St. Augustine High School 3266 Nutmeg Street

San Diego, CA 92104-5199619-282-2184

www.sahs.org

Dear Parents and Friends

Developing Heartsas well as Minds

Good education is about hearts as well as minds. We want our boys to be confi-dent, poised and articulate. We want

them to grow and mature as good people, good friends and good Catholic men.

Recently, several of our Seniors traveled to Palomar Christian Conference Center for Kairos XXVII, a unique retreat experience. While on retreat the students demonstrated their incredible

depth of friendship with one another. Faculty and Staff who accompanied the boys also came away with the knowledge that our Saintsmen are deeply spiritual and appreciate time away from school, work, sports and other activities to devote to their relationship with Christ. When we speak of preparing these boys for the future, we are not just talking about college and good career prospects. An important element in this four year experience is the development of a young man’s Christian heart. Kairos, as a culminating retreat for upperclassmen, is a great way to prepare young men to participate in the world. It gives them a chance to reflect and to develop a spiritual vision that provides an alternative to our society’s ethos of selfishness. These retreats are central to Catholic education and couldn’t happen without the tireless dedication of many. Thank you to all parents, students, alumni and faculty who support the Kairos program at Saints. And a special thank you to our Augustinian Volunteer Katie McAloon who took the lead in planning this retreat experience.

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Four years go by in the blink of an eye, and I know that many of you can hardly believe your son is graduating. We have

prepared a listing of important events which relate to graduation, Senior Exams, the Prom, Disneyland Trip and other end-of-the-year activities. We have tried to include all the pertinent information.

Mark Your Calendars Complete List of

Upcoming Senior Events

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All events will be publicized on the school website and registration and payment will be available on line for select events. For additional information contact Karene Evenson extension 5515 or email kevenson@sahs.org. Mother/Son Luncheon: Seniors invite their Mothers to join them Sunday, April 21st at 12:30 pm for lunch. The luncheon will take place at Marina Vil-lage. It is a beautiful location for pictures with your son and lunch with his friends and yours. The cost is $25 per person and activities end by 3:00 pm. Disneyland Day and Ditch Day: Se-niors will leave for Disneyland, by bus, on Thursday, May 16th at 4PM. Buses will return to Saints on Friday May 17th at around 5AM. Thursday (16th) will be a normal day of school for seniors and Friday (17th) will be their annual Senior Ditch Day. Disneyland is very strict regarding dress requirements. Young men are required to wear regular student at-tire. No jeans, denim shirts, or Saints out-erwear is allowed. NO guests are invited to this event. The Disneyland Grad Day cost is $85, which includes round trip bus fare, a “park hopper” ticket to Disney-

Science has made great progress re-garding the under-

standing of brain function. We know the left side of the brain is connected to linear and logical thinking, while the right hemisphere is where creative, and big picture thinking takes place. We also know that

most secondary schools focus an inordi-nate amount of energy developing the left hemisphere. This approach has served us well as this type of thinking has propelled the Information Age forward. Generally secondary schools have domi-nant left-brain curriculums. With high stakes testing and a STEM (science, technology, en-gineering and mathematics) curricula being proposed at the highest levels of government, the development of the right hemisphere of the brain has been almost entirely squeezed out of the curricula. Currently, students are required to take only one year of fine arts for entrance into the University of California, while we know that research strongly suggests that students who study art and music tend achieve more in their other subjects. An unbalanced education between math, science, and the arts, has continued an educational slide away from developing the right hemisphere of the brain. As Daniel Pink states in his book, A Whole New Mind, the world is moving towards a different kind of mind. “It will be the artists, inventors, designers, storytell-ers, caregivers, consolers, and big picture thinkers who will do well during the second half of the century.” He states that this shift in economic life has already been “moving away from an economy built on the logi-cal, linear, computer-like capabilities of the Information Age to an economy and society built on the inventive, empathic, big-picture capabilities of what is rising in its place, the Conceptual Age.”

Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who became the 266th Roman Catholic pontiff March 13, was

born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1936. He was a son of Italian immigrants and his father was a railroad worker. The new leader of 1.2 billion Catholics chose to be known as Pope Francis. He is

the first Latin American leader of the Church. Latin America is home to the world’s largest concentration of Catholics, with Brazil and Mexico having the largest Catholic populations. Pope Francis studied liberal arts in Santiago, Chile, and in 1960 earned a degree in philosophy from the Catholic University of Buenos Aires. For more photos provided by the L’Osservatore Romano, the official newspaper of the Holy See please go to Page 8.

The Right Sideof Learning

A case forbalanced curriculums

By Edwin Hearn, President,St. Augustine High School

Edwin J. Hearn, Jr.

April 2013 Vol 34 no. 4YOUR MONTHLY REPORT ON THE ST. AUGUSTINE HIGH SCHOOL EXPERIENCE

SAINTS WIN! SAINTS WIN! Special coverage begins on page 14 of the remarkable 2012-13 varsity basketball season leading up to a breathtaking overtime win in the State Final.

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So that the very capable Augustine would not “escape”, Bishop Valerius offered him a house near the Hippo church and told him to invite

Augustine’s [hometown] Tagaste community to it. This he did, and the principles developed at Cassiciacum and Tagaste became the basis for the first Hippo community. There had to be some adaptations however, because some of the contemplation at Tagaste had to give way to apostolic activity in Hippo, and not all local applicants were educated men. Even former slaves, who had to be taught to read and write, were accepted. Property was

Augustine’s Arrival in Hippo 391 A.D.By Fr. Bob Gavotto, O.S.A. (‘55)

Saints Chaplain

Michael Balourdas*, Joseph Keane, Jason Mapa, Joseph McCabe, Benjamin Pi-orkowski*, Cole Schenewerk*, Evan Suda

and James Zehentbauer are the Saints Seniors, who have been selected to participate in the Austin Exami-nations. By longstanding tradition, the “Austins” are rigor-ous oral examinations in the fields of English, math-ematics, religion, science, and social studies given to selected seniors. “The “Austins” are reflective of the education the students received during their four years as students at St. Augustine High School,” said Principal James Horne. “They are opportunities for displaying stu-dents’ comprehensive and integrated knowledge of our liberal arts curriculum.” As stated in the Student Handbook, “The senior with the highest weighted cumulative grade point average (with P.E. excluded) automatically is invited to sit for the exam. “The remaining students, normally five, are se-lected by Academic Council vote from the top 10% of the graduating class. Criteria in making the final deci-sion included, but was not restricted to, membership in CSF for at least three semesters; number of honors or A.P. courses; Grade Point Average; and recommen-dation from the Academic Council,” said Mr. Horne.At the conclusion of the oral exams for these young men, the chairpersons of the academic departments represented in the “Austins” will then recommend graduation with specific academic distinctions for

Austin Exams ExplainedEight Saints Seniors Interviewed for Austin Exams

once more held in common, clothing was kept plain and simple, and each monk was assigned a suitable balance between work and study. Augustine instructed his monks in the Faith, and actively led the community. Common ownership in moderation rather than poverty became the practice of the community. Possidius indicated this by revealing that, although dishes in the refectory were of wood, earthenware or stone, nothing was seen amiss in having spoons of silver. The staple fare was vegetables, with meat provided for sick brethren and for the sake of hospitality when guests were present. Wine was placed on the table in limited quantity. Use of bad language at table resulted in a monk’s being fined cups of wine - Augustine’s regulations were quite practical! In the dining room Augustine had a notice that anyone speak-ing uncharitably should either change his conversation or leave the table. The Hippo monastery became a recruiting centre and a training ground for church leaders. The first seven newcomers to the Hippo community all became bish-ops in North Africa. Augustine was ordained a priest about the year 391 A.D. So began a five-year period during which Valerius shed more and more of his responsibilities upon the capable Augustine. Contrary to custom for one not a bishop, Valerius permitted him to preach, and the practice was soon taken up in other districts. Augustine was victorious in public debate against the Manichaeans, whose teachings he knew literally from the inside out. Valerius also had Augustine participate in the Plenary Council of Africa, held at Hippo in October 393 A.D. At the request of the bishops, Augustine delivered the most difficult talk, that on Faith and the Creed. For a priest to be lecturing bishops on any theological topic was itself amazing in the contem-porary context. Another exception was made in the case of Augustine when, for fear of “losing” him to some other region, Valerius obtained permission

to make Augustine his co-adjutor bishop. In this way in 395 A.D. at the age of forty two, Augustine received episcopal ordination and took charge when Valerius died a year later. Be-ing bishop of Hippo was not a light task, for the town was second only to Carthage in ecclesiastical importance in North Africa. Lest the many visitors he received as bishop should disturb the life of the monastery, Augustine moved into the bishop’s house. He then invited the cathedral clergy to form a com-munity, the forerunner of cathedral chapters and the Augustinian Order of today. As with the laymen in his ear-lier monasteries, the participants had to give away their possessions and to pledge celibacy in an era when there were married clergy. It was a novel blending of the life of lay monks with the pastoral responsibility of the priestly life. Some senior Christians initially doubted that Augustine’s conversion was com-plete. Now that Augustine had the responsibility of leadership, he countered these doubts by writing the “Confessions,” his best-known work. Of yet greater impor-tance in its composition was Augustine’s wish to unburden his heart more so than his mind, admitting his weakness and his corresponding need for a gracious and loving God. Because of the “Confessions”, van der Meer, the author of the classic biography of Augustine, called him the greatest poet of Christian Antiquity without his ever having written any poetry worth mentioning. After a life time of writing, Augustine at the age of seventy four singled out his “Confessions” to reveal: Read-ing them even now moves me as they did when I was writing them. The “Confes-sions” has an admission straight from the heart, Slow have I been in coming to You, Beauty ever ancient yet always new. You are unchangeable and yet change all things. They contrast the then of a wanton youth with the now of a God-filled spiritual maturity.

each participant. The administration ratifies their recommendations.The specific academic distinctions will include ---Austin Scholar – Summa Cum Laude (with high-est praise)--Austin Scholar – Magna Cum Laude (with great praise)--Austin Scholar – Cum Laude (with praise) According to Fr. John Keller, O.S.A. (’55), the Augustinians are known in England as the Austin Friars. Similar oral exams were given at Cam-bridge in the Middle Ages for graduating students. Congratulations to these young men. The Saints Community is proud of them and wishes them good fortune in these examinations.

* Asterisk indicates student was awarded a schol-arship at entrance in 2009.

Joseph McCabe

Michael Balourdas Joseph Keane

Jason Mapa Cole Schenewerk

Evan SudaJames ZehentbauerBenjamin Piorkowski

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Kairos 27 Bonds Saintsmen Forever

Strengthening The Brotherhood By Katie McAloon, Campus Ministry

Tristan Juarez explores Palomar Mountain during a hike

Dallas del Toro and Cole Edwards enjoy free time on the tire swing

Incoming Frosh Scholarship Winners

Ten incoming Freshman (Class of 2017) received a $10,000 scholar-ship at entrance to attend St. Augustine High School beginning the 2013-14 school year. The ten demonstrated the highest scores of

the 303 eight graders, who took the entrance exam this past January, ac-cording to Mr. James Horne, Saints Principal. “Every year we are amazed at the remarkable number of young men, who wish to attend Saints,” said Mr. Horne, “we find it very difficult to limit our enrollment, but for those who are accepted, they represent amaz-ing scholastic and citizenship attributes.”

School Welcomes Class of 2017Parochial Scholars at Entrance

Scholars at Entrance Class 2017Alexander Konja – Our Lady of Grace, El CajonJoshua Schroeder – Our Lady of Grace, El CajonJoseph Tanaka – St. John, EncinitasNikolas Vedder – Correia Middle School, San DiegoDarnell Carson—Ocean View Hills School, San YsidroCarlos Escobosa Jimenez – Sacred Heart, CoronadoRyan Kenney – School of the Madeleine, San Diego Fox MGill—Bonita Vista Middle School, Chula VistaAngel Guzman—St. Patrick’s School, San DiegoDiego Eros—Warren Walker School, San Diego

Alexander Konja

Ryan Kenney

Joshua Schroeder

Carlos Escobosa Jimenez Nikolas Vedder

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Angel Guzman

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Joseph Tanaka

Darnell Carson

Robby deCort takes advantage of the snow by sledding during free time

Recently, the second Kairos of the school year, Kairos 27, was held on snowy Palomar Moun-tain. Participation included 42 seniors, seven

senior leaders, and eight adults, who spent the week getting to know each other better. Snow and ice covering the ground of the retreat center made for a fun-filled week of snowball fights, hikes, and sledding. Free time activities aside, retreatants listened to each other’s stories and they paid attention to adult leaders, who spoke on a variety of topics such as how to truly know yourself and the role God’s friendship plays in each of our lives.

New friendships were formed and old friendships were strengthened, as the whole group of 57 became so much closer by the end of the week. An added bonus was being to dialog with all classmates, includ-ing those they hadn’t had the chance of speaking with before. Upon returning, participants accepted a challenge: to bring what they learned at Kairos back to Saints and apply it to their everyday lives. Those late nights and early mornings were a small price to pay for a week of spiritual and personal growth. Kairos 27 proved to be an amazing experience that participants are sure to never forget.

Participants of Kairos 27 pose for a picture on the last day.

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Golf Team Aims High to Please New Golf Coach

By Kyle Edmonds

The St. Augustine golf team has a promising future. Head coach Tom Isaak begins his first year with

returning players and some fresh faces. Isaak knows a thing or two about golf. Isaak plays at the amateur level and has competed in many tournaments including the men’s amateur at Pinehurst. Isaak has incorporated fund raisers, one of which was held at Mt. Woodson Golf Course where many alumni, parents, and supporters of St. Augustine showed up to play a fun scramble tournament. Miramar Golf Course was the stage for the alumni vs. team match play tourna-ment. Many alumni and supporters showed up to try and take the current team mem-bers. The marque match included junior Luis Calderon and class of 1975s Don Ecklund. Ecklund fell to Calderon with 1 to play, but all was well in the clubhouse as everybody sat down to chat and eat after a long afternoon. This season, Saints will be challenged by a young La Jolla High School squad, who is gunning for the top spot, after dropping to Saints in the last four competi-tions. Saints is looking to return the Eastern Conference and CIF banners back to the gym. “I feel that we have a good chance of winning CIF. We’ve come up short the last couple years, but with some new team members, and Mr. Isaak as head coach we can go all the way,” says senior Will Gon-zales. The 2013 team has high expectations and is planning to go low this season.

Community Service With A Smile

Golf clinic sponsor Bill Simon (left) and Varsity Head Coach Tom Isaak

Ulises Osuna (’14), a member of the Saints Golf Team demonstrates proper chipping style to St. Patrick’s School students.

Sponsor Bill Simon thanks the Saintsmen for their hard work and shakes hands with Ulises Osuna as golf team members look on, including Louis Molina (’15).

Lyle Torwick (’15) offers a club grip tip to St. Pat’s golfer.

Alumni assistant coach Jess Wilson (’70) and Varsity Coach Tom Isaak pose with future golf stars from St. Patrick’s School.

Saints Golf Team member Se-nior Nick Toma conducts a put-ting drill

Jamie Stenbeck (’14) eyes St. Patrick’s School student tee off.

Left, Kyle Sidlo (’14) and Luis Calderon (’14) with St. Pat’s kids.

Earlier this year, 15 members of the Saints Golf Team hosted a golf clinic for 30 St. Patrick’s School 8th graders at Presidio Hills Golf Course.

Assistant Coach Jess Wilson, Bill Simon, Tim Case (father of 9th grader Robert Case), and Coach Tom Isaak helped supervise five different stations lasting 20 minutes each, teaching the basics of putting, chipping, pitch shots, and hitting full shots to greens. The day was a success as for many of the 8th grad-ers this was their first opportunity to see what the game

of golf is all about. This was also a great opportunity for our young men to be the ones in charge of teaching someone else how to golf. Following the clinic, the schools shared snacks together as a way to learn a bit more about one another and establish friendships based around the day spent together at Presidio Hills. “We would again like to thank San Diego Law Firm and partner Bill Simon for sponsoring the event and Erin Vejar from SD Law Firm for making sure the event ran smoothly,” said Coach Isaak.

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Editor’s note: Saints students who participated in the trip to Italy, were led school faculty member Mr. John Vignol and Saints Chaplain, Fr. Bob Gavoto, O.S.A. (’55).

We arrived in Rome on Sunday and took a bus trip to San Gimignano. We were assigned rooms and unpacked before having our first dinner, which was

outstanding as was true of every meal there. The traveling Intersession students spent three days clean-ing out and fixing up an apartment Fr. Brian wanted to use as a residence for pilgrims stopping at the convento. The boys did an excellent job and Father was very pleased with the result. They also had an opportunity to visit the town and several of its sights such as the Collegio, the main church in town with beautiful frescoes. The Church of St. Augustine also has several outstanding works of art both medieval and modern. Walking the circuit of the walls is a great experience and several of the boys made the effort. The views are spectacular. Other sights included the castello, the old fort defending the town, and the range of shops selling everything from clothes to medieval weapons. On Friday we made our visit to Florence and saw the tomb of Michaelangelo in Santa Croce, (the resting place of famous Florentines) the Duomo, the Gates of Paradise on the Baptistry, the Uffizi museum, and the Accademia, which houses the statue of David. The next day we went to Siena. It is very different from Florence. Florence is a Renaissance city but Siena is more medieval. The Duomo, the Church of San Domenico, and the Hospitale (at different times a hospital, orphanage, and pilgrim hospice) were the major sights. The Palio horse race takes place twice a year in the public square. We visited the church and museum of one of the districts that enters a horse in the race

Intersession Travel to ItalyTour d’Italia: Day by Day

By John Vignol

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On the roof of the Augustinian Motherhouse located near St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. That’s St. Peter’s Basilica in background. Left to right: Fac-ulty member Mr. John Vignol, Justin Beck (’13), Matt O’Conner (’14) , Nick

Entering San Gimignano. Left to right: Matt O’Conner, German Padilla, Mike McRoskey, Pat O’Conner, Pablo Ortega

Earning their keep by helping around the church. In this picture an incredibly heavy steel door.

Saintsmen cleaned and resurfaced vintage door at the Church of St. Au-gustine in San Gimigna-no, Italy. German Padilla is about to hand a bottle of water across the dinner table

inside the Monastery in San Gimignano.Busy at work: Left to right: Nick Vitha, Josiah G and Justin Beck

Saintsmen on the Ponte Vecchio, Florence

Vitha (’13), Mike McRoskey (’14), Josiah Gilb (’13), German Padilla (’14), Aubrey Palhegyi (’14), Pat O’Conner (’14), Pablo Ortega (’14), Max Robert-son (’13) and Fr. Bob Gavotto, O.S.A., (’55).

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Few people who travel to Rome travel to Ostia Antica, the seaport harbor

of ancient Rome. It is well worth a visit on its own archeological merits. [If you Google “ostia antica” you can view a computer-ized reconstruction of the city.] For us it takes on a special significance. St. Augustine trav-eled to Ostia on his way from northern Africa to Rome and Milan. After his conversion in Milan he returned to Ostia on his way back to northern Africa.

Augustine, along with his mother, Monica, his brother, and his son, Adeodatus, and others, stayed in Ostia waiting for a ship. It was there that Monica died. On the recent intercession trip, Christian Service in a Cultural Context, while in Rome, I accompanied four students (Patrick and Matthew O’Connor, German Padilla, and Michael McRos-key) on an optional side trip to Ostia. There is a plaque in Latin there among the ruins commemorating the fact that Augustine and Monica were there. It had a quote from Chapter Nine of Augustine’s book, the Confessions. Here is what we read and mediated on. [After my conversion] we kept together, meaning to live to-gether in our devout purpose. We thought deeply as to the place in which we might serve you most usefully. As a result we started back for Africa. And when had come as far as Ostia on the Tiber, my mother died…When the day was approaching on which she was to depart this life – a day you knew though we did not – it came about, as I believe by your secret arrangement – that she and I stood alone leaning in a window, which looked inwards to the garden within the house where we were staying, at Ostia on the Tiber; for there we were away from everybody, resting for the sea-voyage from the weariness of our long journey by land. There we talked together, she and I alone, in deep joy; and for-getting the things that were behind and looking forward to those that were before, we were discussing in the presence of Truth, which you are, what the eternal life of the saints could be like, which eye has not seen nor ear heard, nor has it entered into the heart of man…[Augustine describes his moments of ‘ecstasy’ with his mother.]…And my mother said: “Son, for my own part I no longer find joy in anything in this world. What I am still to do here and why I am here I know not, now that I no longer hope for anything from this world. One thing there was, for which I desired to remain still a little longer in this life, that I should see you a Catholic Christian before I died. This God has granted me in superabundance, in

that I see you his servant to the contempt of all worldly happiness. What then am I doing here?” What answer I made, I do not clearly remember; within five days or not much longer she fell into a fever…We ran to her but she quickly returned to consciousness, and seeing my brother and me standing by her she said as one wondering: “Here you will bury your mother…Lay this body wherever it may be. Let no care of it disturb you: this only I ask of you that you should remember me at the altar of the Lord wherever you may be.” And when she had uttered this wish in such words as she could man-age, she fell silent as her sickness took hold of her more strongly...And so on the ninth day of her illness, in the 56th year of her life and the 33 of mine, that devout and holy soul was released from the body. I closed her eyes; and an immeasurable sorrow flowed into my heart and would have overflowed in tears. But my eyes under the mind’s strong constraint held back their flow and I stood dry-eyed...[Later] I found solace in weeping in your sight both about her and for her, about myself and for myself. I no longer tried to check my tears, but let them flow as they would, making them a pillow for my heart….I wept for my mother now dead and departed from my sight, who had wept so many years for me that I should live ever in your sight….(Confessions, 9: 6-12)

Footnote: The side trip ended with another side trip to Ostia Lido, the actual beach on the Mediterranean, now a few miles from Ostia Antica the water having receded. There three of the four students went swimming! They were the only ones on the beach in January!

Tracing Augustine’s StepsFr. Bob Gavotto’s Notes on a Side Trip to Ostia Antica

Drawing of ancient Italian port of Ostia Antica

Fr. Bob Gavotto, O.S.A.Saints Chaplain

Satellite image of modern day Ostia Antica

Coat of arms for Pope Francis

ONCE IN A LIFETIME

WE ARE BROTHERS – Pope Francis and Pope Benedict XVI met recently over lunch and prayer at the former Pope’s Villa Ganolfo residence near Rome. First time in more than 600 years was such a visit possible.

Photo: Vatican news sources.

L’Osservatore Romano, the newspaper of the Holy See, captured the remarkable pictures shown here before, during and after the Papal Conclave that elected our new Pope Francis.

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White smoke rising from the chimney atop the Sistine Cha-pel signals the election of Catholic Church’s 266th Roman Catholic pontiff.

Former Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio waves to the faithful outside St. Peter’s Basilica for the first time as Pope Francis.

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He was ordained a priest in 1969, and is part of the Society of Jesus, commonly known as the Jesuits. Before becoming a cardinal in 2001, he served as the Archbishop of Buenos Aires from 1998.

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Swiss Guards salute cardinals arriving at the Sistine Chapel before the start of the Vatican Papal conclave.

In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano, car-dinals exit a Mass held in St. Peter’s Basilica one day before the election of the new 76-year-old Pope.Doors to the Sistine Chapel close behind Swiss Guards as cardinals prepare to vote

on new Pope.

Pope Francis I amid a throng of wellwishers in St. Peter’s Square March 13, the day of his election.

As a priest and a cardinal he became known for his simple lifestyle, personal humility, doctrinal conservatism and a commitment to social justice.

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A few months ago, a young Congolese refugee named Sedrick visited Saints and spoke to students about his experience in Africa. Now living in the U.S. Sedrick’s heartfelt dialog with Saints hit a

chord with many of the Saintsmen, who heard him speak. The Saintsmen and teachers went to work to create a book to recount of the plight of two young Congolese refugees who now live in America. The student collaboration resulted in a beautiful e-book, written in Eng-lish and French by Marie-Line Allen’s French 3 class; and artwork by the students in Mickey Carson’s Beginning Painting and Mixed Media class. The collaboration book is called “Construire Un Avenir / Building a Future. ” It is available at the following linkhttp://www.blurb.com/books/4139519-construire-un-avenir-building-a-future

Striking A ChordSaintsmen react to a visiting refugee’s

recounting of life in Africa

Sedrick is a young Congolese refugee, now living in America, who visited our classes and inspired the e-book

African Mask by Jeremy Querin (’14) African Dancers by Emilio Rivera (’13)African Mask in Red by Patrick Shinsky (’14)

Saints Artists and Authors of the book

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Senior EventsContinued from page 1.

land and California Adventure, and entrance into Grad Nite festivities.

Senior Prom: a joint venture of Saints and O.L.P., will be held at the La Jolla Hyatt on Saturday, May 18th. Check-in begins at 7:00 p.m. THE PROM BEGINS WITH DINNER SERVED AT 8:00 P.M. Couples must be in attendance by 7:45 p.m. and will not be allowed to leave the prom until 10:30 p.m. The dance will end at 11:00 p.m. There will be no school sponsored event after prom. Parents are strongly cautioned against renting hotel rooms for their sons for prom parties before or after the prom. Registration for all events that have a cost will be available on line at sahs.org/asb by the beginning of April. Senior Exams: will be given on Tuesday, May 28th (Foreign Lan-guage and Science), Wednesday, May 29th (English and Religion) and Thursday, May 30th (Social Studies and Math).

Senior Awards Assembly: will be on Friday, May 24th at 8:50 a.m. Winners of a variety of awards will be announced at this assembly. Though space is limited, parents are welcome to attend. Graduation practice and Senior March will take place after the awards assembly from 11:00 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. All seniors must be present for this practice. Caps, gowns and yearbooks will be distributed immediately after graduation practice and the Senior March.

Distinguished Students’ Banquet: Selected students will be honored at the Distinguished Students Banquet to be held at Tom Ham’s Light-house, on Friday, May 24th, 2013. This event is by invitation only and invitations will be mailed to those being honored.

Baccalaureate Mass: will take place at 9:00 a.m. on Friday, May 31st in the St. Augustine gymnasium. Parents and relatives of graduating seniors are invited to attend. It is always a beautiful event. Tickets or reservations are not needed; however, because of limited seating, we encourage each family to have only family in attendance.

Baccalaureate Brunch: immediately following the Mass, you and your guests are invited to the Bali Hai Restaurant for brunch. The cost is $25 per person - that includes your graduate as well. Because of the popularity of this event we cannot accommodate walk-up guests.

Registration will be on-line. Please make your reservations by May 28, 2013 online no later than midnight on the 28th. For questions contact Karene Evenson (619) 282-2184 extension 5515 or email her at kevenson@sahs.org.

Commencement Exercises: will be held at Golden Hall in San Diego Community Concourse, Third and “C” Streets, San Diego at 7:00 p.m. on Friday, May 31st. Each graduate will receive 10 tickets for preferred seating on a first come basis. Other guests will be seated in the balcony. Graduation caps and gowns must be returned no later than Monday, June 3rd during regular school hours, 7:00 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. Once caps and gowns are received, and all fees (tuition and library fines) are paid in full, the student will receive his diploma.

Video and Pictures: Ad Lib Productions will be taking video of all graduation activities; Mass, Graduation, and Sober Grad Night. You may order the video at the Baccalaureate Mass. The cost is $40 per DVD. Individual pictures at graduation will be taken in Golden Hall and are a gift from Saints that will be mailed to your graduate.

Sober Grad Night: This event is not sponsored by O.L.P. or Saints. Rather it is a safe and sober after graduation event planned by parents. It will be held at the Kearny Mesa Bowl, on Friday night, May 31st. The doors open at 10:00 p.m., close at 11:00 p.m., and the event ends at 5:00 a.m. the next day. The night includes an array of all night music and entertainment, bowling, video games, food, extra amenities and most of all, memories of a special time spent with fellow graduates. The cost is $60.00 per person. Breakfast will be served at 4:00 am. Financial assistance is available by contacting Kathy Melican. No student will be allowed to leave until 5:00 a.m. Registra-tion will occur on-line. Information or questions on this event contact Kathy Melican or email her at kmelican4@cox.net.

Senior Conduct: The conduct, dress and grooming code is in effect for seniors until the end of the year. Seniors who have detentions to serve will be required to do so before receiving their diplomas.

Summer Trips: The school does not sponsor and does not encourage graduation trips to Mexico or other places sponsored by travel agencies who are out to make a profit with no regard for student safety or growth. There is little or no adult presence at these events. Alcohol is plentiful. Your son’s involvement is a family decision. We believe it is unwise to participate.

Tuition and Fees: Your account with the school must be paid in full by May 1st before your son can sit for final exams which begin on May 28th. When your son’s account is paid in full, twelve graduation announcements will be given to him in early May. Diplomas will be given to students when they return their caps and gowns to school the Monday after graduation provided their accounts are clear. Yearbooks will be distributed before graduation to seniors. Graduation marks the end of four very special years in the life of a Saintsman, but it also is the gateway to the future. It signi-fies that the four year passage from youth to manhood has been completed. The school looks forward to the events associated with graduation as symbols of fulfillment and promise.

LETTER TO EDITORThis Was not the Pits As I, a former teacher at Saints, watched a superbly well coached team defensively take Cathedral out of its game plan, I reflected on my teaching days at Saints: the wonderful student body, polite, courteous students with smiles on their faces; a fine faculty who deeply cared about students and the rich tradition of the school; nice parents who cared about not only about their sons but the community as whole. I thought about the days that I taught English classes, coached basketball and baseball teams. I also pondered about my current status: a semi-retired English Professor from Grossmont College. Yes, the past and the pres-ent. Well, with fiveish minutes left and a Saints blowout victory, I noticed the Pit leaving their seats. The next thing I know is that my empty seating area behind the western basket was being invaded by a tsunami wave of purple and gold. These young men did not just pass by me, but each one said or with a look on their faces said, “Excuse me, Sir.” Or something to that effect. This meant so much to me: to know that they are as polite and as courteous today as they were back twenty-five years ago. Then one young man began the chant, “ I believe that ….” The rest of the Pit jumped up and down and loudly, high decibel, continued the chant until, “ I believe that we won.” There was no way that I could remain seated – I jumped up and down. I was so much part of the chant, part of the spirit, part of the Pit.

Joe MedinaFormer St. Augustine coach and teacher

Glazing Instruction (left to right): Seniors Nick Munoz, Kyle Beddow, Master Ceramics Instructor Kouta Shimazaki, Andrew Gaylord and Nick Hessling

Instruction on the electric wheel: Kouta Shimazaki with Kyle Beddow Eric Dexter with wheel-thrown ceramic vessel

Tristan Juarez behind his ceramic face mask

Sen io rs Lea rn Ceramics As part of the school’s art curricu-

lum, Saints students, shown, are participating in a ceramics class at a nearby studio under the tutelage of Kouta Shimazaki, master ceramics instructor. Mr. Shimazaki’s San Diego Ceramics Connection, 3216 Thorn Street, also of-fers classes for the public at all levels of experience: www.sdceramic.com

Dr. Rufus Black in his keynote address at the International Boys’ School Coalition’s conference in Melbourne, Australia last summer stated, “We are preparing students for a hidden future! How should we be preparing students for the world of 2050? We know it will be creative people leading institutions and governments, but unfortunately only 30 percent of the developed world’s students are currently being educated for the world that is coming. The complexity in the world is only going to continue, and as a result, it will be the big picture thinkers develop-ing systems and methodologies to solve problems who will be in high demand.” Dr. Adam Cox in his book, Locating Significance in the Lives of Boys, promotes the notion that boys’ schools must initiate school-wide programs which re-order the manner in which young men are educated. He suggests a new curriculum built around the integration of right side brain activities throughout the curriculum. A course like Mickey Car-son’s Intersession Architecture class gives students an academic experi-ence of combining design, function, relationships, and scale to projects. She assigns her students to design a perfect home within designated parameters for their client. Working in small groups, students develop a concept and build a three-dimensional home to scale. This project has no right or wrong answer, but allows the students to see the whole, while creating the specific features of the home. When visiting her class, it was clear students were experimenting, testing and developing ideas. This is an activity which forces students to think differently. There is not a wrong or right answer—there are a multitude of answers. This complex-ity more often than not mirrors the world our young men will be entering in not a too distant future. The high stakes testing currently being prescribed for public schools is pushing the educational process ever closer to left side brain activity, which has value, but must be coupled with developing the right side of the brain. The world is quickly moving to machines that are capable of accomplishing logical, linear tasks. More and more educators are coming to the conclusion that education is more than a high stakes test, and the world we are entering is requiring new skill sets that require the engage-ment of the right side of the brain. The future will be led by those who see the world differently. It will be incumbent upon Saints to begin a process that allows the faculty to learn from the vast amounts of data we gain through testing, while figuring out ways to integrate creative arts into more aspects of each student’s education. With the world in constant technological change, we cannot imagine with any degree of certainty the world of tomorrow. Built around the our Core Values of Community, Truth and Love, Saints will continue its mission of preparing young men for an unknown world that they will one day be leading.

Road Together…Continued from page 1.

Junior Class Mass and Brunch Set for April 19

The Junior Class Mass is a great tradition at Saints and it is for all Junior classmen. This is a time when we honor our young men and recognize them as the com-

ing leaders of St. Augustine High School. This special event will be held: Friday April 19, 2013 at St. Augustine High School in Dougherty Gym at 8:30 am. Following the celebration of the Mass, there will be the traditional Junior Brunch held at:

Bali Hai Restaurant2230 Shelter Island Drive

10:30 am

Please complete this reservation form online by April 15, 2013. One Junior classman and one parent will be the guests of the Junior class. Any additional reservations will be at a cost of $25 per person or $30 at the door.

Dr. Adam Cox

Daniel Pink

Dr. Rufus Black

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Prayer For My Saintsman Son Loving Father, Please guide my son to always do Your will; allow him to see what is really important, and remind him how much I love him. Send good and wholesome friends into his life, keep him safe, bless him with good health, and give him the courage to do the right thing when difficult or tempting choices cross his path. Make my son strong in character, rich in sympa-thy, and generous in spirit. Bless him with a gentle nature, and a kind heart. Let him become a man committed to the Gospel of Your Son Jesus. Grant him a lasting faith, and lead him to a profound love for You, his family, and himself. Amen. Prayer by Rev. John R. Sanders, OSA (’66).

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If Charles Dickens was a sportswriter he might have penned “it was the worst of games; it was the best of games” in describing St. Augustine

High School’s agonizing, dramatic, gritty come-from-behind 59-52 victory in overtime at the State Basketball Championship game at in Sacramento.

Best news is the school’s first State Division III basketball championship in 91 years is in the bank. Was it pretty? Let’s say this year’s Division III title game at Sleep Train arena but played more like

Sloppy Joe’s arena as Saints committed 23 turnovers in a game of missed opportunities. Saints won, but it was more of a come from ahead win because for 98 percent of the game, the taller North Parkers held the lead. In fact, Saints was still in the lead with less than 30 seconds in regula-tion play but when the clock ticked down to under 11 seconds Sacred Heart Cathedral High of San Francisco grabbed a 45-44 lead. The only

other time Sacred Heart held the lead was at 9-8 in the first quarter. Now behind one point, Saints on the next inbounds, loses the ball and is nailed with a two-shot foul. David Parsons, the clutch Sacred Heart player, makes good on both free throws making the score 47-44. At that very low point, there was less than five seconds to play. Pandemonium reigned on the Fightin’ Irish sidelines. Surely, every-one--not in a St. Augustine purple uniform or named Mike Haupt--felt Sacred Heart had won the game and avenged its 2012 CIF state final loss. Following Sacred Heart’s two free throws, Saints inbounds the ball and races toward their goal. The ball is passed around desperately until it reaches Junior Trey Kell’s hands. The Saints Junior takes a jump shot, but the shot falls weakly to the court. With the failed shot, the hearts of the St. Augustine faithful also sink to the floor. BUT WAIT! In a game that saw more turnovers than Von’s bakery also had a Hol-lywood ending. Amid the din, no one heard a referee’s whistle. Liam O’Reilly, Sacred

THE DUOTrey Kell (’14) finished the final game with 30 points and ten rebounds

and Brynton Lemar (’13) netted four free throws in OT and had 10 points along with seven rebounds.

“Teammates like forward Brent Jones, point guard Nate Samaniego and center Drew Madsen—whose two free throws in the final seconds were key for the Saints in the team’s regional-clinching 61-57 win over

West Hills Chaminade—have had a hand in the team’s march to the final, but Lemar and Kell have been the driving force.”

— Terry Monahan, U-T San Diego sportswriter, March 22, 2013in “St. Augustine’s trip to state final has paralleled players’

development as top guard tandem.

YES, THIS WAS A TEAM EFFORT, HOWEVER FURTHERMORE THE SCHOOL’SFIRST BASKETBALL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WILL BE KNOWN FOR

TREY’S TREY

St. Augustine 59, Sacred Heart Cathedral, 52 in Overtime.

Fr. Bob Gavotto, O.S.A., (’55) poses with the school’s first State Championship trophy in Varsity Basketball. After the

game, Fr. Bob added, “This win of the CIF State Championship by our basketball team, in my mind, is one of the greatest I have been at. It was a total team effort over the whole season, with great coaching by Mike Haupt and his staff of fine coaches, and ending it a great victory.

The players really loved and supported each other, and this showed on and off the court. But it was more than that. It was an effort by the total school community. Who can really deny the decisive influence of “The Pit” together with the many, many students, parents, alumni, and fans who followed the games? What a difference they made! We often mention community (in the Gospel and Augustinian school values of love, truth and community) This was truly community in action! Congratulations to all!”

Heart’s tallest player at 6-5, had fouled Trey on his three-point attempt. Amid the din, Saints emerged with a pulse. If Trey Kell could now sink all three free throws, Saints would tie the game and force a four-minute overtime period. But at that point, surely no one could blame, the lanky, 6-4 junior if he missed one or all of the free throws. Already, Trey had contributed 27 points in what should have been an easier win for the Saintsmen. With proverbial ice water in his veins, Trey, with the entire Saints nation (past, present and future on his back), calmly stepped to the line with 2.9 seconds left in the game. First shot. No one is breathing. Good! Second shot. Faces are turning blue. Good! Third shot. GOOD! “ARE YOU KIDDING ME?” That collective scream from everyone there or watching on TV resonated: “HE DID IT, HE DID IT! THE KID DID IT!” Three free clutch throws made under huge pressure tied the game. St. Augustine High (29-4) went on to win its first state championship in basketball 59-52 in overtime. It was the team’s 14th consecutive game. Yes, it was a team effort, but in future years 50,000 people will swear they were at the game in person to witness the game that Trey’s Trey became legendary.

T H E T R O P H Y

Trey Kell’s clutch third free throw

Coach Mike Haupt

VOICES

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VOICES

Our team showed great resilience in this Champion-ship run, they never gave up! After losing to Cathedral three times in the regular season they beat them twice in the playoffs when it really counted. This was a well-coached team and, true of many of Mike Haupt’s squads, they have huge heart and great work ethic! For example, when trailing Chaminade late in the 4th quarter they stayed focused and finished the game with a win, and when they went down 3 points with :10 seconds left in the state title game they didn’t lose hope. We are all so proud of Coach Haupt and his staff and all the players who represented Saints so well in this historic run for the State Championship.

—James Horne, Principal, St. Augustine High School, 3-25-13

Best San Diego County high school rivalry, by far, is Saints/Cathedral…With Tuesday’s [Mar. 12] state playoff win over Cathedral Catholic clinched, St. A’s students chanted “This game’s over! (clap-chap-clap-clap-clap.) This game’s over! Then “The [Saints] Pit” bore its fangs, yell-ing “Your season’s over. (clap-chap-clap-clap-clap.) “Your season’s over. (clap-chap-clap-clap-clap.) Sign waved by a middle-aged man in the Cathe-dral side of the stands vs. Saints: “’64 says go ’13,” as in a 1964 grad was supporting the Class of 2013.

—Published notes in UT-San Diego by Sports Writer, Don Norcross, 3-16-12.

…Slow down, slow down. Both teams [Saints and Sacred Heart] need to slow the pace. Reminds me what legendary UCLA basketball coach John Wooden preached: “be quick, but don’t hurry

—Jon Crispin, Times Warner Sports Net-work, game day announcer.

Nate [Samaniego] has the best looking hair in the CIF…

—Barry Tompkins, Times Warner Sports Network, game day announcer.

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…When a victory seemed improbable, Coach Haupt kept the team calm and rational. The team then execut-ed a play to perfection-got fouled and Trey calmly tied the game from the line. The will to play together as a TEAM, listen to their coaches and faith in their ability and preparation cemented the state championship.

—Edwin Hearn, President, St. Augustine High School, 3-22-13

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I’ve been watching and participating (as fan, player, and coach) in St. Augustine High School athletics for the better part of 50 years. It was a real pleasure to see two class acts go at it with hammer and tongs for four-plus quarters. The Irish deserve a lot of credit for leaving it all out on the court even though they were giving away a lot of size to the Saints lineup. They will be tough again next year, and the cupboard isn’t bare for St. Augustine either, as Trey Kell, and the first three men off the bench, two of whom are freshmen, are re-turning. With a little luck, hard work, and dedication the two teams may see each other again this time next year. Again, well done to the Fightin’ Irish. You have much to be proud of.

—Captain Mike Eagen, USN (Ret), (’74), 3-22-13

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THE CHAMPIONSHIP SEASON

Game-by-Game Tally29 WINS, 4 LOSSES.

Home Away Neutral Site 12-1-0 5-1-0 12-2-0

PRE-SEASON

11/30Southwest High (El Centro, CA)Location: Wolfpack/Horsman Tournament66 – 17 Win

12/01West Hills High Location: Wolfpack/Horsman Tournament83 – 49 Win

12/03Horizon High NOTE: 2013 DIV. V STATE CHAMPSLocation: Wolfpack/Horseman Tournament73 – 32 Win

12/07Mission Hills High (San Marcos, CA)Location: Wolfpack/Horsman Tournament76 – 67 Win

12/08Cathedral Catholic High Location: Wolfpack/Horsman Tournament65 – 53 Loss

12/22JW North High (Riverside, CA)Location: Public/Private Showcase - Long Beach City College63 – 54 Win

12/26Jordan High (Long Beach, CA)Location: Torrey Pines Holiday Classic55 – 41 Win

12/27Army-Navy High (Carlsbad, CA)Location: Holiday Classic at Torrey Pines60 – 49 Win

12/28Salesian High (Richmond, CA)Location: Torrey Pines HS56 – 42 Win

12/29Sheldon High (Sacramento, CA)Location: Torrey Pines Holiday Classic64 – 47 Loss

LEAGUE PLAY01/05@ Cathedral Catholic HighLocation: Cathedral67 – 64 Loss

01/08La Jolla HighLocation: La Jolla 67 – 49 Win

01/11Lincoln High Location: St. Augustine 56 – 49 Win

01/12NON LEAGUETaft (Woodland Hills, CA)Location: SDLA Challenge - (Lincoln H.S.)76 – 62 Win

01/15Scripps Ranch High Location: St. Augustine 74 – 39 Win

Brent Jones, left and Martin Tombe eye a key rebound.

All-CIF Brynton Lemar glides by Sacred Heart’s defense

Fightin’ Irish were no match for speedy Guard Nick Samaniego.

Frosh Eric Monroe nailed a clutch three-pointer in the last minutes

Supportive bench players cheer Trey Kell’s amazing trio of free throws

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Here’s the State Champs immediately after their final game victory:[Seated, left to right]: Drew Madsen (’13), Coach Mike Haupt, Brynton Lemar (’13), Brent Jones (’13)), Nate Samaniego (’13), Jack Drapp (Sr.), Jake Ryan (’13), Cooper Degraw (’13).

[Top row, L-R:] Martin Tombe (’16), Eric Monroe (’16), Johnnie Peterson (’14), Daniel Caya (’15), Daniel Lara (’16), Trey Kell (’14), John Dixon (’13), Francois Sims (’16), Dallas Haupt (’14)

CALIFORNIA STATE VARSITYBASKETBALL CHAMPIONS, 2012-13

Division IIIMarch 22, 2013Sacramento, CA

Number Height Weight Position Year

Johnny Peterson 0 6′ 1″ 170 Guard Jr.Nate Samaniego 1 5’11″ 170 Point Sr.Drew Madsen 2 6’8″ 215 Post Sr.Trey Kell 3 6’5″ 195 Guard Jr.Brent Jones 4 6’3″ 180 Wing Sr.Dallas Haupt 5 5’11″ 165 Guard Jr.Cooper Degraw 10 5’11″ 165 Guard Sr.Brynton Lemar 11 6’4″ 190 Guard Sr.Jake Ryan 12 6’3″ 175 Wing Sr.Eric Monroe 13 5’11″ 155 Point Fr.Jack Drapp 21 6’7″ 195 Post Sr.Daniel Caya 23 6’4″ 200 Wing So.Martin Tombe 25 6’6″ 185 Post Fr.John Dixon 32 6’0″ 175 Guard Sr.Francoise Sims 15 Fr.Daniel Lara 23 Fr.

Trey Kell (’14) on the tube after Saints conquered,beat,smashed,lambasted,downed,triumphed, thwarted,vanquished,trounced,overcame,

Tv Time Is For Winners

Although, the local CIF didn’t pick Mike Haupt as San Di-ego’s high school division III coach of the year for 2013, Coach Haupt did lead St. Augustine High School to the school’s first statewide CIF title. Coach Haupt also took Saints to the state finals in 2005 before being bested in the finals by Santa Cruz. But Coach will be the first to tell you he had a little help along the way in 2013, includ-ing fellow coaches, medical and spiritual leaders. Front row, left to right: Rommel Marentez, AJ Manalo and Luke Dalariva; Standing: Mike Sweat, Dr. Jerry Wisnew, Chris Topping, Mike Haupt, Chris Yoakum, Dan Strickland and Fr. Bob Gavotto.

Team Leadership

Press Conferences Are For Winners

overpowered,crushed, subdued, drubbed, baffled,foiled,kiboshed,stymiedand routed, the favored Cathedral Catholic team in the local section CIF final to advance to the State semi finals 65-55.

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PHOTO ESSAYPhotography for this special section was the tireless work of Saints alum parent Ernie Torgeson, who drove to the State Final and returned to San Diego the same day. Ernie like so many members of the coaching staff and student families are part of the amaz-ing community that Coach Mike Haupt praised in the media so many times.

HUGE COME FROM BEHIND WIN—Saints rallied from 11 points down in the last quarter to beat Chaminade High of West Hills CA 61-57 on March 16 at Colony High in Ontario, CA. School website photo

RIGHT WHERE WE WANT THEM—Student T-shirts tell it like it is. Last season when Saints Soccer added its State Cham-pionship trophy to the school’s title collection, the Dons had bested the Saintsmen three times in a row before losing in over-time to the eventual state champs. History repeated itself this basketball season as the Dons won the first three games of the season and Saints varsity basketball won the next two playoff games to advance to Sacramento’s title tilt. School website photo

PIT POWDER POWER—The Pit, the infamous student body cheer section, encourages opposing teams to take a powder. ‘Tis the rite to remember for 2012-13’s championship season. School website photo

CHEER THE CHAMPIONS—Saints spirit team from Academy of Our Lady of Peace performed at half time at the State Final in Sacramento. Photo: Ernie Torgeson

DEMOLISH THE DONS—After losing three times in one season to arch rival Cathedral Catholic, the Saints easily bested the Dons 62-36 on March 3 to advance in the San Diego Section CIF playoffs. School website photo.

The St. Augustine Alumni Associationcordially invite you to attend

THE 28th ANNUALST. AUGUSTINE

ALUMNI GOLF CLASSICFriday, April 12, 2013

Admiral Baker Golf Course2400 Admiral Baker Road #3604

San Diego, CA 92120

2 Person Scramble – Space Limited to First 144 Golfers

11:00 a.m. – Check-in Begins1:00 p.m. – Shotgun Start

$150.00 Per Golfer includes:Greens fees & shared cart ~Post-tournament dinner & auction

Hosted beer & drink tickets on course ~Custom tee prize ~Open driving range ~Raffle ticket

PRIZES ARE AWARDED FOR:TOP TWO-MAN TEAMS ♦ CLOSEST TO PIN

♦ BEAT THE PRO ♦ ACCURATE DRIVE ♦ AND MORE!

MAIL IN COMPLETED REGISTRATION FORM WITH PAYMENT TO:ST. AUGUSTINE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION

3266 NUTMEG ST.SAN DIEGO, CA 92104

OR REGISTER ONLINE AT alumni.sahs.org

Name________________________ Phone_________________ Class of_____ Email____________

Partner_______________________ Phone_________________ Class of_____ Email____________

Please put our team in a foursome with the following team:

Name____________________________________ Phone_______________________

Name____________________________________ Phone_______________________

Deadline to RSVP March 31st.

CONTACT JASON SANTOS ‘94 @ 619-977-5519 OR GOLF@ALUMNISAHS.ORG

WITH ANY QUESTIONS.

and saw the costumes they wear and the banners they won over the years. Sunday was our return to Rome. Our hotel is actually owned by the Diocese of Rome. The rooms are comfortable and the meals are incredible. We did a walking tour on Monday taking in the Dome of St. Peter’s, the Augustinian Motherhouse in Rome, the Piazza Navona, the Pantheon and the Trevi fountain. Tuesday was a formal guided tour of the Vatican museums, the Sistine Chapel, St. Peter’s, the Roman Forum, the Colosseum, and the Catacombs. Wednesday was the Papal audience. We had great seats. Thursday we visited the Scavi, the tomb of St. Peter. Friday several of the boys went to Ostia Antica to see the ruins and visit the beach, swimming in the cold, cold Mediterranean, if a dip in and out is swimming. Saturday was a free day to see other sights and shop for clothes and gifts. We went to Mass in St. Peter’s. We boarded our flight at Rome airport Sunday morning with only a slight delay due to Pablo Ortega’s expired Green Card. But we made it out. Immigration in Atlanta was another matter. Poor Pablo was taken to Im-migration were he was kept for over an hour while they sorted things out. Then home to San Diego and bed.

Travel to ItalyContinued from page 6.

Brynton Lemar (’13)Trey Kell (’14)

Michael Cali (’13) was hired by UT-San Diego to photograph the action at the State Championship game. His images ap-peared in print and the UT’s website.

Basketball: Soccer:

Joe Saad (’13)

01/17Mission Bay High Location: Mission Bay 65 – 29 Win

01/21NON-LEAGUETorrey Pines High Location: MLK Shootout - St. Augustine 60 – 51 Win

01/22University City HighLocation: University City69 – 28 Win

01/24Cathedral Catholic Location: Pt. Loma Nazarene University62 – 59 Loss

01/29Mission Bay HighLocation: St. Augustine72 – 44 Win

02/01Lincoln HighLocation: Lincoln 78 – 38 Win

02/05La Jolla HighLocation: St. Augustine 76 – 41 Win

02/09Olympian HighLocation: St. Augustine 74 – 41 Win

02/12Scripps Ranch HighLocation: Scripps Ranch 69 – 36 Win

02/14University City HighLocation: Sr. Night - St. Au-gustine 67 – 39 Win

PLAYOFFS02/20Mar Vista HighLocation: St. Augustine2013 CIF San Diego Sec-tion Boys Basketball Playoff Brackets87 – 22 Win

02/23Mount Miguel HighSt. Augustine HS2013 CIF San Diego Sec-tion Boys Basketball Playoff Brackets67 – 38 Win

02/27Canyon Crest Academy HighLocation: St. Augustine 2013 CIF San Diego Sec-tion Boys Basketball Playoff Brackets74 – 39 Win

03/02Cathedral Catholic HighLocation: SDSU (Viejas Arena)2013 CIF San Diego Sec-tion Boys Basketball Playoff Brackets62 – 36 Win

03/09Leuzinger (Lawndale, CA)Location: Rancho Bernardo HSFARMERS INSURANCE 2013 CIF STATE BOYS BASKET-BALL CHAMPIONSHIPS 65 – 45 Win

03/12Cathedral Catholic HighLocation: Rancho Bernardo HSFARMERS INSURANCE 2013 CIF STATE BOYS BASKET-BALL CHAMPIONSHIPS 55 – 45 Win

03/168:00pChaminade (West Hills, CA)Location: Colony HS (Ontario, CA)FARMERS INSURANCE 2013 CIF STATE BOYS BASKET-BALL CHAMPIONSHIPS 61 – 57 Win

03/22Sacred Heart Cathedral (San Francisco, CA)Location: Sleep Train Arena (Sacramento, CA)FARMERS INSURANCE 2013 CIF STATE BOYS BASKET-BALL CHAMPIONSHIPS 59 – 52 Win

Game TallyContinued from page 16

Media:

IN THE NEWS

The following Saintsmen were selected All-First Team CIF in their respective sports for winter 2012-13:

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The school wishes to remind parents and guardians that the deadline for submitting for 2013-14 tuition grant consideration is April 9. The Private School Aid Service and St. Augustine Supplemental forms must also be received by this date.

School Tuition Grant Deadline April 9

Please note: The 2013-14 St. Augustine Tuition Agreement and Smart Tuition Agreements accompanied with the $450 Registration Fee and Tuition Deposit are due by April 12.

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Mission of St. Augustine High School – Our mission is to provide a Catholic liberal arts education for young men in an environment that promotes the development of mind, heart and body in the Augustinian tradition. By helping to form loving disciples of Jesus Christ we communicate to the world the gospel values of community, truth and love.