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Summer 2017 Congratulations Class of 2017 LEZON WINS NATIONAL ARCHITECTURE SAYLOR STATE LONG JUMP SAINT JOHN XXIII AWARD WINNERS COMPETITION CHAMPION RONCALLI • SACRED HEART CENTRAL • CHARTRAND • KENNEDY MEMORIAL 1 contentsBaccalaureate Graduation 07 12 National Architect Champion 35 13 Saylor Wins State Celebrating Academic Spring Concerts On the Verge of 11 Achievements 17 03 something BIG Theater and Choral “Spirit of Youth” 18 Awards Moving Turns into 13 Award 05 Spring Cleaning my Life! Seniors with Most 19 Annual Art Show 14 Service Hours Senior Mass Honored 09 and Reflection Spring Sports Grimes Earns 23 in Review 15 Two Awards Class Officers 10 31 Athletic Signings 16 Water with Blessings 1 UPDATE MAGAZINE SUMMER 2017 Update Magazine is published by the Office of Institutional Advancement under the direction of Terese R. Carson, Vice President for Institutional Advancement. Its intent is to be a vehicle to inform alumni, family and friends of recent and upcoming happenings and achievements at the school, as well as showcase the talents and gifts of its students and alumni. Editor-in-Chief: Terese Carson | Deputy Editors: Rachel Brown and Gary Armbruster R’81 | Design Director: Michael Davey R’13 | Photographers: John Smith, Rachel Brown and Kory Marks | Inquiries/Correspondence: Fran Davey, Roncalli High School, 3300 Prague Road, Indianapolis, IN 46227, (317) 787-8277 ext. 238 [email protected] Website: www.roncalli.org Circulation: 12,790 Email: [email protected] FOR EDITORIAL INFORMATION, CONTACT TERESE CARSON AT (317) 787-8277, EXT. 240 OR [email protected] Rebel Athletics MISSION STATEMENT As a Catholic high school, our pledge is to provide, in concert with parents, parish and community, an educational opportunity which seeks to form Christian leaders in body, mind and spirit. Guided by prayer and the Gospel Prom 2017 values of faith, love and justice, students 17 are challenged to respond to the call of discipleship and to fulfill their potential as lifelong learners in service to others. Our end is to make God’s love complete among us. ADMINISTRATION PRESIDENT: 23 Dr. Joseph D. Hollowell Hon'97 PRINCIPAL: Charles Weisenbach R‘79 VICE PRESIDENT FOR INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT: 21 Terese R. Carson VICE PRESIDENT OF FINANCE AND FACILITIES: 20 Dave Gervasio R‘85 VICE PRESIDENT OF MISSION AND Rebel Choir and Ensemble Wins Gold At State MINISTRY: Camp Rebelation Robert Tully Hon'93 ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS: Bruster’s Bits Kathy Arruda Thank You 42 ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL FOR 33 ASSESSMENT & DATA: Coach Scifres James Kedra Scifres Steps Down ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL FOR 44 STUDENT ACTIVITIES: Marsh Hired as Shellie Hartford Hon'14 34 Football Coach DEAN OF STUDENTS: Tim Puntarelli Hon'99 The Last Word GUIDANCE CO-DIRECTORS: Roncalli Celebrates 45 Shelly Fitzgerald R'91 & Lynn Starkey Hon'07 CAMPUS MINISTRY DIRECTOR: 36 Athletic Achievement Jeff Traylor Homecoming 2017 47 ATHLETIC DIRECTOR: David Lauck R'94 Class Notes CHAPLAIN: 37 Father Dave Marcotte RONCALLI • SACRED HEART CENTRAL • CHARTRAND • KENNEDY MEMORIAL 2 On the Verge 1996 of Something BIG 2017 3 UPDATE MAGAZINE SUMMER 2017 Joe Hollowell, Ed. D. have helped us think about and necessary acquisitions. We will President plan for the major fundraising formally confirm that progress as a effort that will be necessary to part our campaign announcement. complete this project. In August 2017, it is our plan to formally There is no doubt that this will announce and embark upon a be a challenging project for our major capital campaign. Though school community. However, the we have completed many capital past generosity of our alumni, improvements at Roncalli over the parents, friends, and other years, this will be the first capital benefactors gives us great hope campaign that we have conducted and confidence that we can For over a year now, we have since 2005 when we completed successfully meet these challenges been giving serious consideration the Building Faith and Futures in a way that gives our students to completing a project that Campaign to construct the Fine and teachers the tools that they has been over 20 years in the Arts Center and classrooms, our need to be successful and to fulfill planning stages. We have not guidance offices, and the STARS their potential as lifelong learners kept this project a secret. In the resource center. We received more in service to others. Spring of 2106, we sent out over than $4.5 million in pledges to 5,000 electronic surveys to our that particular campaign. With I ask that you please join us in community to determine the level rising construction costs and the praying for our students and of interest in completing our plans expensive nature of our current teachers. The families that we to build a modern gymnasium and needs, we would expect our new serve are raising children in additional classrooms to accom- goal to be higher than our last challenging times. There are modate our current enrollment. campaign. cultural, political, and economic We received over 750 responses to pressures that all of our families that electronic survey which is a In addition to the new gymnasium face as they try to bring up their great rate of return. Additionally, and new classrooms to accom- children in accordance with we had over 90 families who came modate our student body, we also Catholic traditions. In order to in to participate in individual plan to embark on a much-needed help meet these challenges, a conversations regarding this proj- expansion and renovation to first-class Catholic high school ect. In both cases, the responses increase our food preparation needs a facility that matches we received were exceptionally and service capacity. Our current the magnitude of the work that supportive of such a project to kitchen area and cafeteria were needs to be done. Our Catholic address our facility challenges. built to accommodate a student communities have a centuries-old body of 750. With today’s enroll- tradition of providing what is After the return of such positive ment of 1,200 students we find needed for the work that God has results from the interviews and ourselves in need of addressing called us to carry on. The Roncalli the online survey, our Board of this area of our facility as well. Family has certainly added to that Directors carefully considered Catholic tradition over the past the findings and decided that To accomplish such an aggressive couple of decades. our community was ready expansion project we will need to embark on this project in to acquire new property. For the I hope and pray that you will help earnest. Over the past year, we past several years we have been in us add to that legacy as we launch have begun to assemble a team productive dialogue with some this campaign. God bless you and of over 100 volunteers who of our neighbors and we have all of those dear to you and every made substantial progress on these good way! RONCALLI • SACRED HEART CENTRAL • CHARTRAND • KENNEDY MEMORIAL 4 Moving turns into Spring Cleaning my Life! Terese R. Carson Vice President for Institutional Advancement It all started when I decided to downsize my home. Shine up your attitude… Smaller and simpler seemed to be calling to me. I Well I love any concept that has the word SHINE so put my house on the market and within six days I it is always good after a gloomy winter to enjoy the had sold my home and purchased a smaller home beauty and joy of every moment, of every day. Shift and within five weeks, the moving occurred! What your attention to all that is right in your life and allow happened during those five short weeks was not joy and gratitude to move to the forefront of your anticipated but truly appreciated. thoughts. I knew that I was going to be packing up all the Simplify your thinking… rooms in my home. I knew that I would be purging Sweep out distractions, projects and tasks that drain unneeded and unwanted items either by giving them your energy. Prioritize a few goals for each day and away or saving for the dreaded garage sale! I literally focus on those only. touched every item in my house and made a decision to keep or not to keep. 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