Christian Brothers High School • Enter to Learn, Leave to Serve
A MESSAGE FROM THE DIRECTOR OF ADMISSIONS Dear Parents, WHAT a difference seven years have made since I left the classroom to assume the position of Director of Admissions at Christian Brothers High School. What a difference from how we used to conduct and run tours at Open House those many Sundays ago. Certainly we had the Science, Math & Technology (SMAT) wing with its science and math labs, and KBFT was always a destination to showcase. However in most other areas of the campus, doors were shut and shades were drawn as our guests would not be too interested in white boards or airconditioning. During that first year, Gloria Bauer and I could run tours in under ten minutes as the shortest distance between two points is a straight line, and that line ran directly from the area outside the former band room to SMAT and back. In fact, the campus that Mr. Barsanti and I knew as seniors in 1978 was not too dissimilar from the one we toured in early October of 2007.
OCTOBER 2014 FALL SEMESTER Christian Brothers High School Monthly Newsletter
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As our community begins the logistics for Open House 2014, we indeed have much for which to prepare. As our leadership continues to secure a stable and prosperous future, as our teachers and coaches continue to garner academic, artistic and athletic successes, and as our staff continues to deliver customer service second to none, families interested in a Lasallian education continue to multiply. Yes, what a difference seven years make J. Kenny Kirrene ’78 Director of Admissions
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Yes, what a difference seven years make. In Admissions, Kelly Harrington, Cynthia Grajeda, and I now have a logistical challenge that even the most diva-ish of event planners would find taxing. Our tours are no longer linear and short, but circuitous and long. Instead of a single point of destination we now have many, instead of a few minutes of travel, dozens. Our points of destination lie on every part of the campus compass, from east to west, north to south. Tangible evidence of construction and growth exits in the many signs placed strategically across the campus, like signposts guiding travelers along the trade roads of old. Anchoring the north and south eastern corners of the campus are the George Cunningham ’40 Performing Arts Center and the Jack Witry Field House, securely linked by new athletic offices, a training room, and the Vesci Fitness Center. Stationed along the south and north western perimeters of the campus are the Guidance Center and the Engineering Lab, which is now housed in our Science, Technology, Engineering & Math (STEM) wing. The path between these two destinations is lined with stops at the Falcon’s Eye, the International Student Program and Admissions offices, and the classrooms housing our International
Languages. Within the interior of the campus sit the Lasallian Student Life offices, the Falcon’s Nest, the Learning Commons, and the iPad/Tech Support suites. A modernization of the cafeteria continues the diffusion of the campus grid.
Counseling and Guidance Lasallian Student Life - Campus Ministry - Christian Service - Students Activities
Athletics Media Visual and Performing Arts Vocations International Student Program Falcon Family Faces