Alumni

Parents of Alumni

Whether your child(ren) attended SHS recently or several years ago, you will always be considered part of our community. As parents of alumni (PALs), you play an important role in connecting our past, present, and future. Your continued involvement helps ensure that our school thrives well into the next century.

The PALs program offers multiple ways to reconnect with old friends, learn about new school initiatives, and stay active within our vibrant community. From spiritual, enrichment, and service activities, to athletic, arts, and social events--whatever your interest. PALs e-newsletters enable you to stay up-to-date on the latest news and special invitations.

With so many families rooted in the Sacred Heart community for the duration of their children's academic years--a span that can last up to 15 years per child, preschool through grade 12--it's no wonder that parents of alumni remain among our most ardent school supporters. PALs class reps help keep Gator Nation alive, maintaining communication between the school and PALs, promoting events, and keeping the school apprised of alumni news and changing contact information. They help ensure past parent connections and interests are maintained with each other and Sacred Heart Schools.

The SHP Class of 2024 PALs Class Reps are:

Jennifer Bartle

Angela Espinosa

Cameron Hecht

Jessica Hickingbotham

Elizabeth Kerrigan (SJS `78)

Becky Selna

To learn more about our PALs Class Reps program, or to volunteer, please email alumni@shschools.org.

Get Involved with PALs

Alumni and PALs Photo Gallery

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Volunteerism & Service

Tutor Future SHP Students
Tutor young students taking part in The Sophie’s Scholars Program, as they prepare for entry into Sacred Heart Preparatory in the specific areas of math and reading intervention. To learn more, please contact alumni@shschools.org.
Education & Enrichment

Burgundy & Books
Former SHS English teacher Connie Solari takes book club enthusiasts on a guided odyssey through literary classics,modern novels, and great discussion over wine.

2020-2021 Burgundy & Books Dates TBD

Past featured books include:
Brideshead Revisited, Evelyn Waugh
All the Light We Cannot See, Anthony Doerr
A Month in the Country, J.L. Carr
My Name is Lucy Barton, Elizabeth Strout
To The Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
The Underground Railroad, Colson Whitehead
The Sun Also Rises, Ernest Hemingway
A Gentleman in Moscow, Amor Towles
Song of Solomon by Nobel Prize-winning author Toni Morrison
Lincoln in the Bardo, George Sauders
The Brothers Karamazov, Fyodor Dostoevsky (Author), Richard Pevear (Translator), Larissa Volokhonsky (Translator)
The Creat Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
East of Eden by John Steinbeck
The Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohin Hamid
A Passage to India by E.M. Forster
Memories of a Catholic Girlhood by Mary McCarthy, Alumna Sacred Heart Forest Ridge Seattle

Come & See - SHS Teacher Talks
RSVP to Shannon Melinauskas
Presented by the SHS Office of Mission Initiatives & Institutional Planning, "Come & See" is a series of monthly presentations and discussions from our faculty to explore contemporary issues through a Catholic theological lens, and meet other Sacred Heart community members interested in exploring theology and spirituality. RSVP via email here.
Adults only please

2021-2022 Dates TBD

Contact Alumni & Past Parent Engagement Manager Shannon Melinauskas for more information.
Spirituality Programs
All 2020-2021 Programs will be updated as soon as we have more information.

Come to the Quiet
A weekly morning session of quiet prayer and reflection, led by Kathleen Dolan, RSCJ. Held during the regular school year in Lane Family Chapel, Murphy Administration Building, SHS Lower & Middle Schools campus (Park Lane entrance).

Sharing Faith: Growing the Inner Life with Sally Vance-Trembath
A weekly group reflection around the works of powerhouse contemporary and historic spiritual writers.
Dates: TBD
Questions? Contact svance-trembath@shschools.org

SHS Dad's First Friday: Faith and Fellowship with current and past parent Deacon John Kerrigan. Meet in the Lane Family Chapel, Lower & Middle Schools campus (Park Lane entrance).
September TBD
This gathering is simple (and based on a 1,900 year old approach called "lectio divina"). It is a more visceral (vs. analytic) reflection on a scripture passage, and includes time for personal and shared prayer, resolution and prayers for others. No experience necessary, and all faith traditions are welcome!
SHS FAMILY MASS SERIES
Celebrate our shared Catholic faith on Sacred Heart grounds, as we come together in community for liturgy of the Word and SHS fellowship. Family Masses are held in the Ravi Family Assembly Hall located in the Johnson Performing Art Building on the Lower & Middle Schools Campus (Park Lane entrance).

2020/2021 Dates TBD
Social Events

PALs Social
PALs across all decades are invited to take part in this SHS tradition, hosted by Director of Schools Richard Dioli and the Office of Alumni and Past Parent Engagement. Keep an eye out for details via email from the SHS Alumni Egagemetn Manager.

SHS Auction Benefit
A school tradition for nearly four decades, the annual auction night offers something for everyone, from phenomenal dining and dancing to dream vacations, parties, and services donated by the SHS community and auctioned to bidders at live, silent, and super-silent levels. All proceeds go to support SHS students and programs.