their children,
a four-year-old daughter and one-year-old son.
Jon works at Cisco Systems.
Elizabeth Dumas Hilgart ’88 is a
Logistics Analyst for Invenergy LLC, a
leading clean energy company in Chicago
IL. Elizabeth manages the MET tower
installation/maintenance crews. She and her
husband Frank live in Lombard, IL.
Meg Hennessy Knight ’89 and her
husband Tom live in Washington, D.C. with
their sons John, Teddy, Finian, and Cormac.
They spent the summer in RI, where they saw
Liz Gies Schuck ’90, Ken Gies ’89, Matt
Hennessy ’88, Maura Hennessy Shaw ’76,
and Mark Hennessy ’77.
1990s
Amaris E. Matos Delgado ’94 and her
husband Angel live in New Britain with their
three children: Tatiana, 8, Abigail, 5, and
Christian, 2. Amaris has been working as
an Administrative Medical Assistant at CT
Children’s Medical Center for the past 10
years.
Jennifer Boudreau Djang ’96 and her
husband Robert welcomed their first child,
Mia Leigh, on March 6, 2008. They live in
Cheshire, CT.
Matthew Skahill ’97 and his wife,
Maureen T. Coghlan, live in Cherry Hill, NJ.
Matthew is an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the
Department of Justice in New Jersey.
Lenny Cossette ’98 and Sarah Ceisielski
were married on Sept. 26, 2009, at the Villa
Borghese in Wappingers Falls, NY. They
honeymooned in Aruba. Lenny works as
a Plant Operations Manager in Peekskill,
NY, while Sarah works for Liberty Travel in
Manhattan.
Kelly Carpenter ’99 and her fiancé, Jeremy
Osterling, plan a July 23, 2010, wedding.
They both teach in the Hartford Public
School System.
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Amy Delligan Ferrer ’99 and her husband
Safhe are expecting their first child in
alumni news
Four members of the Class of ’85 (plus nine kids!) held an impromptu reunion in July 2009, when they gathered at the Rhode
Island home of Theresa Parker Colantuono ’85: (from left) Mary Gobes ’85, and her four children; Ellen Dupuis Dudek ’85;
Colantuono and her three children; and Megan Tracey ’85 and her two children. “We were back in Boston for Summer
vacation, and we got together while I was there,” said Tracey, a pediatric nurse practitioner who lives in Oakland, CA, and
works with children with congenital heart disease. “We all had a great time reconnecting, and the kids played like they had
known each other forever.”
2000s
Hilary Scurlock ’03 lives in Los Angeles,
where she is pursuing a Master’s degree in
Specialized Journalism at the University of
Southern California. She was awarded USC’s
Annenberg Fellowship.
Keara O’Leary ’00 teaches Social Studies
at Conard High School in West Hartford,
CT.
Lashonde Beasley ’04 graduated from
Columbia University with an M.S. in Social
Work in May 2009.
Gavin Wentworth ’00 became engaged to
Tiffany Antipoff in August 2009. Gavin is the
head of marketing at Wentworth- DeAngelis
Insurance in Farmington, CT, and also
coaches youth football in West Hartford.
The couple plans a June 2010 wedding.
Amy Grinsfelder ’04 lives in New York
City, where she works for Mayor Michael
Bloomberg in the Office of Contract Services.
February 2010. The couple lives in Bristol,
CT, and Amy is an assistant buyer for Bob’s
Stores.
Melissa Delligan Bambery ’01 married
her college sweetheart, Ryan Bambery, on
May 9, 2009. They both work at MetLife
and recently bought their first home in
West Hartford.
Robert Doughty ’01 lives in Seattle, where
he is a flight test engineer on Boeing’s new
747-S airplane. After NWC, he took a year
off, attended UConn for a year, and then
transferred to Worcester Polytechnic Institute,
where he earned a B.S. in Mechanical
Engineering in 2006.
Delroy Ross ’01 and his wife Jenn are the
proud parents of a baby girl, Maya Joy Ross,
who was born on Sept. 20, 2009.
Danielle Lawrence-Montague ’04
graduated from the University of Hartford
with a degree in Gender Studies. She
is pursuing a Master’s in Marriage and
Family Counseling at Central Connecticut
State University. She also volunteers at the
Connecticut Sexual Assault Crisis Service.
Elizabeth Chase ’05 is working on a
special studies degree in emergency services,
focusing on paramedicine and fire science,
at CCSU. She was recently named a Field
Training Officer at Newington Volunteer
Ambulance, where she works as an EMTIntermediate and was Probationary Member
of the Year in 2008. She also volunteers
as an EMT for the Kensington Volunteer
Fire Department.
Nick Lorenzo ’05 graduated magna
cum laude from the University of Hartford
with a degree in Architectural Engineering
Technology. He plans to pursue a Master’s
degree in Architecture at the University of
Hartford.
Brianna Jordan ’05 was named to the
dean’s list at Providence College for the Spring
2009 semester.
John Scurlock ’06 was named to the
Spring 2009 Dean’s List at Bentley University,
where he is a finance major.
Caitlin Regan ’06 was named to the
Spring 2009 Dean’s List in the College of
Nursing and Health at the University of
Vermont, where she is majoring in Athletic
Training Education.
Meghan Kiley ’07 was named to the
Dean’s List at Connecticut College for the
Spring 2009 semester.
Travis Lynch ’08 was also named to the
Connecticut College Dean’s List for Spring
2009.
Kate Williamson ’08 was named to the
Spring 2009 Dean’s List at Saint Joseph’s
University, where she is an elementary and
special education major.
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Weddings
With Rev. Edward Moran officiating,
Jessica Galanos ’97 married Joseph Michael
Wallace on Sept. 26, 2008 at St. Augustine’s
Church in Hartford, CT. The wedding party
included Nicholanna Halladay Prince ’97
and Sandra Felicissimo Gomes ’96. After NWC, Jessica earned three degrees from
UConn: a BA (double major in sociology and
political science) in 2000, a Master’s in Public Administration in 2002, and a Sixth Year
degree in Educational Psychology in 2007.
“College came a lot easier for me because
of Honors English with Mrs. Juda,” Jessica
said. She works as a school counselor for the
Southington Board of Ed. Her husband, who
holds a BA in Finance from UConn, works as
a bank examiner for the State of CT.
Joseph & Jessica Galanos Wallace ’97
Surrounded by many of his fellow coaches,
assistant NWC football coach Michael Lenz
’91 married Jenn Adams on May 23, 2009,
at St. Mary’s Church in Simsbury. They celebrated during a reception at The Pond House
in Elizabeth Park, where guests included
Thanh Truong ’92, the co-best man, as well
as Head Coach Michael Tyler ’73 and assistant coaches Scott Rapport, Matt Martorelli
’03, and Jeff Soto ’94. Mike is an English
teacher at Simsbury High School, and Jenn is a
Medicare compliance officer at Connecticare.
Greg & Meghan Terrion Whitehouse ’03
Meg Terrion ’03 and Greg Whitehouse,
who met at UConn, were married on July
18, 2009, at Star of the Sea Church in York
Beach, Maine. The event was a real NWC
affair: The wedding party included her siblings, Jill Terrion ’01 and Ted Terrion ’10,
and the guests included classmates Hilary
Scurlock ’03, Meghan Williamson ’03, Katie Thorner ’03, and Maura McHale ’03, as
well as many others from a range of years:
Maureen Spalluto ’06, Carolyn Spalluto
’08, Caitlin Spalluto ’12, and their mom,
Ellen Fox Spalluto ’77; Michael Laffin ’11,
Matthew Laffin ’13, NWC Religion teacher
Fran Laffin, and Cathleen Fox Laffin ’77;
Mara Case ’11; and Jack Murphy ’10. After a honeymoon in Italy, the couple settled
in Marlborough, MA, where Meg works as a
manager at Nordstrom and Greg is an analyst
for Boston Biomedical Consultants.
Jenn & Michael Lenz ’91
Thomas Hill ’65 Honored on 40th
Anniversary of Death in Vietnam
On June 9, 2009 – 40 years to the day that Thomas Hill ’65 lost
his life while serving his country in Vietnam – his family and friends
gathered at his childhood alma mater for a ceremony in his honor.
Led by an Honor Guard from the West Hartford Fire Department, members of Boy Scout Troop #75 presented the colors as
Hill’s mother, Helen, and sister, Barbara Hill Coffey ’79, entered
the gym at St. Brigid School, from which Thomas Hill graduated
in 1961.
After first-graders sang “God Bless America,” state Rep. David
McCluskey presented a Connecticut state flag to Mrs. Hill, along
with a citation from West Hartford Mayor Scott Slifka. Gov. Jodi
Rell and U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman sent letters that were read
aloud during the ceremony.
In addition, U.S. Rep. John Larson sent two American flags that
had flown over the U.S. Capitol building. Mrs. Hill donated one of
these flags to St. Brigid and the other to Northwest Catholic; this is
the flag that now flies outside the school.
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Members of the NWC community who attended the ceremony
in honor of Thomas Hill included (from left) Principal Margaret
Williamson, retired faculty member Ron Ferri, Mrs. Hill, retired
Athletic Director Walter Stosuy, Barbara Hill Coffey, and retired
Athletic Director Charlie Larson.
alumni news
Baby Love
Patricia Juda, chair of Northwest
Catholic’s English Department, was
thrilled to welcome her first grandchild
this past Summer. Michael Joseph Juda,
the son of Robert and Angela Juda, was
born on June 16, 2009, tipping the scales
at 10lbs., 3oz. and 21 inches long! The
family lives in Stratford, CT.
Quilty & Robert Fleury
Caroline Casey
Caroline Elizabeth Casey, born Mar. 12,
2009, is the first child of Maureen Rogan
Casey and Brian Casey ’94. Maureen is an
occupational therapist for Hartford Hospital and Brian is a senior claims specialist
for the Liberty Mutual Group. The family lives in West Hartford, and when baby
Caroline was baptized at The Church of
St. Timothy, several Northwest Catholic
alums were there to celebrate, including
godmother Beth Casey Boyle ’96, NWC’s
Director of Information Technology;
Chris Molloy ’95; and Jason Lambert ’95.
Irene O’Connor ’85, morning anchor
on WFSB-Channel 3, and her husband
Matt Fleury, the CEO of the Connecticut Science Center, welcomed twin sons
on Apr. 27, 2009: Quilty John Fleury
(left) and Robert Gordon Fleury, each
of whom weighed in at just under 5lbs
– despite being several weeks early. The
family lives in Hartford.
Michael Juda
Jason Randazzo ’98 Honored for Heroism in the Line of Duty
Kendra and Jason Randazzo ’98
Jason P. Randazzo ’98, a police
officer in Greensboro, NC, was awarded
a Medal of Honor from the Greensboro
Police Department in May 2009 for
heroism in the line of duty.
Randazzo, a five-year veteran of the
police department, was credited with
saving the life of a fellow officer who’d
been struck by a car and then shot by
fleeing bank robbers. According to
the honor citation, Randazzo and another officer chased the two suspects in
their vehicles during rush-hour traffic,
trying to impede their progress while
protecting hundreds of citizens around
them.
Gunfire broke out, and after one
of the officers was wounded and left
in the middle of the road, Randazzo
pulled his colleague to safety even
while dodging a hail of bullets himself.
“Putting your life on the line is beyond any words than I can express,”
Greensboro Police Chief Tim Bellamy
told the Greensboro News-Record. “It
speaks to the commitment these officers have for their jobs and for their
fellow officers.”
After graduating from NWC, Randazzo moved on to Guilford College in
Greensboro, where he played football
all four years. He earned his Bachelor’s
degree in Sports Management, with a
concentration in business, in 2003.
He and his wife Kendra, who have
been married for three years, live in
High Point. She works for the Guilford
County Schools as a third-grade teacher, where Randazzo has started a buddy
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In Tribute:
Walter Dyber,
1918-2009
When Walter J. Dyber passed away on June 2, 2009, at the
age of 91, the world lost a fascinating and vibrant man –
and Northwest Catholic lost one of its most thoughtful and
generous benefactors.
Thanks to his largesse, NWC’s student-artists create pottery,
paintings, photographs, and more in the Dyber Art Studio, a
bright and airy space that was added to the Northwest Catholic
campus in 2001. It is part of the Breen Center for the Arts.
Ironically, Dyber was not himself an artist; the son of
Polish immigrants, he played semi-professional football for a
time, and then spent his career working for Pratt & Whitney
and MacDermid, Inc. His interest in improving NWC’s arts
resources stemmed from the high school experience of his son,
Michael Dyber ’66, who’d been fascinated by the arts – and
especially sculpture – since he was nine years old.
Walter Dyber
Dish, which creates optical illusions in gems from their interior
oval shapes. He has drilled into tiny gems with a diameter of
only 1 millimeter.
Michael sells his intricately and artistically cut stones to fine
jewelers across the U.S. and Canada, as well as to such museums
as the Smithsonian Institution, the Harvard Museum of Natural
History, and the Gemological Institute of America Museum.
His stones have been exhibited at the Boston Museum of
Science and the New Mexico Museum of Natural History,
among others.
During the early years at Northwest Catholic, however, the
Fine Arts Department was a mere shadow of its future self, and
that hampered the development of incipient artists like Michael.
It was for other, future “Michaels” that Walter Dyber decided
to invest in the arts program at Northwest Catholic, according
to Colby Thresher, the NWC Advancement Officer who
helped to define the parameters of Dyber’s extremely generous
donation. “Walt said, ’I hope that my gift will help in providing
expanded facilities that encourage potential artists at an age well
before college, as that was not the case when Michael was a
student in the mid ’60s,’” Thresher recalled.
Michael Dyber blossomed at New England College in
Henniker, NH. Today, he is a world-renowned and awardwinning master gem cutter who’s worked out of his own studio
in New Hampshire for more than 30 years (www.dyber.net).
Among other things, he’s known for inventing the Dyber Optic
In addition to Michael and his wife Sena, Walter Dyber is
also survived by his son Jim and his wife Elizabeth; grandsons
Ken Dyber and Nicholas Dyber; three sisters; and many nieces
and nephews. He was predeceased by two wives, Beatrice and
Carolyn, as well as his parents, a brother, and a sister.
In Memoriam
Northwest Catholic extends its prayers and sympathies to the families of members of our community who have passed away as of September 2009.
Alumni
James S. Kovolski ’70 passed away on July 14, 2009,
after a courageous two-year battle with Lyme disease.
He was 57 years old. Jim retired from CIGNA in 2005
after 29 years, but had remained a consultant to the
company until his death. For the past five years he had
also owned and operated the popular West Hartford
Center ice cream shop “’59ers,” named for his beloved
’59 Chevy. The son of the late John and Jeanette
Kovolski, Jim is survived by his wife, Lynn Hickey
Kovolski ’72, his daughter Kristen, his son Jason and
daughter-in-law Rachel, and his brothers Jack, Peter,
and Bill, and their wives. He is also survived by his inlaws, Brian Hickey ’73, Tim Hickey ’77, Tom Hickey
’78, Shevon Sweeney Hickey ’79, and Craig Hickey
’83, and his nephew Garrett Hickey ’09, as well as
other nieces and nephews.
Joanne Heslin Laverty, Esq. ’70, passed away on
September 7, 2009. She had just turned 57 years
old. A lifelong resident of the Hartford area, she
was the daughter of Mary Mazurek Heslin, former
Commissioner of Consumer Protection for the State of
Connecticut and former Deputy Mayor for the City of
Hartford, and the late Attorney Thomas Patrick Heslin.
A UConn graduate, Joanne worked for American
Airlines as a Reservation Supervisor before returning to
school at Western New England College of Law. She
practiced law for 16 years, and according to her family,
she cherished the opportunity to help people when
they needed it most. In addition to her mother, she is
survived by her husband of 30 years, John P. Laverty,
Sr., and their children John P. Laverty, Jr. and Julie
M. Laverty ’03. She is also survived by her siblings,
Mary Ellen Heslin Taub ’72, Thomas Heslin ’73,
and John Heslin ’76, and their families, including
Tracey Preston Heslin ’76, Thomas Heslin ’06,
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John Heslin ’09, and Haley Heslin ’10, as well as
many friends and other family members, including her
cousins Patricia Heslin Olsen ’65 and Susan Heslin
Quish ’73.
Current Families
Richard Joseph Bowen, III, grandfather of Hannah
Pelton ’08 and Luke Pelton ’10
Marie Douglas, grandmother of John Healey ’10 and
Meghan Healey ’13
John Drusedum, grandfather of Megan Drusedum ’09
and Erin Drusedum ’11
Peggy Little, grandmother of Molly McCormack ’07,
Meghan McCormack ’08, and Kathleen McCormack
’12
Richard Boorjian, Jr., father of Neil Boorjian ’98 and
John Boorjian ’01
Kevin F. Brumett, husband of Stephanie Fellingham
Brunmett ’98
Margaret “Peg” Dionizio, mother of A. James (Jim)
Dionizio, Jr ’65, Peggy Dionizio Arseneaux ’66, and
Gail Dionizio Lonczewski ’71 and aunt of Geraldine
Luksic ’69
M. Francis “Mac” McGuire, father of Tom McGuire
’67, Bette McGuire Ellis ’69, and Kevin McGuire ’67,
father-in law of Nancy Tantalo McGuire ’68, uncle of
Stephen Blanchfield ’69 and Barbara Blanchfield
Carpenter ’72, and great uncle of Kelly Carpenter ’99
and Jill Carpenter Devor ’99
Isabel Nates Nates, grandmother of Ramon Chavarro
’06 and Isabel Chavarro ’09
Louise B. Nista, great-grandmother of Patrick Nista ’11
Mattie Simon, grandmother of Sequoya Patterson ’10
and Corrine Patterson ’13
Aidan O’Leary, uncle of Miriam O’Leary ’95, Niamh
O’Leary ’99, and Keara O’Leary ’00
Robert Walsh, father of Monica Walsh Swanson ’93
Eleanor Mary Peters, aunt of Paul Sullivan ’90 and
cousin of Brittany Massaro ’07 and AJ Massaro ’12
Michael “Mayor Mike” Peters, uncle of Paul Sullivan
’90 and cousin of Brittany Massaro ’07 and AJ
Massaro ’12
Alumni Families
James L. Baker, father-in-law of Carol Dupuis ’80,
grandfather of Annie Haylon ’03 and Lisa Haylon ’06
Herman Bercowetz, grandfather of Dana Bercowetz
’06 and Michael Bercowetz’08
Alice Morrin, sister-in-law of Nicholas Faenza ’74
Thomas C. Stakem, father of Ron Stakem ’65 and
father-in-law of Elizabeth Hickey Stakem ’65
Administration, Faculty and Staff
Robert Smith, uncle of NWC English and Dance
teacher Kerri Smith
John J. Burke, father of NWC Religion teacher
Madonna Burke
NWC Golf Tournament – June ’09
The weather could not have been better on Mon., June 1, 2009 –
the day of the 32nd annual Northwest Catholic Golf Tournament.
Under strikingly blue skies, dozens of alumni, parents, and friends
returned to Wampanoag Country Club to share a day of golf and
camaraderie. In addition to the traditional 18-hole event in the afternoon, several dozen women played 9 holes in a morning round,
and enjoyed a special Ladies’ Luncheon afterward. The event yielded
a total of $23,083.73 in net profits, which went to the Northwest
Catholic Fund, earmarked for tuition assistance.
For a slideshow of the day’s festivities,
visit www.northwestcatholic.org/alumni.
29 Wampanoag Drive
West Hartford, CT 06117
www.northwestcatholic.org
Don’t Miss This Year’s Fun!
Save the Date: May 1, 2010
The NWC Grand Reunion for
All Classes Ending in 5 or 0
Come back to campus for a New England
clambake under a festive white tent. Watch
your mailbox for information, visit www.
northwestcatholic.org/alumni for details, and
send your preferred e-mail address to Jane
Leary ([email protected]) to be kept in the
loop about who’s coming, who’s “lost,” and
more specifics about the event.
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