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MESSMERTODAY ▼ Coach, Teacher, Alum Ron Davies ’60 Retires as Messmer Football Head Coach Ron Davies joined the Messmer family in 1956. After graduating from St. Norbert’s College, Ron returned to Messmer as an Assistant Football Coach through the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. He stayed two years and went back to college to obtain his Master's in Education. Then, in 1972, he took a job at Kenosha Tremper where he led the Trojans to three WIAA Division I State Championships and two runner-up finishes. His record also includes seven playoff appearances, seven conference championships, and five undefeated regular seasons. To say he was successful is an understatement. In 1980, he received the Football Coach of the Year award from the UPI, WHSFCA and the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. He would again earn the Coach the Year award from the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel in 1991. Ron retired from Kenosha Tremper in 2001. But retirement was not in the cards. "I received a phone call from my friend Peter Salza '60," Ron recalls. Salza explained to Ron that Messmer was ressurecting its football team and combining it with Shorewood Coach Ron Davies ’60. High School. It was the first private-public school venture of its kind in the nation. "It was difficult," says Ron. Although the numbers were low, he focused on having dedicated players. Ron is known for high expectations and being able to form teams based on hard work, friendship and spirit. Ron sums up his strategy as follows, “Kids understand expectations.” This year, the Messmer-Shorewood football team achieved a 6-3 record. Ron has worked to build the football team from the ground up. Principal Jeff Monday described Ron as, “An alum whose dedication never ends.” “He has given so much to Messmer throughout his life,” continued Monday. In reflecting on Messmer, Ron says, “The impact you can have on kids is the reason I came back. Every kid can be successful at life.” “His life shows what Messmer truly does and is,” said President Brother Bob Smith. Messmer Day at MU Messmer’s academic affiliation with Marquette University continued this past fall with high school students taking part in a day long tour of Marquette University. This marked the second time that Marquette organized “Messmer Day” on their campus to introduce students to the many attributes that the campus has to offer students after their time at Messmer has come to an end. Greg Borowski, political reporter for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, is a Messmer High School and Marquette University alumnus and has been one of the primary forces getting this special day off the ground. With Greg’s help and input, Marquette has instituted programs such as the Urban Journalism Workshop, which gives high school students a chance to learn more about the field of communications and advance their writing skills before they graduate with month long internship at local newspapers. The program also involves sessions at the Marquette Tribune to assist the Messmer’s journalism students in editing, producing and improving their articles for the Messmer Foursquare. In addition, this year an exciting new opportunity was extended to include the Marquette School of Engineering. During sessions with professors from the School of Engineering, students learned about many exciting opportunities in the fields of Science, Technology and Math. The classes ended with Messmer students using their new skills to build Lego Robots to perform specific functions. At the end of Marquette Day, recent graduates of Messmer who now attend Marquette University spoke with the current Messmer students about their experience in college and the admissions process. 14
▼ MESSMERTODAY Peace Crane Project Takes Flight Students at Messmer Catholic Schools constructed thousands of origami paper cranes to build peace awareness in our community and around the world. Their efforts are part of the Peace Crane Project that commemorates the 50th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima and the famous story of Sadako Sasaki. Origami cranes became famous around the world through the story of Sadako Sasaki, a young Japanese girl who was two years old at the time of the bombing. As a result of the bombing she was later diagnosed with leukemia. According to Japanese legend, anyone who folds 1,000 cranes will be granted a wish. Sadako wished to get well and folded over 600 cranes before she died at the young age of twelve years old. To honor Sadako, her friends completed the remaining cranes. They raised money to build a monument in her honor and as a prayer for peace in the world. Their monument stands in Hiroshima Peace Park in Japan. Every year, children from all over the world fold origami cranes to send to Sadako’s monument. Sadako’s story and the monument have become a symbol of peace throughout the world. Inspired by this story, Messmer students also made their cranes as a symbol of their commitment to peace in our community and in the world. Their hard work is beautifully displayed at Messmer High School. The display, like the statue of Sadako in Hiroshima Peace Park, is a monument and prayer for peace in the world. This spring, the Messmer cranes will be sent to Hiroshima Peace Park in Japan. Origami Peace Cranes hang in Messmer Commons. Save Messmer Committee On October 16, 2008, members of the Save Messmer Committee and their families returned to Messmer High School to award this year’s Save Messmer Committee Founders’ Scholarship. The ceremony took place after a very special prayer service during which Committee Member, Mary Anne Borowski-Lutz and her son, Greg Borowski, offered their reflections on the Save Messmer Committee and the turbulent times Messmer went through in the 1980s. This scholarship provides four deserving students and their families with financial assistance for their high school tuition and particularly recognizes those students who best model the spirit and dreams of the Save Messmer Committee. This year’s awardees were Seniors LaGina Mitchell, Ashley Sartin and Sidney Walls, and Junior Jeff Cross. Save Messmer Committee and scholarship recipients. 15
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