Falcon Family News November 2025 by Christian Brothers High School

CHRISTIAN BROTHERS HIGH SCHOOL

FALCON FAMILY NEWS

A MESSAGE FROM OUR DIRECTOR OF LASALLIAN STUDENT LIFE

Dear Families:

A common phrase is used in our community: “CB is the place to be.” To be convinced of that statement, all one must do is drop into the Lasallian Student Life Office The shadow day guests who visit or the teacher who uses our space to enjoy a cup of coffee while preparing for the next class will always find students in meaningful work – prepping for the next retreat, service project, or the upcoming dance Students want to be in the department and make their mark on our campus Why is that?

Ryan Ancog ‘26 gives us a hint at the answer. At the most recent overnight junior retreat, he captivated his audience with his thoughts about what becoming a Senior Retreat Leadership Team member has meant to him. Before attending Christian Brothers High School, Ryan saw service to the community as an achievement to be reached on graduation day or merely a habit to be formed. As a senior on the retreat team, a deeper connection was made. He learned that service is a matter of the heart. To serve is to love and love is something that comes from being around others who share a passion for the mission. Shared passion paves the encounter with Jesus who lives in all our hearts.

Students who serve our school community through the Lasallian Student Life Office want to collaborate with us They feel this deep sense of belonging through our department’s welcome, guiding them through basic life skills, and listening with compassion as they seek wisdom navigating their lives This is the purpose of the LSLO We strive to create a meaningful high school experience for all students at Christian Brothers High School We invite all students to continue this journey by participating in a Kairos, attending one of our VEN-A-VER service trips, or volunteering at one of the many service opportunities available to students.

Each day, it is a privilege and a blessing to see students live out our school motto, “Enter to Learn, Leave to Serve”. These moments are what make high school memorable and CB the place to be.

Live Jesus in our hearts – forever!

Dr. Jaldon Director of Lasallian Student Life

COUNSELING DEPARTMENT

COUNSELING NEWS

Autumn is always a very busy time in the Counseling Department! We are in the midst of a very busy college application period and continue to provide personal counseling and academic guidance along with extensive college planning.

As you may know, Christian Brothers provides one of the most comprehensive programs of Advanced Placement course offerings in the region We currently offer eighteen Advanced Placement courses and have 1,002 AP exams scheduled to be taken by our students in May We are very pleased to announce that the following students earned special recognition from the Advanced Placement program based on 2024 exam results

AP Scholar (Granted to students who receive scores of 3 or higher on three or more AP Exams):

Amili Aceves ‘25

Aguillio, Mark ‘26

Angelious, Diana ‘26

Bucio, Isabella ‘25

Carmona, Xitlali ’26

Carpenter, Annabelle ‘26

Castagnola, Lucenna ‘25

Chandra, Sophia ‘26

Corcoran, Amor ‘25

Dabney, Noah ‘26

Debenedetti-Emanuel, Keven ‘26

DeBoo, Jace ‘25

Diaz, Gioia ‘25

Emiru, Leyu ‘26

Farrens, Faith ‘26

Feely, Claire ‘26

Fernandez y Garcia, Lucia ‘26

Gardner, Kyle ‘26

Hernandez, Mateo ‘26

Honda-Scully, Shae ‘26

Huffman-Fly, Hayden ‘25

Hurst, Charlotte ‘26

Hwang, Megan ‘26

Kaufman, Brenna ‘26

Kuzmich, Margaret ‘25

Lewis, Joshua ‘25

Manchanda, Neel ‘25

Martinez, Leonardo ‘26

Montelongo, Ava ‘26

Nguyen, Hannah ‘27

Noey, Marina ‘25

Noufer, Maya ‘26

Palamidessi, Gabriella ‘25

Payne, Gabriella, ‘26

Perry, Alexa ‘26

Reynolds, Ruby ‘26

Romero, Jayna ‘25

Rupert, Paige ‘26

Simon, Jack ‘25

Sperry, Tyler ‘25

Steen, Jack ‘25

Tomeldan, Jonathan ‘26

Williams, Madden ‘26

Yee, Ryan ‘26

Zago, Carlo ‘25

Zona, Xavier ‘25

AP Scholar With Honor (Granted to students who receive an average score of at least 3 25 on all AP exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on four or more of these exams):

Alvarez, Isabella ‘26

Ancog, Ryan ‘26

Avila, Kristen ‘25

Barrett, Margaret ‘26

Briggs, Braeden ‘26

Brown, Kaedyn ‘25

Campbell, Joshua ‘25

Choi, Benjamin ‘26

Cole, Penelope ‘26

Cowan, Emily ‘26

Eulie, Paola-Marie ‘25

Giordano, Rocco ‘25

Groppo, Madeline ‘26

Koch, John ‘25

Laird, Addison ‘26

Lukins, Lana ‘26

Macko, Hazel ‘26

McKinley, Sean ‘26

Morales, Sydney ‘26

Morton, James ‘26

Nanigian, Sarah ‘25

O’Neill, Veronica ‘26

Perkins, Elise ‘25

Phew, Noemi ‘26

Ramsey, Henry ‘25

Salvini, Francesca ‘26

Wyatt, Mia ‘26

Yuzon, Andrew ‘26

AP Scholar with Distinction (Granted to students who receive an average score of at least 3.5 on all AP exams taken, and scores of 3 or higher on five or more of these):

Brickley, Ryan ‘26

Brown, Ethan ‘25

Buckman, Nicholas ‘26

Burgos, Alexandrea ‘25

Burke, Isabelle ‘26

Carlson, Jacob ‘25

Chan, Valerie ‘26

Crabtree, Nari ‘25

Cretu, Irene ‘25

Curtin, Joseph ‘25

Daily, Liberty ‘25

Dickinson, Isabella ‘26

Dong, Gabrielle ‘25

Dugan, Cassie ‘25

English-Gandara, Isabella ‘25

Enriquez, Gabriel ‘25

Ernce, Jillian ‘25

Upcoming Events:

Fananapazir, Sameh ‘25

Friedman-Pitti, Amalia ‘26

Fung, Ian ‘25

Garcia, Sara ‘25

Goldberg, Lynsey ‘26

Gonong, Abigail ‘25

Grijnsztein, Aaron ‘25

Harris, Matthew ‘25

Heller de Leon, Anna ‘26

Handerson, Elise ‘25

Hewitt, Stephan ‘25

Horst, Logan ‘26

Huang, Tawney ‘25

Johl, Ella ‘25

Kong, Scott ‘26

Levasseur, Jackson ‘26

Littlejohn, Katheryn ‘26

Liu, Alex ‘25

Lobo, Arabella ‘25

Long, Rune ‘25

Mauricio, Alessandra ‘26

Nguyen, Colsen ‘26

Nguyen, Nolan ‘25

O’Neill, Andrew ‘25

Ortega, Nadia ‘25

Palmieri, Mikiko ‘25

Parfenova, Natalia ‘25

Parra, Adam ‘25

Parvin, Dylan ‘26

Pham, Zoe ‘25

Pierce, Isabel ‘26

Potter, Alexander ‘25

Puli, Riya ‘26

Sanchez, Troy ‘25

CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE CURRENT AND FORMER STUDENTS!

SAT Test Dates: December 6 (Deadline to register is November 21 ) th st

ACT Test Dates: December 13th (Deadline is November 7 )th

Schiltz, Dakota ‘26

Schramm, Michelle ‘25

Scullary, Kalea ‘26

Sharma, Ava ‘25

Sia Jr , Wendell ‘25

Soltani, Dylan ‘25

Sperring, Edwin ‘25

Stouder, Hannah ‘25

Symkowick-Rose, Ramie ‘25

Tagle, Audrey ‘25

Tam, Chloe ‘25

Torinus, James ‘25

Valdez, Deneyterio ‘26

Valdez, Marc Thomas ‘25

Wagner, Lucas ‘26

College Application Workshops for Seniors: The college counselors continue to host college application workshops on Thursdays in room 103 before and after school. Specific start times are 8 am and after school. No appointment or registration needed; just come in if you want any help on the upcoming college applications Friday, November 21 – Coffee with the College Counselors for Junior Parents at 9 a m via Zoom

LASALLIAN STUDENT LIFE

The month of November offers a special opportunity to honor and cherish the memories of those we love At CB, we are creating a Book of Remembrance to hold the names of all our dear departed loved ones We warmly invite you to add the names of those you hold in your heart using th li k id d h Th h t th ti th f N b , every name in the Book will be tenderly remembered and community to come together, remember, and find comfo r loved ones with us and let us remember them together.

Kairos 101 took place on October 21-24 at Alliance Redwoods in Occidental, CA. Kairos is a Greek word (καιρός) referring to time that cannot be measured chronologically. This is known as God’s time. The Kairos experience gives students the time and opportunity to examine, develop, and deepen their relationship with God, themselves, their family, and their friends. It is the culmination of the four-year retreat experience at Christian Brothers

Christian Brothers Students Making an Impact at Local Elementary School!

Over 100 Christian Brothers students have started a new program to support literacy goals at Oak Ridge Elementary School this year Every day after school, a group of CBHS students walk to the elementary school, and serve as tutors and reading buddies for one hour The early success of the program is evident in the smiles on the younger students’ faces when their reading buddies arrive, and further demonstrated by the enthusiasm of the students to attend the “Reading Power Hour” and read to their high school buddy!

Students interested in learning more or participating should reach out to Mrs Hanshew The program isn’t accepting new tutors this semester, but will be open to new students again beginning in January.

Many Christian Brothers students also spent their Halloween afternoon at Oak Ridge bringing smiles to the faces of Oak Ridge students and their younger siblings. The “Hall”-oween event was a safe trick-or-treating event through the halls of the school for students and their siblings. CB students hosted tables to offer face painting, pumpkin decorating, Halloween bowling, and more!

ATHLETICS

Winter Sports Update

Any student wishing to try out for a winter sport on Monday, November 3 must have an updated physical on FinalForms and all the FinalForms parent and student forms signed to participate. To add your student to a tryout group, use the sport button on your FinalForms account

CHRISTIAN BROTHERS HIGH SCHOOL SCHOLAR-ATHLETE AWARD

ELIGIBILITY: Athletes who are members of a Capital Valley Conference recognized Varsity Team are eligible for the award. Freshmen are not eligible as the athlete must have at least one year of grades, beginning with the 9th grade. Athletes must finish the season in good standing.

Athletes must have a cumulative 3 50 GPA (or above) weighted grade point average as well as a current 3 5 (or above) weighted GPA The cumulative GPA is based on cumulative grades of Semesters from 9th grade onward Athletes are awarded a Scholar-Athlete patch for each sport season for which they qualify

The following athletes are being recognized as CB Falcon Scholar Athletes:

Varsity Football

Landon Bantique ’27

Jay Cummings ’26

Giovanni Destefano ’26

Rhys Hembd ’26

Grady Howard ’27

Cooper Krenn-Brown ’27

Gunnar Marsh ’27

Eduardo Martinez ’26

Ethan Pambid ’27

Jace Ramirez ’26

Kingston Sablan ’27

Zachary Symkowick ’26

Jefferson Thaing ’27

Tristan Eric Torio ’27

Dillon Wegner ’26

Michael Williams ’26

Varsity Flag Football

Alyssa Abbott ’27

Mackenzie Aurich ’27

Claire Cuckovich ’28

Jordyn Daniels ’28

Gabriella Devlin ’27

Emmerie Dugan ’28

Alexa Fernandez ’27

Senyah Haynes ’26

Taylor Jernigan ’28

Keira Lee ’27

Emma Leonard ’28

Kaelyn Montemayor ’27

Amiyalli Perez-Vargas ’26

Scarlett Reid ’28

Brooklyn Turner ’28

Malia Van Den Bogert ’27

Varsity Men’s Water Polo

Diego Aceves ’28

Asher Carpenter ’28

Nathan Fisher ’26

Jackson Grow ’27

Tate Leveroni-Sorensen ’26

Cavan McEntee ’27

Xander VonSchoech ’27

Andrew Yuzon ’26

Varsity Cross Country

Nicholas Buckman ’26

Colin Davidson ’27

Ian Davidson ’28

Jackson Levasseur ’26

Natalie Martin ’26

Leonardo Martinez ’26

Alena Potter ’28

Finn Rigby ’26

Paige Rupert ’26

Veronica White ’26

Varsity Cheer

Gianna Atkinson ’26

Alessandra Bosler ’28

Xitlali Carmona ’26

Lyla Chavez ’26

Maya Dias ’26

Marisol Garcia ’27

Yaretzi Garcia ’26

Delaney Halstead ’26

Katherine Koch ’26

Indiana Long ’28

Eliana Lozano ’26

Hazel Macko ’26

Camila Marin ’26

Sydney Morales ’26

Varsity Women’s Golf

Alexa Anderson ’27

Giada Bernacchi ’28

Isabelle Burke ’26

Ellis Gamble ’26

Gianna Girard ’27

Talar Sarkissian ’26

Varsity Women’s Tennis

Sophie Allaye-Chan ’26

Victoria Alvar-Dearing ’28

Diana Angelious ’26

Georgia Apostolidis ’27

Ila Bianchi ’27

Ella Bugatto ’26

Sophia Cooper ’28

Celsey Drew ’26

Claire Feely ’26

Isabella Govenar ’28

Katelyn Greenberg ’26

Isabelle Jackson ’28

Heidi Koenig ’26

Zoe Marshall ’26

Francesca Salvini ’26

Emma Schmidt ’26

Lillian Steenhausen ’27

Megan Tan ’28

Annessa Valenton ’28

Avery Walter ’27

Varsity Women’s Volleyball

Isabella Alvarez ’26

Jolene Asher-Hoekman ’27

Reece Bettencourt ’26

Sophia Brennan ’26

Roslyn Dahle ’27

Sophia Del Castillo ’27

Ella Fong ’27

Simone Huarte ’26

Naomi Lemos ’28

Ruby Reynolds ’26

Paola Trujillo Rocha ’27

Camryn White ’27

Flannery Carpenter ’26

Audrey French ’27

Lana Lukins ’26

Sidney Reyes ’27

Kathryn Rodriguez ’26

Dakota Schiltz ’26

Alyson Smith ’26

Alexandra Taylor ’26

Maya Torres ’26

Kendall Wagner ’27

Family Donation Day is Friday, November 7th! Help support the biggest fundraiser of the year – ‘A Night to Remember’ Auction & Gala. We welcome donations of all kinds. Your contribution, big or small, helps us reach our fundraising goals and provides an exciting variety of items for our bidders!

How to Donate an Item

We are making it super easy for you to contribute this year!

What: Donate an item or experience (e.g., gift certificates, vacation stays, themed baskets, electronics, services, etc.) for the silent or live auction.

When: Friday, November 7th during morning drop-off.

Where: Simply pull up to the regular drop-off area Volunteers will greet you at your car to collect your donation, so you don't even have to get out!

Popular Donation Ideas

We're accepting a wide variety of new and high-quality items and experiences, including:

Experiences (tickets, classes, services, or unique outings)

Vacation Home Rentals or timeshare donations

Themed Gift Baskets (ready-made or components to create one)

Quality Wines or other spirits

New Home Goods or electronics

Gift Cards (restaurants, spas, major retailers)

Jewelry or Art

Visit the AMAZON WISH LIST for more ideas

If you have a large or high-value item you plan to donate, please email kvillarreal@cbhs-sacramento org today so we can be prepared for its arrival

We appreciate your participation in making this year’s Auction and Gala a huge success!

AUCTION & GALA PLANNING MEETING 11.05.25

Please join us on Wednesday, November 5th from 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM to discover how you can help with CB’s biggest fundraiser of the year! Whether you are interested in volunteering the night of the Gala or jumping in to help a subcommittee all are welcome! REGISTER HERE For questions, please contact auction@cbhs-sacramento org