Dominican has much to be proud of! Check out these student, alumni, faculty and school updates
Dominican Family and Friends,
For the first time in Dominican’s history, we were unable to hold our traditional commencement ceremony. Every Dominican alum and past parent can attest to the significance of this event as it celebrates the culmination of 4 years of hard work, dedication and commitment that is required of every student who wants to earn a Dominican diploma. Our 2020 graduates are true heroes for how they handled missing out on probably the most enjoyable 9 weeks of the Dominican experience. They definitely made the best of it and even found ways to have fun by participating in zoom events, creating videos highlighting their peers, organizing drive-by parades for underclassmen birthdays, and even holding a virtual “Senior Skip Day.” Our teachers were amazing throughout the transition to online instruction as well, investing an inordinate amount of time into their virtual lesson plans to ensure our seniors will be academically prepared for their post-secondary education in the fall. Our faculty and staff members also participated in the Dominican “Adopt a Senior” Program, created by our Counseling Department. They delivered personalized gifts to every senior’s home on the last week of school to congratulate them for a job well done. One of our ‘79 alumni even highlighted our seniors’ pictures in her Silver Spring Drive storefront! We will miss this senior class dearly as they were such leaders and promoters of school spirit. Each of them made a positive difference at Dominican and have such bright futures ahead! Our intention is to celebrate our 60th Commencement in July, combining Baccalaureate Mass/Senior Dinner on July 23rd and Honors/Graduation on July 24th. Please join us in praying that we can make the 60th Commencement a reality for this incredible group of Dominican students!
Congratulations Class of 2020!
In recognition of what would have been the Class of 2020's graduation day, a video was created by Dominican senior Jenna Alberti in honor of Dominican’s Senior Class. Watch the video here.
A sign recognizing Dominican’s senior class was added to the exterior of the building.
Special thanks to Maureen Young ’79 Stalle for offering her business storefront to highlight our seniors! Check it out at Stalle Realty Group of Keller Williams: 205 E. Silver Spring Drive, Whitefish Bay.
DOMINICAN STANDS WITH OUR BLACK COMMUNITY
In light of the current events regarding social injustice, specifically with the Black community, Dominican issued the following statement and resources to its parent community as well as on our social media accounts: click here for the entire document. Dominican will be holding two virtual events regarding social injustice, specifically to help support our current students of color. Details are listed below and all are invited to attend.
Dominican Forum on Injustice and Social Change Led by Mr. Foy, Principal and Panelists including an administrator, teacher, students & coach
Monday, June 8: 5:00pm
Join Zoom Meeting https://us04web.zoom.us/j/7382364693?pwd=V1hYWkxnajltRVFpTlo4OWlta3Q2UT09
Meeting ID: 738 236 4693
Password: 492661
CONGRATULATIONS DOMINICAN ATHLETES COMPETING AT THE COLLEGIATE LEVEL!
Dominican is proud to acknowledge our confirmed student athletes who will be advancing their talents at the collegiate level. We hope you SHINE on your new campus, but remember you will ALWAYS be a DOMINICAN KNIGHT!
Jackson Corcoran – St. Norbert College - Volleyball
Justin Daniels – Carroll University - Football
Jack Desing – Beloit College – Baseball
Camille Jefferson – Gardner-Webb University – Volleyball
Ben Jelacic – St. Norbert College - Basketball
Jamari Magee – Riverland Community College - Basketball
Olivia Mlada – Lake Forest University - Basketball
Mary Parlier – Mount Mary University - Soccer
Iyana Simmons – University of Wisconsin - Parkside- Track & Field
CONGRATULATIONS CHOIR STUDENTS!
Congratulations to our choir students that participated in the Virtual WSMA State Music Competition! The following Dominican students were awarded for their performances:
Simone Kim earned a 1 on her Musical Theater piece and a 2 on her Classical piece
Lily Maier earned a 1 on her Musical Theater piece and a 1 on her Classical piece
Angelina Maly earned a 1 on her Classical piece
Mary Mitchell earned a 1 on her Classical piece
(Rating 1 = highest, rating 5 = lowest)
Dominican Community Sings "Shelter Me"
The Dominican community came together in song to perform "Shelter Me" by Michael Joncas. The voices in the recording include Dominican faculty and staff, students, and community members. The soloists featured on the verses are seniors Addie Johnson, Mary Parlier and Lily Maier. It is truly a beautiful representation of Dominican's community togetherness, though apart. Listen to the recording here.
Mary Parlier Awarded Herb Kohl Excellence Scholarship
A $10,000 Herb Kohl Educational Foundation 2020 Excellence Scholarship has been awarded to Mary Parlier ’20 by Herb Kohl, Wisconsin philanthropist and businessman. The Herb Kohl Excellence Scholarship recognizes students who have demonstrated academic potential, outstanding leadership, citizenship, community service, integrity and other special talents. The Herb Kohl Educational Foundation has been recognizing educational excellence since 1990 by annually awarding scholarships to 200 graduating high school students throughout Wisconsin.
Congratulations Mary!
Sean Dlugopolski ’20 Named ESPN Milwaukee’s Senior Spotlight Athlete
Dominican senior Sean Dlugopolski is ESPN Milwaukee's Senior Spotlight Athlete today! Listen here to hear Sean talk about his experiences participating in both baseball and track during the spring athletic season. Congrats Sean!
Iyana Simmons & Jack Desing Named Fox6 High School Hotshot
Dominican seniors Iyana Simmons and Jack Desing were named High School Hotshots on Fox6! Iyana is a member of Dominican's track & field team and competed at the WIAA State Meet in the High Jump last season. Iyana will continue her track & field career in the fall at UW-Parkside. Watch Iyana’s feature video here.
Jack has been a member of the baseball team as well as soccer and basketball all four years. During his junior baseball season, he compiled a 1.44 earned run average and opponents only batted .155 against him. Jack will continue his baseball career at Beloit College in the fall. Watch Jack’s feature video here.
Congrats Iyana and Jack!!
Dominican Robotics Needs Your Help!
Dominican Robotics wants the Dominican community's opinion for what our future FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC) team name should be! We have narrowed it down to three options, and before we make our final decision, we want your opinion! Our top names (in alphabetical order) are:
CyberKnights
Termiknightors
The Knight Shift Click here to vote on your favorite!
Interested in helping us with our Robotics Team? If so, please contact Brandon Rindfleisch: brindfleisch@dominicanhighschool.com.
WHAT’S HAPPENING AT DOMINICAN?
SUMMER REUNIONS & GOLF OUTING UPDATE
Many of you have reached out in recent weeks inquiring about your 2020 reunions. Given the current uncertainty of what conditions might be in August, Dominican has made the difficult decision to postpone all individual class reunions to Summer of 2021.
Classes ending with 0s, 1s, 5s, and 6’s… mark your calendar to celebrate the largest gathering of alumni in our school’s history! Reunion Weekend - August 20 and 21, 2021
If conditions allow our Dominican community to gather in late summer, we still hope to hold an informal social event at school. Please watch for information in our July and August Alumni & Friends e-newsletters.
For now, the Bill Crowley Scholarship Golf Outing is still being planned for August 17, 2020, with a format adapted to what evolving guidelines will allow.
We greatly appreciate your patience as we navigate the ever-changing guidelines of the COVID-19 situation. If you have questions, or need more information, contact Alumni Manager, Julie Dlugopolski: JDlugopolski@dominicanhighschool.com or 414.332.1170 x 172.
Our wish is for healthier and safer days ahead so we can celebrate in person as a Dominican community soon.
Stay healthy, stay safe and stay in touch.
SILENT AUCTION DONATIONS NEEDED FOR 2020 ANNUAL BILL CROWLEY SCHOLARSHIP GOLF OUTING
Save the date! The Annual Bill Crowley Scholarship Golf Outing will take place on Monday, August 17th. It may look a little different this year as we are working very closely with Ozaukee County Club to ensure the safety of our guests. But, the game will go on! We are in need of silent auction donations to make this a successful event. Items such as gift cards, golf accessories, jewelry and liquor baskets are always a huge hit. Please contact Events Manager, Lauren Cazares at LCazares@dominicanhighschool.com if you would like to donate. More information regarding event registration to follow. Stay tuned!
ALUMNI INFO
REQUESTING ALUMNI UPDATES!!
What’s one of the best parts of our Dominican Magazine? The Alumni updates. Tell us about the ways that you are staying in touch with your classmates during COVID-19. Are you on Zoom calls and Facetime? Having virtual cocktail hours and game nights? Share what you’re doing and send us a screen shot of a virtual gathering or any type of update that shows us how Alumni U-Knight!
Please send any updates to Alumni Manager, Julie Dlugopolski JDlugopolski@dominicanhighschool.com, 414.332.1170 x172. You can also submit updates via the Dominican website HERE
Congratulations To Our Young Alumni!
Marquette University recently held the virtual 2020 Contemplatives in Action Student Leadership Awards, Student Organization Awards, and Sorority and Fraternity Life Awards. Congratulations to Hannah Jablonowski ’18, recipient of the Emerging Leader Award, and to Mariet Bejarano ’16 and Aimee Navarro-Villegas ’16, recipients of the Contemplative in Action Leadership Award. Great work ladies!!
Calling All Alumni- Help Our Younger Alumni Build Their Career Connections!
Are you on LinkedIn? Have you listed Dominican High School in your profile? By doing so, your information becomes accessible to fellow alumni on the Dominican High School LinkedIn page. This helps our young alumni who are looking for jobs and internships find connections for help and advice. Not only is this wonderful for alumni eager to help our younger alumni, but it’s also just a great way for our Dominican Alumni community to stay connected. Click on the Alumni tab on the Dominican page to see what the possibilities are!
Please keep the following Dominican families in your prayers:
The Barry Family
Charleen Barry, mother of current Dominican High School Board of Directors Chairperson Theresa, grandmother of Patrick Feldmeier ’13 passed away on May 18th at the age of 95.
The Heil Family
Barbara Heil, former faculty member from 1980-1986, mother of Jennifer ’84 (Buffett) and Joseph ’84, daughter-in-law of Kelley (Corey ’86) passed away on May 16th at the age of 75.
The Hetreed Family
Dennis Hetreed, husband of Betty (Edwards) ’60 passed away on May 13th at the age of 78.
