AN E-NEWSLETTER FOR BORGIA ALUMS
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BORGIA GIVING DAY
OCTOBER 10
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Dear Borgia Family,
On October 10th, St. Francis Borgia Regional High School will celebrate the Feast Day of St. Francis Borgia with Borgia Giving Day (in lieu of Giving Tuesday).
We are excited to announce a matching gift of up to $10,000 from the Walter and Jean Voelkerding Charitable Trust
. The Voelkerding Trust has been extremely generous to Borgia and other educational and religious entities for many years. Our Borgia family is thankful for their investment in our school.
I invite you to join us by offering a gift to help support our sacred mission of Catholic education. Every dollar matters. Your gift, no matter the size, will have a direct impact on our students and the quality education they receive as part of the Borgia experience. Please click on the logo above for more information and for assistance in participating in Borgia Giving Day!
Thank you for considering a gift on Borgia Giving Day. Your support will help us reach our goal of $10,000, enabling us to receive the entire matching gift from the Voelkerding Trust. What a blessing to know that your gift will be matched, helping us to double the impact we can make on our students’ lives. Please keep us in your prayers and we promise to pray for you and your loved ones. We appreciate you and your support.
Sincerely,
Fr. Mike Boehm
President/Chaplain
BORGIA GIVING DAY WILL REPLACE OUR PAST PARTICIPATION IN GIVING TUESDAY.
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An Invitation to All Borgia Alums
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Mark your calendars for this year's Homecoming celebration! This year's theme is “
Homegrown Homecoming
,” where we plan to celebrate our alumni as part of our rich history.
As part of this celebration, we would like to invite all alumni to participate in our parade on Friday, September 27, beginning at 1 p.m. Wouldn't it be so fun to have several trucks filled with Borgia alums all dressed in their alumni shirts?!
Mickey (Eckelkamp) Holtmeier '53 will be honored at our school and act as Grand Marshall for the Homecoming Parade.
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Please RSVP to Donna Grahl, Director of Annual Giving and Alumni Relations, at
donna.grahl@borgia.com
or 636-239-7871 ext. 131. This will allow us to better determine if we need to secure additional trucks and/or trailers.
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A Borgia Family Welcome to Start the New School Year!
Envision the front of school filled with enthusiastic alums welcoming each student as they come into school for their first day.
Well, that's exactly what happened! On Monday, August 19, we kicked off the 2019-2020 school year with a bang! Over 40 alums, all dressed in their
Forever A Knight
shirts, welcomed our current students back Borgia style. Here's to the start of a great year!
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Another School Year Begins
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A New School Year is Underway
The 2019-2020 school year began on Monday, August 19. This year Borgia will be "home" to 506 students, specifically:
- 112 Freshmen
- 116 Sophomores
- 134 Juniors
- 144 Seniors
Our students come from 419 different families
- 320 students have parents that are alums
- 114 mothers are alumni
- 108 fathers are alumni
- 49 students have both parents as alums
That, among many other things, is a testament to how special this school is!
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Our Teachers Provide Service to our Community
Before the official start of our school year, on Wednesday, August 14, every member of our faculty went out into the community to places such as Grace's Place, Downtown Inc., Harvest Table, Pregnancy Assistance Center, CASA, Cedarcrest, Grandview and Exceptional Equestrians to provide service to our community.
This day resulted from a desire to further foster a culture of serving others. As role models, our faculty feels strongly that furthering this culture among our entire student body begins with them.
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Homecoming
September 26-28
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Thursday, September 26
6:30 p.m.
Powderpuff Football Game
6:30 p.m.
Student Bonfire
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Friday, September 27
8:05 a.m. - 9:15 a.m.
Float Building/Trailer Decorating
9:15 a.m.
Homecoming Mass
Gym
All are welcome!
10:15 a.m.
Homecoming Assembly
Gym
1 p.m.
Homecoming Parade
7 p.m.
Home Football Game vs. Helias
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Saturday, September 28
7:30 p.m.
Homecoming Dance
Gym
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The Class of 1984 Celebrates Their 35 Year Reunion
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The SFBRHS Class of 1984 celebrated their 35 year reunion at the Hummingbird Club in Washington.
As an added bonus to the celebration, the class took up a collection to honor classmate Steve Lindemann's daughter Stephanie who passed away this past January from a long battle with cancer. The gift chosen was a statue of St. Peregrine, the patron saint of cancer. This statue will be presented and dedicated to our school at a later date.
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What does it say about a school when 22 members of its faculty and staff are also alums?
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Brent Logan '98 has a new job! After several years at KPMG LLP, he has started in a new role at RSM US LLP. RSM US LLP is an audit, tax, and consulting firm, focused on the middle market in the United States and a member of the global accounting network RSM International. It is the fifth largest accounting firm in the United States.
Congratulations, Brett!
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It seems like yesterday we were teens,
so young and hopeful and full of dreams.
It’s hard to believe it, how much time has passed,
so let’s reconnect and have a blast!
CLASS OF 1959
60 Year Class Reunion
Friday, October 4
Golf at Franklin County Country Club
Saturday, October 5
Senior Center
For information, contact
Barbara (Toben) Alfermann '59
CLASS OF 1969
50 Year Class Reunion
Saturday, September 21
SFBRHS Pavilion
For information, contact
Dale Gildehaus '69
CLASS OF 1979
40 Year Class Reunion
Saturday, September 21
Hummingbird Club
For information, contact
Joe Holtmeier '79
CLASS OF 1989
30 Year Class Reunion
Saturday, September 21
Marquart's Landing
For information, contact
Ginger (Groff) Brinker '89
CLASS OF 1999
20 Year Class Reunion
Saturday, September 21
KC Hall
For information, contact
Amanda (Kleekamp) Swallow '99
CLASS OF 2009
10 Year Class Reunion
Friday, October 18
Football Game Tailgating
Saturday, October 19
Marquart's Landing
For information, contact
Trini (Haddox) Wood '09
CLASS OF 2014
5 Year Class Reunion
Friday, October 18
Football Game Tailgating
Saturday, October 19
Balducci's Winery
For information, contact
Olivia Haddox '14
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Fr. Mike's Corner
Dear Borgia Alumni,
May the Grace and Peace of Christ be with you!
I have a heart full of gratitude as I write this. The 2019-2020 school year is off to a great start. The halls are buzzing with the energy of over 500 fine young men and women, led and mentored by a strong faculty and staff. Our fall sports are in full swing as the teams play with pride and exemplify sportsmanship.
This is a great place, and I am blessed to be part of this family we know as Borgia High School. I look forward each day to interacting with our students and faculty. I get to see first-hand how lives are changed as a result of the Borgia experience. These students get the opportunity to receive a great education and strong Catholic formation, just as this school has been doing since 1933.
Please know of our gratitude to you for your financial and prayerful support of St. Francis Borgia Regional High School. If you are in the area, please stop by and say hello. We'd love to see you.
Be assured of my prayers for you, and please keep our Borgia students, faculty, and staff in your prayers as well.
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A new school year means the kickoff of our annual magazine fundraiser. With this drive, SFBRHS receives 48% of any renewed or new subscription through Great American Opportunities.
We invite you to check out what Great American Opportunities has to offer in the way of magazines and other gift items and consider renewing your existing magazine or digital subscriptions. Simply click the button below, enter the SFBRHS account #
2684322, and click on "
Shop Now".
Questions?
Please call our office at 636-239-7871 ext. 122.
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Gertrude (Aholt) Filla '37
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Gertrude (Aholt) Filla was in the first graduating class of 1937 from St. Francis Borgia High School. At that time, it was the "new high school" at Cedar and Second Streets.
Father Joseph Meyer, O.F.M., was very instrumental in establishing a Catholic high school here in Washington, MO. Gertrude often thinks of Fr. Meyer and his foresight to build and educate the young adults during a time of strife: the Great Depression of the 1930s. She has always been very grateful for her high school education, realizing what a strain it was for her parents to send her to school during this time.
She recalled the first classes were held on the third floor of the now elementary school building facing Second Street until the new building was completed across the street.
It featured the first two entrance doors to the north of the present building. It was Fr. Meyer's idea to have the Latin inscriptions inlaid into the terrazzo floors at the entrances to the school. She always thought the inscriptions were so beautiful and inspiring. The gymnasium was only half of today's present size, as the gym and the school were later expanded.
Gertrude also commented that the students were very fond of Fr. Meyer as he was very personable and truly interested in the future of the students.
She notes that the first graduating class only spent one year in the new building: their senior year.
Gertrude enjoyed the commercial classes: typing, stenography, English, reading, and writing. She was not interested in her science classes. She received a special pin award for her short-hand ability to write 120 words per minute. She has kept this pin all these years. She married Richard Filla in 1942 and spent her adult years raising her five children and working in various secretarial positions in the community.
Gertrude celebrated her 100th birthday on May 16 with many family and friends present. It is believed that she is the oldest living alum of St. Francis Borgia. All five of Gertrude and Richard's children attended Borgia as well.
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Pictured above are Gertrude's family at her 100th birthday celebration. From left are: Timothy Filla '66, Christine (Filla) Dothage '64, Dr. James Hilgard and wife Jennifer (Filla) Hilgard '75, Bethine (Filla) '67 and husband Vernon Spaunhorst '65, and Marilyn (Siess) '73 and husband Benjamin Filla '71.
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Pictured above is the graduating class of 1937. From left are: Father Sebastian, O.F.M., Mildred Amelung, Francis Uhlenbrock, Pete Riegel, Gertrude Aholt, Ervin Aholt, Elizabeth Himmelberg, Elizabeth Emann, and Dorothy Glosemeyer.
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Athletic and Activities Schedule
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Welcome to another exciting year of Borgia Athletics and Activities. Together, let’s always, and in all ways, celebrate the efforts of our students, players, coaches, and teachers as they strive to make Borgia #1 in class, style, sportsmanship and competitiveness. Go Knights!!
Click on the logo to see a comprehensive athletic and activities schedule.
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In thanksgiving for the sacrifices and contributions offered by those before us on our behalf, we at St. Francis Borgia Regional High School offer our afternoon prayer for different members of our alumni each day.
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If you have children who are graduates and still receive mail at your home but no longer live there, please contact Donna Grahl, Director of Annual Giving and Alumni Relations to update your child's address. She can be reached by phone at 636-239-7871 ext. 131 or via email at donna.grahl@borgia.com.
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Summer Mega Raffle Winners
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Each year St. Francis Borgia Regional High School gives away $25,000 in prizes through our annual Borgia Mega Raffle. There are two $1,000 drawings each month and an additional $1,000 drawing on October 10 to celebrate the Feast of St. Francis Borgia. In addition, the student who sells the winning ticket receives free lunches for a week.
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June Winners
June 1
Elliott Reed '96
sold by Mackenzie Huck '21
June 15
Helen Fink '61
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July Winners
July 1
Christi Fletcher
sold by Cole Fletcher '21
July 15
Terri Gaston
sold by Matthew Gaston '19
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August Winners
August 1
Doug Hindersmann '89
sold by Brea Hindersmann '19
August 15
Amy Turner
sold by Meredith Little '22
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Recently married? New baby or job?
Let us know what's going on in your life so we can share
it with your classmates in this newsletter!
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St. Francis Borgia Regional High School
1000 Borgia Drive, Washington, MO 63090
P: 636-239-7871
F: 636-239-1198
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