Rosati-Kain High School Blog

Congratulations to Emily Nelson ’14 for completing the Mini-Medical School program of Washington University in St. Louis.

The Mini-Medical School was founded in 1999 and its sessions include students ages 15 and up. Students cover a wide variety of medicine and participate in hands-on activities and tours.

Members of the R-K Service Club volunteered to paint fences at the Renaissance Rescue Ranch in Farmington, Mo. on Sunday, May 19, 2013. The ranch is home to more than 60 retired thoroughbred horses that were injured or not fast enough in their racing careers.

Pictured from left are Kate Kiser ‘16, Katherine Poett ‘15, Franny Bruner ‘15, Kathleen Mohrmann ‘14, Meagan Burwell ‘14, Caroline Lipic ‘14, Caroline Macek ‘14, Elizabeth Laury ‘14 and Skylar Trankle ‘14.

Congratulations to Rachel Risenhoover ‘15, a first-place winner in the Serra Club of St. Louis’ 2013 essay contest.

Each year the Serra Club offers an essay contest designed to assist teachers in encouraging vocations.  The contest is open to sixth-grade and tenth-grade students in the Archdiocese of St. Louis.

Risenhoover submitted the top female essay among sophomores in the diocese.  Her work won $1,000 and an additional $250 for Rosati-Kain. More than 900 essays were submitted for 2013.

Congratulations to Maddie Emerson ‘14 for being selected to serve on the 2013-2014 Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis Student Board of Directors.  Emerson will meet bi-monthly at the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank in St. Louis to discuss issues related to personal finance and economics and listen to speakers on topics ranging from leadership development to career planning and progression.      

Yesterday, students in R-K’s Modern World History classes received a soldier’s perspective of the Vietnam War from guest speaker Ron Goodhart, who served in the United States Marine Corp. 

Mr. Goodhart has been presenting his program, TOE, or “Through Our Eyes,” to high school students in the St. Louis area for the past 10 years. He is the uncle of Lauren Beeman, ’14.

Congratulations to Ali Hall, ‘14, who has been named a 2013 Joyce Ivy Foundation Summer Scholar.

The Joyce Ivy Foundation was established to assist young women in their pursuit of higher education opportunities. As a non-profit organization, The Joyce Ivy Foundation is dedicated to the academic advancement of young women in the Midwest. The Foundation seeks to provide exposure, encouragement, counsel, financial assistance, and employment support to young women who have the academic, intellectual, and leadership potential to attend the nation’s most selective institutions of higher education.

R-K students enthusiastically cheered on the Cardinals as the SSM Cardinal Glennon Children’s Medical Center’s Homers for Health Game Ball Relay traveled past R-K on its way to Busch Stadium on April 8.

Ashley Haman, pictured center left, and Annie Garea, both from Cardinal Glennon, delivered treat bags to students as a thank you for supporting the relay and for having the biggest crowd turn-out.

Since 1911, Rosati-Kain High School has been a place for young women who want to be challenged and supported in faith and in their efforts to become their best selves. Charism Day was created to celebrate the Rosati-Kain school crest qualities of knowledge, humility, virtue and charity.  These qualities have been the hallmarks of the R-K education for many generations.

On April 19, 2013, students examined the ways the Charism values assist them while navigating a culture that is saturated with digital media. A day of reflection, Charism Day 2013, challenged students to use technology intelligently and appropriately as women of virtue.

R-K invited a panel of experts to share their experiences with digital media. Panel members included: Andrea Ramsey,’92, director of production for Live Events Momentum; Detective Bridgid Oldani of the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department; Charla Claypool, ’00, associate with Lewis Rice Fingersh; and Beth Zak, R-K parent.

After the panel discussion, students examined real life digital challenges while in small groups.  Each group identified a set of values, rooted in the R-K Charism, which would inform the ways they act, react, speak, and listen.

Charism Day concluded with every student signing a pledge of commitment to the Charism through a set of defined core value statements for technology use.

Congratulations to Rosati-Kain High School’s Maria Yamnitz ’13, recipient of the Archbishop John L. May Service Award. Yamnitz was one of 28 seniors from the Catholic high schools in the St. Louis Archdiocese to receive the award this year.

Yamnitz was presented her award during a special ceremony April 17, 2013, at Saint Louis University. The award, named for the late Archbishop John L. May, encourages youth to dedicate themselves to lives of service.

R-K cheered on the Cardinals’ Opening Day game ball as it traveled down Lindell on April 8, 2013.