Summer 2012 Issue - De La Salle Institute

De La Salle Magazine
Summer 2012
Editor
Michael K. Walsh
Photography
Root Studios
Jaclin Szafraniec
Michael K. Walsh
Contributing Authors
Iris Gist Cochran
Margaret Grabowski ‘06
Margaret McEldowney
Michael K. Walsh
Designer
Design BIG Dreams
Printer
Andrews Printing
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La Salle’s mission of excellence
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Lions and tigers and bears, oh my!
In case you are wondering why I referenced the classic movie, “The Wizard of Oz”, in the opening paragraph of my
letter, it’s because of the excitement that the De La Salle community is experiencing in terms of the excellence provided
by the 118 young women and 140 young men comprising our Class of 2012.
As is typically the case, our graduates will be attending some of the top colleges and universities across the country. In
terms of scholarship dollars earned, the Meteors of the Class of 2012 have the potential to earn $15.2 million over the
next four years.
Next fall, we will have a Lion in our midst, as one of our students from the Lourdes Hall Campus for Young Women
has earned a scholarship that figures to be worth $250,000 over the next four years to attend Columbia University, a
prestigious Ivy League institution in New York City.
And we will have a Tiger among us, as eight De La Salle students were accepted at the University of Missouri in
Columbia and one of them will attend that particular bastion of higher learning known for its journalistic distinction
among other fields of academics.
Let’s not forget the Bear, as another student from the Lourdes Hall Campus has earned a scholarship to Morgan State
University in Baltimore, an institution known for academic excellence in the African-American community.
Along with those students, we will also have Blue Demons (DePaul), Fighting Illini (University of Illinois at Urbana-
Champaign), Scarlet Hawks (Illinois Institute of Technology), Badgers (University of Wisconsin), Titans (Illinois
Wesleyan University) and Wolverines (University of Michigan) to name but a handful of the outstanding colleges and
universities at which our Meteors will study in the fall.
In addition, we also have three students who were chosen Evans Scholars and will be attending college on full
scholarships, thanks to the immense generosity of our friends at the Chick Evans Foundation. Our Evans Scholars, who
will be attending Wisconsin, Illinois and Northern Illinois, have earned scholarships totaling $376,000 over four years.
If that weren’t impressive enough, we also have a Golden Apple Scholar, who will be attending the University of Illinois
at Urbana-Champaign with the goal of becoming a teacher and someday coming back to De La Salle. His scholarship
will be worth $28,000 over four years.
With the 2011-12 school year having recently drawn to a close, De La Salle
would like to thank everyone who helps to make our school a place where
great futures do indeed begin. As a result of the munificence of our alumni and
our donors, De La Salle continues to provide an excellent college preparatory
education to the young women and men who aspire to high levels of success.
May you and yours have a wonderfully relaxing and safe summer as we look
forward to the beginning of the 2012-13 school year and celebrating the 10th
anniversary of the opening of our Lourdes Hall Campus for Young Women.
Thank you for all of your support and interest in De La Salle!
St. John Baptist de La Salle, Pray for Us!
Our Lady of Lourdes, Pray for Us!
Live Jesus in Our Hearts, Forever!
Rev. Paul E. Novak, OSM
President
De La Salle President Father Paul Novak
MISSION STATEMENT
De La Salle Institute is an independent Catholic secondary school rooted in the tradition of Christian education
begun by St. John Baptist de La Salle. Founded in 1889, its mission has been, and is, to foster a desire for excellence
in education. Young people from a variety of ethnic and economic backgrounds are given the opportunity to fully
develop their abilities so they may be active, contributing members of our complex, changing society.
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