school; Joan Bruzzone; Jay Ingram,

March 1, 2016
NEXT EVENING MEETING: Tuesday,
March 8, 2016 at 6 pm at the

Moragas Park and Recreation Director; and

John Walker, Principal of Campolindo High
School, and our speaker for the day. Our
favorite visiting Rotarian, Bill Eames, visited
us again.

~~PAUL HARRIS FELLOWSHIP~~

Holy Trinity Hall (Serbian Church)

Program: Diego Rios; SMC Jan Term in
China and South Korea
Greeter and Invocator Michelle Robbins
~~FUTURE CLUB MEETINGS~~

* March 15th Speaker from the Orion Academy, a

special school for autistic middle and high school
students here in Moraga
* March 22 Candace Andersen President, Board
of Supervisors, Contra Costa County
* March 29 Chris Lardge Cracking the Enigma
Code
* April 5th Steve Burchick A Compass and a
Camera, a Year in Vietnam
*Regular Noon Meeting

** Second Tuesday Evening

~BUSINESS MEETING~
The meeting was opened with a robust ring of
the bell by President Roger, and his
observations that we have been serving the
community and the world for about 49 years.
Kevin Reneau told us about some obscure
events that occurred on March 1, gave some
related quotes, and led us in the Pledge to the
Flag.
Guests today were: Tom Rust, Principal of
Camino Pablo Elementary School, and
Melissa Fahey, a teaching assistant at that

John Erickson, Joan Bruzzone, and the Rajah

A Paul Harris Fellowship was presented to

Joan Bruzzone by John Erickson, who has
known Joan and her late husband Russ since
he and Mary Sue opened their Moraga
Hardware business in 1967. He remarked that
Joan and Russ were exceptional in their efforts
to build the very nice Moraga that we know
today.

~~RECOGNITIONS~~
Mike McCluer was happy because his
daughter got engaged recently . . . . Gary
Irwin gave one buck for his #1 Jayhawks
basketball team . . . .Roger Gregory had a
Happy Buck for the St. Marys mens
basketball success this year . . . . Frank May
attended the 21st birthday party of a man who
was born on a Feb 29, even though he was

about 84 years old. . . . Angelo Costanza

told that he now owned two historic desks
formerly owned by two eminent justices that
he knows, and gave a High Five for it.

~~EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH~~

The next e-Waste collection is on

Saturday, April 30th. Another opportunity
for fun in the sun and doughnuts, so come
on out!
The Rajah asked for volunteers to host the
Last Friday of the Month Social, and actually
got two volunteers: the Simonsens for
Friday March 25 and Bill Eames for April
29. Mark your calendars!
The Rajah read a letter of thanks from a
recipient of our donations to Lake County fire
relief, who said the money helped restore the
soul and structure of their community.

Kevin, EOM Melissa Fahey, & Tom Rust

Our latest Employee of the Month is Melissa

Fahey, a 14 year employee of the Moraga
School District who works as a teachers
assistant dealing with special needs children
at Camino Pablo Elementary School.
Principal Tom Rust, her sponsor, spoke very
highly of her effectiveness. She received a
Certificate and some nice gift cards donated
by local merchants.

~~ANNOUNCEMENTS~~
President Roger urged us all to attend the
District Conference in Woodland on April
1st through 3rd. This event is always a fun
time and an opportunity to see beyond our
local Club. Check out the District Rotary
website at www.rotary5160.org .

Debbie Roessler cleverly outbid Gary Irwin to

get the March Fine Free Hat for just $50 in very
slow bidding. . . .
Frank May mentioned that our premier
fundraising event is right on top of us on
March 12th so please get your dinner tickets
purchased, your horses bought, and your
auction donations all shined up and ready to
go. There will be one more prep meeting on
March 7th at Cliffs Moraga Royale at 5:30
pm, so please attend! Let Frank May know
if you are able to work at the event. We
need all the help we can get!!
The meeting ended with Angelo Costanza
having the winning ticket but the magic
marble eluded him!!

~~THE PROGRAM~~
Our speaker was the Principal of Campolindo
High School, John Walker. He grew up in
Kensington and graduated from El Cerrito High
School, and has been in his current job for
about four years.

About 75% of the students take one or more of

the 20 Advanced Placement courses offered.
The two newest AP courses, Art History and
Biotechnology, are proving to be very popular.
Campolindo has adopted the federal Common
Core program.
Campo has 54 extracurricular clubs, 24 sports
teams, and 16 performing arts groups. The
football team was the Div 3 State Champion in
2014, and played but lost in the 2015
Championship game. Their Choir sang at an
event in Chicago this year, and sang at
Carnegie Hall in New York two years ago. The
Symphonic Band also played at a concert in
Chicago.
The Rajah with Principal John Walker

Campolindo currently enrolls 1305 students,

which makes it a relatively small school. This
number will probably increase in the future due
to growing enrollment at Joaquin Moraga
Intermediate School, the largest feeder school.
This enrollment is about 100 students more
than at Miramonte and about 100 less than at
Acalanes. Growth of high school students in
Walnut Creek will probably require redistricting
to move the student growth to the western
schools in the District.
Everyone is pleased that 99% of Campolindo
graduates seek higher education, and about
80% at four year colleges. Many others attend
Diablo Valley College, and transition after two
years to a traditional university.
Campolindo has teaching faculty of 75, with
average tenure of about 15 years; this provides
faculty stability unusual in most high schools.

Campolindo's Academic Decathlon Team has

won the Medium Size Schools state decathlon
award in 2013, advancing to the online national
championship while placing third in Division III
and winning a most improved team award in
the process. At the 2013 Online National
Championship held April 4 and 26, the
Cougars won first place, in the process earning
the first national title for Campolindo in any
competition
and
the
first
national
championship in Academic Decathlon for any
school in Northern California.

Future Greeters
March 15
March 22
March 29
April 5

Angelo Costanza
David Kruegel
Debbie Roessler
Doug Damaschino

CALENDAR OF FUTURE EVENTS

Mar 12 - A Nite at the Races Fundraiser
Mar 25 Last Friday Social at Simonsens
Apr 1-3 District 5160 Conference in Woodland
Apr 29 Last Friday Social at Bill Eames
Apr 30 -- E-Waste Recycling
May 11 Rotary Field Day
May 14 Moraga Community Faire
Jun 28 Demotion party dinner
Aug 5-7 OMPA swim meet food booth

And please remember this week to be a

Gift to The World!
The Rajah
MORAGA ROTARY BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2015-16
President.Roger Gregory
President-elect ..........Kevin Reneau
Past President.Debbie Roessler
Secretary.... .Kevin Reneau
Treasurer.... Lad Lynch
Community Service Chair......Barbara Bruner
New Generations... ...Rich Render
International Service Chair..Tony Schoemehl
Public Relations ...Gary Irwin
Membership........Frank May
Director at Large...John Erickson
Director at Large..Marv Ellenberg
Director at Large Cliff Dochterman
Director at Large ...Linda May
President, Rotary InternationalRavi Ravindran
District Governor.Ken Courville
Assistant District Governor..Mark Roberts
Temporary Alternate Substitute Editor Gary Irwin

Gift to the World Collection Box

You will see the Be a Gift to The World
collection box on the podium at each of our
meetings. Remember our District Governor,
Ken Courville asked us to note the acts of
kindness we do and put them in the box.
Here are some kind things noted by our
members this past week.
03/01/2016 I provided cold glasses of water to a man and
young girl who loaded a merchants items on a truck to be
hauled away.
Moraga Rotarian
03/01/2016 I parked in the last row of open parking spaces
at our Rotary meeting so our older/less mobile members could
park closer to the meeting room.
Moraga Rotarian

But wait! Theres MORE------

~SCHEDULE OF FUTURE PROGRAMS~

March 8th Evening, 6:00 pm at the Trinity Center, School Street, Moraga Diego
Rios, President of the St. Marys College Student Body will speak about Jan Term
and his experiences in China and South Korea.
March 15th noon (back at Soda Center) - speaker from the Orion Academy, a
special school for autistic middle and high school students here in Moraga.
March 22nd noon at Dryden Hall - Candace Andersen, Supervisor Contra Costa
County
March 29th noon at Soda Center) Chris Lardge, speaking on Cracking the
Enigma Code.
April 5th Steve Burchick, A Compass and a Camera, A Year in Vietnam.
April 12th Evening, 6:00 pm at the Trinity Center, School Street, Moraga
speaker, Assembly Woman, Catherine Baker
April 19th noon at the Soda Center Moraga Rotarian, Michele Robbins, Shalom
Can Change the World.
April 26th noon at the Soda Center Marielle Smallheiser speaking on Medicare
May 3rd noon at the Soda Center Linus Eukel speaking on the John Muir Land
Trust and the Carr Ranch Project

Moraga Rotary Board meetings: (All Tuesdays @ 5:00 pm in the Trinity Center at the Serbian
Orthodox Church on School Street)
th.
March 15
April 19th
May 17th
June 21st

Moraga Rotary Nite at the Races 2016 Meetings at 5:30PM at Moraga Royale. Note the
change in time and location for the last meeting before the event.
March 7th