St. John Vianney Summer 2012 Viking Review

Volume 12, Issue 2 Summer 2012

Building Relationships

“Light tomorrow with today.”ElIzabEth barrEtt brownIng

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Dear alumni, Friends and loyal Supporters,

how can it be that the 2011-12 school year has come to a close! Yet, as we blessed our 56th graduating Class, we were proud to have been a fundamental part of their spiritual as well as academic development.

we thank you for supporting us as we diligently search out ways to engage the students. this task has always been ours and so it is true in the 21st century. we strive at all times to be relevant and meaningful with our learning tools, determined and consistent in passing on a strong Catholic foundation based on gospel values.

on an ongoing basis we are trying to increase the funds that are available for families who otherwise could not afford a Catholic education for their children. approximately, 25% of our families are on some form of scholar-ship assistance. although we are grateful that the economy is improving, many of our families are newly employed, underemployed and have been left with the loss of a home and now high rents and bills. through your help, we have been able to award many of our children assistance through the SJV Scholarship Fund.

to add to a good year, the ongoing construction of the SJV Parish Community Center has afforded us with outside bathrooms across the street, new picnic/lunch tables and the promise of opening the gymnasium on august 4, the Feast of St. John Vianney. we will build and complete the Center as we raise the money. many of you have helped us with this project also realizing how beneficial the completion of this building will be to our educational venture.

we look forward to another school year well aware of the awesome charge and honor we have been given as teachers of these young hearts, minds and souls.

Enjoy the summer time and remember to pray for us as we do for you each day.

gratefully,

Sr. michele anne and martha wood, Co-Principals anna moore, SJV School advancement Director

Co-Principals Sr. michele anne murphy martha wood

Editor Deirdre mellon-reyes

Design Cathe huynh-Sison www.ch-d.com

Printing almaden Printers

Advancement Director anna moore

Ass’t Advancement Director Diana akitt

Advancement Committee lucy Elston marina grant Debbie gioiosa Christina Perez Carolan Scanlan

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in This issueletter from Co-Principals/advancement office.................2

Congratulations!...........................................................3

alumni updates – what’s happening?............................4-6

teachers Speak to SJV technology Vision........................7

Educating mind, body, Spirit......................................8-11

tech Fair 2012 winners................................................12

Civil war Day – history 101...........................................13

Crab Feed 2012......................................................14-15

SJV Community Center............................................16-17

honoring medical Professionals....................................18

thank you, Donors..................................................19-20

In memory...................................................................21

Evening of gratitude...............................................22-23

uPcOming eVenTsoct. 1, 2012 12th annual St. John Vianney golf tournament at the San Jose Country Club

nov. 13 & 15, 2012 open house Fall 2012

nov. 30 - Dec. 2, 2012 holiday boutique

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7Th AnnuAl Fund the 7th annual Fund brought in approximately $30k which is being used to award tuition assistance to families and also to upgrade our internal/external communication system.

when we receive donations to the annual fund drive, we know that these contributors understand how the finances work in a Catholic elementary school today where tuition certainly does not cover all the expenses in the operating budget. the benefits of a working long-range plan as well as gifts allocated to SJV School allow us to keep the tuition from escalating and to go beyond what is collected through tuition. we are cautious in our planning but very committed to providing a safe environment, relevant curriculum and qualified teachers and staff.

the annual funds keep us moving in these right directions.

the 8th annual Fund will be allocated to purchase new technologies for the staff as well as our children at every level. Preparing children for the future requires us to listen, study, experiment and then to make informed decisions regarding curricular needs.

thank you to all our alumni, families, and loyal supporters who allow us to continue to dream for our children. happily, we have included your names in this magazine as a sign of your support. Blessings to you!

cOngRATulATiOns And ThAnk YOu, sheilA And sAllie!

after many years of assisting at SJV, Mrs. Sheila Lafferty and Mrs. Sallie Peralta retired in June 2011. they both were dedicated parents (David Lafferty ‘86, Kelly Lafferty ‘87 Brackett, Robyn Lafferty ‘94 Vargas and David Peralta ‘95, Marisa Peralta ‘99, Michael Peralta ‘99), taught Physical Education, did yard duty, were instructional aides and will always be our dear dear friends.

Class ofJamie academiamaria arandaSabrina arellanoadam arreolaana banzerCole berkelandamari blackshirehailey brewsteralexander buiEmma Cabreroskevin CarrisosaCresencio CastilloJade CobosCorey Comererlauren CompitelloCamille Daszynskikarma De Sousabibiana DiazChristian Dioknoaustin EnriquezIlumin gacayananthony garciamyles garcia

maricella gonzalezalexandria hamoyCheyenne hayestyler JohnsonCole Johnstonleanicia Jonesmitchell koontzbrandon lebeckFe llabresChris magdalenolorenzo martinezaidan mellon-reyeshunter monroemateo mooreJordan morgadoJoshua muncadaJohnathan nakamotokatarina nguyen-maiChanel nguyenDavid nguyenJohnny nguyennicholas nguyenVivian nguyen

Camila osunaamanda Palettalogan Parsonsbianca PereiraJonathan Phammichelle Phamally Phanallison Quintillarachel renteriamaxwell rogersJared roysterlivia rubioSamantha Sanchezgabriella SegoviaJonathan SilvaYadvir SinghStefan SorianoCiarra tovaralexis ValdovinosEthan VieiraDenzel VillanuevaDelilah wollenbergPatrick wong

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Alumni uPdATesJeramy Albert ‘11, D.J. Couch ‘11, and Tommy Formosa ‘11 who have played baseball together since kindergarten at SJV are now on the archbishop mitty baseball team. Congratulations!

Samantha Albert ‘08 was appointed to the national board for the girls for a Change organization. gFC invites young women to design, lead, fund and implement social change projects that tackle issues girls face in their own neighborhoods.

Chuck and Carrie Kiskila ’88 Davis gave birth to a beautiful baby girl, Shiloh rose, on St. Patrick’s Day. Congratulations!

Congratulations to Jennifer Ramos ’89 Vasquez and her husband Ian on the birth of their fourth child, taylor grace. taylor was welcomed into the world on July 16, 2011 by siblings Sklylar age 9, Peyton age 3 and rocco age 2.

kudos to Sarina Soriano ’08 who signed a letter of Intent to play soccer at Caldwell College, a Catholic school, in new Jersey! Sarina received an academic as well as an athletic scholarship. In addition to playing soccer, Sarina plans to study broadcast Journalism and is excited to be twenty minutes away from nYC. an exciting adventure – we wish you the best of luck!

Ken Deibert ‘60, presents the ken Deibert award! Due to “his tireless efforts”, this award, named after ken, honors outstanding part-time faculty at american river College. the first honoree, barbara westre, was presented with a $500 check for her work as counselor.

Jennifer Pena ‘96 Castillo gave birth to a baby boy Sebastian David on october 15, 2011.

bellarmine boys come back to SJV to help! Gabriel Silva ‘11, Gabriel Rollins ‘11, Alexander Reynaga ‘11 and Jeffrey Garman ‘11.

sT. JOhn ViAnneY schOOl —

Building Relationships ThAT sPAn The YeARs And The miles!


Dear SJV,

I am attending Seattle university pursuing my undergraduate degree in business Economics. one of the core curriculum classes required by the business School is business Communications, where we learn how to properly address emails to clients and potential employers, how to construct resumes, and how to give presentations. In this class, we underwent a rigorous review of sentence structuring and correct grammar usage, and it is proving to be a pretty difficult topic for many of my classmates. while I definitely needed some review, I found that I knew quite a bit more than the average student in the class, and I attribute this to the lessons I received at SJV. Probably some of my strongest academic memories at SJV were with ms. brown and ms. buckley reviewing subjects, predicates and parts of speech. while at the time this seemed pretty menial, I have finally realized how important it will be in business Communications as I pursue a career. I hope SJV has

continued these lessons in the classroom, as I think it was something SJV did particularly well. I just wanted to share my appreciation of the lessons I still remember from elementary school. keep up the great work!

best, Jonathan Shales ‘06

along with studying business Economics, Jonathan is very active on campus. he is a research analyst for the Seattle university redhawk Fund, a group that manages a stock portfolio of over $300,000 of the trustee’s money. he works part-time as an office assistant to the Director of the university Core Curriculum. this summer he will be travelling to Europe with a few friends.

Dear SJV,

I am an undergraduate student at northeastern university in boston. right now I am spending the year in london, studying at the School of oriental and african Studies, an institution which specializes in the languages and cultures of asia, africa, and the middle East. this has been a phenomenal experience for me, and a wonderful opportunity to study with professors who are experts in their fields. the student body is comprised of approximately 40% internation-al students, so I have been able to make some great friendships with people from all over the world.

one of the things that I took away from my twelve years of Catholic education was a sense of the impor-tance of religion in people’s lives - the inseparability of their faith and their experiences. I have always thought that to really understand people, you need to understand their faith as well. learning about people has always fascinated me, and this led me to a double major in Cultural anthropology and religious Studies.

I have always felt that my time at St. John Vianney was also the start of my deep commitment to community service. Since then, I have always been involved in service work. I have also had some amazing opportunities to work with non-profit organizations that provide reproductive health services around the world, such as Pathfinder International.

next year will be my final year at northeastern university, and from there, hopefully I’ll be on to graduate school. I’m just looking forward to seeing what comes next!

Teryn Kogura ‘04

teryn kogura ’04 enjoys the sights of london and Europe while studying abroad

sT. JOhn ViAnneY schOOl —

Building Relationships ThAT sPAn The YeARs And The miles!


a big part of building relationships here at SJV is through the example of faculty and staff. many of our teachers have started their relationship with SJV as parents or even as alumni. these teachers know all too well the significance of SJV values in the lives of our students.

Kristine Everett ’72 garman has been a math teacher at SJV for seven years. of course, before that, she was an SJV parent and even before that she was an SJV student herself!

mrs. garman enrolled her sons Kenneth ’05 and Jeffrey ’11 because she knew first hand the values she received. as an alum, she wanted to give her sons the SJV experience. She felt that SJV “reinforces everything you want for them” in their growing up. She knew they would learn the same values she did and they would have the same good foundation she received. today she already sees their strong work ethic and commitment to service as a direct result of their years at SJV. now that the boys are graduated, mrs. garman loves that the three of them share the bond of having attended the same k -8 school.

kenneth is at uC Santa Cruz and majoring in Computer Science and will graduate in 2013. Jeffrey just finished his freshman year at bellarmine. Jeffrey returns to SJV whenever possible to help fulfill his volunteer hours and enjoys tutoring SJV students.

another devoted teacher is kathleen Sciba. mrs. Sciba is not only a parent of an SJV alumni, Chris Sciba ’86, but also a proud SJV grandparent of Madison Sciba ’16 and Grady Sciba ‘18! recently, she has stepped back into her career of teaching and taken on several long-term sub positions for SJV. mrs. Sciba has found that being at SJV has “rejuvenated” her and that it “feels right” to be here. She credits the sense of family and focus on values to SJV’s ability to pull her out of retirement.

mrs. Sciba likes the way values are “front and center” at SJV. She sees how values are present throughout every academic subject and how they foster the student’s sense of community and participation in service.

of course, mrs. Sciba is quick to add that she also enjoys volunteering as a grandparent with grady and madeline!

It just goes to show… once a Viking, always a Viking!

Building Relationships

ThROugh VAlues


mRs. diAnnA AlBeRT And “WhAT’s neW?” in ROOm 306!

as we all know, technology is integrated into the daily lives of a majority of our students, so we must capitalize on this to move them forward in today’s educational environment. we are prepar-ing students for jobs that have not yet been created. these students will most likely be creating their own careers. So, this means we must give them three very fundamental skills: the abilities to think, apply what they have learned, and socialize effectively. technology is going to be our key in providing these skills to our students.

Here is how I am using technology in Room 306:when we read stories in class, we use google •

Earth to locate the exact location and make observations about the terrain, climate and communities.

Students use Powerpoint to create presentations • about what they have learned including inserting pictures, videos, and setting the backgrounds. also, we have learned word, keyboarding skills, and Excel. as a former project manager for Cisco Systems I am able to bring these skills into the classroom.

my business skills also have helped me to further • develop our class web pages. we have segmented them into myhomework (web sites we use for homework) and myClasswork (websites we use in class). these sites are updated weekly so that parents and students have easy access to web sites I have previewed and know are safe and kid-friendly.

Students are learning how to effectively use • project planning skills through www.edmodo. this is a tool where I can communicate with each student individually about what they need to work on. also, they can communicate with me when they need help. this helps support an individualized education for each child. Effectively, each student can be assigned their own individual work. Students are definitely being prepared for the future.

— DIAnnA ALBERT, 3RD GRADE TEACHER

mR. gARY FeRRARO And “WhAT’s neW” in mATh!

new trends come and go, however, using technology to enhance the learning opportunities for students is not a trend. on the contrary, with new technologies consistently in the hands of this generation, St. John Vianney School’s adminis-tration and teachers are all about keeping pace with what is most beneficial for this generation of student to maximize their learning. Interactive websites, laptops, Smartboards, digital projectors, ebooks and docu-ment readers are some examples of what various students and teachers are cur-rently using in the classroom. Immediate plans are being made to include IPads and other technologies in efforts to keep pace with 21st century learning.

khan academy, learn360, Edmodo, mathlicious, mathletics, Project based learning and reading a to z are a sampling of websites that provide teach-ers and students the ability to harness the power of digital learning to improve educational outcomes.

mathlicious provides teachers with materials to teach math using real world • topics. mathletics provides individual instruction and practice with math concepts while competing with students throughout the world.

Edmodo provides classrooms a safe and easy way to connect and collaborate • a real-time platform to exchange ideas, and a forum to share content and access homework, grades and school notices.

learn360 is an interactive media-on-demand service for k-12 teachers and • students that addresses the unique learning styles of individual students through multimedia formats while fully incorporating differentiated learning into the curriculum.

khan academy is a global classroom enabling students to learn at their own • pace. Students can make use of the extensive video library, practice exercises and complete assessments from any computer with web accessibility.

teachers and students are truly engaged in the learning process.

— GARy FERRARo, 7TH AnD 8TH GRADE ALGEBRA MATH TEACHER

Technology in The clAssROOm


nATiOnAl nuTRiTiOn mOnTh

SJV’s 2nd annual national nutrition month kick-off was educational and delicious! thank you to Sam ousey, nutritionist, and her team, for the delicious snacks, healthy food information and a visit from the mobile Dairy Classroom!

Sam and ken ousey

Students were greeted at morning drop-off with healthy snacks such as fruit and cheese sticks. During the day, the students heard from nutrition-ists about how to eat healthy and some even got to make smoothies!

“team Smoothie”!! Parents and nutritionists prepare for class presentations.

Students really enjoyed feeding Daisy the calf and finding out about cows, agriculture and where milk comes from!

Body, Mind, Spirit

educATing

First graders celebrating “100 Days of School” with counting, games and lots of smiles! baCk (l to r):

aritzel Santana, Jason Vargas, martha tabares. Front (l to r): Emily Pham, kyle reyes


decAThlOn 2012

Congratulations and thanks to all who participated in the Diocese of San Jose Catholic School aca-demic Decathlon. we are delighted to announce that St. John Vianney team took 1st Place in logic. we are proud of our students, grateful to our teachers and parent helpers and glad that so many supporters could be present to cheer for our team.

lEFt to rIght: Juliana Sotelo, nathan bonilla, Dominic Do, alianna mendoza

First graders, our future firefighters, enjoy the Discovery museum.

Sr. michele anne and martha wood accompanied representatives from SJV to St. Joseph Cathedral for Catholic Schools week. a quilted banner depicting the thirty-one Catholic elementary schools in the Diocese of San Jose was carried in the procession as mass began.

sJV schOOl PledgeI pledge to do my best at St. John Vianney School.I will be respectful of others and our environment,and look for god in all that I see.

I will take pride in myself and in my school,I will be honest, responsible, and supportive.I will be an example of god’s love.

our first graders on a webquest about goods & Services! they worked with a partner, followed directions on the screen, and looked for information. the final result was a “news” presentation and a written article from each student about their quest.

lots of excitement with ms. larrus as first graders experiment with heat in science class.

Congratulations to brooke guven ’17 and all of SJV’s young scientists who presented

their experiments at the annual Science Fair!

Sr. michele anne and martha wood accompanied representatives from SJV to St. Joseph Cathedral for Catholic Schools week. a quilted banner depicting the twenty-nine Catholic elementary schools in the Diocese of San Jose was carried in the procession at mass.


Catholic Dictionary’s created by 4th graders

wire sculptures created by 8th grade art class

allison Quintilla ’12 proudly displays her art work

Camouflage Pen Drawings

aidan long ’20 shows his mom, Shelby, a sample of his work

art work inspired by african masks

Penguin art created in first grade


this year’s SJV artists and authors’ Fair was a multi-media event showing art work, literature and writing pieces from the students. In the seventh and eighth grades, the display took on a museum approach where visitors strolled through an art gallery and also took in an eye catching rolling slideshow of students’ art work. In addition, samples of writing projects and students hosting readings of their stories, book reports or poems delighted all who were present. In one classroom, children and parents participated in a project inspired by not a box (please see photos) — looks like they had fun!

a feeling of excitement permeated the classrooms and hallways as parents, students and friends “oohed” and “aahed” over the sculptures, drawings, masks and writing projects.

Artists and Authors’ Fair 2012

WhAT’s All The Buzz ABOuT?

Camouflage Pen Drawing by alexandria hamoy ‘12

Joel muncada ’15 presents his writings to the parents and students in 510

after reading not a box,first graders created imaginary people, animals and other objects. Xavier ramirez ‘19 and him mom, arlene, made quite a creation! (right) Andrea Flores ’88 Shelton with her sons,

mateo ‘19 and gabriel, create an imaginary box in 1st grade

Sculptures of musicians by fifth graders

Emma Everett ’15 shares her writing with brother, brendan Everett ’06.


the winning medal!

Jarylynn on stage at the tech Challenge.

Sweet Success! the team successfully achieves the challenge!

Congratulations to Jarylynn De guzman, Jayel ambat, Diana tran and Priscilla Castro, better known as “team rock n roll rumblers” and winners of the 2012 San Jose museum tech Challenge! these young fifth grade girls rose to the challenge and achieved great success through their dedication, passion, and lots of trial and error!

this year’s tech Challenge, “Shake, rattle, and rescue” challenged young innovators to create a solution to help earthquake survivors. their device, after an earthquake severely damages a bridge, had to reach and rescue a person stranded on the bridge.

“team rock n roll rumblers” competed with 363 different teams. this chal-lenge was the first competition the girls entered. their coach, Jhune ambat, remarked, “they were awesome! they had a great time working as a team.” along with “team rock n roll rumblers”, St. John Vianney School was also represented by three other teams.

Sr. michele anne commented, “Since one of our Student learning Expecta-tions challenges us to develop critical thinking skills in our students, we were proud that the girls landed best overall Solution to the problem. In addition, we are making an effort to encourage our girls to step forward more notice-ably in the areas of science and math.”

SJV is very proud of all of our participants and we are already looking forward to tech Challenge 2013!

Congratulations! “TeAm ROck n ROll RumBleRs” Wins The gRAnd PRize FOR BesT OVeRAll sOluTiOn AT The 2012 sAn JOse museum TechnOlOgY chAllenge!

the team and their proud Coach: (l-r) Jarylynn De guzman, Priscilla Castro, Jayel ambat and Diana tran with Coach Jhune ambat in the back.


First graders celebrating “100 Days of School” with counting, games and lots of smiles! baCk (l to r): aritzel Santana, Jason Vargas, mar-tha tabares. Front (l to r): Emily Pham, kyle reyes

Civil War dAY

the Class of 2012 was creative and informative in depicting historical figures from the Civil war Era. here are just a few of the images from Civil war Day:

toP lEFt: Camille Daszynski as Sarah E. Edmonds, spy, soldier and nurse toP mIDDlE: Sabrina arellano as a union army DrummertoP rIght: aidan mellon-reyes as gen. robert E. leemIDDlE lEFt: Joshua muncada as winslow homer, painterbottom lEFt: Cresencio Castillo as gen. Philip Sheridanbottom rIght: Jade Cobos as Sarah winchester


SJV moms anna luna ’82 moore, Patricia tovar, Christina Valdovinos and bea Franco loving the ‘80s!

cRAB Feedthe SJV 2012 Crab Feed was rad! It was a totally awesome ‘80s themed event with lots of big hair, neon colors and a few surprises.

no surprise was that Co-Chairs, John murphy and andrea Formosa, long-time committee members, took over the event this year and it was a success. of course, a big thanks goes to all the committee members and all the dedicated volunteers. they set up the hall, prepared the food and left no detail unattended.

the most entertaining surprise was the Flash mob performance by the 8th grade servers! they prac-ticed tirelessly in the days leading up to the Crab Feed and enjoyed performing for family and friends. will we see this again next year? You will have to buy tickets next year and find out!

of course, the real treat of the evening was the auc-tion and watching the bidding wars! those paddles were flying thanks to auctioneer Doug rose and the generous (and slightly competitive!) donors. thanks to all who contributed!

Crab Feed Co-Chairs John murphy (right, orchestrating behind the scenes) and andrea Formosa looking totally rad alongside SJV parent, katrina garcia.

Cindy Perea and Dianna galvan, Volunteer Coordinator, had a blast!

Dick and Carolan Scanlan, pictured with grand-daughter aislinn Everett ‘07, weremajor sponsors of the 2012 Crab Feed. thank you!

Fr. Steve kim helps SJV mom Chona Villanueva

with her Crab bib!

Jon honore ‘84 and wife Jen enjoy a good time. Check out

the SJV jersey, hat and sweater.


alumni of ’82 enjoy the Crab Feed! graduating class of 1982 classmates lorenzo reyes, Janine thompson berkeland, Christine rouleau nakamoto and anna luna moore all attended the Crab Feed this year. they also all have an SJV student who graduated this year!

SJV parent volunteers help make the night a success! Eduaro Castro and Carmen hipona-Castro greet Crab Feed guests and sign them up for the auction. Jojo academia, tina nguyen and reema walia help out in the kitchen preparing all that wonderful garlic bread, ravioli and, of course, crab!!

aidan mellon-reyes ’12, ms. Cook and lorenzo mellon-reyes ’82

Christine rouleau ’82, Jonathan ’12 and David nakamoto

anna luna ’82 moore and son, mateo moore ‘12 (with classmate

Chanel nguyen ‘12)

the berkelands:kayla navarro ‘06, Janine (thompson) ’82,

Cole ’12 and rob.

members of the Class of 2012. our wonderful servers!


In case you have not noticed, the Community Center is rapidly moving along with the gymnasium coming near to completion. this part of the building, that is, gym, restrooms and main lobby will be ready for next year’s events. keep remembering to contribute to the Parish building Fund Collection for the Community Center. kitchen, stage, snack bar, meeting rooms and all furnishings have yet to be finished, and will be completed only when we have the funds. however, we are making progress. take a look through the windows.

sJV cOmmuniTY cenTeR


we hope everyone who has attended SJV School will contribute to the completion of the SJV Community Center! we are building our future through this legacy gift. we apologize if you have made a donation and your name has been omitted. Please notify us at [email protected]. we will publish this list again and continue to list names of alumni in the winter Viking review. go VIkIngS!

oTHER SJV SCHooL GIFTS To CoMMunITy CEnTERClass of 1985 alumni reunion Class of 2006Class of 2007Class of 2008Class of 2009Class of 2010Class of 2011Class of 2012SJV School Variety Show 2010SJV Drama Presentations sponsored by Dianna albert and Jeannine ramirez’74 adamsSJV School Student Sponsorship of Pilgrimage walk100% Participation for Pilgrimage walk from 2011-12 Faculty and Staff (Present and Former) of SJV School!

CLASS oF 1957bob andersonmary ann zoria rodriguez

CLASS oF 1960John medeirosbarbara rewitz Pollock

CLASS oF 1961george Puentesbrian walsh

CLASS oF 1963John zoria

CLASS oF 1966Elisa arevaloPatrick taylorPatrick walsh

CLASS oF 1967Sandra martino DibariVictor lipari

CLASS oF 1968Douglas koenigErnie lipari

CLASS oF 1969george Prussia

CLASS oF 1970rebecca Fernandez

CLASS oF 1971loren Julie raineri Cooktheresa Floresleticia rodriguez Scaringe

CLASS oF 1972kristine Everett garmanmichael Scott

CLASS oF 1973hope macDonald hassmanbridget JehningJoanne Pinheiro redmondmark mckenna

CLASS oF 1974Jeannine ramirez adamstonya Dubs DillsEddie riveraPete Scanlananthony zeppa

CLASS oF 1977Suzanne arreolakersten Sinclair buck

CLASS oF 1978karen wall latiguandrea mcDonaldChristopher olson

CLASS oF 1979monica acostageorge Contreras

CLASS oF 1980Carolyn Danielskaren Schredl garlandDinis PereiraSylvia moreno richbonnie borges Vierra

CLASS oF 1981Sonya navarro liceamichael lynchChristopher ramirezVicky SalgadoDeborah Piker Sanders CLASS oF 1982anna DeSimas mcCabelorenzo mellon-reyesmelissa Piker mockeranna luna mooreChristine rouleau nakamoto

CLASS oF 1983ruth libby brewster

CLASS oF 1984Jon honoreJoseph montanezDennis namimatsu

CLASS oF 1985 lily Calderonanna refuerzo Carvajaltina beiriger Cortesetelissa hale martinezlorena Flores mataadrian munoz

CLASS oF 1986kathleen lopesleonard namimatsukristen Sheppard toscano

CLASS oF 1987Irene Calizo

CLASS oF 1988Carrie kiskila Davisandrea Flores Shelton

CLASS oF 1989anthony Styczynski

CLASS oF 1990Isabel Coloma Scott CLASS oF 1991richard CorbalJason rodriguez CLASS oF 1992Sarah Sheppard

CLASS oF 1994an mai hoang Phaman le

CLASS oF 1996gustavo Caraveo

CLASS oF 1999lauren Seimas

CLASS oF 2000honore Pedigo

CLASS oF 2002anna Donovan

CLASS oF 2003robert Compitello CLASS oF 2004Danielle deojeda

CLASS oF 2006garrett grant

CLASS oF 2007Diego EstradaVanessa mirandariley Perroots

CLASS oF 2008tiffany Dills

CLASS oF 2009alexander grantalex Perroots

CLASS oF 2012Christian Dioknobianca Pereiragabriella Segovia

CLASS oF 2013Jordan Covarrubiaslauren Compitello

CLASS oF 2014nicholas Pereira

ThAnk YOu, Alumni!thank you to the following alumni who have given to the “our Community . . . our Center” Campaign. Your commitment to your school is greatly appreciated as we move forward to completion of the center.


St. John Vianney School children sent invitations to alumni, parishioners and parents in the medical field to honor them with a special assembly and blessing. Doctors, nurses, dentists, pharmacists, lab techni-cians, and medical assistants came to celebrate and be honored for their service and commitment to care for others. lavender oil was used to bless their palms, “lord god, give this person courage and hope as they minister to others.” the honorees spoke about their service, which included work in local hospitals, dentist offices, urgent care clinics, labs, pharmacies, optical care, convalescent homes, homecare and even someone who manufactured parts for orthopedists.

Honoring medicAl PROFessiOnAls

Fr. Steve blessing the medals given to all the honored guests.

honored guests

a reception was held after the assembly. Sr. gemma wilson (right), former nurse,

is now a teaching assistant at SJV.

Cole berkeland ’12 with his mom, Janine thompson ’82 berkeland

Sr. michele anne and martha wood blessed their palms with lavender oil saying, “Lord God, give this person courage and hope as they minister to others.”

baCk row: martha wood, Co-Principal, parishioners: Patti ross, r.n. at regional hospital, Carolan Scanlan and roseann zeppa, retired nurses from o’Connor hospital, Sr. gemma wilson, retired nurse from San Jose hospital, Sr. michele anne, Co-Principal, Sr. maria griego. Front row: Students: Joshua Suty, Isabel hernandez, Chloe zhou, kyle horn


7Th AnnuAl Fundken & Jeannine ramirez ‘74 adamsDale & Diana akitt -In mEmorY oF Carl akItt

Sophia akitt ‘14 -In honor oF thE PrInCIPalS & StaFF at SJV

David & Dianna albertPaul & Jeanne albertPetrus & hilde hurkmansmary andradetony & Jamie arreola -In honor oF aDam arrEola ‘12

Javier avilaPaul avila -In honor oF IzabEl CarDoSo ‘17

David & Claudia barbaPatrick ‘86 & kimberli barker -In mEmorY oF Pat barkEr

maureen basileterri basso -In mEmorY oF rEbECCa ramIrEz

Joylyn bellilinda bergrob & Janine thomson ‘82 berkelandrichard & mona boomerEdward & mary Fran breiling -In honor oF marY Fran

David & mary brockmanmichael ‘71 & rhonda Cabrinha -In mEmorY oF CarolYn CabrInha ‘71

Irene Calizo ‘87helen Calvillo kathleen Canepa ‘72 -In mEmorY oF louIS E. CanEPa

randy & Stephanie Carles -In honor oF PhYllIS StoJa

lisa Cavalli ‘77manny & Cindy CaytonDarlene Ceremello -In mEmorY oF JaCkIE moSS

Chris & maryann CervelliYvonne ChavezJohn Coelhoangelo Coloma ‘94Ignacio & Fe ColomaIgnacio Coloma ‘89gregg & kristina Comererrob & rosanne CompitelloSr. rosina Conrotto PbVmkathy Corbal -In honor oF rob ‘88 anD rICk ‘91 Corbal anD krIStEn Corbal ‘95 gIangrEgorIo

Dominic & Suzanne Corteserobert & Carly Cortese -In mEmorY oF CharlES tornEllo

Dolores Davis

Evelyn Dean -In mEmorY oF CraIg mathIaS

Vincent & Susana del rosariorussell & Sandra martino ‘67 Di bari D.D.S. -In mEmorY oF tom Frank martIno

Duyen DinhEric & Dianne DoughtyJack & kelly DrewJohn Duffy -In mEmorY oF lIlY DuFFY

Fidel & Chona Villanueva -In honor oF DEnISE ‘06, DElon ‘09 & DEnzEl ‘12 VIllanuEVa

bryan Eckhardtkatherine Elston ‘06John & lucinda ElstonStephanie Elston ‘03Claudio & Elvia Enriquezruth Fernandes -In mEmorY oF ED FErnanDES

rebecca kulpa ‘70 FernandezDavid & monique FrizzellJanet Fuentes -In honor oF katElYn ‘04 & zaCharY ‘08 rIEChErS

raymond & helen gaetaCleta galloChuck & Joyce Steinkamp ‘73 gibson -In honor oF auDrEY StEInkamP ‘14

John ‘68 & Sue gonsalves -In mEmorY oF manual & margarEt alVErnaz

thomas gordillo’06alexander grant ‘09garrett grant ‘06James & marina grantPeter t. & Carol grassi Sr.Jessea greenman Sr. maria griego PbVmIgnacio & nancy guerreroJuan & rosa Elena gutierrezJuan & rosa Elena gutierrezJason & Dr. Suzanne guvenJason hedberg ‘86Edgardo & ada hernandezgeorge & maria hoffmanmanuel & reina holleroPaula Johnsonrussell & tudy Johnsonwilliam & kelly Johnsonmike & loreen kiskilaJohn & Catherine koguraJohn & Catherine koguragregg letsinger ‘85, m.D. -In mEmorY oF JoSEPh lEtSIngEr ‘79

Donors


mATching gRAnTsStephanie ChanJuan gutierrez & rosa Elena lorenzanobill & barbara heilJonathan& ann hongJuan & helen oterotodd & kathy roseIsmael & Sylvia urizarglobal ImpactCiscoVmwareJuniperCisconorthrop grummanPg&E

ResTRicTed dOnATiOnsbryan & karen hickeyJames & marina grant

unResTRicTed giFTsabraham andrade IIIabraham andrade Jr.teresa andradealbert alvarez & Justine gonzalezanthony andradealyssa andradethien nguyen & Diana CuJack & kelly DrewSindolfo & lilyn gacayanDaniel & lucille laffanlouis & lupe luceroPizza mariaangelina m. ramosJohn & Pamela Stansberrylois grace templanzaDebra wibeto

Ernest ‘68 & gloria lipariDan & mandee loney -go VIkIngS!

kevin & mary ann loneyanthony & Vivian lucas -In honor oF CarloS zaIzar ‘13

Jose & linda luna -In mEmorY oF manuEl & guIllErmo luna ‘71

gloria luna ‘66 -In mEmorY oF manuEl & guIllErmo luna ‘7

Jennie lunanghia & kieu Chinh maiPeter & Xu martinCarol matthesJack & Dolores mclean -In honor oF anDrEw montalbo ‘19

John medeiros ‘60, Pt, PhD -In mEmorY oF FranCIS mEDEIroS

antonio & maria mello -In mEmorY oF manuEl DESImaS

Joe & nickell melo -In honor oF brIttanY mElo ‘09

John & Dorothy (Dee) ‘79 micallefterry & Judy millerJoseph montanez ‘84anna moore ‘82timothy & Danielle mooremark & Suzanne morgadoPatricia murphy -In mEmorY oF JEan EarlY murPhY

mary navarrete -In mEmorY oF robErt naVarrEtE

Sr. Peter Joseph navone ‘57anthony & hong nguyen -In honor oF DYlan ‘15, CaSSanDra ‘13 & nICholaS ‘12 nguYEn

thuc & lynh nguyenmichael & Janet nottoli -In honor oF matthEw rook ‘91

Sean & Sonja burbano ‘86 o’leary -In honor oF thE ClaSS oF 1986

michael & Cindy PanelliDavid & Sallie PeraltaSon & Dixie PhamVan & kim PhamScott ‘85 & ruth Pikerbrian PineJoe & gloria PonteJohn & Dianne PrindivilleCourtney Quinn ‘06kelly Quinn ‘08gladys rahauiserkenneth ray ‘61Cindy rebhan ‘76roland & maya ‘89 reyesmonsignor Francisco riosgary & laura robertson

Joaquin & mary ann robledoJason rodriguez ‘91Jenny rodriguezrobert & Connie rojasCharles m. rosato -In mEmorY oF CharlEnE roSato

Patricia D. rossharry & lourdes rumohr -In honor oF Sgt. JamES rumohr

Jeanette ryan -In mEmorY oF rICarDo CalVo

Erik & Deborah Piker ‘81 SandersPete ‘74 & Deanna ScanlanChristopher & kathleen Scibatroy & Isabel Coloma ‘90 Scottleland & bernice Seimas -In honor oF thE ClaSS oF 1999

Edward & trina Semplinskimatthew & andrea Flores ‘88 Sheltonrobert & augustine Simon -In mEmorY oF laStraPES & SImon FamIlIES

Carolyn Sinclair -In mEmorY oF EVElYn SInClaIr ‘71

michael ‘81 & Elizabeth Smithgiuseppe & Veronica SpatolaJohn & Pamela Pascali ‘67 Stansberryleticia Stenson ‘79Stuft Pizza ruben & Sharon SwendellEdward tan ‘87marie tavares -In mEmorY oF JaCkIE moSS

lance tecson ‘11lewis & ann-marie tecsonrandall torres ‘78 -In mEmorY oF anDY PangElIna Sr.

adam & karen Vazquez -In honor oF laura ‘08 & lIannE’09 VazQuEz

Victor & bonnie borges ‘80 Vierra -In honor oF nICholaS ‘10, Jonathan ‘13, auStIn ‘16 VIErra

Stephen & louise VitaleVinh & helen Vo -In honor oF nICholaS Vo ‘10

Patrick ‘66 & terry walshmyles & teresa wardgerald ‘63 & Sharon wilkus -In mEmorY oF gEorgE wIlkuS

Frank & Sally williams -In mEmorY oF StaCIE murPhY

Sr. gemma wilson PbVmmartha woodSam & mitsi YamagiwaSean Yamagiwa ‘08anthony ‘74 & rose ann zeppa -In mEmorY oF StEVEn zEPPa ‘76

James & Sandy zhoulawrence zhou ‘09


marie madruga, the grandmother of Carolyn norman ‘87 Peterson, laura norman ‘92 and lisa norman ‘89

anthony Campagna ’57

theresa bell, mother of kathleen williamson ‘68 nygard, robert williamson ‘65, thomas williamson ‘66 (rIP) and michele bell ‘82 moussaoui

the grandmother of Victoria Johnson ‘05

manuel rosa, grandfather of aaliyah bernal-rosa ‘18

the son of Jerry ‘71 and Julie Jones

Paternal grandfather of nathaniel martinez ‘20

mary bettencourt, the great-grandmother of matthew rose ‘18

betty baumann, mother of Joan baumann’80 hahn, brian baumann’78 and greg baumann’74

Paul loo, father of nicholas ‘07, kimberly ‘05 and Victoria ‘10

Petrus hurkmans, grandfather of Julienne ’14 and natalie ramskov

marie Carvalho, the grandmother of Cyle ‘02 and Victoria Carvalho ‘04, and gene ‘88, kimberly ‘91 and brent Carvalho’ 95

David bergh, uncle to Shane ‘94, brianna ‘00 and Chris ‘98(rIP) wibeto

Concetta zoria, mother of mary ann zoria’57 rodriguez, and John zoria’63. Concetta was a founding member of St. John Vianney Parish.

Jesse Valdez, father of gloria lipari, Cindy Perea, SJV faculty, and grandfather to Jacob’19 and Jessica’13 Campoy, and David’11 and Daniel’14 Perea. mr. Valdez was a longtime parishioner at SJV Church.

nick alves, uncle to kevin ‘12 and tyler ‘11 Carrisosa

2lt. travis morgado, brother to ana banzer ‘12, who was killed in afghanistan

1957 anthony Campagna1957 Dean Dorsa1957 archibald Johnston1957 herbert white1957 michael ulrich1958 James mirassou1958 John walsh1959 John greco1959 Francis medeiros1959 Donald Imwalle1959 ruth Puentes moghadan1960 James arata1960 richard burke1960 bill Spencer1960 Charles walsh1961 Donna Cable1961 Stanley Chaves1961 karen nelson1961 Frederick Podeyn1961 Steven rose1961 rev. ron Sanfilippo, S.J. 1961 barbara Solano1962 David arata1962 Dennis galindo1962 leonard lemos1963 robert Campfield1964 Cristina Cadena1964 James Euley1964 nancy lyons andrade1964 harlen house1965 richard moreno1966 mary de tar bumb1966 rose loughrey1966 thomas williamson1966 Jill Squires1967 marianne henriques1967 Jeffrey levitt1968 buryl rewitz1968 thomas Vance1969 Patricia Crews1970 Eloy martinez1971 Carolyn Cabrinha1971 guillermo luna1971 Frank r. Passafuime1971 Evelyn Sinclair 1972 Peggy margo

1973 Joseph moreno1973 mark Poindexter1974 Patty arias1975 James Jones1975 Eugene Pounds (lucchesi)1976 ruth renzel1976 Steven zeppa1977 Sandra moya1978 michelle moya1979 Joseph letsinger1979 michelle Sylvia1981 antonio Fortes1981 traci bynoe1982 matthew nunez1988 Christopher tallman1991 william munoz1991 matthew rook1998 Christopher wibeto2006 Chris orso

Our sJV staff who have died.Sr. Jane Francis de ChantalSr. gabriel Porteous Sr. berchmans Spicer Sr. margaret Dowd Sr. Cyril/Dolores mcDonaldJackie moss (Sr. Jacqueline)ann JonesCharlene rosatoSr. Isabel/Stanislaus ramosSr. marie therese theisSr. Eleanor mcgloin Sr. bernardine atkinsSr. aloysius mcgloin Sr. Joan marie/albin uhrichSr. beatrice ConcannonSr. beverly Durmanichmaria alviarmargaret Soaresrene lepiane newburySr. agnes theresa kovich Sr. ursula loweSr. helen griffinElin ovickbetty laCoe

leT us PRAY FOR OuR sJV Alumni WhO hAVe died (rEV. 1/23/2012)

in lOVing

Memory



eVening OF

Gratitudewith deep appreciation, Sr. michele anne and martha wood hosted an “Evening of gratitude” with a dinner at the San Jose Country Club for the many persons who have made signficant gifts to St. John Vianney School in the past year. In the name of all the students of SJV, these people were honored for how they have invested in the education of current and future students. the evening included some friends whose children graduated many years ago and who continue to give generously to Catholic education. again, we say thank You!

St. John Vianney School4601 hyland avenueSan Jose, Ca 95127www.sjvsj.org

ChangE SErVICE rEQuEStED

Mystery Photo

thank you to laurain Distefano beiriger ’62 for writing in and telling us about this photo, “Queen and attendants, 1959”. laurain explains, “these pictures were taken prior to the SJV Parade that was the start of each Fiesta. we became Queen and attendants based on the amount of raffle tickets sold by our families and friends in our names.” She also includes some information on the names of those in the photo.

Front row from the left: unknown; kathy Dwyer (Daughter of george Dwyer); unknown; first name unknown, but last name is gurza (younger sister of agustin gurza)

back row from the left: unknown; laurain Distefano (now beiriger); Elizabeth riker; first name unknown, but last is Crews (I believe oldest daughter of marshall & Doris Crews); unknown

Vikings, please check out our new mystery Photo! who are these students? what is the activity? any information you have, please let us know! Please email Deirdre mellon-reyes or call the school ([email protected] or 258-7677).

Documents

St. John Vianney Summer 2012 Viking Review