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Come find the treasure you have been waiting for!!!
Pass this date and time on to everyone you know.
Saturday, Aug. 21
9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
At the Old Gym and Play Court areas in the center of campus, behind the Convent
Sisters of St. Mary of Oregon
4440 SW 148th Ave.
Beaverton, OR 97007
Our own Valley Catholic alum, Charlie Wilson ‘04 will star in a local area production of “A Chorus Line.” Perhaps first inspired by his younger sister Katie Wilson’07 and her dancing pursuits, Charlie began a career on the stage and in musical theater while a freshman at Valley Catholic. He performed in VCS productions throughout high school including Aladdin, Honk!, Damn Yankees, Annie and South Pacific. Post graduation, Charlie spent four years touring with The Young Americans, a group that later would bring him right back to our campus! (Read more about The Young Americans visit to Valley Catholic in 2009.)
A colleague of his sister’s, Amy Palamino (whose résumé includes touring with Cats, 42nd Street and Cabaret), invited Charlie to audition for the Broadway Rose Theater Company production of A Chorus Line. Charlie landed the role of Italian Mike Costa, who, like Charlie, begins a dancing career after following his sister to dance school. A Chorus Line runs Aug. 4-22. To learn more about the production and to purchase your tickets, visit Tigard’s Broadway Rose Theater Company.
The Young Americans were founded almost 50 years ago in Hollywood, Calif. to provide our talented Young American student performers (15-21 years of age) with education in music, dance, performance and teaching, and to use this training, and the good will and optimism of these young people to support music in schools and its inherent benefits through conducting International Music Outreach Workshops in educational facilities of all types throughout the world.
Reunion Day is a new celebration for all alumni, highlighting specific class years. While we are honoring reunion classes, all alumni of St. Mary of the Valley & Valley Catholic School are invited. We’re looking forward to celebrating with you!
Reunion Day 2010
Saturday, June 12, 2010
Valley Catholic High School
9:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
R.S.V.P. required. Details coming soon.
Are you considered missing? Check our Missing Alumni List to make sure you receive invitations and information from your Alumni Relations Office.
Thanks to all of the parents who have made a tax-deductible gift to the Valley Catholic School Annual Fund, participation has reached an all-time high at nearly 50% overall!
Check to see how your class is doing. At the end of February, Kindergarten was in the lead with 64% participation and third grade was close behind at 60%! Don’t forget you can conveniently make your tax-deductible gift to the VCS Annual Fund when you register your child for the 2010-2011 school year. Indicate the amount you want to give or pledge on your Financial Commitment Agreement and choose how you’d like to pay.
Help bridge the Gap for Valley Catholic Students. It all starts here!
Questions? Contact Melissa Maxwell at 503-906-1139 or giving@ssmoministries.org
All Valley Catholic, K-12 students got themselves pumped up at a recent assembly to sell raffle tickets for the new Toyota Prius donated by Beaverton Toyota. Owen Jones, president of the high school’s student body association, helped kick off ticket sales with a great video created by all the Student Body Officers from their visit to Beaverton Toyota. Thanks Student Body Officers for all your hard work!
Download the Raffle Ticket Form here. You can see the video below.
This Wednesday, February 3rd, join us before the All School Mass for a hot beverage and pastries with the Sisters of St. Mary of Oregon Foundation to learn more about the Capital Campaign. This event will take place in the covered play area located on 148th near the Elementary school drop off area. The event goes from 7:15 – 9:00 a.m. before the all-school Mass at 9:25 am.
View the invite here!
United We Thrive Capital Campaign Chair Bonnie Choruby recently announced a generous gift of $177,156 from the Estate of Sr. Rose Dolores Costello who died in June 2009. Sr. Rose Dolores taught at St. Mary of the Valley (now Valley Catholic School) for 27 years and served as principal for 11 years. While serving as principal, Sr. Rose Dolores formed the first school board, started an endowment fund and admitted the first boys to the student body. “All of us are extremely grateful to Sr. Rose Dolores for her many years of dedicated service to our school and for her generosity toward future generations of teachers and students. The new K-8 Education Center was something Sr. Rose Dolores really wanted to happen,” said Choruby.
Michelle Castano Garcia was named chair of the Board of Directors Nov. 1 for the Sisters of St. Mary of Oregon Foundation. Michelle has two children, a 6th grader and a sophomore, attending school on the Valley Catholic campus and has served on the Foundation board since Sept. 2006.
Michelle is Vice President and Senior Relationship Manager for Washington Trust Bank’s Wealth Management and Advisory Services department in Portland, Ore. With Michelle’s significant experience in trust and estate planning, financial planning and investment management, her expertise to the board is highly valued as a counselor on financial matters and an active participant in fundraising efforts.
Michelle entered the banking industry in 1986 working in a variety of Sales, Marketing and Management positions. Throughout her extensive banking career she has worked for U.S. Bank, Bank of the Northwest and Northern Bank of Commerce.
Michelle is an award winner of the Portland Business Journal’s “Forty under Forty” award. She is very active in the community working on various charitable boards and committees. Michelle earned her Bachelor of Arts in Rhetoric and Communications with an emphasis in Economics from the University of Oregon.
The Sisters of St. Mary of Oregon Foundation was established in 1998 to encourage financial aid and community support for the education, health care, and community service ministries of the Sisters of St. Mary of Oregon, including Valley Catholic School and Maryville Nursing Home in Beaverton, Ore. The Foundation supports these organizations through relationship-building, fundraising, stewardship, and marketing.
October was Annual Fund month at Valley Catholic and it shows! Parent participation numbers have risen from 22% before school started to 45% overall at the end of October! Look below or click HERE to see how your grade is doing. Thanks to your generosity, we had a very successful parent phone-a-thon at the end of October, which raised $10,441 and helped bring participation numbers up. A BIG thank you to our amazing volunteer callers, see below for the list.
If you have renewed your gift or given for the first time to the VCS Annual Fund – thank you! If you have not yet made your tax-deductible gift to the VCS Annual Fund, look for the Annual Fund displays and brochures in your school or click HERE to conveniently make your gift on our secure online giving page. Remember, It All Starts Here and no part of Valley Catholic School is left untouched by Annual Fund support. Truly every gift matters for our students and teachers.
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You now have access to the most up-to-date information available on how to make a planned gift to the SSMO Foundation. Our new planned giving Web site is constantly updated with the latest tax laws, brochures and information about making a charitable gift through bequests, gift annuities, charitable trusts, gifts of stock, and through estate and retirement planning. Learn a wealth of information and allow yourself to make educated decisions about setting your giving priorities.
See the Planned Giving choice on the Foundation’s Web site under the GIVING tab.
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