On February 1, Helias Catholic High School formally kicked off their transformative and long-awaited “Spirit of Excellence” campaign to begin the work to complete the school’s campus master plan. The Foundation for the Benefit of Helias Catholic High School has teamed up with Helias and is supporting their efforts to raise funds to complete the ambitious but necessary project.

The project will construct a new performing arts center and on-campus baseball and softball complex, as well as expand Rackers Fieldhouse.

“Bringing home our football, soccer, tennis, and track and field programs with the Crusader Athletic Complex six years ago — at the same time we added our Science Center, larger chapel, and other improvements to the school building — marked a huge step in our campus development,” said Helias president Ron Vossen. “Now it’s time to bring home our baseball and softball student-athletes alongside our student performers.”

“Now is the time to fulfill the promises made to our community to complete our campus and strengthen our school’s ability to provide an excellence Catholic education that inspires students’ development in mind, body and spirit,” Vossen said.

“Helias Catholic is blessed with world-class facilities and the boundless generosity of our community that continues to make them possible,” said Peter Lyskowski, who is the Spirit of Excellence Committee chair, a 1995 Helias Catholic graduate, and parent of two Crusaders. “We have an opportunity now to create a new home for excellence, a new communion of faith, right here in the heart of Jefferson City.”

For more information about the Spirit of Excellence campaign, or to learn about the planned new facilities, or to make a financial contribution to the campaign, please visit https://heliascatholic.com/spiritofexcellence.