St. Ignatius College Preparatory

The TGIF episode of SITV features the STEM and JCL clubs, match the teacher with their favorite ice cream flavor, and the Google Chrome Dino game is no match for at least one SI teacher.

SI has decked the halls! Merry Christmas!

Thank you for giving to the Alumni Annual Class Challenge today. We reached our goal of 1,500 donors through your generosity. Let's keep it going until midnight! #WildcatForward

Today's SITV episode features announcements for the Japanese Culture Club, West African Dance Club, and we are in the Elite 8 of the TV brackets! Plus Mr. Maychrowitz's eclectic music picks.

Friday's SITV episode features info on the upcoming virtual Pasko celebration, the Fall Rally, STEM club, CSF, Cancer Awareness club, and more! https://vimeo.com/473662266

Calling all SI Alumni. TODAY is the day. Donate and help with our students' greatest needs! Click here - https://www.givecampus.com//alumni-annual-fund-class-chall

Today's episode of SITV features Guess That Object - Halloween Edition, STEM club, Disney club, Round 10 of the TV Brackets, and a very important message about our climate & environmental justice from the Green Team!

Calm and Hope inspire SI student art from Ms. Wolf's Studio 108.

Prospective SI students and families, there is still time to make a reservation for our virtual Open House this weekend! You can find more info and how to sign up on the link. https://www.siprep.org//applicants-to-9/open-house-virtual

The SI Orchestra worked hard at home this semester to record their parts to four pieces which were then digitally compiled into the concert you can now watch! Enjoy our first-ever virtual SI Orchestra concert!

It is with great sadness that we share with you that Fr. Robert Walsh '68, SJ passed away at the Sacred Heart Center in Los Gatos on Saturday, October 24th after a long bout with pancreatic cancer. Fr. Walsh served as SI's president from 2006 to 2012. A fifth-generation Californian, Fr. Walsh was born in San Francisco on Aug. 30, 1950, and reared in Westlake, where he attended Our Lady of Mercy School. He joined the Society of Jesus after graduating from SI in 1968. After hi...s ordination in 1980, Fr. Walsh served as a priest, teacher, novice director, campus minister and administrator, including at SI, where he served as campus minister in the 1980s; at Bellarmine, where he worked as assistant principal in the 1990s; at Loyola High School in Los Angeles, where he served as principal and president; at SI as president from 2006-2012; and finally at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles where he was the Director of the Center for Catholic Education before becoming Chancellor. During his tenure as SI’s president, Fr. Walsh redefined the role and structure of the governing board to ensure SI’s continued excellence and raised funds to meet the growing need for tuition assistance. Under his leadership, SI successfully completed the Genesis V campaign, first begun by his predecessor, Anthony P. Sauer, S.J., adding much-needed new buildings to the campus and acquiring the 8.5-acre Fairmont Field a state of-the-art facility in Pacifica used for field hockey, soccer, baseball and softball. He completed construction of the Columbus Piazza, the Doris Duke Wall Choral Room, the Gibbons Hall of Music and so much more at SI. He also renovated the kitchen facility in the Carlin Commons and the Orradre Courtyard as well as the press box and bleachers at J.B. Murphy Field. He also gave his support to the school’s Adult Ministry Program, ensuring that SI’s faculty, staff and leadership will continue to be Ignatian and grow in their spirituality even as the number of Jesuits at SI declines. We all need to understand Jesuit educational goals, Ignatian charism and our Catholic nature, he noted. If we are not dedicated to living out our Jesuit heritage and to being a Catholic Heritage Society school, then we are missing the boat. During the last recession, he also raised money to provide tuition assistance and build the school’s endowment. Despite all these accomplishments, he cherished first and foremost his role as a priest at SI. When I became president, I endeavored to be priest and pastor, educator and administrator, but being a priestly president was most important. Once large gatherings are allowed, we will hold a memorial service for Fr. Walsh in Orradre Chapel on SI's campus. Please keep Robert, his mother Maryjane (Jim '40 dec.) and brothers Jim '67 (Diane), Paul '74 (Barbara), and Greg '75 (Mary) in your prayers. May Robert rest in peace.

Tuesday's episode of SITV features the Cook Off Club, Disney Club, Pasko (a Filipino XMas) is this Saturday at 6pm, Chinese Cultural Club, Counseling Couches are back on Wednesday, SI students talk about their Spotify playlists, and more.

Today's episode of SITV features college visits, affinity group events, Counseling Couches, Cancer Awareness club, and Spirit Week is next week so follow our new TikTok to find out the theme days! Plus so much more in this big Friday episode.

Sophomore Cohort B joined Freshmen Cohort B on campus!! Temperature checks, masks, and...hot cocoa and cookies!! It’s great to see students on campus - stay safe everyone! #wearesi

Recently, 144 SI alumni and friends (and over a dozen volunteers!) came together at Lake Merced Golf Club to enjoy much needed fellowship, laughs and elbow bumps for the SI Alumni Pandemic Golf Tournament. For all you Wildcats out there who were unable to join, hang in there. Better times are ahead and we will get through this together.

Be sure to join us for our socially distanced parent events this Fall.

Wildcast, the student produced SI podcast is back for another season. The first two episodes in the Hindsight 2020 Series are about the CA Wildfires and our "orange sky" day and COVID. Take a listen. https://soundcloud.com/sispeaks/

Today the San Francisco Board of Supervisors approved the installation of permanent field lights to be built on J.B. Murphy Field on the SI campus. The Wildcats will be practicing and playing under the most state of the art lights in The City in 2021. This especially benefits our six soccer programs during the winter months when sunlight is limited for practices and games. Friday Night Lights for SI football will also become a reality after over 50 years in the Sunset. And our state and nationally ranked lacrosse teams will also benefit from practicing and playing games under the lights. Thank you to our SI community of student-athletes, coaches, alumni, parents, and families for your tireless support helping make dreams come true for our students and for future memories about to happen under the lights. #WeAreSI #AMDG #JesuitEducated

The Christmas issue of InSIde SI is out. This holiday issue features student written features on Christmas, the Arts, Clubs and Affinity groups, Soph Retreat, and so much more. https://www.siprep.org//2020-2/Compiled_Dec_issue_12_5.pdf

Today, 165 years ago Fr. Anthony Maraschi, S.J. opened the doors to St. Ignatius on October 15, 1855 to its first students. The school building was in what was then the outskirts of San Francisco, in a place known as St. Anne's Valley one of the many valleys created by the huge sand hills that made up what is now downtown San Francisco. The school was located on what is presently the site of Bloomingdale's on Market Street between Fourth and Fifth streets. Happy Founding Day everyone!

The latest episode of the 49ers Cal-Hi Sports Report features Duke Reeder '21, who is an integral part of the defending WCAL champion SI Lacrosse and Football teams.

The latest SITV episode features registration info for AP exams, Pet Nation is looking for pets for its 2021 calendar, Baking Club's Halloween cookies, Breast Cancer Awareness month fundraiser, Vote 16, Smash Bros Gaming Club tourney and more!

What are your hopes for the new year? SI Choral students share their answers and perform the classic New Year's Eve song Auld Lang Syne.

The all new Wildcat Alumni Network episode focuses on the evolution of the Fr. Sauer Academy, our tuition free middle school for historically disadvantaged students in private Jesuit education. The Fr. Sauer Academy is now completely full with sixth, seventh and eighth graders. From the pioneer class, 18 students have been promoted, and are now members of the SI Class of 2024.

It's a TGIF episode of SITV with Listen in Lunches meetings, Japanese Culture Club, the championship round of the Christmas Song Bracket Games, and Faculty & Student Hybrid Learning Interviews.

The Oct 6 episode of SITV features the upcoming Arab & Middle Eastern social, Students Demand Action club, Counseling Couches tomorrow, the virtual Ignatian Teach In, and the TV Brackets move into the Sweet 16.