Curé Families,

We did it! It can’t be said enough, we want to thank you for your ongoing support for this wonderful school community. We could not offer such a rich education to our students without the continuing effort and support that you all give. Thank you for your support and dedication to our Catholic schools and to Cure’ of Ars.

Thank you to our amazing and talented group of staff for another amazing year in the books. Our staff literally give all of themselves, sacrificing time with their own families, to help make Cure’ the outstanding school that it is. We could just be like any other school in town, but our staff is what makes this school special and unique. Thank you Cure’ staff for making Cure’ a great place for kids!

I would also like to congratulate our 8^th graders on their graduation this week. We are excited to include the following pages to recognize their accomplishments and future endeavors. Congrats 8^th grade!

Hope you all have a wonderful and blessed summer.

Peace of Christ,

-Andrew Legler

In 1994 a family in the parish wanted to do something special for our teachers at Cure’ of Ars. They have long recognized the dedication, sacrifice and continuing contributions made by all the teachers in our school.

With the goal to foster excellence in education at Cure’ of Ars school, the McGurren family established the McGurren Family Endowment. Their objective is to recognize, reward and retain outstanding teachers at our school.

Each spring our teachers are given the opportunity to nominate a teacher they truly believes deserves this honor. In no particular order, this year’s nominees were: Angela Wright, Amanda Clayton, Tasha Porter, Jane Barreca, Liz Engelbert, Amanda Petrofsky, Rhiannon Mendez, and Jackie Buser. As you can see, we had a phenomenal group of staff to choose from!

A selection committee of several individuals including members of the McGurren family, Fr. Storey and multiple Principals from other Catholic schools meet to review the applications and make the difficult decision.

We are excited to announce that the recipient of the Cure’ Outstanding Teacher of the Year for 2021-2022 goes to 2^nd gr. Teacher Mrs. Porter!

Mrs. Porter is one of our veteran 2^nd grade teachers that has dedicated 27 years of service to Catholic Schools and is beloved by the entire school community of students and staff. Mrs. Porter’s has served a vital role as a 2^nd grade teacher at Cure’ for the last 5 years, helping our students receive the sacrament of their

1^st communion. Mrs. Porter has received a beautiful plague recognizing her accomplishment as Teacher of the Year as well as a monetary reward from the McGurren Family Endowment. Congratulations Mrs. Porter!

Today we bid farewell to our beloved music and CGS teacher, Mrs. Val Tankard. Val has been at Cure’ of Ars for 15 years and will soon be enjoying retirement! Val has been an integral part of our student’s music, art, and faith formation. Anyone who has had the pleasure of meeting Mrs. Tankard immediately knows her kind and gentle spirit and her love of our children. Our students and staff adore Mrs. Tankard and she will be deeply missed. We wish her all the happiness in the world during retirement. We love you Mrs. Tankard!

One thing is for certain: we’ve always known that we had some amazing nurses here at Cure’ in Shelly Carpenter and Angela Carney. When the pandemic began in 2020 however, we couldn’t have asked for a more highly qualified and professional team of nurses to serve on the frontlines of our Health & Safety Team at Cure’ of Ars. They put in countless hours every day assisting families with sick kids/family members, contact tracing everyone and their grandma, daily calls for the last 2 years with the JoCo Health Department, assisting with school protocols, handing out thousands of facemasks, and most important, doing it all with style and grace.

For all their efforts Shelly and Angela have been recognized by the JoCo Health Department for their “outstanding contributions and partnership in the COVI-19 pandemic response”.

Thank you Shelly and Angela!

Congratulations to our 6^th graders for completing their DARE Graduation ceremony on Wednesday! Our 6^th graders have had weekly visits with Officer Goff from the Leawood Police Department this year and were happy to celebrate with their classmates and parents.

We would like to extend a GREAT BIG THANK YOU to Ms. Mendez and Mrs. Wille for their hard work in creating an exceptional school yearbook for Cure’ of Ars this year! The pictures, design, layout, and attention to detail on every page looks fantastic!

Please note that due to a printing error on pgs. 43-44, there is a corrected inserted page.

If your child is in preschool and would like to purchase a yearbook ($15), please contact the school office during summer hours: Monday-Thursday 9am-12pm, closed on Fridays.

8^th Grade Awards & Scholarships

The President's Award for Educational Excellence (the Gold Seal) recognizes academic success by students having a 3.5 GPA or better through 6^th, 7^th and 8^th grade, AND, scoring in the 90^th percentile on a nationally normed reading OR math test.

Curé-Musetta Thompson Outstanding Scholar:

 Curé-Spirit and Leadership Award:

Curé-Father Kelly Award: 

Former staff member Bea Redondo’s presence will forever be felt at Cure’ of Ars Catholic school. New for the 20-21 graduating class, Fr. Storey and the school have pledged to dedicate two scholarships each year to a graduating 8^th grade boy and girl. This scholarship will recognize both the outstanding academic standing and faith-filled presence of two 8^th grade students each year. There will be additional attributes for those that receive this scholarship must possess; to many students and staff Bea Redondo was famously known for her fiery compassion to help others. Mrs. Redondo was also notorious for her unshakeable faith. The Bea Redondo Scholarship will be awarded to two students each year who display these characteristics. Each student will receive a commemorative plaque and scholarship money to use towards their Catholic High School tuition.

Knights of Columbus will award this to one 8^th gr. student who shows personal characteristics and behaviors exemplifying Christian beliefs (kind, humble, caring, spiritual) in their daily lives. The students will be required to submit an essay to the Knights of Columbus along with a teacher recommendation. This money will go towards their Catholic high school education.

·       Bishop Miege

o  Mary Ann Lucas Pastor Scholarship: Paola Espino and Luke Nelson

o  Pastor Scholarship: Nick Barreca

o  Merit Scholarship to Bishop Meige for HSPT: Allison Lynn

·       Rockhurst

o  Ignation Scholarship: George Besch, Will Robertson

·       St. James

o  Christian Stewardship Scholarship: Sam Fisher

o  Principal’s Award: Josh Arnold

·       Notre Dame de Sion

o  Rooted in Sion Scholarship: Maeve Riley

o  HSPT Scholarship: Morgan Michaelis, Julie Danda

·       St. Teresa’s

o  Merit Scholarship for HSPT: Josie Cooper

The Presidential Volunteer Service Award is issued by the President’ Council on Service and Civic Participation on behalf of the President of the United States to recognize the best in their American spirit, and to encourage all Americans to improve their communities through volunteer service and civic participation. As a certified organization, Cure’ of Ars Catholic School verifies service hours and recognizes outstanding 7^th and 8^th graders who have completed 50 or more hours of service during the past year. Considering we just completed another school year of COVID-19 and had many hurdles to jump over to complete these volunteer hours, these students deserve a huge round of applause!

Bronze, for 50-74 hours of service:

7^th grade

Simon Stverak             53

Bridget Ammeen          50.5

Taylor Ernest               50.5

Henry Hahn                  53

Josephine Schloegel      54

8^th grade

Nathan Cucar                 52.5

Maura Maher                  51

Elise Moore                    50

Sam Fisher                     66.75

Abby Fitzgerald              55

Tyler Owens                   55

Janice Palmer                57.5

Mary Jane Fleming        70

Brendan Klein                50

Connor Marshall           52

Will Robertson              64

Haley Wilson                 50.5

Silver, for 75-99 hours of service:

7^th grade

Karoline Koc                   82

8^th grade

Ashley Myers                  80

Gold, for 100+ hours of service:

7^th grade

Olivia Chladek                114

Molly Killeen                   130.5

8^th grade

Brennan Murphy             100.75

Maeve Riley                    101.5

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A sincere thank you to all parents for a great 2021-22 school year. PTO events felt a little more normal this year! PTO had fun planning events and we appreciate all our current and past members' commitment and enthusiasm. We could not have done any of it however without our current president Laura Matin. Thanks Laura for all your hard work, dedication and always showing up with a smile and open mind.

Thanks Sarah Sullivan for planning the Dolce Cookie PTO fundraiser. It was a huge success with almost 100 kits ordered! They were so yummy and kids loved decorating them.

Use this LINK to order now. 

Thanks Anne George for coordinating with EPI this year so we have this great option available for purchasing school supplies!

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