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December 2013

 
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All Saints Day
Alumnae Volleyball Players
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Greetings! 

 

As I reflect this holiday season, I feel blessed in so many ways. We have built an incredible community at St. Stephen's centered around our current students. However, our alumni continue to be a part of our family. We reconnect throughout the year with drop-in visits, classmate updates shared in our newsletters, and those who return to St. Stephen's as parents to form second generation families. St. Stephen's is a special place and I am grateful to be a part of it.

 

If you're in the Miami area, I hope you will join us for our annual Christmas Pageant. Our students will re-enact the birth of Jesus, much like you may remember from your time here. The pageant will start promptly at 7:00 pm on Thursday, December 19 in the Church. 

 

May your holiday season be filled with love, joy and peace. 

 

With warmest regards,

 

Silvia Larrauri 

Head of School 

Alumni Parents' Saints of God  

St. Stephen's continues to celebrate All Saints Day each year with our Senior Kindergarten students dressing as a saint. This year five of our alumni parents had children who were one of the Saints of God.  

  

 

 

 

Alumnae Volleyball Players Win State Championship

St. Stephen's proudly recognizes our alumnae volleyball players who were part of Ransom Everglades' 2013 4A State Championship Team! Congratulations to Tere Bernace ('08), Sophie Bullard ('10), Nikki Colonna ('08), Sabrina Pereira ('08), Coach Roger Peluso (a current SSEDS parent) and the entire Ransom Everglades team! 

 

 

Kirstin Bailey Colonna ('78) and Nikki's mom shared a great video with us put together by Carl Kafka: Ransom Everglades Girls Volleyball 2013

Christmas Tree Sale


xmas-tree-icon.gif Each year, St. Stephen's Church and School team up for a Christmas Tree Sale. Parishioners, parents and alumni volunteer at the lot. All proceeds benefit St. Stephen's through our church's outreach programs and our school's financial aid endowment. 

 

If you haven't yet purchased a tree, stop by the lot at the church entrance on McFarlane Road! 

St. Stephen's Book Fair

 

 

Shopping for holiday gifts? Consider making purchases at The Bookstore in the Grove from now through December 15. Mention St. Stephen's at the register and 20% of your purchase will benefit our library!

Classmate Updates

Wondering what your classmates have been up to lately?  Here are some updates on old friends.  Be sure to send your updates to Liz Scholer ([email protected]) for our next newsletter in September. 

 

Lucas Almada ('10)

Lucas attended St. Stephen's for four years before leaving for Sunset Elementary.  He is currently in 10th grade at Ransom Everglades.  He remains in contact with many St. Stephen's friends at Ransom and through water polo and swimming.

 

Sarah Baquero ('96)

 

Sarah, seen at left with brother Sebastian ('98), lives in Miami and studied design at The Art Institutes. She is an Architectural Interior Designer and currently works at Luminaire in the Design District. 

 

 

 

Austin Dominguez ('10) 

Austin is currently a 9th grader at Belen Jesuit Preparatory School. He is one of 58 boys asked to participate in the first China Cultural trip for Belen Jesuit students. The high school criteria for selection was based on GPA, conduct and Honors/AP classes taken. The Head of School, Dean of Discipline, faculty and students will travel to Beijing, Xian and Shanghai. Inspired by 16th century Italian Jesuit, Matteo Ricci, the Club's mission is to better understand Chinese culture and customs, while actively supporting the missionary work of the Hispanic/Italian Catholic Community of Beijing. The trip is scheduled for June 2014.

 

Brennan du Fresne Schulweis ('84)
 
Brennan lives in Santa Monica, CA with her husband Jeff, six year old daughter Oona and their two dogs. After taking time off to be a stay-at-home mom, Brennan is now working as the office administrator for Beth Shir Shalom reform temple. She is also capitalizing on her many years of experience as a casting director in film and television by teaching an audition class.
  
    

 

Isabella Fernandez ('13)
Isabella earned high honor roll with no grade lower than an A-. Isabella has been raising funds for the Miami Children's Hospital Foundation (MCHF) since September in honor of her best friend, a cancer survivor who is fighting Leukemia for the second time. She participated in the MCHF 5K, the Cancer Free Kids 5K, has received two independent sponsorships from local jewelers, and was instrumental in putting together a fundraiser at GameTime, raising close over $5,000 in donations for the MCHF.
 
Quinn Harrelson ('12)
Quinn is currently in 7th grade at Ransom Everglades. Last year he created a video for the 90-Second Newbery Film Festival. The challenge was to make a 90 second or less video that tells the story of a Newbery award winning book. Quinn won an award for his video on Mr. Popper's Penguins.
            

Andrea Hull ('92)

 
Andrea now lives in Bali, where she has resided for over 10 years. She founded the company Bali Wellness Retreat that serves as an alternative events coordinator and travel agency for wellness retreats in Bali. For more information visit her website: 
 

 

 

 

Marco Lanz ('12)
Marco is currently a 7th grade honors student at Belen Jesuit. He received the first place award at the Middle School Science Fair. He will be representing Belen with his project titled "My Amazonian Tropical Plant Exploration" at the Tropical Fairchild Garden Competition next semester.  Also at the Awards Banquet, he received First Academic Achievement Award and placed first in his class in English and Spanish and second in Math, Theology and Computer Science.


Max Martinez ('03)

Max currently lives in San Francisco and is co-founder of Phroogal. Phroogal is a tech startup whose mission is to increase your knowledge of money and connect you to resources so you can live a financially stress-free and richer life.  A 2013 graduate of Cornell University, Max majored in government and played football for four years as a running back. While at Cornell, he was also awarded the Charles Dyson Citizenship Award for outstanding service to the community and leadership. For more information on Phroogal and Max, visit: PhroogalBlog


Amelia Meiser ('12)

 

Amelia is currently in 7th grade at Carrollton and was just invited to join the National Junior Honor Society.  Also, she swims for Carrollton and Miami Swimming. She recently received medals for the Middle School Swim Championships placed 2nd in the 100IM and 3rd in the 50fly.  She has so many great memories of St. Stephen's and her parents credit her dedication and love of school to the teachers at SSEDS that helped Amelia during her formative years. 

 

 

Maria Olloqui ('11)


Maria is currently in 8th grade at Ransom Everglades. She performed in the Middle School Fall Drama Production Seussical the Musical, along with fellow SSEDS classmate Cecilia Sosa.

 

 

 

 

 

Jennifer Partridge ( '91) 

 

On November 21, Jennifer married Fabio Scozzari, who is from Rome, Italy. She is packing up in Dallas and relocating to Italy where she will teach private English lessons to children starting in January. In September 2014, she will teach kindergarten at a private school. 



 

The Pereira Family
Sabrina ('08), now a senior at Ransom Everglades, continues to be an honor student. Last year she received the National Honor Society recognition, and this year a letter of commendation by the National Merit Scholarship Program for outstanding performance on the PSAT, a National Hispanic Recognition Program award for excellence in academic achievement, and also was awarded AP Scholar with Distinction by The College Board for having five or more AP tests with scores higher than 4. 

Tatiana ('10) is currently a 9th grade honor student at Ransom Everglades. In addition, she dances for the Living Dolls Dance Factory Company with presentations throughout the year. 

 

Gaby ('12) is currently in 7th grade at Ransom Everglades and is an honor roll student. She played on the Ransom Middle school volleyball team and now is starting the 13 National Team at Voleimiami and is very excited about the new season.

Lindsey Scholer ('11)
  

Lindsey is currently in 8th grade at Palmer Trinity. She joined the volleyball team for the first time this fall and was named MVP of the middle school JV team. She is pictured here with her coaches. She is also a cheerleader for the Falcons.

 

 

Mathew Scullin ('11)
Mathew is currently in 8th grade at Palmer Trinity. He ran cross country in the Fall and was awarded the Coach's Award at the Fall Sports Ceremony.

 

Chauncey Zalkin ('85)

 

Chauncey and her husband Peter Crosby are expecting twin girls in just a few short weeks. They currently live in New York and manage their business Show Love LLC. They create document shorts and other copy for lovable (ethical, sustainable, innovative, creative) companies. For more information visit their website:  www.showloveworld.com 

 

Remember When?

Have any old pictures you'd like to share?  Send them to us and we may feature them in future Alumni e-News.  Send photos to Liz Scholer ([email protected]).

Teacher Treat from the annual School and Home Auction

Picnic in Merrie Christmas Park with Mrs. Harper, 1993

Maria Ferrer, Mariana Loumiet, Claudia Amendola, 

Grace Kendall, Elisa Gibellini and Ana Moretto.

 

Thanks to Ana Moretto for sharing this photo!

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Send your update and photos to Liz Scholer at

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Or, if you have heard from a St. Stephen's classmate, let us know.  We are updating our alumni records and want to find all of our former students. Please forward this newsletter to any of your St. Stephen's friends.