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Strength of Character: The Beito Family's Enduring O’Dowd Legacy
Strength of Character: The Beito Family's Enduring O’Dowd Legacy
Diane Radich Beito ’66 was one of nine children in a devout Catholic family. “We followed our faith, and it was expected that we would go to Catholic school from kindergarten through high school,” she says. When she started at O’Dowd in 1962, the school was still relatively new—but for the Beitos, it was full of promise. Five of her siblings would eventually attend O’Dowd as well, making it a true family tradition. “It was a big sacrifice for my family to send us to Catholic school, but it was i
Anything Is Reachable: The Souza Family’s Journey Through O’Dowd
Anything Is Reachable: The Souza Family’s Journey Through O’Dowd
When Bishop O’Dowd High School opened in 1951, it didn’t yet have a campus of its own. Classes were held at St. Louis Bertrand in Oakland, where eighth graders Joyce Allencastre and Frank Souza (both Class of ’57) were already “going steady.”“O’Dowd was co-ed, whereas St. Joe’s and St. Mary’s were all-boys,” Joyce recalls with a smile. “That’s why I wanted to go there.” Her family’s commitment to Catholic education ran deep. “I babysat and cleaned houses all four years to pay my tuition,” she sa
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