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ROSARY HIGH SCHOOL A Catholic, College Preparatory School for Young Women ANNUAL REPORT 2018-19 Annual Report 2018-2019 Dear Rosary Families, Eleanor Roosevelt once said, “The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” I firmly believe that our girls can accomplish anything once they graduate from Rosary High School because we empower them to dream big so that they can achieve their greatest potential. Rosary High School has been educating young women in the Dominican tradition since 1962. Rosary women are taught the four Dominican pillars: study, prayer, community, and preaching. These four pillars help develop the foundation on which these young women’s academic and spiritual lives are built. These four pillars are what will help define who they are today, but more importantly, who they become in the future. This past school year, our girls did some pretty amazing things in and out of the classroom. Once again, 100% of this year’s graduating class was college bound, and 91% of the graduates earned scholarships totaling over $11.5 million. Two Rosary students qualified as National Merit Commended Students, 16 earned the designation of Illinois State Scholars, and 20 were inducted into the National Honor Society. Rosary students performed over 10,000 hours of service to our community this past year assisting local food pantries, special education recreation programs, churches and youth groups, Catholic grade schools, local senior citizens, and even performing painting and light construction on a summer mission trip in Indiana. Clearly Rosary continues to prepare Dominican Christian leaders who make us proud. “A generous person will prosper: Whoever refreshes others will be refreshed.” Proverbs 11:25. It is through the generosity of so many that Rosary High School and our students can prosper in so many ways. We would like to formally thank each and every donor who gave their time, talent, and/or treasure to Rosary High School this past school year. Unrestricted gifts totaled $263,178, which includes the annual appeal, the Royal Raffle, Candlelight Ball, Candle Rose program ads, tuition gap donations, as well as memorial, corporate match, and stock donations. The unrestricted gifts were down about $40,000 from the previous year, but that may have been impacted by the large increase in the restricted gifts. The restricted gifts totaled $409,753. This is up a total of $235,822. This large increase is due to three new scholarships being formed (Bill Schalz, Sr. Mary Megan Farrelly, OP, and the Juriga Family) and the start of our STEM Classroom Capital Campaign. Along with the donations to the capital campaign that have been collected thus far, The Dunham Fund has awarded us a $250,000 matching grant. Your generosity does not go unnoticed by our many Rosary alumnae. We have countless examples of former students that return to Rosary High School and make gifts, both large and small, as their way of helping the next generation of students pursue their dreams of a Rosary education – just as they were helped along the way by the many benefactors like you who made their Rosary education possible. Each donation and donor ensures Rosary High School will maintain its excellence. We hope that you will once again choose to make Rosary High School a part of your charitable giving in the 2019-2020 school year. God Bless, Anthony Wilkinson Head of School This report is also available online on our website at: www.rosaryhs.com/annualreport 2 Highlights of 2018-19 Achievements of the Class of 2019 • 57 graduates • 9 Catherine of Siena Scholars • 16 Illinois State Scholars • 20 National Honor Society members • Graduates earned $11.5 million in college scholarships • 9000+ Hours of Community Service • Average GPA of 3.53 • 100% college-bound (97% 4-year school, 3% 2-year school) Math Team at State ICTM Contest • 9 athletes to play their sport in college • Graduates will attend colleges in 15 states Rosary Math Team members competed in Division 1A at the ICTM state competition May 4 at the University of Illinois. Two Named National Merit Commended Students With only 11 team members—all underclassmen—Rosary earned 20th place overall, 6th place for geometry team, 7th place Seniors Kathryn Mueller and Athena Ye for frosh/soph 8-person team, 3rd place for the 2-person frosh/ have been named Commended Students soph team, and 2nd place for individual geometry. in the 2019 National Merit Scholarship Program. Only the top two percent of all taking the 2018 Preliminary SAT/ National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test achieved this distinction. Students Earn Medals in Language Contests Forty-one Rosary students earned recognition on the National Spanish Exam in 2019. Students from Rosary earned a total of three gold, nine silver and 12 bronze medals along with 17 honorable mentions. Students scoring in the 95th and above percentile and earning Gold medals are Spanish 2: Paige Klimavicius, and Spanish 1: Jenna Krull and Yamilet Barrera (Bilingual). In the National French Contest/Le Grand Concours, Isabella Pytel (French 2) is a Silver medalist and Julia Jochum (French 1) is a Bronze medalist. Liann Peterson (Latin 4) earned a Silver medal on the 2019 National Latin Exam. Beads Place Second at 2018 State Meet The Rosary swim team was the runner up at the State swim meet in Evanston on November 17, behind Neuqua Valley. Athena Ye is State Champion in the 100 Fly. Rosary finished in second place with 169 points behind Neuqua Valley with 185. In third place was New Trier with 125. The Beads went undefeated on the season, winning the Conference Championship and Sectional title. Fourteen swimmers qualified for State. Rosary had a four-year run as State Champions from 2006 through 2009, finished second at state in 2014, and again earned State Championships in 2015, 2016 and 2017. Track Team Places 22nd at State Meet Students Place at State Academic Challenge Royals Track won the Class 2A title and four first place finishes Rosary’s Academic Challenge Team (formerly WYSE) earned at Sectionals, qualifying 8 athletes for State in eight events. The seven top places (1-3) at sectionals in March, and four qualified Royals finished 22nd at State with Brooke Delahanty finishing to advance to State. Lauren Seger, Miranda Scheel, and Kat third in the 800m, Lauren Roskuska finishing 12th in the Triple Mueller competed at State at Eastern Illinois University on April Jump, and the 4x400 relay team of Julie Bottarini, Julianne 23. (Athena Ye was unable to attend.) At State, Kat placed third Hutchinson, Annie Molenhouse, and Brooke Delahanty in English and Miranda placed fifth in Biology. finishing fourth. 3 Highlights of 2018-19 Ensemble Wins Superior Rating at IHSA Rosary Ensemble earned a Division I Superior Rating for the sixth year in a row at the IHSA Solo and Ensemble Contest Cross Country Places 13th at State at Hinsdale South High School on March 2. Overall, Rosary music students received 22 Division I Superior ratings and four Royals Cross Country took second place at conference, first at Division II Excellent ratings. regionals and second at sectionals, qualifying 11 runners for the State meet where they earned 13th place. Lianna Surtz was Metro Marmion-Rosary Band Earns High Ratings Conference Blue champion, first at regionals and sectionals, and the Class 2A State Runner-Up. The Marmion-Rosary Wind Ensemble earned a Division 1 Superior rating and the Concert Band earned a Division 2 Excellent rating at the State of the Art Catholic Band Competition on February 16 in Chicago. Band members also earned a total of 102 medals at the State Solo & Ensemble competition sponsored by the Wisconsin School Music Association at UW-Milwaukee on April 27. Nine Athletes Commit to Play in College Rosary Presents The Wizard of Oz Nine Rosary athletes in the Class of 2019 have committed to continue their sport at the college level: Linda Licari (swimming) Rosary’s Fall musical, The Wizard of Oz, was performed East Carolina University; Kathryn Mueller (swimming) November 8-11 featuring 75+ students from Rosary and Purdue University; Alyssa Nesterowicz (volleyball) Judson Marmion Academy. The weekend featured a wine tasting University; Abby Pardridge (swimming) Wheaton College; fundraiser and a family picnic in Oz. Annika Pickard (volleyball) Stonehill College; Samantha Rankin (swimming) California Polytechnic State University; Anne Senior Wins Congressional Art Competition Tavierne (swimming) University of South Carolina; Sydney VanOvermeiren (swimming) Florida State University; and Louisa Surtz won the 14th District Congressional Art Athena Ye (swimming) Harvard University. Competition and will have her artwork, “Lights in the Hall,” displayed outside U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood’s (D-Naperville) office. Louisa attended the Congressional Art Reception in Washington, DC, in June 2019. 4 Veritas Society Veritas Society Membership Indicates deceased donor Veritas is the Latin faculty enrichment, scholarships, and Gold: $50,000 - $99,999 word for truth, which student activities. Silver: $25,000 - $49,999 is the guiding principle behind the mission of Veritas Society Annual Membership Emerald: $10,000 - $24,999 Rosary High School. Circle of Honor: $100,000+ Veritas Life Members are honored with a hand-carved wooden rose and nameplate Veritas Members are Our Lady’s Circle: $50,000 - $99,999 on the beautiful Veritas Tree in the the foundation of the St. Dominic’s Circle: $10,000 - $49,999 Rosary High School foyer. In addition, all Rosary Appeal. Life members receive the following: Membership reflects St. Rose of Lima Circle: $5,000 - $9,999 lifetime generosity. Annual membership St. Thomas Aquinas Circle: $2,500 - $4,999 • Inclusion in the daily prayers of the is open to all alumnae, individuals, Sisters, faculty and students families, and businesses who make an Visionary Circle: $1,000 - $2,499 • An invitation to the Veritas Mass and annual gift of $1000 or more to the Veritas Society Lifetime Membership brunch Rosary Appeal.