Apr 15, 2021
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Shown above are the Holy Name Catholic School Class of 2017. In the back row, from left to right, are Derek Douglas, Eastin Young, Spencer Fennell, Trever Englund, Aaron Rosendahl, and Dayton Bernson. Pictured in the front row, from left to right, are Grace Rexford, Ava Burrows, Lisette LaFave, Ariella Murray, Vanessa Fields, Madison Mishica, and Liliana Benoit. Three of the graduates, Kendra Bouchard, Caleb Lake and Caleb Ouwinga, were not able to attend the special Mass for the graduates.
ESCANABA Members of Holy Name Catholic School’s Class of 2017, who will be graduating from high school this spring, visited Holy Name on Thursday, April 8 and attended a special Mass celebrated by Father Robb Jurkovich, chaplain at OSF St. Francis Hospital & Medical Group.
Feb 26, 2021
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Holy Name High SchoolâA Chesterton Academy is scheduled to open in the fall.
ESCANABA Holy Name High School will officially be opening this fall with a new official name. The high school’s official name will be Holy Name High School–A Chesterton Academy.
Holy Name Catholic School Principal Joe Carlson explained some of the benefits of joining the network of Chesterton Schools a natiionwide network of high schools.
“Joining the Chesterton Schools Network will afford our students many exciting opportunities to build community with other faithful young adults through pilgrimages, mission trips, and the March for Life in Washington, D.C. The network is a well-oiled machine with a proven track record of academic success,” Carlson said.
VICTORIA R. LaFAVE
Holy Name School in Escanaba is shown. After decades of discussions about reopening a Holy Name High School, school officials have announced the school will open next fall. (Jessica Koth/Escanaba Daily Press photo)
ESCANABA This fall, students throughout the entire Upper Peninsula will be able to receive Catholic education at Holy Name High School. The high school’s official name will be Holy Name High School–A Chesterton Academy.
Holy Name Catholic School Principal Joe Carlson explained some of the benefits of joining the network of Chesterton Schools: “Joining the Chesterton Schools Network will afford our students many exciting opportunities to build community with other faithful young adults through pilgrimages, mission trips, and the March for Life in Washington, D.C. The network is a well-oiled machine with a proven track record of academic success.” To illustrate this, Carlson noted that the national average ACT score is 21, yet Chesterton Aca
Dec 15, 2020
GLADSTONE Bernadette “Buck” Verhamme, 95, passed away peacefully Friday, Dec. 11, at Lakeview Assisted Living in Gladstone due to COVID-related complications. Her family was by her side.
She was born March 3, 1925, in north Escanaba to Severin and Leona (Cretens) Buckland. She graduated from Escanaba High School in 1943. Her time as a cheerleader in high school would provide joy to many throughout her life, as she would burst into a cheer anytime, anywhere, up to just a few weeks ago.
After high school, during World War II, she moved to Milwaukee and worked in an ammunition plant. Just before the war she went on her first date with Eugene Verhamme. Their romance rekindled after the war, and he soon became the love of her life. They married Sept. 21, 1946, and were married for 59 years when he passed Oct. 10, 2005.
Dec 14, 2020
ESCANABA High school students, not only in the Escanaba area, but across Michigan’s Upper Peninsula will soon have an opportunity to receive a Catholic, classical education.
Holy Name High School in Escanaba will reopen after 50 years, beginning with the 2021-22 school year, offering both in person and remote learning.
A group of area educators, parents, alumni, supporters, and local pastors has been working toward this goal for several years. In January 2019 a major campaign under the slogan “Now is the Time” was publicly launched.
Funds were, and continue to be, raised to cover start-up costs and to help with operating costs over the first few years, as well as to fund an endowment to provide ongoing financial support for the school.