Dear Queen of Peace Community,

My name is Scott Kovatch and it is my great honor and privilege to become your next principal. I want to thank Dr. Fred Stump for his time and service during this transition.  The entire community is forever grateful for his support, leadership and servant heart.  I also want to thank the interview committee for their time and efforts through this entire process.  Their professionalism and focus on the cross was evident and inspiring.  

I shall turn 57 years young on June 26.  I grew up on the south side of South Bend and attended a beautiful, small Catholic Church just outside of Lakeville called Sacred Heart.  I'm the youngest of six kids from a Hungarian Catholic family.  I am the father of seven (6 that walk the earth and one that awaits in heaven).  I am a grandfather of four.   My wife Jill is originally from Niles, MI.  We will celebrate 30 years of marriage this June. Jenna is 24 years old now and is married to Zack.  They have four kids, four-year old twin girls Evie and Gemma, three year old Isaac and just recently one year old Lizzie. They live in South Bend.   My son Evan is 22 and a senior at Benedictine University in Atchison, Kansas.   Our daughter Ally is 20, living on her own in the area and working as a medical assistant.  Michele is 16 and a sophomore at Marian.  My daughter Teresa is 13 and will be in 8th grade next year.  My son James, who is 12, will be in 7th grade.  Both will attend Queen of Peace starting next year.  We lost a child, Charlie, to miscarriage over 15 years ago.

Rest assured, this is my dream job and my heart is all in to be that servant leader God has called me to be.  I can’t wait to meet and walk with each of the students, their families, and staff. Mother Mary, Joseph, please pray for me, my family and this beautiful pearl on the St. Joe!

The journey has just begun...great treasures await all of us!                                                                                                    

Jesus I trust in you!

Scott Kovatch, Ed.S