Many alumni gathered in 2009 in celebration their class reunions. See pictures and read about reunions here. Alumni who graduated in a year ending in “0″ or “5,” 2010 is the year for your class reunion. To get started planning, request your class roster and to set a time to meet with your Alumni Manager call 503-906-1145 or email alumni@ssmoministries.org. We’re excited to help you get started!

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.

2nd Annual Alumni Christmas Mass & Reception

Friday, December 11, 2009
6 – 7 p.m. Mass
Our Lady of Perpetual Help Chapel
Sisters of St. Mary of Oregon
Celebrant: Father Jeff Meeuwsen ’95
Reception immediately following

R.S.V.P. by December 4; please include your name and the names of your guests, immediate family or special guest. Seating is limited.
alumni@ssmoministries.org
(503) 906-1145
Christmas Blessings!

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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