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Who in this group once played guitar for the Iron Marshmallow? Yep, the one with the white hair, who is now a regular with informal music-makers after school. Joining Father Martin here are Ben Hurlbut, Grant Rosenquist and Dan Lee.
AUGUST
New Student Orientation • Middle School Barbecue and Swim Party • ASB New Students Party •ParentOrientationandBarbecue •Massofthe HolySpirit•UsedBookSalenets $2,000.
SEPTEMBER
Each grade’s Parent Coffee with Headmaster • All-School Field Day • Back-To-School Night • ASB and class elections • Activities sign-ups • Sports Rally • Soccer and Volleyball begin • Shakespeare On Tour Assembly • Middle School testing • Parent Luncheons • Family-Community Picnic • Home Page launched on Internet • EX-PAN (advanced computerized college research tool) installed in Counseling Office • Annual Fund Committees named • Magazine sale nets $5,000.
OCTOBER
Science Dept. Star Party • Flag football begins • Freshmen and Sophomore Class Retreats to Marin Headlands • Feast Of St. Francis and Blessing of the
The entire school, including the Board of Trustees, celebrated Dias De Los Muertos (Days of the Dead) with traditional foods and activities. Nora Alvarez adds a flag to the altar, which in the Hispanic tradition is loaded with little offerings in memory of departed loved ones.
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FALL '95 AT A GLANCE
Pets • High School testing • Middle School gift wrap sale nets $1,000 • Parent-Teacher-Student conferenc- es • Middle School Family Sports Night • End of First Quarter; Honors lists announced • First High School dance • Halloween Dance • Halloween Costume Contest • AP History field trip to UC Berkeley • Literature in Film class field trip to Dashiell Hammett sites in San Francisco • College Nights at local schools • Grandparents’ Day • Brunch Break: Human Pyramid Contest (won by Seniors and 6th Grade teams) • Apple-bobbing (won by Junior Class rep.) • Faculty in-service training day • Students meet individually with advisors • Ski trip sign-ups begin • College and university reps visit from Bowdoin, Brown, Seattle, Claremont McKenna, Santa Clara, Colgate, Whittier, San Diego, Whitman, Menlo, Sarah Lawrence.
NOVEMBER
All Saints Day Mass • All-school celebration of Dias De Los Muertos (Days of the Dead) holiday • College Sweatshirt Day every Friday • Annual Fund Appreciation Dinner • Dedication of Dave Foresti Memorial Grove • Seventh and Ninth Grade science field trips to Exploratorium • Brunch Break Limbo Contest (won by Senior and Seventh Grade reps) • First Middle School dance • Spirit banner design and construction • Basketball practice begins • Guadalajara trip sign-ups begin • Junior class retreat to Marin Headlands • Canned food drive begins • Choir-Orchestra-Instrumental Ensemble wreath sale • Sixth Grade field trip to IMAX Theatre and Tech Museum • Junior Dan Weinstock is Headmaster For A Day • Science class contest winners are (for egg drop) Pernilla Schweitzer and Matt Wise, and (for bridge-building) Laura Nowell, Pernilla Schweitzer, Andy Asadorian, Tina Campbell, and Laura Hurlbut • College and university reps visit from Holy Cross, St. Mary’s, Regis, Redlands • First admissions open house attracts a record number of prospective students.