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The year that little Catherine Ann “Kate”
Doherty Campbell first stepped foot inside
Roanoke Catholic School, the average cost of
a new home was $12,750.
Cincinnati’s baseball team was
officially the Redlegs out of fear
that fans would associate their
former name, the “Reds,” with
communism. And a junior high
schooler was receiving a B- on a
class assignment which had
students design a new 50-star
U.S. flag (his grade was later
changed to an A when his design
was adopted by Congress).
1958 marked the beginning of Campbell’s journey
at Roanoke Catholic – a wide-eyed first grader (no
preschool or Kindergarten back then) whose father
worked two jobs, and sold his wife’s homemade
dishtowels on the side, in order to
afford the tuition for her and her two
brothers.
For the next 60 years, Campbell
symbolized that passion for Roanoke
Catholic: first as student, then parent,
teacher – even match-maker. This year
she retired.
“On our first workday this year, a
dear friend came with a paper chain
with 180 colorful links,” Campbell says.
“So everyday I selected a student to
announce to the class a blessing that they
Saying goodbye
From student to parent to teacher, Catherine Ann Doherty Campbell
has been part of Roanoke Catholic for nearly 60 years
Kate Campbell in 1st grade