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February 2016
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President Joe Therber  
       
Accountability:
Results matter


We've all heard the term "accountability" used often in the education world in recent years. There are more efforts to hold schools and educators accountable for student progress through the public reporting of data. Also, our students are made accountable through local and standardized tests as well as regular progress reports that record how well they're doing in their classes.

Because so many of you invest so much in our school and our students, we want to be proactive in reporting Scecina's results to you and being accountable and transparent. One way to accomplish this is through a Five-Year Progress Report that we plan to unveil in ... Read More
Ryan Frain '12

By Beth Murphy, Director of Marketing Communications

Ryan Frain, a 2012 graduate of Scecina Memorial High School, Ryan Frain is a punter and field goal holder for a Big Ten football team and also a full-time student majoring in kinesiology and minoring in communications.This past season Ryan, who first kicked footballs as a Scecina student, started all 12 games, punting 70 times with an average of 40.2 yards per punt to finish seventh out of 14 kickers in the Big Ten. ...Read More
Officer Jamie Guilfoy '90 learned his lessons about service in the halls of Scecina and has taken them to heart working the streets of Indianapolis. He was honored in November 2015 with the first Narcan Award from the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department for using Narcan to save the lives of six people who had overdosed on heroin. Since then, he has used the drug to save two more people and ... Read More

A 1985 Scecina alum,  Father Joseph Moriarty, has been chosen by Pope Francis to serve as a "missionary of mercy" for the Jubilee Year of Mercy. He joins 1,070 other men worldwide and only 125 in the United States.                                                                         ...Read More
By Beth Murphy

Lee Ann Van Benten, who directs the Learning Differences department, calls her classroom the Academic Success Center. "We call it Learning Differences because these students learn in a different way. They are as smart as everyone else." Mrs. Van Benten is the mother of Scecina graduates Lauren '03 and John '07 ...                                                                ... Read More 
 
Each week Scecina Student Spotlight, written by Cari Gallagher '93introduces the Crusader community to a current Scecina student who was the recipient of the President's Academic Excellence award. During February we highlighted six students, including two brothers and twin sisters. Visit scecina.org/academics or click on the pictures below to read about them.
Phillip Kozenski '18

      Mitchell Kozenski '16

Rachel Cox '17


Zach Burck '16

Katie Coffey '17

Sarah Coffey '16

By Cari Gallagher '93
In just their second competitive season, the Crusader gymnastics program has doubled in size, adding two new gymnasts and a student manager to their ranks. Returning to lead the team are  ... Read More


Spring Musical and Breakfast with the characters
Scecina's spring musical is "Tarzan: The Stage Musical," based on the Disney movie. The show features heart-pumping music and lyrics by rock legend Phil Collins, including the Academy Award-winning song "You'll be in Heart" as well as "Son of Man" and "Two Worlds."  The musical will be performed in the Scecina gymnasium at 7 p.m. March 18 and 19 with doors opening at 6:30 p.m. Tickets  $6 general admission and $8 reseved. For advance tickets, please contact Pam Brake at pbrake@scecina.org.

New this year for the young ones! Breakfast with Tarzan and Friends from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Saturday March 19 in the Scecina cafeteria. $6 admission for one adult and one child; $2 each for additional family members. Join us for breakfast, character meet and greet, activities and a preview of the show. For more information, contact Margaret Zeh-Fulford at mzeh@scecina.org.



  • Maryann (Hickman) Guy  '60 was married on November 14, 2015, to James Dayton Smith at St. Timothy Catholic Church in The Villages, Florida.
     
  • Jim Cangany '84 is excited to announce the publication of his latest novel, "On The Rebound," a sports romance set on the campus of the fictional Irving University. Jim will be signing copies of "On The Rebound" at Bookmama's in Irvington from 2-4 p.m. on Sunday March 6. 

     
  • Brian '05 and Nikki (Runner) Rosswurm '05 welcomed Lorelei Nicole Rosswurm on February 20, 2016, at 5 lbs. 12 oz. and 19 inches long. Nikki is a social studies teacher at Scecina and reported that everyone is doing well. Congratulations! 
  • Kara McCarthy '08 and Nathan Gresh '06 were married on January 16, 2016, at St. Michael Catholic Church. The new Mr. and Mrs. Gresh would like to thank everyone for all their love and support, and ask for continued prayers in their marriage vocation. Kara is a Catholic Theology teacher at Scecina.
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