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SENIOR CLASS GIFT MAKES STRONG STATEMENT ABOUT BROTHERHOOD
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Outdoor Classroom & Lab Focused on the Future
The 2021 Senior Class Gift Campaign broke the record for the most dollars raised by any graduating class to help fund Rockhurst High School’s “Discovery Pond,” a component of the new Outdoor Classroom and Lab. The class raised $6,708 with 53% percent participation. “We were excited about the Discovery Pond,” commented Bobby Hummel ’21, a member of the Senior Class Gift Leadership Committee. “It was our way of expressing appreciation to the teachers who helped us on our Rockhurst journey and pay it forward for classes in the future.” The Outdoor Classroom and Lab is an area immediately to the south of the school’s main entrance. Students will experience and enjoy a wide
array of diverse natural habitats when it is completed for aesthetic and educational purposes. The Discovery Pond will be an aquatic ecosystem and key component of the overall curricula for Life Sciences. While some parts of the Outdoor Classroom and Lab will open in late 2021, most of its components will be finished in 2022. The Senior Class Gift Leadership Committee included Josh Frerker, Thomas Holmes, Bobby Hummel, Sam Kanatzar, Jack Kelly, and Sam Muehlebach, all members of the great Class of 2021. The team led a fundraising push that concluded just before graduation in May. “I am very proud of this senior class,” reflected Kim Brown, senior
class Moderator and Rockhurst Guidance Counselor. “Even during such a challenging time as a pandemic, they never lost heart, focus, or spirit. They truly are an exceptional group of young men.” The Senior Class Gift Program started in 2008. Working with the school administration, leaders from each class select a project to support. More than $65,000 has been raised by the 13 classes who have joined the program, with interests ranging from campus beatification to scholarship development.
SEPTEMBER 2021
Naming Opportunities Entryway $300,000 Outdoor Commons $250,000 Interior Courtyard $200,000 Gardens (2) $175,000/each Walkways (3) $75,000/each Jack Nestor ’34 Memorial Courtyard SOLD The Deb and Larry (’74) Krissek Regional Native Grassland Area SOLD Regional Native Grasslands Area SOLD African Tortoise Habitat $50,000 Greenhouse $50,000 Missouri Native Orchard $50,000 Windows to the World (6) $25,000/each Art Installations (8) $10,000/each Class of 2021 Discovery Pond
SOLD
Naming rights are designed to cover the cost of physical construction as well as to create an invested fund to generate revenues for ongoing maintenance and upkeep. For additional information about the Outdoor Classroom & Lab, or to inquire about making a naming gift, please contact Diane Marty at 816.363.2039 x538 or dmarty@rockhursths.edu.
