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Greetings!
It is hard to believe that another school year is closing. 2012-2013 means big transitions for our classes '09 and '13, and we have some great news to share with all of you in the Alum Update section. Check there for the latest from your old BOS classmates. If you missed the deadline, just send one in to me for inclusion next time. We always love hearing from you!
Caryl Chakerian Associate Director of Development Blue Oak School |
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Class '09 Graduates High School
Off to College
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SAT - check
Senior Project - check
Senior Finals - check
College Tour - check
College Apps - check
College Essay - check
Prom - check
Graduation - on the calendar!
OKAY... Time to head off to college! Our BOS Class of '09 is just about complete with their high school experience, and graduations are scheduled over the next two weeks. We want to offer Class of 2009 a great big BOBCAT thumbs up!! For all you've done and all that lies ahead, we wish you the best on your educational journey. From Boston to LA, Philly to Oregon - see the Updates section below to view some of their college choices. If you are not listed, please send Caryl the news!
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Class '13 Graduates 8th Grade
Freshly Hatched Alums
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Our 8th Grade class will graduate in a ceremony to be held at the Copia Theater on Friday, June 7, at 5:00 pm. Any Alums who would like to assist in the event, please contact Caryl Chakerian at your earliest - we are looking for ushers and Grad "welcomers". With their high school choices finalized, please take a look at the list, and if you attend - seek out these freshman next fall to extend a BOS welcome to the big wide world of high school!
| Aguilar | Alondra | Justin-Siena | | Celaya | Joseph | Justin-Siena | | Flynn | Will | Justin-Siena | | Holstebro | Mads | Justin-Siena | | Kivela | Ariel | Justin-Siena | | Martinez | Tania | Justin-Siena | | Miller | Hannah | Justin-Siena | | Morlet | Paul | Justin-Siena | | Ryan | Sarah | Justin-Siena | | Scully | Cliodhna | Justin-Siena | | Solis | Abner | Justin-Siena | | Wilkinson | Hunter | Justin-Siena | | Aguilar | Jorge | Napa High | | Cooke | Grace | Napa High | | Cuevas | Karla | Napa High | | Giguiere | Molly | Napa High | | Wilson | Jaksen | Napa High | | Mallen | Tyler | Shanghai American School | | Lage | Wyatt | Sonoma Valley High School | | Fuentes | Tito | St. Mary's | | Figueroa | Julie | Vintage | | Hernandez | Esteban | Vintage |
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Alum Updates
The Latest Thrills 'n Chills
This is our favorite corner in the Alum Newsletter... Read on for your chance to find out what your BOS chums are up to.
| Class of 2007 | Connor Maple | Connor graduated from Napa High in 2011, and attended Napa Valley College from 2011-2012. He has graduated from bartenders college, and is pursuing a career in hospitality. Connor is currently employed at Gotts, Azzurro Pizzaria and Marks the Spot food truck.
| | Class of 2008 | Saskia Akey | Saskia graduated from Vintage High School and is now finishing her first year at the Santa Rosa Junior College. She is a student in the Sports Medicine and Kinesiology major program, and is being trained to help athletes in all sports, but specializes in baseball and soccer. | | Class of 2008 | Douglas Croft | Doug is still attending San Jose State University, and finished his freshmen year this semester. His major is Management Information Systems. He was officially pledged and is now a member of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity. Over the summer and in the upcoming fall and spring semesters he will be playing Lacrosse for San Jose State. | | Class of 2009 | Carlee Flynn | Carlee will graduate from Justin-Siena in June, and has loved her experience learning, serving, leading, and having a great time. She will graduate in the Top 10 of her class, and had a fun time at Prom, serving on Prom Court with fellow BOS alumnae, Camille Sacristan and Prom Queen Susannah Jennings! She will join Tulane University, New Orleans in the Class of 2013. Her interest in Social Policy will guide her studies. She was a recipient of Tulane's Presidential Scholarship, and has been invited into the Honors College at Tulane. She is also grateful for the Justin-Siena Community Scholarship endowed by Byron's Auto Body. While her very best Blue Oak friends will be scattering to Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York, Colorado, Arizona and California, Carlee will undoubtedly be hosting them for various Mardi Gras Festivals throughout the next four years! Goeux Carlee! Laissez les Bon Temps Roulez! | | Class of 2009 | Hannah Green | Hannah will be graduating from Justin-Siena next month, and will attend University of Colorado, Denver in the fall, where she will major in International Studies. She's been a National Honor Society awardee, played varsity tennis and lacrosse, and was active in student leadership. | | Class of 2009 | Sam Hurwitz | Sammy is very happy to attend his number one pick of Suffolk University in downtown Boston this fall. This is a return home for Sammy, who has many friends and family in the area. Sammy enjoyed two weeks at Fordham University in NY over the summer, and completed his four years as a Student Ambassador at Justin-Siena. Sam has always been active with collecting money for cancer, but truly loved being a team leader last year. Sam also has taken up mixed martial arts, which he studies three times a week. | | Class of 2009 | Susannah Jennings | Susannah was crowned Prom Queen from among six other girls at Justin-Siena who were nominated by the administration and faculty for their high GPAs and strong leadership qualities. Of the seven total girls on the prom court, three were BOS Class of 2009 graduates, including Susannah, Camille Sacristan and Carlee Flynn. Susannah has also been awarded the Coach's Award in varsity lacrosse for her strong leadership presence on the team. She will be graduating from Justin-Siena with a 4.4 GPA as a National Honors Society member. Susannah was captain of varsity girls' lacrosse team at J-S this year and will be entering the honors program as a trustee merit scholar at University of San Diego to study psychology and nutrition in the fall. | | Class of 2009 | Dominic Lefever | Dom had a busy spring playing defense on the Justin-Siena Varsity Lacrosse Team. Dom will be attending W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University. He is planning on working this summer before he attends Camp Carey for Business majors in July. | | Class of 2009 | Claudia Luna-Morales | Claudia is graduating on June 6th from Justin-Siena. She was the Director of Faith Development and a part of the Lasallian Student Leadership class. She was on the homecoming court along with 3 other BOS alumni. Claudia attended a week-long immersion trip in November to Arizona to study immigration and border patrol, and will be attending Oregon State University in September, majoring in Sociology and Criminal Justice. | | Class of 2009 | Madison Moskowite | Madison is heading to the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School of Business, in the fall. She also plans to continue playing volleyball at Penn. A multi-sport athlete at Napa High, Madison capped off her volleyball season earning All League Honorable Mention and All County team honors playing outside hitter, as well as the coaches award. She also returned to Blue Oak last fall to give back and help coach the 7th grade girl's volleyball team. She loved that the BOS team came out with signs and cheered her on during the Napa-Vintage Big Game volleyball match! This spring Madison lettered in Track for jumping events and received the coach's award. She excelled in triple jump, winning multiple meets and Napa County Track championships. Madison volunteers as an AVID Tutor and Student Leader Mentor. She spearheaded multiple community service projects as vice president of Napa High Interact Club. She's also active in California Scholastic Federation (Life Member) and the Best Buddies Club. For her senior project she completed open water scuba certification with dives in Monterey Bay. Madison was recognized with the Top 1% Award, ranking 3rd in her Napa High class with a 4.74 cumulative g.p.a. She has received scholarship awards from Napa Athletic Boosters, California Scholastic Federation, Rotary/Interact and Elks Foundation. Continuing to play for Absolute Volleyball Club in Marin, her team recently earned a bid to "JO's," and Madison is excited to compete for a junior national championship in Dallas this summer. | | Class of 2009 | Camille Sacristan | Camille will be attending Oberlin College in the fall, possibly studying neuroscience and anthropology. She has played soccer for Justin-Siena all four years, with the privilege of being captain in her junior and senior years. Camille will continue her soccer career in college, playing for the women's varsity team at Oberlin. She hopes to continue playing music by taking lessons in the renowned Oberlin music conservatory- playing one of over 200 Steinway pianos on campus! Camille says, "I am looking forward to all of the new and exciting opportunities I will encounter in college, but I will forever remember my Blue Oakies." | | Class of 2009 | Patrick Walsh | Patrick will be attending the National Holistic Institution (NHI) in Petaluma during the fall. The program is very comprehensive and will teach him both Western and Eastern methods of massage therapy, as well as physiology, foot reflexology, and more! | | Class of 2009 | Max Wilkinson | Max is a member of the National Honor Society, the recipient of a special science award for excellence in science throughout high school, and he also received a number of scholarships from various colleges, including a presidential scholarship at one school on the East Coast. Max played on both the varsity basketball and varsity golf teams at Justin-Siena, and he lead his golf team this year to win the NORCAL Championship. Max has decided to attend Cornell University this fall, after being accepted to many schools. He will likely study business and life sciences, but also plans to pursue other areas of interest. He is looking forward to living on the east coast and exploring the many opportunities Cornell offers and hopes to study abroad during his time in college. He is also considering playing on the golf team at Cornell. He is a great kid, terrific brother and good friend and will be missed here at home. Max's time at BOS (he started in 2002 when the school opened and he was in 2nd grade) played a strong hand in his success in high school. Even though the J-S curriculum and philosophy are quite traditional, Max loves to learn, explore new things and enjoy life at the same time, and he brought this passion with him to his high school years. | | Class of 2009 | Daniel Wong | Daniel Wong is looking forward to attending Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles this fall. | | Class of 2010 | Alexander Ackerman | Alex Ackerman is looking forward to his senior year at Justin-Siena High School this fall, as he wraps up his junior year with flying colors (literally!). He is still creating lots of new projects both at school and at home -- his current engineering projects include making different sizes of lasers with which to conduct various experiments. Earlier this spring, he visited Harvey Mudd College in Southern California, as well as UC Santa Barbara where he got to meet the Professor there who was the creator of the "String Theory" in physics. He also visited MIT and Princeton back in the Boston area where he loved seeing all the cool supercomputers they had at MIT. Alex's major accomplishment this year so far was to earn his pilot's permit by logging almost 50 hours of flight time and taking his first solo flight in early May -- a major achievement for him! He is currently planning a cross country flight with his instructor, and should receive his full pilot's license by the end of this year. He is still playing guitar, and also now tutors a 7th grade student in preparation for the upcoming SSATs. All in all, Alex is having a great year and looks forward to finally being a senior at Justin-Siena in August. | | Class of 2010 | Isabella Emmerich | Bella has been busy this semester, juggling school, college classes, and work at BOS lower school. She is very involved in school, and was promoted to be a student peer counselor at New Tech. She has painted a permanent mural on the walls of New Tech. She also picked out her top two colleges while on an East Coast college tour - MICA and RISD. She is vigorously working to make her applications as great as possible for next year. Bella recently got accepted with a merit scholarship to the School of Art Institute of Chicago, and will be attending college there over the summer. She is currently wrapping up a two-person mixed media art show at the Napa Valley Play House, and hopes to be in another show soon. Bella is also looking forward to her senior year at New Tech High and cannot wait to apply to colleges and start the next chapter of her life. | | Class of 2010 | Brittany Wong | Brittany Wong is a Junior at the College Preparatory School. School and music have especially been keeping her busy this past year! Her favorite course this year was probably calculus, and she was a Team Member for the American Mathematics Competition 12. She completed the Advanced Level of Certificate of Merit for piano, and was selected to perform a flute sonata in the Junior Bach Festival. Brittany is still a principal flutist in the Napa Valley Youth Symphony, and loved visiting and performing in Salzburg, Vienna, and Prague last summer on the NVYS tour. In March she became the Distinguished Young Woman of Napa Valley, and will be travelling to the state competition in July. | | Class of 2011 | Isabel Jennings | Isabel received the top leadership award for the sophomore class at Justin-Siena, and continues as a very strong athlete. She has been named Napa athlete of the week by Family Drug, she won the North Coast Sectional in the long jump, and was part of the winning relay team for the 4x400 meter race, played varsity basketball, and on the varsity track team, and broke a 36-year-old J-S record for long jump by an inch with a 17'10.5" jump. She is currently ranked Number 1 in Marin County Athletic League in the long jump. In addition to her athletic accomplishments, Isabel has maintained a 4.5 GPA and received awards in academic excellence for Spanish, for straight A's, and for having among the highest GPAs in her class. | | Class of 2011 | Chauncey Johnson | Chauncey is a sophomore at Sonoma Academy, and loves it. He has been on the cross-country team for two years, winning the "Cross-Country Coaches Award" for their 2012 season. He has also played on the junior varsity basketball team for two years, and was named "MVP" for their first tournament, played in December. For his 2012 Intersession, Sonoma Academy's two-week immersion program, Chauncey traveled with a group to China, and this year, he studied for and obtained his "Emergency First Responder" certification. This was followed by his obtaining his "Rescue Diver" certification during Spring Break. His goal is to become a "Dive Master" once he turns 18. While he was doing these activities, he obtained his driver's license and plans on enjoying his '66 Ford Mustang! He has spent the last 18 months refurbishing the car's interior, having it painted and upgrading the sound system. He worked as a "ranch hand" in Wyoming last summer, and plans to work there again this summer. He also snowboards as much as he can, loves BMX biking in his free time, and enjoys all the other activities available in Santa Rosa. | | Class of 2012 | Sam Sheekey | Sam is attending Justin-Siena High School and loves his decision to spend his high school years there. In both semesters he has made the honor roll, which he accredits to hard work and a good Blue Oak foundation. He joined his fellow Blue Oak graduates at the JS academic awards night where many were recognized for their efforts in the classroom. Sam is swimming for the Justin swim team, in order to condition for water polo. Over spring break his water polo team had the opportunity to take a training trip to Italy where they played with many current and past professional water polo players. This summer the team will travel to Southern California for the water polo Junior Olympics. In addition to water polo and swim, Sam played basketball in the winter and looks forward to playing once again in the summer . Sam says, "Joining me in trying this new sport and all my high school adventures is my best friend and BOS brother Sam Thatcher. Blue Oak relationships never do end!" | | Class of 2012 | Samuel Thatcher | Sam has found the transition from Blue Oak School to Justin-Siena quite smooth. He loves his new school. Academically, socially and in sports - all is going great!! The Freshman have a dedicated area and his friends from Blue Oak remain close. BOS alums have all succeeded in their own ways and still cheer each other on. Sam has found that he and fellow BOS alum, Sam Sheekey, have strong skills in water polo, and both had the opportunity to travel with the team to Italy. Sam's future plans are to continue to succeed in academics and sports, and find his perfect university. Sam says, "Thanks, Blue Oak, for preparing me so well!!!" |
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