Rosati-Kain High School
4389 Lindell Boulevard
St. Louis, MO 63108

Phone: (314) 533-8513
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News & Events

R-K Students honored with MLK Jr. Service Award

Congratulations to R-K students Chelsea Davis and Imani Chambers, who will be honored with the Martin Luther King Jr. Model of Justice award this Sunday, January 15, 2012 at 2:00 p.m. at the Cathedral Basilica.

R-K Junior Selected for Youth Leadership St. Louis

Junior Alexis Cross ('13) is one of six area Girl Scouts chosen to participate in the Youth Leadership St. Louis program. Alexis will join over 100 other St. Louis area students in a series of twelve meetings over the next six months, in a program that emphasizes how leaders and community members work together.

Georgia Kaye, c/o 2013, Chosen for Missouri Scholars Academy
Georgia Kaye was chosen to participate in the Missouri Scholars Academy. The Missouri Scholars Academy is a three-week academic program for 330 of Missouri's gifted students who will begin their junior year of high school. Congratulations, Georgia! For more information, click here.

Laura Cline, c/o 2012, Receives Distinguished Achievement Award for Excellence in Science

Future scientists, engineers and doctors were honored last week by the University of Missouri-St. Louis' College of Arts and Sciences. Thirty-six St. Louis-area high school juniors received a Distinguished Achievement Award for Excellence in Science at the inaugural ceremony held March 2 in the Millennium Student Center on campus.

Students, their parents and teachers were treated to dinner, a performance by the Dickson String Quartet and various speakers prior to receiving their awards.

"Accomplishments in the STEM disciplines represent an essential component for America's future," said Ron Yasbin, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. "As a nation we need to nurture and support those students who will be the leaders in advancing our knowledge of those disciplines. By honoring students who have demonstrated truly outstanding capabilities in the sciences we are helping to reinforce the importance of these areas of study and research."

STEM refers to the areas of science, technology, engineering and math.

7th Grade Basketball Tournament

Congratulations to Holy Infant, the winner of the 11th annual R-K Tournament of Champions! A big thank you to all who participated – this year was one of the best tournaments yet! There was a high level of competition and it was a pleasure to host all of the players, coaches, refs, and families. The other teams who participated were:

Immaculate Conception – Dardenne

Immaculate Heart of Mary

Mary Queen of Peace

Queen of All Saints

St. Gabriel

St. Joseph – Imperial

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque

$2,552 Raised for Haiti!

Mission Week 2011 was a great success! Over $2,552 was raised for the Hopital Sacre Couer in Port au Prince, Haiti. Here is the approximate breakdown of funds raised.

$662 was raised by selling Mission Week 2011 yoga pants

$75 from Mr. Kasten cake raffles and Shamrocks

$132 from the spring break dress down day (students and faculty dressed like they would on spring break)

$138 from the Over Seas Mission Club bake sale at lunch

$1,552 from the Penny Wars challenge

Great job, ladies!

R-K Senior Featured on Cover of St. Louis Magazine!

Congrats to R-K senior Bernadette Wharton, who is featured on the cover of the March 2011 issue of St. Louis Magazine! This issue includes the school profile section, including Rosati-Kain. To purchase the March 2011 issue, and for stories from the magazine, click here.

And the Winner of the Disney Raffle Is...

Jim and Beth Zak! Congratulations, guys! Jim and Beth will be spending a week in Orlando, Florida with their lucky guests and four Disney Parkhopper passes.

Marjorie Failoni, c/o '04, is back in St. Louis

Marjorie Failoni, an R-K graduate from the class of 2004, is back in St. Louis working as the swing/dance captain and associate choreographer with '9 to 5: The Musical'.

To read more about Marjorie (and to see a shout-out about R-K!) click here to see the whole story on The Telegraph's website.

OSM Contributions & Christmas Stockings

The students, faculty, and staff of R-K raised $2,469 for their "sisters" living in Akwanga, Nigeria, Africa. These funds were raised through sharing awareness of the needs of other young women such as themselves, enthusiastic design and sales of clothing, and donations from the Christmas concerts. An additional $750 of raised funds is being donated to St. Patrick's Center, to aid the homeless in St. Louis.

As a Christmas project this school year, students received socks to stuff for the needy. Advisories were assigned to bring goods for the stockings, and on December 8th, students stuffed the socks. Over 350 socks were donated to Doorways, Our Lady's Inn, and the Carondalet Betterment Society. Items in the stockings were things like onesies, soap, toothpaste, hand sanitizer, games, and other small gifts.

Congratulations to Nia Tabb, '14!

Nia Tabb, a freshman at Rosati-Kain, has been selected to participate in the 2010-2011 Saturday Academy Program at University of Missouri - St. Louis! The Saturday Academy Program provides high school students with stimulating educational experiences that build strong academic proficiency essential to collegiate success. Students are also exposed to strategies that will enhance writing skills, effective communication skills, college-career exploration, and ACT preparation.

Congratulations, Nia!

2010 Christmas Premiere & Concert

On December 10th and 11th, R-K students, families and friends gathered for the Christmas Premiere and Concert.

Students sang and played songs like “The Carol of the Bells”, “Ave Maria”, “Frosty the Snowman”, and “Sing a Joyful Song”.

Georgia Kaye's ('13) Artwork Chosen for Barnes-Jewish Hospital Christmas Card

Georgia Kaye, R-K class of 2013, has created a greeting card of penguins on candy cane ice skates that has been chosen to grace the covers of the Barnes Jewish Hospital Christmas cards!

Barnes Jewish Hospital will be printing 200+ holiday cards. Guests wrote messages on the back of the cards that she designed and will attach it to a seedling tree, which will be donated to patients at Barnes Jewish Hospital.

Georgia was present at the Holiday on the Plaza event to introduce her card's design. Congratulations, Georgia!

Bernadette Wharton ('11) Honored As Future Leader

Bernadette Wharton, class of 2011, was honored at the YWCA Academy of Leaders Luncheon on December 2nd. She is one of five honorees. Bernadette is being recognized not only for her many achievements, but also for her potential as a leader.

This is the largest annual fundraiser for the YWCA, and is usually attended by over 1,200 people. Congratulations, Bernadette!

Bernadette is also the recipient of the Martin Luther King Jr. Model of Justice award, which is sponsored by the St. Charles Lwanga center. One senior in each of the Catholic high schools in the St. Louis area receives this award each year.

Bernadette will receive her award at a mass celebrated by Archbishop Carlson at the Cathedral Basilica on Sunday, January 16th.

Giving Garden Installation

The Rosati-Kain Giving Garden installation is currently underway! Additional bricks are being placed into the garden.

Check out the pictures below. There will be a small gathering at R-K on Sunday, December 12th, for everyone that has been honored in the Giving Garden. For more information, please contact Development Director Cynthia Goudy at (314) 533-8513 ext. 216.

Ms. Nancy Hargis receives the Emerson Excellence in Teaching Award

Only 1 in 500 teachers in the Archdiocese of St. Louis can receive it any year. R-K is so proud of Ms. Hargis, and grateful to her for her (13!) years of service. Thank you for everything that you do, Ms. Hargis!

Photos from the "Big Time Rush" concert at Y98.com

See photos from the "Big Time Rush" concert at Y98.com! Rosati-Kain High School students won a national school spirit contest sponsored by Walgreens, and on October 28 the band visited R-K! Y98's Jen Myers introduced the group, and after the show a handful of lucky students got to meet the band! Check out photos from the show here!

Rosati-Kain "Big Time Rush" Concert on KSDK.com

Check out the "Big Time Rush" concert on ksdk.com! Rosati-Kain High School students won a national school spirit contest sponsored by Walgreens, and on October 28 the band visited R-K! Watch the video here!

R-K Service Club collects 446 LBS. of candy!

The Rosati-Kain Service Club collected 446 lbs. of Halloween candy to be donated to St. Matthew's Parish in North St. Louis City. St. Matthew's hold an annual Halloween Fun Fair for families in the parish, which provides a safe alternative to door-to-door trick-or-treating. The R-K Service Club is committed to helping students and faculty connect to volunteer opportunities in the St. Louis area.

R-K Faculty, staff members receive Archdiocesan Service Award

Three R-K staff members received the Cardinal Rigali Service Award from Archbishop Robert J. Carlson on Tuesday, September 21, 2010. Mrs. Bev Vierling, Mr. Barry O'Keeffe and Sr. Judith Schulte, CSJ were honored for their service to Rosati-Kain High School.

R-K Seniors are National Merit Semi-finalists

Rosati-Kain High School seniors Mary Ising ('11) and Bernadette Wharton ('11) have been named Semifinalists in the National Merit Scholarship Program. Both seniors continue in competition for Scholarship Awards.

The students at R-K were chosen out of more than 1.5 million students who took the 2009 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT®) Semifinalists represent less than one percent of the U.S. high school seniors.

Mary and Bernadette now have the chance to advance to the Finalist level to compete for one of 2,500 National Merit Scholarships; recipients of this scholarship will be announced in April 2011.

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