Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy

The Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy girls? basketball team?s game against visiting Sacred Heart of Jesus on Tuesday was one that stayed physical and scrappy until the very end, but thanks to a strong fourth quarter from the Tologs, it ceased to be a close one much earlier. The Tologs got a game-high 18 points from Vanessa Romero and 15 more from Amanda Erwin, as they were able to firmly secure a double-digit fourth-quarter lead and take away a 55-39 victory. ?I just felt the conditioning definitely showed up tonight for us and we were able to execute our defense in the fourth quarter,?

Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy hosted the first "En Plein Air" event on March 24. "En Plein Air," meaning "in the open," gave local artists the opportunity to interpret Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy's 41-acre campus through their artistic impressions. Artists worked in oil, watercolor, acrylic, pastel, pencil, charcoal and photography. This inaugural event is part of Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy's continuing celebration of its 75th anniversary year. The California Art Club, which participated in this special paint out day, made this their official quarterly event.

Bianca Nicole "Nikki" Nepales received the Veritas Award, the highest award given to a graduate, in commencement rites at Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy in La Cañada on June 3. Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy Principal Sister Celeste Marie Botello, O.P., presented the award to Nikki with these words, "Continuing with the Dominican traditions of excellence established at Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy, the highest award to be given to...

Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy, which held its 77th annual commencement last Sunday, graduated 98 seniors in the Class of 2009. The young women wore matching long, white gowns and gloves and carried bouquets of red roses as they received their diplomas on Crane Field. The salutatorian was Samantha Norton, who will attend UC Berkeley, while the valedictory address was given by Nicole DeMont, who will attend Stanford. The commencement address was given by Camille Johnston, a Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy graduate of the Class of 1996, who is currently the director of communications for first lady Michelle Obama.

Evan Snyder, a senior at Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy, recently learned that she was the recipient of a $2,500 scholarship from the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. The funds from the scholarship come directly from NMSC funds and recipients are evaluated on academic record, difficulty of the level of subjects studied, grades, scores from standardized tests and contributions and leadership in school and community activities. "She is obviously an outstanding student and a person who is exceptionally intelligent, extremely articulate and very hard working," said Mario Pariante, senior religion and AP U.S. history teacher at FSHA.

The award-winning musical “Chicago” will be playing at Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy in La Cañada for five nights, Nov. 9-14, in the school’s auditorium. What makes this production especially exciting is that it will be performed in the round, creating a speakeasy ambiance, said Director Mark Bommarito. FSHA junior Kelsey Shaw stars as Velma Kelly, while senior Mary Treinin plays Roxie Hart and fellow senior Georgia Button takes on the role of Mama Morton.

Family and friends gathered at Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy last Sunday for the inaugural Hall of Fame awards for alumnae athletes. Three graduates were inducted for their significant contributions to the thriving sports program at the all-girl Catholic high school. First to be inducted was Rhonda Razzano Cunningham from the Class of 1971, who played volleyball, softball and basketball. She was awarded "best athlete" all four years at Sacred Heart. "Everyone wanted Rhonda on their team," said friend and classmate Paula Orlandini.

The event is taking on a new life and look as it moves from the hills of Flintridge to the luxury of the Millennium Biltmore in Los Angeles.Where else can you have a chance to bid on a week-long internship for a girl in Washington, D.C. in the Honduran embassy learning diplomacy and international relations; an opportunity to have dinner with Nancy and John Sununu, former governor of New Hampshire, chief of staff to George H. W. Bush, and co-host of...

The Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy Saddleseat and Western Riders put themselves in first place in the Saddleseat and Western School League of Greater Los Angeles standings halfway into the league season. The Tologs excelled in the league's second of four shows of the 2011-12 season Saturday thanks to outstanding performances from Alex Bernstein, Jamie Lemus and Isabella De Cardenas. Bernstein earned points toward her United States Equestrian Federation varsity letter in the competition.

DOWNEY — A victory away from concluding a dream season, the Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy soccer team awoke too late to avoid a nightmare. Stunned by the fleet feet of Oaks Christian striker Ally Courtnall, stalled by admitted oversight and further hindered by absences and injury, the Tologs fell short of repeating as champions in the CIF Southern California Division III Regional Championships, losing Saturday morning's final to Oaks Christian, 3-1, at Warren High. "We underestimated them completely," said junior Tera Trujillo, who split time at defender and midfielder, scoring the Tologs' lone goal in the 67th minute as the only answer to the Lions' first-half scoring blitz.

Camille Coffey can't tell you she led her teams in kills, aces, blocks and digs this season. She doesn't keep track of her statistics. "I don't play for numbers, I play to win," said Coffey, a Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy senior who served as captain of the Tologs volleyball team this season. "I really don't care about my numbers as long as I've done my best to win. " Coffey was primarily a soccer player until sixth grade when her club team dissolved and her mom pushed her toward volleyball because of her height.

SAN MARINO — The Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy basketball team hadn't reached the championship game of the South Pasadena Tournament in seven years. So when the Tologs heard the final buzzer sound in Saturday night's championship game versus El Segundo, there was no surprise at the reaction of joy and excitement the girls showed when the trophy was finally theirs. "This just shows how far we've come and how hard we've worked," Tologs Coach Gino Pacella said after his squad's title-clinching 55-50 victory at San Marino High.

A movie inspired Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy senior Mimi Spindle to research the Los Angeles County foster care system. She questioned whether it could be as terrible as portrayed in the film. What she unearthed — statistics on abandonment, abuse, addiction and constant relocations — shocked Spindle, but it also spurred her into action. She sought out Kidsave, a Culver City-based nonprofit organization that works to connect older orphaned and abandoned children with loving families.

St. Katherine Drive at Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy will remain closed through the month while workers refurbish the school's signature pedestrian bridge. The road is closed between the main school building and the administration building, and traffic is being re-routed, said Kent Allmon, director of facilities. The white, wooden bridge, which spans over St. Katherine Drive and connects the two parts of the campus, was designed in 1927 by legendary architect Myron Hunt at what was then a resort hotel.

GLENDALE — With an unconventional and youthful lineup, the Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy soccer team won an unconventional tournament for the first time in its long history. Led by Breeana Koemans, one of just two varsity returners playing in the tournament, the Tologs won the 18th annual Travis Jackson 6-A-Side Tournament on Sunday at the Home Depot Center in Carson. Koemans scored the game-winner in sudden death overtime to give Sacred Heart a 4-3 championship win over Palos Verdes.

Throughout her four years at Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy, senior Meghan Fitzpatrick never wavered from her commitment to the physically demanding and time-consuming sport of high school equestrian, despite an already loaded schedule of classes and activities. On May 21, the sport she loves gave something back in return. The Georgetown University-bound Fitzpatrick was the unanimously voted recipient of the Interscholastic Equestrian League's Most Outstanding Senior Scholarship Award and its accompanying $3,000 college scholarship.

A pair of girls and boys led the graduates of Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy in their processional, symbolizing how far they had all come during the past four years. The graduates, some local, and some from as far away Korea, China, Japan and Pakistan, walked in toward the mountains. Each of them wore the traditional white gown and carried a bouquet of red roses. "We lovingly place our graduates into the care of your sacred heart," said school President Carolyn McCormack said in her opening prayer of Sacred Heart's 78th Annual Commencement ceremony on Sunday.

No area swimmers captured titles at the 2010 CIF Southern Section Masters Meet. However, a group of athletes were able to end their season with fine efforts in the event May 18 at Long Beach's Belmont Plaza Pool. "It was fun, and a good note [to end the season on]," said La Cañada boys' Coach Art Lopez, who also coached the only Spartans girls' entrants. "I know some of the kids were a little off on their times, but this meet is a difficult meet to hold [a taper for] because the excitement, the energy is all for CIF. "It's all about the team pride and spirit, and going for a title.