MIEGE
MATTERS
A NEWSLETTER FOR ALUMNI, PARENTS OF ALUMNI AND FRIENDS
WINTER 2008
INSIDE
Kincaid family
donates North
Campus to
school
Page 3
ACT Prep: The
Bishop Miege
bonus
Page 4
Alumni of the
Year: Billy
Morris ’88
Page 5
2007
Homecoming
Page 6
Dixon Doll
Stadium
Dedication
Page 7
Welcome to
Dixon Doll Stadium
More on the
Future of Miege
Athletics
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Kincaids donate
North Campus,
p. 3
Homecoming
christens new
stadium, p. 7
Photos from the
stadium dedication, p. 8
O
n Friday, Oct. 19, 2007, a new era
of Bishop Miege athletics began
with the opening of Dixon Doll
Stadium. After many months of fundraising
and planning, demolition of Koch Stadium
started in June, and four months later, the
gates opened for Miege’s Homecoming
football and soccer games.
The stadium features new lighting,
competition-grade track, a state-of-the-art
artificial turf field and a new grandstand.
The stadium was named for 1960 Miege
alumnus Dixon Doll, whose significant
contributions to and leadership in the early
phases of fund-raising helped make the
current facility a reality.
Homecoming weekend kicked off with
a pair of victories: first, the boys’ varsity
soccer team, followed by the football team’s
trouncing of Harmon High School.
But the celebration – and the excitement
– weren’t finished yet. The next Friday,
Oct. 26, the Stags faced rival St. Thomas
Aquinas in a game that would decide
Miege’s postseason fate. That night included
visits from the stadium’s namesake as well
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Stag
achievements
Page 8-10
CMT at Miege
Page 11
35th annual
Auction:
April 26, 2008
Page 12
Alumni Feature:
Tim Propp ’80
Page 13
Alumnotes
Page 14-15
Calendar
Page 16
FROM THE PRESIDENT
Dear Friends of Miege,
Y
ou may be familiar
with a certain
superstition. It
goes something like this:
refrain from mentioning
certain positive things in
sports, such as no-hitters or
winning streaks, that are in
progress for fear you will
“jinx” them. More on that
later.
Those of you who were fortunate enough to
be at the Oct. 26 dedication of our new stadium
witnessed something very special in the history of
our school. It was the coming together of years of
dreams, long-term planning and amazing generosity. Not since the St. Agnes High School students
marched over to the new Bishop Miege High
School in the fall of 1958 has there been a single
event that commemorated a milestone so meaningful to the future of the school.
On that evening, two of the largest acts of generosity in the history of Bishop Miege were recognized. First, we dedicated the completion of Phase I
of our new Dixon Doll Stadium. This beautiful new
facility was the direct result of the incredible generosity of Dixon and others who took on leadership
roles to make this dream a reality.
Secondly, we recognized Don and Patty Kincaid
for their recent gifting of the Old Mission property to Bishop Miege. This gift made the stadium
project possible and more than doubled the size of
our campus. This display of stewardship has been
matched only once since the inception of our
school, and that was by the Roe sisters who donated
the land on which our building stands. These two
acts of amazing generosity are truly special blessings
upon our school community that will continue to
serve our families for decades. Indeed, Oct. 26 was
a special night of celebration and significance for
Bishop Miege.
It was also a great night for our football team,
students and fans. The Stags won the game and captured the district title with a thrilling victory over
our biggest rival. Coming in as big underdogs and
then winning the game made the results that much
more exciting and memorable for our students and
fans. (View the highlights at www.bishopmiege.
com.)
In an effort to get the Stags to focus on the next
week’s challenge of a State playoff game, Coach
Grunhard gathered the team immediately before
they left the field to caution them not to rest on
their laurels and told them, “We are not done! There
is more work to do!”
That advice also speaks directly to where we are
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on our plan to upgrade our outdoor facilities. As
pleased as we are on how far we have come, the fact
is there is more work to be done in order to finish
the stadium and the other facilities. And, WE NEED
YOUR HELP TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
As you consider your role in supporting the
campaign to complete the work, it is essential you
realize that this whole revitalization program of the
Phase I construction and the rest of the master plan
is about much more than improving the competition and practice areas for our student athletes. It is
about updating our outdoor facilities and bringing
them up to the level of surrounding high schools.
It is about matching the quality of our beautifully
renovated building. It is also about fully utilizing
the opportunity made possible by the gift of the Old
Mission property and creating one of the finest high
school campuses in the metro area. Most importantly, it is about establishing that Bishop Miege will
have the school-wide facilities needed to attract and
serve families for decades to come. Simply, it is about
insuring our future as a provider of quality Catholic
education.
Regarding the potential “jinx,” surely there is
nothing to worry about for any one of three valid
reasons: 1) no one really believes in jinxes, 2) the
winning streak has already been mentioned before
anyway, or 3) if jinxes do exist, surely they would
not apply to the off-season. No matter, here goes:
To date, our new field has produced nothing but
winners – as in undefeated.
The evidence that there is something special
working at our new field is irrefutable. Our varsity
soccer team played first on the new turf and won.
Our football team played three times and won all
three – the third win was our first State playoff victory since 1994. And, finally and conclusively, the
Oakland Raiders had a pre-game run-through on it
the day before they played the Chiefs. No doubt as
a result of the influence of our field, they accomplished two things they had not in many years: They
beat the Chiefs and won a division game. (Please
note that the Raiders did pay a fee for the use of
our field.)
You have to agree the facts are compelling that
there is something special happening at Dixon Doll
Stadium. But whatever your conclusion is from this
evidence, one thing is undeniable – these new facilities are a great thing for the Bishop Miege community.
God bless.
Sincerely,
Miege Matters alumni
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NEWS & NOTES
Kincaids donate North Campus
I
n August, Bishop Miege received the
largest gift in its history when Don
and Patty ’70 Kincaid donated to the
school the 18-acre North Campus.
The acquisition of the North Campus
goes back to 2000 when the Old Mission
Junior High School north of Bishop Miege
was put up for sale. Miege was in the middle
of the Capital Campaign and couldn’t afford
the $1.5 million asking price. But it needed
that property for expansions that would
become The Future of Miege Athletics plan.
Enter the Men in the Tub. Don Kincaid,
along with Paul Bastasch, Bob Bibb, Larry
Gates and Bob Mogren agreed to borrow
enough money to purchase the property
until Miege could raise the funds needed
to purchase it from them.
The five formed an LLC (a limited
liability company) called The Friends of
Miege. At the time there were eight fullprice offers, so the LLC overbid, securing
the property for $2 million.
The plan was for the LLC to hold ownership, leasing it to the high school until funds
were raised to pay off the loan – unless a
guardian angel came along.The Kincaids
planned from the start to be that angel.
Above: The school
recognized the
generosity of Don
and Patty Kincaid
(middle) during the
fall sports night in
August. Archbishop
Joseph Keleher (far
right) was on hand
to help mark the
occasion.
“It was a goal Patty and I had,”
Kincaid said. “Two years ago, I took the
other guys off the note at the bank, paid
the bank off, and waited for the right
time to just donate the land.”
Left: The Men in a
Tub in 2003 – Bob
Bibb, Larry Gates,
Paul Bastasch, Bob
Mogren and Don
Kincaid.
In August, the donation was recognized
at Fall Sports Night. Not only does this gift
double the size of the school, but it also makes
Miege’s ambitious facilities plans possible. ■
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ACT PREP PROGRAM
ACT Prep: The Bishop Miege bonus
After four years with Cambridge program, Miege is seeing results
S
enior Tim Janczewski will never
forget the day his ACT score arrived.
“When I got home, there was a
note on the table,” he recalled, “that just
said ‘Tim, you rock!’”
Janczewski scored a 35 – one point away
from a perfect score and three points higher
than his first try. He gives all the credit for
his outstanding performance to Miege and
the program it introduced four years ago.
“I think it has everything to do with
my score because I didn’t take any preparation for the test other than the academic
program at Miege,” he said.
The academic program Janczewski
refers to is the Cambridge ACT-Prep
Program, part of the curriculum at Bishop
Miege, and what president Joe Passantino
calls “the Miege rebate program.”
“In education it’s hard to find things
that pay dividends directly,” Passantino
explained. “But this is one that pays dividends to families – I mean dollars.”
Janczewski stands a good chance of getting a full ride to college. His mother, Patricia
Berning, thinks that makes the price tag of a
Miege education an excellent investment.
“I think their program is great,” she said.
“Tim is a high achiever; he’s always done
well in school. But I don’t think there’s any
doubt the prep program worked for him.
Taking standardized tests can be intimidating.
Miege gets the kids used to it and gives them
the advantage of knowing what to expect.”
TRUE COLLEGE PREP
Four years ago, Miege administrators
were looking for a way to measure the effectiveness of their college preparatory curriculum. They knew one of the main tools
colleges across the nation use to evaluate
college readiness is the ACT assessment.
Miege was using the ACT standardized
testing program – testing freshmen with
the Explore test, sophomores with the Plan
test, and juniors and seniors with the ACT.
But they were frustrated by the inability to
use data from those tests to track students,
measure growth and improve curriculum.
Like other high schools, Miege also
offered preparatory courses for the ACT,
but they were only available outside of
school hours to students who were willing
to put forth the effort and had time to fit
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the extra work into their schedules.
Miege administrators wanted a program
that would help 100 percent of students
improve their ACT scores. They wanted to
integrate the program into the curriculum
and track results so any areas of deficiency
could be identified early.
They found it all in the Cambridge program, now in its fourth year of implementation and showing remarkable results.
Statistics show that students who take the
average ACT prep program can expect to
improve their score by one point. Miege is
seeing quite a few students adding as many
as three points, with a few picking up as
many as eight or 10 points. Those points of
ten translate directly into scholarship dollars.
In class of 2006, 6 percent of students
scored a 32 or above on the ACT test; 13 percent scored 30 or above; and all told, the class
earned $3.5 million in scholarship offers.
Bishop Miege is the only school in the
Kansas City area, and one of few nationally,
to offer the Cambridge program.
HOW IT WORKS
The Cambridge test-prep program takes
retired ACT tests and breaks them down into
basic skills and test strategies.Those skills and
strategies for each area of the ACT – English,
math, reading and science – were incorporated into the school’s permanent curriculum.
Students are tested in the fall and spring
of each year: Freshmen take the Plan and
sophomores and juniors take a retired ACT
test. In April all three classes take a different
ACT exam, which is linked to the August
exam. Data is used to measure the individual growth of each student, by course and
by classroom, and results are used to target
areas that need improvement.
“That’s where the data-driven instruction
comes in, so we’re getting feedback to our
individual teachers on how their classes are
doing in those subtest areas,” said Passantino.
“Our approach is not to teach to the test,
but to be sure we cover what is on the test.”
Instructors say it was a challenge to
incorporate the materials into their curriculum, but in the fourth year of the
program, they’re thrilled with the results.
“It’s having a very positive impact.
Scores are improving, student confidence
is improving,” said Clara George, head of
the math department. “It isn’t that we don’t
study the concepts. I mean, Algebra 2 is
Algebra 2, but the formatting of the questions on the ACT can really throw you. And
the fact that it’s multiple choice – well, you
kind of have to learn what strategies to use.”
One of the main byproducts of the
Cambridge program is a reduction in test
anxiety among students who, by the end of
their junior year, will have taken six full ACT
exams. Lower test anxiety alone can translate
into more correct answers; and one or two
more correct answers on each subtest equates
to a point increase on the composite score.
Passantino attributes the success of the
program to the faculty and its dedication to
doing the best for Miege students. ■
Excerpted from the story by Jill Esfeld
with permission from The Leaven
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ALUMNI MATTERS
Alumni of the Year:
Billy Morris
T
he 2007 Bishop Miege Alumni
of the Year is Billy Morris ’88.
While at Miege, Billy played on the
Billy Morris, 1988
football team and participated in Student
Council. After graduation, he studied
communication at Southwest Missouri State
University. Currently, he works for Tool
Crib Supplies, Inc., in Lee’s Summit. In his
spare time, he coaches eighth grade football
at Visitation School.
Billy married his wife, Kristi, in 1997,
Billy Morris, 2008
and the couple has three children: Jackson,
age 10, Ashley, age 8, and Danny, age 6. They are members of
Visitation Parish.
In 1993, his younger brother, 1992 Miege alum Danny Morris,
was tragically killed in a car accident.The Morris family decided to
keep Danny’s memory alive with the annual Danny Morris 3-on-3
The Morris family attended the 2007 Foundation Dinner to watch
Billy receive Alumni of the Year honors in November 2007.
Basketball Tournament, which took place for the 13th time this past
July. From the beginning, Billy has taken a lead role in the tournament, raising thousands of dollars and playing in the ferociously competitive games. In the 13 years of the tournament’s history, this event
has raised more than $168,000 for scholarships at Bishop Miege. ■
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Donna Schwartz, 3rd place
F
Mike DeRoo, 2nd place
or the 13th year during the
Foundation Dinner, three
supporters of the annual
Dream House drawing received
early Christmas presents when their
names were drawn as winners.
Donna Schwartz moved to the
Kansas City area from St. Louis nearly
two years ago, and when she did, she
wanted to find a local school to help
support. Her nieces, Lauren Starks
’04 and freshman Leslie Starks, led her to
Bishop Miege. She planned to buy a new
couch with her $1,124.77 Dream House
winnings and dub it “my Miege couch.”
Past parent Mike DeRoo has been
supporting the Dream House fundraiser
ever since his son, John ’03, attended
Miege. With his second place winnings
of $2,249.53, Mark helped pay off
John’s school loans, just in time for his
graduation from Avila in December
2007.
Charlie Brooks ’73 had just gotten
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Charlie Brooks, 1st place
R
egardless of your circumstances
or estate size, your will is perhaps
the most important document
you will create. A thoughtfully crafted will
expresses your wishes and values and effectively provides for the people and charitable causes important to you.
Unfortunately, many people put this off.
AARP reports that only 42 percent of Americans have wills or revocable living trusts.
ADVANTAGES OF HAVING A WILL:
married a couple of months before the
Dream House mailing from Bishop
Miege arrived at his mother’s house.
Even though the wedding had left him
a little short of money, he told his mom
that he was feeling lucky, so he purchased
a share in the Dream House. “I wasn’t
going to tell my wife unless I won where
that $100 went,” he said. Lucky for him,
his investment in the Dream House
paid off with the first place winnings of
$5,623.83. He planned to remodel his
attic with the money. ■
1. Without a will, your state’s laws determine the distribution of your property.
2. You can reduce, or eliminate, estate taxes.
3. You can name your executor.
4. You can designate beneficiaries for
jewelry, art, real estate and heirlooms.
5. You may create trusts to provide for you
spouse, children and others.
6. You can designate the guardian you
wish to raise your minor children
7. You can support Miege through a bequest.
It is simple, flexible and tax-deductible.
If you have made a planned gift to Bishop
Miege and have not informed us, or would
like to do so and have any questions, please
contact Susan Tremonti at 913-262-2701, ext.
238, stremonti@bishopmiege.com. ■
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HOMECOMING 2007
Homecoming: Kicking off with victories
1972 and 1977 football champions honored during halftime
H
omecoming at Bishop Miege was not just an historic
event featuring the first football game at the new
Dixon Doll Stadium – it was also a chance for Miege
alumni, the entire student body and future Miegians to gather and
celebrate our famous school spirit.
On Friday, Oct. 19, the boys’ varsity soccer team kicked off
Homecoming night by defeating Shawnee Mission North on the
new field. Then the Stag football team dominated Harmon High
School, 69-0, christening Dixon Doll Stadium with a victory.
During halftime, alumni from the 1972 and 1977 championship
football teams (top right and below) returned and were honored on
the field, and then the school celebrated the crowning of Homecoming Queen Kristan Tinoco.
Join us next year for Homecoming October 2008 in the home
stands! ■
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een Ludwig an
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Homecoming queen
(center) was crowned
The 1972 and 1977 Bishop Miege football teams celebrated the 35th and 30th anniversaries of their State Championship seasons.
During halftime of the football game against Harmon, returning players were honored on the new field.
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DIXON DOLL STADIUM
Stadium Dedication celebration
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as the first Stags to ever play football at
Miege. During halftime, the stadium was
officially dedicated, and Doll’s contribution
was honored on the field. Also invited to
return for the game were members of the
undefeated 1958 football team, as well as its
coach, Paul Martel. They were on hand to
watch a thrilling game, as Miege defeated
Aquinas 36-19, capturing the district title
and advancing to the playoffs.
The dedication ceremony marked the
end of Phase I of The Future of Miege
Athletics, but more is to come.
Work on the stadium will continue
through next fall, when the school
hopes to have Phase II completed. This
phase, which was kicked off during the
Foundation Dinner in November, will
include additional bleachers, concessions
and restrooms, press box, gameday entry
plaza and additional parking. More
information on the Future of Miege
Athletics campaign can be found at
www.bishopmiege.com. ■
ABOVE: During
halftime of the
Miege-Aquinas
football game,
members of the
undefeated 1958
Stag football
team returned,
along with Coach
Paul Martel, to be
honored on the
field. LEFT: Stadium
namesake Dixon
Doll ’60 receives
a plaque from
President Joe
Passantino during
halftime.
ONLINE: WWW.BISHOPMIEGE.COM
ABOVE: After the Miege-Aquinas football
game on Oct. 26, steam rose from the
victorious Stag team as the players
gathered for a postgame talk from Head
Coach Tim Grunhard. RIGHT: Phase I of the
Future of Miege Athletics included partial
bleachers and state-of-the-art artificial
turf.
bishopmiege.com
Watch a video of highlights of the Miege-Aquinas
football game, plus a look at the evolution of
Dixon Doll Stadium, at www.bishopmiege.com
ALSO ONLINE: Look for more information about this fall’s 50th anniversary,
which we’ll celebrate on Sept. 5, 2008!
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STAG ACHIEVEMENT
Volleyball coach reaches big milestone
H
ead Volleyball Coach Gwenn Pike
reached a remarkable coaching
milestone this fall when she
recorded her 900th career match win.
The landmark victory took place during
the Mo-Kan Tournament on Sept. 8. The
school honored this milestone during the
volleyball team’s Senior Night on Oct. 16.
Coach Pike has built an incredible volleyball program at Miege, having captured
17 State Championships and creating a long
legacy of success for her teams.
This year, Coach Pike was also named
5A Coach of the Year by the Kansas
Volleyball Association. ■
Volleyball Coach Gwenn Pike (center) was honored for her 900th career match win
during Senior Night on Oct. 16.
DISTRICT CHAMPIONS
SPORTS HIGHLIGHTS
FOOTBALL
The Miege
football team
capped an incredible
2007 with a
Homecoming
victory over
Harmon and a
thrilling defeat of
rival St. Thomas
Aquinas on Oct. 26,
which led to the
Stags’ playoff victory
the next week
against Shawnee
The Miege football team won the first three games played at the
Heights. That playoff new Dixon Doll Stadium, including a 36-19 victory over rival St.
Thomas Aquinas.
victory was Miege’s
first since 1994.
Tim Grunhard was honored earlier in the
The Stags’ season ended in the second
season by being named Coach of the Week
round of the playoffs against Blue Valley
by the Kansas City Chiefs Ambassadors
West. In the end, Miege captured the
after opening the season with three straight
district championship, and Head Coach
victories.
TENNIS PLAYER
CAPTURES 2ND
Senior Maureen Rielley (Curé
of Ars) captured second place in
the 5A State Individual Tennis
Championships in October. she
finished her senior year with a 22-6
record, and she ended her varsity
career with three top-three State
finishes.
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VOLLEYBALL
The Bishop Miege volleyball squad
dominated the Eastern Kansas League in
2007 and ended the season with second
place at State.
■ Kathleen Ludwig: EKL’s most valuable
player
■
Jackie Church, Katie O’Connor and
Kate VanDyke: 1st team EKL
■
Jennifer Kolarik 2nd team EKL
■
Ludwig and VanDyke: first team,
Kansas Volleyball Association
■
Church: second team, Kansas
Volleyball Association
■
O’Connor: honorable mention, Kansas
Volleyball Association
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Ludwig and Church: first team, All-Sun
Volleyball team
■
Ludwig: Player of the Year,
All-Sun Volleyball
■
Ludwig: Evelyn Gates Award
■
Ludwig: Gatorade Player of the Year
(Volleyball, for state of Kansas)
■
Coach Gwenn Pike: Coach of the Year,
Kansas Volleyball Association
CROSS COUNTRY
Senior Etagegn
O’Neill finished
7th in the
individual Cross
Country State
Championships in
October, and her
girls’ team came in
fourth overall, while
the boys’ squad
finished eighth.
Etagegn O’Neill
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STAG ACHIEVEMENT
Debate team takes 2nd place at State
T
he Bishop Miege debate team
continued its tradition of
excellence by capturing second
place at State on Jan. 18-19.
The debate team consisted of Erin
Hogan ’08, Molly Salisbury ’08, Isabella
Fuentes, Alyson Germinder ’09, Nick
Rundle and Danny Hague ’09. The topic
of this year’s debate season was “Resolved:
the United States federal government
should substantially increase its public
health assistance to Sub-Saharan Africa.”
The Miege team’s record at State was 10-
6. This is the 11th year out of the last 12 that
Miege has placed first or second at State.
In addition, the squad performed a
service project this year based on the debate
topic: They adopted a preschool in Ethiopia
and provided them with money from the
concession stand at their debate tournament,
along with 50 pounds of school supplies.
Debate and Forensics coach Melissa
Reynolds has also been recognized for
her accomplishments. She has earned a
fourth diamond on her National Forensics
League pin, marking the latest addition to
her overall coaching
points tally. Coaches
receive one-tenth
of the points their
students earn during
debate and forensics
tournaments.
In her 20 years as
a coach, Reynolds
Melissa Reynolds
has earned 14,541
points, which makes her only the 160th
coach (out of 6,500 coaches) to have
reached that level. ■
SNAPSHOT: “SMOKEY JOE’S CAFÉ”
Chris Lamb, Tim Janczewski and Russell
Walter were named Commended Students
in the National Merit Scholarship Program.
3 STUDENTS HONORED IN
NATIONAL MERIT PROGRAM
Three Miege seniors have been named
Commended Students in the 2008
National Merit Scholarship Program.
Tim Janczewski, Russell Walter and
Chris Lamb placed among the top 5
percent of more than 1.4 million students
who entered the 2008 competition by
taking the P-SAT.
SOFTBALL TEAM RANKED
TOP 20 ACADEMICALLY
The National Fastpitch Coaches
Association has recognized the 2007
Bishop Miege varsity softball team as a
Top 20 Academic Team. The squad’s overall
GPA of 3.731 ranked it 16th among the
nation’s high schools.
Students who earned a GPA of 3.5 or
above were recognized for the individual
honor of Academic All-America Scholar
Athlete.
Recipients of this honor are: Jena
Comiskey ’07, Katie Duncan ’07, Molly
Duncan ’07, Katie Richardson ’07,
Rachel Gemmill ’08, Jennifer Kolarik ’08,
Alisa Schemmel ’09, Mallory Baxter ’10,
Brittany Gemmill ’10 and Katie Kane ’10.
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The Bishop Miege theater and music departments took a ride back to the beginnings of rock ‘n’ roll with their production of the musical revue “Smokey Joe’s
Cafe” in November. From left: John Schapker, Keith Smith, John Bickers, Kevin
Alejo-Morgan, William Spears, Colin Elving and Peter Arroyo.
Miegians Strut
their stuff
T
he 19th annual Stag Strut found
the students off the beaten path,
thanks to construction on the
new stadium and track. On a beautiful
Friday morning in late September, students
completed their five-mile walk in the field
south of Miege, having raised more than
$54,000 in pledges for the event.
Stag Strut is Miege’s largest student
fundraising event, in which students
collect pledges and then walk five miles.
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STAG ACHIEVEMENT
One busy senior
Senior Kathleen Ludwig excels in many fields
I
t’s hard to imagine a busier senior year
than the one Kathleen Ludwig is having.
Here’s a short list of what she’s been
involved in:Varsity volleyball, a member
of the Homecoming court, executive vice
president of Student Council, MEET Club
with CMT, a eucharistic minister, theater
productions (last year she was Oscar in The
Odd Couple) and KC Power, a club volleyball team. And, of course, classes.
“It’s been incredible, and it’s going so
fast,” she said. “This year I felt I’ve been
able to give back to the school.”
Ludwig started playing volleyball in
grade school and quickly fell in love with it.
Her dedication to the sport has brought her
many awards, including a pair of honors this
year for her tremendous talent on the court.
First, Fox 4 and Hy-Vee named her the
2007 Volleyball All-Star Player of the Year,
the first of a series of awards they are giving
to stellar athletes.
Then, in front of an all-school assembly,
Ludwig received the Evelyn Gates Award as
the top volleyball player in the Kansas City
metro area. This is the first time a player
from Kansas has received the award since its
inception.
“I was tricked into thinking that I didn’t
win, which was fine,” she said. “I was so
happy to be invited. But then I walked in
the gym and saw my sister and I just started
crying because I knew something was up.
It was so cool to be the first person from
Kansas.”
To cap it all off, in January, the school
gathered once again to recognize her
latest achievement: Ludwig was named the
Gatorade Volleyball Player of the Year for
the state of Kansas. She joins past Miege
Gatorade honorees Katie Gates ’98 for basketball, Kate Martincich ’05 for volleyball
and Kristi Kloster ’91 for track.
Both the University of Kansas and
Kansas State University offered her volleyball scholarships, and she said she found
the homey feeling she was looking for at
K-State. She plans to major in elementary
education.
Choosing a college was a lot like choosing a high school for Ludwig.
“I was looking for a good feeling, a
welcoming community, and I found that
at Miege,” she said. “I felt like Miege was
Kathleen Ludwig ’08 is the first Kansas
student to receive the Evelyn Gates Award
as the top volleyball player in the Kansas
City area. She helped lead the Stags to
second place at State.
the perfect size – not too big and not tiny.
We’re competitive in sports and have tons
of activities, but you don’t have to stick
with one thing.”
Ludwig is the third of four sisters; her
two older sisters, Barbara ’03 and Caroline ’07, both attended Miege. Barbara is
currently a coach on the Miege volleyball
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STUDENT-ATHLETES SIGN WITH DIVISION I AND II SCHOOLS
From the Miege tennis team, Maureen Rielley (at left, front) will play for St.
Louis University next fall. From the volleyball team, Leah Maurer will play
volleyball for the University of Nevada-Las Vegas, Jennifer Kolarik will play
for Washburn University in Topeka, Kan., and Kathleen Ludwig signed with
Kansas State University. These students had a signing ceremony on Nov. 14.
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On Nov. 15, senior Travis Releford signed a letter of
intent to play basketball at the University of Kansas
in the fall. Releford dominated the 2007 awards
season thanks to his outstanding performance on
the court, averaging 19.8 points per game. He was
MVP of the Eastern Kansas League and the Johnson
County Player of the Year. He has been ranked as
one of the top 100 players in the nation.
bishopmiege.com
CMT FOCUS
28th annual
Miege Open
T
he 28th annual Miege Open on
Sept. 14, 2007, raised more than
$46,000, which will be used
once again for student scholarships.
TOM SULLIVAN CHALLENGE
(tournament champions): 59
Bob Frazier, Mike Frazier, Bob Sniezek and
Brian Whittacker
Bishop Miege students joined thousands of others across the country for the annual
March for Life rally in Washington, D.C., in January.
Miegians attend March for Life
SPRING BREAK MISSION TRIPS
Miege is sending students to five locations
during Spring Break, March 14-24:
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National Relief Network trip to San
Diego: help with wildfire cleanup
Appalachian Mountains: work on homes
for people in need
Urban Plunge: Kansas City, tutoring
children, feeding the homeless
Urban Plunge: Chicago, visiting daycare
centers and homeless shelters
Reynosa, Mexico: building a home for a
family in the squatters’ area
To learn more about the mission trips or to
donate your time or funds, contact Mary
Perrini, 913-262-2701, ext. 263.
O
n the 35th anniversary of the
legalization of abortion, 52
students, alumni, teachers and
parents from Bishop Miege headed to
Washington, D.C., to fight for the unborn.
Students traveled with students from
Bishop Ward and Hayden (Topeka) high
schools to encourage our congressmen
to vote for life. The trip was filled with
sightseeing and Liturgies to pray for
an end to abortion. Forty-one students
from Miege raked leaves, wrapped gifts
and served pancakes to help fund their
trips. Along with sacrificing three days of
school, the students had a special learning
experience, as they were able to visit
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FLIGHT A: 60
John Ludwikoski,
J.P. Ludwikoski, David
Ludwikoski and P.J.
Ludwikoski
ONLINE
FLIGHT B: 65
Paul Lavery Sr., Jim
English, Terry Swortwood
and Jim Whittacker
For more photos
from this event, visit
the online alumni
community at
www.alumni.
bishopmiege.com
FLIGHT C: 67
Kevin Switzer, Paul Newberger, Daniel Hiatt
and Ben Struby
WOMEN’S DIVISION: 69 (TIE)
Jan Steinbrecher, Marsha Gibson, Pat
Sandow and Chris Summerhill
National Catholic Youth Conference
I
n November, the Campus Ministry
Team sent 16 students and four adult
chaperones to Columbus, Ohio,
to attend the National Catholic Youth
Conference, which takes place every other
year.
More than 20,000 high school students
gather during NCYC to proclaim their
faith through prayer and song. The students
also attended workshops and listen to
speakers testify how God has touched their
lives.
The 2009 conference will take place in
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Beth (Vyhanek) Ferguson ’83 has played
in the Miege Open for many years and
always golfs barefoot.
SAVE THE DATE!
The 29th Annual Miege Open
will be Friday, Sept. 12,
at Leawood South Country Club
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NEWS & NOTES
CONTINUING A LEGACY
DANNY
MORRIS
3-ON-3
BASKETBALL
TOURNEY
Mark your calendars now for the
14th annual Danny
Morris 3-on-3
Basketball Tournament, which will
take place Saturday, July 26, at
Bishop Miege.
The tournament
features men’s and
women’s divisions
and both recreational and competitive divisions.
Nearly 100 current students are second-generation Miegians, accounting for more than 10 percent of the
student body. These legacy students are part of a proud 50-year history.
For more information about the
tournament,
contact Patty
Morgan, 913-2622701, ext. 257,
pmorgan@
bishopmiege.com
50th anniversary: Sept. 5, 2008
Save the date for this fall!
O
n Sept. 7, 1958, the students, faculty and
staff of St. Agnes High School ceremonially
marched over to the brand new Bishop
Miege High School, ushering in a new era of Catholic
education for the area.
Fifty years later, Miege is recreating that
celebratory parade, scheduled for Sept. 5, 2008,
during the All-Classes Reunion.
We will commemorate our 50th anniversary
with special recognition ceremonies, a home
football game, Mass, the procession from St.
Agnes Church and a reception at the school.
Throughout our 50th anniversary year, we
will celebrate our school’s history online with
photos, stories and memories from Miege alumni.
Additional information will be coming to you
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ALUMNI FOCUS
Shooting for the moon
1980 alum takes his
love of science to NASA
W
hen he was at Miege, Tim
Propp ’80 tended to stay
behind the scenes – he was a
basketball team manager and he worked
backstage on the plays. These days, Tim is
still behind the scenes, but the stage is quite
a bit bigger: He’s part of NASA’s mission to
return humans to the moon.
Tim’s trajectory to his current role as
the team lead for trade studies and analysis
on NASA’s Constellation Program began
with one influential and inspiring instructor at Miege. Math and physics teacher Ken
Perry sparked Tim’s interest in engineering.
“He was my hero at Miege,” Tim said.
“He helped develop the math and science
background I needed to do well in college
– and he helped trigger the interest I had
in engineering.”
During senior year,Tim suffered a serious
kidney injury, causing him to miss a month
of school. Perry went to Tim’s house to tutor
him. “I’ll be forever grateful,”Tim said.
Tim came to Miege after attending St.
Ann’s in middle school. His younger brother,
Dan ’82, and sister, Kathy ’83, followed him
to Miege. These days the Jayhawk engineer
and his wife, Annette, and their children,
Amber (6) and Tyler (3), live in Houston.
With a degree in petroleum engineering
from the University of Kansas,Tim worked
for oil companies in north Texas for two years.
He then decided to return to KU in 1986 to
enroll in the electrical engineering program.
While in graduate school, he saw a sign for
NASA interviews. A KU aerospace engineering graduate who was back in Kansas visiting
family wanted to see more Jayhawks at NASA,
so he conducted interviews on campus.
This led Tim to Barrios Technology, a
NASA subcontractor, in 1991. At Barrios,
Tim worked on the Mission Operations team
responsible for developing a viable assembly
sequence for the International Space Station.
Once the assembly sequence had
stabilized in 1996, Tim moved to the
space station electrical systems group with
Barrios. There he became one of the first
people on the team to work in NASA’s
new Space Station Mission Control Center.
In the flight control room (the one you see
on NASA TV), each console has a differbishopmiege.com
Tim Propp ’80 in February 2008 at the Johnson Space Center in front of the Chariot, a
prototype for the next lunar rover, which will be used in the Constellation Program.
ent name, and supporting each individual
on console is a larger team of specialists
working in different control rooms. Tim
was certified on the PHALCON console, which works jointly with the EGIL
console on the Space Shuttle. In November 1998, he was on console when NASA
launched the first element of the space
station, the Russian built Zarya module.
In 2000, Tim joined Boeing, working
on the sustaining engineering side of the
developing space station.
In 2006, he joined NASA as a federal
employee, and he’s currently working on
NASA’s new mission to go back to the
moon, called the Constellation Program.
The primary goals are to launch the first
manned flight of the new crew spacecraft
(Orion) by 2014, return humans to the
moon by 2020, and eventually build and
permanently occupy a lunar outpost.
“Since the Apollo era, we’ve discovered
an abundance of hydrogen on the moon,
possibly in the form of water ice. And we
have engineers at NASA studying the possibilities of using lunar resources to develop
oxygen and spacecraft fuel,” Tim said.
“There’s a lot of science we can do there if
we can stay for extended periods. The lunar
environment also provides an exceptional
test bed for Mars mission technologies.”
Tim works on the team assessing the
integrated performance, costs, and risks of the
launch systems (Ares), the Orion spacecraft,
and the new spacecraft that will transport
humans and cargo to the moon (Altair).
Through his work with NASA, a business trip for Tim isn’t just a conference room
and an out-of-town hotel room. In 1998
he traveled to Korolev, Russia, to meet with
Russian space station electrical specialists to
begin planning joint U.S./Russians operations of International Space Station. He’s
also helped train astronauts for space station
assembly spacewalk tasks in the neutral
buoyancy water tank in Huntsville, Ala.
One of the highlights of Tim’s career
at NASA occurred in 2001. A piece of
space station machinery that positions the
solar panels towards the sun started getting
stuck. If that problem persisted, assembly
of the space station would be terminated
because the solar panels would not provide
enough power. The mechanical engineers
were unable to solve the problem with the
machinery. Tim developed an innovative
solution using solar panel control software
intended for another purpose, and assembly of the space station continued. For his
efforts, Tim received the Silver Snoopy, a
lapel pin of the Peanuts character that has
flown in space on a Space Shuttle mission.
It’s one of the most prestigious awards a
NASA employee can receive because the
winners are selected by the Astronaut office.
“The most rewarding part of my job is
knowing I’m working on something that
not many people get to do in their lives,” he
said. “I hope that we’re inspiring the younger
generation with the work we’re doing.” ■
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ALUM NOTES
ALUMNI BASEBALL GAME
Parents
1970s
Herb and Rita
(Murphy) Rome
Joseph Kain ’70
Rita and Herb
Rome celebrated
their 60th wedding anniversary
on Nov. 17, 2007.
The Romes are the
parents of Miege
graduates Ronald
Rome ’66, Judy
Rome ’68, Loretta
(Rome) Lewis ’71,
Kathleen (Rome)
Clark ’75, Barbara
(Rome) Tremain ’77
and Patrice (Rome)
Maloney ’84.
1960s
Pam Wages ’64
Pam and her
husband, Gary,
celebrated their
35th wedding
anniversary in 2007.
Gary retired from
St. Joseph Medical
Center in 2000, and
Pam retired from
MetLife in 2001.
Peggy (Clune) Dunn
’68
Peggy, the mayor
of Leawood, Kan.,
received the 2007
Henry W. Bloch
Human Relations Award from
the Jewish Community Relations
Bureau/American
Jewish Committee.
The award honors
a person who leads
by example, lives
a life of generosity and makes the
community better.
Dunn is chair of
the United Way
of Greater Kansas
City and serves on
the boards of many
charitable groups.
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K.C. Magazine
listed Joseph Kain
of Sunflower Asset
Management as a
Five Star Wealth
Manager in the
investments category in April 2007.
The selection process was based on
surveys of high net
worth residents and
leaders of financial
service industry
companies. Fewer
than 3 percent of all
wealth managers in
the Kansas City area
were selected.
as a clinical teaching
fellow in the Family
Violence Clinic at
the University of
Missouri-Columbia
School of Law. She
earned her J.D., a
B.A. in sociology, and
a B.E.S. in Educational and Counseling Psychology from
the University of
Missouri-Columbia.
Megan is married to
Philippe Breton of
Paris, France.Their
son, Leo, was born in
April 2006. Megan
can be contacted at
phbreton@swbell.
net.
1980s
Joe ’89 and Julie
(Isbell) Weinrich ’90
Linda (Abram)
Smart ’82
Linda and her
husband, Greg, live
in Overland Park,
Kan. She is assistant
vice president at the
Robert E. Miller
Insurance Agency,
and Greg is the
chief operating
officer of the same
company. They
have three children:
Megan, 24; Cole,
23; and Taylor, 20.
Joe and Julie
welcomed Mary
Katherine Weinrich
to their family in
2007. She joins siblings Joe, 8, Gabby,
6, Charlie, 4, and
John, 2.
1990s
Casey Braun ’90
Casey runs a
graphic design
business, Casey
Braun Creative, in
Elmhurst, Ill.
Calling all Miege baseball alumni!
The baseball team will play its
alumni game on Sunday,
March 9, at the baseball
field. If you’re a former
Stag baseball player,
be sure to dust off your
spikes and gloves and get
your arms loose for the game.
If you are planning to attend, e-mail
Coach Kennedy at bishopmiegebaseball
@yahoo.com.
Cal Farley, to work
with children who
have been abused
and neglected.
Cindy Braithwaite ’93
Cynthia Wade married Jeremy Braithwaite on Aug. 26,
2006. They now live
in Shawnee. Cindy
does accounting, and Jeremy
is a mechanical
engineer for a local
engineering firm.
Amanda (Cox)
Myers ’93
Amanda and her
husband, Brandon,
welcomed their
second child, Ashley,
on Oct. 1, 2007.
Their daughter
Lauren is 3 years old.
big brother Ryan,
4, at their home in
Olathe, Kan. Sean
is a credit analyst at
Wachovia, and Jennifer is an elementary school teacher.
Megan is a lawyer
in St. Louis. Previously, Megan was a
domestic violence
consultant to the
St. Louis County
Family Court and
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Brandi Schwestka ’91
Brandi and her
husband are taking
a job in Amarillo,
Texas, working with
troubled children
on a boys’ ranch,
Sean Cooke ’94
Sean and his wife,
Jennifer, welcomed
twin girls to their
family on Dec.
22, 2007. Addison Elizabeth and
Caitlin Anna join
Michael Cisneros ’96
Michael returned to
his family business.
after seven years
working for May
Department Stores
Co., and Federated Department
Stores Co. to The
Video Pros, based in
Overland Park, Kan.
TVP specializes in
professional video
and audio production and duplication
services.
Kathy Cooke ’98
Michelle (Dover)
Hass ’94
Michelle and
husband Aaron
welcomed daughter Jenna Clare on
May 14, 2007. Jenna
joins big brother
Drew, who turned
2 in September.
The family lives in
Olathe, Kansas and
Michelle is enjoying
working part time as
a Speech Language
Pathologist for the
Blue Valley School
District as well as
running her private
therapy business.
Todd Owens ’95
Megan Phillips ’88
his coursework in
August and will
be specializing in
international economic policy.
Todd was accepted
as a candidate
for the degree of
Master of International Affairs at
Columbia University in New York
City. He began
Kathy received her
bachelor’s degree
in human resources
from Ottawa University in December
2007. She lives in
Lenexa and recently
began working for
Favorite Staffing as
a human resources
recruiter.
Magan Garrett ’98
Magan (Mertz)
Garrett and
husband, Chad,
welcomed their
second daughter,
Avery Gwendolyn
on May 10, 2007.
Avery joins big
sister Alyssa, 2. The
family has moved to
Basehor, Kan., and
is planning to build
a home in Basehor
in the fall of 2008.
Magan works for
T-Mobile and is
currently enrolled
in college finishing her degree in
business.
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ALUM NOTES
IN MEMORIAM
Brian Abram ’99
Brian married
Anna Mitchell on
Oct. 26, 2007, in
Afton,Va. Brian is
a senior consultant
with Amentra, an
IT consulting firm,
while Anna is associate director in the
Domestic Policy
Council within the
Executive Office of
the President.
dogs. Andy is an
Implementation
Manager at Talx
Corporation, and
Mellisa works at
Barnes Hospital
as a Respiratory
Therapist.
Christopher Rush ’99
Chris Rush married
Jessica Saperstein
on May 27, 2007,
in Milwaukee, Wis.
Chris graduated
from Washington
University with a
degree in Economics. Chris and Jessica
live in Phoenix,
Ariz. Chris works
for Insight and
Jessica works for
Jobing.com.
2000s
David Duvall ’00 &
Erin Seago ’00
Mellisa Murphy ’99
Mellisa married
Andy Murphy on
April 28, 2007, at
St. Agnes Church.
They live in St.
Louis with two
David and Erin
married on Nov. 24,
2007, in Branson,
Mo. They live in
Overland Park and
have one son.
Alan Peel ’00
Alan started an
internet-based busi-
ness last year: www.
alanpeel.com.
Tom Koppe ’01
Tom graduated
from Kansas State
University in
August 2006 with
a degree in speech
communication.
He is an account
executive for
WBBM-AM, the
CBS all-news affiliate in Chicago. He
is selling advertising
for both the allnews format and for
the Chicago Bears
game broadcasts.
Ronald Nelson ’01
Ronald married
Christina on July
7, 2007. They met
at Truman State
University during
their undergraduate
careers. She is doing
clinical rotations at
the University of
Missouri Veterinary
College, and he is
pursuing an MBA at
Rockhurst University while working
at American Century Investments.
Kinsley Krupich ’02
Kinsley graduated
from the University
of Illinois UrbanaChampaign in
December with a
master’s degree in
Library and Information Science. She
began working with
the Johnson County
Library in February
2008 as the assistant
branch manager of
the Gardner, Edgerton and Spring Hill
libraries.
Sarah Bowman ’05
Sarah has been
admitted to the IES
program in Dublin,
Ireland, where she’ll
study at Dublin
City University. She
will be a student
there for the spring
2008 semester.
Sarah is a junior at
Loyola University
in Chicago.
Kevin Smith ’05
Kevin completed
basic training at
Lackland Air Force
Base in San Antonio, Texas, in 2007.
MIEGE CHOIR SINGS FOR TOUR OF MISSOURI
The Bishop
Miege
Concert
Chorale
performed
the National
Anthem
before the
start of
the Tour of
Missouri
bicycle race
at the Plaza
on Sept. 11.
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When a loved one from the Miege
community passes away and the school
is made aware, the loved ones are
remembered at the next all-school Mass.
A reception follows for family members.
ALUMNI
James Ronald
Adams ’69
Teresa Cheatham
Barrett ’63
Michael Clark Jr. ’61
Michael Grady ’63
Maggie Muehlbach
’62
Harry J. O’Brien
Jr. ’52
Ben Rockwell ’99
Gloria Marie
Rodriquez ’76
Earl Walterman Jr.
’53
Delbert Baker ’60
OTHERS
Georgia Blanche
Aziere
Armand Bachand
Donald Barnard
Martha Jean Barreca
Frank Boesche
Lillian Bohaty
Elliott William Boren
Frederick Francis
Bukaty
Robert Caton
Regina Claire Rohr
Crawford
Lillie Dasta
George Davidson
Clarence Deitchman
Daniel J. Dice
Velma Dillon
Margaret Dostal
Craig K. Dow
Harry Duckers Jr.
Mary Kathleen Dunn
Bill E. Fabian
Ethyl Marie Falk
Eileen Ferkenhoff
Irene M. Fitzpatrick
Jack Forge Jr.
John Calvin Freese
Victor C. Garcia
Helen Gillaspie
Stephanie Gray
Frances Gunter
Debbie Gutierrez
James Hamblin
John L. Hansen
Harold Hayob
Ann K. Heap
Mary Heschmeyer
Ella Joan Hickman
George D. Higgins
Truman Holman Jr.
Colette Huerter
Ginny Huggins
Rudy Imm
Robert Kelly
Dick Kennally
Edward Kirk
Patricia Kirk
Thomas Krampff
Larry Kratofil
Patricia Latz
Benjamin Perkins-Link
Donna Little
Peter Macan
Jean Helen Maher
Bernice Martincich
Calvin Miller, Jr.
Anna (Obie) Moore
Robert Mueller II
Timothy Mullin
Pauline Myers
Emma Pastore
Evelyn Penhallegon
Donald Perkins
Gene David Platt
Margaret Jane
(M. J.) Porter
Jane Purk
Rosemary Doeren
Rhoades
Marvin D. Robertson
George Roehrig Sr.
Martha Louise
Rohrbach
Betty Roirdan
Sargent
Robert Douglass
Sayles
Summer Shipp
Elizabeth (Betty Ann)
Shonfelt
Alvina Smith
Audrey Spieker
Michael E. Sullivan
George Sweeney
James Floyd
Thomas
Joann Todd
Michael Troxell
Therese Tuttle
Helen Verbeck
Florine Viscek
Robert Vyhanek
Albert Weier
Mary (Elinor) Wilkins
James Willard
Clementine Valdivia
Leo W. Zahner Jr.
Your classmates want to hear what’s new
in your life! Keep us informed of marriages,
births, promotions, moves, honors and
updates. Don’t forget to send photos! Submit
news at www.alumni.bishopmiege.com.
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You’re invited!
COMING EVENTS
MARCH
8
9
10
All alumni, parents, past
parents and friends of Miege
are invited to join us for our
35th annual benefit auction
at 6 p.m. Saturday, April
26, 2008. Tickets are $50
per person, and all proceeds
from tickets and auction
purchases support our educational mission.
Spring Dance Clinic, 9 a.m.-noon
Alumni baseball game, 2 p.m.
Runnin’ Revs basketball game,
Miege Gym, 7 p.m.
14-21 Spring Break
All-classes
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Easter Monday;
no school
reunion:
CHECK OUT SOME
OF OUR EXCITING
AUCTION ITEMS!
The Auction website,
www.bishopmiege.com,
will have regularly updated
lists of our exciting auction items, as well as online
registration for the big night!
Questions: Sarah Dee,
913-262-2701, ext. 258,
sdee@bishopmiege.com
A WEEK IN IRELAND
Spend a delightful week in
County Kerry at Weavers
Lodge.
$5,000 IN ADVERTISING
FROM EVEREST
An advertising specialist from
Everest Connections will help
you design a $5,000 cable ad
campaign.
GUITAR SIGNED BY KENNY
CHESNEY
Includes case and photo of the
country star signing the guitar.
TANDEM JUMP WITH THE
ELITE FROGS
Parachute toward Earth,
strapped to a member of the
elite Navy Seals.
APRIL
CAR DRAWING:
2008 ROGUE
A new 2008 Nissan Rogue is this
year’s auction student fundraiser.
This fully loaded crossover SUV
is courtesy of State Line Nissan
and Don and Patty Kincaid.
Tickets will be sold at supporting
parishes February through April
as well as through the student
fundraiser in April. The suggested
donation is $25 per ticket or
$100 for five tickets. Call 913262-2701, ext. 258, for more
information.
UPCOMING REUNIONS
CLASS OF 1958: September 2008
Contact: Jim Wolf, 913-438-4599
CLASS OF 1968: Oct. 11, 2008
At the Lenexa Chamber of Commerce.
Contact: Joan (Malone) Seichepine,
913-492-4147, jseichepine@hotmail.
com, or Melanie (Stone) Nolker, 913383-8938, budandmel@kc.rr.com
TURN 50 WITH THE CLASS OF 1976
Friday, July 25, 6:30 p.m.
Come celebrate that birthday (or commiserate
over it) with the rest of us! Meet at Sutera’s Old
San Francisco Restaurant in the West Bottoms,
1617 Genessee, Kansas City, Mo., for some
camaraderie and libation. Other friends, including
our former teachers, are welcome to join us, too!
Questions? Kathleen Roult Marx,
bmhs76@yahoo.com, 816-435-3940
ATTENTION, CLASSES OF 1978, 1988, 1998!
We have been receiving numerous phone calls and e-mails asking when class
reunions will take place this year, and we’d love to help spread the word! Call
your senior class officers to find out when your class is gathering, and then call the
Development Office, 913-262-2701, ext. 238, to let us know!
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Donkeyball
35th Annual Auction, 6 p.m.
Spring One-Acts, 7 p.m.
MAY
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Sept. 5, 2008
Spring One-Acts, 7 p.m.
Spring Band Concert, 4 p.m.
Spring Choir Concert, 7 p.m.
Baccalaureate, 7:30 p.m.
Graduation, JCCC, 3 p.m.
SUMMER SPORTS CLINICS
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Volleyball: May 27-30 and June 2-6
Football: June 9-12
Baseball: June 16-19
Little Stags Basketball: June 9-12
Elementary Boys’ Basketball: June 23-26
Elementary Girls’ Basketball: June 16-19
Track & Cross Country: July 7-11
Information and registration:
www.bishopmiege.com
www.alumni.bishopmiege.com
To join the Bishop Miege online
alumni community for the first
time, enter your
username as your first
name, last name and
four-digit year of graduation with
no spaces between words: i.e.,
susantremonti1979. Your password
is the numeric code at the top of this
issue’s mailing label. Once you’ve logged
in, you can personalize your username
and password in your profile information.
Questions: ccooke@bishopmiege.
com or 913-262-2701, ext. 252.
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