AN ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT STEPS IN AS SJND'S NEW PRINCIPAL |
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Father Steve Kim has accepted our offer to become the next principal of Saint Joseph Notre Dame High School. Father Kim will officially begin his SJND duties on July 1, though he will be on campus well before that to become acquainted with students, parents, faculty, and staff for a smooth transition of leadership.
Father Kim brings with him impressive teaching, administrative, and entrepreneurial experience. He has spent the last 10 years on the faculty at Saint Francis High School in Mountain View where he also served as director of Campus Ministry. He is currently serving as pastor of St. Leo the Great Parish in San Jose. He will leave that post to become our new principal. Father Kim also serves as chaplain to the San Francisco 49ers.
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LEGENDARY COACH DON LIPPI RETIRES |
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Don Lippi, our long-time and beloved boys basketball coach, has announced his retirement. Coach Lippi’s contributions to SJND’s rich athletic history in his 23 years at the school are numerous and profound and they include four state championships.
A 2022 inductee to the California Coaches Hall of Fame with more than 900 wins by his teams at Bay Area high schools, Coach Lippi began his head coaching career at SJND in 1978. He then went on to work as an assistant coach at Stanford University before returning to high school coaching, first at St. Patrick-St. Vincent High School in Vallejo before moving on to Skyline High School in Oakland and St. Ignatius College Prep in San Francisco.
Coach Lippi returned to SJND in 2004. That year, the Pilots won the California State Division IV championship. Under Coach Lippi, the Pilots also won state championships in 2011, 2014, and 2016. In all, Coach Lippi led seven teams to state championship games, six at SJND and one at Skyline.
The school will be hosting a celebration in Coach Lippi’s honor on Saturday, June 17, 2023. If you would like to attend or share your favorite Coach Lippi memory, please fill out this form.
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HALL OF FAME NOMINATIONS SOUGHT FOR THE 2024 CLASS |
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Honor the greats of SJND’s past and present by nominating former athletes, coaches, teams, and former or current supporters for the SJND Athletic Hall of Fame. Who will join the ranks of SJND sports legends?
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The Hall of Fame Dinner will be held on Saturday, April 13, 2024. |
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WELCOME NEW ATHLETIC DIRECTOR |
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"Bay Area native John Bertken is excited to be part of the SJND community. After spending the last 10 years at international schools in India and Korea, my wife and I have missed that type of environment. So, by the grace of God, the opportunity presented itself to join the SJND community when we returned, and there was no hesitation in making my decision.”
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SJND GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM EARNS SCHOLASTIC AWARD |
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For the second consecutive year our girls basketball team has been recognized with the North Coast Section (NCS) Division III Scholastic Award, given to the top three varsity teams in each division with the highest composite GPA (unweighted).
On the court and off, our girls are a success. Well done, ladies! You make SJND proud, and you should take great pride in this achievement. Just another example of how SJND carries out its mission of developing confident, open-minded, and effective leaders who are ready to live joyful lives of faith, scholarship, and service.
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The Office of Alumni Relations would love to work with Class Agents to help plan and promote your class reunion.
The following classes
will be celebrating milestone reunions in 2023:
1948, 1953, 1958, 1963, 1968,
1978, 1983, 1988, 1993, 1998,
2003, 2008, 2013 and 2018.
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If you are interested in helping to plan your reunion, the Alumni Office is here and can provide you with a Reunion Planning Kit.
To get your kit, please contact Director of Alumni Relations and Annual Giving Vicki Bargagliotti, vbargagliotti@sjnd.org.
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Members of the Class of 1973 will celebrate their 50th Golden Reunion Weekend June 9 - 11, 2023.
The Reunion Committee has put together a
fun-filled weekend of activities.
Formal invitations will be mailed
at the end of April.
If you have questions, please email Director of Alumni Relations and Annual Giving Vicki Bargagliotti, vbargagliotti@sjnd.org.
Renew friendships and create new memories with the Class of 1973!
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CALL FOR CLASS NOTES! WHAT'S NEW WITH YOU? |
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Have a new job? Just married or engaged?
Welcomed a baby? Moving?
We are always looking for ways to keep in touch with our beloved alumni family.
Please fill out our simple online form using the button below so we can share your news!
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If you submit by June 3, 2023 you will be entered into a drawing for some very cool Pilot gear!
Let your SJND pride shine and let us know what’s new with you!
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Gisele Binder Tanasse '98 received an award for her outstanding contribution to the field of Media Librarianship.
The award was designed to recognize librarians or library professionals who impact or contribute to the field. Gisèle Tanasse is the Film & Media Services Librarian at the University of California, Berkeley and is a past chair of the American Library Association's Film & Media Round Table. She administers the popular VideoLib and VideoNews Listservs, currently serves on the advisory board for the Academic Libraries Video Trust, and has served on the Kanopy Content Advisory Board.
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Connor Waterloo '17 won the TOPS (Thanks for Outstanding Performance and Service) award at Ingenio where he is a data analyst. Connor exemplifies the value of thinking like an owner by consistently going the extra mile to do what is right for the business. Connor was nominated and recognized by his business partners in product and marketing for his thorough analysis, objective point of view, digestible insights, and positive attitude.
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Sister Martin de Porres Coleman '51 celebrates her 70th jubilee as a Notre Dame Sister. What a wonderful example of Catholic service and leadership.
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While at SJND, Amelia Khoo '14 was an exceptional student serving as the valedictorian and poet laureate.
She is a medical student in the EnMed program at Texas A&M School of Engineering Medicine. She attended Brown University for undergraduate studies, where she received a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering, helped edit and contribute to literary magazines, and took as many poetry classes as possible. She is pursuing her M.D. and Master’s in Engineering, and recently learned that she will do her residency in internal medicine at Yale. Outside of poetry, Amelia enjoys singing and Ultimate Frisbee. Just before starting medical school, Amelia was diagnosed with thyroid cancer and found herself a patient as she underwent treatment. Her poem “bright” is a reflection on the role reversal she experienced when beginning rotations in the hospital.
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LOOKING FOR A GOOD READ? CHECK OUT OUR ALUM AUTHORS! |
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Victoria Smith '70 recently published her book titled Tuxedo Baby and his Annoying Cousins. This is a picture book written for ages 5-8 who will recognize the differences between right and wrong and the consequences that can happen because of the choices you make.
Victoria lives in Alameda, California. She is a retired elementary school teacher of 29 years. She has a Masters in Reading. Victoria loves visiting her own three adult children and spending time with their families. She has three pets; a dog named Daisy, a three legged cat named Smokey, and a box turtle named Swimmy.
Victoria also loves to volunteer weekly at FAAS, an animal shelter for our cats, kittens, rabbits, and guinea pigs in our main shopping mall. She loves to write and can't wait to publish all the books she has created. Victoria has received a Reading with your Kids Award for Tuxedo Baby and his Annoying Cousins.
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Renee Macalino Rutledge '94 published her third book, The ABCs of Asian American History.
Renee Macalino Rutledge was born in Manila, Philippines, and raised in California from the age of four. Her debut novel, The Hour of Daydreams, won an Institute for Immigration Research New American Voices Finalist award, Foreword INDIES Gold, and Powell's Top Five Staff Pick. In addition to The ABCs of Asian American History, she is also the author of the children’s books One Hundred Percent Me, a celebration of mixed-race identities, and Buckley the Highland Cow & Ralphy the Goat, a story about overcoming hardship with the help of our friends, who are often very different from ourselves. Renee lives in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she reads books for a living, loves the outdoors, and is always on the lookout for new adventures with her husband and their two daughters.
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Dr. Cicily Hampton '04 recently published Be The Change, Putting Healthy Advocacy, Policy, and Community Organization into Practice in Public Health Education.
Dr. Hampton is a creative and motivated healthcare executive with experience in strategic leadership, operations management, healthcare policy, and in-depth knowledge of Medicare, Medicaid, private health insurance payment and delivery system mechanisms. She is the author of an advanced research agenda focused on social determinants of health and advocacy competencies. She has a strong background in nonprofit management and proven ability to identify opportunities that utilize organizational resources to address challenges for maximum impact.
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Congratulations to Matthew Graybeal '16 on his engagement to Jessica Townsend.
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Congratulations to Kyle Williams '09 and Mechelle Miller Williams '08 on the birth of their beautiful daughter, Melody.
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Congratulations to Carla Jasso
Sunderland '06 and husband Michael Sunderland on the birth of their handsome son, Carlos Alberto Sunderland. Keeping with the Pilot Family connection, Michael is currently an English teacher at SJND.
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SJND’s faculty and staff are a group of dedicated professionals who inspire students to live a joyful life of faith, scholarship and service.
If you are interested in joining the Pilot Family, we encourage you to apply today.
Please share our opportunities with your family, friends, other alumni and colleagues who might be interested. We can’t wait to welcome our future faculty and staff Pilots.
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