Millwrite, 41(2), 2010
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25 Days Until Xmas Break
Leo Hyland Named New President
by Angel Franklin, Millwrite Staff
We have finally found someone to fill the void here since Mr. Ertle our former president left. Welcome our new school President, Mr. Leo Hyland. He has been here for five weeks already and I had to know more about him. As I walked in his office, he was sitting at his desk with his back towards me. I knocked and he turned around with a huge welcoming smile. He gestured me to sit and the interview began. I asked him what the difference between a president and a principal was. He responded with a smile. He said “they are two separate positions. A president is responsible over the schools external affairs. A principal however takes care of everything that has to do with things inside of the school.” He feels it’s a shared leadership. Fifty percent of all Catholic schools have this model. With the change I wanted to know how he was going to keep the school financially grounded. He replied that “his current operations were budget approvals and states funds and finding private sources.” He says new field is a symbol of ten years’ worth of effort and support from the school, city, diocese and private donors. He came from Notre Dame Cathedral. He started there in 2003 and said his farewells this year. He had a lot of exposure to Central though the years because of Sister Allison whom he has known for twelve years and he fully trusts. He also had exposure from his brother Mr. Marty Hyland, a former English teacher at CCC. Mr. Hyland had to start somewhere, right? As a young child he attended St. Gregory’s. Then for high school he went to Cathedral Latin. He got his undergrad degree at Ohio State then went on to get his Masters at Case. At home he has a wife named Beth. She’s been a social worker for twenty- five years. He has two kids, Brendan who attended NDCL and is now a college student in Baltimore, and another son named Jack who is a freshman at NDCL as well. His outlook for Central seems optimistic and we are all glad to welcome him to our Cleveland Central Catholic family.
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that the key to our success would be more revenue. He is also developing a strategic plan which is schedules to be ready by August of next school year. A twenty- five person team will work to produce a marketing plan. He seemed very confident with what his plans were and that was a comforting thing. He feels that Central is on the “verge of breaking out” meaning that more people are becoming aware of the school’s presence in this community. He says the-
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Open House, Winter Sports Preview and Senior Fashion Show Keep CCC Creative in Mind and Spirit
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Newsmaker Interview:
by Jacob Artino, Millwrite Staff
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Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Sr. Julie Bruss, SND
here as Dean of Students? A. Her job here at Centralwas to try and create a positive environment to prepare students for adulthood. Q. What are your goals for the students? A. Her goals for student life are to make this an environment conducive to learning; o promote teaching there for 6 years. Q. What made you decide to the right relationships between students and teachers; to promote take the job here at Central? A. She liked what she saw the core values that mark CCCHS and she felt that she could make (commitment, courage, creativity, contributions to make this school hope, and service.); and to challenge students to take full responsibility better. Q. How do you see your job for their actions and choices. standing proud. I remember hearing about Johanna on the news. If I am not mistaken, I was in sixth or seventh grade. I really did not know what was going on at first, but I remember by Lauren Morales, seeing a really pretty teenage girl Millwrite Staff fighting for her life. When I saw Johanna myself here in person, I courage, enthusiasm, and a smile, still saw that girl who fought for her life, but the power and strength told us her story. While Johanna was speaking, that she had just over powered her I could hear the power in her voice, pain. It kind of just made it poof, along with the pain. This young disappear. woman had been through more than SEE Demand Something Better you can imagine, and she is still Page 2
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Editors Mauricia Eggleton ‘11 Jonathan Sliman ‘11 Alysha Caraballo ‘11 Photographer Allen Clark Reporters Lauren Morales Angel Franklin Cornelius Bogard Mark Walsh-Frazier Jacob Artino Jenny Oelschlager Shelby Roberts Angel Poole Samantha Mullinax Faculty Adviser Mr. Ronald Gilak ‘12 ‘11 ‘13 ‘11 ‘12 ‘14 ‘14 ‘12 ‘13
Sister Julie Bruss has been a sister of Notre Dame for 37 years. During her time as a sister she has done many things. One was being a high school teacher. She taught math, theology, and French. She has alos been a secretary, an assistant administrator, and a dean of students. She also has done clinical work helping with psychological problems and addiction rehab for 15 years. I asked if she has been anywhere out of Ohio and she said she lived in Sarasota Florida
Johanna Orozco is nothing like your typical young woman. She has a story. A crazy, sad, somewhat miraculous story. Jo is like a walking miracle. On November 3, 2010 Johanna’s story not only touched mine, but many hearts. She stood in front of our school, and with
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Editorial Policy: The Millwrite is published by the students of Cleveland Central Catholic High School 6550 Baxter Ave. Cleveland, Ohio 44105. Submissions of all types are welcomed from all members of the Central Catholic community. The Millwrite staff reserves the right to deny publication of any submission that does not conform to our acceptable standards. Opinions expressed are those of their respective authors and do not represent the views of the newspaper staff, Cleveland Central Catholic High School, or the Diocese of Cleveland. Submissions may be made to the moderator, Mr. Ronald Gilak([email protected]) or any member of the Millwrite Staff.
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I, myself have not been in an abusive relationship, but someone very close to me has been. It caused me a lot of pain to see her hurt, but I know she was in way more pain. Luckily over time she got herself out of the situation before it escalated. Only God knows what could have happened. I truly believe that nobody deserves to go through anything that has to do with any type of domestic violence in any relationship. Anyone going through anything like that needs to understand that there is always a way out. Love is not violence and violence is not love. It is out of anger, and should not be used to control someone. There is always something better.
Affected in the Deepest Way
By Mark Walsh-Frazier and Millwrite Staff
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Soph Service Retreats
By Samantha Mullenax, Millwrite Staff On October 26th and 28th, the sophomore class went on their annual retreat. In case you didn’t know, the sophomore retreat is a service retreat. They spend the day devoting themselves to service to others. This year they went to a variety places, including Marymount Place, the West Side Catholic Center, The Food Bank, The Refugee Center, and many other places around the Cleveland area. It was a great chance for us as students to give back to our community which does so much for us. For many sophomores this experience was a positive one. It was described as powerful or moving. A great deal of the students who had gone to this retreat gained as much out of it as they put into it. Many of students learned to value a lot more what they already have. “By seeing how little these people had, it really made me appreciate what I have even more”, noted Mike McKenzie ‘13 who had gone to the West Side Catholic Center where they spent the day sorting clothes for the needy. “It gave me a sense of self-satisfaction knowing that I did something good, ” said Madison
On November 3, 2010 the classes at CCC had the opportunity and the privilege of meeting with and talking to Johanna Orozco. The reason for Johanna visiting our school was to discuss domestic violence and the importance of a good honest relationship. While at the assembly Johanna told us the tragic story of an abusive relationship that she had and how it nearly killed her. After asking several students and teachers I found out how meeting this young woman and hearing her story has affected our school community. One of the first people I spoke to was Junior Thomas Foster. Tom said that the story Johanna told was good for every student to hear and that it sends a good message. He concluded by saying about Johanna, “She’s a warrior, anybody that can go through that has got to be a warrior.” I asked Ms. Bednarchik her thoughts about the assembly, and she told me, “It’s something every high school student should hear.” I learned that everyone can get something from this story. I asked
Skerkavich ‘13. Unfortunately, with any experience, there is always a negative side. Some students weren’t lucky enough to get such a positive outcome. Many of the sophomores, who went to Marymount Place the first day for example, were disappointed. They had expected a lot more to do but were instead abandoned by the Marymount supervisor by 11:30. Or for example the kids who went to University Settlement where fire damage limited their opportunity Even though it wasn’t what they expected, many still realized that they have to make the most of situations. Several felt that it also brought them closer together as a class, whether the experience was good or bad. So overall the Sophomore retreat was a great success, with most everyone getting at least one thing or another out of it.
Survivor and Advocate, Johanna Orozco spoke with all CCC students in an event sponsored by the Guidance Department.
around twenty students what they thought and I got a wide range of answers but in the end one quote seemed to sum up what most students thought about this experience. “It was an amazing story that had the ability to affect you in the deepest way.” Having the Domestic Violence Organization come to our school has got to be one of the best programs that our school has set up for us. Hearing the tragic story of Johanna and information on healthy relationships was sure to open the eyes and ears and make us value life more. If you would like to hear Johanna’s story just go to Cleveland.com and you can read and hear about the battle that this young woman had to face and how she is recuperating along with the doctors plans to ensure a successful recovery. Cleveland.com also gives you a slide show on how the doctors are planning to restore what was lost and the battle that Johanna and her family and friends had to face when one of the key people in their lives was near destruction and the victorious feeling of sending the person away that put her there.
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Homecoming 2010:
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Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Cleveland Central Catholic, but to the other muni teams out there such as the Broadway Comanches.” “A dream come true” says After talking with past Ms. Marie Kittredge, executive di- Cleveland Central Catholic coach rector, after speaking with me at the Jerry Fasko he had mentioned that stadium dedication. She says that “It the neighborhood used to call them may have taken 10 years to finally the “Baxter Road Boys” when he Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson shown get it accomplished but it was worth coached back in the 1980’s and that here with Retired Bishop Anthony Pilla.
long time advocate for CCC.
Ben S. Stefanski II Stadium Dedication
by Angel Poole, Millwrite Staff
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Marie Kittredge of the Slavic Village Sr. Allison Marie, Cong. Dennis KuDevelopment Corp. cinich and the Stefanski Family.
it in the end. The Slavic Village area needed something that’s ours, something like the Ben S. Stefanski stadium. The new stadium can be useful in so many ways. Not just to
now we have this field they can really live up to that name here. Many people attended the Stadium Dedication on September 21, 2010 to support the ribbon cutting ceremony. The man that seemed to be most excited and pleased was current 2010-11 head football coach, Mr. John Lundy. “I am so overwhelmed, waited forever for a field for CCC… 40 years. We intend to make you proud by a lot of victories and more than anything to defend our home field as well as possible,” said Coach Lundy.
Alumnus John Peca joins Former Coach Jerry Fasko
Bishop Richard Lennon delivered the blessing for the new stadium.
Varsity Football Coach John Lundy
The dedication concluded with a ribbon cutting shared by representatives of CCC, the City of Cleveland, the Browns and the Slavic Village community.
Marc Stefanski reads the words from the commemorative plaque which officially names the stadium after his brothet Ben S. Stefanski II.
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The Millwrite
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
New to CCC in2010
Mr. John Schweikert
by Jacob Artino, Millwrite Staff
Mr. Schweikert has been teaching for about twenty years: at South Bend(Indiana) St. Joe’s for nine years and at Regina High School for eleven years until Regina shut down last spring. I found out that Mr. Schweikert didn’t always teach Physical Education. He was more into business. When he first started teaching his other classes were business education, business math, keyboarding, accounting, and other related classes. He also used to coach at South Bend St. Joe’s. He coached softball, baseball, football, even golf, and he’s looking forward to coaching here at CCC. When asked about his first impressions about our school, he said “That is was very welcoming and has a good environment.” He likes a small school because everyone is a family and he’s glad to be a part of it. He loves what he does and can’t wait for other ways to be involved here. You can find Mr. Schweikert in the weight room and if you’re a softball player you will see him in the spring because he will be helping coach the Lady Ironmen.
by Lauren Morales, Millwrite Staff Miss Dennstedt is just one of the new faculty members at Cleveland Central Catholic. I got to interview Miss D. Miss Dennestedt is cooler than ya think! A brief bio about Miss D: She graduated from Ohio State University . “Go Buckeyes!” Miss D. has done directing of plays, and she is really interested in musical theatre. She loves to see movies. Miss D. also has two dogs. I asked Miss D. what her views were on discipline. She says that she feels its necessary. She says “it shouldn’t be a personal attack.” Miss D. also feels that if discipline should remind us of what is expected of us. “It is always a work in progress.” Miss D. also teaches college classes at Tri-C. She teaches
Ms. Shelby Dennstedt
English and College Composition. She has also taught remedial English and two college Composition classes. College composition is a class that sort of “prepares” you for college English.
I asked Miss D. what her first impression of CCC was. She says that our school has “a core pride that resonates between students and staff.” She also thinks that our school is very energetic and welcoming. Miss D. says that she decided to work here because she likes to be in
an “urban environment.” She says that she “appreciates the Catholic values, and how the departments are small, and work together.” I asked Miss D. what made her want to be a teacher. She says “I have always been a part of teaching.” Miss D. used to be a counselor at music and theater camps. She also was a volleyball coach, and she tutored students fourth through eighth grade. She says that we high school students are “fresh” and “keep her on her toes.” Miss D. says that she decided to teach English class because she likes discussion and “it’s a way to learn from one each other.” She says that she likes that “AHA!” moment, where students can see their power through words. Miss D. says that the most important thing about teaching is the students. She feels that it isn’t her job to create “cookie cutter students” but to “help students read the world, and with that, you can do anything.”
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Drama Club Plans to Be Bigger, Badder This Season
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member. With plans to raise money, advertise and recruit new faces and talent into the club, every week is The Cleveland Central a step closer to what members hope Catholic Drama Club brought a will be a “phenomenal” performance new production to the school last for the school. year (Big Bad) and was considered “I just want to make sure a success. Drama Club is a respected group with Drama Club provided great talent,” said Vice President a “Haunted Classroom” for the Yasiara Arroyo. She said that just Homecoming Festival, and while like any team or club tries to do, planning a new play to perform, students learns from each other and Drama Club also nominated students works off the others’ energy. This to take over as leaders. After each high spirited group has big goals nominee gave speeches to the club and plans on meeting them all. with their goals and interests, the club voted Joy Hopkins as treasurer, Sophia Higginbottom as secretary, Yasiara Arroyo as Vice President, and Alysha Caraballo as the President. The new ideas and interests of the by Shelby Roberts, club consist of fundraising, gaining Millwrite Staff a stage presence, new club members, A recent edition to CCC, and an entertaining production at this past year, was a garden (located the end of this year. Each practice across the street from the Ironman there’s new activities that help Center). With this garden came a each member grow closer with the club to care for it. Run by Mr. Traud, others. The exercises work in talent this club teaches students how to not building and keep each meeting only care for plants, but how to work interesting. “Every week, I look together, improve social skills, and forward to the next Drama Club test their patience. This past summer meeting. Everything’s so much and fall, this garden boasted fruits more fun now.” said Jessica Massa, a and vegetables such as: broccoli, carrots, cauliflower, lettuce, okra, Kentucky pole beans—beans that grow upwards—strawberries, sweet and spicy peppers, tomatoes, and zucchini. All of the food produced is distributed to the students, and if there is any left over, to the community. New members are always welcomed. Please contact In last year’s production of Big Bad, Yasi ArMr. Traud for any other additional royo ‘11 as Evil Stepmother is not thrilled with information. her client Big Bad Wolf (Josh Hermann ‘11).
by Alysha Caraballo, Millwrite Staff
Bridges Program Sends Juniors to Mount Union
by Jacob Artino, Millwrite Staff Ever since we were freshman the Bridges Program has been helping us choose a college to attend, what majors we would like to look into, and help us to figure out where we want to be as adults. Well they certainly have my attention. As a next step in this program, a group of Juniors visited Mount Union University. Mount Union is located in Alliance Ohio just south of Canton Ohio. Their campus is 115 acres and is complimented by a 131 acre nature center. They have 80 total majors and minors. Their classes are small with a student to teacher ratio of 14:1 and the average class size is about 19. Although they have a great academic school, they are known for sports as well but don’t offer any scholarships for them. If you choose to play sports you have to be a student athlete and that’s just what you are.
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Mr. Traud’s Urban Garden
During our tour we saw the library, the gymnasium, the stadium, their cafeteria, their dorm rooms, and their very own movie theatre. All of these attributes really surprised all the students who went there.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Fall Sports Wrap Up
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Fall sports here at CCC( Football, Cross Country, and Volleyball) have recently concluded With ups and downs in each sport, each program showed the heart of an Ironman with male and female athletes giving their all throughout the season. The football season started with success as they won their first game at Columbia. Then they suffered a loss to Division 3 Field High School. They bounced back winning five straight against Brooklyn, Gilmore, Benedictine, Villa Angela- St. Joseph, and Chanel. After having won five straight, they had a chance to make the OHSAA playoffs by beating either Elyria Catholic or Lake Catholic. Unfortunately, both games ended in losses, leaving the team with a 6 and 4 record and frustrations about not being able to get into the playoffs during their first year in the new stadium. I interviewed Darius Richards, senior starting quarterback to get his thoughts on his final season here at CCC. He said, “We had had some ups and downs, but I love this program and wish them nothing but success in the future.” His memorable moment of the season was “…the Benedictine game, it was third and thirteen and we needed a big play. I stepped up and made a big run that set up a touchdown pass to Marcel Caver that gave us the lead and put us over the top.” I asked him what he would miss most about playing here at CCC and what he hoped in the future for CCC. He replied by saying: “I’ll miss playing with the team, period. And I hope the program will improve and get bigger.” Listed below are some this season’s outstanding athletes and award winners.
FOOTBALL
Varsity Len Janiak Deonte Kelso ‘11 JV Len Janiak Tavion Pauldo ‘14 Marcus Steele Award E’Shawn Dixson ‘11 *NCL First Team Marcel Caver ‘11 E’Shawn Dixson ‘11 Jamel Townsend ‘11 Jeremy Whitlow ‘11 *NCL Second Team D. Caldwell-Ragland ‘11 Khairi Dickson ‘12 Darius Richard ‘11 *NCL = North Coast League
Varsity Len Janiak Michael King
Cross Country
Cheerleaders
Varsity Len Janiak Tyesha King ‘12
Volleyball
Len Janiak Award Paige Massey Chelsea Merced
Leo Hyland Named New President
by Angel Franklin, Millwrite Staff
We have finally found someone to fill the void here since Mr. Ertle our former president left. Welcome our new school President, Mr. Leo Hyland. He has been here for five weeks already and I had to know more about him. As I walked in his office, he was sitting at his desk with his back towards me. I knocked and he turned around with a huge welcoming smile. He gestured me to sit and the interview began. I asked him what the difference between a president and a principal was. He responded with a smile. He said “they are two separate positions. A president is responsible over the schools external affairs. A principal however takes care of everything that has to do with things inside of the school.” He feels it’s a shared leadership. Fifty percent of all Catholic schools have this model. With the change I wanted to know how he was going to keep the school financially grounded. He replied that “his current operations were budget approvals and states funds and finding private sources.” He says new field is a symbol of ten years’ worth of effort and support from the school, city, diocese and private donors. He came from Notre Dame Cathedral. He started there in 2003 and said his farewells this year. He had a lot of exposure to Central though the years because of Sister Allison whom he has known for twelve years and he fully trusts. He also had exposure from his brother Mr. Marty Hyland, a former English teacher at CCC. Mr. Hyland had to start somewhere, right? As a young child he attended St. Gregory’s. Then for high school he went to Cathedral Latin. He got his undergrad degree at Ohio State then went on to get his Masters at Case. At home he has a wife named Beth. She’s been a social worker for twenty- five years. He has two kids, Brendan who attended NDCL and is now a college student in Baltimore, and another son named Jack who is a freshman at NDCL as well. His outlook for Central seems optimistic and we are all glad to welcome him to our Cleveland Central Catholic family.
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that the key to our success would be more revenue. He is also developing a strategic plan which is schedules to be ready by August of next school year. A twenty- five person team will work to produce a marketing plan. He seemed very confident with what his plans were and that was a comforting thing. He feels that Central is on the “verge of breaking out” meaning that more people are becoming aware of the school’s presence in this community. He says the-
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Open House, Winter Sports Preview and Senior Fashion Show Keep CCC Creative in Mind and Spirit
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Newsmaker Interview:
by Jacob Artino, Millwrite Staff
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Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Sr. Julie Bruss, SND
here as Dean of Students? A. Her job here at Centralwas to try and create a positive environment to prepare students for adulthood. Q. What are your goals for the students? A. Her goals for student life are to make this an environment conducive to learning; o promote teaching there for 6 years. Q. What made you decide to the right relationships between students and teachers; to promote take the job here at Central? A. She liked what she saw the core values that mark CCCHS and she felt that she could make (commitment, courage, creativity, contributions to make this school hope, and service.); and to challenge students to take full responsibility better. Q. How do you see your job for their actions and choices. standing proud. I remember hearing about Johanna on the news. If I am not mistaken, I was in sixth or seventh grade. I really did not know what was going on at first, but I remember by Lauren Morales, seeing a really pretty teenage girl Millwrite Staff fighting for her life. When I saw Johanna myself here in person, I courage, enthusiasm, and a smile, still saw that girl who fought for her life, but the power and strength told us her story. While Johanna was speaking, that she had just over powered her I could hear the power in her voice, pain. It kind of just made it poof, along with the pain. This young disappear. woman had been through more than SEE Demand Something Better you can imagine, and she is still Page 2
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Editors Mauricia Eggleton ‘11 Jonathan Sliman ‘11 Alysha Caraballo ‘11 Photographer Allen Clark Reporters Lauren Morales Angel Franklin Cornelius Bogard Mark Walsh-Frazier Jacob Artino Jenny Oelschlager Shelby Roberts Angel Poole Samantha Mullinax Faculty Adviser Mr. Ronald Gilak ‘12 ‘11 ‘13 ‘11 ‘12 ‘14 ‘14 ‘12 ‘13
Sister Julie Bruss has been a sister of Notre Dame for 37 years. During her time as a sister she has done many things. One was being a high school teacher. She taught math, theology, and French. She has alos been a secretary, an assistant administrator, and a dean of students. She also has done clinical work helping with psychological problems and addiction rehab for 15 years. I asked if she has been anywhere out of Ohio and she said she lived in Sarasota Florida
Johanna Orozco is nothing like your typical young woman. She has a story. A crazy, sad, somewhat miraculous story. Jo is like a walking miracle. On November 3, 2010 Johanna’s story not only touched mine, but many hearts. She stood in front of our school, and with
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Editorial Policy: The Millwrite is published by the students of Cleveland Central Catholic High School 6550 Baxter Ave. Cleveland, Ohio 44105. Submissions of all types are welcomed from all members of the Central Catholic community. The Millwrite staff reserves the right to deny publication of any submission that does not conform to our acceptable standards. Opinions expressed are those of their respective authors and do not represent the views of the newspaper staff, Cleveland Central Catholic High School, or the Diocese of Cleveland. Submissions may be made to the moderator, Mr. Ronald Gilak([email protected]) or any member of the Millwrite Staff.
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I, myself have not been in an abusive relationship, but someone very close to me has been. It caused me a lot of pain to see her hurt, but I know she was in way more pain. Luckily over time she got herself out of the situation before it escalated. Only God knows what could have happened. I truly believe that nobody deserves to go through anything that has to do with any type of domestic violence in any relationship. Anyone going through anything like that needs to understand that there is always a way out. Love is not violence and violence is not love. It is out of anger, and should not be used to control someone. There is always something better.
Affected in the Deepest Way
By Mark Walsh-Frazier and Millwrite Staff
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Soph Service Retreats
By Samantha Mullenax, Millwrite Staff On October 26th and 28th, the sophomore class went on their annual retreat. In case you didn’t know, the sophomore retreat is a service retreat. They spend the day devoting themselves to service to others. This year they went to a variety places, including Marymount Place, the West Side Catholic Center, The Food Bank, The Refugee Center, and many other places around the Cleveland area. It was a great chance for us as students to give back to our community which does so much for us. For many sophomores this experience was a positive one. It was described as powerful or moving. A great deal of the students who had gone to this retreat gained as much out of it as they put into it. Many of students learned to value a lot more what they already have. “By seeing how little these people had, it really made me appreciate what I have even more”, noted Mike McKenzie ‘13 who had gone to the West Side Catholic Center where they spent the day sorting clothes for the needy. “It gave me a sense of self-satisfaction knowing that I did something good, ” said Madison
On November 3, 2010 the classes at CCC had the opportunity and the privilege of meeting with and talking to Johanna Orozco. The reason for Johanna visiting our school was to discuss domestic violence and the importance of a good honest relationship. While at the assembly Johanna told us the tragic story of an abusive relationship that she had and how it nearly killed her. After asking several students and teachers I found out how meeting this young woman and hearing her story has affected our school community. One of the first people I spoke to was Junior Thomas Foster. Tom said that the story Johanna told was good for every student to hear and that it sends a good message. He concluded by saying about Johanna, “She’s a warrior, anybody that can go through that has got to be a warrior.” I asked Ms. Bednarchik her thoughts about the assembly, and she told me, “It’s something every high school student should hear.” I learned that everyone can get something from this story. I asked
Skerkavich ‘13. Unfortunately, with any experience, there is always a negative side. Some students weren’t lucky enough to get such a positive outcome. Many of the sophomores, who went to Marymount Place the first day for example, were disappointed. They had expected a lot more to do but were instead abandoned by the Marymount supervisor by 11:30. Or for example the kids who went to University Settlement where fire damage limited their opportunity Even though it wasn’t what they expected, many still realized that they have to make the most of situations. Several felt that it also brought them closer together as a class, whether the experience was good or bad. So overall the Sophomore retreat was a great success, with most everyone getting at least one thing or another out of it.
Survivor and Advocate, Johanna Orozco spoke with all CCC students in an event sponsored by the Guidance Department.
around twenty students what they thought and I got a wide range of answers but in the end one quote seemed to sum up what most students thought about this experience. “It was an amazing story that had the ability to affect you in the deepest way.” Having the Domestic Violence Organization come to our school has got to be one of the best programs that our school has set up for us. Hearing the tragic story of Johanna and information on healthy relationships was sure to open the eyes and ears and make us value life more. If you would like to hear Johanna’s story just go to Cleveland.com and you can read and hear about the battle that this young woman had to face and how she is recuperating along with the doctors plans to ensure a successful recovery. Cleveland.com also gives you a slide show on how the doctors are planning to restore what was lost and the battle that Johanna and her family and friends had to face when one of the key people in their lives was near destruction and the victorious feeling of sending the person away that put her there.
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Homecoming 2010:
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RENAISANCE Discover Who You Are
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Cleveland Central Catholic, but to the other muni teams out there such as the Broadway Comanches.” “A dream come true” says After talking with past Ms. Marie Kittredge, executive di- Cleveland Central Catholic coach rector, after speaking with me at the Jerry Fasko he had mentioned that stadium dedication. She says that “It the neighborhood used to call them may have taken 10 years to finally the “Baxter Road Boys” when he Cleveland Mayor Frank Jackson shown get it accomplished but it was worth coached back in the 1980’s and that here with Retired Bishop Anthony Pilla.
long time advocate for CCC.
Ben S. Stefanski II Stadium Dedication
by Angel Poole, Millwrite Staff
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Marie Kittredge of the Slavic Village Sr. Allison Marie, Cong. Dennis KuDevelopment Corp. cinich and the Stefanski Family.
it in the end. The Slavic Village area needed something that’s ours, something like the Ben S. Stefanski stadium. The new stadium can be useful in so many ways. Not just to
now we have this field they can really live up to that name here. Many people attended the Stadium Dedication on September 21, 2010 to support the ribbon cutting ceremony. The man that seemed to be most excited and pleased was current 2010-11 head football coach, Mr. John Lundy. “I am so overwhelmed, waited forever for a field for CCC… 40 years. We intend to make you proud by a lot of victories and more than anything to defend our home field as well as possible,” said Coach Lundy.
Alumnus John Peca joins Former Coach Jerry Fasko
Bishop Richard Lennon delivered the blessing for the new stadium.
Varsity Football Coach John Lundy
The dedication concluded with a ribbon cutting shared by representatives of CCC, the City of Cleveland, the Browns and the Slavic Village community.
Marc Stefanski reads the words from the commemorative plaque which officially names the stadium after his brothet Ben S. Stefanski II.
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Tuesday, November 23, 2010
New to CCC in2010
Mr. John Schweikert
by Jacob Artino, Millwrite Staff
Mr. Schweikert has been teaching for about twenty years: at South Bend(Indiana) St. Joe’s for nine years and at Regina High School for eleven years until Regina shut down last spring. I found out that Mr. Schweikert didn’t always teach Physical Education. He was more into business. When he first started teaching his other classes were business education, business math, keyboarding, accounting, and other related classes. He also used to coach at South Bend St. Joe’s. He coached softball, baseball, football, even golf, and he’s looking forward to coaching here at CCC. When asked about his first impressions about our school, he said “That is was very welcoming and has a good environment.” He likes a small school because everyone is a family and he’s glad to be a part of it. He loves what he does and can’t wait for other ways to be involved here. You can find Mr. Schweikert in the weight room and if you’re a softball player you will see him in the spring because he will be helping coach the Lady Ironmen.
by Lauren Morales, Millwrite Staff Miss Dennstedt is just one of the new faculty members at Cleveland Central Catholic. I got to interview Miss D. Miss Dennestedt is cooler than ya think! A brief bio about Miss D: She graduated from Ohio State University . “Go Buckeyes!” Miss D. has done directing of plays, and she is really interested in musical theatre. She loves to see movies. Miss D. also has two dogs. I asked Miss D. what her views were on discipline. She says that she feels its necessary. She says “it shouldn’t be a personal attack.” Miss D. also feels that if discipline should remind us of what is expected of us. “It is always a work in progress.” Miss D. also teaches college classes at Tri-C. She teaches
Ms. Shelby Dennstedt
English and College Composition. She has also taught remedial English and two college Composition classes. College composition is a class that sort of “prepares” you for college English.
I asked Miss D. what her first impression of CCC was. She says that our school has “a core pride that resonates between students and staff.” She also thinks that our school is very energetic and welcoming. Miss D. says that she decided to work here because she likes to be in
an “urban environment.” She says that she “appreciates the Catholic values, and how the departments are small, and work together.” I asked Miss D. what made her want to be a teacher. She says “I have always been a part of teaching.” Miss D. used to be a counselor at music and theater camps. She also was a volleyball coach, and she tutored students fourth through eighth grade. She says that we high school students are “fresh” and “keep her on her toes.” Miss D. says that she decided to teach English class because she likes discussion and “it’s a way to learn from one each other.” She says that she likes that “AHA!” moment, where students can see their power through words. Miss D. says that the most important thing about teaching is the students. She feels that it isn’t her job to create “cookie cutter students” but to “help students read the world, and with that, you can do anything.”
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Drama Club Plans to Be Bigger, Badder This Season
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member. With plans to raise money, advertise and recruit new faces and talent into the club, every week is The Cleveland Central a step closer to what members hope Catholic Drama Club brought a will be a “phenomenal” performance new production to the school last for the school. year (Big Bad) and was considered “I just want to make sure a success. Drama Club is a respected group with Drama Club provided great talent,” said Vice President a “Haunted Classroom” for the Yasiara Arroyo. She said that just Homecoming Festival, and while like any team or club tries to do, planning a new play to perform, students learns from each other and Drama Club also nominated students works off the others’ energy. This to take over as leaders. After each high spirited group has big goals nominee gave speeches to the club and plans on meeting them all. with their goals and interests, the club voted Joy Hopkins as treasurer, Sophia Higginbottom as secretary, Yasiara Arroyo as Vice President, and Alysha Caraballo as the President. The new ideas and interests of the by Shelby Roberts, club consist of fundraising, gaining Millwrite Staff a stage presence, new club members, A recent edition to CCC, and an entertaining production at this past year, was a garden (located the end of this year. Each practice across the street from the Ironman there’s new activities that help Center). With this garden came a each member grow closer with the club to care for it. Run by Mr. Traud, others. The exercises work in talent this club teaches students how to not building and keep each meeting only care for plants, but how to work interesting. “Every week, I look together, improve social skills, and forward to the next Drama Club test their patience. This past summer meeting. Everything’s so much and fall, this garden boasted fruits more fun now.” said Jessica Massa, a and vegetables such as: broccoli, carrots, cauliflower, lettuce, okra, Kentucky pole beans—beans that grow upwards—strawberries, sweet and spicy peppers, tomatoes, and zucchini. All of the food produced is distributed to the students, and if there is any left over, to the community. New members are always welcomed. Please contact In last year’s production of Big Bad, Yasi ArMr. Traud for any other additional royo ‘11 as Evil Stepmother is not thrilled with information. her client Big Bad Wolf (Josh Hermann ‘11).
by Alysha Caraballo, Millwrite Staff
Bridges Program Sends Juniors to Mount Union
by Jacob Artino, Millwrite Staff Ever since we were freshman the Bridges Program has been helping us choose a college to attend, what majors we would like to look into, and help us to figure out where we want to be as adults. Well they certainly have my attention. As a next step in this program, a group of Juniors visited Mount Union University. Mount Union is located in Alliance Ohio just south of Canton Ohio. Their campus is 115 acres and is complimented by a 131 acre nature center. They have 80 total majors and minors. Their classes are small with a student to teacher ratio of 14:1 and the average class size is about 19. Although they have a great academic school, they are known for sports as well but don’t offer any scholarships for them. If you choose to play sports you have to be a student athlete and that’s just what you are.
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Mr. Traud’s Urban Garden
During our tour we saw the library, the gymnasium, the stadium, their cafeteria, their dorm rooms, and their very own movie theatre. All of these attributes really surprised all the students who went there.
Tuesday, November 23, 2010
Fall Sports Wrap Up
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Fall sports here at CCC( Football, Cross Country, and Volleyball) have recently concluded With ups and downs in each sport, each program showed the heart of an Ironman with male and female athletes giving their all throughout the season. The football season started with success as they won their first game at Columbia. Then they suffered a loss to Division 3 Field High School. They bounced back winning five straight against Brooklyn, Gilmore, Benedictine, Villa Angela- St. Joseph, and Chanel. After having won five straight, they had a chance to make the OHSAA playoffs by beating either Elyria Catholic or Lake Catholic. Unfortunately, both games ended in losses, leaving the team with a 6 and 4 record and frustrations about not being able to get into the playoffs during their first year in the new stadium. I interviewed Darius Richards, senior starting quarterback to get his thoughts on his final season here at CCC. He said, “We had had some ups and downs, but I love this program and wish them nothing but success in the future.” His memorable moment of the season was “…the Benedictine game, it was third and thirteen and we needed a big play. I stepped up and made a big run that set up a touchdown pass to Marcel Caver that gave us the lead and put us over the top.” I asked him what he would miss most about playing here at CCC and what he hoped in the future for CCC. He replied by saying: “I’ll miss playing with the team, period. And I hope the program will improve and get bigger.” Listed below are some this season’s outstanding athletes and award winners.
FOOTBALL
Varsity Len Janiak Deonte Kelso ‘11 JV Len Janiak Tavion Pauldo ‘14 Marcus Steele Award E’Shawn Dixson ‘11 *NCL First Team Marcel Caver ‘11 E’Shawn Dixson ‘11 Jamel Townsend ‘11 Jeremy Whitlow ‘11 *NCL Second Team D. Caldwell-Ragland ‘11 Khairi Dickson ‘12 Darius Richard ‘11 *NCL = North Coast League
Varsity Len Janiak Michael King
Cross Country
Cheerleaders
Varsity Len Janiak Tyesha King ‘12
Volleyball
Len Janiak Award Paige Massey Chelsea Merced
