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A Place We
Now Call
“Home”
The New Raider
Athletic Field
Memorable
Highlights
Graduation 2014
Crowd Appeal
Brad Damphousse ’00
Our 2014
SHINING STARS
2014 Annual Report of
Philanthropy
Emblem
C e n t r a l C at h o l i c H i g h S c h o o l
Accredited by the New England Association of Schools & Colleges.
Inside this Issue
Central Catholic High School is an independent, Catholic
co-educational college preparatory secondary school in
Lawrence, Massachusetts. It has been under the direction of
the Marist Brothers since its founding in 1935. Central
Catholic admits academically qualified students without regard
to race, color, orientation, ethnic origin or faith tradition.
President Principal
Br. Richard Carey, FMS Doreen A. Keller
Board of Directors
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Provincial Superior
Commencement: Class of 2014
Every Moment, Every Day – Always Together
Shining Stars 2014
Alumni Spotlight:
Brad M. Damphousse '00 – All About Crowd Appeal
11 Measuring Excellence – The A.P. Studies Program
12Alumni
16 Thank You – Giving
Raider “Field of Dreams” Becomes a Reality
Annual Report of Philanthropy 2014
22 Raider Snaps
24 Faculty & Staff Notes
25 News from the CCHS Board
of Directors
26 Class Notes
40 In Memoriam
Br. Benjamin Consigli, FMS
Executive Committee/Officers
Michael T. Torrisi ’92, Chairman
Gary J. Gallant ’75, Past Chairman
Joseph P. Faro ’87, Vice Chairman
Terence F. Sanz, Secretary-Clerk
Margaret G. Ward, Treasurer
Atty. Laurence J. Rossi ’64, Executive Committee, Member-at-Large
Jeffrey D. Sheehy, Executive Committee, Member-at-Large
Members-at-Large
Matthew W. Fitzgerald ’02
Gerald Kent, Jr.
Steven A. Lindsay
Joseph Malarney
Patrick B. Maraghy ’64
Br. Joseph Matthews, FMS
Br. James McKnight, FMS
Peter J. Rayno ’78
Ann Regan
Br. Sean Sammon, FMS
Michael J. Tangney ’63
James B. Zenevitch ’80
The Emblem is a publication of the Office of Institutional Advancement.
Executive Editor
Br. Richard Carey, FMS
Office of
Institutional
Advancement
Donna M. Shappy
Chief Advancement Officer
David M. DeFillippo ’66
Director of Communications
Ryan P. Lee
Associate Director of Alumni
Managing Editor
& CHIEF WRITER
David M. DeFillippo ’66
Office of Admissions
Christopher E. Merrill ’89
Director
Elizabeth A. Lyons
Assistant Director
Kelly M. Doherty
Administrative Assistant
Jennifer M. Plouffe
Director of Special Events
& Programs
Tammy L. Stott
Data Analyst/Office Manager
Cover Photo: The new CCHS multi-sport athletic field.
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Thank you,
David DeFillippo ’66, Managing Editor
Please send letters, comments and suggestions to the Emblem
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Thank you.
A Message
from the
President
Dear Alumni and Friends of Central Catholic,
What constitutes a ‘Field of Dreams’?
When the campaign to build the new synthetic turf athletic field began in October 2013, I focused my attention on the
architect's design and getting contractors in place. The goal was to have the field ready for the start of 2014 Fall sports.
I’m proud to say that the goal has been achieved! While meetings and emails on the project became a regular part of my
routine, the conversations remained focused on the dreams held by generations of the Central family. It was not just a field
being built, but a new place for the spirit of the School to come alive.
Besides being an aesthetically beautiful addition, the athletic field has brought new life to a part of the campus which went
largely unnoticed. With practices and games keeping it in constant use, the noise level after school has risen significantly
and we are enjoying every minute of it!
In many ways, I look at the School itself as a ‘field of dreams’. The value of family spirit is an important one in the Marist
world as faculty and staff together work hard to make the students feel at home. We strive daily to create an environment
which nurtures their hopes, challenges them to be unafraid to take risks and celebrates their God-given uniqueness.
The legacy of Central has been built by our alumni who have shared their diverse gifts and taken the opportunity to
make their dreams a reality.
The Annual Report of Philanthropy enclosed in this issue recognizes the faithful support of our alumni and benefactors,
who partner with us in the dream of Central’s founder, Br. Florentius. On behalf of our students, let me express my
gratitude to each of you who has assisted us in fulfilling the dream.
Achieving a dream often requires the help of many caring and compassionate individuals. In the Alumni Spotlight, you will
read about Brad Damphousse ’00 and his ingenuity in transforming web technology and social networking into a vehicle
which unites people in making possible their hopes and dreams.
Now at CCHS, it is time to look for new opportunities to strengthen “…the school we love…” and do so with a strong
commitment and perseverance. Let us work together to imagine new ways of creating a vibrant future for Central and
our students.
In Christ’s love,
Br. Richard J. Carey, FMS
President
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he 76th Commencement of Central
Catholic High School honored the manifold accomplishments of 301 young men and
women who expended every collective ounce
of their energy, effort and enthusiasm over
four years to successfully write new and
memorable chapters in the storied history of
CCHS. Coming from 33 different cities and
towns, the nations of China and South Korea,
and diverse backgrounds and ethnicities,
the Class of 2014 distinguished itself with
achievements and leadership in academics,
active and responsive faith, the arts, sciences,
athletics, co-curriculars, and in the process
raised school and family spirit among all
four-year levels to exhilarating heights.
98% of the Class of 2014 will be furthering
their education at 123 different institutions
of higher learning in 23 states and the District of Columbia – with 2% honoring our
country with service in branches of military.
The members of the Class of 2014 accepted
over $12 million in scholarships for their college studies. 55% of the class participated in
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Advanced Placement classes with 93.8% of
the AP students earning competency scores
or higher, compared with national competency results of 61% in the US and 72% in
Massachusetts. Sixty (60) graduates of the
Class of 2014 earned AP exam scores bestowing on them the designations of AP Scholar,
AP Scholar With Honor, AP Scholar With
Distinction and National AP Scholar.
The faith and compassion of the Class of 2014
is clearly witnessed by the 13,000+ hours of
volunteer service they selflessly gave to over
100 educational, social service and charitable
organizations. Through their efforts in the
Catwalk4Cancer Fashion Show to benefit
the Jimmy Fund and Dana Farber Cancer
Research, and the Christmas Project to help
50 local destitute families, the Class of 2014
raised nearly $50,000 this year, in addition
to the monies willingly sacrificed in the daily
Missions Collections.
The Class of 2014 set positive examples of
reverent involvement in the eight school
community masses held this year, prayed
the rosary after school in the Chapel, and
led various retreats and encounters for
underclassmen. And of course, through pep
rallies, leading the "Red Sea" of fans at games
and Spirit Week, they demonstrated the
astounding power of CCHS spirit.
In the arts, the Concert and Jazz Bands gave
stellar seasonal concerts raising the level of
their already strong talents, while the performing arts talents of the class were once
again magically displayed in the Theatre
Guild’s sold-out productions of “Once Upon
a Mattress” and “Valentines and Mistletoe.”
The largest Student Art Exposition ever held
at CCHS took place in May where nearly
every inch of the hallowed halls displayed
the painting, drawing, sculpting and photographic talents of the Class of 2014.
Led by the student-athletes of 2014, Raider
athletic teams claimed championship victories 12 times. The Raider Varsity Football
team, under head coach Chuck Adamopoulos, not only won the MVC League championship, but captured the first-ever sole
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301 graduates
$12 million awarded
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Div. 1 MA State Football Championship by
defeating Xaverian Brothers High School on
the Gillette Stadium field. The Boys Outdoor
Track Team, in addition to the MVC title,
captured the Div. 2 MA State Championship
in a tight state meet. Raider Varsity studentathletes also took Merrimack Valley Conference Championship honors in Girls Soccer
(undefeated regular season 17-0), Golf, Boys
Basketball, Girls Basketball, Boys Ice Hockey,
Winter Cheerleading, Girls Outdoor Track
and Boys Lacrosse.
The Class of 2014 celebrated their Baccalaureate Mass on May 22 at St. Mary Church.
Witnessed by over 2,300 family and friends
in the CCHS Memorial Gymnasium, diplomas were awarded to the Class of 2014 by Br.
Richard Carey, FMS, President, at the 76th
Commencement Exercises on May 23. The
graduates were honored to be joined in celebration by members of the Class of 1964 as
they commemorated their 50th anniversary.
In a touching and deserving tribute, the Class
of 2014 dedicated their Florentian Yearbook
to the husband and wife team of Mr. Jarrod
Brown ’98, Math Teacher and Coach, and to
Mrs. Ashleigh Brown ’00, English and Performing Arts teacher.
AWARDS
May 23, 2014 • CCHS Memorial Gy
1 Valedictorian:
Leszek R. Krol ’14, Harvard University
2 Salutatorian:
Kylie E. Regan ’14, The University of Richmond
3 Brother Florentius, FMS Memorial Award –
Outstanding Graduate of the Class of 2014:
Michael R. Consoli ’14, The University of Georgia
Each of you
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will define your
own success
differently..."
- Leszek R. Krol ’14,
Valedictorian
4 The Florentian Yearbook Dedication:
Mrs. Ashleigh Brown ’00 & Mr. Jarrod Brown ’98
5 Michael Garvey Award to the Outstanding
Male Student–Athlete, Co-Recipient:
D'Andre D. Drummond-Mayrie ’14, The University
of New Hampshire
6 Michael Garvey Award to the Outstanding
Male Student–Athlete, Co-Recipient:
Tyler​​J. Nelson ’14, Fairfield University
7 Mary I. Kilcoyne Award to the Outstanding
Female Student–Athlete:
Courtney R. Walsh ’14, Stonehill College
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be wishing it
back someday."
- Kylie E. Regan ’14,
Salutatorian
8 Brother Vincent Dinnean, FMS
Christian Service Award, Co-Recipient:
Edward J. Orkney ’14, Eastern CT State University
9 Brother Vincent Dinnean, FMS
Christian Service Award, Co-Recipient:
Julie K. Desjardins ’14,The University of MA-Amherst
More Destinations for 2014 Grads: Erin Berube and Stephanie May,
Rennselaer, Kuiye Will Du and Sarah Reny, BC, Alyson Spencer and Angela
Thach, Holy Cross, Ji Hyun Hwang, Emory University, John Mitchell, University
of Texas, Austin
Where are a few 2014 Grads attending College?
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Seated Front Row (L-R): Matthew Famiglietti, Georgetown
University, Northeastern University, Morgan Bronson, Dartmouth College,
Ashley Masucci, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Eric Ell, University
of Richmond, Kylie Regan, University of Richmond, College of William
& Mary Middle Row (L-R): Christy Abreu, NYU, Boston College,
Vanessa Acosta, University of Notre Dame, Jie Tiffany Yu, University of
Michigan, Kishan Patel, Carnegie-Mellon University, Devlin Frost, Tufts
University, Suffolk University Standing (L-R): Michael Consoli, UCLA,
University of Georgia, Samuel Cai, Tufts University, Leszek Krol, Harvard
University, Daniel Golden, Brown University, Dartmouth College
SHININGStars'14
Through energy, intelligence, diligence and faith, each class in the nearly 80-year history of Central Catholic
contributes to the richness of school life and carves out accomplishments that uniquely flow from the talents
and spirit of its members. The Emblem proudly celebrates the 2014 Shining Stars, 12 graduates representative of
the young men and women of the Class of 2014 and the celestial array of the achievements of the Class of 2014.
TYLER J. ANDRADE
"Enthusiasm+Effort=Excellence"
Merrimack College, MA
Hometown: Lawrence, MA
Dean's Honors Scholarship
| Academics: Favorite Subjects – Spanish,
Biology, History and English, Enrolled in 9
Honors & AP classes, Consistent Honor
Roll and High Honor Roll student, National Honor Society, AP Scholar
Award | Activities: Student Council Executive Board member,
Senior Class Secretary, Cast member for 7 Theatre Guild productions,
Encounter Retreat – Assistant Rector, “Dancing with the Raiders”
organizer to benefit La Casa Hogar – Dominican Republic orphanage,
Catwalk4Cancer Fashion Show Committee, Learning Center tutor,
member of Amnesty International Club, Liturgical Choir, Student
Ambassadors, CCHS Christmas Project, Retreat and Encounter
participant, Cinema Club, Campus Ministry Team, Editor-in-Chief of
CCHS newspaper, Visions Literary Magazine contributor | Athletics:
Enthusiastic Fan of all Raider teams | Awards: Principal’s Award,
Legion of Honor Award, Student Council Senior Award, Student
Ambassadors Senior Award, St. Marcellin Champagnat Senior Award
for Campus Ministry,Varsity Letter in Theatre Guild, Mount Vernon
Neighborhood Good Citizen Award | Service: Volunteer at Cor
Unum Meal Center, volunteer teacher assistant and tutor at Lawrence
Catholic Academy | College Major: Biology and Education
| Future Plans & Dream Job: After earning a Master’s Degree to
teach at Central Catholic and one day to be the principal of a Catholic
school | Assessing My Growth at Central: “The faculty fully
accepts and encourages every student to their best effort while allowing
us to be unique individuals and comfortable in our own skin. As a result,
I’ve grown to learn how to be a leader, not only in school, but in all
aspects of my life. I was challenged to take risks to become all I can.”
MADISON M. ARNDT
"Undeniably Self-Propelled"
Manhattan College, NY
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Hometown: Merrimac, MA
Athletic Scholarship & President's Scholarship
| Academics: Favorite Subjects – English
and Biology, Enrolled in 13 Honors and AP
classes, Consistent Honor Roll and High Honor Roll student, National
Honor Society | Activities: Student Council Representative,
Catwalk4Cancer Fashion Show Committee, Co-Chair of Freshmen
Orientation Program, member of Campus Ministry Liturgy Team,
Student Ambassadors, Group leader at Camp Champagnat Student
Leadership Camp, Encounter Retreat-Assistant Rector, Retreat and
Encounter participant | Athletics: 11 Varsity Letters, Captain of
Varsity Gymnastics Team, member of MVC Championship Soccer
Team, member of MA Div. 2 State Championship Outdoor Track Team
| Awards: Silver Medal for Excellence in Spanish Language, Principal’s
Award, two-time Div. 2 MA State Champion in Pole Vault, Div. 2 MA
State and CCHS Record Holder in Pole Vault, MVC All Conference
in Outdoor Track, MVC All Conference in Gymnastics, Eagle Tribune
All Star in Outdoor Track, Saint Michael’s College Book Award, “Mary
Our Good Mother” Campus Ministry Senior Award, Coaches Awards
in Soccer and Gymnastics, Legion of Honor Award | Service:
Volunteer surfing instructor for handicapped children in “Surfing With
Smiles” program, volunteer with MA Special Olympics events, Spicket
River Clean-Up volunteer, volunteer counselor for Vacation Bible
School | College Major: Marketing and Business Administration
| Future Plans & Dream Job: To become a Marketing
Manager for a fashion company in New York City | Assessing
My Growth at Central: “I have been made intensely more
aware of the larger world and the common bonds of humanity. I am
comfortable with who I am as a person and committed to the role I
need to play among those in need in any way.”
NURILYS A. CINTRON
"Harmony of Talent & Spirit"
Post-Graduate Year of Study,
Phillips Andover Academy
Hometown: Lawrence, MA
Full Post-Graduate Scholarship
| Academics: Favorite Subjects –
English and Performing Arts, Enrolled
in 4 Honors and AP level classes and 2 online classes, Honor
Roll student | Activities: Cast member in 4 Theatre Guild
productions, member of “Central Harmony” a capella chorus,
Liturgical Band and Choir, CCHS Concert Choir, Visions Literary
Magazine contributor, cast member in Acting Out Theatre Company
productions, student & cast member in New England Civic Ballet
| Athletics: Enthusiastic Fan of all Raider teams | Awards:
Principal’s Award, “Youth of the Year” Award from the Exchange
Club of Greater Lawrence, Gold Medal for Musical Theatre
and Bronze Medal for Dance from New England Theatre
Conference, Winner of “Merrimack Valley Idol” competition,
Silver Medalist in “Merrimack Valley’s Got Talent” competition,
Central Harmony a capella chorus Senior Award, Visions Literary
Magazine Senior Award | Service: Volunteer at Cor Unum Meal
Center, volunteer youth counselor for the Youth Development
Organization in Lawrence, volunteer at Andover Bread Loaf
Writing Workshops at Phillips Academy | College Major:
Theatre Arts and English | Future Plans & Dream Job:
The goal is to be a professional actress or singer, and ultimately
enjoy a career as a teacher of English or Theatre | Assessing
My Growth at Central: “From lessons I learned at Central,
I want to motivate young people to make of their lives all that
they truly want and have them understand that you get what you
work for. I was encouraged to develop my talents and learned
that it is not shameful to take pride in who you are.”
MICHAEL R. CONSOLI
"Faithful Leadership"
The University of Georgia
Hometown: Methuen, MA
Brother Florentius FMS Memorial Award
Hometown: Lawrence, MA
Full 4-Year Athletic Scholarship
| Academics: Favorite Subjects –
Physics, English and Accounting, Enrolled
in Enriched College Prep level of classes, Consistent Honor Roll
student | Activities: Member of Student Ambassadors
| Athletics: 9 Varsity Letters, Co-Captain of Div. 1 MA State
Superbowl Championship and MVC Championship Raider Football
team, Co-Captain of Varsity Indoor Track team, Co-Captain of
Varsity Outdoor Track team, member of Freshmen Basketball team
| Awards: Michael Garvey Outstanding Male Student-Athlete
Award, 7 full athletic scholarships offered by colleges, Boston Herald
All-Scholastic in Football, Max Bishop Award from Eagle Tribune
as the Outstanding High School 3-Sport Athlete in its 24-town
circulation area, MVC All Conference and All-Star in Football, ESPN
All-State in Football, MA Gridiron Club Super 26 Team, Shriners
Football All-Star, Raider Defensive Player of the Year, Peter O’Sullivan
Memorial Scholarship Award, MVC All Conference in Indoor
Track, MVC All Conference and Eagle Tribune All Star in Outdoor
Track, Raider MVP in Outdoor Track, CCHS and MA State Record
Holder on Shuttle Hurdles team, Raider record holder in the
Decathlon, member of MA State Champion Pentathlon team, Peter
O’Sullivan Coaches Award for Indoor Track, Legion of Honor Award
| Service: Volunteer at Lazarus House Thrift Store and Food
Pantry, volunteer at MA Special Olympics | College Major:
Business School – undecided | Future Plans & Dream Job:
To obtain an advanced degree and enjoy a fulfilling business career
in a chosen specialty | Assessing My Growth at Central:
“CCHS has blessed me with lasting friendships with diverse people,
an understanding of the opportunities existing for me in the wider
world, and taught me how to strive diligently for a goal.”
MEGAN E. DWINELL
"Show Stopper"
Pace University, New York City
Hometown: Tewksbury, MA
| Academics: Favorite Subjects –
English and History, Enrolled in 7 Honors,
AP and online classes, Honor Roll student
| Activities: Cast member in 6 Theatre
Guild productions, Catwalk4Cancer Fashion Show Committee,
member of Peer Leaders, Student Ambassadors, Concert Choir
and Liturgical Band and Choir, Peacock Players, Nashua, NH
| Athletics: Varsity Letter in Indoor Track | Awards:
Gold Medalist for Musical Theatre from New England Theatre
Conference, CCHS Theatre Guild Varsity Letter and Senior Award,
All Star Company Award from Massachusetts Educational Theatre
Drama Fest, “Best Supporting Actress” award and finalist for “Best
Actress” award from NH Theatre Conference – Youth Division
| Service: CCHS Marist Youth Mentor at the Lawrence Boys &
Girls Club (continued on next page)
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| Academics: Favorite Subjects –
History and Mathematics, Enrolled in
12 Honors and AP classes, Consistent
Distinguished Honor Roll and High Honor Roll student, National
Honor Society, AP Scholar with Honor Award | Activities:
Senior Class President, Student Council Executive Board member,
Chairman of Peer Leaders, Co-Chair of Camp Champagnat
Student Leadership Camp, member of Student Ambassadors,
Sophomore Retreat Leader, Encounter Retreat Leader
| Athletics: Varsity Letter in Football, Statistician/Manager of
Div. 1 MA State Championship and MVC Championship football
team, Co-Captain of Sophomore and JV football team, member
of Indoor and Outdoor Track teams | Awards: Br. Florentius
FMS Memorial Award, Principal’s Award, Legion of Honor Award,
Student Council Senior Award, Clarkson University Leadership
Award, Peer Leaders Senior Award, Camp Champagnat Senior
Award | Service: Volunteer with Spicket River Clean-Up
Project, Spring vacation week participant with Project RebuildHabitat For Humanity project in Newburgh, NY, volunteer at
Cor Unum Meal Center, Lazarus House Thanksgiving Food Drive
volunteer, volunteer coach for little league baseball | College
Major: Business School – undecided | Future Plans &
Dream Job: Attend Law school with a goal of becoming a
federal prosecutor | Assessing My Growth at Central:
“CCHS challenged a shy, immature teen to take the risk of
leadership. In so doing, I developed determination and the
essentials of effective teamwork, and also what it takes personally
to turn early disappointment into later success in any venture.”
D’ANDRE DRUMMONDMAYRIE
"A Champion & A Gentleman"
University of New Hampshire
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(Nurilys A. Cintron continued)
(Megan E. Dwinell continued)
| College Major: Arts and Entertainment Management
| Future Plans & Dream Job: To put my total energy into a
strong education and expanding theatrical experience to work in
becoming a working actress in NYC and one day to be a successful
actress on Broadway or in national theater companies | Assessing
My Growth at CCHS: “CCHS has greatly helped me to feel
respected and confident in who I am and in all my interests and
passions. My teachers have made me more than ready and wellprepared for the challenges of the real world.”
DANIEL J. GOLDEN
"Renaissance Man"
Brown University
Hometown: Bradford, MA
National Merit Scholarship
| Academics: Favorite Subjects –
Biology, Physics, Mathematics-Geometry
and English, Enrolled in 19 Honors and
AP classes, Consistent Distinguished Honor Roll and High Honor Roll
student, National Honor Society, 2400 Perfect Score on SAT combined,
Multiple Academic Awards, AP Scholar with Distinction Award
| Activities: Cast member in 7 Theatre Guild productions, member
of Student Ambassadors, Mathematics League, Concert Choir and
“Central Harmony” a capella chorus, President-National Honor Society,
Group Leader for Camp Champagnat Student Leadership Camp,
Group Leader for Freshmen Orientation program | Athletics:
Fencing with Boston Fencing Club and Haverhill Community center
and enthusiastic fan of all Raider teams | Awards: Varsity Letter
for Theatre Guild, National Merit Scholarship Award, Gold and Silver
Medals for Excellence in Mathematics, Sciences and Performing
Arts, Selected for the New England Young Writers Conference at
Middlebury College, Harvard Book Award, “Central Harmony”
a capella chorus Senior Award | Service: Volunteer at Lazarus
House Food Pantry and elderly visitor at Haverhill Crossings
Retirement Home | College Major: Molecular Biology, Genetics
or Bioinformatics | Future Plans & Dream Job: To earn an
advanced degree in genetics or molecular biology and eventually
become a professor – researcher at a world-class university
| Assessing My Growth at CCHS: “Being surrounded by
students who worked diligently to reach their full potential challenged
me to do the same. I’ve also gained a wider breadth and depth of
enduring friendships with classmates than I could have ever imagined.”
LESZEK R. KROL
"Joy in Discovering the New"
Valedictorian – Class of 2014
Harvard University
Hometown: Methuen, MA
Faculty 4-Year Scholarship
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| Academics: Favorite Subjects – English,
Creative Writing and Mathematics, Enrolled
in 19 Honors and AP classes, Consistent Distinguished Honor Roll
student, National Honor Society, National Merit Scholarship Finalist,
Multiple Academic Awards, National AP Scholar Award
| Activities: Model UN Delegate, member of Mock Trial Team,
Amnesty International Club, Mathematics League, Editor-CCHS
Newspaper, Visions Literary Magazine contributor, Co-chair of La
Casa Hogar Dominican Republic Orphanage Committee, Marketing
Chair for TEDx @ CCHS | Athletics: Enthusiastic Fan of all Raider
teams | Awards: Valedictorian of Class of 2014, National AP
Scholar, Gold and Silver Medals for Excellence in English, Mathematics,
Spanish Language, Sciences, General Excellence, Social Studies,
Chemistry, Religious Studies and Performing Arts, Legion of Honor
Award, Florence Collins Awards in Biology and Chemistry, Principal’s
Award, Harvard Book Award, Dartmouth Book Award, Best Delegate
Award UMASS Model UN,Varsity Letter in Model UN | Service:
Volunteer at St.Vincent DePaul Food Pantry, Hudson, NH, volunteer
teacher assistant in CCHS Summer Session | College Major:
Undecided and exploring Harvard’s offerings before making a
decision | Future Plans & Dream Job: To work with passion
in a field that makes impactful and positive contributions in the lives
of people, and maintain the strong friendships made with classmates
| Assessing My Growth at CCHS: “CCHS and its faculty
took a painfully introverted 8th grader and gently molded me into
a confident, compassionate, friendly young man. I learned that the
anxiety you feel before you do something you’ve never done before is
proportional to the pleasure you feel in retrospect for having done it.”
ASHLEY E. MASUCCI
"Trademark: Strong Mind –
Open Heart"
Mass. Institute of Technology
Hometown: Windham, NH
Raytheon Mathematics Scholarship
| Academics: Favorite Subjects – AP
Calculus, AP Physics and AP Chemistry,
Enrolled in 18 Honors and AP course and 2 online AP courses,
Consistent Distinguished Honor Roll and High Honor Roll student,
National Honor Society, Multiple Academic Awards, AP Scholar
with Distinction Award | Activities: Member of Mathematics
League, Student Ambassadors, Assistant Editor of Yearbook,
Catwalk4Cancer Fashion Show Committee, CCHS Marist Youth
Mentor at Lawrence Boys & Girls Club | Athletics: 5 Varsity
Letters, Tri-Captain Girls Varsity Lacrosse team, member of Varsity
Indoor Track team and Junior Varsity Girls Soccer team | Awards:
Gold and Silver Medals for Excellence in Sciences, Technology
Studies and Business Studies, Rensselaer Medal for Mathematics and
Sciences, MVC All Conference and MVC All Star in Lacrosse, CCHS
Team achievement Award in Girls Lacrosse | Service: CCHS
Marist Youth Mentor at Lawrence Boys & Girls Club, volunteer at
Ironstone Farm using equine riding therapy for physically/intellectually
challenged children, volunteer at MA Special Olympics, volunteer
at Lazarus House Thrift Store, volunteer tutor at Lawrence
Charter School, volunteer at fundraising walks for Alzheimer’s
and Cancer Research | College Major: Chemical Engineering
| Future Plans & Dream Job: To earn advanced degrees
and be involved in research or designing machines that will create
breakthroughs in clean energy, prosthetic devices or space travel
| Assessing My Growth at CCHS: “I have grown closer
to God and learned to see Jesus in many of the members of the
Central Catholic community. I’ve been inspired to see and appreciate
the goodness in people I meet.”
TYLER J. NELSON
"Undaunted in the Clutch"
Fairfield University
Hometown: Bradford, MA
Full 4-Year Athletic Scholarship
| Academics: Favorite Subjects –
History and Social Studies, Enrolled
in Enriched College Prep level classes,
Honor Roll student | Activities: CCHS Marist Youth Mentor at
Lawrence Boys & Girls Club | Athletics: 8 Varsity Letters, CoCaptain of Varsity Basketball team, Co-Captain of Varsity Golf team,
member of 4 MVC Championship basketball teams, member of
Div. 1 Eastern MA Championship Basketball team and Div. 1 North
Championship Basketball team, member of MVC Championship Golf
team, member of junior varsity baseball team | Awards: Michael
Garvey Outstanding Male Student-Athlete Award, Principal’s Award,
MA Gatorade Basketball Player of the Year, ESPN Boston –
Mr. Basketball 2014, MA Coaches Association – Mr. Basketball 2014,
Boston Globe and Boston Herald All Scholastic in Basketball, MVP
of Greater Lawrence Christmas Basketball Tournament, MVC All
Conference in Basketball, Eagle Tribune MVP in Basketball Merrimack
Valley Conference MVC – MVP in Golf, MVC Individual Golf
Champion, MVC All Conference in Golf, 2nd Place in Div. 1 MA
State Individual Golf Championship, Hole-in-One in Div. 1 MA State
Championship, Boston Globe and Boston Herald All Scholastic
in Golf, Eagle Tribune All Star in Golf and Basketball | Service:
Volunteer tutor at Lawrence Boys & Girls Club, volunteer youth
counselor/instructor at local basketball camps | College Major:
Business School – Undecided field of study | Future Plans
& Dream Job: To play professional basketball internationally
followed by a career in business and perhaps coaching basketball
in high school or college at some future point | Assessing My
Growth at CCHS: “My Central experience has brought me to
understand the importance of the call to compassionate service to
those in need and I realized how deeply gratifying this can be.”
KYLIE E. REGAN
"Grace & Grit"
Salutatorian – Class of 2014
University of Richmond,VA
Hometown: Atkinson, NH
COURTNEY R. WALSH
"Eyes Forever on the Goal"
Stonehill College
Hometown: Windham, NH
Full 4-Year Athletic Scholarship
| Academics: Favorite Subject –
Sciences, Enrolled in 13 Honors and
AP classes, Consistent High Honor
Roll and Distinguished Honor Roll student, National Honor
Society, AP Scholar Award | Activities: Member of Student
Ambassadors, Mathematics League | Athletics: 9 Varsity Letters,
Co-Captain of Varsity Girls Basketball team, member of Div. 1 MA
State Championship Basketball team, Co-Captain of Varsity Girls
Soccer team, member of Div. 1 MA State Championship and MVC
Championship Soccer team, member of MVC Championship and
Div. 2 MA State Championship Outdoor Track team | Awards:
Mary I. Kilcoyne Outstanding Female Student-Athlete Award, 5 full
college athletic scholarships offered, Merrimack Valley Conference
MVP in Girls Soccer, MVC MVP in Girls Basketball, Boston Globe
and Boston Herald All Scholastic in Basketball, Boston Globe and
Boston Herald All Scholastic in Girls Soccer, MVC All Conference
in Basketball, MVC All Conference in Soccer, MVC All Conference
in Outdoor Track, Eagle Tribune All Star in Soccer and Basketball,
Principal’s Award, Saint Anselm College Book Award | Service:
Volunteer at Lazarus House Food Pantry and Thrift Store, volunteer
at MA Special Olympics, Lazarus House Thanksgiving Turkey Drive
volunteer | College Major: Biology | Future Plans &
Dream Job: To earn a graduate degree and work as a Physician’s
Assistant at Children’s Hospital, Boston | Assessing My Growth
at CCHS: "Aside from making me much smarter and more mature,
Central challenged me to go beyond my comfort zone and try
new things. The faculty and coaches saw leadership potential in me
and encouraged me to bring it out fully. I know this will benefit me
incredibly in all aspects of my life in the years to come."
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| Academics: Favorite Subject –
Mathematics, Enrolled in 17 Honors and
AP classes, Consistent Distinguished Honor
Roll student, National Honor Society, Multiple Academic Awards, AP
Scholar Award | Activities: member of Student Ambassadors
| Athletics: 8 Varsity Letters, Co-Captain of MVC Championship
Varsity Girls Soccer team, Co-Captain of MVC Championship and
Div. 2 MA State Championship Varsity Outdoor Track Team, member
of Varsity Indoor Track team | Awards: Salutatorian of the Class
of 2014, Gold and Silver Medals for Excellence in Mathematics,
English, Chemistry and Religious Studies, National Merit Commended
Student, Harvard Book Award, MVC All Conference and All Star in
Soccer, MVC All Conference and All Star in Outdoor Track, MVC
All Star in Indoor Track, CCHS Distance Runner MVP, CCHS School
Record Holder 800m, member of MA State Championship 4x800m
relay team | Service: Volunteer with MA Special Olympics, Lazarus
House Soup Kitchen and Thrift Store volunteer | College Major:
Health Field as yet undecided | Future Plans & Dream Job:
To attend graduate school in the health or medical field and prepare
for a successful career, as well as married and starting a family in
the future one day | Assessing My Growth at CCHS:
“Entering CCHS I was very shy and non-talkative. The welcoming and
encouraging faculty and school environment gave me the confidence
I needed to open myself up to many opportunities I would never
have ventured into and I made lasting friendships with a diverse group
of my classmates. I changed very much for the better.”
›› shining stars
(Ashley E. Masucci continued)
ALL ABOUT Crowd APPEAL
GoFundMe.com staff at work
in their San Diego office
Griffin was homeless for years but through enormous strength of determined effort and laser-like
focus he earned Valedictory Honors at his high
school graduation. Admitted into college, he was
in dire need of financial help. He received a gift of
$109,000 for his college fund.
Brad Damphousse ’00, Co-Founder
and CEO of GoFundMe.com
Shortly before his wedding, Jon disarmed a
shooter at Seattle Pacific University, saving
many lives. He received a “thank you” gift of
$50,000 to start a life with his new bride.
Christina and her baby, trapped in their apart-
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ment as it burned out-of-control, cradled her
son in her arms and jumped from a three
story window. Though her child was unhurt,
her injuries incurred staggering medical bills.
Christina was blessed with a compassionate
gift of $40,000.
›› alumni spotlight
G
riffin, Jon, Christina and thousands of others with
deeply personal stories of aspiration, compassion,
courage or need, have had their prayers answered by Brad
Damphousse ’00, their benefactor – of sorts.
In 2010, Brad Damphousse ’00, CEO and Co-Founder of
GoFundMe.com, along with his partner and friend, Andrew
Ballester, created and launched the world’s largest “crowdfunding” site. “Crowdfunding” is the practice of funding
a cause by raising small amounts of money from a large
number of people using the internet and social media. With
GoFundMe.com, ordinary people have the ability to raise
money online for important events in their lives such as
tuition expenses, medical bills, weddings, funerals, memorials,
volunteer missions, foreign travel, by openly inviting others
who care about their personal cause to contribute support.
Brad Damphousse,
Class of 2000
#CentralCatholic
A long line of family alumni, including uncle James Griffin
’47, cousin Roger Damphousse ’58, father Ray ’66 and
brother Jay ’97, led Brad to be eager to attend CCHS.
Rewinding to his days and lessons at Central Catholic, Brad
Damphousse ’00 recalls his burgeoning interest in digital
media and marketing being ignited by CCHS teachers and
classes. “The teachers and coaches at Central Catholic
never let you drop the ball – accountability, sincere effort
and good decorum in class and athletics, and in all you do
is one of the permanent hallmarks of the superb education
Central Catholic offers.”
In 1998, in the Website Design Class led by Mrs. Jodi
Linnehan-Kriner, Brad found himself appreciating the vast
potential of the rapidly expanding internet and envisioning
the benefits of exponential growth in personal computing
power. With his classmates, Damphousse amassed the
coding and programming skills to assist in creating
Central’s first website.
Damphousse speaks in the superlative of his math teacher,
Mr. Vin Pastore, and his influence on Brad’s personal development. “Mr. Pastore was a maestro when it came to getting students to toe the line and focus their energy and effort on the
subject matter. He always knew the right thing to say at just
the right time, quietly and tactfully, encouraging his students
to put forth energy and a diligent effort – yet masterfully,
he permitted enough fun to intervene with the serious. It’s a
lesson I carry with me today in my management style.”
#OnTheFrontier
In 2004, Brad joined a Boston advertising firm, but soon
found the bureaucracy and office politics to be stifling, and
was convinced that his passions were now beckoning him to
innovative projects in the new world of digital media. Saving
up a nest egg, he relocated to San Diego and took website
design work for small start-ups.
In 2005 at age 23, Damphousse found an intriguing design
position in a start-up company focused on consumer internet products. His design skills led him to being elevated
to manage a team of 30. His creative energies once again
were unfilfilled.
Damphousse, at 26, told himself it was time to start living
his own dreams and put all that he’d learned into creating
a novel venture in the world of web-based products. “I’m a
believer in the notion that the earlier you know what you
don’t want to do in life, the better,” explains Damphousse.
#AHAMoment
In 2008, wanting to save for a vacation with his wife, Brad
experienced difficulty setting up an online savings account.
He wondered wouldn’t it be great if there were an easy webbased savings account – and wouldn’t it be astoundingly
more beneficial if it gave others in your circle of family or
friends the ability to help you reach your financial goal?
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In Brad’s CCHS senior year, the New Media Design major at
Boston’s Emerson College captured his nascent interests. He
found his groove there with a double major in both New
Media Design and Marketing, overloaded his class schedule
each term and graduated in three years. Damphousse is
clear on the sources of his intense motivation. “My academic
focus got serious when I arrived at Central Catholic, I
learned discipline, time management, and that there are
consequences when your effort is lacking. The lessons of
hard work, persistence, self-discipline and goal-setting
which I learned from watching my parents working two jobs,
then going back to school, raising children, taught me that
procrastination was not an option.”
Damphousse "rim-rockin" for the 1999
Raider MA State Championship team
“I thought that it should be very easy for family and friends
living in other parts of the country to come together
and, if they wished, contribute online towards any of
life’s important moments,” reveals Damphousse. A further
thought was a short leap – a web-based product of this
type, if it could be made practical – would allow anyone else
with an interest, not just family and friends, to contribute to
what is important to you in your life.
#WinningBusinessModel
Swayed by Damphousse’s vision in the Fall of 2008, Andrew
Ballester, a former hi-tech colleague, took the leap of faith
and together they formed a web business, “Create A Fund.”
With Damphousse in the designing and marketing role and
Ballester, the software developer, they experimented with
several iterations of the idea. “Create A Fund” eventually
evolved into an efficient fundraising vehicle for small nonprofits who would pay a subscription fee for the ability
to tell their story and raise funds via the worldwide web.
“Create A Fund” also offered a basic option for individuals
seeking web-based financial support for personal causes.
Over the course of the next two years, Damphousse and
Ballester, while fine-tuning “Create A Fund”, found that the
overwhelming usage of “Create A Fund” came from users who
flowed to the basic option. “Through successive iterations we
found our product-market fit. That’s the best way to discover
what your customers want,” explains Damphousse.
Recognizing this winning direction, in 2010 Damphousse
and Ballester re-branded and re-launched GoFundMe.com
to the world. With GoFundMe.com, an individual could
digitally express their personal cause online for the world
to see, set up an account, and then through various digital
media, such as Facebook, Twitter and email contacts, inform
family, friends and the general public of their request for
financial support.
For efficiency and ease of use by customers, Damphousse
and Ballester decided that GoFundMe.com would offer a
free sign-up to users, with only a 5% fee deducted in real
time from the money raised. Serendipitously, the online
payment industry had developed efficiencies, making possible seamless credit card payment options for consumers.
GoFundMe’s payment processor deducts a small service
charge from contributions and 30 cents per transaction,
again in real-time.
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GoFundMe’s goal is to put the money in the pockets of the
user as fast as possible and with total transparency. The
user can withdraw funds directly to their bank account or
by check at any time. To earn the trust of every user and
distinguish itself from the emerging field of competitors, it
was important to Damphousse and Ballester that GoFundMe
make clarity, ease, and transparency absolutely paramount.
To emphasize this, GoFundMe offered a “5-minute guarantee”
from their customer service team – a real response from a
real person in 5 minutes or less.
Brad points out that being first in any field goes a long way
because you learn about your customers early on. As the
two entrepreneurs learned more about their users they were
able to give customers the best experience possible.
#ExponentialSurge
Since 2011 GoFundMe’s growth trajectory has been nearly
vertical. In 2012, GoFundMe raised $28.8 million for its
users, while in 2013 funds raised by users nearly quadrupled
to $130 million. Today, GoFundMe raises over $1.5 million
each day for personal causes. 2014 projections see funds
raised by users surpassing $500 million! The rate of growth
is so fast at present that the company doubles its monthly
donation volume every 6 months.
Damphousse understands that societal trends in the United
States have provided very fertile ground for GoFundMe’s
extraordinary success. Despite the fact that families are
more spread out than ever before, and also transient nature
of today’s work environments, the reality is that extended
families and personal friends still do love and care for each
other, and want to help in important matters of life.
#StayingOnTop
GoFundMe.com intends to remain a market leader. Damphousse is convinced by the evidence, “This is only the
beginning – the opportunity is massive because fundraising
is involved in so many aspects of our lives. We’ll continue to
improve GoFundMe so that our product is perfect for every
person, parent, teacher, coach, patient, volunteer, athlete,
artist and entrepreneur. We also expect to see greater
international usage as GoFundMe increases in popularity."
Named a finalist for “Entrepreneur of the Year” in 2013 by
Entrepreneur Magazine, Damphousse emphasizes, “At its
heart, GoFundMe.com is a story-telling platform that allows
people to invite family and friends to support one another
online. Donors are able to give in the most efficient and
targeted way possible – and in turn – are becoming part of
the story themselves.”
Brad is especially proud of the role GoFundMe.com played
in the recovery efforts of so many families in the Northeast
from the devastation of Hurricane Sandy and the critical
assistance offered to individual victims of the Boston
Marathon bombings. His roots in New England remain
strong, as do Brad’s values, which took root in his family
upbringing and in his Marist education at Central Catholic.
To this day, Brad, as well as his wife and family, dedicate part
of their busy lives in the San Diego community as volunteers
in “Young Life” – a program that introduces high school and
college-age youth to the example and teachings of Jesus
Christ as a model for a life of true meaning.
To learn more, go to www.GoFundMe.com
Excellence:
The Hallmark of Central’s
The 2014 AP Studies Program at
CCHS – By the Numbers:
The benefits of studying Advanced
Placement courses and taking AP Exams
at CCHS or any high school offering AP
courses are many:
• 23 different AP courses are offered in 2014 -15
• 240 students took part in the AP Studies
Program & AP Exams
• 504 AP Exams were taken by CCHS students
• The opportunity to earn college
credit for high school coursework and
placement out of basic undergraduate
college requirements
• 54% of seniors and 24% of juniors took at least
one AP Course & AP Exam
• 87% of AP Exams taken by CCHS students
earned competency scores of 3 or higher
• Students can save money by getting
a head start on their degree when
they enter college with credits already
earned through the AP Program, also
expanded scholarship opportunities
and a greater likelihood of graduating
in less than four years
• 63% of AP Exams taken by CCHS students
earned competency scores of 4 or 5
• 141 of the AP Exams taken by CCHS students
earned the maximum competency score of 5
• 93.8% of CCHS’s AP students earned a least one
competency score of 3 or higher, outpacing MA
data (72%) and global data (61%)
• The skills that develop in AP courses
such as critical thinking, time management and study skills, serve students
well in all their college classes
• 70 CCHS AP students earned designations as
one of the levels of AP Awards (see below)
Source: CCHS AP Score Report 2014
AP Scholar: Scores of 3 or higher on 3 or more AP Exams
Haley Acconcia
Jennifer Amaral
Tyler Andrade
Min Jun Bang
Derrick Beaudin
James Buckley
Andrew Clark
Kuiye Du
Eric Ell
Olivia Ferris
Christopher Fraser
Alexander Hebert
Ji Hwang
Sreeja Keesara
Yvonne Kinsella
Andy Lin
Stephanie May
Christina Morris
Kyle Plocharczyk
Benjamin Prisby
Kylie Regan
Christopher Rizkallah
Nicholas Sacco
Antonio Scarvaglieri
AP Scholar with Honor: Average score of 3.25 on AP Exams taken & scores of 3+ on at least 4 AP Exams
Michael Bickley
Michael Consoli
Grace Conti
Michael D’Eon
Edmund Evans
Danielle Farrell
Abby Giarrosso
Genevieve Gigandet
Aimee Lane
Tianyi Li
Kole Ouellette
Christian Petruzzelli
Brian Razzetti
Sarah Reny
Angela Thach
John C. Smith III
Alyson Spencer
Miranda Suarez
Shannon Wakeford
Courtney Walsh
Tianfa Wang
Emma Vargas
Renzhe Wang
National AP Scholar: Average score of at least 4 on AP Exams taken & average of 4+ on 8 or more AP exams
Leszek Krol
John Mitchell
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AP Scholar With Distinction: Average score of 3.5 on AP exams taken & scores of 3+ on 5 or more AP Exams
Gregory Walsh
Kelly Mitchell
Stefanie Hartford
Samuel Cai
Christy Abreu
Jie Yu
Kishan Patel
Sunghyun Kang
John Connolly
Vanessa Acosta
Ziyao Zhang
Adam Sanford
Leszek Krol
Emily Dunn
Anna Barbeau
Stefan Specian
Ashley Masucci
Matthew Famiglietti
Erin Berube
Matthew Stanislas
John Mitchell
Daniel Golden
Morgan Bronson
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student life
AL
MNI
Golden Anniversary –
50th Reunion of the Class of 1964
E
ach year as part of Commencement Week at Central
Catholic, the school community honors its Golden
Alumni Class with a gala celebration in recognition of the 50th
Anniversary of their CCHS graduation. This past May the
Class of 1964 gathered 34 strong on May 22-24 for three days
of renewing friendships, reminiscing and laughing about their
exploits in the “good old days” at CCHS, as well as catching up
on decades of life thereafter.
The celebration kicked off with a Golf Outing and Luncheon on
May 23 at the Merrimack Valley Golf Club, Methuen, followed by
an evening Cocktail Reception at Jocelyn’s Restaurant & Lounge
in Salem, NH, where remembrance and camaraderie continued to
be rekindled. On May 23 the Class of 1964 enjoyed a day revisiting
the CCHS campus, for many the first time since graduating, where
they were treated to a “welcome home” breakfast, walked the halls
of their alma mater and were incredulously proud of the Central
Catholic of 2014. At the 50th Anniversary luncheon, Br. Richard
Carey, FMS, CCHS president, awarded a Golden Anniversary
diploma and golden medallion to each ’64 alum. Returning in the
evening to the 2014 Commencement Exercises, the Class of 1964
was honored with special Golden Anniversary recognition at the
graduation ceremonies. Capping off the 1964 Golden Anniversary
festivities, 1964 classmates and their guests gathered on May 24
for the 50th Anniversary Reunion Dinner once again at Jocelyn’s
Restaurant and Lounge – truly a night to remember!
In a generous gesture of gratitude for the life-long benefits they
derived from their Central Catholic years, the members of the Class
of 1964 made a collective gift of over $25,000 in establishing the
Class of 1964 Endowed Scholarship which will provide immediate
tuition support for deserving CCHS students in perpetuity, with
promises to add to this fund over the years. The students of Central
Catholic will be forever grateful for this thoughtful scholarship gift!
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l. Special thanks to Tony DeLuca, Terry Flynn,
Mike Tangney, Joe Houle and Lou Iannazzi for
their key leadership as the reunion committee.
Pictured at bottom left are members of the Class of 1964
attending Commencement Exercises, L-R seated: R. Berred
Ouellette, Joseph Mugavero, Daniel “Terry” O’Sullivan, Carl Croce,
David Shaheen, John Sotera, Frank Ardagna, Frank McCarthy, Steve
Kelley L-R standing: David Germaine, James Boucher, Donald
Lamontagne, Michael Todd, James Nyhan, Laurence Rossi, Stanley
Bastek, Kenneth Gabriel, John Smeriglio, John McDuffie
1964 classmates gather for their Golden Anniversary reunion
dinner, L-R kneeling: Ray Vivenzio, Dave Germaine, Stanley Bastek,
Frank Ardagna, Tom Manzi L-R seated: Bob Langevin, John Sotera,
Peter Rizkallah, Orazio DiMarca, Joe Mugavero, Carl Croce, Ken
Gabriel L-R standing 3rd row: Special guest, Br. Rene Roy, FMS
’59, Vin Kelly, Bob Levis, Dennis Noonan, Donald Lamontagne,
David Shaheen, Frank McCarthy, John Smeriglio, Joseph Leone,
Dan Verreault L-R standing back row: John May, James Nyhan, R.
Berred Ouellette, Larry Rossi, Ron Desrochers, Bob Cuomo, James
Boucher, Vin Foley
Several 1968 CCHS classmates gathered for a 45th Reunion
in November 2013 at the Claddagh Pub in Lawrence.
Pictured here, L-R: Paul Narkus, Tom Delisle, Geri Delisle, friend,
Peter Lucchesi, Rosalyn Spagnola, John Spagnola, Mark Palermo
›› alumni
The deck overlooking the Merrimack River at Salvatore’s
Restaurant, Lawrence, was the venue for the 40th Reunion of
the Class of 1974 on September 10, 2014.
Catching up on life and pictured here L-R: Erin (Keleher) Mackay,
Angela Kulesza, Karen (Wilkie) Berrios, Jennifer Donahue-Manning
Reliving stories of their years at CCHS and enjoying a night of
friendships renewed are Front Row L-R: Gerry Marchese, Lou
Grasso, Mike Bradley, Bill Maloney, Rick Cain Back Row L-R: Dick
O’Connell, Art Mansor, Bill Manzi, Paul Reitano, Kevin Carney, Doug
Wilkinson, Gino Baroni, Mike Sullivan, Steve Nasser, Dave Brien and
Larry Pelletier
The CCHS Class of 1983 celebrated their 30th Class Reunion
on November 23, 2013 at Relief ’s Inn, Lawrence, along with
many members of the St. Mary High School Class of 1983.
Both are pictured below.
Reconnecting at the 15th reunion and sharing stories of glory days
are 1998 CCHS classmates L-R: Brendan Miller, Patrick Johnson,
Tim Troy, Kevin Martin, Dean Murphy
Members of the Class of 2003 enjoyed their 10-Year CCHS
Reunion at the Hyatt Regency, Boston, in November 2013.
Members of the CCHS Class of 1983 attending their
30th Reunion.
Pictured here L-R: Stephanie Forzese, Ryan McCarthy, Casey
Grange, C. J. Sullivan
The Class of 2008 marked their 5-Year Anniversary with a
reunion at the Hyatt Regency, Boston, November 2013.
Members of the St. Mary High School Class of 1983 attending
their 30th Reunion.
Among the 48 attending, pictured here are L-R: Rich Campiola,
Laura Beth Solomon, Brittany Dube and friend John DeVitto.
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The Class of 1998 held their 15th Reunion in November 2013 at
the Chateau Restaurant, Andover. (See photo in next column).
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l. Special thanks to Tony DeLuca, Terry Flynn,
Mike Tangney, Joe Houle and Lou Iannazzi for
their key leadership as the reunion committee.
Catching up at the Class of 2013 Yearbook Signing Party are
L-R: Jamiel Ortiz, Jamahl Lopez and Jean Rosa
Pictured Front Row L-R: Jacqui Vienneau ’08, Zibby McCleary ’01,
Mary Moccia ’06 Back Row L-R: Sara Vienneau ’02, Caitlin Riley ’01,
Angela (Lucier) Dowd ’01, Alana McNeil ’04
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l. Special thanks to Tony DeLuca, Terry Flynn,
Mike Tangney, Joe Houle and Lou Iannazzi for
their key leadership as the reunion committee.
Chris Begonis, Shelby Thomas, Ryan Wagoner, Travis Goodrum,
Nicole LaValley, Brandon Spring with Mr. Chris Sullivan ’81 at the
6-month Reunion and Yearbook Signing of the Class of 2013.
Alumni runners break from the start at the 8th Annual Peter
O’Sullivan Memorial Race, November 2013.
Back on the CCHS hardwood for the alumni basketball game
in 2013 and showing they haven’t lost more than a step or two.
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l. Special thanks to Tony DeLuca, Terry Flynn,
Mike Tangney, Joe Houle and Lou Iannazzi for
their key leadership as the reunion committee.
Pictured Front Row L-R: Walson Constant ’08, Jose Otero ’02,
Wilfredo Pagan ’08, Michael Novak ’01 Back Row L-R: Evan Silverio
’98, Jonathan Cruz ’06, Daniel O’Shea ’03, Steve McAveeney ’91,
Marquis Victor ’04, Daniel DeFillippo ’94, Carlos Nunez ’01,
Matthew Novak ’09
e
l. Special thanks to Tony DeLuca, Terry Flynn,
Mike Tangney, Joe Houle and Lou Iannazzi for
their key leadership as the reunion committee.
Celebrating a great round of golf at the 2014 CCHS Golf Classic
are L-R: Jeff Regan, John Panagiotakos ’79, with sons Greg ’10 and
Michael ‘12
(Continued in next column)
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l. Special thanks to Tony DeLuca, Terry Flynn,
Mike Tangney, Joe Houle and Lou Iannazzi for
their key leadership as the reunion committee.
Radhames Nova ’91 speaks with Walkiria Manzueta ’98, Evan
Silverio ’98 and Matthew McLennan ’88 at the Montagne Project
Network (MPN) Reception: “Real Estate in the Merrimack Valley”,
December 2013.
›› alumni
Ryan P. Lee Named
New Associate Director
of Alumni
Br. Richard J. Carey, FMS, President of Central Catholic High
School, announced the appointment of Ryan Lee as Associate
Director of Alumni. Br. Rick asserts, “We are delighted that
Ryan Lee has joined CCHS as Associate Director of Alumni.
Ryan brings valuable experience in community outreach and
successful development and promotion of networks in the
non-profit world. His complete appreciation for Central’s
mission, his leadership skills and our belief in his proven
ability to engage people, makes him an ideal person to invite
our alumni to participate in the life of Central Catholic in
meaningful and relevant ways.”
Ryan is a 2000 graduate of Saint Lawrence University,
Canton, NY and comes to CCHS having filled various
roles since 2007 at the Walk for Hunger, Boston, most
recently as its Director. His sense of mission was inspired
by his experience as a high school teacher in Maine and
selfless service as an educator with the US Peace Corps in
Azerbaijan. Ryan and his wife have two young children.
Ryan succeeds Zibby McCleary ’01 who has accepted
the position of Director of Development for Cristo Rey
School, Boston.
Ryan Lee can be reached at
(978) 682-0260 ext. 656 or
rlee@centralcatholic.net
A Word from the Associate
Director of Alumni...
Central Catholic
is coming to Florida!
Please join CCHS President,
Br. Rick Carey, FMS, and several
staff in Naples, Florida for the
Annual Saint Patrick’s Day
Parade on March 14, 2015
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After viewing the parade we’ll be gathering at the Bayfront Inn from
1:00 – 4:00pm to catch up with our CCHS alumni & friends. All are
invited! We can’t wait to see you there! Contact Ryan Lee at CCHS
for more information.
Thank You
Giving
Raider “Field of Dreams” Becomes a Reality
Like the cornfield in Iowa, it started with a dream. However,
Central Catholic’s “field of dreams”, the new synthetic turf
athletic field, lies on the corner of Hampshire and Auburn Street
in Lawrence. The dusty parcels, which for many years had been
home to the original CCHS wood-framed school building on
Auburn Street and the former Essex County Jail, have been
transformed into the new home for Central’s field sports. For
decades Central Catholic student-athletes had dreamed one
day of competing on their own home field on campus. Now that
dream has become a reality!
The new multi-sport synthetic turf field is the home field for
Central’s soccer, field hockey, lacrosse, freshmen, sophomore
and JV football teams and serves as a practice field for varsity
football, which continues to play its home games at Veterans’
Memorial Stadium in Lawrence.
Through the generosity of great friends, hundreds of alumni, our
students and Central Catholic families, the visionary direction
of school leadership, and the dedicated efforts of the staff of the
Raider Multi-Sport Synthetic Turf Athletic Field and Commemorative Terrace
Institutional Advancement Office, the $2 million Raider "Field of
Dreams” is now a stunning addition to Central’s athletic facilities. The entire Central Catholic community is sincerely grateful
and will always be indebted to each and every benefactor in our
Raider "Field of Dreams” campaign.
CCHS is profoundly grateful to Raider Field’s two major benefactors: the Telemachus A. and Irene Demoulas Foundation and
for the generous gift of $250,000 from Joseph ’87 and Samantha
Faro, Tuscan Kitchen and Market and Tuscan Brands. Extensive
support has and continues to come in from hundreds of alumni,
local businesses, students and past and current Central families.
“This fabulous addition to Central’s campus, and real gift to our
students for decades to come, could not have happened without
the foresight, kindness and generosity of so many good-hearted
people, and is testimony to the many individuals who over the
years believed and persevered in this vision,” acknowledged
Br. Richard Carey, FMS, Central’s president.
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›› giving
Thank You! – On behalf of our studentathletes & coaches!
The athletic complex, designed by Huntress Sports, Andover,
includes a regulation-play synthetic turf surface, complete with
energy efficient sports lighting, spectator grandstand, restrooms
and equipment storage facilities, sound system and surrounded
by safety and security fencing. Gino Baroni ’74, Trident Project
Advisors and Development Group, Salem, NH, who served as
Central’s project manager, states “Dave Mermelstein of our offices
and Steve Welsh, CCHS Director of Buildings & Grounds, working
with Huntress Sports and Green Acres Landscape Construction,
the general contractor, did an extraordinary job redeveloping a
tight urban site into a beautiful and highly functional asset on the
school’s campus.”
Taking part in the groundbreaking ceremony are (L-R): Soccer Capt., Alli
Wiggins ’15, Designer, Chris Huntress, CCHS Board Chair, Mike Torrisi ’92,
Project Manager, Gino Baroni ’74, Lawrence Mayor, Daniel Rivera, CCHS
President, Br. Richard Carey, FMS, and Central's Principal, Doreen Keller
Prepping the subsurface of the new field.
Student-athletes in football, soccer and field hockey have been
genuinely thrilled to play and practice on the new Raider Field with
the first varsity and sub-varsity games having taken place in October.
Lacrosse players are eagerly anticipating Spring competition on
Raider Field. Physical education outdoor classes will actively have
use of the field facility. “Our student-athletes and coaches are totally
excited and proud when they step on the field as it hits them that
this is a place the Raiders now call home. It is almost a sense of
disbelief that this beautiful, state-of-the-art facility is part of their
campus. Our alumni, too, are awestruck when they see it for the
first time,” effuses Ernie DiFiore, Central’s AD.
Central Catholic extends its sincere gratitude to the City of
Lawrence, Mayor Daniel Rivera and the staff of various city
departments, as well as to our neighbors in the Arlington District
for the encouragement and cooperation they have shown in this
important venture.
We invite all our alumni and friends to visit Central’s campus to
marvel at the new Raider Field, and perhaps take in a soccer, field
hockey, lacrosse or football game. Athletic schedules can be found
on the CCHS website, www.centralcatholic.net, and click on the
“Athletics” tab.
You Can Help Our Raider Teams Score!
Raider “Field of Dreams” nears its
$2 Million Goal
Aside from purchasing an engraved paver, gifts of any size continue to be
gratefully appreciated – a gift can be made using the business reply envelope
enclosed with the Emblem.
Commemorative Brick Terrace overlooks the new Raiders' field.
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The $2 million Raider Field campaign is very close to scoring its
winning goal! Overlooking the field complex is an impressive
and stunning Commemorative Terrace. The Commemorative
Terrace is made up of engraved pavers which offer donors to
“Raider Field” the opportunity to pay tribute or gratefully honor
a family, a family member, a CCHS alumnus/a, an athletic team,
or a member of the Central Catholic faculty, past or present.
Purchasing a permanent commemorative engraved paver in the
terrace overlooking Raider Field can be done by making a $250 or
$500 gift online at https://cchs.engravedbricks.com or by calling
Ryan Lee, Associate Director of Alumni at (978) 682-0260 ext. 656.
Ribbon cutting on the new Raider Athletic field took place on October 7. Doing the honors
at ribbon cutting are: (1st Row L-R): Mayor Daniel Rivera, Athletic Captains, Eric Robbins ’15,
Alessandra Sadler ’15, Jenna Martin ’15, Alli Wiggins ’15 and Br. Rick Carey, FMS; (2nd Row
L-R): Captains: Jack McInnis ’15, Jorge Elias ’15, Athletic Director, Ernie DiFiore, Capt. Dan
MacDonald ’15 and Board Chair, Michael Torrisi ’92
Field of Dreams Campaign – As of June 30, 2014
Leadership Society
President's Society
Telemachus A. & Irene Demoulas Foundation
Joseph P. ’87 & Samantha Faro & Family
Laurence J. ’51 & Bobbie Palmisano & Family
Albert Peterson ’50
Jeffrey & Karen Sheehy
Atty. Peter Burke ’84
Terence & Sabrina (Barry) ’76SM Sanz
William P. ’86 & Lynne (Pilat) ’86 Chase II
Robert ’82 & Linda Sheehan
Kathleen & Ernest ’79 Herrman
Michael D. Sullivan ’55 Memorial Fund
Ronald ’60 & Jane Maheu
Alfred J. Torrisi ’59
Patrick ’64 & Grace Maraghy
Michael ’92 & Julie Torrisi
Atty. Michael W. Morris, Sr. ’59
Dale & Amy Wiggins
Nancy Peterson
Rosario J. Zappala ’66 & Family –
Tripoli Bakery
SM
Atty. Laurence J. ’64 & Patricia C. Rossi
Raider Society
Dr. Christian & Dr. Christine Andersen
William & Colleen Barr ’87
Maurice Beaulieu
Anthony A. ’50 & Lena
Bellia
Peter & Linda Benjamin
Dr. Kevin & Susan Berry
Mark Conway ’90
Anthony & Maureen
D’Agata ’65
Fouad & Sarah Dagher
James & Linda DePalo
Lorraine DiBenedetto
John & Wendy Donahue
Mike Doyle
Matthew Fitzgerald ’02
William & Kathy Fitzgerald
Kenneth & Ann Regan Flynn
Atty. Daniel & Kerri Hayes, Jr.
Gerald & Kellie Kent, Jr.
Raymond ’56 & Janine
LaPlume
Joseph Malarney
Jeffrey Mora ’02
Harold & Christine Morse
Ronald ’86 & Evann Peck
William & Jeanmarie Powell
Peter ’78 & Wendy Rayno
John ’64 & Therese Smeriglio
Paul Theberge ’59 &
P.T. Trading Corp.
Thomas & Maria Torrisi
Anthony Triglione
Patrick & Margaret (Peggy) Ward
"Pave-the-way" campaign COMMEMORATIVE Brick TERRACE Donors
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Lois Abbott
Brian & Jacqueline Abraham
Despina Adamopoulos
Jeff Akstin ’89
Michael ’72 & Joan Alaimo
George ’55 & Grace Alakel
Mario & Stacy Andrade
John & Julie (Zagraniczny) ’68SM Ardini
Alan & Bethann Ayres
Adam ’91 & Jennifer Balukonis
Warren ’76 & Patricia Bamford
Dr. David ’74 & Kathy Bardwell
Gino ’74 & Cheryl Baroni
Robert & Alison Basmajian
J. Gerald Bateman ’61
Todd ’02 & Kelli Lynn (Carberry)
’02 Beaudoin
David Beaulieu ’57
Marcel ’48 & Mary Jane Beaulieu
Robert ’70 & Susan Beaulieu
Patricia Bell
Peter & Linda Benjamin
Scott ’90 & Julie Bernier
Erin (Thompson) Bertrand ’00
Roland ’47 & Joan (Rivard) ’51SM Bibeau
David & Tammy Blatti
Richard ’72 & Judith Blinn
Paul & Inge Blythe
Dr. George & Mary Lou Boes
Richard ’53 & Claire Boisvert
Carla Borrelli ’09
Stephen & Jen Bower
Gregory Boyd ’95
Kevin & Ellen Bradley
Paul & Susan Brennan
Joseph Bresnahan, Sr.
Brian & Mary Breton
Richard & Daleann Brien
Debra Brown
Atty. C. Ryan Buckley ’60
Thomas & Pamela Burkardt
Matthew & Sharon Burke
Kevin ’85 & Carla Byrne
Richard ’58 & Carol Camuso
Robert ’66 & Nancy Carberry
Daniel & Kathleen Cargill
Jeffrey Cargill ’04
John Carney, Jr. ’49
David & Kathleen Caruso
Atty. Peter ’67 & Gayle (LaFleur) ’68SM Caruso
G. Thomas Catalano ’50
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Robert ’58 & Carole Catineau
Kevin & Susan Cavanaugh
Albert Chaff ’55
Dr. Ronald Charpentier ’71
Dr. Carmen ’53 & Elaine (Rokous) ’54SM Ciardello
William & Kristina Clark
David Cocchiaro ’79
Salvatore & Lola Colletta
Mary Ann Connors-Krokorian
Mark P. Consoli
Grace Conway
Robert ’52 & Margaret Cookson
Christopher ’99 & Rebecca Corbin
Robert & Ellen Corning
Richard ’55 & Barbara Corrente
James ’59 & Sharon Corriveau, Sr.
William Cowie ’59
David Crowley, Jr. ’71
Keith Curran ’00
Thomas ’77 & Diane Curtis
Paul ’01 & Kate (Traynor) ’01 Cutuli
Fouad & Sarah Dagher
Stephen ’79 & Brenda Daly
Monica Webb Dean ’40SM
David ’66 & Kathleen (Begley) ’67SM DeFillippo
Devin DeFusco ’09
Leah DeGregorio ’04
Fr. John Delaney ’79
Catherine Deloge
Patricia Derrickson
Kristin DeSantis ’01
Anthony ’55 & Harriet DeSimone
Robert ’65 & Kathleen Devaney
Edward & Elaine DeVito
Michael Diamond
Vincent DiBiasio ’85
Jessica Dicker ’01
Roger & Susan Dieker
Ernest & Dana DiFiore
Eugene DiFiore
Atty. Anthony ’57 & Kathleen
DiFruscia
Dr. James ’70 & Susan DiResta
Joseph ’76 & Eileen DiSalvo
Alan Doerr ’55
Erin Doherty ’04
Lisa Doherty
Dr. William & Kelly Doherty
David & Deb Donegan
Meaghan Donegan ’11
Angela (Lucier) Dowd ’01
Chad & Susan (Stewart) ’87SM Downer
Denis & Donna Drapeau
Robert ’59 & Judith Dziadosz
Jessica Ead ’07
Taylor & Christina (Doherty) ’01
Edler
Christina Eringis ’09
Daniel Esty ’55
Alfred ’51 & Dorothy Falco, Jr.
William ’63 & Joyce Faris
Michael Farley, Jr. ’01
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"Pave-the-way" campaign Donors CONTinued
David Janeczek
Atty. Todd ’82 & Andree Johnson
James Jordan, Jr. ’55
Francis Judge ’83
John ’49 & Barbara (Fox) ’51SM Kaslow
Julia Keenan ’17
Srikanth & Indira Keesara
Maureen Kelley
Kaleigh Kfoury ’09
Dr. Bernard ’58 & Maria Elena (Fiorino) ’60SM Khoury
Dawn Kingston ’01
Thomas Kirkman ’60
Jeffrey & Maureen Kirpas
John Kolano ’88
William ’54 & Lorenza Kopacz
Dr. Azar ’71 & Marian Korbey
Thomas Kucharski ’98
Joseph ’57 & Phyllis Kulig
Steve ’79 & Mary Lou Kurek ’79
Richard & Sandra LaChance
Christopher ’97 & Alena Laird
Paul Lambert ’75
Jackie Landers
Vincent ’48 & Sheila (Tennyson) ’50SM Landers
Christopher Lane ’90
Dr. Leo ’87 & Holly Lane
Michael ’88 & Kristin Lane
William ’85 & Frances Lane, Jr.
Kevin Lapierre
Raymond ’56 & Janine LaPlume
Eric ’95 & Julie Larnard
Robin LaTorre
Col. Paul Lavin, USAFR ’61
Erin Leavitt ’00
William & Roslyn LeRette
JacquelineLewis
Michael & Susan Lock
Dr. John Lovecchio ’66
Lowell Central Electric Co., Inc.
Daniel Lozeau ’05
David & Bethann Lynch
James MacDonald ’76
Bradley A. MacDougall ’98
Bruce MacDougall
Stanley MacIsaac ’60
Chinku Mahindra
Jeffrey ’87 & Ginny Marggraf
Clifford Marotta ’86
Kevin ’98 & Christy Martin
Lindsay Martin ’08
Eugene Massa, Jr. ’72
Nicholas Mastas ’13
John Mastrangelo
Michael ’79 & Lori McCarthy
Robert McCarthy ’83
Dennis & Nancy McCleary
Dennis McCleary, Jr. ’07
Elizabeth McCleary ’01
Margaret McCleary ’05
Edward & Iris McGetrick
Brian ’77 & Cindy McNally
Sean McQuillan ’01
Atty. Michael ’55 & Mary Mecsas
John Mele, Sr. ’55
Edward & Irene Merrill
Jim & Sharman (Walsh) ’87SM Merrill
John Merrill ’63
Kenneth & Dr. Denise Mills
John Molori
Paul Morel ’80
William ’69 & Frances Moriarty
Charles & Susanne Morse
E. Dennis Murphy III
Joan Murphy
Lucille Murphy
Joseph ’61 & Joan Musumarra
Frederick & Karen Nader III
Richard ’90 & Nicole Nault
Susan Navien
Leonard Niemyski ’60
James & Priscilla Noble
Michael Novak ’01
Robert ’76 & Cheryl O’Connell
Duarte Oliveira
John O’Neil
Jamiel Ortiz ’13
Carly Oskar ’13
Jonathan ’92 & Rebecca (Flores) ’94SM O’Sullivan
Brian & Kelly Ouellette
Richard Ouellette ’64
Jason Paiva ’01
James & Amy Palmisano
Joseph Pappalardo
Marc ’81 & Tricia Parent
Theodore & Corine Parigian
The Party Connection
John & Anne Pasciak
Robert & Melanie Peach, Jr.
Raymond Pecci
James Perkins ’66
David & Patricia Perron
Richard ’61 & Diann Perry
Karl & Cynthia Pessinis
Raymond & Ann Marie (Hannagan) ’62SM Pilat
Conrad ’61 & Sharon (Harty) ’65SM Provencher
Michael & Paula Quinlan
Frank Ragonese ’56
Norman ’56 & Geraldine
Rainville, Jr.
Nelson Ramsay ’69
Joan Rayno
Jeffrey & Ellen Regan
Kevin & Carol Regan
Carmen Reitano
Paul Reitano, Jr. ’00
John Remillard ’73
Stephen & Carrie Reny
Michael Ricard ’62
Charles Rigoli
Caitlin Riley ’01
Todd ’95 & Larissa Riviezzo
RJC Advisors
Dr. Richard Rogers ’75
Peter Rojas ’04
Robert "Pete" Roy ’50
Veronica Russo
William & Christine Ryan
Col. Charles P. ’83 & Kathleen Samaris
Corey Santiago
Loretta Saulen
Bernard Savastano ’55
Andrew Schaalman ’04
Nicholas Schiavone ’67
Anne Gemmell Schwind
Frank & Lillian Serio, Jr.
Alan Sexton
Matthew ’91 & Robin Shaheen
Eleanor Sheehan
Sheehan’s Towing, LLC
Robert & Debra Slein
Robert Soboleski ’56
Brendan Sullivan ’11
Joan Stewart Roland ’51 & Joan (Mallon) ’51SM Theberge
Christopher & Kimberly Thompson
Joseph Torname ’55
Kathleen Trevino
Philip Turrisi
Atty. Thomas & Deborah Urbelis
Urales Vargas ’98
Roger Vieira ’01
Gary & Patricia Vienneau
Alexander & Eleanor Vispoli
Kevin & Amy White
Steven & Atty. Anne Wilbar
Michael ’86 & Tracey Woronka
Constance Wright
George York III ’65
Dr. Stephen ’75 & Margaret Zappala
Dr. Leverett ’55 & Anita Zompa
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Sean Finneran ’91
Charles Fiorino ’53
Matthew Fitzgerald ’02
Jack Fitzpatrick ’53
Mark & Lauren Fleischer
Franck & Holly Fleury
Kenneth & Ann Regan Flynn
Thomas ’70 & Nancy Forzese
Robert ’75 & Kimberly Fournier
Anthony Fragala ’48
Dr. Kenneth Gabriel ’93
Jo Ann Gallo ’66SM
Jack Gianni ’61
Fr. Vincent Gianni ’61
Atty. Daniel & Lynn Gibson
Scott & Mary Gigandet
Joel Gil ’01
Lawrence & Eileen Gil
Nancy Giorgio
Robert & Ann Marie Gordon, Jr.
Joshua Gorra ’00
Monique Gosselin ’08
Casey Grange ’03
Atty. Katie (Nicolosi) Greco ’01
Lyndi (Savastano) Green ’03
Alan & Cathy Greene
Michael Gueli
Stephen ’78 & Linda Guilmet
Timothy & Robin Guldemond
Chelsey Guselli ’08
Dr. Robert Hajjar ’53
John & Patricia Haley
Warren & Lindsen Hamlin
James ’83 & Susan Harkins
Shaun ’78 & Holly Harrington
Cara Hart ’98
William ’48 & Alice (Sullivan) ’48SM Hart
Thomas Hatem ’72
Thomas ’74 & Janis (Bortolino) ’73SM Haynes
Robert ’91 & Patty Hebert
Vincent & Jeanne Helfrich
Helfrich Bros. Boiler Works, Inc.
Anthony & Marie Helinski, Jr.
Henry’s Jewelry, LLC
Luis Hiraldo ’79
John & Dawn Horak
Joseph Houle ’63
George ’55 & Katherine Howshan
Timothy ’56 & Mary Ann (Caron) ’59SM Hussey
Jeffrey Hyatt ’76
John Incropera ’73
Joseph ’50 & Alice Indoccio
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 1499
Investing in Excellence
Annual Giving – The 2013 –14 Central Catholic Fund
The 2013-14 Central Catholic Fund
experienced a banner year thanks in
large part to the generous gesture of
Albert C. “Al” Peterson ’50. Peterson pledged $50,000 to match new
and increased gifts to the Central
Catholic Annual Fund through June
2014. “Al” was pleased and proud to
complete his generous pledge as new
Albert "Al" Peterson '50
and increased gifts to the Central
Catholic Fund totaled $93,917. The Central Catholic community
extends its heartfelt gratitude and deepest appreciation to Al
Peterson for his challenge gift and for the generosity of thousands
of alumni and friends whose loyalty and affection for CCHS have
made the Central Catholic Fund FY 14 such a genuine success!
What is the Central Catholic Fund –
Investing In Excellence?
Unrestricted gifts to “Investing In Excellence” support every
aspect of Central’s premier signature college preparatory
curriculum, as well as CCHS’ commitment to the fine and
performing arts, athletics and the abundance of extracurricular
clubs and activities. The Fund, through restricted gifts, supports
students who are in need of tuition aid within the “Fulfilling the
Promise – Student Sponsorship Program."
All gifts made by Dec. 31 are
deductible on your 2014 tax returns.
The 2014–15 Central Catholic Fund has kicked off!
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Gifts, large or small from alumni of all ages, parents and past
parents, as well as friends of CCHS will provide Central with the
ability to make the total educational experience more excellent
each year for every young man and woman. Our 2014-2015 fund
goal is a very ambitious $550,000. Every gift matters, every day,
to every student!
We can reach this goal only with your help. Please participate
by making a gift (no gift is too small!) to the 2014-15 Central
Catholic Fund by using the enclosed business reply envelope or
visiting us online at www.centralcatholic.net/give. Making a gift
every year, makes a difference every day! Thank you!
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tion:
New Recurring Gift Op
S
A Convenient Way to Support CCH
“I meant to make a gift to Central Catholic but my life got so busy, it slipped my mind.”
There is an answer for this common lament. With the new Recurring Gift option,
supporting the Central Catholic Fund has never been more simple and convenient. The
Office of Institutional Advancement offers automated giving for those wishing to add
convenience and simplicity to gift-giving.
On the CCHS website, www.centralcatholic.net/give, a Recurring Gift option now
appears for anyone who may find this a convenient way to support CCHS. If you would
like to make an automated, recurring monthly gift, please fill in the information as
requested at www.centralcatholic.net/give and CCHS will set up your monthly gift.
Your recurring gift will be charged to your credit card automatically.
PLEASE NOTE: The “Start Date” is the date that your first gift will be charged to
your credit card. If you have any questions about setting up your recurring gift, email:
tstott@centralcatholic.net or call Tammy Stott at 978-682-0260 x635, Data Analyst/Office
Manager. Thank you for making CCHS one of your giving priorities!
1959, 1964 & 1971 Reunion Classes Reach
Forward With Endowed Scholarships
Class Reunions are always fun as classmates celebrate reaching back in time to
reminisce, share memories of exploits, friendships, teachers and unforgettable
happenings in and out of the classroom.
The Classes of 1959, 1964 and 1971 have found a way to create a legacy in their
reunions that reaches forward to ensure future Central Catholic students have
the opportunity to build similar memories and benefits during their years at
CCHS by establishing an Endowed Alumni Class Scholarship. An Endowed
Class Scholarship Fund, once it reaches $25,000, will perpetually endow a
partial scholarship to a deserving student each year. As the Fund increases, so
will the benefit to the deserving student in need. The Endowed Class Scholarship can be dedicated in memory of deceased members of the class or another
desired commemoration meaningful to the members.
On behalf of Central’s deserving students, we are sincerely grateful to the
thoughtful and generous members of the classes of 1959, 1964 and 1971.
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The Office of Institutional Advancement staff can provide the necessary assistance to begin an Endowed Class Scholarship.
Raider Snaps fall 2013 – fall 2014
Raider Girls are 18-0 Undefeated MVC Soccer
Champs in 2013
Raider Girls capture the MVC Outdoor Track title
CCHS Karate Club members demonstrate their
skills on Spirit Day
CCHS Theatre Guild presents the Broadway
musical "Once Upon A Mattress," Spring 2014
Raider Boys Lacrosse team captures its first MVC championship in
Spring 2014
New freshmen, Class of 2018, locked arm-in-arm singing
the CCHS Alma Mater at Orientation at Camp Marist
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MVC/DCL League Champs - Raider
Boys Ice Hockey is the only local team
to qualify repeatedly for Super 8 Tourney
Raiders show their moves at the Spring Junior
Dinner-Dance
Over 650 attend 2014 Freshmen Grandparents Day
Raider Boys Basketball earned the MVC and
Div. 1 North Crown.
CCHS Concert Choir performs during Christmas season
Raider Girls Basketball team once again captures
MVC League championship
Raider Football captures MA Div. 1 State Championship by knocking off
Everett HS and Xaverian HS and also earned the 2014 MVC crown
Raider Golf team hits long and straight and captures the MVC
Championship in 2013 and 2014
CCHS Dance Team kicks up the spirit at
the Pep Rally
Theatre Guild actors bring to life the original play "Valentines and Mistletoe"
Raider Cheerleaders capture the MVC Winter Cheer
championship
Another bad hair day in the
physics lab
CCHS Project Rebuild students and faculty volunteer
in Newburgh, NY with Habitat For Humanity during
their Spring vacation week
Jubilant Raiders enjoy a night to remember at their Senior Prom at the
Atkinson NH Country Club
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CCHS students raised $35,000 for the Jimmy Fund with
their efforts in the Catwalk4Cancer Fashion Show
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Raider Snaps fall 2013 – fall 2014
Faculty & Staff
Notes
Fran Cook, Science Teacher
New CCHS Faculty
& Staff for 2014-2015
The CCHS Community
welcomes:
Gloria Diaz
Main Office Administrative Assistant
John Janelle
Mathematics
Ryan Lee
Associate Director of Alumni
Sherri Lewis-Sholler
Director of School Counseling
Eric Blackman, Band Director, was recently
published in Massachusetts Music News,
a quarterly publication of the MA Music
Educators Association. He authored
"Teaching Music in a Private School: Building
a Music Program."
Eric Boucher ’04, Sciences, Kellie Leavitt,
Social Studies, Christine Leonard ’06,
English, Mark Svendsen, Mathematics,
and Steven Welsh, Director of Buildings
& Grounds, participated in the Sharing Our
Call Marist Conference in November 2013.
Michael Jankowski ’87, Varsity Boys
Ice Hockey Coach, was honored as
Merrimack Valley/Dual County League
“Coach of the Year.”
Dennis King, Sciences and Head
Wrestling Coach, was unanimously voted
and inducted into the Massachusetts
Interscholastic Wrestling Coaches Hall
of Fame on March 1, 2014.
Cara Bound, Mathematics, and husband,
Nick, celebrated the birth of their son,
Carter Jamison, on May 26, 2014.
Elizabeth Lyons
Assistant Director of Admissions
Elaine Porcello
Mathematics
Dennis King (right) elected to of MA
Wrestling Coaches Hall of Fame
Tammy Stott
Data Analyst – Office Manager,
Institutional Advancement
Chuck Adamopoulos, Business and Head
Coach of Football, was named Eagle Tribune
MVC Div. 1 Coach of the Year for 2013.
His Raiders won the 2013 Mass. State
Div. 1 Super Bowl Football Championship.
Kristen Artinano, World Languages, and
her husband, Javier, celebrated the arrival of
their first child, a daughter, Sarah Andrea, on
January 25, 2014.
Michael Leal ’94, Mathematics and Track
Coach, was honored as MVC Div. 1 Coach
of the Year for outdoor track.
Carter Jamison Bound, CCHS Class of '32
Ashleigh Brown ’00, English and Chair of
Performing Arts, was named Head Coach
for the Raiders Varsity Girls Tennis team.
Jeanne Burns, Dean of Studies, starts her
40th year at CCHS. She has served as an
inspirational teacher and continues in a
key school leadership role.
Christine Leonard '06, English Teacher,
was honored in October with the 2014
Marion Gleason Award as the "Most
Promising Teacher of English" by the New
England Association of Teachers of English.
She joins the elite company of Sharman
Merrill '87SM and Joseph Welch '90, CCHS
English faculty, as past winners of the
Marion Gleason Award.
David DeFillippo ’66, Director of
Communications, logs his 45th year at CCHS
in 2014-2015. He has served as Teacher,
Guidance Director, Principal and now
serves as Director of Communications.
Susan (Stewart) Downer ’87,SM Raider
Varsity Girls Basketball Head Coach, was
named MVC Div. 1 Coach of the Year.
Sarah Andrea Artinano, CCHS Class of '32
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Glennys (DeJesus) Bistany ’99, World
Languages, and husband, Eric, welcomed
the birth of twins, Samuel Charles and
Scarlett Rose, in November 2013.
Jennifer Groleau, Fine Arts, celebrated
her marriage to Jamie Chatigny on
May 23, 2014.
Br. Kenneth Hogan, FMS has rejoined
the CCHS faculty serving in an Academic
Support Services role.
Christine Leonard '06,
2014 Marion Gleason Award honoree
Kevin McCarthy, Guidance, has been
named the Head Coach of the Raider
Varsity Boys Soccer team.
Tara Moreau, Physical Education & Health,
and husband, Scott, celebrated the birth of
their son, William Vincent on June 16, 2014.
William Vincent Moreau, CCHS Class of '32
Karen Moynihan, Chair of English
Department, was published once again
in "The Leaflet: Journal of the New
England Association of Teachers of
English." Moynihan's article features a
demonstration of the uses of Native
American art in the teaching of Leslie
Marmon Silko's novel, "Ceremony."
Rick Nault ’90, Head Coach of Raider
Varsity Basketball, was honored as Boston
Globe and MVC Div. 1 Coach of the Year
for 2013-2014 season.
Jim O’Neill, Chair of Religious Studies and
Earline Tweedie, Campus Ministry, took
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part in the Marist “Sharing Our Mission:
Agents of Justice and Service” conference
in October 2013.
Christopher Romero, World Languages,
celebrated his marriage to Jaime Hills
with their wedding on June 7.
Marc Pelletier ’79, Physical Education &
Health and Head Raider Varsity Baseball
Coach, was elected to the Massachusetts
Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame in
January 2014.
Kristen Roy, Guidance, and husband,
Jeremy, welcomed the birth of a son,
Emerson Travis, on June 2, 2014.
Marc Pelletier '79 (right) elected to MA
Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame
Chuck Putney ’94, Website Manager,
and Thomas Sipsey ’03, formerly Assistant
Director of Admissions, jointly presented
a session on “Making Your Mission Come
Alive through Video, Websites and Social
Media” at the National Catholic Education
Association Conference in Pittsburgh in April.
Bobby Ringuette ’04, English, starred in
May 2014 in a fabulous farce presented
by Theatre To Go, “Shakespeare In
Hollywood” playing the role of Oberon
from Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer
Night’s Dream.”
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Susan McGrath, Mathematics, a gifted
educator has retired after a stellar and
influential teaching career. Before coming
to CCHS, she was on the faculty at
Methuen High School.
Emerson Travis Roy, CCHS Class of '32
Br. Rene Roy, FMS ’59, Campus Ministry,
was feted by the Kiwanis Club of Greater
Lawrence for his leadership in the
community at the Kiwanis “Fabulous Feast
Gala” on April 30, 2014.
Thomas Sipsey ’03, has been named
Associate Dean of Students for the 2014 15 school year. He was formerly the
Assistant Director of Admissions.
Josselyn (Mroz) Wilson, Raider Varsity
Girls Field Hockey Coach, and husband,
Patrick, celebrated the birth of a daughter,
Sadie Pamela, in March 2014.
Michael T. Torrisi ’92 Chairman of Central Catholic’s Board
of Directors, announced the election of two new members to the
Central Catholic Board of Directors.
from the
CCHS Board
of Directors
James B. Zenevitch ’80 as the newest
member of the Board of Directors,
Zenevitch is the President and CEO
of Interstate Used Cars II in Plaistow,
NH. He has served as President of the
New Hampshire Automobile Dealers
Association, the New England Independent
Auto Dealers Association and the Senator
Steven Baddour Charity Fund. Jim is
an avid supporter of many of Central
Catholic’s endeavors. He and wife, Janice
(Guilmette) ’81,SM live in Methuen, MA and
are the proud parents of CCHS alums,
Katie ’10 and Jimmy ’13.
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Sean D. Sammon,
FMS, Ph.D.,
currently is
Scholar-inResidence at
Marist College,
Poughkeepsie, NY.
Br. Sean has held
numerous key
Sean D. Sammon,
influential national
FMS, Ph.D.
and international
leadership roles for the Institute of the
Marist Brothers, having served as Superior
General and Vicar General in Rome and
Provincial of the Marist Brothers USA.
Author of multiple books on various
aspects of religious life, lecturer and
consultant, Br. Sean presently also serves
on the Board of Trustees of Marist College.
Class
John Housianitis '77, Social Studies Teacher
Central Catholic relies on the support of friends and alumni to fulfill our mission, and as such, we highlight the gifts in 2013-2014
made by each alumni class, as well as, the target goal of 15% alumni participation. A sincere “Thank You” is extended to all who have
made gifts, small or large, to insure the growth and success of the CCHS mission for our students. Whether you made a gift of $10,
$25, $50, $100 or much more, the Advancement Office staff is deeply grateful to you as you have guaranteed the continuation and
enhancement of Central’s legacy of excellence and opportunity for our students. Every gift makes a difference every day!
Class Notes on alumni of both Central Catholic and St. Mary High School (designated by SM) are listed in this section. Several classes still
need a Class Correspondent. To volunteer please email: ddefillippo@centralcatholic.net
If your CCHS Year of
Graduation ends in
"5" or "0", your reunion
year is just ahead!
It’s time to start planning for a CCHS
reunion get-together. If you are
interested in helping to start or plan
your reunion (can be done through
conference calls if you are not in the
area) or would like to find out if your
class is having a reunion, please contact
Ryan Lee, Associate Director of Alumni,
at rlee@centralcatholic.net or
(978) 682-0260 x656.
1939
Alumni Giving: 25%
Correspondent needed. Have news?
Please call (978) 682-0260 ext. 680 or
email: emblem@centralcatholic.net
CCHS Alumni Office is trying to locate,
if possible, 4 members of the Inaugural
Graduating Class of 1939: Alfred J. Demers,
Walter G. Kelley, John J. Nugent, Jr. and William
A. Swift. Please call Dave DeFillippo ’66,
Advancement Office, (978) 682-0260 ext.
680, or email ddefillippo@centralcatholic.
net, if you have any information on our 4
honored alumni.
75th Anniversary Class
Alumni Giving: 17%
Goal: 15%
Your participation makes a difference.
Correspondent needed. Have news?
Please call (978) 682-0260 ext. 680 or
email: emblem@centralcatholic.net
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Joseph Blanchette, at age 91, continues
his love of music and song. He performs
songs from the 1920’s and 1940’s and
big band music as part of the Men of
St. Patrick. Joe and his group perform for
residents at Mary Immaculate Nursing
1944
Alumni Giving: 24%
Goal: 15%
Your participation makes a difference.
Correspondent needed. Have news?
Please call (978) 682-0260 ext. 680 or
email: emblem@centralcatholic.net
1945
70th Anniversary Class
Alumni Giving: 30%
Goal: 15%
Your participation makes a difference.
Correspondent: Charles M. Conlon,
seaplum@comcast.net
Joseph Blanchette '41,
move over George Burns!
Goal: 15%
Your participation makes a difference.
1940
& Restorative Center in Lawrence, also
at the Sutton Hill and Prescott House
nursing homes. Performing with Joe as part
of the Men of St. Patrick are: Jim Griffin ’47,
Dan Petty ’75 and Sean Reardon ’89.
1941
Alumni Giving: 32%
Goal: 15%
Your participation makes a difference.
Alumni Giving: 17%
Goal: 15%
Your participation makes a difference.
Correspondent needed. Have news?
Please call (978) 682-0260 ext. 680 or
email: emblem@centralcatholic.net
1942
1946
Alumni Giving: 11%
Goal: 15%
Correspondent needed. Have news?
Please call (978) 682-0260 ext. 680 or
email: emblem@centralcatholic.net
Daniel McLaughlin was presented
the Legionnaire of the Year Award by
American Legion Post 203, Newport, NC
in honor of his service to the Legion and
his community.
Your participation makes a difference.
Correspondent needed. Have news?
Please call (978) 682-0260 ext. 680 or
email: emblem@centralcatholic.net
1943
Alumni Giving: 20%
Goal: 15%
1947
Alumni Giving: 20%
Goal: 15%
Your participation makes a difference.
Correspondent needed. Have news?
Please call (978) 682-0260 ext. 680 or
email: emblem@centralcatholic.net
Your participation makes a difference.
Correspondent: Dr. Thomas F. Carney,
emblem@centralcatholic.net
Joe Murphy, the Dean of Eagle Tribune
sportswriters and mentor of many current
and well-established sports reporters,
wrote in a note to the Emblem, “I have
great memories of Central Catholic. Keep
up the good work!” Sadly, Joe passed
away recently.
1948
Alumni Giving: 35%
Goal: 15%
Your participation makes a difference.
Correspondent: Anthony R. Fragala,
tonyfragala@comcast.net
Class of 1948 “lunch bunch” got together
for a mid-summer lunch at the Chateau
Restaurant in Andover in July. (See photo
on next page).
Class of 1948 Lunch Bunch
1st row (L-R:) John Marcinkevich, Jay Tanzer, Art
Hamel, Tony Fragala (kneeling); 2nd row (L-R:)
Frank Foderaro, Don Schelling, Fr. Guy Vellardita
OFM, Ned Catalano, Bill Carney, Joe LaPlante,
Jim Maloney and Dave DeFillippo ’66, CCHS
Director of Communications.
Stan Navickas, age 83, and his wife, Pat,
continue to perform their dance shows
at various charitable events in Huntington
Beach, CA.
Dr. George LeMaitre '51 on his 80th birthday
visits with Dave DeFillippo '66 at CCHS
Roland Theberge checked off another bucket
list item taking an awesome trip to Alaska
on the MS Oosterdam in early July.
Alumni Giving: 15%
Goal: 15%
Your participation makes a difference.
1949
Alumni Giving: 13%
Correspondent: Frank Collopy,
franemco@comcast.net
Goal: 15%
Your participation makes a difference.
Correspondent needed. Have news?
Please call (978) 682-0260 ext. 680 or
email: emblem@centralcatholic.net
1950
65th Anniversary Class
Alumni Giving: 19%
Goal: 15%
Your participation makes a difference.
Correspondents: G. Thomas Catalano,
gtom331@comcast.net
Joseph G. Indoccio, 978-673-3929
Joseph Indoccio, Ray Pecci ’48, Jack Gianni,
Sebastian Catalano ’48, Carmen Reitano,
Tom Catalano and several close friends,
Michael Gueli, Joseph Pappalardo, Philip
Turrisi and Charles Rigoli, to honor their
recently deceased classmate and friend,
Patsy J. Cambria, dedicated a brick in the
“Pave-The-Way” campaign.
1951
Alumni Giving: 17%
Goal: 15%
Your participation makes a difference.
Correspondent: Roland E. Theberge,
rotheberge@comcast.net
Alumni Giving: 16%
Goal: 15%
Your participation makes a difference.
Correspondent: John A. Mele,
meleplaya@verizon.net
Charles Marcin and his wife Joyce “Bunny”
(DeLuca) Marcin ’56SM celebrated their 50th
wedding anniversary in June with a family
gathering in Florida.
Don Watson and Al Labrecque along with
Frank Collopy are “snow birds” spending
winters in the Villages, FL. Frank makes a
summertime appearance in Seabrook, NH.
Edward Murphy and his wife, Patricia,
heading in a northerly direction, moved
from Andover to Abbott Village in north
central Maine. Both are retired and are
living the good life. Their granddaughter,
Sarah Tully ’06, graduated from CCHS.
1953
Alumni Giving: 17%
Goal: 15%
Your participation makes a difference.
Correspondent: G. Joseph Shaheen,
joe-bun@comcast.net
1954
Alumni Giving: 13%
Goal: 15%
1956
Alumni Giving: 19%
Goal: 15%
Your participation makes a difference.
Correspondent: Marilyn (McCarthy)
Ralph,SM irishmmr@earthlink.net
Carole (Williams) Lachance traveled with
a group to Ireland visiting the Shrine
of Our Lady of Knock and later on
pilgrimaged to the Shrine at Medjugorje in
Bosnia-Herzegovina.
Anne Marie (Trepanier) Landisi had a special
birthday party planned by her daughter. Anne
and her family are planning a trip to Italy.
Angela (Christaldi) Nagy enjoys spending
the cold New England winter in Florida
where Zumba is her passion.
Maria (Bellanti) Rosati and her husband, Jim,
traveled to India, visited the Taj Mahal, then
on to Bhutan and Shangri La.
1957
Alumni Giving: 8%
Goal: 15%
Your participation makes a difference.
Correspondent: Donald A. Auger,
donjen73@verizon.net
Capt. Thomas J. Davies, Jr. has retired from
his position as a Department of Defense
Contracting Officer and makes his home in
Honolulu, Hawaii.
Your participation makes a difference.
Correspondent: Atty. Richard P. Consoli,
consolilaw@verizon.net
Thomas Kelley has retired as Group Vice
President of the American Institute of
CPA’s. He now makes his home in Ontario,
Canada. In a note to CCHS, Tom thanked
the school for the scholarship he received
on entering CCHS and how it made all
the difference to his family. He made a
generous gift to Central’s tuition assistance
program in appreciation.
1958
Alumni Giving: 14%
Goal: 15%
Your participation makes a difference.
Correspondent needed. Have news?
Please call (978) 682-0260 ext. 680 or
email: emblem@centralcatholic.net
Dr. Thomas Elwood and his son, Dr. Douglas
Elwood, have created a new website www.
thehealthcrossroad.com which allows one
to hear from the leading voices on health
concerns in the US.
Send us your news! Email your class note to emblem@centralcatholic.net or the Class Rep listed for your class.
Don’t forget to send along color photos!
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Dr. George Lemaitre was honored with a
60th Anniversary Class
John Mele welcomes information and
pictures from 1955 classmates about
themselves, family members, vacations, new
adventures and news for future Emblem
publications. Email or call (978) 373-3208.
1952
Stan '48 & Pat Navickas
1955
›› class notes
surprise journey arranged by his family on
his 80th birthday in November 2013. The
family arranged a visit and tour of many
places marking significant events and eras of
Dr. George’s life. One of the first stops on
the historic sojourn was at CCHS where
George remembered both his studies and
many days in detention in Room 22.
1959
Alumni Giving: 14%
Goal: 15%
Your participation makes a difference.
Correspondents: Alfred E. Torrisi,
aetorrisi@gmail.com
Richard J. McDonald, rredmcd@comcast.net
Robert “Bobby” Aziz since retiring from the
Gas Company has kept himself busy. Along
with his wife Thora, they have opened two
Dunkin Donuts shops in St. Petersburg, FL.
Al Torrisi and his family take great pride in
their business, Jackson Lumber & Millwork,
being named “National ProSales Dealer of
the Year” by ProSales Magazine, an industry
publication.
1960
55th Anniversary Class
Alumni Giving: 8%
Goal: 15%
Your participation makes a difference.
Correspondents: Eugene H. Ginchereau,
captehg1@aol.com
Patricia (Elia) Coco,SM librapatty@comcast.net
Attorney Ralph Barbagallo, Jr. has been elected
President of the Rockingham County (NH)
Bar Association. Ralph’s law firm, with
offices in Salem, NH, Hampton, NH and
North Andover, specializes in personal
injury product liability and malpractice and
negligence cases.
1961
Alumni Giving: 17%
The St. Mary HS Class of 1962 held their
Christmas Gathering at the home of Neil
and Adma (Shaheen) Bennett. Delicious
foods were provided by all the “Belles” and
gifts were exchanged in a “yankee swap.”
Joining in the festivities were: Linda (Herring)
Digney, Maura Dufault, Barbara (Chylinski)
Novack, Georginne (Bird) O’Neil, Joanne
(DeNuccio) Manville, Pat Riley, Maryann
(Hatem) Hatem, Mary Ellen (McCarthy)
Morris, Lucy (Glotch) Nickerson and husband
Steve, Marilyn (Killen) Deyermond, Joanne
(Lee) Williams, Joyce (Peters) Healy, Marilyn
(Sapka) Schifano, Phyllis (Sardella) Thomas,
Joan (Sarson) Pendleton, Admarose (Shaheen)
Bennett and Jacki (Greska) Cassidy. Lucy
(Glotch) Nickerson and Steve were kind
enough to offer their new home on Cape
Cod for the gathering on October 18.
Goal: 15%
Your participation makes a difference.
Correspondents: Robert L.Veilleux,
gettogether3@yahoo.com
1963
Alumni Giving: 17%
Goal: 15%
Your participation makes a difference.
Correspondents: Terence P. Flynn,
porterpup1@aol.com
Joseph E. Houle, josephhoule@yahoo.com
Capt. Jack Fitzgibbons’ brave service
and ultimate sacrifice in the Vietnam
War was chronicled in a compelling
article, “Memorial Days” in the Boston
College Magazine, Winter 2014. Terry
Flynn, Jack’s close friend and fellow
CCHS track team member, was an
important contributor to the inspiring
story. Jack’s personal story can be
found at www.bcm.bc.edu
Maurice J.Viscuso, momov@aol.com
1962
Alumni Giving: 9%
Alumni Giving: 24%
Goal: 15%
Your participation makes a difference.
Correspondent: Kenneth Gabriel,
emblem@centralcatholic.net
Joseph Dinan, Jr. is now retired and living
in FL and writes to the Emblem that he
is grateful for the quality education he
received at CCHS.
John May writes “After BC, the Army and
law school, three kids and 25 years as the
Chief Labor & Employment Lawyer for
Verizon, my wife and I retired to Marblehead,
MA. I remember the formative years at
CCHS very fondly.”
Jack Moffat’s CCHS 1964 Class Ring was
found. It is being safely held at CCHS. If
anyone knows how to reach Jack Moffat,
please contact Dave DeFillippo at CCHS,
(978) 682-0260 ext. 680.
Glenn Spatola sent along a note: “I want to
express my profound appreciation to Fr. John
Casey, Br. Aquinas and Br. John Dismas for
their dedication and especially sharing their
faith and spiritual guidance to 14-15 year
old boys. They were truly exceptional!”
50th Anniversary Class
Alumni Giving: 7%
Goal: 15%
Your participation makes a difference.
Correspondent: Louis DiBerardinis,
loudib@mit.edu
Your participation makes a difference.
Correspondent: Jacqueline (Greska)
Cassidy,SM cassidyj1@verizon.net
Lt. Jack Fitzgibbons '63, "Memorial Days",
BC Magazine, Winter 2014
Charles “Chuck” Smerdon after serving in the
Coast Guard and enjoying a long career as
an electrician, has happily retired with his
wife to North Port, FL.
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Michael Tangney continues his adventurous
world travels as he recently hiked
and explored the mountains and caves
of Norway. (See photo in next column).
Deacon Jim Marapoti '62 with daughter,
Patricia and son, James
1964
1965
Goal: 15%
Jim Marapoti was among 14 ordained as
Deacons on June 14 in Cary, NC in the
Diocese of Raleigh, NC after completing
the 5-year Diaconate program. Jim’s focus
areas are in Prison Ministry and the Sick
and Dying.
Michael Tangney '63 exploring in Norway
Ray German and Tony D’Agata teamed up
again in a Member/Guest tournament in
Naples, FL. They won their flight for the
4th straight year. Tony won the prestigious
“Founder’s Cup” at the Island Club on
Marco Island.
Frank Rapisardi retired after 35 years as a
teacher in Andover Public Schools in 2004,
has become an authority on senior driving,
giving symposiums on ways to improve driving skills of seniors. He is a member of the
International Motor Press Association and
just returned from covering the Monaco
Gran Prix. He authored his first book, “The
Royal Bartlett Farm,” presently on Kindle and
local bookstores. Frank’s son, Brent is a 1995
CCHS alum.
Alumni Giving: 17%
Goal: 15%
Your participation makes a difference.
Correspondent: James P. Dziadosz,
jardscentral66@aol.com
Charles Chelton and his wife, Sandra, have
joined volunteers from all over the US in
laying wreaths on the gravesites in Arlington National Cemetery on a weekend
before Christmas.
Mark Cocozza was among several University
of Massachusetts at Lowell alums to receive
the 2014 University Distinguished Alumni
Award in recognition for his highly successful
career in the footwear and apparel industry.
Clifford Jurdi visited with CCHS students in
the Career Exploration Series speaking on
careers in investment management and
advisory careers.
funds for the Jimmy Fund and is a volunteer
event photographer for the Jimmy Fund.
Ronald Suduiko working at Exeter Academy,
NH, happily reports four grandchildren,
three boys and a girl.
Robert Vailancourt travelled to the CCHS
45th Reunion from Bethel,Vermont, where
he is an established practicing psychologist.
John (Shane) Watson recently received
his Irish citizenship via his grandmother’s
heritage and encourages his Gaelic CCHS
brothers to do the same.
1968
Alumni Giving: 6%
Goal: 15%
Correspondent: Joseph A. Ruggieri,
jruggi9294@aol.com
The Class of 1968 celebrated its 45th
Reunion in November 2013 at the Claddagh
Pub in Lawrence.
1967
Alumni Giving: 12%
Goal: 15%
Your participation makes a difference.
Correspondent: Atty. Peter J. Caruso Sr.,
pcaruso@carusoandcaruso.com
Peter Caruso was recently inducted into the
New England Newspaper Hall of Fame in
recognition for his many years of service as
a media lawyer. His son, Peter, is also a media
lawyer; another son, Noah, is Senior Vice
President at Morgan Stanley. Wife, Gayle
’68SM is an artist who has exhibited at the
Bromfield Gallery, Boston. Peter and Gayle
have a new grandchild, Harry, their 5th.
Richard Orlando lives in Saugus, MA with his
fiancée, Ann. Dick is COO and President of
a software start-up company in Cambridge,
and has four granddaughters, two from his
son, Marc ’89.
Alumni Giving: 8%
Goal: 15%
Correspondent: Thomas Forzese,
4sayz@comcast.net
Ed Antos recently retired as National
Account Executive at Lane Press. He has
been involved in the printing and publishing
of special interest magazines for more
than 25 years. He and wife, Cindy, live in
Merrimac, MA.
Dennis McCarthy is now a Development
Officer for the Lawrence Boys & Girls Club.
1971
Alumni Giving: 17%
Goal: 15%
Your participation makes a difference.
Correspondent: Andrew DeFillippo,
andybiac@aol.com
The Class of 1971 has established an
Endowment Fund at CCHS in memory of
deceased members of the Class of ’71 in
order to provide scholarship assistance to
deserving and needy students. Gifts to the
1971 Fund are gratefully accepted at www.
centralcatholic.net/give
James Delisle, Ph.D. has authored a new book,
published in August 2014 and available
through Amazon, “Dumbing Down America:
The War On Our Nation’s Brightest Young
Minds (and What We Can Do To Fight Back).”
Members of 1968 should contact Joe Ruggieri as they want to have updated contacts
for Class of 1968 members to prepare for
a great turnout for the 50th in 2018.
Bob Harb was recently re-elected as Town
Moderator for Plaistow, NH. Bob served
as National President of Exchange Clubs of
America in 1999-2000.
Joseph Ruggieri continues to have a private
practice in psychological counseling in
North Andover, and is looking forward to
retiring in 2015.
John Spagnola is working with mental health
professionals who are petitioning Congress
for an investigation into the correlation
between mass shootings and the use of
psychotropic drugs.
1969
Alumni Giving: 11%
Goal: 15%
Your participation makes a difference.
Correspondent: John Giarrusso,
johnnyg24@comcast.net
James Delisle '71 author of new book
Donald Dube is President of Vidon Plastics,
Inc., a high quality manufacturer of plastic
extrusions in Lapeer, MI.
Central Catholic relies on the support of
friends and alumni to fulfill our mission.
Every gift makes a difference in continuing
Central's legacy of excellence and
opportunity. Whether you made a gift of
$10, $25, $50, $100 or much more, a
sincere “thank you” is extended to all who
have made gifts, small or large, to insure
for our students the growth and success
of the mission of CCHS!
Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of Class Notes.
If you notice an error, please email emblem@centralcatholic.net or call 978-682-0260 ext. 635.
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Brian Richards is living in Pennsville, NJ,
retired in 2012 after a 38-year career in the
nuclear energy industry. Brian actively raises
(L-R): Peter Lucchesi, Paul Narkus, Dave
Aufiero, Mark Palermo, Joe Ruggieri & Joe
Stewart
45th Anniversary Class
Your participation makes a difference.
Your participation makes a difference.
Cliff Jurdi '66 counsels CCHS students
Bill Sawyer, retired from the US Immigration
& Customs Service and living in VT, recently
visited CCHS for the first time in 40 years.
He was astounded and proud of the developments in facilities and academic programs.
1970
›› class notes
1966
Joseph Endyke is the co-founder of NSA,
Inc. which recycles back-up tapes, hard
drives and laser toner cartridges. He
founded the company after a long and
successful career with BASF Magnetics as
Director of Business Development.
Michael Qualter, after nearly 40 years
educating inner-city students, retired in
June, most recently as Headmaster of
Lawrence High School. He has served LHS
in many capacities since 1993.
Daniel Scanlon has joined Colliers
International providing investment sales
and tenant representation service in
Southern NH. Dan also currently serves as
Vice President of the Board of Manchester
Community Music School, NH.
1972
Alumni Giving: 7%
Goal: 15%
Your participation makes a difference.
Correspondent: Atty. Robert C. Autieri,
rcalaw1@aol.com
Robert “Bob” Korbey is Principal of Robert
A. Korbey CPA, MBA, Windham, NH,
specializing in service to individuals and
businesses in the areas of income taxes,
write up work, payroll, financial services and
investment advisory.
The St. Mary High School Class of 1974
held their 40th Anniversary Reunion
on November 8, 2014. To get on the
list for future reunions, contact Donna
(Robillard) Eideh at deideh@comcast.
net or Angela D’Agata at adagata@
commonwealthmotors.com
Tech Services, founded in 2006. Tim
wishes all his classmates well with a special
shout-out to Dennis ’79, best friends for 39
years, and Tina ’83SM Conlin.
Attorney Carl Potvin. P.C. operates a law
practice with a focus on personal injury,
family and elder law in Rochester, NH.
Your participation makes a difference.
1975
40th Anniversary Class
Alumni Giving: 18%
Goal: 15%
Your participation makes a difference.
Correspondent: Gary J. Gallant,
gjgallant@comcast.net
George Ead works as an Engineer and IT
Professional for Alcatel-Lucent and also
continues as an independent Enrolled
Agent-Taxpayer Representative.
Richard O’Leary, CLU, is a self-employed
insurance broker operating Mulberry
Financial, Methuen, MA with has vast
experience in the field.
1976
Alumni Giving: 9%
Goal: 15%
Your participation makes a difference.
Dr. Paul Potvin, M.D. maintains a practice in
family medicine in Hampden, ME.
Correspondent: Joseph S. DiSalvo,
joceltic@optonline.net
Atty. Thomas Torrisi continues to serve the
youth of the Merrimack Valley as a baseball
umpire and recently was honored as Tom
umpired his 1,000th Little League Game and
was tabbed to umpire the MA State Little
League Finals for the last 2 years.
Mark Cote has been in the restaurant
management business for over 35 years.
Getting out of the cold and moving south
to Charlotte, NC, Mark is VP – Operations
for 80 sites of Salsarita’s Fresh Mexican
Cantina in 19 states. Mark and wife, Helena,
have three children.
1973
Alumni Giving: 8%
Goal: 15%
Your participation makes a difference.
Correspondent: James Boucher,
boucher.jim@gmail.com
Paul Cahill, with a Juris Doctorate from
Boston College, maintains a law practice,
Law Offices of Paul Cahill, specializing in
criminal defense in Andover, MA.
Br. Thomas Long, FMS has joined the staff
of Christopher Columbus High School
in Miami in the role of Assistant to the
President.
1974
Alumni Giving: 12%
Goal: 15%
Your participation makes a difference.
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Correspondents: Gino J. Baroni,
gbaroni@tridentgrp.com
Janice (Solomon) Solomon,SM
jandmsol@aol.com
Dr. Mark McGee, O.D. has a successful
career as an optometrist. He and wife,
Janice, live in Dracut, MA and join many
families with a CCHS legacy with their
three children as Raider alumni: Philip ’04,
Evan ’06 and Brenna ’08.
1977
Alumni Giving: 8%
Goal: 15%
Your participation makes a difference.
1979
Alumni Giving: 10%
Goal: 15%
Correspondents: Stephen A. Daly,
sdalynh@comcast.net
Steven J. Kurek, sjkurek@comcast.net
David Cocchiaro has moved on from
Oracle and is a Datacenter Solutions
Specialist for Microsoft in the Greater
Boston area.
Andy Kelley, President of Effective Student
Marketing, was named to the Board of
the Massachusetts Association of Private
Career Schools. Andy’s company, Effective
Student Marketing, creates, monitors and
manages pay per click campaigns for higher
education institutions.
1980
35th Anniversary Class
Alumni Giving: 8%
Goal: 15%
Your participation makes a difference.
Correspondent: Lynne (DiMauro)
Lovasco,SM Lindzey62@msn.com
Thomas Conaton is the Senior Vice
President for Business Banking for Eastern
Bank, Lowell, MA. Tom visited CCHS after
many years and was pleased to see the
multitude of enhancements to the school’s
facilities and academic programs.
1981
Alumni Giving: 11%
Goal: 15%
Your participation makes a difference.
Correspondent: Philippe Thibault,
p.thibault@comcast.net
Andrew Corey has been chosen as the
new Superintendent of SAU ’41 in
NH overseeing the Hollis-Brookline
School District. Andy had been Assistant
Superintendent specializing in curriculum
and assessment for Londonderry, NH.
Correspondent: John C. Housianitis,
jhousianitis@centralcatholic.net
1978
Alumni Giving: 6%
Goal: 15%
Your participation makes a difference.
Correspondent: Dennis A. Conlin,
daconlin@comcast.net
Timothy Crawley, US Army Captain (ret.),
lives in Potomac, MD, where he and his
wife, Elizabeth, own and operate Gemini
Andrew Corey '81,
Superintendent, SAU 41 NH
Alumni Giving: 11%
Goal: 15%
Your participation makes a difference.
1984
Alumni Giving: 6%
Goal: 15%
Your participation makes a difference.
Correspondent: John M. Shaheen,
johnshaheen@comcast.net
Correspondent: Wayne A. DeLuca,
waynedeluca@gmail.com
Robert Sheehan was presented the 2014
Book of Golden Deeds on June 10 by
the Exchange Club of Greater Lawrence.
Robert was honored for his many years
of service and as a benefactor for many
community projects benefitting Greater
Lawrence. He is the owner of Sheehan’s
Towing, Methuen, a past member of
the CCHS Board of Directors, lives in
Methuen with his wife, Linda, children,
Catherine ’10, Neil ’14 and Ella ’16.
The CCHS Class of 1984 is planning their
30th Anniversary Reunion on November 29,
2014 at 6pm at Jocelyn's Restaurant in
Salem, NH.
(L-R): Ella Sheehan '16, mother Eleanor
Sheehan, honoree Robert Sheehan '82, wife
Linda Sheehan and son Neil Sheehan '14
1983
Alumni Giving: 14%
Domenic Armano is employed as a Web
Strategist for Avid Technology, Inc. Avid
specializes in video and audio production
technology for television and film.
Robert Breton won election to the School
Board for the Windham, NH, school district.
Kevin Broadhurst is the Regional Sales Director for New England for St. Jude Medical,
a global medical device manufacturer. He
makes his home in Milford, NH.
Alan Fullerton, partner at investment banking
firm of Mirus Capital Advisors, Burlington,
MA visited the CCHS Career Exploration
Series advising students on careers in
corporate finance and investment banking.
Clifford Farrah is President and Chairman
of the Board of The Beacon Group,
specialists in growth strategies and tactics
for the world’s leading companies. Cliff
is a graduate of UMass Amherst and the
Darden Graduate School of Business
Administration of the University of Virginia.
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1982
Kate (Heggarty) GrantSM is teaching at Saint
Michael School, North Andover, MA.
Cindy SamarisSM and her husband own and
operate two restaurants, "Margheritas" and
"Mickie Squared" in Hoboken, NJ.
Gary Snoonian is the Co-Executive
Producer of the late night “Chelsey Lately”
show. After Tufts University, Gary earned an
MPA at the University of Michigan, worked
for the Commonwealth of MA and traded
in his snowblower for life in CA. He is
married and has two little girls.
Michelle (Lemieux) Smith, Christine (Found)
Dunn, Pam Basso, Eileen (Sice) Xenakis and
Cynthia (Desmarais) Bastille from the St.
Mary HS Class of 1985 participated in the
Color Run in Portland, ME. The monies
raised were donated to the Barbara Bush
Children’s Hospital.
Goal: 15%
Your participation makes a difference.
Correspondents: Francis “Chip”
MacDonald Jr., chipmacdonald@verizon.net
Tina (LaCroix) Conlin,SM
tconlin@comcast.net
Charles Samaris, Colonel U.S. Army,
completed his 3-year command of the
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – New
England District at a Change of Command
ceremony at Faneuil Hall on July 31. The
highly decorated Samaris, a veteran of
Operation Desert Spring and Operation
Iraqi Freedom, will fill a post in Miami, FL.
Col. Charles Samaris '83 honored at
Faneuil Hall
Mark Grise, M.D. is a cardiologist with
practices in Pensacola, FL and New
Orleans, LA.
Robert Kirk is an attorney in the law
practice of Wilkinson Barker Knauer in
Washington, DC.
Gary Lacrois is the Chief of the Design
Branch for the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers, New England District based in
Concord, MA.
Steve Lyons is Senior Vice President of
Engineering for Active Networks, Newton,
MA. Steve’s daughter, Rebecca, is a junior
at CCHS.
1985
30th Anniversary Class
Alumni Giving: 8%
Goal: 15%
Your participation makes a difference.
Correspondent: Christine (Found) Dunn,SM
christinedunn@rocketmail.com
St. Mary HS 1985 alums in Color Run event
Terry Walsh volunteered as an EMT working
patient transport from Babson College to
the finish line at the 2014 Boston Marathon.
1986
Alumni Giving: 9%
Goal: 15%
Your participation makes a difference.
Correspondent: Lynne (Pilat) Chase,SM
lchase@winnco.com
Timothy Donovan is a Territory Manager for
Waste Management, Inc., Foxboro, MA.
Tim has been in various positions with
WM since 2005.
Robert Malenfant has mentored CCHS
students in the Career Exploration Series.
Rob is Executive Director and Complex
Manager at Morgan Stanley, Boston,
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Mary SullivanSM is a unique businesswoman.
For 15 years, she has been one of very
few women to own and operate an auto
service business, Independent Tire, in
North Andover, MA.
Alan Fullerton '84 advises CCHS students
in Career Exploration Series
supervising 125 financial advisors. He lives
with his wife Kathy and son and daughter
in Weston, MA.
Rob Malenfant '86 advises CCHS students
in Career Exploration Series
1987
Alumni Giving: 5%
Goal: 15%
Your participation makes a difference.
Correspondents: P. Jonathan Beauchesne,
Jonathan.Beauchesne@partners.org
Michael Bellanti,
michaelbellanti@bellantilawoffices.com
Edward R. Crespo, eddiecrespo@gmail.com
Michael Bellanti, J.D. is principal attorney at
the Law Offices of Michael J. Bellanti, a full
service law firm in Andover.
George Clement was chosen to deliver
the keynote address on May 1 in
Boston at the “Literacy Leadership
Dinner” sponsored by Scholastic. George
earned this honor in recognition of his
efforts to improve reading skills in high
school students as a Reading Coach at
Minuteman High School, Lexington, MA.
Paul Hamel is an English teacher and
Assistant Principal at Marin Catholic High
School, Kentfield, CA sponsored by the
Archdiocese of San Francisco. Paul and his
wife, Gretchen, make their home in San
Rafael, CA.
1988
Alumni Giving: 7%
Goal: 15%
Your participation makes a difference.
Correspondent: Mark T. Duquette,
mark_duquette@yahoo.com
Michael Cassano is the new Wide
Receivers Coach and Passing Game
Coordinator for UMass Amherst
Minutemen football.
Scott Watkins is the Director of Human
Resources at Catholic Medical Center in
Manchester, NH.
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1989
Alumni Giving: 8%
Goal: 15%
Your participation makes a difference.
Correspondents: Robin Ard,SM
Rockin571@aol.com
Lorraine (Garcia) Mojica,SM
lorymojica@comcast.net
Jeffrey Dumond became a member of the
Advisory Board of Democratic GAIN in
2013. Democratic GAIN is the premier
organization that assists individuals who are
looking for employment opportunities with
government offices, campaigns and groups.
Marc Moschetto is Vice President of Global
Marketing for WorkForce Software. He
makes his home in Milville, MA.
Raymond Sierpina is Senior Vice President,
Public Policy and Government Affairs for
Kindred Healthcare, Louisville, KY. He and
wife, Karen, have three children.
1990
25th Anniversary Class
Alumni Giving: 6%
Goal: 15%
Your participation makes a difference.
Correspondent: Kami Buntin Crawford,SM
kcbrn26@aol.com
Eric Desmond is a Senior Quality Engineer
at Genzyme, Cambridge, MA.
Billy Jay Gallagher works as a mortgage
broker in Brooklyn, CT and recently
completed an EMT program. He is
married with two children.
Timothy Quinn is a principal and partner at
Pylon Technology, an IT services provider
in Westport, CT.
1993
Alumni Giving: 6%
Goal: 15%
Your participation makes a difference.
Correspondent: Frank C. Morris,
fcmorris@gmail.com
Radhames Nova was named one of the
“Emerging Leaders” by “Hispanic Executive”
magazine, Feb.-Mar. 2014, and was profiled
in the Boston Business Journal. Radhames
is the Executive Director of ALPFA, the
country’s largest Latino professional
organization. He and wife, Alexandra, live
in Salem, NH and celebrated the birth of a
son, Adrian Daniel, on July 28. Adrian was
welcomed home by twin sisters, Alannis
and Ayanna.
Jamie Manti is now Director of Materials
with Amphenol Printed Circuit Board
Technology in Nashua, NH.
Brett Marceau is Vice President of Engineering for Rave Mobile Safety and Rave Wireless,
Framingham, MA which provides solutions
to public and campus environments.
1991
Alumni Giving: 6%
Goal: 15%
Your participation makes a difference.
Correspondent: Jennifer (Sirois)
Beaudoin,SM wjbeaudoin@comcast.net
Adrian Daniel Nova, CCHS Class of 2033
Scott Young has been appointed Assistant
Principal for Athletics and Activities at
North Andover High School. He and his
wife Karen have two children, Theresa (6)
and Kathyrn (4).
Troy Medeiros is employed as an International Market Manager for Worthen
Industries, Inc. in Nashua, NH.
1994
Brent Smith, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor
of Marketing & Director of Fellowships
at the Erivan K. Haub School of Business
at St. Joseph’s University, Philadelphia, PA.
Correspondents: Thomas J. Felago,
tfelago@gmail.com
1992
Alumni Giving: 4%
Goal: 15%
Your participation makes a difference.
Correspondents: Michael T. Torrisi,
MT Torrisi@gmail.com
Sinead Cassidy,SM sincass02@hotmail.com
Matthew Corbett is Marketing Assistant for
Matlaw’s, a division of National Fish and
Seafood, Inc., in Gloucester, MA.
Ryan Foley is a Senior Copywriter for
Loyalty Express, a marketing and advertising
firm in Woburn, MA.
Alumni Giving: 3%
Goal: 15%
Your participation makes a difference.
James C. Riviezzo,
james_riviezzo@yahoo.com
Doreen ChampagneSM is the first female
police officer to be named a Sergeant
and Superior Officer in the Haverhill, MA
Police Department.
Michael Currier was named an “Honored
Hero” and delivered the keynote address
for the annual “Taking Steps for Crohn’s
and Colitis Walk” in Boston on June 7, 2014.
Mike is a Physician Assistant and Associate
Director of Program Development for
Brigham & Women’s Hospital, Boston. He
and his wife, Nikki, and their two children
are residents of Ashland, MA. (See photo
on next page).
1996
Mike Currier '94 and his children
Clifton Spinney, CFP has moved on from
Merrill Lynch and is now Vice President/
Senior Portfolio Manager at UBS, Andover,
MA. He is married and lives in Nashua, NH.
1995
20th Anniversary Class
Alumni Giving: 6%
Goal: 15%
Your participation makes a difference.
Alumni Giving: 2%
Goal: 15%
Your participation makes a difference.
Correspondents: Michael J. Armano,
mike@attorneyarmano.com
Joel L. Boutin, joelboutin@gmail.com
David Beaudry, former writer/producer for
CNN Headline News, is the author of
“Animal Bites: The Hippo on the Loose,” firstin-a series of children’s books. It is available
on Amazon.com.
Correspondent: Jason M. Ball,
jayball77@aol.com
John Paul Gallagher, corporate security
professional, works as an Executive
Protection Specialist for Fidelity
Investments, Boston. JP and his wife have
two daughters, ages 3 and 1.
Major Paul Grant, US Army, upon graduating
from West Point and Army Ranger School,
served tours in Kosovo, South Korea, Iraq
and recently completed his third tour in
Afghanistan. Major Grant, in his 14th year in
the US Army, is now the Operations Officer
Trainer stationed at the National Training
Center, Fort Irwin, CA.
Sean Martin and his wife, Maria, welcomed
the birth of their third child, a son, Sean,
on August 30.
Goal: 15%
Your participation makes a difference.
Correspondents: Angela I. Kulesza,
angela.kulesza@gmail.com
Andrew P. Nikonchuk,
anikonchuk@centralcatholic.net
Tara (Duma) Quinn is now a Special
Education Teacher in the Tewksbury (MA)
Public Schools.
Eric Hamel, with a Master’s Degree
from Providence College, is a Liability
Claims Adjuster for Homesite Insurance,
headquartered in Boston.
Erin (Keleher) Mackay has been appointed
to the position of Assistant Principal at the
Tilton Elementary School, Haverhill, MA.
Erin is married to Geoffrey Mackay ’97.
"Animal Bites" by Dave Beaudry '96
Scott Flores works as a 401(k) Plan
Consultant for ADP TotalSource in Boston.
Hernan Guerrero is a successful Real
Estate Agent for Home Shop Properties,
Methuen, MA. Home Shop Properties is
operated by Walkiria Manzueta ’98.
Joseph Uliano graduated from Suffolk
Law School in 2008 and is a Real Estate
Attorney for Alavi & Braza Law Group in
Milford, MA. He and wife, Corinne, have
two daughters and are expecting their
third child.
Urales Vargas was recognized by musical
artist, Pitbull, on stage at the Latin Grammy
Awards for his award-winning production
work for Pitbull.
Ryan Thompson has been promoted to
Chief Communications Officer & Director
of Leadership Giving at the Hole in the
Wall Gang Camp, Ashford, CT. The Camp
provides summer camp opportunities
free of charge to seriously ill children in
the Northeast.
1999
Alumni Giving: 4%
Goal: 15%
Your participation makes a difference.
Correspondents: Timothy M. Hattori,
centralcatholic1999@gmail.com
John P. Muldoon, jpm2024@yahoo.com
Rick O’Donnell, rickod1@hotmail.com
1997
Alumni Giving: 3%
Goal: 15%
Your participation makes a difference.
Daniel Beaulieu celebrated his marriage to
Zona Sharfman on February 8, 2014.
Correspondent: Jonathan J. Rossi,
jrossi79@yahoo.com
Erin (Fay) Garnett, with an M.Ed. from
Endicott College, is the Director of
Admissions at Keystone Montessori School,
North Chelmsford, MA.
Andrew Scanlon is a member of the
music faculty at East Carolina University,
Greenville, NC. He oversees the
undergraduate and graduate programs in
organ performance and sacred music.
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Sean Martin, CCHS Class of 2033
Alumni Giving: 4%
Michael Niles and Erin Morin ’02 celebrated
their wedding on May 17 and are now
part of the growing list of Raider love
stories and marriages.
Gregory Conant works as a Portfolio
Manager for the Bank of New York Mellon
in Boston. He and his wife have two
adorable young daughters.
Brock Fay, with an MBA from Suffolk
University, is Vice President for Sales and
Service Delivery for CareScout, Waltham,
MA, a disivion of Genworth Financial.
Brock and his wife have one son, age 3
and a newborn in Spring 2014.
1998
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Nora Lyons SauterSM is employed as Administrator/ Event Coordinator for Esri, an international supplier of Geographic Information
System software, Middleton, MA.
Crystal (Bozek) Valencia celebrated her
wedding to Milton Valencia in August
2013 at Nashoba Valley Winery, Bolton,
MA. Crystal is the Associate Director
of Media Relations at the University of
Massachusetts at Boston.
Natasha (Campbell) Ballou earned a
Master’s Degree in Management and Finance
at Harvard University and works as an
Associate Vice President & Banking Center
Manager at Bank of America in Boston.
Patrick McDonald, with an MBA from
Northeastern University, is the Vice
President – Treasury and Balance Sheet
Strategies for Citizens Bank in Boston.
Colleen (Muldoon) Brauch and her husband
celebrated the birth of their son, Liam, in
December 2013.
Crystal Bozek '99 and Milton Valencia
Daryl Bradley celebrated his marriage to
Shaun Moore in May 2013.
Roberto German has moved to the Lone
Star State and accepted a position as
Director of Student Affairs and Services at
Magnolia Montessori For All in Austin, TX.
Scott Goddard, Springfield College alum,
works for Harnum Cane & Rigging and is
busy raising a family in York, ME.
John Muldoon is the new Assistant Principal
for Instruction at Belmont High School,
MA and lives in Melrose.
Scott Poirier and his wife were blessed with
the birth of a son, Chase, on February 22.
Leon Vitale is employed as a Technical
Analyst II at the Beth Israel Deaconess
Medical Center, Boston.
2000
15 Anniversary Class
Carney Mulligan is employed as a Credit
Analyst & Junior Portfolio Manager for
John Hancock Financial Services in Boston.
Lynelia Raposo is Senior Manager for
Customer Marketing for Garnier – L’Oreal
in New York City.
Andrew Rodger holds the position of
Accounts Director for Matter Communications with offices in Boston, Newburyport,
MA and Providence, RI.
Karen (Salvo) Nigrelli and husband, Tom,
welcomed the birth of their first child,
a daughter, in 2013.
Vincent Forzese has shifted real estate firms
and is now working with RE/MAX On The
River in Newburyport, MA.
Samantha Korbey continues her climb in
the world of opera as she signed a twoyear contract to sing with the Turin, Italy
Opera Company.
Kaitlin LaTorre earned an MSW at
Simmons College and is a Social Worker
for the Special Needs Law Group of
Massachusetts, PC.
Michael Novak recently became engaged
and he and his fiancée are planning a May
2015 wedding.
Stephanie Valcourt-Dexter is Clincial
Research Coordinator at Lowell General
Hospital, specializing in oncology, device
and cardiology clinical research.
Dr. Heather (Wiggin) Mane, M.D. and
husband Eric Mane ’99 celebrated the
birth of their first child, a son, Thomas, in
February. Heather’s practice is located at
Elliot Hospital in Londonderry NH, while
Eric owns and operates Henry’s Jewelry
and Awards in Lawrence.
Maria (Santos) Aviles, Trinity College
graduate, works as an Executive Assistant
for Putnam Associates, Burlington, MA,
a strategic consulting firm.
Matthew Sarbanis is a double “Golden
Domer,” having earned his B.A. and M.S. in
Accountancy from the University of Notre
Dame. He is currently the Director of
Finance for WGBH in Boston.
Tommy Mane, CCHS '32
th
Alumni Giving: 5%
Goal: 15%
Your participation makes a difference.
2001
Alumni Giving: 6%
Goal: 15%
Your participation makes a difference.
2002
Alumni Giving: 3%
Goal: 15%
Your participation makes a difference.
Correspondents: Nicholas C. Brown,
nicholascbrown@yahoo.com
Correspondent: Vincent T. Forzese,
vforzese@gmail.com
Correspondents: Michael P. Burkardt,
mpburkardt@hotmail.com
Karen L. Carberry,
klcarberry@hotmail.com
Brian Doherty continues his superlative
career as a performer as he works in
London with Michael Flatley in development
of a new international dance show.
Kelli Lynn Carberry, Kcarberry@hotmail.com
Thomas R. Comeau,
tom@philbincomeaufh.com
Daniel D’Agata, danieldagata@yahoo.com
David Beaudoin, Major, U.S. Army, is
an infantry officer now stationed in
Leavenworth, KS. Major Beaudoin is a
West Point graduate.
Christina (Doherty) Edler and her husband
celebrated the birth of their first child, a son,
Ryan Timothy Edler, on October 9, 2013.
Stephanie Bergeron and Daniel Cobb
celebrated their wedding in October
2013. Stephanie works as a Case Manager
for at-risk juveniles for the YEES program
in Hollis, NH. Matt Bergeron ’00 was
a groomsman and Sean McQuillan ’01
delivered readings.
Matthew Bergeron, San Diego State graduate, is a Corporate Sales Rep. for Success
Factors, an SAP Company in Boston.
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April Boettcher, with a Master’s Degree
in Sports Medicine from GardnerWebb University, enters her 7th year at
Cushing Academy in Ashburnham, MA,
as Associate Athletic Trainer and Faculty
Development Liaison.
Ryan Timothy Edler, CCHS '31
Stephanie Bergeron '02
& husband, Daniel
Matthew Goldstein takes all his master
automotive service technician skills to the
University of New Hampshire where he is
one of the University’s master automotive
technicians.
Nicole (Grandmaison) Vouris, MBA works as
a Property Manager for Raytheon Systems,
responsible for managing government
property across Raytheon sites in Sudbury
and Marlboro.
Bethany Knight earned an M.S. in Accounting from the Carroll School of Management at Boston College, is a CPA and
Finance Manager in Distribution Services
for TJX Companies, Framingham, MA.
Meghan McDowell and Sean Landers ’01
are engaged and will be wed on
November 22, 2014.
Jeffrey Mora works at Harvard Pilgrim
Health Care and through his efforts
has secured two mini-grants for student
programs at CCHS.
A CCHS love story – Erin Morin and
Michael Niles ’98 celebrated their wedding
on May 17.
Patrick Randall earned an M.S. in Finance
from Bentley University and is the Operations Manager at New England Investment
& Retirement Group, Inc. in North Andover.
Kimberly Stevens is the Salon Manager for
Salon Marc Harris in Boston. Kim earned
a B.A. in Business Administration at
Endicott College.
Colleen Walley is an Agent Associate at the
Harry Walker Agency in New York City.
The agency represents an incredible variety
of sought-after professional speakers.
2004
Alumni Giving: 2%
Goal: 15%
Your participation makes a difference.
Correspondent: Robert P. Barry,
Robert.p.barry@gmail.com
Greer Amaru is working in downtown
Boston for Wellington Management
Company.
Marielle (Baroni) Plante and husband, Bryan,
celebrated the birth of their first child, a
son, Noah Joseph, on July 4, weighing in at
8 lbs. 2 ozs. and 21 inches.
Alumni Giving: 2%
Goal: 15%
Your participation makes a difference.
Correspondent: Amanda L. Angell,
amandabangles@gmail.com
Daniel Chadwick earned a Juris Doctor from
Suffolk Law School in 2010 and is an attorney and Senior Tax Associate at McGladrey,
Boston, MA. He is currently studying for a
Master of Laws from BU in taxation.
Lisa Giarratano is the Director of Math
Curriculum and Instruction for ReNEW
Schools in New Orleans, LA.
Erin Hoefler earned her Juris Doctorate
law degree from New England School
of Law in 2013 and opened a practice in
Haverhill specializing in matters of personal injury, domestic relations, contracts
and campaign and election law.
Elise Giordano was admitted to the Tufts
University School of Dental Medicine and is
in her second year of studies.
Erica (Hall) Raiche and husband, Dustin,
welcomed the birth of their first child a
daughter, Hailey Josephine, in 2013.
Ashley MacLeod and Michael Levasseur are
counted among many Raider love stories as
they were married in 2010.
Joseph Muraco and his wife, April, celebrated
the birth of their first child Joseph James “JJ”
on March 27, 2014.
Jeffrey Trull, M.S. Tufts University, is principal
and owner of Jeffrey Trull Content Strategy,
Portland, OR.
2005
10th Anniversary Class
Alumni Giving: 1%
Goal: 15%
Correspondent: Brian J. Ford,
brianjford@gmail.com
Noah Joseph Plante, CCHS '33 with Dad
and Mom
Christine Breen was presented the Outstanding Young Engineering Professional Award by
the American Council of Engineering Companies of MA. Christine is a Transportation
Engineer for Nitsch Engineering, Boston and
was also a featured presenter in the CCHS
Career Exploration Series.
Michael Dube '11 & Christine Breen '04
Engineering Award winners
Danielle (Burns) Rosanio is owner/photographer of Rosanio Photography, Methuen, MA,
specializes in weddings and photography of
memorable events.
Adrian Adames, after completing a B.S. in
Mechanical Engineering from M.I.T., is a
Graduate Student Researcher in robotics at
the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
Jessica Bruno, RN, BSN visited with students
in the CCHS Career Exploration Series.
Jess is a Pediatric ICU Nurse at Tufts Boston
Floating Hospital.
Jennifer Early celebrated her marriage to
Chris Plourde on New Year’s Eve with a
reception at the Granite Rose, Hampstead,
NH. CCHS alums attending the wedding
party in photo on next page: (L-R): Nick
Natale ’09 (videographer), Karen Young,
David Shaheen ’64, Wade Anderson ’88,
Adam Matos ’04, Louis Mailloux ’78, Michael
Savastano, David Lee, Mary DePippo ’07,
Zach Syzmanski, Meg McCleary, Jenni Dunn,
Tim Early ’08, Doug Early ’02, Scott Young ’93,
Nick Zambino, John Beaudoin ’73, Kaitlin
Beaudoin; (R-L): Peter Appareti ’08 (videographer), Michele Martin, Kaitlin Folinus, Paige
Savy, Andrew Grange, Alaina Iannazzi, Ashleigh
George, Bride Jennifer Early, Katy Savastano,
Sean Wadland, Alyson Shaheen. Jennifer
graduated from Assumption College with a
B.S. in Organizational Communications and
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Bill Paquin is an airline pilot and captain
for Gama Air Charters & Wheels Up, flying private charter aircraft for celebrities,
dignitaries and sports teams. He recently
visited with CCHS students interested in
careers in aviation.
Scott Doherty is the lead dancer in the Irish
Show at Busch Gardens in Virginia. Scott
has developed his own original dance show,
"Rockin' Road to Dublin", and is working to
find interested promoters.
Your participation makes a difference.
Ross Tremblay is a Senior Associate
Management Consultant with Beacon
Consulting Group, Boston.
2003
Erin Doherty has landed a new position as
a Business Development Consultant at
Oracle in Greater Boston.
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Jennifer Chuks is the Assistant Athletic
Director and Assistant Women’s Basketball
Coach at prestigious Williams College, MA.
works as an Executive Assistant at FirstBest
Systems in Bedford, MA. Jennifer & Chris
make their home in Methuen.
2006
Alumni Giving: 1%
Goal: 15%
Your participation makes a difference.
Correspondents: Kristina L. Carberry,
kris.carberry@gmail.com
Stephanie R. Caruso,
stephanierose.caruso@gmail.com
Jennifer Early '05 and CCHS alumni at her
wedding to Chris Plourde
Elizabeth Gemmell aside from working as a
Marketing Copywriter/Editor for Marketing
Matters LLC, keeps busy as an Independent
Beachbody Coach for Team Beachbody and
creator of www.DroptheCookie.com.
Casey Malarney is a school counselor in
North Carolina.
Kristen Meyers, Bates College grad, is now a
student at Tufts University Medical School.
Rachel O'Neill celebrated her marriage
to Christopher Cresta at their wedding
on May 24. CCHS alumni attending the
wedding were Samantha Stella, Meghan
Forsberg, Kate Walsh, Gabby Halks, Chelsea
O'Neill and Darcey O'Neill. Rachel works in
Business Development Operations for Ora
Ophthalmic Research, Andover.
Kelly Buck continues her NYC acting and
dancing career. She danced in a Broadwaystyle variety show honoring Tony Bennett at
the iconic Apollo Theater. Kelly graduated
summa cum laude from Rutgers University
with a BFA in Dance, and lives on the
Upper East Side of Manhattan. She has
performed in musical theatre productions
of "Aida", "42nd Street", "Kiss Me Kate" and
"Anything Goes".
Julianne Cargill now in her 2nd year of a
Physician’s Assistant program at Northeastern University, recently returned
with a number of her classmates from
a medical mission in the rural regions
of Guatemala.
Maryann Clement and Ricky Cash
celebrated their Raider wedding in 2013
at ceremonies at St. Monica Church with
a reception at Brookstone, Derry, NH.
Maryann is a 2010 Merrimack College
alumna and now works as a Deposit
Servicing Representative for Enterprise
Bank. Ricky, a 2010 UMass Lowell graduate,
is the General Manager of Beantowne
Coffee House, Hampstead, NH. They
make their home in Methuen.
Amanda Stumpf and Doug Naffah were
married in August 2014, adding another
page to the journal of Raider love stories.
2007
Alumni Giving: 3%
Goal: 15%
Your participation makes a difference.
Correspondent: Michael J. Cronin Jr.,
mcroninjr@yahoo.com
Mike Cronin proposed to Lauren Feroce ’07
in April before the curtain went up in the
CCHS’ Allan B. Rogers Theatre at the musical “Once Upon A Mattress.” Lauren and
Mike met at CCHS while cast members in
the Theatre Guild. Lauren said “Yes.”
Michael Cronin '07 "pops the question" to
Lauren Feroce '07
Christopher Dion, a graduate of St. Joseph
College, ME, is employed as a Bank Loan
Specialist, Associate for State Street Bank
in Boston.
Patrick Fay and Catherine Desjardins ’08
celebrated their marriage with a Raider
wedding in May. Patrick and Catherine
were married at St. Thomas of Villanova
Church, Villanova, PA. The wedding party
included Christine Blain ’08, Tyler Fay ’16,
Roger Matar, Kay-Elaine Moynihan ’08 and
Steven Zajac.
Rachel O'Neill '05 & husband,
Christopher Cresta
Isis Ortiz earned a M.S. in Finance from
the New England College of Business and
Finance and works as a Credit Analyst and
Junior Portfolio Manager for John Hancock
Financial Services, Boston.
Todd Richards, J.D., a graduate of Massachusetts School of Law, is an attorney with the
practice of Katherine J. Morneau, PLLC in
Nashua, NH.
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Michaela Taberner graduated from BU
Law School and is practicing in San Juan,
Puerto Rico.
Rick Cash '06 & bride, Maryann Clement '06
Michael Labrie was featured in a February
2014 interview with Jimmy Roberts on
Golf Channels’ “In Play With Jimmy Roberts” which chronicles Mike’s incredible
story of overcoming physical handicaps to
become a talented golfer.
Dr. Stephen Maroon D.C., graduated from
Palmer College of Chiropractic, and has
established a Doctor of Chiropractic practice at Gabriel Chiropractic, Salem, NH.
Annaliese Rudis, after completing a year as a
Teaching Fellow for WorldTeach, is working
as a primary school English Teacher for the
Vietnam Australia School in Hanoi, Vietnam.
Catherine Desjardins '08 & Patrick Fay '07
are wed
Anthony Graffeo works as a CXM Applications Representative at Oracle.
Kaitlin Jarek is the Director of Catering
& Events for VIP Caterers, LLC at The
Country Club of Coral Springs, FL.
Helena Lazares, graduated from the
Villanova University School of Law with
a Juris Doctor. She is an attorney at the
Philadelphia offices of Lewis Brisbois
Bisgaard & Smith.
Emily Mahoney and Gregory Schaalman
celebrated their Raider wedding in 2011.
Courtney Richards is a 1st Lieutenant in
the US Army, having completed a tour in
Afghanistan in 2013 and now is stationed
in Hawaii.
2008
Alumni Giving: 1%
Goal: 15%
Your participation makes a difference.
Correspondent: Christine M. Blain,
blain.christine@gmail.com
Ryan Allen is pursuing a Doctor of Law
Degree at the University of Mississippi.
Amanda Alon graduated from BU in May
with an M.S. in Oral Health Sciences and
has entered the BU School of Dental Medicine to pursue a dental doctorate. Amanda
and Nicole Bazzinotti, have survived going
on two years as roommates in Boston.
Christopher Altovino is employed as a Technical Recruiter at Black Diamonds Networks,
Andover and can be found also as Manager
of Amici’s Pizzera in North Andover.
Major Darren Berrigan, US Army Aviation, is
now stationed in New York.
Christine Blain is now an Account Executive
at SHIFT Communications in Newton, MA.
She is on the Consumer Public Relations
team with clients such as MacDonald’s
Toyota and Shoebuy.com.
Gregory Brown completed an M.S. in
Accountancy from the Carroll School
at Boston College and is an Assurance
Associate for PriceWaterhouseCoopers
in Boston.
Lindsie Guillermo is a first grade teacher in
Atkinson, NH.
Christopher Hatem works as a Ship
Signatures Engineer focusing on submarine
acoustics at General Dynamics Electric Boat
in Groton, CT while working on a Master’s
Degree at Penn State.
Travis Hillery completed a Master’s Degree
in Management from Mount Ida College
and is working in downtown Boston in
human resources, and is looking forward to
moving to Dallas, TX in the next year.
Jonathan Mojica is an Enrollment Advisor for
Bisk Education in Tampa, FL, while working
on a Master’s in Business Administration &
Marketing, and is a first-time homeowner in
Brandon, FL.
Richard Murray is Assistant Media Director for
the Atlantic Hockey Assoc. and high school
sports reporter for the Boston Herald.
Kelsey Richards is a 1st Lieutenant in the
US Army and is now deployed in Kuwait
through November 2014.
Dennis Torres, sharing his own personal
story, visited and spoke to youngsters at
Somersworth Middle School (NH) about
the importance of determination, setting
high goals in life and the role of education
in reaching those goals. Dennis, a 2012
UMass Amherst grad, was drafted by the
Baltimore Orioles.
Roberto Valenti, a graduate of the University
of Southern Maine, is a Financial Analyst for
Raytheon IDS in Billerica, MA.
Audrey Warren, a 2013 grad of Johnson &
Wales University, is a Guest Service Agent
at Residence Inn by Marriott in Boston’s
Back Bay.
2009
Alumni Giving: 3%
Sahil Maripuri was named as one of 7 John
W. Estey Scholars for 2013-2014 at Northeastern University by the IEEE Power &
Energy Society. Sahil graduated in May with
a B.S. in Electrical Engineering.
Kathleen Murphy, UMass Amherst Isenberg
School grad, works as a Business Analyst
for Accenture.
Jimmy Nguyen is studying for his Master’s in
Athletic Administration at Endicott College
and works as a personal trainer at Latitude
Sports Club and also is assistant football
coach at CCHS.
Robeisy Sanchez was featured on the “Top
Chef ” television show in September.
Christine Tang, having earned a B.S. in
Industrial Engineering at Worcester
Polytechnic Institute, is now a GANN
(Graduate Assistance in Areas of National
Need) Fellow at WPI. She was awarded a
doctoral fellowship by WPI for excellence
in study. She is in the first year of a Ph.D.
program in manufacturing engineering
focused on health systems engineering.
She hopes to work one day for the U.S.
Department of Veterans Affairs. She also
is Vice President of WPI Graduate Student
Government.
Goal: 15%
Your participation makes a difference.
Correspondent: Lisa M. Rand,
lrand852@g.rwu.edu
Gabriele Arenburg graduated from Northeastern University and is working as
Marketing Coordinator for “Hearts On Fire”
Diamonds.
Steven Bastek is employed as a Specialty
Services Representative for Putnam Investments in Andover working with top tier
advisors and clients.
Lauren Berg earned a B.S. in Kinesiology and
Sport Studies from UNH in May 2013.
Christina Eringis, with a B.S. in Marketing
from Bryant University, is working as an
Account Executive at Technology Guide at
Tech Target.
Ian Gaudreau, started a video game and
comic book website using partnerships
with comic book companies to review material, recruit and manage a team of writers
and interview creators at conventions. The
website is www.GameandComic.com.
Monica Johnson graduated from Saint
Anselm College in 2013 and is a Registered
Nurse at Lowell General Hospital.
Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of Class Notes.
If you notice an error, please email emblem@centralcatholic.net or call 978-682-0260 ext. 635.
Robert Taylor continues his TV entrepreneurial talents as he once again produced,
directed and hosted “Candlepin New
Generation” which aired every Wednesday
at 5 PM on NESN. Old episodes can be
viewed at www.candlepingeneration.com
Rob is also a Media Technology Assistant at
Harvard Medical School.
2010
5th Anniversary Class
Alumni Giving: 1%
Goal: 15%
Your participation makes a difference.
Correspondents: Lisa Hua,
LLHua14@g.holycross.edu
Mary Pat Connolly,
mpconn14@g.holycross.edu
Central Catholic relies on the support of
friends and alumni to fulfill our mission.
Every gift makes a difference in continuing
Central's legacy of excellence and
opportunity. Whether you made a gift of
$10, $25, $50, $100 or much more, a
sincere “thank you” is extended to all who
have made gifts, small or large, to insure
for our students the growth and success
of the mission of CCHS!
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Ricky Holak completed an M.S. in Environmental Engineering, at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, captained the WPI crew
team. He is an Olympic hopeful in Crew
with the California Rowing Club.
Alexa Ippolito celebrated her marriage to
William Stewart over Labor Day weekend
in 2013 in Kennebunkport, ME followed by
a Hawaiian honeymoon.
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Melissa (Lucas) Vallant, a combat medic in
the US Army, and her husband Army Sgt.
Doug Vallant, surprised their two children,
James and Arianna, by making it home from
their Army duties before last Christmas.
Nicholas Belanger, majoring in Computer
Information Technology at Champlain
College,VT, interned at Union Street Media
in Burlington in web development and also
has built websites for several VT businesses.
Maura Coburn is working in the motherbaby unit at NYU’s Langone Medical Center
and is making plans for a graduate study as a
nurse practitioner.
Mary Pat Connolly graduated from Holy
Cross and is part of a scientific research
team for crossover hedge fund, RA Capital,
which deals with investments in the biomedical industry and advising companies
which orphan diseases to target.
Alyssa Cuddy had an outstanding academic
career at St. Michael’s College,VT and was
honored to be named Co-Valedictorian
of the SMC Class of 2014. Alyssa spent
the summer 2014 on an internship with
the Center for American Progress at the
Enough Project in D.C. Beginning in September, she is doing a year of service with
AmeriCorps working with the under-served
youth in Boston.
Alyssa Cuddy '10 (at right) Co- Valedictorian
at St. Michael's College, Vermont
Carson Desrosiers fulfilled a dream by playing
in the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament
in March for Providence College.
Shilanna Gallo graduated Ithaca College in
May and earned All-American Honors for
a second time as a gymnast at the 2014
Nationals competing for Ithaca College. She
is a Teaching Assistant at Ithaca while continuing to plan for medical school in the future.
Joseph Graziano began his novitiate with
the Dominican Friars, Province of St.
Joseph in Cincinnati, OH. His vestition
ceremony was held on the Feast of St.
Dominic, August 8. His religious name is
Br. Joseph Bernard.
with a B.A. in International Business and
will be pursuing a Master’s in Health Care
Management.
Allison Hillner, recently returned from
Oaxaca, Mexico where she spent 3 months
on a medical mission trip with Child Family
Health serving children in rural villages.
an internship in the spring in the New
Hampshire Senate.
Swaitha Maripuri, future dentist, traveled
to Panama to assists a team of dentists
in providing oral care to children in poor
rural regions.
Lisa Hua, graduated Holy Cross in May
and has been chosen as a Teaching Fellow
at the Nativity School of Worcester for
2014-15. Nativity is a tuition-free, all boys
Jesuit school, grades 5-8. She will teach
four classes and earn a Master of Arts in
Teaching from Clark University.
Emily O’Leary graduated from Lynchburg
College in May with a degree in Communication Studies-Public Relations. Emily studied
last year in South Africa and was also
inducted into Lambda Pi Eta, the National
Communication Studies Honor Society.
Lauren Soucy is pursuing a Doctor of
Veterinary Medicine degree in St. Kitts.
Sway Maripuri '11 providing care to children
in Panama
Melissa Miller, Merrimack College senior,
participated in a week-long service trip to
Arbolito, Ecuador, working with school-age
children and visited with patients afflicted
with Hansen’s disease (leprosy).
Liz Steele is in her second year as Security
Lead at the House of Blues in Boston.
Working with Liz are Cassie Hebert and
Jim Niemeyer.
Keegan Westwater served as captain of
the Worcester Polytechnic Institute men’s
cross country team this past season. He
graduated a semester early, “With Distinction,” in December with a major in Actuarial
Mathematics.
Shanna Wiggins, graduated from Harvard
University with a B.S. in Engineering and
brings her talents to Children’s Hospital,
Boston, working as a Clinical Research Assistant. She continued her ballet avocation
as a Producer and Dancer for the Harvard
Ballet Company.
Melissa Miller '11 volunteers with children
in Ecuador
Samantha Murray gets global while a
student at Elon University, NC. In 2013 she
hiked Table Mountain in Cape Town, South
Africa and while on an alternative spring
break worked in a one-room school house
in Jamaica.
Katie Zenevitch, senior co-captain of BC
Women’s Basketball Eagles, reached the
1,000 point plateau in her basketball
career at Boston College this past winter
season and also received the Academic
Advisors Award.
2011
Alumni Giving: 1%
Goal: 15%
Your participation makes a difference.
Correspondent: Swaitha Maripuri,
swaithamaripuri@gmail.com
Samantha Murray '11 working with
Jamaican child
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Jake St. Pierre is immersed in his studies
in Recording Arts Technology at Full Sail
University in Winter Park, Florida.
Joseph Graziano '10 enters Domincan
novitiate as Br. Joseph Bernard
Michael Dube, a 4th year student at Northeastern University pursuing a B.S. in Civil
Engineering, was awarded the American
Council of Engineering Companies of MA
E President’s Scholarship in recognition of
his academic record, internship efforts and
community service. (See photo on pg 35).
Christian Hbaiter studied abroad in Cadiz,
Spain and graduated from UMass Lowell
Brendan Hopkinson, a political science
& government major at UNH, served
Correspondent: Elizabeth Bradley,
Ebradley2@mail.smcvt.edu
2012
Alumni Giving: 2%
Goal: 15%
Your participation makes a difference.
›› class notes
Christina Accardi trained hard and ran in the
2014 Boston Marathon to benefit Brigham
& Women’s Hospital. You can read her blog
at http://theremarkablerunofchristinarose.
wordpress.com.
Foundation Scholarship to continue his
studies at Boston University.
Joseph Leavitt, currently studying and playing
golf at the University of Rhode Island, won
his 2nd NH State Amateur Golf title in three
years in July.
Michele Lescarbeau studied abroad in South
Africa from July to November 2014 at
Stellenbach University.
Jose Casado '14 named "Youth of the Year"
by the Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence
Jason Martinez, a junior at Bentley University
landed an internship at State Street Bank in
Boston.
Christina Accardi '12 runs 2014 Boston
Marathon
Army Spc. Jessie Alfonzo completed an
8-month tour of duty in Afghanistan with
the US Army Reserve and was presented a
City of Lawrence flag at a grateful welcome
home ceremony by the Lawrence City
Council on May 6.
Liz Bradley, landed a summer internship
with Shyne Counseling Services, Salem, NH
and is Vice President of the Psychology Club
in 2014-15 at St. Michael's College,VT.
Ryan Breton was inducted into Penn State’s
Chapter of Chi Epsilon Pi, the National
Meteorology Society and was elected Vice
President of the Undergraduate Student
Council at the College of Earth & Mineral
sciences at Penn State University as well as
Head of Communications at PSU, overseeing all meteorology students in media
broadcast area of weather forecasting. Ryan
interned with the meteorology staff at
Boston’s WCVB-TV this past summer.
Jeffrey Donahue, part of the University
Honors Program at George Washington
University, DC, is a member of the GW
chapter of “Engineers Without Borders” and
is headed to El Salvador for a week to help
build a water purification system.
Katherine Eisenberg is a pre-veterinary
student at Tufts University and completed an
internship at the Andover Animal Hospital.
Patrick Facendola continues to rack up
awards in the plastics engineering program
at UMass Lowell, winning the New England
Textile Award two years back to back.
Nick Golden has plans to study in Paris in the
spring of 2015.
Fortune Kalala, junior at Stonehill College,
turned simple networking into a paid internship at Dovetail Health, Needham, MA.
Jessica Wiggins, junior at St. John's University
studying to be a physician's assistant, traveled to Ghana to volunteer with Global
Brigades and teamed with doctors from
Ghana to provide care for rural villages.
2013
Alumni Giving: 2%
We love to hear from all of our alumni. If
you have news that you would like to share
with the CCHS Raider Community, send
an email to your Emblem Class Rep or you
can complete an Alumni Update Form on
the CCHS website or write us a note at:
Emblem, Central Catholic High School, 300
Hampshire Street, Lawrence, MA 01841.
Some class years still need an Emblem class
representative. Please consider serving in this
capacity for the School and your classmates.
Goal: 15%
Your participation makes a difference.
Correspondent: Zachary Canto,
ztf3@wildcats.unh.edu
Wen “Emma”Cai was granted sophomore
standing on entering RPI as a result of
the multitude of AP credits she earned at
CCHS. “I really appreciate all the teachers
who taught and guided me at CCHS and
gave me the opportunity to achieve more
in college.”
Megan Helfrich and Hannah Lyon, both
Northeastern University students, spent
their first NU semester studying in Greece.
Timothy Larocque, currently a sophomore
at UMass Lowell, earned the rank of Eagle
Scout this spring and was honored with a
resolution by the Lawrence City Council.
CCHS Alumni participants of
the 2014 Boston Marathon:
Matthew Sullivan, currently at the University
of Maine, earned an internship at the New
England Aquarium in Boston with a focus
on the penguins’ exhibit.
Tara Caruso ’02
Christopher Grange ’01
Brock Fay ’98
Andrew Jowett ’87
Dennis Reidy ’79
Katy Savastano ’05
2014
Alumni Giving: 2%
Goal: 15%
Your participation makes a difference.
Correspondent: Olivia Imprescia,
oimprescia@gmail.com
Jose Casado was honored by being named
Lawrence Boys & Girls Club “Youth of
the Year” and received a scholarship from
Tupperware Corporation. He is now a
freshman at Fitchburg State University.
(See photo in next column).
Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of Class Notes.
If you notice an error, please email emblem@centralcatholic.net or call 978-682-0260 ext. 635.
Leo Lamontagne III ’01
Christina Accardi ’12
Kristen Martin ’07
Kevin McCarron ’07
John Brien, Sr. ’70
If other alumni completed the 2014
Boston Marathon, please email
ddefillippo@centralcatholic.net with
your race time.
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Huy Le, computer software major, was
the recipient of both a Bill & Melinda
Gates Millenium Scholarship and a Yawkey
Alexandra Sanz, a pre-veterinary student
at the University of Maryland landed a
summer internship at the Pawtuxet Wildlife
center, Laurel, MD.
In Memoriam
The following members of the Central Catholic community have been born into eternal
life and rest in the loving embrace of our Blessed Mother, Mary, and her merciful Son,
Jesus. Their names have been entered as rosary and Mass intentions in the Prayer
Request Book in CCHS' Carney Family Chapel. Please join with our school community
in remembering them in your prayers.
Alumni
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Bertrand J. Berube ’39
Eleanor (Batts) Calvert ’35SM
Theresa Scanlon ’39SM
Frances (Marchese) Sergi ’38SM
Edward Kiesling, Jr. ’41
William F. Lyons ’41
Claire Mary (Rancourt)
Pollack ’41SM
Ann J. (Bonfatto) Gurrisi ’42SM
Mary E. (Howard) Haynes ’42SM
Joseph A. Murphy ’43
William F. Collins ’44
Shirley F. (Carriero) Fielding ’44SM
Robert J. Berube ’45
Mary M. (Williams)
Harrington ’46SM
Ernest J. Khoury ’46
Maria (Rancatore) Rizzo ’46SM
Nancy M. DiDio ’47SM
Eileen L. (Jennings)
McAtamney ’47SM
Robert H. Timony ’47
John “Jack” Blackwell ’48
Patsy J. Cambria ’48
Chanel M. Guilmette ’48
Bro. Leo LaPointe ’48
Wilfred “Fred” Langlais ’48
Joan (McNaughton) L’Italien ’48SM
John W. McCarthy ’48
Joseph G. Menowske ’48
Albert F. Olmstead, Jr. ’48
Charles A. Riley ’48
Normand J. Beliveau ’49
Roland G. Bourque ’49
Patricia (Morrison) Currence ’49
John “Jack” Provencher ’49
James W. Barton ’50
David O. Bell ’51
Jean (Neel) Carney ’51SM
Enrico M. “Henry” Conte ’51
Rev. Richard R. Gosselin ’51
David R. Marquis ’51
Robert W. Quintal ’51
Rita (Brennan) Watts ’51SM
Roland J. Berube ’53
Raymond C. Matton ’53
Richard P. Mayor ’53
Arline T. (Kanan) McGuire ’53SM
Philip A. Nardone, Sr. ’53
Elizabeth A. (Zaccardi) O’Rourke ’53SM
Harry J. Barker ’54
James J. Swarbrick ’54
Daniel S. Martin ’55
Richard J. Pelletier ’55
Richard J. Theberge ’55
John E. Carey ’56
Joan M. (Broadhurst) Cataldo ’56SM
Leonard J. Brown ’57
Edward P. “Ted” Flanagan, Jr. ’57
Richard G. Harvey ’58
Philip R. Lacroix ’58
Eleanor L. Pennisi ’58SM
Barbara (Broadhurst) Sylvia ’58SM
Jacqueline Marie Gill
Anderson ’59SM
Kevin M. Moriarty ’59
John A. Tataronis, Ph.D. ’59
James H. Bean ’60
Raymond A. Saracusa ’60
Wilfred L. Ouellette ’61
Raymond R. Pappalardo ’61
Georgianna Saba ’62SM
Richard A. Watkins ’62
William J. Carney ’63
James P. Linehan ’63
Kathleen M. Pappalardo Benuck ’64SM
Michael J. Foley ’64
Roger R. Laviolette ’64
Georgea M. (McGrail)
Morisseau ’64SM
Thomas J. Ordzie ’64
Anthony P. Caruso ’65
David J. Kolifrath ’65
Thomas W. Proulx ’66
Philip M. DiPietro ’68
Leo Kraunelis ’68
Pedro C. Lopez ’69
Susan (Abati) Martin ’70SM
Stephen P. Ricci ’70
Richard A. Holak ’71
Richard C. Moysenko ’71
Richard J. Savastano ’71
John F. Walsh, Jr. ’71
Richard C. Zagraniczny ’71
J. Michael Buckley ’72
Robert G. Desfosses ’72
Richard P. Fluet ’72
Sharon Scanlon ’72SM
Robert F. Langdon ’74
Michael T. Gorgol ’75
John J. “Jay” O’Neill ’76
Debra Prescott ’76SM
Todd L. Barbera ’86
Timothy R. Mercier ’98
Jason R. Farley ’01
Michael R. Autieri ’04
Peter Moschetto, Jr. ’07
William Wheeler ’15
Former Faculty
Sr. Mary-Elizabeth Sheehan, SND
Friends of CCHS
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John Amirault
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Joseph E. Nasser, Sr.
Phyllis (Forzese) Noonan
Joseph S. Pappalardo
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Rose M. Pierog
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Barbara Ward
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Maureen M. York
from the CCHS Admissions Office
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100% college & university
acceptance rate
The CCHS experience pays
huge returns on investment!
• On average, each of the 2014 graduates earned $42,000 in college scholarships
• Register for the Entrance Exam held on November 15th
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• Outstanding Advanced Placement Studies Program
– 23 Advanced Placement & 31 Honors Level courses offered
– 93.8% of AP students earned AP competency grades or higher
• Admissions Applications are due by December 19th
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• Learn more at www.centralcatholic.net/admissions/apply
• Or call Christopher Merrill ’89, Admissions Director,
at (978) 682-0260 ext. 605
Upcoming Events
Calendar of
November
15
CCHS Entrance Exam,
8:00 AM-12:00 Noon
15
Admissions/Financial Aid
Session for Prospective Parents, 10:00 – 11:30 AM
21
Walk 2014 – “Walk To Ride”
26
Peter O’Sullivan ’68 Memorial Alumni Race/Walk, 11:35 AM
26 Class of 2014 Yearbook Signing Party, 4:00 – 6:00 PM
@ CCHS
28 Class of 2004, 10 Reunion,
6:00 PM, Jocelyn's Restaurant,
Salem, NH
29 Class of 1984, 30th Reunion
4:00 PM CCHS Tour,
6:00 PM, Jocelyn's Restaurant,
Salem, NH
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N ov. 2 014 – A P R . 2 015
December
4 – 6
Theatre Guild presents “Scrooge: The Musical,”
7:00 PM
11 Concert Band, "Christmas & Winter Concert," 7:00 PM
13 CCHS Entrance Exam
8:00 AM-12:00 Noon
18 CCHS Fine Arts Expo & Christmas Choral Concert,
6:00 PM & 7:00 PM
19 Applications Due for Class of 2019
31
Last Day to make End-of-Year tax deductible gifts to CCHS, www.centralcatholic.net/give
J a n u a ry
F e b r u a ry
2
Admission Letters Released to the Class of 2019
9 Accepted Students Night, Class of 2019, 7:00 PM
March
14
16 – 20 Spirit Week 2015
21 Martin Luther King Holiday – No Classes
21 – 23 March For Life, Washington, DC – CCHS student &
faculty group
25 – 30 Catholic Schools Week
Athletic schedule at: www.centralcatholic.net/student_life/athletics
Parents Social: Wines, Microbrews & Tapas plus "Spin It To Win It" drawing, 6:00 PM
28 Catwalk4Cancer
Fashion Show, 7:00 PM
April
12 – 16 Semester Exams
19
"Starlight Social" Student Dinner Dance, 7:00 PM
10 – 12
Theatre Guild Spring Musical, “Back to the 80's: The Totally Awesome Musical,” 7:00 PM
17
Junior Dinner-Dance, 7:00 PM
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Central Catholic High School
300 Hampshire Street
Lawrence, MA 01841
PERMIT NO. 179
LAWRENCE, MA
CCHS IS SEEKING NOMINATIONS OF
CANDIDATES FOR AWARDS RECOGNITION!
St. Marcellin Champagnat Awards for Excellence
• The Alumni Award For Humanitarian Service
• The Alumni Witness To Faith Award
• The Alumni Award For Outstanding Professional Achievement
• The Award for Philanthropic Leadership In Support of the
Mission of Central Catholic
• The Award for Achievement in Marist Education
HONOR I NG
E XCELLENCE
Champagnat Awards &
Athletic Hall of Fame Induction
Atkinson Countr y Club • Atkinson, NH
Thursday, May 14, 2015
6:0 0pm
Athletic Hall of Fame
• The Outstanding Alumni Male & Female Student-Athletes
• The Eligible Candidates are alumni from the Class of 2009
and all preceding classes
• The Hall of Fame Committee elects inductees from
nominated candidates
To Nominate Candidates for the Champagnat Awards
or the Athletic Hall of Fame, go to:
www.centralcatholic.net – click on “Honoring Excellence”
Nomination deadline is January 9, 2015
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