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Volume 1, Issue 6
February 1, 2019
Developing Personal and Academic Excellence In the Catholic Tradition
2019 March for Life The Diocese of Rapid
City took 35 people on a
pilgrimage from Rapid
City to the 46th annual
March for Life in
Washington DC on
January 18.
Fr. Mark McCormick,
Ms. Miller, Ms. Huebner
and 11 STM students
were of those 35 people.
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A Memo from the Middle School
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Dear Families,
We celebrated National Catholic Schools Week in a BIG WAY! It’s time to give
thanks!
Thank you to all the parents who came to the All System Mass.
Thank you to all the families who came out for the Men in Black
basketball game.
Thank you to all who drove to the movies and for ski trips!
Thank you to all the teachers who coped with four days of schedule
changes to make the week memorable for our students!
Now it is time to settle back into our normal routine…for the moment!
Things we are looking forward to in February:
Feb. 13 Catholic Math League Contest #3 at 3:30pm
Feb. 14 Happy Valentine’s Day! We will hold Parent/Teacher Conferences from 4-6pm in the gym.
Feb. 15 NO SCHOOL-Parent/Teacher Conferences will be from 7:30am-1pm in the gym.
Feb. 18 NO SCHOOL-President’s Day
Feb. 19 NO SCHOOL-Staff Retreat Day
Feb. 21 Engineering & Science Day at the School of Mines-We will be looking for drivers as we are
taking our 7th and 8th students to this great day of learning!
Morning Mass is offered every Tuesday in the St. John Fisher Chapel at the middle school and families are
very welcome to come at 7:15 and pray with us. Coffee and muffins are available afterwards. We invite you
to join us for prayer and fellowship!
With the field trips, questions come up about what is required by the school to drive and chaperone. Parents
(or grandparents) are required to:
Attend a SAFE Environment Training class. Training is good for 5 years. Initial training classes
are held at 10:30am at STM MS the first Thursday of each month when school is in session.
Renewal classes are held on the third Thursday of each month when school is in session. Classes
are also held at local parishes
Complete a background check in compliance with the policy of the Diocese of Rapid City
(available at rccss.org
Review and sign the “Code of Conduct of the Diocese of Rapid City” (available at rccss.org)
Review and sign the “Sexual Misconduct Policy of the Diocese of Rapid City” (available at
rccss.org)
With you in the joy of Christ,
Mary Helen Olsen
V OLU ME 1, ISS UE 6
“Help me to see that loyalty to God’s laws must be the first part of my ties and responsibilities with others. Strengthen me to seek out what the Church teaches. Give me the wisdom to make the right choice, and the fortitude to carry it out.” This I ask through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen. Prayer by St. Thomas More
This prayer, by our patron saint St. Thomas More, has always been one of
my favorites. In dealing with students everyday, I tend to need extra
strength and wisdom!
It is hard to believe that we are only four months from the end of another school year. Our students
will have another busy month. While we are excited that our students are involved in many activities,
please remind them to find time for rest and prayer. Having three of our own kids still in school, we
know how hectic the days are. One of the best things about our school week is our weekly Mass.
What a great time for our students to be in prayer and focus on their prayer life. I would encourage
you to join us for mass on Thursdays at 9am at the Cathedral. We have many parents that join us,
so please know that you are always invited.
This school year we have made a change to how Honor Roll is determined.
To qualify for St. Thomas More Latin Honors, a student must have no failing grade. The following
scale will be used to determine the students placement for honor roll.
Laude – 3.0-3.49
Cum Laude – 3.5-3.74
Magna Cum Laude- 3.75-3.99
Summa Cum Laude – 4.0 and above
In the past, STM had the Valedictorian and Salutatorian give the graduation speeches. We will no longer be giving speeches in this manner. Speeches, from here on out, will be determined according to the following protocol: Both the staff and the senior class will nominate two students for a total of four. Those students are welcomed to submit a speech. The speeches will be reviewed by the committee and the top two speeches will then speak at graduation. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me.
“It’s easy when you know how”
Have a wonderful month and may God Bless you and your family.
God Bless,
Mr. Sullivan
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High School Highlights
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Second Quarter Honor Roll—High School St. Thomas More High School
Honor Roll 2018-19
Quarter 2
9th Grade
Very High Honors (4.00 – above) Sam Gibbon, Sif Gullikson and Luke Ponto
High Honors (3.50 - 3.99) Cole Aanderud, Alexandra Cadotte, Oona Evans, Logan Hilt, Madelynn Holzer, Luke Jegeris, Christian
Lanier, Jordan McArthur, Kia McLeod, Kayden Schutz, Charli Stamper and Hunter Walla
Honors (3.00 - 3.49) Nathan Berzina, Mairin Duffy, Maddison Hackett, Rae Hanzlik, Kristin Haskell, Trey Herrboldt, Kathryn
Hyde, Sarah Johnson, Cade Kandolin, Aaron Nelson, Shyanne Potthoff, Stephanie Price, Eddie Rossi, Amy Sanders, Charlie
Schlosser, Jedidiah Sullivan, Dorian Swanson, Olivia Tremmel and Leah Williams
10th Grade
Very High Honors (4.00 – above) Maria Aberle, Grace Blote, John Blote, Makenna Boyum, Averie Buren, Alysa Denholm,
Megan Eilers, Samuel Evans, Jake Goble, Lily Hilt, Vivian Hurd, Caroline Ingraham, Jenna Jacobson, Sophia Janssen, Emily
Kandolin, Sarah Matthes, Baxter Meyer, Abbigail Nelson, Jacob Rausch, Jacob Solano, Rachel Thompson, Haleigh Timmer and
Vanessa Wittenberg
High Honors (3.50 – 3.99) Rhett Bradsky, Jenna Casey, Max Edelen, Madisyn Edwards, Rowan Evans, Cody Farland, Benjamin
Feist, Wilson Feist, Carson George, Bryanna Herman, Emily Johnson, Isabelle Rangel and Arin Wagner
Honors (3.00 – 3.49) Colton Aftanski, Brandon Berzina, Jenna Bohnenkamp, Brandon Boyum, Logan Boyum, Anna Bradsky, Jack
Green, Kaitlyn Greene, Alexia King, Charles Larson, Riley Matt, Riley McFarling, Kwynn Morsching, Morgan Mueller, James
Rogers, Canon Tenold, Garrett Varilek, Aaron Wirtz and Ryan Wojcik
11th Grade
Very High Honors (4.00 – above) Megan Achbach, Ciara Benson, Katherine Conzet, Kaci Cooper, Abigail Eaton, Elizabeth Elder,
Cailyn Habbe, Brandon Hilt, Karson Jegeris, Mary Kinyon, Isabel Nielson, Logan Pokorny, Ainsleigh Scott, Hallie Snyder, Alissa
Stephens, Jensen Tremmel and Abby Wagner
High Honors (3.50 - 3.99) Braden Barbier, Ava Casey, Madison Dietrich, Alexys Durham, Mary Dyke, Andrew Evans, Brett
Gummo, Ryder Kirsch, Thomas Klapperich, Samuel Matthes, Payton Miller, Margaret O’Connor, Maddy Precht, Bailee Robbins,
Steven Rumbaugh, Andrew Smith, Kiah Trainor, Eric Wesolick and Jacob Zaug
Honors (3.00 – 3.49) Grace Brechtel, Megan Carlson, Caden Casey, Maddison Frohling, Jarek Glenn, Michael Gylten, Grant
Huber, Jacob Hyde, Jesse Jankord, Carter Johannesen, Thomas Maguire, Isaac Rangel, Emma Raposa, Joey Schad and Skylar
Sullivan
Grade 12
Very High Honors (4.00 – above) Katherine Achbach, Casey Ballard, Emily Blote, Lauren Eccarius, Cydney Hillard, Jasmin Holt,
Alex Kandolin, Patrick Kellar, Ella Larson, Annie Lien, Madisen Lindholm, Spencer Lund, Matthew McGillick, Gabrielle Prill,
Amelya Robinson, Clara Sedlacek, Molly Slowick, Athena Suridis, Louise Swanson and Frank Veldhuizen
High Honors (3.50 – 3.99) Austin Bartunek, Teresa Blote, Madison Clancy, Sandra Cronin, Michael Eastmo, Seth Edelen, Ryan
Emery, Sophie Farwell, Michael Hurd, Liam Maguire, Joseph Obineche, Riley Olsen, Jordan Oster, Olivia Paikos, Lexus Peters,
Joseph Rangel, Izebella Riter, Ingrid Schroeder, Rose Wingert and Dillon Woods
Honors (3.00 – 3.49) Andrew Allen, Brady Buhman, Jens Christensen, Ryan Eilers, Jacob Fisher, Branko Fistrovic, Morgan
Gorman, Jacob Haga, Josiah Hanson, Natalie Hughes, Carter Janssen, Zachary Lemon, Trent Moody, Mary-Katherine Schlichte and
Rachel Schmahl
If you’ve been through a divorce, nobody has to tell you how tough it can be to manage the
intense and often conflicting feelings involved. Loneliness, guilt, anger, anxiety, sadness,
and confusion create an emotional stew that can make raising respectful and responsible
kids feel overwhelming, if not impossible.
There’s good news! In Love and Logic: Helping Kids Cope with Divorce, I provide five
practical goals that dramatically up the odds that your kids will succeed… and you will,
too!
CONTINUE TO PROVIDE THE ANCHOR OF LOVING DISCIPLINE.
Don’t let guilt lead you down the path toward permissive parenting! When kids are exposed to divorce, they need loving limits and
loving accountability even more.
AVOID UN-WINNABLE BATTLES OVER YOUR EX-SPOUSE’S PARENTING STYLE.
The next time your kids or your former spouse accuse you of being a crumby parent, listen with empathy and encourage them to tell
you more. As crazy as this sounds, it’ll take the wind out of their sails if you can remain sincere.
STAY ROOTED BY CLARIFYING YOUR CORE VALUES.
Staying focused on what you believe will help you stay firm when you’re tempted to do something foolish.
LET YOUR CHILD’S RELATIONSHIP WITH THEIR OTHER PARENT BE THEIR OWN.
There’s a major epidemic of parents trying to alienate their children from their former spouse. This is child abuse; learn the warning
signs.
HELP YOUR CHILDREN GRIEVE BY ALLOWING THEM TO GRIEVE.
Divorce represents a major loss. One key to helping kids grieve requires allowing them to feel what they are going to feel… instead
of trying to make everything okay. When people are hurting, they need a listening ear and lots of empathy.
The best gift you can give your children is the gift of taking good care of yourself in loving and unselfish ways. Remember: Children
learn the biggest lessons about coping with adversity by seeing how their parents do it.
Dr. Charles Fay
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Divorce: Love and Logic
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STM Musicians are in the thick of much preparation for upcoming
contests, festivals and shows. Next week starts the season off with
Region 8 Solo & Ensemble Contest at the Rapid City Civic Center. Our
singers and instrumentalists will be performing for judges all day on
Wednesday, and so we have been busy preparing diligently in class and
individual lessons. Auditions were held last week for STM’s production
of Pirates of Penzance coming up in early April. See the poster
enclosed in this newsletter for more details. If you are interested in
being a financial sponsor for this production, please email Angela Weber at [email protected], and she will
get sponsor forms to you! We only solicit sponsors every other spring for our Drama program, as a musical
is quite a bit more investment to produce. Those of you who have sponsored in the past, watch your mail for
the cards in the coming week. Thanks for your generosity!
The One Act cast and crew gave us an
excellent performance of That Was No Lady,
That Was a Private Eye, by Dennis Snee last
week, and did us all proud at the Region One
Acts in Hill City. We are in a strong region,
and were proud to be counted among all those
who competed. Congratulations to Susan
Oleson and her whole cast
and crew!! A very special
congratulations to Sophie
Farwell, who received an
Outstanding Actor award
for her performance at
Regions!
Upcoming events will show you just how busy the season gets. Watch next month’s
newsletter for photos from Region 8 Contest, Jazz Choir’s trip to Center Stage Jazz
Festival in Aberdeen and much more!
February 6 All Day Region 8 Solo & Ensemble Contest RC Civic Center
February 16 All Day Center Stage Jazz Festival Aberdeen
March 7 7 PM High School Concert STM MS Gym
March 12 All Day USD Jazz Festival Vermillion
April 4/5/6 7 PM STM Theater performs Pirates of Penzance Seton Stage
May 2 5-7 PM Cavalier Coffeehouse Music Dept.
May 9 7 PM HS Pops Concert STM MS Gym
May 13 6 PM Fine Arts Awards Banquet STMHS Commons
May 14 7 PM MS Spring Concert STM MS Gym Page 7
FEBRUARY Fine Arts News
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2019 One Act Cast and Crew
Sophie Farwell
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HOBY Nomination Winners
Congratulations to sophomores John Blote and Lily Hilt as the winner
and alternate, respectively, for the prestigious HOBY scholarship. They
will attend a 4-day leadership seminar next June at Dakota State
University with other students
from around South Dakota to
learn skills to share with us all
next fall.
Icons were painted by Sister Mary Catherine, a hermit for our diocese and were auctioned off at the MIB basketball
game during Catholic Schools Week. Replica prints of these icons are now available for $75. They are 8.5x11, printed
on canvas, and mounted. Contact Sarah Heubner in Campus Ministry if you are interested in purchasing a replica icon.
ST THOMAS MORE
Saint Thomas More, the patron saint of our Middle
School and High School, is portrayed wearing the outer
garment of the Lord Chancellor of England, but over it,
he holds a crucifix, representing that Christs’ Lordship
holds supremacy. In this icon, Saint Thomas More’s
mouth is closed, for he speaks by his silence. His large
eyes tell of his wisdom, and the visible ear reminds the
beholder that the Saint hears our prayer.
ST. OSCAR ROMERO
Saint Oscar Romero is a recently canonized saint. Our
STM students heard from his niece, Sister Maria
Romero, during our vocations assemblies during
Catholic Schools Week and were fortunate enough to
have her spend some time in our schools. In this icon, St.
Oscar Romero holds an open scroll which speaks what
he preached and lived. Over his cassock he wears a
pectoral crucifix, a statement of his mission to “preach
Christ crucified and the wisdom and the power of God.”
Icon Replicas for Sale
SAFE ENVIRONMENT TRAINING
Initial Training: 1st Thursday of the month* at 10:30 at STM MS Renewal Training: 3rd Thursday of the month* at 10:30 at STM MS *Trainings will only take place if school is in session.
The Initial training class is mandatory for anyone who will have contact with our students and has not
taken the class prior.
The Renewal Training Class is mandatory for anyone whose initial training was 5 years ago and has now
expired.
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High School Art
The Art Room has been dabbling in clay.
The Creative Art and Portfolio classes are seeing faces within the clay material.
The Art Appreciation classes have been studying movement
and have created drawings of the figure in movement.
Jared Kennedy and Pierce Alexander, students at SDSMT, visited with the 8th grade classes and shared facts
and stories about the International Space Station. They also brought pieces of asteroids and Mars.
Both shared their
journey from middle
school math to where
they are now studying
Mining and Chemical
Engineering at School of
Mines. Thanks to
SDSMT and a grant
from NASA for making
this presentation
possible.
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MS Math and Science
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Catholic United Raffle
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Catholic United Financial Raffle
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Catholic United Financial Raffle Schedule
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MS Student Council
The MS Student Council hosted a patriotic assembly on Thursday’s “Celebrating the Nation” day of Catholic Schools Week.
Theresa Forbes, Public Affairs Officer from the VA Hospital in Ft. Meade, was the first of the presenters and spoke about care for our veterans. Terry Corkins, the Director of the Black Hills National Cemetery spoke in depth about the National Cemeteries. Jessica Benson, the 2018 Miss Outstanding Teen SD, spoke about her platform, the Patriot Prayer Project. Finally, RCCSS parent and retired Marine, Roger Hanzlik spoke on his own military experiences. STM MS Student Council Exec Board posed for a photo with
Jessica Benson, 2018 Miss Outstanding Teen SD
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Family and Consumer Science
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Cavalier Science Club
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Michael Albertson - President
Thomas Durkin - Vice President
Terri Hilt - Secretary
Rev. Edward Witt - Treasurer
Most Rev. Robert Gruss - Bishop
Barb Honeycutt - Superintendent
Christopher Grant
Jeffrey Hurd
Michael Johnson
Jennifer Keszler
Susan Safford
Corrie Stephens
LeAnn Wenger
RCCSS Board of Directors
2018-2019 Meeting Dates Open to the public
August 27 February 25
September 24 March 25
October 22 April 29*
November 26 May 20
January 7 June 4
January 28
Meetings are at 5pm in the Cathedral’s
large meeting room. (Please confirm loca-
tion with a board member before attending.)
*April meeting is at 4pm at Terra Sancta
The Cavalier Science Club hosted two South Dakota
School of Mines PhD candidates, Jason Phillips and
Jerry Wright, along with their doctoral advisor Dr. Scott
Kenner, to discuss their research in Sustainable Water
Research Management. The students learned about using
compost to improve water content in agriculture. Mr.
Doug Murano, STM HS biology teacher, will be inviting
the PhD candidates back to the school to expand their
knowledge of water resource conservation and
management.
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HS Student Council
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CAVALIER CORNER HOURS
Monday: 7:30-8am, 3:30-4pm
(credit card purchases only)
Wednesday-1:30-2:30 pm, 3:30-4pm
(credit card purchases only)
1 hr prior to all home Varsity games and at Halftime
Cavalier Corner is located in the southeast
corner of the HS Commons.
On January 12, 2019, members of the STM HS Student Council packed food for the Rapid
City food bank as part of Project Hunger, sponsored by the Rapid City Rotary Club.
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Please note that the date for the MS 8th Grade Graduation has changed to May 22, 2019
