2020 THE CLERMONTBishop Loughlin St. Augustine Living EnterLasallian to learn, Leave to Serve Clermont 2020 IN THIS ISSUE 2 From the President 3 What does it mean to live the Lasallian Mission? 4 Around Loughlin 6 Campus Ministry & Lasallian Youth 8 Lasallian Volunteer 9 Q&A with the Social Studies Department 10 Loughlin Lions Track 14 Loughlin Lions Basketball 15 Loughlin Lions Baseball 16 Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School Reunion 18 Grateful for the Scholarship 19 Thankful for a Loughlin Education 20 Alumni Spotlight: Derrick Davis ’08 21 Lion-Lancer Golf Outing 22 St. Augustine Alumni Reunion 24 Loughlin Gear @LOUGHLIN Dear Alumni and Friends of Bishop Loughlin We are pleased to bring you this edition STEM education has been strongly of “The Clermont.” Loughlin continues promoted at Loughlin and enthusiastically to challenge and nurture students embraced by students. You will read how the intellectually, spiritually and physically. department is building a bridge program I hope you have been able to review some with St. John’s University that will allow of the updates we send throughout the year. students to work in the university setting. If so, you have seen postings on our strong Read about our energetic and creative Social STEM program; particularly in Biomedical Studies Department, which works hard Science. The Engineering section is up to engage students in the study of history. and running and the plan is to grow those Members of this department also work to offerings over the next two years. We added flame student interest in civics. Partnering a Computer Applications course (with a with Jewish and other Lasallian schools, focus on coding/programming) which will our students experience the importance of lead to additional Advanced Placement participating in civic life for the good of the courses in this area. entire community. Our Fall sports teams made the playoffs, I hope you enjoy reading about our student setting us up for an exciting Winter season. athletes, our recent graduates and our not By the time you read this, we will have so recent graduates. All together, they are an impressive crew - much like you! At the Golf Bro. Dennis Cronin, FSC sponsored the 66th Loughlin Games, now hosted at the Ocean Breeze Athletic Outing, the St. Augustine and Loughlin President Complex on Staten Island. Many will fondly Reunions (the Bishops’ alumnae are covered remember our years at the Armory on 168th in the “Memorial”) and the John Loughlin Street (a wooden track for some!). Council Luncheon, we gather folks who give a powerful testimony to the enduring As you look through “The Clermont,” impact of Catholic education. We are “these students animate please note an article on our revitalized grateful for their commitment to sustain Campus Ministry program. Together with that choice for a values-rich educational our community to be alive the Lasallian Youth group, these students experience. animate our community to be alive in in Christ” Christ. They learn the value of retreats in I hope you enjoy this issue. fostering a relationship with God, service as Live Jesus in our hearts…Forever. a work of mercy, and leadership as service Sincerely, to others, rather than self-aggrandizement. Loughlin is blessed by the presence of a Lasallian volunteer who gives witness to these values. Bro. Dennis Cronin, FSC 2 Clermont 2020 What does it mean to live the Lasallian Mission? Anna Tufano What does it mean to live the LaSallian of the book “Ray”. He has spent more homeless man in his book entitled “RAY”, Mission, celebrating with zeal? Hundreds than thirty-two years as a youth minister, Brother Robert also urged us to discover of men and women gathered in theology teacher, retreat director and the surprising presence of God in each end Minneapolis, Minnesota, November 21st to development director. His mission is every person we encounter. rd the 23 , to reflect upon what this means to inspire others to become authentic Each of these gifted speakers generated and how this applies to their own spiritual disciples with a contagious faith. His talk discussions among the participants, both lives and the lives they share in common focused on “The Fire Within,” which he in large and small groups. Questions in Community and in Association. discussed with energy and enthusiasm. He and answers were lively and inspiring. I had the opportunity to participate in this emphasized that within us all is a Desire Questions generated by Brothers and conference, along with four other Bishop or Zeal, which is cultivated by Joy and associates were valued equally. Loughlin Faculty; three of whom are still Gratitude. In this vein, I continue the work beyond the ministry and choose to share Throughout these days of the conferences, working in Ministry there: Angela Proce, participants were able to choose from Michael Foley and Barbara Foley. Two of us have retired from the Ministry and are continuing with the Mission as Legacy “Buring with zeal for the Lasallians; Marianne Sheehan and myself, Anna Tufano. Reign of God” This year’s conference began with a special opening celebration, featuring music among a number of sessions related to and dance performances by students their interest and / or fields. Within the from local Lasallian schools. Other rich diversity of regions that attended the attendees of the conference were members conference, what we discovered was the of the Seventh World Congress of the commonality of Saint John Baptist De la Association of Lasallian Alumni (UMAEL) Salle’s message. creating a larger sense of Lasallian What does it hold for me and how does it Community. affect my life in ongoing service to others? This year celebrates the 300th Anniversary It encourages me to continue with the of St. LaSallle’s death. Also celebrated LaSallian Mission beyond the classroom was the 30th Anniversary of Lasallian and walls of Bishop Loughlin Memorial Volunteers (LV), a program from which with others what has been given to me. High School, a truly LaSallian institution, Bishop Loughlin MHS has had the benefit The second keynote speaker was Brother in my reaching out to others in service. of the services of young men and women Robert Schieler, FSC, Superior General of In coming back from the years since I’ve who have committed to the Lasallian the Institute. His keynote address focused retired from Loughlin, I am reminded by Mission and the 10th Anniversary of on the theme of “ Burning with Zeal for the words, “ENTER TO LEARN, LEAVE DENA (District of North America). the Reign of God.” He encouraged us TO SERVE”. In my legacy, I will continue Throughout the conference we were to create a more compassionate and just to serve as a give back for all that I’ve been fortunate to hear two outstanding keynote world and patiently touch the hearts of our given! Speakers. The first was John Donahue- students with God’s love and compassion. Grossman, a gifted storyteller and author As John Donahue-Grossman portrayed a Loughlin.org 3 @LOUGHLIN Loughlin Civic Spirit My name is Hanny Lizbeth Echeverria and I am a student at Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School. I am a part of the Civic Spirit Student Delegates program. This program is a unique year-long fellowship with a group of student ambassadors from across the Civic Spirit network. Civic Spirit is a cross-partisan, national nonprofit organization launched in 2017, to equip young people to understand their rights, roles, and responsibilities and strengthen their ability to engage with people from different backgrounds, appreciate multiple perspectives, and foster civic discourse. With 15+ chapters across the country, this organization is building a movement of young people committed to building bridges through deliberative dialogue across various divides. I first learned about Civic Spirit club during my sophomore year at Bishop Loughlin. It was a club I was immediately attracted to when I first heard about it through my AP Global teacher. After our first meeting, I was completely committed and knew it was something I wanted to pursue. We would talk about projects that we would conduct, aimed to bring unity and help everyone understand their roles and civic rights. Civic Spirit is a club that I strongly recommend to any student in Loughlin. It opens great opportunities that you least expect it would. In August of summer 2019, I was given the opportunity to go to the Mayor’s office, in front of City Hall, and give a brief presentation on what Civic Spirit represents. We displayed a community service program that we all designed. It was based on 5 weeks of substantive research, brainstorming, team building, collaboration, and careful preparation by the students I was working with. The NYC Service government staff was amazed by our presentation. They were inspired by the mission of Civic Spirit and frequently stated that they learned insights from our presentation that they would implement right away. They were even eager to continue partnering with Civic Spirit on service-oriented work. We ended our visit with a historic tour of NYC’s City Hall. We absolutely enjoyed it and everything we learned from the monumental building from the early 1800’s. “I was completely committed and I knew it.” 4 Clermont 2020 Council Luncheon Biomed Bridge Program On Wednesday, December 11th, Ms. Randall and a group of HBS Biomed students, accompanied by Ms. Lamarque and Mr. Santiago, traveled to St. John’s University as part of our new Biomed Bridge Program. Having completed a module on the human eye at Loughlin, the students participated in a set of college-level extension activities at St. John’s. Led by Dr. Gregory Fernandez and her colleague, Dr.