The Raider - Winter 2013 with the 2012-13 Annual Report

TheRaider 2013

A PUBLICATION FOR ALUMNI, STUDENTS, PARENTS & FRIENDS OF REGIS JESUIT

WINTER ISSUE

Legend and Legacy M i k e D ohert y C a p s O f f

a S hinin g C oachin g C areer

INSIDE: 2012-13 Annual Report ALSO IN THIS ISSUE:

• Alumni in Finance • Save the Dates: • LARKORADO • Grand Opening Weekend of the Performing Arts Center & Student Commons

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Mike Doherty poses in the Regis Jesuit ’bubble’ in front of the long line of banners representing state and national titles the boys swim and dive team won during his 32-year coaching tenure.

Photo courtesy of Courtney Oakes, The Aurora Sentinel

SCHOOL NEWS

Message from the President............................................................................ 3 Legend & Legacy: Mike Doherty Caps Off a Shining Coaching Career..... 4 Alumni Tributes to Coach Doherty................................................................... 6 Standing Side by Side........................................................................................ 8 Save the Dates: LARK 2014 and Grand Opening Weekend.......................... 9 The 2013 Fall Classic Wrap Up........................................................................ 10 Investing in What They Do The Audit & Finance and Investment Committees . ................................. 11 Banking on it: Financial Literacy for Students ............................................ 11 Fall Sports Highlights....................................................................................... 12

2012-13 ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT

Message from Chair of the Board.................................................................... 1 Members of the Board of Trustees and Council of Regents........................ 2 Financial Overview ............................................................................................ 2 Donor Lists........................................................................................................... 3 Giving Reports..................................................................................................... 5 RJ by the Numbers............................................................................................. 8

THE ALUMNI RAIDER

Alumni in Finance............................................................................................. 13 The Final Celebration of the First Ten Years of the Girls Division............. 15 Class Notes........................................................................................................ 16

COMMUNITY NEWS

Faculty & Staff Notes....................................................................................... 19 Raider Journeys................................................................................................ 20 Where Are They Now: Joe Ptak..................................................................... 22 In Memoriam..................................................................................................... 23 Upcoming Events............................................................................. Back Cover The Raider and Alumni Raider are published by Regis Jesuit High School twice a year [summer and winter]. Your comments, opinions, inquiries about the magazine, Regis Jesuit High School, its programs or community members including alumni are welcome to communications@regisjesuit.com. Story ideas and submissions are welcome as well.

Regis Jesuit High School admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.

President: Rev. Philip G. Steele, SJ ’66 Principals: Alan Carruthers – Boys Division

Gretchen M. Kessler – Girls Division Chief Financial Officer: Carol Mendlik Vice President of Operations: Rick Sullivan Vice President of Advancement: John Jackson Director of Communications: Charisse J. Broderick King Contributors: Cole Ancell ’16 Shannon Aquino Helen Bingham Kate Clawson ’17 Adam Dawkins ’98 Claire D’Costa ’17 Chrissie Douglas Julie Grubaugh ’16 John Jackson Final 02.28.10 Andrew James ’14 Carmine Lonardo ’16 Carol Mendlik Paul Miller ’04 Bethany Paul Anthony Pidanick ’15 Kimberly Reynders Matt Shanahan ’16 Amanda Shepherd John Sheridan ’76 Phil Steele, SJ ’66 R.J. Tuchscherer ’01 Mary Zimmerman Design: TaCito Design, Inc. Printing: Unique Litho, Inc.

Mission Statement

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Regis Jesuit High School, a Catholic educational community, affirms the uniqueness and dignity of individuals, inspires the pursuit of excellence, fosters faith and a commitment to service and justice, and strives to develop a connection to the world community.

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Message from the President

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This issue of The Raider is a lot about numbers. It features some of our “numbers guys”—alums in the world of investment and finance—and our retiring swim and dive coach, Mike Doherty, whose numbers rival those of any coach in any sport at any time in the history of the state of Colorado.

It’s remarkable to stop and think how many of us spend a huge part of each day crunching, massaging, testing and digesting numbers. Barely two months into the school year, we began working on next year’s budget. On most days during the fall semester we host eighth-grade shadow visitors eager to kick the RJ tires; and then we compare our shadow and Open House numbers to those of last year. Even without Missy, our future looks bright, if there is any meaning in the fact that one couple brought their first-born, 16 month-old child to Open House this year!

Many of the numbers that confront us each day are frightening. The middle depths of a part of the Pacific Ocean have warmed 15 times faster in the past 60 years than they did during the previous 10,000 years. More American soldiers died from suicide last year than from combat. CPR only saves people’s lives between 5% and 10% of the time. 90% of Americans live within 15 minutes of a Walmart.

In all seriousness, we cannot help but wonder for what sort of world we are preparing our children. I am quite certain that most of those reading this magazine are counting on Regis Jesuit to continue to be a powerful force in forming young men and women whose faith, intelligence, creativity, passion and care will impact the world of tomorrow. But our numbers can be scary too. Our tuition has doubled in the past 13 years. Parents with infants wonder what things will look like 13 years from now, when their children are ready for high school. We Jesuits are not immune to the temptation to let fear rather than trust color our vision of the future; after all, when I look at my senior yearbook from 1966, I count 20 Jesuits out of a total faculty and staff of 30! There are seven of us this year for a student body three times the size of “the old” Regis Jesuit.

As important and useful and necessary as numbers can be, it is crucial that we get behind the numbers to encounter truths beyond those that are measurable. Behind Mike Doherty’s glitzy statistics are lives that have been powerfully shaped by the discipline, values and care shown by a high school coach. Behind the “bean counter” label of our alums in the world of numbers is a torrent of generosity toward not only Regis Jesuit, but other schools, parishes and institutions that rely on contributions and volunteer commitment. Behind our higher tuition number is the truth that we have made huge strides in our ability to secure fair compensation for our faculty and staff, while keeping pace with the growing need for tuition assistance on the part of our families.

Is there any reason to think that the Holy Spirit, who has guided us through all sorts of challenges in our 136-year history, is going to abandon us now? Is there any reason to think that our amazing RJ community will suddenly abandon each other and the school that has been such a gift to so many of us? The names in the Annual Report are representative of the generosity and commitment of thousands of parents, faculty and staff, alumni and friends—with the Board of Trustees and outstanding Chair John Sheridan ’76 leading the way. I am profoundly grateful to each of you, and I promise that you can continue to count on my prayers and those of the Jesuit Community.

In Christ,

Rev. Philip G. Steele, SJ ’66

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Legend and Legacy

Mike Doherty ends long coaching career on top B y Andrew J ames ’ 14 , A nthony Pidanick ’ 1 5 and Cole Ancell ’ 1 6

Here stand the facts: 32 years, 20 state championships, four national championships, 91 All-Americans, 86 Academic All-Americans and a 387-31 record. These are the figures that head boys Swim & Dive coach Mike Doherty left behind when he announced his retirement from coaching at the beginning of the 2013-14 school year. But he leaves behind more than just state records and lots of shiny hardware. There is also a legacy, a dynasty and a tradition he built during his career as coach.

Doherty, in white shirt, with the 1983 Swim & Dive team

It all started with a neighborhood swim team in 1975, when Doherty was just 17 years old. He showed up to the pool one day and found out that they didn’t have a coach; he had quit unexpectedly. This was obviously a problem, and the team needed a leader. Doherty stepped up and took over as the coach of the team. He knew how to swim, but coaching was an entirely different aspect of the sport. He coached for the remainder of his senior year and into college as well as a summer job.“It was a real family atmosphere with the neighborhood kids, and that got me into coaching,” Doherty said. This would be the starting block for the rest of Doherty’s career and the beginning of what would become the Regis Jesuit swimming dynasty.

The legacy of Regis Jesuit swimming didn’t exactly start out strong. In 1981, the Regis Jesuit swimming coach quit two weeks before the season started, leaving the position open.

Doherty was doing his student teaching at Westminster High School at the same time. He found out about the opening and contacted the school to see if he could apply. He got the job, and with it, inherited all 13 swimmers that were on the team at the time. winter 2013

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Obviously, they did not start out winning state championships.

“It took us a long time to build up; it took us a long time to get respectable,” Doherty said. “We were lucky if we could win half of our meets when we first started.” As the program grew, the talent improved. In 1985 everything fell into place. The Raiders had a couple of strong senior swimmers and ended up getting second place in the state meet. This achievement was huge for the team, having never won anything before. “Our kids were throwing each other in water, acting as if we had won,” Doherty said.

The push to first was even more of a challenge. Regis Jesuit was runner up for five years in a row after that initial second place finish. The year before they first won state was possibly one of the most pivotal of Doherty’s entire career. They broke through the ice with a win over perpetual powerhouse Cherry Creek in a dual meet 92 to 78. “They had just absolutely dominated us for over a decade,” Doherty said. The spirit of Regis Jesuit that we see today at sporting events helped spur them on, filling the bleachers to watch them take on Creek.

EDITOR’S NOTE: This article first appeared in the student-run Boys Division newspaper, The Raider Review.

A smile in the 1992 yearbook.

Did Coach know that his State win that year would be the first of many?

Doherty and his team didn’t win state that year; one of their top swimmers got appendicitis a week before the state meet and was in the hospital. But that loss lit the fire under the swimmers.

They all trained in the off-season and came back and obliterated Cherry Creek the next year in the state meet. That was also the year of their first national championship.

After that first championship win the Raiders never looked back.

They won an additional 19 state championships and another three national championships under Coach Doherty. Last year’s state meet was particularly eventful, with the Raider swimmers breaking state and even some national records in the process.

“We had a dream state meet last year,” Doherty said. “Pretty much at the end it went about as well as it possibly could have gone. It was the pinnacle of what a team could achieve in Colorado.”

The team has been so dominant in fact, that other schools have resorted to alternative methods to try and topple the Raiders from their throne. The one small blip in the line of consecutive state championships by Regis Jesuit occurred in 2010 season.

The Raiders senior class was small due to some transfers that year by swimmers to other schools. “[Other schools] were on the top end of having a really strong team that year and we were on the bottom end, rebuilding that year,” Doherty said. “It was a good experience to lose, but it made the rest of our team so focused that it culminated in last year’s state meet.”

What sets Doherty apart as a coach are his discipline and high expectations of all the swimmers both in the bubble and in the classroom. “His passion towards the school in general is one to be considered. It’s not just for the swim team. He cares about the whole community of Regis,” captain Hennessey Stuart ’14 said. “He definitely takes pride in both areas of his work. When he’s coaching he leaves everything in the pool and completely focuses on his team, and when he’s in school he focused on being Dean.” This kind of excellence that Doherty expects from his swimmers and his students has been one of his philosophies since the beginning of his coaching and teaching careers.

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After all these amazing highlights and considering this legacy that Doherty has built for both himself and Regis Jesuit, some people might be puzzled that he decided to give it all up.

In reality, it is primarily an issue of time. Being a dean is a full-time job, and being the swimming coach adds even more hours to his already busy schedule. “It’s a huge commitment to deliver the type of product that our swim team has,” Doherty said. “I would never want to be coaching a kid who needs nine practices a week and we only do five practices because I didn’t feel like getting up.”

His decision to step down was not made lightly; Doherty consulted with Boys Division Chaplain, Fr. Kevin Dyer, SJ, as well as fellow coaches, evaluating how last season went and how he felt about it. “I did not want to walk away from the program when there was nothing else in the cupboard. I wanted to make sure the program was in a strong place before I left,” Doherty said.

It was announced in October 2013 that Nick Frasersmith, coach of the Denver Swim Academy, would be stepping up to take over the reins from Doherty. Frasersmith has served as an assistant coach to Doherty for two decades and is fresh off his own state championship win, the second in three seasons, as head coach of the Regis Jesuit girls Swim & Dive team.

“Having been a part of the program for so long, it’s a little scary; those are incredibly tough shoes to fill.” Frasersmith told the Aurora Sentinel’s Courtney Oakes when he was announced as the new coach, “I go in knowing I’m not going to be able to fill them. There’s so much Mike has done and does for this program that I don’t think anybody can duplicate.

There are a lot of things Mike’s done that you don’t see from the outside, but behind the scenes it is incredible. It’s a reflection on why he had so much success. …I’ll do the best I can to continue what Mike has built and keep the traditions going.” Frasersmith intends to keep as much of the original coaching staff intact as possible, including Taylor Roberts, who has helped the Raiders develop the state’s dominant diving program.

Doherty leaves the program in the best place he possibly could, with strong senior leaders, a lot of young talent and an obviously well-established tradition of excellence. Senior captain Hennessey Stuart and the rest of the team look to lead the Raiders to another state championship.“The other captains and I want to make sure there are certain things about the team that won’t change,” he said. “I have faith in it.”

Alumnus and Boys Division science teacher Jon Powell ’95 swam for the Raiders when they won their first state championship in 1992. “There was always an expectation that we handle ourselves with the utmost discipline, and that we handle ourselves with respect in everything we do,” Powell said.

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6 The Alpha and Omega Cross has been a signature symbol of the boys Swim & Dive team

Alumni Swimmers

Celebrate Coach Doherty Here are excerpts of some of the thoughts alumni shared about Mike Doherty as coach.

To see the complete version of these tributes or to submit one of your own, visit www.regisjesuit.com/CoachD.

“Mr. D turned a kid who could barely do a flip-turn in the slow lane to an athlete who placed at State. He showed the team compassion, strength and the importance of doing what you know is right. These are all qualities that I have taken from the pool and tried to integrate into my life. His example has influenced the way I taught and coached all of my students.”

– Fritz Long ’90

“I respect how Mr. Doherty has high expectations for an individual, team and school. He gave credit when working and accomplishing toward those expectations and held you to standards of excellence. ’D’ could only do that with the confidence he has because he has the same high expectations for himself. It is a way of life that I have learned and tried to emulate because of him.”

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“Coach Doherty was someone who taught me the value of loyalty and teamwork. He consistently created an army out of a very individualized sport and he created an atmosphere only found in tight-knit families. He didn’t win all those championships because his teams were stacked with talented swimmers. Yes, he had some extremely talented athletes, but the majority of guys he coached were very average. He won championship upon championship by helping people to believe in themselves and to believe in one another.

He was the absolute master of maximizing your potential.”

– Zach Shattuck ’99

SWIMMING

– Phillip J. Long ’92

“[Coach Doherty] was able to get the best out of us, no matter what. He inspired us to challenge ourselves more than thinking about the opponent. Even if we were facing a team of eight swimmers, we were up for every meet. He knew exactly at what point in the season it was time to push our training and when it was time to back off. And he didn’t do it in a way that was in your face. His planning, practice and consistency were impressive.”

– Aaron Hebenstreit ’98

“I am reminded of Coach Doherty on a nearly daily basis as I teach and coach at a Catholic high school in LA. ‘What would Doherty do?’ is a question I find myself often asking. In fact, one of the initial reasons I wanted to become a teacher and coach was because I saw what a positive impact a Catholic male role model could have on students and athletes. Coach Doherty’s impact is unique because of the sheer amount of hours we spent together in the water or on the deck. The lessons I learned on that team served me well as a student-athlete in college and remain at the cornerstone of my work as a teacher, coach and father.”

– Brady Lowdermilk ’00

“It is not uncommon to spot former swimmers coming back to visit the team, or a parent of an alumnus at dual meet or state, cheering side by side with the new parents, because Regis Jesuit swimming has always been more than laps in a pool and points on the board. It is about every single entity in that community doing what they need to be doing to make the people around them successful; to keep a tradition proud by moving forward towards excellence: no excuses, no regrets. To that, we thank Coach Doherty. Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam!”

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– Andrew Long ’00

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By the Numbers

In honor of Coach Doherty’s amazing career as head coach of the boys Swim & Dive team,

Coach Mike ’Big Dog’ Doherty’s Career

will raise funds for a scholarship

1981 year hired as RJ swim coach

Learn more at

32 years coaching the boys Swim & Dive team

www.regisjesuit.com/LARK2014.

the LARK 2014 special appeal in his honor.

20 state swimming championships 6 state records 4 national swimming championships 2 national records 387-31 overall record 112 swimmers who went on to swim in college 91 All-American swimmers 86 Academic All-American swimmers Countless lives touched

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Standing Side by Side

Regis Jesuit launches comprehensive bullying prevention program With re p ortin g b y M att S hanahan ’ 1 6 , Carmine L onardo ’ 1 6 , J ulie Grubaug h ’ 16 , Kate C lawson ’ 1 7 and Claire D’ Costa ’ 1 7

Regis Jesuit High School intends to make bullying a thing of the past. After a 2012 student and faculty survey showed that Regis Jesuit was dealing with matters of bullying and harassment, a committee came together to bring awareness to the issues. Danielle Trollinger, Girls Division theology teacher and Side by Side committee member, described the inspiration for the Side by Side Program, “We didn’t want to be a normal school; we wanted to be an exceptional school. We saw a need for [the Side by Side Program]; a desire in the students to create an environment where they felt they could be even more themselves.”

The newly implemented Side by Side Program, which kicked off at the beginning of this school year, is based on the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program, the leading research-based program that has been shown to make schools safer. It is intended to bring students, faculty, parents and the outside community together to educate them on how to recognize and stand up to bullying. A core group of teachers, administrators and students spent about a year and a half researching, training and planning to ensure that the resulting program would reflect the Ignatian spirit of our community.

To build a shared foundation for the program throughout the community, the Side by Side committee partnered with the

To learn more about

school’s One Book One Community initiative to offer the book Dear Bully: Seventy Authors Tell Their Stories as summer reading for all students. Reading this book provided a common experience for everyone and prepared them for the launch of the program.

As the entire community gathered on the JV Baseball field at the program kickoff in August, Boys Division Chaplain, Fr. Kevin Dyer, SJ, challenged everyone to “Rebel! Go against the norm and be different.” Encouraging those gathered not only to recognize the differences in each other, but to embrace them.

The program will be rolled out throughout this school year with six advisement lessons designed to address some of the main concerns of bullying. Early indications are that it is already having a positive effect. “Students are willing to report incidents to the Deans and are committed to making our school a safer environment for everyone,” said Margi Kruse, Girls Division Counselor.

In order to ensure that the program is perpetuated on an ongoing basis, there will be a recommitment ceremony at the beginning of each year, and lessons will be integrated more into the classroom. For now, Regis Jesuit High School asks everyone in the community to pledge to stand side by side against bullying.

Side by Side Pledge

the Side by Side Program at Regis Jesuit, visit www. regisjesuit.com/

At Regis Jesuit we will:

sidebyside.

Not bully others

Help students who are bullied Include students who are left out Talk to an adult and expect a response

Girls signing the Side by Side banner during the kickoff event. Photo credit: Nicole Bergstrom ‘14

RJHS is joining hundreds of schools around the country and throughout the world that are taking action to stop and prevent bullying. Side by Side promotes a positive peer culture by empowering our community to stand “side by side.”

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Save the Dates!

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Two very special events are happening next April!

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take place April 24-26, 2014. Details for all the events at www.regisjesuit.com/PACGrandOpeningWeekend.

historic arena of the National Western Complex Saturday, April 12, 2014.

More information: www.regisjesuit.com/LARK2014

PERFORMIN G ARTS CEN TER & S T U D E N T C O M M O N S

It’s

Festivities for the grand opening weekend celebration of the new Performing Arts Center & Student Commons building

LARK returns to the

SHOWTIME! GRAND OPE NING WEEK END A P R I L 2 4 - 2 6 2 0 1 4

You don’t want to miss these special events!

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Driving for Tuition Assistance The ninth annual Fall Classic sinks another hole-in-one

THE FALL CLASSIC benefitting REGIS JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL

at Sanctuary

PRESENTED BY RE/MAX, LLC

Tournament sponsor, Michael McDonald, waves goodbye as he heads out to the links for the ninth annual Fall Classic

Wet fairways and cloudy skies couldn’t dampen the spirits of the golfers and other friends who came out to the Sanctuary golf course for the ninth annual Fall Classic tournament on September 11, 2013. Despite the soggy weather, a sold-out field of 30 foursomes took to the still breathtaking course for a day dedicated to good fun and good doing. Presented by RE/MAX LLC, the 2013 tournament featured the McDonald Automotive Group as the presenting sponsor. Other top sponsors included Wells Fargo Bank, Lockton Companies and the T. Kevin McNicholas Foundation.

Returning to the clubhouse damp, but in good spirits nevertheless, the group was serenaded by the girls String Orchestra before sitting down to a warm and sumptuous meal.

Several students eloquently spoke to the crowd about the

profound influence Regis Jesuit is in their lives, made possible only by tuition assistance. After that it was paddles up for the live auction, and people bid generously. All told, the 2013 Fall Classic raised nearly $195K in support of Regis Jesuit’s tuition assistance program – the most successful tournament yet.

A bevy of volunteers, including the 2013 event committee of Mike Kennedy ’92, Mark & Ellen Kiniry, Michael McDonald, Lee Payne ’78 and John Zimmerman, made the day a phenomenal success on all levels. Our thanks also to Jim Benemann, our ever fabulous emcee, the outstanding staff at Sanctuary and our amazing Regis Jesuit students and volunteers for a great event. Thanks to all the players and sponsors who made the ‘drive’ in support of tuition assistance.

Mark your calendars for the 10th annual Fall Classic: Wednesday, September 10, 2014 at Sanctuary!

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Investing in what do they do…

The Important Work of the Committees of the Board

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There are nine committees that work with our Board of Trustees to help ensure that the mission of Regis Jesuit is fulfilled. Two of these committees are specifically tasked with supporting the school’s financial health, so it seemed apropos to profile them in this issue of The Raider focused on finance.

Audit & Finance Committee

The Audit & Finance Committee exists to review and monitor all aspects of the financial health of Regis Jesuit High School.

Among their duties are making recommendations to the Board of Trustees about the annual and long-term budgets and tuition amounts; reviewing monthly financial statements and procedures; and hiring the auditor for the school’s annual financial statement audit and tax services. The committee meets once a month during the school year.

Current members are: Bert Bondi (chair), Stacey Campbell, Larry Finch ’74, John Jackson, Mike Kennedy ’92, Marty Maxfield ’87, Sean McNicholas ’92, Carol Mendlik, Jeff Nemechek ’80, Bob Reich ’88, Mike Reidy ’72, Phil Steele, SJ ’66, Mary Sullivan and Tom Wittman.

Banking On It

Investment Committee

The Investment Committee is responsible for implementing a sound and consistent investment policy for Regis Jesuit. It is their responsibility to determine the allocation to various types of investments, hire and monitor the money managers for the school’s funds, and seek to achieve an optimum level of return within acceptable risk tolerance. They meet quarterly throughout the fiscal year.

Current members are:, Don Bechter ’80, Matt Dunker ’94, Mark Kiniry, Conor McCallin ’98, Carol Mendlik, Jeff Nemechek ’80, Nick Pavlakovich ’82, Phil Steele, SJ ’66, Rich Todd, Phil Votiero (chair), Carol Waller and John Zimmerman.

Developing Financial Literacy in Our Students “I just want to stamp out ignorance,” says Paul Malsam ’82, Boys Division math and accounting teacher, of the finance education opportunities he offers. Twelve years ago Malsam started the accounting elective, which he describes more as a personal finance course. The course is now offered (and full) both semesters and covers topics like stocks, bonds, insurance, tax returns and loans. Malsam warns parents during Back-toSchool night that students may come home with questions that they are reluctant to answer since personal finance inquiries are generally just that, personal. But he hopes that his class might be a conversation-starter and an opportunity to gain real world knowledge.

Malsam also moderates the Investment Club which involves more than 70 students. Each member gets a fictitious $10,000 to invest as he sees fit. This play money allows students to take chances, and learn from their mistakes. They evaluate the stocks, review sales ratios and chart readings. The club seems to “spark a passion” with students. Club members have been caught checking their stocks during class time on numerous occasions.

Although against the rules, it is still a great compliment to the moderator. The club also participates (and generally places top three) in the Junior Achievement DU Stock Market Challenge every year.

Even though there isn’t an accounting or personal finance course offered yet for the girls, Will Cropper ’98, Girls Division math and economics teacher, has offered an economics course since 2010, and there is hope to add Advanced Placement economics down the road. Although a wide variety of students take the course, Cropper says, “each student is curious and interested in how our economy works.” The girls seem drawn to the interactive activities that make a routine lecture more interesting like the Stock Market or real estate projects they do at the end of the semester.

Cropper says he wants his students “…to feel confident reading, talking about and being an active participant in our economy.

Everything they do on a day-to-day basis has an effect on our economy and I hope they understand how and why.”

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Fall Sports Highlights Girls Division

B o y s D ivision

Cross Country

Cross Country

The girls had their best season to date, finishing in second place

The Raiders finished ninth overall at the League Championships.

at Regionals and seventh overall at State. Julia Vitella ’17 paced the Raiders, placing 18th overall at State.

Football The Raiders posted an 8-1 regular season record, receiving the

Field Hockey

fourth overall seed heading into the playoffs, where they fell to

In the program’s fourth varsity season, the Raiders posted their

Grandview in the second round.

first-ever double-digit win total. They entered postseason play winning five in a row; however, were unable to capture their

Golf

first-ever State playoff victory, falling to Palmer Ridge.

Four-peat! Head coach Craig Rogers has won his fourth consecutive State Championship. Spencer Painton ’14 capped off

Rugby

his magnificent season with an individual State title.

Although having a challenging regular season with a 2-5 record, girls rugby ended the season on a high note with a third-place

Soccer

State finish.

After a subpar regular season, the Raiders gave it all they could against third-seeded Rangeview in the first round of the playoffs,

Softball

but fell just short in overtime.

It was a tough year for the Raiders as they finished 3-14-2 overall.

Tennis Volleyball

The Raiders handily won the regional title and qualified all but

In a bounce-back year, the Raiders finished 19-4, earning a four-

their No. 1 singles player for State. A solid performance at State

seed at Regionals.

earned them a fourth-place finish.

Look for full recaps for all the teams in the 2014 summer issue of The Raider.

Follow the Regis Jesuit High School Facebook and Twitter feeds to stay up-to-date.

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Give today at www.regisjesuit.com/giving.

Thank you for being Moms and Dads for Others!

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Board of Trustees

Dear Friends:

I had the opportunity this fall to travel with the Principals and Fr. Steele to the High School Leadership Group conference for all the Jesuit high schools in the Missouri and New Orleans Provinces. As I listened to the chairs of the other boards talk about their experiences, I was overcome with gratitude for all the people here who make Regis Jesuit High School work. In my first year as Chair of the Board of Trustees, I have been impressed repeatedly with how willing members of our community are to step up and volunteer.

Nearly 100 people serve on the nine committees of our Board (Executive, Advancement, Audit & Finance, Capital Projects, Education & Student Life, Ignatian Identity, Investment, Membership, Planning & Major Projects), helping to guide the school in serving its mission. Add to that the hundreds of volunteers that do everything from serving cookies in the lunchroom, working the concession stands at games, staffing the Raider Shops to being the backbone of major events like LARK, and we have so much for which to be grateful! I would like to thank our departing Board Trustees, Sean Agniel and Fr. Bert Chilson, for their work on behalf of the school.

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This past year has been one of new ventures and celebrations. In late March, we broke ground for the new Performing Arts Center & Student Commons building. Thanks to serendipitous timing, the Board was able both to secure funding for the building and to restructure Regis Jesuit’s entire debt, while taking advantage of historic low bond rates. As the third piece of the FOUNDATIONS FOR EXCELLENCE (FFE) Campaign, the new building will serve as the heart of the campus both physically and communally, as the first structure to be built to be used by both the boys and the girls. Though the building is slated to be completed in January 2014, FFE doesn’t end there. We still are looking to raise the remaining $2.8 million of the $20 million campaign goal by the end of 2014 to augment our endowments for tuition assistance and faculty compensation.

The spring of 2013 also saw LARK, our biggest annual fundraiser, move off campus for the first time to celebrate its 40th anniversary to the historic arena of the National Western Complex. Scores of alumni, parents of grads and former faculty members joined with current parents and teachers to kick up their boot heels and make the ruby and rhinestone-studded event sparkle with historic success, netting more than half a million dollars! That support, paired with funds raised for the Annual Fund through PACE and Alumni Class Scholarships, allowed the school to complete more than $1 million in capital improvements and plant maintenance over the summer. The artificial turf was replaced on the both the football and lacrosse fields, and air conditioning was installed in the Blessed Rupert Mayer Chapel.

In August, several hundred alumnae and their families appreciated the newly cooler chapel as they convened on campus to celebrate the Girls Division’s 10th anniversary with Mass and a reception. What began as a mustard seed planted in hope and faith has flourished over the last decade to become a thriving and vital piece of the landscape for Catholic education in the Denver area.

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There is so much to be proud of in what we do here every day as the community of Regis Jesuit. I am honored and privileged to serve alongside you.

Sincerest thanks,

VIEW THE FULL REPORT ONLINE: John F. Sheridan ’76 Chairman

www.regisjesuit.com/annualreport All cash donors in the 2012-13 fiscal year are listed on our website.

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Annual report

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statement of activities Regis Jesuit High School

2012-13 REVENUES

Board of Trustees Mr. Donald A. Bechter Mr. Bert R. Bondi Mrs. Julie J. Bunsness Mr. Stacey A. Campbell Mrs. Susan B. Clark Mrs. Molly Jenkins Cohen Mr. Fred J. Diss ’79 Rev. John P. Fitzgibbons, SJ Mr. John A. Harpole Rev. Jeffrey D. Harrison, SJ Mrs. Ellen Kiniry Mrs. Eileen McCallin Rev. Timothy M. McMahon, SJ Rev. Gerard E. Menard, SJ Mr. Caleb Meyer ’93 Mrs. Karen M. Miller Mr. Daniel P. Murray, Sr. ’74 Mr. Eugene A. Naes, Jr. ’80 Mr. Michael L. Reidy ’72 Mr. John F. Sheridan ’76 Rev. Philip G. Steele, SJ ’66 Mrs. Mary L. Sullivan Mrs. Ana S. Titterington Mr. Philip F. Vottiero

Council of Regents Mr. Gregory Armstrong Mr. Richard O. Campbell ’54 Dr. Kenneth J. Cavanaugh Mrs. Marion G. Curtis Mr. James M. Davis Mrs. Annabelle Deline Mr. Donald E. Gallegos ’51 Mr. Patrick F. Gartland ’65 Mr. Guy H. Gibbs ’47 Rev. Ralph D. Houlihan, SJ Mrs. Margaret M. Kelly Mr. Gerald Laber Rev. Louis J. McCabe, SJ ’58 Mr. Daniel J. McCallin ’67 Mr. Kevin McNicholas Dr. John E. Meyer Mrs. Margaret Nemechek Mrs. Cleo Parker Robinson Mr. Thomas E. Robinson ’64 Rev. Walter T. Sidney, SJ Rev. Leo F. Weber, SJ ’44 Mr. Walter S. Weckbaugh ’62 Mr. Michael A. Zoellner ’74

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Financial Overview

Investment Earnings Current gifts & special events Long-term gifts Tuition & fees Auxiliary activities

4.1% 5.8% 10.9% 74.7% 4.5%

2012-13 EXPENSES Salaries & benefits Education & student services Maintenance & utilities Tuition assistance Planning & administration Depreciation Debt service expense Advancement

58.3% 12.8% 3.8% 10.7% 2.5% 6.0% 1.7% 4.2%

Regis Jesuit takes seriously its responsibility to earn and maintain the trust of our donors.

More than 85 percent of every dollar given to the school goes directly to our programs.

Unrestricted Funds for the Twelve Months Ended June 30, 2013 and 2012 REVENUES Tuition and fees

2013 2012 19,377,621

18,104,235

Auxiliary activities

1,182,799

1,257,213

Contributions and special events

2,442,615

2,722,402

576,414

(238,865)

23,579,449

21,844,985

17,436,442

16,101,905

3,553,037

3,501,513

Investment earnings and net (losses) gains TOTAL REVENUES EXPENSES School instruction and operations Student clubs and auxiliary activities Management and general Fundraising, communications and web expenses TOTAL EXPENSES Decrease in unrestricted funds

843,306

948,602

1,406,978

1,460,663

23,239,763

22,012,683

339,686

(167,698)

SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION ON RESTRICTED FUNDS Contributions: campaign (FFE) and other long-term purposes 2,742,782 Investment (losses) gains on restricted funds

4,459,084

487,133

(54,396)

Distributions

(433,934)

(481,688)

Net increase in restricted funds

2,795,981

3,923,000

FIRST COMPANIONS SOCIETY Honoring donors who have made lifetime gifts totaling $200,000-$499,999 Anonymous Edwin J. and Kathleen Bernau Citywide Banks George and Barbara Coleman Katherine Coleman Coleman Family Foundation Colorado Rockies Charity Fund, a Fund of the McCormick Tribune Foundation Considine Family Foundation George F. ’56 and Mildred W. Coughlin George B. and Marion G. Curtis James M. and Jackie Davis Michael J. and Elizabeth A. Gallagher The Virginia Hill Charitable Foundation Violet M. Johnson Family Foundation Gerald J. and Alice L. Laber Dave and Gail Liniger Daniel J. ’67 and Eileen McCallin Charles† A. ’50 and Mary P. McFadden TKM McNicholas Foundation Timothy J. and Therese A. Miller Monaghan Foundation J.K. Mullen Foundation Wayne and Diana Murdy Debbi R. Murray Patrick W. Murray C. Robert and Kathleen Nicolls Vincent† N. ’44 and Marilyn† Schmitz Schmitz Family Foundation Florence Schneider Trust Lawrence† E. Schneider Bernard W. and Nancy F. Schotters John F. ’76 and Susan C. Sheridan Kent P. Stevinson John D. Strohm and Mary Pat Link Trust Company of America Eleanore Mullen Weckbaugh

Foundation

The Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus Stanley P. and Linda J. Massey J. Barry† and Rita † H.McCallan James P. ’76 and Beth J. McConaty Michael S. and Jane F. McDonald Daniel J. and Carol M. Mendlik John E. and Cheri Meyer Daniel J. and Michelle K. Murphy Eugene A. ’80 and Lori M. Naes Ralph Nagel Jeffrey L. ’80 and Heather A. Nemechek Steven A. and Lynn L. Nichols Jim and Jane Normile Lee J. ’78 and Olga L. Payne Dean and Colleen Pisciotta David A. and Dinah Powers The Edmund T. and Eleanor Quick Foundation, Inc. George E. ’58 and Maureen Reid Darrell† G. and Mary Elaine† Reum James J. and Maureen C. Rose Barry L. and Linda M. Rowan William† J. and Bernice† Sanko Samuel F. Saracino ’69 and M. Victoria Ries John M. and Angela M. Schmidt David A. and Mary Jo Schmitz Richard V. ’81 and Susan Schmitz Mark J. and Thu Schuler The Schuler Family Foundation David and Mary Sidney The Harry Trueblood Foundation Michael J. and Jan Urban Philip F. and Sherrie A. Vottiero William E. ’62 and Marge Wagner Richard G. and Karen L. Walker William G. and Patricia Wall Randall L. and Patricia B. Wambsganss Walter S. ’62 and Janice Weckbaugh Weckbaugh Foundation Wells Fargo Bank Robert E. and Carla Wright Xavier Jesuit Center Wayne F. and Nona Yakes Craig J. ’75 and Beth Zoellner Zoellner Foundation ST. JOHN FRANCIS REGIS LEGACY FOR OTHERS SOCIETY Honoring donors who have made the ultimate gift by recognizing Regis Jesuit in their wills or estate plans Donald and Julie Alcorn Randy P. and Karen M. Blach Jim ’69 and Mally Blecha Leo J. Boyle ’64 Ronald W. Cattany ’71 Kenneth J. and Eileen C. Cavanaugh Robert L. and Molly J. Cohen Pete ’74 and Sharon Coursey James M. ’59 and Cynthia DeFrancia Matthew J. and Patricia A. Deibel Martha Diss Sundby William V. ’73 and Donna A. Dunn Robert† L. Etzkorn ’56

James D. and Diane S. Evans Stephen A. and Kelleen Finn Thomas† A. Fortune ’28 V and Jan Gaines Donald E. ’51 and Cheri Gallegos John T. Grace ’52 Laurence† M. ’28 and Zena† Guilford James M. Haffey ’54 Edward† F. ’44 and Iris† Hanifen William and Maribeth Hanzlik Charles A. Haskell ’55 Thomas† V. ’30 and June† Healy Robert P. Horen ’89 Rev. Walter† R. Jaeger ’40 David P. and Annette Jewell Charles L. ’58 and Debra Johnson Joseph† D. Keating Frank Kelly ’67 Richard J. ’48 and Mary Kemme Dorothy† W. King Gerald J. and Alice L. Laber Donald M. ’51 and Carol S. Lawless Robert Lovelace ’84 Lori R. Mahan Thomas† J. Mahon ’42 Daniel J. ’67 and Eileen McCallin Gerald ’45 and Lois McCarthy Anne McConnell Christopher A. ’78 and Collette M. McConnell William P. ’45 and Jeanne M. McDonald Charles† A. ’50 McFadden Gerald A. ’65 and Wendy Mornin James and Heather Mulvihill Eugene A. ’80 and Lori M. Naes Warren J. Olsen ’74 Dennis K. ’59 and Linda Primavera Michael L. ’72 and Jean F. Reidy Samuel F. Saracino ’69 and M. Victoria Ries Karl W. Sauer ’65 Martin J. ’75 and Megan Schmitz Vincent† N. ’44 and Marilyn† Schmitz Lawrence† E. Schneider Patricia† A. Shepherd John F. ’76 and Susan C. Sheridan Walter† T. Sr. and Mary Jane† Sidney Rick Sobczyk Alma† E. Straw Elsie† Stucka Rev. Robert† M. Syrianey ’38 Richard M. and Joan M. Todd Francis† A. and Virginia Weber William† J. Webster Michael A. ’74 and Nancy A. Zoellner

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JUBILEE SOCIETY Honoring donors who have made lifetime gifts totaling $500,000-$999,999 Anonymous Stephen A. and Kelleen Finn Gates Family Foundation The Jarx Foundation, Inc. Fr. Edward Maguire, SJ and Br. Joseph Gockel, SJ Memorial Scholarship Fund Walter† T. Sr. and Mary Jane† Sidney Michael A. ’74 and Nancy A. Zoellner

IGNATIAN SOCIETY Honoring donors who have made lifetime gifts totaling $50,000-$199,999 Anonymous Archdiocese of Denver Thomas J. Balestrieri Boettcher Foundation Bert R. Bondi Gregory and Diane Braden Timothy and Alison Brantley John and Lisa Brasher Scott C. and Susan L. Brown Bernita Buncher Jack A. Buncher Trust Michael C. ’73 and Vicki Byrne Richard O. ’54 and Dorothy M. Campbell George and Mary Kay Cavanaugh Kenneth J. and Eileen C. Cavanaugh Robert L. and Molly J. Cohen Marshall C. ’62 and Jane Crouch Thomas J. ’96 and Kristen Davis James and Katherine DeFranco Robert E. ’48 and Annabelle Deline Robert H. ’73 and Barbara Deline The Denver Foundation Denver Nuggets Community Fund, a Fund of the McCormick Tribune Foundation Fred J. ’79 and Annette M. Diss DWK Charitable Lead Trust Jim A. and Margaret O. Escobedo Farrell-Roeh Capital, LLP Jeff and Eileen B. Finn John P. and Maureen T. Fitzgerald William R. and Paula J. Fitzgerald William J. ’65 and Kathleen† Fortune Paul J. ’59 and Marilyn Foster V and Jan Gaines Paul J. and Jennifer M. Gale Donald E. ’51 and Cheri Gallegos Brent L. and Kirsten B. Handler Edward† F. ’44 and Iris† Hanifen Ed J. and Jennifer L. Haselden James M. and Carleen V. Haselden Richard W. and Laura K. Healey Allan R. and Diana E. Heinle Joseph ’70 and Barbara Heit Stephen C. and Larissa L. Herda Msgr. Edward M. Hoffmann Richard W. and Cynthia Horrigan John B. and Charlotte B. Jackson David P. and Annette Jewell Margaret Kelley John A. and Margaret M. Kelly Dorothy† W. King Mark R. and Ellen L. Kiniry KM Concessions & Service Systems Associates V. Michael and Gloria Komppa David and Marcia Lanoha Jeremy K. Law and Ana G. Cajade-Law Mark S. and Polly B. Lestikow Byron J. ’97 and Courtney Levkulich Lawrence and Beverly Luchini John and Mari Ann Martin

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MAGIS SOCIETY Honoring donors who have made lifetime gifts totaling $1,000,000 or more Anonymous Terry and Betsy Considine Jesuit Community of Regis Jesuit High School The Jesuits of the Missouri Province Thomas† J. Mahon ’42

Lifetime Giving Societies

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Donor Recognition

† Deceased

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Donor Recognition 1877 SOCIETY Honoring donors who made gifts in the 2012-13 fiscal year totaling $1877 or more, in celebration of the school’s founding year Anonymous Academy Roofing Marwan Al-Bawardy ’89 Harry G. and Kendra L. Alcock Rick and D.D. Alexander Kenneth and Aimée D. Alley American Family Insurance American Trainco, Inc. Anadarko Petroleum Corporation Rodney P. and Kylie S. Antal John L. ’67 and Denise F. Archambault The Arizona Sports Foundation Gregory and Karyll Armstrong Hugh P. and Jean A. Armstrong Anthony J. and Christine A. Arnese Nitu and Kelly Arora Kevin T. Bain and Barbara L. Burck Luke Bakiras and Laurel Davis Emily S. Ballinger Andrew and Karla Bauman John F. and Natalia P. Bealer Don A. ’80 and Cara Bechter Patrick and Marian Beirne Stephen D. and Marnie M. Bell Belmar Pharmacy Burton and Carol M. Bennett Edwin J. and Kathleen Bernau Berry Petroleum Company LaFawn Biddle Jim B. Bienemann Kevin T. and Christine B. Biernat Randy P. and Karen M. Blach Mark S. and Karen L. Blumhardt Luke D. and Nancy S. Boland Tony and Amy R. Bolazina Bert R. Bondi Javier R. ’45 and Alma Bours Curtis and Suzan Boyd Donald H. and Patricia O. Brandes Timothy and Alison Brantley Ronald Brink and Jean M. Henke Scott and Susan Brown Brown - Forman John S. and Christine K. Browner Thomas M. and DeAnn L. Brunts Brian and Julie Bunsness Timothy J. and Margaret G. Burke Matthew P. Burkley ’89 David P. and Karen Q. Burlage Robert and Cecilia Burrell CADE Drilling Michael and Jill O. Cahill Richard O. ’54 and Dorothy M. Campbell Stacey A. and Michelle D. Campbell John A. Carroll DDS John S. and Tamia A. Carter Justin Carter ’98 John and Judith M. Case Robert K. and Jennifer S. Caseria George and Mary Kay Cavanaugh Kenneth J. and Eileen C. Cavanaugh Kevin G. Cernich ’83 Daniel D. and Donna M. Chamberlain Citywide Banks Nathan Clark ’96 Cloud Elements Coblaco Services Inc James D. and Katharine H. Cochran Roger C. and Linda J. Cochran Robert L. and Molly J. Cohen George and Barbara Coleman Richard K. and Tracy R. Coleman Coleman Family Foundation Colorado Rockies Charity Fund, a fund of the McCormick Tribune Foundation James R. and Sally J. Conley David K. and Janet Cooper Peter J. ’95 and Meredith Coors

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† Deceased

Steven O. and Laura W. Cordier Mark J. Cortesy and Lois M. Evers Sean J. ’92 Coughlin Adam and Stacy Coyle Donald L. and Robin L. Creager Scott J. and Ann M. Cromie Michael E. and Christa M. Culliton Brian and Anita Cunningham Brian R. and Laurie Cunningham Donald R. ’57 and Sally Cunningham George B. and Marion G. Curtis Colin G. ’87 and Amy E. Daly Charles W. and Maryann J. Davis James M. and Jackie Davis Rees F. and Barbara A. Davis Steven R. and Karmen J. Davis Thomas J. ’96 and Kristen Davis Leo H. and Ingrid M. DeGreef Thomas C. ’76 and Margaret M. Deline Frank A. and Deborah J. DeLuca Denver Broncos Football Club Dependable Cleaners Fred J. ’79 and Annette M. Diss Donahue Foundation Jordan and Christina Dorchuck Mike J. and Susana E. Dugas Michael J. and Renee E. Duncan Daniel E. and Kimberly A. Dyer Josiah W. and Ann W. Ellis James J. and Ramona R. Engh Michael and Alice Engle Terrance English Robert Enzaldo Jim A. and Margaret O. Escobedo Sergio Evangelista James D. and Diane S. Evans Michael D. ’97 and Athena Evans Falcon Trust David R. and Jodi L. Faley Matthew J. and Theresa A. Fangman James M. and Susan M. Fasone Marwan H. and Patsy W. Fawaz James R. and Donna B. Feehan Daniel J. ’71 and Julie K. Feiten Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund Lawrence P. ’74 and Lori D. Finch FIRST Charles T. and Margaret Fisher Margaret K. and Charles T. Fisher III Family Fund John P. and Maureen T. Fitzgerald Brian F. and Catherine Y. Fleischmann Rick A. and Julie M. Flores Forest Oil Steven R. Forness ’57 William J. Fortune ’65 Gary C. and Leslie B. Fox Paul J. and Dolores L. Fry James G. and Kelly Fullerton Laurie Galbreath Paul J. and Jennifer M. Gale Michael J. and Elizabeth A. Gallagher Mark W. and Kathleen A. Geraci Christopher and Mary Giblin Daniel J. ’78 and Patricia Gillis James F. and Joanne S. Ginley A. Dean and Joyce M. Goedeker Goldman Sachs Philanthropy Fund John C. and Tracy A. Goodwin Robert M. and Mary K. Graham Joseph A. ’93 and Cynthia L. Grubenhoff Mark and Sheila Gustafson The Gutrich Brothers Alexander V. and Christine L. Hamilton Louis C. Hampers Brent and Kirsten Handler Edward† and Iris† Hanifen John C. and Kimberly A. Hardin Sheldon and Karen Hardy John A. and Lisa A. Harpole Byron and Lisa Haselden Ed J. and Jennifer L. Haselden James M. and Carleen V. Haselden Haselden Construction, Inc. Allan R. and Diana E. Heinle

Annual Giving Societies

Joseph ’70 and Barbara Heit Stephen and Larissa Herda Frank Herigstad ’54 Kevin and Jill Heringer Thomas D. and Lisa Heule John F. and Mary F. Hickey Kevin P. and Dianne M. Higgins Highline Realty Partners Inc David and Janet Hill The Virginia Hill Charitable Foundation Msgr. Edward M. Hoffmann Jeffrey M. and Paula A. Holben Philip A. and Barbara B. Holmes Walter A. and Michelle Honeycutt Richard W. and Cynthia Horrigan John and Christy Horvat Walter N. and Paula P. Houghtaling The Huddle Foundation Jane Huebner William and Shelly Hunter Hunter & Geist, Inc. Jeffrey Hutcheson ’97 Richard D. and Linda E. Iriye John B. and Charlotte B. Jackson Andrew D. and Anne T. Jacob Eric M. and Mara’D A. Jahde Mehrdad M. and Melody Jamali The Jarx Foundation, Inc. Andrew M. and Rene M. Jenkins Jesuit Community of Regis Jesuit High School Jesuit Community at Regis University David P. and Annette Jewell David L. Johnson and Jacqueline A. Millet Elisabeth F. Johnson Violet M. Johnson Family Foundation Gregory E. and Karen S. Jones Russell W. and Gina A. Jones Robert M. and Sonia A. Jotte Hyun G. Jung and Hongla L. Yoon Jeffrey R. and Heidi Kassal Jeff C. and Jeana M. Kelley Michael N. Kennedy ’92 Gretchen M. Kessler Mark R. and Ellen L. Kiniry Bill and Lauren Klopfenstein KM Concessions & Service Systems Associates Brian J. Korte and Laura J. Murcko Tom E. and Jacqueline P. Kramig Margaret Kruse Gerald J. and Alice L. Laber Elizabeth A. Laff Joseph A. Lagan and Suzanne L. Strubel-Lagan Michael W. and Gianna M. LaRouche Chuck B. and Kathy N. Latham Ronald and Susan Law Robert S. and Elizabeth K. Lazzeri William R. and Brooke B. Leer David J. ’71 and Clare S. Leonard Byron J. ’97 and Courtney Levkulich Mark S. and Donna C. Lies Dave and Gail Liniger Peter and Therese M. Llorente Bradley D. and Stacy R. Lorenzen Timothy E. and Natalie P. Macke Charles D. and Susan K. Maguire Patrick F. and Victoria S. Maher Pasquale ’66 and Lisa K. Marranzino John and Mari Ann Martin Stanley P. and Linda J. Massey Robin Mastellar Martin W. ’88 and Jacqueline M. Maxfield James R. ’57 and Colleen McCabe Brian E. and Debra A. McCallin Daniel J. ’67 and Eileen McCallin Christopher A. ’78 and Collette M. McConnell Richard and Mary Pat McCormick Michael S. and Jane F. McDonald McDonald Automotive Group Dennis and Sarah McGill Emmett L. and Roxanne M. McGuire

Jerome P. and Anabel McHugh Malcolm B. McHugh TKM McNicholas Foundation Alexander M. and Nancy G. McVie William H. Meckling and Ginny Laahs Bruno J. and Rocio Meli Daniel J. and Carol M. Mendlik John E. and Cheri Meyer Microsoft Scott A. and Martha C. Middlemist Sherman R. Miller and Mary M. Sullivan Timothy J. and Therese A. Miller Michael J. and Dawn Mimick Thomas S. Mitchell ’47 Monaghan Foundation Monarch Investment & Management Group Gerald A. Mornin ’65 and Wendy Bertagnole Thomas J. ’58 and Judith A. Morroni J.K. Mullen Foundation Wayne and Diana Murdy Daniel P. ’74 and Denise Murray Michael J. ’82 and Cassandra M. Murray Sean M. and Jennifer H. Myers Eugene A. ’80 and Lori M. Naes Andrew J. ’82 and Dawn E. Nemechek Jeffrey L. ’80 and Heather A. Nemechek C. Robert and Kathleen Nicolls The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation, Inc. Gerald J. ’55 and Nancy A. Noe Philip and Carey E. Norrish Jeffery J. and Loretta A. Oakes Kelly ’66 and Karen O’Dea Ronald R. and Deborah S. O’Dwyer Warren Olsen ’74 James W. and Mayrita C. O’Neil Richard G. and Dee L. O’Neill Kenneth L. and LaRae L. Onorato Oppenheimer Funds, Inc. Parker Orthodontics Nicholas J. ’82 and Tara P. Pavlakovich Lee J. ’78 and Olga L. Payne Betty Peterson Michael G. and Denise P. Petko John and Diane Pietig Daniel E. ’74 and Pamela J. Piro Dean and Colleen Pisciotta Planet Honda/ Hyundai The Pocono Foundation Gary W. ’58 and Judy Powell David A. and Dinah Powers Patrick and Jane Prendergast Dennis K. ’59 and Linda Primavera Gregory and Mary Puhr William T. and Pamela Purcell Gregory J. and Susan R. Quirk John and Christen Ralston Walter J. and Nijole K. Rasmussen Real Capital Solutions, Inc. Timothy and Lucinda Rees Regis Jesuit High School Student Campaign Regis Mother’s Bowling Regis University George E. ’58 and Maureen Reid Michael ’72 and Jean Reidy Christopher J. and Glyris M. Renehan Resource Land Holdings, LLC Terrence E. ’56 and Jacqueline Reynolds Andrew F. Rogers ’67 David and Donna Rooney Timothy and Kelly Root James J. and Maureen C. Rose John J. and Mary L. Rossi Michael A. and Mary Ann Rouleau Mike and Letty Rozell

Joseph T. and Ellen C. Ruble Raymond J. and Carol A. Ryan Saeman Family Foundation Bruno M. and Shawna M. Sannes Samuel Saracino ’69 and M. Vicoria Ries John F. ’69 and Catharine T. Sauer Stephen P. and Elizabeth A. Scannell Richard A. ’66 and Linda F. Schierburg Joseph L. ’75 and Rebecca M. Schmid John and Angela Schmidt Barry W. and Ann L. Schmitt David A. and Mary Jo Schmitz Jeffrey and Marcie Schmitz Martin J. ’75 and Megan Schmitz Richard V. ’81 and Susan Schmitz Schmitz Family Foundation Matthew R. and Catherine E. Schulze John G. ’79 and Theresa M. Schuster Jeff A. and Dawn D. Schwarz John S. and Valerie Sepple Daniel H. and Marti Sharp Richard S. and Mary M. Shea John F. ’76 and Susan C. Sheridan Hays and Nancy Zupan Shoop Helen Clare Sillstrop Jeffrey A. and Jane M. Smith Darrel R. and Heidi A. Somer Randall J. Spierings and Carol A. Tynan-Spierings John N. and Tina M. Spiliotis Spivack Vision Center Albert L. and Luisa A. Staerkel Gary J. and Jill E. Stark David J. ’71 and Ann Steiner Stellar Solutions Foundation Paul and Michelle L. Stevinson Terence J. and Linda A. Stevinson Kent Stevinson John Strohm and Mary Pat Link Rick P. and Donna Sullivan William Sweet & Associates Terry A. and Michelle M. Taggart Allen B. ’76 and Jill E. Thach Michael C. and Jane A. Thompson Peter and Carole Tilley John A. and Ana Titterington Richard M. and Joan M. Todd James D. and Kathy J. Toole Richard J. and Lisa Troksa Paul and Cindy Trollinger The Harry Trueblood Foundation David C. and Jeanne E. Tyng Unique Litho, Inc. Andrew P. Vander Ploeg Jaime A. and Ileana M. Vasquez Steven and Marion Visser Philip F. and Sherrie A. Vottiero Stuart Wagner William E. ’62 and Marge Wagner Richard G. and Karen L. Walker William G. and Patricia Wall Randall L. and Patricia B. Wambsganss Mark and Sarah L. Warren Walter S. ’62 and Janice Weckbaugh Weckbaugh Foundation Jonathan E. and Judy A. Weisiger Walter W. and Terri M. Weiss Wells Fargo Foundation Western Union Barry J. Wiederholt Leroy J. and Kristi L. Williams Michael and Victoria P. Winterscheidt Maureen R. Witt Thomas V. and Mary Ellen Wittman Xavier Jesuit Center Mark D. and Nancy L. Yaron Michael A. ’74 and Nancy Zoellner

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All cash donors to the school in the 2012-13 fiscal year are listed in the online version of the Annual Report at www.regisjesuit.com/annualreport.

2012-13

Giving Report

TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED IN 2012-13: $4,732,654

2012-13 TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS General Scholarship Fund $340,463 Special Events (net) $554,116 Unrestricted Annual $543,760 Capital Campaign $3,294,315

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT! Annual Fund Update S ee th e fu ll re po rt on l in e at: w w w. r e g i sj e su i t . c o m / a n n u a l r e p o r t

During the 2012-13 fiscal year, the Annual Fund raised more than $1.4 million from current parents, alumni, past parents, grandparents, foundations, corporations and other friends of Regis Jesuit. Below are just a few of the projects and programs that support from our donors helped make possible last year through the Annual Fund: • Providing $2.5 million in financial aid to 382 students, with an average award of $6,300 per student • Installing new turf on our athletic fields • Increasing faculty and staff salaries to attract and retain quality teachers and administrators • Expanding the RJ iPad Pilot Program by providing each faculty member with an iPad to augment their classroom curriculum

FOUNDATIONS FOR EXCELLENCE Campaign Update

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During the 2012-13 fiscal year, the FOUNDATIONS FOR EXCELLENCE (FFE) Campaign raised $5 million toward our $20 million goal, bringing our total to $16.7 million as of June 30, 2013. The campaign will continue through December 2014 with the following objectives: • Increase our Tuition Assistance Endowment to ~$10 million • Align faculty compensation to our competitive benchmark – a half percent increase each year to match the scale of area school districts • Pay for the construction of the new Performing Arts Center & Student Commons

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2012-13 PARENT participation* Total Participation by All Parents: Total Giving by All Parents:

Giving Report

44% $1,762,321

Parent Participation by Class Class of

Participation

2013 Parent Giving

40%

2014 Parent Giving

46%

2015 Parent Giving

46%

2016 Parent Giving

47%

Highest Giving Total by Class Class of 2015 Parent Giving - $628,154

fundraising EVENT update Regis Jesuit holds two major fundraising events each year, The Fall Classic golf tournament at Sanctuary in September and the LARK Dinner-Auction in April. Here are outcomes for those events in the 2012-13 fiscal year.

Event The Fall Classic 2012 LARK 2013 Event Totals

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Goal $200,000 $450,000 $650,000

Result Over/Under $124,948 ($75,052) $589,098 $139,000 $714,046 $64,046

*Totals reflect contributions to both the Annual Fund and FOUNDATIONS FOR EXCELLENCE Campaign.

109.85% of goal

Percentage 25.00% 0.00% 15.38% 4.00% 7.69% 6.25% 3.70% 19.44% 10.53% 10.29% 14.58% 9.76% 9.43% 12.00% 10.34% 13.16% 10.91% 5.36% 17.72% 16.67% 12.50% 10.53% 9.76% 16.05% 18.27% 21.52% 7.63% 10.34% 10.34% 7.75% 6.84% 19.00% 6.25% 8.66% 12.07% 11.11% 11.68% 6.82% 7.30% 9.02% 5.79% 7.84% 5.22% 4.51% 13.01% 4.76% 0.92% 4.86% 3.10% 9.03% 8.90% 3.05% 3.74% 1.94% 14.89% 9.57% 2.48% 10.60% 10.22% 12.00% 10.53% 6.50% 4.69% 14.07% 12.00% 6.32% 4.55% 5.13% 6.70% 13.48% 3.11% 1.61% 1.57% 1.46% 1.47%

ALUMNI Participation by Class #

# Participation percentage based on number of living alumni in class.

ALUMNI PARTICIPATION* Total Participation by All Alumni: Total Giving by All Alumni:

7.27% $1,440,059

Top 5 Classes by Giving Class of 1972

$421,098

Class of 1974

$390,194

Class of 1969

$108,598

Class of 1980

$66,735

Class of 1976

$63,472

Class of 1936 Class of 1963 Class of 1945 Class of 1969 Class of 1962

0.0%

5.0%

10.0%

15.0%

20.0%

25.0%

25.0%

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Top 5 Classes by Participation

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Class of 1936 1937 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

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2012-13

21.5% 19.4% 19.0% 18.3%

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By the Numbers: Your Impact on Regis Jesuit High School Your financial support during the 2012-13 fiscal year made the following accomplishments possible:

910 boys and 684 girls receiving the Raider educational experience!

10 Kairos retreats 5 team titles in State athletic championships 15 honors courses of study offered More than 75,000 hours of service to the community 96 co-curricular club offerings 3 new security cameras installed 26 team sports 2 staged productions of major theatrical works $2.5 million in tuition assistance awards 5 national academic scholarship winning graduates 4 bus lines for transportation to and from Regis Jesuit More than 150,000 square feet of new turf for the athletic fields 20 AP courses offered 30 signees to compete in college athletics 5 immersion service experiences 1 groundbreaking of construction on the Performing Arts Center & Student Commons building

110 new iPads for faculty and staff

Annual Report Contributors Charisse Broderick King – Managing Editor Shannon Aquino

Bethany Paul

Helen Bingham

Kimberly Reynders

Chrissie Douglas

John Sheridan ’76

Traci Holinger

Phil Steele, SJ ’66

John Jackson

R.J. Tuchscherer ’01

Carol Mendlik

Mary Zimmerman

This report honors those individuals and organizations who made cash contributions to Regis Jesuit High School between July 1, 2012 and June 30, 2013. If your gift was omitted or improperly recognized, please accept our sincere apology. If you do notice such an oversight, please contact the Advancement Office at 303.269.8029 so that we may correct our records.

Paul Miller ’04

A portion of the printing of the Annual Report was donated by Unique Litho, Inc., Colorado’s first and only gold-level environmental source for printing. This report is printed on environmentally-friendly paper using sustainable production methods.

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For information about giving to Regis Jesuit, please contact the Advancement Office at 303.269.8029.

Regis Jesuit High School admits qualified young men and women regardless of race, color, national origin or other legally impermissible reasons.

© 2013 Regis Jesuit High School

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Alumni in Finance

By R . J . T uchscherer ’ 01

Bulls and bears. Buy low and sell high. If you’re looking for some finance jargon for an ostentatious garden party you have to attend, put on Jim Kramer’s Mad Money TV show for a quick CliffsNotes edition of Finance 101. If you want to actually know what you’re talking about, hit up one of our many successful alumni who specialize in the finance industry. Regis Jesuit lays the foundation for our students with classes like economics, finance and accounting and clubs dedicated to investing. The students take that core to work in the high-powered world of finance.To quote the very naïve but sometimes brilliant George Louis Costanza, “Interest…it’s an amazing thing. You make money without doing anything.”

A Rare Commodity Like many students entering college, Jessica Waller ’07 had no idea what she wanted to major in or in what field she wanted to pursue a career after graduation. She arrived at Santa Clara University enrolled in their pre-dental program, thinking this might be her passion. However, she made a last-minute decision before classes started, deciding that life in corporate law might be more glamorous. As such, she embarked on a double-degree program in political science and business finance.

Financial Analyst Program in Commercial Banking at Wells Fargo. She is working on underwriting, structuring, and analyzing credit transactions for companies with revenues anywhere from $20 million to more than $1 billion. She says, “I was a shy kid before Regis Jesuit, but the high school gave me the opportunity to grow into myself and develop the confidence needed to advance my career in the challenging world of finance. I will forever be grateful for the interpersonal skills, values and academic rigor learned while in high school at Regis Jesuit.”

Courting Financial Success Another successful alumnus who can’t quite kick Regis Jesuit out of his life is Steve Rotello ’88. While also a varsity assistant on the perennially successful boys basketball team, Steve is an expert in portfolio management and retirement income planning, working at UBS, a global firm that provides financial services in more than 50 countries worldwide. Rotello has extensive experience in helping meet the needs of clients. He also focuses on wealth preservation issues, estate planning and charitable giving.

From 1992-2000, Rotello taught and coached at De Smet Jesuit High School in St. Louis. While there, a parent approached him about a career in financial services, feeling that Rotello’s educational background, combined with his interest in accounting and economics, would lend itself well to this profession. “The adaptations of teaching allowed me to easily accustom to the constant changes in the financial world and for that, I am thankful.” So are we, Steve!

Soaring Into Finance Justin Weeks’ ’01 journey into the corporate finance career field began in his freshman year at the U.S. Air Force Academy, where he decided he would major in management. “Being a military service academy, the Air Force didn’t offer many business-related majors and I had always wanted to spend

Unbeknownst to Waller at the time, finance is a pretty maledominated area of study. She remembers walking into her first upper division finance class and thinking, “Where are all the other girls?” Waller was intimidated at first, especially because many of the other women at Santa Clara were very quiet in finance class, but the Regis Jesuit girl in her quickly kicked in. Waller stated, “As most RJ teachers can attest, we don’t sit quietly in class!” Waller grew to love her finance classes and decided to pursue a career in the field upon graduation.

Flash-forward to today and Waller works as part of the continued on page 14

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my long-term career working in the private sector.” Weeks soon found that a degree in management also offered a measure of flexibility which didn’t exist in other areas of study. In his management undergrad program, he studied a wide-range of topics such as marketing, accounting, finance, operations and human resource management. By not focusing too heavily on one specific area, he was able to get a well-rounded look at how businesses operate.

After finishing his military commitment, Weeks knew it was time to transition into the private sector. Justin believed a big part of achieving that goal was to further his education in business, so in 2010 he was accepted to the daytime MBA program at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.

“This began what turned out to be a truly transformational experience for me. I was surrounded by students from all around the world, with a variety of personal and professional backgrounds.” In 2012 Weeks graduated with an MBA concentrating in both corporate and investment finance.

“Throughout my MBA, I knew I wanted to move back home to Denver.” Though finding work was a challenge at first, Weeks was hired by a private company called Alpine Access, a provider of call-center solutions to clients such as Sprint, AT&T, Cigna, Abercrombie & Fitch and Microsoft.

In 2012 the company was acquired by Sykes Enterprises, a $1 billion public company providing customer service solutions to clients all around the world. In his current role, Weeks oversees financial forecasting and planning for 11 individual client programs. “I’ve since gained an immense appreciation for finance and its role in the long-term viability of business.”

Having worked in several areas of government banking over the years, Brian Martorella ’93 is currently director of government and nonprofit finance for NBH Capital Finance in Denver.

“Supporting the government sector from a banking and finance perspective can take many forms and it delivers products that indirectly affect all of us on a daily basis.”

For instance, billions of dollars in municipal bonds are issued each year by governments to finance projects like airports, bridges, fire stations and water pipelines; governments work with government bankers to access the bond market and other sources of capital. According to Martorella, government banking has become a very important and unique subsection to which banks like NBH Capital Finance are dedicating specialized teams of resources. He states, good-humoredly, “Government banking is an area of banking that is less visible and, for that matter, probably less exciting to the observer.”

Less exciting, maybe, but when we pour ourselves a glass of water out of a functioning faucet and admire the local fire station, we might reflect on what goes into that type of infrastructure and the government banking professionals that help manage the finances within.

By offering classes like economics, finance and accounting, Regis Jesuit High School laid the foundation for these alumni to pursue successful and rewarding careers in finance. For them and other alumni, finding an early love of finance has paid great dividends for us all.

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Remember that the traditions of Regis Jesuit live through the spirit of our alumni.

Your support gives Raiders of today the opportunity to succeed and to develop into Men and Women with and for Others. YOU were THEM then; they are YOU NOW!

Make a gift to your Alumni Class Scholarship today!

Visit www.regisjesuit.com/alumnigiving. revised 12.17.09

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Final Celebration of the Girls Division Tenth Anniversary There are people who called this an experiment, but this was no experiment. This was a vision. And it’s a vision that met a very real need here. It’s a vision born through hopes and prayers and discernment; and one that very much parallels what happened when St. Ignatius of Loyola ended up starting schools, which was never his original intent for the Society of Jesus.

These past ten years have been a real joy. All you have to do is look at the composite photos in the hallway. Every young woman in those photos has been a gift to us. Their goodness, their intelligence, their kindness, their sense of humor, their athleticism, their leadership has been a part of making our community what it is.

Thanks to newly installed air conditioning, having a packed chapel wasn’t so bad

On Sunday, August 4, 2013, the Blessed Rupert Mayer Chapel was packed to the rafters with alumni and their families, faculty, staff and friends, including former RJ President, Fr. Wally Sidney, SJ and first GD Chaplain, Fr. John Apel, SJ, for the final celebration of the Girls Division’s 10th anniversary.

More than 300 people came to attend the Mass and reception to close out the yearlong recognition of this milestone in the school’s history.

Here is an excerpt of the remarks Girls Division Principal Gretchen Kessler read at the close of Mass:

Every year as they graduate, they leave as young women ready to tackle the world, with more self-assurance and self-awareness than they might have walked in with. They came to us each at a different point in their search for God, and they leave us having much more knowledge and experience that will lead them in directions where they will find God in the joys and the hardships of the world. And they will make a difference in the lives of those they meet.

They have already made a difference in ours.

We look forward to the years to come and how our institution will continue to vision and meet the needs of those whom we serve. We are blessed. We are honored to be able to do God’s work on a daily basis. We are proud and honored to be the Girls Division of Regis Jesuit!

As was proclaimed in the first reading from Ecclesiastes: There is an appointed time for everything, And a time for every affair under the heavens. A time to be born....and ten years ago the Girls Division was born.

L to R: Andrea Hendee ’06, Fr. John Apel, SJ, Gretchen Kessler and Jill Dann ’06 at the reception in the Paul Foster ‘59 Quad

We were born from the prayers of parents who wanted their daughters to receive a Catholic education in a single gender environment and asked the Jesuits to help.

We were born from those who visioned what it would mean to be the first Jesuit high school serving only girls.

We were born from the blood, sweat, tears and enthusiasm of the faculty and staff in both Divisions who knew this was the right thing to do—to provide the great Jesuit education we already provided for boys to girls, and thus to create our co-divisional model.

We were born from the goodness and the hope and the excitement of our original 171 students who helped us create a culture of caring and support and yearned for academic, spiritual and social growth.

CORRECTION: In the “Legacy Daughters” chart in the summer 2013 issue of The Raider, the name of a grandfather was unintentionally left out. Mary Walsh ’15 is not only the daughter of an alum, Richard Walsh III ’82, but also the granddaughter of one, the late Richard Walsh, Jr. ’43. She and her sister, Megan ’17, are proud to be part of the rich tradition of Regis Jesuit.

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Class Notes 1940s Fr. Leo Weber ’44 celebrated his 70th year in the Society of Jesus.

1960s Dan McNally ’60 was in Greeley this summer at the University of Northern Colorado assisting with the theatre program’s production of On Golden Pond. Dan currently lives in New York City where he works in theatre.

Class of 1964 will celebrate their 50th reunion next summer.

That year the football team, led by head coach Guy Gibbs ’47, went 11-0, beating Pueblo Catholic for the Catholic League State Championship! Notable 1964 graduate Tom Robinson went on to become a three-sport letterman at Colorado State University.

He currently works at CHSAA and does instant replay for college sports.

In a world premiere, one-man show, Mike Boryla ’69 returned to Philadelphia to tell his story about leaving professional football.

The Disappearing Quarterback premiered at The Bug Theatre on September 20. Visit www.regisjesuit.com/alumniinthenews to watch a preview.

1980s The Denver Center for the Performing Arts named John Moore ’81, former theatre critic for The Denver Post, to the newly created position of associate director of content strategy.

Owen, son of Brian ‘98 and Andrea Anzur

Brian Anzur ’98 and his wife, Andrea, welcomed their first child Owen on March 29, 2013. Brian is a boys lacrosse coach at Regis Jesuit.

John Heinle ’98 was married to Katie Dark in Crested Butte, Colo. on September 14 by Fr. Phil Steele, SJ ’66.

Nicholas Runkle ’98 graduated from Northwestern University in June 2012. After graduating, he landed a job with the Heartland Poker Tour working as a video editor.

Tony Giarratano ’99, Paul Bruchez, Phil Foster ’99 and Mark Weinig ’02 won the 11th annual Rudy Golf Tournament.

Michael Massey ’99 graduated from Stanford University with a Ph.D. in Environmental 2013 Rudy Tournament winners Science. Mike has accepted an assistant professorship at California State University, which began in September 2013.

John-Paul Maxfield’s ’99 sustainable agriculture company, Waste Farmers, won the Jump Start Business plan award.

Paul Elio ’82, founder and chief executive of Elio Motors, has designed a new three-wheel vehicle, which reduces drag to give it better fuel economy. Check out the vehicle at www.regisjesuit. com/alumniinthenews.

Jim Broderick King ’87 was named Colorado Latin Teacher of the Year by the Colorado Classics Association.

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Travis Butterworth ’94 is a graphic designer and leather artisan with Renaissance Leather.

Neil Hopkins ’95 starred in the independent film Detour.

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J.P. Maxfield ‘99 and his Waste Farmers

Class Notes 2000s Luke Mullen ’00 was married to Susan Holtzman on August 24, 2013 at Wild Basin Lodge in Allenspark, Colo.

Geoff Bergman ’01 and his sharp-shooting team took down the competition at the fifth annual Peter Chapman Memorial 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament. Geoff just became the father of a beautiful daughter named Josie.

Two lives forever joined by God’s love, Greg Mohrman ’01 was married to Tracy Flecky in Evergreen on September 14 by her uncle, Fr. Michael Daciek, SJ.

Brian Boselli ‘04 and Brittany Denning

Brian Boselli ’04 and Brittany Denning were married on July 5, 2013 at Coors Field.

Attention Classes of 2008: we will be having your Red & White Christmas: Five-Year RAIDERS REUNION on Saturday, December 21 at The Irish Snug.

Daniel C. Evans ’04 was married on December 29, 2012 to Danielle C. Huben in Buffalo, NY. Fr. Robert Reiser, SJ, cousin of Girls Division Assistant Principal, Peter Reiser, was the celebrant.

Alums Michael ’97 and Patrick ’99 Evans and alumna Jennifer Evans ’12 are pictured with Dan.

Tracy Flecky and Greg Mohrman ‘01

Current Regis Jesuit High School theatre director Aldo Pantoja ’01 was awarded a Best of Baltimore for Best Original Production. Aldo wrote and directed The VIP, which delivered a history lesson about a Peruvian Marxist revolutionary group that held a group of politicians, businessmen and diplomats hostage for 126 days in Lima from late 1996 into 1997.

Brian Strassburger, SJ ’02 professed his vows during a Mass on August 17 at St. Charles Borromeo Church in Grand Coteau, LA. Among the many that were there to celebrate were a group of Jesuits with a Regis Jesuit connection. Pictured with Brian (front left) are Fr. Kevin Dyer, SJ, Brendan Love, SJ ’04, Michael Wegenka, SJ, Dan Daly, SJ ’77, Sean Ferguson, SJ ’12, Ronny O’Dwyer, SJ ’01 and Sean Powers, SJ.

Huben-Evans wedding party

Patrick Reidy ’04 was ordained a Holy Cross deacon on Saturday, September 7.

Lacey Jai Henderson ’07 finished fourth in the long jump and fifth in the 100 m at the IPC World Championships. Read more about this tremendous achievement at www.regisjesuit.com/ alumniinthenews.

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Class Notes 2000s continued Amy (Schuster) Kubik ’07 and her husband Ben welcomed Kylee Elizabeth and Liliann Marie into their family on July 1.

Nicky Schifano ’09 joined the Alum Service Corps and is a sophomore English and math teacher at Arrupe Jesuit High School.

Kathleen Kershisnik ’12 and University of Wyoming teammate, Sam Stancato, won the CWGA Mashie Golf Championship.

Andrea Matlock ’12 went on a mission trip to Costa Rica and Peru with Walking Tree Travel. Read about her experience at www.regisjesuit.com/alumniinthenews.

It’s twin girls for Amy (Schuster) Kubik ‘07

Four alumni from the Class of 2009 are continuing to live out the Regis Jesuit creed of Men and Women with and for Others, by serving in the Jesuit Volunteer Corps this year. They include: Zach Anderson ’09, Sal Schifano ’09, Samantha Allen ’09 and Jillian Talley ’09.

Joanna Duffey ’09 graduated magna cum laude from Colorado State University in May. She now is teaching pre-K at St. Rose of Lima in Denver with another alumna, Gillian Hanzlik ’07.

After graduating from Creighton University with a degree in history, Shane Monaghan ’09 joined the Alum Service Corps, teaching global history, coaching and working with campus ministry at St. Louis University High School.

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Andrea Matlock ‘12 working during her mission trip

Missy Franklin ’13 won an ESPY for Best Female Olympian.

She was also awarded an ESPY nomination for Best Athlete.

J.P. Giblin ’13 completed his first Ironman competition in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. At 18, he was the youngest registered athlete in the race. Congrats to J.P. on this tremendous accomplishment.

Faculty & Staff Notes

In this feature of The Raider, we list milestone occasions, awards or events for members of the faculty and staff.

Baby Boomlet Girls Division counselor Ginger Brown and her husband Nate welcomed daughter, Lela Renee, on May 25, 2013.

Future football star Brenner Nolan

The Happy Brown Family

Boys Division teacher and football coach Mark Nolan and his wife Aspen welcomed son, Brenner Kase, on July 1, 2013.

Tied the Knot Megan Conahan, Girls Division Spanish teacher, married Ryan Larson on June 4, 2013 in Ixtapa, Mexico.

Girls Division math teacher and field hockey coach Spencer Wagner married Amelia Louise Newport on May 27, 2013 in Thornton, Colo.

Amelia Newport and Spencer Wagner

Ryan and Megan (Conahan) Larson

Holley Krawiec, Boys Division theology teacher, married David Petrick on October 12, 2013 in Beaver Creek.

Honors and Awards Theatre Arts Director and teacher Aldo Pantoja’ 01 won Best Original Production in the “Best of Baltimore” awards for The VIP, a play he wrote and directed this past April.

Jim Broderick King ’87, Ignatian Identity Coordinator and Latin teacher, was named Latin Teacher of the Year by the Colorado Classics Association.

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Jamie Monk ’12 and Nicole Orban ’11 pose with their passports as they prepare for an immersion trip to Burma with Santa Clara’s Food and Agribusiness Institute

Raider Journeys Cole ’17 and Courtney ’17 Pomeroy visit older sister Tatum ’12 at Mizzou

A recurring feature in The Raider, where we share photos from members of the globetrotting community of Regis Jesuit. Here are submissions since the last issue. In future issues, we want to continue to fill these pages. So get one of your countless RJ t-shirts out of the bottom drawer, grab your Raider red, pack your suitcases and start snapping!

Connor Smith ’12 and Nolan Smith ’12 were in Argentina on a business trip through the University of Colorado this past May

AJ Shaw ’14 and Timmy Lynott ’15 at football camp at the University of Maryland this past summer

Haylee ’16 and Ty ’09 Blach in San Francisco for the All-Star Game

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Christopher ’11 and Miranda ’13 Smith discover a Jesuit saying spelled out in island graffiti during their family vacation to Hawaii

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Conor Shea ’15, Brock Gallagher ’15 and Dillon Roe ’15 at Kraton Ratu Boko in Indonesia

Duncan ’14 and Austin ’12 Riley with their parents at Predjama Castle in Slovenia

Frank Brock, John Brock ’15, Helen Bacalso Yu and Paul Brock at the 14,060 ft. summit of Mt. Bierstadt

Will Thompson ’16 (R) testing for invertebrates as part of River Watch of Colorado, an organization that monitors the health of Colorado’s waterways

Nicholas Tyng ’15 celebrates his birthday by showing off the 36 in., 10.25 lb. Northern Pike he hooked in Dechambault Lake in Saskatchewan

Nick Jones ’16 in Florence, Italy

Above and right, Teddy Koerner ’15 sporting his Raider red with friends at the Yellow Crane Tower in Wuhan, China

Jack ’17 and Jenna ’16 Hamilton enjoying some beach time in Waikiki Lindsey Pera ’11 and Alex Vossmer ’11 pose after completing the Tough Mudder in Beaver Creek

To submit a photo for inclusion in Raider Journeys, send your picture(s) [resolution of 300 dpi or better – standard for most digital cameras and smart phones] to communications@regisjesuit.com. Learn more about the kinds of photos we are looking for at www.regisjesuit.com/raiderjourneys.

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Where Are They Now? Ptak in the 1993 yearbook and still sporting his Raider red today

What are you doing now?

Joe Ptak To a student at Regis Jesuit, teachers seem larger than life. They seem taller, smarter and much, much older! Though as we age, we learn to use the term “old” not so haphazardly. Such was the case with the larger-than-life, Mr. Joe Ptak. He was a stimulating teacher, passionate about his subjects, and had a beard that any male adolescent would aspire to. In a recent Q&A session, we reconnected with the much-admired Mr. Ptak.

What years did you teach at Regis Jesuit and what were the subjects you taught?

I taught at Regis Jesuit from August 1991 through June 2009.

In my 18 years, I taught almost all of the subjects in the Social Studies Department; specifically AP U.S. History, U.S. History, World History, Western Civilization, U.S. Government, sociology, geography and economics. I also taught keyboarding my first year and was moderator of the Model UN club throughout my time at the school.

Where do you live now?

Currently, my wife Dolly and I are living in Brunswick Hills Township, which is in northeast Ohio, about 20 miles southwest of Cleveland. Although it was difficult to leave Colorado, we relocated to be closer to our families, especially grandchildren.

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We are both retired. My 40 years in the teaching profession were most enjoyable, especially the 18 wonderful years I spent at Regis Jesuit. Primarily, our duties now center on being grandparents to five grandchildren ranging in age from 9 to 15. Aside from that, my wife and I have done some domestic traveling; to Shiloh Military Park in Tennessee (thanks to the graciousness of the 2009 Model UN family), Vermont in the Fall of 2011, and Savannah in February 2012. I have also remained involved with the Jesuit educational community through the Jesuit Virtual Learning Academy, teaching an online course in U.S. History and Literature last year. Cleveland has a wonderful park system with great biking trails. At least once a week you can find me there or on the towpath trail that follows the old Ohio & Erie Canal route from Lake Erie to the Ohio River. In the winter months, some days my activity surrounds sitting by the fireplace with a good book, watching the snowflakes fall outside the window.

What was your greatest accomplishment as a teacher at RJ and in what ways did RJ shape your life?

My greatest accomplishment probably is similar to most Regis Jesuit teachers – the enjoyment I get from seeing, hearing and reading about the success stories of our graduates. Also, from seeing how many RJ Model UN students continue to enjoy this most valuable organization into their college years, frequently in positions of leadership. Seeing our grads not only learn, but also live out the tenets of the Grad-at-Grad document is what it’s all about. I arrived at Regis Jesuit in August 1991 with 21 years of experience in public schools back in Ohio. Getting to know Fr. Jim Knapp, SJ and having him hire me for the faculty was one of the most significant events in my life. For the next 18 years, I was able to participate in, and contribute to, the community that is Regis Jesuit. The classrooms, the athletic fields, the Model UN competitions, the faculty collegiality, the Masses and the faculty retreats were instrumental in letting me realize what I believed in my heart was the true process of education. For this opportunity, and for the spiritual and intellectual changes it made in my life, I am eternally thankful to a great school.

In Memoriam

The entire community of Regis Jesuit extends its sincere sympathy to the family and friends of loved ones who have died recently. The following are remembered in our prayers:

ALUMNI

Listed in ascending order by year of graduation Alfred A. Lagan, father of Joseph Lagan,

Charles V. Zarlengo, MD ’38, father of Ron ’67 and

Girls Divison teacher

Robert ’68 Zarlengo

Lucretia “Lou” Ann Lorenzo, mother of Joseph Lorenzo ’86

Frank Weber ’45, brother of Rev. Leo Weber, SJ ’44

Caroline Maxfield, daughter of T.J Maxfield ’93

and father of Paul ’75 and Greg ’77 Weber

Dorothy McConnell, mother of Chris ’78 and

Tom Waters ’45, brother of Rev. John Waters, SJ ’51, father of Michael ’70, Martin ’71 and Philip ’76 Waters and

Mark ’80 McConnell Orpha Pattridge, mother of Blake Pattridge ’83 and

grandfather of Adam Waters ’06

member of the RJ Council of Regents

John William Hartley ’54 Glenn Ellis ’59

Angela Pipkin, mother of Robert ’57 and David Pipkin ’60

Thomas Kautzky ’64, brother of Walter ’61, James ’66

Jeanne M. Scott, mother of Bonnie Stanford, Girls Division Counseling Administrative Assistant

and John ’68 Kautzky Jim Harvey ’74, father of James ’04, Joe ’06 and

Jean Spinney, mother of Scott Spinney ’66

Jacob ’14 Harvey and brother Jerry Harvey ’67

Sandy Varley, mother of David Varley ’13

Frank J. Monaco ’74

Terri Vecchiarelli, wife of Vince Vecchiarelli ’81

Jacob Jarman ’12, brother of Joseph Jarman ’16

John Zaremba, father of Terry Zaremba ’64

FAMILY & FRIENDS

We have also been informed recently of the deaths of the following alumni and extend our sympathies and prayers to their loved ones.

Listed alphabetically by last name Steven Adams, father of Andrew Adams ’13 and

Joseph Weber, SJ ’42

brother-in-law of Chris Slaughter ’82

William W. McCaw ’43

Kyle L. Brennan, father of Carly ’09, Daria ’09 and

Fred Ihrer ’49

Grace ’17 Brennan Mary Carroll, sister of Marjie Berg, Director of Financial Aid

Robert W. Beard ’63

Augie Diaz, son of Donald Diaz ’72 and cousin of Kito Acosta ’13 Robin Feiten, mother of Louis ’69, Joe ’70 and Dan ’71 Feiten and grandmother of Jonathan ’06, Ben ’12

and Gabriel ’14 Feiten Rosemary Fitzgibbons, mother of Rev. John Fitzgibbons, SJ, member of the RJ Board of Trustees Thomas Alfred Johnson, father of John Johnson, Boys Division teacher Keith Knudsen, father of Kevin ’91 and Brian ’94 Knudsen Wally Kunerth, father of Andrew Kunerth ’13 Janis L’Estrange, wife of Gerald L’Estrange ’53

The names recorded in this section represent those made known to us between May 15, 2013 and October 29, 2013. Any passings after that date will be listed in the summer 2014 issue.

We make every effort to account accurately for the passing of any alumnus/a, student, faculty or staff member as well as that of any of their parents, spouses or siblings. If we are aware of other relationships the deceased had to members of our community, we do our best to list them as well. We also share news of the deaths of all members of our extended community on the In Memoriam page of our website (www.regisjesuit.com/inmemoriam).We sincerely regret any oversights or errors that may occur.

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Calendar Highlights 2013-14 Saturday, December 21

Tuesday,Final December 02.28.10 24 Monday, December 23 – Monday, January 6 Monday, December 23– Wednesday, January 1

Red & White Christmas: Five-year Reunion for the Classes of 2008 at the Irish Snug Young Alumni Christmas Eve Mass at Our Lady of Loreto Christmas Break – NO CLASSES Christmas Break – OFFICES CLOSED

2014 Monday, January 6 – Friday, January 17 Boys Division Service Projects Tuesday, January 21 Ribbon Cutting for Performing Arts Center & Student Commons Monday, February 3 – Friday, February 14 Girls Division Service Projects Tuesday, March 11 New Raider Night – Class of 2018 Friday, March 14 – Sunday, March 16 RJHS Theatre Spring Production: Life Is A Dream Wednesday, March 19 Impressions Literary Magazine Release Party and Poetry Slam Monday, March 24 – Friday, March 28 Spring Break – NO CLASSES April 7-11 Mission Week Saturday, April 12 LARKORADO at the National Western Complex Tuesday, April 15 Girls Division Canta Belles Easter Vigil Concert Friday, April 18 – Monday, April 21 Easter Break – OFFICES CLOSED Thursday, April 24-Saturday, April 26 Performing Arts Center & Student Commons

Grand Opening Weekend Sunday, May 18 Boys Division Graduation at Boettcher Concert Hall Monday, May 19 Girls Division Graduation at Boettcher Concert Hall Monday, June 9 The Rudy Memorial Golf Tournament Third Weekend in July RAIDERS REUNION 2014

Celebrating the classes of 1964, 1969, 1974, 1979, 1984, 1989,

1994, 1999, 2004 and our Golden Grads of more than 50 years For full details on upcoming alumni events at Regis Jesuit, visit www.regisjesuit.com/alumnievents.

For full details on school-related events, visit www.regisjesuit.com/calendar.

All events are held at the school unless otherwise noted.

FOR MORE INFORMATION www.regisjesuit.com 303.269.8000 Boys Division 303.269.8100 Girls Division 303.269.8047 Alumni Office

Take advantage of 2013 tax savings!

Be sure to make your gift to the Annual Fund for Regis Jesuit by December 31 to take full advantage of tax savings for 2013. Give online at www.regisjesuit.com/giving.