northwest passages JANUARY 2016 SUPPLEMENT “WHERE YOU KNOW THAT YOU BELONG” Discipulus Virdis By Emma Schumaker ’19 Here Northwest Catholic’s favorite “Green Student” embodies the spirit of Christmas at Northwest Catholic. Green participates in many holiday fes- tivities with students as he pops into instrumental and choral music rehearsal, the HILL class poinset- tia sale, and the Christmas prayer service. Green even gives the students of NWC a Christmas pres- ent...their new mascot! Make sure to follow the NWC Passages run Insta- gram account @humans_of_nwc to see the winning mascot sketch featured in the near future! Student Art Spotlight IAN D’ARCANGELO ’16 IAN D’ARCANGELO ABBY HERRON ’16 HERRON ABBY Pictured above is a mixed media piece done by Erin “The Journey of the Wise Men” by Ian D’Arcangelo ’16, featured Feeney ’16, displayed at the Northwest Catholic Art on the Northwest Catholic Christmas Concert program. Show on December 15. ABBY HERRON ’16 HERRON ABBY JULIA CHRISTOLINI ’16 JULIA CHRISTOLINI The painting above, featured in the December 15 Art Show, was This pottery piece was created by Rebecca Molin ’16, created by Erika Peterson ’16. and was featured in the Art Show. passages JANUARY 2016 SUPPLEMENT news 2 Northwest Catholic Music Department Shines he Northwest Catholic Music Department, led by Mr. Daniel Avery ’97, Director of Choral Stud- ies, Mr. Daniel Luddy ’03, Director of Instrumental Music, Ms. Katalin Viszmeg, Director of T Strings, Mr. Richard Shonty, Associate Director of Instrumental Music, presented a Christmas Concert on December 17, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. in the Richard Rice Auditorium. Chamber Choir began the night with “Carols Around” and “Merry Christmas, Darling”. Then Jazz Ensemble played “Cha- meleon” and “A Jazzy Christmas Medley” for the audience. Women’s Choir was on next, playing “This Little Babe”, “Christmas Star” featuring the Honors String Ensemble, and “Go Where I Send Thee”. The Combined String Ensemble continued with “A Christmas Symphony”. Next, Honors String En- semble performed “All is Well” as well as “Carole of the Bells/Greensleeves”. Concert Choir presented “Do You Hear What I Hear”, “I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day”, and “Adeste Fideles” with the Honors String Ensemble. The finale before the intermission was courtesy of the Big Band playing “The Little Drummer Boy” and “The Mudbug Strut”. The Concert Band presented pieces like “The Spirit of an Eagle” and “Joy”. The Jazz Singers performed “Holly Jolly Christmas”, “A Child is Born”, and “Deck the Halls”. The Wind Ensemble rounded the set list out with “Galop”, and “Fortress”. KIMBERLY SPERA KIMBERLY SARA AVERY Pictured above is the finale of the December 17 Christmas The Northwest Catholic Big Band was featured as they performance. The finale, “A Christmas Festival”, by Leroy played both a Christmas song, and a “New Orleans style” Anderson, featured all of the Northwest Catholic music jazz song. Pictured above are instrumentalists Kevin Ke- groups and choirs, directed by Mr. Daniel Luddy ’03 and arns ’16, Justin Lam ’18, Christopher Raymond ’18, Dylan Mr. Daniel Avery ’97. The audience favorite is a mashup Rispoli ’18, John Dudley ’17, Samuel Spak ’16, and Will of many traditional favorite Christmas carols, including Moustakakis ’16, performing during the in-school concert “Deck the Halls” and “Jingle Bells”. held on December 23. KIMBERLY SPERA KIMBERLY SPERA KIMBERLY The Northwest Catholic Wind Ensemble, a hon- The Northwest Catholic Jazz Ensemble, Northwest’s ors music class that meets during the school day, second jazz group, brought Christmas spirit with prepared dilegently and wowed audience members their “Jazzy Christmas Medley” arranged by Ken with their dramatic wind band pieces, directed by Clark. Pictured above are Brendan Chan ’19, Ethan Mr. Daniel Luddy ’03. Above, Mary Budnick ’16 Cheffer ’19, Hannah Paszczuk ’19, Samuel Deveau ’19, and Kennedy O’Hara ’17 are shown playing the Michael Foster ’19, Loren Davis ’19, Alex Kanya ’18, flute on December 23. Kaleb Kristo ’19, Justin Rivera ’18, Michael Stamm ’19, Matthew Villani ’19, Declan Kiley ’17, and John- ny Collas ’19, as directed by Mr. Richard Shonty. passages News JANUARY 2016 SUPPLEMENT 3 Northwest Catholic Music Department Shines Con’t ABBY HERRON ’16 HERRON ABBY ABBY HERRON ’16 HERRON ABBY Natiel Cooper ’18, Jake Bodin ’19, Collin Crowshaw Choir members Damian Mackay-Morgan ’17, Emily ’19, Vaniah Delancy ’16, Chyanne Gordon ’17, Nicole Driscoll ’17, Megan Grandell ’16, Dennis Tan ’17, Mcfarlane ’19 Tailanae Brantley ’19, Kayla Walton Kelly Galeota ’17, and Jessica Follo ’18 perform dur- ’17, Shirley Love ’19, and Keily Murillo ’19 perform ing the in school concert on December 23 under the during NWC’s Christmas Concert. direction of Mr. Daniel Avery ’97. ABBY HERRON ’16 HERRON ABBY ’16 HERRON ABBY The Jazz Choir, a selective group requiring an audi- Allyson Voelker ’17, Lauren Mangine ’16, Claire tion for acceptance, performs at the in school concert Nicholas ’17, Claire Hurtado ’16, Vaniah Delancy ’16, on December 23. The group is advised by Mr. Daniel Christal Riley ’16, Elizabeth D’Arcangelo ’18, Kath- Avery ’97. Pictured are members Kevin Kearns ’16, erine Mullen ’17, Lauren Orsini ’17, Taylor Jordan- David Ogbonna ’17, James Sullivan ’18, John Sullivan Blue ’16, the members of the Women’s Choir, directed ’18, Daniel Ogbonna ’18, Allyson Voelker ’17, Lauren by Mr. Daniel Avery ’97, perform on December 23. Mangine ’16, Emily Driscoll ’17, and Gia Fenton ’17. Dance Recital On Wednesday December 23th, many of the NWC dancers performed in an in school Christmas celebration, directed by Miss Kerri Smith. The performance opened with a dance choreographed to “Walking in Memphis”, featuring the whole company. Then they per- formed to the song “Silent Night” with a solo by Mary Papandrea ’16. They continued to show their skill by dancing to the song “I’ll Be Home” with a solo by Alicia Moran ’16. Intro to Dance finished with a finale to the “Christmas Can Can”. Dance Repertory also performed a number to “Mowtown Christmas”, a medly of Christmas favorites. KIMBERLY SPERA KIMBERLY KIMBERLY SPERA KIMBERLY Sophie Argay ’19, Hope Moustakakis ’19, Jacquelyn Megan Kaake ’17 is held in an impressive lift during Collas ’16, Jessica Nunez ’17, and Megan Kaake ’17 the moving performance, “Walking in Memphis” perform the “Christmas Can Can”. passages JANUARY 2016 SUPPLEMENT News 4 The HILL Class One Step Closer to Germany ABBY HERRON ‘16 HERRON ABBY ‘16 HERRON ABBY This fall, members of the HILL Class sold poinset- The poinsettia sale raised funds that are divided tias to members of the Northwest Catholic com- among the members of the HILL Class to help pay munity. Pictured here are Timothy O’Donnell ’16, for the students to visit Germany on an educational as well as Jack Carew ’16 on the poinsettia delivery global awareness trip in the spring of 2016. Student date. Ana Mangini ’16 is pictured delivering poinsettias to a buyer. ABBY HERRON ‘16 HERRON ABBY ABBY HERRON ‘16 HERRON ABBY The poinsettias not only were sold to members of The students handled all aspects of the organiza- the community, but also decorated the halls of tion, sale, delivery and distribution of the poinset- Northwest Catholic, bringing Christmas spirit with tias. Molly Mullen ’16 and Sarah Neubert ’16 are them. Julia Christolini ’16, Molly Mullen ’16, Sarah pictured having some fun on delivery day. Neubert ’16, and Adam Sorrentino ’16 distribute the plants. Spotlight on the ACTS C lass ABBY HERRON ‘16 HERRON ABBY ABBY HERRON ‘16 HERRON ABBY On December 23, the ACTS Class organized and ran Lauren Mangine ’16, a member of the ACTS Class, led a beautiful Christmas prayer service that served as a the school in the Christmas carol “Silent Night” dur- reminder of the true spirit of the season. ing the prayer service. The Northwest Catholic Passages run Instagram ac- count @humans_of_nwc featured the ACTS Class mem- bers from Monday January 4-Friday January 8 2016. passages Service JANUARY 2016 SUPPLEMENT 5 The Sophomore Class Runs a Successful Turkey Drive From November 2-November 19, 2015, the Sophomore Class ran its annual Turkey Drive. The dona- tions provide turkeys for both the Catholic Worker House and Food- share. The winning homeroom of each grade, who raised the most money, won a casual clothes day. The overall winner of the school was Mrs. Curran’s homeroom! Pic- tured at left are Robert Rispoli ’16, Senior class president, and Dylan Rispoli ’18, Sophomore class president, encourage mem- bers of the Northwest Catholic community to donate to help those less fortunate than themselves. KIMBERLY SPERA KIMBERLY Northwest Catholic Toy Drive Brings Joy to Children KIMBERLY SPERA KIMBERLY KIMBERLY SPERA KIMBERLY During early December the Freshman class sponsored The Toy Drive continues to be one of the most suc- the annual Toy Drive. The charity of the Northwest cessful events at Northwest Catholic, with every Catholic community helps to provide the Catholic homeroom contributing. Above, Meghan Sisk ’19, Worker House with toys to give to children in need John Allen ’19, and Mrs. Lisa Huston help organize on Christmas. Here, Jimmy Sabia ’19, Freshman the toys for delivery. Class President, carries toys for the drive. passages JANUARY 2016 SUPPLEMENT Sports 6 Girls’ Ice Hockey Starts Strong NWC Cheerleaders Spread Spirit By Sophia Argay ’19 By Abigail Herron ’16 ne of the most ex- Middletown, the right num- season will run through mid- he 2015-2016 school year skills. We are also doing a lot of condition- citing changes this ber of players and a practice March 2016. As Annie brought a new, spirited cheerlead- ing for endurance, strength, and stamina.” Oyear brought to rink were secured, making Alissi ’19, daughter of Coach Ting team to Northwest Catho- Not only that, but for the first time Northwest Catholic is the the eight year dream an of- John Alissi and a Northwest lic athletics.