St Joseph Catholic Academy

𝐍𝐚𝐦𝐞: Meagan (Reckling) Gauri
𝐒𝐉𝐇𝐒/𝐒𝐉𝐂𝐀 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫: 1996
𝐎𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: Director of Grand Foundation
𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐀𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬: I have worked for the last 10 years for the Grand Foundation. I facilitate providing grants to organizations-specificallyfocusing on education, literacy and helping people with their basic needs. I also organize volunteer opportunities for our employees at our family business Grand Appliance. I am most proud of the Mark R. Reckling scholarship we created in my father's honor to help first generation students attend college. There have been six recipients so far. I was also a middle school teacher-teaching English for 5 years.
𝐖𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐝𝐨/𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐨𝐛𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧? Eastern Illinois University and have a bachelors degree in elementary education. I also have a Masters degree in Reading from Benedictine University.
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐒𝐉𝐇𝐒/𝐒𝐉𝐂𝐀? Winning the football championship and all the excitement surrounding that. I also really liked certain classes like my religion class with Mr. Coe. I also made life long friends-my best friend to this day.
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐝 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐒𝐉𝐇𝐒/𝐒𝐉𝐂𝐀?Softball and basketball.
𝐎𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐭 𝐒𝐉𝐇𝐒/𝐒𝐉𝐂𝐀, 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭? I miss the simplicity of the times of the 90's- hanging with your friends after school. I feel the teachers prepared me well for college and cemented a strong commitment to service and ultimately led me to the paths I took in life.
𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐫/𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐒𝐉𝐇𝐒/𝐒𝐉𝐂𝐀? Mr. Coe or Sr. Virginia- They were kind and saw in me a vocation for teaching. Sr. Virginia selected me to see Bishop Desmond Tutu my junior year. I was very honored.It is still an experience I will never forget.

Between final exams, spring sports, concerts, the Lancer Countdown, field trips, and everything in between, we know “May-cember” is real.

Before summer official starts, we want to remind you of our $50,000 match opportunity available for donations made through June 30th.

Send the 2025-2026 school year off with a gift to the Faith to Grow match: sjcawi.org/faith-to-grow-campaign

To wrap up our Friday Fun Lunch, our Big Blue tailgate trailer made an appearance at the Lower Campus! Alums Thomas Connolly and Charlie Anderson, both Class of 2023, were on hand to grill almost 400 burgers and hot dogs!

A heartfelt thank you to the Vignieri family from Birchwood Foods for donating the delicious beef burgers, our parent volunteers for serving our Lancers, and our Advancement Director Mandy Weiss for bringing it all together for this fun in the sun lunch!

Vanessa, Andres, Jayden, and Olivia we wish you all blessings in your next chapter!

Today our 5th graders marked the completion of a 10-week D.A.R.E. program with the Kenosha County Sheriff's Office!

Congratulations to our essay contest winners Avery, Adelyn, and Julia, as well as runners up Penny, Camilla, Noah, Gus, Grace, William, Stephanie, and Frankie.

A heartfelt thank you to Sheriff Zoerner for his remarks during the ceremony, and to Deputy Rude for facilitating a program that continues to raise awareness around the harms of substances, builds confidence, and advocates for safe internet usage. Our Lancers are so grateful for your service!

On this Pentecost Sunday, we highlight four more of our seniors. Devin, Olivia, Dominic, and Talitha, may the Holy Spirit guide you through the next chapter of your lives.

What a week it's been for our Lancer athletes. Enzo S. walked away as the Conference Player of the Year after winning #1 singles at the Metro Conference Meet on Monday. Let's hear it for Enzo!🎾

Congratulations to Enzo Serpe for winning #1 singles at Conference today and being named Metro Classic Conference Player of the Year! Way to go Enzo!!!!

The St. Joseph Alumni Association proudly presents this week's

Yesterday's May Crowning Mass featured a special procession of our 2nd grade first communicants alongside our 5th grade leaders to crown the Blessed Virgin Mary, Queen of May.

This cherished tradition honors Mary for her unwavering devotion to Christ, reminding all of our students that when we walk with her, we are inspired to stride with faith, courage, and virtue in her footsteps.