5801 Fegenbuh Lane Louiville, Kentucky 40228 Non-Profit Org. U.S. Potage PAID Lebanon Jct., Ky. Permit No. 738 Spring 2014 Return Service Requeted You re not a prince... But you can till rule the world. Mercy Family Movie Night Bring your family to Mercy Evan Park and enjoy a movie under the tar on our new turf field. Friday, May 9 tarting at 7:00 p.m. Grab blanket or lawn chair and relax a you watch the blockbuter hit Frozen on our giant movie creen. Winner of 2013 Mot Inpiring Campaign for Women 2014 Summer Camp Mercy offer a wide variety of ummer camp to elementary and middle chool tudent! To regiter for one of our academic or athletic camp, viit our webite at mercyacademy.com. ADWEEK
MERCY ACADEMY Preident Corner Spring 2014 4 Mercy Marketing Campaign The Jagwire i publihed twice a year by the Advancement Office of Mercy Academy. Michael C. Johnon, Preident Amy Eltone, Principal Karen Alpiger, Aitant Principal 6 Alumnae Prepared for Real Life & Student Preparing for Real Life Tracy Edgerton, Director of Facilitie and Safety Jan Durbin, Director of Finance 10 Pride in Our Faculty & Student Lelie Hibdon, Director of Advancement Mark Evan, Director of Athletic 14 Special Event In thi iue of the JagWire, you will be treated to torie of women in our time who have been educated and prepared for real life at the Academy of Our Lady of Mercy. When Catherine McAuley etablihed her Houe of Mercy in Dublin in 1827, life wa all too real for many of the young Irih women who came to her for an education. Their main ource of employment wa a ervant girl with little opportunity, often ubject to the whim of their employer. The education that her chool provided gave them dignity, opportunity, an undertanding of their faith that would tand the tet of time and the tool for a better life, all in the name and pirit of God mercy. Time have changed and the tudent of Mercy Academy, a ponored minitry of the Siter of Mercy, come from very different circumtance than the tudent back then, but they bring imilar faith that will tand the tet of time and the tool for making the mot of their gift and talent o that, paraphraing the word of Preident Kennedy, here on earth God work may truly be their own. In thi iue of the JagWire, you will be treated to torie of women in our time who have been educated and prepared for real life at the Academy of Our Lady of Mercy. Thee are women of great kill, accomplihment and influence who provide a merciful preence in their work and community. You will read about current tudent writing their own torie and making the mot of their God-given talent and abilitie, guided by dedicated and talented teacher who bring out the bet in them and hold them to high expected her chool to achieve uperior reult. You will catch up on the live of current alumnae and remember thoe who have gone on to the peace and mercy of heaven. None of thi would be poible without the upport and generoity of the entire Mercy community. Your upport i the foundation of the work of the Academy and the dignity, opportunity, faith and merciful preence in our world een o clearly in the live of it tudent and alumnae. For thi, we are ever grateful. Bleing, Special thank to: Nick Simon and Publiher Printing Company for generouly printing Mercy Jagwire and Donor Impact Report. Alo, thank you to PUSH deign, LLC, Chriy Bratcher with Greater Graphix and Miller Photography for their work and photography. Comment and ubmiion for the Jagwire or any change of name or addre, c/o the Advancement Office: Mercy Academy 5801 Fegenbuh Lane Louiville, KY 40228 (502) 671-2021 (502) 491-0661 (fax) 18 Pride in Our Alumnae In Thi Iue On the Cover: Image ued in our marketing campaign, deigned by Doe Anderon. underlying need and deire. They tandard. You will ee evidence of the want to be prepared not only for college but for life that they may have dignity, opportunity, an undertanding of their high quality of their accomplihment, for a Siter Mary Quentin Barth ued to very clearly remind me, Mother McAuley Michael C. Johnon Preident mjohnon@mercyjaguar.com 1
You re Not a Prince... But you can till rule the world! When Mercy teamed with Doe Anderon to prepare our advertiing campaign for thi year, the goal wa to create a campaign logan that would erve a a converation tarter. The logan, You re Not a Prince, certainly tarted a converation heard world-wide. Thi morning, I wa watching The Today Show when they reported on The theme of thi campaign put a pin on the fairytale torie which all of our tudent grew up hearing. While everyone love a fairy tale, Mercy want tudent to write their own tory, a tory better than any fairy tale. Our goal wa to inpire women to ee that they are not the archetypal princee; they are more. Mercy miion i to prepare tudent for real life. Doe Anderon beautifully culpted a campaign that perfectly matched thi idea. The advertiing parked a The Today Show, Huffington Pot, and Yahoo picked up the tory nationally. public relation event which allowed thi miion to be heard throughout Louiville, the United State, and around the world. On November 12, ADWEEK, one of the nation top advertiing trade publication, featured the campaign on it web ite. The article praied the campaign inpiring meage for young girl. It began a media frenzy, highlighting the campaign meage and the incredible performance baed curriculum Mercy tudent are expoed to everyday. Soon after the ADWEEK article, the media coverage went national. The Today Show, Huffington Pot, and Yahoo picked up the tory immediately following the ADWEEK article. Locally, WHAS, WLKY, WDRB, WAVE, Inider Louiville, Buine Firt, WFPL, Courier-Journal, and Style Blue Print covered the campaign meage a well. The tory alo received international attention by CKNW in Canada, Huffington Pot UK, Marketingdirector.com, and Peru.com. The You re Not a Prince meage wa publicized in 186 different online publication. The campaign wa named Mot Inpiring Campaign for Women in 2013 by ADWEEK. Mercy campaign. I have never been o incredibly proud to be a Mercy alumna. The Write Your Own Story campaign exemplifie confidence, The You re Not a Prince meage wa publicized in 186 different online publication. reponibility, motivation, courage, and independence. The world i a better place becaue of the trong women who emerge from Mercy Academy. - Allion Otrader 06 4 www.mercyacademy.com 5
Mercy encouraged me to be unique and develop my own talent and peronality. Becaue of Mercy diverity, I met young women from all over the city who helped to hape my value and leaderhip kill. Featured Alumna Peggy Noe Steven 83 In 2008, Peggy fulfilled a long time dream by tarting her own company Peggy Noe Steven & Aociate. A a trained and certified protocol, image and public peaking conultant, he ue a cutomized approach to etablihing the authentic image architecture of both people and place. Becaue of her ignature tyle, expertie and creativity, he i retained by companie to eek out the true eence of image and identity. Her approach convey powerfully targeted brand meaging through environment while building confidence, elf-awarene and profeional preence in employee. Her client have included Northwetern Mutual, Brown-Forman, The Kentucky Department of Travel, The Oliver Group, Frot Brown Todd and many other In many way, Peggy ha been a trail blazer for women. She became the world firt female Mater Bourbon Tater in the indutry and can trace her lineage back to ome of the great bourbon making familie in Kentucky. In 2011, living up to her heritage, he founded Bourbon Women, the firt women conumer organization in the beverage indutry. Since it inception, Bourbon Women ha grown to include more than 400 member from over 20 tate and three countrie tranforming the indutry and attracting corporate upport from the top name in bourbon. Her executive leaderhip kill coupled with her talent in deigning women reearch and trategy tudie for corporation are remarkable, and he ha poken to countle profeional organization on iue in the workplace and career trategy. She ha et an inpiring new tandard by which corporation can attract and retain female executive. In addition to countle article and televiion appearance, Peggy ha recently authored the book, Profeional Preence: A Four Part Program for Building Your Peronal Brand releaed in April 2012. In 2012, Peggy company alo launched a multi-day ummer program for high chool junior and enior deigned to help tudent focu their leaderhip, preentation, interview and interperonal kill. She worked cloely with a number of high chool when deigning the curriculum and electing tudent for the pilot program. The program i alo being ued with at-rik teen including thoe in foter care and teenage parent to help them learn critical kill neceary for ucce and to enviion a brighter future for themelve. In 2012, The Wetport TAPP School (for teenage parent) elected Peggy a their mot valuable volunteer. Mother, author, global peaker, media pokeperon and prominent experiential brand trategit, Peggy bring a graciou, freh and relevant approach to etablihing image. She engage audience with her dynamic wit and energetic meage. Mercy i thrilled to announce that Peggy with be our graduation peaker during the commencement ceremony for the Cla of 2014! My Mercy education wa a fantatic preparation for real life and for my many puruit. The Mercy attitude treed that a peron ucce and happine in life depend on her willingne to work hard and treat other people well. No one owe you anything; you have to be ready to figure out what need to be done and do it yourelf, making ure that other are taken care of along the way. We were alway given opportunitie to take reponibility and to forge new path. Compaion, accountability, elf-reliance, and a proactive plan that the Mercy way. Featured Alumna Peggy Hagerty Duffy 85 After leaving Mercy, Peggy graduated from the Univerity of Louiville in 1989 with a Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering. She received her Mater of Engineering degree in Civil Engineering in 1990, with a concentration in geotechnical engineering. Currently, Peggy i Preident of Hagerty Engineering, Inc., an engineering firm that he founded in 1997. The firm perform geotechnical engineering, contruction material teting, and environmental ervice for client throughout Kentucky and Indiana. Peggy pecial expertie and experience i with inkhole and kart terrain, a he ha worked on hundred of inkhole project. Peggy i alo Vice Preident of Contruction Solution, LLC, a project management firm. They manage deign and contruction for a variety of client throughout the region, and pecialize in park. Their mot prominent local project ha been Waterfront Park, including the Louiville-ide ramp to the Big Four Bridge and converion of the bridge to a pedetrian walkway, a project that changed the face of downtown. In addition, he i the Technical Advior to the International Aociation of Foundation Drilling (IAFD-ADSC). She i reponible for all reearch and technical matter, including interaction with tate, federal, and local government agencie. Peggy feel trongly about involvement in the community and about public ervice. She i the co-chair of Jefferonville City Pride, which i the Jefferonville equivalent of Brightide and 100% volunteer driven. She erve on the Jefferonville Art Alliance and the Speed School of Engineering Alumni Council. Introducing engineering to young tudent, particularly girl, i very important to Peggy, a he doe outreach with local chool to encourage tudent to purue career in engineering. Peggy dedication to making Louiville a better place, both aethetically in buine and ervice, i mot certainly making the mot of Mercy preparation for real-life. 6 www.mercyacademy.com 7
Student Profile Write Your Own Story Hannah Goodwin 14 Mercy Academy offer a variety of great coure for their tudent to dicover where their true paion lie. For me, it i art. I have known ince I wa young that my career apiration include art in ome way. At Mercy, I wa able to take art for three year a an elective, and my enior year I wa given the opportunity to take AP Art and Digital Deign. I have worked with ome of the bet teacher that have developed my paion into a reality. They teach you how to ue the material and even the mot baic drawing kill. When I came to Mercy, I wa one of thoe people who aid, I can only draw tick people. I never knew how to develop my drawing, but Mr. Belvoix taught me how to do that and o much more. The art department alo taught me about the perpective of art. If you put compaion and love into your art, you will receive it back from the people viewing it. I can proudly ay that I would not have gotten thi education at any other chool becaue our teacher are unlike any other. While taking a Digital Deign coure wa a little different from what I wa ued to, it wa the bet deciion I ve ever made. Mot high chool tudent wouldn t be able to ay that they deigned and contructed a real model of an apartment uing a 3D printer, which, by the way, i pretty much the coolet thing I ve ever een. They alo probably couldn t ay that they worked with amazing program like Adobe Illutrator, 123D Deign, Photohop, and many more. I am going to Savannah College of Art and Deign in the fall and majoring in Illutration, none of which would have been poible without everything I ve learned over the pat four year. I know I am way more prepared to embark on thi next chapter of my life than many other, and for that, I am o grateful. Rachel French 14 Being a tudent at Mercy Academy ha made me a woman in which I can alway be proud. Throughout the pat four year, I have been given the opportunity to take multiple cience elective, fueling my paion for biology. In thee clae, there are o many hand-on experience our teacher give u to ee and do, including diection, experiment, lab and more, which allow u to put what we have learned into practice. In my Biology 2 cla, we were preented with mock patient we had to diagnoe through dialogue with the patient, a tak that i uually done in medical chool. The Forenic cla analyze a variety of evidence and data to olve fictional crime. Each cience coure preent new challenge and, with that, different real-life tak. Recently, I wa able to travel to the Louiville Science Center with my Anatomy and Phyiology cla to be one of the few to watch a live heart urgery. Thi wa uch an incredible experience for omeone who plan to go into the medical field. With the hand-on approach in the claroom and our teacher dedication to howing u how what we ve learned tranlate into real life, I am better prepared to become the doctor I have alway wanted to be. Courtney Luh 14 Every teacher I ve had at Mercy ha been truly amazing. They have puhed me to become the bet tudent and peron I can poibly be. However, there i one teacher that ha completely changed my life and inpired my career goal. That teacher i Mr. Sim. The joy he get from teaching Mercy girl ha inpired me to become a teacher and hopefully return to Mercy in a teaching role. Mr. Sim ha not only inpired my ambition to teach, but he ha alo hown me, through her many handon leon in cla and in Mercy Beyond Border, that I have the power to change the world. She ha opened my eye to everal of the iue and injutice. One in particular that continue to peak to me i the lack of quality education for children around the world. A part of my morality cla, the junior cla promoted a movie called Girl Riing. The Girl Riing project began my paion for upporting children education. I wa able to explore thi even further in the Louiville community a I worked on my enior ervice project. I encountered everal children in our own backyard who couldn t attend chool due to imilar iue. A I continue to learn more about the lack of quality education, my commitment to making a difference only grow. Becaue of thi, I hope to one day open my own non-profit organization to help children receive a quality education by upporting them financially and emotionally and by bettering their education ytem. I credit my paion and ambition to my Mercy education. Mercy ha intilled in me the value of ervice and ha taught me to help the neediet of thoe among u. More importantly, Mercy ha given me countle opportunitie to put the leon I ve learned in the claroom into real life practice, giving me the chance to ee how I truly can make a difference. My teacher have taught me how I can create change and have given me the courage to go out and be a leader. Thee four year have taught me what it mean to be a woman of Mercy, and I plan to live out thoe value for the ret of my life. Madion Mudd 16 I have been bleed with many thing in my life, but one of the greatet i being a tudent at Mercy Academy. The teacher and taff at Mercy puh u to do our bet and to purue our dream. For intance, I want to be a Marine Biologit. I have uch a paion for marine life and the ocean. When I came to Mercy and heard they offered a marine biology field trip to the Florida Key, I knew it wa omething I could not mi. The trip wa truly one of the bet experience of my life. We performed hand-on activitie with real marine life. We learned, in detail, many thing about a variety of animal. For example, did you know that jellyfih ting you through your hair follicle? You can actually hold them in the palm of your hand and not feel a ting! We alo did o many other fun thing like norkeling, wimming with dolphin, a hiking, and riding an airboat in the Everglade. We alo went kayaking in the ocean, but my favorite part wa wimming with the hark. They are my favorite animal, and it wa o cool to be able to be up cloe and peronal with them in their natural habitat. Thi trip wa jut a peek into my future, and I am beyond grateful I wa given the chance to do thi. I know that in my two year left at Mercy, I will be given more opportunitie like thi one to ee what we are learning in the claroom come to life. It would not have been poible if it wa not for Mercy. I cannot wait to go back to the Key my enior year! Being a Mercy tudent, I have alo come to love ervice, and with that love, I have dicovered the importance of blood drive and medical fair and am more willing to participate in them. I am able to better help my community in the future with the preparation I have been given and the ervice opportunitie Mercy offer. I could not be more thankful for the wonderful high chool experience I have had here at Mercy Academy. I am an independent woman, and I am ready to take on the challenge of life after graduation. 8 www.mercyacademy.com 9
MERCY ACADEMY Pride in Our Student & Faculty Pride in Our Student & Faculty MERCY ACADEMY The Pule of Surgery A group of 39 junior and enior from our anatomy clae went to the Louiville Science Center to watch a live feed from Jewih Hopital of an open heart urgery via cloed circuit televiion. Following the urgery, the tudent were able to ak quetion of the doctor and nure. The experience wa very exciting and informative and allowed me to undertand what really goe on during urgery. Kayla Bellot, Cla of 2015 Junior Service Repreentative Larry Clark and Steve Rigg joined our junior for breakfat where they poke to the girl about the bill of interet to our tudent. Thi wa one of the tepping tone before the tudent viited Frankfort. The trip to Frankfort allowed tudent to meet with their repreentative and enator and lobby for bill that align with Catholic ocial teaching. We hope that thi advocacy experience inpire them to remain aware of iue and committed to being part of the olution. Hopefully ome will alo repond to the need to have more women in leaderhip poition. Rick Blackwell, Service Learning and Leaderhip Coordinator FLORIDA KEYS TRIP Nine tudent accompanied Mr. and Mr. Bowman to the Florida Key for a marine biology and altwater ecology field trip February 6-10. One of their top wa Newfound Harbor Marine Intitute, where the tudent conducted cientific exploration uch a diecting algae and ponge to dicover why organim make it their home, nocturnal adaptation of marine organim and hark biology. Aide from their exploration at NHMI, the tudent were able to wim with the dolphin, hike in the Everglade, take an airboat ride and learn about alligator and Florida panther. TEACHER OF THE YEAR AWARD NYC TRIP Our enior had a fabulou time in New York City. They had the opportunity to ee the World Trade Center Memorial, Grand Central Terminal, Central Park, Time Square, Chinatown, Little Italy, Elli Iland and NBC tudio. They alo viited the Top of the Rock, attended ma at St. Patrick cathedral and took the pedetal tour of the Statue of Liberty. Mercy Welcome Japanee Student On March 13, thirteen Japanee tudent viited from Hachinoche, Japan, for two week to be fully immered in American culture. The tudent ranged between age 14-17 year and attend St. Urula High School. During their viit, they hadowed their hot tudent, attended an Englih converation cla, and viited Louiville landmark. Melia Eckenfel Schoenbachler 99 wa awarded the Catholic Education Foundation Teacher of the Year award at the Archdiocean luncheon. 10 www.mercyacademy.com 11
MERCY ACADEMY Pride in Our Student & Faculty Pride in Our Student & Faculty MERCY ACADEMY DERBY ART Junior Abby Moore artwork wa elected a the Grand Prize Winner for the Kentucky Derby Mueum Horing Around with Art Contet. The Grand Prize i ponored by Churchill Down and i given to the work judged to bet capture the pirit of the Kentucky Derby. Abby receive ix ticket to the 140th Kentucky Derby, a plaque, ribbon and certificate. Mercy will receive $500 for art upplie. Abby work will be framed and on diplay in the Derby Mueum for the next year. Grandparent Ma Current Mercy grandparent were invited to attend the All Saint Day Ma with their granddaughter on Friday, November 1, 2013. The tudent are alway thrilled to ee their grandparent, and it i a pecial time for them to hare together. The National Art Honor Society The National Art Honor Society inducted new and returning member to thi year chapter. Thee artit donated their artitic talent through ervice by creating art work for Mercy Benefit off Broadway, deigning and producing painting for Mercy cafeteria and donating profit from their Chritma ornament ale to Koair Children Hopital. Literally Mercy doe it again! Congrat to teacher Laurel Wyatt 03 and lat year creative writing clae for receiving another uperior ranking from the National Council of Teacher of Englih for our literary magazine Literally Mercy. Their profound writing piece were highlighted by the beautiful artwork from Jean Belvoix and Steve Hammer art clae. SEUSS ON STAGE In the fall, 40 Mercy tudent, along with 30 other tudent from St. X, YPAS, Acenion, St. Michael, St. Rita, St. Edward and St. Gabriel, performed Seuical the Muical, a play put together from Dr. Seu mot famou book. Mercy Receive a $26,229 Technology Grant! The Kentucky Society for Technology in Education (KYSTE) awarded Mercy a $26,229 grant in repone to a propoal entitled Programming for the Future: Young Women Work to Create an App. The grant will fund the purchae of a claroom et of imac computer. Mercy tudent, under the direction of our Technology Integration Specialit, Stephanie Heitz 99, will ue thi technology to develop a hall pa app for tudent tate-wide. Currently, there are no quality app available. Thi project exemplifie the goal of the Academy, to prepare tudent for real life. 12 www.mercyacademy.com 13
Daddy Daughter dance Mercy tudent and their dad laced up their boot and dug out their bet cowboy dud to attend the Country Wetern themed Daddy Daughter Dance on Saturday, November 16, 2013. The evening wa filled with great muic, raffle, a corn hole tournament, nack, and, mot of all, fun! Special thank to Karen Jutz, our committee chair, the entire Daddy Daughter Dance committee, and all of our volunteer who helped put thi pecial night together. Mercy Walkathon Huge Succe A total of $54,671 wa raied during our annual Walkathon. Student enjoyed dreing up in their cla color and walking in beautiful weather on Friday, October 11, 2013. In addition, we collected 920 pound of food for Dare to Care during the Food Frenzy. Our inceret gratitude goe out to Karen Walh, parent volunteer committee chair; all volunteer who helped on Walk Day, collection day and after the Penny Aembly; our tudent for elling walk chance and bringing in coin for the Penny Competition; parent who bought walk chance; Sheriff Bob Adam, and, of coure, all of our ponor who make thi day poible. Proceed from the Walkathon benefit Mercy tuition aitance program. Thank You Walk Sponor! Maeer Mater Service, McDonald, Mercy Academy Board of Director, Oate Flag Company, Park Community Credit Union, Parker School Uniform, Southeat Pallet & Recycling, The Eye Care Intitute, The Motz Group, Traud Electric Top Seller 1. Catherine Stockdale 14 2. Jeica Brockman 16 3. Elizabeth Thaler 17 $1000 Prize Winner Camilo Torre (eller: Sahian Torre 17) Benefit Off Broadway 2014: Another Record-Breaking Year! Over $156,000 Raied at Thi Year Benefit Over 460 guet and volunteer gathered on Saturday, February 8, 2014, for Mercy 19th annual Benefit Off Broadway. Previou record were once again hattered with a net of over $156,000! Proceed from Benefit Off Broadway go to Mercy tuition aitance program, which aim to help financially every young woman who ha the deire to attend the Academy. The event theme wa appropriately named Diamond & Ice, and while there may have been now on the ground, it did not compare in beauty to the tranformation that overcame Mercy that evening. Guet were greeted with an M ice culpture and light were trung throughout the Broadway corridor, giving it a ophiticated touch. A crytal chandelier hung from the middle of the room, and white fabric lined the perimeter. Thank you to Lia Freville 84 and the decoration committee for creating uch an elegant, glamorou atmophere! The evening kicked off with a deliciou dinner catered by Mirabelle Gourmet Catering, followed by the Live Auction, where once-in-a-lifetime trip and experience were the focu. We once again enlited the profeional help of auctioneer Murray McCandle, who helped u raie over $35,000 on the Live Auction portion alone. Junior Kara Thoma moved u into the fund-an-item portion of the evening, where he hared her touching tory of how Mercy donor helped her family in a time of need. Bidding began for the Guardian Angel Fund, which wa etablihed to ait familie in the midt of an emergency, uch a the paing of a parent or lo of a job. We raied $34,000 for the new fund! Thi evening and it ucce would not have been poible without our dedicated committee, epecially BOB Chair Richard Banta and BOB Aitant Chair Alan Kiel. We alo end a heartfelt thank to all volunteer, donor, ponor, and attendee. We look forward to our 20th Benefit Off Broadway in 2015! 14 www.mercyacademy.com 15
MERCY ACADEMY Pride in Our Athlete Pride in Our Athlete MERCY ACADEMY Cheerleading Mercy varity cheerleader won the KHSAA State Championhip on December 14 in Lexington, KY. Baketball The Mercy baketball team won the 24th Ditrict Championhip after beating Bullitt Eat on February 27. SWIMMING Janelle Hall 16 (left), Erica Lindey 16 (middle), & Callie Pa 16 (right) during the Region II Championhip at the Ralph Wright Natatorium on the campu of the Univerity of Louiville. DANCE The Mercy dance team placed 1t in the Jazz and Pom at the Jamfet Super National in Indianapoli on March 22. BOWLING The Mercy bowling team finihed their eaon with an impreive 10-1 record and qualified for the tate tournament. Soccer Congratulation to the Mercy occer team, ixth region champion. VOLLEYBALL Mercy varity volleyball team a they went 5-0 to win the Berkeley Prep Premier Tournament in Tampa, FL. 16 www.mercyacademy.com 17
MERCY ACADEMY Pride in Our Alumnae Pride in Our Alumnae MERCY ACADEMY Alumnae Update Marriage Our bet wihe for a lifetime of happine to the newlywed couple. l Denie Renn Greene 73 i a licened Clinical Social Worker and Regitered Play Therapit-Supervior. She recently opened her own behavioral health private practice center for women and children in the Highland. Stephanie Walker 02 to Dr. Gene Brandewie 8/31/13 l Mikki Parker Shumaker 96 recently moved back to Louiville after being away for 13 year. She wa living in Oregon where he graduated from veterinary chool at Oregon State Univerity. She and her huband, Brantley had their firt baby in May. She i an aociate veterinarian at Pet Plu Veterinary Center in Fern Creek. The Cla of 1956 enjoyed their 4th annual outing at Butler State Park. They hopped until the wee hour of the morning and played card game. They alo meet once a month at Golden Corral for lunch. l Pam Zipper 98 i living in Denver and teaching 10th grade phyic in a turnaround chool, Denver Center for International Studie at Montbello. She recently attained her National Board Certification in biology. l Madeline Schrock 07 wa promoted in the Fall of 2013 to managing editor of both Dance Magazine and Pointe in New York City. She live acro the Hudon River in Hoboken, New Jerey. Communication. She work for E.W. Scripp Company, a WCPO affiliate in Cincinnati, Ohio, and ha been there ince June 2013. She i an Account Executive Aitant in Commercial Sale. Taylor Moad 08 to Ryan Cumming 11/9/13 Jennifer Hawley 04 to Kevin Luce 7/13/13 l Tiffany Short LaGrow 01 live in Chicago, Illinoi with her huband, Jack. She i the Product Development Manager for Health Care Service Corporation. l Cheley Beeon 08 graduated from the Univerity of Edinburgh, Scotland, with a Mater in Creative Writing and Literature. l Madion Hardy 10 enior libero for Miami Univerity, wa named the MAC Eat Diviion Defenive Player of the Week in late October 2013. It wa the firt weekly award of the l Stephanie Walker 02 got married in Augut 2013 at the Terrapin Hill Farm in Harrodburg, Kentucky. Alumna, and cloe friend of the couple, Mandy Gatewood 02, wa the ceremony officiate. Stephanie i an interior deigner and color conultant for Abbott Paint and Carpet in Stillwater, Minneota. She and her huband live in Minneapoli. l Samantha Brown 09 received her degree from the Univerity of Chicago and i working a an Executive Recruiter for DHR International. She recently tranferred to their new San Francico office and love it. l Kaitlin Young 09 graduated in May 2013 from Bellarmine Univerity with a major in eaon and the fifth time he ha won the honor in her career. l Suzanne Abury 11 received a 2013 Firt Team All-Conference Award for volleyball from the Southern Athletic Aociation. She i a middle blocker for the Centre College Colonel. She wa ranked #1 in block/et and #2 in hitting percentage for the 2013 conference eaon. She i currently a junior at Centre College tudying biology. Her goal after graduation i to purue a pot graduate degree in optometry. Tiffany Short 01 to Jack LaGrow 9/21/13 Carolyn Schnurr 02 i living in Maryland and working with the ASPCA in D.C. She ha been doing amazing work with them, and he and her dog, Roo, are featured in thi year calendar. l Jenna Hollinden 12 wa choen a one of two nominee from the Univerity of Kentucky to attend WHU Otto Beiheim School of Management. WHU i located in Vallendar, Germany and i the Number One buine chool in Germany and Number 21 in Europe. Jenna will be tudying abroad her fall emeter of 2014 and return in early 2015. Emily Crabtree 07 to Ryan Kockentiet 8/31/13 18 www.mercyacademy.com 19
MERCY ACADEMY Pride in Our Alumnae Pride in Our Alumnae MERCY ACADEMY Catherine Montano 09 i working a an Aitant Account Executive for The Buntin Group in Nahville, Tenneee. Dr. Ja Koo 07 took her board and i now a Regitered Pharmacit in Kentucky. She graduated with honor from Univerity of Rhode Iland where he received a Doctorate of Pharmacy. Samantha Daunhauer Elder 04 i enjoying life with her huband, Jutin, and two handome on, Bentlee (12/26/11) and Beau (4/11/13). Featured Alumna Kim Brohm 98 The Brohm name i well-known in the Louiville community, commonly aociated with football. At Mercy though, we connect it to 1998 alumna, and athletic tand-out, Kim. The only daughter of Ocar and Donna four children, Kim wa an excellent tudent a well a athlete. According to Mercy Athletic Director, and Kim former coach, Mark Evan, She wa a pure multitalented, multiport athlete that excelled in the claroom. A with all of the Brohm family, he i of high character and a wonderful individual. Kim and her family were honored at the econd annual Louiville Catholic Sport Hall of Fame a the firt ever recipient of the Howard Schnellenberger Family Award for their outtanding achievement on the field/ court a well a in the community. In her part of the acceptance peech, Kim thanked her extended familie at Mercy Academy and Spalding Univerity for haping her into the peron he i today. She i currently a Cutomer Service Supervior at Olin Bra, which i a copper company headquartered in Louiville. Kim aid, I work with a great team and feel I bring much of the Mercy pirit and ue many of the kill I learned through athletic daily. She continue to play volleyball year round and a little coed oftball and i an avid runner having run the pat two Derby Fetival marathon and variou mini-marathon. We are o proud of Kim and what a fine example he i of a woman of Mercy. Kim and her mom, Donna, at the Award Ceremony. (Above) Member of the Cla of 1950 gathered together for their annual Chritma luncheon in December at the Knight of Columbu on River Road. They had a great time haring torie of their Mercy day, enjoying lunch and playing a fun gift exchange game. Kri Hawkin Wheaton 04 wa crowned the 2013 Harmony Queen of Harmony, Inc., an international female barberhop organization. Her quartet, Spot On, won the international competition in Windor, ON, November 15. Learn more about the quartet at pot-on-quartet. web.com. 20 www.mercyacademy.com (Left) Ladie from the Cla of 1958 gathered for their Chritma luncheon at Ryan Retaurant. They had a great time, but definitely mied the clamate who weren t able to attend. 21
MERCY ACADEMY Pride in Our Alumnae Pride in Our Alumnae MERCY ACADEMY BIRTHS Our congratulation to the parent of thee newet member of the Mercy family. Mikki Parker Shumaker 96 Redmond Carl Shumaker 5/12/13 Kate Filcik Brockman 04 Addion Marie Brockman 11/14/13 Member from the Cla of 1973 held their final celebration of their 40th reunion at Mike Linnig Retaurant in October 2013. Photo from l to r: Rick Blackwell (coach), Margie Gillooly (coach), Tina Naehr Davie, Nicki Wilkin Funke, Leigh Ann Burke, Monica Beam Bohn, Kelly Gillooly Watt, Kritin Kupper, Chritina Wigginton Beam. Not pictured: Amy Brickley Van Eekeren, Chritina Janen Mackiewicz, Tami Sander (manager) Lia Hall Smith (manager) Paula Landrum (manager). Member of the 1988 Mercy tate volleyball team were honored at the KHASS 2013 State Championhip. Julie Browning Ice 89 and her huband, Roy, received the Kritina Witten Hope Award. The award i given to omeone who offer hope to the Cytic Fibroi community of a brighter future. The recipient of thi award i elected by the CF Foundation and Kritina parent, Debbie and Roy Witten. What new with you? Have you recently married? Had a baby? Received a promotion, retired or moved to a new city? We would love to update your clamate on what i going on with you. Pleae email all update (including wedding/birth date, poue/baby name) to Heather Blazi at hblazi@mercyjaguar.com. If you email a picture, pleae make ure it i high reolution. Alumnae New York Trip Pro-Edge Tour, Mr. Jim Protenic and Mr. Tracy Edgerton, Mercy faculty member, have led 18 tudent trip to the Big Apple, New York City. They have taken over 1,400 tudent to tour NYC for three day of educational, cultural and ocial enrichment. They are intereted in exploring the poibility of a Mercy alumnae trip during Summer 2015. The landmark they have viited include: World Trade Memorial, Grand Central Terminal, NBC tudio tour, Top of the Rock, Time Square, Elli Iland, Statue of Liberty, a walking tour of Manhattan including Wall Street, Trinity Church, SOHO, and time to hop in Chinatown and Little Italy. A Broadway play, Central Park, Ma at St. Patrick Cathedral and other item of interet have been on the itinerary. If you are intereted in an alumnae trip, pleae contact Jim at jprotenic@ mercyjaguar.com. They will hold a meeting in late ummer, or early fall, to tart the planning proce. 22 www.mercyacademy.com 23
MERCY ACADEMY In Memoriam Pride in Our Alumnae MERCY ACADEMY We Celebrate the Life of... Mercy Alumnae: 1932...Mary Carolyn Huber Peteron 1933...Margaret Egan Gnadinger 1936... Catherine Marie Melton, RSM 1937...Addie Elizabeth Dowell 1938...Camilla Lehmann Block 1938...Elizabeth Greive Ehrler 1941...Mary Elizabeth Luken Blake 1941...Eleanor Robert Norton 1942... Helen Louie Fenterer Downard 1945... Mary Leona Gooch Hutti 1946...Margaret France Week Becker 1946...Mary Lee Klapheke 1946...Rita Raque Mueller 1947...Dorothy Baumgarten Miller 1949...Norma Jean Brown Marcum 1949...Mary Patricia Kleinholter Didio 1952...JoAnn Maddux Pretigiacomo (Daughter: Jennifer Pretigiacomo 89) (Siter: Jean Maddux Meiman 65) 1953...Evelyn Jean Bierman Roe 1953... Mary Grether Sauer 1954... Mary Jacqueline Wrenn Barton 1956...Barbara O Mary Ellegood (Granddaughter: Cindy Kramer, Faculty) 1957... Jacqueline McDonogh Tain 1958... Barbara Fowler Buren 1960...Loretta Wine Hamilton 1974... Catherine Stuecker Snodderly 1989... Patricia Banta Amburgey 2014 REUNION WEEKEND MERCY CELEBRATES REUNION WEEKEND! The 12th annual Mercy Reunion Weekend wa held March 15 and 16. On Saturday, Mercy hoted an open houe for all clae with graduation year ending in 4 or 9. The alumnae had a chance to laugh about old time, hear what going at Mercy now and take tour of the campu from our current tudent. We were o excited to have 200 alumnae join u for thi fun event. The Cla of 1999 at their reunion gathering. Member of the Cla of 1964. On Sunday, March 16, we hoted the Mercy Society Ma and Brunch for thoe Clae of 1928 to 1964. Approximately 220 alumnae attended the event. The Mercy Society wa etablihed in 2000 to honor and recognize our alumnae who are 50 year member of the Mercy Alumnae Aociation. The Cla of 1964 wa inducted into the Mercy Society and each received their pin. The Cla of 1964 leading the alumnae in the Mercy Loyalty Song after our Mercy Society Ma. FAMILY: George John Aeff (Daughter: Carolyn Aeff Wilkin 73 & Martha Aef Cormney 82) (Granddaughter: Lia Wilkin 05) Judith Ann Barton (Daughter: Jennifer Barton Hodge 90) Patricia Bore (Granddaughter: Criten Sander 08) Gerard Cripe (Granddaughter: Brittany Cripe 04 & Meredith Cripe 13) Virginia Ann Curry (Daughter: Bobbi Curry 14 & Claire Curry 17) Ruth Denzik (Daughter-In-Law: Peggy Denzik, Faculty) Raymond Fehribach (Wife: Dolore Littmath Fehribach 49) Nancy Mingu Hanhew (Granddaughter: Kennedy Raley 17) Jane S. Hertel (Granddaughter: Lauren Hertel 11) Helen Ruley Hogan (Granddaughter: Kaitlin Banta 14 & Rachael Banta 17) Carol Hollkamp (Daughter: Katie Hollkamp 15) Winton Kreb (Daughter: Karen Kreb Kraemer 75) Jean Elizabeth Moll Krimple (Siter: Nancy Moll Holbleib 62) Charle Kenneth Lammer (Wife: Adeline Ritter Lammer 48) (Daughter: Gail Lammer Lee 69 & Donna Lammer Faut 72) Mary Linda Dunter Lococo (Daughter: Della Lococo Hardin 84) William Lloyd Maier (Granddaughter: Megan Muthler 15 & Erin Muthler 16) Helen Louie Kannapel Miller (Granddaughter: Elizabeth Herberger Garr 97) Mary Rita Oppel (Granddaughter: Lauren Oppel 10) Helen Clancey Power (Granddaughter: Grace Power 16) Kenneth J. Recktenwald, Jr. (Daughter: Beth Recktenwald Hatton 02) Donald Gene Richardon (Daughter:Lia Richardon 14 & Abby Williamon 10) Chritopher Lee Roger (Mother: Diana Powell Motch 60) Pauline Newman Rouh (Granddaughter: Chritine Rouh 12 & Courtney Rouh 12) Joe Schneringer (Daughter: Cheryl Schneringer Hughe 80 & Johanna Schneringer Wheatley 86) Sharon Cecilia Showalter (Siter: Patricia Showlater 49) Eileen Duddy Schupp (Daughter: Joan Schupp Skee 67 & Jean Schupp Cooper 67) Beulah Smith (Granddaughter: Lia Weiger Freville 84 & Chritine Weiger 89) (Great Granddaughter: Melia Freville 08 & Gabrielle Weiger 11) Sue Carol Strothman (Daughter: Angie Strothman Sturgeon 94 & Carey Strothman Comb 98) Patricia Ann Sweeny (Kara Sweeny 05 & Anna Sweeny 08) Katherine Jo Weber Theobald (Granddaughter: Allion Theobald 08) Raymond Timperman (Daughter: Suan Timperman Echenbach 85) Kenneth Jame Ulmer (Granddaughter: Amanda Coomer 12) Michael S. Webb (Daughter: Shannon Webb Swanon 88 & Jennifer Webb Holeva 90) (Siter: Patricia Webb McCarty 67) Some of the Cla of 2009 celebrating their firt reunion event. The Cla of 1949 at their 65th reunion luncheon at Wildwood Country Club. YOUNG ALUMNAE MASS Mercy 15th annual Young Alumnae Ma wa held on November 27, 2013, in Mercy chapel. Alumnae from the Clae of 2009 to 2013 gathered together to reminice, reflect and rejoice with their Mercy iter. They enjoyed the time together and the reception that followed. Member of the Cla of 1994 gathered at Wick to catch up on old time. Obituarie in the JAGWIRE are baed on information provided by member of the Mercy community and from the Courier-Journal newpaper. Pleae end information concerning the death of individual to the Advancement Office by calling 502-671-2021 or ending the information to dnapper@mercyjaguar.com. (Pleae note that the deadline for the pring JAGWIRE i March 1, 2014). u 25
Mercy Academy ha one of the finet high chool athletic facilitie in the tate of Kentucky. All facilitie are on our 24 acre campu, in which 12 of thoe acre are dedicated to our athletic facilitie. Coache and tudent athlete, for the majority of our program, are provided everything they need right in our own backyard! Be the Difference MERCY ACADEMY MARK YOUR CALENDAR APRIL 13 20 25 26 MAY 8 9 14 15 30 7th Grade Sneak Peek Day Eater Junior Ring Ceremony Junior Ring Dance Family Movie Night at Mercy Senior Prom Senior Honor & Luncheon Senior Ma and Graduation Lat Day of School JUNE 16 Golf Claic Stay up to date on all the latet Mercy happening at www.mercyacademy.com 28 www.mercyacademy.com 29