Welcome to the family, Class of 2027!
Celebrating Kairos 125: 27 years of ‘Living the 4th'
A group of 25 seniors, led by a team of 6 of their peers and 5 faculty members, experienced McNicholas High School’s 125th Kairos retreat. The retreat looked a little different this year with COVID-19 protocols in place, but the spirit and impact of the retreat remain.
The Kairos program affords students an opportunity to step away from the distractions of everyday life and see how God is at work in their lives. Through the sharing of life experiences, students are able to ‘walk a mile in someone else’s shoes’ and understand their own life experiences better.
Theology teacher and Kairos Retreat Coordinator, Mrs. Mary Beth Sandmann, said, “Through Kairos, students are given the opportunity to look deeply at the very good and loving people that they are. They come to realize that they have been given much from our Loving God, and that they have much to offer.”
The Kairos tradition began for the McNicholas High School community in the spring of 1994, when Mrs. Donna Bambach accompanied 10 juniors on a Kairos retreat given by Fenwick High School. When those 10 students began their senior year in the fall of 1994, they prepared and gave the retreat to their McNicholas classmates.
The Fenwick High School retreat team presented McNicholas with a wooden Kairos cross to be used in liturgies and Chapel Visit. That same cross has passed through the hands of all Kairos participants and continues to pass through the hands of Kairos retreatants to this day.
Mrs. Sandmann added, “We are grateful for the gift of this retreat experience, built on the rich gifts of love and service of our many alumni who have given this retreat to their peers, passing it on one group at a time, through 27 years of Kairos 4th day living.”
Through Kairos, students are given the opportunity to look deeply at the very good and loving people that they are. They come to realize that they have been given much from our Loving God, and that they have much to offer.
Mary Beth Sandmann '79
Congratulations to our newest graduates who received their diplomas at the MegaCorp Pavilion on Sunday, May 21.The Class of 2023 nominated Alex Reed to deliver the welcome and Student Body President Autumn Strebel to share her thoughts about the spirit and experience of their class.
At McNicholas, students are consistently challenged to achieve their academic best. Congratulations to all our Rockets who stepped up to the challenge this year. They were recognized at our annual Academic Awards ceremony on Friday, May 13.
Congratulations to the Class of 2023 Top 10! These 10 students have achieved the highest weighted cumulative grade point average up to and including the third quarter of their senior year: Augie Block, Ellie Bowman, Danielle Dietz, Nate Kouche, Grey Murray, Jacob Patterson, Landen Rupp, Alex Russo, Kaitlyn Schulte, and Autumn Strebel.