Profile of the Graduate-At-Graduation
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The Magazine for Fairfield College Preparatory School • Winter 2012 Prep Today Profile of the Graduate-At-Graduation InCludIng The AnnuAl RePort 2010–2011 MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT The growing costs of maintaining a top grade institution, combined with the very significant need for financial aid by so many of our students, underscores the importance of our Annual Fund. I am most grateful for your charitable support of our mission … to become Men for Others. Dear Alumni, Parents and Friends of Fairfield Prep, will be honored at the annual Mass of the Holy Spirit in September. he “Grad at Grad” is a central concept that You will also see highlights of our vibrant school inspires our daily life at Prep. It refers to The community, busy with academic achievement, Graduate at Graduation, and what we, as a involvement in the arts and co-curricular activities, and Jesuit school, aim to create in our graduates. strong performance by our dynamic Prep sports teams, TCura personalis, “care for the whole person,” is a central who apply the inspiration of Men for Others to build goal of our Ignatian pedagogy. The characteristics of a brotherhood and reach for athletic triumph. Fairfield Prep graduate include being open to growth, Our Annual Report 2010-11 shows the reality of the intellectually competent, religious, loving and committed size of our budget and the generous donations by our to doing justice. This “whole person” aspiration is cleverly benefactors. The growing costs of maintaining a top grade illustrated on our magazine cover with a new poster, institution, combined with the very significant need for which is also hung in classrooms and offices at Prep. This financial aid by so many of our students, underscores project, directed by Academic Dean Dr. Donna Andrade, the importance of our Annual Fund. Fairfield Prep strives is meant to remind us daily of our multi-faceted goals as to keep a Jesuit education financially attainable by our students, faculty and staff. students. I am most grateful for your charitable support of Throughout this issue, you will read articulate our mission, which provides us the means to continue to reflections and speeches by both our teachers and educate our boys to become Men for Others. You are indeed students, revealing their daily work and actions to investing in our future graduates, who will receive the produce the ultimate “Grad at Grad.” You will also learn important moral foundation to shape our ever-changing about Alumni who demonstrate their leadership with world. dedicated careers and community service projects. I think May you and your loved ones enjoy a peaceful and you will be quite edified in reading how they continue the happy 2012, filled with God’s blessings! important Jesuit traditions in their daily lives. I would like to invite you, therefore, to nominate an exemplary Prep Alumnus for our annual St. Ignatius of Loyola Alumni Award (read description below). The online nomination form for this award will be available on our website Rev. John J. Hanwell, S.J. during the month of March, and the award recipient President Nominate an Outstanding Alumnus for the St. Ignatius of Loyola Alumni Award airfield Prep is pleased to open nominations for the 3rd annual St. Ignatius Last year, the Prep Community recognized Dr. Jim Roach ‘50 for his F of Loyola Alumni Award. The award will be given to recognize those extraordinary dedication to his faith and service to others. (See story page 42.) alumni of Fairfield Prep who exemplify the Prep will accept nominations for the 2012 recipient of this award from characteristics that Prep seeks to instill in its March 1 – 31. Information on the award, including criteria for determining graduates, and who have become true Men eligibility, will be available on Prep’s website under the Alumni tab. Nominations for Others. are submitted online by means of an easy-to-use online form; filling out the The five Characteristics of the Graduate at form should take five to ten minutes. All members of the Prep community are Graduation are: encouraged to read the information on this award and to consider nominating I. Open to Growth a worthy Prep alumnus. If you submitted a nomination last year, you will have II. Intellectually Competent to resubmit the candidate’s nomination. Nominations close on March 31, 2011. III. Religious Thank you for taking the time to consider submitting a nomination. Any IV. Loving questions, please contact Rory Bernier ’06, Director of Alumni Relations, at V. Committed To Doing Justice [email protected]. Prep Today A New Face in Alumni Relations The Magazine for Fairfield College Preparatory School am delighted to be back at Fairfield Prep. As an Alumnus and administrator, I will make sure that Alumni are heard Winter 2012 I and that the best ideas are put forth in scheduling future activities. We offered great events over the fall with the Colleen Adams, P’08, ’11 Stamford Business Breakfast, the Washington D.C. Reception, Editor, “Prep Today” the New York City Christmas Reception, our College Student Director of Communications Holiday Reception, the Rodeo at Madison Square Garden and Margaret Galeano the Columbus House and Merton House soup kitchen service Rory J. Bernier ’06 Designer days. We are looking forward to the Alumni Hockey Game, a Director of Alumni Relations DEVELOPMENT AND March Madness event, and Business Breakfasts in both Boston You are welcome to contact ALUMNI OFFICE and New York. In this issue, you’ll read about some of our most me at 203.254.4200, ext. 2219 active alums, who are giving back to the community and being Larry Carroll ’63 or [email protected] “Men for Others.” Hockey is in full swing, the basketball team Vice President for Advancement is off to another great year, and Alumni are getting together to Bob Donahue ’87 reconnect with Prep. For future events go to Facebook.com/fairfieldprepalumni and “LIKE US” Director of Development so you’ll receive updates. Or see the Fairfield Prep website (www.fairfieldprep.org) for all news and upcoming events. We also have a Youtube channel with great videos to view. I wish you J Dillon Collins ’98 all a wonderful 2012 and if you have any questions please feel free to contact me. Director of Major Gifts Sincerely, Rory J. Bernier ’06 www.youtube.com/fairfieldprep1 Director of Alumni Relations www.facebook.com/fairfieldprepalumni Kathy Norell Rory J. Bernier, Director of Alumni Relations www.twitter.com/fairfieldprep Special Events Coordinator Development Staff Note: J Dillon Collins ’98, former Director of Alumni Relations, has assumed the new Robyn Fry position of Director of Major Gifts, working with constituents to support the Prep mission. Julie Pollard THE PROFILE OF T HE GRADUAT E-AT -GRADUAT ION On the Cover: All Jesuit high schools throughout the nation Prep Today magazine, Open to Growth • Intellectually Competent share a common philosophy, common goals, and common is published twice a year by Religious • Loving • Committed to Justice vocabulary which defines the ministry of Jesuit secondary Fairfield College Preparatory School, education in the United States as articulated in The Profile of and is available on our website: www.fairfieldprep.org the Graduate-at-Graduation. Jesuit education is, has been, and always will be focused on whole person education: mind, spirit, Editorial offices are located in: and body. Jesuit schools accomplish this through cura personalis Fairfield College Preparatory School (personalized care and concern for the individual) and through Development and Alumni Office a holistic curriculum. Thus, Jesuit education aims to graduate Xavier Hall 112 students who possess the desire and the personal resources Fairfield, CT 06824-5157 to be “men and women for and with others.” The poster shown (203) 254-4237 here is a visual representation of The Profile of the Graduate- at-Graduation. This poster was designed by Dr. Donna Andrade, LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Academic Dean, who adapted it from a similar poster created by DeSmet Jesuit High School in St. Louis. Dr. Andrade collaborated Send to above address or with graphic design consultant, Margaret Galeano, of gr8pg.com by email to: (Great Page), and Colleen Adams, Director of Communications [email protected] at Prep, to execute this project. This poster hangs in all Prep or by fax: (203) 254-4071 classrooms to remind students and teachers of Fairfield Prep’s mission. Special thanks to our models, pictured from left: Dean Duffy ’11, Tony Fox ’14 and Matt Connelly ’12. Thanks also to Ray PHOTO CREDITS: Fairfield College Preparatory School A Jesuit, Catholic School of Excellence Colleen Adams, P’08, ’11 Boudiette ’12, hockey model. Rory Bernier ’06 Christian Cashman J Dillon Collins ’98 Get Your Prep Pride On! Corey Dennis rep Pride, a beautiful on-campus store near Elliott Gualtiere Pthe school cafeteria in Berchmans Hall, is Gus Powell open Tuesdays and Thursdays, 8 am to 3 pm. Peggy Rein, P’11 Shop online at www.fairfieldprep.org/preppride Joseph Rog, P’12 to purchase popular Prep Pride apparel, gifts and Joseph Roberts, P’12, ’13 Seidler Photography accessories. Robert Taylor Photography Plus contributed photos Prep Today 1 Becoming the Grad at Grad Taken from a speech given to the incoming Senior Class of 2012 at and reflectively about our faith, he gave us the opportunity to Senior Orientation Retreat, August 24, 2011 become religious. When my friend called me because he had gotten into trouble and his parents had kicked him out of his was first exposed to the Graduate at Graduation when I house, he gave me the opportunity to become loving. When the was fourteen years old. It was my first day as a freshman at campus minister encouraged me to tutor at the local Boston I Boston College High School in Dorchester, Massachusetts.