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MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT Sr. Jacquelyn Gusdane, SND Twenty years has given NDCL the opportunity to grow into its “own person” and to take on an identity while reverencing and valuing the roots and heritage from Notre Dame Academy and Cathedral Latin School. As we enter the season of celebrations, NDCL has something special to celebrate! Twenty years ago on March 14, 1988, a new entity, now known as Notre Dame- Cathedral Latin School, became official. On that date, the Affiliation Agreement between the Sisters of Notre Dame, Inc. and the Cathedral Latin Alumni Association, Inc. was signed. The first co-ed class graduated three years later in 1991. As I write this column, I ask myself, “What happens in 20 years of living” Usually children go through many visible stages of growth and development. At some point, they realize that their choices have corresponding consequences: some good and some not so good. During two decades of life, support systems are critical, and children usually lean upon them, especially those connected with immediate family and friends. I am blessed with so many opportunities to meet and enjoy conversations with NDCL alumni who have been a part of this school community during its first 20 years. As I listen to them, I note some significant differences as they retell their NDCL experience, depending on whether they were a student during NDCL’s early transition from NDA, in the second half of the 1990s, or in the last five to seven years. Each has a story! When an alum, without prompting, says to me, as one did recently, “I just loved my years at NDCL. I hope my children can be a part of this school community some day,” I know we have reached a level of maturity that brings deep joy to my heart. It gives the faculty and staff renewed impetus for quality education, solid faith formation, and growing our performing arts and athletic programs. Twenty years has given NDCL the opportunity to grow into its “own person” and to take on an identity while reverencing and valuing the roots and heritage from Notre Dame Academy and Cathedral Latin School. Today, our mission and vision give voice to who we are and where we are headed. Our core values not only provide the foundation we deeply desire for every student, but also one that will last a lifetime for our graduates as they make their life choices. In this season of resurrected life, I invite you to recognize NDCL’s growth into maturity. Rejoice in the beauty of NDCL’s setting: rolling green fields, wooded hillsides, flowing ponds and streams, tree-lined trails and spacious athletic areas. Thank God in gratitude for the talented and caring administrators, faculty and staff that fill our building. Most of all, celebrate the students who, with the love and support of their families and the Catholic education received at NDCL, are being changed as they grow toward full maturity in Jesus Christ. Our prayer is constant: may NDCL be “distinguished by the accomplishments of its graduates and their transformative actions within their families, the Church, and the global community.” Your TURN Hi Sister Jacquelyn, I just wanted to take this opportunity to tell you how very happy we have been with NDCL and everything it offered both Joe and Shannon, and we also look forward to having John begin high school at NDCL in fall. As parents, you sometimes wonder if you're making the right decisions for your children, especially when they are such financial commitments. Then, something tells you, yes it was all worth it. For us, that something was when Joe came home for Christmas. He told us how much he loved being at Dayton. Most importantly, he feels so comfortable there because he was so prepared for college. He is in the engineering program at UD and faced some very tough classes his first semester at college. He did fantastic and said it was because of the preparation and classes he took at NDCL. It's not only what he learned at NDCL, but he learned how to learn, how to study and how to manage his time. He knows the classes are going to get much tougher and wouldn't guarantee these grades in the future, but wanted us to know he had a pretty smooth transition. I thought I'd just pass that along. See you Sunday, Donna Catalano Silk ‘78 Mother of Joe ’07, Shannon ’08 and John ’12 2 Seasons Spring 2008 Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin
MESSAGE FROM THE PRINCIPAL Joseph A. Waler The students have taken over the school! Just the thought of such a possibility would stop the hearts of most high school principals. But that is exactly what happened at Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin on the afternoon of February 21. And I am pleased to tell you that my heart was warmed with pride, not stopped cold, as I watched our students “take over” the school to lead a campus conversation on the social justice principle of solidarity. The schoolwide conversation was part of NDCL’s ongoing, creative efforts to live more fully our core value of justice. Prior to the conversation, every student and staff member had the opportunity to read Escape from Slavery, Francis Bok’s gripping account of his enslavement as a seven-year-old boy in Sudan and his eventual journey to freedom in the United States. Students also viewed Invisible Children, a video documentary of the tragic ways children have become victims and weapons of war in northern Uganda. Assistant principal Sister Joanne Keppler, campus minister Molly Linehan, and many of our teachers worked with the students to prepare them for the February 21 campus conversation. When the day came, however, it was student leadership that made all the difference. A team of 70 trained student facilitators led 35 different small-group discussions on solidarity. Others led an all-school prayer service that included African dancers and drummers from Cleveland’s Metro Catholic School. “ S olidarity is not a feeling of vague compassion or shallow distress at the misfortunes of so many people, both near and far. On the contrary, it is a firm and persevering determination to commit oneself to the common good; that is to say, to the good of all and of each individual, because we are all really responsible for all.” Pope John Paul II As a wandered in and out of several of the discussion groups, I was moved by our students’ quality of thought and depth of feeling as they explored the implications of our interconnectedness with everyone on the planet. The students were not “play acting” in some contrived educational charade. As they considered the stark and grisly issues of human slavery and trafficking, they were truly engaged in thought-provoking dialogue. Their questions revealed the impact of the conversation: • How can these things still be happening in our world • Why are so few people in the world and our country aware of these horrors • What should be the role of the United Nations The United States • What can we, as individuals and as a school, do to help Junior Jennifer Sloe succinctly summed up her experience of the campus conversation. “Reading Escape from Slavery was a reality check for me,” she said during one of the small-group discussions. “It helped me to put my life in perspective, especially the many blessings I have.” “Now that we’re aware, I definitely think we should put our knowledge into action,” she added. Yes, on February 21, Jennifer and our other 739 students took over NDCL. From what I saw and heard on that day, we can look forward with hope to the day when they will take over the world . . . transforming it by doing the truth in love. Indeed, they’ve already begun. Notre Dame-Cathedral Latin Seasons Spring 2008 3
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