TROJAN MATTERS May 17, 2018
A look back at Mr. Hansen’s first year
Look inside to see how this picture comes alive! More online at the-blueprint.org
Experience a day in the life of Mr. Tom Mahaney
Putting a price on big sporting events
Should kids get paid for grades?
TROJAN MATTERS Volume 4, Issue 7
On the cover
Mr. Hansen discusses his first year here Reflects on top moments and the challenges Inside photo and cover photo by Alyssa Behringer
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TROJANS
MATTER Prayers to. . . The Class of 2018 as they take the next phase of their lives. College adviser Mrs. Pam Nixon's continued recovery to full health.
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Be sure to check your school email over the summer for information regarding summer assignments and parking registration for next year. Page 2
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Father Doug Hunter's smooth and transition to St. Roch. To academic assistant Mrs. Abby Funk and her husband Chris and their children in their grief.
Looking back on the 2017-2018 year
Possibilities of living on Mars
Corrections
Save the date
The first lacrosse player on the "Wall of Fame" was Claire Deck (New).
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Enrollment assistant Mrs. Jenny Annee's son is Joey Annee.
TROJAN MATTERS STAFF Editor-in-chief Blueprint editor News editor Opinions editor
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Features editor Sports editor Reporting staff Photo editors Photographers:
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- Baccalaureate Mass 6:30 p.m. Leah Engler Ashley Freiburger Nathan Horlander Casie Maexner Payten Morris Maggie Peck Sarah Scheidler Kaitlin Wallis
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Examine coaches' use of statistics
- Commencement 6:30 p.m. (ticket only)
May 22-25
- Underclassmen Finals
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TROJANS ASK... What's up with the cover photo? Besides being the largest yearbook in school history, the 2018 Citadel will have an interactive feature. With the help of their publisher, Walsworth Yearbook Publishing Co., the staff has recorded videos to highlight the events of the 2017-2018 school year. If you hover over a “trigger photo” with the Yearbook AR app on your phone, a video will loop, bringing the event to life. “The whole staff is so excited that we were able to include videos in the yearbook,” said senior Sara Wallander, Citadel editor-in-chief. “It goes along with the theme perfectly and
it's going to be so cool in Au- ters gives viewers part of a vidgust to see regular pictures in eo they will see when they get the yearbook come alive as vid- their books on orientation day. •Kacee Haslett eos. It definitely makes our yearbook unique and Here’s how it works: adds another fun 1. Visit the App Store or Google Play and element that I download the free Yearbook AR app. know people will 2. In the 2018 Citadel, you will find enjoy.” photos marked with the headline This new inter"Instant Replay." active tool only 3. Open the app, scan that image works if students marked with (AR icon) and watch download the it come to life! Walsworth AR 4. Be patient. Videos may take up to 30 app first. seconds to load. The cover pho- Try it now on this magazine’s to of this issue cover photo to see a sneak peek! of Trojan Mat-
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TROJAN MATTERS May 17, 2018 The annual faculty vs. seniors basketball game was played Feb. 2, the last day of Catholic Schools Week. “I really liked the faculty basketball game,” said Mr. Hansen. “I was zero points, zero assists, but I enjoyed it. It felt like there was school spirit there. Some of the football games and some of the basketball games have also had this fantastic school spirit.”
A Year In Review Photo: Jaeden Crawford
From football games to morning announcements, new Bishop Chatard principal Mr. Joe Hansen reveals the best moments and tough challenges of his introduction to high school education in a Q&A with Trojan Matters •J G
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What has been the best part of this past year?
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The Aug. 18 morning tailgate is one experience Mr. Hansen calls his favorite. He said,“That was my first experience with Trojan school spirit and I was blown away by how many kids showed up at 5 in the morning.”
“The best part of coming to Chatard was connecting to the kids — the
Photo: Casie Maexner
anie leaves
not really knowing if I’d be able to connect with the high school kids, and I love them. What’s fulfilling for me is I feel like I never changed. I haven’t had to act any differently than I did in any other setting that I was in.” 2
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energy, the curiosity, the spirit is unlike anything I’ve ever seen. I came here
For his principal’s Twitter feed , Mr. Hansen photographs seniors after Living Rosary: a long-standing tradition at BCHS. “It’s such a Catholic event and it’s so unique. The experience was very humbling to me, to see how reverent everyone was during Living Rosary,” said Mr. Hansen.
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Q: What are your goals for the upcoming year?
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“I still feel like our school spirit can be better. I think that we need to walk a little taller and just be proud of who we are and where we’re going. That’s one of my goals for next year is to get the kids, the teachers, the support staff, the parents, the alumni to continue to believe in this place and celebrate it even more. You hear me say on morning announcements every morning to give yourselves fully. I want kids to come in here everyday and give themselves fully to everything — whether it’s friendships, athletics, co-curriculars or clubs, or being in class with a teacher.”
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If you had to use one word to describe this year, what would you choose?
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“Fulfilling. I’m fulfilled with the rela-
tionships that I’m building with teachers and support staff and students. I’m fulfilled professionally. Sometimes you get into a groove, and if you’re not careful that groove can become a rut. It’s just been fulfilling, it has rejuvenated me in
so many ways.”
In other’s words, Mr. Hansen’s first year has been... “filled with school spirit.” sophomore DeeDee Caskey
“impactful.”
senior Lydia Dessauer
“enthusiastic.”
sophomore Paige Zehner
“successful.” junior Will Meyer
“indescribable.” junior Ryne Meloy
“energetic.”
sophomore Liam Wojciechowski
“just what Chatard needed.” senior Bridget Nash
What has been the biggest challenge of your first year?
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“The biggest challenge is the enormity of the school. I have to be the instructional leader. I have to take care of teacher moral. I have to lead the administrators, teachers and students. Then there’s all these other little ministries within our school. All these little
different things that I’ve never really had to deal with on such a grand scale.”
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TROJAN MATTERS May 17, 2018 Mr. Tom Mahaney, building and grounds staff and field specialist, has a jam-packed schedule everyday. He has been working in the turf business since he was 16 years old. “There is something about building something that is rough and raw and making it presentable. It gives me a lot of pride to make stuff really nice,” said Mr. Mahaney. However, making the campus look as nice as it does isn’t a quick and easy job. A day in the life of Mr. Mahaney has many tasks and moving parts. •Michael Mates
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Mr. Mahaney works diligently on the softball field. Senior softball player Kaylor Seymour said, “I think [Mr. Mahaney] works very hard on our field. I think it is one of the nicest things on our campus.” He enjoys seeing the end product of all his hard work on the softball field and the whole campus.
Mr. Mahaney normally arrives at 6:30 every morning, unless there is a special event occurring.
Collects trash around the campus and scans the grounds for anything unusual.
Tends to the athletic fields. Lines, rakes, and cuts the softball field to keep it in great playing condition. He normally cuts the grass on the softball field twice a week. Also added that although the football and baseball fields are synthetic, he turns over the rubber in the turf at least twice a week. Mr. Mahaney usually uses the morning to work on any special projects he needs to finish including trimming the bushes behind the football field or spray painting the lines in the gravel parking lot.
Mr. Mahaney always eats lunch with the maintenance staff in the boiler room.
Mr. Mahaney helps with many odd jobs around the BCHS. During Walk-a-thon, he grilled hot dogs and hamburgers for the staff and students to eat after the 2-mile trek. Photo: Casie Maexner
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A day in the life of Mr. Tom Mahaney
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On a regular school day, Mr. Mahaney continues prepping the athletic fields, depending on whether or not there are games being played. If he is finished with the field prep, he mows the campus, trims the walks, blows away the clippings, and improves the appearance. Mr. Mahaney normally leaves BCHS around 3:30 and goes home to his two children.
After leaving BCHS, he helps take his kids to and from athletic events, mows his own yard, or helps in other ways around the house.
“I would have to say the oddest job was when Chatard had their first football scrimmage on the new synthetic football field in 2012 and the school hired someone to ride a horse up and down the side of the field. The owners said they had walked the horse for a couple of hours outside of the field hoping that the horse would relieve itself. After a couple laps up and down the field, the horse defecated on the new field down the sideline and I had to get a shovel and a trash can to pick it up right before the game started.” -Mr. Mahaney
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ince the beginning of human life, there has been a fascination with the beyond. Various religions were built around the sun, moon and stars surrounding the planet. Calendars are based on the orbit the earth makes around the sun. Countries have competed to get humans into space, the moon, and now mars. The United States has been in space since 1961 and now plans to tackle travel to Mars. Many people, including science teacher Mr. Gary Pritts, are confident that the United States will send a person to Mars. This confidence is due, in part, to NASA’s past accomplishments. “The vision to do what was previously thought of as impossible is really pushing this aerospace travel,” said Mr. Pritts. In 1969, NASA sent the first man to the moon. Their successes continued when NASA sent their first rover to Mars in 1997. Ever since then, NASA has been getting closer to sending a human to the neighboring planet. “Mars would be the first true step in expanding into the
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cosmos and going beyond what is currently thought possible,” said senior Kelby Atha, who is fascinated by space and also interested in working for NASA. However, the journey to Mars was recently accelerated when President Donald Trump signed an act in 2017 that promised NASA $19.5 billion as long as human life lands on Mars by 2033. Following this announcement, NASA released a 5-step plan to get human life to Mars. The plan includes boatloads of new
Cover News Opinions Features Sports technologies and innovations. The CuriPresident Trump osity Rover has already contributed to the promised NASA project by collecting data to help create safe equipment for the astronauts traveling to Mars. NASA plans to send another rover in 2020 that will study the resources available on Mars for future human life. As more and more data is collected, NASA plans billion as long as to adjust their technologies accordingly in human life lands on order to receive the best results in sending Mars by 2033 humans to Mars. In addition, astronauts are being prepared Mars is that of whether there is life beyond and trained for long distance space travel. Earth. By traveling to Mars, scientists are “It’s the students’ generation that will be hoping to get more information on other the young astronauts to go to Mars and col- forms of life among the universe. “With onize it,” said Mr. Pritts. These efforts will such an astronomically large universe, I include sending astronauts on a year-long think it would be arrogant to assume we are deep space mission in 2020. Another step alone,” said Atha. Mr. Pritts also believes toward colonization included asking peo- that there is a possibility of other life in the ple to sign up for a one way trip to Mars solar systems, but that the life might not be which resulted in thousands of volunteers. alive right now. “I would like to go to Mars if the ability According to Mr. Pritts, the life might to travel to and from Mars ever becomes have destroyed long gone planets or bepossible in my lifetime,” said Atha. NASA came extinct before humans came into ex-
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has already marked off specific areas on the planet that they believe would be beneficial for exploration and scientific research. But NASA is not the only team sending humans to venture on the Red Planet. They are in competition with Space X. Which has set the ambitious goal of human life arriving on Mars in 2022. However, they cannot achieve this goal without the help of NASA, because the two companies rely on each other for cargo and supplies. Of course NASA hopes to gain more out of the trip than just being first. By humans inhabiting the red planet, NASA’s aims to collect information that will give insight into the life and development of our planet before humans, since Mars has developed similarly to Earth. Another of NASA’s current goals is to expand the technologies of space to apply them to daily life. “There are models of rockets that can go into low altitude orbit to fly somewhere instead of airplanes,” said Mr. Pritts. Space travel can also be used to improve simpler technologies like GPS and television satellites. One pressing question regarding travel to
istence. Contacting other life in the galaxy could unveil more information about the planet than ever before. However, money is a big issue. NASA’s budget for travel to Mars is only .5 percent of the United States Mars budget. The Apollo 8 mission cost 4 percent of the United States budget $19.5 million for the
Mars is
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million miles away from Earth
trip. Obviously, humans traveling to Mars is even more difficult than humans traveling to the moon since the moon is only 238,900 miles away from the earth and Mars is 33.9 million miles away. This requires stronger rockets, more fuel and additional supplies that will cost more than 19.5 billion dollars. “We just have to keep at it and keep moving forward. And more money invested in space exploration will speed up the process,” said Atha. •Carmen Sullivan 5
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Should students get PAID A
ll students at some point or another will lose some drive and not be as motivated when it comes to school. Whether it be for a long or short period of time, students sometimes need incentives to get back into the game. All kids are different and have different expectations of
themselves, so what it takes to have them put their best foot forward in school may vary. One of these motivational techniques is parents paying their children for good grades. Some people believe this is a great way to reward students for hard work while others believe it is unnecessary.
•Carmen Sullivan
Yes Student Sophomore Trey Geary, gets paid for his grades: “I feel as if students should be paid for their grades. This could be seen as a type of motivation. Their parents would set a certain amount of money they would be paid for a certain GPA or amount of letter grades. The student would
then try to maintain that GPA or achieve the amount of letter grades needed to receive their money. At this time in the school year, most students are slacking off just to finish out the year. With this set goal, they may feel more determined and willing to get money for the work they put in.”
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Junior Oskar Eisgruber: “I am not a parent, so I don’t have any basis of making this claim. Also, I am biased because I was raised not getting paid for my grades by my parents. Not all parents are rich, and many cannot afford to pay their children every time they get a good grade. Also, when a parent stops giving money to their children for getting good 6
grades, their children will not be incentivized to get good grades, or the children won’t want to get good grades. Instead, parents should be nicer to their children when they get good grades: maybe they are excused from doing chores, or are allowed to stay out later...alternatives that don’t cost money.”
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GRADE$ Yes Parent Andrea Gaddie, mother
to junior Amaiya Gaddie: “We pay for grades because it is motivating. It also teaches you the benefits of hard work and being dedi-
cated to your grades. We try to reward A’s because it is behavior we’d like to continue to see as it leads to scholarships and setting you up for college.”
Yes/No Teacher Spanish teacher Mrs. Mendez: “My husband and I push our children to work hard. The demands of middle school are way more than we ever experienced. He works hard with them. At the end of the quarter, when we finally reach our academic goal successfully, we like to reward the children with a video game or books. It is a celebration. What I see in my children is that they have not gotten to the point where they are only interested in points. They understand that their grade reflects their learning and they are always excited that they “got it.”. They know a prize is coming, but their initial reaction is pride in what they accomplished.
I always want them to know that no matter the amount of extra curricular and athletic events I drive them to and support them in, I am always cheering their acquisition of knowledge. Giving them a reward is my way of doing so. In addition to being a form of celebration, giving a reward is a way to motivate them for the next quarter. I don’t give money; my kids still love a tangible gift, but grandma shows her support for their academic success by sending a monetary gift. This trend will continue as they graduate multiple times and receive monetary, celebratory gifts. The final gift will be their vocational success.”
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Coaches benefit from using statistics O
ver the past 15 years, advanced stats and analytics have played a major role in how coaches, even in the high school ranks, make decisions. The sports where advanced stats and analytics are used the most are basketball, baseball, and softball. The Moneyball Era was started by former Oakland Athletics (A’s) general manager and current vice president of baseball operations, Billy Beane and Paul DePodesta, former front office assistant for the A’s. Using the term “moneyball” rather than baseball is all where talent is evaluated with statistics rather than traditional methods of coach’s opinion. The strategy the A’s used to build their team strived to get cheaper players that could play just as well as more expensive players. By using the moneyball strategy and selecting players based on statistics, the A’s went 103-59 and made the playoffs with a team full of role players.
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They had a record-setting 20 game win streak that proved front office decisions based on stats were successful. The idea of using stats to make decisions has caused a trickle down effect to the college and high school levels. Some of the stats analyzed in baseball and softball include on-base plus slugging (OPS), line-drive rate (LD%), and quality at-bats (QAB). Quality at-bats, as defined by assistant softball coach Mr. Jeff Bach, means seeing three pitches after two strikes, a 6-plus pitch at-bat, an extra base hit, a hard hit ball, a walk, a sacrifice bunt, or a sacrifice fly. These stats can help coaches make very difficult decisions on which player to play or what spot in the batting order they should bat. Coach Bach said, “Ultimately, since you are trying to fill an entire lineup of 9 or 10 players, we are looking at how we round out that lineup. Numbers play a bigger role in who is hitting in the 3, 4, or 5 spot rather than
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After breaking a huddle with football coach Eric Quintana, seniors Jacob Messer, Patrick Babcock and Nolan Brown head onto the field.
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deciding who is playing.” Many college softball teams have started to collect more advanced stats. According to Coach Bach, collecting advanced stats has trickled down to the high school game. He continued, “Batting average does not mean a whole lot to us. We put more weight on QABs.” Many high school, college, and professional baseball teams also use QABs to enhance decision making. Former MLB player Steve Springer said, “Get rid of the batting average. Hit the ball hard and you win.” Advanced stats are also breaking into the football and basketball worlds. In the NFL, opposing defenses use advanced analytics, such as short completion percentage to the right side, rushing yards behind the left tackle, and offensive formation percentages. For instance, the Colts were ranked 8th in the NFL in least offensive penalties committed. In the NBA, coaches use stats such as adjusted plus-minus,
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During the Guerin Catholic game, baseball coach Mike Harmon talks with catcher Jack Eckstein, and pitcher Mitchell Ayers. One stat enforced by the IHSAA rules: no pitcher may throw more than 120 pitches in a varsity game.
player efficiency rating (PER), and per minute rating. According to nbastuffer.com, the adjusted plus-minus of a player is, “the impact of each player on his team’s scoring margin after controlling for the strength of every teammate and every opponent during each minute he’s on the court.” Player efficiency rating, PER is described as, “the metric that which boils down all of a player’s contributions into one number. John Hollinger‘s formula adds positive stats and subtracts negative ones through a statistical point value system.” Indiana Pacer, Victor Oladipo, has a PER of 23.1, which is about 7 points above the league average. Although statistics play an important role for many high school coaches, Coach Bach said, “Statistics are nice for end of season awards, but during the season, I think they might be overreactions if coaches make too many quick determinations based off of the statistics.” •Michael Mates
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Softball coach Kerry Lynch talks to players while holding statistic clipboard. Coach Lynch keeps track of pitches thrown to each of the opposing batters.
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Trojans attend big ticket games
•Janie Gleaves
Mrs. Lisa Barnes, English teacher, attended Wimbledon in 2016. Mrs. Barnes went to the second day of the tournament, so, with 18 courts, there were games going on everywhere. “It’s like at a big club volleyball tournament where the courts are all going at once,” said Mrs. Barnes.
Wimbledon
$775
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Super Bowl 50 took place on February 6, 2016. The Denver Broncos and the Carolina Panthers battled in Santa Clara, California. Max Weybright attended and was astounded by the Broncos strong defense as they were the definite underdogs. “To me the best part of the game was of course being Average Super Bowl able to watch the greatest quarterback ticket price of all-time, Peyton Manning, raise the Lombardi trophy, before walking off into the sunset as a champion and closing the book on a phenomenal career,” said Weybright.
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On June 15, 1994, a young Mr. Ben Reilly went to his first professional soccer game at Soldier Field in Chicago. Germany beat out Bolivia 1-0. “I didn’t really appreciate the game then as much as I do now, but it was cool seeing soccer played on that big of a field and in front of that many people,” said Mr. Reilly. Mr. Reilly recalls that Oprah Winfrey and President Bill Clinton were at the game.
World Cup
$230
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NLCS Championship
$2,300
Average World Series ticket price The Butler Family went to the final game of the National League Championship Series which sent the Cubs to the World Series. Junior Annie Butler was surprised by the Cubs’ blowout win 5-0 over the Dodgers. “The best part was how excited and crazy all the fans were. Wrigley was ecstatic,” said Butler.
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Trojans continue their education across the country
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Ancilla Domini College
Arapahoe Community College
Butler University
Denison University
DePauw University
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Holy Cross College
Indiana State University
Ivy Tech
Lewis University
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Joliet Junior College
San Francisco Institute of Esthetics and Cosmetology
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Trade School
Trine University
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United States Air Force
University of Dallas
University of Dayton
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University of Evansville
University of Indianapolis
Saint Louis University
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University of Kentucky
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Class of 2018 state by state...
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Those serving in the military are waiting to receive their basic training assignments and will then be relocated elsewhere.
Grand Canyon University
Greenville University
Hanover University
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Manchester University
Miami University (Ohio)
Northern Kentucky University
Quincy University
United States Army
United States Navy
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University of Alabama
University of Cincinnati
University of Chicago
University of Notre Dame
University of Saint Francis
University of Virginia
Vincennes University
Franklin College
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Loyola University of Chicago
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Wabash College
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18 things about the class of 2018 19 seniors have
27 seniors have transfered out
19 seniors are attending schools out-of-state
68 seniors have
transfered in
the same name as another senior
2 seniors have 5 or 13 seniors played more siblings that 3 or more sports are BCHS grads Alyssa Linehan is the youngest person in the grade
2 people are
taking a gap year 71 out of 160 seniors played a sport 12
2 sets of twins 4 seniors were born in 1998
7 different
ethnicities make up this class.
4 seniors will serve in the military
2 foreign exchange students in the Senior Class
5 people in the senior class are multiracial
22 seniors are playing sports in college
93% of seniors
Molly Hughett is the oldest person in the grade
were involved in extra-curriculars
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Advice to underclassmen from Senior Allan Schneider Dear Bishop Chatard,
I would like to start off by saying how jealous I am of all of you incoming freshmen along with every non-senior student at Bishop Chatard. I remember coming in hoping to make a name for myself, to try and make an impact on the school, but I didn’t realize how much of an impact Bishop Chatard would have on me. With the end of senior year only a day away, I’m filled with a mixture of sadness, joy, and anxiety that seems to get worse as the days go by. I’m having to say goodbye to some of my closest friends and close a chapter in my life that I’m really gonna miss and want to come back to in the future. We as a Senior Class have gone through a lot our four years. And through these four years, we have gained a lot of wisdom that will greatly help you in the next four years. The first little bit of advice I’d like to give you is don’t be afraid to try something new. Coming into Chatard, I expected to focus on my grades and continue running cross country, and I was completely wrong. I tried every single thing I could get my hands on and I never once regretted it. I ran cross country, was on Morale for Dance Marathon, was an actor all four years, participated in improv comedy, was a retreat leader. All these awesome and amazing activities I will treasure for the rest of my life. Now, you don’t have to go crazy with the activities and overbook yourself, but try something new that you wouldn’t consider because you might come upon something that you enjoy. While doing all of these incredible activities, don’t forget about your academics. For some people school comes easy, but for many others, including myself, I had to work hard for my grades and make sure I was on track with my fellow students. Don’t put yourself in a position where, at the end of your four years, you have to pray that at least one of the colleges you applied will accept you. Be in the situation where you look at all of these college acceptance letters and be like “Shoot, where do I go?” It feels much better. Another little tidbit, appreciate the teachers and administration around you. They are some of the kindest and most generous people you will ever meet. They want nothing but the best for you and want to push and challenge you into areas they know you can succeed in. Also, remember they are people too, and don’t want to be your babysitter and treat you like a child constantly. And finally, make as many friends as you possibly can; you can never have enough. Someone once told me that you can’t choose your family but you can choose your friends and that is completely true. These next four years you get to decide who you want to be associated with, and hang out with. Your friends represent who you are and you represent who your friends are. Surround yourself with people who support you and want to see you grow as a person, not someone who wants to one up you and prove they’re better. Saying goodbye to Chatard is one of the hardest things I’ve had to do in my life, but it gives me assurance seeing the young hopeful faces of the underclassman who I know will cherish my school and treat it as such. So, come in to Chatard and view it as your home away from home. Because for the next four years it will be, and it will remain my home forever. Make the most of it and enjoy yourself.
Love, Allan Schneider
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Things that have changed in the last
Throughout our time here so much has changed, but it all makes BCHS special to the Class of 2018. No class will undergo the same exact changes that this class did. “I personally view the changes as a way of personalizing Chatard for the seniors. While we do share most changes, each group of kids that goes through Chatard experiences it differently because of the changes Chatard implements. I think change can be a good thing and the changes we’ve experienced through our time at Chatard are what make the class of 2018 the Class of 2018,” said senior Leah Engler.
•Greta Horton
4 YEARS Lunch codes changed
Added another uniform sweatshirt
“I think changing the lunch code was a great idea because it’s a number you use every day. I remember when I was a freshman going over my code many times in my head trying to make sure I had it right so I wouldn’t embarrass myself in front of upperclassman and hold them up,” said senior Kaylor Seymour.
“We are some of the only kids who got to know Mr. Summers. We are some of the few kids who still call Mrs. Tebbe ‘Theis,’” said Engler.
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Teachers have come and gone
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“Hiring Mr. Hansen has positively impacted the school. I noticed that in the past year or two, school spirit began to decline, but as soon as we hired him, he adopted the school as his own and helps boost school spirit. I’ve found Mr. Hansen as a great principal for senior year just because of his being so engaged in what the students are doing in and out of the classroom,” said senior Darrin Gee.
Fr. Hunter became the new chaplain
SRT became homeroom
“I’ve noticed the differences like calling SRT ‘homeroom’ now because I still sometimes do it. It’s funny because some underclassman will never know the 45minute “SRT” or school days starting at 7:35 and ending at 3:10,” said senior TJ Mann.
Walk-a-thon to field day to nothing to Walk-a-thon
“Walk-a-thon changed to field day was very different. I think it was good to switch it up because if we kept doing the same thing, it would get boring. I really enjoyed being able to spend Walk-a-thon in my last year. Walk-athon really shows the community and family aspect of Chatard,” said senior Liam O’Brien.
Block A Block B Block C Homeroom Block D Block E Block F
7:50-8:50 8:55-9:55 10:00-11:00 11:05-11:30 11:35-1:05 1:10-2:10 2:15-3:15
A Lunch B Lunch C Lunch
11:35-11:58 12:08-12:31 12:41-1:05
Photo: Alyssa Behringer
“Father Doug (Hunter) is one of the only priests I’ve ever really connected with in my life. I got to talk to him a lot on my senior retreat this year and he’s a great chaplain and a great guy,” said senior Jess Tyler.
Photo: Sarah Scheidler
Photo: Greta Horton
Mr. Joe Hansen became principal
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TROJAN MATTERS May 17, 2018
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s the seniors’ high school journey comes to an end, there are many events and activities that will not be forgotten by each student in the Senior Class. These are just a few of the memories made throughout the past four years. Photos courtesy of yearbook archives.•Emma Kennedy
Freshman:
Seniors came to Bishop Chatard for the first time as students on orientation day in August of 2014. Many remember it as the day that they felt welcomed into the school. Senior Jacob Dagon said, “I thought it was cool to see how many upperclassmen cared enough to welcome the freshmen.” Senior Joey Schaffer is welcomed by school president Mr. Bill Sahm as he heads in.
Sophomore:
Students dress in retro fashion for the 80’s Dance, the one and only decades dance that was during freshman year. Seniors Rachel Doyle, Jenna Phelps and Emily Evers put on their complementary glow stick glasses in preparation for the dance.
In 2015, the spirit at football games earned Trojan Nation the WTHR13 10th annual Operation Football Spirit Award trophy for best student section in their viewing area.
According to many in the Class of 2018, one of the most memorable events in high school was winning the football state championship. Senior Jacob Messer said, “It was one of the best days of my life because the work we put into to get the championship paid off.” 16
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memories Junior: Senior Greta Horton arm wrestles a young girl while on the El Salvador mission trip. Junior year, seniors were eligible to travel there over spring and fall breaks. The native people were what made the trip so special to senior Patrick Haimbaugh. He said, “They have almost nothing, yet they’re genuinely happy to have us stay at their house and experience their culture.”
In dramatic fashion, the girls soccer team beat Cathedral for the sectional title after a previous loss in the city tournament. In pouring rain, the game went into overtime and was won in penalty kicks. The crowd stormed the field.
In October, seniors participate in the longest-standing tradition at BCHS, the Living Rosary. Senior Class President Bridget Nash was the cross bearer as is tradition. “It is important because I think it is not only a good way to display our faith, but it is the first time we as the Senior Class do something together.”
Photo: Leah Engler
Photo: Jaeden Crawford
Senior:
In an unfortunate yet unforgettable event, the school was struck by a tornado, causing loss of electricity for hours and damage to the school. Students were dismissed early that Friday because of the damage.
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