2009-2010 Annual Report - St. Mary's Central High School

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SMCHS Proudly Dedicates the 2009 - 2010 Annual Report to the “Music Man” William J. Schmidt Bill Schmidt, “Mr. Schmidt” to most, lost his battle with cancer April 10, 2010, at age 58. Mr. Schmidt was the director of instrumental music at St. Mary’s Central High School, a position he held since 1974. In addition to his responsibilities as department chair, he directed the Wind Orchestra, Pep Band and the “Marching Saints.” His talents did not stop there. He served as a guest conductor at the International Music Camp since 1987. Mr. Schmidt was the Auditions and Finance Manager for the North Dakota All-State Band, Choirs, Orchestra, Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Choir, and directed the Bismarck-Mandan Wind Ensemble. Mr. Schmidt was the recipient of many awards during his profession. In 1989, the Bismarck Chamber of Commerce selected him to receive the “Crystal Apple Award” for Excellence in Education – Teacher of the Year. He also the received the “1990 Catholic High School Educator of the Year Award,” the “Citation of Excellence” award from the National Band Association, and was inducted into the John Philip Sousa Foundation “Legion of Honor” at the Midwest International Band and Orchestra Clinic in December 1998. Mr. Schmidt was named a Fulbright Scholar. Bands under his direction were selected to perform for the North Dakota Music Educators Association conference in 1992, 1999 and 2006. SMCHS Wind Orchestra was also selected and performed for the North Central MENC conference in Lincoln, Nebraska, in 2006. In March 2010, the North Dakota Music Educators Association presented Bill with their Educator of the Year award. Mr. Schmidt will be remembered as the music man who taught many students using his unique method of teaching and mentoring. Inspired by his motivation, dedication, strict discipline, students gained a sense of pride in knowing they excelled beyond their expectations. Mr. Schmidt lived by his favorite mottos: “When you work, work hard; when you play, play hard; and when you pray, pray hard,” and his most famous quote, “Early is on time and on time is late.” Although his time on this earth was short, his words, memories and spirit will live on in the hearts of the students and the halls of St. Mary’s Central High School forever. Mr. Schmidt, the Marching Saints are still “waking them up”! Page 2
Dear Friends, Alumni, and Benefactors of St. Mary’s Central High School: I am very pleased that our 7th Annual Report has been published to give everyone a review of what happened during the 2009-10 fiscal year. I would like to thank everyone who was so generous in gifts of time, talent and treasure to St. Mary’s Central High School. We could not operate without the generosity of so many. A gift received last spring allowed us to reduce our debt, and make many improvements around our building. We are fortunate at St. Mary’s Central High School to have the leadership and support of Bishop Paul Zipfel, our five sponsoring parishes and their pastors, our lay board members, committee members, and an exceptional staff. Our teaching staff continues to challenge our students each day to help them prepare for life after SMCHS. This past year, the entire St. Mary’s Central High School family was saddened when William J. Schmidt lost his battle with cancer. Mr. Schmidt was the instrumental music chairperson for over 30 years. We will never forget listening or watching the Saints Marching Band, the Pep Band, or the beautiful music of the Wind Orchestra. There have been several technological advances that have taken place at St. Mary’s Central High School over the past few years. We have also purchased Promethean Active Boards for several of our classrooms and are currently working on securing the funding to have a Promethean Active Board in every classroom. Thank you to those who have donated funds for the technology improvements at SMCHS. We want to assure our benefactors that we are doing everything possible to maximize your gifts each year. Once again, this year we made arrangements to an Agreed Upon Procedures Review with Brady Martz, instead of an audit. They reviewed our Balance Sheet and Verified balances so that we would be able to do an unqualified audit in the future. Our comprehensive testing and ACT test scores demonstrate the academic success of our students. SMCHS students consistently score higher than their public school counterparts each year in both tests. In addition, their involvement in community activities is an inspiration to all of us. Our school community strives to live our Mission Statement. “The Mission of St. Mary’s Central High School is to provide an opportunity for its community to grow spiritually, academically, and socially in a Christ-centered environment based on Catholic tradition.” Thank you to everyone in the St. Mary’s Central High School community. May God bless all of you. Please keep our school in your prayers each and every day. Yours respectfully, John Jankowski Superintendent Page 3
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