Saints SceneOctober 2009 Vol 29 no. 2

NON-PROFIT ORGU.S. POSTAGE

PAIDSAN DIEGO, CAPERMIT NO. 663

YOUR MONTHLY REPORT ON THE ST. AUGUSTINE HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE

St. Augustine High School 3266 Nutmeg Street

San Diego, CA 92104-5199619-282-2184

www.sahs.org

Dear Parents and FriendsKeeping Ahead of the Times

Needless to say, having a web site to promote a school is imperative nowa-days. As the school embarked last

spring on the development of a new site we were advised to be mindful of the following keys to success. 1. First impressions count:2. Concise content with headlines:3. Be linked effectively:4. Use splash accordingly:

5. Keep it new and fresh: Upon reflection, the funny thing is much of this great advice for website success can also be instrumental in our work with teenage boys. We want to win their trust and confidence; remember first im-pressions can go a long way. This text message generation doesn’t want to listen to adults drone on and on; we must be concise yet complete. We need to know about them and their interests if we want to connect with them; we must be linked effectively. We can’t be too flashy and we can’t be too frumpy if we want to spark their curiosi-ties; use splash accordingly. And lastly, when we speak we want them to hear more than “blah, blah, blah”; keep it new and fresh. Developing and effective web site and successfully working with teenage boys have many of the same keys to success! Who’d have thought? We are proud of our work with boys and we are proud of our new website. Check out our new site at www.sahs.org

Yours in the Spirit of Catholic Education,

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...The Road Together

Telltale SignsThe Scourge of

OxyContin AbuseBy Edwin Hearn, PresidentSt. Augustine High School

There is a scourge threat-ening the lives

of every high school age student throughout San Diego County. It comes in many forms, but the preferred ticket is a small round lime green tablet with 80

inscribed on one side of the pill and OC on the other--OxyContin. In Florida from Janu-ary to June 2008, 57 people died of Meth-amphetamine overdose, 71 died of Heroin poisoning and 705 died as a result of ingest-ing this killer. Unfortunately, OxyContin, a legal drug, found in many bathroom cabi-nets, has been diverted to wide illegal usage throughout the county with disastrous effects sometimes resulting in death. According to local DEA agents, the Ted Williams Parkway corridor from Torrey Pines High School, to Scripps Ranch High School, north to Poway High School and south to El Cajon is the OxyContin epicenter in the County. OxyContin is a highly addictive opiate that is prescribed for moderate to high pain relief. This drug is helpful with helping people recover from severe injuries, bursitis, dislocation, fractures, neuralgia, arthritis, lower back and cancer pain. This drug is known on the street as 80’s, Beans, OC, and Orange Crayons. These terms many times are found in the texting messaging on students’ mobile phones. When OxyContin is abused, the tablet is crushed and chewed, snorted, injected or smoked. Once crushed, the pill loses its 12 hour time released properties and the full ef-fect of the drug is immediate. One of the telltale signs of its usage is green smudge streaks on clothing. Prior to using the tablet, it is moistened and the green dye is removed from the pill by rubbing it on clothing. The use of tin foil is also used in preparation of smoking the drug. Many times a piece of tin foil with lined burn streaks ap-proximately twelve inches long by a quarter inch wide will be saved by the user in case

Saints/OLP Cheerleaders who have earned All-American status from the National Cheerleaders Assn. for 2009-2010 are [front row (left to right)]: Eden Kennedy (2 years), Maria Gilbert (3 years) and Rachel Cotton (2 years);[Back Row (l to r)]: Michelle Davis, Kelsey Zehentbauer, Leah Crane and Flora Wilds.

More on Saints/OLP Cheer on Page 6.

Edwin J. Hearn, Jr.

With the advent of grades being available on-line the School’s Administration, in a joint effort

with the Austin Parents Association, has redesigned the former Report Card Night event. Each year, at the close of the 1st and 3rd quarter grading periods, the school and APA will host a Family and Faculty

Raising Teens in an Overly Promiscuous Society

Family and Faculty NightsDiscuss Important Issues

night. The first event will be Wednesday, October 21.5:30 pm Parent / Faculty Conferences & College Financial Planning presentation

7 pm Raising Teens in an Overly Promiscuous Society Speaker – Liz Dubenetzky

This evening will have two components. First parents/guardians who are interested in discussing their students’ progress with specific teachers may do so by visiting individual teachers in their classrooms from 5:30 – 6:50 pm. During this same time frame, we will offer a 50 minute Col-lege Financial Planning workshop that will start at 5:30 pm in the Library. Following the opportunity for faculty conferences the Austin Parents Association will host Ms. Liz Dubenetsky, who will of-fer a 50 minute workshop for parents titled Raising Teens in an Overly Promiscuous Society which will be hosted in the Gym. Please make plans to join us for this informative meeting. It is a great chance to build community with other parents and to find some valuable tools that will help you in your parenting journey.

October 2009 Calendar Highlights The following are important days, times and events for the Class of 2013. Welcome!

Event Name Date Time/placeSophomore Father/Son Event Oct 4 9am / gym

Frosh Dance Lessons Oct 5-8 2:30pm / gym

8th Grade Visits Oct 7 & 8 9am / on campus

Freshman Overnight Retreat Oct 10 & 11 9am / gym

End of 1st Quarter Oct 16

College Financing Night Oct 21 5:30pm / library

Family & Faculty Night Oct 21 7pm / gym

Homecoming Football game Oct 23 7pm / San Diego High

Homecoming Dance Oct 24 7pm

Frosh College Night Oct 28 6:30pm

A complete updated calendar is always available online at the top of the home page at sahs.org

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Augustinian HeritageAugustine: A student,

a teacher, a parent

Part Two:Augustine as StudentBy Fr. Bob Gavatto, O.S.A., (’55)

Saints Chaplain

[Editor’s Note: These ex-cerpts are from Education, An Augustinian Approach, pages 8 and 16.]

What kind of educa-tional system was in vogue at the

time of Augustine, 354-430?The organization of schooling

in the late Roman Empire was quite different from ours. ‘Schools’ or ‘Universities’ were run by individual teach-ers. Therefore, in comparison to ours their educational system might seem to be without much formal structure. However, this was not quite so. Schooling had three levels, based on the central figure of the kind of teacher involved:a) The litterator, or teacher of first letters.b) The grammaticus, educator of language and Latin culture, andc) The rethor, or rethoricus, teacher of the “humanities”, with a special emphasis on law and oratory.Augustine the student completed all of these three stages of Roman education. Certainly it was to his own great personal advantage in terms of the skills he learnt, but, as he tells us, not always happily. He studied under the rod of the litterator in Tagaste, his native town, from age six to thirteen (361-367). Under the grammaticus he studied in Madaura, provincial capital of his region, from age thirteen to sixteen (367-370). Then his education was interrupted. After a break back with his family due to a lack of finance, thanks to the help of his patron, Romanianus, he was able to finish his studies as student of rhetoric in Carthage, the North African capital of the Empire, from age seventeen to twenty (371-374). What did being a student mean for Augustine?For Augustine, being a student is a lifelong task for all, not a role restricted to those who attend classes or are enrolled in courses. The fundamental task of the student is to learn about themselves and what they are intended to become. Ultimately, being a student is about discovering those things about oneself, one’s world, and the transcen-dent that are necessary for happiness in both this world and the next. Consequently, if we are looking for what Augustine thinks about being a student, we are also ask-ing what Augustine thinks about being a human person. For him the two are closely allied. He sees the whole world and its peoples a kind of classroom where we are all fellow students. God, the Truth present within each of us, is the Teacher. Next time, some of Augustine’s reflections, in his own words, about being a student and thus really about being human.

St. Augustine, pray for us!

Fr. Bob Gavotto OSA (’55)

Tutoring Schedule for School Year 2009-2010Teacher Course (s) Day (s) Time Room By AppointmentAlcoser Western Civ, PE/Health Mon - Wed 7:00 am - 7:40 am Gym Allen French 1, 2, 3, AP Wednesday 1:55 pm - 2:45 pm 225 & By ApptArnn English IA M T W & Thurs 2:10 pm - 2:40 pm 326 Bachynsky Morality & Faith Survey Mon Tues & Wed 2:05 pm - 2:55 pm 318 Bernens Ethics; Comp Rel, Theatre Arts Mon & Wed 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm 317 Wed 7:00 - 7:30 am By ApptCarson Drawing, Ceramics Mon - Fri. 7:00 pm - 7:45 pm Lunch & 2:00 - 3:00 pm 107 & After School Crlenjak English IIIA, AP Eng Lang Tues & Thurs 7:00 am - 7:30 am 323 Cudal Honors English I Thursday Lunch Time Office & By Apptda Luz, Chris AP US History & US History Tues & Thurs 6:45 am - 7:30 am 220 & By Apptda Luz, Craig Web Design Daily 7:00 am - 7:40 am 336 & By ApptDavis Spanish III, AP Span Lang & Lit Mon - Fri. After School 221 & By ApptDent Spanish I Thurs & Friday 7:10 am - 7:40 am 229 Dickerson Phy Sci, Chemistry, AP Chem Mon 2:10 pm - 2:40 pm 213 & By ApptDowney Civics/Economics M W & Thurs Lunch 321 Eggleton Graphic Design, MS Office Mon.- Fri 7:00 -7:35 am & Lunch 331 Gormly Spanish II Tuesday After School 223 & By ApptHaggerty English I-B Mon - Fri 7:00 am - 7:35 am 323 & By ApptHardick Old Testament Tuesday 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm 229 Haupt Ethics/Morality Tuesday Lunch Office Healy Soc. Issues, Yearbook Wednesday 7:00 am - 7:30 am Office & By ApptHecht English IIA, Ethics/Morality Friday 12:45pm - 1:15 pm 105 & By ApptIgelman Bio, AP Bio, Chem, Health/PE Tues & Thurs 7:00 am - 7:35 am 211 By ApptInzunza Speech, Social Issues Mon. - Fri 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm 316 By ApptIsaak Algebra I Mon. - Fri 7:00 am - 7:40 am 212 Jagow All Music Courses; Band Mon, Tues & Thurs Lunch 108 Johnston AP Eng, Latin I, II, III, AP Latin Mon & Tues 7:00 am - 7:30 am 227 Lang Anatomy & Sports Medicine Mon & Tues Lunch Tr Rm Lamerato AP Eng Lit & Comp & Eng IV-A Mon.- Fri. 7:00 am - 7:30 am 324 & M - W 2:00 pm– 3:00 pmLinville Alg I, Alg II & Pre-Algebra Friday 7:00 am - 7:40 am 231 MacVay AP Art History, Eng. II. Art I Wednesday 7:00 am - 7:30 am 322 Manley Adv Math; Honors Pre Calc Tues & Wed 7:00 am - 7:40 am 222 O’Beirne Western Civilization Thursday Lunch & By ApptOzdowski AP Statistics; Alg. II Mon. - Thurs Lunch 212 Paligutan Faith Survey; Old & New Test Mon. - Thurs 2:00 - 3:00 pm 315 & or later as neededRanney AP Calc, Physics Mon. - Thurs 2:00 – 3:00 pm 210 Rey AP Economics; Psychology Mon. & Wed 2:10 pm - 3:00 pm Office Roberts Geometry, Statistics Mon. & Fri. 6:30 am - 7:30 am 101 Sanchez PE/Health Mon. - Thurs Lunch Gym Sipper AP World Hist; West Civ;US Hist Mon. - Thurs Lunch 320 & Before/After school by ApptStephenson P.E./Health Monday 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Gym Vignol Philosophy; Old Testament Tuesday 2:00 pm - 2:30 pm 319 Walsh AP Psychology Tuesday 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm Office & By Appt.Weber AP Phys. Honors Eng. II, Eng IV Tuesday Lunch 219 Physics Thurs 6:45 - 7:30 am Wilson Biology Tues & Wed Lunch 215 Yoakum Geometry; Algebra II Mon. - Fri 7:00 - 7:35 am 332

Tutoring Schedule Available

Twitter.comAre you looking for up to date info on meet-ings, announcements, activities, breaking

news and game times, locations and results. Do you wish you had a reminder for all these

events?

Follow Saints on Twitterhttp://www.twitter.com/saints_info

You can set up an account to have news sent directly to your e-mail or sent as a text to your phone, or you can

simply link to the Twitter feed by clicking on the twitter icon at the lower left on the Saints home page

Important Admission DatesOctober 7 and 8 (Wed/Thu) 9 am – 11:30 am

8th Grade Visitation to Saints

November 1st (Sun) 1-4 pm (Presentation at 2 pm)Open House for Prospective Students and their families

January 23, 2010 (Sat) 8:30 amEntrance Test for prospective Class of 2014

Info:Michael A. Haupt, Director of Admissions; Email: Mhaupt@sahs.org

On this page is the tutoring schedule for the Saints Scene. All of our families should know that this is another service we offer for which

there is never an additional charge since all of our teach-ers are required to be available for any student. Also, most of our teachers can be reached by voice mail or

e-mail if parents/guardians have any additional ques-tions about their student’s progress; but we encourage families to utilize Saints on the Web (SOTW) which will keep them updated on the progress of their student with respect to grades and assignments—Mr. Tom Cudal, As-sistant Principal/Academics.

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Mr. Dan StricklandLibrary Resource AssistantSt. Augustine High School, BA, University of San Diego.Three years in education.First year at Saints.

Mr. Richard SanchezHead Football Coach; (Physical Education, Health)Sweetwater High School, BS, New Mexico StateUniversity, MA, San Diego State University; 10 years teaching experience, First year at Saints.

Mr. Bruce HaggertyEnglish Moses Brown School, Tuffs University, BA, Boston University, MA;29 years teaching experience, third year at Saints.

Mrs. Marie-Line AllenFrench I, II, III, AP FrenchBaccalaureat, Lycee Albert Schweitzer, Mulhouse, France; BA, Faculte Des Lettres, Mulhouse, France, MA, San Diego State Univ., MA, Princeton University, DEA, Universite de Provence, Aix-En-Provence, France; 18 years teaching, First year at Saints.

Mr. John RobertsAlgebra, GeometryUniversity High School, BS, Utah State University, MA, University of Phoenix; Three years teachingexperience, First year at Saints.

St. Augustine High School welcomes its new Augustin-ian Volunteer for the 2009-

2010 school year! Emily Trancik comes to Saints from Villanova University, where she graduated this past May, with a degree in Bi-ology, concentrations in Honors, Ethics and a minor in Theology.

She was born in St. Paul, Min-nesota, moved to Kalamazoo, Michigan at five, where she attended St. Monica’s Elementary School where she first learned about St. Monica and the Augustinian tradi-tion. Growing up, Emily was a busy athlete, playing ice hockey (still her favorite sport), soccer and basketball, but she also loved piano lessons and singing in choirs. At Villanova, she worked with Habitat for Human-ity in Slidell, Louisiana after Hurricane Katrina, and to come back to Slidell to help build homes the next year. She also worked with Habitat for Humanity in South Carolina, and travelled to Tijuana, Jamaica, South Af-rica, and Peru for mission trips. Her mission trip to Peru second semester senior year was a unique experience, because she had the opportunity to meet and work with the Augustinian Volunteer community who live in Peru. After junior year at Villanova, Emily travelled to Sydney, Australia for another World Youth Day and Augustinian Youth Encounter (AYE). AYE was a week-long retreat for high school and college students with Augustinians worldwide. There she met Augustinians from all over, including South Korea, the Philippines, India, and Europe. She came to appreciate more fully the prevalence of the Augustinians all over the globe, and learned a lot about what it means to be an Augustin-ian-living a life focused on Veritas, Unitas, and Caritas- truth, unity and love. She had already been considering the idea of doing a volunteer year after graduation, but it was her experience in Australia that made Emily want to be an Augustinian Volunteer. When she’s not in the Campus Ministry office, Emily enjoys running, learning to surf, playing piano, watching Arrested Development re-runs, preparing for graduate studies in bioethics, and attempting to cook.

Welcome Emily Trancik

Augustinian Volunteer Arrives

at Saints The Society of Saints Scholars Program begins its second year by hosting the top students from the junior and senior classes as they join in four

seminars throughout the year. This program began last year as our way of acknowledging students for their academic accomplishments. Professionals who know and embrace the mission of St. Augustine High School lead the seminars. Last year’s speakers included Dr. Monte Marshall, (’56), a professor of geology and geophysics from SDSU who spoke about global warming and water scar-city. The second seminar was led by Jack Corrao, (’80), and Frank Asaro, (’78), from Corrao Enterprises, who spoke on the Future of Technology. Mr. Eric Rivera and Dr. Lou Murillo, administrators from SDSU who spoke about the major issues facing college students as well as the Future of Education, conducted the third seminar. And lastly, we welcomed Mr. Steve South, (’80), the President and C.E.O. of the EDCO Corporation who spoke about Leadership and Building Tomorrow’s Lead-ers. The first seminar for this year took place last month and featured Mr. Jerry Navarra, (’66), who discussed

Speaker Schedule SetSociety of Saints Scholars

“Marketing.” He is the president of one of the most successful businesses in San Diego, and we are very excited to have him begin this year’s seminars. The next professional joining us on December 1, 2009, is Mr. Frank Murray (’48), an Air Force fighter pilot and one of the six men recently accepted into the National Aviation Hall of Fame for flying the A-12 Blackbird for the CIA during Project OXCART; and on March 3, 2010, our speaker will be Mr. Tom Basinski, a former police detective and now a published author who writes true detective stories. The seminars are held each quarter and take place in the Fr. John R. Aherne Library. After each seminar, the students are invited to lunch at which time they can dialogue further with the speaker as well as their fellow classmates. Overall, it is a rich and unique program designed for these students to focus on all of life’s pos-sibilities. For additional information about the Society of Saints Scholars Program, please contact Mr. Tom Cudal, the Assistant Principal for Academics. tcudal@sahs.org

Miss Emily Trancik

he/she is unable to purchase more of the drug—it can be heated again and the remaining smoke inhaled. Buyers find OxyContin on the street for $50 to $80 a pill. The internet, Mexico, a parking lot, street corner, the family medicine cabinet, a friend involved in the culture are all sources for securing this drug. In a very short period of time this addiction can lead to a $600 to $750 a week habit, which in many cases leads to steal-ing from home and others. If you notice your son/daughter has a loss of in-terest in things that, were once important, a drop in academic/work performance, loss of motivation/always tired, frequently looking for ways to get away (are they where they say they will be), has money issues and will use manipulation or any excuse to get money, or items are missing from home, your son or daughter might be involved with this demonic drug. As a point of reference, the DEA cites that 30 mil-

lion Americans used legal drugs last year in an illegal manner. Of those people, 1.5 million were dependent on them. In a one year period from 2008 to 2009, there were 50 deaths caused by the illegal use of OxyContin in San Diego County alone. The physical warning signs are extreme loss of ap-petite and weight, constricted pupils, watery, sunken in eyes, poor complexion or sickly appearance, constipa-tion, drowsiness, frequently sick, tremors, twitching, excessive scratching or being intoxicated with no sign of alcohol use. Young people under the influence of OxyContin®, should be taken to the ER immediately. OxyContin® is a very dangerous drug and medical treatment is non-ne-gotiable. For more facts concerning OxyContin®, contact HOTLINE ABUSE at 1-877-662-6384. The fol-lowing Websites also provide valuable information about the abuse of this drug: www.justthinktwice.com. http://www.facebook.com/people/Oxy-Task-Force/1669935707 and www.getsmartaboutdrugs.com. If parents suspect their son/daughter might be using OxyContin®, get them medical treatment and a referral to a treatment program through a medical provider or health insurance plan. Opiate withdrawals can be very severe, difficult and dangerous. This process should be undertaken with an appropriate health expert followed by counseling to deal with a number of related issues.

The Road Together Continued from page 1

Recent Saints graduates Peter Kerrian (saxophone) and David Klueck (trumpet) are now members of the 388-member Notre Dame Fighting Irish March-ing Band. Photo is in front of the Golden Dome, one of the first buildings built at the school. Both Saints 2009 alums marched through the famous tun-nel leading into the stadium and participated in the half-time show. Peter and David were Austin Schol-ars and four year members of the SAHS Marching Band. The are both engineering majors at the South Bend, Indiana university.

WHERE IN THE WORLD

Welcome New Faculty Members

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Coin collector par excellent Cole Schenewerk (’13) recently was named 2009 Young Numis-matist of the Year by the American Numismatic

Assn. The 14-year-old Freshman is a decorated exhibi-tor and has attended three ANA Summer Seminars. Schenewerk has had several articles published in hobby publications and is a frequent numismatic speaker, in-cluding a Numismatic Theatre presentation titled, “Why Everyone Should Be an ANA Member,” at the 2009 World’s Fair of Money. Cole is pictured with Mr. Lee Minshull, who pre-sented his $1,000 gold coin award. Minshull was the Young Numismatist in 1977.

Best DarnYearbook, PeriodSaints yearbook STA Today won first place and best

of class at the 2009 San Diego County Fair. Con-gratulations to last year’s staff of Russell Chapin

(’09), Gerald Cunanan (’09), Angel Klant (’10), Jarad Palmer (’09), Cody Schiele (’10), and Sean Wells (’09). Determined not to be outdone this year’s staff has long been at work preparing and producing the 2010 an-nual. This year’s yearbook staff is made up of sopho-mores Robert Caya, Cole Christy, Anthony Mansour, Nick Morrell, Billy Morstad, Raul Pareyon, Bobby Reedholm and Dominic Vetuschi. Each spent four days this past summer at the University of San Diego receiv-ing training by the experts from Jostens, one of the most respected publishers of yearbooks. With the goal of celebrating the many facets of the Saints Experience, the staff wanted to showcase a dozen students on next year’s cover, and to avoid partiality, the staff selected the students at random. Ideally staff photographers take the pictures that ap-pear throughout the Saints yearbook, but other students and parents too can submit photos that will be given serious consideration. If you have a great photograph you want to submit for consideration contact yearbook adviser Mr. Pat Healy at phealy@sahs.org

Mayor Appoints Freshman to Youth

Commission

Saint’s Freshman Alejandro Ibaibarriaga will have a little bit of extra work in addition

to his class schedule for the next two years. Over the summer, Ale-jandro Ibaibarriaga was appointed, by Mayor Jerry Sanders, as the District 7 representative on the City of San Diego Youth Commission.

On July 14, after a presentation of the new youth commissioners to the members of the city council, Alejandro, and the other members of the commission, took the oath of office. There are two representatives from each of the eight districts in the city of San Diego. A web link to the official appointment can be seen here:<http://www.sandi.net/fridaynotes/2009/0717_youth_commission.pdf> During Alejandro’s two year term he will work to identify critical issues affecting youth in the City of San Diego and provide advice and recommendations to the Mayor, City Council, City Manager, and other City offi-cials on issues affecting youth in the City of San Diego.

Cover Story—The photo above is one of the photographs being considered for the cover of next year’s yearbook. Top Row, Left to Right: Matthew Pekin (’11), Patrick Ferry (’12) and Kevin Smalls (’10); Middle Row, L-R: Carlos Martinez (’11), Connor Hofmann (’10), Adam Secord (’11), Trevor Manns (’12), Eddie Medrano (’12) and Jacob Whispell (’11); Kneeling: Peter Hulbert (’12), Matthew Ness (’13) and Max Robertson (’13).

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Coming Attraction!

Fifty years ago this month, a historic high school football game took place as a very underdog Saints team took on one of San Diego County’s

powerhouse teams. The excitement surrounding that classic prep football game is captured in a fine restro-spective article by Edwin Hearn, Saints President. The outcome of that epic battle will be told in the November issue of Saints Scene.

Alejandro Ibaibarriga (’13)

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1. Sophomores John Dompor and Daniel Shaw-Ceneño rehearse during a saxophone sectional.2. Freshmen Brandon Rodriguez enjoys the new lighter-weight 5th bass drum.3. Freshman Ryan Neck gets fitted for his uniform.

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SAINT’S PLAYERS PRESENT

7pm EVENING PERFORMANCES

THURSDAY, FRIDAY NOV. 19TH & 20TH

1:00pm MATINEE PERFORMANCES

SATURDAY, SUNDAY NOV. 21ST & 22ND

Coronado School of the Arts (CoSa)650 D Avenue, Coronado

$10.00 per ticket

TICKETS ON SALE NOW AT SHOEBOXOFFICE.COM,OR

AT THE DOOR FOR EACH PERFORMANCE

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE LOG ONTO SAHS.ORG

Join other members of the Saints Community in support of the Fine Arts Department for an

evening of cultural entertainment

Performance atthe Civic Theater:

Disney’s phenomenal showabout the African Pridelands

Sunday,November 1st, 2009

Great seats have been reserved for the Saints Community prior to public sale. Online purchas-ing without the usual fees will be available soon. Watch the Saints Website for additional informa-tion, or contact Debbie Torgeson at (619) 265-8175 or Helen Ker-rian at (858) 679-8539 for more information.

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Save the Date

The St. Augustine High School Marching Band & Pageantry Corps has grown to more than 80 members this year. Just four years ago, this number was less than 30. In October, you can

watch them keep the school spirit up at home Varsity Football games,

as well as many on campus events. In the community, the band will perform October 3 at Qualcomm Stadium during SDSU’s High School Band Night with 1500 high school musicians, and October 24 at the Boo Parade in the College District.

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Fashion Statements—If you missed your chance to pick up Saints gear at Freshman Orientation, the Saints Shop is open on campus. Check with Mrs. Debbie Torgeson for volunteer sales opportunities and hours of shop opera-tion: Torgeson3@cox.net

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Advanced Placement Recognition

AP Scholar Awards – 2008-2009By Tom Cudal,

Assistant Principal/Academics

Learn More AboutAP Courses

Any student can sign up for an AP course provided he meets all of the pre-requisites for the course. Guidelines are outlined in

the curriculum section of the parent’s handbook. In addition, parents/guardians and the student are required to attend the AP Meeting as listed in the school calendar. The date for this meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, February 10, 2010, at 6 p.m. in the gym, and is a requirement for those families whose son desires to enroll in Advanced Placement for the 2010-2011 school year. It is at this meeting where AP teachers describe courses and answer specific questions—such as the rigors of the course as well as the type of student who will benefit from AP studies. In addition, this is a good meeting for those who are not familiar with the Advanced Place-ment Program as it also outlines what is involved as well as the interpretation of AP scores and the benefit of the program.

For the 2008-2009 school year, St. Augustine High School had more than 300 students in the 10th through 12th grade who participated in the

College Board’s Advanced Placement Program not only because of being enrolled in the 16 AP courses that are offered at Saints but also by sitting for these exams. It gives us great pleasure to announce that 77 of these students have earned AP Scholar Awards in recognition of their exceptional achievement on AP Exams. The College Board’s Advanced Placement Program provides motivated and academically prepared students with the opportunity to take rigorous college-level courses while still in high school, and to earn college

Advanced Placement Faculty at Saints

St. Augustine High School is very proud of the accomplishments of these young men, and we wish them the best for a successful

2009-2010 school year. Their accomplishments can also be attributed to the teachers of Advanced Placement who continue to challenge all of their students.

The AP Faculty at Saints for the last school year and this year are:

Marie-Line Allen AP French LanguageDenise Crlenjak AP English LanguageChristian daLuz AP US HistoryBill Davis AP Spanish Language and AP Spanish LiteratureColleen Dickerson AP ChemistryJerry Downey AP US Government (2008-2009)Greg Hecht AP Psychology (2008- 2009 – First Semester)Todd Igelman AP BiologyBrandon Jagow AP Music TheoryBrendan Johnston AP English Language and AP LatinJohn Lamerato AP English LiteratureRene MacVay AP Art HistoryMike Ozdowski AP StatisticsGreg Ranney AP PhysicsJerry Rey AP EconomicsPaul Sipper AP World HistoryJenny Walsh AP PsychologyBob Weber AP English Language and AP PhysicsLouise Wesley AP French Language (2008-2009)

credit, advanced placement, or both for successful performance on the AP Exams. About 18 percent of the nearly 1.7 million students worldwide who took AP Exams performed at a sufficiently high level to also earn an AP Scholar Award. The College Board recognizes several levels of achievement based on students’ performance on AP Exams. For example at Saints, Kevin Leyden (’09), qualified for the National AP Scholar Award by earning an average grade of four or higher on a five-point scale on all AP Exams taken, and grades of four or higher on eight or more of these exams.

Nineteen Saintsmen qualified as the AP Scholars with Distinction Award by earning an average grade of at least 3.5 on all AP Exams taken, and grades of three or higher on five or more of these exams. These students are

From the Class of 2009:Gabriel Alsheikh Alex Dixon Sam Drummy Fernando Echeverri Kevin Gutierrez Peter KerriaanDavid KlueckKevin LeydenAdam Marentes

Michael MemariChristopher CurtisFernando Garcia-GranadosJohn Carlo PascoThomas PekinBryce PersichettiJoseph RamirezKyle RobinsonAngel TerrazasJack Utz

Eight Saintsmen qualified for the AP Scholars with Honor Award by earning an average grade of at least 3.25 on all AP Exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on four or more of these AP Exams.

From the Class of 2009:Carlos Capetillo Fletcher Montzingo

From the Class of 2010:Scott BriggsDevin ChurchmanElliott HumphreyCody OeiLuke Smith

And 50 Saintsmen qualified for the AP Scholars Award by completing three or more AP Exams with grades of three or higher.

From the Class of 2009: Jeremy ArmstrongErnesto BotelloPaul CassaniRussell ChapinMitchell ClementsConor ConcannonCaton Del RosarioKyle DickersonDavid DiDonatoNathan DixonMatthew DoanJonathan DroesslerParker GabelDeane GordonJoseph GutierrezMichael HammockCristobal Huerta

Adam JohnsonPatrick KiernanKyle McCrackenEdward MoserWilliam NievesRafael OcegueraJeremy PayneJoshua QuerinBrett RobinsonJavier Ruiz-FimbresTrevor SalterKevin SalviniCharles SilveriaJustin SotomayorTomas StonehouseDaniel TarantinoDavid Vierra

From the Class of 2010:Jose AcostaMikkal BlickMatthew ButeraIvan CavallinoNicholas DeCinoJoseph ErskineSean FitzgeraldAbraham Gallegos

Sean GlassKenneth GouinPatricio HealyDaniel LongstrethColin MorrinEzekiel OliwaTyler Torwick Jose Valenzuela

Saints/OLP Cheerleaders Bring Home Big Honors

Lehrke Bocce Ball TourneyReturns to Campus

In high school cheerleading circles San Diego’s North Park neighborhood is suddenly the center of tremendous talent

thanks to the efforts of the Saints/OLP Cheer-leaders, who recently attended the National Cheerleaders Assn. cheer camp at UCLA Aug. 14-17. Once again, the team brought home top honors. The Junior Varsity squad, led by Co-Captains Heather Bardin (’12), Molly Killion (’12), and Lauren Park (’12), took home the Top Team trophy in the JV division, as well as winning the JV Champion Chant trophy.

The Varsity squad, captained by Alexandra Zuccaro (’10), received the Game Day Top Team award in the Varsity division. The Varsity Competition squad is led by seniors Rachel Cotton, Leah Crane, and Maria Gilbert, Co-Head Cheerleaders, Mi-chaela Mettenleiter, Secretarial Captain, Mendi Butera, OLP Spirit Captain, Kelsey Zehent-bauer, ASB Captain, Camille Carlin, Special Events Captain, and Flora Wilds (’11), Saints Spirit Captain. The Varsity Competion squad took home the Performance Top Team award in the Varsity

The 15th annual Larry Lehrke (’66) Memorial Bocce Tournament will take place on the Saints campus Sat. Oct. 24

@ 9 am. Tickets for the all day fun-filled event are $30 per person. Ticket price includes mimo-sas, coffee and donuts at 9 am followed by lunch of antipasto salad and pizza. Price also includes unlimited beverages all day, including

beer. Kids 11 and under $5 for food and soft drinks only. Tournament and raffle proceeds go to St. Augustine High’s scholarship programs. No advance ticket purchase required. Just show up on tourney day. Info: Danny Toscano (’68) 619/245-6250, jtoscano@san.rr.com and Pete Reck (’68) 858/336-2512 or p_reck@yahoo.com

division, as well as winning the Top Tumbling award. On the last day of camp, the JV, Var-sity, and Varsity Competition teams from OLP were awarded Spirit Sticks for outstanding spirit shown throughout camp. Also at the NCA Cheer Camp held at UCLA, cheerleaders who have been nominated by the staff are eligible to try out for the coveted NCA All-American Cheerleader award. Just how good are the Saints/OLP Cheer-leaders? All three teams received bids to NCA Nationals in Dallas, TX.

Saints Nation off to Roaring Start

Highlights from the season’s first St. Augustine High (3-0) varsity football victories over Carlsbad High (first ever), University City and Mater Dei.

SAINTS October Football Schedule

Varsity

10-2 7 pm vs. Serra @Southwestern

10-9 Bye

10-16 6:30 pm vs. Scripps Ranch @ Scripps Ranch

10-23 7 pm vs. Lincoln @ San Diego High

10-30 7 pm vs. Mira Mesa @ Mira Mesa

Junior Varsity

10-1 3 pm vs. Serra @Serra

10-8 Bye

10-16 4 pm vs. Scripps Ranch @Scripps Ranch

10-22 3 pm vs. Lincoln @Lincoln

10-30 4 pm vs. Mira Mesa @Mira Mesa

Freshman

10-1 3 pm vs. Serra @Saints

10-3 10 am vs. Clairemont @Saints

10-15 3 pm vs. Scripps Ranch @Saints

10-22 3 pm vs. Lincoln @Saints

10-29 3 pm vs. Mira Mesa @Saints

10-31 10 am vs. El Capitan @Saints

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X-men at Morley—Shown here at a recent Saints Varsity Cross Country team meet are [Left to right]: Ian Humphrey (‘10), Alex Padua (‘10), Jason Moreno (‘11), C.J. Curtis (‘10) and Ryan Suarez (‘10).

October Cross Country Meets

2 Saints Invitational, 3 pm @ Morley Field

7 vs. University City High 3 pm @ Morley 14 vs Scripps Ranch & La Jolla 3 pm @ Morley

23 Mt. Sac/Jaguar Invitational 3 pm @ Kit Carson Park, Escondido

28 vs Mission Bay & Hoover 3 pm @ Morley

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Saints defense off to a strong start

Evan Crower set to pass

Coach Sanchez interviewed by KUSI’s PPR reporters

Matt Poulin and Charlie Salanger in on the tackle Paul Hundley set to kick off Senior faculty night honors senior players and faculty of their choice

Evan Critchlow with a receptionCharlie Salanger trying to block a punt

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Incoming Freshman (Class of 2013) were big news on campus as the new Saintsmen went through the annual rites of orientation and Frosh Welcome Week.

Welcome Class of 2013!

1. Varsity Football players sing the alma mater at the Spirit BBQ. [Left to Right]: #7 Morgan Sanford (‘11); Chris Avery (’10) , #41 Zeke Oliwa ‘10): Adam Secord (’11); Dana Babaro with mic (’10): Ian Williamson (’10), and #69 Matt Howder (’10).

2. Freshman in line for ID pic-tures. [L-R]: Jason Mapa, Joey Ziber, Xavier Redondo, Alberto Acosta and Kevin Skinner.

3. Kyle Edmonds (’13) takes part in Frosh Orientation – learning to tie a tie.

4. “Bucket of Fish” – performs in Vasey patio. [L-R]: Lucas Moore (’10), Frank Botello (’10), Willie Fleming (’10), Ivan Ferreira (’11) and Kevin Gueco (‘10).

5. Frosh Albert Alisasis and Michael Martin wait in line for books at Frosh Orientation

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6. Cole Edwards (left) and Connor Filley wearing their beanies at the start of Frosh Welcome Week.

7. Mr. and Mrs. Mike Larson (left) and Mr. and Mrs. Eduardo Martinez attended the Freshman reception to meet the President and Principal.