VOLUME 18, ISSUE 1 BACK TO SCHOOL 2015

CONGRATULATIONS CLASS OF

Tucker Alch, Peter Bambace, Lindsay Bevers, Blake Bickham, Christopher Bradley, Matthew Castaneda, Carl Chemaly, Allison Clark, Matias Cru-

ces, Brock Culwell, Brianna D'Armata, Kevin Didway, Sean Doyle, Everett Ezell, Katherine Fitzgibbon, Liam Garrison, Catherine George, Christian

Groff, Bryce Guidroz, Michael Hansen, Jr., Mathias Hisse, Alexander Jacobs, Delaney Kelly, Caroline Kherkher, James Lee, Kathleen Leyendeck-

er, Jacob Lynch, Nicholas Mattioli, Walker McCairns, William McCairns, Taylor McClure, Grayson McCurry, Connor Parker, Tatyana Passmore,

Shane Pesek, Claire Piczak, Luke Read, Anna Rosenfeld, John Schell, Harrison Schmidt, Katya Smith, Sofia Speight, Abigail Standish, Hannah

Streitmann, Kenneth Swanson, Victor Vacek, Luis Valdes, Marcus Whitley, Matthew Whitley, Katherine Williford

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Dear Parents,

This edition of the Tiger’s Mouth contains a

wrap up of the last quarter of the 2014-15

school year. It is one of significant pro-

gress and achievement for the school and

its students. While I feel we have been ex-

tremely successful in many areas there is

always room for improvement. New pro-

grams are being introduced into the school

for this year and will strongly emphasize

writing skills, higher level thinking skill as

well as science, technology, engineering

and math.

Our adaptive technology, in math and vo-

cabulary, has proven to be very successful

in raising the level of performance of our

students in those subjects. We will contin-

ue to explore other avenues to learning to

better engage and motivate our students

in all subject areas.

Recently a number of our families were se-

riously impacted by the recent flooding in

Harris County and surrounding are-

as. They were all affected in varying de-

grees but all required the assistance of the

members of the SVdP community. I was

touched by the response! We have long

been known for the strong community

spirit and ties that are formed here for our

families. But that spirit was put into action

and it was a truly wonderful thing to see.

Thank you for all you did to assist those at

a most difficult time.

Yours in Christ,

Carolyn Sears M.Ed.

From the principal

PTO Executive Board

President: Kelly Hogan

Vice President: Esmer Vale

Communications VP: Rachel Parten

Secretary: Cecile Deutschen

Treasurer: Gentine Meagher

Past President: Teresa Bogatto

PTO Directors

Auction & Gala: Erin Ayers, Wendy Johnston &

Shannon Ramirez

Auction Elect: Christina Lynch & Allison Sovany

Back to School: Tiffany Moreno & Jill Pollard

Book Fair: Yolanda O’Malley & Laura Rocha

Breakfast with Santa: Olguita Santiago-Rodriguez &

Patricia Sayegh

Career Fair: Beatriz Ballerini & Jennifer Visintine

Enrichment: Elizabeth Keeler

Hospitality: Graciana Linardi & Janelle Reinoso

Party Packs: Tracy Butz & Megan Leif

Performing Arts: Rachel Bush

Public Relations: Lucy Anderson

Room Parent Coordinator: Jennifer Raymond

Sports Parent Coordinators: Mary Callaghan,

Andrea Vessels & Margaret Vinson

Style Show: Gloria Mattiuzzi-Alvarez, Tina Swartz &

Milu Vera

Tiger Bucks: Phuong Liebl

Tiger Market: Vivian Scott & Faith Sepe

Tiger’s Mouth: Lynn Crow

Used Uniforms: Lori Etlinger & Debbie Fraker

Yearbook: Rebecca Oliver-Bromenshenkel & Kymberly Venker

2015-2016 PTO Board

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From the PTO President “For just as each of us has one body with

many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ

we, though many, form one body, and

each member belongs to all the others.”

Romans 12:4-5

St. Vincent de Paul is just that, one body with many members. All PTO events are

either fundraisers or community builders so that we can come together and educate, reward, or celebrate this one body of which

we have chosen to be a part.

I would like to thank the PTO Directors who

have already started planning their events and services, and the many others who are sharing their time and talents in supportive

roles. It takes countless volunteers and

boundless dedication to get it all done.

In addition to the 36 PTO board directors,

we need the support of every family to continue to build on the successes of our

school. Please contact me if you have ques-tions or want to get involved in PTO, 713-320-1077 or khamhog@yahoo.com. To-

gether, we can do our part to support this fantastic school and its goal of developing

students to their fullest potential in an en-

vironment permeated with Gospel values.

Yours Truly-

Kelly Hogan

PTO President

Save the Date

Upcoming PTO-Sponsored Events

September 9, 2015 SVdP Family Restaurant Night

@ JerryBuilt

September 16, 2015 Positive Parenting Presentation

in MJFC @ 7:00 p.m.

November 8-14, 2015 Book Fair

December 5, 2015 Breakfast with Santa

February 20, 2016 Gala and Auction

April 26-28, 2016 Career Fair

Positive Parenting Series

Save the date for SVdP’s Positive Par-

enting Presentation on Wednesday,

September 16th at 7:00 p.m. in the

Parish Family Center.

Dr. Laurie Westphal, who is an inde-

pendent gifted education and science

consultant nationwide will be speaking

on implementing strategies to assist in

planning and developing lessons to

meet the needs of advanced students.

Laurie currently resides in Houston,

TX, and has made it her goal to con-

vert as many teachers as she can to

the differentiated lifestyle in the class-

room and to share her vision for real-

world, product-based lessons that help

all students become critical thinkers

and effective problem solvers. She is

the author of the Differentiating In-

struction With Menus series as well

a s H a nd s -O n P h y s i c a l S c i -

ence and Science Dictionary for Kids.

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Check out the online store for new Tiger Pride

gear and approved PE uniforms! Tiger’s

Market

The summer sales have begun and WHITE is

hard to find in February, so keep your

eyes open for a cute WHITE outfit! It’s an

ALL WHITE party on February 20th for

guys and girls!

Have an interest in volunteering? Auction

items or ideas? Contacts?

Please contact:

Erin Ayers eayers22@gmail.com),Wendy

Johnson (wendy@zsattorneys.com), or

Shannon Ramirez

(shannon.ramirez@leclairryan.com)

School Board Members

Monsignor Bill Young, Pastor

Carolyn Sears, Principal

Joe Louis, President

Tiffany Johnson, VP/President Elect

Jennifer Rosenfeld, Secretary

Dan Berggren, Technology Chair

Tom Bickham, Technology Chair

Frank Hogan, Advancement

Katherine Macey, Student Affairs Chair

Heather Montoya, Finance Chair

Ray Simpson, Extracurricular Chair

Kelly Hogan, PTO President

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Last year's PTO Board wishes to thank the entire

St. Vincent de Paul Catholic School community for

its support of our efforts. Thanks to community-

wide participation in events, support of services,

and - most importantly - volunteer support, the

PTO was able to support SVdP School to the

tune of $221,967 last year!

In addition to the myriad services provided, events

coordinated, and funds set aside for future, the PTO

gave back to the school financially as follows:

Steel Frame Structure

(to provide a covered play area): $54,025

Operating Expenses: $43,000

Faculty Christmas Bonuses*: $29,189

Auction Paddles Up for Adopt A Student: $26,670

Faculty Retention Bonuses*: $26,000

Endowment Contribution: $21,500

Legacy Wall (Auction Art Project): $11,670

Gym Audio/Visual System: $8,601

Book Fair (earmarked for Library): $5,681

School Office Area Rugs: $4,925

Concessions & Homecoming Sales (earmarked for

Athletics): $2,376

*These numbers reflect faculty bonuses paid during

the 2014-2015 school year. Funds for faculty bo-

nuses are set aside each year by the PTO for the

following school year.

The 2015-2016 PTO Board is hard at work prepar-

ing for this school year. Please look for ways to

support their efforts. Every student at St. Vincent

de Paul Catholic School benefits from this vibrant,

supportive community of parents.

Thank you all for your support! Please contact Te-

resa Bogatto, 2014-2015 PTO President, with any

questions about the information above.

2014-2015 PTO BOARD FUNDING REPORT

SCHOOL BOARD NEWS

As we start a new school year,

the School Board would like to

thank Marnie Clark, Elaine Fitz-

gibbon, Michael McConn, Glenn

Standish, Rachel Steely, and

Ray Vale on for their selfless

service over the past years to

SVdP.

Marnie Clark has served us with

her hard work on the Advance-

ment and Communication com-

mittees. Her positive energy,

dedication to our school and

parish and her enthusiastic spir-

it will be missed. It will also be

hard to replace Elaine Fitzgib-

bon whose organizational skills,

positive attitude and incredible

support of the school is conta-

gious. Elaine has stepped into

various roles including chairing

the Student Affairs and Facilities

committees and serving as Sec-

retary on the Executive Com-

mittee during her tenure. The

School Board also wishes to ex-

press its appreciation to Michael

McConn who devoted many

hours to help improve our

school’s Extracurricular Com-

mittee. Michael’s good counsel

and business savvy will be

missed at School Board meet-

ings. The School Board would

like to thank Rachel Steely for

chairing the Extracurricular

Committee this year and serv-

ing tirelessly help the school.

The School Board wishes to ex-

press its gratitude for Ray Vale.

Ray chaired the Strategic Plan-

ning Committee and served one

year as the Vice-President. And

finally, the School Board would

like to thank Glenn Standish

who worked tirelessly in the

School Board for 8 years.

Glenn served as President for

over 3 years and helped revamp

the Finance cCmmittee. He put

4 children through SVdP and

was here for 19 years. He will

be greatly missed.

While we say farewell to those

rolling off the School Board, we

welcome our newest members:

Dan Berggren, Heather Montoya

and Ray Simpson – and the

School Board looks forward to

working with them in the years

ahead. We would also like to

take the opportunity to say

thank you to everyone who ex-

pressed an interest in serving

on the School Board and partici-

pated in the discernment pro-

cess in April.

Our key focus for this coming

school year will be in furthering

SVdP’s strategic plan, which can

be found on Edline under Con-

tents -> School Board folder. If

you have an interest in serving

on a School Board committee

this year, please reach out to

any member of the 2015-2016

School Board Executive Com-

mittee.

We hope you had a safe, fun

summer!

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8th Grade Principal’s Honors

Lindsay Bevers

Clay Didway

Katherine Fitzgibbon

Michael Hansen

Caroline Kherkher

Kathleen Leyendecker

Taylor McClure

Luke Read

Anna Rosenfeld

Marcus Whitley

8th Grade Honors

Matthew Castaneda

Carl Chemaly

Allison Clark

Everett Ezell

Liam Garrison

Shane Pesek

Claire Piczak

Katya Smith

Abigail Standish

Matthew Whitley

Kate Williford

7th Grade Principal’s Honors

Alisha Collaco

Nathaniel Fernandes

William Hearne

Claire Sullivan

Justin Varkey

7th Grade Honors

Chloe Alff

Peyton Butler

Robert Condron

Sarah Cunningham

William Dickason

Jacob Fiegel

Yara Karam

Alex Lopez

Mary Kate McDaniel

Allison Polnau

Mary Catherine Reidy

Emily Roy

Caimen Schneider

Sarah Sullivan

Andrew Tayar

Davis Thames

Anjali Tholany

Roman Vale

Andrea Vera

Savannah Ward

6th Grade Principal’s Honors

Robert Bambace

Blair Bath

Elise Cunningham

Sara Price

Sophia Rebello

Caroline Tanner

6th Grade Honors

Michael Bevers

Bryce Bogatto

Emily Clark

Dylan Fitzgibbon

Jillian Hermoso

Noah Hight

Madelyn Kaelin

Lexie Oliver

Brianne Raymond

Mark Richards

Eve Rosenfeld

Nicole Rosenfeld

Ryan Santry

Abigail Tran

PRINCIPAL’S HONORS AND HONORS

FACULTY NEWS

Welcome New Teachers! Ms. Taylor Adney - 3rd Grade

Mrs. Kelly Pepper - 3rd Grade

Ms. Tammy LeJune - 6th Grade, middle school math

Mrs. Libby Keenan - PK

Other Faculty Changes Mrs. Jessica Sprague and Ms. Elizabeth Tanner now teach kindergarten.

Mrs. Ashley Berry née Acomb now teaches 1st grade.

Mrs. Diane O’Neill will assist Mrs. Tammy LeJune in her middle school

math classes.

Mrs. Brindley Drake will teach Global Inventors & Training as a middle

school elective.

Ms. Wits will teach middle school creative writing.

Ms. Alwein will teach the middle school photography elective course.

Mrs. Maxwell and her family wel-

comed baby girl, Ella. She was born

on June 1, 2015 and was 7 lb 6 oz

and 20.5 inches long. She joins big

brother Austin.

Mrs. Pruet Collins and her family

welcomed baby girl, Madison Leigh.

She was born on June 11, 2015.

She was 8lbs and 11oz. 21.7 inches

long. She joins big sister Bradley.

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2015 ACADEMIC AWARDS RECIPIENTS

4A 4N 5S 5T

ART Ian Parten Peyton Tan Kiki Bass Annie McConn

BAND Mary Claire Hughes Patrick Bourg Tori Hollerbach Anders Sorenson

CHOIR Mary Claire Hughes Anna Marie Zepeda

COMPUTER Dax Garza Brenna Butler Reid Ramirez Amanda Butz

ENGLISH/LA Michael O’Brien Bailey Raymond Katie Berggren Ryan Hogan

HANDWRITING Jake Haysley Zackary Parker Caroline Thames Gabi Rodriguez

LIBRARY Elise Reinoso Gonzalo Pereda Jacob Stavinoha Gabi Rodriguez

MATH Blythe Bath Bailey Raymond Mark Tayar Caterina Cruces

MUSIC Seth Levy Evan McCarthy Ryan Hogan Gus Groff

PE / BOYS Kevin Pedroza Pablo Tellez

PE / GIRLS Lali Linardi Caroline Steely

READING / LIT Isabella Nolla Dani Nolla Alex Buettgen Caroline Thames

RELIGION Mary Claire Hughes Ava Robson Caroline Steely Leonardo Morales

SCIENCE Mary Claire Hughes Camille Schneider Tori Hollerbach Jaden Bosworth

SS/HISTORY Blythe Bath Evan McCarthy Leonardo Morales Isabelle Louis

SPANISH Wyatt Hanson Aiden Nanquil Kiki Bass Sofia Iero

SPELLING Seth Levy Jack Brodie Emily Gentry Amanda Butz

ST. JOSEPH Andrew Roy Leonardo Morales

ST. PETER Caleb Davis Thomas Wyatt Green

ST. VINCENT Elise Reinoso Stephanie Tremont

HOLY SPIRIT GIRL Lali Linardi Sofia Iero

HOLY SPIRIT BOY Zachary Parker Ryan Hogan

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ART Livvie Fitzpatrick Olivia Lyons

BAND Riley Maytum Dylan Fitzgibbon

CHOIR Jolie LaPorte Dominique Nanquil

COMPUTER Michael Bevers Robert Condron

DRUMLINE Bryce Bogatto Nathaniel Fernandes

ENGLISH/LA Jillian Hermoso Mimi Reidy

MATH Sophia Rebello Nathaniel Fernandes

PE / BOYS Trey McClure William Hearne

PE / GIRLS Emily Clark Yara Karam

READING / LIT Sara Price William Hearne

RELIGION Noah Hight Caimen Schneider

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SCIENCE Blair Bath Alex Lopez

SS/HISTORY Isabella Ballerini Claire Sullivan

SPANISH Elise Cunningham Alisha Collaco

SPRING MUSICAL Sophia Coletti N/A

ST. JOSEPH Brianne Raymond Lulu Pinell

ST. PETER Elise Cunningham William Hearn

ST. VINCENT Hunter Osborn Mimi Reidy

HOLY SPIRIT GIRL Sophia Coletti Sarah Cunningham

HOLY SPIRIT BOY Michael Bevers Davis Thames

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WINTER AND SPRING SPORTS AWARDS

BOYS BASKETBALL

Varsity – Made the Final Four

Most Improved Player – Luke Read

Coach’s Award Bryce Guidroz

Best Defensive Award – Carl Chemaly

Best Offensive Award – Matthew Castaneda

MVP – Michael Hansen

7th Grade

Coaches Award - William Dickason

Most Improved Player – Ethan Venker

6th Grade

White Team

Most Improved Player – William Hoffman

Coaches Award – Max Naegeli

Gold Team

Coaches Award - Mark Richards

Most Improved Player – Sam Callaghan

GIRLS SOFTBALL

Most Improved Player - Anjali Tholany

Coaches Award – Mackenzie Olsen

8th Grade Softball Awards

MVP – Kate Wiliford

Most Improved Player – Sofia Speight

Best Offensive Award – Allison Clark

Best Defensive Award - Delaney Kelly

Coaches Award – Abigail Standish

VARSITY GIRLS BASKETBALL

Best Offensive Award - Kathleen Leyendecker

Best Hustle Award - Delaney Kelly

Best Defensive Award – Hannah Streitmann

6th Woman Award – Kate Williford

Most Improved Player – Allison Clark

Coaches Award – Katya Smith

MVP – Caroline Kherkher

BOYS BASEBALL

Most Improved Player – Jacob Lynch

Coaches Award - Grayson McCurry

Best Pitcher - Tucker Alch

Best Defensive Award – Jack Schell

Best Offensive Award – Michael Hansen

MVP – Peter Bambace

SPRING TRACK

Record time of 1:51.30 set at the Championship meet

for the 4X200 – 7th Grade

Mac Sage, Jacob Fiegel, Davis Thames, William Dicka-

son, Nicolas Narvacan

Captains - Taylor McClure and Anna Rosenfeld

St. Vincent de Paul Night

At

The Houston Dynamos

Saturday, August 29, 2015

8:00 pm Kickoff

Come see BBVA Compass Stadium and the

SVdP Choir sing the National Anthem!

$25/ticket (normally $30)

Free Pre-Game Carnival

Name_______________________________________________

Address_____________________________________________

Email________________________________________________

Number of tickets @ $25.00 each__________________

Please mail my tickets for $2.00 fee _______________

Total enclosed $__________________

Please make checks payable to “SVdP School” by August

14th

. You may have your tickets mailed for

$2.00.Otherwise they will be passed out at school. Email

Mrs. Monks mmonks@svdp-edu.org with questions.

Name of Choir Member Selling (if applicable)

___________________________________________

Pictured above is the newly repaired ball wall, a gift

of the class of 2015.

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SPORTS NEWS

SOFTBALL

The 2014-15 St. Vincent de Paul Lady Tigers Softball

team wrapped up a great season with some exciting

playoff games. In GHCAA conference play, the Lady

Tigers won their district (3A South) with victories

against St. Laurence, Holy Family, Our Lady of Fatima,

St. Pius V, St. Francis de Sales and St. Augustine. The

team also played in the West University Softball Asso-

ciation’s junior division and had some exciting games.

In the play-off run, SVdP clinched wins over St. Anne's

Tomball and Holy Family to advance to the champion-

ship game which it lost by a tight 5-6 score. The Lady

Tiger line-up included 8th graders: Allison Clark,

Catherine George, Delaney Kelly, Abigail Standish, So-

fia Speight and Kate Williford; 7th graders: Mariana

Swartz and Anjali Tholany; and 6th graders: Emily

Clark, Alyssa Cortez, Mackenzie Olsen and Mia Still.

The team was led by Coach Charles Jackson and

Coach Jena

Edwards.

CHEERLEADING The SVdP Cheer Squad attended summer cheer camp

at St. Pius X during the month of July. They not only

won Most Improved squad but they also took home

the Spirit Stick 2 days in a row. They are so excited

with the new material they have learned and cannot

wait to share it with all the Tiger Fans. Come out

and support our teams and our cheerleaders this fall.

SCOUTS

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MOCK TRIAL

Fifty-one third grade students from St. Vin-

cent de Paul School conducted mock trial

proceedings in the case of SpongeBob

Square Pants vs. Abercrombie and Fish in

the 11th and 61st Judicial District Courts of

Harris County, Texas on May 21. The jury

in the 11th awarded $60.00 to Plaintiff

SpongeBob at the conclusion of the trial,

while the jury in the 61st awarded $45.00

to the Plaintiff. All students enjoyed a spe-

cial lunch with their teachers, parents and

grandparents at Kim Son after the cases

concluded.

7TH GRADE TRIP TO

SAN ANTONIO

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CAMP KAPPE

PK/6TH GRADE TRIP TO ZOO

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