Monday, September 30, 2013
Home Coming Pep Rally
Home coming week was kicked off with a Sunday night pep rally. Each day this week will feature a theme that deviates from the regular dress code culminating in "Black Out Day" on Friday. The Knights will host the Bennington Badgers for Friday night's homecoming football game. The Homecoming dance will take place on Saturday night. Go Knights! More photos
Tuesday, September 24, 2013
Friday, September 20, 2013
2013 Junior Class Retreat
The Class of 2015 held there annual retreat at Saint Patrick's parish in Fremont, Nebraska. Photos
Thursday, September 19, 2013
Tarantolo Wins State Pro Life Essay Contest
Stefano Tarantolo '15 |
Dr. Peters, Bob Finger (Knights of Colulmbus) Stefano Tarantolo, Mrs. Amy Masek (Religion Teacher) |
Wednesday, September 18, 2013
Monday, September 16, 2013
58th Annual Mount Michael Abbey Fall Festival
Thank you to everyone for all the hard work and support given to make the festival such a great success!
Photos: Fall Festival - Tucker Hill Citizen's Brigade - Clean up
Sophomore Retreat
The Class of 2016 recently enjoyed a day off from class for their annual class retreat. It was held this year at the Holy Family Shrine south of the town of Gretna. Photos taken by Elliott Heinemen '16
Wednesday, September 11, 2013
Mount Michael Record Enrollment: 233 Students
Will Sleddens | Staff Writer for "The Mount"
This school year, hallways at the Mount seem fuller than ever. Elbows brushing elbows, pushing and shoving through the halls, and squeezing past others have become necessary tactics for making it to class on time. With a record enrollment of 233, Mount Michael staff and students are making changes to accommodate the larger student population.
This school year, hallways at the Mount seem fuller than ever. Elbows brushing elbows, pushing and shoving through the halls, and squeezing past others have become necessary tactics for making it to class on time. With a record enrollment of 233, Mount Michael staff and students are making changes to accommodate the larger student population.
Up by 16 students from last year, new classes, new staff,
new schedules, and even a new dorm room have been added to help fit new
students. “We've hired another guidance counselor, Mrs. Kunkel, and Mr.
Pritchard has become a full-time 7 day dean,” Head of School, Dr. Peters said. “We’re
big enough now that we need our own drama teacher, which is another job that
Mrs. Kunkel will be doing, and we've expanded our course offerings as a direct
result of more students.”
One issue that this population influx has created is lack
of space. A large boarding population has resulted in new arrangements to fi t
all students into rooms. A new dorm has been added on the four person floor, a
room that was previously the senior day student room. Additionally, two
sophomores have been moved to a dorm on the senior floor, and a few dorm rooms
that normally house two students are being used for three. Zach Hytrek and
Brian Kang, the two sophomores living on the senior floor, say they have mixed
feelings about their dorm location. “The internet sucks down here. Plus we
don’t get to have fun with our classmates on the sophomore floor,” Kang said.
Zach Hytrek looked at the upside of having these rooms: “These rooms are way
closer to the classrooms, and that’s nice.” He also said that on his first few
days on the floor, seniors would always ask why he was on the senior floor. “It
happened like 10 times a day!” Mount Michael’s classrooms are fuller this year
than in past years, too. The administration has had to work hard to make sure
that rooms were available for every course throughout the day. “I’m glad we
were able to fi t all of our classes into classrooms,” Peters said. “We thought
that we might have to get portables.” Mr. Mackeprang and Mrs. Raabe put a lot
into organizing these classes to fi t the school. “Logistics, that’s what the
job entails,” Mackeprang said. “Actually, fitting the classes into rooms was
the last thing we did. First, we had to work out the schedule. Some people
didn't get the classes they wanted, but it’ll never be perfect for everybody.
We've managed to make it work well for this year.”
Peters attributes part of the growth to the loss of last
year’s small senior class and gaining a new larger freshman class. He also said
that, ideally, he would like to see the population top out around 240 (approximately
60 in each class) so students should expect the population to grow.
With this future expansion, however, will come new
additions to Mount Michael. Ground was recently broken for a new garage near the
monastery, which will allow the old monastery garage to be converted into a new
weight room, and the weight room will be converted into classes and teacher
offices.
It’s clear that big changes are coming to Mount Michael.
With higher student populations comes the need for newer and better facilities
around campus. While the elbow banging and shoulder brushing might become slightly
irritating, it will be interesting to see the changes being made at the Mount
as the number of students continues to increase.
Friday, September 6, 2013
Cross Country Team: Article form the Omaha World Herald
CROSS COUNTRY
Cross country is campus-wide for Knights
By Marjie Ducey / World-Herald staff writer
Jarrett Crnkovich, Coach John Gathje, Thomas Kalil |
Most Thursday afternoons, about 40 minutes before school ends, more than a quarter of the student body at Elkhorn Mount Michael hits the road.
Sixty-two boys are on the Knights’ cross country team — a program high, and 15 more than the 47 on the football team.
“If I could have the whole school out for cross country I would,’’ coach John Gathje said. “I think the teachers would probably kill me, as well as the other coaches.’’
Read Entire Article an the OWH website
28 Knights: 2013 AP Scholars
Congratulations to the many Mount Michael students and recent graduates who achieved the status of AP Scholars by the National College Board for their success on advanced placement exams last May.
(5) AP Scholar with Distinction: (*National AP Scholars)
John Choi*, Eun Woo Jee, Paul Kujawa*, Yun Sik Oh, James Steier
(6) AP Scholar with Honors
Peter Dewald, Hunter Hottovy, Yoon Ho Kim, Joe Kucirek, Randy Speer, David J Wooten
(17) AP Scholar
Gabe Cohen, Jarrett Crnkovich, John T. Cronin, Collin Donahue, Cameron Engel, Yutong Gao, Alex Hynes, Andrew Johannes, Christian Jones, Thomas Kalil, Moonsup Kim, John Mikulicz, Connor Moynihan, Jihoon Park, Jacob Recker, Kyle Silke, Scott Townsend.
Info on Scholars in past years
(5) AP Scholar with Distinction: (*National AP Scholars)
John Choi*, Eun Woo Jee, Paul Kujawa*, Yun Sik Oh, James Steier
(6) AP Scholar with Honors
Peter Dewald, Hunter Hottovy, Yoon Ho Kim, Joe Kucirek, Randy Speer, David J Wooten
(17) AP Scholar
Gabe Cohen, Jarrett Crnkovich, John T. Cronin, Collin Donahue, Cameron Engel, Yutong Gao, Alex Hynes, Andrew Johannes, Christian Jones, Thomas Kalil, Moonsup Kim, John Mikulicz, Connor Moynihan, Jihoon Park, Jacob Recker, Kyle Silke, Scott Townsend.
Info on Scholars in past years
Thursday, September 5, 2013
Bystander v. Leader
A Board Corner by Jim Clements
Jim Clements Mount Michael Class of 1995 |
So here is a call to action: not only to you, but also to me. I think it is important that we as young professionals hold ourselves accountable in making Omaha a more diverse and inclusive city. Let me tell you a little bit about where I am coming from and the kinds of things I think young professionals need to do in order to make this happen.
Read Entire Article on Greater Omaha Young Professionals Website
Wednesday, September 4, 2013
Knights receive Mandation
On Tuesday evening a ceremony was held at Saint Cecelia's Cathedral where numerous Knights were mandated as Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion.
Kneeling: Austin Bloomquist, Logan Kalkowski, Junwoo Lee,
Oliver Jarosik , Ian Alfieri, Mickey Coughlin, Nhat Nguyen.
Standing: Austin Ramaeker, Augustin deMayo, Brian Kim, Alex
Hotovy, Zach Frevert, Andrew Whitaker, David Uwinganji, Kevin Jewell.
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Midlands Voices: Vets’ skills well suited for work force
(From the Omaha World Herald)
By Cliff McEvoy'00
By Cliff McEvoy'00
The author, a former U.S. Air Force captain, is a job readiness and training manager with the Nebraska Veteran Leader Corps program.
When someone asks me what I did in the Air Force, I pause and say, “I was a nuclear missile operator.”
I pause because I have been asked enough times to know that the response is usually, “Oh … OK,” followed by a blank stare. Even my closest friends and family still don’t understand exactly what I did in the military.
Continue to OWH for complete article
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