Evie Marheineke came in first place in the first WCAL race of the season at Golden Gate Park in San Francisco. Evie ran an impressive time of 18:01.8. and was named the AMHS athlete of the week for her effort in this competition. Yuvan Provine came in 6th place in the men’s WCAL race, setting a new AMHS course record with a time of 15:36.1. Great job to both runners!
In September, the Women’s Volleyball team won the Spikefest Tournament with wins over Oak Grove, Homestead, Aragon, Sacred Heart Cathedral, and St. Ignatius in the championship game. In the championship match versus St. Ignatius, the Monarchs were led by senior Leyna Nguyen who had 8 kills and 1 block, junior Elli Diehl Palmer with 7 kills, and junior Katelyn Sentous with 6 kills and 2 blocks. Congratulations to the Women’s Volleyball team!
Alana Arney and Jacob Park were selected to represent Archbishop Mitty as members of the San Jose Jazz High School All-Stars. This jazz band made up of advanced high school musicians performs throughout the Bay Area. Congratulations to both Alana and Jacob!
Senior Anisha Maharjan and juniors Brandon Kang and Manvik Johar were selected to serve as the High School representatives for the City of Campbell Youth Commission. This commission will act in an advisory capacity to Campbell City Council on matters relating to youth and teens. Chosen from among many applicants, Youth Commission members will be responsible for representing the youth voice in the Campbell community. Commissioners may recommend programs to city staff that would encourage positive youth experiences and even coordinate their own events and programs to allow youth and teens to have an increased involvement with local government. Congratulations Anisha, Brandon, and Manvik!
Jaehee has been named a finalist for the Politics Category of the John Locke Institute 2024 Global Essay Prize. The John Locke Institute 2024 Global Essay Competition is open to high school students worldwide, where participants submit essays on topics within various humanities subjects like philosophy, politics, economics, history, psychology, theology, and law, with the goal of developing critical thinking and writing skills. The winning essays in each category can earn the writer a scholarship towards attending a John Locke Institute program. As a finalist for the Global Essay Prize, Jaehee has been invited to Mayfair, London for the Awards Ceremony and Gala Dinner to acknowledge the candidates hard work, to celebrate their achievement as a finalist, and to announce the winners and runners-up in each subject category and the winner of this year's Grand Prize. Good luck to Jaehee throughout the remainder of this prestigious competition!
When Ayana was diagnosed and underwent therapy for Lymphoma, she developed a passion for research in the area of cancer. Ayana has since participated in multiple research projects with mentors from universities around the world. Today, we are very pleased to share that a research paper co-authored by Ayana entitled “Identification of the novel exhausted T cell CD8+ markers in breast cancer” was accepted in Scientific Reports journal. This prestigious research journal is the 5th most cited in the world. It is Web of Science indexed and is part of the publishing portfolio of the highly reputable Nature Publishing Group.
Samaira and Jordyn participated in the 37th Annual Tech Challenge hosted by The Tech, the world-renowned science, technology, and education center in the heart of Downtown San Jose. This year's challenge, "Cosmic Quest," sent teams on a fictional journey to aid scientists in unraveling the mysteries of a distant planet and its largest moon. Their mission was to engineer a launcher to successfully transport essential supplies to the lunar surface. Representing Team #288, Jordyn and Samaira achieved remarkable success. Out of more than 2,000 participants from 144 schools, Samaira and Jordyn's exceptional engineering design and prototype earned them the honor of winning "Outstanding Device Performance," presented by Thermo Fisher Scientific at this year's High School Awards. Their uniquely designed catapult to launch and land objects on three different Martian terrains accomplished the task in the shortest time at the entire event. Their scientific and engineering mindset was recognized by a rigorous judging panel. The AMHS community is proud to congratulate these women on this accomplishment!
If you’ve had the chance to go to the movies recently, you might have seen a familiar face on screen. Jayden starred as one of the supporting characters, Max, in a new release titled Dìdi. This heartwarming story is about the summer before high school begins in 2008. It’s still in theaters and it’s a must-see coming of age movie. Congratulations, Jayden!
Eva, who is serving as this year’s Excalibur Yearbook Creative Editor, attended the California Yearbook Academy in early July where she was honored with the “Seeker of Knowledge” award for her hard work and participation in this conference. Among the 150+ students, just 7 editors were recognized for their achievements, and Eva was the only Junior to take home two awards. Based on her execution of theme development, writing, design, photography plan, and ability to capture our school’s unique identity, Eva earned 3rd place. Thank you to Eva for all of her hard work, and we look forward to seeing these plans come to life in this year’s book.
Archbishop Mitty was recently named the #1 overall athletic program in the state of California and #11 program in the country by media outlet MaxPreps. The 2023-24 school year was an historic one for the Monarchs as our athletic program won 7 CCS Titles in Men’s and Women’s Water Polo, Women’s Volleyball, Women’s Basketball, Men’s Soccer, Women’s Track and Field and Baseball. The Monarchs also captured individual CCS championships in Cross Country, Swimming and Diving, and Track and Field. Finally, the Women’s Volleyball, Women’s Basketball, and Men’s and Women’s Soccer teams captured NorCal championships, plus we captured an individual state championship in swimming. Congratulations to all our athletes and coaches who make Archbishop Mitty the best place to compete in high school athletics!
This past June, a record 24 students qualified for and competed at the National Speech and Debate Tournament in Iowa. Out of 1,321 schools MSD earned the highest team award possible, placing top 10 in the Nation as a School of Outstanding Distinction. A special congratulations to Senior Jayden Brown for placing 2nd in Duo Interpretation, and to Senior Anik Chobe for placing 2nd in Lincoln Douglas Debate and becoming Archbishop Mitty’s first ever debate finalist.
Last May, the production of Great Comet was nominated for four Rita Moreno Awards, which is the Northern California equivalent of the high school Tony awards for excellence in theater. The production won Audience Favorite based on their performance during the awards ceremony! Congratulations to all of the students, faculty and staff for their excellent work on this production!
Ana Afilipoai who won 1st place, Ryan Tsai who took 2nd place, and JingJing Lei who received honorable mention. Congratulations to Mrs. Lee and her students on this amazing achievement!
Freshman Nikethana Karthikeyan presented her independent science project "E-see: A Tracking System Prototype that Forewarns Drivers About Multi-Vehicle Pile-ups" at this year's Synopsys Science Fair and was awarded both the Robby Beyers Innovative Solutions Award and the Inez M. Lechner Award. Both awards recognized her achievement with a cash prize. Congratulations, Nikethana!
Junior Anjani was selected to be one of Bank of America’s Student Leaders. This is one of Bank of America’s most distinguished programs, accepting 315 out of 7,000 applicants this year. As a student leader, Anjani will participate in an eight-week internship at a local non-profit over the summer and will travel to Washington D.C. for the Bank of America Student Leaders Summit. Congratulations, Anjani!
This past month MSD qualified 13 students to Nationals in Iowa this summer. A special congratulations to tournament champions juniors Katherine Wilcox, Keri Parker, Jayden Brown and seniors Katie Hughes, Arabella Damarillo and Tiger Javiya. Good luck to MSD as they compete in the State Tournament. While 49 members will be competing, the entire team has been hard at work all year preparing for this moment.
Congratulations to Senior Morgan Cheli for being named to the 2024 McDonald’s All-American Game which will be played in Houston on April 2nd. Since 1977, McDonald’s has been investing in the future of basketball and local communities through the McDonald’s All-American Games. The games have showcased some of the nation’s best high school talent over the years, including former Monarchs Aaron Gordon and Haley Jones. Congratulations, Morgan, on achieving your dream of becoming a McDonald’s All-American player!
Congratulations to the following students: freshmen Eesha Iyer, Andrew Wi; sophomores Yijin Chong, Brandon Kang, Olivia Park and junior Lucas Choi for being selected to perform in Cal State Music Ensembles this past January at the California All State Music Educators Conference in Sacramento. All students spent the weekend rehearsing with musicians from around the state and represented the Monarchs well.
Congratulations to the Robotics Team for recently advancing to the playoffs as the number seven seed at the Silicon Valley Regional Robotics Competition. A special congratulations to junior Corina Gaska for being one of two Dean’s List finalists at the competition.
MSD recently competed in the Cal Invitational at UC Berkeley. Out of 223 schools (across 23 states), the Monarchs took first place in overall team sweepstakes. A special congratulations to junior Jayden Brown and senior Katie Hughes for being awarded Duo Interpretation Champions.
On February 24th, the Men’s Soccer team beat St. Francis 2-0 behind goals from senior Jaxson Bettencourt and sophomore Isaac Castillo, and a stellar performance from goalie Alan Quintero. In a rematch with St. Francis for the NorCal title, the Monarchs came from behind in the final minute of regulation with a goal by senior Giuseppe Sigala that sent the game to overtime. The Monarchs won 4-1 by PK’s. Congratulations to our Men’s Soccer program on an historic season!
The Women’s Soccer team went on the road to Del Oro High School in Loomis for the NorCal Division I Championship. Despite rain and hail, the women’s team battled to a 0-0 tie during regulation and overtime. Sophomore Angie Cao had the decisive goal in PK’s to help lead the Monarchs to their first NorCal title in program history. Congratulations on a great season!
The National Council of Teachers of English reviewed the AMHS literary magazine in the spring of 2023 as part of the Recognizing Excellence in Art and Literary Magazines contest. We are proud to announce that The Muse was awarded a certificate of “Excellence” by the Recognizing Excellence in Art and Literary Magazines Program. Congratulations to all who work hard to make this magazine come together. We are so proud of your work!
MSD has earned a team record 109 wildcards to the state qualifying tournaments in March. A special congratulations to the following students who were awarded as a champion in their event at the most recent league tournament: freshmen Freyaa Chawla, sophomore Eliot Saglam, juniors Andrew Park, Niranjan Ashok, Sameet Das, Aarav Bavishi, Keri Parker and seniors Claire Lee, Anika Chatradhi, and Ria Sudhir
Annie Buchko was one of the organizers for Silicon Valley’s Student-Led “Martin Luther King Jr. Stop The Violence Event” on January 13th. This event, intended to build on the power of our youth, features leadership training, a VIP Reception, as well as fashion and talent shows. A student-led Bay Area Violence Prevention Campaign was also initiated during the event, and donations raised from the campaign will support student-led activities in Silicon Valley. Congratulations to Annie for her dedication to this campaign, and keep up the great work in our community!
History Club Members Place and Qualify for Nationals
Members of Archbishop Mitty's History Club participated in the National History Bowl regionals on Saturday, December 9th. The Varsity team made of juniors Mahit, Samarth and Suyog stood 5th in their division. The Junior Varsity team, composed of freshmen Sudhanva and Anika and sophomores Sid and Raaghav won their division, ending with an undefeated record and 1st place in a field of 11. The next day, Mahit competed in the regional History Bee, where he became the champion of the Varsity Division. These players have qualified for Nationals of both the National History Bowl and the History Bee, which they will compete in during May 2024. Good luck to you all.
In 2012, at the age of seven, Joey founded a toy drive called Joey’s Toy Drive. His creative thinking has provided various opportunities to grow Joey’s Toy Drive with local businesses, schools, and communities. Joey assembled a team this year to collect toys from multiple places. Then, the team dedicated an entire day to distributing toys to approximately 3,000 families, making Christmas possible for many families this season. Congratulations to Joey and his team. Keep up the good work!
AMHS Speech & Debate recently competed at the Glenbrooks Invitational in Chicago. The team had its most finalists ever, and out of 220 schools, our Monarchs placed 4th in Overall Individual Events Sweepstakes. Locally, MSD has earned 44 Wildcards to the State Qualifying Tournament, a special congratulations to recent league tournament champions freshman Ana Afilopai, Mia Wood, Andrew Wi, juniors Aarya Srinivasan, Aayaan Sahu, and Ansh Singhal.
Congratulations to the Robotics Team for making it to the playoffs as the 6th seed in the Madtown Throwdown offseason competition in November, which included a thrilling upset win against the 3rd seed. This marks the end of the 2023 season for the team, and they will now begin preparing to build a brand new robot starting in January for their competition season in March and April. Good luck to the team!
After undergoing a challenging audition process, freshman Leaf Tan, sophomore Jordan Daniher, junior Ben Schultz, and seniors Rebecca Louderback and Kevin Stovich, who are all members of Mitty's Concert Choir, were selected to be a part of the California Choral Directors' Association's Regional Honor Choir that took place last month. Ben will be going on to represent Mitty at the CCDA All-State Honor Choir in Sacramento this February. Congratulations to all of you!
Coach Sue Phillips has had an incredible career as head coach of the Monarchs’ women’s basketball program. She has led the Monarchs to 789 victories, winning 25 league titles, 24 CCS championships, 15 NorCal and 6 state championships. She has also led USA Basketball teams to four gold medals in international tournaments. To honor her contributions to the lives of so many student-athletes and to the game of basketball, yesterday on ESPN it was announced that this April, Coach Phillips will be inducted into the Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame in Knoxville, Tennessee. Congratulations to Coach Phillips on this remarkable and well-deserved honor.
Sophomore Claire Kim was selected as the First Place Winner in the Flute Duet category of the prestigious American Protégé International Competition 2023. As a part of her prize, Claire has received a special invitation to perform at Carnegie Hall, showcasing her musical talents. Congratulations, Claire, for this outstanding accomplishment.
Every year, the Diocese of San Jose hosts an event called Saints in the City, which honors high school students from different parishes and schools across the Diocese, whose exemplary way of engaging with the community speaks strongly of lived discipleship. Four out of over 30 honorees came from Archbishop Mitty High School’s Class of 2024: Aiden Francis, Camila Garcia, Dario Kuroda, and Danielle Santos. These Monarchs were acknowledged for projecting virtues that resonated with virtues in the lives of St. Francis of Assisi, St. Maria Goretti, St. Thomas Aquinas, and St. Theresa of Avila. We are grateful for these students' profound faith and their willingness to share with their communities!
The San Jose Sports Hall of Fame annually names a male and female High School Athlete-of-the-Year. This year, both of the recipients are Monarchs: sophomore McKenna Woliczko and 2023 graduate Danny Scudero.
