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3 • FALL/WINTER 2011 During a young man’s high school years at Moeller, he is continually exposed to the five Characteristics of Marianist Education, better known as the C.M.E.s. Each component part of his education in some way draws upon the C.M.E.s, as well as heightens his awareness and understanding of their importance to being a “Man of Moeller.” This year, Moeller is focusing on the fourth Characteristic, “to educate for service, peace, and justice.” To this end, the entire Moeller student body and faculty read Dead Man Walking by Sr. Helen Prejean, an initiative spearheaded by English Department Chair Geoffrey Girard. Faculty and students are continuing with activities throughout the year that will highlight the issue of capital punishment. This study of the topics related to the death penalty will examine Church teachings that will assist in informing student consciences, as well as encouraging students to take an active stance in promoting those things that allow us to champion the Church’s call “to create a culture of life.” Along with this interdisciplinary initiative, our students are focusing on corollary topics, such as race, poverty, and social structures. The outcome of this project will be to help encourage students to take a proactive stance in dealing with issues of social justice, responding in service, and working for peace in all of society. One of the many opportunities that allow for faculty and students to become active in this fourth Characteristic is our service learning experiences. This program comes through the Pastoral Ministry Office and allows participation in a variety of trips designed to enable participants to put their faith in action, as well as further educate them on the issues that create disparity within social structures. The trips occur over the course of the summer and allow participants to fully discover the myriad of issues facing particular communities where financial and infrastructure needs are most prevalent. The Five Characteristics of a Marianist Education • Educating for faith formation; • Providing an integral, quality education; • Educating in the Family Spirit; • Educating for service, justice, and peace; and • Educating for adaptation and change. This past July Service Director Brian Gilronan arranged for a group to travel to a Navajo Indian Reservation located in Thoreau, New Mexico. The trip was designed for students to experience firsthand the issues facing Native Americans in the United States. I, along with Geoffrey Girard and eight students, were privileged to be a part of it. During the course of the week we helped residents on the reservation by painting the community center and reservation thrift store, cleaning up mobile home lots, along with the school grounds at St. Bonaventure School, moving and storing clothes for the reservation thrift store, providing fresh water from the St. Bonaventure water truck to residents, and traveling into remote areas of the reservation to view the conditions for elderly residents and their families. The trip was a tremendous learning opportunity, for students experienced not only the conditions of the Navajo people, but they were able to understand the vast issues facing the residents as it related to housing, health care, and unemployment. Native Americans have the highest unemployment, alcoholism, and suicide rates in our country. They have become – as the Navajo people refer to those on the reservations – “the forgotten ones” or “forgotten people.” During our nightly reflection and scripture time, one of the major themes for students was to examine more closely issues surrounding the ability of the Navajo people to secure adequate employment, health care, and housing. With a host of issues existing on the reservation, more work needs to be done. The residents need immediate help and far better living conditions. As we seek to do mission work to better our society, the words of Jesus ring truer than ever, “What you did to the least of my people, you did to me.” Yours in service, Blane Collison, Principal MOELLER HONORS ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE AT AWARDS ASSEMBLY: In August Moeller held its annual Academic Awards Program for the Classes of 2012-2014. During this all-school assembly, the administrators and department chairs honor various scholastic achievements, such as students who earned First and Second Honors for the 2010-11 school year, students who received cum laude-level scores on the National Latin exam, students who earned entry to the National and Spanish Honor Societies, special community service awards, and special awards from universities and businesses. During the awards program, the principal also recognized Moeller’s Academic Team for winning the GCL title again. The program listing all awards is available on the school website (www.Moeller.org) under Academics. In May Moeller will hold its annual Senior Academic Awards Assembly. SOPHOMORE PRESENTS RESEARCH TO THE OHIO ACADEMY OF SCIENCE: William Ittenbach ’14 (photo left) represented Moeller at the Ohio Academy of Science’s annual meeting last May where he presented his research on bacteria in fast food restaurants as compared with casual dining restaurants. He received letters of commendation from the governor and state reps for his work. The Blessed William Joseph Chaminade Chapter of the National Honor Society approved the following students for membership: (Pictured, from left: Front Row: Quinn Collison '13, Corey Carroll '13, Joey Ward '12, and Mitch Catino '12. Back Row: Stephen Spaeth '13, Derek Schappacher '13, Alex Voss '12, Mitch Fischer '12, and Bryan Martin '12. Absent: Jacob Heuker '13) TWO SENIORS NAMED NATIONAL MERIT SEMIFINALISTS: Seniors Zachary Flint (on left) and Colin Foos (on right) were named National Merit Semifinalists. About 1.5 million juniors in 22,000 high schools entered the 2012 National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the 2010 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. Only 1 percent of the students who take the test are named semifinalists. 30 MOELLER STUDENTS EARN AP SCHOLAR AWARDS: The following students earned the designation of AP Scholar: Jon Ashbrock '12, Stephen Dean '11, Oliver Englehart '11, Charles Fiessinger '11, William Hamiter '12, Nick Herweh '11, Michael Irwin '11, Lucas Kmetz '12, Brandon Kroger '12, Eric Larison '11, Brian Markgraf '12, Daniel O’Bryan '11, Daniel Prampero '12, Anthony Spuzzillo '11, Michael Uckotter '11, Jonathan Ward '11, Tyler Williford '12, and Michael Zoller '11. Five students earned the designation of AP Scholar with Honor: Brendan Holmes '11, Samuel Knudson '11, Ed Rein '12, Joseph Trame '11, and Matthew Woebkenberg '11. Seven students earned the designation of AP Scholar with Distinction: Lucas Agricola '11, Mark Dalga '11, Ross Geiger '11, Michael Lynch '11, Alexander Parra '11, Jacob Schlueter '11, and Michael Wright '11. 10 STUDENTS EARN CUM LAUDE-LEVEL AWARDS ON NATIONAL LATIN EXAMS: Ten students were recognized at the fall awards assembly for their scores on the 2011 National Latin Exam: Latin III: Juniors Evan Cooper (Silver Maxim Cum Laude [SMCL] ) and Joseph Kremer (Magna Cum Laude [MCL] ); Latin II: Sophomores Andrew Benza (Gold Summa Cum Laude [GSCL] ), Brian Butz (SMCL), and Nick Staresinic (Cum Laude [CL] ); Latin 1: Freshmen Robert Brudnicki (SMCL), William Hamiter (MCL), Joseph Pappalardo (SMCL), Gus Ragland (CL), and Nicholas Schlueter (SMCL). FIVE NAMED NATIONAL MERIT COMMENDED STUDENTS: The following students were named National Merit Commended students: Wick Hardenberg, Harry Hamiter, Jacob Gill, Francis Ittenbach, and Luke Bugada. They are among 34,000 students nationwide to earn this prestigious status. SENIOR ZACHARY FLINT ACCEPTED INTO SELECTIVE DRAMA WORKSHOP: Zachary Flint ’12 was one of a dozen students chosen from Greater Cincinnati/ Northern Kentucky high schools to participate in the Playhouse in the Park’s Drama Workshop. He will see eight professional plays at three local theaters: the Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park, the Cincinnati Shakespeare Festival, and the Ensemble Theater of Cincinnati. After writing drama reviews for the plays, Zachary and other participants will meet with Cincinnati Enquirer theater critic Jackie Demaline for a workshop on both drama and journalism. Zach’s selection marks the fourteenth year that a Moeller student has been chosen for the workshop. FALL/WINTER 2011 • 4
NEW ‘CHAMP CUP’ HONORS MEMORY OF JIM CHAMPLIN ’72: Jim “Champ” Champlin ’72 wore many hats during his tenure at Moeller, but his most prominent role was as Trinity House Dean, one of the founding leaders of the House System. After Jim passed away from cancer in June 2011, the administration chose Dan Dever from Moeller’s Pastoral Ministry Department to become the new Trinity Dean. Dan’s first initiative was to create the “Champ Cup,” which is similar to the Marianist Cup that is awarded to the House with the most points at the end of the year. Dan decided that individual Mentor Groups within Trinity House would compete against each other in activities where everyone could participate. “Champ was instrumental in getting students involved,” Dan explained. “The Champ Cup will be awarded to the Mentor Group with the most activity-related points at the end of each quarter and will reside in the room of the winning Mentor Group. The Champ Cup will be a constant reminder of Jim and his legacy. Trinity House is what it is today because of him.” BRITISH LIT TEACHER FEATURED SPEAKER AT CONFERENCE: British Literature Teacher Michael Rose was a featured speaker in September at the Life Technology & Science Conference at the Engineer’s Club in Dayton, Ohio. He gave a presentation on teaching Frankenstein and Brave New World in the context of contemporary biotechnology and medical experimentation. STUDENTS ATTEND MAYERSON LEADER- SHIP WORKSHOP: Six students attended the Mayerson Leadership Workshop held at the University of Cincinnati this fall: senior Joe Kremer; juniors Matt Messina and Harry Wahl; and sophomores Zachary Bonn, Matt Shannon, and Kyle Zimmerman. This service-learning program sponsored by the Mayerson Foundation is designed to encourage and empower students to initiate meaningful service projects within their school and community. Moeller's current support for the Ugandan School, Unified for UNIFAT, evolved from one of the previous Mayerson presentations, as well as the school's Green Giants recycling program. SENIOR PARTICIPATES IN NATIONAL LEADER- SHIP PROGRAM: Scott Nugent ’12 participated in the Economics for Leaders summer program conducted at Vanderbilt University. He is one of 50 students from around the country accepted into the Foundation for Teaching Economics program. Students selected demonstrated excellent leadership potential. During the week-long Economics for Leaders program, students attained an understanding of economic reasoning principles and how to employ these concepts for successful and effective leadership. GREG STANFORTH '67 SELECTED TO PRESENT AT THE NAEA CONVENTION: Department Chair Greg Stanforth's presentation, “Creating a Culture of Sketchbooks in a High School Art Program,” will be part of the National Art Education Association’s (NAEA) National Convention in New York next March. His session is scheduled as a “Best Practice Lecture.” STUDENTS SELECTED TO PARTICIPATE IN UGIVE INTERNSHIP: Two seniors (Joe Kremer and Scott Nugent) and two juniors (Matt Messina and Andrew Mendel) participated in UGive’s five-week summer internship program designed to engage students in hands-on service opportunities, build leadership skills, and place them in a position to make a real impact on the Cincinnati community. The interns experienced a poverty simulation led by St. Vincent de Paul and spent their Wednesday mornings in Over-the-Rhine. They also planned “Step Up Cincinnati,” the region’s largest one-day, student-run service event. During this event, Joe Kremer '12 won the $500 Summer Internship Scholarship. JUNIOR ELECTED VICE MAYOR OF CINCINNATI YOUTH IN GOVERNMENT: Following campaign speeches to about 200 Cincinnati area high school students, Nick Staresinic ’13 was elected vice mayor of the YMCA's Cincinnati Youth in Government. Nick was selected to participate last year as well. BREAKING NEWS: Moeller Wins Nike Rivalry Uniform Contest! Out of 718 high schools, Moeller won the Nike contest that highlighted football traditions across the country. The prize is new football uniforms for 2012, valued at more than $17,5K. Alumnus Rob Ebel ’82, the webmaster of the new Moeller athletic website (see below), created and submitted the winning video. JUNIOR EARNS EAGLE SCOUT AWARD: Mitch Hoelker earned his Eagle Scout Award recently by rebuilding a shelter by the Blue Ash YMCA. “To get the project going I had to figure out how to fund it. I noticed the YPC (Moeller’s Youth Philanthropy Council) application in an email…,and they gave me $900, which almost funded the whole project. I really feel that YPC is a great way for Moeller to leave a footprint in our community. It tells people what Moeller is all about – our mission to help others and the community.” Mitch and family friend Marvin Boyer (photo above) who earned his Eagle Scout rank 41 years ago. FRESHMAN EARNS YMCA’S HIGHEST ACCOLADE: Anthony Whyle ’15 was recognized with the highest accolade at YMCA Camp Ernst: Honor Camper. This award is given to a student who displays outstanding character qualities. Only 2% of the nearly 3,000 campers who attend Camp Ernst are chosen for this award. The staff of more than 100 nominate campers who are examples of the YMCA core character values of honesty, caring, respect, and responsibility. By Barry Borman ’64, Athletic Director We had another great fall season! FOOTBALL: Football captured its first outright GCL Championship since 1997; we placed several players on All-League and All-District Teams; and Coach Rodenberg was named GCL Coach of the Year. Moeller qualified for its 30th appearance in the State Football Playoffs and 10th consecutive year qualifying for the playoffs, which is the longest Division I streak in the state. Our football team played one of the most difficult schedules in the country, and Coach Rodenberg and his staff prepared our team well as we moved into the regional championship game against St. X. SOCCER: Soccer made it to the District Finals before losing a tough overtime game, while Crusader Chris Nartker was named to the All-State Team. GOLF: Golf just missed qualifying to the State Championships this year by a couple strokes. The golf team had qualified nine consecutive years to the State Tournament. CROSS COUNTRY: Cross Country had one of its best teams in several years carrying a squad of over 60 athletes. OVERALL STANDINGS: Now we find ourselves second in the league standings for the All-Sports Trophy as we move into a challenging winter season. PASTORAL MINISTRY NAMES AWARDEES: The Pastoral Ministry Department honored three students with the Charlotte McCullough Award for service: (pictured above) Kyle Zimmerman ’14, Francis Ittenbach ’12, and Matthew Messina ’13. 70 STUDENTS PARTICIPATE IN SUMMER SERVICE TRIPS: More than 70 Moeller students participated in eight different summer service trips that ranged from experiences in Cincinnati’s Over-the-Rhine, to a Navajo reservation in New Mexico, to a rural village outside of Truijillo, Peru. In Peru, 16 students worked with students from the Marianist school of Collegio Santa Maria Marianistas in a rural village called Otuzco. They also expanded their cultural horizons by visiting the UNESCO World Heritage Site in Machu Picchu. FALL SPORTS WRAP UP: Football Captures First Outright GCL Championship Since 1997! MOELLER INTRODUCES NEW WEBSITE: During the summer, Moeller redesigned its website and introduced a new athletic website within its structure (see www.Moeller.org under “Athletics” or go to www.LetsGoBigMoe.com). This new athletic website features broadcasts, video clips, photos, team updates, announcements, news, and much more. Alumnus Rob Ebel ’82 is the designer and webmaster… A month after its debut, the site passed the one million view mark. “We broke a record,” said Ebel. “We went over the 1,000,000 view mark faster than any other school in their company's history.” The company sponsor, iHigh.com, has been in business for five years and has 4,120 active high schools across America. 5 • FALL/WINTER 2011 FALL/WINTER 2011 • 6
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