Steve Schmutz

During Advent there is joy and hope … and peace  “I guess you were right, Linus. I shouldn't have picked this little tree. Everything I do turns into a disaster. I guess I really don't know what Christmas is all about. Isn't there

Steve Schmutz My wife and I were blessed over the years to have our two children, Houston and Sydney, attend school during their elementary and middle school years with Stephanie at St. Alphonsus and with me when they arrived at AMHS.

We have all experienced over a year of significant change in our lives. Many of us lost something we held dear whether it be a loved one or at the very least time spent with loved ones. We can consider 2020 and 2021 to be part of our spiritual

Steve Schmutz During Advent there is joy and hope … and peace  “I guess you were right, Linus. I shouldn't have picked this little tree. Everything I do turns into a disaster. I guess I really don't know what Christmas is all

“But why had he always felt so strongly the magnetic pull of home, why had he thought so much about it and remembered it with such blazing accuracy, if it did not matter, and if this little town, and the immortal hills around it, was not the

"If you give people tools, (and they use) their natural ability and their curiosity, they will develop things in ways that will surprise you very much beyond what you might have expected. I'm a great believer that any tool that enhances

Love of God, love of students, love of subject. In that order.  — John Clapp, AMHS Theology Instructor What makes a great teacher? This was one of the questions I posed to several members of our faculty in preparation

In a completely rational society, the best of us would be teachers and the rest of us would have to settle for something else. — Lee Iacocca I credit my love of history—and my decision to become a history teacher—to two of my

The first day I arrived on the campus of AMHS was in April 2006 as I interviewed for a social studies position for the 2006-2007 school year. Heath Hall was not yet constructed and the main offices were then located in Holy Cross Hall in what

Kris Smith was the Principal at Holy Cross and AMHS from 1994 to 2008. She shared the following reflection of Pat and Bill. “They were instrumental from the very beginning, i.e. the first meeting to determine interest. Pat was the first