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August 20, 2010

IN OUR SCHOOLS

IN OUR SCHOOLS

‘Jungle jammers’ at St. Mark

Summer of fun

Grant winners honored

August 20, 2010

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On Aug. 17, the 2010 MACS Foundation Grants for Educational Excellence were awarded to the following educators: Mary Elizabeth Learner, Catherine Bischoff, Denise Bier, Charlotte Catholic High School, for Calculator Inspired Learning, Part 2; Jennifer Cabrera, Socorro Davaz, Holy Trinity Middle School, for A World Beyond Borders; Stanley Michalski, Tracy Shoff, Alan Kaufman, Holy Trinity Middle School, for Artist in Residence Program; Yvonne Adamou, Holy Trinity Middle School, for Character Chronicles/Big Changes Big Choices; Annie Jost, Holy Trinity Middle School, for Community Garden & Outdoor Science Learning Center; Regina Pastula, Holy Trinity Middle School, for Embracing our Multiculturalism; Rose Cubit Spinning, Our Lady of the Assumption School, for Technology Into Writing Webs; Melissa Ocejo, Our Lady of the Assumption School, for Empowering Writers, K-1; Kari Moses, Susan Gordon, St. Ann School, for The Classroom Accommodations Techniques & Tools, (CATT); Jean Spegal, Betsy Desnover, Denise HesKamp, Michelle Boyle, for Building Common Ground While Walking On Holy Ground: Respecting Other’s Life Journeys; Nicole Warren, St. Gabriel School, for Hear, See, Do & Share Math; Christine Giroux, St. Gabriel School, for Let’s Take a BREAK; Theresa Faucher, St. Gabriel School, for Picture This; Christine Giroux, St. Gabriel School, for The “Just Right� Leveled Classroom; Kathryn Louis, St. Mark School, for BrainPOP; Kimberly Antolini, St. Mark School, for Clifton Youth Explorers; Judy LaPietra, St. Mark School, for History Alive Program of the Teachers Curriculum Institute; Rachel Angel, St. Mark School, for Lexia Strategies for Older Students; Renee Birch, Amy Dill, St. Mark School, for No More Limitations; Peggy Palasick, Ann Miles, St. Mark School, for The Student Parent Support Program; Stacy Desormeaux, St. Mark School, for We All Knead Bread; Patricia Wendover, St. Matthew, for “Let the Children Come to Me;� Patricia Franz, Jackie Mariello, Jennifer Faries, Mary Strauss, St. Matthew, for Kindergarten Reading Clubs; Kathy Healy, Maggie Menze, Crystal Watts, Kelly Parks, St. Patrick School, for FASTT Math.

MACS Summer Campers at St. Matthew School in Charlotte enjoy watermelon during another fun day at camp. Summer is a time relaxation and fun, and MACS Summer Camp has again given students a safe, relaxing and fun way to spend their time during the summer break from school. With activities such as cookouts, water balloon fights, sports and weekly field trips, the campers who attended camp were engaged all day long with weekly themes and learning activities such as cooking class, pottery and a survival skills workshop.

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“Heroes: Hearts Everywhere Reaching Out� was the theme of Vacation Bible School at St. Mark Church in Huntersville in July. Each night more than 300 students, in pre-kindergarten through the fifth grade, participated in games, crafts, music and Bible skits all focusing on the virtuous lives of Sts. John the Baptist and Juan Diego and Mother Teresa of Calcutta. Then the high school skits team, nicknamed the “Jungle Jammers,� re-created the stories of the featured saints, re-enforcing the daily lesson and leading more than 500 participants in energetic songs and dance each day. The featured song “H-ER-O God is my Hero� was the theme of the week, and certainly the theme for all of us to live by. Pictured are “Jungle Jammers� Trini Marinello, Lizzie Benson, Jackie Campo, Mary Kate Reid, Molly Welch, Katie Reilly, Kim Abrams, Allie Fisher, Anthony Rivera, Kendall Smith, Zak Martin, Maddie Fink, Jacob Miller and Diana Bennett (a visitor from Haiti).

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Students re-enacted a portion of the Gospel of Luke – the command of Jesus for the Apostles to cast their nets into the waters (Luke 5: 1-11; 27-32; 6: 12-16; 8: 1-3) – during Vacation Bible School at St. James Church in Hamlet recently. Pictured are the performers: Tony Hogan, Marco Acosta, Derik Wilderman, Sean Wilderman, Sergio Lucero, Jamil Wright, Alicia English, Mirka Acosta, Angela Chen and Don Meany. The theme of the lesson was that for those who follow Jesus, their lives will never be the same again.

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A lively group of children perform songs to wrap up the “Baobab Blast�themed Vacation Bible School at St. John Neumann Church in Charlotte recently. More than 50 kindergarten through fifth-grade students learned about their faith through song, storytelling and crafts during the weeklong VBS.

SCHOOL NEWS IN BRIEF

Reading naturally at SLS

WINSTON-SALEM ― Thanks to grants from the Diocese of Charlotte and St. Leo the Great Church, St. Leo Parish School was recently able to host summer reading enrichment sessions based on the Read Naturally program, for a fifth year in a row. For a month, three St. Leo teachers (Patti Eiffe, fourth-grade; Lindsay Hodgson, second grade; and Christine Hurley, librarian and French teacher) helped 37 students from the community improve fluency and reading comprehension. Read Naturally is designed to improve children’s reading skills and reading comprehension. “This is a program we use during the school year for our students at St. Leo’s,� Eiffe said. “It’s great that during the summer we can extend the program to children in our parishes and local communities as well.� Students ranged in age from rising first-graders to rising eighth-graders, with many for who English is a second language. ― Submitted by Donna Birkel

BMHS coach named ‘living legend’

KERNERSVILLE ― Brian Robinson, Bishop McGuinness High School’s women’s basketball coach, was recently awarded the “Living Legends� Award in Winston-Salem. The award was part of the July 22 Hanes Hosiery Community Center “Hang the Net� charity event to benefit the children of Winston-Salem. Robinson has led the Bishop McGuinness women’s basketball team

to five consecutive NCHSAA state basketball championships and is a recipient of the NCHSAA “Eight Who Make a Difference Award.� Over the years, the “Living Legends� Award has also been presented to area icons including Indianapolis Colts Head Coach Jim Caldwell, the late Clarence “Bighouse� Gaines, the late, great Hall of Fame Sportswriter Mary Garber, Hall of Fame Hanes Hosiery Industrial Women’s Basketball stars Eckie Jordan and the late, great Eunice Futch, WSSU All-CIAA Basketball standout William English; former New York Knick Luther “Ticky� Burden, the late Mr. James “Catfish� Sprinkle, Claudette Weston, Tom Muse, former Harlem Globetrotter Robert Little, former All American and WFU stars Charlie Davis and Skip Brown, former local star Jamie Wilkes, WXII news anchor Cameron Kent, WNBA star LaQuanda Barksdale and Hall of Fame NBA star Earl “The Pearl� Monroe. ― Submitted by Jeff Stoller

MACS open house dates set for fall

CHARLOTTE ― Open house dates for all MACS schools are as follows: n All elementary schools: 1:30-3:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 17, and 9 a.m.-noon Tuesday, Oct. 19 n Charlotte Catholic High School: 1-3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 24 n Holy Trinity Catholic Middle School: 1-3 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 31, and 9-11 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 3 We welcome your school’s news. E-mail items to Editor Patricia Guilfoyle at plguilfoyle@charlottediocese.org.

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