St. Augustine High School 3266 Nutmeg Street

San Diego, CA 92104-5199619-282-2184

www.sahs.org

Dear Parents and FriendsUnity in Purpose

Several faculty and staff recently returned home from a visit to Providence Catho-lic High School in New Lennox, IL, a

suburb of Chicago, for a national meeting of Augustinian educators. While away we ex-amined the three core values, Unity, Truth and Love. In particular, we examined how these values are visible in our academic program and other activities. Living in community is counter-cultural.

Being united in purpose and in the pursuit of our faith and beliefs is contrary to many societal messages. We live in a world that seems to thrive on difference. After all, it is differences that distinguish us from one another. In trying to identify ourselves we often tend to look past our commonalities and look for some unique expression of difference. Our visits with faculty and staff of eight other Augustinian schools in North America and others from the English speaking world in Ireland, England, Australia and Malta, however, proved that we are not alone in our quest for creating a strong communal atmosphere in our school. Each of the schools represented shared wonderful and heart warming stories about the “community feel-ing” on their campuses. And likewise we shared with them that the sense of community at Saints is strong and extends well beyond our driveway throughout much of the San Diego region. Augustinian schools worldwide are committed to creating com-munities of loving support for students as they search for truth and knowledge. By design, we seek out ways to unite our school family with other schools and believers as a true expression of the Body of Christ.

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MAY 2011 Vol 30 no. 5YOUR MONTHLY REPORT ON THE ST. AUGUSTINE HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE

Saints Scene

You often hear the saying “time flies when you are

busy”. As St. Augustine High School prepares for the 90th Year Celebration, this must certainly hold true for the many alums who have remained so closely

involved with Saints since their graduation. Saints alums like Lou Kniffing ’28, who celebrated his 100th birthday at Saints last fall, Ralph Miller ’43, Julie Zolezzi ’49, Pancho Marty ‘52 Larry Manzer ’53, past Principal of Saints and former Provincial of the Augustinians Father Pat Keane, ’44, O.S.A., and the countless other alumni, must find it hard to believe that Saints is about to celebrate its 90th year of educating young men in the spirit of the Augustinians. It can truly be said that the past 90 years have been busy ones as our present calendar will attest. In February, a committee began preparing the 90th Year Celebration activities which will commemorate the growth and development of St. Augustine High School and the im-pact Saints has had on San Diego. A special logo has been designed for the 2011-2012 school year that captures the essence of Saints Catholic and Augustinian identity. This 90th Year logo will be used during our yearlong celebration and be featured on Saints athletic uniforms, gear, banners and publications. The Austin Parents Association will also use it as the theme for parent events. The 90th Year Celebration will begin on Sunday, September 18, 2011 with a Family Mass. The Very Reverend Gary Sanders, O.S.A. ’67, Prior Provincial of the Province of St. Augustine in California will preside. Saints began on September 18, 1922, in the parish hall of St. Vincent De Paul, Mission Hills. The earliest known photograph shows the first principal, Fr. Alphonse Martel, O.S.A., with 15 students. Fr. Martel, a chemistry professor at Villanova College, was charged by the Very Reverend Nicholas Vasey

90 Years and Counting; Saints Set to Celebrate aMajor Milestonein Augustinian

EducationBy Edwin Hearn, PresidentSt. Augustine High School

The exciting time of graduation is just around the corner for our seniors. To add to the fun of graduation we

are planning Sober Grad Night for Saints and OLP graduates. Sober Grad Night is an Austin Parents Association sponsored and chaperoned event. The goal of the event is to provide a fun, safe, supervised and sober

Party ‘Til Dawn at the Annual Midnight Special

graduation celebration for all Saints and OLP graduating seniors. We know that our seniors will want to celebrate with their friends on the night of their graduation. We want to make that celebration spectacular….and safe. Graduation is a most significant event in our students’ lives and it is a “party night”. There are so many unfortunate stories and facts related to graduation and impaired driving. We want to ensure we provide a place for Saints and OLP grads to party with their fellow grads while enjoying a drug- and alcohol-free environment. If just one alcohol-related arrest, injury or worse yet, death is prevented by this alcohol-free celebration then the extensive effort to plan and fund it will have been well worth it – for our graduates, our families and the community in general. If we can gather the resources to make the Sober Grad Night spectacular, more students will attend and more students will spend the evening of their graduation safe and sober. The event will take place at Kearny Mesa Bowl, 7585 Clairemont Mesa Boulevard, graduation night (May 27th) and lasts all night long. We have the entire venue to ourselves. The price is $60 per ticket. Financial assistance is available. Check-in starts at 10pm; doors close at 11pm, and open again at 5am. To keep the party safe and sober, no “in and out” privileges will be allowed. If the student is going to be late or needs to leave early, parents may contact the event coordinator.

Date Event Name Time/placeMay 2 AP Tests Begin Check On-line CalendarMay 12 Sophomore Father/Son Fishing Trip 6 am Senior Prom 7 pmMay 20 Senior Awards Assembly Graduation Practice 10 amMay 27 Baccalaureate Mass 9 amMay 27 Graduation 7 pm Sober Grad Night 10 pmJune 6 Final Exams Week For a complete list of sports schedules and locations, visit the online calendar at SAHS.+org

May Calendar Highlights

Mom’s Salute—Saintsman created this image during Mr. Pat Healy’s Intersession photogra-phy class. It is titled “I want to thank her..” Perfect photo composition to celebrate Mother’s Day 2011.

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Editor’s Note: Pope Benedict shared this message in the General Audience of Wednesday, February 20, 2008. Here is what he says to us also!

Dear Brothers and Sisters, In the literary corpus of Augustine – more than 1,000 publications divided into philosophical, apologetic, doctrinal, moral, monastic, exegetic, and anti hereti-cal writings in addition precisely to the letters and homilies – certain exceptional works of immense theological and philosophical breadth stand out. De Civitate Dei – an impressive work crucial to the development of Western political thought and the Christian theology of history – was written between 413 and 426 in 22 books. The occasion was the sack of Rome by the Goths in 410. Numerous pagans still alive and also many Christians said: Rome has fallen; the Christian God and the Apostles can now no longer protect the city. While the pagan divinities were present, Rome was the caput mundi, the great capital, and no one could have imagined that it would fall into enemy hands. Now, with the Christian God, this great city did not seem any safer. Therefore, the God of the Christians did not protect, so he could not be the God to whom to entrust oneself. St Augustine answered this objection, which also touched Christian hearts pro-foundly, with this impressive work, De Civitate Dei, explaining what we should and should not expect of God, and what the relationship is between the political sphere and sphere of faith, of the Church. This book is also today a source for defining clearly between true secularism and the Church’s competence, the great true hope that the faith gives to us. This important book presents the history of humanity governed by divine Providence but currently divided by two loves. This is the fundamental plan, its interpretation of history, which is the struggle between two loves: love of self, “to the point of indifference to God”, and love of God, “to the point of indifference to the self” (De Civitate Dei XIV, 28), to full freedom from the self for others in the light of God. This, therefore, is perhaps St Augustine’s greatest book and is of lasting importance. Equally important is the De Trinitate, a work in 15 books on the central core of the Christian faith, faith in the Trinitarian God. It was written in two phases: the first 12 books between 399 and 412, published without the knowledge of Augustine, who in about 420 completed and revised the entire work. Here he reflects on the Face of God and seeks to understand this mystery of God who is unique, the one Creator of the world, of us all, and yet this one God is precisely Trinitarian, a circle of love. He seeks to understand the unfathomable mystery: the actual Trinitarian being, in three Persons, is the most real and profound unity

of the one God. De Doctrina Christiana is instead a true and proper cultural introduction to the interpretation of the Bible and ultimately of Christianity itself, which had a crucial importance in the formation of Western culture. Despite all his humility, Augustine must certainly have been aware of his own intellectual stature. Yet it was far more important to him to take the Christian message to the simple than to write lofty theological works. This deepest intention of his that guided his entire life appears in a letter written to his colleague Evodius, in which he informs him of his decision to sus-pend the dictation of the books of De Trinitate for the time being, “because they are too demanding and I think that few can understand them; it is there-fore urgent to have more texts which we hope will be useful to many” (Epis-tulae 169, 1, 1). Thus, it served his purpose better to communicate the faith in a manner that all could understand rather than to write great theological works. The responsibility he felt acutely with regard to the popularization of the Christian message was later to become the origin of writings such as De Catechizandis Rudibus, a theory and also a method of catechesis, or the Psalmus contra Partem Donati. The Donatists were the great problem of St Augustine’s Africa, a deliberately African schism. They said: true Christian-ity is African Christianity. They opposed Church unity. The great Bishop fought against this schism all his life, seeking to convince the Donatists that only in unity could “Africanness” also be true. And to make himself understood by the simple, which could not understand the difficult Latin of the rhetorician, he said: I must even write with grammatical errors, in a very simplified Latin. And he did so, especially in this Psalmus, a sort of simple poem against the Donatists, in order to help all the people understand that it is only through Church unity that our relationship with God may be truly fulfilled for all and that peace may grow in the world. The mass of homilies that he would often deliver “off the cuff”, tran-scribed by tachygraphers during his preaching and immediately circulated had a special importance in this production destined for a wider public. The very beautiful Enarrationes in Psalmos, read widely in the Middle Ages, stand out among them. The practice of publishing Augustine’s thousands of homilies – often without the author’s control – precisely explains their dissemination and later dispersion but also their vitality. In fact, because of the author’s fame, the Bishop of Hippo’s sermons became very sought after texts and, adapted to ever new contexts, also served as models for other Bishops and priests. A fresco in the Lateran that dates back to the fourth century shows that the iconographical tradition already depicted St Augustine with a book in his hand, suggesting, of course, his literary opus which had such a strong in-fluence on the Christian mentality and Christian thought, but it also suggests his love for book and reading as well as his knowledge of the great culture of the past. At his death he left nothing, Possidius recounts, but “recom-mended that the library of the church with all the codes be kept carefully for future generations”, especially those of his own works. In these, Possidius stresses, Augustine is “ever alive” and benefits his readers, although “I believe that those who were able to see and listen to him were able to draw greater benefit from being in touch with him when he himself was speaking in church, and especially those who experienced his daily life among the people” (Vita Augustini, 31). Yes, for us too it would have been beautiful to be able to hear him speaking. Nonetheless, he is truly alive in his writings and present in us, and so we too see the enduring vitality of the faith to which he devoted his entire life.

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SAINTS/OLP GRAD NIGHT 2010

TICKETS $60

Grad Night is an all night party for both Saints and OLP students from the class of 2011. It is an opportunity to celebrate graduation in style, and for

parents to make sure graduates enjoy a safe and sober celebration. Don’t let your student miss out on this once in a lifetime party! Tickets include

lots of food, bowling, entertainment, raffle prizes, dancing, and more!

PLACE: KEARNY Mesa Bowl 7585 Clairemont Mesa Blvd.

San Diego, CA 92111 (858) 279-1501

DATE: Friday, May 27, 2011 TIME: 10PM – 5AM

TICKETS: $60 PER STUDENT

On line registration and additional information can be found on the Saints website (www.sahs.org). Click on the “Senior Events Registration” button on the right side of the home page to get started. Questions & Volunteers contact Alex Dominguez alexjill@cox.net

Sober Grad Night is sponsored by the

St. Augustine High School 3266 Nutmeg Street San Diego, CA 92104 (619) 282-2184 www.sahs.org

Advanced PlacementExam Schedule

Monday, May 2 8 am Chemistry12 pm Psychology

Tuesday, May 38 am Spanish Language12 pm Art History

Wednesday, May 48 am Calculus

Thursday, May 58 am English Literature and Composition

Friday, May 68 am US History

Monday, May 98 am Biology; 8 am Music Theory

Tuesday, May 108 am US Government12 pm French Language

Wednesday, May 118 am English Language and Composition 12 pm Statistics

Thursday, May 128 am Macroeconomics 8 am World History12 pm Microeconomics

Friday, May 2012 pm Spanish Literature

Saints Yearbook Snaps, Crackles and PopsCreative cover just one of this year’s surprises

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Editor’s note: Meet Karen Hsu. She’s a Saints mom (Ryan ’14) and she would love to meet you on Tuesday, May 10th in Vasey Hall room 101 from 6:30 to 7:45. It will be the first meeting of the Austin Parents Association Single Parents Group (new, cooler name to be determined, she says). In Karen’s words: “I know the group will mold itself into whatever God intends it to be. Just know it is intended to be a place and time for you to connect with other parents, gain support and glean new ideas that just may make your life a little easier. I know you have little time to spare, but this is for you and it will be worth it. You are worth it…”

Do you yell “Honey!” and nobody answers, so you do it yourself? Wow, do I have the Saints support group for you.

There are many different profiles of the “single” parent: Folks who are separated, who are no longer married, who are widowed,

New Austin Parents Group Focuses on Single Parenting

By Karen M. Hsu, Chairman,Saints APA Single Parents Group

Surveys say, “People today want to participate.” If students are going to pay attention to what you’re doing, build in a game or a puzzle, or an attention-grabbing activity. Make it interactive,

colorful and fun. That’s part of the reason why breakfast cereals are successful. Eating a bowl of flakes can be a terrific diversion. You solve the maze on the back of the box, peek inside to find a prize, evaluate the recipe on one panel of the box before scrutinizing the ingredients on the other side. Still looking for more to do you mull over whether you should collect that second box top necessary to mail away for the super decoder ring. Tony the Tiger, Capn’ Crunch and Snap, Crackle and Pop are just some of the front men for this form of entertainment and they and their products are the inspiration behind this year’s annual. The brainstorming began more than a year ago and continued through the summer. By the end of August it was decided Halo Joe would copy the ways of the Trix Rabbit, Dig’Em Frog and Sugar Bear. A challenge was thrown down; try to get students to spend more time reading and reviewing every page of the yearbook. Games, puzzles and profiles were created, photo bars and transparencies were created as an effort to get more students in the book multiple times, and if that were not enough to deliver the surprise inside, giveaways were created. Rally towels, pee-wee footballs and Halo Joe masks were distributed at athletic events, but the greatest giveaway of all was the $3,600 this year’s Saintsmen raised selling sections of the book’s end sheets. The money collected was then donated to Hogar Infantil the Augustinian sponsored orphanage in Tijuana. Largely responsible for the initial direction of this book is last year’s staff: Anthony Mansour, Cole Christy, Dominic Vetuschi, Nick Morrell, Raul Pareyon, Bobby Reedholm and Billy Morstad. That group handed the baton off to the following crew of Saintsmen: Bran-don Rodriguez, Carlos Martinez, Emilio Rivera, Mariano Laguna, Rico Dominguez, Scott Walsh, Taylor Tonner and Thomas Blick. For the cover the yearbook staff borrowed a page from breakfast

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cereal history. In 2006 the makers of Wheaties designed mul-tiple box designs and featured on separate packages the football teams of Notre Dame, Michigan, Georgia and Texas A&M. Now for the first time ever the St. Augustine High School an-nual has four different covers, one for seniors, one for juniors and one for sophomores and freshmen. The yearbook is scheduled to be handed out May 20th and it’s possible distribution will bring yet one more final surprise.

–By Pat Healy, Saints Yearbook Moderator

have a spouse who has fallen ill, a spouse who is deployed overseas, or works long hours due to the economy. These latter folks may be married, but their situations often leave them feeling single. Maybe this is you, and maybe even though you tend to be pretty organized (um, out of necessity, of course), you also may be making the transition from your “elementary school family” to your “high school family” and sometimes are painfully aware you are leaving/have left good friends (read: Reinforcements!) behind. And you may be known to utter “A little help, Lord!?!” during the course of the day. (I KNOW it isn’t just me!) Different though we may be, all parents in the St. Augustine High School community share the same goal: To raise our sons to be good, upstanding, productive Catholic young men, no matter what our family circumstances. And in order to best support them, sometimes we need a little extra help ourselves. And, believe me, it does our children a world of good when they see mom and/or dad surrounded by adult friends and happy. It leaves them free to be less the young caregiver and more the knucklehead teenager, as God intended. One day when it is time for them to go, they will do so confidently, knowing that everything is O. K. and that, whenever they turn around, their island will still be there: A strong and supported mom and/or dad. In the spirit of caritas, a new single parent group is being formed so like-minded and like-situated parents may get together and share ideas and show support and compassion. We’ll add a healthy dose of humor (another single-parent necessity) and talk about what life’s handed us, how we are making it work and how, together, we can make it work a little better for our Saintsmen.

Net Profits!Championship for Varsity Volleyball

The St. Augustine Varsity Volleyball team captured the Silver Division Championship of the 11th Annual

Beach Cities Invitational Tournament. The 50 team, two day tournament is considered one of the premier volleyball tournaments in the nation. The championship was the cul-mination of two days of hard fought games that saw Saints defeat San Dieguito Acad-emy, Costa Mesa (Orange County), Eastlake, Eagle Rock (Los Angeles), and San Marcos in the finals.

Pictured left to right are Head Varsity Coach Greg Hecht, senior Morgan Sanford, senior Reilly Marin, senior Matt Pekin, sophomore Tom Macie, senior Ryan Walsh, senior Geoff Supplee, senior Brandon Macheck, senior Matt Rush, senior Matt Ryan, sophomore Diego Healy (with trophy), junior Spencer Castillo, senior Kevin Dixon, junior Juan Moreno, junior Austin Farres Oriol, and Assistant Varsity Coach Katie Sharpe, senior Nick Samouris (not pictured). Spencer Castillo, Kevin Dixon, and Austin Farres Oriol were all named to the “All Tournament Team.”

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It’s 11:30 on a Tuesday in April. The bell rings and the crowd slowly streams into the modern-day coliseum of Dougherty Gym, filling the bleach-

ers. Today’s first match pits Jordan’s Thunder Bunnies against the Peruvian Peanut Planters, Sheen’s Goddesses against Weber’s World of Dodgecraft and Cash Money against Cacahuates. The spectators are restless and antsy as they scarf sandwiches in anticipation of well-deserved lunchtime entertainment. Dodgeball is by far the most popular intramural sport at Saints. This year, more teams will compete in more lunchtime games, and more of their fellow Saintsmen will turn out to watch than for any other intramural sport. It makes perfect sense to Josiah Gilb (’13): “What better way to spend lunchtime than watching guys throw balls at one another as hard as they can? The crowd re-ally gets into it.” Eventually, Mr. Linville enters the gym, chomping on an apple. As faculty moderator and referee, he blows the whistle, sets up the matches, calls people out and main-tains the double-elimination bracket system that keeps order in the sport. The crowd is calling for action; there’s a lot of dodging to be done, and lunch is only 40 minutes long. “All right,” announces Mr. Linville, “I want Jordan’s Thunder Bunnies on this end and The Peruvian Peanut Planters on that end.” He says it with a straight face. What hasn’t he heard?

Rules, schmulesThe objects of the game have changed little since the Roman era: Hit your opponent with a ball and he’s out, but if he catches the ball you throw at him, then you’re out and one of his men comes back in. Saints Dodgeball adds some flourishes: There are three balls in play, like foursquare balls the size of a cantaloupe. They’re heavy enough to land squarely, but too light to do any irreparable damage. Up to five men per team line up at opposite ends of the gym, with extras standing out. Hold onto the ball more than five seconds and you’re out. Cross the white line on your opponents’ end and you’re out. The team with the last man standing wins the match. The unofficial rules, of course, appear to be less clinical: Our opponents are all weasels, so don’t take your eye off them for even a second. Run as fast as you can and throw as hard as you can, because they’ll do the same thing to us in a minute. Don’t throw a ball at anybody who is down, unless you want to. Never give a sucker an even break.

Like ancient Rome, only no lionsMr. Linville blows the whistle, players race to grab the balls at mid-court, then the chasing and pelting begin. With three balls and ten students on the floor of the coliseum, there is plenty to dodge at any one moment. The spectators cheer the valiant moves – “OH! Hit ‘im again!” “Way to curve it!” “Hah! He deserves to go down!” – and boo the cheap ones – “Get the kindergart-ners off the court!” “Move up closer, ya fool!” “Throw harder!” – even as the occasional ball strays into the crowd, sending potato chips in all directions. Spectators’ heads swing back and forth constantly fol-lowing the action from one end of the court to the other. A Thunder Bunny bolts down court with a ball – picture that – and hurls it at a Peanut Planter, who gets lucky and elbows it skyward. As a fellow Planter dives in vain to catch it, a second Thunder Bunny sprints to the line and lands a shot to the diver’s head. The crowd howls with delight. Mr. Linville clenches his fist to indicate an out, and the diver goes to the sidelines. There’s a refreshing lack of athletic prowess in dodge-ball; just brute force throwing, running and dodging. The crowd appreciates the simplicity and reserves its most indignant booing for Mr. Linville’s controversial calls. Of course, it reserves its most enthusiastic “ooooooh’s” for direct hits, especially to the head, chest, abdomen and...well, you get the idea. “Our dodgeball program is remarkable,” notes Mr. Horne, “and I think there’s only one way to explain how it draws so many players and spectators: it’s the high potential for public embarrassment.”

Intramural DodgeballThrills the Lunchtime Throngs

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Saintsmen take their dodgeball seriously Dodgeball at Saints was an Associated Student Body event for a few years, starting with Mr. Linville’s challenge to ASB officers to devise an event around a tournament. Such was the tournament’s popularity that Mr. Horne had it moved into the intramural sport schedule. “It’s a mania around here,” says Mr. Linville. “For in-stance, the seniors have off-campus privileges, but most of them remain on campus at lunch to watch dodgeball. Not only is it popular with the spectators, but also among play-ers: we have 46 teams competing this year – that means that about one-third of the school will be in a match – compared to 20-odd teams each for basketball and football. That gym gets pretty wild, especially as the tournament winds down in mid-May.” The bell rings, but there are still three men standing, so Mr. Linville permits play to continue a bit longer. Eventu-ally, a gladiator from Jordan’s Thunder Bunnies adminis-ters the coup de grâce to a fallen Peanut Planter. The crowd cheers and boos in roughly equal measure and slowly exits the coliseum. Back at his classroom, Mr. Linville records the results of today’s matches on a huge bracket chart taped to the door. “It takes 87 games – three games a day for almost six weeks – to play all the way through the brackets,” he notes. “The champions take home T-shirts and a little recogni-tion,” answers Mr. Linville. “It’s just like ‘Dodgeball’ the movie: plenty of degradation and humiliation. : “The champions take home T-shirts and a little recognition. It’s just like ‘Dodgeball’ the movie: plenty of degradation and humiliation. What’s not to love?”

Catch DeezFlower PowerBomb SquadDinosaur Scixor Runners Harris’ Holligans Cash MoneyBoom Pow Boom WopBetter Than YouEric Clark ShowHealy’s HeatHealy’s Heat 2Cacahuates Purple Cow BullsPeruvian Peanut PlantersJordan’s Thunder BunniesPurple Cow BellsCaucasion InvasionLet’s Get TropicalSkillz that KillzGormly’s GuidosUrban DictionaryLes GrenouillesLong LecturesNinjas Throwing StarsAlvin and Monks

(The editors apologize in advance for any misspell-ings. Dodgeball – and most everything about it – is more art than science.)

Majestic Waterlowell’sSean Has FriendsThe Milwaukee CylindersTiggle My IggleDa Luz’s CartelHappy Mom, Can’t Go WrongLeague of JusticeSlaughterhouse SixBlack MambaJoe/Jack/Paul Eternal LoveGlobo GymSheen’s GodessesWeber’s World of DodgecraftWe’re Aiming for the Fat OneNo Head ShotsGlutin Free OreosThe KangeroosWranglersThe Charlie-Emilio- Giancarlo-Ricky-Diego- Joey TeamFab Five5 Lokos

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Dodge City – Top to bottom of page, left: Garrett Ballard (’10) in a dodgeball game last year; Austin Phillips (’11) jumps over a throw during a student/faculty game; Frosh line up at beginning of dodgeball game in the gym; Fresh-men play dodgeball during Frosh Orientation Week; Peter DeLuca (’11) and Austin Phillips fire away and seniors await freshman onslaught in a recent battle royale.

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The Festival of the Arts filled Dougherty Gym on April 9, topping off thousands of hours of preparation, years of art classes and foods from around the world.

The festival is the Art Department’s primary fundraiser each year, with proceeds going to the programs run by Mr. Bernens (drama), Mr. Jagow (music) and Ms. Carson (pottery, draw-ing, painting). It is a long-standing tradition at Saints that moved to Tolle Lege Patio four years ago, and moved back into the gym this year with the threat of rain. About 500 guests and volunteers made this year’s event another success-ful opportunity to show off the students’ accomplishments. With art departments losing budget battles at all levels of education, the festival is one of the ways in which Saints differentiates itself from other schools. Student exhibits ran the periphery of the gym: face cups from the pottery class; a word art quilt; enlarged prints from Mr. Healy’s digital photography class; and gridded patterns, motif proj-ects, repoussé masks and stained glass windows from students in Beginning Painting and Beginning Drawing.This year saw a few firsts:• Urban Catholic grammar schools from around the diocese displayed banners and art projects created by their students in cooperation with Saints.• Spray art, photographic art and pottery wheels were fea-

“Hey, Mom, Look What I Can Do!”Festival of the Arts 2011

By John White (Parent ’11 and ’13)

tured prominently.• Students from drama, band and art classes sold tickets – $5 in advance, or $10 at the door – greatly boosting turnout.• Festival tickets were available online. The music and drama departments kept music in the air with a drum line, jazz band (with soloist), song and dance numbers from the upcoming “Oklahoma!” production, recit-als by this year’s guitar classes, and the symphonic band playing four ambitious orchestral pieces.

So, what better way to enjoy all of this art and entertainment than by sitting down to eat? Over 90 Saints families prepared, contributed and served worldwide cuisine: Italian, Asian, Southern U.S., Mexican, Span-ish, barbecue, Middle Eastern, burgers and a lavish dessert table. Parent volunteer Jean Hundley has managed the event for the last four years. “We keep the price low so that a student can bring lots of family and friends,” she says. “The guests get the

enjoyment of seeing the student’s art project or performance, plus a fabulous meal. The donated food and service hours help us keep our overhead to a minimum, so all of the money we raise goes directly into our art programs.” The Festival of the Arts is Saints’ annual reminder that, even in high school, our kids are not too old to say, “Hey, Mom, look what I can do!” And of course, Mom is never too old to enjoy it.

From the time that he could walk, Jack Wilson (’12) loved exploring in Mission Trails Regional Park. It was literally in the backyard of his San Carlos home, and was the site of many

hikes, campouts and evenings watching the stars. So even though his family later moved to El Cajon, it was no wonder that Jack picked the open space park as the location for his Eagle Scout project. Jack’s project restored a 2,500-square-foot parcel of the park, between the equestrian area and the Kumeyaay Campground

and adjacent to a popular cycling and horseback riding path. After researching the best plants for the arid, windblown site, Jack prepared a proposal for the park ranger and secured discounted plants and supplies from Miramar Nursery, Home Depot and Grangetto’s Farm and Garden Supply. Over the course of two days, Jack and his volun-teers first cleared the area of weeds and overgrown non-native brush, then rototilled the sloped parcel, installed erosion-control jute netting and planted 14 bushes of two spe-cies of drought-tolerant California natives. Besides minimizing erosion, the new plants provide food and shelter for many different species of native animals. “I chose to do my Eagle Scout project in Mission Trails Regional Park because it’s an essential part of the environment of San Di-ego,” Jack said. “I’ve hiked and camped in the park many times over the years and I wanted to do something to preserve it.” Other scouts who helped with Jack’s Eagle project included Saintsmen Neil Rens (2012), Connor Whalen (2013), and Adam Whalen (2011).

Green Thumb Comes in Handyfor Saints Eagle Scout

Jack, 16, earned the rank of Eagle Scout on Nov. 9, and his Eagle cer-emony in January culminated five years of Cub Scouts and nearly six years in Boy Scout Troop 950. While in Cub Scouts at Pack 951 at Our Lady of Grace Church, Jack earned the Light of Christ and Parvuli Dei religious emblems for Catholic scouts. In Boy Scouts he was awarded the Ad Altare Dei emblem. Jack also held several positions of responsibility within his troop, including the top office of senior patrol leader. Last July, Jack was a volunteer counselor at a Trailblazer camp for younger scouts. At Saints, Jack runs on the varsity cross country and track teams, and was the first member of the Class of 2012 to letter in any sport (in cross country in November 2008). He is also a math peer tutor and a member of the Society of Saints Scholars, California Scholarship Federation, National Honor Society and the Key Club service organization. At OLG parish, Jack was an altar server for six years and has helped the Arts and Environment committee to beautify the church for liturgical holidays. Last summer he volunteered at the OLG food pantry. “My road to Eagle has provided me with the unique op-portunity to develop my leadership, time management, and problem solving skills, all while serving those around me, and most important-ly, God,” Jack said. “Through a combination of scouting, school, and activities in my parish, I have learned how to interact with people on a professional and personal level while serving those around me.”

The Round-Ball Gladiators

Eagle Scout Jack Wilson (’12) with Park Ranger

90 Years and CountingContinued from page 1.

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Edwin J. Hearn, Jr.

O.S.A., the Provincial, to be the founding principal of St. Augustine’s School of San Diego, Saints incorporated name, and to find suitable land for the permanent campus. Homecoming 2011 will be celebrated the week of October 17-21. On Friday, October 21, a special Mass of thanksgiv-ing will honor the faculty, past and present, and the alumni for their continued support through 90 years of Augustinian education in San Diego.

On February 8, 2012, a School Community Mass will cel-ebrate the 100+ Augustinians who have served Saints since its beginning. The Mass will be presided by the Most Reverend Robert R. Provost, O.S.A., Prior General of the Order of St. Augustine, and a reception will follow the Mass. Alumni and friends of Saints are cordially invited to share in this special day. For those who would like to experience the Augustinians in a more per-sonal manner, a very special journey through Italy has been organized for the summer of 2012. Fr. Gary Sanders, O.S.A, will lead this tour of “Augustinian

Saints Baseball Camp Ages 7-14July 11-15 9 am-1pm $250.

Saints Soccer CampAugust 1-59 am-noon$200 Play Ball—Baseball is just one of the many camps offered for art and

athletics during early summer. Pictured are campers from last year’s 10-12 year old division baseball camp. Contact the school for more camp info and sign-ups.

Summer CampsSaints Basketball Camp Ages 7-14June 20 to 24. 9 am to noon $225.

Saints Football CampJuly 18-21Ages 5-14 $200

Saints Volleyball CampJuly 11-15Ages 10-15 co-ed$180

Arts/Painting and 3D WorkshopJune 27-July 1Entering 6th, 7th, 8th & 9th grades$200

Arts/Ocean Themed Painting WorkshopJuly 5-8 (limit 9 students)$200

The open book and the heart pierced by an arrow are the symbols of the Order of St. Augustine. The STA represents St. Augustine High School, found-ed by the Augustinians 90 years ago. The logo combines the Augustinians’ passionate response to San Diego in teaching young men the Gospel values that St. Augustine, the Bishop of Hippo and a Doctor of the Catholic Church, was inspired to communicate to the world during the 4th and 5th century. This logo represents the historical connection between St. Augustine, the found-ing of the Order of St. Augustine in 1244 and the founding of St. Augustine High School in 1922, the Augustinians first work on the West Coast.

Mark your Calendar for 90th Year CelebrationsSunday, September 18, 2011 Family Mass at the Saints CampusFriday, October 21, 2011 Homecoming MassWednesday, February 8, 2012 School Community Mass at the Saints CampusSun, July 8 – Thurs, July 19, 2012 Tour of Augustinian ItalyTuesday, September 4, 2012 90th Year Celebration Concluding Mass

Question: When did you decided to be a USMC pilot? A: I was in college when I decided to fly for the Marine Corps but I’ve wanted to be a Naval Aviator all my life.

Q: What courses at Saints did you take that helped you the most be a USMC pilot? Did you fly planes in high school? A: Coach Ozdowski’s and Deacon Hardick’s math courses and Mr. Ranney’s physics class. It helps to have some

technical knowledge in flight school in order to do well and fly what you want. I flew very little in high school.

Q: Where did you go after Saints? A: I went to Cal Poly Pomona and majored in Aerospace Engineering. After col-lege I commissioned as an officer and went to flight school shortly thereafter.

Q: Who were some of your most influential teachers at Saints? A: They were all amazing and I have great memories of everyone of them but a few stand out. First off is the ever classy Mr. Vignol, his classes are a pain when you’re taking them but he doesn’t sugar coat life and that’s important. Coach Oz because he never accepted mediocrity, a mindset that tends to kill people in my profession. Deacon Hardick who instilled the love mathematics and engineering that I possess today. And finally, Coach Downey who would never let any of his runners quit and for always being there when you needed him.

Q: What’s it take to be a Marine Corps pilot?A: First college and something called TBS (The Basic School), and then flight school. The flight school timeline depends on what you fly, i.e. jets, helos, V-22s, or C-130s. For jets it’s two years. Bottom line, it takes a while and requires a lot of dedication. But flight school is a GREAT time.

Q: What are you flying in the photo? A: I fly the AV-8B II+ Harrier and am currently stationed in Cherry Point North Carolina near the Outer Banks.

Q: What’s the fastest jet you’ve flown? A: That would be the Harrier.

Q: What advice do you have for any Saintsmen that wants to enter military service as a pilot? A: Don’t let anybody tell you that you can’t do it. It requires a lot of dedication on your part and that starts with studying. Keeps studying in college and then keep studying in flight school so you can fly your first choice of aircraft. Be proactive and research the profession on your own. Don’t forget to have fun, a lot of fun. Try not to do anything stupid in the mean time.

Q: How’d you get the nickname “Boards?” A: My ears stick out like speed brakes which we refer to as boards in the aircraft. Did I mention that any physical deformity will be thoroughly analyzed and made fun of in the world of attack pilots. Gents, understand having a thick skin and a sense of humor goes a long way, but it is all in good fun.

Q: What’s it like being so high and going so fast? What goes through your mind (when you’re not tend-ing to business)? A: High and fast is just like being in an airliner. Not too exciting. It’s low and fast that’s a trip. Being 300 ft off the ground, weaving between mountains at 500 mph will get your heart racing and never becomes routine. It’s a ton of fun but fairly dangerous as you might imagine and it takes every ounce of concentration you have.

Q: Can you describe any war zone deployments? A: Nope.

Saintsman Flying Marine Corps JetsQ&A With Captain John Yunker, USMC, SAHS ‘02

Italy” July 8 – 19, 2012. For more information regarding this trip, please refer to the Saints website at www.sahs.org . The 90th Year Celebration will close on Tuesday, September 4, 2012, with Mass commemorating the September 4, 1923, opening day of class at our present campus. Church, City, County and State dignitaries will be invited to this special celebration. Please mark your calendars for these special occa-sions. These are wonderful opportunities to give thanks to the many Augustinians, lay teachers, alumni and par-ents who have worked in the vineyard that is St. Augus-tine High School. Saints is a special place because of the sacrifice of so many in the community. We invite you to be part of Saints during this special year!

For more info go to www.sahs.org 619 282-2184

John Yunker (‘02)

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Saints Players in Happy Go Lucky MusicalOoooklahoma!Ooooklahoma! “Will” Sebastian Alberdi (‘13), Peter Hulburt (‘12), Cole Rougas (‘13) in “Kansas City”

(L-R): Jennifer Gutierrez (OLP ‘12) and Sean Hicke (‘14) in “Farmer and the Cowman”, “Jud” Irish Giron (‘12) and “Ali Hakim” Nick Hessling (‘13)Orchestra conducted by Mr. Jagow.

(L-R) Cole Rougas (‘13), Nick LeSchofs (‘14), Nick Hessling (‘13), Peter

Hulburt ‘12), Michael Cali (‘13) in “It’s A Scandal,” “Ado Annie” Jackie

Mendoza (‘11),

As “Curly,” Paul Williams (“11) and “Laurey,” Marie

Shelton (OLP ‘12) in “Surrey with the Fringe on Top;”Wedding scene

Jessica Mendoza (OLP-’11)

Peter Hulburt (‘12), Cole Rougas (‘13), Ian Santos (‘13) “It’s a Scandal.”

Entire Company: Cast, Crew and Orchestra

Yes, “Oklahoma” was a smash as performed by 45 in the cast, including elementary and middle school actors, plus 16 crew-members, 9 production staff, and 27 in the orchestra. Kudos

too to countless parent volunteers, including Drama Director Joe Bernens (’80) and Deb Torgeson, choreographer and her crew and other Saints Administration and staff. The classic Rodgers and Ham-merstein musical averaged 200 attendees for the four performances.

Emma Horner (OLP), Nick Hessling, Jessica Mendoza (OLP-’11), and Company in “It’s a Scandal,”

Saints Faculty Member Part of Teacher Convention Presentation

Thank You, APA!!!!Each year the APA generously provides financing for items on the

schools wish list. This year the administration, faculty and staff want to express their extreme gratitude for the financial support for

more than $135,000, which allowed for the funding of items listed below.

• 2 Conn 6D Artist Series Double Horns ($2,599 each) $5,198• Banners, patches, awards (annual funding) $3,500• Roller Hockey Goalie mask/stick/chest pads $600• Wrestling Mat move/store system $1,965• Basketball chairs (12) $1,300• Volleyball Carts $400• Wrestling scale/refractometer $2,700• Apple Mac book for film/video editing (2 machines @ $1500) $3,000• Bonix TV software $550• World Youth Day sponsorship (15 participants) $7,500• Golf Bags $1,250• Portable Kaboom Box JVC $400• Studio lighting for video production $550• Athletic Awards $3000• Event Runners $750• Annual contribution to new Athletic Field $50,000• Donation to the scholarship endowment $54,000

Every Good Friday for many years Saints-men, OLP students and the Saints Com-munity in general have been participat-

ing in the Stations of the Cross ceremony. The annual event takes place at various locations throughout the city, usually downtown. The hope is to spread the message of Jesus to those in need. The Stations focus on many injustices which take place in our world: hunger, homelessness, war and sickness. The object of the Stations is to help the faith-ful to make in spirit, as it were, a pilgrimage to the chief scenes of Christ’s sufferings and death, and this has become one of the most popular of Catholic devotions. It is carried out by passing from Station to Station, with certain prayers at each and devout meditation on the various in-cidents in turn. It is very usual, when the devo-tion is performed publicly, to sing a stanza of the “Stabat Mater” while passing from one Station to the next. The erection and use of the Stations did not become at all general before the end of the 17th century, but they are now to be found in almost every church. Formerly their number varied con-siderably in different places but fourteen are now prescribed by authority. They are as follows:

Four of United States Holocaust

Memorial Museum Teacher Fellows, including Saints fac-ulty member Rene MacVay submitted a proposal to the Na-

tional Council for Teachers of English, NCTE. MacVay’s peers include a high school teacher from Kentucky, a middle school teacher from Pennsylvania and a community college History teacher from Texas. “There were more than 1,700 pro-posals presented and we were lucky to have our proposal accepted for the con-

vention,” said Mr. MacVay, who teaches English. The NCTE’s 100th Annual Conven-tion will be held in Chicago, November 17-22, 2011. “Since the convention’s theme is “Reading the Past, Writing the Future” we decided to tailor our proposal to fit the theme. Our presenta-tion’s title is ‘Using Holocaust Literature to Teach Personal Writing.’ We will explore how personal writing about the Holocaust, diaries and memoirs, can be used as examples to drive students’ personal writing,” she said. Holocaust literature conveys facts while expressing emotions. An analysis of the diction in the literature will help students find their voice.

Way of the CrossAs portrayed by the

Saints Community 2011

1. Christ condemned to death;

2. the cross is laid upon him;

3. His first fall;

4. He meets His Blessed Mother;

5. Simon of Cyrene is made to bear the cross;

6. Christ’s face is wiped by Veronica;

7. His second fall;

8. He meets the women of Jerusalem;

9. His third fall;

10. He is stripped of His garments;

11. His crucifixion;

12. His death on the cross;

13. His body is taken down from the cross; and

14. laid in the tomb.

Publisher: Edwin J. Hearn, Jr. Saints President Editor-in-Chief: James Horne, Saints Principal Senior Editor: Steve Chipp (’68), Alumni DirectorManaging Editor: Thomas Shess, Alum Parent (’05)Thomas.Shess@gmail.comStaff Writers: John White and Robert Blodgett, Saints Dads Art Director: Carol Sherwood

Chief Photographers: Ernie Torgeson & Pat HealyCirculation Director: Casey Callery, Director of Community Relations and Special Events.Austin Parents Assn. Editor: Theresa “TK” Kosen Editor Emeritus: John D. Keller O.S.A. (’55)Correction PolicyWhile every effort is made to be accurate, we occasionally err. We do apolo-gize to those impacted and kindly ask that you notify the Managing Editor so we may choose to publish corrections or amplifications in future issues.

Saints Scene Your monthly reporton the St. Augustine

High School Experience

Rene MacVay

Jesus: Sean Hicke (‘14), Wom-en of Jerusalem: (Left to right in all pictures): Sierra Denny, Mary-Patricia Gintowt, Jessica Reyes from OLP Guard: Alli-son Chico, OLP Centurian (in brown and gold): Andrea Fos-ter, OLP