MOMENTS of DISTINCTION

Over 225 mothers of seniors gathered in the auditorium on November 29, 2022 to decorate and light one of the many Christmas Trees on campus during the Christmas Season. This annual tradition where each mother (or grandmother) hangs a Christmas ornament inscribed with the name of their son brought together mothers from the Class of 2023 for a special moment to commemorate their son’s time at La Salle College High School. A reception was held, and the evening concluded with a candle ceremony and special prayer.

The Music Department at La Salle College High School performed their annual Christmas Concert to a capacity crowd in the auditorium on December 5, 2022. The concert featured almost 200 musicians in seven different ensembles, performing fifteen numbers. The Honors Advanced Band closed out the concert with Home For The Holidays and Sleigh Ride.

The following week, on December 12, 2022, the Choral Program treated the audience in the auditorium to fourteen arrangements featuring the voices of over 70 young men in the two ensembles under the direction of Mr. Mark Norman, who performed numbers that included Do You Hear What I Hear?, It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year, Angels We Have Heard On High, and White Christmas.

During the morning hours of Christmas Eve, over 120 students (30 Santas and 94 elves) delivered presents to the homes of 80 pediatric oncology and hematology patients from Saint Christopher’s Hospital for Children. The day marked the 22nd consecutive year that La Salle College High School has partnered with Committee to Benefit the Children to bring the “Miracle of Christmas” to these children and their siblings. The La Salle community purchased gifts that were wrapped, tagged, bagged, and delivered to over 250 children on the morning of Christmas Eve. Additional gifts were donated by families who “adopted” patients and their siblings. Over 30 parents and alums accompanied the students as they made deliveries into twelve counties in two states.

La Salle College High School hosted its annual Legacy Reception in the Glaser Center on January 10, 2023, where nearly 200 past, present, and future Explorers — across three generations — gathered to share their Lasallian stories, connect with classmates and friends, and welcome members of the Class of 2027 with familial connections to La Salle.

La Salle College High School awarded 62 scholarships to 8th grade boys and, on January 12, 2023, the La Salle community hosted these young men along with their parents and a favorite teacher from their grade school, at a Scholarship Reception. The guests were hosted at their table by a current senior along with a member of the faculty/staff and addressed by current seniors Thomas Eble and Sebastian Barnes along with Brother James, Butler, FSC.

Friday, January 13, 2023 was far from unlucky for La Salle College High School as the Varsity Basketball Team defeated Conwell-Egan Catholic High School by 26 points on “Silent Night,” an annual event that dates back to 2012. The students dress in costume and remain silent until the Explorers score their tenth point and then go berserk and maintain highenergy for the remainder of the game. Over 600 students pack the stands opposite the home and away benches and become the ultimate “sixth man.” The costumes are creative, the atmosphere is electric, and the brotherhood and solidarity is infectious.

The National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC®) announced the names of over 16,000 Semifinalists in the 68th Annual National Merit Scholarship Program. These academically talented high school seniors have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 7,250 National Merit Scholarships worth nearly $28 million that will be offered next spring. Less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors qualify for this prestigious honor. The following Explorers were named 2022 National Merit Semifinalists: Sebastian Barnes , Evan Cohen, Matthew Giordano, Harrison Glover, and Alexander Ippoliti. The following students were named as 2022 Commended Students: Matthew Dalfo, Joseph Gleason, Connor Goldfarb, Jack Gorovitz, Jonathan Guza, Shane Hannan, Liam Keenan, Cabot Morrissey, Justin Muttreja, Elio Shiffman, Christopher White, and Kevin White.