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why i giveKary Bannister Spiegel ’02 is Principal for KRBCreative as a marketing and communicationsconsultant.My decision to be a faithful donor to VillaDuchesne and Oak Hill School actually began withmy dad — he started contributing in my name aftermy graduation in 2002. Today, the giving traditioncontinues, because I feel so blessed for all of theamazing memories and friendships developedduring my 14 years at VDOH. Beyond the incredibleeducation I received, my life has been enrichedthrough the celebration of Sacred Heart traditions —from Congé and Goûter to May Crowning andChristmas Baskets. I had many great influences atVilla, and I am so appreciative for all of the lifelessons that I’ll never forget. But the lesson forwhich I’m probably most grateful, is the importanceFamilies came together at Bonne Chance Auction 2015 to purchase one of theof serving others, which I learned through Serviceauction dogs. Luca was presented to Villa Duchesne Principal Donna Collins,Learning at Villa. Especially now, as the mother ofRSCJand our students as the newest member of the school community.a two-year-old with another baby on the way, I feela heightened awareness of other’s needs and astrong sense of compassion to do what I can, whenI can, to give back to this community.2016 Bonne AuctionCo-Chairs KellyJohnson andAnn GriesedieckKary BannisterSpiegel ’02 withson Daniel5

OUR STUDENTSbuilding communityBy Meghan Donovan ’16During the fall sports season, Meghan Donovan ’16 helped lead Villa Duchesne’s volleyball team to win theMSHSAA Class 3 state championship. In addition to her team’s accolades, Meghan set the state’s all-timecareer assists record and was named Gatorade Missouri Volleyball Player of the Year. The 6'2'' setter willcontinue her studies as a NCAA Division I student-athlete at the University of Georgia.When I think of Villa Duchesne volleyball, I automat-break out of my shell. The seniors were all so kindically think of Goal IV of the Sacred Heart Goals andand welcoming!Criteria: Schools of the Sacred Heart commit themselves to educate to the building of community as aThis compelled me to do the same over the nextChristian value. It is a special ideal that I hold in mythree years. By the time I was a senior, the leadershipheart every time I walk on the court.and work ethic I learned from the volleyball programhelped us become close teammates and ultimatelyThis goal is carried out daily by the coaching staffwin a state championship title.and adhered to by the players. The coaching staffmakes sure that every member of our volleyballI know that without this bond and sense of communi-community is included in every activity. This may bety, the outcome of our season would have beenhaving a senior drive all the freshmen to games orunlikely. The success was a result of our drive,integrating every team – freshmen, JV, and varsity –focus, heart, community, and many other attributes.in all tryout drills. We also participate in many team-I could not have learned these great skills withoutbonding and team-building activities throughout themy teammates, coaches, and teachers at Villayear. These events, though small, help build close-Duchesne. These small, but important, pieces allness and trust within a special community.add up to what makes Villa Duchesne and Oak HillSchool so very special.From my very first day at Villa Duchesne and OakHill School, I felt the strength of the volleyballcommunity. Being theonly freshman onthe varsity team, Iknew no one at thebeginningoftheseason. I was scared,but not for long. At ourfirst practice, a seniorcame up to me andintroduced me to everyone, really helping me6Volleyball State Championship

field hockeyVilla Duchesne field hockey were runners-up in theMidwest Tournament, allowing only seven goalsthe entire season.college signingSeven Villa Duchesne seniors signed to continue their sports at the college level,meaning that more than 10 percent of the Class of 2016 will compete in collegiateathletics in the fall: Allie Christopher (Bucknell field hockey), Meghan Donovan(Georgia volleyball), Isabella Leeker (Louisville field hockey) Lauren Wacker (TrumanState volleyball), Hannah Deines (West Point cross country), Alicia Moellering(Oklahoma track and field), and Kacie Frost (Murray State soccer).hoop dreamsOak Hill’s sixth grade boys basketball team had to overcomestage in the recovery process.obstacles – including beating an undefeated team from a higherWanting to stay involved, Reubendivision – to win St. Margaret of Scotland’s Tournament of Dragonsand his father, David, stepped inthis school year. This season, the team has learned firsthandto help when a spot opened onabout even greater obstacles – and the important role teamworkthe team’s coaching staff.plays in overcoming serious challenges.During games, Reuben playedIn May 2015, Oak Hill sixth grader Reuben Goldschmidt experi-an active role from the bench,enced a life-threatening rupture in his brain and was hospitalizedencouraging teammates who have rallied around him. As thefor most of summer vacation. He returned to school in the fall, butboys complete their education at Oak Hill, Reuben continuesreturning to the Saints’ basketball roster was not possible at thattoward what is projected to be a complete recovery.7

OUR FACULT Yengineering dreamsDR. KRISTEN ERICKSONVILLA DUCHESNESCIENCE TEACHERAt the start of this school year I had the opportunityOne of the major projects that my engineeringand challenge of introducing a new course to thestudents engage in is using our 3D printer (awardedVilla Duchesne Science curriculum; Introduction tothrough the Rull Family Faculty Innovation Fund) toEngineering. Women are underrepresented in theprint and assemble a prosthetic hand. We partneredScience, Technology, Engineering and Mathwith e-NABLE, a group of volunteers worldwide who(STEM) fields. One of the big questions in STEMuse their 3D printers to print prosthetic hands at nofields is why does the gender gap exist and howcost for people in need. e-NABLE pairs volunteerscan we close it? This course is part of our effort at Villawho have 3D printers with people in need of hands,Duchesne to introduce students to engineering andproviding the designs for the hands and communityopen up new opportunities for our girls, helping tosupport for all involved. This project is the perfectclose this gender gap. This new engineering coursemarriage of engineering and Sacred Heart Goalsintroduces girls to engineering design concepts thatand Criteria II and III: educating to a deep respect forintegrate technology, science, and math throughintellectual values and a social awareness whichprojects and design challenges. Many students enterimpels action. It was easy to see the dedication themy course with only the vaguest ideas of what anstudents had to this project; Maggie Stephen, oneengineer does and few picture themselves in anof my first semester students, continued to come inengineering role. This course is helping to change that.during free periods to work on the hands even afterthe course had ended. At this point we have printedOne of the things that I learned during my first twoand fully assembled five hands, some to be submittedsemesters teaching engineering was how poorlyto the e-NABLE group for quality control, the first stepwe, as a society, sell engineering to girls. A goodin being matched with a hand recipient, and the restgeneral definition of engineering is using math andto be used as class examples.science to solve problems, but what we fail toemphasize is that by solving problems we areEngineering is a project-based course that provideshelping people and not just people in general, butstudents practice in solving problems, budgeting,the people in our lives. When engineering is castrisk taking, helping others, and learning tenacity. Iin this light, I think it more fully engagesfeel that this course embodies many of the qualitiesthe interests of girls and integrates thewe, as Sacred Heart educators, hope to ingrain inSacred Heart Goals and Criteria.our students and brings the Goals and Criteria tolife in a unique manner. Teaching this course hasbeen an exciting experience, and I look forward togrowing this course in the future.“Before I took the class, I was on the edge regarding whether or not I wanted to go into engineering incollege and as a career, but after the class I felt much more confident that it was what I really wanted to do.It was a really good experience in terms of learning about what engineering entails and discovering howI can see myself doing this in my future.” MAGGIE STEPHEN ’17, INTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERING STUDENT8

OUR ALUMNAE & ALUMNIpaying it forwardRACHEL DRONE GEHM ’88MANAGER OF ALUMNAE/IRELATIONSAs Manager of Alumnae/i Relations, I have hadWhen I attended Villa Duchesne and Oak Hill Schoolthe opportunity to hear alumni from differentin the 1970s and 80s, I was supported by the gracedecades share their stories about the positiveand generosity of the alumni who came beforeimpact of their Sacred Heart education. I haveme. We need to foster that spirit of giving in ourenjoyed meeting alumni at Reunion Weekend,alumni today. Please visit campus, reminisce withWomen in Business networking events, andclassmates, and make those memories a realityconnector events from New York City to Southernfor our current students.California. My position also allows me to keep ouralumni community engaged in supporting theschool philanthropically.“I was supportedby the grace andgenerosity of thealumni whocame before me.We need to fosterthat spirit ofgiving in ouralumni today.”children of maryThe Children of Mary Sodality was founded in the1830s by St. Madeleine Sophie Barat, foundressof the Society of the Sacred Heart. It was then,and continues to be, an important outgrowth ofthe mission of the Society, enabling alumnaeand friends to continue their religious formationas adults. The St. Louis chapter invites you to maryto learn more about them and attend theirmeetings held at Villa Duchesne andOak Hill School.alumnae choirThe Villa Duchesne-City House Alumnae Association Choir is looking for new members. Thegroup sings traditional Sacred Heart hymns at alumnae events throughout the year. If you are interested in joining, please call Anne HoranHegeman CH ’46 at 314.997.0232 for more information.9

ALUM SPOTLIGHTtrès bien awardTara Clark Smith ’88, Annie Ford Marx ’80, Lucy Hatton Schmidt ’72, Nellie Ribaudo ’89, and Cathie Ott were honored in Aprilat the Villa Duchesne-City House Alumnae Association Mass and Luncheon. Tara, Annie, and Nellie received the Très BienAward while Lucy received the Sister Mary Gray McNally Award and Cathie received the Honorary Alumna Award. Theseawards are presented to women who demonstrate in their lives the traditions and values of Sacred Heart education.If you would like to nominate an alumna for the Très Bien Award, please contact our alumnae association at tresbien@vdoh.org.The nomination deadline is November 1, 2016 with the award presented at the Alumnae Mass and Luncheon on April 21, 2017.Please visit Our Alumnae/i at www.vdoh.org to view past Très Bien recipients.save the dateFamily Picnic on September 17, 2016Holiday Flower Pick-Up on December 7, 2016Villa vs. St. Joe Field Hockey on October 2, 2016Mums of Alums Christmas Basket Coffeeon December 14, 2016Spirituality Speaker Series on November 4, 2016,February 3, 2017, and March 3, 2017Bonne Chance Auction on November 12, 2016Gingerbread Houses with Santa onDecember 3, 2016Trivia Night on February 25, 2017Alumnae Reunion Weekend onApril 21-22, 2017GrandMums Congé on June 3, 2017Visit www.vdoh.org for additional events.10

REUNION CLASSESreunionsapril 15, 2016Villa Duchesne Class of 1956Front: Susan George MacDonald, Punch Lamy, Jeanne Dunn Cremins, Margaret PfefferGilleo, Joan O’Neill Lunt Back: Ellen Hannigan Ribaudo, Mary Ellen Lembeck McEnery,Carole Coleman Rotter, Nancy Mullen Samuel, Barbara Weber BuddeVilla DuchesneClass of 2006Front: Katie Thornton, MorganMcKenzie, Arielle Randolph,Villa Duchesne Class of 1976Front: Maureen Postal Pidgeon, KathyKane Fromuth, Judy Rogers Trout, NinaLambert Chasnoff Middle: Joan Miller,Mary Murray Staples, Krista ZoellerRichardson, Cindy White Dreifke, MaryFarin Swan Middle: Tricia NiemeierBiesterfeld, Mimi Hess Aliperti,Margaret Mulvihill Egan, LauraGoltermann, Tayler Marx Back:Crystal Herbosa O’Connor, CarlyMcGrane Vandas, MargauxSoukenik, Emily Hagnauer DeslogeWolfner Back: Kathy Dean Driscoll,Maury Gatch Humphries, Trudy BuschValentine, Kathy Hannegan MeyerCity House Class of 1956Constance Dryden,RSCJ,Leianna RabenauVilla Duchesne Class of 1981Front: Molly Harvey Mulvihill, Alice LangHobaugh, Suzanne Haberstroh Patton, MauraDesloge Rattikin Back: Emilie Morris Dolan,Kelly Postal Hyland, Becky Doerge Finch,Cheryl Reed Watkins11

REUNION CLASSEScontinued.Visit www.vdoh.org/alum to download your reunion class photos.Villa Duchesne Class of 1996Front: Courtney Keane Collins, Angel Walters Likens, Ann Caire, RSCJ, Maggie BrennanBaisch, Katie Roth Wools Back: Andrea Sissen Zimmer, Kelley Capps Danis, MariaVilla Duchesne Class of 2011Sarah Paletta, Kate Schwarze, Lauren Mangano, Caroline LeekerKubat Zschoche, Katie Hoehn Maguire, Colleen Finn, Emily Nilges Robsonass of 1986,Villa Duchesne Clhneider DodgenStivers, Chris Scstarken KellyFront: Amy Baumitt Schisler, Maureerrill, Amy SchmShrlveAndrews,lniePatricia CuDaMcliack: DeSliney Clark BauraLan,ehrig,iseRoolalshNikFlores, Kelly Waon, Jenny Kerrll Corrigan,skeMiKristin Pehr JansryMan,llasto, Jill Henehan Wowe,Joelle HubbardSchnoebelen Roy Hurley, MeganAm,onwtLakelChristy BichErin McDonougth25Villa Duchesne Class of 1991Front: Katie Kirk Ross, Carolyn RothFeltner, Rebecca Medler Bub,Kris Sellberg Back: Amy Vogt Garcia,Molly O’Brien Shelton, Susie McDowellPetersen, Josie Gonzalez LittlepageVilla Duchesne Class of 2001Front: Kate Noll Spencer, Christina Abel, Robin Carmody Sims,Marjorie Davis Parkison Back: Nina Schmid Engelsmann, AnnieNickolai Cross, Margaret Shinn Mikolajewski12

50thVilla Duchesne Class of 1966Front: Ginger Hatton O’Brien, Eleanor Kearns Jennings, Ellen Nelson, JulieBehring Roberts, Carol ConranBenoist, Jenny Wells Bealke, ContiCansecoMeehan Second Row: Bethy McKay Hall, Debby Boyd Janes, Ginny Garesche,Joni Wagner Kirby, Patricia Webster Heffern, Joanne Vollmer Beugg, ChristieMurphy Third Row: Judy Jones Medler, Marie Flanigan, JudyFerguson Thom,Patty Lorenz McCaskill, Kate Chaplin Woodward, Elise Tegtmeyer,JeanneImbs Weitzel Back: Anne HallMaxwell, Sallie Krewet Herzog,Sharon McGannKlode, Laurie Blumeyer Gentry,Betsy James Vogt, Laurie Griesedieck Ahner,Maleen Harvey CorriganVilla DuchesneClass of 1946Villa DuchesneClass of 1961Dee King MulvihillElizabeth Chopinth50City HouseClass of 1966Front: Cora O’Fallon,EllenPeggy Fox Cain, MaryEllen MeierJones Gould, Sarahk ReganGervasini, Mary GraczaCollins,Back: Suzanne JonesNickelKathy Griffin, NancyWilhelm, Susan Joynt,Kathy Sanders HurstVilla Duchesne Class of 1971Front: Michaela Hoy Purcell, Frannie Sciortino Campanella,Alicia Boldt Tierney, Tish Farrelly Murphy, Marjorie O’FallonBack: Nina Smiley Wilkins, SallyKirk Dowling, DelphineGladden Williams, Marie GlynnDiefenbach, Pam RiceBoggeman, Colleen Jones Wilson, Milissa Mudd BeatyVilla Duchesne Class of 1951Front: Anne Lilly Sheahan, Pat BeckerHanley, Dolores Krekeler Chivetta, JaneRapp Gerritzen Back: Ann Moore Duer,Francine Nash Leritz, Francine TemplemanWimsatt, Rita Allen Glastris13

ALUMNAE & ALUMNIclass notesWe love to hear your good news and receive your photos for Class Notes.Condolences are specific to parents, spouses, children, grandchildren,siblings, and in-laws. Send to alumni@vdoh.org or Class Notes and Condolences, 801 S. Spoede Road,St. Louis, MO 63131. Please note that Class Notes may be edited for style/length and we do not reportTake Time To Shareanticipated births or engagements. We would love to celebrate your “bundle of joy” in our annual editionof Heart to Heart. Send us the date of birth, vitals, and a photo to receive an adorable school bib.Visit www.vdoh.orgfor the latestClass Notes and Condolences reflect those received from June 2015 to May 2016.Alumnae/i News.Barat Hall.BHCity House .CHOak Hill.OH1Elise Marker ’15 ran on the St. Louis University BillikensKylie Johnson Aston ’10 married Cole Aston on August 1,Track Team. She competed at the Atlantic 10 Conference2015. Cole went to SLUH, and they began dating herChampionship in May 2016 and came in 3rd place in thesenior year at Villa Duchesne. Many of Kylie’s Villa10,000-meter race.Duchesne classmates joined the celebration as well asOver the 2015 Christmas break, the Class of ’15 gotthe bridal party: Shannon Johnson Munoz ’04, Marytogether for a brunch at the home of Mary Beth CarletonHager ’10, and Elizabeth Aston ’05.Fox ‘83 and her daughter, Jacqueline Fox ’15. The girlsConnor Wright OH ’10 has created an amazing tributewere able to reconnect before heading back to theirto Stan Musial. He met Stan when he was 8 years oldrespective colleges to finish their freshman year.and has spent the better part of a year building aLindsey McGrath ’15 is one of three Villa Duchesne and204-square-foot mural of Musial out of 5,980 Rubik’sOak Hill School Stubblefield Alumnae Interns forCubes. Using mathematical equations and a lot ofsummer 2016. She is working with Clare Milner ’15time and patience, he twisted each and every cubeand Jenny Stephen ’13 on the Marketing andfor a desired color patternCommunications and Advancement Teams.ending in an astonishingSamantha Medler ‘14 is attendingpiece of art.Marquette University and writes for theMarquette Odyssey. For one of her2articles, she chose to write a tribute toVilla Duchesne. Samantha writes,“While many of the points are simply humorous, othersgenuinely reflect my love and appreciation for my highschool experience.”3Sabrina Fritz ’11, a Northwestern University senior,is a biomedical engineering student that fulfilled herlifelong dream to compete on “Jeopardy.” Though shecorre

Creighton University Nina Concetta Berresheim University of Missouri-Columbia Emily Thompson Blazevic . (National Merit Commended Student) spoke at Villa Duchesne's . scholarships in 5 graduates are Bright Flight Scholars with an ACT score of 31 or higher 1 10,592,906