T he Washingt on Jesui t Academy does not p erform academic mirac les. We educat e our st uden t s t he old-fashioned way, t hrou gh an un wavering commit ment t o exc ellenc e and sustained part nerships wit h parent s, s t uden t s, t eac hers, t u t ors and sponsors.
Wa s h i n gt o n Jesui t Academy b oa r d o f d i rect ors Leonard Baxt, Chair Rey Ramsey, Vice Chair Dave Kent, Treasurer Peter B. Carroccio, Secretary Joe Bender Theresa DeGioia Thelma Duggin Rev. John Langan, S.J. John Libonati Michael M. McCarthy Joseph McCarthy Rev. Richard McCouch, S.J. J. Paul McNamara Rev. Kevin O’Brien, S.J. Courtney Clark Pastrick Robert Reklaitis Regina Welsh Stranix Martha Rooney Webb Beatrice Welters William B. Whitaker, ex-officio John M. Williams Ned Williams
Our Mission The Washington Jesuit Academy, a Catholic school formed under the auspices of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) and operated according to Jesuit educational principles, educates in grades 6-8 academically talented adolescent boys from low-income families regardless of religious denomination, providing for them a disciplined, rigorous learning environment. The goal of the education is to prepare these boys to become men for others who, having gained confidence spiritually, intellectually, emotionally and physically, will be able to succeed in a college preparatory high school on their way to becoming leaders in their communities.
Non-Discrimination Policy Washington Jesuit Academy admits students of any race, color, and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.
wa s h i n g t o n j e s u i t a c a d e m y d o n o r g u i d e f y 0 8 - 0 9
WJA St udent demograp hics 76
Students
88% African American
12% Latino
75% Non-Catholic 82% Qualify for Federal Free and Reduced Lunch program 95% Significantly improve their standardized test scores in at least one subject 96
Alumni across five classes
100% are currently enrolled in or have graduated from high school
Of our first 20 graduates:
95%
graduated from high school on time
85%
are attending college at 13 colleges and universities
COLLEGE INCENT IVE FUND An anonymous foundation has established an endowment fund for WJA’s graduating classes of 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009. The purpose of the fund is to provide tuition assistance to students who graduate from the Washington Jesuit Academy, remain in high school continuously and graduate from high school to then enroll in college in 2010, 2011, 2012, and 2013, respectively.
In Washingt on, D.C. 50% of low-income students graduate from high school 17% of low-income students attend college
Lett er f rom t he C hairman and p resident
This year marked another major milestone in the life of the Washington Jesuit Academy. Our first group of students—who entered WJA as 6th graders back in 2002—completed high school. We are delighted to report that 19 of these 20 talented young men earned high school diplomas. Seventeen are attending college this fall, while one is serving our country in the United States Air Force and another is learning critical vocational skills in a workforce training program. We are so proud of these young men and their hard work. Our alumni continue to defy the odds that are stacked against them: they live in a city where fewer than 50% of males graduate from high school; a city where only 16% of low-income students attend college; a city where 72% of African American high school dropouts are unemployed and 60% spend time in prison before age 30; a city with the highest adult illiteracy rate in the nation—37%. And yet, they have persevered and continue to do so. What led to this rate of success? At the risk of sounding trite, we have learned that it really does “take a village” to educate our boys. Each of these young men had an adult in his life who encouraged him to attend the Washington Jesuit Academy and made sure he stayed on track, completed his homework and overcame the countless challenges that were set before him. The dedication of the Washington Jesuit Academy’s teachers, who set high expectations for each student and then worked alongside him to meet those expectations, was critical. Another crucial link was the corps of volunteer tutors who, after a long day at work, gave up one evening every week to supervise study hall from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. And none of this could have happened without the generosity of the Academy’s donors, who support this team by giving to the Annual Fund, donating through the Combined Federal Campaign and United Way, advertising in the Jesuit Gridiron Classic program or participating in WJA’s Sponsorship Program. In this report we have articulated how essential this team of students, parents, teachers, tutors and sponsors is to what we do at the Academy. These sustained partnerships helped a young man named Donté Taylor to thrive at the Academy—and beyond. We hope that as you read about Donté’s journey, you will understand that he is just one of 160 young men—students and alumni—whose lives have been impacted by our team, and that you play a critical role in our mission. On behalf of the WJA Board, Faculty and Staff, thank you for your generous and loyal support of the Washington Jesuit Academy and its students. Your commitment to WJA empowers our team to change lives through education. Sincerely,
Leonard Baxt Chairman Board of Directors
William B. Whitaker President
Dedicat ed St udent s There was no
reason to expect Donté Taylor to fall in love with Washington Jesuit Academy. The school day was 12 hours long. Summer vacation lasted one measly month. And rising each morning at 5 a.m. for his commute from far Anacostia to the school in Northeast Washington was hardly a recommendation.
45% Graduation rate at Donté’s neighborhood school 100% at St. Andrew’s 30% College acceptance rate at Donté’s neighborhood school 100% at St. Andrew’s 1198 Average SAT Score at Donté’s neighborhood school 1882 at St. Andrew’s 0% Passing scores on Advanced Placement tests at Donté’s neighborhood school 83% at St. Andrew’s
“I was excited but also a little scared,” recalls Donté of those first days as a WJA sixth grader. “There was so much work. And I didn’t know any other students.” But Donté thrived at WJA’s academically rigorous program. He entered the Academy as a 6th grader with talent and skills that allowed WJA to expose him to a world of resources and opportunities that would better prepare him for high school.
Bob Wassmann, a veteran reading teacher at WJA, recalls that WJA truly 100% at St. Andrew’s untapped Donté’s academic potential. He took advantage of WJA’s extended school day to learn study skills and read more books. He sought extra work from teachers and earned WJA’s “Student of the Week” award eight times in three years for his effort and behavior. 23% Scoring at proficiency or above at Donté’s neighborhood school
By the time he graduated in 2006, he was in the top tier of his class. But beyond his academic achievement, he matured into what WJA expects of all its students: a Man for Others, a young man of character. Teachers remember him as dedicated, positive to others and always eager to learn. “I think my life would have been so different if I hadn’t gone to WJA. I probably would have been hanging out, playing hooky,” he recalls.
In reality, Donté might have faced a worse fate than hooky if his mother had not found the Academy. His neighborhood middle school and its traditional six-hour school day would not have offered the academic challenge that Donté got at WJA. His neighborhood high school is one of the worst in the country and more than half of his old elementary school classmates have already dropped out of high school. Of those who are still enrolled, only about 20% are performing at proficiency or above on standardized tests. And as gang violence continues to spike across the city, even the most driven students face danger and distraction every day. Instead, Donté is preparing himself for the next leap forward. As a senior—with honors—at a selective private school, Donté is applying to college this winter to pursue a career in design or architecture. Without any bidding, he credits Washington Jesuit Academy with clearing his way. “WJA definitely prepared us for high school. They told us, ‘You’re going to be taking exams, writing papers like this at the high school level. I expected what I found at St. Andrew’s. I was ready for it.” Valentine Davies, WJA’s Director of Graduate Support, reiterates Donté’s success in high school. Mr. Davies continues to solidify critical partnerships with Donté’s mother and high school administrators—as he does with all WJA alumni—in order to affirm Donté’s strengths and abilities. “As we prepare to celebrate Donté’s graduation,” Davies says, “we are excited to hear him speak of such schools as University of Maryland, Syracuse University, Penn State and Catholic University of America— programs that will be enriched by this young man’s perspective.” Donté recites a long list of people at WJA who helped prepare him for high school and for what lies ahead—Mr. Davies, Mr. Wassmann, study hall tutor Emily Durso, his sponsor family the Pizzis, and math teacher Rosie MacInnes. The truth is, even more people have played a role in Donté’s story— every teacher, every tutor and every donor. In fact, we have 96 Dontés—in high school and beyond—who have been impacted by the Washington Jesuit Academy’s commitment to creating educational opportunity. For all of them, WJA has served as a turning point in their journey to high school success.
Campaign Sup p o rt e r s
BRIDGE BUILDERS ($50,000 – $99,999)
We thank those who have contributed to WJA’s Opening Doors to the Future capital campaign for sponsorship endowments, faculty enhancements, and building and grounds. Op ening Doors t o t he Fut ure Campaign Donors
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Abell In Memory of William S. Abell Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bender Ms. Mary Callahan The Clark Charitable Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Costello Mr. and Mrs. David Deutsch Ms. C. Maury Devine The John E. Fowler Foundation Mr. William T. Garcia and Ms. Alma Marie Angotti The German Orphan Home of the District of Columbia Mr. and Mrs. Tony Glowacki Mr. Bob Grunewald and Ms. Susan Young Holy Trinity Catholic Church JBT Corporation Mr. and Mrs. Bob Korzeniewski Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Long Mr. and Mrs. Bill Magner Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. Mandel Mr. and Mrs. Michael M. McCarthy Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus Merrill Lynch Mr. and Mrs. James D. Murphy Posner-Wallace Foundation Mr. and Mrs. John Quigley RaffertyWeiss Media Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Reed Mr. Robert Reklaitis and Ms. Patricia Maher Ruppert Companies Shaykin Family Foundation Mr. William H. Stewart, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. John Stranix Ms. Agnes N. Williams WINNERS Lacrosse
WJA Donors We are grateful to our generous donors whose invaluable support in FY 08-09 helped us prepare our students to become Men for Others. V isionaries ($100,000 and above)
The German Orphan Home of the District of Columbia The Clark Charitable Foundation*
† Deceased
Anonymous (2) Clark-Winchcole Foundation‡ The Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation‡ Mr. and Mrs. James D. Murphy* Mr. and Mrs. John Quigley/ Civitas Foundation* Mr. and Mrs. Vincent J. Browning/ R&R Mechanical Contractors, Inc. Ruppert Companies Washington Scholarship Fund Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Welters/ Vincent Wilkinson Foundation* FOUNDAT ION LAYERS ($10,000 – $49,999)
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Abell‡ Ada Harris Maley Memorial Fund‡ The John Akridge Company Mr. and Mrs. Jan Witold Baran Battelle Institute Mr. and Mrs. Joe Bender* Mr. Karl Bendorf and Ms. Patricia Lacey Mr. Richard F. Blackburn Mr. James Boland Ms. Katherine B. Bradley Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Brodnik‡ Mr. and Mrs. Steve Cassaday Mrs. Ellen Coakley‡ Collins Riley Fund Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Costello* William and Jane Courtney Family Foundation Mr. Michael Crilley and Mrs. Janet Demas‡ Crowell & Moring Foundation* Dr. and Mrs. John DeGioia Mr. and Mrs. David Deutsch* Ms. C. Maury Devine‡ Dow Lohnes Dr. Scholl Foundation* Ms. Thelma Duggin Ms. Emily Durso* Mr. Randall Eley* Eugene I. Kane Foundation, Inc. Dr. and Mrs. Joseph G. Farr Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Fehringer* Figge Family Partnership* Fight For Children, Inc. Mr. Dave Foley Mr. Stephen M. Foster and Ms. Cecilia Gonzalez† John E. Fowler Foundation Friedman, Billings, Ramsey Group, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. James J. Gallagher* George Preston Marshall Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Tony Glowacki Mr. and Mrs. Michael Groll* Mr. and Mrs. Joe Guarriello* Ms. Kristin Gulland Harman Family Foundation* Mr. and Mrs. Warren Hayford Mr. and Mrs. David J. Hensler The Herb Block Foundation Mr. and Mrs. James F. Hibey
‡ Denotes consecutive giving since WJA opened in 2002
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Higgins Holy Trinity Catholic Church‡ Hoops for Youth Mr. and Mrs. Eric Hovde I.A. O’Shaughnessy Foundation/ Mr. and Mrs. Tim O’Shaughnessy* IKO Foundation Jesuit Lacrosse Classic Mr. Michael Karam and Ms. Linda Morgan Kiplinger Foundation* Mr. Jim Leary‡ Mary & Daniel Loughran Foundation, Inc.‡ Mr. and Mrs. John B. Magee Mr. and Mrs. Bill Magner Mr. and Mrs. John P. McAllister Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. McCarthy Mr. and Mrs. Michael M. McCarthy* Mead Family Foundation* Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Meyer Mr. Michael Meyer Millrose Foundation* Mr. and Mrs. Howard R. Norton, III Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. O’Connor Mr. and Mrs. Thomas D. O’Malley Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP* Mr. and Mrs. Brian O’Toole Mr. and Mrs. Scott Pastrick* The Philip L. Graham Fund Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Reed Mr. Robert Reklaitis and Ms. Patricia Maher Mr. and Mrs. Albert Rosecan Mr. Robert Ruyak/Howrey Simon* Mr. and Mrs. John Ryan Mr. John Schmidtlein Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Sheehy, IV* Ms. Katheryn H. Stamm Mr. Mark Stamm* Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Sullivan Mr. Peter Teeley and Dr. Victoria Casey* Mr. and Mrs. Brian X. Tierney W. O’Neil Foundation* Mr. and Mrs. Ray Whalen Mr. Tom Wilbur Wiley Rein & Fielding, LLP William Bingham Foundation WINNERS Lacrosse Mr. Robert L. Wright OPPORT UNIT Y MAKERS ($5,000 – $9,999)
Anonymous (3) Mr. Anthony Abell* Mr. and Mrs. W. Shepherdson Abell Anthony & Anna Carozza Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Baine Mr. Sean F.X Boland Mr. and Mrs. Peter Carroccio* Ms. Kim Clendenin The Columbia Foundation* The Cornelius J. Coakley Family Foundation, Inc. Mr. Richard M. Daly Mr. Gregory Dyer* Mr. and Mrs. John Engel
* Denotes five or more years of consecutive giving
E n g ag e d G uardians
Donté’s success story has no beginning without his mother Lisa Taylor’s sacrifices and determination to provide her only child a great education.
WJA Offers the Following Programs: Annual Ignatian inter-faith retreat for 7th graders and their families that focuses on family bonding, reflection, prayer and fellowship Guardian education seminars Regular meetings with WJA counselor and teachers Thriving Home-School Association Guardian volunteer program Annual potlucks for families
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald B. File‡ Mr. and Mrs. John B. Ford* Gonzaga Jesuit Community‡ Mr. Anthony P. Kavanagh Mr. and Mrs. Peter Kennedy* Mr. and Mrs. John Keyser Mr. and Mrs. Edmond H. Kilby Mr. and Mrs. Roy F. Kilby Mr. Dennis Kilcullen and Mrs. Angela Meche Kilcullen Mr. Lawrence M. Kirk and Ms. Laurie A. Lipper Mr. and Mrs. Howard Kluttz* Mr. and Mrs. Leon T. Knauer Mr. and Mrs. Dan Knise Mr. and Mrs. Bob Korzeniewski Mr. and Mrs. Matt Lawlor Mr. Matthew Manfreda Dr. John E. McKnight Mr. and Mrs. J. Paul McNamara‡ Mr. and Mrs. Patrick L. McNamee The Miller & Chevalier Charitable Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Bill Miossi Mr. Art Moran Mr. Asghar Mostafa † Deceased
Ms. Taylor saw the academic potential in her son and wanted more for him than his neighborhood middle and high schools—schools that she herself attended. She knew early on that she wanted to find a school that would set the bar higher and provide more opportunities for Donté than she had. She heard about the Washington Jesuit Academy from a friend at church, but wasn’t immediately convinced. “At first I thought it was a school for problem boys who didn’t know how to act. But then I saw how it worked,
NativityMiguel Network of Schools Ms. Mary Kinahan Ockay Ms. Mary Beth O’Quinn Ms. Barbara A. Patocka Mr. and Mrs. James J. Phelan* Mr. and Mrs. Vernon D. Pizzi* Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Plank Sanders Foundation‡ Mr. and Mrs. Paul A. Sheehy Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament The Shugar Foundation* Mr. and Mrs. William R. Slater Mr. and Mrs. John Stranix‡ The Hattie M. Strong Foundation Dr. William Strudwick Tiger Woods Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Urbanczyk Mr. Kevin Urgo* Mr. and Mrs. S. Lee Weber* Mr. and Mrs. John M. Williams‡ INSPIRERS ($1,000 – $4,999)
Anonymous The Abell Foundation
‡ Denotes consecutive giving since WJA opened in 2002
Mr. and Mrs. Danny P. Anastasi Bank of America Matching Gifts Mr. John Benziger Mr. Tom Bindley Mr. Mike Brodie Rev. William Byron, S.J. Mr. Daniel J. Callahan, III* Mr. Michael J. Caponiti Mr. and Mrs. J. Paul Carey* Mr. and Mrs. Paul Carroccio Mr. and Mrs. Michael Cavanaugh* Mr. and Dr. Kevin B. Clark Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Collins Mr. and Mrs. James C. Conley, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Stephen C. Conley Mr. and Mrs. Fred Cornelius Ms. Kathryn O. Costello Mr. and Mrs. David M. Courtis Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Daileader, Jr.* Mr. and Mrs. Steven H. Davis Mr. and Mrs Christopher Davitt‡ Mr. James H. DeGraffenreidt, Jr. and Dr. Mychelle Y. Farmer* Mr. and Mrs. John Delaney* Mr. and Mrs. John Derrick, Jr.* Mr. and Mrs. Carl F. Desmarais
* Denotes five or more years of consecutive giving
and it’s not like that at all. It’s just a place for educating our young men. I told Donté, ‘This could change the rest of your life.’” The Academy may have changed Donté’s life. It certainly provided for him a rigorous, yet supportive environment where he was challenged personally and academically. He had entered as a disinterested reader, but graduated as an eager and well-prepared student with good study habits. Ms. Taylor noted his change in attitude, with some surprise. “Donté would come home from school, get a snack and disappear into his room. He’d say, ‘Mom, I’ve got homework to finish,’” says Ms. Taylor. “He was excited about the things he was being taught.” Parents like Ms. Taylor are an integral part of the equation at the Academy. WJA accepts students without regard to race, ethnicity or religion, but looks for a “significant other,” be it a parent, grandmother, aunt or neighbor, who will remain fully engaged in the young man’s journey at WJA. “We have found that the academic success of our boys is inextricably linked to the degree of their parents’ involvement,” says Ann Clark, Director of Counseling at the Academy. She remarks that the parents who attend school functions, communicate regularly with teachers and keep WJA informed of what’s going on at home typically see strong academic progress in their sons. Ms. Taylor was one of those parents. Ms. Taylor does admit to one disappointment with WJA. “When it was time for Donté to leave, I was really sad. I liked the atmosphere, the breakfast, lunch and dinner, the study hall and all of that. Myself and other parents said, ‘Can’t you just keep growing through 12th grade?’” While it does not extend through high school, the Academy does offer significant resources to its alumni through its Graduate Support Program. Ms. Taylor and her son have certainly made the most of these services, especially this year as Donté applies to college. Ms. Taylor gratefully adds, “Washington Jesuit Academy put a lot into the boys. Thanks to them, Donté was well-prepared to succeed in high school.”
Ms. Anna Deutsch Mr. Christopher Deutsch Mr. John P. Devlin and Ms. Joann C. Grainger Mr. and Mrs. Renny DiPentima* Mr. and Mrs. Joseph J. DiPietro, Jr.* Mrs L.B. Doggett Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Dowling* Ms. Sally Duran* Mr. Robert Easby-Smith and Mrs. Anne Matan Easby-Smith* Mr. Kevin Ebel and Ms. Paula Duke Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Evans Exxon/Mobil Foundation FADICA Mr. and Mrs. Joe Falcone Mr. and Mrs. James A. Fangmeyer* Mr. Leroy Fangmeyer Ferdinand Wheeler House‡ Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence E. Fitzpatrick Mr. and Mrs. Robert Flanagan* Mr. and Mrs. Lance Ford Ms. Ann C. Forquer Mr. and Mrs. Peter Forster Dr. Odelia Funke Mr. Stephen Gaenzler Mr. and Mrs. Paul F. Gamble Mr. and Mrs. Edward Garlich, Jr.* Mr. William Gerrish, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Michael Gick Mr. and Mrs. Sean Glynn* Mr. and Mrs. Geoff Gonella Mr. William J. Hardy Rev. Henry Haske, S.J.* Mr. and Mrs. Ashley Hawken‡ Mr. Bryan Hawkins Mrs. Catherine Hayes† Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Hayes Mr. and Mrs. Shawn Hendon Mr. and Mrs. Edwin K. Hoffman Mrs. Anthony J. Horak Mr. and Mrs. Brian Howie Ms. Frankie Hughes Mr. and Mrs. Mark M. Hughes Mr. Michael L. Hughes Mr. David B. Jacobin Mr. Brian Kelleher* Mr. and Mrs. Kevin F. Kelly Mr. and Mrs. David Kent The Kentland Foundation, Inc. Mr. James Kikendall Mr. and Mrs. James King* Ms. Alice A. Kipel Mr. and Mrs. James Kirchner Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Krull Mr. and Mrs. Paul R. Lang Mr. and Mrs. William Leahy Mr. and Mrs. Brian Lemek* Leonard Neale House Jesuit Community* Mr. and Mrs. David Lewis* LexisNexis Shares Matching Contribution Program Mr. and Mrs. John Libonati Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Long‡ Mr. John F. Loome, III and Ms. Mary Heather Sine Mr. and Mrs. Jorge Lopez* Mr. and Mrs. James Lucey* † Deceased
Mr. Matthew C. Lucey Mr. and Mrs. John C. Lynch Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. MacDaniels* Mr. and Mrs. John S. Madigan Ms. Susan Maher Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mallon* Mr. Keith Mayo Mr. and Mrs. Michael McCarthy* Mr. Francis L. McDonald* Mr. Pat McGloon Ms. Georgianna S. McGuire Mr. and Mrs. Richard P. McHugh Mr. and Mrs. Charles McNamara Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Moore Mr. Jim Morhard Mr. Robert Mulligan* Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Nalls Mr. and Mrs. George Nash Mr. and Mrs. Vincent P. Nesline Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Newell* Mr. and Mrs. James J. Oberdick and Family Mr. and Mrs. Bill O’Brien Mrs. John O’Neil* Mr. John T. O’Rourke Posner-Wallace Foundation Qualcomm Incorporated Mr. Karl Racine Mr. and Mrs. Patrick M. Rafferty Mr. and Mrs. Jack Railey‡ Mr. Rey Ramsey Mr. Michael Reardon Mr. J. Matthew Rice‡ Mr. John Ring Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Roddy* Mr. John Romero Mr. Stephen M. Ryan and Mrs. Lisa Frasco Ryan* Mr. Vincent Saguto Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Saxon Mr. and Mrs. Ted Shanahan Mr. and Mrs. Michael Shannon Shaykin Family Foundation Shuler Strawn Realty Associates, LLC Mr. and Mrs. Mark Siciliano Fr. Mark Smith Mr. Michael D. Smith Mr. William H. Stewart, Jr. Mr. Michael Thaman and Ms. Lisa Gathard The Barbara and Alan Iselin Family Foundation The Fuller Foundation The Prudential Foundation Mrs. Mary Ann Tierney Mr. and Mrs. James P. Timony* Mr. J. Mark Trumbore US Charitable Gift Trust Ms. Jacqueline Ann Wakeling‡ Mr. Stephen J. Wallace and Mrs. Jeanne M. Tarpey Wallace Dr. B. Timothy Walsh and Mrs. Mary Beth Walsh* Mr. James K. Walton and Ms. Eileen Albanese Mr. Charlie Hoyt and Mrs. Deborah Weinberger Mr. and Mrs. William West Mr. John Whitaker‡ Mr. Steve Whitaker
‡ Denotes consecutive giving since WJA opened in 2002
Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. White, Jr. Mr. Garry O. Wilbor Ms. Ann L. Wild‡ The Honorable Jean Wilkowski* Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Williams* Mr. Joseph Yacinski BELIEVERS ($500 – $999)
Mr. Mike Barstis Mrs. Opal Bell* Mr. and Mrs. George Beuchert Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Bien‡ Dr. and Mrs. Lester S. Borden Mr. David M. Borowski and Ms. Kerry Cadden Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brigham Ms. Molly R. Bryson Catalogue for Philanthropy, Inc. Mr. Geoffrey Chalmers and Ms. Christine Williams* Mr. and Mrs. Ray Chappell Mr. Joseph P. Clayton Mr. and Mrs. William R. Codus* The Community Foundation for the National Capitol Region Mr. Manus Cooney Mr. Kent C. Cooper and Ms. Patricia A. O’Connor Mr. Edward Costello Mr. Edmund B. Cronin, Jr. Ms. Maryann Dolan Mr. Mitchell Dolin The Honorable and Mrs. Joseph Dugan, Jr.* Ms. Mary Louise Egan‡ Mr. and Mrs. William M. Ellis Ms. Kelley Ellsworth Fannie Mae Foundation* Mr. Michael K. Farr Mr. Fred Farshey Mr. and Mrs. Michael R. Feldman Mr. and Mrs. James L. Fry Mr. Jeffrey C. Fuge Mr. William T. Garcia and Ms. Alma Marie Angotti Mr. and Mrs. John C. Garvey* Mr. John Gaughan Georgetown Prep Alumni Association Mr. William J. Ginivan and Ms. Nancy A. McBride Mr. and Mrs. William Glading, Sr. Mr. Thomas Gletner, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Barry Graham Ms. Constance D. Graham and Mr. Paul Hertel Mr. and Mrs. David Holmes Jones Day Mr. Jeffery M. Ketchum Mr. and Mrs. Matt Kilcoyne Ms. Sarah Joy Krueger Mr. Jack Leimkuhler Lincoln Financial Corp.* Mr. and Mrs. John Linnehan* Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Loome Mr. Mark Lynch Mr. Angus Macbeth Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Paul Machado Mrs. Betty Maloney
* Denotes five or more years of consecutive giving
Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. Mandel Mr. Craig R. Marino* Mr. and Mrs. Herb J. Martin* Dr. and Mrs. James P. McCarrick‡ McClees Galleries MCN Build, LLC Mr. and Mrs. Dale R. Meers Mr. and Mrs. Frank Monahan* Mr. and Mrs. Michael X. Morrell* Ms. Barbara Mujica* Mr. Mark Murphy* Mr. John Murray Navy Federal Credit Union Mr. Edward L. O’Connell and Ms. Mary J. Dowd Ms. E. Muriel O’Connor Lee* R&B Consulting, LLC Mr. and Mrs. Michael Ridgway Mr. C. Tim L. Rollins RPA Mr. Paul A. Sager and Ms. Natalie Venezia Mr. Robert Siciliano Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP Mr. Charles J. Steele and Ms. Elizabeth Y. Mohr Mr. David L. Straus Mr. James Talley Mr. Patrick Towell and Ms. Catherine M. Harroun Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Tritschler‡ Mr. and Mrs. Mark Tuohey Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program Mrs. Pat Waters‡ Mr. and Mrs. John C. Williams* Woodstock Theological Center‡ Mr. and Mrs. Robert Yahn‡ Mr. and Mrs. Bob Zachariasiewicz* FRIENDS (Gifts up to $499)
Ms. Mary L. Abbott Ms. Debra Abell Dr. Charles J. Abraham, DDS Mrs. Carole J. Abrahams Mr. Robert G. Abrams Mr. Guido Adelfio and Ms. Mary Anne Fiorita* Mr. and Mrs. Tony Albrecht Ms. Eva Almirantearena American Intellectual Property Law Association Ames Management, Ltd. Mr. Paul Andrews Mr. and Mrs. Daniel F. Attridge Ms. Mary Jo Bane Mr. and Mrs. Timothy D. Barr Mr. Michael Barros and Mrs. Sonia Gupta Barros Mr. and Mrs. Worth Bateman Mr. Peter Bautz Ms. Anna Beardsley Mr. Ryan L. Beardsley and Ms. Denny S. Zoev Mr. John Bell Mr. William J. Bennetta Mr. and Mrs. James M. Benton Ms. Rosina Bierbaum † Deceased
Mr. Terry Billingsley Mr. and Mrs. Ralph G. Blasey, III* Ms. Heather Bloom Mr. Timothy Bluth Mr. Adrian T. Borneman Mr. Benjamin Boyer Mr. Jude Boyle Mr. and Mrs. Michael Bradshaw Mr. Maury Bradsher Mr. and Mrs. Edward Braniff Mr. Paul K. Brooks* Ms. Jacqueline Brown Mr. Anthony Buckley* Mr. Michael Burch Mr. Michael Burke Mr. and Mrs. Eugene M. Burns Ms. Cheryl Butler Mr. Michael Cahir Mr. and Mrs. Barry H. Caldwell Mr. and Mrs. Griffin Vann Canada, Jr.‡ Mr. Francis J. Cantrel Mr. Jeffery Capron Mr. and Mrs. Michael B. Carey Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Casper Mr. and Mrs. William Cassidy* Mr. Andrew Catanzaro and Ms. Laura Elkins Mr. and Mrs. Francis X. Cavanaugh Ms. Mary and Ms. Ann Cavanaugh Dr. Joseph J. Ciancaglini‡ Dr. Margaret M. Clancy‡ Ms. Patricia H. Clayton Ms. Tamara Baxt Clemmons Mr. and Mrs. Neil T. Coakley Mr. and Mrs. Ronald S. Coddington Mr. and Mrs. Louis Cohen Ms/ Rachel G. Cohen Mr. and Mrs. Daniel F. Collins Mr. and Mrs. Richard Collins, II Dr. Maurice J. Conley, III and Mrs. Patricia Z. Conley* Ms. Catherine Connelly* Mr. John Connolly Ms. Mary Connolly Mr. Patrick F. Conway Mr. and Mrs. Philip A. Cooney Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Corsi Mrs. Donna M. Costello Ms. Margaret H. Costello Mr. and Mrs. Channing Cox Mr. and Mrs. John Coyle Ms. Mary Crilley Mr. William J. Crockett Mr. and Mrs. John C. Crowley Mr. Matthew Cullinane Mr. John C. Culver Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Culver Mr. and Mrs. Richard Cummins‡ Mr. and Mrs. Kevin G. Curtin Ms. Mary Anne Curtin, Esq. Mr. Peter Cutler Mr. R. Travers Daniel* Mr. Roman E. Darmer Mr. Anthony DeCristofaro Mr. and Mrs. Brendan Delany Mr. and Mrs. Michael Louis Denger* Mr. and Mrs. James T. Devine Ms. Eleanor K. Dillon
‡ Denotes consecutive giving since WJA opened in 2002
Ms. Ruby J. Dionne Mr. Edward J. Doheny Mr. Ted Donatelli Mr. and Mrs. Kevin B. Dowd Mr. and Mrs. Joseph T. Doyle Mr. Gregg Duffey Mr. John Dugan Ms. Ellen K. Duggan Mr. Brendan M. Dunn Mr. and Mrs. George Dunn Mr. Matthew Dunn Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. Dunner Mr. Matthew Dupuis Mr. James V. Durkin Mr. Mike Durst Mr. and Mrs. Abraham L. Eiss Mr. Rex Elliott Mr. and Mrs. Robert Elliott Ms. Robin Engel Mr. Bradford J. Eyre Mr. Steven A. Falci and Mrs. Christine M. Metzner Mr. and Mrs. William E. Fallon Mr. Peter C. Farrand Dr. Harvey V. Fineberg and Dr. Mary E. Wilson Mr. and Mrs. Stephen T. Fisher Ms. Florence Fitzgerald Mr. and Mrs. James Fitzgerald Mr. and Mrs. Michael Fitzgerald Ms. Tina Flavino Mr. Robert P. Fletcher Mr. Jason Flint Mr. and Mrs. Garrett S. Flynn Mr. Clifford S. Foerster, Jr. and Ms. Emily Denver Mrs. Anne M. Formichella Ms. Laurellen Foster Mrs. Ann M. Fox* Mr. and Mrs. Hugh M. Frampton Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Francis Freddie Mac Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Richard H. Friedman Mrs. Maureen Gannon Ms. Brenda L. Gardiner Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gardner* Ms. Elizabeth T. Gentilcore Mr. William K. Gerrish, Jr. Mr. J. Mark Gidley Mr. Thomas Gilbertson Ms. Denise Gilchrist Mr. and Mrs. Peter S. Glassman Mr. and Mrs. John P. Glennon Mr. James M. Goff Mr. George P. Grau, III Mr. and Mrs. Richard Green Dr. Robert Greenfield* Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Grenier, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. W. Earl Griffin Mr. and Mrs. Vladimir Grigorians Mr. and Mrs. Alan Grimaldi Mr. George K. Gummere Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Gwadz Ms. Deneen Habarta Mr. Timothy Hagan Ms. Christine Hall Mr. and Mrs. Timothy J. Hampton Mr. Christopher Harnisch Mr. Harry P. Hart Mr. James K. Haser
* Denotes five or more years of consecutive giving
Pa s s i o n at e T eac hers
Donté Taylor’s first teachers were unanimous—the kid was a rare find.
“He impressed me from the first moment I saw him,” remembers Bob Wassmann. “He was a sixth grader acting like an eighth grader.” “He had an infectious laugh and was always eager to engage,” adds Rosie MacInnes. “What blows me away is that it doesn’t matter what level students are when they come here. If they have the desire and are willing to make the effort, they can flourish. I’m continually amazed at the progress they make.”
What Donté couldn’t know during those first days at Washington Jesuit Academy, was just how lucky he was. Wassmann and MacInnes, two gifted and innovative teachers, were perfectly suited to launch his academic career.
— Rosie MacInnes, WJA math teacher
“He had a lot of ability which had not been tapped,” says Wassmann. “The teachers liked him and he liked being here. He was a bright kid who wanted to be challenged and we challenged him. It paid off.” Wassmann, a language and arts teacher for thirty-seven years, is still infectiously eager. His classroom is lush with books, the walls covered in literary quotes and posters. It is less a classroom than a reading lounge, exactly as he intended. “I was determined to create the ideal classroom for reading, an inviting, welcoming space that encourages kids to read.” One of his innovations is allowing students to choose what they read and what they write. In other words, says Wassmann, they “own” their education. That strategy worked wonders for Donté Taylor. “He didn’t like reading too much before he got there,” says Donté’s mother Lisa. “But now he loves it. Give him a book and he’ll read it in two days.”
Rosie MacInnes has learned to be creative in managing her math class, and some of those lessons came from her students. “Boys are just so different in how they learn. It’s unrealistic to have them sit in chairs and not move. They have a lot of energy, they need to be physical. Instead of trying to fight it, I work with it.” Before coming to WJA, Rosie worked with a transitional house for children who were HIV positive and spent time in Tanzania teaching business math and statistics through the International Jesuit Volunteer Corps. She was hired as one of WJA’s founding teachers, just in time to meet Donté. “He was always incredibly positive, always trying to improve himself.” That attitude, says Rosie, is more important for academic success than any other factor. “What blows me away is that it doesn’t matter what level students are when they come here. If they have the desire and are willing to make the effort, they can flourish. I’m continually amazed at the progress they make.” Ms. Susan D. Haske* Mr. and Mrs. Donald Hathway Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan Haveles Mr. and Mrs. Vincent J. Hearing‡ Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Heck Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Heck Ms. Alison Helin Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Helin Ms. Jo-Ann Henry Espeut and Mr. Michael Espeut Mr. and Mrs. Tomas J. Hernandez Mr. and Mrs. Michael K. Hickey Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Hodge* Mr. Timothy Hodgson Mr. and Mrs. Barry L. Holley Mr. and Mrs. Douglas W. Holy Mr. Richard Hook Mr. and Mrs. Michael Horan* Mr. and Mrs. John House Mr. Richard D. Howard Dr. Adrian Hurley IGIVE.com Holdings LLC Mr. and Mrs. August A. Imholtz, Jr.‡ Ms. Ginna Ingram Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Jaffe Mr. Brian M. Jarvis‡ Ms. Patricia M. Jayne and Mr. Christopher J. Barr Mr. and Mrs. David Johnson Ms. Maria M. Johnson Mr. Edward Johnston Mr. and Mrs. Richard Johnston, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. J. Michael Joly † Deceased
Jones Lang LaSalle Mr. Steven Jones Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Kachinske Ms. Kelly Kane Ms. Elizabeth A. Kapalla Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Kardash Mr. and Mrs. Bryan D. Kartheiser Mr. and Mrs. John G. Katinas Mr. Edward W. Kay Mr. and Mrs. C. Anthony Keel Mr. Patrick Keeley, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. James J. Kelley Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Kentz Mr. and Mrs. John D. Keppel Mr. and Mrs. John Kilcoyne Kirkland & Ellis Ms. Barbara L. Kirschten Mr. and Mrs. Juan P. Koropecky Mr. and Mrs. Martin L. Kramer Mr. Robert G. Krupka Mr. Daniel Lagan Mr. and Mrs. Richard Landfield Mr. and Mrs. Raymond G. LaPlaca Mr. Edward B. Lazere and Mrs. Suzanne L. Griffith Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. LeFrancois Ms. N. M. Leisz Ms. Sarah Lettunich Dr. and Mrs. William L. Licamele* Mr. Donald Lincoln Mr. and Mrs. Albert L. Lindquist Little Flower Church Mr. Jorge Lopez-Balboa
‡ Denotes consecutive giving since WJA opened in 2002
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Lucey* Mr. Henry M. Lynch Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Lynch, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Porter A. Lyon* Mr. Gary R. Lytle Ms. Mary Mackie Ramirez Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Mahnesmith Mr. and Mrs. Gerald A. Malia Mr. Norman Manasa Mr. and Mrs. John Marcus Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Margie Mr. and Mrs. Robert Marino Mr. John S. Marten, III Ms. Eloise Martin and Mr. Mark Martin Mr. and Mrs. Eugene A. Massey Ms. Clare McCabe Ms. Barbara T. McCall* Mr. Paul W. McCloskey Mr. and Mrs. Robert McCloskey‡ Ms. Patricia M. McDermott Mr. Ray McGrath Dr. and Mrs. Brady P. McKaig Mr. and Mrs. William S. McKee Mr. and Mrs. George F. McKenzie Mr. and Mrs. Billy McLaughlin Mr. and Ms. John McMahon Mr. and Mrs. Hugh McNamara, Jr. Mr. Martin McNamara* Mr. and Mrs. John P. McNicholas Mr. and Mrs. John P. McNicholas, Jr. Mr. James McSorley
* Denotes five or more years of consecutive giving
De vot e d T ut o rs
The job doesn’t pay well. In fact it doesn’t pay anything at all. But Emily Durso insists that the rewards of tutoring Washington Jesuit Academy students for the last eight years have been immeasurable.
12 hours in WJA’s school day (7:30 am – 7:30 pm)
“It surprises me how intellectual these students can be, even late in the evening after being in school longer than most of us have been at work. One minute they’ll say something childish, and they next they’re asking a very complex question, a college type question, about the institution of slavery.”
40 volunteer tutors make it happen
WJA is blessed to have a corps of volunteer tutors. Some are retired, others 1/3 of tutors have been volunteering at WJA for more than four years come directly from work. Like relief pitchers, they are full time teachers during study hall between 5:30 and 7:30 each evening. Durso describes the job as equal parts mentor, confidant and traffic cop. 80 volunteer hours logged each week
Among the many students who have made lasting impressions on Durso, Donté Taylor stands out. She describes him as “sweet and easy” and smiles to recall the day he played the role of big brother in study hall, intercepting questions from younger students about his favorite subject—math. In the last eight years, Durso has missed only two Monday night sessions. Her attendence record is no small feat given that she serves as president of the Hotel Association of Washington, is a trustee at UDC, and sits on the boards of COMCAST, the Washington Urban League and the Washington Convention and Tourism Center. She is also the founder of The Hospitality High School, the first of its kind in the country. Durso is not tutoring this year. “I’m going to school nights, retooling myself.” But even though she is taking a break from tutoring, she is still a sponsor, and looking forward to WJA’s next graduation.
“Graduation always makes me happy. You first see the students as little guys, and all of a sudden they’re six feet tall. I sponsored this one kid and all he cared about was football. He got up at graduation and read a poem he wrote. I thought, wow, you write poetry, too? Who knew that was inside? Someone at WJA brought that out of you. That wouldn’t happen anywhere else.” Mr. and Mrs. William J. McSorley‡ Mr. Gregory Melanson Ms. Gail J. Melnick Mr. Charles Meyer Mr. Leslie Meyers Mr. Michael Michalisin Mr. Jesse M. Miller Mr. David B. Misler Mr. John D. Mitchell Mr. John Mola Mr. and Mrs. Hugh C. Montgomery Mr. John Montgomery* Mr. Aaron Moody Mr. Christopher R. Moon and Ms. Deborah J. Stocker Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Mooney Mr. and Mrs. James F. Morgan, Jr.* Mr. and Mrs. Kevin M. Murphy Mr. Michael H. Murray Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Murray National Realty Development Mr. Jeff Nelson Mr. and Mrs. Paul P. Nickolaus Mr. and Mrs. Robert Norton Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence C. Nussdorf Mr. and Mrs. Kevin O’Brien Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. O’Connell, Jr. † Deceased
Mr. and Mrs. John O’Connor Mr. and Mrs. Matthew O’Connor Ms. Terrill J. O’Donnell and Mr. Robert J. Carson Mr. Jacob Oetama-Paul Mr. and Mrs. John V. Oliverio Mr. and Mrs. Patrick O’Neil O’Neill Development Corporation Mr. and Mrs. Philip K. O’Neill Mr. and Mrs. Michael B. Onufrychuk, Jr. Ms. Gale Paige Mr. Tom Patrick Paul K. O’Rourke Co., Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Pawelski Mr. and Mrs. Waldemar Pflepsen Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Pham Mr. Darrell Pierre Mr. and Mrs. Edward Platia Port To Port Import Export, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. James Power Mr. and Mrs. Henry Prask‡ Ms. Barbara Preston Mr. and Mrs. William E. Primosch Peter M. Prominski Mr. Jim Przystup Mr. and Ms. Mark Pugliese Ms. Susan Purcell
‡ Denotes consecutive giving since WJA opened in 2002
Mr. F. Thomas Rafferty and Ms. Louise Pasternack-Rafferty Mr. Brian Reichart Mr. and Mrs. Richard R. Reynolds* Mr. and Mrs. Arthur D. Rhea, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Johng Rhim Mr. Kenneth Richards* Mr. and Mrs. Richard C. Ridgway Mr. and Mrs. Jim Riss Mr. William L. Robertson Ms. Donna Rodney Ms. Rita M. Rodriguez Rev. Robert J. Rokusek, S.J.* Mrs. Grace Ronan Dr. and Mrs. James A. Ronan, Jr. Mr. and Ms. Brian A. Rosenthal Mr. Colin Roussil The Honorable William J. Rowan, III* Mr. J. Paul Royston Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ruff Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Ryan Salter & Company, LLC Mr. Terrance E. Sauvain Mr. and Mrs. Jerry T. Scanlan* Mr. and Mrs. Robert P. Scanlon Mrs. Mary Ann Schissel Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Seglem
* Denotes five or more years of consecutive giving
I n s p i ri n g S p o nsors
Vernon and Sue Pizzi have a long history of charitable giving. But until they sponsored Donté Taylor at Washington Jesuit Academy, they’d never had such an immediate return.
“The first time we met Donté he introduced himself, shook our hands and looked us dead in the eye,” remembers Vernon. “I was impressed. That’s something so simple, but so important.” $18,000 is the cost to sponsor a student for a year at the Academy
Every student at WJA receives a full scholarship for his three middle 76 sponsors or sponsor groups school years. He might have one 68% are sponsoring their second or third student sponsor, or more than a dozen. Vernon and Sue Pizzi joined forces with Zagtown, a group of Gonzaga and Georgetown Prep high school alumni who were already supporting Donté. “It’s funny the way it happened,” laughs Vernon. “We were having dinner with Sue’s younger brother Matt, and he’s telling us we should support this great program at Washington Jesuit Academy. You have to know that I graduated from St. John’s, Matt went to Gonzaga.” Ms. Margaret Sewell Mr. Michael Sewell* Ms. Miriam L. Shark Mr. David Shaw Mr. Lucas R. Shuler Mr. Michael A. Shuler Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth H. Silverberg Mr. Michael Silvernail Mr. and Mrs. Christopher P. Sintetos Ms. Theresa Skepton Mr. Errol Small Ms. Robin L. Smith and Mr. William Plante Mr. Paul M. Snyder Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Soukup Mr. and Mrs. Sidney D. Spencer Mr. John Starzyk Mr. Jonathan Starzyk Mr. Drew Stevenson Mr. J. D. Stevenson Mr. and Mrs. Timothy F. Stock Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey M. Stoiber † Deceased
Mr. Michael Stoto and Ms. Rosemary Chalk Sucherman Consulting Group Mr. Wilson Sweitzer Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Tavenner Mr. Timothy Tehan‡ Mr. Thomas A. Tharp The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Mr. and Mrs. James P. Thompson, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Loran T. Thompson Mr. and Mrs. James P. Timbie* Mr. and Ms. Thomas J. Trendl Mr. Robert M. Turner Mrs. Justine Veith Mr. Herman J. Viola Mr. Walter A. Von Riesemann Ms. Marianne C. Votta Wachovia Foundation Matching Gifts Program Ms. Judy Wack Mr. and Mrs. Robert Walsh
‡ Denotes consecutive giving since WJA opened in 2002
Mr. William L. Walsh, Jr. Ms. Erin Ward Bibo Mr. Philip J. Ward and Ms. Claire E. Cunningham Dr. Joseph F. Weller and Dr. Rosemary D. Weller Mr. and Mrs. Dan Whigham Mr. and Mrs. Danny Whigham Mr. Bill Whitaker Mrs. Mary Ellen Whitcomb‡ Mr. Lawrence White Mr. and Mrs. George A. Whitehouse Mr. and Mrs. Stephen R. Whitman Ms. Jacqueline E. Wilson Mr. and Mrs. William J. Wilson, Jr.‡ Ms. Carolyn Wood Ms. Nancy Woodward Mr. Thomas Woodward Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. York Ms. Courtney Youngblut Ms. Caroline A. Zimmerman
* Denotes five or more years of consecutive giving
WJA St udent Sponsors Every student at the Washington Jesuit Academy is on full scholarship. The following individuals and groups generously provide funding for a student to attend WJA each year. Each sponsor or sponsorship group is paired with a specific student whom they meet, correspond with and whose progress they are able to follow as the student progresses through 6th, 7th and 8th grade.
Cl ass of 2009 St u d e nt S p o n so rs
Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Brodnik The Children’s Fund of Metropolitan Washington Ned Dolan Scholarship Ms. Thelma Duggin Ms. Emily Durso Dyer and Associates The Figge Family Partnership Mr. and Mrs. Tony Glowacki Mr. and Mrs. Michael Groll The Grove Creek Fund Mr. William McGolrick Mr. and Mrs. J.D. Murphy Paul Berry Academic Scholarship Foundation Mr. and Mrs. John Quigley/ Civitas Foundation Mr. Peter Teeley and Dr. Victoria Casey Mr. and Mrs. Ray Whalen Spo n so r Gr o u p s
Libonati Group
Mr. and Mrs. John Libonati § Mr. and Mrs. Robert Korzeniewski Mr. and Mrs. Steve Krull Mr. Jim Morhard Mr. Michael Thaman and Ms. Lisa Gathard Lucey Group
Ms. Mary Ann Dolan Mr. and Mrs. William E. Fallon Mr. and Mrs. D.J. Lane Ms. Ellen Lucey Mr. and Mrs. James Lucey § Ms. Katherine Lucey Mr. Matthew C. Lucey Mr. and Mrs. Victor E. Marquez Ms. Kathleen O’Malley Mr. and Mrs. Walter H. Seglem Mr. and Mrs. Dale Stubenrauch Martin/Mallon Group
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Cavanaugh Mr. and Mrs. John Cotter Mr. and Mrs. John Crowley Mr. and Mrs. Richard Dowling Mr. and Mrs. Randy Dyer Mr. and Mrs. Tom Gannon Mr. and Mrs. David Holmes Mr. Michael Kelleher Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mallon § Mr. and Mrs. Herb Martin § Mr. and Mrs. Francis McDonald Mr. William Walsh
Carpenter’s Group
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph DiPietro Mr. and Mrs. Joe Guarriello § Mr. and Mrs. David Kent Mr. and Mrs. Irv Losman Mr. John Montgomery Mr. and Mrs. John Stranix Ebel Group
Mr. Paul Chesen Mr. Kevin Ebel § Mr. Thomas Gletner Mr. John F. Loome and Ms. Mary Heather Sine Mr. Kevin Loome and Ms. Lisa Hope Mr. Michael Martinez Mr. Mark Matan Mr. and Mrs. John McGill Mr. and Mrs. Michael Rowan Mr. John Schmidtlein SunTrust Mid-Atlantic T. Rowe Price Associates Foundation Wiley Rein & Fielding, LLP
† Deceased
§ Sponsor Group Leader
I.A. O’Shaughnessy Foundation Eugene I. Kane Foundation, Inc. FBR Foundation William and Jane Courtney Family Foundation Dow Lohnes in honor of Leonard Baxt Mr. Richard Blackburn The Boland Family The Cullen Family Mr. and Mrs. Gerald File Mr. and Mrs. James Hibey Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Higgins Mr. Michael Karam and Ms. Linda Morgan Mr. and Mrs. John B. Magee Mr. and Mrs. John P. McAllister Mr. and Mrs. Michael M. McCarthy Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Meyer Mr. Michael Meyer Mr. and Mrs. Albert Rosecan Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Sheehy, IV Mr. Mark Stamm Mr. and Mrs. Brian X. Tierney Sponsor Groups The Lawlor/Knauer Family Group
Mr. and Mrs. Leon Knauer Mr. and Mrs. Matt Lawlor § Ms. Loretta Davis Kennedy/Ford Group
Sanders Foundation § Mr. and Mrs. Charles White
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Carroccio Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence E. Fitzpatrick Mr. and Mrs. John B. Ford § Mr. and Mrs. Brian Howie Mr. James M. Jorling and Ms. Kathleen A. Kirchner Mr. and Mrs. Peter Kennedy § Mr. Edward L. O’Connell and Ms. Mary J. Dowd
Volpe/Phelan Group
Gallagher/Long Group
Mr. James Phelan Mrs. Maria C. Volpe
Mr. and Mrs. James J. Gallagher Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Long §
Zagtown Group
McNamara Group
Dr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Boylan Mr. and Mrs. Michael B. Carey Dr. and Mrs. Peter J. Coccaro, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Michael Conley Dr. and Mrs. Gael M. Delany The Honorable and Mrs. Joseph Dugan Mr. and Mrs. Robert Easby-Smith Dr. and Mrs. James Gardiner Mr. Jeffery M. Ketchum Mr. and Mrs. William Kirvan, Jr. Mr. Edward W. Machir Mr. and Mrs. John S. Madigan § Mr. J. Matthew Rice Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Saxon Mr. and Mrs. Timothy F. Veith
Mr. and Mrs. J. Paul McNamara § Mr. and Mrs. John Ryan
McKnight Group
Mr. John Lynch Mr. Edward W. Machir Dr. John McKnight §
Baine/Hensler Group
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Baine Mr. and Mrs. David J. Hensler
C l ass of 2010 St uden t Sponsors
Sanders Group/ Holy Trinity Social Justice Committee
Orrick/Pastrick Group
Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP Mr. and Mrs. Scott Pastrick Virostek Group
Mr. and Mrs. James Fangmeyer § Mr. Leroy Fangmeyer Mr. Keith Mayo Mr. Steven J. Virostek Mr. and Mrs. John Williams C l ass of 2011 St uden t Sponsors
Harman Family Foundation
Divided by a high school rivalry nearly as old as Washington itself, Vernon needed some convincing. It came in a phone call from WJA President Bill Whitaker. “I listened to Bill describe the academic mission of the Academy and their goals to prepare these kids for high school. It sounded great,” says Vernon. “I said we’re ready to open our check book.” The role of sponsor can begin and end with signing a check. But the Pizzis were eager to participate in any way they could. For birthdays and graduation, Sue would get in touch with teachers to ask what books Donté might like. “We didn’t want to be a nuisance,” says Vernon, “but anytime we were invited to the school for lunch or Back-to-School Nights, we went. We were there to offer our support. We’d look at these kids the way I look at my own.” After Donté’s graduation, Vernon enlisted his partners at K&P Builders to join them in sponsoring another student, and then another. For Sue, a former school teacher, the rewards multiplied. “You really do know what your money is doing. So many times you donate and it goes into a conglomerate—one piece here, another there. With WJA you see the totality of what they’re doing. I’m impressed with the time the students put in, and the dedication of the teachers. It’s a shame everybody can’t go to a school like that. A place where people love and care for them.” “I always told my own kids that education is something nobody can ever take away from you,” adds Vernon. “What’s most important at WJA is that these kids have the same opportunities that we had.”
“Right now I am so thankful and grateful to be at this school and be able to have such wonderful friends and have a good education. This spring and the next quarter I would like to accomplish having at least four A’s again and also pass any test or quiz that I take.”
— Donté, from a letter to the Pizzis
“So now I want to thank you for writing back to me, visiting me, and also donating all that money to help me succeed. You will be happy in the future that you donated to WJA because I will become successful and maybe become an architect.”
— Donté, from a letter to the Pizzis
Mr. Stephen Foster and Ms. Cecilia Gonzalez† Mr. and Mrs. Eric Hovde The Lacey Family Mr. James Leary Mr. G. Marston Luce Mr. and Mrs. Charles P. O’Connor Mr. and Mrs. Brian O’Toole Mr. and Mrs. Thomas O’Malley Mr. Robert Ruyak/Howrey Simon Mr. John Schmidtlien Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Sullivan The Urgo Family Mr. Tom Wilbur/Akridge Group Sp o n so r Gr o u p s Carroccio/Wasp Group
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Carroccio § Mr. and Mrs. Tom Wasp Kavanagh/Weber Group
Ms. Kim Clendenin Mr. Anthony Kavanagh Mr. and Mrs. S. Lee Weber Costello Group
Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Costello § Mr. Randall Eley Ms. Frankie Hughes Deutsch Family
Ms. Anna Deutsch Mr. Christopher Deutsch Mr. and Mrs. David Deutsch § Mr. Noah Deutsch Mr. and Mrs. Martin Johnson Mr. Jason Maroney Gonella Group
Mr. and Mrs. Geoff Gonella § Mr. and Mrs. John Keyser Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Plank Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Rafferty Mr. Michael Smith KB Group
Mr. Danny P. Anastasi Mr. Brian Baker Mr. and Mrs. Ralph G. Blasey, III Mr. Fred Cornelius Mr. David B. Jacobin Mr. and Mrs. James Kirchner Mr. Pat McGloon Mr. Michael J. McLaughlin § Mr. Chris Ryan Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Sullivan K&P Builders Group
Mr. and Mrs. Edmond H. Kilby Mr. and Mrs. Roy F. Kilby Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Pizzi § Kilcullen Group
Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Kulcullen Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sheehy Mr. and Mrs. William Slater
Nash Group
Anonymous Mr. John Benziger Mr. and Mrs. Joel Blockowicz Mr. and Mrs. Joe Falcone Mr. and Mrs. Sean Glynn Mr. and Mrs. James King Mr. and Mrs. George Nash § Mr. Karl Racine Mr. John Romero Mr. Vincent Saguto Mr. and Mrs. Michael Shannon Nixon Peabody Group
Ms. Molly Bryson Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Daileader, Jr. Mr. Raymond J. Gustini Mr. John C. Hayes, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Paul Machado Nixon Peabody Mr. Darnell Privott Mr. Michael Reardon Mr. Robert Reklaitis and Ms. Patricia Maher § Mr. Stephen J. Wallace and Mrs. Jeanne Tarpey Wallace Railey Group
Mr. and Mrs. J. Paul Carey Ms. Ann Combs Mr. Bryan Hawkins Mr. Brian Kelleher Mr. and Mrs. Michael McCarthy Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Nalls Mr. and Mrs. Jack Railey § St. Ignatius Group
Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Collins Mr. and Mrs. Dan Knise Mr. and Mrs. William Leahy Mr. and Mrs. Richard McHugh Mr. and Mrs. Patrick L. McNamee Mr. and Mrs. Bill Miossi Mr. and Mrs. Ted Shanahan Mr. and Mrs. Mark Siciliano § C l ass of 201 2 St uden t S ponsors
Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Browning The Anthony and Anna Carozza Foundation/Maria Volpe Ms. Thelma Duggin Ms. Emily Durso Dyer and Associates Mr. Dave Foley/Grove Creek Fund Mr. and Mrs. Tony Glowacki Mr. and Mrs. Michael Groll Ms. Kristin Gulland Holy Trinity Social Justice Ministry Mr. Rick Murray and Ms. Milena Boneva Mr. Rick Perry (2 students) Mr. Jason Swanson Mr. Mike Turner Sponsor G roups Baine/Hensler Group
Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Baine † Deceased
§ Sponsor Group Leader
Mr. and Mrs. David J. Hensler Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Urbanczyk Caddell/Sinmao Group
Mr. Richard Erin Caddell Ms. Monique Sinmao Carpenter’s Group
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph DiPietro Ms. Sally Duran Mr. and Mrs. Joe Guarriello § Mr. and Mrs. David Kent Mr. John Montgomery Mr. and Mrs. John Stranix Libonati Group
Mr. and Mrs. John Libonati § Mr. and Mrs. Robert Korzeniewski Senator Dennis DeConcini Davidow/Patocka/Potts/Salty Dog Group
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Davidow Ms. Barbara Patocka Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Potts Martin/Mallon/DeGioia Group
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Cavanaugh Mr. Peter Cavanaugh Mr. and Mrs. John Crowley Mr. and Mrs. John DeGioia Mr. and Mrs. Richard Dowling Mr. and Mrs. Tom Gannon Mr. and Mrs. David Holmes Mr. Michael Kelleher Mr. and Mrs. Frank Mallon § Mr. and Mrs. Herb Martin § Mr. and Mrs. Jack McKay Mr. and Mrs. Francis McDonald Mr. William Walsh Men From Others Group
Mr. Dave Belford Mr. Nick Coleman Mr. Tim Curry Mr. Mark Daly Mr. Zac Hart Mr. Dennis Hermonstyne Mr. Lee Johnson Mr. Malcolm Johnson Mr. Patrick Judge § Mr. Rob Kemp Mr. and Mrs. Michael Hickey Mr. Dave Mehlbaum Mr. Pat Mitchell Mr. Andy O’Brien Mr. Josh Ott Mr. John Paleologos Mr. Keith Urgo PwC Sponsorship Group (2 students)
Mr. and Mrs. Matt Brockwell Mr. Tom Devlin Mr. Rob Gittings Mr. Robert R. Keehan Mr. Bill Lewis Mr. Edward W. Machir Mr. Patrick L. McNamee § Ms. Stephanie McMahon
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Miller Mr. and Mrs. Fernando Murias Ms. Kelly M. Nakamoto Ms. John M. Oliver Ms. Timothy Trifilo Sanders Group/ Holy Trinity Social Justice Committee
Sanders Foundation § Mr. Daniel Sanders and Mrs. Karen Corbett Sanders
WJA L egacy Soc i et y Members of WJA’s Legacy Society have notified the school that they have made provisions in their estate plans to include a bequest to the Washington Jesuit Academy. In so doing, they are helping to ensure that future students will enjoy the educational excellence, nurturing, and spiritual guidance that the WJA provides in the Jesuit tradition of educating Men for Others. Anonymous (3) Ms. C. Maury Devine Mr. Anthony Medley Mr. Robert Reklaitis and Ms. Patricia Maher Ms. Ann Wild
In Memory of Mr. James S. Costello
Ms. Mary L. Abbott Ames Management, Ltd. Mr. William J. Bennetta Dr. and Mrs. Lester S. Borden Mr. Edward Costello Ms. Kathryn O. Costello Ms. Ellen K. Duggan Mr. Mike Durst Mr. and Mrs. Abraham L. Eiss Mr. Bradford J. Eyre Mr. Jason Flint Ms. Elizabeth T. Gentilcore Mr. and Mrs. Vladimir Grigorians Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Helin Ms. Alison Helin Ms. Elizabeth A. Kapalla Mr. and Mrs. Bryan D. Kartheiser Mr. and Mrs. Juan P. Koropecky Mr. John S. Marten, III Mr. John D. Mitchell Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Murray Mr. Michael H. Murray Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Soukup Mr. J.D. Stevenson Mr. Drew Stevenson Mr. and Mrs. Loran T. Thompson Mr. Walter A. Von Riesemann Mr. and Mrs. Dan Whigham Mr. and Mrs. Danny Whigham In Memory of Mrs. Edith Crilley
Ms. Mary Crilley In Honor of Mr. Brendan M. Dunn
memorial and honorarium g i f t s
Mr. Matthew Dunn
In Honor of Mr. John Hoffman In Honor of Monsignor John Enzler
In Honor of Ms. Jennifer Balbach
Mr. and Ms. Geoffrey Chalmers
Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. Dunner Ms. Laurellen Foster Mr. Stephen Foster Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Francis Mr. and Ms. William T. Garcia Mr. Thomas Gilbertson Mr. and Mrs. Barry Graham Mr. and Mrs. Alan Grimaldi Ms. Kelly Kane Ms. Alice A. Kipel Mr. Robert G. Krupka Ms. Sarah Lettunich Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Mahnesmith Ms. Clare McCabe McClees Galleries Mr. and Ms. John McMahon Mr. Gregory Melanson Mr. Leslie Meyers The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Ms. Barbara Preston Ms. Susan Purcell Qualcomm Incorporated Ms. Mary Mackie Ramirez Mr. and Mrs. Arthur D. Rhea, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Johng Rhim Ms. Donna Rodney Mr. and Ms. Brian A. Rosenthal Salter & Company, LLC Mr. David Shaw Mr. Thomas A. Tharp Mr. and Ms. Thomas J. Trendl Ms. Marianne C. Votta Mr. and Mrs. William West Mr. Garry O. Wilbor
Ms. Florence Fitzgerald
Mr. and Mrs. Paul F. Gamble In Honor of Mr. Joseph J. McCarthy
In Honor of Mr. David Bibo
Carlyn Barrett & John Murray
Ms. Erin Ward Bibo
Mr. John Murray
Ms. Mary Jo Bane Mr. Michael Burke Ms. Robin Engel Ms. Denise Gilchrist Mr. Michael Silvernail Ms. Carolyn Wood
In Honor of Ms. Alison Boyer Dunn
In Honor of Mr. and Mrs. Don Funk
Mr. Brendan M. Dunn
Mr. and Mrs. John O’Connor
In Memory of Mrs. Mary McCarthy
In Honor of Mr. and Mrs. Vincent J.
In Honor of Mr. William K. Gerrish Jr.
Browning
Mr. and Mrs. William Gerrish, Sr.
In Memory of Ms. Gilda Francesconi In Memory of Mr. Jim Barrett
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh C. Montgomery
Mr. and Mrs. Porter A. Lyon In Honor of Friends and Family of
Mr. Michael Michalisin
In Memory of Ms. Cecilia H. Gonzalez In Honor of Mr. Nick Carosi, IV
Mr. Brendan M. Dunn In Memory of Mrs. Ruth Cavanaugh
Ms. Mary G. and Ms. Ann Cavanaugh In Honor of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Clancy
Mr. and Mrs. John O’Connor In Memory of Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Collins
Mr. and Mrs. Paul P. Nickolaus
Mr. Robert G. Abrams Ms. Eva Almirantearena American Intellectual Property Law Association Mr. and Mrs. Daniel F. Attridge Mr. John Bell Ms. Rosina Bierbaum Mr. and Mrs. Barry H. Caldwell Mr. and Mrs. Richard Collins, II Mr. and Mrs. David M. Courtis Mr. Roman E. Darmer Ms. Ruby J. Dionne Mr. Gregg Duffey
Ms. Mary Jo Bane In Honor of McDonald and Eudy Printers
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Tavenner In Memory of Mrs. Eileen Mulligan
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Braniff Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Callahan, III Ms. Patricia H. Clayton Mr. and Mrs. Neil T. Coakley Mr. and Mrs. Louis Cohen Mr. and Mrs. Daniel F. Collins Mr. and Mrs. John Coyle Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Culver Mr. and Mrs. James T. Devine Mrs and Mrs. L.B. Doggett Mr. Ted Donatelli Mr. and Mrs. George Dunn Dr. and Dr. Harvey V. Fineberg
Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Grenier, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. W. Earl Griffin Ms. Deneen Habarta Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Heck Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Heck Mr. and Mrs. Tomas J. Hernandez Mr. and Mrs. Edwin K. Hoffman Ms. Maria M. Johnson Mr. and Mrs. Edward W. Kay Mr. and Mrs. C. Anthony Keel Ms. Barbara L. Kirschten Mr. and Mrs. Raymond G. LaPlaca Mr. and Mrs. Hugh McNamara, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. Robert P. Margie Mr. and Mrs. Robert Marino Mr. and Mrs. John P. McNicholas Paul K. O’Rourke Co., Inc. Port To Port Import Export, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Riss Mrs. Grace Ronan Dr. and Mrs. James A. Ronan, Jr. Mr. Errol Small Mr. and Mrs. John C. Williams Mr. and Mrs. Thomas York Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Zimmerman In Memory of Mr. Aram Normandin
Ms. E. Muriel O’Connor Lee In Honor of Mr. and Mrs. Matthew O’Connor
Mr. and Mrs. John O’Connor In Honor of Mr. and Mrs. Michael O’Connor
Mr. and Mrs. John O’Connor In Honor of Mrs. and Mr. Courtney Pastrick
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence C. Nussdorf In Memory of Mrs. Greta Pignone
Mrs. Mary Ellen Whitcomb In Honor of Ms. Nancy Popp
Ms. Erin Ward Bibo In Honor of Mr. and Mrs. John Quigley
Mr. William H. Stewart, Jr. In Memory of Rev. Edward Rehkopf, S.J.
Mr. J. Mark Gidley In Memory of James Francis Reilly
Mr. and Mrs. Vincent J. Browning/R & R Mechanical In Memory of Mrs. Anne B. Reklaitis
Mr. Robert P. Fletcher Mr. and Mrs. Garrett S. Flynn Ms. Susan Maher Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth H. Silverberg Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Turner
In Honor of Ms. Nancy Shimansky
Ms. Erin Ward Bibo In Honor of Mr. Don Smith
Mr. and Mrs. John B. Ford In Honor of Mr. Jonathan Starzyk
Mr. John Starzyk In Memory of Mrs. Eileen Sweeney Johnston
Mr. Edward Johnston Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. Lazere In Honor of Dr. Daniel B. Walsh
Dr. and Mrs. B. Timothy Walsh CFC Do n o r s Anonymous (18) Ms. Marie Ahearn Dr. and Mrs. Samuel W. Bodman Ms. Florentine Calabia Ms. Diane Centeno-Deshields Mr. and Mrs. James R. Dann Mr. Cliff Deckard Ms. Donna Dickerson Mr. James Donahue Mr. Philip M. Doyle Mr. James C. Duff Mr. Terence F. Flynn Mr. and Mrs. Doug Free Ms. Mary K. Gallagher Mr. Victor R. Haburchak, Jr. Ms. Millicent Hawkins Ms. Kathryn Higgins Ms. Judith Hutchison Mr. Jerome Johnson and Mrs. Mary S. Odoms-Johnson Mr. Robert E. Kenney Mr. Paul Kidwell Mr. James Kikendall Mr. Richard J. Lolich Mr. and Mrs. James Lucey Mr. Peter T. Lynch Mr. Francis X. McCarthy Ms. Jeanne M. McDermott Mr. Vicente M. Murrell Mr. and Mrs. Stephen L. Ochs Mr. William S. Owens Mr. Michael W. Rae Mr. and Mrs. Larry D. Rhea Ms. Jacqueline Rosier Ms. Patricia K. Schaefer Mr. Stephen J. Schaeffer Mr. Andrew Shih Mr. Paul E. Skolyzylas Ms. Michelle Slusher Mr. Scott R. Stanley Ms. Sarah J. Starrett Mr. Stephen K. Trynosky Ms. Maria Van Buren Ms. Nina Wadhwa Mr. Christopher Wilson Mr. Arthur L. Wright
g i f t s i n -k i n d Ms. Cynthia Alexander Mr. Sean Glynn/Arent Fox Ms. Marcy Babitz Mr. and Mrs. Len Baxt Mr. and Mrs. David Beardsley Dr. and Mrs. Samuel W. Bodman Boland Trane Cardinal 5K Central Safe & Locksmith Co. Clark Construction Cornerstone Group/Geoff Gonella The Crilley Family Ms. Micki Gersh Mr. and Mrs. Brian Gilbert Dr. Ronique Shields-Harris Ms. Debra Huey-Walker Ms. Bevin Johnston JS Carroccio Landscaping Mrs. Jackie Kane Mr. and Mrs. Dan Knise Ms. Karen Kueguell Mr. John McAllister Mr. Dave Melhbaum Meridian Imaging Dr. C. David Missar Mr. Charles Mitchell Morgan Lewis, LLP/Greg Talbot Mr. Wes Moore National Maritime Heritage Foundation NativityMiguel Network of Schools Nike Brother Ed Ogden One Economy Mr. and Mrs. William Page Mr. and Mrs. Scott Pastrick PNC/Barbara Repetti Prevention of Blindness Society of Metropolitan Washington Providence Hospital Rafferty Weiss/Mr. Patrick Rafferty Mr. Robert Reklaitis and Ms. Partricia Maher Renaissance Hotel Mr. Charlie Hoyt and Ms. Deborah Weinberger The Honorable Jean Wilkowski Mr. and Mrs. Richard Reynolds RISO Corporation Rocklands Barbecue & Grilling Co. Ruppert Companies Mr. Todd Samperton Ms. Barbara Terrace Dr. Barry Wagner Washington YuYing PCS, Dr. Rosemary Weller Mr. John Williams Dr. Thomas Wong Write for You
Volunt eers Ms. Debra Abell Mr. Joseph H. Barton Mrs. Opal Bell Ms. Erin W. Bibo Ms. Julie Bourbon Mr. Michael Cahir Mr. Tom Carty Mr. Ron Castaldi Mr. Brian Chappell Mr. Kevin Clark, Jr. Mr. Jim Cordes Ms. Christa Coronado Ms. Mary Crilley Mrs. Stephanie Deutsch Mr. James Donahue Mr. Robert B. Donohoe, Jr. Mr. Matthew Dugan Ms. Emily Durso Mr. Michael K. Farr Mrs. Maureen Gannon Mr. Christopher Garland Ms. Jill Gerschutz Mr. and Mrs. Gerard L. Graves Mr. and Mrs. Richard Green Ms. Kristin Gulland Mr. Shane Hannon Ms. Jaleesa Jackson Mr. Thomas F. Jennings Mr. Adam Johnson Mr. Larry Johnston Mr. and Mrs. Michael F. Kelleher Mr. Walter P. Kulp Mr. Edward Landa Mr. Richard Landfield Mrs. Rosemary Lawlor
Mr. Steven Lozano Mr. and Mrs. James Lucey Ms. Kathy McKay Mr. Charles Meyer Mr. Matthew Middleton Mr. Bharat Mulchandani Mr. Alexander Mulchandani Ms. Barbara A. Patocka Mr. Jim Przystup Mr. and Mrs. Kevin Reed Mr. Brian Reichart Mr. William Rosenau Mrs. Vincent P. Roske, Jr. Mr. J. Paul Royston Mr. Matt Ruesch Ms. Sarah Sahlaney Mr. Andrew Shih Ms. Kelly Ghislaine Smith Mr. and Mrs. Timothy Sullivan Mr. J. Mark Trumbore Mr. Richard Tufaro Dr. Joseph F. Weller Mr. and Mrs. Bob Zachariasiewicz Mat c h i n g G i f t s The Abell Foundation Bank of America Exxon/Mobil Foundation Fannie Mae Foundation Freddie Mac Foundation JBT Corporation Jones Lang LaSalle Kiplinger Foundation Kirkland & Ellis LexisNexis
Lincoln Financial Corporation Merrill Lynch Morris & Gwendolyn Cafritz Foundation Sun-Trust Mid-Atlantic Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation Prudential Foundation Wachovia Foundation Wiley Rein & Fielding, LLP
Every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of this annual report for gifts received from July 1, 2008 to June 30, 2009. We apologize for any errors or omissions. Please inform the development office at 202.832.7679 of any inaccuracies so that we may correct the record. The Washington Jesuit Academy has been accorded tax-exempt status under section 501 (c) (3) of the IRS Code. Contributions are taxdeductible under the fullest extent of the law.
Special thanks goes to Morgan, Lewis and Bockius, LLP for providing pro-bono legal counsel. Special thanks goes to Bevin Johnston for graphic design work.
i nt r o d u cing WJA’s Ne wes t T e ac h e r s and Staf f CJ Gaffney, III teaches 7th and 8th grade Language Arts at the Academy. He received his Bachelor of Arts in Spanish from Dickinson College and has taught at the high school level for the last four years. CJ also has significant coaching experience and looks forward to coaching at the Academy.
Suzanne Armstrong serves as the Academy’s Development Associate and earned a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations at American University. Suzanne most recently worked for American University’s Peacebuilding and Development Institute where she managed training programs for international development practitioners.
Washingt on Jesui t Academy Facult y and Staf f Bill Whitaker, President Joe Powers, Headmaster Andrew Deyell, Assistant Headmaster Suzanne Armstrong Anna Beardsley Howard Blue Merry Cavanaugh Ann Clark Denis Collins Valentine Davies Dawon Dicks Caldwell (CJ) Gaffney Colleen Gannon Rosalie MacInnes Peter Powell Brian Ray John Scheibel Thomas (TJ) Tondorf Jessica Vartughian Carlos Washington Robert Wassmann
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