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The Mater Dei High School Magazine
President/Principal Model at Mater Dei Early Days of the Marching Band The Year of Mercy at Mater Dei A Look Back at Girls’ Sports
Volume 32, Number 1 • Spring 2016
In This Issue Marian Educational Outreach
About the cover Timothy Dickel, President, and Darin Knight, Principal, work together to ensure a vibrant future for Mater Dei.
MEO continues to support the Resource program at Mater Dei and throughout the diocese.
Marching Wildcats Bernie Nunning, Bob Koch and Justin Clements reminisce about the early days of the Mater Dei marching band.
A look back at girls’ sports Thanks to the early coaches and players, girls’ sports have had great success in the 43 years since they made their debut at Mater Dei.
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The Mater Dei High School Magazine • Vol. 32, No. 1 • Spring 2016
The Red & Gold is published three times a year by the Mater Dei High School Office of Institutional Advancement, to encourage understanding and support of the mission of Mater Dei High School. Through the Red & Gold, Mater Dei’s 10,000+ alumni, as well as the school’s many friends, continue to strengthen their relationships with each other and become better informed about the many ways Mater Dei strives for excellence through its spiritual, academic and extracurricular programs.
Correction: In addition to the other endowments established in 2014–15 that were listed in the last edition of the Red & Gold in the Honor Roll of Donors section, the Bob and Mary Lue Russler Mater Dei High School Scholarship Endowment was established. This endowment was inadvertently left off the listing of new endowments.
Red & Gold Staff Editor: Carol Nurrenbern cnurrenbern@evvmaterdei.org Art Director: Alan Inkenbrandt ’89 alinken@gmail.com Photography Contributors: Yearbook Student Staff Straub Photography Contributors: Timothy Dickel Sarah Wagner ’88
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Mater Dei Today Team Build IT takes on a new dimension and software along with design practices is exactly in line with what students need,� he explains. Team Build IT is making a documentary about the process of designing and printing an object with the 3D printer. The documentary introduces and explains the process of the printer and, through time-lapse video, shows the printer printing an object. Mr. Sills and the students plan to present the documentary to eighth graders in the feeder schools, at conferences, and other opportunities to share the educational experience of working with design and a three-dimensional printer. A student is ready to print their drawing to the CUBE 3D printer.
The Drafting and Design class this year has incorporated a threedimensional printer to assist the students in their efforts and understanding of engineering. The printer, the CUBE, is actually a hot plastic extruding device made by 3D Systems. It works by laying down very thin layers of hot plastic compounds from a spool of plastic called a filament. The plastic comes in several different colors. Each layer the CUBE prints is approximately .004 thick. Team Build IT is a team of four students, seniors Joe Memmer, Jacob Schapker, Jacob Stagg and junior Brant Rexing. Each student designs and prints a project and creates a portfolio. Other students will join
the team second semester. The students are able to draw and design pieces for a variety of applications in the real world. Their first design assignment was to create a toggle switch on a power cord surge pad protector for a local engineering company. The software the students are using include Cubify Design, Sketchup and Cubify Invent, and they print the drawings on AutoCad. According to Mr. Roger Sills, Drafting and Design teacher, for students who plan to pursue a career in engineering or architecture being exposed to the most current and relevant technology is crucial. “The opportunity to put into action math and science knowledge and using hardware
The bevel washer is one of the projects that Team Build IT designed and printed on the 3D printer.
This semester a 3D manufacturing class was added to the curriculum. In the near future, students will be able to take a dual credit course through Ivy Tech for three hours of college credit which will include AutoCad the first semester and 3D printing or manufacturing the second semester. annual Grandparent Mass Over 300 grandparents attended the annual Grandparent Mass at Mater Dei. Fr. David Nunning was the celebrant. A reception followed Mass for grandparents and their grandchildren. The event is sponsored by the Ave Maria Society: The Planned Giving and Endowment Society of Mater Dei High School.
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Mater Dei Today Tomorrow’s Work Force brings together business and community leaders The annual Tomorrow’s Work Force, a program sponsored by the Evansville Catholic High Schools that brings together business and community leaders, recently took
place honoring student recipients of the Leadership Award. These students were chosen based on academic achievement and community involvement.
The Mater Dei High School award winners are pictured left to right: Row 1: Samantha Marx, Rachel Goedde, Lauren French, Courtney Record, Kristin East, Abby Burnett, Valerie Muensterman Row 2: Jacob Schapker, Matthew Ondash, Joseph Memmer, Tristan Watts, Kyle Cutrell, Brennen Yancey, Brett Weinzapfel, Andrew Folz
We welcome Sr. Sheila Carney, DC to Mater Dei. Sister Sheila volunteers in the Business Office sharing her years of experience working in the areas of business and finance.
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Job Shadow program exposes students to career options Ten seniors had the opportunity to job shadow different career professionals through the Optimist Club Job Shadow program. Each student spent the day with a professional at their place of business. Occupations that students shadowed included surgery, financial advisory, psychology, law, nursing, accounting, education, human resources and speech pathology.
Job Shadow participants, first row: Madison Schuler, Megan Weinzapfel and Anna McAtee; second row: Sydney Maurer, Ashley Keller, Morgan Goebel and Lindsey Deig; third row: Karson Hartz, Bennet Schmitt and Rob Bow
The annual MDFAA Golf Scramble took place this past October at Helfrich Hills golf course. Each year, over 100 golfers participate, enjoying food, drink and some excellent golf.
Mater Dei Today Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy On the Feast of the Immaculate Conception, December 8, 2015, Pope Francis opened the holy doors at St. Peter’s Basilica and launched the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy, which will continue through November 20, 2016—a year that puts forgiveness before judgment. A centuries-old tradition, jubilee years in the Catholic Church take place approximately every 25 to 50 years and serve as calls to recommit to prayer and penance, and through these acts, to one’s relationship with God. However, the pope can also call for a jubilee year outside the normal cycle. This is known as an Extraordinary Jubilee Year, which is how Pope Francis called for this special year. This Year of Mercy is about placing emphasis on our commitment to leading lives of merciful, loving service. In honor of this holy year, the Theology Department at Mater Dei will continue in the Theology classes to
discuss the Social Justice Documents of the Catholic Church, which focus on the need for community service to help those less fortunate. Those documents encompass the Beatitudes, celebrating the importance of all life issues with an emphasis on right to life issues— abortion, death penalty, euthanasia, care of the sick and dying—and discussions covering issues of war, famine, homelessness, ethnic inequality, prejudice and discrimination in our local and global communities. Students are encouraged to continue to help make activities like the Dance Marathon, Souper Supper for Riley, Honor Flight and food drives a success in the Mater Dei Community through support and participation. Students are also asked to increase prayer for all the special needs of families and friends who are encountering hardship and difficulty due to illness, death and substance abuse, and for those who lack basic human needs.
Mater Dei students, parents, faculty and staff donated over 6,500 non-perishable food items and $500 during the annual Thanksgiving Food Drive. The food and money were distributed between St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry and Ozanam Family Shelter. Student Council also donated 200 boxes of stuffing to the Evansville Rescue Mission for their food baskets.
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Mater Dei Today Sophomore Darren Spinks meets his daily challenges with determination responsibility to make sure that his ISP (Individualized Service Plan) is being followed. Some students have testing accommodations such as extended time on the test or oral testing. They receive these in our testing room so they have privacy,” Mrs. Ubelhor explains.
Sophomore Darren Spinks proves every day to himself, his parents, his teachers and his classmates at Mater Dei that challenges are meant to be faced and to be overcome. Early in his life, Darren was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder, a lifelong developmental disability that affects how a person communicates with, and relates to, other people. It also affects how they make sense of the world around them. It is a spectrum condition, which means that while all people with autism share certain traits, their condition will affect them in different ways. The three main areas which all people with autism share are sometimes known as the triad of impairments: difficulty with social communication, difficulty with social interaction and difficulty with social imagination. According to Darren’s Resource teacher, Kelly Ubelhor, Darren is a straight-A student and he is determine to keep his 4.0 grade point average. “He becomes very upset if he gets anything less than an A. We try to explain to him that nobody 6
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can be perfect all of the time.” shares Mrs. Ubelhor. Teachers love having Darren in class because he is very rule oriented. He is diligent about following the teacher's instruction. He does not like changes to the school routine. If there is going to be a change in the schedule, it’s important to let him know in advance so he can prepare for it. Darren likes to do things in sequential order. He is very organized and always has a plan regarding which assignments to complete first. He is a great help to the other students because he can always tell them exactly what the teacher said, what the assignment is and when it is due. In Mrs. Ubelhor’s Basic Skills class, Darren receives more individual assistance than he does in his other classes. He may need confirmation that he is doing an assignment correctly, or help rephrasing or rewording the directions to help him understand, or a visual clue to help him with an assignment. “As a Resource teacher, it is my
Darren’s determination to learn encompasses other areas besides academics. When Darren was a student at Holy Redeemer grade school, he remembers being fascinated with the piano. He told his teacher how much he wanted a piano, and the administration at Holy Redeemer surprised him by giving him a piano. Darren shared with Mrs. Ubelhor that he was “so joyful the day it was going to be delivered I couldn’t wait for school to be over.” In 2013 he began taking lessons with the piano teacher at Holy Redeemer. Darren was determined to learn to play certain songs and was adamant about the task. Last year as a freshman, he entered the annual Mater Dei Talent Show and played the very challenging “Flight of the Bumblebee” by Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov. He came in second and won $25. Darren is a member of the boys’ swim team at Mater Dei. He competes in the freestyle and backstroke. He also has a fascination with vacuum cleaners. He has a plethora of knowledge about the history and function of different types of vacuums; he created a test about vacuum cleaners and has the teachers and students take them. The quiz has 39 questions and most everyone fails it. Mrs. Ubelhor stresses that “everyone loves Darren. He is just so refreshingly honest and hardworking.“ He is also a wonderful example of how to meet challenges in life—with personal strength, determination, and a heart full of love.
Mater Dei Today Marian Educational Outreach seeks to enhance learning for students with disabilities by Bev Williamson, Director of Marian Educational Outreach Marian Day School was established in 1958 by the Sisters of St. Benedict in Ferdinand, Ind. The mission of the school was to serve students with disabilities who were not eligible to attend general classes in the Catholic schools in the Diocese of Evansville. The program served a limited number of students for 43 years with constant demand from parents for greater outreach. Marian Day School was originally housed at Assump-
non-diploma track program for students with mild to moderate disabilities and to expand the staffing level
tion Catholic School. The school moved to St. Agnes
for the existing resource programs to accommodate
Catholic school in 1963; to St. John’s Catholic School
the growing number of students being served at the
on Bellemeade Avenue in 1967; and to St. Theresa
high school level. Since 2012, MEO has committed over
Catholic school in 1983. In 2002, Marian Day School
$275,000 towards teacher salaries for the resource
became Marian Educational Outreach (MEO). In 2006,
programs at Mater Dei, Memorial and Holy Spirit to
the organization was restructured and discontinued
support students with learning disabilities. In 2014, MEO donated
providing direct special education services to students with special needs. The program was moved to Holy Spirit Catholic school
“From 2009 through 2015, MEO has
contributed grants totaling $140,750 to the Mater Dei Resource Program.”
$10,000 to the Mater Dei resource program in Assistive Technology. The funds purchased iPads and software for students in the
with Holy Spirit assuming full administrative governance. MEO has been donating
Resource classroom. From 2009 through 2015, MEO has
funds to the Holy Spirit Resource program since the
contributed grants totaling $140,750 to the Mater Dei
restructuring. In 2001, they provided seed funding to
Resource Program. The Resource program at Mater
develop resource programs at Mater Dei and Memorial
Dei currently serves 64 students, which is 11% of the
high schools.
student population.
MEO’s first major initiative in 2007 was a six-year
MEO is always researching innovative projects to
Differentiated Instruction training program for
enhance learning for students with learning disabilities.
Diocesan teachers at a cost of $330,000. Of that total,
In 2016, Share Meetings for all special education teachers
$165,000 was from a Welborn Baptist Foundation grant
in the Diocesan Schools will be offered as an ongoing
and $165,000 from MEO operational funds. Differenti-
collaborative project with the Catholic Schools Office.
ated Instruction is a research-based teaching strategy
The first major workshop is scheduled the summer
that has proven to be successful in engaging all learning
of 2016. The presenter will be Travis Allen, a senior at
styles regardless of student ability. This project,
Kennesaw State University who operates his growing
implemented by Indiana University, was designed to
organization, ISchool Initiative. He has presented in
help teachers more effectively teach to a diverse popu-
40 states and eight countries assisting schools and
lation of students.
programs in one-to-one mobile device initiative. MEO
In July 2012, MEO Board of Directors approved a
will fund key note speaker expenses, refreshments for
$32,000 increase in funding to Mater Dei and Memorial
the full-day workshop and substitute teacher pay for
resource programs to support the development of a
resource teachers.
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SPORTS Highlights Girls soccer wins state runner-up title The girls’ soccer team made their second consecutive state appearance earning the State Championship Runner-Up title. The Lady Wildcats fell to Fort Wayne Canterbury 2–3 in overtime.
Football Football finished their season as sectional champions with a 12–1 record, losing in the regional game. Senior Drayke Richardt was voted the Evansville Downtown Quarterback Club’s 2015 All-City Team’s Outstanding Player of the Year. Richardt led the Southern Indiana Athletic Conference with 1,486 yards rushing on 194 carries, an average of 7.7 yards per carry, this season. He also caught 17 passes for 174 yards and finished with a league-high 30 touchdowns
and 180 points overall. He rushed over 3,000 yards during his high school career. Also named to the All City Team were center Kyle Dennis, offensive guard Tristen Watts, wide receiver Jackson Pokorney, quarterback Kurtis Wilderman, defensive lineman Michael Boots, and linebacker Seth Orth. They led the Wildcats to a 12–1 record. Mike Goebel was voted Coach of the Year by city coaches for the second year in a row after three consecutive undefeated regular seasons. Also important to note, the Wildcats defeated Reitz for the third straight year, keeping the West Side Nut Club Trophy at Mater Dei.
Boys Tennis Wins The boys’ tennis team clenched a sectional title this past season. Fresh-
man Aaron Thompson continued in individual regional competition.
Girls Golf Senior Anna McAtee received Academic All State Honorable Mention for the 2015 golf season.
Boys Soccer Boys soccer brought home a sectional championship after defeating North Posey. They fell to Heritage Hills 2–1 in overtime in the first round of regionals.
Girls Cross Country The girls cross country team placed 11th at semi-state.
Volleyball Volleyball won a sectional title and provided many exciting matches this season.
The girls cross country team placed 11th at semi-state.
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Above: The girls' soccer team made their second consecutive state appearance earning the State Championship Runner-Up title. The Lady Wildcats fell to Fort Wayne Canterbury 2–3 in overtime. At left: Football finished their season as sectional champions with a 12–1 record, losing in the regional game. The Wildcats defeated Reitz for the third straight year, keeping the West Side Nut Club Trophy at Mater Dei.
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The President/Principal model In 2009, the decision was made by the Evansville Catholic Interparochial High Schools (ECIHS) Board of Trustees that governed both Mater Dei High School and Reitz Memorial High School that a shared president and board was not the best model for the Catholic high schools. A recommendation was made to Bishop Gerald Gettelfinger to change the structure and with his approval, they moved forward. by Carol Nurrenbern
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fter consultation with Richard Burke, President of Catholic School Management, Inc., the decision was made by the ECIHS Board members to establish a board of trustees for each high school and to hire a president for each high school based on several variables. Each school needed to have the opportunity to operate independently and in the best manner for that school; development efforts would be more effective if each school conducted efforts focused on one school; and the Friends & Alumni Associations had different roles at each school. This structure, referred to as the President/Principal model, features dual or shared authority and a division of administrative responsibility between two people as opposed to the traditional model of administration for Catholic high schools where authority and responsibility is the principal’s alone. The President/Principal model came about as a result of increased needs of secondary schools in the areas of development, enrollment, fundraising, public relations, marketing and strategic planning. This model enables the principal to function as the instructional leader, and the president to focus on business and financial management.1 At Mater Dei, the president’s responsibilities include development, enrollment, fundraising, strategic planning, technology, marketing, public relations, in addition to alumni relations, physical plant and facilities, approve and monitor expenditures, and school food service. The principal’s primary responsibilities are to supervise instruction, evaluate student learning, curriculum development and assessment, supervise and evaluate faculty, student discipline, and oversee student athletics and activities
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Andy Goebel, right, and board member Judy Blankenberger look over information before a Board of Trustees meeting.
including liturgy and the sacraments. This division of roles and responsibilities not only makes the president’s job and the principal’s job more manageable, but it also enables effective operation. Benefits to the school as a result of the President/Principal model include more successful fundraising, greater attention to strategic planning, better business and financial planning, enhanced public image, stronger communication, growth in endowments, improved functioning of governing board, strengthening of Catholic identity, improved instruction,
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stronger curriculum, improved student services, increased enrollment and better extracurricular programs. In order for the model to work, presidents and principals must work together, cooperate, be willing to share power, and want to make the model work. In addition, the board must also be committed to the model. Role of the Board of Trustees For most private schools, a school board exists primarily to formulate policy and give direction to the school.
ensures a vibrant future for MD The board is charged with furthering the school’s mission and ensuring the school’s success. They are involved in long range issues rather than day to day operations and in planning and budgeting for the future. Independent School Management (ISM), an organization that provides consulting and resources to independent schools, summarizes the Board’s purpose: “The board’s core activity is planning, and the board’s primary constituency is not today’s students but the students of the future.”2 The duties of the board include developing a strategic plan, policy development and approval, hiring the president, approving an annual budget, setting salaries, setting tuition, overseeing financial accountability, and ensuring that the school is fulfilling its mission. History Catholic secondary schools have evolved from being staffed by religious orders who were paid very minimally for teaching—basically a ministry for them—to being staffed by lay teachers with much higher salaries and benefits. Catholic schools have been forced to identify new sources of funding to meet these increasing costs while at the same time meeting the demanding challenges of providing a quality Catholic education. When Mater Dei opened its doors in 1949, a superintendent was named for the school in addition to a principal. The on-campus superintendents at Mater Dei, Fr. William Lautner and Fr. Eugene Dewig, were responsible for the total school— finances, building and grounds, academics, parish and diocesan relations—even though the academics were regularly delegated to the principal. Beginning with Fr. Raymond Kuper, the superintendent was no longer on campus but had the same responsibilities. Sr. Mary Carmel, OSB, served as principal at Mater Dei for 14 years from 1968–81. For three of those years, Fr. Dewig was the superintendent. In 1971, she was on her own and responsible for 2
Left to right: Tad Dickel, Terry Clements, board member, and Fr. Ed Schnur, Priest Delegate on the board, discuss the meeting agenda.
academics, collecting tuition and general maintenance of the school. “Fr. Kuper was appointed superintendent of both Mater Dei and Memorial later. His office was located at the Catholic Center. We collected tuition from students in my office. Donations didn’t enter the picture as far as I was concerned—if there were any,” Sister explains. Having only one person present on campus in charge of the school—the principal—many areas became her responsibility. Sister recalls that the school had only one employee working in maintenance. Students, who were paid or worked in lieu of tuition, cleaned classrooms after school hours. “The only windows that were washed during the school year were done by students in detention, and I supervised them. I myself often washed windows on Saturdays in addition to doing other maintenance tasks—like checking on bathrooms or the cafeteria after dances—whatever needed to be done,” Sister said. During the summer, students were
hired to work maintenance to give the school a general cleaning. Sr. Mary Carmel kept a close check on the summer maintenance, even supervising to a certain extent. “One year I typed up 13 pages of instructions to expedite the cleaning process,” she said. President/Principal Model Transition Over the next several years, the Diocese asked that school administrations take on more responsibility for their schools and that diocesan personnel would no longer be involved with the daily management of the schools. So in the late 1990s, the first president of both Mater Dei and Memorial high schools, Robert Wehde, was hired. A single president for both high schools continued until 2010 when the decision was made by the ECIHS board to hire a president for each school and establish a Board of Trustees for each school. Andy Goebel, a 1965 Mater Dei graduate who had co-chaired Continue the Tradition Capital Campaign and active in the Mater Dei Friends & Alumni Association, facili-
The Function of Boards in Private Schools Parameters and Best Practices In Current School Board Literature Dan Guernsey July 10, 2003
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they are engaged in other important tated the transition to two presidents and institutional advancement activities. two boards. As past president and Chief The principals are more able to devote Operating Officer of Vectren, Andy’s their time and energy to the academic management and financial knowledge and extra-curricular operations of the was crucial for a successful transition. schools, with the results in terms of According to Andy, although the single academic achievement apparent to all. I president for two schools was a governance also believe that the supporters of both model that supported the interparochial schools have been even more engaged mission of secondary education in our in making our schools even better for Evansville Catholic High Schools, it was many years to come.” more of a transition step from the former principal model to the more widespread President/Principal Model Today President/Principal model currently Statistics support that a move to a in place in the majority of Catholic President/Principal model at each of high schools in the country. The single the Catholic high schools has been president model had some successes, beneficial for the schools. Dividing but there were challenges with regard to administrative roles and responsibilities such things as institutional advancement between two individuals appears to be a and the demands to develop the needed strategy that works. relationships with alumni, friends, the Dr. Timothy Dickel has served as business community and other existing the President of Mater Dei since 2010. and potential supporters of each school. Under his direction in the Office of “After several visits to other high schools Principal Darin Knight ’85 is responsible Institutional Advancement, developwho had adopted the President/Principal for academics and student-related ment initiatives and progress have model, and many conversations with supactivities. taken place. One of his first tasks as porters of the schools at all levels, it was president was to formulate a strategic about the history of the schools and determined that although Mater Dei and plan for the school. Together with the also shared great wisdom about the Memorial could feasibly continue under Board of Trustees and board committees, process and even did much of the the single president model, the opportuthe Full of Grace: Excellence for Tomordocument typing. Certainly, Fr. Bernie nity for greater success rested with the row Strategic Direction was developed Etienne, dean of the East Deanery, and change to the President/Principal model,” for the future of Mater Dei High School the principals of the schools were also Andy explains. and is updated each year as goals are very much involved.” Andy’s role as facilitator involved met and goals are working with added. The updated several individuals in researching and I personally believe that the new governance model has strategic direction published annupreparing the alternaallowed a much deeper engagement of more individuals is ally in the Red & Gold tive legal structures, in the future of our two outstanding high schools. magazine. the constitutions and The Full of by-laws, job descripGrace: Excellence for tions, financial Tomorrow Capital Campaign, the first In 2010, a president was hired for forecasts and accounting systems, and capital campaign strictly conducted for each high school and a Board of Trustees the presidential search materials. He was Mater Dei High School, had an initial was established for each school. Now, also involved with presentations to, and goal of $4 million and earned over $5 nearly six years later, Andy is able discussions with, the priests of the East million. Its success has transformed the to see the end result. “I personally and West Deaneries, discussions with the campus with the completion of numerous believe that the transition to the new Bishop and the diocesan Chief Operating projects such as the Nunning Media governance model has allowed, and Officer and a number of key supporters, Center renovation and expansion, resulted in, a much deeper engagement as well as drafting press releases. Chancellor Resource Center, Boots of more individuals in the future of Andy notes that “many others were Baumann Field, purchase of properties our two outstanding high schools. involved in the details of the new govon Harmony Way, a new Wifi network, For example, the presidents have had ernance model and the transition, which main restrooms renovation, entrance time to lead, along with strong support included Don Rupprecht, the outgoing enhancement, convent demolition, instalfrom their trustees, very successful president of ECIHS, and Fr. David lation of energy efficient lighting, new capital campaigns resulting in vast Nunning, Dean of the West Deanery, phone system, new baseball field, new improvements to their schools. Plus, who possesses a wealth of knowledge
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athletic practice field, kitchen renovation, Moutoux Soccer Field improvements and a prayer garden dedicated to the Sisters of St. Benedict for their years of teaching at Mater Dei. The debt from the Continue the Tradition Capital Campaign in late 1990s was also retired. Major capital improvements planned for the future include main gym handicapped accessible restrooms, main parking lot lighting, Aichle Tennis Complex (six courts), auxiliary gym renovation and expansion, locker room renovations and a new marquee at the main entrance of the school. The Ave Maria Society, a planned giving society established in 2011 for those individuals who choose to give to Mater Dei through bequests by way of a will, charitable annuities, Individual Retirement Accounts, endowments, securities, or life insurance, has over 100 members today. An annual Ave Maria Mass is celebrated in the spring for current and prospective members. The number of endowments have increased from 18 in 2010 to 45 in 2015. The endowment value has increased from $645,000 in 2010 to nearly $2 million in 2015. The Annual Fund in 2010–11 and 2012–13 were the first to exceed $300,000 in donations. An Enrollment Manager was part of the original governance plan in 2010, and in 2011 Mater Dei filled this position. Having an individual dedicated to enrollment has contributed to three consecutive years of enrollment growth, plus a greater percentage of feeder school eighth graders attending Mater Dei from 69% in 2009 to 80% in 2015. The Indiana voucher program was successfully promoted at Mater Dei along with an increase in overall financial aid for families which was primarily due to having an individual focused on enrollment. These accomplishments over the past six years have been the positive result of operating within the President/Principal model utilizing a president and numerous volunteers who have served as board members, committee members, capital campaign cabinet members and many others to ensure a vibrant future for Mater Dei.
MD family wishes Andy Goebel all the best in his retirement When Andy Goebel ’65 retired from Vectren Corporation as President and Chief Operating Officer, he may have thought briefly about spending his days on golf courses and traveling but that would not be the case. Instead, he accepted another job for the Evansville Catholic High Schools. For the next six years, Andy would volunteer his time, efforts, and skills as a management and financial consultant. Andy facilitated the transition of dissolving the Evansville Catholic Interparochial High Schools Board of Trustees serving for both Mater Dei and Reitz Memorial high schools and creating a Board of Trustees for each school plus hiring a president for each school. Once the President/Principal governance model was established, Andy continued in his role as administrator for the Evansville Catholic High Schools Coordinating Council and serving as an exofficio member of both school boards. This past fall at the Tomorrow’s Work Force event, Andy was honored as one of the first recipients of the Fr. Raymond Kuper Service Award. The award is given to individuals who exemplify Father Kuper’s level of commitment to education and youth. Andy’s exceptional volunteerism and his passion for Catholic education and for Mater Dei made him very deserving of this award. Andy has served as a co-chair of the Continue the Tradition Capital Campaign and as the Mater Dei Friends & Alumni president; he was the first chair of the Mater Dei Annual Fund; he was president of the Catholic Education Foundation Board of Directors from 2003–08; and president of the Catholic Foundation of Southwestern Indiana Board of Directors. He has worked with numerous profit and non-profit organizations and has received many distinguished community honors which include Evansville Chamber of Commerce Businessman of the Year and the Lifetime Achievement Award for Public Service from Leadership Evansville. Andy retired from the administrator position for the Catholic high schools this past October. Mater Dei is so grateful for all of his time and efforts over the past several years. We thank him sincerely and wish him the best in his retirement. Robbie Kent, Memorial Class of 1965, and Andy Goebel, Mater Dei Class of 1965, received the Fr. Raymond Kuper Service Award at the annual Evansville Catholic High Schools Tomorrow’s Work Force event.
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The Early Days of the Marching Wildcats The Mater Dei Marching Wildcats have accumulated much success in the last ten years. They have performed at State competition the past six consecutive years and have made eight State appearances since 2006. The band has much to be proud of including their long history at Mater Dei that began 66 years ago. The school year was 1950–51 and Fr. William Lautner, then superintendent at Mater Dei, thought the school needed a marching band. Since the school was only a year old and enrollment was still growing, he placed an article in the local newspaper that Mater Dei was looking for seventh and eighth grade student musicians from the Catholic feeder schools who were interested in auditioning for its first marching band. Father Lautner received responses from then seventh graders Justin Clements, Bob Koch, and Bernie Nunning, and they became the youngest original members of the Marching Wildcats. At the time, Justin was attending Assumption Cathedral Catholic School, and Bob and Bernie were both at St. Boniface Catholic
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School. Recently, these three Mater Dei 1956 graduates shared memories of their six years in the marching band. Justin recalls, “I lived on the east side of Main Street which the Diocese of Evansville had determined was the official dividing line between Reitz Memorial and the new Mater Dei high schools so I was technically ineligible for such an audition, plus I was already planning to attend Memorial. But my parents encouraged me to go for the Mater Dei audition anyway. I was accepted and ultimately broke the diocesan law and attended Mater Dei.” Bob remembers that it was a great honor to be chosen to play in the high school band while still in grade school. “I believe Justin, Bernie and I were recruited to join
the band because the band needed more members to get started, not because we were all that good.” Since Bernie was so young when he joined the band, he recalls that his parents always made sure he finished his homework while in the seventh and eighth grades or they would threaten to remove him from the band. “It probably instilled some discipline in me which became a good quality in later life.” The first year the band consisted of 30–40 members. By 1952, when these three men were freshmen, the band numbered over fifty members. Their first uniforms were blue jeans and red sweaters which is what they wore when they performed at home football games and marched in the West Side Fall Festival parade. They don’t remember exactly when they wore their first real band uniforms but do remember how excited they were to have uniforms. They point out that the band at that time
Upper left: Band performing at football game in 1952. Upper right: From left to right, Bernie Nunning, Bob Koch, and Justin Clements, reminisce about their years in the Mater Dei band. Behind them is the original band uniform from the early 1950s. Left: Band marching in a parade in 1953. Opposite page: First Mater Dei letter—Bob Koch donated his band letter back to the school that he received while at Mater Dei from 1952–56.
was composed entirely of musicians—no Color Guard or Dance Cats. Bob’s memories are vivid of the band practices and the music that they played. “My favorites were the Sousa marches, but we only had a couple of them in our repertoire. Father Lautner liked ‘The Golden Bear March’ and we played that all the time. We practiced marching on the old practice football field behind the school. Most of the marching practice was in the evening under a couple lights because the football team was practicing in the afternoon.” Justin notes that the band had a different routine for every football game. He, Bob, and Bernie recollect that Fr. Lautner wanted the Mater Dei band to perform at football games like the Notre Dame band, so he had them form an MD at the end of half time performances and then run off the field like the Notre Dame band. Justin remembers that as
time passed, the routines became a more complicated and eventually had specific themes but nothing close to the elaborate shows the bands create today. Fr. Lautner, not having a music background, soon hired Bob Hormuth, a local musician, as the band director. He served in that capacity for many years at Mater Dei. After they were in high school, a concert band was formed and they participated in an annual Spring Concert which also included a string instrument orchestra and a large mixed chorus. “I remember Jim Reynolds ’56 and Marilyn Schnur ’54 playing clarinet with me, Jackie Muehlbauer ’55 playing French horn, Charlotte Walter ’54 playing bass clarinet, Justin leading the percussion section, and Bernie playing saxophone,“ Bob shares. He also remembers two of the first classical pieces the concert band performed, which were Beethoven’s 3rd Symphony “Eroica” and Edvard Grieg’s “Finlandia.” “Both pieces had great
clarinet parts, and I can still see Justin playing the timpani in ‘Eroica.’ To this day when I hear those pieces it brings back great memories of Mater Dei and the Mater Dei band.” Other highlights from their marching band days at Mater Dei include the time they traveled to Indianapolis and marched in the Indy 500 Parade. Being in the marching band was a very important part of high school for them. As Bob states, “Justin, Bernie and I earned our first Mater Dei band letter while we were still in elementary school for which we were very proud. We were awarded a letter and a sleeve patch with a chevron. By the time we were seniors, we had six chevrons on our sleeves.” Reflecting back on those days, Bernie summed up the best part for Justin, Bob and him. “We formed lifetime friendships because of being in the Mater Dei band together.”
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We’ve C o me A Lo ng Way, Baby ! Girls’ S por t s at Mater Dei Girls’ sports at Mater Dei have had a good deal of success considering it was a mere 43 years ago that they made their debut. Girls’ basketball has won two state championships in 2012 and 2013, and were state runner ups in 2014. Girls’ soccer has played in the state championship game the past two seasons, 2014 and 2015, earning state runner up titles. Softball was a state finalist in 1997, girls’ golf was a state finalist in 1997 finishing in 9th place, and volleyball was a state finalist in 1978, 1979 and 1985. In 1972 volleyball was the first sport offered for girls at Mater Dei. At that time, Carolyn Herrmann Adler ’65 was the only female physical education teacher on staff so the coaching duties defaulted to her. She coached the first volleyball, girls’ basketball, and girls’ tennis teams. Fortunately for Carolyn, she had played these sports in college and had knowledge of each. Unfortunately for her, she never received a coaching stipend for the first few years of coaching! Many challenges were ahead for girls’ sports. No money was budgeted for uniforms, so the girls wore a plain white T-shirt with red shorts the first volleyball season. The second season, they were required to have numbers on their shirts, so they put old Rex Mundi boys’ basketball jerseys over their white T-shirts (Rex Mundi
had closed in 1972). Once uniforms were purchased, as late as the early 1980s they were still being shared between volleyball, a fall sport, girls’ basketball, a winter sport, and girls’ soccer, which was a spring sport at the time. When the volleyball team went to state in 1978 and 1979, the girls wore the boys basketball warm-up jackets because they had “Mater Dei” on the back, the only uniform piece that identified them. Practice times for girls’ sports were at the mercy of when the boys practiced. Girls would have to wait until after the boys were done with practice to use the main gym floor. Volleyball would often practice before school, and girls’ basketball used the gym in the old St. Agnes school building. Girls’ soccer practiced on the playground at Helfrich Park School. In short, practice venues were hard to come by for girls. Uniforms and practice areas were just a few of the issues. Parents questioned whether it was necessary for girls to practice five or six days a week. Wasn’t three times a week enough for girls? And what about the female athlete who still wanted to be a cheerleader? Could they do both? Volleyball saw success early. Their first season in 1972–73 they were 4–0, and by 1978 they were playing in the state finals and would return to state the following season in 1979 and again in 1985. Interesting to note, volleyball’s appearances at state were before an IHSAA class system based on enrollment numbers was in place. Carolyn recalls that there were four student fan buses that followed them to state in 1978, and the whole Mater Dei community supported the girls. Their strongest support came from a group of male students who called themselves the “Zoo.” They were the cheering section at volleyball games and even led cheers. Volleyball was played in Catholic grade
Bottom left: Sr. Jennifer Miller, OSB, leads the warm-ups for the girls’ track team. Sister served as the first girls’ track coach in 1973.
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Girls’ Sports Debut at Mater Dei Volleyball . . . . . . . . . Tennis . . . . . . . . . . . . Track . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gymnastics . . . . . . . Basketball . . . . . . . . Cross Country . . . . . Soccer . . . . . . . . . . . . Golf . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Swimming . . . . . . . . Softball . . . . . . . . . . .
1972 1973 1973 1974 1976 1979 1979 1986 1986 1990
Girls’ Sports Success State appearances for girl’s sports Volleyball State finalist, 1978, 1979, 1985 Golf State finalist, 1997 9th place Softball State finalist, 1999 Basketball State champs 2012, 2013, State runner-up 2014 Soccer 2014 and 2015 State runner-up
Upper left: First girls’ basketball team. Upper right: First girls’ soccer team. Left: First volleyball team.
schools, so the girls came in knowing something about it. Basketball was another story. The girls were into their fourth season before they won their first game against Marian Heights Academy. Former Mater Dei basketball player, Darlene Rooney Quinlin ’84, remembers other teams running up the score and defeating the MD girls by 30 and 40 points. To defend themselves from large score spans, they initiated the college stall tactic. During one game, Darlene and Brooke Heathcotte Weinzapfel ’84, inbounded the ball and held it, occasionally passed it to one another, but keeping it out of the opponents hands for most of the eight minute quarter. The score was only 2–0 at the end of the first quarter. Darlene also shares the story of how she made the varsity girls’ basketball team her freshman year. During the first JV game of the season, the scorekeeper at North confused her jersey number with another Mater Dei player, and Darlene accumulated all of the fouls for her and her teammate and fouled out the first quarter. Sr. Mary Francis, who was Mater Dei’s scorekeeper, was aware of the problem but could not do anything about it because not being Mater Dei’s home game, she was not the official scorekeeper. After Darlene fouled out, her coach, who at that time was Mater Dei science teacher Carl Voegel, told her to go to the locker room and dress for the varsity game, and she played varsity for four years. According to Carolyn, the beginning of girls’ sports was overall a positive experience. The male coaches were very helpful to her as a coach, and the response was good from the female students who were athletic and wanted to compete. Most importantly, girls reaped the benefits of playing sports. They were better students because they had to maintain good grades in order to play a sport, and they learned to make the best use of their time balancing studying and practicing. They developed life-long friendships and other rewards of teamwork that carried over into other areas of their lives. They learned how to win and how to lose. Thanks to the early coaches and players, today girls’ sports at Mater Dei are very successful and compete with the very best teams around. As with most new ventures, others had to pave the way. But no doubt, we’ve come a long way!
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Join us for the 2016 Big Bingo & Big Auction
Sunday, March 13, 2016 Downtown Evansville at the Centre Doors Open: 4pm, Dinner: 5pm, Big Bingo: 6pm Make your reservations today! swagner@evvmaterdei.org or 812-421-5727 Indiana License #139773
Ave Maria Morning 2016 The Mater Dei High School Office of Advancement and the Ave Maria Society would like to invite you to our annual Ave Maria Morning
Friday, April 8, 2016 Mater Dei High School, 1300 Harmony Way, Evansville Schedule of Events: 8:00 to 8:45 a.m.: Rosary & Mass in Msgr. Wolf Chapel 9:00 to 9:30 a.m.: Breakfast & presentation: “The Future of Mater Dei� in the Media Center Join us in recognizing the impact of the Ave Maria Society on Mater Dei High School and learn more about our plans for the future. All MD alumni, friends and parents are welcome! Please RSVP by Friday, April 1, 2016 to Sarah Wagner (812) 421-5727, ext. 405, swagner@evdio.org
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You’re invited to take part in the Mater ’Dei’ of Giving What is the “Mater ‘Dei’ of Giving”? It’s a one-day, 24-hour event for the community to come together in support of Mater Dei High School. It will be celebrated on May 12, 2016. Who can participate? Everyone! Alumni, students, faculty, staff and friends are invited to make a donation of any size. What will happen on this day? You will be invited to: GIVE: contribute financially SHARE: encourage others to participate in the #deiofgiving with Facebook, Twitter and email What’s our goal? To come together and raise $25,000. All gifts up to $12,500 will be matched by the Mater Dei Friends and Alumni during this 24-hour event! Where does my gift go? Your donations will support the 2015–16 Annual Fund. The Annual Fund is Mater Dei’s largest annual development effort and supports many important needs of the school.
Why should I give? Mater Dei is only able to provide a high quality Catholic education through the support of the entire community. Tuition only covers 60% of the total operating costs, so your gifts are extremely important. What if I already made my Annual Fund gift? Thank you! We invite you to invite others to participate. What if I’ve never given? It’s easy! •O nline at www.materdeiwildcats.com and click “Donate Now” • C all the Mater Dei Office of Advancement at 812-421-5727 • Stop by Mater Dei High School in person Questions? Contact Sarah Wagner, Development Director, 812-421-5727 ext. 405 or swagner@evdio.org.
Prepare Today! Sign up for email updates: Send your email address to Cathy Voegele, Database Manager: cvoegele@evdio.org or call 812-421-5727
Like us on Facebook: “Mater Dei High School Evansville” Follow us on Twitter: @MaterDeiHS Use the hash tag #deiofgiving when posting on social media
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Friends & Alumni News 1980s
2000s
Scott Goedde ’87 and his wife, Mary, were inducted into the Simon Brute Society for St. Benedict parish in Evansville. They are the parents of Samuel and Maggie. Congratulations to Kathy Weinzapfel Schoettlin ’88, who has been chosen by the Indiana Commission of Women to receive the Torchbearer Award for 2015. This award is the state of Indiana’s most prestigious recognition of women. Indiana Torchbearers are those who have stepped forward in all areas of society to carry the light for women. They have led the way for others by breaking down barriers to women’s full participation and have become true beacons of light by overcoming challenges and by creating lasting legacies that serve as an inspiration for all. Kathy is the Executive Vice President-Chief Community Relations and Social Responsibility Officer for Old National Bank in Evansville.
Matt R. Folz ’07 recently joined Dobbs Legal Group, LLC as an associate attorney. He concentrates his practice on estate and wealth transfer planning and business succession planning. Matt earned his bachelor’s degree from Indiana State University and his J.D. degree from Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law, both with honors. Matt lives in Peru, Ind., with his wife, Laura.
2010s Adrian Butler ’15 started for the Indiana State University football team as a defensive lineman this past season. Unfortunately, he was injured mid-season but is looking forward to playing next year. He keeps in touch with his former coaches and guidance counselor at Mater Dei and recently sent an email stating, “Thank you! Mater Dei did so much for me.” We wish Adrian all the best in college and beyond!
Mater Dei's President, Dr. Tad Dickel, was in Washington, DC during Pope Francis' trip to the United States. While Dr. Dickel was there, he visited the Vietnam Veterans Wall Memorial and located the name of Thomas McBride, a 1967 Mater Dei graduate. Tom was highlighted in an article in the Red & Gold Summer 2013 edition.
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Friends & Alumni News Class Reunions Save the date for the Class of 1966 50th class reunion scheduled for September 23 and 24, 2016. Details are being determined and will be sent to class members at a later date. The Class of 1976 will be having their 40th reunion on Saturday, October 1, 2016, at Smitty’s on Franklin Street. More details to follow.
Above: Bob Griese with Frank Will, his high school football coach at Rex Mundi. Below: Bob Griese signs the NFL Golden Football celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Super Bowl.
Bob Griese presents golden football to MD Bob Griese, Evansville native and former all-pro quarterback who won two Super Bowls with the Miami Dolphins, was recently at Mater Dei to present a golden football from the National Football League to the school during a special ceremony. As part of its “On the Fifty” campaign to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Super Bowl, the NFL presented commemorative Wilsonproduced gold footballs to the high school of every player and head coach who has appeared in a Super Bowl. Griese’s high school, Rex Mundi, closed in 1972 and he now considers Mater Dei his adopted hometown high school. Griese presented the golden football to Frank Will, Griese's high school football coach at Rex Mundi and former football coach at Mater Dei, who accepted it on behalf of the school. Griese was at Mater Dei in 2013 when the Pro Football Hall of Fame and Allstate honored him as a “Hometown Hall of Famer.” Mater Dei is honored and proud to have Bob Griese as an honorary alumnus!
The Class of 1964 generously gave $3,000 for a new Blessed Mother statue for the school, and as a result a new Mary statue was purchased over the summer replacing the one that had been used for May Day crowning that dates back to the opening of Mater Dei. The new image of Mary has been used this year at various liturgies and events and will be used at May Day and graduation. The statue currently resides in the Nunning Media Center. Part of the money, $1,000, was from the Class of 1964’s reunion account. The remaining $2,000 was graciously donated by members of the class. In his note of gratitude to the Class of 1964, President Tad Dickel stated, “Mary’s image is an important reminder to our students of her willingness to answer God’s call. Mary, Mater Dei, pray for us!”
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In Memoriam The Mater Dei community remembers those alumni, parents and friends who have passed. May they rest in eternal peace.
Daniel David Neale ’67, of Evansville, Nov. 15, 2015
Elizabeth Becker, of Evansville, Nov. 5, 2015
Larry Robertson ’65, of Princeton, Ind., Nov. 21, 2015
Nellie Deig, of Mount Vernon, Ind., Sept. 8, 2015
Alumni
Kenneth Schapker ’69, of Evansville, Nov. 18, 2015
Charles Eickhoff, of Evansville, Oct. 8, 2015
Robert Seibert ’51, of Evansville, Jan 3, 2016
Betty Elbrink, of Evansville, Sept.9, 2015
Mildred (Robertson) Stahl ’57, of Chandler, Ind., Nov. 24, 2015
Ronald Frank ’56, of Evansville, Sept. 11, 2015
Jean Lannert, of Evansville, Nov.12, 2015
Rick Steinkamp ’88, of Brunswick, Ohio, Oct. 30, 2015
Michael Head ’58, of Evansville, Sept. 25, 2015
Alice Pfister, of Evansville, Nov. 7, 2015
Patricia (Weinzapfel) Stinson ’58, of Evansville, Oct. 4, 2015
Clinton Kissinger ’98, of Evansville, Nov. 5, 2015
Marilyn (Schnur) Teipe ’54, of Evansville, Jan. 4, 2016
Mary (Koressel) May ’55, of Evansville, Oct. 21, 2015
Judith (Schmidt) Weber Wagner ’57, of Evansville, Sept.26, 2015
Thomas May ’56, of Evansville, Dec. 3, 2015
Past Parents
Angela (Muensterman) Memmer ’64, of Evansville, Sept. 10, 2015
Olivia Adler, of Evansville, Nov. 17, 2015
Arthur (Bud) Adler ’65, of Raytown, Mo., Nov. 16, 2015 Leo Bittner ’55, of Haubstadt, Ind., Nov. 26, 2015
Cyril Ubelhor, of Evansville, Dec. 10, 2015
Friends Wm. Alan Dale, of Evansville, Nov. 25, 2015 Please email Carol Nurrenbern at cnurrenbern@evdio.org or or call 812421-5727 to share the passing of MD alumni, parents and friends.
Prayer for MD God, our Father, You have greatly blessed Mater Dei High School: A school dedicated to Mary, the Mother of God. Help us to treasure Your gift of life and remember that we are all created in Your image. Lord Jesus, You are the unseen but ever-present teacher in our classes. Grant us all the perception to see the many opportunities to show Your love, mercy, and kindness to one another. Holy Spirit, guide us with the fire of Your love. Give us vision and determination for shaping a faith-filled future. May we all use our time and talents to glorify Your Holy Name. May the Virgin Mary’s openness to the Word of God be our example of love and service to God and neighbor. We ask this through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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2016 Calendar of Events Sunday
Mar 13
Thurs-sat
Big Bingo & Big Auction
2016
Friday
Ave Maria Morning
2016
2016
May 20
Baccalaureate
2016
Thurs-sat
apr 14-16
Mater Dei Stage Show
2016
Friday
apr 8
May 5-7
Sunday
Spring Musical
May 22 2016
Commencement