Saying Yes to God's Plan - Marian High School

National Honor SocietyOn November 11, Marian inducted 12 seniorsand 62 juniors into its Maria Chapter of theNational Honor Society (NHS). To be eligibleas a member of the NHS, students must beof junior or senior standing and embodyfour qualities: leadership, scholarship,character and service. A candidate musthold a leadership position, either electedor appointed, in a group or club; shemust maintain a 3.5 GPA at the beginningof her year; her teachers evaluate hercharacter; and she must complete 15 hoursof community service at one service siteoutside of the Marian community, as well asparticipate in two Marian activities or clubswith a minimum of 15 hours each.The ceremony was held at the Servants ofMary Motherhouse Chapel. The keynotespeaker was Dr. Ginny Russell Curley ’86,who embodies the National Honor Societytraits of leadership, scholarship, characterand service. As a life-long learner, Curleyearned her bachelor’s degree in Theologyfrom the University of St. Thomas, a master’sdegree in Counseling from CreightonUniversity and a doctorate in HigherEducation Administration and Leadershipthrough the University of Nebraska atLincoln. She is an Assistant Professor atNebraska Methodist College in the GeneralEducation department. Ginny consultsin the Omaha community and presentsnationally on a variety of interpersonal andorganizational topics, including gender,power, conflict and leadership. Her passionis helping individuals and groups meet theirpotential through the identification of giftsand enhanced communication.A reception for the girls and their familiesfollowed the ceremony.State VolleyballMarian’s 2009 Varsity Volleyball team, underthe direction of Coach Rochelle Rohlfs, claimedthe State Championship Title on November 14,2009. This win secured the first volleyball statetitle for the Crusaders since 1999.Many members of Marian’s Varsity VolleyballTeam received post-season recognitionfrom the Lincoln Journal Star and OmahaWorld-Herald newspapers. In addition, theteam received a No. 12 national ranking bywww.prep.com.Coach Rohlfs was also named the NebraskaCoaches Association Volleyball Coach of theYear as well as the Journal Star’s Girls HighSchool Coach of the Year. Coach Rohlfs has21 years of experience at Marian. She hascompiled 541 wins, earned the state title in 2009and 1999 and was the state runner up in 2002and 2005. Her athletes are recognized year afteryear on local, regional and national levels.Scholarship recipients Alyssa Neneman ‘12, Elizabeth Wolodkewitsch ’11 and Shantel Bell ‘10, benefactorsSr. Joy Weideman, OSM of the Frank & Emma Jean Weideman Memorial Scholarship and Kris Krueger of theEileen Honz ‘76 Memorial Scholarship and Sue Mickey ‘69 Marian Fund DirectorEndowed Scholarship Appreciation BreakfastIn December, Marian hosted an inaugural Endowed Scholarship Appreciation Breakfast tohonor gracious benefactors who created a named an endowed scholarship, which assistsstudents in financial need. Through the generosity of these donors, Marian provides abouthalf of its student body $500,000 in scholarship assistance each year.Thirteen benefactors of 19 endowed scholarships and 30 student scholarship recipientsenjoyed good food, great company and the musical talents of Marian’s string ensemble. Headof School Susan Toohey, whose family endowed a scholarship in her mother’s name, theAnne Caldwell Russell Memorial Scholarship, welcomed honored guests. Dennis Chapman,benefactor of the Karen Burbach Chapman Memorial Scholarship, addressed the benefactorsabout why his family decided to create a scholarship for Marian students in memory of hiswife. The event concluded with remarks from junior Joy Leick, recipient of the Servants ofMary Endowed Scholarship, who graciously thanked guests for making the dream of a Marianeducation a reality for her.Marian has 85 endowed scholarships.13