Bridget Collins, principal of Our Lady of the Hills Catholic School, gave an overview of this regional private school in Kerrville.
OLOH is an independently owned school, and is not supported by the diocese or the church. It is co-ed, and provides college prepatory classes, athletics, clubs and community service projects to produce well rounded graduates.
Several students spoke about their experiences at Our Lady of the Hills.
Tristan O'Neill transferred from Comfort ISD for his senior year, and is a member of the student council, NHS, science club and plays basketball and baseball. He will be attending Texas Tech next fall.
Taylor Bloom has attended OLOH for all four years, plays basketball and volleyball, participates in 4H activities, is on the student council and a NHS member. She loves animals, and will attend Texas Tech next fall as a pre-vet major.
Albert Vasquez is the valedictorian for his senior class, and attended Notre Dame catholic school prior to his tenure at Our Lady of the Hills. He has logged numerous hours of community service, plays guitar, and started a music club at school. He will attend Texas A&M in the fall, majoring in Chemical Engineering.
Schreiner University has installed a sprinkler system to water the trees that were planted in the Rotary Grove. These trees were part of a community service project our club organized, and volunteers have been watering the trees along this stretch of the River Trail at Schreiner University for the past year to keep them alive during the drought. Thank you to Schreiner University for installing the sprinklers to keep the trees healthy. The Dietert Center will be the next beneficiary of tree planting from our club.
Bobby Templeton will join the Rotary executive board, and will be in line to become club president after serving a year as club secretary and then vice president. Wayne Uecker will join the Kerrville Rotary board of directors.
The Croc is in need of Easter candy for the kids who benefit from the services the Croc provides.
The annual Veterans Breakfast will be April 25, so please come to the Veterans Center to help honor those who served.
The annual Picnic will be May 7 at the River Star Arts and Event Park.
Josh the Otter presentations are upcoming at several local elementary schools, and this teaches water safety to school age students. Please consider volunteering for this valuable community service.
The annual Citizenship Awards program is June 4.
Bryant Truitt was honored as a major donor for his contributions to the Rotary Foundation.
Please keep the following people and their families in your thoughts and prayers:
Rotarian Maurice McAshan passed away recently. Maurice was club president in 1992-1993. The funeral is April 28 at 10 am, at St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Kerrville.
John Peterson, former district governor, passed away.
Past exchange student Fabiana Zelada's mother also passed away. Fabi was an Bolivian exchange student in our club in 2015.
David Vann was wearing his Rotary pin when his name was called, so he won a bottle of wine, presented by Wine Team member Bill Tucker.