THE ANCHOR-Diow,e of Fall River-Fri., Jan. 4, 1991
in our schools
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Bishop Connolly I
KATHRYN McCAUGHEY, pictured with Sisters of Mercy Davida Dunne, Lea Malley and Eileen Kitchen, portrayed Mercy foundress Catherine McAuley for a recent SS. Peter and Paul School celebration of the sisters' foundation Day. The Mercy Sisters have served at the Fall River school since 1923, and four are currently on the faculty. The F oundation Day program included presentation of corsages to the sisters, an autobiographical sketch of Mother McAuley, a slide show of the area of Dublin where the congregation was founded, and a student panel presentation of material on the foundress' works. Students were challenged to spread the Mercy charism and the celebration closed with a prayer for beatification of Mother McAuley and singing of the Suscipe.
Bishop Feehan Accepted into the Southeast member ofthe chorus, drama club, District Choral Festival from Bish- yearbook staff, debate team and op Feehan High School, Attleboro,' the French, Spanish and National were vocalists Rachel Padoll and Honor Societies. Patricia McLaughlin, both seniors; She has been honored by John juniors Kate Berry and Kerri Simon- Hopkins University as an academiceau, and sophomore Raymond Mar- ally talented youth and was a gold tell, who also received All-State key winner in the Scholastic Art recommendation. Competition. She was also a chemInstrumentalists Jennifer Wilson, istry winner at the Rhode Island Erinn Hoagg and Vanessa Cesarz State Science Fair and has received also were accepted for the festival a biology award at Feehan. She and received All-State recommend- ranks seventh in her class of 250. ations. Feehan students participated in recent academic decathalon region~ al championships at Framingham North High School, placing 23rd overall and performing well despite Taunton Catholic Middle School competing with eight players in- students recently elected student stead of nine due to illness of a council officers and homeroom starter. representatives. Officers are Brian Senior Joseph Boyle won a gold Lanagan, president; Melissa Simas, medal in the scholastic division for vice president-treasurer;' Marc the highest score in grammar and Barney, vice president-bookstore literature, and a bronze medal for manager; and Justin Gordon. secthe third highest score on social r:etary. 24 students in grades 5 science. He placed in the top 10 in through 8 were named homeroom fine arts and science. representatives. The coach's medal went to Students recently participated sophomore Tim Famulare for his in a Pennies-by-the-Mile contest contribution to the overall success in which they competed bOy classof the team. room to be the first to raise enough Coached by English teacher pennies to measure a mile. The Christopher Servant, the team is winning class, homeroom 7-3, will composed of two seniors, six jun- enjoy a pizza party. The drive iors and four sophomores. raised $700. In its second meet of the year, held at Dighton-Rehoboth High School, the Feehan math team Dominican Academy placed second in a field of seven Pupils at Dominican Academy, withjunior Elaine Dwyer receiving Fall River, enacted a Mexican an award as the highest scoring posada for nine days before Christjunior in the competition. Virginia mas as statues of Mary, Joseph Jolin is the coach and Kathleen and Jesus, led by an angel, were McCarthy and Amy Matoian are carried through the halls to the, cocaptains of the IO-member team. strains of "Prepare Ye the Way of Senior Stacy Girard was recently the Lord." The statues were placed honored as 1991 Somerset Lions in a different classroom daily, symClub Young Woman of the Year. bolizing the various resting places She plans to use her $1 ,000 scholar- found by the Holy Family en route ship award toward study of hotel to Bethlehem. administration at Cornell UniverPupils also donated items for sity. She has studied classical ballet needy children and adult family for 10 years and was winner of members at the Fall River shelter creative and performing arts and for the homeless and collected fitness awards in the local contest. food and money for the Rocking She now qualifie.s for state-level Horse restaurant's annual project competition. of feeding the needy on Christmas At Feehan, Miss Girard is a day.
Taunton Catholic Middle School
31 juniors and seniors Wl~re recently inducted into the Bishop Connolly High School:chapter of the National Honor Society. Chapter president Porsha Ingles welcomed parents, faculty ~nd friends to the ceremony and sbhool chaplain Father Jim Mattaliano, SJ, offered the invocation. : Chapter members Anne Conforti, Bruce Mason, Michael Nasser and Lisa Goss spoke on scholarship, leadership, servicJ and character, qualities on whIch socit:ty membership is based. I Principal Father John Murray, SJ, exhorted members to be faithful to their gifts. He cited St. Ignatius of Loyola as a Iman who worked hard to succeed at his studies and was devoted to serving GQd and God's people. : Seniors Eric J. Stubbert and Porsha Ingles were Elks Teenagf:rs of the Month for N1ovembf:r. Stubbert, student goverllment treasurer, is active in hockey and ski club. , Miss Ingles is yearbook editor and participates in dra.rta, sailing, choir, National Honor Society, Amnesty Internationa1 and the foreign language club. ~he is a St. Anne's Hospital and Fall River Community Soup Kitchen volunteer. Both students are o~ the postprom committees. I Jim L'Heureux, yearbook moderator at the Fall Rive,r School, has been notified that OPUS '90 has been named among the top 10 percent of 1990 yearbqoks pulblished by the Taylor Rublishing Company. Yearbooks were judgf:d on cover and page design, copywriting and theme development. Editors were Matt Carlo'S, now at Rhode Island College, and Maria Mutty, now ·at the University of Massachusetts at Amherlst. Connolly faculty and staff have received a Silver Award from the United Way of Greater Fall River. for pledges and gifts made to the 1991 United Way campaign. GEORGE ANGELOofth; science faculty at Bishop Connolly High School, Fa!ll River, has received a $500! specia.l achievement award from the National Park Servic~. For' the past half dozen summers, Angelo hasibeen an emergency medical technician at Grand Teton Natiodal Park, WY0n;ting. He. ~s n~w le~d EMT tn the park S North DIStrict and in 1988 and 1~90 was acting ranger for parlt of thl~ summer. He also coordinates training for Natiomp Park Service and district'concession staffs. i
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Bi.shop Stang Senior Kim J. Sutcliffe of Bishop Stang High School, North Dartmouth, was among 30 U.S. students who traveled to Moscow recently as science youth ambassadors to Russia in a People to People Youth Science Exchange Program. The program brings U.S. students to other countries for tours of scientific facilities, meetings with scientists, and sightseeing. Miss Sutcliffe was pari of an astrophysics team headed by W. Russell Blake, director of the Plymouth-Carver Planetarium. The team earned·a first place gold medal and a certifi,:ate of excellence in a 200-question oral Science Olympics Contesl sponsored by the Soviet Center of International Programs. Senior Kelly Condon received a $500 scholarship first place award in the Dec. 7 Johnson and Wales Invitational Skills Meet in speedwriting. Miss Condon had studied
speedwriting for only three months before surpassing students competing after two or three years of instruction.
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Ten of Stang's fall sports teams have received the M IAA Academic Excellence Award, given teams for achievement of a high academic average while participating in sports... Gold medals, awarded to teams averaging 3.0 to 4.0 academically, went to the girls' varsity crosscountry team and the varsity field hockey and varsity volleyball teams. Silver medals, for averages of 2.5 to 3.0, went to junior varsity field hockey, freshman field hockey, varsity football, freshman football, boys' junior varsity soccer, girls' varsity soccer and junior varsity volleyball. In all, 48 percent of Stang's fall athletes are on the school honor roll.
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