PCS CELEBRATED CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK

Kids of all ages, from our Early Childhood Center to our high school, took time out of their routine schedules to enjoy various activities, events, service projects, and prayer during Catholic

Schools Week (CSW), held January 31-February 6.

Activities included dress up days, pizza parties, talent shows, special projects and games, creating Valentine’s Day cards and non-slip socks with their “special persons”, book fairs, staff vs. 8th grade volleyball tournament, elementary school masses with an extra special song, mass celebrated together with grades 5-12, delivering service

projects to seniors, and so much more!

NEWSCARDINAL

The 3rd Annual Cardinal Crusade Live Auction & Dinner was held on Saturday, February 13 at the Stevens Point Country Club. Over 120 attendees came out to enjoy raffles and games, a delicious dinner, and the silent and live auctions. Over $20,000 was raised to support our schools, our most successful auction yet. Thank you to everyone who supported and donated! Stay tuned for additional details on the 4th Annual Cardinal Crusade to be held in 2017, and we look forward to seeing you there for another evening of fun!

OVER $20,000 RAISED TO SUPPORT OUR SCHOOLS

12th

Annual Pacelli Golf Outing SPRING/SUMMER 2016

IN THIS ISSUECapital Campaign

Pacelli Golf Outing

Winter Athletics

Graduation Events

During the season of Easter, we hear the priest say, “Christ is risen,” and we respond, “He is risen indeed!” The students love this at the end of mass, partly because it gives them license to shout as loud as they can in church. But there is also much to shout about in Pacelli Catholic Schools during this Easter season.

Most importantly, our students continue to grow in their faith. It is different than you find in other schools and locations. Students don’t attend mass, they celebrate with great energy. A great example of this was in early April when Bishop Callahan joined the entire Pacelli Catholic Schools’ family at St. Bronislava Parish. At the end of the mass, he told the students how impressed he was with them saying, “Tell your parents that what they’re spending on your Catholic education is well worth it.” Our students live their faith in so many ways, a great testament to our parents and teachers.

Our Pride in Our Past…Faith in Our Future Capital Campaign has entered the public phase. We have reached our Celebration Goal of $2 million and are well on our way to our $3.2 million Transformation Goal. Please make sure that you read the section in this publication on the campaign, including the incredible matching gift opportunity that is available to all donors. I invite you to prayerfully consider joining us by contributing to this campaign. A drive such as this doesn’t happen very often, so please do what you can to ensure a strong Catholic school system in this community for years to come.

Easter season also means we are closer to many milestones, including graduations at a number of levels. Our seniors will be off to many colleges in the fall, well-prepared academically, emotionally, and spiritually to be successful. Please keep the seniors and all our students in your prayers as they move on to new endeavors.

On behalf of all the faculty and staff in our Pacelli Catholic Schools, I want to thank you for all your support this past year, whether through prayer, a kind word, a contribution, or attending one of our events. It takes many people working together to keep our schools strong, and I am very grateful for all your support.

Gregg Hansel, Director of Education

Bishop Callahan greets students before the system-wide mass on Thursday, April 7 at St. Bronislava parish.

Mr. Gregg Hansel (center) and his crew of trusty sidekicks, (L to R) Lynn DiSalvo, Erin Prais-Hintz, Kevin Shibilski, & Paul Hintz, making a pancake breakfast for the senior class, an item senior parents, the Hintzes, won at the Cardinal Crusade.

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S A V E T H E D A T E FRIDAY, AUGUST 5

W I S C O N S I N R I V E R G O L F C L U B

12TH ANNUAL PACELLI GOLF OUTING

HOSTED BY THE BIG RED CLUB

Proceeds benefit Pacelli Athletics, including the funding of a proposed fitness center at Pacelli Catholic High School.

$90 PER GOLFER Includes Golf Fees with Cart,

2 Drink Tickets, Dinner, Prizes and Awards!

Can’t make it for the full day outing? Join us for dinner!

$20 PER PERSON

REGISTRATION FORMS AT pacellicatholicschools.com

QUESTIONS/SPONSORSHIPS OR GOLFING? CONTACT

MIKE SCHMOLL BIG RED CLUB TREASURER

715.498.2792

TOM CASHIN BIG RED CLUB PRESIDENT

715.341.4236

GOCARDINALS!

GET YOUR FOURSOME TOGETHER – RESERVE YOUR SPOTS TODAY!

A MESSAGE FROM MR. HANSEL

CARDINAL CRUSADEA ROARING SUCCESS

ATHLETIC UPDATESBOYS BASKETBALLHead Coach Matt Resch Assistants Jordan Brezinski, Colyn Buss, Jalen Buss,

& Zach HudekStats 9-14 Overall Record | 6-8 Conf. Record 4th PlaceHonorable Mention Chris Shibilski, All Conference

GIRLS BASKETBALLHead Coach Joe Van Handel Assistants Karin Kedrowski, Lindsey Retzki,& Sam SchroederStats 6-17 Overall Record | 3-11 Conf. Record (7th Place)Honorable Mention Christonna Shafranski, All Conference

BOYS HOCKEY Co-Op with Almond-Bancroft, Amherst, Iola, Assumption, & RosholtHead Coach Rusty Mitch Assistants Brian Winquist & Corey BlakeStats 15-9 Overall Record | 1-1 Playoff RecordPacelli Team Trevin Milbauer, Seth Shulfer, Wesley Kussow, Daniel

Mitch, Brad Maes, Chris Karch, Nick Hasler, Richard Zupan, & Anders Jacobson

Hobey Baker Award Chris Karch

GIRLS HOCKEY Co-Op with SPASH, Lincoln, Assumption, & MarshfieldHead Coach Rachel Graves Stats 6-15 Overall record | 1-1 Playoff RecordPacelli Team Maren Herndon, Kendra Robinson, & Carolyn StorchOffensive POY Kendra Robinson

Wendie Cliver, WCM Photography and Photo Creations

WRESTLINGCo-Op with Almond-BancroftCoaches Mike Suchocki & Kevin Suchocki Pacelli Team Alex Larson Stats 10-10 record

CURLINGCo-Op with SPASHHead Coach Patti Henning Pacelli Team Krista Domaszek & Thomas Whelihan Stats Girls finished as state runner-ups

DANCEHead Coach Tricia Cashin Assistant Nevada PazdraStats 2nd Place at Regionals 7th Place at State

GROWING IN FAITH APPEAL Our fiscal year, ending on June 30, is quickly coming to a close just as the school year is. We have so many successes to celebrate with our students that would not be possible without the most dedicated teaching staff that you’ll find in our classrooms every day.

Let’s take two of our teachers - Guy Gehrman and Paula Marciniak. They have poured their hearts and lives into educating our students, faithfully serving our schools for a total of 76 years. But their combined salary is less than $75,000 while the highest paid public school teacher in town makes over $76,000 for just 17 years of experience.

That’s why we’re acting now to increase teacher salaries so we can recruit and retain outstanding educators and keep the best and brightest in our classrooms. Any funds raised for the annual fund over our budgeted amount will go directly towards increasing staff salaries.

OUR CHALLENGE

TO YOUNext time you’re about to grab your morning latte or drive thru lunch, just pause for a moment and think about our teachers. Could you sacrifice your daily indulgence and instead give to our teachers who have sacrificed so much for our students?

GIVE ONLINE TODAY pacellicatholicschools.com or use the enclosed envelope to mail your check.

There’s much excitement surrounding Pacelli Catholic Schools as we celebrate our strong past and look forward to our even brighter future. Through the efforts of our campaign leadership team, and the sacrifice of many, we have already hit our $2 million Celebration Goal and are on our way to reaching our $3.2 million Transformation Goal, aimed at enhancing our teacher and staff salaries and renovating the infrastructure of our schools.

We are excited to announce that we have a tremendous challenge opportunity from a very generous donor who will match 50 cents on every dollar up to $1 million. If we’re successful in meeting this challenge, we will have added $1.5 million to our campaign total. There’s never been a better time to make a gift with maximum, lasting impact as it will be increased by 50%.

APPRECIATING OUR HARD WORKING TEACHERS & STAFF

ALUMNI REST IN PEACE1944 E.J. “Pat” Kubisiak (89) ~ December, 2015

1949 Lucille (Printz) Poeschel (83) ~ November 29, 2015

1950 Leona (Klismith) Bembenek (84) ~ February 16, 2016

1952 Margaret (Krusa) Peltier (81) ~ April 3, 2016

1953 Jane (Kosmalski) Augustinak (81) ~ January 21, 2016

1956 Nancy (Eckendorf) Groshek (77) ~ March 25, 2016

1957 Lorraine (Netzel) Falkavage (77) ~ January 1, 2016

1957 Judith (Maslowski) Sommers (76) ~ February 1, 2016

1958 Victor Schultz (76) ~ March 15, 2016

1960 Francis “Frank” Sigman (73) ~ April 7, 2016

1961 Andrea (Bannach) Spears (72) ~ March 24, 2016

1965 George Hanson (69) ~ April 7, 2016

1966 Peter Lutz (68) ~ January 21, 2016

1966 Gary Moyer (67) ~ March 2, 2016

1970 Richard Pfiffner (63) ~ March 28, 2016

1971 David Mertes (62) ~ November 18, 2015

1972 Joseph Schultz (61) ~ February 14, 2016

2006 Kenny Eberhard (27) ~ April 12, 2016

STAY IN TOUCHJust move or buy a house?

Planning a reunion for your class? Land your dream job?

We LOVE to hear from our Alumni!Contact Deb Sepeda at 715.341.2445

with any exciting life updates or changes to your contact information.

dsepeda@pacellicatholicschools.com

Patti Henning, Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Award for Outstanding Teacher recipient, and Jodi Olszewski, Holy Family Award recipient. Not pictured: Nancy Lensmire, Mother Theresa Outstanding Service Award recipient.

Pictured (Back L to R): Michael Schmoll (20), Patti Henning (30), Joseph Fischer (15), Maureen Brocken (15), Gretchen Frane (10), and Jill Morley (10); Front (L to R): Amy Parks (20), Rob Judziewicz (5), and Carla Glinski (15). Not pictured: Caroline Bernas (15), Brenda Krzykowski (15), LeeAnn Stremkowski (15), Sheri Bigalke (10), Jane Cisewski (10), and Heather Engebretson (10).

UPCOMING EVENTSSHREDDING PARTY MAY 12GOLF OUTING AUGUST 5PANACEA SEPTEMBER 9-11

SEE WHAT YOUR CLASSMATES ARE UP TOCLASS NOTES CAN BE VIEWED ONLINE

pacellicatholicschools.com

UPCOMINGCLASS REUNIONS

CLASS OF ‘71CELEBRATING 45 YEARS!

JULY 22 & 23FRIDAY, JULY 22

Meet on the patio at Middletown Grill beginning at 7PM

SATURDAY, JULY 23Golf outing in the morning.

Gathering at 4PM at Middletown Grill.Please contact Jean Jakusz (j.jakusz@hotmail.com)

or Tom & Sharon Koss (tbkoss71@gmail.com) for details

CLASS OF ‘86JOIN FACEBOOK PAGE

"Pacelli High School, Stevens Point, WI 1986" for 30th Class Reunion details

Tentatively set for Panacea weekend (September 9-11)

CLASS OF ‘06CELEBRATING 10 YEARS!

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 7PM • Partner’s Pub

Contact Barbara (Koehl) Rod • barbara.koehl@gmail.com

GRADUATION ACTIVITIES8TH GRADE GRADUATION MASS & CEREMONY

JUNE 2 | 6PM | ST. PETER PARISH

HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION EVENTSBACCALAUREATE MASS

MAY 20 | 6:30-7:30PM | ST. BRONISLAVA PARISH

SR. JANE EPPING & SENIOR AWARDS MAY 27 | 9:05-11:05AM

FACC AT PACELLI CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL

HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATION MAY 28 | 1-3PM

GYM AT PACELLI CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL

30 YEARS Patti Henning – Pacelli Catholic Elementary School-St. Stephen

20 YEARS Amy Parks – Pacelli Catholic Elementary School-St. Stephen Michael Schmoll – Pacelli Catholic High School

15 YEARS Caroline Bernas – Pacelli Catholic Elementary School-St. Stanislaus

Maureen Brocken – Pacelli Catholic Middle School

Joseph Fischer – Pacelli Catholic High School

Carla Glinski – Pacelli Catholic Elementary School-St. Stephen

Brenda Krzykowski – Pacelli Catholic Elementary School-St. Bronislava

LeeAnn Stremkowski – Pacelli Catholic Middle School

10 YEARS Sheri Bigalke – Food Service

Jane Cisewski – Central Office

Heather Engebretson – Central Office

Gretchen Frane – Pacelli Catholic Elementary School-St. Bronislava

Jill Morley – Pacelli Catholic Elementary School-St. Bronislava

5 YEARS Rob Judziewicz – Pacelli Catholic Middle School

EVERY DOLLAR MATTERS.

Visit pacellicatholicschools.com, spend some time reviewing our campaign materials, think about how your life has been impacted by Catholic schools, and consider what meaningful sacrifice you can make in support of our efforts.

Your sacrificial gift, in any amount, will make an important difference in this campaign and leave a lasting legacy in the lives of our teachers and, most importantly, our students.

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ANNUAL STAFF APPRECIATION

PARTY HELD ON APRIL 20

Outstanding staff were recognized for the following special awards:

Mother Theresa Outstanding Service Award Nancy Lensmire

Holy Family Award – Jodi Olszewski

Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Award for Outstanding Teacher – Patti Henning

Kohl Teacher Fellowship Award – Maureen Brocken

MANY STAFF MEMBERS ALSO CELEBRATED MILESTONE ANNIVERSARIES AND WERE RECOGNIZED FOR THEIR YEARS OF SERVICE AND DEDICATION TO CATHOLIC EDUCATION.