Last November, the Father Ryan Relay For Life event topped an impressive $2 million in lifetime fundraising! Our annual cancer awareness event is the largest student-led Relay For Life in the world. On April 8, cancer survivor John Bearden, Father Ryan class of 1968, and member of ACS Tennessee Board, spoke to students about the impact our ten+ years of support has on cancer research and support.
Trip to the National Civil Rights Museum:
Social justice is a key part of our focus as a Catholic school and a school focused on educating leaders who are going to shape the world with empathy and understanding. This spring, 39 students from our AP African American Studies Class, the Social Justice Club, and the Multi-Cultural Student Union went to Memphis to visit the National Civil Rights Museum. Want to hear from our community about our approach to faith and service? Read Principal Francisco M. Espinosa, Jr.’s Irish Insights blog on the value of a Catholic education and Jessie Henry ’25’s blog post on how leadership and service shaped her Father Ryan journey.
accountable for how I react is an absolute game changer.”
Nina Annunziata, Cooperative and Academic Support Learning Specialist and Assistant Coach of Varsity Softball, found Your Brain's Not Broken (Strategies for Navigating Your Emotions and Life with ADHD) by Dr. Tamara Rosier to be transformational: “Dr. Rosier applies her years of coaching others to explain how ADHD affects every aspect of your life so that you can finally understand why you think, feel, and act the way you do. With this book as your guide, you can dramatically improve your personal and professional life by (1) understanding the complicated emotional landscape and thought life of those with ADHD, (2) learning how people with ADHD understand time, energy, and motivation, (3) managing your emotions, thought patterns, and actions for your overall emotional health, (4) implementing practical ways to improve your ADHD symptoms, and MANY more! This book was my "ah-ha" moment that I have been waiting for my whole life.”
