KAPAUN MT. CARMEL C A T H O L I Spring 2011 A quarterly newsletter celebrating our former students and present supporters Mount Carmel Academy • Chaplain Kapaun Memorial • Kapaun Mt. Carmel KMC Athletics—a part of the mission We have announced • With the help of our athletic coaching changes in several administration, coaches, parents and high-profile sports this supporters, seek opportunities to spring. We are ever grateful improve our existing facilities. to the departing coaches for • Lock up long-term leases of Cessna their commitments and their Stadium as KMC’s home football venue, many contributions to their as well as adequate offsite baseball and respective programs. Being softball fields for practices and non- a successful coach in high school requires varsity games. many varied qualities. Possibly chief among • Complete the implementation of the them is passion – for the sport they coach, for outdoor master plan. the students they coach, and for the school • Consistently compete for City League H I G S C O L whose teams they coach. As a group and as championships in most sports. individuals, the coaches of our 21 sports are • Consistently finish first in both boys’ very passionate about what they do. and girls’ City League All Sports competitions, and overall. As we have been involved in the searches • Consistently compete for state for new coaches this spring, we have had championships in virtually every sport. the opportunity to consider a) the vision we have for athletics, b) how that vision fits into Consistency with KMC mission the overall mission of Kapaun Mt. Carmel Kapaun Mt. Carmel Catholic High School’s Catholic High School, and c) the qualities mission is to educate and form the total person we seek in our coaches. I would like to share in the image of Jesus Christ. First, we are clearly some of those considerations with you. an educational institution, providing an outstanding education to our students in the Athletic vision secular subjects. Second, our emphasis on the • Hire and retain coaches who are great teachings of Jesus Christ and our dedication role models, good teachers and faith- to living our lives as good Christian stewards filled (preferably Catholic). are undeniable, and they set us apart from the • Hire and retain coaches who are other private schools in east Wichita. Finally, passionate, knowledgeable, hard- athletics and other extra-curricular activities working, ever-learning, and dedicated to are absolutely integral in the formation and their individual sports. total person aspects of our mission statement. • Hire and retain coaches who are, or who Our mission is a comprehensive one, and our can quickly become, passionate about vision for excellence in athletics is clearly Kapaun Mt. Carmel Catholic High consistent with our overall mission. School. • Increase the level of student involvement in athletics. (continued on page 2) 1 KMC coaches’ characteristics • Good communicator with students and parents, and office of development across the school community • High degree of personal integrity Annual Fund Update • Preferably a practicing Catholic So far we have raised $256,000 toward our Annual Fund • Preferably an outstanding classroom teacher goal of $300,000 for the fiscal year which ends June 30. • Respectful treatment of student athletes I wish to thank all who have contributed toward the • Willingness to challenge student athletes to work hard quarter-million dollar total so far. May God bless you for and to use their God-given talents your generosity. • Passion for the specific sport, for the students they coach, and for KMC As you can see from the table below, there are still many • Ability to create enthusiasm among student athletes members of the KMC family who have not yet made to want to participate in the program a pledge or gift for this year. In particular I would ask • Ability to grow the program and to minimize student our alumni to consider this as an opportunity to “give athlete attrition something back” to their alma mater. KMC needs the • Ability to generate success on the playing field financial support of its entire family to be financially secure (competitive in league play and in state championships) so that it may carry out its mission to educate and form the total person in the image of Jesus Christ. It is truly a blessing for our students to have the opportunities to pursue athletic excellence playing for Unfulfilled their teams at Kapaun Mt. Carmel Catholic High School. Group Gifts Gifts % Pledges Pledge % Total % It is the privilege of our coaches to work with these Parents $99,958.88 36.88% $17,065.23 6.35% 43.41% wonderful young people so closely, and the pleasure Grandparents $18,866.84 22.97% $1,060.07 2.44% 25.41% of our faculty and staff to support them in their athletic Alumni $55,860.03 4.39% $4,575.47 0.98% 5.37% endeavors. Parents of Alum $32,375.00 9.66% $1,435.24 3.02% 12.68% Friends of KMC $8,543.41 3.56% $0.00 0.00% 3.56% Go Crusaders! Students $2,326.53 32.7% $0.00 0.00% 32.70% The spring Phonathon was held during two weeks of Mike Burrus ‘73 March. More than 50 students and a dozen parent President volunteers stepped up to man the phones and contact a wide variety of constituents in the KMC family. I want to thank them all for the volunteerism and hard work making calls and following up with written confirmations. I would like to remind you again that the Annual Fund is used strictly for the day-to-day operation of our school. Expenses covered by the Annual Fund include salaries for teachers and staff, utilities, insurance and maintenance to name a few areas covered by the proceeds of the Annual Fund. And while the Annual Fund does not contribute to the cost of the new Coach Herm and Jackie Bachrodt Athletic Complex, it does help to cover the increased costs mentioned above associated with the complex. In addition to providing a valuable service to their school, our student volunteers learned some valuable life lessons on a number of subjects, including: • making telephone contacts with people they don’t know • engaging themselves and their contacts with the school • the process of making a request for a financial gift, and • learning about the kind of character that Chaplain Kapaun Memorial, Mount Carmel Academy and 2 Kapaun Mt. Carmel High School graduates had formed UPCOMING ALUMNI GATHERINGS: during their time here. Each year KMC holds alumni gatherings, bringing to- gether alumni from Mount Carmel Academy, Chap- A number of you were not at home when the call came lain Kapaun Memorial High School and Kapaun Mt. in. After our volunteers left messages on your answering Carmel Catholic High School for an evening of food machines, they sent a note and a pledge card to your home. and fun. Please give prayerful consideration to a pledge and/or gift to the KMC Annual Fund. Help us make KMC a better This spring Alumni Gatherings were held in Law- place for all of our students. rence, Manhattan and in the KMC commons. Plans during the month of May include gatherings in: The BIG Event 2011 Mark your calendars now to join us at The BIG Event 2011, OKLAHOMA CITY—MAY 5 to be held this year on November 19, 2011. It promises to be a BIG night for all, with plenty of food, music and fun. The BIG Event committee has just started the planning process for this year; look for more information in the PHOENIX—MAY 12 Summer Quest. Thank you, KWLS Radio 107.9-FM DENVER—MAY 13 I wish to thank Larry Steckline, Phil Gillen and the staff of KWLS radio for their support of Kapaun Mt. Carmel again this past year as our broadcast partner. They have KANSAS CITY—MAY 14 provided a great service to the KMC community with their Friday night football and basketball broadcasts, as well as If you live in or near one of these cities, look for an the monthly KMC Live show, heard on the last Wednesday invitation in the mail. All alumni are welcome to at- night of each month. tend any alumni gathering. If you are going to be in or close to a city hosting a KMC alumni gathering, If you missed a game or Live broadcast, they are all podcast we encourage you to join us. Invitations to all alumni on the KMC website. Just click on the KWLS link in the gatherings are on the KMC website, under “Alumni Quick Links box. Gatherings” on the Quick Links page. Speaking of podcasts, we have begun an experiment this Look for more information about the upcoming alum- spring broadcasting girls soccer on a delayed podcast basis. ni gatherings through the KMC website’s Quick Links Games are podcast the day after they are played for all to section or through the KMC facebook fan page, also listen to at their leisure. The link to the podcast is available accessible via a link on the KMC homepage. on the KMC website. Check the Quick Links box. It is hoped to be able to stream these games live, either this Plans are already under way for next year. If you season or next. Look for more media developments in the would be interested in helping to host an alumni gath- summer Quest. ering in your city, please contact Kevin Arkin at 316- 636-9612 or [email protected]. Reunions As you will see deeper into this edition of Quest, the reunion season is upon us and a number of classes will be holding reunions this summer.