St Ignatius College Prepatory - Ignatian Yearbook (San Francisco, CA)

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Left: O Red and Blue: Five freshmen girls show their school spirit by drawing WILDCATS on their arms with permanent markers. Freshmen are CRAZY! Left: Meow, meow. meow. Cheerleaders Jason Urbi tondo and Theresa Finn pose for the camera before a football game. Who's in the catsuit? Right: Surf's up. surfer dudes! Seniors Joe Dekker and Nick Lane get ready to hit the beach during Spirit Week. Nice shades, guys! bove: Junior Chrystinc Lawson nodding cat paw tattoos given to ;ach student who bought Bruce Mahoney game tickets at SI. Spirit II

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Pie in a Freshmen’s face? “Slip n Slide on the upper field at lunch? Limbo contest and Twister in the Student Center? Half-time Olympics at the basketball game tonight? All are questions commonly asked by the Student Body thanks to the inspiration of SI spirit. Four years ago, the Student Body's goal was to increase school spirit. This year’s Student Body — under the leadership of the Cheerleaders and the Rally Committee — has taken this goal far beyond its expectation. Kicking off the year with an awesome rally, perhaps the best ever Spirit Week, and a kooky assortment of ideas (and Cheerleaders), SI spirit is ready for any challenge ! It's “something’ about the Wildcats...that makes us wanna ride! Left: Surfin’ Safari: Crazy Father Wright hanging out with seniors Lauren McMonigle, Carolyn Lee and Jen Scales on Hawaiian Day. H) Spirit

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Immersion Ireland by Carolyn Lee In June of last summer Angelique D'Angelo, Joe DeBarbric, Carolyn Lee, Lauren MeMonigle, Sara O'Rourke. Brian Schmidt, and Mr. Paul Hanley (pajo) boarded a plane heading for Dublin, Ireland. We departed with three goals in minds. The first being establishing a community among our group. The second was immersing ourselves in the Irish culture. And the third was to help the less fortunate in the community. We successfully achieved all three. We spent the first week of our trip in the Northern cities of Portadown, Belfast, and Derry. After our travels in the North, we returned to Dublin to begin our work at underprivileged camps. The children opened up to us completely. They held nothing back including their love. They were satisfied with a listening car or a friendly face and this is what we provided. We spent our time talking, playing, and listening to stories of their family, friends, and culture. On the weekends, we explored the country past our home in Dublin and traveled to different cities. We left SI as unfamiliar traveling companions and returned close friends. Our Immersion did not end at the return to SFO but continued with our new task of bringing our experiences into the halls of SI. Salinas by Kristy Cahill For two weeks in July, Kristy Cahill, Suzanne Girolami, Melissa Gomez, Megan Montague, Bill Shereer. Mike Vrazasbal, Judy ip and Jim McGarry and Alexis Olian, immersed ourselves in the culture of the Salinas Valley. First we stayed at the Correcn and Gold Inn, our tasks ranged from chopping meat to serving fowl to making our guest feel welcome. During our free time we traveled to a Migrant Dibor Camp where the teenagers, children, and adults opened up their meager homes to welcome us into their community. Next, we helped the UFW fight for better living conditions of the farm workers. Throughout all these new experiences and relationships, we learned to immerse ourselves in a new community and most importantly to form our own community. TllCSOn by Christine- This summer, Whitney Barca. Kari Berquist, Cesar Bucoy, Daniel a Fenili, Christine Olsson, James Shinbori, and Patty Zatkin and Jen Levinson traveled to Tucson. We worked at Casa Maria's serving food to the neighborhood, a battered woman's shelter with kids, and at school of refugees. We also look a trip to Nogales, Sonora, where we learned about maquiladoras and the poverty. We met inspirational people who opened our minds to the different ways people can live and we bonded along the way. 12 Immersion