Spartan Weekly Update Feb. 21-27, 2013 COMING UP May 2 St. Mary’s pillars for success: Catholic, Excellence, Marian Division Arts Festival May 6 Integrity and Respect. Spotlight on St. Mary’s Open House May 6-12 St. Mary’s is a Catholic college-preparatory school “ AP Testing educating students from thirty communities from grades 6-12. Our rigorous academic and co-curricular May 7 programs encourage young men and women to reach their spiritual, intellectual, moral, physical and Connell Service Awards creative potential. ” May 9 Senior Project Presentations From the Head of School May 15 Greetings, Last day for Seniors We have had a busy and fruitful week. This week’s update reflects the life and the good news of our St. Mary’s community. May 22 I was thinking about how quickly this academic year has passed and I have been spending time with our seniors as they head into the home Baccalaureate Mass stretch. I found this wonderful quote which captures my feeling about the next four weeks: May 23 “You’re searching... Commencement For things that don’t exist; I mean beginnings. Ends and beginnings - there are no such things. June 18 There are only middles.” Robert Frost, Mountain Interval, “In the Home Stretch” North Shore Navigators SMH Night I hope our seniors and the faculty, staff and students seize the upcoming moments and cherish the “middles” that Robert Frost refers to in this profound excerpt. The next three weeks will pass quickly and I hope that we as a community will stop and cherish every moment in prayer and gratitude. Carpe diem! Spartan Weekly Update This week has been busy and we have celebrated the diversity and talent of our school. I want to congratulate the following: ATTACHED • The Inductees of the Junior National Honor Society • SMH Generic Permission Slip • The Cast, Crew and Directors of The Wizard of Oz • Physical Form • The Catholic Central Conference Honorees • May Dining Menu • The Recipients of the ONE Award Recipients • Participants in Nature’s Classroom • May Gym Schedule • The Athletes honored by John Hoffman and Brothers Deli • Commencement Letter • The Spring Athletes • Campus Ministry • Trish Richard and the Artists whose works were displayed at Lynn Museum • Leaders and parents at the Students Council Breakfast • Artists, Poets, Filmmakers and Writers at the Marian Division Arts Festival • The Parent Planning Committee, Sponsors and Advancement Team for an amazing Spartan Under the Stars Event at the Lynn Museum • St. Mary’s Parish for being honored by Catholic Charities North The search for a new Assistant Head of School/Principal is underway. The role description and opportunity is on the website and will be advertised in the Boston Globe on Sunday as well as Monster.com for 30 days. We have always reached out to our colleagues at NCEA, the Archdiocese of Boston, the Roche Center for Catholic Leadership at Boston College and our colleagues and educational networks. The Process will be co-chaired by the Vice Chair of the Board and Chair of our Education Committee Dr. Elizabeth Twomey, PhD and the Head of School. An Executive Committee has been formed and will oversee the search process. The committee membership will be listed on the website. I am grateful for the interest in the search process and the committee. Please find the search information on our website. St. Mary’s will be announcing a partnership with the Navigators and a St. Mary’s Night in June. Stay tuned! Prayers for many of our faculty, staff and students who have requested prayers for family and friends. Enrollment Spotlight on St. Mary’s Information Night St. Mary’s Admission will host an Information Night for potential high school transfer students, Marian Division (grades 6-8) students, prospective high school freshmen and prospective students grades 6-12 on Monday, May 6 from 6-7:30 p.m. St. Mary’s administration, faculty, coaches, students and parents will be present to shine the spotlight on our Academics, Athletics, Arts, Digital Citizenship and Catholic Identity. Click here for more information. Why St. Mary’s? Visit us on May 6 and share the St. Mary’s Experience! Current families, graduated families, faculty and staff...don’t miss your opportunity to receive a $10 iTunes gift card for every potential student who attends the information night on May 6 and mentions your name!!! Spartan Weekly Update Attention Senior Parents ATHLETICS Attached is an important letter from Headmistress Regan and Mr. DiMaiti regarding Commencement and Commencement week details. Junior Brianna Rudolph became the first Division 1 full scholarship basketball player at St. Mary’s committing to Umass Lowell, Wizard of Oz who begins play in America East next year. Magnificent pictures from the performance can be found on our website. Photography credits to Maureen Bucell. Costume credits to Cathy Brackett. Baseball moves to 7-5 with a 12-2 win over Campbell on May 4. St. Mary’s girls track defeated Guidance Arlington Catholic 90-41 on April 30. SENIORS St. George Orthodox Church in Lynn is offering the Michael Koskey Hellenic Boys Tennis had a 3-2 win over Lynn Classical on April 30. Scholarship to students who are communicants of St. George Greek Orthodox Church. To be eligible you must have a GPA of “B” or better. Applications are available in the guidance office. The deadline is May 16. All the best to Kevin Moran, who resigned after 9 years as boys hoop coach. His loyalty and The Pine Hill Civic Association Scholarship is available to students who are the son/ dedication to St. Mary’s will never daughter, stepson/stepdaughter, or have their legal guardian be a current paid be forgotten. member of the Association. This awards are based on financial need, scholastic record, and community involvement. Applications are available in the guidance office. The deadline is May 25. A Note from Fr. Brian Just a reminder that next Wednesday, May 8, at 7 p.m. Fr. J. Bryan Hehir will be delivering a lecture in the O’Brien Lecture Hall entitled Vatican II and Catholic Charities: Connections and Changes. Fr. Brian will not be there because he will be attending a training at the pastoral center in Braintree. Deacon Tim will act as host for the evening. Fr. Hehir is the a member of Cardinal Sean’s cabinet and is the Secretary for Health and Social Services for the Archdiocese of Boston. Fr. Brian asks that all be aware that he and others will be present in the building on the evening of May 8 and that our guests will be welcomed and respected by those who may have contact with them. If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact Fr. Brian. Digital Citizenship Learn more about Digital Citizenship and our 1:1 iPad Initiative on our website Don’t forget the Parent Information Nights that will be held in the O’Brien Lecture Hall. The last meeting is being held next week. Please join us! Tuesday, May 7 at 6:30 p.m.—iPad security, parental controls Spartan Weekly Update In a unique partnership between St. Mary’s and Catholic TV, we have expanded our portable computer lab for our library and classrooms with access to CLEAR 4-G Wireless Internet. We have received 10 Lenovo laptops running Windows 7 and Microsoft Office 2010. This partnership is a component of CTV’s educational bandwidth utilization and their strong support of technological progress within the Catholic School System. Spartan Pride On April 27, Dick Ruth ‘68 was inducted into the Lynn Classical High School Hall of Fame. Dick taught in the Lynn Public Schools for 35 years and from 1988 to 2007 served as Athletic Director at Lynn Classical. Just after his retirement he returned to teaching by accepting a part-time position in the math department at St. Mary’s. Details can be found on our website. On Monday Mr. Ruth suffered a bad choking episode in class: “When I was able to catch my breath Michaela St. Cyr brought her unopened bottle of water to me. I said thank you but I didn’t want to take her water. She told me that I might as well drink it because she wasn’t taking it back. Michaela is an outstanding math student and her actions showed me that she is an even more outstanding human being.” Science Massachusetts Water Resources Authority School Education Program The MWRA received dozens of entries from schools across our service area. The students who made it to the final judging session should be very proud of themselves. Even though their video was not chosen for a prize, it was selected to be among the few to make it to the final judging session and we want to recognize their hard work and talent as well. Each student received a Certificate of Achievement for reaching the final session in the judging process. Over the next few weeks the MWRA will be posting all the videos that made it to the final sessions on YouTube. Olivia Bromery Meghan Geaney Kristin Silck Jackson Allard Matthew McManus Sarah Stueve Sara Bullock Christina Hallisey Kyle Smith Larisa Bogomolov Gianna Moschella Antonia Vinciarelli Francesca Malatesta Dana Hallisey Katie Dixon Courtney Cassidy Shane O’Neill Vanessa Maylor Julianna Rivera Chef Paul Berries are our food focus of the month! Spartan Weekly Update Scholarship Breakfast St. Mary’s Scholarship benefactors and students joined together for a breakfast featuring the impact of the service-minded James W. O’Brien Foundation. Carolyn McInnis DiGiammo, O’Brien Foundation Trustee, spoke about the O’Brien Foundation’s message to give back to society in any and every way you can.