Milestones
Jeff Radel ’02
Fifth grade teacher at Meadowbrook Elementary School, Hopkins, Minn. Jeff Radel always appreciated the tight-knit community at Saint John’s, and as a teacher, it’s an experience he tries to foster both in his classroom and beyond. To get kids to work together even after the last bell rings, he often assigns group projects with collaborative technology like Google Docs. “It’s so much better than the old days, where you just sent groups of kids to each corner of the room with markers,” he says. “They’re contributing after they go home, but they still get to see what other students are doing and thinking. It’s incredibly powerful.” It helps, he says, that his students are at the perfect age for learning. “They’re open to anything,” he says. “For [older] students, you sometimes have to crack the whip to get them to learn. But at this age, you’re more likely to have to pull back on the reins.”
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’03 Laura & Frank Ziegler, boy, Sean, July ’12 ’04 Kate (Rasmussen ’03) & Bryan Blessing, girl, Evelyn, Aug. ’12 ’04 Jana & Eric Hennen, twin girls, Anna and Laura, Sept. ’12 ’04 Amanda (Macht ’04) & Jacob Jantzer, boy, Maxwell, Apr. ’12 ’04 Jaclyn (Bodeen ’04) & Ryan Klinkner, boy, Evan, May ’12 ’05 Jackie (Pelgrin ’05) & Joe Henry, girl, Willa, July ’12 ’05 Tricia (Gregory ’05) & Shaun Meling, boy, Grayson, June ’12 ’05 Amy & Joshua Meyer, girl, Arianna, June ’12 ’05 Sarah (Ryan ’05) & Justin Olsen, boy, Owen, Apr. ’12 ’06 Ewa & Adam Blaszkiewicz, boy, Robert, May ’12 ’06 Amanda (Smith ’07) & Paul Devereaux, boy, Atticus, Aug. ’12 ’06 Shanna (Henderson ’06) & Scott Dykhoff, boy, Nathan, May ’12 ’06 Sarah (Domine ’06) & Ryan Engdahl, boy, Bennett, May ’12 ’06 Jocelyn & Chris Herby, girl, Brooke, July ’12 ’06 Laura (Doboszenski ’08) & Tim Lahti, boy, Isaac, Apr. ’12 ’07 Melissa (Schneider ’07) & Jeff Doll, boy, Nolan, July ’12 ’07 Sally (Swanstrom ’98) & Peter Raih, boy, Jack, Nov. ’11 ’07 Shaina (Crotteau ’08) & Richard Raile, girl, Felicity, Oct. ’11 ’08 Nora (Kain ’07) & Tyler Tholl, girl, Corene, Oct. ’12 ’09 Chelsey (Knabe ’08) & Trent Novotny, boy, Cooper, Feb. ’12 ’09 Stephanie (Gassert ’07) & Scott Paul, boy, Archie, July ’12 ’09 Erin (Buss ’08) & David Rynda, girl,Claire, Nov. ’11
’09 Cassandra & Jesse Zajac, girl, Emm, Oct. ’12 ’10 Kelen & Adam Sohre, boy, Gavin, Aug. ’12 ’11 Courtney (Christenson ’11) & Luke Opsahl, boy, Finn, Sept. ’12 ’12 Taylor & Tyler Safranek, girl, Charli, Sept. ’12
DEATHS ’34 Richard Griffin ’34, Aug. ’10 ’35 Dorothy Burkard, spouse of deceased Robert ’35, May ’12 ’35 Rev. Norbert Verhagen ’35, May ’12 ’37 Marcellus Schieffer ’37, May ’09 ’38 Ruth Peters, mother of Ferdinand ’77 and spouse of deceased Ferdinand ’38, Oct. ’12 ’39 William Baribeau ’39, June ’11 ’40 Rita Rosenberger, spouse of deceased Richard ’40, July ’12 ’41 Gerald Gelbmann ’41, June ’12 ’41 Marjorie McGuigan, spouse of Robert ’41, Oct. ’12 ’42 Betty Lou Perron, spouse of Lloyd ’42, Oct. ’12 ’42 Renee Willenbring, spouse of deceased Joe ’42, mother of Bede ’70 and Tom ’78, Sept. ’12 ’43 Julius Frevel ’43, father of deceased, John ’64, Sept. ’12 ’43 John Mayne ’43, Aug. ’12 ’43 Bettie Mertz, spouse of deceased Bob ’43, May ’12 ’45 Paul “Gus” Huberty ’45, Sept. ’12 ’46 Elizabeth Ebner, spouse of Robert ’46, Jan. ’12 ’47 Dr. Richard Cook ’47, Aug. ’12 ’47 Msgr. James Habiger ’47, Oct. ’12 ’47 Bertie Solinger, spouse of deceased Ray ’47, Oct. ’12 ’47 Wallace Wellenstein ’47, brother of deceased Melvin ’45, May ’12 ’48 Anna Freundl, spouse of Jack ’48, Sept. ’11 ’48 Helen Gilles, spouse of Bill ’48, mother of Joe ’78, Mar. ’12