New Scoreboard for Baseball Field Donated

Don Wilson '79, Brandon Copple '01, Brent Suing '00, Harley Swanson

A few  people were on hand before the Mount Michael Junior Legion Baseball game against Blair on Wednesday evening to accept a generous donation from Copple Chevrolet-GMC of Louisville for the new scoreboard. Copple helped Mount Michael Baseball and the Mount Michael Booster Club by holding a "Home Run" Test Drive Event at Mount Michael on May 3rd during which $20 was donated for every test drive taken. Over 150 test drives were taken by families, friends and alumni of Mount Michael, but the Copple's generously donated additional funds to round up to the $4000,00 needed to complete the scoreboard project! On hand were (L-R) Don Wilson, out-going Booster Club President; Brandon Copple '01 of Copple Chevrolet;  MM Head Baseball Coach Brent Suing '00;  and Harley Swanson, Booster Club Board Member. Also on hand were in-coming Booster Club President Bill Miklas and his wife Gina, also a Booster Club Member.

Many thanks go to Brandon and Bob Copple, the Mount Michael Booster Club and the Mount Michael Baseball Program.

Still at Work

In case the Mount's students wonder what some teachers did to kick off their summer break... the answer is grade essays.  As part of our continuing improvement plan for accreditation by the Nebraska Department of Education. Mount Michael several years ago set as one of its goals the continuous improvement in writing across the curriculum. One of the ways this is evaluated is every student writes an essay on a given topic each spring.   

The Tuesday after Memorial Day, Sister Carol Jean, Mr. Cormier, Mr. Gathje, Mrs Masek,  Mr. Roshone, Ms Sullivan and Mr. Wilberding graded those essays!  

National Academic Decathlon Banner & Trophy

The National Runner-up Banner arrived the last day of school!

National Academic Decathlon scholarship winners pose with National Academic Decathlon 2nd place banner.

 Jon Collins (Top team score), Alex Hotovy Scholastic Bronze Medalist, and Adam Terasinski Varsity Silver Medalist

Class of 2014: 57 New Alumni

Mount Michael Benedictine School Class of 2014 Accomplishments

Mount Michael is proud to announce the accomplishments of the 57 young men of the class of 2014.  The average ACT score for this class is a 26.8, compared to the average ACT score in the national is a 20.9 and for the state of Nebraska is a 21.5.  The Omaha World Herald’s All-Academic Team recognizes graduates with a cumulative GPA of 3.5 and a minimum ACT score of 32.  Those chosen are in the top 4% of the state of Nebraska; however, Mount Michael had 13 young men meet the qualifications, representing 23% of the class of 2013.  They are Cameron Engel, Jacob Eyth, Rowan Gruber, Alex Hynes, Eun Woo Jee, Ha-Seul Jeong, Kevin Jewell, Andy Johannes, Thomas Kalil, Moon Sup Kim, John Mikulicz, Will Sleddens and Scott Townsend.

                Additionally, the 57 graduates were accepted for admission to 77 different colleges and universities in 35 states and two countries.  They will be attending 28 colleges in 21 different states and two countries; 54% of our graduating class will be attending college out-of-state and 33% will be attending private colleges.  Among the students choosing to remain in-state, five will attend Creighton University and 22 will attend either the University of Nebraska-Lincoln or the University of Nebraska-Omaha from which nine have earned Regent’s Scholarships from the University of Nebraska System.  This is the most ever for a class at Mount Michael. There are also three Mount Michael graduates who will be attending Iowa State University and another three who will pursue their college career at the University of Notre Dame.

                The Class of 2014 was offered $4,001,926 in scholarship money.  Of this total, 27% of scholarship offers have been accepted.  This means our graduates will use $1,478,540 toward their college costs, which calculates to $43,000 in accepted scholarship money per student.

                We are very proud of the Mount Michael Benedictine School graduating class of 2014 and wish them all the best future success.

Bro. August's Graduation Homily - Senior Plans - Dr. Peters Speech
Speech by valedictorian Moonsup Brian Kim - Video - PDF

Academic All State

Congratulations to the following Knights who have been recognized by the Nebraska School Activities Association  as Academic All-State Award Winners during the 2013-2014 school year.

Cross-Country Jarrett Crnkovich Thomas Kalil	Football Will Ernst Kevin Jewell	Tennis Alex Hotovy Griffin Willer	Baseball Will Ernst Kevin Jewell
Golf Cameron Bretsen Luke Krajewski	Journalism Harrison Hohman Brian Kim	Music Eun Woo Jee Will Sleddens	Soccer Marcus Cronin Logan Larson
Track & Field Chase Goddard John Mikulicz

Nebraska School Activities Association