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Volume 9, Issue 3                       Summer 2021

 •   Field trip
     alternatives
 •   Essay success
 •   Six tips to keep
     your student
     safe this summer

     FEATURE:
     MR. & MRS. BROWN —
     A SETON CATHOLIC LEGACY!
                        IN THIS ISSUE
                        ALUMNI NEWS
                        AND   MORE...
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CARDINAL POINTS                        COMMISSION MEMBERS                      IN THIS ISSUE
The Cardinal Points is a publication   Fr. Sengole T. Gnanaraj, BA, BL, STL
of Seton Catholic Schools.             Pastor/Administrator                    Mission Statement......................... 2
EDITORS                                Justin Burkhardt                        A Word from our SCS Principals 3
Natalie Blakely                        Chairperson                             Field Trip Alternatives .................. 4
Communications                         Kara Hamilton                           For the Love of Science Fair......... 5
                                       Vice Chairperson                        Essay Success................................ 6
Ed Isley
English Department                     Craig Lichtenberger                     Where Have Cardinals
                                       Finance Committee Chair                 Found Joy? .................................... 7
DESIGN & LAYOUT
Marilyn Dolesh                         Jackie Teng                             Winter Sports Round-Up .............. 8
                                       Secretary                               Rising Stars ................................... 9
C 2016 Seton Catholic Schools
700 N. A Street                        Kim Becker, SCES Principal              Six Tips for a Safe Summer .......... 9
Richmond, IN 47374                     Justin Ferriell                         Why We Debate .......................... 10
765-962-5010                           Jess Jurgens, Home & School President
www.setonschools.org                                                           Mr. & Mrs. Brown —
                                       John Markward, SCHS Principal           A Seton Catholic Legacy ............ 11
                                       Vicky Roosa
                                                                               Alumni News..........................................14
                                       Molly Vanderpool
                                                                               Summer Sports’ Camps ........................14
                                                                               Driven and Prepared for Life ...... 15

 MISSION STATEMENT

       Seton Catholic Schools, a pre-kindergarten through grade twelve coeducational

       ministry of St. Andrew, St. Mary, and Holy Family parishes, provide students of

       all faiths and beliefs an environment of academic excellence sustained and en-
       riched by the Gospel values of love, faith, justice, and the inherent dignity of

       each individual. The faculty of Seton Catholic Schools strives to guide all stu-

       dents toward fulfillment of academic, personal, and spiritual potential in a loving

       and caring atmosphere. Seton Catholic Schools nurture students to be lifelong

       learners and community leaders by combining rigorous college preparatory

       course offerings with a rich program of extracurricular activities. Service to the

       community, as well as the cultivation of individual gifts and talents, is an integral

       part of learning at all grade levels.

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A WORD FROM OUR SETON CATHOLIC SCHOOL PRINCIPALS

                          Dear Seton Catholic Family,
                         Pandemic or not, our students and staff have been working hard
                         and finishing this school year strongly! We have slowly been
                         returning to normal - and everyone is happy! While we still
                          maintain distance, wear masks, and disinfect often, we are
                          coming together more. We have enjoyed returning to Mass
                          again and celebrating our faith together. Living Rosaries and
Stations of the Cross during Lent returned and were appreciated. Branch Out Day happened again for SCHS
students and staff. We are very grateful that students are taking seriously the practice of disinfecting and washing
hands! We’ve noted much less illness this year overall.
We have continued celebrating Jack Wright, our Saint Meinrad seminarian. We love when he comes home for
breaks and comes in to visit and shares his experiences and hopes for being a priest.
Teachers have been students this semester too. Through our Professional Development Tuesday’s we have
been working on better organizing our curriculum and getting ready to review better ways to handle classroom
assessments. We will begin to study more effective grading practices next.
Building safety has been on the forefront this last semester. We are in the process of installing cameras, secure
door devices, and other technology to keep our students and staff safe as a result of a very generous parishioner
and a grant we were awarded last year. This project should be complete during the summer.
Re-enrollment and new enrollment are happening now! We are blessed to have Enrollment Coordinator, Stepha-
nie Kitchin leading that endeavor. Many new faces have toured our buildings in hopes of attending Seton Catho-
lic next year! We are eager to add more family members and watch our school grow.
We are happy to be able to offer elementary students summer tutoring at a greatly reduced rate thanks to Title I
funds that we received. Seton Summer Camp will be happening again during June and July this year. Bridging
the learning gap from the pandemic and having fun experiences at camp are exciting!
Wishing each of you a safe and fun summer,

Mr. John Markward                                                           Mrs. Kim Becker
SCHS Principal                                                              SCES Principal

UPCOMING EVENTS
       June 6: Class of 2021 Commencement                       August 9:     Back to School Night

  June 15 -17: Boys Basketball Camp                            August 10: New Student Orientation

   June 21-25: Girls Volleyball Camp                           August 11: First Day of Classes

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FIELD TRIP ALTERNATIVES
To say 2020-2021 has been an            trips, is an understatement. We
unusual school year would be            have been watching weekly
an understatement to many -             clips from Conservation Days.
students, parents, and staff            Each clip focuses on the envi-
alike. One thing that everyone          ronment in some way or anoth-
has missed is field trips! Each         er, and follows our 4th-grade
year our students take trips to         science standards.” If our stu-
theaters, museums, retreat sites        dents can’t go to the field trip,
and so many other locations to          our teachers are trying to bring
enhance the learning experience         the field trip to our students.
outside the walls of Seton Cath-        At the high school Dr. Isley has
olic. Fortunately, many of our          worked especially hard to make
teachers started thinking out-          his lessons colorful and inter-
side the box and began looking          esting, showing students other
for ways to bring experiences to
                                        places in the world which relate
our students.                           to the lessons at hand. Mrs.
Elementary     Principal  Kim           Meyers has been making notes
Becker    shared,    “For  our          videos for students providing
elementary students The Scho-           them with more sources as well.
lastic Corporation website of-
fered walk thru trips to great
places online.    Our students
took many walking trips out-
side. They visited the Rich-
mond Meltdown Festival, did
tree and leaf examinations
downtown and visited Mary
Scott Park for PE and recesses
occasionally.”
                                        Instead of taking the annual
“Class projects such as the bug         fifth grade trip to COSI,
exhibit, Saint projects, and dio-       an interactive science museum
ramas were displayed in the             in Columbus, Ohio, this year,
hallways and other classes              our students visited COSI virtu-
signed up for ‘tours’ of the ex-        ally. "I have really tried to
hibits and a video of explana-          make the year seem as normal
tions just like a museum walk.          as possible for our students in a
Our intermediate students taped         year of uncertainty," said Mrs.
their presentations and debates         Leverton, fifth grade teacher.
so that others could view them
in their classrooms,” Becker
                                         And we know that for those
continued.
                                        who love God all things work
Fourth grade teacher Mrs.                together for good, for those
Beach added, “To say that the
kids (and the teachers) have
                                        who are called according to
been bummed about no field              his purpose. ~ Romans 8:28

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FOR THE LOVE OF SCIENCE FAIR
Many consider the science fair to       t i on. Congratulations to all of our      they did fantastically! Ethan Bihl
be a “rite of passage” - completing     students for their participation and       finished
the steps of creating a hypothesis,     hard work!                                 in 1st place in Microbiology,
doing an experiment, com pi l i ng                                                 Colin Murray in 1st place (tie) in
                                        Ethan Bihl, Rendell Davis, and
dat a, and writing a conclusion.                                                   Animal Sciences, and Rendell
                                        Colin Murray all uploaded presenta-
                                                                                   Davi s rec ei ved t he P urdue
Our 5th-grade classes held their        tions for Ball State’s regional sci-
                                                                                   S chool of A gri cul t ure A ward .
annual science fair i n l at e J anu-   ence fair which was virtual this year.
                                                                                   Join us in congratulating them!
ar y aft er m ont hs of prep ara -      Judging was held February 27, and

                             THIS YEAR’S WINNERS

         Mrs. Leverton’s Class                                                   Mrs. Maurer’s Class
                 Jolie Scherschel            — 1ST PLACE —                       Ethan Bihl and
                                                                                 Rendell Davis (tie)
                    Colin Murray             — 2ND PLACE —                       David Brazil
                 Maclane Henry               — 3RD PLACE —                       Aina De La Cruz

                                           MOST ENTHUSIASTIC
                                                Layla Cole
                                              Jai Thompson

                                              MOST CREATIVE
                                              DISPLAY BOARD
                                              Timmy Vanderpool
                                                Ryleigh Rush

                                          MOST HARDWORKING
                                              SCIENTIST
                                            Madison Swoveland
                                              Kylie Berger

                                           MOST INTERESTING
                                                  TOPIC
                                              Darin Webster
                                             Luis Guadarrama

CONGRATULATIONS!
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ESSAY SUCCESS!

Serra Essay Contest
Each year the John D. Kelly Voca-
tions Essay Contest is sponsored
by the Serra Club of Indianapolis.
The contest is open to all Catholic
students in Grades 7 through 12
who live in or attend school within
the Archdiocese of Indianapolis.
Catechists and religion teachers at
each parish or school may sponsor
the two essays they consider best
for each class within grades 7 – 12.
Over the years Seton Catholic
has had great success with this
contest, but never have we had
three winners!
In April the winners were honored
at a special luncheon that included
their parents, their sponsoring
teachers, and our principal,
Mr. John Markward. Each winner
read her essay, and received a
plaque and check in recognition.       YMI Essay Contest                       12. A topic is provided based on
Seton Catholic High School                                                     grade level and essays are judged
was honored to be represented this     Seton Catholic High School has a rich
                                                                               based on content, neatness, grammar,
year by Kara Amyx (grade 12),          history of student success in the YMI
                                                                               spelling, and adherence to contest
Allison Vanderpool (grade 8), and      Essay Contest. The national contest is
                                                                               rules.
Elizabeth Daoud (grade 7).             held each year to students in grades 7-
                                                                               This year we were pleased to have
                                                                               four winners in the grade 7 and 8 cate-
                                                                               gory on the topic of saints and how
                                                                               their saint of choice has influenced
                                                                               their lives. Our winners were Bella
                                                                               Cornell, Gabriella DeMotte, Makayla
                                                                               Means, and Isabella Caskey.
                                                                               Likewise, we had four winners from
                                                                               the grades 9-12 category who wrote
                                                                               about the Covid-19 pandemic and
                                                                               how they believed our local and/or
                                                                               national government responded to the
                                                                               pandemic. Bella Diehl, Leah Miller,
                                                                               Cole Russell, and Trey Pipenger
                                                                               represented us on the winners list.
                                                                               These students received a cash prize
                                                                               for their writings.
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WHERE HAVE CARDINALS FOUND JOY?

While school looked different this      ly has been extremely difficult for      Yet I can look back now and rejoice
past year courtesy of the ongoing       them. I'm glad to see that SOME          because I have grown closer to God
Covid-19 pandemic, Cardinals still      restrictions are beginning to let up,    and increased my faith life as a
had many good moments to cele-          while still ensuring the safety of our   result of that.
brate. Here are some of the things      students and staff.” ~ Jen Beach                            ~ Natalie Blakely
our faculty and staff have celebrated
                                        “I have found joy in being able to       “I have found joy in many things
this year.
                                        stay connected with my family and        this past year. I was unable to see
“Recently, at the reconciliation        friends despite not being able to see    my extended family, including my
service, I ran into one of our alums    them face-to-face. Making an effort      great nephew who was born a few
standing in the line to go to confes-   to gather with friends for dinner        months before Covid struck, for
sion. I hadn’t seen him since he        virtually once a month has been a        almost a year. So, when I was final-
graduated several years ago and to      great joy. Also, coming back to          ly able to reunite with my siblings,
run into him at reconciliation was a    school in person this year has been      nieces and nephews, and my now
HUGE UNEXPECTED JOY! He                 wonderful. Being able to actually        14-month old great nephew, I felt
looked AMAZING, and we shared a         be with my students after being          truly grateful to be able to spend
very special hug and conversation.”     away last spring has been amazing.       time with them. I also found joy in
                   ~ Marilyn Dolesh     Finally, being able to go back to        my students' faces when they
                                        church in person and participate in      returned to the classroom for the
                                        the Eucharist has fed me spiritually     first time in September. They were
                                        in these trying times.”                  so excited to be in the presence of
                                                           ~ Sharon Brochin      others, and I was so excited to be in
                                                                                 their presence! They bring me joy
                                        “I take great pleasure that I had
                                                                                 each day and remind me of the
                                        so many seventh-, eighth-, and
                                                                                 hope we have for the future. And
                                        ninth-grade students who excelled
                                                                                 finally, my husband and sons bring
                                        in the YMI contest. I encouraged
                                                                                 me joy daily. I am reminded every
                                        the seventh and eighth graders to be
                                                                                 single day when I spend time with
                                        highly selective about the saints
                                                                                 them how truly blessed I am. I am
                                        about     whom        they      chose
                                                                                 thankful!”
                                        to write. The ninth graders did an
                                        excellent job with the COVID-19                             ~ Mary Leverton
                                        essay topic. The winning students
“I have found joy this year, primari-   received a total $1500.00 in prize
ly through my faith. When the           money. I knew that they would do
pandemic hit, so did sadness and        an excellent job. I assume that, on
worry. Throughout it all, knowing       the national level, this is an unusu-
that God was there, was an              ally high number of winners.
enormous comfort. I have tried to       I would like to congratulate all of
keep my daily routine as "normal"       them on a job well done.”
as possible. With that said, wearing
                                                                   ~ Ed Isley
masks, social distancing, and hand
sanitizer have been the huge differ-    “My joy through all of this has
ences that I know we all have faced.    been time spent with family and
                                                                                 “I have found so much joy
As for my students, not allowing        connecting more with God. The
                                                                                 watching my son, Jack, grow!”
them to work in groups until recent-    pandemic was a test of my faith.
                                                                                                      ~ Amy Meyers

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WINTER SPORTS ROUND-UP

The winter sports season was             The swim team made huge improve-       limited number of players. The 8th
definitely a roller coaster ride.        ments in its second season. The        grade team finished 7-10 and the 7th
At the end of the day, we had some       girls team broke all but one swim-     grade team finished 6-10. The 7th
memorable moments to celebrate           ming school record this year while     grade did win the Randolph South-
including Josey Meeks qualifying         the boys broke all but two swim-       ern Invitational just before Christ-
for state in swimming and our varsi-     ming school records this year. Eve-    mas break.
ty boys basketball team winning its      ry single boy now holds at least one   While the dance team started prac-
sixth sectional championship.            school record. Josey Meeks repeat-     ticing and then shut things down
                                         ed as PAAC champion in the 200-
As mentioned, our varsity boys bas-                                             around Christmas break because
                                         yard individual medley and 100-
ketball team won its sixth sectional                                            COVID restrictions would not let
                                         yard breaststroke. This year she was
championship in program history. It                                             them perform, they were finally
                                         the sectional champion in the 200-
wasn't without adversity, though, as                                            allowed to perform at the Senior
                                         yard individual medley, which qual-
the team lost several games due to                                              Night Celebration.     They did
                                         ified her for the state meet.
COVID. However, they prevailed at                                               an outstanding job and are to be
the right time and battled together.     Both junior high boys basketball       commended for their dedication de-
Jake Moynihan earned many honors         teams competed well this year as       spite the uncertainty.
including IBCA Honorable Mention         they had to make two teams with a
All-State and 1st Team All-
Conference. He finished his career
second on the career scoring list and
is the school record holder for career
rebounds and blocks. Jonah Falcone
was Honorable Mention All-
Conference and IBCA Honorable
Mention Academic All-State. The
varsity team finished with a 9-10
record while the JV team finished
with a 5-7 record.

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RISING STARS
Rising Stars of Indiana is a non-
competitive recognition program,
designed to honor high school jun-
iors for their academic achieve-
ment. By allowing schools to iden-
tify outstanding scholars during
their Junior year, we hope to
increase their visibility and scholar-
ship opportunities. Each Indiana
high school can recognize up to
four individual students.         The
program is operated by the Indiana
Association of School Principals.
This year Seton Catholic High
School nominated Lydia Reichley
and Tristian Washington.

                       “Finally, brothers and sisters, whatever is true,
                    whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure,
                          whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable —
             if anything is excellent or praiseworthy — think about such things.”
                                           ~ Philippians 4:8 NIV

 SIX TIPS TO KEEP YOUR STUDENTS SAFE THIS SUMMER

Summertime is fun time!
                                         3. STRANGER DANGER          5. BE SPLASH
Follow these six tips to keep            Never                          SAFE
everyone safe as they enjoy              leave a                     Never swim alone
the outdoors!                            location                    and always have
                                         with a                      an adult near by.
                                         stranger.
 1. FIRST AID
 Have a fully
 stocked first
 aid kit easily                                  4. STAY
 accessible in                                   HYDRATED                        6. BE BIKE SAFE
 your home and car.                              Water is the best                  Always wear a
                                                 way to prevent                     helmet when
                                                 dehydration in                     riding a bike.
                                                 the heat.
             2. BE SUN SAAVY
             Wear waterproof
             sunscreen and reapply       MAY GOD BLESS YOUR FAMILY WITH A SAFE,
             every hour.                 RELAXING & REPLENISHING SUMMER!

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WHY DEBATE?
                                        two groups and from there divided
 The aim of a debate is to              down into three teams to address
 convince the opposition that           topic questions like:
 you are right. When the two            •   Should guns be banned?
 sides agree on the subject or          •   Should school uniforms be banned?
 when one side's arguments              •   Should homework be banned?
 are more convincing than the           •   Should plastic bags be banned?
 other side that is when                •   Should animal testing be banned?
 the debate comes to a close.           •   Should bottled water be banned?
                                        •   Should violent video games be
Indiana state standards require             banned?
that students be able to form and       “Students worked in teams to re-
rebut an argument in writing
and when speaking. But some                                                     repeated. They did not know which
may still ask why?                                                              arguments the opposing team was
                                                                                going to use, so they had to research
Using debates in the classroom can
                                                                                all possible arguments, and they had
help students to understand essential
                                                                                to prepare rebuttals without know-
critical-thinking and presentation
                                                                                ing what the opposing team might
skills. Classroom debates can nurture
                                                                                use against them.”
rational thinking, citizenship,
manners, organization of thoughts,                                              The debates were held mid-March
persuasion, and public speaking. And                                            in front of an audience of third-,
so, our 6th-grade students entered a                                            fourth-, and fifth-grade students as
month-long journey of debating.                                                 well as parents watching via zoom.
                                                                                The audience was allowed to vote,
Before they could write the essay,
                                                                                but the final vote depended on a
however, students were assigned a
topic, and teams were formed. The                                               panel of judges made up of class-
                                                                                room teachers and building staff.
entire sixth grade was divided into

                                        search, but they wrote their argu-
                                        mentative essay independently.
                                        Zoom students were also a part of a
                                        team and participated in the debate
                                        fully. Then we began preparing for
                                        the debates. Students had to create
                                        their arguments in speech form and
                                        align them with their team’s
                                        arguments,” shared Mrs. Berry.
                                        “Each of the three speakers had dif-
                                        ferent requirements for the debate
                                        that they were required to follow,
                                        but they had to work with their team
                                        to make sure the arguments weren't

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MR. AND MRS. BROWN—A SETON CATHOLIC LEGACY
Written by Mrs. Ruth Brown
How it Began                             tracked to Richmond is a longer
David was born in Ahoskie, NC            story, but ended up turning north so
and I in Tucson, AZ. We met at           David could attend Earlham School
Olney       Friends     School      in   of Religion. I looked for a teaching
Barnesville, OH, a Quaker prepara-       job and found myself being inter-
tory high school that my dad attend-     viewed and then hired by Fr. Min-
ed in his day and where my grand-        ton. I started teaching in 1980 at
parents                          first   what was then still Holy Family
met and fell in love. David was a        School and then, after the final con-
returning alum, back for Homecom-        solidation, moved to the primary        High School, we always invited our-
ing, and I a senior. We both gradu-      building in what had become Seton       selves to stay a little longer and visit
ated from Guilford College in            Catholic School.                        a choir or band class with Mr. Love
Greensboro, NC; David with a dual        Memories to Last Forever                or Mr. Schroeder. We were always
degree in Religion and Geology and                                               welcomed and I loved letting 1st
I with a degree in Elementary Edu-       Forty-one years, seven priests, eight   Graders see what they could be a
cation and a minor in Spanish.           principals, and well over 1000          part of in the future. I have enjoyed
After I graduated (the day after!)       students later, here I am, with a       inviting former students in to share
we got married in his parents' yard      heartful of happy memories. I have      what they were doing in college
and then soon set off to teach at        always been grateful for the admin-     or beyond, giving 1st graders a
Virginia Beach Friends School, an        istrative flexibility that allowed me   glimpse of what might come next
elementary/middle school which           to put many fun - perhaps slightly      and sharing the importance of good
David's parents and aunt were            crazy - but certainly educational       work habits, math, and reading.
instrumental in founding. Back in        ideas into action: Eclipse-watching     I was lucky to have the support and
the day, David was in one of the         parties (one on the gym roof - in       encouragement of principals, the
first classes to graduate. We arrived    pajamas!), Building-wide Olym-          other teachers, and parents for these
there in August of 1977, taught          pics, celebrating Las Posadas,          enrichment activities.
there for 3 years, and then began        weekly field trips downtown to
                                         watch the Promenade turn back into      One of my favorite grandparents
what we thought was a move to live
                                         Main Street, Egg Drop Days, hunt-       has often teased that she had to get
in Arizona. How we got side-
                                         ing fossils at Springwood, starting     up at all hours of the night to look
                                         Seton's involvement with Read           at the sky because Mrs. Brown had
                                         Across America with many com-           told her grandkids about some
                                         munity guest readers, regular field     upcoming celestial event. Guilty as
                                         trips to the Gem & Mineral Show         charged. In my own classroom,
                                         and Richmond Civic Theatre to see       I have always loved listening to
                                         plays and to tour the facility. When-   music with my students, especially
                                         ever we had All School Mass at the      international music or enjoying the
                                                                                 first snowfall each year by turning

                                         “Forty-one years, seven priests,
                                         eight principals, and well over
                                         1,000 students later, here I am, with
                                         a heartful of happy memories.”
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BROWNS’ RETIREMENT
off the lights, turning our chairs       of the classroom: raising caterpil-     my students have been able to ana-
toward the windows, and watching         lars and celebrating butterflies, al-   lyze and find meaning in these say-
the snowflakes "dance" to the music      ways having a guinea pig and a fish     ings. They end up collecting and
of "The Waltz of the Flowers" from       tank in the classroom, and welcom-      sometimes writing their own. I,
“The Nutcracker Suite”. (Try it - it's   ing anything and everything (dead       meanwhile, have learned how use-
perfectly lovely!) Singing with my       or alive) to a spot on the Science      ful they are. Precepts are short on
students was always a special time:      Table. I hope that I might have         reading and long on thinking - great
"Free to Be, You and Me," "Sing a        launched some future scientists who     for 1st Graders! One of the joys of
Rainbow," or "Follow the Drinking        will observe and explore, using         teaching for me is helping my stu-
Gourd."                                  heads and hearts. I shall miss shar-    dents make connections with the
                                         ing the adventures of Stuffed           material, hooking up the known and
Sharing and discussing great books
                                         Fluffy, a well-traveled friend since    the unknown. We have a secret sig-
is a passion which I hope I have
                                         1999. I shall miss experiencing the     nal. If you see a student of mine
shared with my students. One of my
                                         moments of electricity, when a stu-     linking 2 circles formed by index
fondest memories occurred one
year when another teacher was            dent "gets it!" I love the challenge    fingers and thumbs, you will know
                                         of figuring out how to best reach       that the student has made a personal
teaching Religion to my class and I
                                         and teach each child. I shall miss      or intellectual connection with
was working at my desk. The Pope
                                         learning from my students. Not a        something that is being presented.
had just died and a student asked
                                         year has passed that I haven't          The brain scientists tell us that mak-
her how a new Pope would be cho-
                                         learned a great deal. Most recently,    ing connections is one of the best
sen. This young teacher had only
                                         I have learned about the power of       ways to learn and remember new
known one Pope and was unaware
                                         precepts. Using a book of precepts      things. So, we celebrate that.
of the process. She admitted she
                                         my sister gave me a few years ago,
didn't know and then suggested                                                    David joined the Seton staff in
                                         I started reading one a day to my
they "ask Mrs. Brown, as she                                                     1995, teaching Science and Com-
                                         students. Whether hearing from an
knows a lot of stuff." Little heads                                              puters at the Intermediate building.
                                         ancient Greek philosopher, an NFL
turned to face me. Well, I did in-                                               It was during his tenure there that
                                         coach, an author, or another child,
deed know the basics and shared a                                                the Science Lab was built on the
short version of what was likely to
happen. Then the faces turned back
to the Religion teacher, she thanked
me and said, "I wonder how Mrs.
Brown knew all that?" Without
missing a beat, I heard one little
boy answer with just one word,
"Books." I watched all the other
little heads nod solemnly in agree-
ment and felt such joy and satisfac-
tion that they had seen what I was
modeling - a lifelong reader with a
love for learning.
Animals, animals! I like to think I
have engendered a deeper love and
appreciation of the natural world in
my students (and at least 2 of my
principals as well!) Natural Science
has always been an important part
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BROWNS’ RETIREMENT
second floor, soon becoming a          watched a paper come through.        saying our many good-byes.
home to several snakes that helped     She then held up the newly-printed   Then, at some point, we hope to
teach genetics. He remembers that      paper to show that it said,          pick up where our journey to Ari-
one day, while feeding the snakes, a   "Mr. Brown, it works!" In 2002, he   zona left off, so many years ago.
student came up and said that a        made the move to the newly-          We'd like to live and explore in
snake was biting her. He looked        opened Seton High School,            the sunshine and warmth of the
over to see one of the adult male      where he has taught Science and      southwest, and learn new things.
king snakes hanging from her           Computer Science for the past        We certainly hope to stay in
thumb. She calmly waited for him       19 years. Favorite memories there    touch and to host many Seton
to remove it. He also has fond         include having students push his     Catholic colleagues, friends, and
memories of telling stories to Ms.     jeep to teach Newton's Laws of       former students when they travel
Green's class. He also remembers       Motion, making rosaries with the     to that part of the country.
working with some 6th Graders to       students as part of the study of     WE will never stop feeling a
network that building, back when       Minerals, and teaching genetics      connection with our Seton family,
that was a rather new thing. He had    using Marshmallow Men!               and especially our students.
asked a student to set up a computer                                        We would be delighted to hear from
to print to the printer. While he      Plans for retirement                 them and to find out where their
waited, she walked back in, stood      We will spend some time closing      interests and unique and beautiful
with him by the printer, and           up things here in Richmond and       personalities have led them.

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ALUMNI NEWS & INFORMATION
                                      Jacob Leverton (’17) — Graduat-        Nolan Hannah (’14) — In late
                                      ing from Indiana University in early   March, Nolan began a new career
                                      May, Jake earned a Bachelor            working for Mercy Hospital in
                                      of Arts degree in English and a        Cincinnati.
                                      Bachelor of Science degree in ani-
                                                                             Adam Schroeder (’13) — Adam
                                      mal behavior sciences. He is al-
                                                                             graduated from the IU School of
                                      ready working at the Indianapolis
                                                                             Optometry in May to become the
                                      Zoo as an animal caretaker.
                                                                             first doctor to graduate from SCHS.
                                      Billie Webster, III (’17) — Billie
                                                                             Stephanie (Dargie) Hornak (’09)
                                      has earned his business marketing
                                                                             — Stephanie and husband, Steve
                                      degree from IU-Kokomo and will
                                                                             (’10), welcomed a sweet baby girl
                                      be moving on to Texas Christian
                                                                             into this world on April 13.
                                      University. He landed a job with
Michael Haber (’17) — Michael                                                Welcome Isabel Rose!
                                      TCU as a graduate assistant on the
graduated with a Bachelor’s of Sci-   men’s basketball team and will pur-
ence in Business Administration       sue his Master’s degree at TCU.
(Magna Cum Laude) and a Mas-
ter’s of Accounting from The Max      Adam Dolesh (’14) — Adam re-
M. Fisher College of Business at      cently began a position as Purchas-
The Ohio State University. After      ing Associate for Contract Industri-
graduation Michael will be working    al Tooling (CIT) in Richmond.
for Deloitte in Columbus, Ohio in
their Audit & Assurance practice.
                                       ALUMNI: Submit your news to
                                       nblakely@setoncatholics.org

 SUMMER SPORTS’ CAMPS

           BOYS’ BASKETBALL*                                      GIRLS’ VOLLEYBALL*
                Who: Grades 3-8                                    Who: Grades 3-5
                                                                        10:00AM-12:00PM
              When: June 15-17
                                                                             Grades 6-8
               Time: 1:30-3:30PM
                                                                             12:30-2:30PM
             Where: SCHS gym
                                                                  When: June 21-25
                Cost: $25
                                                                 Where: SCHS gym
                                                                    Cost: $30
    *Sign-ups accepted at the door                          *Sign-ups accepted at the door

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DRIVEN & PREPARED FOR LIFE...
                                        to serve others and help them            endeavors, especially for my contin-
                                        achieve their goals.”                    uing education and career.”
                                        You might use the word “driven” to       When asked her greatest memory of
                                        describe Anne. You might also use        SCHS she responded, “Any time
                                        the word “prepared”. When talking        spent with friends. They were all
                                        with Anne, she indicated that the        special. My advice to current stu-
                                        rigorous education, along with the       dents is to embrace the opportunities
                                        caring school and parish communi-        you have now and to be present in
                                        ty at Seton Catholic, had really pre-    the moment.”
                                        pared her for life after high school.
                                                                                 We are proud of Anne and all of her
                                        “During high school, we were             accomplishments.
                                        taught to treat everyone with            Once a Cardinal, Always a Cardinal!
                                        respect and kindness. To show
                                        empathy to those around us,” Anne
                                        shared. “Currently, I am a school
                                        social worker for a public school
                                        district. I work in the early child-
When Anne George (Zimnicki)             hood/preschool program which
graduated from Seton Catholic           serves students who are found
High School in 2009, she ventured       to have a disability that impacts
out of our halls and headed to St.      their ability to learn or have at-risk
Mary’s College pursuing a nursing       factors. In my role, I help the
degree. However, while at SMC,          students to develop social skills and
Anne found that her true passion        improve emotional literacy and reg-
was in mental health and service        ulation. Another part of my job is to
work, so she changed her major to       connect families with community
Social Work and minor to Geron-         resources outside of the school. Un-
tology. She graduated from St.          fortunately, children with disabili-
Mary’s in 2013 with a Bachelor of       ties are one of the most vulnerable
Social Work degree, but Anne’s          groups, so it is my responsibility to
education did not end there.            help them grow, access opportuni-
In 2014, she received a master of       ties and resources available to them,
Social Work from Dominican              and look out for their well-being.
University, but as Anne tells the       There are several principles that
story, that still was not the end of    connect my social work profession
her educational story.                  to my Catholic faith and education,
“About three years ago, I returned      which include service; life and dig-
to school to gain a professional edu-   nity of the person; rights and
cator license to provide social work    responsibilities; call to family,
services in schools, and I am cur-      community, and participation; pref-
rently working towards my Master        erential option for the poor and vul-
of Arts in Educational Administra-      nerable; solidarity; and care for
tion. Although the details of my        God's creation. I would like to
"plan" have changed, I feel that I      thank my loving husband, Eddie,
am still able to fulfill my vocation    for supporting me in all of my

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