Fall 2005 - St. Charles Preparatory School

estate. This August, a check for $15,000
arrived from Boller’s estate, designated
toward the scholarship fund the Class of
1963 initiated two summers ago as part of
its 40-year reunion.
Boller’s estate gift brings the Class of
1963 Alumni Memorial Scholarship to
$28,200, an amount that meets the
school’s endowment benchmark of
$25,000. Next school year the ’63 Fund
will begin producing an annual award
equal to 5% of the Fund principal.
’85 Class Creates Fund;
$24,150 is Pledged
The Class of 1985 gathered for its 20-year
reunion the weekend of August 19-20 and
presented St. Charles with a new endowment
fund to support the school’s
longstanding mission of granting needbased
student aid. At the time of this
report, a total of $24,150 had been pledged
by 18 members of the class. The benchmark
for a new scholarship endowment at
St. Charles is $25,000.
“This particular reunion committee
did a fine job of reaching out to their
classmates from all over the country,” said
St. Charles Principal Dominic Cavello.
“The results speak for themselves. This is
a highly successful class of alumni who
are also very generous.”
Leading their ’85 Class Gift Committee
were alumni Vince Fabro, Mike Jarosi,
Neal Roberts and Bill Turner.
“On behalf of the Class of 1985, I am
proud to announce the launch of the Class
of 1985 Endowment. Many members of
our class were generous with their time,
effort, and resources in planning our 20-
year reunion. The planning stages gave
pause for many to reflect upon their St.
Charles experience. An overriding sentiment,
not uncommon to alumni of all
’85 Class creates endowment
St. Charles principal Dominic J. Cavello holds a pledge
“check” presented to him by the Class of 1985 at its
reunion event at Plank’s Café last August. The “check”
was to help establish the Class of 1985 Endowment with
$17,150 in pledges. That figure now stands at $24,150.
Other St. Charles faculty members attending included
Doug Montgomery and Mike Arends.
The Distinctive Leader in Catholic Education
classes, was the role of St. Charles in
shaping their formative years. Our class
members, however, made specific note of
the unique socio-economic diversity of the
student body and how, upon reflection,
this element was so very integral,” said
Jarosi.
Jarosi said his classmates made a
commitment to the mission of St. Charles
as established by its founder, Bishop
James Hartley, that no young man should
be denied, or deterred from, the opportunity
of a St. Charles education due to lack
of family financial resources.
“The Class of 1985 Endowment has
received over $23,000 in pledges, at such
an early date from its inception. We are
confident this endowment will to continue
to grow, so that Bishop Harley’s mission
may be guaranteed – and enhanced – for
generations to come,” Jarosi said
Campaign’s Phase II Will Fund
Walter Student Commons and St.
Charles Student Center
St. Charles alumni and campaign leaders
Matt Howard ’58, Tim Kelley ’76, and
Robert D. “Bob” Walter ’63 announce a
successful launch of the $4.6 million
Phase II of The Campaign for St. Charles.
Since April 2005, Phase II has raised $2.6
million in leadership pledges and gifts for
naming opportunities within the Robert C.
Walter Student Commons and the St.
Charles Student Services & Fine Arts
Center.
In late October, members of the
school’s Advisory Board and Campaign
Committee began their calls on the
school’s longtime donors to raise $1
million through naming opportunities.
Areas include floors in the new Center,
classrooms, and beautiful new west
colonnades to mirror the iconic colonnades
located at the front of the school.
The St. Charles Walk of Honor will be relocated
to its new home underneath the
new colonnades.
The school’s director of development,
Doug Stein ’78, reports plans for a new St.
Charles Wall of Honor, which will be
located inside the Walter Student Commons.
The Commons will be utilized by
every St. Charles student, every day of
the school year.
The campaign leadership team also
reports St. Charles is relying on pledges
and gifts of its alumni and parents to
complete the project.
Principal Dominic Cavello reports onethird
of the Commons base floor has been
poured and is positioned in mid-November
to begin erecting steel supports for the
courtyard enclosure. Mr. Cavello is optimistic
the project will be ready in time for
Class of ’75 Gift
Greg Kontras presents St. Charles principal Dominic J.
Cavello a pledge “check” for $5,400 to go towards the
existing Class of 1975 Endowment.
Baccalaureate Mass and Commencement
scheduled in early June. Please refer to the
school’s Website for updated color photos of
the project. To get involved in the new St.
Charles Wall of Honor, the St. Charles
Walk of Honor, or to receive a list of roomand
area-naming opportunities, please
contact the school’s Development & Alumni
Office at (614) 563-6963.
Walter Student Commons
Groundbreaking
On June 6 St. Charles celebrated a ceremonial
groundbreaking for the Robert C.
Walter Student Commons and the new
Student Services and Fine Arts Center.
The estimated cost for the expansion is
$5.5 million, which will be funded by The
Campaign for Saint Charles – Phase II..
When completed next May, both
structures will provide 25,000 square-feet of
functional gathering space for everyday use
by the student body. It will also accommodate
student-body and faculty convocations,
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