President’s Letter

Dear Friends of CBHS,

As you read this letter, another academic year has come to an end. And what a year it has been! Beginning in August with a hybrid model of education, where the boys spent two days a week learning on campus and two days a week learning virtually from home, to transitioning back to having all the boys on campus five days a week beginning November 3, we were never short on challenges. As the year progressed, more and more activities were able to be reinstated, always observing the necessary Covid protocols. Baccalaureate Mass was held on Sunday, May 2, in the gymnasium and graduation was held on Saturday, May 8, in Tom Nix Stadium. It is our hope that as life slowly returns to some sense of normalcy, the

2021–2022 academic year will be able to begin with all the usual fanfare of a typical new school year.

The end of an academic year is a good time to reflect on that year and to thank those who have contributed to its success. It is no accident that CBHS is the great school community that it is. We are blessed with a caring faculty and staff who are very much concerned for the wellbeing of the young men entrusted to their care. I am grateful for the commitment of these dedicated professionals and I thank them for who they are and all that they do for the CBHS community. Special thanks and prayerful best wishes to Sherry Orians, Patty Scully, Angelo Lucchesi, and Peggy Neal, who are retiring with the close of this school year.

Likewise, CBHS is blessed with very fine students. CBHS students are the greatest! They are spirited and enthusiastic. They seem to smile a lot and generally enjoy being at school. They tend to put their best foot forward and always come through in a pinch. Each of these young men gives us some reason to be proud. I am extremely grateful for the enthusiasm, the interest, the cooperation, the hopes, and the dreams of each of our students.

CBHS has also been most richly blessed with good friends and alumni who have given extraordinary service to the school in any number of ways. Special thanks to our Board of Directors who do an outstanding job of advising the administration and ensuring that CBHS remains fiscally sound and in good shape. Heartfelt thanks and grateful appreciation to Monsignor Peter Buchignani, Frank Gusmus, and Gary

Brother David Poos is the campus leader, whether in the classroom or in his president's office.

Stavrum whose terms on the Board are completed. They have given many years of dedicated and committed service on the Board and to the school. They will be missed.

May your summer days be filled with grace and peace, rest and relaxation, and God’s choicest blessings.

With heartfelt thanks, grateful appreciation, and the assurance of my prayers, I remain