BROTHER RICE
V OLUME 55, I SSUE 8
Chieftain
S UMMER 2017
New Man, New Arena Students
Principal calls job ‘pinnacle of my career’
Are the
Winners
By Colin Watts
“I feel like this is where I belong at this
Chieftain Staff
time,” he told the Chieftain in an exclusive
Before beginning a career in education, interview last week, in which he gave our
Mr. Ed Okuniewski was tearing up the
school very high praise. “This is the pin-
hardwood across the pond in England.
nacle of my career.
Yes, you read that correctly: Our new
“I’m pretty excited to say, ‘We Are
Principal was a professional basketball
Brother Rice.’ ”
player. That phase of Mr. Okuniewski’s
Like all of us, he knows that there have
life is over,
been some
and he is now
bumps in the
ready to lead
road recently,
Brother Rice.
but Mr. O is
Before accept-
ready to move
ing the job as
on, start his
the Principal
own legacy,
at Rice, Mr.
and smooth
O was the
out those
Deputy Super-
bumps in the
intendent at
road. He is
Huron Valley
already spend-
Schools and
ing time with
L’Anse Creuse
staff and get-
Public Schools.
ting to know
He was also
the school.
a Principal at
As for now,
The Lamphere
he doesn’t plan
Schools and
on making any
an Associate
big changes
Principal in
immediately,
the Bloomfi eld
saying, “I’ve
Hills School
heard some
District.
big-picture
Mr. Okuni-
things and,
Mr. Okuniewski was hired as our new Principal in May right now, I
ewski is no
stranger to the
plan on listening
community. He attended Orchard Lake
and learning.”
St. Mary’s and also ran his own basketball
The fact that some of us are getting to
camp, known as “Eddie O’s Basketball
know our third Principal in the past year
Camp,” that many Brother Rice students might create some questions, but trust
attended as younger kids.
our Administration. This change should
Okuniewski, who is set to take offi ce
be good -- not only for us, but for the
July 1, is very excited to begin his duties. future of Brother Rice.
B R OTHE R R I C E H IG H S C H OO L C H I E F TA I N
P AGE 1
Recently elected offi cers
will be good for school
By D Shaffer
Chieftain Staff
As Brother Rice closes the 2016-17
school year, a new Student Body Presi-
dent has been elected, as well as two
new Vice Presidents who will represent
the student body. Your newly elected
offi cers are President Connor Marsh
and Vice Presi-
dents Alex Denha
and Michael
Laurencelle.
The three were
elected from a
panel of fi ve fi nal-
ists, who gave
speeches on May
19 to the student
Connor Marsh
body. The speech-
es were nothing short of fantastic. The
candidates whom the student body
elected are all tremendous people, both
in their academic and out-of-school en-
deavors. It is safe to say that the school
Please see WINNERS, Page 2
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S U M M E R 2017