Academy of the Holy Names ACCORD CELEBRATING OUR HERITAGE WINTER 2017 | VOL. 11 | NO. 1 SNJM CORE VALUES 16 OUR MISSION FULL DEVELOPMENT OF 2016-2017 2016-2017 THE HUMAN PERSON BOARD OF ALUMNI BOARD The Academy of the Holy Angela Lubrano Pottinger (A’85) Names is an independent, EDUCATION IN TRUSTEES President Catholic, coeducational THE FAITH Erin Rouse Krukar (A’99) OFFICERS elementary school and a President-Elect Lance Zingale Mary Quigley Brooker (A’88) college preparatory high HOSPITALITY Chair Treasurer school for young women, Nina McGucken Alvarez (A’01) Jennifer Griffin Bush (A’00) sponsored by the Sisters DEDICATION TO Vice Chair Secretary/Historian of the Holy Names of WOMEN & CHILDREN David Jones Melissa Porter Giunta (A’95) Treasurer Parliamentarian Jesus and Mary. Our Greta Dupuy (A’97) Andrea Martino Accardi (A’93) mission is to develop DEDICATION TO JUSTICE Secretary Angie Garcia Ammon (A’76) the spiritual, academic, MEMBERS Michele Diaz Avila (A’82) personal and physical Donna Caruso Baccarella (S’60) SERVICE TO PEOPLE Harold Astorquiza Maureen Sanborn Cottom (A’02) growth of each student WHO ARE POOR OR Liana Baldor Victor DiMaio (B’68) within an atmosphere MARGINALIZED Schezy Barbas Maria Esparza (A’87) of care and concern, Sr. Virginia Bonan, SNJM Kimberly Valenti Grandoff (A’77) while providing quality COMMITMENT TO Sr. Pat Corbey, SNJM Gina D’Avanza Kelly (A’75) educational opportunities LIBERATING ACTION Sr. Carmella De Costy, SNJM Maureen O’Brien (A’84) for students of diverse Stephanie Smith Leuthauser (A’00) Sr. Mary Patricia Plumb, SNJM (A’55) ethnic, economic and LOVE FOR THE NAMES Ernie Marquart Linda Cimino Prado (S’65) religious backgrounds, Aileen Martino OF JESUS & MARY Beth Quigley Reid (A’77) Vivien Oliva (A’63) and encouraging each Jodi Rivera (A’85) student to realize his/ Arthur Raimo, President (ex-officio) Candice Reda Rodriguez (A’01) her full potential as an Cherie Schonbrun Kasey Sherrick Siegel (A’05) intelligent and culturally, Diana Olmo Sullivan (A’72) Alicia Beitia Smith (A’97) spiritually and socially Ty Trayner Tara Johnson Thompson (A’80) aware individual. Raulniña Uzzle-Harris (A’82) Elena Beitia Vance (A’94) Chip Yodzis Jason Woodside (A’01) PRESIDENT Arthur Raimo [email protected] CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER John Donohoe [email protected] 10 4 DIRECTOR OF ADVANCEMENT Debbie Gavalas [email protected] DIRECTOR OF ALUMNI RELATIONS Patty P. Bohannan (A’77) [email protected] DIRECTOR OF ANNUAL FUND AND SPECIAL EVENTS JoAnne Linkner [email protected] DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC RELATIONS AND COMMUNICATIONS Emily Wise [email protected] CREDITS DESIGN: 22 34 Allen Harris Design St. Petersburg, Florida PHOTOS: FEATURES Meredith Butler (A’17) Lisa Cohen 4 Apple Distinguished Deborah Collins Juliette Crowley 6 Master Plan Update Erin Franklin Kat Kelly Britta Wilk McKenna (A’79) 10 Heritage Center Seamus Payne Sr. Lisa Perkowski 14 Virtual Reality Alex Romero Rachel Sellers 16 Robotics Emily Wise 18 Tiny House, Big Solution AHN welcomes qualified students without regard to race, religion or ethnic origin. 24 Athletic Hall of Fame Induction Accord is published twice a year by the Academy of the Holy Names. 3319 Bayshore Boulevard Tampa, Florida 33629 IN EVERY ISSUE (813) 839-5371 phone (813) 839-1486 fax www.holynamestpa.org 2 Letter from the President The editor of Accord invites submissions 20 Athletics and opinions. Please address news and information to the Advancement Office. 26 Development STANDARD OF ACCURACY The Academy of the Holy Names is committed to providing the most accurate and up-to-date information in all its publications. However, ALUMNI NEWS as with any human undertaking, unintentional errors may appear. Please contact the Academy 32 Alumni Spotlight of the Holy Names at (813) 839-5371 in the event that there are any factual errors. The 34 Alumni Dinner Academy will correct these errors in the next publication. We truly appreciate the interests and concerns of our readership and welcome 36 Alumnus of the Year any assistance toward achieving our goal. 37 Young Alumni Gatherings ON THE COVER The Gonzmart family and Academy 39 Class Notes President Art Raimo at the Holy Names Heritage Center ribbon-cutting ceremony. 18 www.holynamestpa.org 1 Office of the PRESIDENT FROM THE PRESIDENT Dear Friends, I have been a school administrator for many years now, and while I have enjoyed the many opportunities and challenges presented by the positions I have held, I did not begin my professional life aspiring to be an administrator. I started out as a history teacher. For the first 15 years or so of my career, being a teacher and working directly with students was my life. I still recall the names of many students I taught 40 years ago. Some of those I taught in my first year are the ones who are most indelibly etched in my memory. One of the things I enjoyed most about teaching history was the opportunity to look at how decisions made in the past effected not only the people of a particular period but also subsequent generations. As a historian, it is relatively easy to track the impact of these decisions. It was fun to get my students to reflect and to imagine what the outcome would have been if a different choice had been made. What if John Wilkes Booth decided against assassinating Abraham Lincoln? What if President Truman opted against using the atomic bomb against Japan? Questions like these created interesting debates and always spurred critical thinking. The object of all this was to get students to understand that those of us looking back at historical events have the luxury of knowing how things turned out, so decisions that were incredibly difficult at the time seem obvious and easy to us now. When a decision led to ARTHUR RAIMO the desired result, our response might be, “Ho hum, what other choice did they have?” And when it President turned out badly, we might ask, “What were they thinking?” My classroom teaching days are behind me, and while I do miss them, I find that as a school head I have an opportunity to impact students’ lives in ways different than when I was in the classroom. I can look back on decisions I have made and judge them based on the result for all the students in the school, not just those in my class. Fifteen years ago, I had the opportunity to plan the construction of a new high school. The school I was at before I came to Academy was in an older suburb of Washington, D.C. The building was antiquated and landlocked with little potential for expansion while enrollment was growing. The board of directors and I decided to move the school to a new 50- acre site 8 miles away to provide the space needed to accommodate increasing demand. The facility opened 10 years ago, and today, the school is thriving and a real gem in the community. While it now 2 WINTER 2017 Office of the PRESIDENT FROM THE PRESIDENT seems it was an easy decision, it was anything but; we had to overcome a good deal of skepticism and outright opposition to get it done. Over the past several years, we have made many important decisions that will have long-term impact on the education offered at the Academy. These decisions, which impact teaching, curriculum, use of time and space, and effective use of technology, were made with input from all our stakeholding groups and were done with a great deal of thought and planning. When the 2017-2018 school year begins, the Bailey Family Center for the Arts will be open, allowing for expanded offerings in art, music, drama and dance for all ages. A nationally recognized Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) program will be offered in the high school and our students in grades 5-8 will have a dedicated middle school building to call home. We are roughly two-thirds done with the facilities master plan we created in 2012. Together, we have accomplished a lot, but there is still a ways to go. With your support, and by the grace of God, all our plans will be completed within the next few years as we prepare the Academy to take on the challenges of educating today’s students and future generations of students to come. So, when history looks back on us at some future date, we can be sure of one thing: the Academy of the Holy Names made decisions to meet the changing needs of the times. Together with the many Sisters of the Holy Names, teachers and administrators who have come before us, we can share great historical pride that we stay true to the same commitment made when the school was established in Tampa in 1881. Sincerely, Arthur Raimo President www.holynamestpa.org 3 Feature STORY AHN NAMED APPLE DISTINGUISHED SCHOOL Middle school students use the iPad and MacBook to create 3-D images of monuments in Washington, D.C., in preparation for their experiential learning trip. Elementary school students participate in a global Monster Project, where they create, discuss, describe, interpret, analyze, organize and assess their monsters, as well as the monsters of their peers at other schools. 4 WINTER 2017 Feature STORY To view the Academy’s Multi-Touch book, which was used in the Apple Distinguished School application, visit holynamestpa.org/ADS. This fall, the Academy of the Holy Names learned it was recognized such as creating 3-D images of monuments in Washington, D.C., as an Apple Distinguished School for 2016-2018 for its successful in preparation for an experiential learning trip, sharing Multi-Touch implementation of a 2:1 MacBook Air and iPad program and its books about the 1920s that were created using iBooks Author, and innovative approach to curriculum that integrates technology, programming a robot by applying the angle of rotation math skill.