Coming in May-

Summer Sport and Theatre Camp Schedules

Check our website for more information!

Open to any K-12th grade students!

www.muskegoncatholic.org/summercamps

The first elementary musical will be announced!

Open to any 1st-6th grade students!

Practices begin 6/4 with the performance on 6/15.

www.muskegoncatholic.org/theatre

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The Diocesan principals on retreat with Bishop Walkowiak on February 27, 2018.
Front Row to the right of Bishop Walkowiak is MCC P-6 Principal Marie Jones and MCC 7-12 Principal Allison (Shakinis) Aldrich '02.

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Beauty and The Beast

It's a wrap!  MCC's production of Disney's Beauty and the Beast involved 92 students from grades 4th-12th in the cast and crew.  A student show was attended by 4 local schools along with MCC students.  An additional 5 shows over 2 weekends were performed.

Paul and Kathy Kuharevicz will end a chapter of their lives in June after having spent the past 19 consecutive years with four sons attending Muskegon Catholic Schools. The story actually started many years previous with Kathy's dad, Bob Majeski, graduating in 1956, and Paul being the youngest of 5 siblings to graduate in 1978. Fast forward to when it was time for Keith to start Pre-School in 1999, and Kathy knew there was no place more fitting than Muskegon Catholic Schools. Hence followed Dean a year later, Neil two years after that, and lastly Glen. Through the years the boys have all been a part of Crusader Soccer with Paul being a coach at the recreational level for all his boys and many of their friends and classmates. They have made lasting memories on the field, in the classroom, on the stage and on the wrestling mat at MCC. 

  

Paul is an engineer with Dynamic Conveyor Corporation and Kathy will soon retire from teaching Kindergarten with Muskegon Public Schools after 28 years. You will be certain to find them at St. Francis de Sales Church every Sunday at 11:00 mass, the church they were married in 25 years ago. Keith will graduate from the University of Michigan in April with an Actuarial Mathematics degree. He has enjoyed living across the street from St. Mary Student Parish in downtown Ann Arbor where he attends and studies in their welcoming environment. Dean is studying Mechanical Engineering at Michigan State University. He is very active in St. John Church & Student Center having recently come back from his second mission trip with youth from the parish. Dean is employed there as a youth group leader and serves as a lector and Eucharistic minister as well. Neil is at Muskegon Community College on the Muskegon Promise where he has earned a 4.0 his first semester. He is currently in classes with fellow MCC alumni making it feel like home, but is as busy as ever making new acquaintances as well. He hopes to take the fall semester off and do a study abroad. Glen will graduate from Muskegon Catholic after four years of both soccer and wrestling, and just one year of being the only Kuharevicz boy at MCC since Keith attended Pre-School!   He will attend Muskegon Community College on the Muskegon Promise also and looks forward to wearing his "own" clothes!  

Having put four kids through Catholic schools has always been both a very sacrificial and rewarding experience for the Kuharevicz family. Often when people have asked how or why they do this, the same answer comes quickly from Paul, "It's the only bill I've ever looked forward to paying!" Or, as Kathy would say, "You reap what you sow."  Thank you Muskegon Catholic families, teachers & staff, priests, coaches and all who have touched and been part of our lives and the lives of our children. May God Bless you all as He has blessed us.

Kellie Twining

P-6 Librarian

My name is Kellie Twining and I have been a part of the Muskegon Catholic family for 6 years now! 

I have a son named Kade in 3rd grade, a daughter named Ally in 1st grade, and I have been married to my husband Kris for almost 15 years!  

My journey here began in Paw Paw, Michigan, where I grew up with my parents and younger sister and a very close extended family.  After graduating I attended TriState University and earned a Bachelor's Degree in Engineering Technology and then took a job in Columbus, Ohio at an architecture firm.  That job lasted 6 months and I never went back to the engineering world ~ instead I decided to go back to school for Early Childhood Education (my 1st love) and moved back to Michigan with the intention of attending WMU.  At that time Kris was offered a position in Norton Shores, he accepted it, and I began classes at MCC instead. While taking classes I worked at a Childcare Center in Grand Haven as a Careteacher and was there for 5 years until Kade was born...and then I was given the incredible gift of staying home rather than going back to work!  

Which brings me to Muskegon Catholic!  A friend recommended the preschool program here and we enrolled Kade and instantly felt a connection ~ I was able to jump into volunteering with two feet and was a Home & School Preschool representative within 5 months ~ which opened door after door for me!  After Ally started Kindergarten I needed something to distract me from my "empty nest syndrome" ~ I was approached about the opening for Elementary Librarian and I was in the Principal's office within 5 minutes to accept the offer!!!! I have now been the Librarian for 2 school years and could not be happier with where my path in life has taken me...I have the most perfect job that enables me to be near my kids and be a part of their education, I am President of the P-6 Home & School Association, a Parent Ambassador, and I was given the great honor of sitting on the board to select our new Elementary Principal!!!

When I am not at school I love to read, bake and cook!  I collect cookbooks and am a "foodie"! I enjoy biking, gardening, going to the Farmers Market and area ice cream shoppes, yoga, and going to the beach and having picnics and camping!  Something that a lot of people do not know about me is that I am not Catholic (and neither are my children). At first I had thought that we would not be comfortable at this school, or welcome....I could not have been more wrong!  I have NEVER felt uncomfortable here and have learned so much ~ I have only grown in my faith ~ and I make it a point to share that with any person that I come into contact with that may be considering MCCE! Being a part of this family at this school is not something that I had ever considered before 6 years ago...but now I thank God every day that we were led here and pray that I may continue to be an instrument in His future for Muskegon Catholic Central! 

Chip VanderWier

7-12 Visual Arts Teacher

Born and raised in Muskegon, I attended North Muskegon High School.  I received my Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Grand Valley State University in 1997 with emphases in sculpture and ceramics.  Returning back to Muskegon, I worked in the family business for seven years before participating in the Americorps for one year.  I then worked four more years at a local housing non-profit as a housing rehab specialist. I helped first time homeowners access safe and healthy housing.  In 2009 I decided to return to college to earn a teaching certificate. By May of 2013 I had earned my Masters of Education from Aquinas College.

While in graduate school, I worked on growing my art business and in 2012 I began teaching ceramics at Muskegon Community College.  I was adjunct faculty at MCC for five years. During three summers, I taught sculpture and ceramics at Blue Lake Fine Arts Camp. I am honored to teach visual art here at Muskegon Catholic Central.  The students have been inspiring and I have felt welcomed and embraced by the entire learning community. Teaching art is an extremely important part of my life as an artist, and I am thrilled to be doing so at Muskegon Catholic.

While the studio in which I create art is in Muskegon, I share a gallery in Chicago at the Zhou B Art Center to display my work that is for sale. My art is generally welded steel, carved wood, ceramics, or any combination of the aforementioned. I am inspired by nature, so I feel that there is no better place to live than near the shores of Lake Michigan.

I know I just stated how much I like it here, but I also like to leave.  My wife Colleen (Halloran) '87 and I love to spend time on the water sailing in northern Lake Michigan.  Beaver Island is a favorite destination for us. Sailing allows plenty of time to contemplate clouds, and that is one of my favorite ways to connect spiritually with my surroundings.  

Zachary Fooks '18

Zach is a second year student who wished he would have come to MCC sooner!   He grew up in 4 different states and attended 2 other area schools before making MCC his home.  Zach doesn't have a specific favorite memory of MCC, but likes the positive atmosphere and support and respect from the students and staff.  Zach is a member of the National Honor Society (NHS), football and baseball teams and starred as Charlie Brown in the December production "A Charlie Brown Christmas."  You may see Zach around campus helping the athletics department or making and selling cotton candy to support service projects hosted by MCC.  Zach is a volunteer/student worker for Camp Barkel, a Christian camp he attended as a camper.  After graduation, Zach will join the U.S. Air Force Special Operations, Pararescue team.  Zach's future goal is to build the house of his dreams on the wooded 10 acres he worked to help pay for and owns up north.

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