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INNOVATIVE LEARNING AT CMH LEADS TO SUCCESS

CMH students with their Project Lead the
Way engineering teacher Mrs. Mary Petrie
‘76: Sam Aspinwall ‘16, Jared Bluma ‘16,
and Max Mutza ‘16 won the 2015 Project
Lead the Way State Championship.

The students were each awarded full
academic scholarships to Milwaukee
School of Engineering for their
engineering design project aiming to
solve the problem of Computer Vision
Syndrome (CVS) that affects over 140
million Americans, or 70% of employed
people in the United States.

Project Lead the Way

Catholic Memorial High School’s focus on creative problem solving and design
thinking has led to student success in all subject areas.

Students at CMH are given the opportunity in all classes to learn to apply The
Memorial Propel process to solve real world issues, while also combining the unique
aspect of Catholic values and tradition.

In April, students skillfully presented their Capstone Projects to eight in-field expert
judges. Using their Memorial Propel skills, students were able to thoroughly and
expertly demonstrate their designs, ideas and inventions including addressing
issues of drowsy driving, impulsive spending, preventing pick-pocketing, and
developing a reaching aid for those with limited strength and movement. Special
thank you to the design team mentors for sharing their talents, insights and time
with our students over the course of the year and to the judges who took the time
to share their opinions.

MENTORS JUDGES I currently work with many large and
small manufacturers throughout the
ABBY COPPOCK, Regulatory Affairs CHRIS ESSER ’08, Manf. & Rapid state of Wisconsin. A common theme
Manager, GE Healthcare Prototype Engineer, Dielectric Corp. amongst all companies is their struggle
to find talent; in the trades, on the
PATRICK DRAGANI, CP, Program MONICA MARCHAN, CP, Inclusivity production floor, in the R&D office, as
Manager & Master Black Belt, GE Leader, Catholic Memorial High School well as day-to-day engineering
AUSTIN MOORE ’05, Project Manager, positions. I was excited to receive the
Healthcare invitation by Mrs. Petrie to lead a group
MARK JUDS, Principle Engineer, Eaton Moore Construction Services for Project Lead the Way. After working
MIKE MOORE, AP, President, Moore with my group for four months, and
Corp. seeing the other groups’ presentations,
DAN KNAPP ’97, Director of Sales- Construction Services I came away enthusiastic for the future.
DENNIS PETRIE, AP, Program CMH is cultivating the spirit of
Southern WI, Standard Electric Engineering Manager Rockwell “problem solving” which will help
RICHARD LINCOLN, AP, Director prepare their students for the “void” in
Product Management, Generac Power Automation the manufacturing sector, whether the
ROBERT PETRIE ’08, Operations students choose the rigorous path of
Systems an engineering college program or the
JOE MAAS ’07, Civil Engineer- Specialist, Digital Measures technical-based training in the trades.
JOE POWELL ’08, Engineering Project
Transportation, WI D.O.T. - DAN KNAPP ’97
RON MAUER, Part Improvement Manager, ABB
ELIZABETH ROLINSKI, CMH PLTW 9
Engineer, GE Healthcare Advisory Board, Global VP Manf.
KEVIN MULLIGAN, Lead Systems IQ
Engineering, Johnson Controls
Engineer, GE Healthcare

DEBRA TARNOW, Project Managing CP = Current Parent AP = Alumni Parent
Engineer, WI D.O.T.