St. Bede Elects Student Council for 2005-06

Students at St. Bede Elementary recently elected their student council representatives for the 2005-2006 school year. This year the student council will be led by Mary Ashley Allen as President, Keenan Plate as Vice-President, Megan Foran as Secretary, and Ingrid Peifer as the Chaplain.

Pictured above is the Student Council for 2005-2006.
Row 1: Tony Stojak, Anna Mills, Rachel Fry, Ashley Barranco, James Sherman, Kyle Berher, Shelby Taff, Callie Wilkinson, Sterling Anderson, & Zack Hulcher Row 2: Forrest Taylor, Kelly McGeehan, Dominic Godwin, Josh Stark,. Elizabeth Karst, Mallyna Sessions, Chaplain Ingrid Peifer, Secretary Megan Foran, Vice-President Keenan Plate, President Mary Ashley Allen.

St. Bede Second Graders Make Rosaries for Hurricane Victims

Second graders at Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School’s St. Bede Campus answered a call by Father David Tokarz, pastor of St. Bede Church, to make rosaries for Catholics displaces by the recent hurricanes in Louisiana. Mrs. Ruth Glenboski, a second grade teacher at St. Bede, volunteered her class for the project, not knowing just how excited her students would be about making the rosaries. In the first session of the project, the class made 67 rosaries. The students enjoyed it so much that they invited Mrs. Tina Rutland’s second grade class over and taught them how to make the rosaries during Religion class. The project then extended to the third grade classes who joined them to tie a cross onto the end of each rosary.

Following the Friday school Mass, Father Tokarz blessed 183 rosaries which the students then placed in individual snack-sized bags, labeled, and prepared the rosaries to be shipped to those in need.

The experience sparked another idea. Mrs. Glenboski is preparing to teach a unit on Economics. She is planning to purchase additional supplies so that the children can once again make the product, package it, and then sell the items at the school’s upcoming Bohemian Art Fling Arts & Crafts Festival on October 15th. Together, the class will figure out the cost per unit, add a profit, and set a price. Following the sale, the class will count the money, pay back the class fund from which they borrowed the money for the supplies, give the church 10%, and determine their profit. The class will then use the profit to purchase needed playground balls and toys for the class to use.

Pictured: Mrs. Ruth Glenboski’s Second Grade Class at St. Bede with the rosaries they made for hurricane victims.

Catholic & Montgomery Academy Partner Together for Hurricane Relief

Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School and The Montgomery Academy have partnered together to bring teacher supplies to temporary schools in rural Mississippi. As communities begin the long and difficult rebuilding process, schools need the basic supplies for their classrooms and teachers. The following items are needed to reestablish schools in Harrison, Jackson, and Hancock Counties of Mississippi:

Pens, Pencils, Markers, Chalk, Erasers, Dry-Erase Boards,
Dry-Erase Markers, Paper, Copy Paper,
Construction Paper, Colored Paper, Hand Sanitizer,
Staplers, Staples, Paper Clips,
Push Pins, Hole Punchers, Rubber Bands,
Index Cards, File Folders, Pocket Folders,
Envelopes, Stamps, Legal Pads,
Binder Clips, Tape, Tape Dispensers,
Labels, Legal-Sized Paper, & Poster Board

This relief effort began as a result of a conversation between Montgomery Catholic’s Middle School Principal, Anne Ceasar, and her brother, Dr. Joe Olmi, who is a School and Child Psychologist and an Associate Professor of School Psychology at the University of Southern Mississippi. Dr. Olmi works with the USM Teacher Training Program helping future teachers in the area of Mental and Psychological Training. Since the disaster, he has been debriefing 160 USM student-teachers in the surrounding counties on what to expect when working with the children and their post-disaster behavior while helping to set up temporary schools.

Donations may be dropped off starting with tonight’s MA vs. Catholic football game and continuing through Friday, September 23rd at the Montgomery Catholic Middle School located behind our high school building at 5350 Vaughn Road and at The Montgomery Academy Upper School Campus located at 3240 Vaughn Road.

On Saturday, September 24th, the donations will be delivered to Dr. Olmi at the Teacher Field Placement Office at the University of Southern Mississippi and distributed to schools in Harrison, Jackson, and Hancock Counties, Mississippi. For further information, contact Montgomery Catholic’s Development Director, Mary Kelley, at 272-7221, ext. 15 or Montgomery Academy’s Communications Coordinator, Jennifer Henig, at 272-8210, ext. 256.

Freshman Class Elects SGA Officers for 2005-06

The Freshman Class recently elected their leaders for the 2005-2006 school year. Pictured above are Class Vice President Austin Barranco, Class Secretary Carrie Tucker, and Freshman Class President Roscoe Anderson. An interesting fact about these officers: all three students are children of CHS Alumni. Austin is the son of Mike '80 & Judy Barranco. Carrie is the daughter of Jimmy & Tammy (Sullivan) '77 Tucker. Roscoe is the son of Charlie & Linda (Belsterling) '78 Anderson.

Montgomery Catholic Announces National Merit Semifinalist and Commended Students

Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School announces Michelle Perone as a Merit Semifinalist and Mary Catherine Ingram and Audrey Duke as Commended Students in the 51st annual National Merit Scholarship Program conducted by officials of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC). These scholastically talented high school seniors have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 8,200 Merit Scholarship® awards, worth $33 million, that will be offered next spring. To be considered for a Merit Scholarship award, Semifinalists must fulfill several requirements and advance to Finalist level of the competition. About 90 percent of the 16,000 Semifinalists are expected to attain Finalist standing, and approximately half of the Finalists will be selected as Merit Scholarship winners, earning the Merit Scholar® title.

Pictured: National Merit Semifinalist Michelle Perone, National Merit Commended Students Audrey Duke and Mary Catherine Ingram.

Montgomery Catholic Students Raise $5,600 for Hurricane Relief

Following the devastation of Hurricane Katrina, our students immediately felt the need to help our neighbors in Mississippi and Louisiana. The SGA began a campaign to raise money for the victims of this natural disaster. On Saturday, September 3rd, students camped out on the front lawn of the high school with signs, posters, and hand-made banners urging the passers by to donate funds to help those in most need. From 11:30 a.m. until 1:30 p.m., the students raised $2,165.45 for Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New Orleans and $1,756.00 for the American Red Cross. Lowe’s Home Improvement of Montgomery then matched their $1,756.00, raising the total dollars donated to $5,677.45.

In the weeks since, students have forgone their daily 10-minute break snack and donated that money to help those in need. The SGA has also set up boxes in the breezeway collecting basic personal items (soap, diapers, cleaning supplies, insect repellant, etc.) for Father Tim Evan’s parish in Bayou La Batre.

We congratulate our student leaders and student body on their tremendous efforts in raising money for hurricane relief on the Gulf Coast.

To view the pictures from the Saturday campaign drive, go here http://community.webshots.com/slideshow?ID=446547743&key=AfJVYG .

Knights off to 2 and 1 start

The Montgomery Catholic Knights opened the season behind a powerful rushing attack, beating St. Jude on their home field 40-22. Tailback Jonathan Gueret led the Knights with 163 yards rushing, and Roman Tubner returned a kick-off for a touchdown early in the game, the first in recent memory, whereas Michael Thorpe sealed it late, with a 31 yard fumble recovery and return for a TD. The Advertiser wrote a nice article, available >here

In the second game, the Knights dropped a tough 34-20 decision to Lafayette. Despite a half-time lead of 14-12, featuring a 70 yard interception return for a TD by Jimmy Forsyth, the bigger Lafayette team pushed it down the field between the tackles in several long, time consuming drives, putting the game away late in the 4th quarter. Then, in the third game, the Knights were dominant in a 50-6 win over regional opponent Calhoun. In the first half, Gueret led with two rushing touchdowns, Tubner and Ashton Hardwick each added a 3rd and 4th, Forsythe returned a blocked punt by Brad Cary for the 5th, fullback Steven Bodet added the 6th, and Colin Newmeyer kicked a field goal for a commanding 44-0 half time lead. In the second half, the Knights played their junior varsity, trading one touchdown each, with Josh Soukup rounding out the scoring for the Knights. The Knights now host 2-1 Montgomery Academy Friday, September 16th, in one of the city¹s oldest rivalry games, on the Knights¹ home field. The game has important regional and play off implications. The Eagles have dominated that series over the last ten years, but the resurgent Knights should compete with the Eagles in what promises to be an exciting game.

St. Bede Students Put Their "Hats On for Hurricane Relief"

The students at Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School’s St. Bede Campus put their “Hats On for Hurricane Relief” on Tuesday, September 13th. The St. Bede students, teachers, and parent volunteers joined together to help the victims of Hurricane Katrina. For a donation to hurricane relief they earned the right to wear a hat to school for the day. Teachers and parent volunteers also collected donations in the student drop-off lanes before school to collect donations from parents on their way to work. Students who donated to the relief effort used this opportunity to express themselves with a wide variety of hat styles and colors.

Pictured above: Dorothy Foran, a St. Bede parent volunteer, with her children Patrick, Megan, and Susan participated in "Hats on for Hurricane Relief".

Pictured below: St. Bede Students Ingrid and Ian Pheifer show their patriotism while celebrating "Hats on for Hurricane Relief."