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Academy of the Holy Names GROWING AT ACADEMY SUMMER 2015 | VOL. 9 | NO. 2 PRESIDENT Arthur Raimo [email protected] CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER John Donohoe [email protected] DIRECTOR OF ADVANCEMENT Debbie Gavalas [email protected] DIRECTOR OF ALUMNI RELATIONS Patty P. Bohannan (A’77) SNJM CORE VALUES [email protected] DIRECTOR OF ANNUAL FUND AND SPECIAL EVENTS JoAnne Linkner OUR MISSION FULL DEVELOPMENT OF 2015-2016 2015-2016 [email protected] FEATURES THE HUMAN PERSON ALUMNI BOARD DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC RELATIONS BOARD OF AND COMMUNICATIONS 4 Holy Names Heritage Center The Academy of the Holy Emily Wise Melissa Porter Giunta (A’95) 6 2:1 Apple Program Names is an independent, EDUCATION IN TRUSTEES President [email protected] Catholic, coeducational THE FAITH Angela Lubrano Pottinger (A’85) 8 Sowing the Seeds of Change OFFICERS President-Elect CREDITS elementary school and a 10 Going for Gold Lance Zingale Jennifer Griffin Bush (A’00) DESIGN: college preparatory high HOSPITALITY Chair Treasurer Allen Harris Design St. Petersburg, Florida 12 ES Joins Maker Movement school for young women, Nina McGucken Alvarez (A’01) Mary Quigley Brooker (A’88) 14 Graduation sponsored by the Sisters DEDICATION TO Vice Chair Secretary/Historian PHOTOS: Ashley Arenas (A’02) Echoes Staff of the Holy Names of WOMEN & CHILDREN Raymond E. Ifert Joe Photo 20 Arts Treasurer Parliamentarian Jesus and Mary. Our Studio Artistry 23 Visiting Artist Greta Dupuy (A’97) Emily Wise Andrea Martino Accardi (A’93) Zero1 Photography mission is to develop DEDICATION TO JUSTICE Secretary 27 Athletic Hall of Fame Induction Aline Agliano (A’80) the spiritual, academic, Sister Maria Faina, SNJM AHN welcomes qualified students without Angie Garcia Ammon (A’76) 28 Dads Club Golf Tournament personal and physical SERVICE TO PEOPLE At-Large regard to race, religion or ethnic origin. Donna Caruso Baccarella (S’60) growth of each student WHO ARE POOR OR Accord is published twice a year by MEMBERS Maria Esparza (A’87) the Academy of the Holy Names. within an atmosphere MARGINALIZED Katherine Fuller (A’07) 3319 Bayshore Boulevard IN EVERY ISSUE of care and concern, Liana Baldor Tampa, Florida 33629 Kim Valenti Grandoff (A’77) (813) 839-5371 phone Schezy Barbas 2 Letter from the President while providing quality COMMITMENT TO Erin Rouse Krukar (A’99) (813) 839-1486 fax Sister Elizabeth Crean, SNJM www.holynamestpa.org educational opportunities LIBERATING ACTION Angela Spicola Morgan (A’67) 24 Athletics Sister Carmella DeCosty, SNJM for students of diverse Maureen O'Brien (A’84) The editor of Accord invites submissions 29 Development David Jones and opinions. Please address news and ethnic, economic and LOVE FOR THE NAMES Mimi Yambor Obeck (A’83) information to the Advancement Office. Stephanie Smith Leuthauser (A’00) Sister Mary Patricia Plumb (A’55) religious backgrounds, OF JESUS & MARY STANDARD OF ACCURACY and encouraging each Aileen Martino Beth Quigley Reid (A’77) The Academy of the Holy Names is committed ALUMNI NEWS to providing the most accurate and up-to-date student to realize his/ Arthur Raimo, President Jodi Rivera (A’85) (ex-officio) information in all its publications. However, 32 Alumni Spotlight her full potential as an Candice Reda Rodriguez (A’01) as with any human undertaking, unintentional Cherie Schonbrun Therese Cullen Seal (A’60) errors may appear. Please contact the Academy 34 Silver Coffee & Rose Induction Ceremony intelligent and culturally, of the Holy Names at (813) 839-5371 in the Ty Trayner Alicia Beitia Smith (A’97) spiritually and socially event that there are any factual errors. The 36 Boys Induction Raulniña Uzzle-Harris (A’82) Tara Johnson Thompson (A’80) Academy will correct these errors in the next aware individual. publication. We truly appreciate the interests 38 Class Reunions Chip Yodzis Elena Beitia Vance (A’94) and concerns of our readership and welcome Kristine Alvarez Wilson (A’93) any assistance toward achieving our goal. 42 Class Notes www.holynamestpa.org 1 SAVE THE DATE - See page 47 for details! Office of the PRESIDENT ROM THE PRESIDENT For many years, my family and I vacationed at the Outer Banks of North Carolina. My wife, Maureen, Sinek claims understanding the WHY is what set the Wright brothers apart. The genius of great leaders had vacationed there since she was a child, so it was only natural that we would take our children there and great organizations is that they are good at seeing what most people cannot. They are good at as well. Although it has become quite a bit more popular and populated in recent years, it still retains giving us things for which we would never think to ask. As Henry Ford said, “If I had asked people what much of the charm it had when I first visited there 38 years ago. they wanted, they would have said a faster horse.” The main attraction is, of course, the wonderful Atlantic beaches that stretch for miles, but an important So what is the implication of all this for the Academy? What is the Academy’s WHY? We are an part of the area’s allure concerns several visits in the early 20th century made by two young bicycle excellent school that provides boys and girls in the elementary school and young women in the high makers from Dayton, Ohio—Wilbur and Orville Wright. On December 17, 1903, the Wright brothers school a top-flight education. That’s WHAT we do, but many schools can make the same claim. What took flight for the first time from Kill Devil Hill in the town of Kitty Hawk. The site, which I have visited sets the Academy apart is the vision that created and still permeates this school—the vision of the numerous times, is about a half-mile from the cottage in which we vacationed for many years. As a Sisters of the Holy Names. The Academy’s vision is the public statement of the Sisters’ intent, “to result, I have long been fascinated by the Wright brothers’ story. challenge its graduates to be globally aware, lifelong learners who will serve others with integrity and compassion as stewards of the mission of the Sisters of the Holy Names.” That is why the Academy That interest peaked recently by the publication of historian David McCullough’s new biography, “The exists. Our mission statement—to develop the spiritual, academic, personal and physical growth Wright Brothers.” The story is one of true genius. The Wrights had no formal education beyond high of each student in an atmosphere of care and concern—is a description of the route, our guiding school, nor did any of the people working with them. Yet, they were able to accomplish what other well- principles. It is a description of HOW we put our WHY into practice. For like the Wright brothers, the funded, highly educated groups were not—to fly a mechanically powered, heavier-than-air machine Sisters also had a dream. and land it safely, not once but multiple times. They knew WHY it was important to build their schools. They believed if they could figure out ARTHUR RAIMO For years, historians, aeronautical engineers and aviation buffs have researched and debated why the how to offer a rigorous, comprehensive and well-rounded Catholic education to generations President Wrights were successful where so many others failed. There are a variety of reasons for this, but I of students, they could change the world. They imagined the benefits to everyone if they recently read a wonderful book called “Start With Why” by Simon Sinek that provides us with what I were successful. think is a spot-on reason for their success. The task for all of us working at the Academy today is to understand and keep the Sisters’ WHY firmlyy According to Sinek, the Wrights enjoyed none of the advantages of some of their competition. There within our sight. We endeavor to fulfill the Sisters’ vision by offeringngg a progressive,progressive, 21st21st centurycentury were no government grants and no high-level connections. They funded their work through the education in a caring environment too aalllll ooururu sstudents.tuudents.s To prprovideovo ide ththemeem tthehe wwherewithalherewithal ttoo emembracebrace ththee proceeds of their bicycle shop. They were not that much different from all the others trying to build a vision and live the mission in thesetheese challengingchallengingg times—totimmes—to enableennabble them to changechange thethe world.world. flying machine, but they had something special—they had a dream. Sincerely, They knew WHY it was important to build this thing. They believed that if they could figure out this flying machine, it could change the world. They imagined the benefits to everyone else if they were successful. Arthur Raimo, Presidentdent 2 SUMMER 2015 www.holynamestpa.org 3 WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE HOLY NAMES MEMORY? Your Past • Their Future • Our History Close your eyes and think about it. Now, think about future generations not sharing that feeling. Help us preserve the legacy— your past, their future, our history. 4 5 For some people, a favorite memory of time at For more than 100 years, the Sistersrs 3333 the Academy or Sacred Heart is a Sister standing of the Holy Names have left ann 2 at the blackboard—or SMART Board—teaching indelible mark on the students her latest lesson; for others, it may be sneaking to educated at the Academy andd the third floor to get a glimpse of the Sisters’ living on those that have been the Chapel 1 666 6 quarters. No matter the memory, there is certainly beneficiaries of their ongoing a Sister of the Holy Names at the heart of it along service within the Tampa Bay with the love and support each Sister has provided community.