DSHA: Voices of DSHA

April

Be Kind and Open Your Heart: A Vocare Reflection

4/1/2025

Cloe Vang, DSHA '25

Vocare is a two-week, immersive service experience that serves as the capstone to each Dasher's years of service. Cloe Vang, DSHA '25, shared her experience serving children at the Vocare assembly on March 6 after volunteering at Madison Elementary School.

March

I Will Love Them Anyway: A Vocare Reflection

3/28/2025

Helen Pollock, DSHA '25

Vocare is a two-week, immersive service experience that serves as the capstone to each Dasher's years of service. Upon returning from her time working with the elderly at Elizabeth Residence, Helen Pollock, DSHA '25, shared these thoughts at the Vocare assembly on March 6.

Being Blessed with New Friends: A Vocare Reflection

3/25/2025

Sophia Wrench, DSHA '25

Vocare is a two-week, immersive service experience all Dashers complete their senior year. For her capstone service experience, Sophia Wrench, DSHA '25, served those with special needs at Goodwill Community Opportunities Club. She shared this reflection at the Vocare assembly on March 6.

Seeing God at Work: A Vocare Reflection

3/24/2025

Harper Neldner, DSHA '25

Vocare is a two-week, immersive service experience that serves as the capstone to each Dasher's years of service. Haper Neldner, DSHA '25 spent her two weeks focusing on community outreach with Franciscan Peacemakers. Read her reflection on her experience that she shared at the Vocare assembly on March 6.

So Glad to Be Plaid

3/12/2025

Molly Monday Schmidt, DSHA '88 | Fall Semester 2024 of The Word Magazine

Alumna Molly Monday Schmidt, DSHA ’88, has financially given back to DSHA since her freshman year of college. In fact, since her own DSHA graduation, she has stayed closely connected to the school and sisterhood in numerous ways. She has served as her class representative since 1988, planned numerous class reunions, helped chair the Alumnae Father Daughter Dinner Dance, acted as President of the Alumnae Association, sat on the Alumnae Board, and more. As a legacy student herself, Schmidt’s mother, Kathy Mehegan Monday, DS ’61, instilled a love for all-girls education and DSHA early. Her close Dasher friends and former classmates often joke that Schmidt’s favorite color is “plaid” given how much she loves, admires, and supports DSHA and the all-girls environment. She also credits DSHA for a profound faith and currently serves as Director of Parishioner Engagement at St. Dominic Catholic Parish in Brookfield.

Dasher Kickoff Address: DSHA Is About Building Confidence

3/11/2025

Josie Marsho, DSHA '25

On February 5, Josie Marsho, DSHA '25, addressed the class of 2029 at Dasher Kickoff. She shared how four years at DSHA helped her grow in confidence, faith, and sisterhood.

February

Vocare Send-Off Address: Discovering a Calling

2/28/2025

Abby Fleischmann, DSHA '20

Abby Fleischmann, DSHA '20, shared her impactful service experience with Dashers at the 2025 Vocare Send-Off Assembly. Read her remarks to students. Fleischmann now serves as Memory Care Director at Charter Senior Living of Hasmer Lake.

Via Vocare each DSHA senior serves for two full weeks in the greater Milwaukee community. By working alongside the elderly, children, or those with special needs, each senior experiences many of the critical issues facing our community and gains a deeper understanding of how she can utilize her God-given gifts and talents in service to others. Vocare helps integrate the true meaning of what it means to be a Dasher: a woman of faith, self-advocate, critical thinker, communicator, and servant leader.