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Brave Accomplishments is a monthly newsletter highlighting events and celebrating achievements from the past month.
 
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Graduation
Congratulations to the Senior Class of 2015 graduating today!
Here are some impressive statistics from this year's group of graduates:
- Of the 230 students graduating, 99% will be attending college this fall with 92% attending a four-year college, 7% attending a two-year college and 1% pursuing other options
- Graduates were accepted into 166 colleges across the country
- 67% of seniors were offered college scholarships totaling nearly $25 million
- The average amount of a scholarship award was $42,000 over four years
- 53 seniors will be attending a Catholic college/university
Notable Competitive Colleges Offering Admission (< 35% acceptance rate)
| Boston College |
United States Naval Academy |
| Claremont McKenna College |
University of California, Los Angeles |
| Cornell University |
University of Notre Dame |
| Georgetown University |
University of Pennsylvania |
| New York University |
University of Southern California |
| Stanford University |
Washington University in St. Louis |
| United States Military Academy |
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Click Here for the Entire List of College Acceptances for the Class of 2015
College Decisions and Scholarships
Click on the video to view the hundreds of scholarships offered to the Class of 2015 totaling nearly $25 million. The colleges our graduates will be attending are represented by the college logo on their slide.
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Class of 2015 College Scholarships
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BBHS is pleased to announce our Five Valedictorians and One Salutatorian
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| Richard (Phillip) Barber
Valedictorian
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| Matthew (Phoenix) Chen
Valedictorian
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| Shelly Henling
Valedictorian
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| Emma Morris
Valedictorian
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| Anthony Pangelinan
Valedictorian
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| Natalie Thompson
Salutatorian
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Commencement Speaker Sr. Lorene Heck, OP, Bishop Blanchet's beloved social studies and theology teacher since 1974, will deliver the Commencement Address at graduation. Sr. Heck has been promoted by her order and will be leaving Bishop Blanchet after 40 years of serving as an educator including 17 years as the Social Studies Department Chair and three years as the Theology Department Chair. She was elected Chapter Prioress of the Dominican West Mission Chapter and will assume office on July 1.
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Sr. Lorene Heck, OP
Commencement Speaker
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Academics
Moving Up Assembly: Year-End Awards:
Patrick J. Miranda One True Brave Award Nominated and selected by the faculty, the One True Brave Award recognizes a senior who most demonstrates compassion, consideration, and respect for self and others in the community. This year's award went to senior Kirk Roa.
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Kirk Roa
One True Brave Award
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Perfect Attendance Congratulations to Anthony Pangelinan who achieved four years of perfect attendance!
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Anthony Pangelinan
Four Years of Perfect Attendance
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Art Siegal Service Above Self Award
Congratulations to BBHS student
Luwam Gabreselassie
for receiving the Art Siegal "Service Above Self" Award from the University District Rotary Club. The award recognizes high school students who are nominated by their schools for outstanding records of public service.
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Luwam Gabreselassie
Service Above Self Award
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Bishop Blanchet has a Tradition of Faith, Scholarship and Service and the following three awards recognize students who excel in these areas.
St. Thomas the Apostle Award Nominees
Recognizes an active and engaged faith life.
St. Thomas More Leadership Award Nominees Recognizes involvement in leadership roles at Bishop Blanchet and the broader community.
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Richard Phillip Barber II
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St. Thomas Aquinas Award Nominees
Recognizes academic excellence.
Maury Sheridan Performing Arts Awar
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Recognizes excellence in achievement and leadership in the Performing Arts program.
Recognition from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation
The National Merit Scholarship Corporation recognizes talented students with outstanding performance on the PSAT exam taken during their junior year. Congratulations to Alex McIntyre for being named a
National Merit Semifinalist. The semifinalists, who represent less than 1% of U.S. high school seniors, received the highest scores in their states on the PSAT.
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Alex McIntyre
National Merit Semifinalist
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Congratulations to the National Merit
Commended Scholars achieving in the top 5% on the 2013 PSAT.
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Richard Phillip Barber II
Commended Scholar
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Robert Brajcich
Commended Scholar
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Freya Helton
Commended Scholar
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Lauren Kinerk
Commended Scholar
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Nicholas Kosinski
Commended Scholar
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Natalie Thompson
Commended Scholar
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Ed Thenell Scholar Athlete Award
Congratulations to the six 2015 finalists for the Ed Thenell Scholar Athlete Award.
They were honored at the Metro League Scholar Athlete Luncheon at
the Washington Athletic Club.
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L to R: Shelly Henling, Emma Morris, Arthur Lane, David Gats,
Anna Catherine Wass and Ciaran O'Leary
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International Thespian Society
Congratulations to the 16 students who have been inducted into the International Thespian Society this year. To be inducted one must first letter in drama by fulfilling two aspects: an onstage credit for acting and a backstage credit which may include stage management and/or any technical crews such as set design, costume, hair and makeup or publicity/marketing crew. You must then earn the proper number of thespian points. Many thespians have logged hundreds and hundreds of hours in the pursuit of theatre arts and being called a thespian is a great honor for theatre students around the world.
| Tamar Arganian |
Laura Mead |
| Bella Brown |
Franco Micale |
| Nick Conti |
Audrey Pisano |
| Sarah Dean-Anderson |
Haley Psycher |
| Rebecca Drouin |
Kenzie Pyle |
| Sarah Fesalbon |
Kacee Saturay |
| Jack Frank |
Kyle Scott |
| Madeline Golliver |
Jordan Williams |
Sound and Light Crew Awards
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Anna Kozubczyk
Four Years
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Helene Osborne
Four Years
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Zachary Gadian
Three Years
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Franco Micale
Three Years
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Heaven Tesfamariam
Three Years
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Christopher Adkisson
One Year
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Sarah Dean-Anderson
One Year
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Modern Language Awards
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Phillip Barber II
Spanish
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Latin Recognition
The National Latin Exam is taken by more than 153,000 students from all 50 states and 20 foreign countries. Of the Blanchet students who took the exam, 42% earned Cum Laude or higher.
Gold Medal, Summa Cum Laude 
Daniel Jones
Silver Medal, Maxima Cum Laude Phoenix Chen Teresa Fesalbon Jane Green Sam Stolle Teresa Yandl
Magna Cum Laude
Sam Broadwell Hannah Garcia Shelly Henling Jamie Petre
Cum Laude
Antonio Andres Jack Heffernan Kaela Knoblich Isabel Piedra Ian Smith
Latin Students visit Pompeii Exhibition Latin students traveled to the Pacific Science Center to experience POMPEII:The Exhibition
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| On the bus to the Pompeii exhibition |
Students of the Month
Students are selected monthly September through May based on a student's overall performance in the following areas:
1. Service
2. Leadership
3. Co-curricular activities
4. Overall Citizenship in the Community
| Colin |
Anderson |
10 |
Science |
LaZerte |
| Elizabeth |
Baldwin |
9 |
Mathematics |
Burrows |
| Travis |
Breysse |
12 |
Business/Technology |
Strunk |
| Finlay |
Bruce |
11 |
Science |
LaZerte |
| Maxon |
Crumb |
9 |
World Languages |
McFarland |
| Amy |
Ensminger |
9 |
World Languages |
Watanabe-Eimen |
| Tabitha |
Farthing |
11 |
Mathematics |
Frost |
| Allison |
Fiorini |
11 |
World Languages |
McFarland |
| Ben |
Hecko |
10 |
Physical Education |
Olsen |
| Erin |
Hinshaw |
12 |
Fine Arts |
Newcomb |
| Jordan |
Juel |
12 |
Business/Technology |
Strunk |
| Lauren |
Kinerk |
12 |
Social Studies |
McGill |
| Selea |
Klepper |
9 |
Mathematics |
Burrows |
| Dylan |
Lamb |
10 |
Physical Education |
Olsen |
| Ivan |
Lopez |
9 |
Mathematics |
Burrows |
| Claire |
Manley |
11 |
Business/Technology |
Bissonnette |
| Ginger |
Markow |
10 |
Mathematics |
Frost |
| Franco |
Micale |
12 |
Theology |
Mikesell |
| Elizabeth |
Nelson |
11 |
Social Studies |
Monica |
| Jesus |
Nicolas-Hernandez |
9 |
Mathematics |
Burrows |
| Madeline |
Nielsen |
11 |
Social Studies |
McFarland |
| Connor |
Rauch |
10 |
Physical Education |
Olsen |
| Rachel |
Rauch |
12 |
Theology |
Connolly |
| Anna |
Smith |
10 |
Social Studies |
McGill |
| Elysa |
Williamson |
9 |
Mathematics |
Burrows |
American Literature Junior Research Projects
Ms. Boyd created a webpage that has all the junior research projects that respond to the question:
"How has media shaped, challenged, influenced or responded to a particular facet of the American experience?"
Christian Ramos (12) wins Washington State Stock Market Game
Congratulations to Christian Ramos (12) who was the winner of the regional Washington State Stock Market Game. Christian placed number one in a field of nearly 300 high school teams. He turned his SMG starting $100,000 into $131,565.83 by game's end.
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Christian Ramos (12) and Sara Nguyen (12)
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Although Christian invested in the well-known Starbucks, Microsoft, and Apple, it was a nation-wide chiropractic clinic that proved the big money maker. When asked why he chose a chiropractic stock, Christian explained: "I was just researching companies and saw they had a high increase over the last year."
As part of the stocks unit in the Personal Finance class, the students are introduced to the Stock Market Game which ran from March 9 - May 15. Although some class time is given, the SMG is not a graded component so most participation is outside of class to the degree of personal motivation and enthusiasm.
The class enrolled in the game as two-person teams and teacher, Ms. Clarice Hunter, wants to make sure that Christian's modest partner, Sara Nguyen (12), gets some deserved recognition too. Due to a lengthy illness, Sara prioritized her time to catch up on missed assignments, so spent little time on the SMG. Sara was involved, however, with initial research and strategy when the game was first introduced.
Also finishing high in the rankings were Olivia Brown (12) and Deanna Ly (12) who finished 23rd as well as the team of Anthony Menghi (12) and Austin Schmidt (12) who placed 35th.
Dr. Robert Odom '68 visits Physics Classes for 25 Years in a Row
Alumnus Dr. Robert Odom, a Geophysicist at the University of Washington who is an expert on acoustic and elastic wave propagation was a guest presenter in the BBHS physics classes for the 25th year in a row. During his visit he explained the
catastrophic
damage caused by the earthquake in Nepal.
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| Dr. Odom '68 speaks to physics students |
TEALS Donates HP Laptop to Introduction to Computer Science Class
The TEALS program provided an HP Laptop to the Intro to Computer Science class. All names from 1st semester and 2nd semester classes were put in a box and one name was drawn. Charles Heitz III (10) won the free laptop.
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| Charles Heitz III (10) wins an HP laptop from the TEALS program |
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Performing and Visual Arts Department
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Third Annual Art Show
The entire BBHS Arts Department joined forces with Visual Arts teachers Jeanne Mikesell and Margaret Newcomb to celebrate the talents of our inspired and inspiring student artists. The works of Bishop Blanchet's student artists--drawings, paintings, photographs, sculptures, and mixed-media pieces--were on display to be admired in the Bradburn Library. Many thanks to the patrons, students, parents and faculty who came to view and purchase the works of our gifted artists.
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| A sampling from the student Art Show |
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Art Club members creating book marks. Each donated book mark raises $1 for the
Save the Children's
Literacy Boost
program in Latin America, Africa and Asia through donations from the Bezos Family Foundation.
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Voices
Congratulations to the students who contributed to Voices, our student produced fine arts and literary magazine. This full color magazine contains original poetry, photography, short stories and art work created by our exceptionally talented students. A special recognition for the three student-editors: Anna Kozubczyk, Luwam Gabreselassie and Heaven Tesfamariam.
String Orchestra Symphonium
Congratulations to the String Orchestra on their performances at the Annual Symphonium. The talented students entertained with a mixture of traditional and popular music performed in solo, duet, and full ensemble.
Dance Team
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The Dance Team put on a final showcase that
featured acts from local high school dance teams as well as student performers from the band Filament Wire.
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Grade School Bands, Jazz Band, and Wind Ensemble
Students from 10 Catholic Grade Schools joined the Bishop Blanchet Wind Ensemble and Jazz Band for an evening of music, collaboration, and celebration on the BBHS campus. The 10 schools all participate in the Grade School Band Program administered and taught by Sean Richarz, Gabriel Glennie, and Alex Dugdale. After the show, the students were treated to a raffle for a chance to win great prizes.
Participating grade schools:
| St. Benedict St. Joseph St. Matthew Christ the King Our Lady of the Lake |
St. Mark Holy Rosary Edmonds St. Madeline Sophie St. Monica
St. John
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Campus Ministry Department
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Mass with 2nd Grade Students
Bishop Blanchet partnered with ten Catholic elementary schools to bring more than 300 second-grade students to BBHS for a special Mass. Many of the second graders received their First Holy Communion this year, and they were hosted by BBHS students who received the Sacrament of Confirmation. Fr. Bryan Dolesi, presided over the Mass.
Confirmandi
Congratulations to the BBHS students who received the Sacrament of Confirmation this year. Click here to view the list of Confirmandi.
Hunger Retreat
The Hunger Retreat is an annual retreat sponsored by our St. Vincent de Paul board. BBHS students (frosh-seniors) collected pledges supporting their 24 hour fast. Funds raised will benefit our shelter meal programs at Teen Feed, St. Martin de Porres, and Sacred Heart Shelters. As part of the retreat the students made crosses representing the 19,000 children who die each day throughout the world due to hunger and its related effects.
BBHS Supports Dorothy Day House
The Dorothy Day House was one of the organizations supported by our freshmen volunteers during the Freshmen Day of Service. Dorothy Day House is a residence for homeless women managed by Catholic Housing Services. The Belltown facility provides 41 single units for low-income adult women, many of whom are disabled. Many come to Dorothy Day House with nothing.
Not wanting the support to last only a single day, teacher Kerry Burrows and student Noah Traynor (11) and Neah Gardiner (11) collected donations of everyday necessities such as soap and toiletries to support the women of Dorothy Day House. As a thank you, the manager brought the school a framed picture of the building that includes signatures from the residents.
The school is once again collecting donations through June 9. Donations from this wish list are greatly appreciated.
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The Diversity Club Hosted Guest Speaker Ron Young
Ron Young spoke to students on the topic "From Selma to Baltimore: Where Do We Go From Here?". Young worked with Martin Luther King, Jr. in Selma in 1965 and does several talks on race and interreligious relations.
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Guest speaker Ron Young hosted by the Diversity Club
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Seniors Organize Blood Drive
The senior class organized a blood drive at Bishop Blanchet. Thanks to the students and other participants, Bloodworks NW (formerly Puget Sound Blood Center) was able to register 38 donors and 31 of them were first-time donors. Of those, 30 units of volunteered blood were collected. Since each donation can save up to three lives, this means that 90 units of different blood products will be available to save the lives of local patients!
Aurora Montes (12) Earned the WoHeLo Award
Congratulations to Aurora Montes (12) for earning the WoHeLo Award, the highest honor in Camp Fire. "Wohelo" stands for Work, Health, and Love. She has performed more than 400 hours of community service by planning and leading Camp Fire events for younger children and by being a camp counselor for five years. She has taught children about the environment, camping skills, drama improvisation and other subjects. Her goal is for every child to have a fun experience, fulfilling the WoHeLo ideals of Lead, Teach, Serve, and Speak Out. Aurora has been a member of Camp Fire for 13 years. Nationally there are only about 200 WoHeLo Award recipients each year.
Aurora Montes (12) in her Camp Fire ceremonial gown.
Reel Grrls and Adobe Youth Voices
Two students:
Erin O'Donnell (11)
and
Nicole VandePutte (11)
received an award from Reel Grrls and Adobe Youth Voices for their submissions in the category of Seattle Youth Media. Their work was featured in a show at SIFF Film Center. Erin's submission is entitled
Inclusion
and Nicole's is
Environment
. Their entries were originally assignments in creating a visual argument for AP Language and Composition. Congratulations!
Katey Murphy (11) Awarded Washington Aerospace Scholar Summer Residency
Washington Aerospace Scholars (WAS) is a two-part program for high school juniors focused on topics in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM). Phase One is an five-month distance learning course designed in partnership with NASA and the University of Washington, which provides students the opportunity to earn five college credits while learning about the history of NASA, the space environment around Earth, and the future of human space exploration. Top scoring Phase One students receive an invitation to participate in a six-day Summer Residency held at The Museum of Flight in Seattle. Katey Murphy was among the top scorers and will be completing her residency this summer.
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Green Team Supports ASPCA, Humane Society and Paws
Bishop Blanchet's Green Team has decided to use their fundraising money to support causes that advocate for and support animals.
Spanish Club Supports Corazon Contento
The Spanish Club sold Christmas cards made from recycled paper and were able to raise $200 for Corazon Contento - a
Development Centre in Granada, Nicaragua for people with disabilities.
Middle School Leadership Summit
Bishop Blanchet hosted 45 students from five schools for a middle school leadership summit. The students were nominated by their schools as emerging leaders. The goal of the seminar was to nurture and support the growth of 6th and 7th grade student leaders from the North Deanery Catholic schools.
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Men's State Track and Field
Congratulations to the following athletes who placed in the top eight in State: Zach Shugart (11) for placing 1st in state in the pole vault
Taylor Barnes (11) for placing 2nd in state in the pole vault Jeremiah Stone (10) for placing 8th in the boy's triple jump
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Zach Shugart (11), 3A State Champion
Photo credit: Charlie Shugart |
Women's State Track and Field Congratulations to the following female athletes who placed in the top eight in State: Laura Marty (11) - 2nd in the Girls Pole Vault Ginger Markow (10) - 3rd in the Girls Pole Vault Lizzie Armstrong (12) - 8th in the Girls Pole Vault Molly Henling (11) - 6th in the girl's Triple Jump
Laura Marty (11) was named Female Athlete of the Month by the Northwest Catholic Magazine. Click here to see her featured on page five. Men's Golf The Bishop Blanchet men's golf team had another successful year after taking second in state in 2014. The men's team finished the 2015 year by achieving 2nd place as a team in the Metro tournament while moving five players (Cameron Cooper (11), Blake Cooper (10), Erik Johnson (12), Colin Curran (10), and Race Porter) to the District tournament. Cameron Cooper and Blake Cooper competed at the WIAA State Golf Tournament in Kennewick, Washington at Canyon Lakes Golf Club. Blake Cooper finished 10th overall and Cameron Cooper finished 23rd overall out of a field of more than 60 golfers. The men's team finished 7th as a team. We are looking forward to teeing off a new season on August 24.
Women's Golf The Braves Women's Golf Team, led by coaches Sean Gaskill and Anna Comfort, had a great season. The 2014-2015 girls team was the biggest team in school history. The team was led by Senior Capt. Maria Biondi who took 7th place in the girls' district tournament which earned her a trip to the WIAA State Golf Tournament for the second straight year. Maria wrapped up a great season and will be continuing her golf career at Marymount University in the fall.
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| Katie Odland and Alexa Vecchio
Women's Golf
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Lacrosse
The BBHS Braves Lacrosse team battled through a year of injuries with as many as nine varsity players on injured reserve at one time. A veteran and very athletic group of defensemen, led by senior and co-captain Drew Higgins, anchored our back end protecting rookie goalie Jaybry Doyle-Hupf (10). Our offense was spearheaded by attackman Phil Ward (11). Senior co-captain Jeremy Facer, often worked double duty as a midfielder and attackman during the season. Sophomores "Team" Curran and Kernan Guethe, and the rest of the junior varsity squad, stepped up whenever they were called upon. The team refused to give up and ran off three straight victories before losing in overtime to Bellarmine Prep to end their 2015 campaign.
Tennis
The Tennis team achieved numerous outstanding goals this season with the first ever defeat of Bainbridge Island, the third place finish in the Metro League and the crowning of the Champions in Mixed Doubles in Metro with the team of Christina Blackbourn (12) and Charlie Loveland (10).
Softball
The
Softball Team
earned a spot in the Metro League playoffs, and qualified for the Sea-King District tournament. The girls came up just a game short of the State Tournament, but fought hard none the less. Jessica Segle (9) and Maddie O'Neil (11), made the All-Valley league team and Maria Biondi (12) and Gretta Gievette (9) were Honorable Mentions. Interim Head Coach Bre Skeslien led the team, and Assistant Coaches Lisa Olsen, Kevin Skeslien and Sam Shanahan, were key to the successful, positive experience in fast pitch this spring.
Baseball
The Braves finished second in their division and qualified for the Metro Playoffs but were eliminated before reaching the State Playoffs. Several players were named All - Metro with
David Gats (12)
and
Drew Branley (12)
receiving honorable mentions,
Cameron Martin (12)
and
Riley Noonan (11) being named to the second team and
Dylan Lamb (10)
being named to the first team.
Baseball C
oach George Monica was named Seattle Times Coach of the Year!
Ultimate
The Bishop Blanchet
Ultimate (Frisbee)
Program continued to grow and mature during the 2015 season. In only its second year of existence, the Braves were able to field two competitive squads that played in the Co-Ed Spring League run by DiscNW. The A Team finished the season 6-3, good for 4th Place in the B Division, while the B Team, made up largely of first time players, ended the season 2-7. The Braves also sent a team to Spring Reign in Burlington, finishing 3-2 in the 2 Day Tournament.
Women's Lacrosse
Several of our young women joined forces with girls from Roosevelt HS to form the "Brave (Rough) Riders"
Women's Lacrosse Team
. These young ladies represented Blanchet well. The girls hope to continue to grow participation in women's lacrosse at Blanchet in the coming years, making the Brave Riders a formidable team.
Booster Club College Scholarships
Anna Williamson (12) and
Christopher Adkisson (12)
were selected from a large pool of applicants to receive the Booster Club's $1,000 College Scholarships. Thank you to the Booster Club for funding these two college scholarships annually.
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Decades-long Friends and Colleagues Saying Farewell to Bishop Blanchet
These two educators have been teaching along-side one another in the social studies department for 37 years. This month Sr. Lorene Heck, O.P. and George Monica say farewell to Bishop Blanchet. Their contributions to the Bishop Blanchet community will live on in the memories and hearts of our community forever.
Sr. Lorene Heck, O.P. and George Monica then and now
George Monica
George Monica is retiring after 37 years of teaching History and P.E. at Bishop Blanchet. He was the Athletic Director for 22 years and the Head Baseball Coach for 36 years, ending his career with a 534-264-1 record. He won eleven Metro Championships
, made eighteen State Playoff appearances, won three Regional Championships and a State Championship in 1996. He is in the Washington State Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame and he was named 2015 Coach of the Year by the Seattle Times. Additionally, he
coached
football for 32 years (21 as head coach with a 105-88 record). George is retiring at the end of this school year.
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George Monica's number 13 jersey is being retired. George gets to keep the framed jersey from the State Championship season and the other framed jersey will hang next to the batting cages in the wrestling room.
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Sr. Lorene Heck, O.P.
Sr. Lorene Heck, O.P.
, Bishop Blanchet's beloved social studies and theology teacher since 1974, has been promoted by her order (the Dominican Sisters) and will be leaving Bishop Blanchet after 40 years of serving as an educator including 17 years as the Social Studies Department Chair and three years as the Theology Department Chair. She was elected Chapter Prioress of the Dominican West Mission Chapter and will assume office on July 1.
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| Sr. Heck, pictured seated in the middle with colleagues at this year's senior prom. |
Thank you to Sr. Heck and George Monica
for your many years of service.
You will be missed!
Karen Griffin
Communication Specialist and Administrative Assistant to the President and Principal, Karen Griffin, is also retiring this year and relocating to Portland with her husband, Jim. Prior to working in the President's office, Ms. Griffin worked in the BBHS library. She is a parent of three BBHS graduates, Andrea Mull '00, Stephen Mull '02 and Nicole Griffin '11.
Departing Faculty/Staff
Thank you and farewell to the following faculty/staff members who will be saying goodbye to Bishop Blanchet to pursue other opportunities: Kristin Kuzmanich, English and Theology teacher Kinga Sanders, VP of Academics Sarah Davis, PE teacher
Debbie LaZerte, Science teacher
Jake Pankow, Social Studies Ryan Byers, Security
French and Art Teacher, Margaret Newcomb,
Receives
Outstanding Graduate Award
Margaret Newcomb, who will graduate from Southern Oregon University this summer with an MA in French Language Teaching, is a co-recipient of the Southern Oregon University Outstanding Graduate Student Award. The Guanajuato Outstanding Graduate Student Award recognizes not only academic excellence but also contributions to the community. Margaret has been a full-time teacher at Bishop Blanchet since 1985, fulfilling many roles through the years. She advises the French Club and manages the school's relationship with our sister school in Les Sables d'Olonne, France, where she led a group of her own French students this spring. Margaret has served on the board of the Washington State chapter of the American Association of Teachers of French (AATF) and currently serves as the President of the AATF chapter in Washington.
Theology Teacher Completes Christifideles Program Congratulations to theology teacher Sheila Connolly for completing the Christifideles Program. As a lay ecclesiastical minister for the Archdiocese of Seattle, Sheila has fulfilled the requirements for certification, including the completion of her graduate studies at Seattle University. The celebration of the commissioning will take place on June 20th at St. James Cathedral.
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Sheila Connolly is pictured in the front row, second from the left, with Archbishop Sartain and fellow members of the Christifideles Program
Photo credit: Archdiocese of Seattle
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Bishop Blanchet Awarded two Fulcrum Foundation Grants Principal Sheila Kries and Bishop Blanchet were awarded $9,800 for the Fulcrum Foundations's Building Diversity and Inclusion Program. The program is designed to assist schools in welcoming students, regardless of race, ethnicity, or class by increasing accessibility, promoting academic excellence and increasing cultural competency of teachers and staff. Grants through this program encourage schools to respect, celebrate and include the culture of each student as an integral part of a Catholic education and as a manifestation of Catholic identity. Our Learning Resource Specialist, Tina Hogan, was awarded a Fulcrum Foundation Star Grant that will fund the purchase of a cognitive test and an English language proficiency test for students with learning challenges. Puget Sound Council of Teachers of Mathematics Bishop Blanchet partnered with Puget Sound Council of Teachers of Mathematics (PSCTM) this school year in supporting the promotion of math education in the Seattle area. PSCTM was founded to encourage continual professional growth among local mathematics teachers. The organization sponsored three major activities during the year: a fall, a winter, and a spring dinner. This year these three dinners were hosted at Bishop Blanchet. A variety of programs were presented at these events, ranging from learning new math games for classroom use, to the role teachers are playing in the new common core assessments. Bishop Blanchet is proud to offer this professional development and collaboration opportunity to our own instructors as well as our teaching colleagues in the area. Back to Top |
Alumni
Matt Medalia '13
was part of the University of Washington Men's Varsity 4+ that won the
Intercollegiate
Rowing Association National Championship.
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Matt Medalia '13
UW Rowing |
Aviona Rodriguez-Brown '10 is staring in
Rags to Riches the Musical. The musical is based off a true story. Aviona plays the led role of Lillian Harris, also known as Pig Foot Mary, a woman who left the Mississippi delta for a better life. With only $5.00 in her pocket, determination and a dream she became one of the wealthiest entrepreneurs in New York City by selling pig feet from a baby carriage on a Harlem street corner. The musical is touring in different venues along the east coast.
| Aviona Rodriguez-Brown '10 pictured here in 2009 as a BBHS Brave |
Alex Terzieff '93
is a 15-year veteran of the stunt industry and owner of Seattle Stunt Company. He is currently the stunt coordinator on the television show
Z Nation
on the Syfy network. Some of his credits also include work on the movies
Twilight
,
Wild
and as a stunt driver in
Fifty Shades of Grey
.
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Alex Terzieff - Professional Stuntman
Photo by Rajah Bose |
Bob Ingalls '65 won 1st prize in the prestigious Sacrarium International Composition Competition in Lviv, Ukraine. His version of "Ave Maria" was performed by the Lviv Philharmonic & the Galician Academic Chamber Choir on Ukrainian Mother's Day. The piece got a standing ovation from the crowd. Bob is the Choir Director at Holy Rosary Church in West Seattle.
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