RED & GOLD THE COMMUNITY MAGAZINE of CATHEDRAL SCHOOL FOR BOYS
Editor’s Note
WITH THIS FALL ISSUE, we’re unveiling a new look and feel for the Red&Gold . We hope you like what you see and read. You might first notice the magazine’s new design. We aimed to strike a balance between two aesthetics: classic and contemporary. We believe this balance also represents our school in many ways. The magazine’s content is also different. It is more about features than lists, and those features go beyond showcasing what has happened or is happening on campus and in our community. In fact, many of the Red&Gold stories profile CSB’s good work in a broader sense, like John Taylor’s piece on playing basketball at San Quentin and Sean Breen’s piece on his son, Jon Breen ’96, and his work with the Peace Corp in Eastern Europe. The teachers and staff writers have worked tirelessly to develop stories that are both relatable and readable. I hope you will find their stories just as inspiring as I have. The idea of inspiration points me to this issue’s theme: Heroes. The magazine’s tagline is, “The hero in me sees the hero in you.” The tagline is a bit of word play on a well-known Sanskrit prayer that reads, “My soul recognizes your soul, I honor the light, love, beauty, truth, and kindness within you because it is also within me, in sharing these things there is no distance and no difference between us, we are the same, we are one. Namaste.” I believe that when we do something heroic–big or small–not only does it inspire others to do the same, but it also helps us recognize the real or the potential heroism within others. We often talk about sports stars, soldiers, or firefighters as being heroes. But heroism does not always involve physical strength. In fact, qualities such as compassion, honesty, selflessness, humility, patience, caring, and conviction also characterize a hero. The Red&Gold stories you are about to read are made up of such people: heroes. The people who wrote these stories; they are heroes. The people who are in the stories; they are heroes, too. It turns out that heroes are all around us, every day, and when we discover the hero inside ourselves, we begin to recognize the hero inside everyone else.
CSB Brothers
OUR MISSION
1 Message from the Headmaster 3 Editor’s Note 16 Why Caring Matters to Todd Bland ’82 20 Graduating to the Right High School 23 Graduation 30 A Field Trip to China 34 School Events 36 My Hero, Jon Breen ’96 IN THIS ISSUE
RED&GOLD TEAM EDITOR Katie Rice Jones COPY EDITORS Megan Brown PHOTOGRAPHY Katie Rice Jones John Stuart Riddle
38 Pay it Forward 39 Alumni News 41 In Memoriam 42 Alumni Events 44 Ball is Life 46 Moving In, Up, and On
To provide an excellent education for boys at the elementary level. To attract a diverse student body of strong academic potential.
54 Good Reads 55 Faculty News 56 David Forbes
To provide a school committed to intellectual inquiry and rigor, centered in the Episcopal tradition, respectful of and welcoming to people of all religious traditions and beliefs. To develop social responsibility through exemplary programs of outreach and service. To create a community bonded by open-heartedness, hope, compassion, and concern.
Sasha Soheili Frank Torrano Nano Visser
Happy reading,
Cathedral School for Boys, a department of Grace Cathedral, is accredited by the California Association of Independent Schools, and is a member of the National Association of Independent Schools and the National Association of Episcopal Schools. As an institution with 501(c)(3) non-profit status, it relies on the generosity of individual and community support and an active Parents Association to fund its annual operating and capital needs. If you’d like to make a gift to the School or would like more information on how you can make a difference in the lives of the School and our boys, please contact James Schmidt, Director of Development at schmidt@cathedralschool.net. All gifts to the School are fully tax-deductible as allowed by law. CATHEDRAL SCHOOL FOR BOYS 1275 Sacramento Street, San Francisco, CA 94108 (415) 771-6600 www.cathedralschool.net
COVER PHOTO John Stuart Riddle ON THE COVER: LEFT to RIGHT:
Katie Rice Jones Red&Gold Editor
Little Brother, Asher ’24 with his Big Brothers, Lukas ’16 and Prem ’20 pose on CSB’s Upper School terrace overlooking Grace Cathedral and the city of San Francisco.
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