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H’86 classmates Robert Leighton (from l), Efpripios Daskalakis and Joe Yao find the old uniforms don’t quite fit, while clowning at the Hardey Reception April 30.

ACADEMYThe Athletic Courage & Sportsmanship Award Dominique Leone The Athletic Leadership Award Caroline StaublinThe Larry Shelton Award Nathalie Boutros & Cecilia Valdez Scholastic Achievement Award Caeley Harihara Faith and Hope Award Maria Jardeleza Community Life Award Caitlin McCauley Personal Growth Award Elizabeth Elward Social Awareness Award Michelle Santos Duchesne Award Mathilde Geannopulos Stuart Award Madison WeatherlyBarat Award, to the student who is most outstanding in living the five Goals of Sacred Heart education: Hamna Khan

8th Grade Prize Day Awards: HARDEYThe Athletic Courage & Sportsmanship Award Jack Coletto The Athletic Leadership Award Kevin Dingens The Larry Shelton Award Brandon Waller Faith and Hope Award John BuchananScholastic Achievement Award Jackson O’DonnellSocial Awareness Award Shreekesh Tamrakar Community Life Award Andrew WeberPersonal Growth Award Griffin Elliott Courage and Compassion Award John ClelandFulton Leadership Award Kyle CravenHardey Award, to the student who has developed the character that typifies a Hardey Graduate, based on the five Goals: Andrew Hodur

Grads will attend:St. Ignatius College PrepLoyola AcademyWalter Payton College PrepNorthside PrepWhitney YoungLatin SchoolWoodlands AcademyLane TechLincoln ParkNotre Dame for BoysEvanston High SchoolCulver AcademyNew Trier

The year-long Hardey party came to a rousing culmination during Reunion Weekend. Cel-ebrating 75 years in grand style, Hardey alums

gave the weekend a special twist with their birthday events. It began on Friday, April 29, as Hardey alums shadowed a Hardey student in the morning on a typi-cal class day.

Saturday featured the annual Spring Reunion Luncheon, this year at the University Club downtown and attended by some Hardey gentlemen, in addi-tion to 70+ Academy alumnae. In the evening, Hardey’s long history was feted with a gala cocktail reception in the Driehaus Center. More than 100 Hardey alums and their guests enjoyed reconnecting – and for those who attended class in the corner mansion from 1959-1970 – visiting their old classrooms! Sr. Pamela Hickey, RSCJ, ASH’47, was honored with the 2011 Sr. Cath-erine I. Seiker, RSCJ Award at the Alumni Reunion Luncheon and was also recognized at the evening gala in the Driehaus Center. This award is given yearly to a Sheridan Road community member who has shown outstanding dedica-tion and service to Sacred Heart Schools. Sr. Hickey has always been especially devoted to her “Hardey boys.” On Sunday, May 1, current 8th graders were given a pre-graduation wel-come into the fold of the Alumni Association with a Hardey Breakfast and a Mater Tea. These students were joined by their parents and alums to celebratethe Alumni Mass in the chapel, celebrated by Fr. Mark Bosco, SJ. At the Mass, deceased alumni, RSCJ and former faculty and staff members, especially Dr. Bessie Chambers, were remembered. (see page 6-7 for more reunion coverage)

The 53rd annual Angel Brunch, the culminating send-off for the Class of 2011, was held June 12 in the

Grand Ballroom of the Palmer House Hilton, an alternate venue this year from the Michigan Avenue Hilton. From the stirring flag ceremony, in which Hardey grads presented flags representing

countries with Sacred Heart Schools, to the presentation of the Alumni Passports,

the internationality of SHS was featured. Keynote speaker Bob Lock H’72, Chair of the Hardey 75th Anniversary Committee, exhorted the grads and their parents to “look around you...savor this moment and these friends.” His humor-ous and heartfelt talk stressed the fleeting nature of these moments.

The crowd of 500 enjoyed danc-ing to the Stanley Paul Orchestra. The event was elegantly orchestrated by Lillie Grisko, Karen Lamble, Nushin Samii & Michele Sparks. Em-ceeing again this year with his usual flair was Weston Outlaw H‘96.

At left: Lining up to process into the Palmer House ballroom are Francesca Giambrone, Nazia Lalani, Isabella Field and Neelam Lakhani.

Graduation of the Academy and Hardey Preparatory was celebrated June 10 at the Liturgy of the Word

in the Campbell Building. With the inspira-tional words of commencement addresses by Kiera Kosciolek and Shreekesh Tamrakar re-sounding in their ears, the 66 graduates were awarded diplomas by Head of Schools Nat Wilburn and Middle School Head Christine Elliott. A retrospective slide show, recapping nine years of drama, dreams and daily life, organized by Dr. Sally Sharp, left not a dry eye in the house.

Student Council President Kevin Dingens presents the birthday cake on Hardey Day.

Nat Wilburn and Ginger Tarjan (r) present Sr. Pam Hickey RSCJ ASH’47 with the Seiker Award at the Luncheon on April 30.

Mari Craven A’75 with children Kyle H’11 and Camille A’11 present the gifts at the Reunion Mass on May 1.

Reunion Weekend a potpourri of fun

Congratulations Classes of 2011!

Angel Brunch

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The Heartbeat is published three times a year.

Sacred Heart Schools 6250 N. Sheridan Rd. Chicago, IL 60660-1730 773-262-4446 www. shschicago.org E-mail: sacred.heart@shschicago.orgHead of Schools: Nat WilburnEditor: Diane FallonEditorial Board: Judy Corrin Meghan Donahue Kathy Fivelson Caeley Harihara Nancy Jones Kathleen Morton Jamie Powers Lisa Raterman Sally Sharp Sophie Streeter©2011 SHS Debbie Wells

SHS snippets

✒World’s Fair of 1933... Abby Lawrence presents her project about the1933 Century of Progress to parents at the 4th grade annual Illinois Project Fair May 3.

Congé...Part of the fun during Congé, a surprise day filled with games, activities and performances, was a live falcon demonstration. Falconer Joe Occhhiuzzo showed an aplomado fal-con, a peregrine falcon and red-tailed hawk. The Hardey mascot looked proud and fierce! Congé is a continu-ing tradition in SHS throughout the world, as St. Madeleine Sophie Barat believed that students should both learn and have time for fun.

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Wax Museum...Shelby Smith A3 recreates Phyllis Wheatley, quill pen in hand, for the annual 3rd grade Wax Museum on May 6. Each “wax” student comes alive at the push of a button to retell the life story of their famous Revolutionary figure.

Grease is the word!

Class Capers

✒Fun Fair...Noah Hughes H2 shows off his hula hoop skills during the 2nd grade end-of-year Fun Fair in the gym. Relays, games, crafts and contests made for a rousing afternoon on June 1.

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Book signings to come...Deano Iza-uirre H1 enjoys refreshments with his mom Thanamart Anan at the annual Hardey Authors’ Breakfast on May 6.

Bloomfield Hills visits... For the past 30 years, 4th graders at the SH Network school in Bloomfield Hills, MI, visit Chicago and spend the night in SHS classrooms! Students are assigned an e-mail buddy, and they exchange projects throughout the year. Here, they breakfast with their buddies before leaving for home.

✒Plant Killers beware ... Patrick Lanser (l) and M’Kyah Benjamin have your num-ber! They share their science board on plant behavior with family and friends at the annual 5th grade Science Exposition. The students research a science topic, conduct an experiment, collect results and data and draw a conclusion based on their results. All work is done in class, overseen by science teachers Lynn Pat-terson and Andrea Jones.

✒Budding Author... Margaret Gold-man A1 shares her original stories with her parents Susan Eggers and Bob Gold-man at the annual Academy Authors’ Breakfast on May 6.

‘Nanas’ visit... Ava Martinez KDG proudly shows her work to both of her grandmothers, Juana Monroy and Mary Martinez, at Primary School Grandparents Day on May 9.

The timeless coming-of-age musical Grease was performed by the Mid-

dle School on the Campbell Building stage April 8-10. The school version of Grease tells the story of the 1959 Rydell High School class reunion. The audience is taken back to the class’s senior year and through song and dance they relive their exploits, from telling stories at sleepovers to dreaming about cars to struggles with school. Teacher Miss Lynch (Madison Behm) and students Eugene Florczyk (Michael Milito) and Patty Simcox (Barbara Starshak) welcome back the old crowd. The Pink Ladies led by Betty Rizzo (Caroline Staublin, above right), Marty (Caitlin McCauley), Frenchy (Penny

Belnap), and Jan (Caeley Harihara) join new student Sandy Dumbrowski (Hannah Lyons above left) to catch up on their summer adventures with the memorable tune, Summer Nights.‘Greased Lightning’ Danny Zuko (Kyle Craven), the leader of the “gang” jumps on a set piece hot rod to sing the popular hit, Greased Lightning along with Kenickie (Luis Collado), Roger ( Joshua Steinfels-Saenz), Doody ( Jack Cleland) and Sonny (Brandon Waller). The plot thickens, as Kenicke invites Cha-Cha DiGregorio (Cesca Giambrone) to the high school dance, where they dance to the music of Johnny Casino (Elijah Griffin). Cha-Cha and Danny end up winning the dance con-

test. Sandy, feeling betrayed by Danny, splits up with him. The whole group comes together at the end by singing the lively dance number, We Go Together.1950s come to life Costumes brought the 1950s to life, with the girls in Pink Ladies jackets, cheerleader outfits and poodle skirts and the “greasers” sporting leather jackets and converse shoes. For April 9’s performance, high school age alumni attended the musical to offer encouragement to future alums. Faculty members Jane Steinfels, producer and director, Cheri Dahlen, musical director, and Jill Renn, chore-ographer, coordinated more than 50 middle school performers and crew to present this rousing staging of Grease.

Tiny Grads... Diplomas in hand, Margot Mur-phy and Gabe Garino process from the 2011 Kinder-garten Prize Day on June 3. The 80 class members were presented certificates by Nat Wilburn, Head of Schools and their teachers. They entertained the appreciative crowd with spirited songs and dances. A retrospective slide show created by Kindergarten teacher Mrs. Lynn Feeley reminded everyone of how much the class has grown in nine short months.

Science Olympiads Move Up!The Science Olympiad team moved up to division AA at the state tourna-ment April 16 at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana. The students competed in 27 events, finishing in the top half of 44 schools. The team took first place medals in “Compute This” and “Solar System.”

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Princeton Academy of the Sacred Heart was founded 12 years ago as a brother school

to Stuart Country Day School of the Sacred Heart. The school’s mission, rooted in the Goals and Criteria of Sacred Heart Schools, is to develop young men with active and creative minds, a sense of understanding and compassion for others, and the courage to act on their beliefs. As a Sacred Heart school, Princ-eton Academy is part of a Catholic educational tradition that provides a faith-based foundation from which to teach the whole boy: body, mind, and spirit, with a mission to educate children to become leaders of a just society.

As a boys’ school, Princeton Academy focuses on providing an environment that best addresses the educational and developmental needs of boys. Experiential learning and physical activity within the classroom are examples of teaching method-ologies that are specifically beneficial to boys and as such are an integral component of learning at Princeton Academy. Subjects are taught in a hands-on, inquiry-based environment that teaches them to think about, explore and research topics. In September of 1999, Princeton Academy opened its doors to 34 boys in Kindergarten through grade three, and has grown to 228 boys in Junior Kindergarten through grade eight.

Princ-eton Academy counts among its achievements the purchase of a 49-acre campus, and the construction of a new athletic and convocation center, athletic fields, and the William E. Simon Chapel Library. The school, however, is most proud of the many individual accom-plishments of its 170 alumni, who are attending a wide variety of high schools and universities both nation-

ally and internationally. Princeton Academy invites any and all in the Sacred Heart family to visit, if in the Princeton Area. Until then, please visit the website at www.princetonacademy.org.

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by Caeley Harihara A8

SHS giving spirit lives on!

Sheryl Henderson (left)

Julie Perona

Princeton Academy joined sister school Stuart Country Day in 1999

Faculty ProfilesThe Academy 2 teachers are profiled:

Besides Hardey Prep, the three other boys’ schools in the Sacred Heart Network are Regis School in Hous-ton, Stuart Hall in San Francisco and Princeton Academy in Princeton, New Jersey, which is profiled here.

Boys Network of Sacred Heart Schools

Years at Sacred Heart - As a teacher I have been here a little over two years. I have been a Sacred Heart par-ent for seven years. Area of responsibility – I currently teach Academy second gradeHow does being the mom of three current SHS stu-dents affect your role as teacher? I think being a parent gives me an interesting perspective. I see things from both sides. Being a parent probably affects my philosophy on homework. Being a teacher here makes me grateful that my children go to such a good school.What do your children think of mom teaching in their school? For the most part they like it. Sometimes I embarrass them. I won’t be able to dance in the Hal-loween faculty dance again since my daughter was horrified. I grew up in – LaSalle, Illinois.Personal hero or heroine – My dad is my personal hero. His life has been a very rough road and yet he handles it with grace and a positive attitude.Currently I’m – In the middle of a very busy time of year. The month of May is a bit crazy at home and at school.If I could do it all over, I’d – have pursued playing college sports.My family says I – am a good mom and that I say “alright” all the time. Now I’m reading – The Hunger Games trilogy for the second time. When I find a book I love, I will read it more than once.I’d like to have dinner with – My grandma and grandpa Derix who both died when I was very young.Schooling – B.A. Illinois State UniversityIn School I was known as – an athlete and student government representative.Favorite “junk” food is – cupcakes.I spend my “free” time – playing tennis and readingYour proudest moment – The birth of my three chil-dren. I am also very proud each and every Prize Day as a parent and a teacher. Favorite school memory – As a senior in high school we put on the musical, Grease. I had the role of Fren-chy. Watching our Sacred Heart kids this year really took me back in time.

Area of responsibility - Academy 2nd gradeWhat is unique about teaching 2nd grade girls – I see a little of myself as a 2nd grader in each of my students. I grew up in – ChicagoPersonal hero or heroine – My parents are my personal heroes. In addition to raising my two brothers and me, they also raised nine other children who needed a loving home. They selflessly opened their home and their hearts to children who needed a safe place to call home, making no distinc-tion between them and their biological children. They loved and cared for us all equally. My parents also instilled in me a deep faith in God and the knowledge that God is always with me.Currently I’m – looking forward to visiting my parents in Connecticut for an extended visit this summer.If I could do it all over, I’d – be as wise as I am now 20 years ago! My family says I – have a great sense of humor and should be a comedian. That way, we’d all be rich! Now I’m reading – The Big Dirt Nap and The Girl Who Played With Fire.I’d like to have dinner with – Agatha Chris-tie and David Tennant.Schooling – M.A.T. National-Louis University; M.A. Webster University; B.A. Lawrence UniversityIn School I was known as – a voracious reader.Favorite “junk” foods are – Milk Duds and BBQ potato chips.I spend my “free” time – reading mysteries, exercising, and doing crossword puzzles and brain teasers.Your proudest moment – Living on my own for two years in London just after getting my B.A. and not having to call home to ask for money. Favorite school memory – I was the Lady in Orange in the play For Colored Girls during my freshman year in college. My parents drove up from Chicago to see the produc-tion. I was so excited!

Yes, of course we are thrilled, delighted, excited and elated (thank you, Roget’s Thesaurus) with the many accomplishments of our school. Our high stan-

dardized test scores are proof of the rigor and quality of our academic program. Our sports teams have won many trophies, and we have proven to be tough competitors to the best of the best at the State Science Olympiads. And we obviously have the classiest uniforms around. But, what is it that sets us apart? What makes us unique? No, I am not talking about our miniature park-ing lot! And no, this is not the right place to discuss our contribution to the traffic jams on Rosemont Avenue. As a “lifer” at Sacred Heart, I call tell you with confidence that we are as excited about wrapping presents for the Howard Area community baskets as we are about scor-ing a goal. We relish making blankets for Make-A-Wish and taping cards to the gym wall to proudly display how much money we have raised. We are overjoyed to sup-port our student-run organization, SOAP (Student Outreach, Advocating Philan-thropy) by participation in their bagel and ice cream sales. We are equally ecstatic about cleaning up Camp Rosenthal in the fall after it has served children who would not typically attend camp. We jostle for the opportunity to work with residents to drizzle chocolate on pretzels or to splatter paint on a canvas at Misericordia. We are thrilled to play with children at Howard Area, Uptown Headstart, and Children of the Heart. We are euphoric to help stock goods for the Saint Ignatius Food Pantry. In a word, I am proud that we are educated to be so-cially aware. I am comforted by the fact that as we move on to high school and beyond, we will bring with us the Sacred Heart spirit of giving and sharing through a continued commitment to community service and social engagement. In short, we will continue to strive to make a difference.

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This May, Andy Pronto, Primary School Physical Ed teacher, trav-eled to Senegal, Africa, as part of the SEEDS (Sports for Educa-tion and Economic Development in Senegal) program. He spent

a week coaching at their annual camp called the Hoop Forum. It is an offshoot of the program he coaches here in Chicago. “It was something I will never forget,” said Pronto. “I went over there with a respect for the program and the boys already because they work so hard here in Chicago, but when I saw where they come from and how hard they work to try and make it to the USA, I was humbled beyond comprehension. “ For more information on the program, visit www.seedproject.org.

SHS teacher coaches at Hoop Forum in Africa

Princeton Academy

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First Communion, Confirmation celebrated in MayTRADING PLACES

Fine Arts Week Criteria 3: The entire school program explores one’s relationship to God, to self, to others, and to all creation.

Faith in GodEach year, the Schools focus on one of the five Goals of Sacred Heart education. This year, the focus is Goal 1, “to educate to a personal and active faith in God.” Numerous activities occu r on and off campus to that end. Highlighted here are just a few.

Fine Arts Week is a celebration of the arts at Sacred Heart. Through-out this week the building is filled

with displays of student artwork. Visiting artists enrich classroom learning while students share many of their unique talents with one another. Through spoken word, painted can-vas, weavings, ceramics, film and music, we are reminded as Mr. Wilburn stated in his welcome to Gallery Night that “as children of the Sacred Heart, art affords us the opportunity to make the love of God visible in the world.”

Marin MalmThe week began Monday, May 9 with Grandparents’ Day. Special tours of the art collection were given in the morning.

Watercolor artist Marin Malm worked with the 6th grade classes to teach water-color techniques. Malm, who paints with a focus on plants, birds, animals and still life, has studied botanical illustration at the Morton Arboretum and is currently an Art Instructor teaching at the College of DuPage.Paula Belnap SHS parent and author Paula Belnap worked with Lower and Middle

School students dur-ing Fine Arts Week. She has prose and poems that have ap-peared in The Mac-Guffin, The Iconoclast, Inkwell Magazine, The

Ledge and Passages North literary maga-zines. “For me, creative writing is a very Goal One experience,” Belnap said. “God is the creator, and a personal and active faith in God has given me the determina-tion and tools to know not simply that I can create, but that I must.” Belnap worked with students on a visual art process called clustering. Clus-tering is when artists eliminate a portion of a piece of art and focus on the part that remains, writing words in circles around the artwork that express feelings and impressions. Students clustered Picasso’s painting, The Old Guitarist. “I hope they use clus-tering in future creative writ-ing,” Belnap said. “I cluster all the time to help flesh out characters or explore plot lines in the stories I write.”Sue Black Spanning a several

week residency that included Fine Arts Week, Storyteller and Prairie Area Reading Council Literary Award recipi-ent Sue Black worked with the Primary School through an Arts-In-Education Residency Program partially funded by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency. “We brought stories to life through the use of voice, dialogue, facial expres-sions and action,” Black said. “We added props to the telling – sock puppets and simple scarves – and enjoyed the changes that occurred with that story.”

Black met with the 1st graders seven times for three weeks while she was on cam-pus. They learned the art of storytelling, with a culminating perfor-mance for the Kinder-gartners. “When students perform for their peers, they become leaders – and the 1st grade

On May 7th, members of the SHS community gathered at St. Gertrude’s Church to celebrate First Eucharist. After a year spent in preparation through prayer and study, 60 second graders, two fourth graders, a sixth grader, as well as a parent celebrated the sacra-ment with Fr. Justin Daffron, SJ and Fr. Patrick Dorsey, SJ.

St. Therese of Lisieux by Kathryn McDonough

St. Sebastian by Andre Rojas-Castillo

St. Jerome by Oliver CarrSt. Catherine of Siena by Eleanor Wachtel

Bradleigh A5, Shelby Smith A3 and Kim Taylor Smith enjoy the art at Gallery Night.

Students see Goals in action on West Coast

Two SHS 8th graders took advantage of a unique opportunity to see an-other Sacred Heart school in action. They exchanged places with students from the Schools of the Sacred Heart in San Francisco for two weeks.

Madison Behm A8 and Robert Bettuzzi H8 stayed with host families while attending their counterpart’s classes and doing all the homework that was required. They found many similarities between the two schools. “They follow the same five goals, honor Mater Admirabilis, St. Philippine Duchesne and St. Madeleine Sophie Barat and are involved in a lot of commu-nity service,” Madison said. “The Convent also follows many of the same tradi-tions as we do in Chicago, like Congé.” The Schools of the Sacred Heart are divided into Stuart Hall, Stuart Hall High School, Convent of the Sacred Heart Elementary and Convent of the Sacred Heart High School. Even though the boys and girls schools are located near each other, they follow separate curriculums and have different teachers. Robert found that, even though Stuart Hall is similar to Sacred Heart in that they both require students to wear uniforms and have eight periods in the school day, there are some differences. “They gave the students less homework, they gave out JUGs instead of write ups and they had a different lunchroom system,” Robert noted. He also found the city itself different than Chicago because of the land-scape. “It is a lot less crowded and it was built on steep hills.” Both host families made sure the students toured the city and its sights - Alcatraz, the Golden Gate Bridge, Chinatown and more. “I was thrilled that our students would get to experience a week in the life of another student from our Network,” Middle School Head Christine Elliott said. “They will really see how we are all connected.”

Josephinum joins Network of Sacred Heart SchoolsSharing the Goals of Sacred Heart Schools is Josephinum Academy in Wicker Park, which was voted the 22nd member of the Network in April!

Benzi Blatman & Robert Bettuzzi H8 (r)

Madison Behm A8 (l) & Maddy Murname

Hardey students dig in at the second annual Dads/Kids Cleanup Day at Josephinum on May 22.

On May

15th, members of the SHS Community gathered again at St. Gertrude’s to celebrate Confirmation. This year, 50 7th graders completed their initiation into the Catholic Church and were anointed by Bishop Francis Kane. Fr. Brian Paulson, SJ, and Fr. John

Costello, SJ, concelebrated the liturgy. Fr. Paulson served as chaplain for these students throughout the year-long preparation process. Iconic images created

As part of Confirmation preparation, each 7th grader created an icon in the im-age of the saint each choose for Confirmation (left). Students selected saints

who represented themselves or the person they would like to become. Mrs. Katie Roeck, MS art teacher, worked with an Iconographer, Carol Cade, who came to one class period a week. Before each class, she led the prayer of the Iconist, asking for guidance and help from each saint and from God. It begins: “The Divine Rules for Icon Writers: Before starting work, make the sign of the cross; pray in silence with love and gratitude, remembering to send love to all including your enemies.”The class tried to maintain silence and stay in a state of prayer while working.

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Goal 1 Criteria (From the revised Goals and Criteria, 2005)

1. Rooted in the love of Jesus Christ, the school promotes a personal relationship with God and fosters the spiritual lives of its members.

2. The school seeks to form its students in the attitudes of the heart of Jesus expressed in respect, compassion, forgiveness and generosity.

3. The entire school program explores one’s relationship to God, to self, to others, and to all creation.

4. Opening themselves to the transforming power of the Spirit of God, members of the school community engage in personal and communal prayer,

reflection and action.

5. The entire school program affirms that there is meaning and value in life and fosters a sense of hope in the individual and in the school community.

6. The school fosters inter-religious acceptance and dialogue by educating to an understanding of and deep respect for the religions of the world.

7. The school presents itself to the wider community as a Christ-centered institution and as an expression of the mission of the Society of the Sacred Heart.

First Communion, Confirmation celebrated in May Goal 1 Potpourri

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Stations of the CrossMathilde Geannopulos A8 presents a reflection on the Stations of the Cross to the assembled Middle School, mak-ing connections between Jesus’ suffering and that of people throughout our world today. This cross-curricular religion/hu-manities project was coordinated by Mrs. Nancy Jones.

Diversity Luncheon ✒

Different religions, eth-nicities and backgrounds

are represented on the Diversity Council,

which held its first Lun-cheon April 3. Shown

are Libby and Mark Behringer, Gary Nor-man, Mollie Murnane and Audi Melsbaukas.

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‘Mary’s Song’Kindergartners Aidan Kiergan and Stevie Norman present their class vase of flowers to Mary while the Primary School sings Ave Maria. The May Crowning highlights the loving relationship between God and Mary. As part of May Crowning, second grade students write prayers about Mary’s faith, trust and love in God.

‘Bring Flowers of the Rarest’

✒3rd graders Bella Kiely and Colby

Bellaman carry vases of flowers to Mary in the Low-

er School May Crowning, while singing hymns to

Mary. They also pray a decade of

the Rosary.

Resurrection Mass ✒

Katherine Mc-Donough A7(l)

and Savita Gupta A6 lead the com-

munity in the Gloria during the liturgy celebrated

by Fr. Michael Garanzini, SJ,

President of Loyola University.

students definitely rose to the occasion,” Black said. Black observed that Sacred Heart students are generous, have a creative use of the imagination, exemplify service and display wise freedom. “Because the groundwork had been so wonderfully laid before I arrived, I take with me the memory of your stu-dents standing tall, taking a deep breath, gathering the courage to step out of their comfort zone and tell their story,” Black said. Kathy East Kathy East, former President of the Associa-tion for Library Service to Children and the 2004 Caldecott Medal Award Chair, visited with students over the course of two days during Fine Arts Week. East, who is also the author of Across Cultures: A Guide to Multicultural Literature for Children and is currently chairing the Committee on Outstanding International Children’s Books, met infor-mally with parents and faculty to share a

collection of fabulous international story books.Gallery Night a feast for the senses!At Gallery Night May 12, the SHS com-munity toured the school to see student artwork. Nine new selections of student art for the Sacred Heart permanent art collection were unveiled as part of evening events. New this year, the Middle School film students premiered to a packed audi-ence five short films produced in an after school film class led by fig media. The Chapel was filled with musical perfor-mances of after school guitar, voice, piano and choir students. Head of Student Life Sally Sharp explained that Gallery Night was a culmi-nation of students’ hard work and creative expression. “Our creative talents are a gift from God,” Sharp said. “Our school celebration of the fine arts affords our students amaz-ing ways of expressing their love of God through joyful music and beautiful art.”

St. Jerome by Oliver Carr

Luis Tapiru H6 and Phillip Truong H5 examine an art piece in the school library.

Dawson Gallay H6 and Maya Ginn A2 perform at Gallery Night.

Andrew Martinson, with his family by his side, is confirmed by Bishop Kane, with Fr. Paulson in attendance.

Andrew Brennan H’02 current-ly works through the Service Corps as a 7th and 8th science,

math and religion teacher at Christ the King Elementary School in Detroit. Service Corps teachers volunteer for two to three years at the school and receive a small stipend ($100 a month plus some expenses). They live in a house with other volunteers located a mile from the school. “I knew that when I was done with college I wanted to begin a career that involved two things ... service to others and … working with people,” Andrew said. After attending high school at Loyola Academy, Andrew graduated in 2009 from Xavier University in Cincinnati with a liberal arts major and minors in gender and diversity studies, peace studies and business. Andrew is the first volunteer to

work at Christ the King and is work-ing on creating a community similar to Sacred Heart’s. “It’s that idea that we are a family and that we are all in this together do-ing it for the kids, who are the reason we are here,” Andrew said. He has found it challenging to supply resources for the children at the school. “I raised enough money to purchase chemistry supplies for my students, which previously have not been properly maintained, organized or even present at all,” Andrew said.Sacred Heart an inspiration When Andrew applied to the AIC Core Education program he wrote his application essay about Wenche Haverkamp’s (MS faculty) in-spiration as a teacher. He remembers the staff and the community, including the students at Sacred Heart. “There was a very warm and lov-

ing commu-nity at Sacred Heart,” Andrew said. “I felt as though ev-eryone was there because they wanted what was best for the kids, and they did what was necessary for the kids.” Andrew said the teachers at Sacred Heart expected much from him and pushed him to do the best he could, both in the classroom and in life. “That is something I try and instill in my students as well.” Andrew is currently pursuing a degree in integrated science with a minor in physics and a masters degree in education from the University of Michigan at Dearborn. Andrew is featured in a Michigan Catholic article about the service corps.

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H.S. Profile:

Mason George H’07

Alumni News etc...

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Sr. Therese Downey RSCJ, Angela & George Connor H’77, Michael Novak, past faculty

Pat Ryan, Sr. Mary Schumacher ASH’59, Nat Wilburn and Lydia Ryan enjoy a vintage Hardey yearbook.

Timothy Corrigan, past faculty, with Class of 81: John Geoghegan, Ed Benson, Brian Storey, Leonardo Biciundis

Kurt Schultz H’59, Anthony DeMonte H’60

Dan Flaherty, former Hardey Head, FJ Dolan, H’92 Michael Dolan H’94

Mason George

H’07 is currently a studying film at the Chicago Academy for the Arts. He has produced two films, and wrote an award-winning screenplay his sophomore year that was set at Sacred Heart Schools. He was also part of CircEs-teem, a youth circus, for the last 10 years. Mason’s films can be viewed at youtube.com/ElDreamero. Mason will be attending Earl-ham College next year, where he says he will most likely major in Religion and minor in Film. The 8th grade year at Sacred Heart held happy memories for Ma-son. “During the D.C. trip we came up with so many inside jokes that in retrospect weren’t ‘inside’ at all,” Ma-son said. “We were the class that sang ‘Dream On’ by Aerosmith with Mrs. Dahlen at our chorus performance. And this we sang any chance we could in unison and perhaps inten-tionally off key.” Mason also remembers playing rugby on the roof playground, the socials and slow dancing, and play-ing dodgeball and hockey in the gym. One of his most memorable teachers was Middle School Teacher Mrs. Havercamp. “She taught Daulair’s Book of Greek Myths.” Mason said. “To this day I remember every single story and even some pictures. She was the most warm and caring person I knew, and is still probably. I remember her smile.” Mason said Sacred Heart prepared him with life skills and core values. “If you are yourself, people will like you no matter what,” Mason said. “At SHS, there was no real line be-tween the popular and the unpopular. Anybody could talk to anybody.” Mason is a dedicated Quaker. “And I also very much enjoy rid-ing my fixed-gear bicycle and eating burritos by myself.” In five to ten years, Mason sees himself as a pastor, teacher and traveler. “I’ll be doing something fun and worth something,” Mason said.

McClusky sisters have music in their bloodRachel McClusky A’07Rachel McClusky A’07 wrote a song that appeared in the Disney movie, Prom, and sang the National Anthem at the Chicago Cubs vs. Colorado Rockies game April 26. Mitchell Leib, the president of music at Walt Disney Pictures, used Rachel’s song, “Secret Crush” for the movie. The song appears in a scene where a boy asks a girl to prom by putting a big sign on a highway overpass. A truck drives through the sign, ruining it, and when the girl drives by, Rachel’s song is playing in her car. Rachel is currently working on finishing a 12-song album and hopes to tour this summer. “My goal is to move to California and keep pursuing music,” Rachel said. Rachel graduated from a boarding school in Mas-sachusetts after attending Woodlands Academy for two years. Articles on Rachel have been published in the Chicago Tribune and the Chicago Sun-Times. A radio interview with her is posted on the B96 website.

Lauren McClusky A’04Lauren McClusky A’04 has managed her own company, Nelarusky, formerly known as McFest, since 2007. Nelarusky is an annual pre-Lollapalooza charity concert benefiting Special Olympics held at the Metro. With the help of SHS parent Joe Shanahan and a team of volunteers, Nelarusky has raised $60,000 over the last four years. The 5th annual event will be part of Lollapalooza this August. Lauren transferred from Boston University to Colum-bia College in Chicago where she is majoring in Music Busi-ness Management. She is also interning at a booking agency called Windish, as well as organizing the summer internship program for her father’s music promotion company, Jeff McClusky & Associates. Lauren says she thinks about Sacred Heart on a daily basis. She says her teachers had a strong impact on her. “A lot of people may not remember their grade school teachers, but I always will!” Lauren said.

Andrew Brennan H’02 in Service Corps

Andrew Brennan with Christ the King students

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“My years at Hardey Prep with Mother Fulton and the other nuns gave me the foundation of faith that I live by today. It was wonderful to return for the 75th Anniversary and see this tradition is alive and well.” Jack Glunz, Class of 1949

Mark Anderson, faculty, Kathy Bloomberg, past faculty, Bob Lock H’72

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Reunion Scrapbook

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Taffy Klinger Sanger ASH’74 has a new granddaughter, Abigayle Whitney Wesolowski, born on Jan. 26, 2011 to daughter Elizabeth and husband Nick.

Allan C. Ryan, IV H’87 is a private funds partner in Kirkland & Ellis LLP’s Chicago office. He has extensive experience in structuring investment funds and their man-agement companies, with a concentration on real estate, infrastructure and alternative assets.

Alexi Giannoulias H’90 former State Treasurer, will become Professor Giannoulias at Northwestern University this fall. Alexi says he’s weighing job offers in the finance world and may pop up in the civic arena, too, in education. Jane Wolforth A’99 is currently living in North Dakota. She is working with STD/HIV patients. Although it seems that her workflow will never cease, she feels blessed that it keeps her on her toes.Julia Corrin A’99 is pursuing her MA in Information Science at University of Michigan. She is working for the Center for Legislative Archives in Washington D.C. this summer.

2000'SAllison Travis A’00 is the proud mom to Makayla Grace Travis, born Jan. 7, 2011.Brian Prendergast H’01 has completed his first year at Loyola University Law School. His sister Sheila, A’99, will be joining him at Loyola Law this fall, after having taught in Washington D.C. since her graduation from Georgetown in 2003.Andrew Brennan H’02 works through the Service Corps as a teacher at Christ the King Elementary School in Detroit. (See Profile opposite page)Katherine Perrine A’02 graduated May 6 cum laude from the University of Wyoming where she was selected by the Psychology Department for the Outstanding Psi Chi Member Award and was also inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. Kate is a research analyst for Datacorp, Inc. in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Ann Corrin A’04 recently completed her junior year at Dartmouth and is interning with the Human Capital Divi-sion at Mercer in Chicago this summer.Awah-Lem Atanga McCormick A’04 and her Amherst Varsity Women’s Basketball team won the Division III Women’s Basketball Championship. Lauren McClusky A’04 is attending Columbia College, majoring in Music Business Management. (See Profile pg. 6)Will C. Starshak H’04 was elected to the campus chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. Last year, he was a runner up in the Goldwater Scholarship competition and did research with

a Georgetown physics professor last summer. This summer he is interning at Citibank.Sara Shaaban A’05 is spending this summer in Singapore as an intern with UNIFEM of the United Nations, dedi-cated to women’s rights, empowerment and gender equal-ity. After Singapore, she will be going to India for a retreat and exploration-type experience for 10 days. Sara has spent the past five summers in La Promesa, Costa Rica, working with women and children there on infrastructure and setting up a pre-school and daily lunch program. Madeleine Hodur A‘07 won Best Delegate of the commit-tee of the Special Conference in the Youth Forum at the St. Petersburg International Model United Nations 15th Anniversary SPIMUN Conference. Braeden Lord, also ‘07, won Honorable Mention in the DISEC (Disarma-ment and International Security Committee). Seamus Doheny ‘07 also participated in the DISEC. The Saint Ignatius Model United Nations teams traveled to both St. Petersburg and Moscow, Russia over spring break and par-ticipated with more than 500 delegates from 18 different countries including Egypt, Italy, Turkey, Taiwan, Russia, India and South Africa. These 2007 grads of St. Ignatius will be attending (from l) Alex Dawson, Engineering -Utah or Colorado; Seamus Doheny, Chapman University (Dodge School of Film and Media) Orange, CA; Braeden Lord, Political Science - Boston College; and Jack Souter, Pre-med - Boston College.Rachel Brustein A’08 and Shrasta Tamrakar A’08 both attend Lane Tech College Prep. In April, they were both inducted into Lane Tech’s National Honor Society. Chris Bulf H’08 completed the Lavaman Triathlon in Kona, Hawaii on April 13. The event consisted of a 1 mile swim, 26 mile bike and 6.2 mile run. Together with his family, Chris raised more than $11,000 for the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society as a participant in Team in Training. Hannah Viti A’08 spoke to student athletes at the Sports Banquet on May 19. Hannah is a student at Lane Tech College Prep and was inducted into Lane Tech’s National Honor Society and is also a 2011 World Sport Chicago Scholar. Colleen McNulty A’07, St. Ignatius senior, was named the 2011 Girls Catholic Athletic Conference Track & Field Athlete of the Year and also named the 2010 Cross Coun-try Athlete of the Year, which gives her the distinction of earning honors in two sports this year.Vinod Punyani H’09 won second place in the Indo-Amer-ican Center essay contest with his essay on environmental degradation and its consequences. Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam, Former President of the Republic of India, presented Pun-yani with his prize at a public reception on April 24.

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Alumni News

Alums reminisce and reconnect at the University Club luncheon

Kent Webster H’00, Margaret Largay ASH’75, Jamie Sullivan ASH’75, Greg O’Leary H’76, Ed Cooper H’63

Sheridan Road Alum Board, alums and friends

Madeleine Ortman, Marie Shannon Gavin ASH’46, Sally Tuohy Brennan ASH’46

Classes of 1968-1969, 1971, 1973

Mary Hickey Cron ASH’52 with four RSCJ: Sr. Pam Hickey, Sr. Nancy Finn, Sr. Pat Murphy, Sr. Theresa Downey

Lolita Tuohy ASH’47, Sr. Sally Brennan RSCJ, Mary Hickey Cron ASH’52

50th Reunion Class of 1961 Classes of 1951 & 1954 Classes of 1955, 1956, 1958 & 1959

High School alumni go to ‘Grease’

Alumni from the classes of 2007-2010 recon-nected at the Driehaus Center for the High

School Alumni Reunion Party April 9. For many alums, this was their first opportu-nity to tour the renovated 6200 house, completed in Spring 2010. Tours of the house, door prizes and good food were the focal point of this party. After catching up with Middle School Head Mrs. Elliott, MS teacher Mark Anderson and other alumni, they headed to the Campbell Building to see the Middle School musical, Grease.

=Howard Conant Sr., grandfather of Mason George H’07=Theodore Compall, father of Thaddeus Compall H’68, Thomas Compall H’69, and John Compall H’75=James Davenport, brother-in-law of Dan Flaherty, for-mer Head of Middle School=Mary M. DeLemar, mother of Roberta DeLamar Voigt ASH’73=Terrance M. Milos H’69, brother of Sharon L. Hogan ASH’71, uncle of Teddy H’99 and Alexandra Milos A’02=Theodore Milos Sr., father of Terrance M. Milos H’69 and Sharon L. Hogan ASH’71, grandfather of Teddy H’99 and Alexandra C. Milos A’02=Christopher Reischl H’80 =Regina Brennan Schaefer ASH’38 =George Schumacher, brother of Sr. Mary Schumacher, RSCJ, ASH’59=Grace Virok, mother of Mary Virok, faculty=Richard Scully, husband of Lisa Evans Scully ASH’83, father of Gordon H’06 and Alastair Scully H’05 =Lillian Rogoz, grandmother of Jennifer Przybylo A’99, Frances Rogoz A’99 and Ellen Rogoz A’04

After 10 years as the beloved Head of the SHS Middle

School, Christine Elliott is moving on. Citing the need to “slow down a bit and focus on being a mom to my 7-and 14-year old,” she plans to do more volunteering and also to devote more time to the Board at Woodlands Acad-

emy, of which she is a member. Mrs. Elliott was no stranger to Sacred Heart education when she came to Sheridan Road in 2001. She had been the Middle School Head at Forest Ridge in Seattle, WA, for five years, and had taught 7th and 8th grade science and algebra there before becoming their Head. Previous to that, she taught at Convent of the Sacred Heart in San Francisco. All this experience helped her meet the challenges unique to that age group. “I love the fact that I can never be 100 percent sure of what my day will be like,” she explains. “Middle school students can be unpredict-able. I try and respect where they are at each moment and remember that they are still young and childlike in so many ways.” When asked of her greatest achievement at SHS,

she initially notes the math program, which has grown tremendously in the past five years. “We have developed courses that are challenging and built to fit the needs of the learners in a particular group.” But, on further reflection, she adds, “At the end of the day, the greatest achievement for any middle school educator is knowing our students are well educated, challenged on many different levels, are committed to giving back in this complicated global world we are raising them in…and that they are loved.” To that end, Mrs. Elliott is most proud of her faculty, who “are committed to doing what is in the best interest of our students and are the hardest working group of educators I know.” She is equally proud of her students, whom she calls eager and enthusiastic

learners – most days! “I learn from them and laugh with them on a daily basis,” she says. These experiences have created indelible memo-ries. Her favorites? “The most special moments have been the ‘little’ ones…a conversation with a Hardey gentleman in the hallway or chatting with a group of students at a lunch table, watching a lesson engage students so deeply that they don’t even notice that I have entered a room.” She also adds time spent with 8th graders in D.C. and being on retreat with the students as they share their hearts with each other as times she won’t forget. These thoughts temper the bittersweet parting. “I treasure the gift of the time spent with the students I have been blessed with at Sheridan Road,” she affirms. “It has been an honor to work here.”

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Schools bid ‘au revoir’ to Middle School Head

This mosaic was created by the Middle School to beautify the Middle School art room in Mrs. Elliott’s honor. Each student made a tile and placed it in the design created by Academy 8, which included hand-cut pieces of mirror.

Christine Elliott

As we ended this school year, the faculty, staff and administration – 100 strong – em-barked on a pilgrimage. Rather than travel-

ing to distant lands, this year for our annual day of retreat we walked the paths of our neighborhood and visited the “holy places” of our students, families and neighbors. After beginning the day with morning prayer in our chapel, we headed to Temple Emanuel, home to the Chicago Jewish Day School. While for many of us it was our first visit to the local Jewish faith community, students from Sacred Heart and the Jewish Day School share community service and curriculum projects throughout the school year. Later in the morning, we trekked further down Sheridan Road to St. Andrew Greek Orthodox Church. There, sitting among the icons that bridge heaven and earth, we learned about Orthodox wor-ship and the history of our shared faith. After lunch and small group reflection back at school, we visited the Ismaili Center Chicago, a Muslim place of worship. A number of volunteers

welcomed us with wonderful hospitality and lessons about how that congregation supports efforts around the world to lessen all aspects of human suffering. We examined how Sacred Heart students might join students from that Muslim com-munity in local service projects. Before we concluded our day of retreat, our faith com-munity celebrated mass at Madonna della Strada chapel on Loyola University’s campus. During the mass, we thanked God for the blessings of another year and asked God’s blessings on those who would be leaving our community as the year ends. Criterion 6 of Goal I states: The school fosters inter-religious acceptance and dialogue by educating to an understanding of and deep respect for the religions of the world. As we gathered in the worship spaces of local congregations, heard the tenets of their faiths and

about the life of their communities, we celebrat-ed our mission as Sacred Heart educators. Each of us who chooses to edu-cate in the tradition of St. Madeleine Sophie, com-mits to our obligation to promote the understanding of and deep respect for the faiths of the world. We also understand that by visiting our neighbors, we learn not only about their faith, but also about them. By deepening those relationships we build bridges that make the love of God more visible in our world. It has been a wonderful year at Sacred Heart focusing through the lens of Goal I. As individuals and as a community we have deepened our commit-ment to a personal and active faith in God. In the pages of Heartbeat, you read about the life of students, alumni and our community. They are stories not only of the heartbeat of the commu-nity, but also of the heartbeat of God who is alive in the mission of Sacred Heart education on Sheridan Road.

we build bridges

that make the love of God more visible in

our world.

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“God is very busy in our neighborhood,” noted Fr. Patrick Dorsey, SJ, at the Madonna della Strada mass.