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Many alumni may not be aware that a member of the Class of '84, Mike Konz, tragically and suddenly died 20 years ago. Many of his classmates are trying to honor his memory by establishing a scholarship fund.
What is significant about this memorial fund is that it translates something about Mike's background and work habits into a real existing possibility for a current Brophy student. Mike was actively involved while at Brophy, but from a family of very modest means. He put himself through college and attended law school at night.
A significant number of his friends are trying to make it possible for a current student in similar circumstances to attend Brophy. By the time June 2014 rolls around, which will be the 30th Reunion, the Class of '84 hopes to have raised $120,000 toward an endowed scholarship. While this will not pay for total tuition, it will generate interest income in sufficient amount to give partial tuition help.
If interested in contributing toward this endowment goal, click here.
The Brophy alumni community might profit from knowing some of the specifics of the Good Friday Service Project. It really was a splendid event with over 40 volunteers turning out to help. Quite a few were heard to say that a monthly event would help us fulfill our mission of service. What has been suggested, for instance, is volunteering to serve a monthly meal at St. Vincent de Paul. This institution feeds the homeless every meal of every day of every week, except for Friday night. Could we try service Friday night...once a month? It makes you wonder. I would ask the membership to speculate on a service project for the future that is practical, manageable, doable, even if it would be a stretch.
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See video footage and photos of our service with St. Vincent de Paul |
We continue to solicit applications for graduates to join our Alumni Service Corps at Brophy. Patterned on the long time successful, federally sponsored Peace Corps, these recent college graduates serve as teachers, mentors, bus drivers, coaches and as rock bottom effective role models. They live in community in a home furnished by and in the same neighborhood as Brophy. We are completing our first year of experience with this program at Brophy and we are determined to continue. Please contact Ted Skowron at tskowron@brophyprep.org for more information.
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ASC blogged about their first year, click the Wordpress logo to read more and then watch their video |
 The school is switching from Tablet PCs to IPads beginning with next year's freshmen class. A thorough analysis by the school has led it to conclude for the future that slate devices like the IPad will be at the center of educational technology. This change will only impact incoming freshmen, while the rest of the student body will continue to utilize the Tablet PC as the required device till they graduate and IPads will be phased in over three years.
Alumni often query the school about changes in the curriculum. I thought this latest adjustment by the school in the area of technology might prove informative to our graduates who wonder about the evolution of the current Brophy curriculum.
Brophy Crew participated in the LBI Long Beach Regatta the weekend of April 21st, with both Varsity men's doubles and quads making it out of their heats. Volleyball advanced to the State Finals this past weekend and lost their final match. Tennis recently captured its third State Championship title in four years on May 5th, beating Desert Mountain 5-1. Only a few hours later, Brophy Lacrosse defeated Chaparral for their fourth State Championship. Baseball will compete Tuesday night, May 15th for the State Championship against Chaparral. The Track Team finished a close second this past weekend in their attempt to repeat as State Champions. The annual prom was successfully celebrated in the Great Hall on Saturday April 28th with a night full of events hosted by the Brophy Student Council. For those who graduated forty years ago and who wonder about contemporary adolescent attire, dress for young women was recommended to be either floor length or tea length. And finally, for the thespians, the Very Potter Sequel was performed in the Black Box Theater the week of April 24th to a standing room only audience. Entrance requirement to the presentation was a canned food item. Thursday and Friday night, May 3rd and 4th, the Freshman and Honor Chorus, as well as the Brophy/XCP Orchestra and Honor Chorale gave an outstanding concert in the Chapel.
April 30, 1927 was the day that Mrs. Brophy donated 25 acres of land, and $250K to the Jesuits to start what she hoped would be a Catholic College in Phoenix.
- Scott Middlemist '87 just published his first novel, JIGSAW SOUL. The story follows a soldier's quest to recover the lost pieces of his soul in an epic that echoes both "Apocalypse Now" and The Odyssey.
From the book jacket:
"In a black ops unit, Arthur Logan calls bullets and bombs from the sky over Iraq. The corpses created by his lethal rain send ghosts after Arthur's soul, but he avoids their revenge until returning home.
Civilian life seems perfect, but the echoes of war slowly dissolve his sanity, and Arthur causes a disaster that kills hundreds of people.
While imprisoned for his actions, Arthur discovers his shattered soul is scattered between life and death in a slipstream called The Scale. On a quest for redemption, Arthur hunts for his soul in supernatural versions of San Francisco, New York, Camelot, Valhalla, and even into hell."
$9.99 Paperback; $1.99 Kindle Edition
- Alex Gantchev '04 makes a special campus visit. Photo Gallery
- Dan Cavanagh '69 has been elected President of the Green Valley / Sahuarita Chamber of Commerce.
- The Mesa Convention & Visitors Bureau (Mesa CVB), along with their Board of Directors has named Marc Garcia '91 President and Chief Executive Officer.
- Kai Staats '88 has teamed up with former Brophy teacher Dan Heim on a project called "iConji," a free alternative to text messaging based on pictographic symbols that provides a system for universal communication.
Learn more of their venture at Wikipedia.org
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