Sr. Moe

I joined the convent in 1965 and have seen most of I-5!  Prior to entering the Novitiate of the Sisters of the Holy Names, I grew up in north Portland and attended Holy Redeemer School and then St. Mary’s Academy.  After working for a year at Mannings in the Lloyd Center (anyone remember Mannings?), I entered the convent and began my ministry in Catholic education.  I student taught at St. Ignatius in SE Portland.  After gaining my teaching credentials at Marylhurst College, I was sent to St. Joe’s in Salem where I taught 2^nd grade for a year.  One year later I was moved to St. Vincent’s, Salem to teach 1^st grade.  Again, I was only there for a year.  I was too afraid to ask my Superior if I was being moved for some dreadful reason, like inability to teach!  While teaching at St. V’s, my Provincial called me to tell me I was going to O’Hara Catholic in Eugene.  That experience was thrilling.  I grew to LOVE teaching more than anything else.   While I could never do this today, I remember motivating kids to read 10 books at a time by promising to take them for a wild ride on my shoulders through the classroom.  It worked!  I taught 1^st and 2^nd grades for eight years before becoming principal there for five years.  That’s where I instituted the Great Squirt Gun Shoot-Out where the entire school brought squirt guns for a five minute shoot-out once a year at the end of the day.  I’d wear my snorkel and mask and bring my arsenal of squirt guns.  Those were the days when guns could be used for fun.  Again, I could never do that today.  It was during this time at O’Hara that I completed my Masters in Private School Administration from the University of San Francisco. 

In 1985, I took the principal position at St. Ignatius for 12 years before coming to St. Clare where I have served for the past eight years.  With a great team of educators, parents and students, we’ve come a long way in our pursuit of an outstanding Catholic School program.  I feel blessed to work in an environment where we can experience so much growth and success each year.  Everything we do is for our kids.

My family keeps me grounded and humble.  With four brothers, I learned to be ‘real’ or I’d get slugged!  Odd as that may sound, they showed their love for me by duking it out, rather than giving hugs!  I was, and still am, loved a lot….have the bruises to prove it!  My Dad, who turns 90 in June, lives at Mary’s Woods.  I have 6 nieces and 2 nephews who are 8 sources of great joy for me.  Having just become a great aunt (Grantie Moe), I’m thrilled to have Santa return for Christmas after a long hiatus.  I think my greatest gift to Catholic education is my family.  I join all of you in keeping family #1!

Mrs. Sherbo

My first 8 years of life were spent on a farm in northern Iowa and then I moved to the booming metropolis of Goldfield, Iowa, which boasted of a population of 800 people.  My parents were marvelous people who poured their hearts into raising 4 children.   They saved the best for last as I am the official “baby” of the family.  After graduating from high school, I wanted to learn to speak with a southern accent so I went to school at Northwest Missouri State University where I earned my Bachelor’s of Music Education degree.  I also found my future husband wandering the halls looking for a beautiful woman to marry. (Well, that’s how I saw it!).  We married in 1977 and both spent the next 5 years teaching in Missouri and Kansas.  Adventure called us and we moved to Long Beach, California, where we lived for 15 years.  I did my fifth year work at Cal. State. Long Beach, and taught at Cypress Elementary District where I went to 5 different schools a week and had 2,000 students. We moved to Oregon in 1996 because of a job change for my husband, Paul. I started teaching at Christ the King School in 1998 and here at St. Clare in 1999.  We have 2 great daughters, one a graduate of George Fox and the other a Kiwi at this point, currently taking a gap year in New Zealand after graduating from Wilsonville High School last June.

 I am a fortunate woman, indeed. I knew from 6^th grade on that I wanted to be a music teacher and have done so for 27 years.  I’ve traveled to 15 foreign countries, where I always catch a musical event to quench my multi-cultural thirst.  And, I am blessed to teach in a Catholic school where I can speak of my faith openly and without reservation.   Thank you for allowing me to share a part of your children’s lives.  It is indeed, an honor.

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