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around campus Naomi See ’18 Earns
And the Outstanding Lead Actress Goes to...
...MAGGIE KUNTZ ’18! Named Outstanding Lead Actress
at the first-ever St. Louis High School Musical Theatre
Awards (SLHSMTA) for her portrayal as Georgia in Cor
Jesu’s 2017 spring musical, Curtains, Maggie also landed a
major role in NYC!
Having earned one of the top-billing stage honors in St.
Louis, Maggie won an all-expense-paid trip to New York
with the other winning high school actors and actresses.
There, she received a weeklong musical theater intensive for coaching and re- Medals. Each level is cumulative with time
hearsals with professionals. After the training, she competed in the ninth annual
National High School Musical Theatre Awards, also called the Jimmy Awards,
which were held in the Big Apple on June 26, 2017.
The first-ever SLHSMTA awards ceremony was produced by Fox Performing
Arts Charitable Foundation, The Muny and Fox Theatre and was held on May
28 at the Fabulous Fox.
You are invited to celebrate the
LITURGY OF THANKSGIVING
AND DEDICATION
of our new
PERFORMANCE GYMNASIUM,
STUDENT COMMONS & CLASSROOMS!
SUNDAY, AUGUST 6, 2017
10:00 A.M. LITURGY
Most Reverend Robert J. Carlson, Celebrant
COR JESU’S NEW GYMNASIUM
10230 Gravois Road | St. Louis, MO 63123
RSVP with number attending to cjevents@corjesu.org by July 31.
Sharing the love of the heart of Christ since 1956
2 COR JESU ACADEMY
Letters of Intent for College Athletes
Silver Congressional Medal
After completing 200 hours of voluntary
service, 100 hours of personal develop-
ment, 100 hours of physical fitness and
expedition or exploration for a minimum
of 12 months each, NAOMI SEE ’18
earned the Congressional Silver Medal.
The Congressional Award Program of-
fers young people ages 14-23 the oppor-
tunity to set a personal goal and achieve
it. The program entails six levels of award
recognition – Bronze, Silver and Gold
Certificates, and Bronze, Silver and Gold
spent on one award carried to the next
level, with the Gold Medal serving as the
highest honor the U.S. government can
bestow upon youth.
“Working toward the Silver Medal
was an amazing journey, where I gained
countless new experiences and insights,”
Naomi stated. “I hope to inspire more
youth in our area to achieve the award,
not just for the sake of the award but
because of the road to it, where I learned
that, even as a high schooler, I can do
more than just participate in the world
around me – I can change it for the better.”
Naomi’s volunteer service toward the
Silver Medal involved working with kids
who have Down syndrome, tutoring
underprivileged middle school girls and
assisting the elderly. Her personal devel-
opment experiences included working
on the fifth class of Missouri’s 1st District
Congressional Youth Cabinet with Con-
gressman Lacy Clay and interning for Gov-
ernor Eric Greitens. For the physical fitness
aspect of the award, Naomi played on CJ’s
basketball and soccer teams and a select
soccer team. The exploration piece in-
volved spending several days as a home-
less person would – sleeping outside,
living on $4 a day, taking public transpor-
tation – “to attain a better understanding
and awareness about the conditions that
some people in
our society have
to endure.”
Naomi’s honor
was aired this
past spring on
KMOV’s “News 4
Schools.”
Charism
OF THE APOSTLES OF THE SACRED HEART OF JESUS
Congratulations and blessings
to the Apostles celebrating
their jubilees this year:
65 years: Sr. Madeline Henry
60 years: Sr. Elizabeth Mary Knight
Sr. Ruth Aubry
50 years: Sr. Anne D’Alessio (former CJ teacher)
Sr. Margaret Kuntz ’64
Congratulations to the following student athletes, who signed their letters of Sr. Marilyn Lagermann ’64
Sr. Veronica Marinari (teaches at CJ)
intent on April 12, 2017. We wish them all the best with their college endeavors! Sr. Clare Millea
Marianna Anderson: Lacrosse at Rockhurst University Sr. Mary Jane Paolella (former CJ teacher)
Gabby Carretero: Field Hockey at DePauw University Sr. Linda Pettinella
Track and Field at St. Louis University
Elena Coleman:
Milli Gegg: Swimming at Milliken University Sr. Mary Anne Sharron
Clare Holeman: Lacrosse at Benedictine College 25 years: Sr. Virginia Herbers ’89 (former CJ teacher)
Kate Keuss: Golf at Regis University
Abby Meyer: Soccer at Columbia College
Olivia Smith: Soccer at Arkansas State University
Abby Wester: Soccer at Regis University
CJ Vocalists & Musicians Hit Highest Notes
Kudos to the CJ vocalists and musicians who earned the highest rating, I
(Exemplary), at the State Music Festival in May!
Piano Solo: Samantha Thompson ’20
Anna Klevorn ’17
Flute Solo:
Women’s Vocal Solo: Kelly Beekman ’19, Maggie Feder ’17, Sophia
Strasheim ’17, Samantha Thompson ’20
Women’s Vocal Ensemble: Samantha Ammons ’17, Andi Brown ’17, Maggie Feder
’17, Maddie Ritter ’17, Sophia Strasheim ’17, Rachel
Zipfel ‘17
Kelly Beekman ’19, Caroline Cross ‘19, Sydney Davis ’19,
Claire Hubbman ’19, Emma Nohara-LeClair ’19, Payton
Schumacher ’19
Two CJ Students Win CCHD Multimedia Youth Contest
Congratulations to Kelly Beekman ’19 and Emma Mohrmann ’19, two of the five
national winners of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development (CCHD) Multimedia
Youth Contest! Emma won for her artwork and Kelly for her original song.
The St. Louis Review featured Kelly’s and Emma’s works and how the two students
were moved to give voice and perspective to “Being Neighbors in Our Common Home” –
the theme for this year’s contest.
Each year, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops offers a Multimedia Youth Contest
to help schools and parishes engage youth in learning about the root causes of pov-
erty and the Church’s response. Youth in grades 7-12 learn about poverty in the U.S.,
its causes, Catholic social teaching and the work of Catholic groups to address poverty.
Youth will then work to educate others through creative work of any medium (e.g. video,
song, painting, drama, poetry, etc.). Dioceses judge entries locally and then send top
entries to the national contest. The grand-prize winner receives $500, plus a matching Kelly
grant for a CCHD Funded anti-poverty organization and a trip to a national conference.
Emma