Senior Projects Presented

By Gaonou Lo

On your mark, get set, here comes Senior Project!  Every year, seniors are required to do Senior Project, which becomes part of their first semester grades.  It is a required class at Newman Catholic; either you do it or receive a zero.  It allows students to be independent and choose a topic of interest. 

The project starts toward the end of junior year, when juniors have to start thinking about what topic they want to research.  It wraps up the following November, during senior year. 

One thing that Nicole Cornell would change about Senior Project is to make the due date at the end of third quarter or before spring break because it would allow more time for seniors to work and might avoid some senior slide. 

The seniors worked very hard on their Senior Projects this year.  On December 17, 2010, presentations were held for fellow students, the underclassmen, and outside visitors.

Peppermint 2010 Court Selected

By Makayla Heisler

Peppermint 2010 will be Saturday, December 18 at the Rose Garden. Around 130 people will attend the winter formal. However, there are a few individuals who will stand out from the rest; this group of people is the 2010 Peppermint Court.

To be on court a person must have completed eight hours of Pep Club related services to the school; this would include things like 50/50 Raffles, locker signs, and posters. They also have to have completed other requirements, such as handing in their dues and being an active member in this year’s Pep Club.

Evan Olson will be running unopposed for Peppermint King this year. Nicole Cornell, Stephanie Thomson, Terese Dlobik, and Makayla Heisler are the individuals running for Peppermint Queen. Good luck to all who are running!

Newman Catholic Supports One of Our Own

By Logan Gajewski

Newman Catholic High School has hosted two fundraisers that have helped benefit the Resch family in a time of need.  The first fundraiser was held on November 19th, where students brought in either $2 or $3; the money then went to benefit the family.  The students who chose to bring in $2 were allowed to wear jeans, while those who brought in $3 were allowed a comfy day. 

The second fundraiser was the Penny War, held during the week of November 15^th through the 19^th, where students competed against one another’s classes by placing money into their classes’ money jars located in Mrs. Lambrecht’s office.  Pennies, checks, and cash counted as positive towards the class, while silver change was counted as negative towards another class’s total.  The winning class, the sophomores, contributed $215 in cash and pennies, and will receive a comfy week of their choosing. 

The Penny War was very successful, as all classes contributed a good amount of money.  In total, all four classes combined raised just $7 shy of $1,000 for the Resch family.  The school would like to thank all the students who participated in the Penny War and Jeans Day to support the Resch family.

The Last of the Pioneers

By Marshall De Lonay

As Newman Catholic High School continues on its first year as a combined middle school and high school, there should be time for remembrance of those who came before us.  Many of the students at Newman Catholic High School do not even know the rich history that we have always had.  Many students do not even know that we were not always at the location we are today.  In fact our school was actually at St. Mary’s school while our current building, which was being built at the time, was being finished.  The last class that came from St. Mary’s has a great story to tell all of us newcomers.

Joanne Schlaefer, previously known as Joanne Acheureiner, was a member of the class of 1959, the class everyone called “The Last of the Pioneers.”  This class was called “The Last of the Pioneers” because they were the final class from the St. Mary’s school. They actually went to St. James for their freshman year because the school at St. Mary’s was so packed already; then they were moved up to the new building their sophomore year, thus making them the class of the Newman Catholic Pioneers.

“When we did the crossover to the new building it was like we crossed over to Cali,” stated Joanne Schlaefer in her interview.  “We were all so happy to be starting at a new school and we did not even come up with the name for ourselves, they just always deemed us “The Last of the Pioneers.” Of course we did not mind the attention.” 

When asked about the environment of the school, Joanne stated, “The classes were much bigger, that’s for sure.  We also bought the picture of Cardinal Newman that now stands in our entryway and no one stepped on the “N” either.  Back then there wasn’t a gate or anything blocking someone from walking on it, but everyone just kind of parted around it.  The classes were all a decent size and for the most part everyone got along.”

It seems that some things will never be forgotten and the Class of ’59 is a classic example of that.  A special thanks to Joanne Schlaefer for the insight and history she provided, and remember that she and her class will never be forgotten.  When we walk down the halls and see the Class of ’59, we will all know their story, how much this building meant to them, and how much they did for this school.  How will we leave our mark on Newman Catholic High School?  Only time can tell.

Pep Club Proposes Dance Team

By Brianna Bratland

The Pep Club advisor, Mrs. Kronberger, wants to enhance Newman Catholic High School’s school spirit. 

School spirit posters are hung around the school, but posters are not always enough.  Posters do not express the school spirit of the students at Newman Catholic.

There are many things that Pep Club does to cheer on Newman Catholic during pep rallies and sporting events like making signs, cheering at pep rallies, and participating in singing the school song.  At sporting events people cheer on Newman Catholic, but no cheers are really ever started by the students.  Pep Club’s duty is to bring that school spirit to the games and make up cheers that the students can follow to cheer on the sports teams. 

One idea Pep Club has proposed is a dance team at sporting events.  A group of people would compile dance steps that the crowd could follow to cheer on the sports teams.  This is not to be taken as a cheerleading squad.  The idea of the dance team is to motivate the crowd at the sporting events to dance and enhance school spirit.  The dance team committee will propose the dance steps to the advisor Mrs. Kronberger, and if she likes them then they can present them to the principal of Newman Catholic, Mr. Theiss. 

Pep Club President Stephanie Thompson thinks that the dance team will be successful if the dance is well thought out and easy for others to learn.  “It will be an exciting addition and will give the crowd more to cheer for.”