• Sacred Heart Schools Atherton PALs enjoy the Valpo Vinyards 2022 event
Alumni

Parents of Alumni

Upcoming Events

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  • Office Hours Zoom

    "OFFICE HOURS" WITH SHP FACULTY KRISTEN KELLY
    AND SERENE WILLIAMS
    Join us on Zoom for "Office Hours" to learn how two SHP Faculty (with students) started, led, and lobbied for a nationwide AP Women's History course. The history, journey and latest update with the College Board on this initiative will be shared.
    Read CNN Article >

    Wednesday, April 17, 2024
    Virtual Zoom Event
    4:00 to 5:00 P.M.

    RSVP HERE BY APRIL 15
    (Zoom details will be emailed to those who RSVP)
  • SHP Athletics Hall of Fame Induction Celebration

    5:30 p.m. Check-in, Conway Court
    6:00 p.m. Prompt Program Start, SHP Performing Arts Center
    7:30 p.m. Reception, Conway Court

    RSVP Required by May 15>
    Established in 2011, the SHP Hall of Fame recognizes individuals with significant achievement in their sport at the high school, collegiate, or professional/amateur level. Inductees exemplify the principles of sportsmanship and Christianity as illustrated
    in the Goals and Criteria of Sacred Heart Schools in addition to athletic achievements.
    Learn more >
    Conway Court & Performing Arts Center
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Whether your child(ren) attended SHS recently or several years ago, you will always be considered part of our community. As parents of alumni (PALs), you play an important role in connecting our past, present, and future. Your continued involvement helps ensure that our school thrives well into the next century.

The PALs program offers multiple ways to reconnect with old friends, learn about new school initiatives, and stay active within our vibrant community.  From spiritual, enrichment, and service activities, to athletic, arts, and social events--whatever your interest. PALs e-newsletters enable you to stay up-to-date on the latest news and special invitations.
With so many families rooted in the Sacred Heart community for the duration of their children's academic years--a span that can last up to 15 years per child, preschool through grade 12--it's no wonder that parents of alumni remain among our most ardent school supporters. PALs class reps help keep Gator Nation alive, maintaining communication between the school and PALs, promoting events, and keeping the school apprised of alumni news and changing contact information. They help ensure past parent connections and interests are maintained with each other and Sacred Heart Schools. 
 
The SHP Class of 2023 PALs Class Reps are:
Christina Ching (Andrew Rocha), Renee Fitzpatrick (Brennan),
Joy Ghamgosar (Dario), Susie Hornbeek (Casey), Keara Meyercord (Ashlin), Sharon Purcell (Maggie), Mirhiya Sampson (Elizabeth Madigan), and Patrice Wilbur (Conrad)

To learn more about our PALs Class Reps program, or to volunteer, please email alumni@shschools.org.

Get Involved with PALs

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  • Volunteerism & Service

    Tutor Future SHP Students
    Tutor young students taking part in The Sophie’s Scholars Program, as they prepare for entry into Sacred Heart Preparatory in the specific areas of math and reading intervention. To learn more, please contact alumni@shschools.org.
  • Education & Enrichment

    Burgundy & Books
    Former SHS English teacher Connie Solari takes book club enthusiasts on a guided odyssey through literary classics,modern novels, and great discussion over wine.
     
    2020-2021 Burgundy & Books Dates TBD
     
    Past featured books include:
    Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh
    All the Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr
    A Month in the Country, J.L. Carr
    My Name is Lucy Barton, Elizabeth Strout
    To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
    The Underground Railroad,
     Colson Whitehead
    The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway
    A Gentleman in Moscow, Amor Towles
    Song of Solomon by Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison
    Lincoln in the Bardo, George Sauders
    The Brothers Karamazov, Fyodor Dostoevsky (Author), Richard Pevear (Translator), Larissa Volokhonsky (Translator)
    The Creat Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
    Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
    East of Eden by John Steinbeck
    The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohin Hamid 
    A Passage to India by E.M. Forster
    Memories of a Catholic Girlhood by Mary McCarthy, Alumna Sacred Heart Forest Ridge Seattle
     
    Come & See - SHS Teacher Talks
    RSVP to Shannon Melinauskas
    Presented by the SHS Office of Mission Initiatives & Institutional Planning, "Come & See" is a series of monthly presentations and discussions from our faculty to explore contemporary issues through a Catholic theological lens, and meet other Sacred Heart community members interested in exploring theology and spirituality.  RSVP via email here.
    Adults only please
     
    2021-2022 Dates TBD
     
    Contact Alumni & Past Parent Engagement Manager Shannon Melinauskas for more information.
  • Spirituality Programs

    All 2020-2021 Programs will be updated as soon as we have more information.
     
    Come to the Quiet 
    A weekly morning session of quiet prayer and reflection, led by Kathleen Dolan, RSCJ. Held during the regular school year in Lane Family Chapel, Murphy Administration Building, SHS Lower & Middle Schools campus (Park Lane entrance).


    Sharing Faith:  Growing the Inner Life with Sally Vance-Trembath
    A weekly group reflection around the works of powerhouse contemporary and historic spiritual writers.

    Dates: TBD
    Questions?  Contact svance-trembath@shschools.org

    SHS Dad's First Friday:  Faith and Fellowship with current and past parent Deacon John Kerrigan.  Meet in the Lane Family Chapel, Lower & Middle Schools campus (Park Lane entrance).
    • September TBD
    This gathering is simple (and based on a 1,900 year old approach called "lectio divina").  It is a more visceral (vs. analytic) reflection on a scripture passage, and includes time for personal and shared prayer, resolution and prayers for others.  No experience necessary, and all faith traditions are welcome!
     
    SHS FAMILY MASS SERIES 
    Celebrate our shared Catholic faith on Sacred Heart grounds, as we come together in community for liturgy of the Word and SHS fellowship. Family Masses are held in the Ravi Family Assembly Hall located in the Johnson Performing Art Building on the Lower & Middle Schools Campus (Park Lane entrance).
     
    2020/2021 Dates TBD
  • Social Events

    PALs Social 
    PALs across all decades are invited to take part in this SHS tradition, hosted by Director of Schools Richard Dioli and the Office of Alumni and Past Parent Engagement.  Keep an eye out for details via email from the SHS Alumni Egagemetn Manager.

    SHS Auction Benefit 
    A school tradition for nearly four decades, the annual auction night offers something for everyone, from phenomenal dining and dancing to dream vacations, parties, and services donated by the SHS community and auctioned to bidders at live, silent, and super-silent levels. All proceeds go to support SHS students and programs.

Alumni & PALs Contact

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  • Photo of Shannon Melinauskas

    Shannon Melinauskas 

    Alumni & Past Parent Engagement Manager

Sacred Heart Schools Atherton

Sacred Heart Schools, Atherton

150 Valparaiso Ave
Atherton, CA 94027
650 322 1866
Founded by the Society of the Sacred Heart, SHS is a Catholic, independent, co-ed day school for students in preschool through grade 12