Letter from the President

Dear Friends of Northwest Catholic,

“True happiness is found in unselfish love, a love which increases in proportion as it is shared.” — Thomas Merton

Those present in the Cathedral of St. Joseph at this year’s commencement exercises were riveted by the words of Rev. Rick Frechette ’71. For more than two decades, Fr. Rick has been giving his most precious resources – his time and the love in his heart — to the poorest of the poor in Haiti. By giving all he has to offer, he brings dignity and hope to the impoverished and uneducated. During his talk, he impressed upon our graduates that, when he was a senior at Northwest Catholic, his future was no differ- ent from theirs — he began his life’s journey from the same pews in which they were sitting that evening.

The power of Fr. Rick’s message lies in the beautiful expression of his inner self. To be in his presence is to under- stand that he gives completely of himself to others. This manifestation of giving of self is the thread that runs through this issue of Logos.

The faculty, students, alumni, and parents in our community are endowed with many gifts. In different ways, and in varying degrees, we witness every day how these individuals share their gifts with others. The stories in this issue demonstrate how people adopt the values they’ve learned here and carry them out into the world. I urge you to read the article by Wilder Leavitt ’82, in which he describes how he assisted a helpless individual in dire need. Read the remarkable commencement speeches of Sarah Schwartz ’07 and Kimberly Oaks ‘07, two teenagers who were honored for their academic achievements yet chose to speak about the way their community service shaped their careers at Northwest Catholic. Then I respectfully ask you to send me an email ([email protected]) and let me know if these pieces did not bring a tear to your eye.

There are students at Northwest Catholic who will follow the road taken by Fr. Rick. Many others will come to understand that their daily expressions of love, shared with friends and neighbors right here at home, can also trans- form lives in meaningful ways. Within the fullness of our community percolates the hopes, desires and joys of peo- ple whose happiness is found in the multifaceted ways in which they share their gifts.

In this issue, you will also find our Annual Report – which seems only fitting, since it is the financial gifts from our many donors that make the present possible for our current students. These gifts, too, are expressions of love and hope for the future of our School. And, we — faculty, staff, volunteers, and Board members – are grateful to give ourselves in service to them as well.

Sincerely,

Matthew O’N. Fitzsimons President

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4 HOME FROM HAITI, AN ALUMNUS TELLS GRADUATES: “THE WORLD NEEDS YOU”

8 STUDENT PERSPECTIVE “One measure of success is how much you do for others” By SARAH SCHWARTZ ‘07

10 STUDENT PERSPECTIVE “Live with gratitude and enthusiasm” By KIMBERLY OAKS ‘07

12 ALUMNI PERSPECTIVE “Strive constantly to make a difference” By WILDER J. LEAVITT ‘82

The Magazine of Northwest Catholic High School 14 FAITH IN ACTION Service Projects Build Community – On Campus and Off LogogosoFALLs 2007

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 17 ANNUAL REPORT,2006-07 God,” found in John 1:1 and elsewhere, shows God’s desire and ability to “speak” to the human. The Dominicans (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 commu- nication, and service through word and action. Our publication, Logos, con- veys 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: Departments Michelle M. Murphy Director of Communications Northwest Catholic High School NEWS FROM 29 WAMPANOAG 29 Wampanoag Drive 48 West Hartford, CT 06117 860.236.4221 x133 [email protected]

51 SPORTS NEWS Editor: Michelle M. Murphy President: Matthew O’N. Fitzsimons Photography: Art Rich Studios; Congregation of the Passion; 54 ALUMNI NEWS Mark Dodd; Michelle Murphy; Nancy Taylor Design: GO media Contributors: Wilder J. Leavitt ‘82, Kimberly Oaks ‘07, Sarah Schwartz ‘07, John Shukie

THE MAGAZINE OF NORTHWEST CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL FALL 2007 3 HOME FROM HAITI, AN ALUMNUS TELLS GRADUATES: “TheWORLD NeedsYou ” Because he can’t always build new schools, Fr. Rick also creates schools in the areas where the children actually live. These Cover Story “street schools” may look like they’re about to fall down, but inside they are an oasis for children who otherwise have no place to go for a daily meal, clean water,and a sense of belonging.

aiti, the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere, sits just a few hundred miles off the coast of the richest. H Here in the United States, there is one doctor for every 500 people; in Haiti, it’s one for every 15,000. The infant mor- tality rate is staggering: 20% of all Haitian children die before they turn five. This is the environment in which Rev. Richard Frechette ’71, Northwest Catholic’s 2007 commencement speaker, has labored over the past 20 years – a labor of love that so captivated the 139 graduates and their families, you could hear a pin drop. Fr. Frechette arrived in Hartford late on June 5, the night before graduation. He couldn’t leave Haiti, he said, until he’d completed one of his most gruesome, yet grace-filled, daily chores: burying the children who’d died overnight. “I bathe them, anoint them with scented oils, wrap them, and bury them in papier mache coffins we make ourselves,” he said. “[Because] there isn’t enough wood left in Haiti for them to have wooden Fr. Rick Frechette returned to West Hartford in June to coffins.” address the Class of 2007 at commencement. He would be back in Haiti in time to perform the same task the next day. Despite the stunning sadness of these images, Fr. and God. His thread had led him, he said, to Mexico, to Frechette bore an amazingly peaceful mien as he addressed the Honduras, and then to Haiti, when he joined a charismatic bright and hopeful young adults seated before him. priest, Fr. William Wasson, who was building a home for Haitian children orphaned by the ravages of disease and vio- “I remember when I was a student, reading 1984, and how it lence. seemed so far away,” he said, adding that the unexpected death of a classmate was another vivid memory from his high school Richard Frechette’s personal “golden thread” is remarkable. years. “You see how short our life is; how fast it goes. How are At Northwest Catholic, he was actively involved in the commu- we going to spend the precious amount of time we have togeth- nity, participating in the Mission Club, the Dramateurs, Ski er on this earth?” Club, Junior Achievement, Up with People, Great Books Club, NOWECA, and the Spanish Club. He was also a member of the He urged the graduates to follow a “golden thread” they’d National Honor Society. received at baptism, the metaphorical link between themselves

One in five Haitian children dies before age five; tender and respectful care of their bodies is one of Fr. Rick’s most sacred duties.

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A graduate of Assumption College, Fr. Frechette went on to dition continued to deteriorate; today, Haiti has an 80% pover- earn two Master’s degrees in theology from St. John’s University ty rate. The “brain drain” that occurred caused many profes- in New York before being called to the Congregation of the sionals to flee the country. The need for professional health care Passion, a Catholic order of priests commonly referred to as the providers was urgent, and in the 1990s Fr. Frechette believed his Passionists. After ordination, he went to Mexico to study power to serve the people of Haiti had reached a plateau. To Spanish and begin his ministry work. From Mexico, he went to meet the overwhelming need for adequate health care, he deter- Honduras for four years to open and run an orphanage for chil- mined that he must leave Haiti for a short time to earn a med-

Feature dren. ical degree in the United States. In 1987, when Fr. Frechette and Fr. Wasson began their work Twenty-five years after graduation from Northwest Catholic, with Haitian orphans, mortality of children accounted for half Fr. Frechette’s “golden thread” was taking him in a new direc- of all yearly deaths. The children served by their orphanage and tion. He trained to be a physician at the New York College of in the surrounding areas were so afflicted with AIDS, tubercu- Osteopathic Medicine of New York Institute of Technology in losis, starvation, and other problems that it was necessary to Westbury, New York. The school’s newspaper called him “one of establish a hospice, as well. the brightest stars of the class of 1998.” Fr. Frechette’s “golden thread” led him back to Haiti, where he helped to establish a Throughout the 80s and 90s, Haiti’s social and political con-

Eager to learn, more than 3,000 children arrive each day at one of Fr. Rick’s 11 “street schools.”

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thriving medical center. In 2003, he was appointed International Medical Director for Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos. In the fall of 2006, he opened a new hospital on ten acres of land in Port au Prince with 150 beds, two emergency rooms, two operating rooms, and a large intensive care unit. The hospital cares for about 25,000 people per year and contains a large outpatient clinic with all specialties of pediatrics, including HIV and cancer centers. As the audience at St. Joseph’s Cathedral sat transfixed by this man’s message, one could not help but marvel at his peaceful demeanor, which belied a store of boundless energy – an energy that springs from the progress he has made for the people of Haiti. As committed to education as he is to health care, Fr. Frechette and his staff have opened small, one-room-style school- houses that now serve over 3,000 children. His new hospital will also be the training center in pediatrics for the Catholic medical and nursing school of Haiti. In the face of immense odds, Fr. Frechette has persevered in his mission to bring better health care, education, and a sense of hope to the children of Haiti. Fr. Frechette concluded his address by echoing a message the graduates had heard many times during their years at Northwest Catholic High School: to whom much is given, much is expect- ed. He spoke to each member of the audience as if he was meet- ing with them one on one: “Our world is beautiful, but it is also troubled and tormented. This is the world that is waiting for you. The world needs you! It needs your enthusiasm, and your belief that you can set things right. “You are very blessed,” Fr. Frechette continued. “But your blessing puts upon you a burden – to care for this very troubled world. Heal it. Set it up right again. We need you. The world needs you! May God bless you and help you to submit your head to your heart so you may answer God’s invitation to you all throughout your life.”

Because he is both priest and physician, Fr. Rick is able to minister to the physical and spiritual needs of thousands of people in the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere.

THE MAGAZINE OF NORTHWEST CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL FALL 2007 7 Student Perspective

“One measure of success is how much you do for others”

woke up on the morning of my second birthday incredibly excited to put on my Little Mermaid costume. It was clear Feature I from my repeated exclamations of, “I’m a mermaid! I’m a mermaid!” that there was no one else I would rather be. I’m sure all of you can remember your own childhood heroes, whether it was one of the Disney princesses or perhaps one of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Either way, there was something about these figures that made us want to grow up and be just like them. As we have matured, not only have our role models changed, but so have our ideas about what we want to be when we grow up. Some of us might want to be as rich as Bill Gates, as famous as Paris Hilton, or as athletic as Michael Jordan. In today’s socie- ty, these ideals of wealth, fame, and position are often how success is defined for us. While all of these are noteworthy accomplish- ments, I do not think that these are the only standards by which we should measure success. During my four years of high school, I have encountered many people who in my opinion exemplify success. None of them have been celebrities, millionaires, or prominent figures. In fact, the successful people I have met are ordinary people, who love what they are doing and find meaning in their lives. Over time, they have become my new role models. Thursday afternoons I have spent at the Catholic Worker House in Hartford. There I found adults devoting their lives to others One place where I have met successful adults has been in the and living in voluntary poverty. To some, this existence without classrooms of Northwest Catholic. My teachers have shown a any wealth or status might seem to be the opposite of success, but passion and love for teaching that goes beyond their subject mat- anyone who has spent time at the Catholic Worker knows better. ter. In Mrs. Gillespie’s ACTS class, I found myself eating a meal The Catholic Workers have shown me that one true measure of with a family of Liberian refugees, leading a blind person around success is how much you do for others. the Westfarms Mall, and serving food at a soup kitchen during an amazing five-day urban immersion. In American Mind class, Mr. But in the past year and a half, one particular person in my life Shukie discussed how history repeats itself and helped us to draw has risen to the top as one of the most successful people I know. connections between the Vietnam War and the present-day war in This person, my Uncle George, died just a few weeks ago of brain Iraq. I left that class with a much greater appreciation of how his- cancer. If anyone lived life to the fullest, it was my uncle. He tory applies to my life. And who other than Mrs. Metzler could delved whole-heartedly into his interests, which included reading, motivate exhausted high school students to be at school at 6:30 in mountain biking, cars, history, and spending time with family the morning to do calculus problems, and on top of that, get all and friends. The Uncle George I remember was constantly offer- of the boys in her class to wear bright pink t-shirts? The teachers ing to bring my sisters and me to a museum, coming over to at Northwest Catholic have shown me that they care not only watch a movie, or celebrating our birthdays with us. He meas- about how we develop academically, but also how we develop as ured his own success not by the amount of money he had, his job, well-rounded people who are ready to contribute to society. or the size of his house, but rather by how much he was enjoying life. He was truly remarkable. I have also met very successful people in the numerous When George’s illness took away some of his favorite activities

BY SARAH SCHWARTZ ‘07

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and left him unable to drive his prized ready to begin her life above the water. Porsche or read his favorite books, he Now, it is our turn to find our own legs, found new ways to channel his energy and and begin to live the lives that we choose. enthusiasm. George developed a keen I think that as we move on to the next interest in photography. On his final trip stage in our lives, each one of us needs to to Arizona, he woke up early every morn- develop our own definition of success, and ing with his camera in hand, ready to take let that definition shape our decisions. thousands of photographs, even though he God has a different plan for each and every probably knew he would never have the one of us. Maybe we are meant to become chance to see them all. The simple pleas- teachers, athletes, unpaid volunteers, rock ures that my uncle enjoyed certainly were stars, priests, stay-at-home moms, or doc- not without meaning or purpose. George SARAH SCHWARTZ tors. Whatever it is that you love, embrace reminded us regularly that it was more VALEDICTORIAN, CLASS OF 2007 that calling and you will have fulfilled important to focus on what you can do, God’s plan. Because in the end, if you can rather than dwelling on what you cannot do. By embracing his look back on your life, with all of its ups and downs, and say that life in both sickness and health, my uncle George gave us wonder- “life is good,” I think that will be the true measure of success. ful memories of him as a happy and active person. As I look back on my four years of high school, I am filled One of my favorite memories of my uncle happened this past overwhelmingly with the feeling that life is good. I can see many Easter, shortly before he died. He used to love to wear a particu- images in my mind that are worthy of a “life is good” t-shirt. lar shirt, one that said “Life is Good” on the front. You have prob- Images of friends sitting together in the caf; of Northwest ably seen the shirts, bumper stickers, and other items that bear Catholic students dressed in green to support the basketball team; this logo. They each contain an image that will make you smile, of sunny afternoons with the children at the such as a man on a bike, a hammock, Catholic Worker house; of my uncle smil- or cup of tea, with the words “Life is God has a different ing in his “Life is Good” t-shirt; and finally, Good” written below. On Easter, my “ of all of you sitting in front of me, ready to entire family wore our own Life is plan for each and every graduate. To me, these images do not only Good shirts, and took pictures sur- demonstrate that life is good, but that God rounding my uncle. When I looked at one of us...Whatever it is good. We have been blessed in so many the pictures later, I saw on my uncle’s ways, and for all of these blessings I am very face an expression of complete and is that you love, grateful. I would like to take this opportu- total happiness. The pictures amazed embrace that calling nity to thank everyone who has helped me me. I couldn’t even imagine that a per- get where I am, but especially my parents, son who was terminally ill would be and you will have who have provided me with a tremendous able to sincerely believe that “life is amount of support. good.” Yet, it was written all over his fulfilled God’s plan. face that this was exactly how he felt. ” I hope that as we look back on our four To be able to appreciate life at a years of high school, we can all see that our moment such as that, to me, is the ultimate success. lives have in fact been very good. I know that all of you will become great successes in the future, and I wish you the best in all In the end, there might have been some wisdom in my child- that you do. hood admiration of the Little Mermaid. While I no longer hope to become a mermaid, I continue to admire some of Ariel’s qual- — Sarah Schwartz, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter ities. Ariel really knew who she was, and she didn’t let anyone Schwartz of West Hartford, was the valedictorian of the Class of stop her from reaching her dream. As a child, I watched with awe 2007. She is now a first-year student at The College of the Holy as Ariel rose to the surface and finally stood on her own two legs, Cross in Worcester, MA.

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“Live with gratitude and enthusiasm”

would like to begin my speech with a wish for all of us here today. My hope for all of us is to be like children. Not to act childish, but to be child-like. I hope for us to be mature

Feature I in behavior but young at heart. Many people view graduation as a time to grow up, a milestone that marks the end of high school and the start of college, of living on your own, and becoming an adult. However, I hope that at this important moment in our lives we all can maintain some of our childlike qualities. The first quality we are taught as children is to mind our man- ners. As children we are all taught to say please and thank you to everyone, and to be gracious and grateful. As we grow older, we begin to take the people and the events in our lives for granted. In reality, we never could get through life alone. I believe that these manners, which we are taught as children, should be carried with us into adulthood. I challenge everyone to be like a child … to say please and thank you to the cashier at the grocery store, to the driver on the bus, to the attendant at the movie theater, and to the waitress at a restaurant. Just say thank you to everyone who does anything to improve your life. Do not take anyone for grant- ed. I truly believe those two words, “Thank you,” have the power to make someone’s day. made our lives a little bit easier through our high school career: With these thoughts in mind, I believe that graduation should the administration, faculty, and staff of Northwest Catholic, the be a time for all of us to say “thank you” to everyone who has cafeteria ladies, the custodians, and the librarians. All of these peo- made this evening possible. First and foremost, we should thank ple are what made Northwest Catholic truly memorable. None of God for all of His special blessings. We should thank our friends us would be here today, and I know I certainly would not be here and classmates, our siblings and family, and especially our parents. giving the salutatorian speech, if it were not for the efforts of all But also, thank you to all those people behind the scenes who of these people. The next quality of a child that I hope we will retain into adult- ...Thank you to all those hood is enthusiasm. Children are enthusiastic about every task “ they do. As teenagers and as adults, I think we begin to be less people behind the scenes excited about the little moments in life. We tend to just go through the motions of everyday living. We go to school or work, complete who made our lives a little our tasks and go through all of the mundane details. But as chil- dren, everything that we do, we see as the greatest and most fun we bit easier through our high have ever had. To a child, nothing else matters but the activity they school career. are focused on at that moment. I saw this fact very clearly a few ” months ago while volunteering. I volunteer at The Malta House of Care van in Hartford. This is a mobile medical clinic that stops at churches throughout

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Hartford to supply primary medical This amazing little boy taught me a care to the uninsured. The van is most- life lesson. He had no idea how hard ly volunteer run and is funded through his life was. He had already endured donations from the Archdiocese of more hardships in his four years than I Hartford, St. Francis Hospital, and have experienced in my 17. But just many generous people. A few months like any other child, he did not even ago, I was with the van at St. Peter’s think about his circumstances, and he Church on Main Street, and a young was completely absorbed in whatever it woman came in with her daughter and was that he was doing. He was enthusi- son. The woman was 21, her son and astic about the stickers and his new daughter were four and two, and she cape. His enthusiasm for life was con- was pregnant with her third child. The tagious. His story provides an example van usually does not encourage parents for all of us. to bring their children because the doc- I hope that as we go onto college we tors do not specialize in pediatrics, and KIMBERLY OAKS all will remember to be like a child. because all children in Connecticut are SALUTATORIAN, CLASS OF 2007 Even though we will be burdened with covered under Husky Care (health work and responsibilities, we need to insurance for children). However, the remember to look past the hardships and to engage everything in young woman told the volunteers that the children’s father had life with the enthusiasm of a child. I hope we will all learn, build forced her and their two children out of the house. She could not friendships, practice, rehearse, and work with enthusiasm. I hope get back her children’s birth certificates, which were necessary to we never lose that joy for life that we effortlessly perfected when we qualify for the Husky Care program. They were living between were very young. shelters, unsure where they would be from one night to the next. Gratitude and enthusiasm, I believe, are very important char- Her little boy was adorable and full of life. He kept coming acteristics that we must take with us from our childhood. These over to where I was working on files, talking to me, and asking my qualities are necessary for a truly successful life. In Matthew 18:3, name. I started playing with him and gave him a sticker book. He Jesus tells us “Truly I say to you, unless you …become like chil- immediately dove into the book and made scenes with the stick- dren, you will not enter the kingdom of heaven.” Jesus taught us ers on the pages. Then he started putting them on his forehead that we must retain some childlike qualities to lead a truly happy and all over his arms. The little boy had a contagious giggle that and successful life. erupted every time he put a new sticker on his head. He gave me a sticker to wear and started giving the stickers to other volun- Even though every once in a while throughout college (and for teers. He was thoroughly enjoying that sticker book. the rest of our lives), we are all bound to act childish, I pray that we will always be child-like. I pray that you will remember to say I met the little boy and his family on a cold, wintry day. The please and thank you, and that you will be excited for everything waiting room in the House of Care van had no heat. I had been you do in your life. God bless you, good luck, and congratula- collecting blankets at my church to distribute at the van to help tions to the class of 2007! the waiting patients stay warm. One of the donated blankets was a shawl that had a string to tie around the shoulders. I took the — Kimberly Oaks was the salutatorian of the Class of 2007. The shawl and gave it to the boy. I tied it around his neck like a cape daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Timothy Oaks of West Simsbury, she is now and said, “Look, you’re Superman.” He erupted into a series of a first-year student pursuing speech pathology at Stonehill College in giggles and began zooming through the room as if he were flying. Easton, MA.

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“Strive constantly to make a difference”

he man looked at me through the most frightened eyes I trauma hospital that we were coming. I identified myself to the have ever seen. He was bleeding profusely, breathing injured man and started asking him the questions every EMT in T hard and moaning from the intense pain that I could the country asks: “What is your name?” “Do you know where only imagine he was feeling. Seconds earlier, he had been jock- you are?” “Can you tell me what happened?” “Can you tell me

Feature eying for position on our interstate highway when he decided to what hurts?” I was assessing his level of consciousness, the qual- exit from the far left-hand lane. He didn’t make it. The car ity of his circulation, whether his airway was open, whether he crashed off the ramp and slammed into a copse of trees. had a pulse, and whether he had any uncontrolled bleeding. I was trying to determine the extent of his injuries and whether My wife and I were seconds behind him. Because I am an they were life threatening. He was dying. emergency medical technician (EMT), I knew I had to act fast. Stopping in the breakdown lane just past the accident, I jumped *** out and grabbed a medical bag I keep in the back of my truck. ecently, Matt Fitzsimons asked my opinion about A bystander was holding a blanket against the man’s chest. “I whether, and how, students’ high school experiences pre- think he has a sucking chest wound,” he said. I asked whether pare them for the future and influence their postgradu- he could see any of the man’s ribs and whether anything was R ate choices. For me, the answer is unequivocal; in fact, it would protruding from the wound; then, I applied pressure to the take many pages to enumerate all the ways that Northwest man’s chest and told the bystander to continue holding pressure. Catholic has influenced me. But one thing stands out: that is, A police officer arrived; I asked him to radio the county’s that the point of our lives is not about simply pursuing achieve- Emergency Communications Center and tell them that we had ment and attaining success; it is about stretching ourselves by a priority one, chest trauma patient with a partially severed arm, helping others. I learned this lesson over and over again at to send a medic unit and the rescue squad, and to alert the local Northwest Catholic, not only in my religion courses (where one might expect it), but also in science labs, class- rooms, clubs, and on the track, through the words and deeds of teachers, coaches and fellow students. This notion of stretching oneself through serv- ice has coalesced for me into a personal philosophy that I can easily attribute in part to studying ancient Greek cultures in Dan Marcus’s English class; history and society in John Shukie’s class; or belief, faith and philosophy in Fr. Bock’s seminar. And that philosophy is this: to properly attend to ourselves, we must focus on developing our minds, our bodies, and our spirit. It is not enough to do one or two and not the others. Personal stability and strength comes from crafting all three legs of the human platform so that it will support the tri- als and challenges that come before us. To this day, I try to do for myself what Northwest Catholic did for me then: educate my mind, train my body, and feed my soul. WILDER J. LEAVITT,CLASS OF 1982

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For me, a perfect expression of this philosophy might be to live Equal in importance to the roadmap laid out by adults at a hundred lives and pursue a hundred interests. But I am content Northwest Catholic were the interactions I had with my fellow with the experiences I have had: as a military officer, a management students. It is true that if you want to become a better runner, consultant, a lawyer, an EMT, a husband, and most of all, as a com- you should run with those who are stronger and faster than you. passionate member of my community trying to make a difference. They will elevate you in a way no individualized training can. These diverse experiences add richness and, I hope, stretch my When I saw my classmates achieve in the National Honor Society, skills, character and ability to contribute in three dimensions. on the yearbook staff, in student government, on teams, and espe- cially in the classrooms, I wanted to be like them. Although none *** of us realized it at the time, they were my role models, allowing he police officer has returned, telling me that additional me to see me in them and what I might be capable of doing. resources are on the way. Although I can’t open any of *** T the car doors, I am treating the severe injuries the driver has to the left side of his body. His breathing has become more ust then, I see familiar faces. One of the units from my labored, and I can see a halo of sweat forming around his head, Squad has arrived. I feel a swell of relief as I call for a back- which I know means he is getting worse. I get a mask device J board, oxygen and trauma dressings and begin squeezing air ready because I am pretty sure that I will have to lean into the into my patient’s lungs. At the same time, other firefighters are car and begin CPR shortly. I am holding his head trying to help tearing off the car door so we can extricate the driver. He’s him breathe when he says, “I’m fading.” “No, you’re not!” I about 270 pounds, and it takes six of us to get him on the back- respond, squeezing him on the neck in the hope of eliciting pain board. I stabilize his traumatized arm as we sidestep over the and responsiveness. uneven ground to get to a nearby ambulance. The rear doors close, the ambulance pulls away with lights and sirens blaring, *** and it is over. As I peel off my latex gloves, I realize I am shak- f we are the sum of our experiences and our decisions, then ing uncontrollably. “Do you think he will make it?” the police surely some of our most enduring lessons occurred in our officer asks. “I don’t know,” I reply. He asks, “Do you think we I adolescence. My first English teacher, Mary Fran Hennessy, saved his life?” I pause to think. “I’m not sure, but I think we gave me the confidence and instruction I needed to become a made a difference.” better writer. Toward the end of freshman year, she encouraged And that is what I have carried from days at Northwest me to sign up for the honors-level sophomore course. She knew Catholic: strive constantly to improve yourself, to serve your fel- I could do it, but I lacked confidence. She believed in me when low human beings, and, if you are able, to make a difference. I didn’t, convinced me I was capable and made a difference. Carol Canora stimulated my interest in science by demanding — A 1982 graduate of Northwest Catholic High School, Wilder academic rigor – yet she tempered her high expectations with Leavitt earned a B.S. degree in aerospace engineering from Syracuse genuine compassion. When I approached her about an experi- University in 1986. He was commissioned a second lieutenant in the ment I’d read about to calculate the force of gravity, she encour- U. S. Air Force and served for the next seven years as an aircraft and aged me to reproduce the experiment in the physics lab on her munitions maintenance officer. After leaving the Air Force, he time. She stayed after school and gave me the run of the lab. earned an M.S. degree in 1995 from MIT’s Sloan School of While I made my measurements, I felt like a colleague, another Management. He worked for several years as a management consult- discoverer of the wonders of the scientific world. And Mike ant for Coopers and Lybrand, but he returned to school in 1998 as a Griffin, in his role as track and field coach, helped me learn how law student at the American University Washington College of Law. to lead. He would often toss me a stopwatch at the beginning In 2001, law degree in hand, he began practicing intellectual prop- of practice, give me the training schedule for the afternoon and erty and environmental law in several Washington, D.C. law firms entrust all the sprinters to me. I’m not sure that always worked before starting a solo practice in Bethesda, Maryland. He focuses on the way he planned; we were high school kids, after all, prone to management consulting and nonprofit/public interest law and volun- cutting corners whenever we could. But I had moments run- teers as an EMT and ambulance driver at the Bethesda-Chevy Chase ning alongside my friends, clutching the digital stopwatch, Rescue Squad. Wilder is married to Mary Morningstar and is study- when I really felt like I was leading the pack – a skill I would ing to be a paramedic. come to rely on heavily as an Air Force officer.

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Service Projects Build Community – On Campus and Off

onday mornings are always busy at Northwest Catholic tons of groceries and paper goods, cutlery and other supplies. – but even more so on the first Monday of the month. And other students take turns providing side dishes: noodles with cheese sauce; frozen Italian mixed vegetables; tossed salad;

Feature M That’s when, amid the normal hustle and bustle of a new school bread and real butter. week, the makings of a giant potluck supper miraculously appear Meanwhile, at home over the weekend, Mrs. Gillespie and sev- in the office of Campus Ministry Director Kristi Gillespie — the eral of her colleagues – usually Claudia Hart and Mark Dodd – literal and figurative home of Northwest Catholic’s myriad com- prepare about 25-30 pounds of chicken breast, the foundation for munity service activities. “Chicken Catalina,” Northwest Catholic’s signature entrée in the Mike Freund ’10 brings chocolate chip cookies (made with multi-course meal that’s served to about 50 people at the Manna freshly ground cinnamon). Program soup kitchen at Christ Church Cathedral in Hartford. Kate Williamson ’08 can always be counted on for brownies. “The longer I teach here, the more I realize that we all need to do more to help others,” said Dodd, a science teacher, explaining Michael Lathrop ’08 and his family are known for their out- why he’s become a “Chicken Catalina” chef. standing cakes. “The guests get very excited when they see us coming in with Kaela Paternoster ’09 and Erika Dueñas ‘10 pitch in with the chicken – it’s a very popular dish,” said Mrs. Gillespie, her eyes

Michael Lathrop, Kate Williamson (center) and Kaela Paternoster prepare plates of “Chicken Catalina,” Northwest Catholic’s signature dish, with all the trimmings.

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from the school refrigera- tor (where it’s been kept cold), load a school van with supplies and student helpers – some who come every month, some who come whenever they can — and head to Church Street, where the soup kitchen is located. The Northwest Catholic group prepares the dinner between 5:00 and 6:00pm; serves it at 6pm (restaurant style); and then cleans up, packages and stores any leftovers and heads out, arriving back at school between 7:00-7:15pm. The number of helpers varies all the time, Mrs. Gillespie said, but is generally between four and 12. Besides Ms. Hart and Mr. Masciocchi, other helpers may include teachers Kristi Gillespie, director of NWC’s Campus Ministry program, enjoys dinner with (like Joan Keating-McKeon, who provides one of the clients at the Manna Program soup kitchen in Hartford. many groceries); coaches (like John Mirabello, lighting up. “They call it the ‘red chicken,’ because of the sauce who brought his young son to help at the sum- it’s baked in. They love it when it’s a Northwest Catholic night.” mer meal); alums (like Molly Eastman ’06, Amanda Tremblay ’07, and Kate Flaherty ‘07); and current and alumni parents (like Brian And although the chicken is part of it, it’s probably not the only reason the NWC night is so popular. When the Northwest Catholic crew is there, smiles abound – from the clients enjoying the meal, of course, but also from the many different members of Soup Kitchen Shopping List the Northwest Catholic community who come together for three hours, one Monday a month, in this very well-oiled machine. Boneless chicken breast “We have our system down to a science,” explained Mrs. (cut into nuggets, breaded, and baked) Gillespie. After the students’ donations come in on Monday morn- Kraft Catalina Fat-Free dressing ing (see sidebar), she places a call to Al Masciocchi, father of Kate ’06 and Rebecca ’08, who always stops to pick up anything that’s Egg noodles missing while on his way downtown to help serve the meal. (His Ragu Cheese Sauce son Matthew, a sixth grader at St. Timothy Middle School, comes Frozen Italian vegetables along to help – he’s known as the “chocolate milk boy,” because he delivers and mixes the sweet powder with milk at each table.) Bagged salad Ranch and Italian dressing At about 4:30, Mrs. Gillespie and Ms. Hart retrieve the food Milk Butter n order to prepare and serve dinner at the Manna Nestle Quik chocolate milk mix Program soup kitchen on the first Monday of each month, Hot cocoa mix I Northwest Catholic needs the following supplies, which Italian bread Mrs. Gillespie requests during morning announcements at Desserts school. Students take responsibility for bringing various items Baking spray by signing up on an enormous poster on her office door, and they deliver their contributions on Monday morning. (She’s Heavy-duty paper plates happy to accept donations of the non-perishable items at any Paper bowls time, however!) Paper cups (10 ounce)

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Williamson and Kim Bowen, whose son Dillon is a freshman). And then there are the current students, of course. “It does take time, but I have time to give,” said Michael Lathrop. Kaela Paternoster adds that, as someone who feels shy herself, she can understand why a new volunteer might feel nervous or Feature unsure about participating. “I’ve been involved since freshman year, and I still don’t know what to say when I get there!” she

Kim Bowen, parent of an NWC freshman, sits down to admits with a sympathetic smile. “But they help you along. The supper with a Manna Program client. people there will ask you about yourself, and before you know it, you are talking to people and you feel kind of like you made a new friend. “It’s one of those things where you just have to put yourself outside your comfort zone,” she continued. “You definitely get back two times as much as you put in.” “I go to the soup kitchen because I have seen that there is a need to provide this meal, and it is something I am capable of doing,” said Ms. Hart, chairman of the Math Department. “Problems like hunger seem so large and insurmountable, but in a small way we can help this group of people. “I also like seeing a different side of our students as we work side-by-side rather than in a teacher-student relationship, “she continued. “They show leadership and compassion in the work they do.”

“Chocolate milk boy” Matt Masciocchi, a 6th-grade student Her mother, Kathleen Hart (PP ‘72,’73,’74,’76,’78,’80,’82), at St.Timothy Middle School, accompanies his dad Al to the participates by helping to underwrite the cost of some of the soup kitchen each month. ingredients in the meal her daughter prepares. “She wanted to be involved,” Ms. Hart said. “Sam Dusza’s mom came to help out this summer, even though Sam had just graduated,” Mrs. Gillespie said. “She said she really just enjoyed the camaraderie of our group.” Teresa Bournique ’84, who has returned to her alma mater as a religion teacher this year, volunteered at the Manna Program in August – just a month after she was hired, and before she’d even met any of her students. “How inspiring it was to receive my first impression of Northwest Catholic High School students and parents in the context of preparing and serving a soup kitchen meal!” said Mrs. Bournique. “The joyful, humble, respectful, and efficient man- ner of the volunteers that night set the tone for my work in teaching and campus ministry at NWC.” Sophomore Erika Dueñas and math teacher Claudia Hart take a break for dinner themselves, after making sure all the clients have been served.

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President’s Letter

Dear Alumni, Parents and Friends, We wish to thank you for your support of our mission to educate the whole person in a dynamic educational environment that thrives in its diversity. With your gifts of time, talent and treasure, you truly make a difference in the lives of the students we are privileged to serve. Here at Northwest Catholic, we cherish the many intangible gifts you share with us; indeed, throughout this issue of Logos, we celebrate the myriad ways that members of our community share their gifts with family, friends and others whom they meet in the world around them. We also acknowledge the abundant “treasures” or financial gifts that we are blessed to receive, and we do so in the pages of this Annual Report. Northwest Catholic relies on annual giving for 8% of the operating budget. Your generosity to the Northwest Catholic Fund, previously known as the Annual Fund, has been inspiring to our community during the 2006-07 fiscal year: Gifts totaled $660,469, an increase of $84,321 (14.7%) from last year’s total of $576,148. These gifts allow us to: • Support and invigorate the caliber of the teaching essential to engaging students in the pursuit of knowledge; • Ensure that financial aid remains at the heart of the school for students of need; and • Perpetuate an environment that emphasizes academic excellence, faith in God and service to others. We also depend upon the generosity of those who contribute toward our modest but growing endowment, those who make directed gifts to capital projects that enhance our facilities, and those who give generously to TOP NWC FUND our financial aid fund. The school also posted capital and endowment gifts of $383,836 and $168,148, CONTRIBUTORS respectively. Class Year Amount The result? Our Advancement program yielded a total of $1.261 million during this past fiscal year, rep- 1974 $25,582.36 resenting not only donations to the Northwest Catholic Fund, capital projects, and the endowment, but also 1968 $13,460.00 gifts in kind and revenue from three special projects: the annual golf tournament, Saturday Night Live, and 1973 $10,630.00 the annual magazine drive. 1970 $9,995.00 1965 $9,855.00 All of us — students, faculty and staff — benefit from this generosity, as it enables us to continue to offer the unique Northwest Catholic education in the manner that you all have come to expect. From the bottoms of our hearts, thank you. Just after the end of this past fiscal year, our Advancement department entered a period of transition. We TOTAL OVERALL GIFTS bade farewell to Linda Massaro, who had served so ably as our Director of Advancement for the past five years, and to Assistant Director Caitlin Dowd and Advancement Assistant Debbie Kennedy. Class Year Amount 1968 $64,660.00 We are delighted that our new team includes not only Colby Thresher, a stalwart NWC Advancement 1965 $58,355.00 Officer and promoter of our planned giving program, but also Jane Leary (AP ’05, ’07), our new Director 1974 $33,832.36 of Constituent Relations, who, like Colby, has deep and long-standing ties to the Northwest Catholic com- 1973 $31,182.97 munity. Debra LeBel, our new Advancement Assistant, is another integral member of our team. 1972 $16,695.00 Just as I thank all of them, I thank all of you: Thank you for demonstrating, in so many ways, how much Northwest Catholic means to you. Please know that it is greatly appreciated. I ask God’s blessings on you and your family in the year ahead.

HIGHEST CLASS PARTICIPATION RATE Sincerely, Class Year Total Donors Total Active Members Class Participation 2007 45 139 32% 1973 39 162 24% 1972 46 193 24% 1979 36 166 22% Matthew O’N. Fitzsimons 1975 33 164 20% President 1965 46 229 20%

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Statement of Operating Activities An unaudited statement of revenues and expenses for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2007. REVENUES EXPENSES Operations Operations Tuition and Fees $6,206,736 Administration $1,299,354 Asssessments $132,000 Instruction $4,043,801 Subsidies from Archdiocese $242,184 Library/Media $125,073 Athletic Income $15,172 Plant $640,586 Support Service Income $130,337 Athletics $501,311 Other Operating Income $336,316 Support Services $222,527 Capital Expenditures $286,136 Subtotal $7,062,745 Other Operating Expenditures $236,420 Advancement Subtotal $7,355,208 Development $565,068 Advancement Internal Fundraising $127,135 Development $343,597 Subtotal $692,203 Internal Fundraising $56,143 Total Revenues $7,754,948 Total Expenses $7,754,948

Tuition and Fees 4.3% Asssessments Administration 1.7% 1.6% 7.3% Subsidies from Archdiocese 4.4% 0.7% Instruction 0.2% 3.0% 16.8% Athletic Income 3.7% Library/Media 3.1% Support Service Income 2.9% Plant 1.7% Other Operating Income 6.5% Athletics Development Support Services Internal Fundraising Capital Expenditures Other Operating Expenditures

8.3% Development Internal Fundraising 1.6%

80.0% 52.1%

Northwest Catholic High School Advancement Report for fiscal year ending June 30, 2007 3.4% 5.4% 5.1% 25.1% Annual Fund Capital Endowment Total Alumni $120,922 $135,710 $47,728 $304,360 17.0% Current Parents $105,328 $103,500 $2,690 $211,518 Alumni Parents $62,686 $16,513 $2,610 $81,809 Friends/Faculty $63,610 $63,113 $115,120 $241,843 Foundations $140,807 $65,000 $205,807 Saturday Night Live $61,947 $61,947 17.4% Golf Tournament $39,980 $40,865 19.9% Magazine Drive $65,189 $65,189 6.7%

Totals $660,469 $383,836 $168,148 $1,212,453 Alumni Foundations Gifts In Kind $31,734 $17,140 $48,874 Current Parents Saturday Night Live Alumni Parents Golf Tournament Total All Sources $692,203 $400,976 $1,261,327 Friends/Faculty Magazine Drive

This listing reflects gifts received between July 1, 2006 and June 30, 2007. We apologize if we have inadvertently omitted any name from this listing. Please let us know so we can correct our record.

NORTHWEST CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL REPORT, 2006-07 19 Highlights, 2006-07

Academic Accolades

• Two seniors named National Merit Semifinalists; seven named National Merit Commended Scholars. • Every member of the Class of 2007 – 139 students – went on to continuing education: 94% to four-year colleges, 4% to two-year colleges, 1% to postgraduate work, and 1% to technical higher education. • A record 24 students named Advanced Placement Scholars. • More than 130 students took AP exams. • Fifty-two juniors and seniors inducted into the National Honor Society. • SAT scores remain at a 30-year high.

New Technology Members of the Freshman Contact Group – comprising seniors who serve and Improved Facilities as special ambassadors to the freshman class – prepare for the Freshman • Forty new state-of-the-art computers installed in comput- Dance in September 2006. er labs. • Four classrooms in the Math Corridor were upgraded with white boards, Smart boards, and LCD projectors mounted on the ceiling. • A total of 12 Smart boards throughout the building. • Navin Room and Campus Ministry office were renovated.

Winning Seasons

• Field hockey became a varsity sport. • Nine teams – football, golf, boys’ and girls’ basketball, boys’ and girls’ lacrosse, baseball, and boys’ and girls’ soccer – all advanced to state tour- naments. • Baseball team set a school record for wins, finishing as state runner-up. • 184 students named to the conference All-Academic team.

Fine and Performing Arts Awards

• Women’s Choir placed first (Gold Medal Ranking) at Heritage Festival in New York City, while Concert Choir, Wind Ensemble and Jazz Band all placed second. • Concert Band and Chamber Choir placed third (Superior Rating) at the Music in the Park Festival at Six Flags New England. • Syncopate, the year-old dance team, competed in two categories at a national competition in Las Vegas, placing first (National Champions) and sec- ond, respectively. • Northwest Passages, our student-produced school newspaper, won first place from the National Scholastic Press Association and a silver rating from the Columbia Scholastic Press Association – the highest such journalism awards in the paper’s history. • Several members of the newspaper staff also won awards for individual journalistic achievements. • The Writer, our literary magazine, was awarded First Place from the American Scholastic Press Association.

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Administration Matthew Fitzsimons Margaret Williamson Richard Callahan John Cusson 2006-2007 BS Finance; M Ed Education BA French; MA French; BA History; MS Education BA English; MA Literature; Administration; MA Pastoral Ministry Sixth Year, Educational Leadership Vice Principal and Certificate of Advanced Study, SCHOOL BOARD President Principal Dean of Students Administration and Supervision Academic Dean Mr. Peter Bourdon, Chair Faculty Mrs. Danielle Schiffer Kathryn Alexander Paul Fitzpatrick Patricia Lynch Elizabeth Quinn Andruszkiewicz ’77,Vice Chair BA Music Education BA History; MA Public Policy BA Education; MA English BA English; MA Special Education Music Social Studies English Guidance Mr. Philip Bonee ’72 Daniel Avery Scott Fletcher Nancy Martin Joshua Reese Fr. Joseph Crowley BM Music BS Geology; MA Science Education BA Spanish BA History; MA History Fine and Performing Arts Science World Languages Social Studies Mrs. Kerry Kearns Curry ’77 Ana Barrett Mary Jo Foran Rosemary McNally Deacon Richard Santos BS Spanish; MA Spanish BA English; BA Religious Studies BA Religious Studies Mr.Thomas Filomeno World Languages, Chair 30 Hours, School Counseling Religion, Chair Religious Studies Guidance Madonna Burke Deborah Metzler Carol Schave Mr. Matthew Fitzsimons BA Pastoral Ministry; BA Religious Christopher Gallagher BA Economics; MA Education BS Math Education Education; MA Youth Ministry BA English Mathematics Mathematics Mr. Brendan Fox, Jr. Religion English John Mirabello John Shukie Mrs. Nancy Chesnut Gautier ’73 Cory Carlson Christopher Garr BA Psychology; MA Social Studies MA American Studies BA Sociology; MA History BA History; MA History Education Social Studies, Chair; Athletic Social Studies Social Studies Physical Education and Health Director Mrs. Christine Golic Beth Casey Kristina Gillespie Jennifer Montoney James Shugrue Dr.Tracy Brennan Graham BS Psychology; MA Teaching BA Spanish; MA Spanish BS Biological Sciences BS Mathematics; Fifth-Year I.T. Coordinator Religion, World Languages, and Science Certificate, Math Mr.William Harris Campus Ministry Mathematics, Chair Roger Clapper Virginia Murphy BS Accounting Sandra Hayes BA Biology; MS Marine Katy Sibley Mr. Scott Mansolillo Permanent Substitute BS Business Management; MA Environment Education BA Spanish Library Science; MA Educational Science, Chair World Languages Timothy Crowley Mrs. Kathy Murphy Technology BS Health Education; MS Marine Robert Nasta Kerri Smith Assistant Librarian Environmental Education BA Music; MA Music; DMA BA English; BFA Acting Mr. Robert O’Hara Science Claudia Hart (Doctorate of Music Arts) English BA American Studies; MA Education Fine and Performing Arts Mrs. Joyce O’Rourke Catharine Curran Jeffrey Sutherland Mathematics BA Mathematics; MA Mathematics Elizabeth Oates BS Chemical Engineering; BSC Mrs. Laurie Paternoster Mathematics Barbara Iorillo BA Art History; MS Art Education Management Studies BA Spanish; MA Hispanic and Fine and Performing Arts, Chair Science Sara Demos Mr. Jonathan Reed ’94 Italian Studies BA Theatre Arts; BS Ed English Joyce O'Rourke Ronald Swanson World Languages Director of Theater; English BS Physical Education; MS School BA Latin and Education; MA Mr. George Scurlock Patricia Juda Guidance Counseling Classics Mark Dodd BA English and History; MS Director of Guidance Social Studies and World BS Biology; MBA Reading Languages Science Helga Phillips Michael Tyler English, Chair BA Psychology; MA Library Science William Tressler BS Business Economics; Allison Donnelly Joan Keating-McKeon Director of Library BA History; MA American History MA Social Work BS Math BA English; MA English Literature; JD and Media Studies Religion and Social Studies Guidance Mathematics English Stanley Piorkowski Terri Turley Marisa Varney Valerie Doucette Fran Laffin BA Chemistry; MA Education BS Education BS Math Education BA German; BA English; MA English BA History; MA Pastoral Ministry Mathematics Long-Term Substitute Mathematics English Religion Jeffrey Przech David Woodford Yvonne Ellis-Rousseau Richard Luddy BA English BA English; MA Education BA Foreign Languages; MA BS Physics; MS Physics; PhD Physics English Religion, Fine and Performing Arts International Affairs Science World Languages Staff Support Services Nancy Bannon Colleen Harrison Lynn Prendergast Sister Ann Moore, CND Pat Allen Director of Admissions Secretary Guidance Assistant Teacher Consultant Food Service Susan Brimmer Lisa Huston Richard Puskarz Rev. Joseph Crowley Luke Alston III Administrative Assistant Administrative Assistant to the Director of Finance Chaplain Facilities and Maintenance President Joanne Czerwinski Nancy Taylor Slobodan Bogdan Finance Assistant Deborah Kennedy Director of Communications Facilities and Maintenance Advancement Assistant Caitlin Dowd Colby Thresher Bobby Pace Assistant Director of Advancement Maryann Lacouture Advancement Officer Facilities and Maintenance Admissions Assistant Cindy Fusco Karen Tyler Floyd Wilson Assistant Director of Admissions Linda Massaro Administrative Assistant to the Facilities and Maintenance Director of Advancement Principal

NORTHWEST CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL REPORT, 2006-07 21 Founders’ Circle

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 gen- erosity serves as an inspiration and is most appreciated. Legacy Society $100,000+ the Northwest Catholic Endowment Fund. As a result, the Green & White Circle $2,500-$4,999 These donors have an unwavering belief in the vision and school grew tremendously, and today’s students continue to Every fan of Northwest Catholic knows that green and white future of Northwest Catholic. Gifts given in this society are enjoy the fruits of these programs. are as popular and as ubiquitous now as they were in 1961, usually allocated for capital improvements or endowed schol- Rev. Colton Society $10,000-$24,999 when they made their debut as our school colors. arships. Many of these generous gifts originated from thoughtful estate planning or a special bequest. During his time at Northwest Catholic, Rev. Bradford Dominican Order Society $1,000-$2,499 Colton, the first principal, was an exemplary leader, educator In 1961, eight Dominican Sisters of St. Mary of the Springs Presidents’ Circle $50,000-$99,999 and mentor to many students. He lived the mission of our devoted their time and energy to educating the young minds Presidents’ Circle members demonstrate exceptional gen- school with humbling grace and dedicated his life to educat- of Northwest Catholic students. Their guidance provided erosity, faith in our vision, and a strong commitment to the ing others. the foundation for the growth and development of the stu- mission and values of our school. 1961 Society $5,000-$9,999 dent body. Rev. Frascadore Society $25,000-$49,999 Northwest Catholic opened its doors in 1961. Gifts from As the school’s first president, Rev. Henry C. Frascadore ini- the members of this society make a notable impact on the tiated the Annual Fund and pioneered the development of growth and progression of our school and inspire others to invest in its future.

Legacy Society Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Roller Mr. Walter J. Dyber ($100,000.00 + ) Superior Industries Mr. and Mrs. Augusto Gautier Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Shima (Nancy Chesnut ’73) Mr. James F. Shugrue Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Sisk ’90 Mr. and Mrs. Kevin W. Grenham ’78 Sullivan, Schoen, Campane and Cannon Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. Jason ’71 Presidents’ Circle Mr. and Mrs. Ralph E. Wentworth ’65 Mr. Matthew H. Lynch & Ms. Susan Banks ($50,000.00 + ) (Kathleen Collagan ’65) Mrs. Gail McCue Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. McGuire ’73 Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Merkel Mr. and Mrs. Mark D. Breen ’68 1961 Society ($5,000.00 + ) Mr. and Mrs. Gerard P. Mullane ’76 Foundation for the Advancement Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Navin ’69 of Catholic Schools Mr. and Mrs. Peter Andruszkiewicz (Danielle Schiffer ’77) (Suzanne Dumont ’78) Mr. and Mrs. Terrence D. O’Connell ’69 Rev. Frascadore Society Mr. and Mrs. Michael Barton Mr. and Mrs. Michael Pariano ($25,000.00 + ) (Elizabeth Collins ’70) Mr. John Berry ’86 Ms. Mary E. Scott ’69 & Mr. John Ms. Cathleen Collins ’65 McGroary III Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Giuliano DiFrancesco Town of West Hartford Mr. and Mrs. Richard Allen Mr. and Mrs. William C. Doran Jr. ’78 Mr. and Mrs. James R. Turner ’74 (Laura Connelly ’65) Mr. and Mrs. Paul M. Finigan Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey E. Wagoner Catholic Charities, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Michael L. Golic Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Wolf ’65 Mr. and Mrs. Michael O. Eagan ’74 Mr. and Mrs. James L. Hudak ’82 (Elaine Civittolo ’66) (Geralyn Tuohy ’74) Mr. and Mrs. David C. Knortz Hartford Courant Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Kevin B. Lathrop Dominican Order Society Mr. and Mrs. John Hunt Mr. and Mrs. Dennis J. Lubozynski ($1,000.00 + ) The John G. Martin Foundation Mr. John P. Makuch ’88 William & Alice Mortensen Foundation Mr. and Mrs. William T. Miller Anonymous, AL The Trane Company Navin Bros. Food Service, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Kevin W. Baker ’88 Paul and Mary Cancellarini Charitable Trust Mr. and Mrs. Winston Barrett Rev. Colton Society ($10,000.00 + ) St. Ann Church Mr. and Mrs. Richard Beckerman Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Shangraw ’76 Mr. and Mrs. Philip J. Bieluch ’72 Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Bourdon Mr. and Mrs. David Bonney Mr. and Mrs. Timothy H. Callahan ’68 Green & White Circle ($2,500.00 + ) Dr. and Mrs. Edward Boudreau ’69 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dornfried, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Mark W. Boya ’77 Mr. and Mrs. William Fenoglio Mr. David Berges Mr. and Mrs. John J. Bracken, III ’66 Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Genovese ’65 Mr. and Mrs. Philip M. Bonee ’72 Mrs. Catherine Brewer Mrs. Carol Dupuis Haylon ’80 & Mr. Mr. and Mrs. Michael Connelly Mr. and Mrs. William Brewer Michael Haylon (Anne Danaher ’70) Mr. and Mrs. Arthur W. Brickley, Jr. ’72 Mr. and Mrs. John M. Hughes Mr. and Mrs. Wes Cooper Mr. Joseph G. Buda and Mr. and Mrs. Russell Morrisett ’73 Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Dowd Ms. Linda Moran-Buda Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Paternoster (Rosemary Navin ’73) Mr. and Mrs. Lucien J. Cance Mr. John Randazzo

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Ms. Joan Keating-McKeon & Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Mulready ’65 MISSION STATEMENT Mr. Michael McKeon Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Murphy Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Keenan Ms. Margaret Naness Northwest Catholic High School is a Mr. and Mrs. Philip F. Kelly Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. O’Hara coeducational, college preparatory school Mr. Paul Kelly ’71 Dr. and Mrs. Liam P. O’Leary Mr. and Mrs. John F. Kennedy Mr. and Mrs. Joseph G. O’Rourke whose mission is to foster in young people a Mr. & Mrs. Stephen W. Krupa Mr. and Mrs. John H. Quinn, Jr. faith that gives meaning and direction to life, Dr. and Dr. Richard L. Kuntz Mr. and Mrs. John J. Quinn to challenge and guide them in the pursuit of Mr. and Mrs. Frederick S. Lenz, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Quinn Mr. and Mrs. Terrence T. Lescoe ’72 Mr. Joseph Reese academic excellence, and to instill within Mr. and Mrs. Wells Lindsay Mr. and Mrs. John D. Ritson them a spirit of service to God and others. Mr. and Mrs. Loren Lonczewski The Roland Family (Gail Dionizio ’71) Mr. and Mrs. George Scurlock Mr. and Mrs. David Cardwell Mr. and Mrs. John F. Luby ’69 Dr. and Mrs. Martin C. Seremet (Gail Davis ’73) Ms. Geraldine A. Luksic ’69 Mr. and Mrs. John C. Shukie Mr. Daniel Carney Mr. and Mrs. Robert Magistri Dr. and Mrs. Richard G. Sider Mr. and Mrs. Philip Carpenter Mr. and Mrs. Peter T. Malliet ’75 Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Sisk ’85 Mr. and Mrs. Franklyn D. Chang ’86 (Maura Ann Kearney ’75) Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Spignesi Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Clark Mr. and Mrs. Scott Mansolillo Mr. and Mrs. Scott C. Strid Mr. and Mrs. George Colli ’73 (Marie DeMaio ’82) Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Sullivan (Catherine Finley ’72) Mr. and Mrs. Marc Massaro Mr. Ronald Swanson Mr. and Mrs. William Collins ’68 May, Bonee & Walsh Anita & Colby Thresher Mr. and Mrs. Kevin W. Conway Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. McAndrews Mr. and Mrs. John Tuohy ’65 Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Coursey ’72 Mr. and Mrs. James McCloskey ’73 (Mary Boucher ’66) Mr. and Mrs. Edward R. Cowles Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. McGoldrick Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Venora ’81 Dr. and Mrs. George B. Curry ’77 The Honorable and Mrs. Kevin McMahon Dr. and Mrs. Paul V. Vignati (Kerry Kearns ’77) (Patricia Romano ’71) Mr. and Mrs. William J. Walsh Day Pitney LLP Mr. William D. Molloy, Sr. Wentworth, De Angelis Insurance Mr. and Mrs. John M. DeAngelis, Jr. ’72 Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Mortillaro Mr. and Mrs. Brian Williamson Mr. Thomas W. Donohue ’76 Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Moses Mr. and Mrs. Donald K. Wilson, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Dornfried, Jr. (Bridget Walsh ’76) Mr. Thomas Driscoll and Mrs. Patricia Teufel-Driscoll Mr. Mark Drusedum and Ms. Molly Knorr YOUNG ALUMNI FOUNDERS’ CIRCLE Mr. and Mrs. F. Owen Eagan To encourage and cultivate major gifts from its newest alumni, Northwest Catholic has Mr. and Mrs. John A. Facey established the Young Alumni Founders’ Circle Society.The Founders’ Circle has long been Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Filomeno the province of generous donors of $1,000 or more, but the YAFC gives young alums the Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Filomeno opportunity to participate in this elite group with a smaller annual gift, based on how many Mr. Joseph Filomeno years they have been out of school.The members of the Young Alumni Founders’ Circle are Mr. and Mrs. William J. Fiocchetta ’72 invited to the annual Founders’ Circle appreciation dinner. Dr. and Mrs. John T. Fitzpatrick Mr. and Mrs. Edward Fitzsimons The contribution structure for young alums is the following: Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Fitzsimons For the classes of Contribution amount Mr. Thomas Freund & Ms. Diane Mineck 2000-06 $100 General Casualty 1998-99 $150 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Gilbert 1995-97 $250 Mr. and Mrs. Louis F. Godbout 1993-94 $300 1991-92 $500 Dr. and Dr. Neville J. Graham Mr. and Mrs. R. Nelson Griebel The following people became members of the Young Alumni Founders’ Dr. and Mrs. Michael S. Griffin Circle in 2006-07, the inaugural year of the group: Dr. and Mrs. Craig M. Hudak ’79 Mr. Ramon Chavarro Casas '06 Ms. Hilary Scurlock '03 Dr. and Mrs. Mark L. Hudak ’71 Mr. Patrick Corkum '96 Mr. John Scurlock '06 Mr. and Mrs. Christopher J. Hug Mr. Joseph Fulliero '99 Mr. Jeffrey Slomski '02 Mr. and Mrs. Christopher R. Johnson Dr.Alicia ZuWallack Graves '94 Ms. Elizabeth Stafford '00 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Kearney ’74 Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Oates Mr. and Mrs. Kelly J. Kearney (Elizabeth Lynch '94)

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Alumni giving totals in each class year are reported in three ways. Participation rates indicate the number of donors in relation to the num- ber of “active” members, i.e. alumni with deliverable addresses. Total Class Contribution reflects gifts made to the NWC Fund (formerly known as the Annual Fund), along with gifts for capital or endowment purposes. The Annual Fund total represents gifts to the NWC Fund; these gifts are vital to our operations and help to fulfill our mission. Anne Pettit Conway Stephen Urban Class of 1965 Anniversary ($50.00 + ) Vincent Ferlini Mary-Rose Vasques 20% Participation (46 out of 229) Norma Fortier Ingram Karen Lagan McNamara Nicholas Walsh $58,355 Total Class Contribution John King Constance Merritt Anniversary ($50.00 + ) $9,855 to Annual Fund Margaret Burns Morrison James Donnelly Donors Doris Turgeon Ouimette Molly Rees Gavin Rev. Frascadore Society Carol Dalton Beach Margaret Linehan Skahill Patricia Hamilton ($25,000.00 + ) Joseph Davidson Thomas McGuire Laura Connelly Allen Gilberta Boucher Dugas Anniversary ($50.00 + ) Susan Wolfe Seigars Norene Osgood Haley Ann Cameron Mary Troiano Washburn Rev. Colton Society Stephen Keller Linda Goulet Curro Mary Ellen Malone White ($10,000.00 + ) Jeanne Tonucci Kelly Jane Henahan House Frank Genovese Neil Kelly Kenneth Kelly Donors Kathleen Collagan Wentworth Albert Lavoie Joan Buckley Matson Thomas Daddario Ralph Wentworth Everett Pelkey Michael Steeves James Danaher Joyce Corbin Roy Allicia Giuca Wertheim Patricia Danaher 1961 Society Jerome Salmon Joanne Warner Fyfe ($5,000.00 + ) William Shages Donors Laura Franco Jeppesen Cathleen Collins Janice McCutcheon Stelljes Gary Battiston Dorothy Hippe King Patricia Killington Thompson Armando Casals Sarah Sprogell Green & White Circle Noreen McNamara Waller Peter Fay ($2,500.00 + ) Joseph Woolley Margaret Clair Greenhut Christopher Wolf John Jordan Class of 1968 Susan Whalen McKeown Class of 1966 14% Participation (26 out of 185) Dominican Order Society Rosalie Wisniewski O'Neill $64,660 Total Class Contribution ($1,000.00 + ) 20% Participation (36 out of 183) Mary Campise Zdrojowy $13,460 to Annual Fund Robert Mulready $8,350 Total Class Contribution John Tuohy $4,850 to Annual Fund Class of 1967 Presidents’ Circle ($50,000.00 + ) Benefactors ($500.00 + ) Green & White Circle 19% Participation (33 out of 178) Mark Breen Clare McGuinness Drury ($2,500.00 + ) $4,260 Total Class Contribution Elaine Civittolo Wolf $4,260 to Annual Fund Rev. Colton Society Patrons ($250.00 + ) ($10,000.00 + ) Kenneth Carpenter Dominican Order Society Benefactors ($500.00 + ) Timothy Callahan Charles Drury ($1,000.00 + ) Richard Lamb Catherine Zunner Kennelly John Bracken Martha Smith Murphy Dominican Order Society Philip Lawton Mary Boucher Tuohy Marie Osborn ($1,000.00 + ) Susan Edmunds Staecker Patricia Welch William Collins Benefactors ($500.00 + ) Sponsors ($100.00 + ) Jeffrey Dowling Patrons ($250.00 + ) Benefactors ($500.00 + ) Marilyn Bacon Eugene Madara Barbara Curry Brimmer Thomas Clark Kenneth Cahill Jane Carangelo Slagle William Brimmer Mamella Murphy Wontka Brendan Durkin John Dowd Richard Wontka Stephen Ellis Patrons ($250.00 + ) L. Frank Marie Scully Gray Sponsors ($100.00 + ) Patrons ($250.00 + ) William Kerin Ronald Lapointe Patricia Halloran Barrie Miguel Satut Raymond Kinghorn Dennis Cardello James Leary Sponsors ($100.00 + ) Pamela Sullivan Christian Sponsors ($100.00 + ) James McGill Anonymous James Emswiler Kathleen Curry Jacqueline Beaupre Rozza Class of 1966 Reunion Gift Sally Calafiore Keefe Joseph Meny Ralph Roosevelt Sheila Navin Armour Charles Keefe David Miller Noreen Weaver Shawcross Donald Armour Robert Slusarz Robert Muzzulin Dennis Spurr John Bohannon Charleen Parent Taylor Maurice Turcotte Geoffrey Walker Nancy Dillon Cocchiola Margaret McCormack Urban

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Anniversary ($50.00 + ) Virginia Redden Boland The dedicated, fun-loving, and hardworking administra- Terence Donovan tors, teachers, coaches, and staff members in the Edmund Dunn Northwest Catholic community not only developed my Vincent Kraft academic and athletic abilities, but they also instilled val- Kathleen Moriarty Ramont ues such as the importance of good friendships, strong Mary Jordan Sanford Nancy Tantalo-McGuire communication skills, teamwork, leadership, and sports- John Tully manship. With this foundation, I was able to “give back” Diane Bachta Zalewski to the community what was given to me.

Donors Nancy Blaschinski -- William Mullady ‘66 Mary Ellen Sullivan Connors Hartford Board of Education John Facey Assistant Lacrosse and Field Hockey Coach, Anne Lagan Northwest Catholic Michael Schweihs

Daniel Montano Patrons ($250.00 + ) Class of 1969 Alexander Pezzulo Barbara Parutka Maffett Class of 1971 Janet Crowley Sackbauer Thomas Sheridan 17% Participation (36 out of 217) 14% Participation (26 out of 188) $14,865 Total Class Contribution Larry Sicard $13,130 Total Class Contribution $2,215 to Annual Fund Catherine Peck Tamburro Sponsors ($100.00 + ) $6,705 to Annual Fund John Tamburro Thomas Callahan Green & White Circle Robert Cleary Green & White Circle ($2,500.00 + ) Anniversary ($50.00 + ) Lorrie Devine ($2,500.00 + ) Joseph Navin David Downes Maureen Meaney Dietze Edward Jason Terrence O'Connell William Keenan David Fulton Mary Scott Marcia Bullard Keeney Sandra Dittman Mendes Dominican Order Society Jose Mendes ($1,000.00 + ) Dominican Order Society Donors James Moore Anonymous ($1,000.00 + ) Louise Lagueux Concodello James Mulshine Mark Hudak Edward Boudreau Ann Marie Faucher Corona E. Flynn O'Keefe Paul Kelly John Luby Dennis Dobruck Sandra Corthouts Petruccelli Gail Dionizio Lonczewski Geraldine Luksic Theresa Troiano Emery William Scully Patricia Romano McMahon Mary Molloy Johnson Michael Slusarz Benefactors ($500.00 + ) Monica Slusarz McKerracher Benefactors ($500.00 + ) Anonymous Stephen Pitura Anniversary ($50.00 + ) James Duffy Richard Tonino Kevin Prout David Acquaotta Jane Lennox Roberta Allison James Malone Patrons ($250.00 + ) Joseph Anderson Peter Murphy John Collins Class of 1970 Dennis Blaschinski Susan Gray 17% Participation (32 out of 183) Linda Borawski Patrons ($250.00 + ) Rene Lopez $9,995 Total Class Contribution Patricia McHugh Brynga Thomas Dudeck $9,995 to Annual Fund J. Michael Halloran Walter Ghent Sponsors ($100.00 + ) Liza Dunlay Marecek Margaret Bracken Cherchia 1961 Society Andrea Gerich Miller Sponsors ($100.00 + ) Thomas Chrosniak ($5,000.00 + ) Arthur Poliquin Thomas Burton Anne Ryan Degnan Elizabeth Collins Barton Barry Emswiler Nancy Tuohy Frobel Donors Robert Griffin Katherine Bowie Green Green & White Circle Lillian Hewston Diachenko Donna Anderson Halloran ($2,500.00 + ) Wayne Levasseur Linda Whalen Kocha Anne Danaher Connelly Ellen Maguire Martinelli Robin Williams Larkin James Martinelli Kathleen Meaney

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Anniversary ($50.00 + ) Patrons ($250.00 + ) Donors Patrons ($250.00 + ) Anonymous Barbara Blanchfield Carpenter Gerard Boucher Nancy Scully Bannon Christine Gibson Joan Sennett Compagna Albert Callahan Michael Hughes Susan Gworek Susan Devine Dick Herve Gelinas John Kelly Mary Bellizzi Halloran Richard Malone Kevin Gherard Dona Silvestri Manuck Daniel Mara Douglas Guimond Sponsors ($100.00 + ) Terence McGuire Mary Ellen Burke Nichols Kathleen Tracey LaChance Eugene Cronin Jamie Dernbach Potkai Maureen O'Brien Donald Perrault Margaret Keller-Derby Gregory Ruffy Jean Sennett Michael Klimas Mary Quinn Spillane Robert Shangraw Sharon Maloney Barbara Beck Stiles Class of 1973 Ellen Callahan O'Connor Sponsors ($100.00 + ) 24% Participation (39 out of 162) Susan Heslin Quish Donors Leonard Burke $31,182.97 Total Class William Quish Marie Giedraitis-Edgar Sandra Fanelli Cannone Contribution Roberta O'Brien Stimpson Mary Pat Daniels Dunbar $10,630 to Annual Fund Michael Tyler Joseph Fleming Margaret McElaney Woolley Class of 1972 Mary-Ellen Hennessey Gerardi Rev. Colton Society ($10,000.00 + ) 24% Participation (46 out of 193) James Gorman Anniversary ($50.00 + ) $16,695 Total Class Contribution Mark Hagarty Russell Morrisett Bradford Brimmer $9,560 to Annual Fund Lucinda Harris Patricia Hart Brodeur Gary Jachym Green & White Circle Kenneth Goroshko Green & White Circle Joanne Rees Kaczor ($2,500.00 + ) Elizabeth Graves ($2,500.00 + ) Karla D'Onofrio Ludwig Rosemary Navin Dowd Violette Haldane Philip Bonee Kevin McGuire Nancy Chesnut Gautier Robert Leeds Christopher Perigard Timothy McGuire Peter Lesiczka Dominican Order Society Mary Randall Susan Hickey McCabe ($1,000.00 + ) James Sarr Dominican Order Society Maureen Fitzgerald Norton Philip Bieluch Bruce Woolley ($1,000.00 + ) Arthur Brickley Gail Davis Cardwell Donors Catherine Finley Colli Anniversary ($50.00 + ) George Colli Elizabeth Curry Michael Coursey Mary Lou Angelastro James McCloskey Janet Descoteaux DeAngelo John DeAngelis Jerome Schierberl Karen Mastrandrea DeBari William Fiocchetta Joseph Turner Benefactors ($500.00 + ) Laurier Fillion Terrence Lescoe Jacqueline Lapenta Wasta Timothy Bourret Sylvie Veilleux Fillion Mark Lennox Kathleen O'Connor Benefactors ($500.00 + ) Anthony Mascolo Timothy Shangraw Mary Lou Tuohy Duffy John Phelan

Northwest Catholic instills a long-standing sense of community in its students. Its holis- tic approach to learning -- encouraging students to grow their minds, bodies and souls alike -- prepares them to tackle personal and professional challenges arising throughout their lives. The School’s ability to stimulate intellectual curiosity while also emphasizing compassion for others benefits not just its students, but all of the communities in which they interact. Northwest Catholic’s positive spirit is contagious and has blessed me with my most cherished lifelong friendships.There is no greater compliment to any institution than its outstanding capability to foster genuine kindness, lasting friendships and a true sense of community in its students. Northwest Catholic High School has mastered this.

-- Gail Davis Cardwell ‘73 President & CEO MHI (Manufactured Housing Institute) Arlington,VA

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For some reason, perhaps it was divine providence, I knew in 8th grade I needed to attend Northwest Catholic I grew up in the Elmwood section of West Hartford and the kids I was hanging around with, let’s just say, were not on a great track educationally. Had I continued on this track, well, I just can’t imagine where I’d be today. I knew I needed the discipline, aca- demic rigor and the religious-based value system that Northwest Catholic had to offer. Northwest Catholic truly changed my life. It prepared me for the academic challenges of Wesleyan University and ultimately Harvard Business School. Whatever success I have achieved, it was built on a foundation of a loving family, great friends, and the caring teachers and demanding coaches of Northwest Catholic. I am very grateful to the School, and in my heart, will forever be a Northwest Catholic Indian. -- Dennis Robinson ‘75 Sr.Vice President, National Basketball Association New York, NY

Donors Anniversary ($50.00 + ) Dominican Order Society Class of 1974 Thomas Davoren Sandra Benson ($1,000.00 + ) 14% Participation (25 out of 174) Ann Marie O'Neil Davoren Sheri Williams Connelly Thomas Donohue $33,832.36 Total Class Contribution Gerard Donohue Joseph Darman Bridget Walsh Moses $25,582.36 to Annual Fund Susan Grimes Melanie Wentworth Dumont Bruce Jachym Jacqueline Johnson Benefactors ($500.00 + ) Rev. Frascadore Society Ida McGhee Maureen Keefe Theresa Notte Becker ($25,000.00 + ) Kathleen Beatty Palma Kenneth Eilers Michael Eagan Donors Mary Schiffer Jones Geralyn Tuohy Eagan Leonard Discenza Class of 1975 Cristina Creamer Downes Sponsors ($100.00 + ) Green & White Circle 20% Participation (33 out of 164) Kathleen Dzenyuy Anthony Donatelli ($2,500.00 + ) $3,975 Total Class Contribution Vladimir Kalas David Dupuis James Turner $2,725 to Annual Fund Mary Ellen Leahy Patrice Preston Heslin Terry Caruso Michalman John Heslin Dominican Order Society Dominican Order Society Donald O'Connor Ellen Guillet Kelleher ($1,000.00 + ) ($1,000.00 + ) Peggy O'Neil O'Neil-Murphy Jean Lambertson Nowak Thomas Kearney Maura Ann Kearney Malliet Judith Brennan Oulundsen Gloria Maradie Reddy Peter Malliet Margaret Wilkinson Petitjean Maura Hennessy Shaw Benefactors ($500.00 + ) Susan Shea Cynthia Killian Dodd Benefactors ($500.00 + ) Paul Tetreault Anniversary ($50.00 + ) Justin Fox Michelle Maglaty Mostello Robertina Saltibus Analo Robert Keefe Jennifer Albert Didier Patrons ($250.00 + ) Class of 1976 Duane Haley Patrons ($250.00 + ) Dennis Robinson 19% Participation (27 out of 143) Eleanor Hart Stephen Balkun Lynn Smith $12,955 Total Class Contribution John Simoneau $8,755 to Annual Fund Mark Smith Sponsors ($100.00 + ) Sponsors ($100.00 + ) Mary Rice Sternberg Victor Pileika Richard Cobb 1961 Society Jeffrey Walsh Andrew Resnisky Theresa Desjardins Cobb ($5,000.00 + ) Joan O'Brien Wildfeuer Irene Piccione Resnisky Michael Flaherty Michael Shangraw Donors Robert Giuliano Paula Frothingham Anniversary ($50.00 + ) Catherine Gobes Green & White Circle Noreen Holmes Giannini Claudette Brousseau Cigich Jacqueline Bisson Gustafson ($2,500.00 + ) Deborah Samolyk MacMillan Anita Dal Ponte Carolyn Hughes LaMonaca Gerard Mullane Geraldine Morrissey Duncan John Lyons Judith Preston Francis John Roth Elise Greenfield Furman Linda Martin Wood Michael O'Brien Robert Strano

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Class of 1977 Class of 1978 Class of 1979 Class of 1980

15% Participation (29 out of 190) 15% Participation (27 out of 184) 22% Participation (36 out of 166) 11% Participation (19 out of 166) $12,507.50 Total Class Contribution $14,362.50 Total Class Contribution $4,950 Total Class Contribution $12,850 Total Class Contribution $8,407.50 to Annual Fund $9,362.50 to Annual Fund $4,950 to Annual Fund $7,750 to Annual Fund

1961 Society 1961 Society Dominican Order Society Rev. Colton Society ($5,000.00 + ) ($5,000.00 + ) ($1,000.00 + ) ($10,000.00 + ) Danielle Schiffer William Doran Craig Hudak Carol Dupuis Haylon Andruszkiewicz Green & White Circle Benefactors ($500.00 + ) Benefactors ($500.00 + ) Dominican Order Society ($2,500.00 + ) John Flannery Patricia Bray ($1,000.00 + ) Kevin Grenham William Scully Mark Boya Suzanne Dumont Navin Patrons ($250.00 + ) George Curry Paul Bisson Patrons ($250.00 + ) Kerry Kearns Curry Dominican Order Society Shawn Daly Joan Janiszewski Karas ($1,000.00 + ) Andrew Kearns Kevin Quinn Benefactors ($500.00 + ) Claudia Hart Maura McNally Kearns James Brewer Mary Muccio Sponsors ($100.00 + ) Michael Deneen Benefactors ($500.00 + ) Charles Andrew Mark Molloy Sara Grady Corcoran Sponsors ($100.00 + ) Deirdre Walsh Crowell William Balcezak William Denton Patrons ($250.00 + ) Patrons ($250.00 + ) Sharon Tracey Barrett Bridget Cassell Dunn Elizabeth Hemond Cannone Anne Dante Carroll Antonietta Zullo Carreira Dwight Edwards Maureen Davis Grabowski Jean Donnelly Molloy Jeffrey Casey Barbara Lennon Hooper Vicki Shangraw Kvedar Christopher Deneen Lori Boya Lusardi Sally Scully Sponsors ($100.00 + ) Susan Smith Dolan Colleen Brewer Moore Mary Anne Francoeur Maureen McGoldrick Hann Kevin Walsh Sponsors ($100.00 + ) Baldassarre Robert Hilliard Michael Cobb Angela Coco Cecil Hudson Anniversary ($50.00 + ) Carl Frobel Martha Fanning Erickson Nancy Sinsigalli Nardone Mary Cobb Gothers Brian Gorman Michael Morris David Pastula Elizabeth Haley Howard Cathleen Fox Laffin James O'Toole Edward Pilkington Robert Hyatt Timothy O'Brien Maryann Sheehan Schuppe James Scully Diane Berube Purcell Jan van der Werff Ann Flaherty Steinle Donors Michael Riley Peter Vaphiades Elizabeth Rodgers Lomedico Thomas Selig Anniversary ($50.00 + ) Lisa Sumpter Lowe Tom Bisson Anniversary ($50.00 + ) Anniversary ($50.00 + ) Anne O'Connor Hutchins Margaret Randall Brodeur Mary Malloy Brotman James Lester Patrick Daly Class of 1981 Kevin Hughes Kevin McHugh Richard Hemond 9% Participation (16 out of 171) Laura Kelly Kathleen Lennon Newman Deborah Belch Lyon $3,350 Total Class Contribution Maura Walsh O'Brien Daniel Walsh Edward Maguire $1,350 to Annual Fund J. Thaddeus Rice Mary Dunn Miner John Turner Donors Kathleen Ohlheiser Murray Dominican Order Society Andrew Clarke ($1,000.00 + ) Donors Nadine Crispino Durkin Donors Timothy Venora William Dougherty Robert Kay Joseph Coleman Elisa Craemer Genovese Ellen McGuire Kelly Frances Giuliano DiFiore Patrons ($250.00 + ) Nancy Davis Mainelli Kathleen Meany Kerchaert Craig Eilers Diane Sisk Tretton Anne Davoren O'Gorman James Lovkay Veronica Kulig Kevin Wholey Robert Melanson Sponsors ($100.00 + ) Craig Mendola Linda Rusconi Andrew Michael Morgan Eileen Brennan Deneen Bernadette Keefe Dore Elaine Coco Dunie

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Suzanne Wise King Anniversary ($50.00 + ) Sandra Murray Hayes Kara Cunningham Langan Class of 1983 Jeffrey Batson Julie Shea Holt Karen Rodgers Miller 5% Participation (10 out of 185) Kathleen Quinn Votaw $1,415 Total Class Contribution Class of 1986 Anniversary ($50.00 + ) $1,415 to Annual Fund Donors Michele Cavanagh Burris Sharon Sweeney Bruce 12% Participation (15 out of 129) Elizabeth Bartus Cahill Patrons ($250.00 + ) Patricia Keightley Dabney $11,165 Total Class Contribution Susan Silvester Duncan G. Thomas Marshall Maura Travers Douglas $2,365 to Annual Fund Michael Griffin Kelly Murray Ellen Shea Gilhooly Maria Scotti Scotti-Laifer Annemarie Smith Suzanne Violette Hilborn 1961 Society ($5,000.00 + ) Donors Sponsors ($100.00 + ) John Berry Kathi Shangraw Cotugno Edward Connors Class of 1985 Lauren Kramer Murphy Matthew Marafino 9% Participation (15 out of 166) Dominican Order Society Maureen Townsend $2,110 Total Class Contribution ($1,000.00 + ) $1,110 to Annual Fund Franklyn Chang Class of 1982 Anniversary ($50.00 + ) 9% Participation (16 out of 187) Timothy Flanagan Dominican Order Society Patrons ($250.00 + ) $12,475 Total Class Contribution Jill Gagne Manners ($1,000.00 + ) Scott Thresher $3,525 to Annual Fund Michael Sisk Donors Sponsors ($100.00 + ) 1961 Society Tammy Mendes Snyder Sponsors ($100.00 + ) Leslie DeMaio Costello ($5,000.00 + ) Lisa Walczewski Souza Robert Chesner Jennifer Schiffer Freeh James Hudak Amy DiPippo Connors Kathryn Van Bramer Palmer Kathleen Shima O'Brien James Quagliaroli Dominican Order Society Class of 1984 Patricia Hayes Reyda Rosemarie Liss Sughrue ($1,000.00 + ) 9% Participation (12 out of 138) Michael Shea Marie DeMaio Mansolillo $882.50 Total Class Contribution Royd Vassiljev Anniversary ($50.00 + ) $882.50 to Annual Fund Yvonne Shank Jackson Benefactors ($500.00 + ) Anniversary ($50.00 + ) Katherine Schave Margaret Eagan Patrons ($250.00 + ) Ronald Brunner Julie Flaherty Livingstone Eileen Walsh Neubert Donors Patrons ($250.00 + ) Andrew Schiffer Michael Collyer Martha Lennox Hickey Sponsors ($100.00 + ) Margaret Guertin Schubach Maureen Fenton Christopher Kearns Donald J. Melanson Amy Blake Hornish Sharon Kristofak McHale Maribeth Brewer Morrissey Donors Kristen McCullen Strain Katherine Parker James O'Brien Anonymous Lisa Wojtowicz Wood Patricia Randall Taylor Johanna Goodrich Goetcheus Sponsors ($100.00 + ) Thomas Brewer Susan Pastula D'Anna For me, Northwest Catholic was all about developing as a Sharon Royce Dempsey student, as an athlete, and as a person. Northwest Catholic Catherine O'Toole Denton more than made its mark on me in all three categories, and Kerry Casey Kelley I am very thankful. If you give your personal best there, Susan Shimkus Lemkuil the benefits are endless and measurable…"Diversity" is a Eric Peterson word that gets thrown around in today's world far too often, but at Northwest Catholic, diversity is truly at work. Anniversary ($50.00 + ) The benefits and importance of learning and developing in Cheryl Weissenburger Blough that atmosphere are hard to measure, but simply ask, hire David Blough or spend some quality time with someone from Northwest Catholic, and it becomes clear!

-- John T. Berry ‘86 Director,Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC Boston, MA

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Class of 1987 Attending Northwest Catholic was a tremendous oppor- tunity and left a lasting impact on who I am today. The 6% Participation (7 out of 117) school complemented and expanded on the work my par- $800 Total Class Contribution ents did in raising me and preparing me for life. The $800 to Annual Fund Northwest Catholic community and faculty reinforced my value set and priorities while challenging me to reach my Patrons ($250.00 + ) full potential both academically and personally. Michele Lattanzi Paul Lynne Chesner Torbeck – Daniel Sisk ‘90 Senior Market Manager Sponsors ($100.00 + ) UNUM Provident Michael Remigino Columbia, MD Anniversary ($50.00 + ) Suzanne Liss Kathryn Williams Cochrane Sponsors ($100.00 + ) Mark Stevenson Marc Piergrossi Class of 1994 George Oprica Rachel Ginnetti Tressy Donors Richard Tressy 13% Participation (9 out of 68) Jennifer Snyder Carra $1,350 Total Class Contribution Donors Amy Powers $870 to Annual Fund Sarah Griffin Casper Class of 1988 Mary Beth Sweeney Patrons ($250.00 + ) 11% Participation (12 out of 111) Class of 1990 Alicia ZuWallack Graves $8,075 Total Class Contribution Elizabeth Lynch Oates Class of 1997 $3,075 to Annual Fund 5% Participation (3 out of 61) $12,700 Total Class Contribution 5% Participation (4 out of 85) $200 to Annual Fund Sponsors ($100.00 + ) 1961 Society $475 Total Class Contribution Jonathan Reed $275 to Annual Fund ($5,000.00 + ) Rev. Colton Society Jeffrey Soto John Makuch ($10,000.00 + ) Byron Thresher Sponsors ($100.00 + ) Daniel Sisk John Wilson Amy Griffin Dominican Order Society Kyla McMahon ($1,000.00 + ) Sponsors ($100.00 + ) Anniversary ($50.00 + ) Kevin Baker Elizabeth Gies Schuck Eric Michaud Anniversary ($50.00 + ) Paul Sullivan Danielle Watt Benefactors ($500.00 + ) Donors Scott Bennett Class of 1991 Gerard Bielinski Donors Mark Murnane 4% Participation (2 out of 47) Elise Guidobono Garbeck Amaris Mendez Sponsors ($100.00 + ) $105 Total Class Contribution Linda Krein Cullen $105 to Annual Fund Class of 1995 Class of 1998 James Cullen Anniversary ($50.00 + ) Karen Whittel Lavoie 4% Participation (3 out of 83) 2% Participation (2 out of 120) Lauren Shukie McHugh Peter Lavoie $125 Total Class Contribution $75 Total Class Contribution Elizabeth Guertin Regan $125 to Annual Fund $75 to Annual Fund Donors Jennifer Guertin Shockley Anniversary ($50.00 + ) Anniversary ($50.00 + ) Anniversary ($50.00 + ) David Marceau Katherine Santos Hawkom Daniel Leahy John Shukie Jennifer Samolyk Class of 1993 Michelle L. Thresher Donors 1% Participation (1 out of 95) Donors John Quinn $15 Total Class Contribution Jason Lambert Class of 1989 $15 to Annual Fund Class of 1999 6% Participation (5 out of 82) Class of 1996 Donors 8% Participation (10 out of 124) $434 Total Class Contribution Sal Guerrieri $434 to Annual Fund 5% Participation (4 out of 75) $555 Total Class Contribution $500 Total Class Contribution $555 to Annual Fund Patrons ($250.00 + ) $500 to Annual Fund Margaret Hennessy Knight Sponsors ($100.00 + ) Patrons ($250.00 + ) Anniversary ($50.00 + ) Kathleen Kennelly Breitenwischer Patrick Corkum

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Joseph Fulliero Sarah Driscoll Christina Boling Justin Smith Class of 2002 David Johnson Matthew Bossi 2% Participation (3 out of 137) Kara Boucher Donors $130 Total Class Contribution Class of 2005 Michael Bourdon Kelly Carpenter $130 to Annual Fund Alyson Cannone Karen Crozier 2% Participation (4 out of 168) Maeve Daly Jill Carpenter Devor Sponsors ($100.00 + ) $110 Total Class Contribution Robert Dornfried Niamh O'Leary Jeffrey Slomski $110 to Annual Fund Samuel Dusza Amanda Vacca-Bartley Kate Flaherty Nigel Williams Donors Anniversary ($50.00 + ) Deirdre Graham Patrick Williamson Emily Phillips Michael Lichniak Adam Grant Christopher Thorner Danielle Griffiths Class of 2000 Donors Danita Griffiths Class of 2003 Peter Bourdon Sarah Hebert 2% Participation (2 out of 119) Nicholas Lorenzo Jennifer Horn Jesse Hoyer $210 Total Class Contribution 5% Participation (7 out of 136) Timothy Rooney $210 to Annual Fund $230 Total Class Contribution Clayton Jason $230 to Annual Fund Meghan Kiley Sponsors ($100.00 + ) Class of 2006 Christopher Knortz Michael Kugler Elizabeth Stafford Sponsors ($100.00 + ) 3% Participation (4 out of 144) Hilary Scurlock $235 Total Class Contribution Justin Lorenzo Donors $235 to Annual Fund Michael Ludlow Jennifer DiMarzo Anniversary ($50.00 + ) Elizabeth Manly Joshua Sider Sponsors - ($100.00 + ) Andrea Manzanares Ramon Chavarro Casas Robert Marandino Class of 2001 Donors John Scurlock Veronica Marquis Mary McCormack 5% Participation (6 out of 118) Ari Barnett $200 Total Class Contribution Timothy Bourdon Donors Stephanie Merkel $200 to Annual Fund Nicole Krupa William Bissell Daniel Mitchell Jennie Quinn Rachel Driscoll Marybeth Mitsch Anniversary ($50.00 + ) Kate Thorner Margaret Molloy Stephen Shukie Camille Moore Justin Sider Class of 2007 Robert O'Brien Class of 2004 Chrisovalantis Platsis 31% Participation (45 out of 144) Katherine Purple Donors 3% Participation (4 out of 128) $49 Total Class Contribution Danielle Appel $115 Total Class Contribution $49 to Annual Fund Jan Radomski Cara McNamara $115 to Annual Fund Danielle Riley Delroy Ross Donors Alisha Roller Christine Willey Donors Kara Allard Erica Sands Molly Andruszkiewicz Kevin Ayotte Keegan Shepardson Meghan Bissell Stephen Bodell Kathleen Spignesi David Tomolonis

While Northwest Catholic offered a challenging academic environment that prepared me well for college and professional life, the most important lessons were those I learned about being a part of a community. Northwest provided a diverse school envi- ronment, enriching our lives with people of all races, ethnicities and economic back- grounds.We graduated with an appreciation for each person and the contribution they make to our community and the understanding that we are responsible for helping make our community a better place. These are life lessons not taught in a book, but shown by example and demonstrated by faith. -- Elizabeth Stafford ‘00 Finance Director, Connecticut Republicans Hartford, CT

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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 education experience we are able to provide the students we serve. Rev. Frascadore Society Mr. and Mrs. Lucien J. Cance Patrons ($250.00 + ) ($25,000.00 + ) Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Clark Mr. and Mrs. William Collins '68 Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Michael O. Eagan ’74 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Condon Anonymous (Geralyn Tuohy '74) Mr. and Mrs. Kevin W. Conway Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Aponte Dr. and Mrs. George B. Curry '77 Dr. and Mrs. Stephen J. Balkun '74 Rev. Colton Society ($10,000.00 + ) (Kerry Kearns '77) Mr. and Mrs. Allen P. Bellefleur Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Dornfried, Jr. Mr. Robert J. Buckley and Mrs. Noreen Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Bourdon Mr. Mark Drusedum & Ms. Molly Knorr Branley-Buckley Mr. and Mrs. Giuliano DiFrancesco Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Filomeno Mr. and Mrs. Clifford A. Buell Mr. and Mrs. John M. Hughes Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Filomeno Mr. and Mrs. John N. Cannone Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Paternoster Dr. and Mrs. John T. Fitzpatrick (Elizabeth Hemond '77) Mr. John Randazzo Mr. Thomas Freund & Ms. Diane Mineck Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Ciotto Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Roller Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Gilbert Mr. and Mrs. Michael T. Conway Mr. and Mrs. Louis F. Godbout Mr. and Mrs. Donald M. Desiderato 1961 Society ($5,000.00 + ) Dr. and Dr. Neville J. Graham Dr. and Ms. Richard Duenas Mr. and Mrs. R. Nelson Griebel Mr. and Mrs. Dennis F. Durao Mr. and Mrs. Peter Andruszkiewicz Mr. and Mrs. Christopher J. Hug Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Flaherty (Danielle Schiffer '77) Mr. and Mrs. Kelly J. Kearney Mr. and Mrs. Philip B. Hopkins Mr. and Mrs. Michael Barton Mr. and Mrs. John F. Kennedy Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Hunter (Elizabeth Collins '70) Dr. and Dr. Richard L. Kuntz Mr. and Mrs. Christopher A. Italia Mr. and Mrs. Paul M. Finigan Mr. and Mrs. Wells Lindsay Atty. and Mrs. Andrew E. Kearns '79 Mr. and Mrs. Michael L. Golic Mr. and Mrs. Peter T. Malliet (Maura McNally '79) Mr. and Mrs. David C. Knortz (Maura Ann Kearney '75) Mr. and Mrs. Patrick A. Lemp Mr. and Mrs. Kevin B. Lathrop Mr. and Mrs. Scott Mansolillo Mr. and Mrs. Peter J. Mas (Marie DeMaio '82) Mr. and Mrs. David M. Oleasz Green & White Circle ($2,500.00 + ) Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. McAndrews Mr. and Mrs. Carl G. Rosensweig Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Mortillaro Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Savary Mr. and Mrs. Philip M. Bonee '72 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Murphy Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey A. Scobee Mr. and Mrs. Augusto R. Gautier Mr. and Mrs. John H. Quinn, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Sullivan (Nancy Chesnut '73) Dr. and Mrs. Martin C. Seremet Mr. and Mrs. Thomas K. Varney Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. Jason '71 Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Spignesi Mr. Michael Young & Dr. Lisa Jordan-Young Mr. Michael McKeon and Mr. and Mrs. Scott C. Strid Ms. Joan Keating-McKeon Dr. and Mrs. Paul V. Vignati Sponsors ($100.00 + ) Mr. Matthew H. Lynch & Ms. Susan Banks Mr. and Mrs. William J. Walsh Mrs. Gail McCue Mr. and Mrs. Brian D. Williamson Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Ayotte Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. McGuire '73 Mr. and Mrs. William J. Backhaus Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Merkel Benefactors ($500.00 + ) Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Baldassarre Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Navin, Jr. '69 (Mary Anne Francoeur '78) (Suzanne Dumont '78) Mr. and Mrs. Michael P. Dahlem Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Banville Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. O'Hara Atty. and Mrs. Michael P. Deneen '77 Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Battaglia Mr. and Mrs. Michael Pariano Mr. and Mrs. Justin C. Fox '74 Mr. and Mrs. Daniel C. Benusis Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey E. Wagoner Ms. Laurie Kennedy Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bianchet Mr. and Mrs. Steven W. Krupa Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bona Dominican Order Society Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Ludlow Mr. Peter J. Boorman and Ms. Lyn Connery ($1,000.00 + ) Mr. and Mrs. Peter Marandino Mr. and Mrs. Paulo Carreira Mr. and Mrs. James Mitsch (Antonietta Zullo '79) Mr. and Mrs. Richard Beckerman Mr. and Mrs. Mark C. Molloy '77 Mrs. Mary Casas-Chavarro Mr. and Mrs. David Bonney Mr. and Mrs. Herbert J. Shepardson Mr. and Mrs. Allen Chin Mr. and Mrs. Mark W. Boya '77 Mr. and Ms. Michael J. Wagner Mr. and Mrs. John A. Christina Mr. and Mrs. Arthur W. Brickley Jr. '72 Dr. Susan M. Wiskowski Mr. and Mrs. Michael F. Clapis Mr. Joseph G. Buda and Mr. and Mrs. Timothy T. Corey Ms. Linda Moran-Buda Ms. Kathleen Crotty

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Mr. and Mrs. Christopher D. Deneen '79 Dr. and Dr. William Tracey Donors (Eileen Brennan '81) Mr. and Mrs. Michael F. Tyler '73 Mr. and Mrs. Michael P. Dombek Mr. Jan P. van der Werff '78 Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Donnelly Ms. Tracie L. Vicki Mr. and Mrs. Svetozar Alexandru Mr. and Mrs. Steven Erickson Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey J. Watts Dr. and Mrs. Todd A. Bell (Martha Fanning '78) Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Winland Ms. Sherril V. Brown-Cross Mr. Timothy Fitzgerald and Mr. and Mrs. Gregory T. Carter Ms. Margaret Collins Anniversary ($50.00 + ) Mr. and Mrs. Sung Chen Mr. and Mrs. Adelino J. Frazao Mrs. Sandra Cleary Mr. and Mrs. John F. Gauger, Jr. Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Connor Mr. and Ms. Alfred J. Masciocchi Mr. and Mrs. Sergey V. Arzumanov Mr. and Mrs. James J. Cronin Mr. and Mrs. Paul G. Grady, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James T. Bachteler Mrs. Kimberly D. Davis Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Greenberg Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Beaule Mr. Michael J. Davis Ms. Cynthia Gworek Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence F. Bissell Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth P. Durkin Mr. and Mrs. Pahlaj C. Harpaldas Mr. and Mrs. Winston A. Blake (Nadine P. Crispino '78) Mr. and Mrs. William F. Healey Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth L. Boin Mr. and Rev. James Frazier, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Henzler Mr. Joseph A. Bonfatto & Dr. and Mrs. Boris Garcia Mr. and Mrs. John W. Heslin '76 Ms. Corinne Kapp Mr. and Mrs. Russel Garcia (Tracey Preston '76) Mr. and Mrs. James M. Boucher Mr. and Mrs. Justin B. Gilhooly Mr. and Mrs. James W. Hull, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Bruskey (Ellen P. Shea '84) Mr. Dean W. Hummel Mr. and Mrs. Anthony R. Cicero Mr. and Mrs. Michael Grasso Mr. and Mrs. Gary R. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. James T. Clarke Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Hebert Mr. and Mrs. David A. Kallfelz Ms. Zofia Czyzycka Mr. and Mrs. William Hewlett Mr. and Mrs. Gary R. Kevorkian Mr. and Mrs. Francis M. Danahey, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James F. Hunter Mr. and Mrs. Michael Lacouture Mr. and Mrs. Manuel Duarte Mr. Andrew J. Kelly Mr. Alan E. Lake and Dr. Anne Pidano Mr. and Mrs. James Duncan Mrs. Elaine King Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. LaPorte (Susan Silvester '81) Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. Kudlacz Mr. and Mrs. James J. Leary '65 Dr. and Mrs. Kevin Flanagan Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Kugler Ms. Donna Lorenzo Ms. Gail Frye Mr. and Mrs. James T. Lane Mr. Nicholas Lorenzo Mr. and Ms. Thomas W. Gostyla Mr. and Mrs. Mark S. LeDuc Mr. and Mrs. Stephen G. Lusardi Mr. and Ms. William D. Haflin Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. Leonard (Lori C. Boya '80) Mr. Milton G. Jackson Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Malec Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Macchi Mr. and Mrs. Fabio Jimenez Mr. and Mrs. Morris E. Mansfield Mr. and Mrs. Steven Mackinnon Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Kinley Mr. Deryl R. Marrow & Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Marone Mr. and Mrs. Andrew P. Landsman Ms. Antoria Howard-Marrow Ms. Pearl Mendez Mr. Richard Lassiter Mr. and Mrs. James V. Martinelli '70 Mr. and Ms. Steve P. Milewski Mrs. Molly E. Loftus Ms. Colleen B. Michelson Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Mitchell Ms. Andrea E. Lombard Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Neagle Mr. and Mrs. David H. Moore Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Marquis Mr. and Mrs. Robert R. Nelson Mr. and Mrs. Walter Nuhfer Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Massaro Mr. and Mrs. James S. Olson Mr. and Mrs. James B. O'Toole Jr. '78 Mr. and Mrs. James McCormack Mr. and Mrs. John F. Olszewski Deacon and Mrs. James F. Papillo Mr. and Mrs. Paul Murray Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Paine Mr. and Mrs. Russell J. Pelton (Kathleen Ohlheiser '79) Mr. and Mrs. Harvey M. Pannell Sr. Mr. and Mrs. John Platsis Dr. and Mrs. Paul T. Picciano Mrs. Elizabeth Parody Mr. Michael Regan & Ms. Lynne Tuohy Mr. and Mrs. Wieslaw Pokusa Mr. and Mrs. Adam Powojski Mr. and Mrs. Michael Riley '77 Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. Richardson Ms. Anna Maria Salmeri Pherson Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Robinson Ms. Valerie E. Ricketts Mr. and Mrs. Joseph L. Salvio Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey R. Rode Mr. and Mrs. Michael Shelburne Mr. and Mrs. Richard Sands Dr. and Mrs. William M. Sanders Mr. and Mrs. Michael G. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Mark Scapellati Atty. and Mrs. Robert A. Scalise, Jr. Mrs. Regina C. Stewart Mr. and Mrs. Donald E. Shevchuk Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Selig '77 Mrs. Gloria L. Williams Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Siegel Mr. and Mrs. James J. Shea Mr. and Mrs. Joel D. Willis Mrs. Jamillia S. Stewart Mr. Hyuntack Shin & Mrs. Joungsoon Huh Mr. and Mrs. Alfred J. Tanguay Ms. Paulette Simon Mr. and Mrs. George E. Tuite Mr. Yawo L. Simpini Mr. Joseph A. Whalen Mr. David P. Yarger & Mrs. Lauren Yarger

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Rev. Colton Society ($10,000.00 + ) Mr. Thomas M. Driscoll and Mrs. Patricia A. Teufel-Driscoll Benefactors ($500.00 + ) Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Shima Mr. and Mrs. F. Owen Eagan Mr. and Mrs. John A. Facey Mr. William Brewer, Jr. 1961 Society ($5,000.00 + ) Dr. and Mrs. Michael S. Griffin Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hanks Mr. and Mrs. Christopher R. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Mark Ricciardelli Mr. and Mrs. Dennis J. Lubozynski Mr. and Mrs. Philip F. Kelly Mr. and Mrs. John W. Sitarz Mr. and Mrs. William T. Miller Mr. and Mrs. Frederick S. Lenz, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Magistri Patrons ($250.00 + ) Green & White Circle ($2,500.00 + ) Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. McGoldrick Mr. William D. Molloy, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Attianese Mr. David Berges Dr. and Mrs. Liam P. O'Leary Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Battersby, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Wes Cooper Mr. and Mrs. Joseph G. O'Rourke Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Bouvier Mr. Walter J. Dyber Mr. and Mrs. John J. Quinn Mrs. Anne Burke Mr. and Mrs. Joseph W. Quinn Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Callahan Dominican Order Society Mr. Joseph Reese Mr. and Mrs. Carlo Fusco ($1,000.00 + ) Mrs. Mary Louise Roland Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Horton Sr. Mr. and Mrs. George H. Scurlock Mr. and Mrs. Albert Lennox Mr. and Mrs. Winston Barrett Mr. and Mrs. John C. Shukie Mr. and Mrs. William C. Lichtenfels Mrs. Catherine Brewer Dr. and Mrs. Richard G. Sider Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Lynch Mr. and Mrs. Philip Carpenter Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Sullivan Mr. H. Russell Ohlheiser, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Edward R. Cowles Anita & Colby Thresher Mr. and Mrs. Al Phillips Mrs. Josephine C. Rovaldi Mr. and Mrs. H. Michael Schiffer Dr. and Mrs. Michael S. Tosatti, DMD Judge and Mrs. Richard A. Walsh Mr. and Mrs. William W. Walsh Mr. Roger Williams

Sponsors ($100.00 + )

Anonymous Anonymous Anonymous Mrs. Eileen Allard Mr. and Mrs. Balford Anderson Mr. William F. Baker Mrs. Elisa Barbarese Mrs. Janet D. Berry Mr. Richard Berry Jr. Mr. and Mrs. George W. Brazel Mr. and Mrs. Rae C. Bremner Mr. and Mrs. John Brett Mr. and Mrs. Albert J. Callahan Mr. and Mrs. Alan F. Casey, Sr. Mrs. Paula Casey Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Cavanagh Mr. and Mrs. Mark Cenci Mr. and Mrs. David Cloud Dr. and Mrs. Richard J. Cobb Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Collyer Mr. and Mrs. Walter B. Connolly Mr. and Mrs. James G. Corbalis Mrs. Beverly M. K. Curry Cheered on by their classmates, boys from the Class of ’10 are determined to prevail at Mrs. Ann M. Davis tug-of-war during Field Day in May 2007. Mr. and Mrs. John Glenn Decker

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Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas DeNapoli Mr. and Mrs. Francis A. DiPippo Ms. Eileen Donaghey Mr. and Mrs. Brian G. Donnelly Dr. and Mrs. William E. Dowden Mrs. Mary E. Dube Mrs. Lorraine Florio-Olson Mr. and Mrs. Roland M. Francoeur Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Fusick Mr. and Mrs. William C. Galligan Mr. and Mrs. John F. Gies Mr. and Mrs. Lincoln Godfrey Mr. and Mrs. Paul G. Grady, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Paul Grimes Mr. and Mrs. John Guedes Mrs. Helen M. Gworek Mr. and Mrs. Duane Haley Mr. and Mrs. Stephen J. Hansen Mrs. Helen S. Hill Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Hilliard, Sr. Mrs. Eileen S. Horan Dr. and Mrs. Alois Kallfelz Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Kowalczyk Mr. and Mrs. Eugeniusz Lichniak Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Malloy Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Melanson Northwest Catholic’s cheerleaders are among the school’s most ardent fans. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen J. Myott Mr. and Mrs. Arthur B. O'Donnell Mrs. Marjorie Palm Anniversary ($50.00 + ) Ms. Rosita Creamer Mr. and Mrs. Louis Pellino Dr. and Mrs. David Crombie Mr. and Mrs. William F. Powers, Jr. Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Cronin Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Quinn, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. David C. Allabaugh Mr. and Mrs. Frank D'Addabbo Mr. Paul Reardon Mr. and Mrs. Baxter Atkinson Mr. and Mrs. Richard Daly Mr. Philip Rensen Mr. and Mrs. Waldemar J. Bak Mr. and Mrs. Larry W. Delphia Mr. and Mrs. Paul Rothman Mrs. Helen Batayte Mr. and Mrs. John E. Donnelly Mrs. Corrie Sadler Mrs. Lucille J. Bellizzi Mr. William R. Eckert, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Salvatore Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Beneski Mr. and Mrs. Donald Fenton Mr. and Mrs. Edward O. Sandberg Mrs. Sharran Bennett Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Goicochea Mr. and Mrs. Mark Schmidt Mrs. Deborah Berry Mr. Edward Gray and Mrs. Laurel Mrs. Elizabeth Scully Mr. and Mrs. Edward Blaschinski McDonald Gray Mrs. Barbara Selig Mr. and Mrs. Floran J. Boland Mrs. Helen D. Gray Mr. and Mrs. John R. Shaughnessy Mr. and Mrs. Richard Boorjian Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Greenfield, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond M. Sisk Mrs. Mary Bowie Mr. and Mrs. David Greenwood Mr. and Mrs. Peter Slomski, Jr. Mrs. Rita Brassil Mrs. Kathleen Hart Mr. and Ms. Michael St. Denis Mr. and Mrs. Warren A. Cardone Mr. and Mrs. George Hayes, III Ms. Janet Stone & Mr. Michael Selissen Mr. and Mrs. Mark B. Caron Mrs. Theresa M. Horan Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Sullivan Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Carr Mr. and Mrs. Errol F. Hosein Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Sullivan Mr. and Mrs. Martin J. Carroll Mr. and Mrs. Edward Jagielski, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Swetcky, Jr. Mrs. Mary Chamberland Mr. and Mrs. Stephen G. Kristofak, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Tanner Ms. Donna Charette Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth R. Kudla Mr. and Mrs. John F. Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Attilio Cianfaglione Mr. and Mrs. Jack G. Liner Mr. and Mrs. James F. Tuohy Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Ciccaglione Mr. and Mrs. Douglas Maus Mr. and Mrs. Maurice J. Walsh Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Cieri Mrs. Mildred May Mr. and Mrs. Bertrand Williams Mr. and Mrs. Jack J. Coco Mr. and Mrs. John J. McMahon Mr. and Mrs. Glenn J. Zaugg Mrs. Elizabeth Concannon Ms. Susan McNamara

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Mr. and Mrs. Michael Nelson Donors Mr. and Mrs. Andrew C. DeVito Mr. Nicholas Notte, Sr. Mrs. Marguerite W. Dionizio Dr. and Mrs. George B. Odlum, Jr. Anonymous Mrs. Vincy C. Discenza Mr. John Ogilvie Mr. and Mrs. Martin F. Adams Mrs. Joan B. Drury Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Ozark Mr. Louis Albert Mrs. Yolande Dumont Mr. and Mrs. Michael Paparella Mr. Bruce Althen Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Dunlea Mr. and Mrs. John E. Pearson Mrs. Helen M. Archambault Mrs. Elizabeth W. Egan Mr. and Mrs. Steven Pincott Mr. and Mrs. James F. Barry, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Dale Evans Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Pinney Mr. and Mrs. William H. Barry Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Fairbairn Ms. Barbara K. Pulito Mr. and Mrs. Gary C. Bennett Mrs. Maria Ferreira Mr. and Mrs. John J. Quinn Mr. John L. Bonee Mr. and Mrs. Albert P. Fiocchetta Mr. and Mrs. Hector Rivera Mr. and Mrs. Clarence J. Bourret Mr. and Mrs. Everton Francis Mrs. Catherine Rodgers Mr. and Mrs. William Brimmer Mrs. Lena Franco Mrs. Betty Jane Rolon Dr. and Mrs. John A. Britting Mr. and Mrs. Claude Gagnon Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Samolyk Mr. and Mrs. Terrence Brock Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gervais Mr. and Mrs. John P. Shea Mrs. Barbara T. Bullard Mr. and Mrs. Robert Giovino Mr. David Simpson Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Burke Mrs. Leonora Goroshko and Ms. Barbara Laurain Mrs. Gloria C. Chambers Mr. and Mrs. Raymond A. Grasso Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Smith Mr. and Mrs. Salvatore Cocolla Mr. and Mrs. Edward G. Guillet Mrs. Carol Stevenson Mrs. Dolores A. Conderino Dr. and Mrs. Walter R. Hampton Dr. and Mrs. Edmund Suski Mr. and Mrs. Benito A. Crispino Mr. and Mrs. John F. Hayes Mrs. Gail Tyler Mr. and Mrs. Dominick J. D'Amato Mr. and Mrs. Stephen B. Hudak Mr. and Mrs. Anthony S. Vacca Mr. and Mrs. John A. Danaher III Dr. and Dr. James G. Joseph Mr. and Mrs. Robert Walker Mr. and Mrs. George H. Dean Mr. and Mrs. David F. Kirwan Mrs. Mildred C. Young Mrs. Josephine DeAngelis Judge and Mrs. Glenn E. Knierim Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. Debboli Ms. Debra Knight Mrs. Anna M. Dennison

The ladies who keep the Northwest Catholic community well-fed! (From left): Mary Ellen Katafiaz, Sara Longcor, Jan Sheehan, June Mullen, Christina Sheehan, Pat Allen, and Cindy Todd.

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Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kulig Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence A. Penoncello Mr. and Mrs. Ward F. Strange Mr. and Mrs. David M. Lawton Mr. and Mrs. Donald Perrault Mr. and Mrs. John Stratton Mr. and Mrs. George H. Lester Mr. and Mrs. Ralph C. Phillips Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Sullivan Mrs. and Mr. Agnes Looney Mrs. Lila C. Pitek Ms. Kathleen L. Thompson Mr. and Mrs. John J. Marks Mrs. Elizabeth Plumley Mr. and Mrs. Howard A. Tinker Mr. and Mrs. Aurelia Mascolo Mr. and Mrs. Neil Quagliaroli Mr. and Mrs. John J. Tressy, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Brian Matthews Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Reilly Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Twambly Mrs. Ann C. McCarthy Mr. and Mrs. Biaggio Rinaldi Mr. Robert Veneziano and Mr. and Mrs. Gregory McCusker Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Roehl Ms. Dianna Rafferty Mr. and Mrs. John C. McGee Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Rogers, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. James L. Walsh Mr. and Mrs. Gregory McMahon Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Rooney Mr. and Mrs. Stephen W. Warren Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Melanson Mr. and Mrs. Joao Rosa Mr. and Mrs. Wayne White Mr. and Mrs. Lee Menyfield Mr. and Mrs. Mario A. Rubino Mr. and Mrs. Donald Wilkerson Mr. John R. Metzler Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Schultz Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Willey Mr. and Mrs. William Miskavitch Mr. and Mrs. Robert D. Shangraw Mr. and Mrs. Raymond L. Williams Mrs. Donna Morrison Mr. and Mrs. Edward Sieczek Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Wilusz Mrs. Noreen Murnane Mr. and Mrs. Paul W. Simoneau Mr. and Mrs. William Yokow Ms. Jacqueline Nelson Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Smith, II Mr. and Mrs. Claudius Young Mrs. Gayle Nicolay Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Sponzo Mr. and Mrs. Vaughn E. Young Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Oprica Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Stoecklin, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John Zullo

“Meet Me in St. Louis,” the heartwarming musical about an Irish family from the Midwest at the turn of the century, received standing ovations and rave reviews when it was performed at Northwest Catholic this past spring.

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Legacy Society Mr. and Mrs. Donald K. Wilson, Jr. Sponsors ($100.00 + ) ($100,000.00 + ) Benefactors ($500.00 + ) Ms. Mary J. Abel Mr. James F. Shugrue Mrs. Marilyn Adamo Anonymous Mr. Donald Brewer Rev. Frascadore Society Rev. Lawrence Bock Mr. and Mrs. Edward D. Brewer ($25,000.00 + ) Mr. John Cusson and Dr. Regina Cusson Ms. Marilyn Brewer Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Mark V. Diorio Mr. and Mrs. John P. Clark Mr. and Mrs. John Hunt Mr. Paul B. Fitzpatrick Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Curran Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hickner Mr. Michael Fitzsimons Rev. Colton Society ($10,000.00 + ) Mr. and Mrs. David McNally Mr. Stuart Katz Mr. and Mrs. Donald Nigro Mr. and Mrs. Christopher P. Keating Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dornfried, Sr. Ms. Maureen G. Phelan Mr. William Kelleher Mr. and Mrs. William Fenoglio Dr. and Mrs. Anthony Maluccio Patrons ($250.00 + ) Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mirabello Dominican Order Society Mr. Robert M. Mittica Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. John D. Moore ($1,000.00 + ) Ms. Madonna Burke Mr. James Nolan Father Joseph P. Crowley Mr. and Mrs. Julian J. Senko Mr. and Mrs. William Brewer Mr. and Mrs. Raymond H. Deck, Sr. Ms. Nancy D. Sullivan Mr. Daniel Carney Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Juda Mr. and Mrs. William V. Tressler Mr. Joseph Filomeno Rev. Eugene M. Kilbride Mr. and Mrs. Edward Fitzsimons Mr. and Mrs. Michael Martin Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Fitzsimons Anniversary ($50.00 + ) Mr. and Mrs. John A. Mirabello Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Keenan Mr. and Mrs. John Murphy Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Marc Massaro Mr. and Mrs. Anthony R. Puskarz Ms. Caitlin Dowd Ms. Margaret Naness Mr. and Mrs. Craig Taylor Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Gillespie Mr. and Mrs. John D. Ritson Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth O. Hungerford Mr. Ronald Swanson Ms. Lisa Huston Mrs. Jackie Kurz-Dunn Mr. and Mrs. John C. Langenus Mr. and Mrs. David Leon Mr. Jon Mayhew Mr. Thomas Murphy Mr. and Mrs. Charles Peterson Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Robinson Mr. and Mrs. Peter Setaro Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Sica Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Weiswasser

Donors

Ms. Nellie A. Agostino Ms. Valerie Doucette Ms. Justina M. Black Mr. and Mrs. Michael Corrado Mr. and Mrs. Victor Fraulo Mr. Andrew Goldberger Mrs. Catherine F. Grzesiuk Mr. and Mrs. Joseph M. Hallisey Mr. and Mrs. Jim Hubert Mrs. Joan Kane Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Moran Ms. Anita Poulin Mr. and Mrs. Clarence R. Rubb Sean Murphy ’09 (left) and Jake Spignesi ’09 collaborate on a chemistry experiment. Father Richard B. Sherer

38 NORTHWEST CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL REPORT, 2006-07 Faculty & Staff Honor Roll of 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 enrich- ing 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. Two members of the faculty – Paul Fitzpatrick and Joan Keating-McKeon – this year wrote a beau- tiful letter of invitation to their colleagues, inviting them to consider gifts to the annual fund; the letter read, in part; “We are truly blessed to work daily in a vocation, rather than a job. Daily we are given the privilege of serving God’s children in imitation of the greatest teacher, Jesus. We are writing to ask you to extend your generosity beyond the classroom … and consider making a gift that will be used to fund a student in need of financial assistance.” As a result, six students received financial aid that would otherwise not have been available to them.

Anonymous Kristina and Jerry Gillespie Elizabeth Lynch '94 and Patrick Oates Anonymous Claudia Hart '78 Joyce and Joseph O'Rourke Marilyn Adamo Sandra Murray '85 and Bob Hayes Helga and Al Phillips Pat Allen Lisa Huston Anthony and Ann-Mary Puskarz Nancy Scully '73 and James Bannon Pat and Michael Juda Elizabeth and John Quinn Ana and Winston Barrett Mel Katafiasz Chris Sheehan Madonna Burke Joan Keating-McKeon and Michael McKeon Janet Sheehan Richard and Kathleen Callahan Deborah and John Kennedy Kim Sheehan Peg Cifaldi Maryann and Michael Lacouture James Shugrue Fr. Joseph P. Crowley Francis and Cathleen Fox '77 Laffin John and Mary Shukie Catherine and Thomas Curran Patricia and Joseph Lynch Ronald Swanson John and Regina Cusson Nancy and Michael Martin Nancy and Craig Taylor Mark and Cynthia Killian '74 Dodd Linda and Marc Massaro Colby and Anita Thresher Valerie Doucette Rosemary and David McNally William and Deanna Tressler Caitlin Dowd John and Isabella Mirabello Michael '73 and Karen Tyler Paul B. Fitzpatrick June Mullen Marisa and Thomas Varney Matthew and Sarah Fitzsimons Virginia and John Murphy Margaret and Brian Williamson

NWC’s daytime custodial crew (seated, from left): NWC’s night custodians (from left):Angel Rivera, Marcos Herrera,Vince Grant, Domingo Luke Alston III, Floyd Wilson (standing, from left): Alvarado. Bobby Pace, Slobodan Bogdan.

NORTHWEST CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL REPORT, 2006-07 39 Gifts in Memory

In Memory of Robert Bagnall '66 (Margaret Guertin '85) In Memory of George Lescarbeau '66 Mrs. Kathleen Hart Mrs. Kathleen Hart In Memory of Christopher Casey '78 In Memory of William Batayte '79 Mr. and Mrs. Alan F. Casey, Sr. In Memory of Thomas McHugh '75 Mr. and Mrs. James T. Scully '79 Mrs. Margaret Wilkinson Petitjean '75 In Memory of Paige Ann Corrigan In Memory of Matthew Brazel '79 Faculty & Staff Donors In Memory of Joseph McKay Mr. and Mrs. George W. Brazel Marilyn Adamo Dr. and Mrs. Richard J. Cobb Ana and Winston Barrett In Memory of Mary Breen, AP Madonna Burke In Memory of Thomas Pellino '77 Mrs. Catherine F. Grzesiuk Richard and Kathleen Callahan Mr. and Mrs. Louis Pellino Christopher and Johanna Garr In Memory of Paul Bremner '78 Deborah and John Kennedy In Memory of Richard Pitek '84 Mr. and Mrs. Rae C. Bremner Patricia and Joseph Lynch Mrs. Lila C. Pitek Elizabeth Lynch Oates '94 In Memory of Neil J. Brewer '73 and Patrick Oates In Memory of Julie Roiduka Riscassi Mr. and Mrs. Philip M. Bonee '72 Joyce and Joseph O'Rourke Mr. Michael Mc Keon & Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Brewer '82 Ronald Swanson Ms. Joan Keating-McKeon Mr. Donald Brewer Margaret and Brian D. Williamson Ms. Marilyn Brewer In Memory of Carmelo Romano, AP Mr. and Mrs. William Brewer In Memory of Richard Cullina, AP The Honorable & Mrs. Kevin McMahon Mr. and Mrs. Edward D. Brewer Dr. and Mrs. Richard J. Cobb (Patricia Romano '71) Mr. and Mrs. David Cardwell (Gail Davis) In Memory of Carol Cunningham In Memory of Patricia Kenny Seremet, AP Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Clark '68 Mr. and Mrs. John D. Ritson Ms. Ruth B. Nelson Mr. and Mrs. John P. Clark Mr. and Mrs. Victor R. Pearson Mr. and Mrs. George Colli '73 In Memory of Maurice “Mush” Guillet, AP (Catherine Finley '72) Mr. and Mrs. Timothy H. Callahan '68 In Memory of Bruce Sicard '73 Mr. and Mrs. John M. DeAngelis, Jr. '72 Mr. Larry P. Sicard '69 Mr. and Mrs. James Duffy '71 In Memory of Steven Gworek '77 (Mary Lou Tuohy '72) Mrs. Helen M. Gworek Mr. Kenneth Eilers '76 Mr. Mark Hagarty '72 In Memory of Thomas Hill '65 Mr. and Mrs. John W. Heslin '76 Mrs. Kathleen Hart Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Kearney '74 Mrs. Helen Hill Mr. and Mrs. John F. Kennedy Mr. and Mrs. Robert Magistri In Memory of Judith Keefe Mr. and Mrs. David Nichols Dr. Mary Randall '72 & (Mary Ellen Burke '72) Mr. Lawrence Neureither Gifts in Kind Mr. and Dr. Dennis R. Robinson '75 Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Weiswasser In Memory of Ronald Krogh Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Wentworth '65 Mrs. Ann M. Davis (Kathleen Collagan '65) Bloomfield Discount Liquors In Memory of Stephen Lennox '69 Mr. Peter D’Amato, FR In Memory of Anne Burke Ms. Susan K. Gray '69 Mr. and Mrs. Michael Eagan '74, CP Mr. and Mrs. Philip M. Bonee '72 Mrs. Martha Lennox Hickey '82 & (Geralyn Tuohy '74) Mr. Brandon Hickey Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Filomeno, CP In Memory of Mary Burke Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Horton Sr. Lebon Press, Inc. Ms. Joan Keating-McKeon & Mr. and Mr. Andrew D. Lennox Navin Bros. Food Service Mr. Michael McKeon Mr. and Mrs. Albert Lennox (Joe Navin '69 & Mr. Mark Lennox '73 Rosemary Navin Dowd '73) In Memory of Carol Canora, F-Fac Ms. Jane A. Lennox '71 & Mr. Joseph Reese, AP Mrs. Lorraine Florio-Olson Mr. John Sanzone Sullivan, Schoen, Campane & Connon, LLC Mr. and Mrs. Richard Schubach Superior Industries Trane Inc.

40 NORTHWEST CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL REPORT, 2006-07 Matching Gift Companies

Many businesses and corporations will match the amount of a donation from one of their employees, increasing the value of the gift dramatically. The companies listed here matched donations 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 IKON Office Solutions Reader's Digest Foundation Art Technology Group ING Foundation St. Paul Travelers Foundation Bristol-Myers Squibb ISO New England Stanley Works Chubb & Son Jay Sons Screw Machine Steelcase Foundation CIT Group Levi Strauss Foundation Stop & Shop Supermarket Co. Eli Lilly and Company Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Times Mirror Federated Department Stores Company United Technologies Fidelity Foundation Morgan Stanley/Dean Witter UNUMProvident Corp. Genentech Employee Giving Program New York Life Foundation UPS Foundation, Inc General Re Corporation Northrop Grumman Foundation Vanguard Group, Inc. Gerber Scientific Pfizer, Inc. W.K. Kellogg Foundation Glaxo Smith Kline Phoenix Foundation Wachovia Foundation Goldman Sachs Educational Pitney Bowes Hartford Insurance Group Prudential Foundation

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NORTHWEST CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL REPORT, 2006-07 41 Organizations

A.G. Edwards & Sons, Inc. Foundation for the O'Malley, Deneen, Leary, Ashley's Distinctive Jewelry and Gifts Advancement of Catholic Schools Messina & Oswecki AT & T Community Connections Furniss & Quinn, PC Paul and Mary Cancellarini Charitable Trust Barrieau Oil Company, Inc. Gardner Group Graphic Design P. F. Kelly Co. (Jim O'Toole '78) General Casualty (Phil Kelly, AP, Laura Kelly '77) Begley Landscape Co./L&M Paving (Tom Greenfield '79) Private Capital Group, LLC (John Begley '81) Hartford Courant Foundation Sacred Heart Church Birch Meadow Banquet Facility Herb's Sports Shop Saint Joseph College Bloomfield Discount Liquors Highland Capital Brokerage Sinatro Agency One, LLC Insurance Bouvier, Beckwith & Lennox, Inc. Hometown Marketing St. Ann Church (Rob Bouvier '81) (Tom Hickey '78) St. Bernard Church Catholic Charities, Inc. House of Flora St. Brigid School Church of the Holy Spirit Hutchinson Financial Services, LLC St. Joseph Church Cooney, Scully and Dowling Italia & Lemp Inc St. Mary's Church Corpus Christi Church JED Brothers, Inc. St. Thomas the Apostle School Cowdery, Ecker & Murphy The John G. Martin Foundation St. Timothy School Middle School CWPM LLC Levin, Powers, Brennan & Shea, LLC Target Day Pitney LLP (Patty Shea-Lovell '78) Town of West Hartford Dill, Joyce & Thresher, Inc. Lyons Service Corp. Venora Electrical Service (Bob Eilers '74) The Estate of Maureen Dennehy (Tim Venora '81) Dillon Mailing Bureau, Inc. May, Bonee & Walsh Wentworth-DeAngelis Insurance DocuSource (Phil Bonee '72) Whittlesey & Hadley (Charles Harding '71) Molloy Funeral Home (Ed Jason '71) Drs. Seidman & Bucari, P.C. (Randy Molloy '65) William & Alice Mortensen Foundation F. A. Hesketh & Assoc., Inc. New England Fraternal Congress Farmington Savings Bank Olsen Construction Services, LLC

Getting ready to graduate! (from left): Patrick Tracy, Boris Chevannes, Bryan Little, Joseph Ludlow.

42 NORTHWEST CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL REPORT, 2006-07 30th Annual Golf Tournament

Torrential rain forced the first-ever postponement of the annual golf tournament from the originally scheduled date of June 4, 2007 to June 19, 2007. Patient golfers were rewarded with a picture-perfect day at Wampanoag Country Club for the 30th annual event, which was named this year for Rev. Bradford Colton, the school’s first principal. With Jim O’Toole ’78, CP as chair and Dan Filomeno CP as co-chair, the tournament grossed $39,980 and netted $19,434.57. The proceeds from this year’s tournament were used to help need-based students meet the costs of tuition, making Northwest Catholic affordable to worthy students who might otherwise not have been able to attend. Sponsors Diamond ($5,000)

Navin Bros. Food Services, Inc.

Cart ($3,000)

Wentworth- DeAngelis, Inc.

Hole ($2,000)

Acoustics, Inc. ProCourier Shepard Steel Co., Inc.

Platinum ($1,000)

Day Pitney LLP (From left):Tom Bisson ’78,Kevin McHugh ’78, Dan Lynch ’78, CP,Jim O’Toole ’78,CP,co- General Casualty chair of 2007 Golf Tournament. Kevin Baker ’88, Met Life Investor May, Bonee and Walsh, Inc. Edward Connors Insurance Agency The Hartford Mark Murnane ’88 Filomeno & Company, PC Herb’s Sports Shop Wampanoag Country Club Gardner Group Graphic Design John & Tracy Heslin ’76, CP House of Flora Flower Market Hop Meadow Country Club Gold ($500) Hutchinson Financial Services Hot Tomato’s Restaurant John Watts Associates Gail Hughes, CP Bloomfield Discount Liquors, Super Cellar Levin, Powers, Brennan & Shea, LLC Geissler’s Supermarket Warehouse Liquors Lyons Service Group Glynis Huffman, CP Lebon Press O’Malley, Deneen, Leary, Messina & Jed Bros. Dry Cleaning The P.F. Kelly Company Oswecki, LLP Keney Golf Course Bill Selig Ford Reliable Tire Daniel & Gina LaPorte, CP Venora Electric St. Thomas the Apostle School Regina Livingston, CP Sheehan, Hillborn, Breen Funeral Home Lux, Bond and Green Jewelers Green ($300) Mayor Mike’s Modern Tire Barrieau and O’Toole Company Raffle & Silent Auction Linda Moran-Buda, CP Bouvier, Beckwith & Lennox, Inc. Mark Murnane ‘88 Dill, Joyce and Thresher, Ins. Contributors Neutrogena DocuSource – Chuck Harding ‘71 New Britain Museum of Art Farmington Savings Bank Kevin Baker ‘88 Pfau’s Herb’s Sports Shop John Berry ‘86 Plimpton’s Kevin & Marilyn Lathrop, CP Paul Bisson ‘79 Betsy Quinn, AP, FC Olsen Construction Services Matt Quinn, FR Sinatro Agency Black Eyed Sally’s Reliable Tire Thomas E. Spignesi, D.M.D., F.A.G.D., CP Phil Bonee ’72, CP Avery and Eileen Buell, CP Dennis Robinson ‘75 Ski Sundown White ($125) Cindy Calitri ’81, CP Cuzzi’s Sporthouse Vito's Pizza The Berry Family Edith DiFrancesco, CP Wampanoag Country Club Ronald L. Bucari, D.M.D. Elbow Room Jason Waters, FR Cardiology Shop Fitness Clinic Wintonbury Hills Country Club Ed & Jean Cowles, AP Brenda Frasco, CP Dillon Mailing House The Golf Club of Avon

NORTHWEST CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL REPORT, 2006-07 43 30th Annual Golf Tournament

Jordy DeAngelis Kevin King Mark Murnane Players Sarah DeMaio Charles LaCunche Noreen Murnane Mike Deneen Fran Laffin Joe Navin Danielle Schiffer Val Doucette John Langenus Denis O'Donoghue Andruszkiewicz Ken Eilers Donna Leibin Jim O'Toole Kevin Baker Bob Evans Tom Leloup Rimas Pileka Andrew Baldassarre Sean Farrell Dave Leon Jeff Pingpank Mary Anne Francoeur Tom Filomeno Steve Litchfield Jim Quinn Baldassarre Ed Fitzgerald Dominic Lopreato John Quinn, Jr. Kathy Dunn Bassett Edward Fitzsimons John Lynch John Quinn, Sr. Rick Beckerman Matthew Fitzsimons Dan Lynch, Jr. Doc Resnisky John Begley Michael Fitzsimons Ed Maguire Ted Rozum Scott Bennett Brendan Fox Marie DeMaio Mansolillo Bill Scully Tom Bisson Sam Fresina John Manuck Sally Scully Phil Bonee Tom Furniss Frank Marrocco T.J. Selig Chris Bonee Paul Grady Anthony Mascolo Tip Simons Eileen Buell Steve Hansen Jon Mayhew Mark Sinatro Jim Carroll Chuck Harding Dennis McCormack Bob Strano Jeff Casey Ed Henry Kevin McGuire Scott Strid George Colli, III Chris Hickner Kevin McHugh Steve Sztaba George Colli, IV Paul Hickner Steve Mencio Jim Turner Ed Connors Glynis Huffman Mary Dunn Miner John Turner Kerry Kearns Curry Kelly Jones Chris Molloy Karen Tyler Sam Cusano Joan Kane Randy Molloy Pat Walsh Sam J. Cusano Tom Kearney Bobbi Moran Brian Williamson Mike D'Amato Mike Kennedy Mike Morris Tom Worth Peter D'Amato

(From left) – Marie DeMaio Mansolillo ’82, CP,Sarah DeMaio, Mary Anne Francoeur Baldassarre ’78, CP,Eileen Buell CP.

44 NORTHWEST CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL REPORT, 2006-07 Saturday Night Live

Never happy with the status quo, parent volunteers broke their own fundraising record for the 23rd annual Saturday Night Live, grossing $61,947 and netting an incredible $43,718.72 from this extraordinary evening of entertainment and camaraderie.

Mr. and Mrs. Donald Bodell Mr. and Mrs. Donald M. Desiderato Room Sponsors Mr. and Mrs. Philip M. Bonee Mr. and Mrs. Giuliano DiFrancesco Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Bonner Mr. and Mrs. Mark V. Diorio Ashley’s Distinctive Jewelry & Gifts Mr. and Mrs. David Bonney Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Dornfried, Jr. Cowdery, Ecker & Murphy, LLC Mr. Peter J. Boorman and Ms. Lyn Connery Mr. and Mrs. Kevin M. Dowd F.A. Hesketh & Associates Mr. and Mrs. Peter A. Bourdon Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Driscoll Highland Capital Brokerage Mr. and Mrs. Mark W. Boya Mr. Mark Drusedum & Mrs. Molly Knorr Mike & Mike in the Morning Mr. and Mrs. John W. Boyd Atty. and Mrs. Owen P. Eagan Molloy Funeral Home Mr. Joseph G. Buda and Mr. and Mrs. John A. Fagan Whittlesey & Hadley, PC Ms. Linda Moran-Buda Mr. and Mrs. Kamlesh R. Faldu Mr. and Mrs. Clifford A. Buell Mr. and Mrs. Paul M. Finigan Advertisers Mr. and Mrs. John N. Cannone Mr. Paul B. Fitzpatrick Dr. and Mrs. John T. Cappadona Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Fitzsimons Begley Landscape Co./L&M Paving Mr. and Mrs. Philip Carpenter Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Flaherty Birch Meadow Banquet Facility Mr. and Mrs. Paulo Carreira Mr. and Mrs. Eugene R. Foster, Jr. Bloomfield Discount Liquors Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Cleary Mr. and Mrs. James M. Frasco Carvel Mr. and Mrs. William Collins Mr. and Mrs. Trevor French Church of the Holy Spirit Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Condon Mr. Thomas Freund & Ms. Diane Mineck Copaco Liquors Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Conlin Ms. Lynne E. Fritter Corpus Christi Church Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Connor Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Fusick Furniss & Quinn, P.C. Mr. and Mrs. Kevin W. Conway Mr. and Mrs. Augusto R. Gautier Hometown Marketing Mr. and Mrs. Michael T. Conway Mr. and Mrs. Martin J. Geitz House of Flora Flower Market Ms. Kathleen Crotty Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Gilbert Italia & Lemp, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Daly Mr. and Mrs. Paul G. Grady, Jr. May, Bonee & Walsh Morgan Stanley NWC Campus Ministry Private Capital Group, LLC Sacred Heart Church Saint Joseph College St. Bernard Church St. Brigid School St. Joseph Church St. Mary's Church St. Thomas the Apostle School St. Timothy Middle School Stoneware for Home, LLC The Olivieri Quickprint Centers, Inc. Venora Electric Wentworth DeAngelis, Inc. William Raveis Real Estate Patrons

Mr. and Mrs. Douglas N. Alexander Mr. and Mrs. Peter Andruszkiewicz Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Angelico, Jr Mr. and Mrs. Sergey V. Arzumanov Mr. and Mrs. James T. Bachteler Mr. and Mrs. James Bannon Mr. and Mrs. Michael Barton Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bianchet Rev. Lawrence Bock Current parent John Olszewski proffers a tray of delightful goodies at the Starlight Café.

NORTHWEST CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL REPORT, 2006-07 45 Saturday Night Live

Drs. Neville and Tracy Graham Mr. and Mrs. Michael E. Kennedy Mr. and Mrs. Chris E. Moore Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Green Mr. and Mrs. David C. Knortz Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey Mortillaro Mr. and Mrs. R. Nelson Griebel Mr. and Mrs. Colin Knowles Mr. and Mrs. John Murphy Mr. and Mrs. James Hallinan Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Krikawa Mr. and Mrs. David M. Murphy Mr. and Mrs. Stephen J. Hansen Mr. Alan E. Lake and Dr. Anne Pidano Mr. and Mrs. Edmond Murphy Mr. and Mrs. William H. Harris Mr. and Mrs. James J. Leary Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Navin, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Michael Haylon Dr. Marc Leuenberger and Dr. and Mrs. Liam P. O'Leary Mr. and Mrs. William F. Healey Dr. Mary E. Leuenberger Mr. and Mrs. David M. Oleasz Judge and Mrs. Francis X. Hennessy Mr. Carlos M. Lopez Mr. and Mrs. James S. Olson Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Henzler Ms. Donna Lorenzo Mr. and Mrs. John F. Olszewski Mr. and Mrs. Philip B. Hopkins Mr. and Mrs. Dennis J. Lubozynski Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Paternoster Mr. and Mrs. Terry E. Huffman Mr. Matthew H. Lynch & Ms. Susan Banks Mr. Scott C. Pearsall Mr. and Mrs. Christopher J. Hug Mr. and Mrs. Scott Mansolillo Mr. and Mrs. Al Phillips Mr. and Mrs. John M. Hughes Mr. Deryl R. Marrow & Ms. Antoria Mr. and Mrs. John H. Quinn, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Hunter Howard-Marrow Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey R. Rode Mr. and Mrs. Gary R. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Marc Massaro Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Sanacore Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Juda Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. McAndrews Dr. and Mrs. William M. Sanders Mr. and Mrs. Kelly J. Kearney Mrs. Gail McCue Mr. and Mrs. Mark Scapellati Mr. Michael McKeon & Mr. and Mrs. David McNally Mr. and Mrs. Walter Schawiak Ms. Joan Keating-McKeon Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Merkel Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey A. Scobee Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Kelly Mr. and Mrs. William C. Merrill, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. George H. Scurlock Dr. and Mrs. Martin C. Seremet Mr. and Mrs. Herbert J. Shepardson Mr. and Mrs. John C. Shukie Mr. and Mrs. Thomas N. Sitaro Mr. and Mrs. John F. Skahill Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. Spalluto Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Spignesi Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. St. Jacques Mr. and Mrs. David A. Story Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Sumple Mr. and Mrs. Thomas N. Tartaro Mr. and Mrs. Colby Thresher Dr. and Mrs. Michael S. Tosatti, DMD Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Turbert Mr. and Mrs. Thomas K. Varney Mr. and Mrs. John Vaughn Mr. Richard Vega and Ms. Laura Garskie-Vega Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Visintainer Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey E. Wagoner Mr. and Mrs. William J. Walsh Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Williams Mr. and Mrs. Brian D. Williamson Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Winland Dr. Susan M. Wiskowski Mrs. Dyanne Wooldridge Mr. Michael Young & Dr. Lisa Jordan-Young Dr. and Mrs. Richard ZuWallack

Current parent Marisol Aponte delights in serving Puerto Rican cuisine at the International Food Court.

46 NORTHWEST CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL REPORT, 2006-07 Planned Giving at Northwest Catholic

he 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 insur- T ance 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].

“I am pleased to have included Northwest Catholic in my estate plans because Northwest provided me with a life-changing experience. Now, I feel fortunate to give something back to this wonderful school through a bequest that will offer young men and women similar opportunities.” – John F. “Jay” Luby ‘69 Charter Member, The Heritage Society Scholarship-Funding Opportunities

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 all the educa- tional opportunities Northwest Catholic has to offer. Endowed scholarship funds are essential to the promotion of a diverse economic back- ground and to Northwest Catholic’s tradition of supporting students of need. 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 Archbishop’s Scholarship Rev. Bradford Colton Scholarship Timothy and Meg Callahan Scholarship Paige Ann Corrigan Scholarship Cancellerini Trust Scholarship Carol Cunningham Family Scholarship Foundation for the Advancement of Catholic Schools Daly Family Scholarship William R. Fenoglio Foundation Scholarship Regina Guilmartin Scholarship Dr. William Hart Scholarship Stephen Lennox Scholarship Hartford Courant Foundation Scholarship McKiernan Scholarship Hartford Inner-City Scholarship Patricia Mittica Scholarship Haylon Scholarship Russell Morrisett Scholarship Thomas Hill Scholarship Salvatore Piacente Scholarship Knights of Columbus Scholarship Catherine Pintaville Scholarship Mahoney Scholarship R.A. Roncari Family Retreat Ministry Matthew 25 Scholarships Rev. John T. Shugrue and Mary G. Shugrue Scholarship Norko Scholarship Trina Sullivan Scholarship John Randazzo Scholarship Bruce Torrell Scholarship Paul Roland Scholarship Ellen McGuire Williams Scholarship Carmelo Romano Scholarship Sanchez Scholarship St. Ann’s Scholarship

NORTHWEST CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL ANNUAL REPORT, 2006-07 47 News From 29 Wampanoag

Nine New People Join Faculty and Staff

Danielle Belliveau joins our Science Department, where she will teach Biology. She is a grad- uate of Eastern Connecticut State University and had been working as a substitute teacher in the Norwich and Groton school districts. Teresa Bournique ’84 returns to her alma mater as a Religion teacher. After graduating magna cum laude from St. Joseph College with a degree in Religious Studies, Ms. Bournique worked for several years in the private sector, and From left to right,Teresa Bournique, Danielle Belliveau, then as a classroom assistant at a Michelle Murphy, Jane Leary and Debra LeBel.

Departments public school. She has also been Hall of Fame, and Grandparents’ Day – and Saturday Night Live! extremely active in Sacred Heart Parish in Suffield, teaching in the RCIA and CCD programs, directing the Vacation Bible School, and Debra LeBel brings nine years of experience in the Advancement working in youth ministry. office at Miss Porter’s School to her new position as an Assistant in our Advancement office. Proficient in a wide range of software Sarah Desroches joins the English Department. A graduate of that’s critical in the fundraising arena, Ms. LeBel has also worked Central Connecticut State University (B.A. in English) and St. at The Institute for Living and CIGNA. Joseph College (M.A. in Reading and Language), Ms. Desroches taught at Berlin and New Britain High Schools and was the JV Michelle Murphy, new Director of Communications, is also a Girls’ Soccer Coach for one season at Conard High School in Current and Alumni Parent of Kate ’07 and Jack ’10. A graduate West Hartford. of Georgetown University and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, Mrs. Murphy had been the Director of Jane Leary is the new Director of Constituent Relations in the Development and Admissions at St. Thomas the Apostle School Advancement Office – and, considering her ties to the school, since May 2005. seems well-suited to the job: Her husband Jim ’65 and both her sons (Jay ’05 and Sean ’07) are alumni. She’s also been an active Jennifer Puskarz joins our Social Studies Department, where she Northwest Catholic volunteer, including a three-year stint (with will teach History. She earned an undergraduate degree in U.S. Noreen Knortz) as co-chair of Saturday Night Live. Mrs. Leary History from the State University of New York at Albany, and then earned her BA from Regis College and her MA from St. Joseph worked as a substitute teacher in the West Hartford and South College, and worked most recently as a parent liaison in the New Windsor school systems while completing a Master’s degree in Britain public school system. She will be responsible for reunions, Secondary Education at UConn. phonathons, and special events like the Golf Tournament, Athletic Raymond Sinclair, another UConn graduate (Bachelor of Music and Bachelor of Music Education), is the newest member of our Fine and Performing Arts Department. In addition to teaching music, Mr. Sinclair is our Band Director, overseeing the concert band, jazz band, advanced jazz band, pep band, and wind ensemble. He has a wide array of experience in music instruction in the Greater Norwich area. Terri Turley joined our math department in the middle of last year, after Carol Schave’s retirement. A graduate of the University of Hartford, where she earned a BS degree in Education, Ms. Turley worked for CIGNA from 1989-2000, including a From left to right,Terri Turley, Raymond Sinclair, Sarah Desroches and two-year stint as the Year 2000 project manager. Jennifer Puskarz.

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National Merit Scholarship Program Honors Nine Seniors

ine outstanding seniors have been honored by the Wethersfield; Taylor Knortz, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. David National Merit Scholarship Program for exceptional Knortz of East Granby; and Keating McKeon, son of Mr. & N performance on the PSAT/NMSQTs taken in October Mrs. Michael McKeon of West Hartford. of junior year. Two students – Natalie Bell and Jasmine Clayton – were honored as part of the National Achievement Test. Natalie is the Four students were named National Merit Semifinalists: daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Todd Bell of Bloomfield, while Jessica C. Gioia, daughter of Ms. Alisa Conte of Rocky Hill; Jasmine is the daughter of Ms. Kimberly Clayton of Hartford. Hannah L. Pelton, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Russell Pelton of Enfield; Kenneth G. Rousseau, son of Mrs. Yvonne Ellis- “These students have worked very hard to excel not only in their studies, but also in numerous activities,” said Principal Rousseau of Collinsville and Mr. Henry Rousseau of Margaret Williamson. “They continue to enhance the commu- Burlington; and Carolyn G. Spalluto, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. nity of Northwest Catholic with their gifts.” Joseph Spalluto of West Hartford. The four Semifinalists will now continue in the competition Three students were named Commended Students: Rachel for possible designation as National Merit Finalists and for Godbout, daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Louis Godbout of Merit Scholarships that will be awarded next spring.

NHS BOOK DRIVE

National Honor Society students sit among a few of the thousands of children’s books they collected during the first week of school for the pedi- atric unit of St. Francis Hospital.The book drive was inspired by an organization called myGoodDeed.org, started by companies that lost colleagues and friends in the 9/11 terrorist attacks.The goal is to remember that horrible day in a positive way, encouraging people to honor those who were lost by doing “one good deed” for someone else. (Front row, from left): Mary Kate Kearney ’08 of Simsbury; Carolyn Spalluto ’08 of West Hartford; (Back row, from left): Michael Lathrop ’08 of Plantsville;Adam Mortillaro ’08 of Simsbury; and Caleb Battersby ’08 of Windsor, along with Patricia Juda, chairman of the English department and moderator of the National Honor Society.

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Learning to Be Better Teachers

Imagine returning to class the day after school gets out? Northwest Catholic campus from June 20-22. Emphasizing col- legiality and experimentation, the seminar offered a number of Nine Northwest Catholic teachers were among two dozen instructional strategies, as well as new ways to observe and sup- educators from the Hartford Archdiocese who just couldn’t stay port peers. away after the 2006-07 school year ended. That’s partly because a seminar created by a Harvard professor was luring them back. The teachers who attended the workshop were Madonna Burke, Chris Gallagher, Claudia Hart, Patti Juda, Joan Keating-McKeon, Laura Porter, an educational consultant with a firm called Deb Metzler, Jeffrey Sutherland, Marisa Varney, and Dave Research for Better Teachers, conducted the workshop titled Woodford. “The Skillful Teacher: Building Your Teaching Skills” on the

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Not bad for its first year in existence! Syncopate, the Northwest Catholic High School Dance Team led by moderator Kerri Smith, blew the competition away at the Dance America/Dance Olympus National competition in Las Vegas this past July. Having qualified for nationals at the regional competition in Boston,, the team went on to compete in two categories – and won in both.

“Take It To The Floor,” a group hip-hop number, captured sec- ond place in the Intermediate Large Group Hip-Hop category, while “Break It Down,” an original breakdance/acro routine featuring three students, won first place in their category as Brandon Couloute ’10, Rachael Lathrop ’08, and Merideth Lathrop ’10 pose with the first-place trophy they won at the well as the title National Champions. Smith said she expects dance competition in Las Vegas. the team to grow this year,and she intends to have the dancers compete in Boston and at the 2008 National Finals in Orlando.

That’s a lot of cookies! Brandon Marshall ’08, inspired by Sports Illustrated columnist Rick Reilly to fund the purchase of mosquito nets to help combat malaria in Africa,raised $1,210 by selling baked goods last spring (here to Patrice Hubert ’08). That was enough to buy 121 nets. Brandon plans to hold more bake sales this year for his “Nothing but Nets” project, and is “shooting” to beat his own fundraising record.

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BY JOHN SHUKIE, RETIRED ATHLETIC DIRECTOR

What a spring! Despite what sometimes Coaches’ Award. dedicated crowd of Northwest fans was on seemed to be endless rain, the Northwest hand. The Indians came up just a little In the Class S, state tournament the Catholic athletes turned in one of the finest short, dropping the game 6-4 to St. Indians were seeded number 2 and received competitive seasons in school history. Bernard’s and finishing as Class S state run- a first-round bye. Playing at home in round ner-up. Congratulations to Coach Carlson 2, the boys beat Cromwell High 11-5, with and his expert staff on leading the boys Kyle Sumple getting the victory. In Bristol through such a grand season. The team fin- Baseball for the quarterfinals, Coach Carlson and his ished the season at 7th overall in the state in The baseball team (21-3 overall) led the band squeezed out a 2-1 nail-biter over the Hartford Courant poll — our highest way by rewriting our record books. They Shepaug on a Jack Wagoner one-hitter. ranking ever. set a school record for wins and posted our Mike Bourdon won the game with a walk- first Northwest Conference baseball cham- off, bases-loaded single in the bottom of the pionship with a perfect 16-0 league record. seventh. At the state semifinals at Muzzy Senior pitchers Jack Wagoner (6-0) and Field, Kyle and Jack combined forces to put Kyle Sumple (7-0) were named to the All- Northwest Catholic in the state champi- Conference Team; Jack was also selected as onship, beating defending State Champs All-State. Behind the plate, senior catcher Windsor Locks, 6-4. Mike Bourdon was a rock, demonstrating Yale Field – and the Indians – were ready outstanding defense and a superior and on Saturday, June 9, despite a rainy morn- intimidating arm. With a .394 batting aver- ing. Northwest Catholic had not been in age, Michael was also named both All- the baseball state final since 1965, and a Conference and All-State. Senior shortstop Rob Dornfried (.418, 37 runs, 5 home Two days after graduation, catcher Michael runs, 24 RBI), junior leftfielder Tony Blake Bourdon was drafted by the Boston Red Sox in (.394, 32 runs, 19 RBI), and freshman cen- the 41st round of the amateur player draft; he is believed to be the first Northwest Catholic ath- terfielder Tom Bourdon (.424, 21 runs, 16 lete to hold this distinction.An excellent three- RBI), were selected for the All-Conference sport athlete (football, basketball, baseball), Mike team, as well. Jack Wagoner was the team is now a freshman at Fairfield University, where MVP, and Mike Bourdon received the he received a scholarship to play baseball.

Dear Northwest Catholic Family, It has been my great pleasure to have had the opportunity to collect and write these “sports notes” for many years. Athletics is part of the glue that holds the Northwest Catholic community together, and I have been most proud to record and pass on to all of you the great accomplishments of our teams and athletes. For 31 wonder- ful years, I have watched as our young men and women competed and brought great honor and recognition to our school. Banners fill the gym and our trophy cases are full to overflowing, but there has been so much more to Northwest Catholic athletics than victories and championships. As a coach and an athletic director, I have been witness to the growth of individuals in mind, body, and spirit. I have watched friendships form that have lasted for lifetimes. I have seen lessons learned that have transcended Retired Athletic the playing fields and the gym and have been carried on into careers and family life. I have seen sacrifices made Director John Shukie by competitors, coaches, and parents all in such an unselfish and generous manner that I get emotional just think- ing about them. My life has been truly blessed to have been part of this. I want to thank all of you for making Northwest Catholic part of your lives. There is truly no other place like it anywhere. It is my hope and intention to stay involved with our school, and I hope you will do so, as well. Perhaps I will see you at a game, the Hall of Fame ban- quet, the Golf Tournament, or Saturday Night Live. We can talk over old times and share a few memories of fun and glory passed, or we can catch up on what’s new in our lives and at Northwest Catholic.

May God keep you all safe, John Shukie (The Old Coach)

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Golf Coach Scott Fletcher and his golf team turned in an equally stellar season: their regular-season record was 21-10-1, and they finished third in the Northwest Conference. The squad was led by junior Keith Kwasnik, averaging just over 36 strokes for 9 holes during the regular season; he was the team MVP and was named to the All- Conference team. Sophomore Matt Collins and freshman Brendan Lemp joined Keith on the All-Conference team. Senior captain Kevin Bonney won the Coaches’ Award. Seeded first for the Class S championship at Blue Fox Run in Avon, the boys made a gutsy showing, finishing as state runner-up to second-seeded

Departments Housatonic Valley Regional High School by five strokes overall (317-322). Keith Kwasnik (who shot 76 for the 18 holes) won All-State honors. Kevin Bonney and Matt Collins each shot 81. Lacrosse The boys’ lacrosse team finished the regu- lar season at 13-3, good enough to be seeded fifth in the Class S state tournament. Senior junior Kevin Eagan — protected him. Mike Under the guidance of coaches Jill and Joe Ludlow led the team with 71 points Boya, Sean Leary, and Mike Ludlow were Bill Mullady, girls’ lacrosse finished the reg- overall, while brother Mike Ludlow led the named second-team All-Staters, Chris ular season at 10-6, after getting off to a squad with 31 goals. Senior Mike Boya Knortz was the MVP, and senior Tim slow start with a young squad (there were scored 28 times and junior Chris Kevorkian Murphy received the Coaches’Award. In the only two seniors on the team). The one-two 20. Defense, however, became the Class S state tournament, Coach Chris punch of senior Brittany Massaro and jun- Northwest Catholic trademark, as junior Gallagher’s boys easily took Valley Regional ior Ashley Mara accounted for 111 of the goalie Joe Buda recorded 206 saves, and a High School 11-3, but fell 14-3 in the quar- team’s 162 goals. Brittany was named MVP group of stalwart defensemen — including terfinals to fourth seed New Fairfield on and was a second team All-Stater; Ashley seniors Chris Knortz and Sean Leary and graduation afternoon. was chosen for the All-State first team. Junior Kelsey Cahalan won the Coaches’ Award, sophomore Kayleigh Donnelly Northwest Catholic’s athletic program was named the 2nd place winner of the Michaels Achievement Cup for Class SS, based on its success in the 2005-06 season. This was contributed 19 goals, and freshman the fifth year in a row that Northwest Catholic finished in the top three in the state Bridget Daly made 132 saves in goal. In in its class. The award – which is based on a school’s won/loss record, the strength of the Class II state tournament the girls beat its program offerings, and student participation — was presented on April 22 at the the eighth-seeded Pomperaug High School Gold Key Dinner of the Connecticut Sports Writers Alliance. in Southbury by a score of 10-7 triumph, but then lost 11-6 to the number-one- Senior Brittany Massaro won the Brian Piccolo Award and scholarship from the ranked Stonington. Fifteen varsity letter Greater Hartford UNICO. Overcoming a serious ankle injury, Brittany became a two- winners will return next year. time,All-State athlete in lacrosse. She is a freshman at Springfield College.

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Tiffany Hyde competed in the New England meet as a shot putter. Softball Boys’ track improved markedly over last The softball team’s 3-17 record was spring, finishing sixth in the conference deceiving, as the girls battled hard and were meet. Mike Knowles was named All- very competitive throughout the season. Conference in the discus, and junior Senior Veronica Marquis was excellent in Brendan Jasper did likewise in the shot centerfield and led the team with a .347 bat- put. Mike was named the team MVP, with ting and 18 RBIs, winning MVP honors. junior sprinter Manny Simpini taking She was also selected to the All-Conference home the Coaches’ Award. Returning team. Fellow senior and co-captain coach Jeff Przech has much to look forward Kathleen Spignesi won the Coaches’ to with young athletes on both teams. Award. Sophomore Nina Varney pitched 109 innings, recorded 101 strikeouts, and had three shutouts.

Track The girls’ track team turned in a stellar 7- Tennis 1 season, finishing second in the Northwest Conference meet. Senior Jacquie Beliveau Coach Stan Piorkowski and his girls’ tennis took first place in the 100- and 300-meter team qualified for the state playoffs with a 9- hurdles, breaking a school record in the 300 7 record. Senior Meghan Kiley went 11-5 that had stood since 1979. Teaming with and freshman Emily McDonough went 13- juniors Kristina Krupa, Ashley Gostyla, 3 to lead the squad and qualify as individuals and Ida Cance, Jacquie was also part of the in the State Open. Meghan was the team 4x400-meter relay team that placed first. MVP, while fellow senior and co-captain Ida Cance was first in the high jump, while Kristina Carreira won the Coaches’ Award. junior Tiffany Hyde and senior Camille Although the boys’ tennis team finished Moore took first and second place, respec- 4-11, junior Jon Olszewski and freshman tively, in the shot put. Juniors Taylor Joe McAndrews were the Northwest Carter, Maya Dean, and Ida Cance teamed Conference doubles champions. Both were with freshman Jenniqua Bailey to place named All-Conference. Senior captain second in the 4x100 relay. All of these girls Ankit Harpaldus was the MVP for Coach were selected as All-Conference. Jacquie Tim Crowley, with fellow senior Adam also won All-State recognition in the 300 Pokusa taking home the Coaches’ Award. hurdles and was named team MVP. Junior Megan Clark won the Coaches’ Award.

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Four members of the Class of ’07 had something unusual in common: their fathers all graduated together, too, in 1977. From left: Mark Boya ’77 and Michael Boya ‘07; Erin Deneen ’07 and Michael Deneen ’77; Michael Riley ’77 and Danielle Riley ‘07; Jean Donnelly Molloy ’78, Margaret Molloy ‘07, and Mark Molloy ’77.

chance to be a part of this self-empower- ment week. Sophia’s fear of the water, which she has had since childhood, was uncovered during the meditation on this Departments retreat.

Betsy (Guertin) Regan ’88 and her hus- 80s band Joe welcomed David Patrick Regan on This past year, Kelly was sent on a special February 4, 2007. David joins big sisters six-month mission to Afghanistan to assess Emma, 5, and Abby, 3. Betsy is a full-time Wilder Leavitt ’82 and his wife, Mary the medical situation for the Pentagon. In Morningstar, live in Bethesda, MD. “We mom and volunteer with the Shoreline July 2007, she moved to Texas to write Greenway Trail in Branford. don’t have any children, but are fortunate Army manuals. To read more about Kelly’s enough to have several of Mary’s siblings liv- heroics in the Armed Forces, visit her broth- ing in the area, whose children we love to er’s web site dedicated to her service: 90s indulge,” he wrote in an e-mail to his class- www.freewebs.com/tommyboysplace. mates, when expressing regrets for missing the 25th reunion. Mary is an environmental Michael Collyer ’86 is now working as an Jennifer (Guertin) Shockley ’91 and her attorney for Lockheed Martin, while Wilder Assistant United States Attorney in husband Tony celebrated the birth of their says he’s “had several careers, ending with Cleveland, Ohio. He had been prosecuting second son, Zachary Hyatt. He joins his big my present occupation as an attorney and gun crimes, but is moving to the white-col- brother, Noah, 4. She is working as a phys- volunteer EMT, which is my real love (see lar crime section to prosecute economic ical therapist with stroke patients at the “Alumni Perspective” on p. 12). Married crimes and health care fraud cases. He and Mount Sinai Rehabilitation Hospital in nearly 17 years, Wilder says he and Mary his wife Jen also enjoy renovating their 85- Hartford. would love to hear from anyone visiting the year-old house and spending time with their Angela (Gasior) Smith ’92 and her hus- D.C. area. three daughters, Rachael, 14, Katy, 12, and band Damian left West Hartford last year Ava, 5. LTC Kelly A. Murray MD ’83 was award- and traveled through Europe, India, and ed the Purple Heart, three Bronze Star Gillian Pratt ’86 is a new mom, and she Thailand and finally relocated to Brisbane, Medals (one with Valor), and an Army loves it! Her adoption came through in Australia. She continues to do oncology Commendation Medal with Valor during May after nearly three years of waiting. She research in the United States, but now from two tours of duty in Iraq. She taught many now has a baby boy, Alexander Charles the southern hemisphere. She was sorry to classes for Iraqi doctors covering the latest Benedict Pratt (Alex), whom she has had have missed her 15th reunion. procedures and medicines, as well as reha- since he was 12 days old. Her new motto is: bilitated ten hospitals and 76 clinics used by “Sleep is for Sissies!” Frank Pericolosi ’93, a graduate of more than five million Iraqi citizens in East Williams College and Springfield College, Baghdad. She also made sure the American Sophia Taylor-Edwards ’87 joined Oprah where he earned a Master’s degree, is head troops received improved Kevlar vests, sav- Winfrey and Gayle King for five days at coach of the Pomona College baseball team. ing many more lives. Miraval Resort and Spa near Tucson, AZ. He led the team to a 30-13 record this year, Sophia and 59 other women won the winning a berth in the NCAA Western

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Regional Playoffs as well as the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Two Northwest Catholic teachers tied Conference (SCIAC) title. the knot this summer! Sara Demos and Dan Avery ’97 were married on July 15 Monica (Walsh) Swanson ’93 and her hus- at The Farmington Club. Sara has been band Brian celebrated the birth of their sec- the Director of Theater for five years, ond daughter, Geneva Maeve Swanson on while Dan has been the Director of April 21, 2007. Geneva joins big sister Choral Studies since 2000.The wedding Meredith Helen, 4. party included Eamon McGee ’98 and Brian Avery ’02, and wedding guests Steve Lenz ’94 coached the Barrington included several members of the faculty High School girls’ basketball team to the and staff: Mrs. Patricia Juda, Miss Kerri Rhode Island State Division II title this past Smith, Mrs. Elizabeth Lynch Oates ’94, winter. Following a perfect season, Steve led Miss Beth Casey ’96, Ms. Marilyn Adamo, the Eagles to a 37-24 triumph over Scituate Mrs. Jennifer Montoney, and Ms. Susan to gain the crown. (The Scituate team had Brimmer. been averaging 51 points per game in the state playoffs.) Hartford, she’s engaged to marry Safhe Beth (Lynch) Oates ’94 was included in Morales on May 3, 2008. The couple “Who’s Who Among American Teachers” recently bought a home in Bristol. for 2006-2007. She has also been selected for the second time into a year-long exhibit April (Luciani) Siefert ’99 graduated from Computer Information Security. He was at the Chancery office of the Connecticut Simmons College in 2003 and married one of only ten civilians in his class; the State University in Hartford. In addition, Michael Siefert, M.D., on May 6, 2007. other students were mostly U.S. military she is being represented by the Farmington The couple moved to Boston, and both officers who had graduated from one of the Valley Arts Center and has selected ceramic work at Boston Children’s Hospital — service academies and had completed four works in their Visitor’s Gallery collection. Michael is a pediatric nephrologist, and years of active duty. He is working in April works in the pediatric intensive care Chantilly, VA. John Shukie ’95 is glad to report that he unit. and his wife Cela recently welcomed their Amber Orvis ’01 has been working as a first child, Marisol Elena, on June 25, 2007. social worker for the Connecticut She has already been visited by her aunts 00s Department of Children and Family Lauren ‘91 and Elizabeth ‘91 and uncle Services since graduating from college in May 2007. Steve ‘01, and of course Grandpa and Ed Murphy ’01 graduated with highest Grandma Shukie. They are now living in honors from the Naval Postgraduate School Steve Shukie ’01, who’s starting his second Indianapolis, and John is working at the in Monterey, CA with a Master’s in year as assistant football coach at Bowdoin National Collegiate Athletic Association College, was the speaker at Northwest (NCAA). Catholic’s MVP banquet in June. Amy Delligan ’99 works as an account Jill Terrion ’01 graduated from Emerson executive for Clear Channel radio in College in 2005 with a bachelor’s degree in Hartford. A graduate of the University of communications/marketing, and now works as a marketing specialist for Madison Leigh Ramos, age four months, is Parkinson Technologies. She now lives in already on her way to Northwest Providence, RI with her husband of one Catholic! She paid her first visit to the year, William DaPonte. school office in September, when her mom, Elizabeth Giannetta ’98, brought her Caitlin Melley ’02 graduated from St. in to meet the staff. Anselm College in 2006 with degree in biology. She has now returned to school as Send us news of your new additions, and one of only 12 students accepted into a we’d be delighted to send you this adorable two-year Master’s program in genetic coun- bib so your offspring can help to show off seling at Brandeis University. your school spirit! (We’d love to publish their pictures, too; send photos to Michelle Alex Taylor ’02 was an assistant coach for Murphy, Director of Communications, Northwest Catholic’s indoor and outdoor [email protected].) track teams this year.

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Caitlyn Curley ’03 graduated from Kimberly Sanders ’03 graduated magna Peter Luciani ’05 is a computer engineer- Manhattan College and is living and work- cum laude from the Park School of ing major at Central Connecticut State ing in New York City. Communications at Ithaca College, where University. He is engaged to marry Jeannett she majored in journalism and worked as a Wells in 2010. Kristen Kennedy ’03 graduated from Bates reporter for an Ithaca, NY television station. College with a BA in sociology. She spent She’s currently employed as a Dan Murphy ’05 is a junior at Notre Dame her junior year at the University of reporter/writer for the Office of Radio and University, where he is double majoring in Queensland in Brisbane, Australia. Television for the Archdiocese of Hartford. Journalism and Broadcasting and is a sports writer for the school’s daily newspaper, The Torey Knight ’03 graduated from Marist Hilary Scurlock ’03 graduated cum laude Observer. Dan has been on the Dean’s List College and is now working in Hawaii. from Harvard University in June 2007 and each semester, and completed an internship is working at The Corporate Executive at a local South Bend television station last Nicole Krupa ’03 graduated magna cum Board, a consulting firm in Washington, year. He will study at Notre Dame’s campus laude from Fairfield University. A double D.C. in Freemantle, Australia, during the second major in Accounting and Music, Nicole was semester this year. also a tour guide manager for the Meg Terrion ’03 completed her BS in busi- Admissions Office. She was inducted into ness administration/marketing at the Rachel Ogilvie ’05 made the Dean’s List at the Beta Gamma Sigma International University of Connecticut in May 2007. Bates College for the second semester of the Business Honor society and was also a vice- She now works for Nordstrom and lives in 2006-07 school year. president in the Alpha Psi Honor Society for Framingham, MA. accounting students. Nicole signed with the accounting firm, RSM McGladrey LLP, DeShaun Walker ’03 graduated from as a tax associate in their Stamford, CT Temple University in May 2007 with a

Departments office. She began a Master in Taxation pro- bachelor’s degree in Business gram at Fairfield this fall. Administration, double majoring in Do you have news to share? Send in engage- Finance and Real Estate. He is working as a ment, marriage, baby, or job announcements, Mark Lewis ’03 earned a BS in biochem- junior financial analyst at Wilmington or just let your fellow alumni know what istry from Eastern Connecticut State Finance in Plymouth Meeting, PA. you’re up to. We’d love to hear from you! Drop University in May 2007 and is now doing a note or an email ([email protected]) to genetic research at Monsanto Corp. in Francis Rogers ’04, a senior at the College Jane Leary, Director of Constituent Relations, Mystic, CT. of the Holy Cross, performed this summer Northwest Catholic High School, 29 at the “Mostly Mozart Festival” at Lincoln Wampanoag Drive, West Hartford 06117. Colleen Murphy ’03 graduated cum laude Center in New York City with a select from Providence College in May 2007 with group of Holy Cross Chamber Singers. This Want to become more involved? a degree in Elementary Education and marked the first time that outside perform- Contact Mrs. Leary by email Special Education. She is teaching fourth ers were able to participate with profession- or phone at 860.236.4221, x131. grade at Lattimer Lane School in Simsbury. al musicians and vocalists in “Pasion Segun San Marcos.”

Heard on NPR: Catie Talarski ‘99

Recent Northwest Catholic alums who are fans of After college, she served with the Jesuit Volunteer Corps in Connecticut Public Radio may have done an aural double take Sacramento, CA (which she chronicled in a past edition of recently: Did that reporter say her name was Catie Talarski? Is that Northwest Catholic NOW). A subsequent job at Boston OUR Catie Talarski? Children’s Hospital led Catie indirectly to Nepal, accompanying young U.S. resident doctors to a Himalayan clinic where she The answer is, yes! Catie Talarski, who graduated from did research and passed out free vitamins and medicine. “We Northwest Catholic in 1999 and with a sociology degree from then trekked from Lukla, Nepal, to the Everest Base Camp in a Assumption College in 2003, is now a producer for “Where little over a week, reaching about 18,000 feet,” she said.“It was We Live,” a daily morning news talk show on WNPR. She also one of the most incredible experiences – I am very lucky to researches and reports stories about health care issues facing have been able to have that experience.” Connecticut’s underserved, immigrant, and refugee communi- ties. Her work has aired on “Here and Now,” “Day to Day,” Back home in the States, Catie attended the Salt Institute for NPR’s podcasts, and on other NPR affiliate stations. Documentary Studies in Portland, ME, in the spring of 2006, where she studied documentary radio and produced two doc- Considering where she’s been and what she’s done over the umentaries: “The Maine Squeeze,” about an accordion band, past eight years, this seems like the most logical possible place and another about a group of homeless teens putting on a play for Catie to be. about their life experiences. She’s been working full time at NPR in Connecticut since January.

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REUNION

Sharon Kristofak McHale and Joe Liss

Paula Forte Thompson,Sharon Royce Debbie Keightley Hammel and Dempsey, Kerry Casey Kelley Rosie Craemer Shea 1982 The Class of 1982 reunited on Saturday, September 22, to reminisce and share their amazement that it had been 25 years since they graduated from Northwest Catholic. After wine, cheese and tours of the school, the group of about 60 people – many of whom had come in from all across the country -- continued the festivities with dinner and dancing across the street at Wampanoag Country Club. “I was amazed at how comfortable and easy it was to be with everyone after so long,” said Annie Allard-Lane, who traveled from Colorado for the event. “I still have a sore throat from all the yapping!” Bill O'Connor and Chris Gauthier

Peter Gobes and Marigrace Mulshine Roche

From left, Debbie Keightley Hammel, Rosa Weeks, Michelle Walker Stewart,Annie Allard- Lane, Paula Cote Branday, Patricia DiMinno Nesta, Frank Amat

SAVE THE DATE April 26, 2008 Classes of ’68, ’73, ’83, ’88, and ’93 November 29, 2008 Classes of ’98 and ‘03 FOR REUNIONS! {Fall 2008 (Date TBA) Class of 1978

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IN MEMORIAM

Northwest Catholic extends its prayers and sympathies to the families of members of our community who have passed away recently.

ALUMNI CURRENT PARENTS AND FAMILIES Ruth (Hudak) Marzano ’74 passed away Tuesday, June 19, Robert Collier, father of Elizabeth Collier ‘10 2007. A lifelong West Hartford-area resident, she attended St. Francis Nursing School after graduating from Northwest Thomas Krikawa, father of Katie Krikawa ’10 Catholic. She spent 18 years working for Abrams Insurance Agency in Bishop’s Corner. She is survived by her son Joshua Patricia Lacouture, grandmother of Nicole Lacouture ’10 and Marzano, her parents Stephen and Evelyn Hudak, and her mother-in-law of Maryann Lacouture, Assistant in the brothers Mark ’71, Craig ’79, Jim ’82 and Stephen Hudak. Admissions Office

Jeanne Serocke-Stavola ’80 and her husband Joseph Stavola of Robert Mara, Sr., grandfather of Ashley Mara ’08 and Elliott Pelham Manor, NY, passed away on June 9, 2007, in an auto- Mara ‘11 mobile accident. Joe and Jeanne were college sweethearts at the College of the Holy Cross. Jeanne went on to earn her law Nicolas Cruz Pagan, grandfather of J.J. Marino ‘09 degree from Fordham University. She spent much of her free time as an advocate for special needs children and had been Judge Francis C. Vignati, grandfather of Sarah Vignati ’07,

Departments named as the next president of the Special Education Parents’ Paul Vignati ’08, Kathryn Vignati ‘11 Association. Jeanne and Joe’s lives revolved around their family and their two young sons, James and William. George Wilson, uncle of Carrie Schwartz ’06, Sarah Schwartz ’07, Emily Schwartz ‘08 FACULTY AND STAFF Claire Hungerford, wife of Ken Hungerford, who worked in the Northwest Catholic business office during the 1990s

ALUMNI PARENTS Vincent Amodeo, father of Mary Amodeo Briggs ’67 Eileen O’Keefe, mother of E. Flynn O’Keefe ’70

Theresa Angelastro, mother of Mary Lou Angelastro ’72 Irene Pace, mother of Stella Pace ’77

Alberta Doherty, mother of Francis Doherty ’72, Michele Mary Quinn Rees, mother of Molly Rees Gavin ’67, Joanne Doherty Juers-Durkee ’75 Rees Kaczor ’72

Jean Donnelly, mother of Jean Donnelly Molloy ’78, John Robert Saunders, father of Christopher Saunders ‘73 Donnelly ’83, and grandmother of Margaret Molloy ’07, Katherine Molloy ‘11 Elizabeth Murphy Scully, mother of Nancy Scully Bannon ’73, Jack Scully ’75, Sally Scully ’77, Jim Scully ‘79, and Bill Carol Dowd, mother of Mary Elizabeth (Lisa) Dowd Scully ‘80 McGinley ’66, Donna Dowd Cullen ’68, Bernard Dowd ’69, Gregory Dowd ’73, Kevin Dowd ’77, Thomas Dowd ’78 Maurice Sponzo, father of Anne Sponzo Cappelli ’82, Marilyn Sponzo ’71 Marie Lavoie, mother of Albert Lavoie ’65, Rosemary Lavoie Bennett ’66 Lucy Strano, mother of Robert Strano ’74

Brian Lewczyk, father of Christina Lewczyk ’05 Peter Tabol, father of Miriam Tabol Johnson ’67

Joseph Newcomb, father of Barbara Newcomb ’71, Mark Adrian Tyler, father of Elizabeth Tyler ’65 Newcomb ’75, Jeanne Newcomb McGeehin ’77

William O’Connor, father of Laura O’Connor Bourque ’81, William O’Connor ’82, Christopher O’Connor ’85, Elise O’Connor ’86

58 LOGOS THE MAGAZINE OF NORTHWEST CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL FIVE ALUMS INDUCTED INTO ATHLETIC HALL OF FAME

Five people were inducted into the Alumni Athletic Hall of Fame on a beautiful evening in September (from left): Dennis Robinson ’75; Mary Cobb Gothers ’80; Richard Fairbrother ’70; Elizabeth McNulty Alquist ’87; and William Mullady ’66.

ack in the day, they were Northwest Catholic superstars Richard Fairbrother, DMD ’70 of West Hartford: Named an – each in his or her own era, each for his or her own All-State basketball player and Athlete of the Year as a senior, B sports. On Sept. 15, five outstanding alumni athletes Fairbrother hit the 1,000-point mark at both Northwest were recognized for their tremendous achievements by being Catholic and at Wesleyan University. He was an Academic All- American at Wesleyan in 1974. inducted into their alma mater’s Alumni Athletic Hall of Fame. The ceremony was held during a lovely reception and dinner Dennis Robinson ’75 of Ridgewood, N.J.: Another alumnus of in Stosuy Gymnasium. Each new member was presented for Wesleyan University, Robinson was the first 1,000-yard rusher induction by another Northwest Catholic alumni athlete, who in Northwest Catholic football history. He was an All-State recounted highlights of the honoree’s career. Athletic Director Honorable Mention in 1973 and earned All-HCC honors in Joshua Reese ’95 and Liz Stafford ’00, chairman of the NWC football in 1974. At Wesleyan, he set six school records and led Alumni Council, welcomed each person with congratulations the nation in average yards per punt return in 1978. and two plaques – one that will be permanently mounted on the Mary Cobb Gothers ’80 of Wethersfield: Gothers was the first Wall of Honor outside the Stosuy Gym, and one that went female to receive a partial scholarship to Boston College for home with the honoree. track and cross country. At Northwest Catholic, she was the “Today’s Northwest Catholic athletes must thank each of you Class M cross-country state champion in 1978 and the Class M for your accomplishments on our athletic fields,” said Reese. 2-mile state championship in 1980. She has coached high “You led the way toward a path of success and are part of the rea- school cross country and track at Conard, Farmington, and son we have such a rich athletic tradition.” Northwest Catholic. Comprising only the third group of athletes to be voted into Elizabeth McNulty Alquist ’87 of West Hartford: Alquist the Hall of Fame, this year’s inductees were: earned All-HCC and All-State honors for basketball in both her junior and senior years — and was All-HCC in soccer, as well, William Mullady ’66 of Bloomfield: Mullady was All- during the same time frame. She was a basketball Academic All Conference in basketball and baseball, played on the state run- American during her senior year at Mount Saint Mary’s College. ner-up baseball team in 1965, and won the Northwest Catholic She now coaches in the West Hartford Girls’ Basketball League. Athlete of the Year award in 1966. He’s currently the assistant coach (with his daughter, head coach Jill Mullady) of the Northwest Catholic Girls’ field hockey and lacrosse teams. Northwest Catholic Heritage Society Announces Charter Members

We are proud to announce the charter members of the Northwest Catholic High School Heritage Society. These people have made provisions in their wills* for a bequest to Northwest Catholic:

Mr. & Mrs. Clarence J. Bourret (AP)

Rev. Henry C. Frascadore (Former president)

Mr. Philip F. Kelly (AP)

Mr. Jay Luby ‘69

Mr. & Mrs. William P. Murphy ‘67

Mr. Dennis P. Sullivan (AP)

Colby and Anita Thresher (AP)

* These individuals have agreed to let us publish their names for the benefit of the Heritage Society. We would be pleased to know of others who have made this provision, as well.

For information on becoming a member of the Heritage Society, see page 47 of this issue, or contact Colby Thresher, Advancement Officer, at 860.236.4221, x156 or [email protected].

Thank you in advance for your thoughtful consideration of Northwest Catholic as one of your “heirs!”

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