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GENEThe Quarterly Magazine of St. Ignatius College Preparatory,SI San Francisco, SummerS 2017 The Spring Pops in May featured, below, the SI Orchestra under the direction of Dr. Gillian Clements, the Chamber Chorus and Mixed Chorus under the direction of Tony Asaro and the Jazz Band, GENESIS led by Galen Green. A Report to Concerned Individuals Volume 54, Number 2 Summer 2017 Administration Rev. Edward A. Reese, S.J. President Mr. Patrick Ruff Principal Mr. Joseph A. Vollert ’84 Vice President for Advancement Mr. Ken Stupi ’78 Vice President, Finance & Administration Mr. Timothy A. Reardon ’86 Director of Alumni Relations Ms. Marielle Murphy Bos ’93 Director of Advancement Editorial Staff Mr. Paul J. Totah ’75 Director of Communications Ms. Anne Stricherz Sports Editor Mrs. Nancy Hess ’05 Layout & Design Jesuit Community Rev. Edwin B. Harris, S.J. ’63 Superior Brother Douglas Draper, S.J. Minister GENESIS (USPS 899-060) is published quarterly by St. Ignatius College Preparatory, 2001 37th Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94116-1165. Periodicals Postage Paid at San Francisco, CA, and at additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to GENE SIS, 2001 37th Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94116-1165. CONTACT US: You can send an e-mail to [email protected] or reach us at (415) 731-7500, ext. 5206. You can also read the issue on our website at www.siprep.org/genesis. ST. IGNATIUS, mindful of its mission to be witness to the love of Christ for all, admits students of any race, color and national and/or ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded to or made available to students at this school. St. Ignatius does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and/or ethnic origin, age, sex or disability in the administration of educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs and athletic and other school-administered programs. Likewise, St. Ignatius does not discriminate against any applicant for employment on the basis of race, color, national and/or ethnic origin, age, sex or disability. If you wish to receive the online version only, send an email to [email protected] to be removed from the mailing list or write to us at 2001 37th Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94116. GENESIS is printed on certified FSC® paper, by a certified FSC® printer (FSC-C010109). In addition, 30 percent of the ink comes from agriculturally-based renewable sources. genesis 3 St. Ignatius First Words Board of Trustees Gregory Bonfiglio, S.J. At the end-of-the-year faculty dinner in May, my wife are invited to “row into the deep” — to set out from the looked around, saw a room filled with youthful teachers comfort of our shores and cast our nets into deeper water. Chair and wondered what had happened to the veteran (“Rowing into the deep” was also the theme of the Society Justice Peter Siggins ’73 faculty who had become her friends over the years. of Jesus’s General Congregation last year.) Secretary While we still have icons such as Fr. Fran Stiegeler At SI, artists, dancers, videographers and musicians Mr. Joseph Allanson ’81 ’62, Charlie Dullea ’65, Jim Bjorkquist ’65, Peter collaborated on this effort. Art teacher Katie Wolf Devine ’66, Katie Wolf and Mike Shaughnessy ’67 created a mural at the entrance of the school to Amanda Alvarado-Ford, Esq. serving our students better than ever before, they showcase the secondary schools in the new province, Ms. Maureen Clark are joined by some talented younger educators. In and she asked students in her classes to create pieces Dr. Antonio Cucalon ’75 fact, it’s this diversity of age and experience that is dealing with waves and water. Dance instructor Ms. Sheryl Evans Davis crucial to our success. Meredith Cecchin Galvin ‘97 asked students in her class One of our recent hires is Mike Santos, now in his to choreograph and perform a piece at Ocean Beach Dr. Mary Wardell Ghirarduzzi second year at SI, who teaches both physics and responding to the theme. Photography teacher Carlos Edwin B. Harris, S.J. ’63 engineering. I’ve become a fan of his Project Based Gazulla and his students submitted photos as well. Mr. Brian Heafey ’86 Learning approach to education, especially his annual Seven members of the Class of 2016 sang “Oceans” by Ms. Heidi LeBaron Leupp Cardboard Boat Regatta, also in its second year. He Hillsong, which became the soundtrack for a masterful asks his students to construct boats using nothing other video filmed by SITV Moderator Yosup Joo. (See it now Ms. Michele Meany than cardboard, duct tape and garbage bags. Two at goo.gl/f9CNHw.) Mr. Timothy Pidgeon ’74 members of the team hop inside the boats at our pool SI is also returning to its roots in a way thanks to Edward A. Reese, S.J. to race from one end to the other against boats built by the creation of the Father Sauer Academy. We have Angelo J. Rizzo, S.J. classmates and faculty. accepted the first 26 students for our inaugural sixth This is more than good fun. Students learn by doing grade class, and they will learn that this isn’t the first Mr. Bert Selva ’80 that boats need specific structures to hold the weight time SI has taught middle school students. We did that Alicia Donahue Silvia, Esq. of two people, and they need keels to maintain a steady for years after our founding in 1855 as we followed the Timothy Alan Simon, Esq. ’73 course. They learn from mistakes and find that their Italian model of education that SI’s first Jesuits brought failures are just as instructive as their successes. with them from the Turin Province. The Jesuits in the U.S. have also chosen to row into The idea of history being cyclical may seem old hat — uncharted waters by taking a closer look at their province that we simply repeat the past. In our case, that is only Below: Physics teachers Ethan Vedder groups, something that has been in the works for years. half the story. As a student at SCU, I took a class from the and Mike Santos in the Scootin' Ten provinces are now five — Central and Southern, great Oxford professor Frederick Charles Copleston, S.J., Newton, their entry in the second Maryland, Midwest, USA Northeast and Jesuits West — a master of the philosophy of history. I learned from him the latter being the name for the new province that has that history can be both cyclical and linear, proceeding in annual Cardboard Boat Regatta. brought the Oregon and California Provinces together. circles that also advance civilization. Below right: Art teacher Katie Wolf In one way, this is a return to our roots, as Oregon The younger faculty will discover this truth just as created a mural in the entry of the had been part of the California province until a the veterans have seen this play out in their years in school to celebrate the bringing separation in 1932. The new Jesuits West province the classroom. Some student names will repeat, as will include Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, educators begin teaching the sons and daughters of together of the Oregon and California Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Utah and Washington. those they once instructed. Those new students will, I Provinces, now called Jesuits West. To celebrate this reconfiguration and the greater suspect, offer us all new hope, new vision, new ways of collaboration that is already happening, Jesuits West asked advancing civilization and building boats that carry us its various ministries to respond artistically to the ways we from one shore to the next. — Paul Totah ’75 4 genesis Contents GENESIS: Volume 54, Number 2, Summer 2017 DEVELOPMENT 6 Students enrolled for pioneer class of the Fr. Sauer Academy 6 Sangiacomo family gift of $3 million to support the Academy 8 Nicolas family repayment of tuition assistance a tribute to their devotion 9 USF renames Phelan Hall to honor former SI regent Burl Toler, Sr. SCHOOL NEWS 36 COVER STORY: Graduation season begins with May Awards Assembly 38 Elizabeth Leong ’17 challenges her classmates to be ‘ruined for life’ 39 Nathan Dejan ’17 receives SI’s highest honor at graduation 40 Loyalty Award recipient Lauren Cueto ’17 betters the lives of immigrants 41 Fr. Sauer Award recipient Ayushi Tandel ’17 to pursue bioethics at Stanford 42 Aziz Wong ’17 honored with General Excellence Award at graduation 43 Tessca Almeida ’18 explores passion for arts and sciences 43 Jackson Mar ’20 profits from fidgety students 44 Leya Elias ’17, a child of refugees, heads to Stanford after legacy of service Bob David ’62 took this photo of the Golden Gate Bridge from Fort Baker in 2000. Read 45 Jazara Metcalf ’18 a talented actress, science researcher and app developer more on page 12 about his years photographing and working as design director for the 46 Six students, including four women, to study in three service acadamies Bridge District. 48 Justin Yamamura ’18 teaching the next generation to be politically savvy FEATURES 49 Matt Balano leaving SI after working for diversity, equity and inclusion 50 Bill Isham retires after 47 years helping students become masters of prose 10 TRUTH & BEAUTY 52 State Latin Convention at SI showcases student leadership 12 Bob David ’62 photographs the world’s most beautiful bridge 53 Technovation Team app helps students manage stress with exercise 16 Ken Ryan ’78: Giving props to the San Francisco Ballet 54 Teaching World Religions helps Helena Miller-Fleig be a better Catholic 18 A rose is a rose is a Rose bowl celebration for Ed Corey ’79 55 Tasia Davis joins Bill Gotch as dean of students 20 Melissa Bailey ’08 preserves the memory of a shameful chapter in U.S.