Traditions -Summer 2019 (Volume 31 Number 2)

Summer 2019 // Volume 31 Number 2

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Dignity of Work Whether in the classroom, on the job, or in service, work is transformational.

Cretin-Derham Hall celebrated Commencement on May 29, 2019, at the Cathedral of Saint Paul for 242 proud graduates and their families.

We wish our newest alumni well as they go forth to serve our world!

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CONTENTS ALSO INCLUDES: 7 // Transforming Jobs into Vocations and Schools into Communities 8 // Three Decades Working with Dorothy Day 10 // Student Reflections on Service 12 // Campus Ministry By the Numbers

5 // Dignity of Work Whether in the classroom, on the job, or in service, work is transformational.

alumni profiles

CLASS OF2019

faculty focus

14 // Congratulations, Class of 2019!

16 // Top 10 Students 32 // Feeding God’s Kids 18 // Award Winners

26 // Chase After a Sense of Happiness

21 // Class of 2019 By the Numbers

in each issue

34 // A Foundation of Shared Values Inspires Volunteerism

36 // Helping Companies Make Transformational Decisions

CORRECTION // In the Winter 20182019 issue of Traditions, we misidentified one of our alumni in the Cretin Banquet article on page 32. Bill Queenan ’57 was mistakenly identified in a photo caption as Larry Kennedy ’52. We apologize for the oversight.

On the cover // CDH employs students for the summer work crew. Summer crew workers will take care of indoor projects such as painting, cleaning, and organizing. Outdoor crew is responsible for campus landscaping, design, and maintenance projects. The crew, consisting of current or past students, is hired after an interview process and they commit to working for the whole summer.

4 // From the President 13 // Chaplain’s Letter 22 // Purple Pride 28 // Advancing Our Mission 38 // Alumni Class Notes 41 // In Memoriam 41 // CDH Events / Calendar Cretin-Derham Hall // Summer 2019

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Working Hard at CDH

“Like our founders before us, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet and the Christian Brothers, we are dedicated to ensuring a larger, stronger, more vibrant Catholic school system.”

There is a lot going on at CDH! We will not be accused of letting grass grow beneath our feet. This issue of Traditions focuses on the dignity of work and the religious and spiritual roles that work plays in our lives.

Most of our students will devote 40 or more years of their lives to work, and then possibly an additional 30-40 years in retirement. Finding meaning in life for most of us, involves meaningful work and meaningful relationships. Research indicates that people who find meaningful work and relationships live longer and happier lives. At CDH, preparing students for college and life beyond high school requires us to explore with students how education influences our productivity, work options, and level of satisfaction in life. I hope you will enjoy this theme and how members of our community reflect on the dignity of work in their own lives.

We are working hard this spring and summer as well.

On May 16, we broke ground on the new entryway and the Tom ’68 and Debbie Lentsch Forum. The groundbreaking and reception following were well attended and a time to celebrate the first major addition to our building in nearly two decades. Construction should be complete in November 2019. Stay tuned for grand opening celebration details.

The Strong Foundation, Vibrant Future Strategic Planning process is well underway. Reports from the eight domains (Catholic Identity, Academic, Governance, Student Life, Enrollment and Marketing, Advancement and Communications, Finance, and Facilities and Technology) have been drafted in preparation for a fall planning retreat. The result of the strategic planning process will be a five-year plan for the school in each of the eight listed domains. Please pray for the success of this process.

On May 11, CDH proudly announced a literacy partnership with Catholic Schools Center for Excellence (CSCOE) and Groves Academy. We are collaborating on an innovative literacy program that will be offered to all 79 of the Archdiocese’s Catholic elementary schools. Preliminary results of the literacy curriculum developed by Groves Academy have been outstanding.

CDH believes literacy at or above grade level in all our Catholic grade schools is critical for our students’ success and to do so, we must be an interdependent system of schools. Like our founders before us, the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet and the Christian Brothers, we are dedicated to ensuring a larger, stronger, more vibrant Catholic school system.

We are proud that our partnership will be a bold move to improve literacy for all 79 Catholic schools in our archdiocese. It is not only a beautiful manifestation of our mission to educate all learners, but it specifically benefits our future students, who will come to high school better equipped for this level of learning.

And, of course, this summer will be time to renew our campus and programming in anticipation of the 2019/2020 school year. Next year, we will welcome hundreds of students who will be new to our school. In addition, our students will be able to utilize a new Virtual Reality Lab as part of their curricular experiences. Our infrastructure projects will be nearing completion, providing a safer, more energy efficient environment throughout campus. The new gathering space will welcome our community of students, faculty, staff, and visitors.

As you can see, we are working hard on several fronts at CDH. Our work certainly has dignity and works to give others dignity, too.

Enjoy your summer!

Francis M. Miley, J.D. Cretin-Derham Hall President

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DIGNITY of WORK The obligation to “love our neighbor” has an individual dimension, but it also requires a broader social commitment to the common good.

— U.S. CATHOLIC BISHOPS, 1986 A Cretin-Derham Hall graduate will not only be prepared academically for post-grad success, but will have distinct experiences designed to help nurture a sense of respect and responsibility for the common good.

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Dignity of Work, continued With a purposeful look at the life our students will lead after high school, Cretin-Derham Hall is committed to giving our students the opportunity to learn about our community as they work among our community.

“Work is more than a way to make a living, it is a form of continuing participation of God’s creation,” explains the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops regarding the Catholic Social Teachings.

During these critical high school years, the focus on learning can often be narrowly defined in academic terms.

“Clearly we are in the business of providing rigor and challenge at every level,” said Frank Miley, President of CDH. “We are proud that our academics are second to none, in both breadth and depth of curricular opportunities and levels to meet the needs of each student.”

way to engage young people in the church involves putting them in action. “Accompany them in volunteering, working with the elderly, and teaching basic literacy. If we put a young person into action, we facilitate a dynamic where the Lord starts to speak and move in their hearts,” he wrote.

Perhaps harder to quantify, but as important, is the sense of a strong work ethic that becomes part of the culture on campus.

Classroom expectations for top effort are no surprise. In addition, work ethic can be nurtured in ways that go beyond academics. For instance, every summer, several students are selected to join either the inside or outside summer crew. The inside crew paints and cleans the building. The outside crew manages the landscaping.

“We consider these important jobs an extension of what happens during the school day. These students are taught and supervised so that they do quality work and meet professional standards,” explained Miley.

In addition, there is a culture on campus that The real value of fieldwork is the level of long-term commitment embraces the dignity and worth of all our workers. our students make to the dear neighbor (individually or within Teachers and staff work together with a shared goal an organization) giving them a perspective that can’t happen of creating a welcoming and productive learning in other ways.” — MONA PASSMAN, PRINCIPAL environment.

One area where this is clear is in the CASA He goes on to explain that CDH takes learning beyond program. Every adult in the building, whether a teacher, an traditional academics because our Catholic Social Teaching administrator, a maintenance worker, an Advancement gift officer, calls us to do so. or the counseling staff all participate in a CASA family. Students “We truly hope our graduates find purpose in their life and adults work together throughout the year and have equal through continued education, stellar careers, and healthy, opportunity to contribute the common good on campus. loving families — but all of that encased with the “None of us have jobs that are always glamorous,” noted understanding that their work, the way they make their Campus Minister Peter Gleich. “But we persevere because that is what is needed to make this place be as excellent as it is.” living, is a holy endeavor.”

To that end, CDH is committed to providing opportunities for students to actively engage with their community as a form of learning.

As seniors, most CDH students perform fieldwork at an assigned location in the community each week all school year long. It might range from tutoring immigrant children to assisting at a resource center for homeless adults. “Fieldwork is an essential component to our seniors understanding of complex systemic justice issues and enhances their extensive reading, writing, and classroom discussions,” notes Mona Passman, Principal. “The real value of fieldwork is the level of long-term commitment our students make to the dear neighbor (individually or within an organization) giving them a perspective that can’t happen in other ways. This year-long commitment enables our students to experience the daily rewards and challenges they encounter at their service sites.”

There are also multiple additional opportunities for students to serve outside of the curriculum requirements.

Read more about CDH’s long commitment to the Dorothy Day program and other day-long service opportunities such as Habitat for Humanity and Tutor Thy Neighbor in the following pages. “Imagine what a student learns when they pick up a hammer,” noted Passman.

The opportunity to actively engage in the needs of the community may nurture greater engagement in the Church. In his recently published book, Open to God, Open to the World (2018), Pope Francis believes that the best and most effective 6

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Transforming Jobs into Vocations and Schools into Communities

By Janet Watson, Ph.D., Religion Faculty There is, perhaps, nothing more deeply personal than the work we choose to do in the world. Our work is a reflection of our priorities, our values, our passions, and our willingness to share in the original work of our Creator.

That first work, fashioning the universe, is the template for all other work that follows.

As we heal, build, and nurture the world, we become cocreators of our world. We become more fully human, we come home to ourselves.

For some people, this is not the case. They work, not from their passion, but from their need to provide for their family; such work is a job. And there is nobility in that — putting another’s needs ahead of one’s own wants.

Yet, we come from a rich Catholic Christian social tradition that understands work as a sacred activity. The bulk of Catholic Social Teaching began in 1891 with Rerum Novarum, an encyclical

by Pope Leo XIII that called for a renewed understanding of the dignity of work. Work ceases to be the means to an end and becomes, in itself, a worthy thing. In this context, work is not a job, but a vocation — a sacred calling.

Theologian Frederick Buechner describes vocation in this way, “The place God calls you to is the place where your deep gladness and the world’s deep hunger meet.”

The meeting place of deep gladness and great need is clearly apparent in our work with young people. At Cretin-Derham Hall, we are constantly immersed in the opportunity to work alongside students as they discover their creativity and sacred calling.

Our vocation as educators is to help young people discover their vocation, to find their deep gladness in light of the world’s deep hunger and need.

Each adult at CDH is engaged in this sacred work. Staff and faculty alike are charged with accompanying students as they grow from children into young adults. We become witnesses to the mystery-filled transformations that occur in them over time.

“At Cretin-Derham Hall, we are constantly immersed in the opportunity to work alongside students as they discover their creativity and sacred calling.”

— JANET WATSON, PH.D., RELIGION FACULTY

We become sounding boards as they find their voices. We become archivists of their transitions and growing edges. And we are heartened by their willingness to question, to learn, to stretch their boundaries — that is our students’ sacred work.

Walking with students as they grow is our primary work at CDH. In the encyclical, Laborem Exercens, published on the 90th anniversary of Rerum Novarum, Pope John Paul II describes work as “toil”. In other words, there is no way to sugar-coat the toll that

work may have on the worker. Work is hard, sometimes, for both adult and student. We want the best for our students. We ache for them when they hurt. We feel their disappointment when they make bad choices. We want to rescue. Instead, we give them a safe place where they learn to take risks. And all that works take a toll.

So, how do workers, fully engaged, sustain themselves over time? The answer, simply, is community.

Our students, as much as we love and appreciate them, will graduate and move on to professional lives and sacred work of their own. The adults of Cretin-Derham Hall remain. We are at the heart of our community and students look to us for cues on how to behave, how to respect one another, how to manage success and failure.

They look to us for safety, for challenge, for reassurance. But most of all, they look to us to teach them the language of community.

Learning the language of community is what sustains us all.

Each adult at CDH, no matter the academic discipline, administrative position, or support staff role, teaches our students something about the language of community.

Each discipline teaches particular skills to help students prepare for their future.

Each adult encourages students to enter into a larger conversation with the world and the global church.

It is sacred work we have inherited from our founders, the Sisters of St. Joseph and the Christian Brothers. It is sacred work that reflects our seven values. It is this ongoing sacred work that, most importantly, transforms our jobs into vocations and our schools into communities.

Editor’s Note: Janet Watson, Ph.D. teaches Religion as well as Senior Seminar and Senior Interdisciplinary Symposium (Spectrum). Whether she is leading learners or learning herself, she has made it her life’s work to create a classroom environment conducive to students’ reaching for their full potential.

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Three Decades of Working with Dorothy Day For nearly thirty years, CretinDerham Hall students have been serving people experiencing homelessness at Dorothy Day Center.

Led by faculty members Jesse Cusick ’98 and Joe Miley ’11, students volunteer to cook and serve breakfast two weekend days per month. The cooks commit to a full year. They arrive at 7 am to prepare food, with the seven servers showing up a bit later. Students even serve over the summer, because homelessness does not end with the school year.

“It’s a good opportunity for our students to become acquainted with the poor, and to see the reality and challenges that they may not otherwise experience,” Miley said.

The work isn’t glamorous, but it’s essential. “If there are people on the streets and they don’t have food, it seems like the least we can do,” said English teacher Rob Peick, who started the volunteer program years ago. CDH has been providing the 8

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sausage and pancakes ever since, funding more than 400 meals a month.

Cusick volunteered at Dorothy Day when he was a student at CDH, and remembers it as a transformational experience. He reflects on a woodcut of Jesus in the breadline and the question of where He would go if He were to return.

“It's really a commitment to live out the gospel,” he said. Peick agreed that, “if Jesus came back today, he’d be in line with society’s marginalized people in places like DDC all over the country.”

For the students who work at Dorothy Day, cooking and serving on the weekend is an opportunity to build relationships and learn what it means to put others before themselves.

Matteo Marchio, Louis Rottjakob, and Max Rottjakob, all members of the Class of 2019, were the cooks this year.

That means that they were preparing big batches of pancakes and sausages at 7 am twice a month all year long.

Three CDH students committed their Saturday mornings twice a month throughout the year to cook and prepare food for Dorothy Day.

“I think the goal of a school like this is to teach our kids how lucky and privileged they are, and to inspire them to make as big of a difference as they can.”

Max Rottjakob ’19, Louie Rottjakob ’19, and Matteo Marchio ’19 join the kitchen crew at Dorothy Day to make pancakes.

— ROB PEICK, ENGLISH TEACHER

“It made me realize how much my efforts meant to these people...”

— MATTEO MARCHIO ’19

“I’m tired when I wake up, but when I get there it disappears. It just opens my eyes every morning that I cook,” said Max Rottjakob. “It’s one of the best ways to start my day. There’s really a lot of gratification in serving 250 people in one morning.”

The young men recognize that the difference they’re making is small, but they’ve also learned that the small things make an impact.

“A warm meal in the morning can really bring joy, and it all adds up to be bigger than you think,” Marchio said. He is proud of his commitment to help out because it meant so much to the people.

He recalled going home feeling so good after being up bright and early on the weekend to cook breakfast at Dorothy Day. “It just made me realize how much my efforts meant to these people who were hungry and yet they would always say, ‘thank you.’”

All three agree that the work helped them recognize how fortunate they are to never worry about where their next meal would come from, and to have the time to spare to help others.

That kind of learning was Peick’s objective all along. He wanted CDH students to understand the diverse people and their circumstances that were very real, right in our backyard. And, he wanted to offer students a chance to make a long-term commitment to serve, in a way that their hard work enriched their own understanding of the world as well as bring dignity to those in need.

“I think the goal of a school like this is to teach our kids how lucky and privileged they are, and to inspire them to make as big of a difference as they can.”

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LASALLIAN YOUTH | BREAKFAST WITH SANTA

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY

LEAP FORWARD FOR CHILDREN

Student Reflections on Service

MARGARET MUSOLF ‘20

ALLISON NABER ‘20

WILLIAM DOMLER ‘20

LAURA SEIFERT ‘20

Lasallian Youth Night to Fight Homelessness

Lasallian Youth Breakfast with Santa

Empty Bowls

Leap Forward for Children

Homelessness is a huge issue, especially in the Twin Cities.

So many people overlook this issue, overlook the homeless person on the side of the road, overlook the ugliness of it.

Night to Fight Homelessness is important because it teaches high schoolers a new perspective on the world. I chose to volunteer because it gave me a new vision of homelessness and taught me what we can do to help.

I chose to work at this event because it matters.

I learned that doing one small thing can mean the world to someone.

Breakfast with Santa is important because this may be the best part of a child’s year and I want to be a part of the joy they feel.

Empty Bowls has helped me learn about the dire need for sustainable food sources around the world. What we do at Empty Bowls has large and long-lasting impact on those in need of food sources. It is important for our community to stay engaged with these people and help out whenever we can.

Working with the students showed me how much they want to learn and how hard they work. I learned the kids were comfortable asking questions. It was so nice that they were willing to accept my help and we were were able to have fun working together.

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Shout Out to Our Hardworking Maintenance Crew They not only ensure our campus is clean and well-maintained, they have played a pivotal role in making the new construction and infrastructure updates happen efficiently on a very busy campus.

They model the importance of strong work ethic. Plus, they are just beloved by faculty and students, alike.

EMPTY BOWLS

Pictured left to right: Bruce Mohs Joe Gentle Paul Solmon Jack Vinck ’17 Getachew Abayi Not pictured: Fany Sanchez Sammy Casalenda ’71 Miguel Limon

ELIZABETH MOONEY ‘21

JOSHUA SIMS ‘20

Leap Forward for Children

Habitat for Humanity

When I (and our other volunteers) go to Leap to help out, the children’s days get happier. I have learned that every child is different, they play differently, learn differently, and laugh differently. They remember me and run up to hug me.

[It] relieves some stress on the teachers so they can focus their attention on a child that may need more.

Volunteerism is at the heart of Habitat for Humanity.

Working for an organization that seeks to eradicate homelessness was important to me. I view my time as helping to provide some relief to the homeless population.

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25 YEARS 80 STUDENTS involved this year CDH has helped build 150 HOMES over 25 years

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Campus Ministry Service By the Numbers Campus Ministry, along with the significant curricular opportunities for fieldwork, JROTC, Leadership Academy, National Honor Society, Dorothy Day and many others, offers Cretin-Derham Hall students a chance to work alongside those in need.

In fact, it is a difficult task to compute the total number of service hours performed by CDH students each year. A conservative estimate of service performed by Raiders in 2018/2019 hovers in excess of 17,900 hours. The impact in our community and on our ‘workers’ is strong and inspiring.

Here is a snapshot of some of the specific Campus Ministry programs and the legacy of their impact — over decades in many instances — which has been wielded by these unique opportunities for students to work for the common good.

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LASALLIAN YOUTH

35 YEARS at CDH 100 STUDENTS involved this year CDH has hosted the CHILDREN’S CHRISTMAS PARTY since 1985

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As one of LASALLIAN SCHOOLS, CDH participates in the NIGHT TO FIGHT HOMELESSNESS (includes DeLaSalle, Holy Family, Totino-Grace,and Benilde-St. Margaret)

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CDH donated more than PAIRS OF SOCKS to two CSJ ministries CDH attend the Summer LY Assembly (in Chicago this year) with 10 other Lasallian schools

EMPTY BOWLS

17 YEARS of lunches and suppers 150 STUDENTS involved this year 60 soup, bread, and silent auction donors 1,400 BOWLS of soup served this year OVER $135,000 has been donated by CDH to HEIFER INTERNATIONAL over the last YEARS

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LEAP FORWARD FOR CHILDREN

(WILDER FOUNDATION)

20 YEARS 80 STUDENTS involved this year CDH is one of the LONGEST RUNNING VOLUNTEER GROUPS at Wilder Foundation’s Child Development Center

TUTOR THY NEIGHBOR

FIRST YEAR

35 STUDENTS involved this year CDH offered this new program as a direct outgrowth of our 2018 Justice Week focused on Christian/Muslim Dialogue

// CHAPLAIN’S LETTER

My Friends,

I can remember the place. I can remember the time of day. I can remember my age.

The place was our kitchen table.

The time of day was 5:30 pm.

We were eating supper.

I was 15 years old.

My father clears his throat, looks at me, and says “It’s time for you to get a job.”

Shocked at the thought, I almost spit out the mash potatoes and piece of meatloaf I had just shoved in my mouth. After choking it down, I replied “Why do I need a job if you are working?”

As you can imagine, it was not the response my Dad was looking for.

All he said was, “It will be good for your education.”

My first job, besides my chores at home, was at the old Prom Ballroom on University Avenue. They catered events throughout the city and I was a bus boy.

When I turned 16, I got a job bagging groceries at Kroger Grocery Store on Grand and St. Alban. In college, I worked at a nursing home on Marshall Ave. While no kid really wants to work, especially at that age, I began to learn some things I didn’t know.

I learned that my job was more than a way to fill my wallet with a few extra bucks each pay period. I began to meet people from all walks of life. I had the privilege to learn about them through the stories they shared with me and I with them. When I may have moaned and groaned about having to come to work, they taught me to value the contribution I could make if I had the right attitude.

When I started working, I learned true pride was not sin. Many people I worked with had it in spades when they did their jobs well. Their pride fueled a sense of well-being when the day was finished and their work was done. I marveled at the talent and creativity in people.

Recognizing people’s various skills, admiring what they are able to do, and acknowledging it with words of gratitude, allowed me to respect them for who they are were. I learned early on how working together not only gets the job done, it creates a sense of community. Working together, each person contributes to the common good of one another. I learned no job is too insignificant or too great.

Everyone has something to contribute.

At CDH, the tenets of our Catholic Social Teaching are the fibers, forming a rich tapestry of life’s lessons.

The young people of CDH learn about life through more than reading things out of books. They are given various experiences of learning, where the dignity of the human person is revealed. It is found through their service to others. It is discovered in the work they do in class and in many other areas outside the classroom. It is the hope of their elders that they come to value the God-given talents of each member of the community.

When those talents are employed gracefully, for the betterment of the whole school and beyond, they learn God is present.

My dad was right. Working was good for my education.

I developed a broader understanding of how community is formed and how dignity is defined, and how each of us can contribute something of ourselves for the greater good. The dignity of work reflects a deep appreciation of why God created each of us in the first place.

“The young people of CDH learn about life through more than reading things out of books. They are given various experiences of learning, where the dignity of the human person is revealed.”

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// CLASS OF 2019

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STUDENTS

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Cretin-Derham Hall honors excellence in academics at Commencement each year by congratulating the top CDH students in each class.

In recognition of their stellar work at CDH over the past four years, each student was asked to reflect on their experience at CDH, especially as it related to their high level of success.

VALEDICTORIAN Zach Muetzel Post Graduate Plans:

University of Notre Dame Intended Major:

At CDH, I have learned the importance of serving others and putting the needs of others before my own. Our world today is faced with so many problems, and with our busy lives, it is often hard to pay attention to anything besides ourselves. CDH has taught me servitude, selflessness, and humility.

Chemical Engineering

SALUTATORIAN Anna Ankerstjerne Post Graduate Plans:

University of Wisconsin, Madison

In my time at CDH, I have learned to take advantage of every opportunity...and embrace new experiences to further develop my character. My teachers’ dedication to my success and the passion they have for the material they teach definitely inspired me to strive for excellence.

Intended Major:

Biomedical Engineering

Carolina Schuster Post Graduate Plans:

St. Olaf College Intended Major:

I learned to find joy in many activities and with many people. I am lucky to have found my place with such an amazing group of people.

I’ve made lots of great memories that I will hold on to wherever life takes me.

Nursing

Victor Cox Post Graduate Plans:

University of Notre Dame Intended Major:

Engineering

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CDH motivated me to achieve excellence through the teachers. I truly believe I would not be the person I am today without their guidance.

I learned how to advocate for myself and that if you want something, you need to go get it.

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Brian Williams Post Graduate Plans:

Dallas Baptist University

One of the many lessons CDH taught me is the need for empathy in the world. The ability to connect with others and to act with compassion is critical to our lives. My service work with disabled kids this year emphasized this.

Intended Major:

Finance

Isaac Wahlstrom Post Graduate Plans:

University of Minnesota, College of Science and Engineering

At CDH, I learned good skills for communicating with others and learning to solve problem with all my resources. Being able to see a problem in a lot of different ways is something super helpful that I picked up from my teachers.

Intended Major:

Engineering

Michael Davis Post Graduate Plans:

Villanova University

I would describe CDH as having strong connections and community where everyone is close and works well together. My teachers personally care about my success and helped me achieve my goals. I think a person has achieved excellence if they worked tirelessly to success.

Intended Major:

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Adrienne O’Shea Post Graduate Plans:

University of MN, College of Liberal Arts

Excellence is the unwavering drive to succeed with joy. So many teachers have such a deep joy and respect for the students they teach, and it inspires greatness within them. I have been very blessed to be surrounded by some of the best teachers CDH has to offer and they push me to be excellent.

Intended Major:

Music and Business

Frances Hottinger Post Graduate Plans:

Lehigh University

My experience at CDH these past four years has prepared me for the future while allowing me to enjoy the present. Our community has supported me to be the best I can be, whether it be through academics, athletics, or extra curriculars.

Intended Major:

Undecided

Ryan Miler Post Graduation Plans:

DePaul University

CDH drove me to be the best person I can be while doing the work best to my ability. The teachers have helped me to get where I am, and their belief in me, along with my friends, has pushed me to work hard and toward excellence.

Intended Majors:

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AWARD WINNERS

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ExCel Awards Presented to two junior students who have superior involvement in fine arts and/or athletics, have leadership positions and volunteer in their community.

Stella Dolan ’20 Matthew Gleason ‘20

Every year, Cretin-Derham Hall proudly honors students for their achievements in academics, co-curricular leadership, and faith and character. This year’s Honors Assembly was held on April 30.

Several impressive achievements awards are presented to deserving students at the assembly. In addition, each curricular department presents awards to outstanding students, which were presented in May. The students in National Honor Society were honored in May.

Kopp Family Foundation Scholarships

Len Horyza Memorial Scholarships

This award honors two senior students who lead by example and consistently work up to their ability in the classroom.

The recipients are involved in service activities and are positive in their interactions with others.

Presented in memory of Len Horyza in recognition of his 35 years of service as teacher and coach at Cretin High School and Cretin-Derham Hall. Two scholarships are awarded in recognition of Mr. Horyza’s service. One recipient has demonstrated the qualities he encouraged: leadership, perseverance, and commitment. The other recipient is a member of the boys varsity basketball team.

Sophia Schreier ‘19 Leon Xiong ‘19

Sister Mary Aloysius Sherin, CSJ Scholarship

Triple “A” Awards Presented to two senior students for their achievements in the classroom, the arts and athletics.

Maria Bedford ‘19 Zach Muetzel ’19

Hugh Derham Award Presented in honor of Hugh Derham, the first benefactor of Derham Hall High School. The female recipient must have demonstrated excellence in three areas: athletics, attitude and academics.

Frances Hottinger ‘19

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The Sister Mary Aloysius Scholarship Endowment was established by Gail Galvani Bell from the Derham Hall Class of 1970.

Sister Mary Aloysius, a Derham Hall math teacher and former principal, instilled in Gail a lifelong love of math. This award honors a junior female student who has demonstrated significant achievement in math.

Elizabeth Paterson ‘20

William Burke ‘20 Kathryn Dario ‘20

Derham Hall Carondelet Leadership Awards This award was created by alumnae in 1995 to commemorate the 90th anniversary of the founding of Derham Hall. This endowment recognizes and rewards two junior female students who have demonstrated exceptional leadership skills and academic excellence and who reflect the charisms of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet.

Monica Calkins ‘20 Sydney Jackson ‘20

// AWARD WINNERS 2019 Excellence in Fine Arts Awards Established in 2017, this award recognizes seniors who have done extensive and excellent work across several Fine Arts disciplines.

William Dusek ‘19 Elizabeth Everson ‘19 Andrew Theisen ‘19 Karissa Tschida ‘19

Padden Award

Greg Marzolf, Jr. Scholarship Award This scholarship commemorates the life of Greg Marzolf, Jr., a Cretin-Derham Hall student who taught us how to live and learn fully, act positively and without judgment, with courage, faith, and perseverance. This award honors one junior student who has overcome significant obstacles to achieve excellence in academics, extracurricular activities and community pursuits.

John Traxler ‘20

Harvey Buron Spirit Award Presented in honor of Harvey Buron, a Cretin High School teacher from 1961-1981. The Buron Award recognizes the male athlete that best exemplifies dedication, hard work and positive attitude.

Raider Awards Presented to a female and a male who exemplify the ideals of the positive spirit of sport and the core mission of athletics at Cretin-Derham Hall.

Benjamin Gallaher ‘19

Olivia Crawford ‘19 Nolan Zimmel ‘19

Lepsche Family Memorial Award And Scholarship

Courage of the Raider Award Presented to a student who has overcome extraordinary odds to return to high competition in sports and activities. The award honors the courage and resiliency that exemplifies a Raider.

Zane Jhocson ‘20

National Merit Scholarship Commended Student

McDonough Spirit Award

Maria Bedford ‘19

The Lepsche family established this award to honor the memory of their son, Ray Lepsche, Jr. ’66 who was killed in an auto accident. This award honors a junior male student who has demonstrated significant achievement in religion.

Allison Reding ‘19

Daniel Callahan ‘19

Presented in honor of Mary Ann and Tom McDonough in gratitude for their generosity, support and dedication to girls’ athletics at Cretin-Derham Hall. The McDonough Award recognizes the female athlete that best exemplifies hard work and positive attitude.

Presented in honor of James Padden, a 1948 graduate of Cretin High School who died in the Korean War. The male recipient must have demonstrated excellence in athletics, attitude, and academics.

Theodore Hoover ‘19

Stupka Family Awards The Robert Stupka III scholarship was established in memory of this 2002 Cretin-Derham Hall graduate. Two scholarships are awarded to juniors who demonstrate a love for science and the scientific process.

Appointment to U.S. Naval Academy Edmundo Villalva-Lijo ’19

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AWARD WINNERS

2019

// AWARD WINNERS 2019

There are two special awards which honor students who show exceptional character traits that are highly valued at CDH. On behalf of the CDH community, we congratulate these two graduates of the Class of 2019, as well as all the accomplished young men and women recognized for their achievements this year.

ARCHBISHOP JOHN IRELAND AWARD 2019

MOTHER SERAPHINE IRELAND AWARD 2019

This award honors Archbishop Ireland by recognizing one outstanding senior male for his zealous faith, leadership, integrity, and commitment to service and social justice. He receives this distinction having been chosen by his peers.

Archbishop John Ireland was a pivotal figure in the growth of our local church. With his sister, Ellen, John Ireland experienced the expansion of the Minnesota Territory during his childhood. Ordained a priest in 1861, he became the chaplain for the 5th Minnesota Volunteer Infantry during the Civil War in 1862.

Returning to Saint Paul, he became Rector of the Cathedral of Saint Paul and was appointed the first Archbishop in 1888.

Archbishop Ireland’s ideas for social reform and the relationship between church and society left profound outcomes. He established Saint Thomas Academy, the Saint Paul Seminary, and the University of Saint Thomas.

Honoring the contributions of Mother Seraphine Ireland, Cretin-Derham Hall recognizes one senior female for her zealous faith, leadership, integrity, commitment to service and social justice. She receives this distinction having been chosen by her peers.

This award honors Ellen Ireland, the oldest daughter in the Ireland family. She immigrated with her family, including her brother, John, who later became the bishop, to the United States and settled in Saint Paul in 1852.

Blessed with a combination of intelligence, warmth, humility, wit, and common sense, Ellen joined the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Carondelet and was given the name Sister Seraphine. By age 30, Sister Seraphine was appointed Superior (“Mother”) and served the province for 39 years. Believing that education leads to social transformation, she established 30 parochial schools, five hospitals, and forty-eight learning institutions, including Saint Catherine’s University and Derham Hall.

Leon Lai Xiong 2019 Recipient • Archbishop John Ireland Award Fellow classmates selected Leon for this award. He has been described as a serious student, and a quiet and inspirational leader. He is kind and gracious to everyone around him. He shows his faith by believing that through education, the life of the next generation can be better than the one before. He has been a mentor in the People Finding People program as well as assisting with Link Crew. He has not only contributed to this community, but also to the larger community of Saint Paul.

He worked for his brother’s successful run for the state legislature.

Leon plans to attend New York University.

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Emma Hamilton 2019 Recipient • Mother Seraphine Ireland Award Emma has been selected for this award by her peers who describe her as humble, caring, compassionate and ubiquitous.

She is an athlete and a serious student. She has a well-developed sense of curiosity, challenging herself to take difficult courses even though she may not always receive an A. Serving on Student Council, she has contributed to our community; as a member of People Finding People and Link Crew, she has supported her younger peers. She is highly respected by her senior classmates.

Emma plans to attend University of Wisconsin, Madison.

95% 33% 36%

ACCEPTANCE INTO HIGHLY SELECTIVE COLLEGES

CHOOSING POST-SECONDARY EDUCATION

ATTENDING CATHOLIC UNIVERSITIES

(national rate for same schools is less than 33%)

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ATTENDING HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES/UNIVERSITIES

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ROTC SCHOLARSHIPS AND

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GOING TO U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY

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ATTENDING HIGHLY SELECTIVE COLLEGES

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CDH Leads the Way to Improve Elementary Literacy in Archdiocese Believe + Read will launch in 20 schools after successful pilot program Cretin-Derham Hall is leading the way to improve literacy at all levels of education in the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis.

CDH is one of three partners for the Believe+Read program, an innovative literacy-learning program that will be implemented system wide in Catholic elementary schools across the Archdiocese.

The Believe+Read program has been designed by Groves Academy, a leader in literacy research and special education. This innovative literacy initiative is designed to ensure all students are stronger readers during the critical formative early elementary years, benefiting their learning throughout life. All students will participate in the literacy program and all will benefit from this innovative, results-proven approach to literacy. For some students, this program will be essential for reading at grade level and closing the gap for at-risk students.

With a goal to eliminate illiteracy in our Catholic schools, literacy will become a competitive advantage for our Catholic schools. Research shows that effective literacy programs will enhance not only a student’s elementary years but high school and beyond.

This program was piloted in 2018/2019 in three local Catholic schools: Holy Spirit (St. Paul), Our Lady of Grace (Edina), and St. Peter Claver (St. Paul). The results were significant. For instance, 16% of Catholic school students (K-2) are not reading at grade level (compared to some statistics that suggest almost 60% are not at grade level nationally). In the first two years of partnering with the Groves literacy partners, 100% of Holy Spirit students were at or above grade level by the second grade.

While Catholic schools perform better than the national statistics, the challenge to get students reading at grade-level is imperative.

“This is a transformational initiative for our Catholics schools,” explained Gail Dorn, CSCOE President. “Partnering with CDH and Groves Academy means that all 79 of our Catholic PreK-8th-grade schools and 22,000 students will have the opportunity to be fluent readers at or above grade level by the time they leave 2nd grade.”

According to CDH Principal Mona Passman, this partnership directly aligns with our commitment to academic excellence. “I am proud that our partnership will be a bold move to improve literacy for all the Catholic schools in our Archdiocese. It is not only a beautiful manifestation of our mission to educate all learners, but it specifically benefits our future students, who will come to high school better equipped for this level of learning.”

We must work together to strengthen our Catholic schools “This archdiocesan-wide initiative will strengthen our Catholic school system, and in particular, our CDH feeder system — specifically benefitting our students and families,” explains Frank Miley, President. “The impact will be felt at all levels — not only in academics but it will support future enrollment.”

“We need to encourage our Catholic schools to act like an interdependent system of schools rather than a large group of independent competitors. When we achieve this, we will become a larger, stronger, more vibrant Catholic school system.”

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To that end, the CDH Board of Directors unanimously approved the partnership between Cretin-Derham Hall, CSCOE (Catholic Schools Center of Excellence) and Groves Academy to launch this program across the Archdiocese. Our partnership commits $1 million of financial support over five years. The funds for this effort will come from special fundraising.

In addition to the proven learning impact, Miley notes that the time is right to work together to reverse the downward trend of enrollment in Catholic schools. “I believe our Catholic schools must work together to strengthen our system. Our leadership with this innovative program will ensure its success for many years to come.”

Chair of the CDH Board of Directors, Brian McMahon ’87, enthusiastically endorses CDH’s leadership on this innovative program because of the far-reaching benefits to all students. The Board is also confident that the financial investment needed for the program can be appropriately managed through non-operating funds. He emphasized, “The financial commitment will not detract from dollars needed to maintain our excellent programming and staffing, or our generous level of student tuition assistance.”

More information will be coming about the program implementation at the elementary level. CDH has also begun preliminary discussions with Groves Academy about curriculum and tutorial programs that will benefit CDH students.

Literacy Initiative Partners

CSCOE — Catholic Schools Center of Excellence CSCOE is a nonprofit partner with 79 Pre-K – 8 Catholic schools in the St. Paul, Minneapolis Archdiocese, serving 21,000+ students.

Formed in 2015 to address a 10-year decline of enrollment in archdiocesan Catholic Schools, CSCOE applies sound business models to address needs to increase excellence and enrollment.

Groves Academy Groves Academy is a non-profit that transforms lives through education. With expertise in literacy, study skills, and the process of learning, Groves is the center for literacy instruction, education, and advocacy in the Midwest.

Cretin-Derham Hall As the largest Catholic high school in Minnesota, Cretin-Derham Hall provides an affordable, value-centered education, welcoming young men and women of diverse abilities, cultures and socialeconomic backgrounds. Cretin-Derham Hall is a co-educational high school, co-sponsored by the Brothers of the Christian Schools and the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, committed to Christian values and academic excellence in grades nine through twelve.

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The Amerigo team ensures that the students are not only supported academically at CDH, they organize activities locally, and even nationally, so that the students fully experience the Twin Cities and the American lifestyle. This year, our students visited the Mall of America and Minnehaha Falls, among many other favorite spots. Over Spring Break, they traveled to Chicago.

24 Amerigo Students Become Raiders Program Launched with Great Success and is Growing This year, CDH launched our partnership with Amerigo Education, welcoming 24 international student to join our community. Unlike exchange students who visit CDH for a small portion of their high school career, Amerigo students enroll permanently and become an integral part of our school.

Minsuk Cho ’20 is from South Korea and took full advantage of the opportunities CDH offered. “I liked the variety of clubs at CDH,” he said. “I participated in Model UN, The Chronicle and Math Team, and all of these were a great experience for me.”

These students lived in dorms at Concordia University specifically for CDH’s Amerigo students. They were fully supported by Amerigo staff who help them adjust to life in America, plan activities, and ensure that they have the academic support they need, including intensive English learning. The Amerigo team is also primary bridge between the student and the student’s family.

Amerigo describes their program as, “Combining a nurturing boarding environment, supplemental academic support, English language development, and an approach oriented around successful university outcomes, Amerigo prepares students with the skills, values, and care required to succeed in high school, at the university level, and beyond.”

In addition to providing an on-site teacher to support the international students, Amerigo also provided training to CDH teachers on best practices for engaging students with a different cultural background.

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CDH welcomed the new students with a student ambassador program designed to connect a current CDH student with a new international student, providing peer connections that enable the students to better navigate the social aspects of joining the school. The Amerigo students also shared their culture with the CDH community through presentations about their family and cultural traditions.

This program is beneficial for the entire CDH community.

We live in an increasingly globalized world, and having international students enrolled full-time gives our local students exposure to other cultures and the opportunity to build relationships with people from around the world — experiences that will serve them well in college and beyond.

The Amerigo program is growing next year, with enrollment expected to meet next year’s international student capacity of 50 students.

Tony Leseman, Admissions Director, is in tune to the needs of the students coming through the Amerigo program and categorizes their transition to their new school similar to other new students. “When students come to a new school, there is always a sense of the unknown, but after meeting other students in class or at a football game, working with our wonderful teachers, and joining a team or activity that they enjoy, they are no longer ‘new’ students, or even ‘international’ students, just CDH students.”

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Strategic Planning Process Sets Stage for Five-Year Plan The strategic planning process announced at the start of the year is well underway at Cretin-Derham Hall. The process will culminate in a five-year strategic plan to address challenges and leverage opportunities to support our commitment to providing an exceptional, faith-based education.

Strategic planning falls into eight domains: Governance, Catholic Identity, Academics, Student Life, Facilities/ Technology, Finance, Marketing/Enrollment, and Advancement/ Communications. Each domain has volunteer leadership as well as staff liaisons.

In October, our planning consultants, Partners in Mission will conduct a weekend retreat at CDH to actually draft the plan based on what will be more than nine months of work by the domains. In addition to the strategic planning committee, representatives from the community will be asked to participate in this planning retreat.

The resulting strategic plan will highlight new opportunities and address long-term challenges. It will be presented to the Board of Directors for approval.

“The input from our parents and students, as well as faculty and staff, has been critically important for this process.”

STRATEGIC PLANNING STEERING COMMITTEE Chairs Michael Cole ’71 Katie Weinberger Stewart ’87

Facilities/Technology Kevin Herrema Kevin McCloughan

— FRANK MILEY, PRESIDENT

Academic/Technology Barry Lieske Katherine Rossini, CSJ

Finance Rick Long ’79 Jill Pitera

Advancement/ Communications Michael Dickson ’83 Bridget Manahan ’74

Governance Br. Frank Carr, FSC Brian McMahon ’87 Katherine Rossini, CSJ

Catholic Identity Fr. John Forliti ’54

Student Life Beth Woodward Domler ’88 Maria Wagner Reamer ’82

After the kickoff in January, the domains gathered data about our school and the broader educational community to inform the analysis of the strengths and challenges at CDH. Many constituencies were invited to participate in surveys focused on Catholic Identity, Academics, Enrollment, and Student Life. A vast amount of feedback and information was collected to direct the next phase of the planning process.

The leadership committee of the strategic planning process is especially grateful for the input from our community members.

“The input from our parents and students, as well as faculty and staff, has been critically important for this process,” explained Frank Miley, President. “This is a collaborative process that depends on the feedback we get from a wide range of our community.”

Enrollment/Marketing Mark Coyle Stefanie Pythian Mike Salmen ’83

Cretin-Derham Hall Enters Construction Phase for New Entrance Construction season is in full force on campus. The new main entrance and gathering space is slated for completion in December, 2019. CDH officially broke ground in May (see page 28).

During construction, there will be short-term impacts on parking and restricted access to parts of the campus. For the safety and security of all, visitors and staff are instructed not to enter construction areas. These areas will be marked.

• The Activity Center entrance, the stairs to the Aux Gym, and the bathrooms near the Aux Gym are not accessible over the summer.

• Infrastructure updates continue throughout the building over the summer.

All athletic camps, art camps, and summer school classes must use the Hamline Avenue turnaround entrance.

We appreciate your patience during construction and look forward to welcoming all to our new entrance and gathering space early this winter.

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// FACULTY FOCUS

Chase After a Sense of Happiness Create an Individual in Yourself that You Would Like to be Around Dan Kotasek, an avid reader, golfer, and self described backyard sitter, has been a Social Studies teacher at Cretin-Derham Hall since 1999.

He created the popular new AP Psychology class this year and is team-teaching Spectrum (Interdisciplinary Symposium). During his time at CDH, he has also coached Track and Field, Basketball, and Golf.

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Why did you become an educator?

My journey began while searching for growth and giving back during my college years. I very much love and crave the interaction I have each day with students. This life I live is all in place because of my daily encounters with them. I spend my summers just waiting for that August return. I’ll continue doing this until that pleasure wears off.

You are known for how well you connect with students.

What is the secret ‘sauce’ for relating to students today?

I believe this connection is based on the trust I place on them and in them. I hope there is a sense of structure and comfort in my classroom. I’m very supportive and understanding, yet very direct with my students.

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You currently teach the new AP Psychology course and Spectrum (interdisciplinary course for seniors). What makes you passionate about these topics?

I have taught many classes during my run here at CDH. This year, creating our new AP Psych class has been outstanding, with students going after as much information as they can gather about the science of psychology. During my college years, I really enjoyed exploring the psychological makeup of individuals and the inner workings of ones mind. Now, watching our students drive towards a deeper meaning of the mind has been a wonderful aspect of this class.

I have taught Spectrum the last four years with Mark Syman, Mike Powers, and Nicole Spears. This class is all about justice and service with the focus on an abundance of challenging reads and discussions. This has really opened my mind for a better future. These students continue to grasp and seek a way that they can help make a difference as the year progresses.

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We heard you tweet! Are you a big social media user?

A little background first — I started Twitter nine years ago as a means to communicate with my mother, as funny as that sounds.

It has turned into a wonderful communication tool for me and a creative way for gathering useful information. I’m pretty active with what I believe are viable topics with an emphasis on what I hope are fantastic messages for those that come across my tweets.

I close every night with a saying, which in fact has been heard by all of my students as they walk out the door at the end of the day: EVERYONE BE GOOD, DO GOOD. STAY OFF THE SAUCE.

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How has your faith impact your role as an educator ?

My faith has really developed here at CDH. We lost my dad unexpectedly in 2001. Being an active community member here at CDH really allowed me to heal. I’ve shared many a story of my dad with our students over the years. We talk directly about life in general with an emphasis on grief and loss. My strong commitment and beliefs have allowed for clearer direction.

What advice would you give a new teacher?

You will learn many things from each and every one of your students. Each of these students plays off of you, so relax and smile when you walk in each day. It is vital that you give all you can everyday. Keep in mind students are always listening and watching; they need you ALL IN.

“Being a teacher is the most fulfilling role I’ve had: the stories, the expectations, the struggles, the day-to-day interactions.“

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How has the culture of the classroom changed over the years?

I’m not sure students are any different now then they were years ago. I still hold them accountable and I ask for a full effort each day. One thing that has remained consistent for me has been the comfortable feeling inside our walls.

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What advice do you give your students about how to be successful?

Chase after a sense of happiness; create an individual in yourself that you would like to be around. Give to others when able, learn from others ALWAYS, and care for those that need caring. Make sure you miss people when they are gone, and be good to them when they are near.

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How do we ensure the dignity of work is passed down to our students at CDH? It is important as individuals that we make a difference for those around us, as we move forward in our daily lives. Work, relationships, family all go hand in hand. I attempt to stress for our students that there is an immense value in the care for others and finding a sense of happiness for themselves in their contributions and daily encounters.

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“I attempt to stress for our students that there is an immense value in the care for others and finding a sense of happiness for themselves in their contributions and daily encounters.”

— Dan Kotasek

FAST FACTS • Married to Lara, father to Kalay ’15 and Kiana ’19.

• Grew up in Jordan, Minnesota.

Graduated from Jordan High School in 1986 with 86 kids in his senior class.

• Attended Hamline University.

• Began teaching career at Highland Park in 1991, and was on a fast track to principal, but returned to the classroom for his peace and well-being.

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Tom ’68 and Debbie Lentsch

CDH Breaks Ground on New Entrance Cretin-Derham Hall officially broke ground in early May on the new main entrance and gathering space addition.

The architectural design of the new addition is inspired by the existing structure. The footprint of the new space will occupy a small amount of green space just outside the current Activities Center entrance and the long hallway leading to the field house.

No parking will be lost with the addition.

Inside, the space has been designed to be a welcoming gathering space for the community. The layout will ease circulation and make our multi-level entrance more accessible for those with physical limitations.

Ben Beery ’03, of Wold Architects and Engineers, is the project’s architect.

Frank Miley, President, noted that the dirt they shoveled symbolizes great promise. “This new space will serve our community well and will become our welcoming and accessible ‘front door,’ leading into a space that will serve the school as a ‘living room,’” he said.

He explained that this project, the first major construction project in nearly two decades, will provide much needed community space that supports the sense of collaboration and collegiality that is a hallmark of Cretin-Derham Hall.

“We are pleased that the new gathering space will be named in honor of Tom ’68 and Debbie Lentsch, whose leadership and generosity will leave a tremendous legacy here at CDH,” noted Frank Miley, President.

Many members of the Lentsch family were in attendance.

Both Tom and Debbie helped break the ground for the ceremony and were joined by Father John Forliti ’54, Brother Michael Rivers, Principal Mona Passman, President Frank Miley, Sister Cathy Steffens, Teri McCloughan, Kevin McCloughan, John Whaley ’70, Rory King ’19, and Molly Stanley ’22.

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Father John Forliti ’54 provided a blessing for the project, praying, ”We ask You now to bless us and all who will grace this center of hospitality. May all who enter here know the presence of Christ, experience the joy of His friendship, and grow ever more sincerely in his love.”

The project will be completed early winter.

As the main entrance to the school, the visitor’s entrance and check-in desk will be located right off the doors.

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Taste of CDH

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The Taste of CDH welcomed more than 625 guests to enjoy food and drinks from local bars and restaurants with a CDH connection.

The highlight of the event was the raffle which raised funds to support the co-curricular opportunities at CDH. Sports teams and activities sold raffle tickets all year to support their activities. Congratulations to Kathy Bigelbach who won the paddleboard; Deb Gagnon who won a pool table customized with a CDH logo, and Mark Sexton ’87 who won the grand prize car!

Many of the vendors who participated are CDH alumni, parents, and other members of our community. We encourage you to support these vendors: Max Cakes Poke House & Tea Bar Taher, Inc. Professional Food Service Management Green Mill Ristorante Luci Ancora Sweet Pea’s Public House Tommy Chicago’s Pizzeria Dairy Queen Mancini’s Davanni’s Pizza and Hot Hoagies St. Paul Chiropractic & Natural Medicine Center Cossetta’s Italian Market & Pizzeria Copper Dome Sports Bar Agra Culture Kitchen

Midwest Vending Welsch’s Big Ten Tavern Plums Neighborhood Grill & Bar Peppers and Fries DeGidio’s Bar and Restaurant Captain Ken’s Foods Skinner’s Pub and Eatery Casper’s & Runyon’s Nook Union 32 Craft House Real Good Cookies South Side Sliders Erbert & Gerbert’s Nothing Bundt Cakes Lift Bridge Brewing Company Schells Brewery

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1. Green MIll, along with dozens of other vendors, offered delicious treats all evening.

2. Kim Kneeland Yazbeck ’89, Tony Yazbeck, Matt Petersen, Rachel Petersen

3. Angela Samec Woessner ’96, Sara Weiberg Honsa ’96, Cindy Jandrich Craighead ’87, Jenny Tracy Brondum ‘96

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2019 REUNION INFORMATION Alumni, mark your calendars now for your Class Reunion! The following list is the information we have at this point about reunion gatherings later this summer or fall. (Some classes have already held their reunions.) Have fun!

For more information on your class year’s events, contact information is provided below, or check c-dh.org/Advancement & Alumni/Alumni/Class Reunions.

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CRETIN-DERHAM HALL

Class of 1959 | 60-Year

Class of 1979 | 40-Year

Class of 1989 | 30-Year

Wednesday-Friday Sept. 18-20, 2019 Wednesday – Mass at CDH, STAG at DeGideo’s

Friday-Saturday, Aug. 23-24, 2019 Friday – Golf, STAG

Saturday, Aug. 24, 2019 Shamrocks, 6 – 10 pm

Thursday – Cretin Banquet Friday – Golf

Saturday – All-School at The Lex Contact: Kevin Galligan shamrock@bitstream.net

Contact: Buddy Ideson, michaelideson@hotmail.com

Class of 1994 | 25-Year

Contact: Nick Paduano, 651-429-2649, nlpaduano@comcast.net

Class of 1984 | 35-Year Friday-Saturday, Sept. 20-21, 2019

Saturday, Oct. 5, 2019 Pool & Yacht, 7 pm

Class of 1969 | 50-Year

Contact: Matt Reinartz, mgreinartz@hotmail.com

Contact: Brian Woessner, bwiessner@hotmail.com

Thursday-Saturday, Sept. 19-21, 2019 Thursday – Golf, Social, Cretin Banquet Friday – Memorial Mass, STAG Saturday – School Reunion, 6 pm Contact: Bert Christensen, 651-303-9256, hhc143@gmail.com

Class of 1974 | 45-Year Friday, Sept. 13, 2019 Golf at Keller Golf Course STAG at Joseph’s Grill Contact: Bill Fleischhacker, bill.fleischhacker@aon.com

Class of 1999 | 20-Year

DERHAM HALL

Saturday, Aug. 24, 2019 Saint Paul Athletic Club, 7 pm

Class of 1969 | 50-Year

Contact: Lindsay Miesbauer Wilhelmy, lindsaymiesbauer@gmail.com

Friday-Saturday, Sept. 20-21, 2019 Friday – DeGideo’s, 6 pm Saturday – School Reunion at Pool & Yacht, 6 pm Contacts: Pat Shiely Oxley, 612-210-6870, poxley08@gmail.com Sue Carley Trudeau, 651-210-4679, sc.trudeau@comcast.net

Class of 1979 | 40-Year Friday-Saturday, Aug. 23-24, 2019 Friday – CDH Leadership Center Saul Hall, Mass – 5 pm, Social – 6 pm Saturday – All-School at The Lex Contact: Peggy Gartland Schafer, 651-696-3318, pschafer@c-dh.org

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Class of 2004 | 15-Year Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019 Highland Nat’l Clubhouse, 6:30 – 10:30 pm Contact: Michelle Stupka Madsen, michelle.stupka@gmail.com

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MARK YOUR CALENDAR! What is a Consociate?

To Be In Partnership You Are Invited!

Cretin-Derham Hall Gala SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2019 Please plan to join fellow alumni, parents, and friends of Cretin-Derham Hall for this very special night to celebrate our school.

Invitations will be coming soon.

LEGACY SOCIETY Welcomes Its Newest Members The Cretin-Derham Hall Legacy Society consists of those in the CDH community who have included the school in a bequest or have established a named endowment. Below are those who have joined since the Winter 2019 Traditions. Welcome and thank you for your stewardship!

While some are called to the vowed life, the values of the religious congregation can be open to all. Almost fifty years ago, the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Carondelet established a lay (non-vowed) associate membership. Today, more than 150 Consociates in the St. Paul Province are women and men of diverse lifestyles and spiritual traditions committed to living the mission of the Sisters within the context of their lives and responsibilities. Both Jackie Bohrer and I have been Consociates with the Sisters for more than ten years.

We have witnessed the Sisters moving toward a profound love of God and dear neighbor. We were inspired by the late Judith Kavanaugh, Andre Nilles, and Martha Kieffer. We continue to be drawn into the love of God through the presence of Katherine Rossini, Chris Ludwig and Mary Kraft (on the CDH Board) as well as all of the Sisters and Consociates. We are professors, teachers, social workers, musicians, chaplains, probation officers, and retirees. We share a profound belief that there is no separation of the love of God who we cannot see and the dear neighbor who we can.

Being a Consociate means bringing a sense of joy and compassion to my colleagues and students at Cretin-Derham Hall. It means being faithful both as colleague and as a mom with two children with special needs. It means seeking out and learning about the lives of those who seem the least, the lost and the last in this culture. Sometimes it can mean standing on the bridge, but, for me, it often involves being a bridge…connecting faith with students’ lives, hope with colleagues struggles, and joy for how we have been blessed.

For more information on the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Carondelet Consociate program, contact ltighe@c-dh.org.

Lou Anne M. Tighe, CSJc

David ’69 & Ann Sudheimer Ettel ’63 David ’69 & Elizabeth Lentsch Catherine Maley, PhD ’52† Walter ’68 & Nancy Olson James & Mary B. Pearson Walsh ’56 Bernard ’43 & Kathleen Vagnoni† Julius Waber’ 55† † Deceased

Lou Anne M. Tighe, CSJc and Jackie Bohrer, CSJc

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Feeding God’s Kids Mark Crea ’74 and Feed My Starving Children Make World-Wide Impact Don’t try to tell Mark Crea ’74 he’s achieved anything extraordinary.

Sure, as CEO of Feed My Starving Children {FMSC), he’s responsible for providing a million meals every day to children in desperate circumstances, but he’s quick to deflect any praise.

The glory, he says, all goes to God.

“They’re All God’s Kids” Crea’s faith has always been an essential part of his life. He was born in St. Paul, one of five children. He received a Catholic education all the way through his degree at the University of St. Thomas. He took Matthew 25:40 to heart. “Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.”

“I thank God for Cretin — it sure had a big impact,” he said.

Cretin gave him a solid foundation for how he looks at the world.

“It’s like kindergarten: treat people well, put others first. I think you can’t go wrong when you do that. My career has been blessed because I’ve worked for organizations that are making significant differences, improvements in the world and people’s lives,” he said. “By other standards, I could have success in the corporate world. But does it compare to how I feel doing this work? No way.”

FMSC was founded in 1987 by a Minneapolis businessman and began to grow reaching nearly 3 million meals in 1993. From 1993 to 2003 the organization stayed flat at 3 million meals per year. Nothing to scoff at, but that’s a tiny fraction of the 365 million meals a year they now produce.

What changed? He acknowledges that in those early years, FMSC just wanted to do “good work” but their meal production stayed flat.

Crea explained. “We were a Christian organization, but we didn’t talk about it. Christ was not the center of the organization.

And then, the board rededicated the organization to Christ in the fall of ’03, and God began to bless us right away.”

Crea was hired in early 2004, but he denies the growth was because of him. “If I wasn’t here, God would’ve simply brought someone else. It’s crazy growth and no one but the Lord can take credit for it.”

By crazy growth, Crea really does mean crazy – FMSC has grown 38 percent annually for the last 15 years. They continued to grow even through the recession of 2008, when many nonprofits floundered or failed. They’ve grown from a staff of five to 322.

From 3 million meals to 365 million meals.

They now have 1.3 million volunteers every year — including many CDH students, teams, and families.

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reporting to monitor goals, but he takes far more pride in the culture that he’s built and all it’s allowed FMSC to achieve.

Save the Children One at a Time The food packs donated by FMSC are engineered by food scientists to include all of the nutrients that a child needs to grow — they don’t just focus on getting them enough calories to survive, but make sure to include the vitamins and minerals that they need for healthy development.

That growth means that the kids are able to go to school, contribute to their families, and eventually grow up to be happy and healthy adults. In his 15 years working with FMSC, Crea has had the opportunity to watch the deathly skinny toddlers he met early on grow into thriving young adults.

“If you don’t have basic nutrition, there is no foundation to build upon,” he said. “Put a kid in school who hasn’t eaten in three days, who cares? They’re not going to learn. ” When Crea first started with FMSC, the suffering in the communities he visited overwhelmed him. The degree of desperation felt insurmountable.

That’s when he received a piece of advice that changed his life.

“All of these suffering children that you have seen, they will all die one at a time… so save them one at a time.”

Today, FMSC partners with organizations working on the ground in over 70 countries. They work together to create a supportive environment that lifts these kids and their whole communities up. In Haiti, that’s a missionary couple that serves 70,000 children a day with schools, orphanages, health clinics, and more.

In the Philippines, FMSC collaborated with other organizations on the island of Marinduque to provide integrated nutrition, education and livelihood programs.

They cut malnutrition by 90 percent, doubled incomes, and ended the program when the community said “thank you, God bless you and we’ve got this now.”

In an elementary school in Malawi, where students eat FMSC food each day, test scores in two years have increased so much the school has gone from being ranked #187 out of 200 to being ranked #8. Families now choose to educate all of their children, not just the boys.

“You start with the children,” Crea said. “If they grow up well, if they have enough nutrition, if they can go to school, if they can develop strong values, that’s how we’ll lift those countries up. Simple to say, hard to do.”

“I thank God for Cretin — it sure had a big impact.

It’s like kindergarten: treat people well, put others first. I think you can’t go wrong when you do that.”

— Mark Crea ’74 On how Cretin gave him a solid foundation for how he looks at the world.

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“I believe the greatest investment we can make as a community is an investment in future generations.

In an increasingly complex world where change is the norm, having a foundation that is grounded in our shared values as members of CDH community is empowering and reassuring.”

— Bridget Manahan ’74

Bridget Manahan currently lives in Edina with her husband Joe Alexander. They share three children and three grandchildren whom they love to visit. In addition to her successful career in the banking industry and her work with CDH, she is a current board and executive committee member of The Friends of the St. Paul Public Library, and has served as a board member for WomenVenture, the College of St. Catherine Board of Trustees, the College of St. Catherine Alumnae Association, and Ascension Place.

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A Foundation of Shared Values Inspires Volunteerism Bridget Manahan ’74 Credits Family and Derham Hall Derham Hall gave Bridget Manahan ’74 her first taste of leadership and service and it made a lasting impression.

Coming from St. Luke’s Grade School (now St. Thomas More), she was one of just a few students who decided to go to Derham Hall. Most of the girls from St. Luke’s chose Our Lady of Peace. But, Manahan’s mother, Lorraine, wanted her daughters to have the same experience that she had at her beloved St. Joseph’s Academy. Derham Hall, under the leadership of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet, was the next best option.

Manahan’s parents were deeply committed Catholics who were active volunteers in their church and committed to Catholic education for their children. They were parishioners at the Church of St. Luke, and the Manahan children attended St. Luke’s Grade School. Bridget and her siblings, Tim ’68 and Sheila ’75, then went to Cretin or Derham Hall. Bridget also received her college degree from the CSJs at the College of St. Catherine.

It was at Derham Hall that one of the driving forces in her life took root.

“The importance of service was modeled first by my parents and then reinforced by the Derham Hall experience,” reflected Manahan. The Sisters, whose diligent work on behalf of the marginalized in our region, as well as their commitment to providing excellence in education, cultivated an environment where the girls were committed to service. “At Derham Hall, I learned service can take many forms.”

“But, no matter what form it would take, I understood then that I have a responsibility to ensure that the opportunities I have had are available to others.”

Manahan has worked diligently to do just that for current and future Cretin-Derham Hall students. Currently the Senior Vice President of Commercial Banking at Western Bank, Manahan has a long track record of supporting Cretin-Derham Hall through her leadership on boards and committees.

Once the Chair of the Board of Directors and a member on the Investment Committee, she currently serves on the Advancement Committee. She is also a Domain Chair for the current Strategic Planning process, with particular focus on Advancement and Communications. Before the merger between Derham Hall and Cretin, she also worked on Derham Hall’s Annual Appeal.

“Working with CDH is important to me for many reasons,” Manahan explains. “I have the opportunity to work with incredible volunteers who all share the common goal of providing an exceptional educational experience for our students, and I am

genuinely inspired by the work of our dedicated faculty, led by Frank Miley and Mona Passman, who positively impact our students every day.”

In fact, she points to the teachers she had at Derham Hall and those who teach our students today as her personal heroes. “When smart, dedicated people choose teaching and public service as their life work, we all benefit.”

Shared Values In Action As one might expect from a banking executive, she looks at the future of CDH from a financial standpoint, but realizes the unparalleled strength of the school is the legacy of the community who support it.

“CDH benefits from an extraordinarily devoted and generous alumni base,” she noted. “Our shared values live on long past the four years of high school.”

It is these values, and the opportunity to learn how to apply them in life, that have proven time and time again to be distinctive about CDH. She is particularly impressed with the expanded opportunities CDH offers today’s students.

“CDH students have a much broader, more comprehensive slate of opportunities that support the academics,” she noted.

“When I think of Cretin-Derham Hall today, I think of a place where there is room for every student to excel — the academic, the athlete, the artist, the advocate, the leader and the follower.”

“Between the vast amount of service and justice activities and all the clubs and organizations, in addition to athletics and the arts, CDH students have so many ways to grow and excel and really hone in on those values in action.”

She also believes the shared values builds community and it is visible among current students, as well as within the bonds alumni share with each other and the school, even decades after graduation.

This drives her personal commitment to volunteer and serve in the spirit of the CSJs and all those who built the community that she experienced, and the excellent education she received at Derham Hall.

“I believe the greatest investment we can make as a community is an investment in future generations,” remarked Manahan passionately. “In an increasingly complex world where change is the norm, having a foundation that is grounded in our shared values as members of CDH community is empowering and reassuring.”

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Helping Companies Make Transformational Decisions Maria Moores Watts ’00 Climbs to the Top in the Financial Industry Maria Moores Watts ’00 was one of those kids who was involved in everything. As a student at Cretin-Derham Hall, she played soccer, golf, and hockey, sang in the choir, participated in NHS, competed in speech, and took advantage of every opportunity available to her.

“There’s no better time than high school to explore and fail,” she said. “So I tried everything.”

She hasn’t been failing much in the two decades since she graduated. After high school, she attended Centenary College in Louisiana — she insisted on attending school in a state that didn’t touch Minnesota — where she played Division I soccer, sang in the choir and was President of her sorority, Chi Omega. She started exploring her career options early with different internships every summer.

Maria forged new ground on the family front as well. When she was pregnant with her first child, there were no precedents for having a baby while working in investment banking at Baird. The maternity policy was for administrative staff; no one knew what to do about maternity leave for someone in a role like Watts’. So, she created her own policy and encouraged Baird to take a customized approach to other female bankers’ future maternity leaves to encourage retention. Her vocal approach to “one-size does not fit all” allowed her, and other female bankers since then, to continue moving forward in their careers while growing their families. Maria is now the proud mother of a six-year-old and four-year-old. The flexible maternity policy is something she is most pleased to have contributed to the Baird culture.

Emma Gergen ’04, Vice President at Carlson Private Capital Partners, connected with Watts when she was earning her MBA at Northwestern. “Maria has been an amazing “There are very few women at the table. leader in the finance industry, and has a reputation for being both very knowledgeable about industry trends That’s why I spend so much time talking to people and offering outstanding client service. It’s not easy to who are exploring careers in investment banking.” reach the level of Managing Director at a firm such as Baird; it takes a lot of hard work to deliver results for clients and the firm.”

“I saw what the most successful students a few years ahead Watts’ passion for her work is obvious. Those long hours of me were doing and followed their progression,” she explained. seem to roll off her back, because she truly loves what she does.

“I tried different things until something sparked my interest.”

“I love being surrounded by people who’ve created and built businesses,” she said. “I love helping companies make Right out of undergrad, she was recruited to join a middletransformational decisions, or making the most significant market investment bank as an Analyst. It’s a grueling job, decision in many entrepreneurs’ lives go well.” requiring 100+ hour weeks, on average. During that time, Watts That passion has taken her far. At only 37, Watts is in the regularly worked from 8 am to 2 am, often working those same upper echelon of Baird — less than ten percent of people who long hours on weekends. After two years, it’s either up or out. start as Analysts ever make it to Managing Director. There’s not Watts moved up. much farther up the ladder for her to climb. So she’s trained her After four years of climbing the ladder, and just a year after sights at pulling other people up behind her. becoming an Associate, Watts had to make an unusual move. Her “There’s still a real lack of diversity, especially gender husband was accepted into business school in Chicago, and they diversity, in investment banking and finance, in general,” she said. needed to relocate. That meant she would need to find a lateral She regularly speaks to colleges and women’s groups about career position, in the midst of the 2008 financial crisis with the entire opportunities in investment banking. As part of Pipeline Angels, investment banking industry in turmoil. an organization dedicated to supporting women and minority-run Baird, fortunately — both for Watts and for them — businesses, she provides mentorship and financial capital to help recognized her talent and hired her as most banks were shedding early-stage entrepreneurs grow their businesses. staff, on one condition. She needed to earn an MBA from a top “There are very few women at the table,” she explained. tier business school. So, she attended Northwestern University, “That’s why I spend so much time talking to people who are earning an MBA in 2.5 years on Saturdays while working 80 hours exploring careers in investment banking,” she said. She advises a week. other women to be hard charging, assertive, and focused. “You She was promoted to Vice President, finished her degree have to be focused on your career as one of your main priorities. shortly thereafter, and was successively promoted to Director, then You have to come to grips with the fact that you don’t have time Managing Director — the highest position for an industry banker. for everything. For me, my priorities are family and career. I guess At age 35, Maria was the youngest banker promoted to Managing I’ll develop some hobbies when I retire,” she joked.

Director in the history of Baird.

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“I love being surrounded by people who’ve created and built businesses. I love helping companies make transformational decisions, or making the most significant decision in many entrepreneurs’ lives go well.”

— Maria Moores Watts ’00

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Help Locate Our Missing Alums The CDH Advancement Office asks for your help in locating our lost alums for the CDH classes of 1988, 1992, 1997, 2002 and 2006.

We are interested in emails, addresses, and/or phone numbers you have for the alumni listed on this page. Mail updates to CDH Advancement Office, 550 S. Albert St., St. Paul, MN 55116, or contact Peggy Schafer ’79 at 651-696-3318 or pschafer@c-dh.org.

You are also encouraged to update your information online at c-dh.org/UpdateInformation. Thank you.

Cretin-Derham Hall Class of 1988 Lawrence Bremel Doris Caro Cheryl Charpentier Stahl Suzanne Engelbrecht Sheldon Mark D. Foley Allen Fournier Edward M. Fuentes Eva M. Gallagher Kristin Goddard Sartain Mary E. Johnson Robbie Jorgenson Kristin Kenefick Austin Dominick P. LaPlaca Christopher LeBlanc Samuel Lex Lisa Longen Cynthia Loveland Felter Jason M. McGrath De Nguyen Keith C. Parnell Michael J. Scanlon Kenneth R. Scherkenbach Tobias B. Seabrook Susan L. Smith Karen A. Streiff Susan Wallick Stavros Dao V. Yuang

Cretin-Derham Hall Class of 1992 Shawn Colestock Christopher J. Ideson Ronald L. Meyer Amy H. Moore Jennifer Muehlegger Barnes Jessica L. Myhre Nicholas P. Osberg Daniel E. Pendleton Mark J. Regnier Bunna J. Sok-Khorn Janet Thompson Rennick Rachel M. Wernet Ernesto Ybarra Cretin-Derham Hall Class of 1997 Lucas A. Bartels Karissa Belisle Goers Kathrin Bilda Katica A. Boric Stephen S. Clifford Cibelly N. Delfino Thomas Fisher Patrick H. Flanagan Catherina I. Galovich Michael J. Garcia

Sassha S. Gervais Gabriel P. Gomez James Graves Nicholas N. Heath Matthew J. Hill Jessica L. Hodges Jill M. Huisenga Kathleen A. Hyland Katherine M. Johnson Mary K. Kipka Joseph J. Koegel Ellen Kohner Ashman Thomas J. Kunkel LaNeal L. Land Martin Luteran Aleksandar M. Markovic Megan T. McGuigan Edward D. McKim Christina Meier Kelly A. Norgard Gabriel Rodriquez Bridgette A. Rongitsch Kerry M. Sheehy Kimberly D. Steward Paul S. Swisher William T. Tautges Allison J. Trauley

Cretin-Derham Hall Class of 2002 Joseph C. Bitzer Amy L. Brueggemann Regina A. Carroll Suzanne M. Conlin Elizabeth M. Cuddy Jennifer L. Darling Jessica M. Fried Betelhem Gebremeskel Joseph A. Guzik Andrea Hefty Paul E. Huemmer Jessica M. Jorgenson Denis Junqueira Timothy J. Kreiser Matthew J. McEiver Bridget M. O’Brien Shannon Pates Xhola Nelson Paz Katherine L. Perkovich Emily J. Redmond Alexander R. Richtman Maureen C. Riley Margaret M. Rogers Margaret R. Roscher Molly M. Samuelson Kimly Sarin Stacy L. Sergot Guinn

Patrick L. Smallman Paige M. Stevenson David A. Swenson Michael J. Trudeau Justin M. Trupe Katherine A. Wild Matthew J. Zimniewicz Cretin-Derham Hall Class of 2006 Benjamin L. Amundson Max B. Diederich Robert W. Galligan Kathryn A. Grayson Grayden J. Hunziker Kevin A. Kolve Jeffrey L. Kotta Michael D. Leininger Lauren P. Lentsch Michael B. Marz Alejandra Paz Jose’ R. Rocha Anna R. Schumacher Rachel L. Van Hoven

CDH Alumni Do you still live at your parent’s house?

If not, please update us on where we can send reunion information, class updates, and other news about CDH.

We need your help!

Parents of CDH Alumni We are making a tremendous effort to update our addresses for our CDH alumni.

Many of them still have your address in our database and we need your help to update our data. Please notify us of your son’s or daughter’s current contact information or have them visit the link below to update us easily online.

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1970s

The new Black Box Theatre at St. John’s College High School in Washington, D.C. was named in honor of Gene Morrill ’52, who taught drama there early in his career.

General Joseph L. Votel ’76, retired from his position as CENTCOM Commander. He served in the military for nearly 40 years. He also recently participated in the CDH JROTC Twilight Parade in May.

1960s Joe Jansen ’66 is the new Commander of the 4th District American Legion for St. Paul and Ramsey County.

Dr. Robert E. Schaaf ’68, MD, FACR, has been awarded the Silver Medal for distinguished and extraordinary service from the North Carolina Radiological Society, a statewide professional organization and chapter of the American College of Radiology. This prestigious award is the chapter’s highest honor and has only been awarded to a dozen radiologists in the past several decades.

2000s

1990s The PGA Championship was held at Bethpage Black in New York in May. Molly Gallatin ’97 was there in her capacity as Senior Director, Brand and Content Strategy for the PGA of America. She was also in the same capacity for the recent LPGA tournament at Hazeltine in June 2019.

Mathew Jones ’00 is a St. Paul Police officer and received the Life Saving Award on May 7 for his heroic action on a call last August, where he saved a man who was shot in the chest.

Megan Fee Smith ’00 became Head Coach of the girls golf program at CDH. Charlie Lallas ’01 returned to CDH as head coach of the boys golf team.

Tony Leseman ‘01 presented at the national Institute for Leadership and Entrepreneurship in Education conference on school Marketing and Enrollment Data Management.

1950s // The Derham Hall Class of ‘57 celebrated their 80th birthdays together.

1980s // Officer Thomas Reis ’86 received the Richard H. Rowan award from the St. Paul Police Department. Reis is a 19-year street cop and was recognized for his commitment to improving and strengthening police-community relationships.

Lisa Johnson ‘02 was named as one of the 40 Under 40 by the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal. Johnson is a Vice President and Client Advisor at Bernstein Private Wealth Management.

Chuck Miesbauer ’03 has returned to CDH as Football Coach and Advancement Gift Officer.

Danny Docherty ’08 has been training with Team USA MN since 2015 with a goal of qualifying for the Olympics. In January, he ran the Houston marathon — his first marathon — and finished the race in a time of 2:18:27 in 19th place. He bettered the B qualifying standard and has earned the right to run in the 2020 Olympic trials in Atlanta, GA.

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Minnesota Twins Honor Joe Mauer ’01 with Bobblehead in Raider Jersey Joe Mauer ’01 was honored by the Minnesota Twins by retiring his No. 7. The official ceremony marking his retirement was a sold out game on June 15.

As a tribute to the hometown boy, the Twins developed a series of bobbleheads depicting top moments in Mauer’s career. The first bobblehead in the series featured Mauer swinging in his CDH Raiders baseball jersey.

CDH celebrated by sending a busload of baseball and softball players and fans to the game, many of whom proudly wore their Raider jerseys.

2010s Donnell Gresham Jr. ’15 played in the NCAA tournament for the Northeastern Huskies.

Sheala Osborne ’15, previously Assistance Coach, became the Head Coach of the CDH girls lacrosse program.

Michael Syverud ’16 was named a Newman Civic Fellow from St. John’s University. The Newman Civic Fellowship is a one-year experience emphasizing personal, professional and civic growth for students who have demonstrated a capacity for leadership and an investment in solving public problems.

Casey O’Brien ’17 received the Richard “Pinky” McNamara Student-Athlete Achievement Award from the University of Minnesota, given to individuals who have inspired all by making an extraordinary effort to succeed despite difficult circumstances, persevering during a time of tremendous adversity and/or overcoming a great challenge. Despite battling cancer for the fourth time, O’Brien has continued to participate in football practices and games while also achieving at a high academic level while pursuing his degree through the Carlson School of Management.

Jack Vinck ’17 is the new Facilities Intern for CDH. Ryan Larson ’18 played in the NCAA tournament for the Wofford Terriers and Daniel Oturu ’18 played for the Minnesota Gophers.

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In Memoriam This is a compilation of deceased alumni and friends we have been made aware of since the Winter 2019 Traditions. Please remember in your prayers our deceased Cretin, Derham Hall, and Cretin-Derham Hall alumni and their families, especially: Edward A. Blees ’36 John L. Whaley ’40 Robert J. Ulrich ’41 Richard A. Schoenberger ’43 Robert W. Sime ’43 Thomas W. Votel, MD ’44 Raymond L. Lemmons ’45 Kenneth J. Mauer ’45 John E. Nagan ’45 Clement E. Yares, Jr. ’45 Paul J. Kovarik ’46 John A. Kuntz, Jr. ’46 Patrick C. Molohon ’47 Albert G. Rivet ’47 Louis A. Emerson ’48 Nancy Kidder Lindquist ’48 Stanley R. Narusiewicz ’48 Ronald J. Flanagan ’49 Clarence F. Legel, Jr. ’49 Daniel Moga, PhD ’49 Richard F. Olsen ’50 Charles F. Cullen ’51 Thomas M. Murphy ’52 James M. Welsch ’52 James A. Lancette ’53 Joseph A. Rusch Jr. ’53 Robert N. Koppy ’54 David R. Kraus ’54 Herbert F. Dalglish ’55 John H. Dolan ’55 John G. Lischke ’55 Richard R. Nielsen ’55 John J. Donahe ’56 James M. Essling ’56 James E. Bacigalupo ’57 James F. Sullivan ’58 Gary A. Davis ’59 John G. Maley, MD ’59 Paul M. Kelnberger ’62 Donald W. Schlueter ’62 Pamela Schultz Plain ’63 John W. Fletcher ’67 Thomas M. Connor ’70 John L. Kessler ’70 Michael J. Knox ’70 William D. Liberman ’70

John E. Dervie ’73 Thomas A. Chapman ’74 Patrice Loney ’76 Pamela A. Grayson ’78 James J. Regnier ’87 Robert Brandt Pat Casey Brian J. Cavanagh Norma Doran Mary G. Gagne Martha Kieffer, CSJ Mary Beth Stupka Michael M. Tierney Elizabeth Waschbusch

CD H EVENTS // AUGUST 2019 13 Alumni Class Representative Meeting 19 New Parent Orientation 26 9th Grade Orientation 27 First Day of School // SEPTEMBER 2019 19 Cretin Alumni Banquet 29-Oct 6 Homecoming Week 23 No School – Faculty Inservice // OCTOBER 2019 7 Community Awards Dinner 11-12 Strategic Planning Retreat 17-21 MEA Break — Lasallian Teacher Inservice 25-27 Fall Theater Production 26 CDH Gala 30 GiveCDH Day // NOVEMBER 2019 1-3 Fall Theater Production 23 Derham Hall Event 27-29 Thanksgiving Break // DECEMBER 2019 12-15 Children’s Show 21- Jan 5 Christmas Break // JANUARY 2020 18 Admissions Placement Test 20 No School – MLK Day 23 Parent Teacher Conferences 24 No School – Faculty Inservice

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