St. Mary's Academy Alumni

It's Homecoming Week at SMA! In addition to our weekend festivities, you can join us to support our Blues at home Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday.

Monday, before the soccer game join fellow Blues fans across the street from Buckman Field at Level3 at 3:30 p.m., Wednesday evening we'll also be celebrating the 40-year anniversary of the 1984 State Championship Volleyball team with a reception in the Boyle Center at 5:15 p.m.

If you'd like to join us this weekend, for the Blessing & Ribbon Cutting of The Mary Shindler Boyle '67 Center for Women's Leadership, Entrepreneurship & Innovation, for Saturday's Alumnae Grand Reunion Reception, for Sunday Mass at St. Michael's, or any of the other activities there's still time to register! Learn more at https://www.stmaryspdx.org/alumnae/homecoming24

Join the team at SMA! We're hiring for several positions including Executive Assistant, Director of Finance and Operations, Marketing and Communications Coordinator, and more!
https://www.stmaryspdx.org/about/careers-at-sma

We're celebrating the 1984 State Championship Volleyball Team's 40th anniversary on October 16th! Join us in honoring our champions with a pre-game social at 5:15 p.m. in The Boyle Center followed by the varsity match at 6:45 p.m. against Lakeridge!
RSVP using this form: https://forms.office.com/r/6YBEy5zmTn

SMA alums connecting in D.C.! Love to see it!

SMA Queens and Princesses at the Rose Festival Grand Floral Parade!

Spotted: SMA Alumnae and Princess Amelia ‘24 walking in the Grand Floral Parade! 🌹❤️

- Congratulations Lauren Goss '07! Lauren was recently appointed as the inaugural athletics archivist at the University of Oregon!

Congratulations to Lauren Goss '07 on her role as the inaugural athletics archivist at the University of Oregon. This news was publicly announced last week in conjunction with a press release about her new exhibit Chasing Gold at Hayward: The UO’s Olympic Trials Legacy. Lauren shares that SMA has given her the leadership tools necessary to step into this new role. Way to go, Lauren!

Blues in the News!! Congratulations to alumna, Sophie Peel '14!

BLUES IN THE NEWS! Congratulations to alumna Sophie Peel '14 who won the Bruce Baer Award for Stories on Shemia Fagan and La Mota. This award is among the highest prizes for investigative reporting in Oregon. We're so proud of you, Sophie!

Read the full story: https://www.wweek.com/news/2024/05/26/sophie-peel-wins-bruce-baer-award-for-stories-on-shemia-fagan-and-la-mota/

Our Varsity Blues are currently ranked 6th in the state!
💥 YOU'RE INVITED! Join us in cheering on the SMA Varsity Blues against Marist Catholic at 6:00 p.m. tomorrow (May 14th) at Buckman Field. Festivities will begin at 4:30 p.m. with a tailgate at Level Brewery. Make sure to wear your SMA swag and come ready to cheer on the Blues! See you there. GO BLUES! 💙

💥 YOU'RE INVITED! Join us in cheering on the SMA Varsity Blues against Marist Catholic at 6:00 p.m. tomorrow (May 14th) at Buckman Field. Festivities will begin at 4:30 p.m. with a tailgate at Level Brewery. Make sure to wear your SMA swag and come ready to cheer on the Blues! See you there. GO BLUES! 💙

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Join us and cheer on the Blues as they play Churchill at home, and celebrate the 40th anniversary of our 1984 State Championship Team!

Hospitality suite in the Hive will open at 5:00 p.m.

JV 2 Game begins at 4:30 p.m.
JV Game begins at 6:00 p.m.
Varsity Game begins at 7:30 p.m.

RSVP: https://www.stmaryspdx.org/fs/form-manager/view/29efd661-aaca-4876-a192-704862393227

Congratulations to alumna Jenny Conway Guggenheim '01 on being selected to help First Lady, Dr. Jill Biden, prepare The White House for the holidays.

Jenny here- I have really exciting news to share with you; our clients, supporters, family & friends, and colleagues from afar! It's my birthday, and with yesterday's news of the government shutdown averted, I felt today was as good as any to finally let you know I was selected to help prepare The White House for the holidays! A very good friend of mine nudged me to apply (thank you, Emily!) so I figured I'd do it, never hear anything about it again, and continue with normal holiday festivities here in Portland. I dug way back to my days with Ms. Housley to write a heartfelt essay and, well, it worked! I'll be joining other folks from across the US to transform the People's House for the upcoming holiday season.

I'm the proud daughter of US Marine Sgt. James R. Conway, and I'd like to dedicate this opportunity in his memory. He always said my mom liked to turn our house into Macy's department store for the holiday's and now I can put that history to good use. Mom and Dad, I'll make you proud!

Jenny