The Spirit of Excellence campaign is a transformative initiative to complete our campus, investing in the future of our school, our community, and future generations of Crusaders.
Our first on-campus performing arts center will feature a 1,000-seat auditorium and academic space for music, theater and dance.
The baseball/softball complex will bring home games and practices for student-athletes in two major athletic programs.
An addition to Rackers Fieldhouse will update strength and conditioning, locker and wrestling facilities and add storm shelter space.
Helias Catholic High School is embarking on a project to complete our campus master plan, bringing all school facilities onto one central campus and strengthening our school’s ability to continue providing an excellent Catholic education that inspires students’ development in mind, body, and spirit for future generations of Crusaders.
The Spirit of Excellence campaign seeks to construct a new performing arts center and on-site baseball and softball complex on the Helias Catholic campus, as well as additional space in Rackers Fieldhouse.
The performing arts center will include an auditorium with seating for up to 1,000, suitable for large school events and available for community use, including by Helias Catholic’s local Catholic parish partner schools. The performing arts center will include academic and performance spaces for instrumental and vocal music, theater, and dance, with a visitor lobby overlooking the baseball and softball complex.
The baseball and softball complex will offer capacity for up to 1,000 spectators with facilities including a press box, concessions and restrooms. After the Crusader Athletic Complex brought home Helias Catholic’s football, soccer, tennis, and track and field programs, this new facility will bring home the Crusader baseball and softball programs and eliminate the need for student-athletes to travel across town for practices and home games. Expanding Rackers Fieldhouse will update athletic locker and wrestling rooms as well as strength and conditioning facilities, benefiting all of Helias Catholic’s student-athletes.
We plan to break ground on the project in 2024, with the fieldhouse addition to be completed in 2025 and performing arts center and baseball and softball complex in 2026. Completing this final phase of our campus master plan is a roughly $30 million investment in the future of Helias Catholic and our community. Combined with contributions from the 2015 Rooted in Faith, Building on Excellence campaign and additional funds pledged toward the project, the Spirit of Excellence campaign seeks to raise a total of $14 million between new donations and generous committed support from The Foundation for the Benefit of Helias Catholic High School up to $7 million.
Hear what Crusader seniors Jack Callahan and Alli Echelmeyer have to say about their experiences in performing arts programs and the importance of bringing them home to the Helias Catholic campus.
Hear from the first Crusader baseball and softball coaches, Stan and Mary Beth Ochsner, about the impact of these programs and the future of Helias Catholic.
Every gift moves the Spirit of Excellence campaign closer to our goal of completing the Helias Catholic High School campus for future generations of Crusaders.
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