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NEW DRIVE ALONG Celebrating 60 Years ...
WEST SIDE
OF CAMPUS Continuing academic innovation

As Cor Jesu celebrates its six-decade tradition of Catholic academic excellence in the charism
of the Apostles of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, it is also redefining the traditional definition
of college-preparatory. By creating more hands-on career exploration and engagement
opportunities for students, Cor Jesu is helping them discover how their gifts and passions
translate to their lives beyond CJA – a lesson that extends far beyond the classroom walls.
Building Opportunities
This past June, construction at 10230 Gravois began in earnest, clearing the way for the new
gym and commons. But it’s not only the earth-moving tracks on the site that are making an
impression on the students. It is also the scientific application to real-time construction that
is imprinting a new framework of understanding for some juniors and seniors.
Bringing her expertise to the classroom is Liz Peroutka, project coordinator with general
contractor S. M. Wilson. Liz is giving students in Kathy Grana’s Earth Science and Laura May
Piontek’s ’79 Intro to Engineering Design classes practical perspectives that are helping CJ
juniors and seniors better understand the myriad aspects of construction as they relate to
engineering fundamentals and environmental impacts.
“As a senior, my lunch table is right by the window that has a full view of the construc-
tion, and my friends and I always look out and try to figure out what is going on,” said Andie
Brown ’17. “Mrs. Peroutka’s presentation provided a new insight into what was actually hap-
pening and helped me make connections to the things I saw happening each day. It also
gave me a new perspective of everything that goes into the design and construction of a
building, and it made the drawing and designing techniques we have been learning in engi-
neering class come together.”
For senior Annalise Wagner, usingmchemistry as her base and the Independent Science
Research course as her catalyst, she is applying her own hypotheses to Cor Jesu’s construc-
tion site by testing how differing features of concrete can improve the building process.
“The purpose of my project,” Annalise stated, “is to differentiate how assorted chemical
levels will create different effects in concrete. By combining several mixtures of concrete
with varying levels of pozzolans (siliceous and aluminous materials), ground granulated
Top: Claire Abkemeier ’18 and Grace Vonder Haar ’18 study how blast furnace slag and Styrofoam balls, I will test these mixtures to see if their respective hy-
construction relates to their environmental science course. potheses follow through.”
Above: Engineering teacher Laura May Piontek ’79 (left) and S.M. If the assessments of those suppositions do prove constructive, Annalise may very well
Wilson Project Coordinator Liz Peroutka (right) go over blueprints cement new avenues of opportunity, not only for CJ students, but perhaps, for the entire
with students in the Intro to Engineering Design course.
construction industry!
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