Catholic School Week

St. Mary High School Catholic School Week

Catholic Schools Week is the annual celebration that focuses attention on the good work done by the nation’s Catholic schools. The week will be observed Jan. 31 to Feb. 6, 2010.

According to Karen Ristau, NCEA president, “Catholic schools provide good things for students and families—high expectations and daily experience of faith. In these challenging times, the theme also reminds parents that the dividends of a Catholic school education—students prepared in faith, knowledge, morals and discipline—last a lifetime. There is no better way to invest in a child’s future—or the future of our world.”

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“ C a t holic Schools are an outstanding apostolate of hope, seeking to address the material, intellectual and spiritual needs of over three million children and students.” Pope Benedict XVI.

ACADEMIA IS ALIVE AND WELL AT ST. MARY HIGH SCHOOL

Our vision for St. Mary High School has become an academic epiphany for this school year. Not only have we introduced some new AP courses that challenge the essence of Bloom’s Taxonomy, but it has sprung new life into our faculty and student body. It has transformed us into visionaries, with lofty expectations. New curricula and technology, which include new Smartboards, net books, computers and state-of-the-art Physics Lab, has tempted and aroused the educational horizons of our students. To meet the new challenges of the 21st Century, one must be cognizant of the new educational research and theories. As teachers, we are thinking “outside of the box”, and developing new pedagogical strategies to engage and assist our students in the new millennium.

 Introduced of two new AP courses – Biology and Chemistry  New curriculum for Anatomy and Physiology  Refurbished science labs  Constructed new state-of-arts Physics Lab—received donations  Purchased an electron compound microscope—donation of the Bill “Moose” Young Fund  New Law I and Law II course of study  Introduced SAT course of study for Juniors—significant increase of scores  Introduced PSAT course of study for Sophomores  Expanded technology programs through the additions of New SmartBoards and white boards in all classrooms  Purchased netbooks for student classroom use

In addition, a number of guest speakers have addressed our student body. These have included clergy, professors, war veterans, African-American scholar and a member of one of the 911 Relief teams. This has promoted a better understanding of the global issues for our students, while our teachers have attended a variety of workshops to keep abreast of the recent research in education.

"Why I Chose Saint Mary High School"

I came to St. Mary High School students and between students because I can honestly say it lives up to its motto of a "small, personal Catholic choice". I was originally registered at another high school where there were 200 freshmen alone, and the numbers seemed to increase with each grade. After spending an entire summer there, at the school attending multiple orientations and volleyball camp, I realized that the school was not for me. and teachers - St. Mary Literally, the night before my exemplifies every aspect of first day of school, I decided to that. It does not take long for a transfer for St. Mary. I saw student to get to know their something in St. Mary's that classmates. With three years of other large schools seemed to education completed at St. lack - a Mary High School, and my close family atmosphere. One fourth coming to an end, I am of the biggest benefits of a confident that St. Mary has small, private school is the prepared me for the challenges intimacy between all the of college.

Moments in St. Mary History

Martina Ellerbe ’10 Signs with Ohio State University

St. Mary girls’ basketball standout, Martina Ellerbe, signed her National Letter of Intent to attend Ohio State. She attracted attention from several Division One programs including West Virginia, Miami, St. John’s, Princeton and Harvard.

Martina, a member of the National and Math Honor Societies, is ranked in the top of her class with an “A” average. Jae Hyun Joe received an award for attaining a perfect score on the Math section of the SAT. Yoona Choi also recieved award for attaining perfect scores in the Math section of the SAT and the Math and Korean SAT II Subject Test

Robert Leckie ’38 Prolific Author

Mr. Leckie, Class of 1938, bravely enlisted in the Marine Corp on December 7, 1941, the day the United States was attacked by the Japanese at Pearl Harbor. He served in the Pacific theater and fought in the Battle of Guadalcanal. This battle marked the first U.S. strategic victory and is often referred to as the turning point in the war. Mr. Leckie’s wartime experience served as an inspiration for his first (wrote approximately 40 books) and most famous novel, called Helmet for My Pillow. The novel caught the attention of m ovie star Tom Hanks and film maker Steven Spielberg. As a result, they teamed up to make the HBO ten- part miniseries The Pacific – a series of intertwined stories about three Marines. James Badge Dale plays the part of Robert Leckie, Eugene Sledge is played by Joe Mazzello and John Basilone is played by Jon Seda.

Recapture the Dream

Saint Mary High School would like to thank Robert Campbell, class of 1951, for pledging $100,000 to the "Recapture the Dream" campaign Open House - Sunday, January 31, 2010 2 - 4 p.m.

You are cordially invited to attend our Open House, even if you do not have school-age children, to experience the St. Mary High School "family" atmosphere.