Montgomery Catholic Kindergarten Family Treasures Project

Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School, St. Bede campus Kindergarten’s are working on a yearlong Family Treasures project.  Each month the students work on a special project with parents and family members. Teacher, Mrs. Debbie Redden, encouraged the families to have fun while creating a Treasure Book Binder and Book Nook to get the project started.   A Book Nook is a special spot at home designed for students to read with family members or read independently. The Treasure Binder will be filled weekly with books the students make in class.  By the end of Kindergarten, the children will have quite a library of books that they will treasure and read repeatedly and independently. Each student receives a key to the treasure binder to be kept with it. This is meant to remind them that the "key to reading success" is to practice reading every day, at home and at school!  

Montgomery Catholic Kindergarteners Celebrate Johnny Appleseed’s Birthday

September 26 was Johnny Appleseed's Birthday. The kindergartener’s at Montgomery Catholic’s     

St. Bede Elementary Campus celebrated with an Apple Tasting Party. Each student sampled caramel apples, apple pie, apple muffins, apple jelly, and apple juice and made applesauce from scratch. Each student voted on their favorite apple snack. Finishing up the week, the class made a great power point in computer class about Johnny Appleseed.

Picture: Mrs. Debbie Redden’s Kindergarten Class: Back row left to right:  Anya Montelara, Jackson Wright, Avery Langan, Sydney Bass, Ben Chitlik,Harper Howell, Harrison Rogers,Lucas Macchia, 
Sitting: Amedeus Kayisavera, Maggie Sasser, Maddie Sanderson, Ryan Coker, Cooper Beesley, George Allison, Cameron Livingston

Montgomery Catholic Key Club Members completed 700 service hours!

Twenty Montgomery Catholic High School Key Club members did over 700
service hours over the summer!  These students worked on projects such
as mission trips, summer camps, Bible school, sports camps, and yard
work.  Several of them helped in the office at school getting papers
filed, classrooms cleaned and ready, and the flower beds weed-free and
pretty!. While others stayed as far away from the school as possible,
these students were in the school for hours getting things ready for
their teachers and classmates!  All volunteering their time.

Pictured: Shelby Taff, Jarrett Mason, Callie Wilkinson, Sarah Talbot,
Zach Hulcher, Chase Williams, James Sherman, Alex Castanza.
Not pictured: Seul-Lee Beak, Eric Crenshaw, Ali Harper, Jacob Hulcher,
 Derek Kelly, Daniel Lobello, Caroline Maloney, Sydney O'Connor, Abby
Rohde, Spencer Starr,
Ally Taylor, Maggie Ward.

Children’s author visits Montgomery Catholic Elementary Campuses in September

Michelle Nelson-Schmidt, artist and best-selling author/illustrator of “Dogs, Dogs!”, “Cats, Cats!” and “Jonathan James and the Whatif Monster”, visited K4 through 6^th graders at Montgomery Catholic’s St. Bede and Holy Spirit Elementary Campuses. Michelle gave an energetic and entertaining presentation that featured the reading of her books, showing her art, and inspiring children and adults alike to persevere and follow whatever dream is in their hearts.  The students were able to ask questions and share their own dreams with their classmates. Photo caption: K4 students listen intently as the author reads “Jonathan James and the Whatif Monster”. 

Two Montgomery Catholic Students Named National Merit Scholarship Semifinalist, Giselle Simms and Zachary Hulcher

Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School proudly announces Giselle Simms and Zachary Hulcher as National Merit Scholarship Semifinalist.  Zachary is the son of Vickie and Richard Hulcher of Montgomery.  Giselle is the daughter of Mariann and Douglas Simms of Wetumpka. Both students will have the opportunity to compete for some 8,300 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $32 million that will be offered next spring.  Today officials of the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) announced the names of approximately 16,000 Semifinalists in the 58th annual National Merit Scholarship Program.

To be considered for a Merit Scholarship award, Semifinalists must fulfill several requirements to advance to the Finalist level of the competition. The preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test serves as an initial screening of program entrants. In addition to the test scores, the student's academic record, community involvement, leadership ability, and personal essay are considered when determining semifinalists. About 90 percent of the Semifinalists are expected to attain Finalist standing, and approximately half of the Finalists will win a National Merit Scholarship, earning the title of Merit Scholar. 

MCPS K-4 and “The Little Yellow Chicken”

Mrs. Mary Walker's four-year-old kindergarten class at Montgomery Catholic's Holy Spirit Campus enjoy reading and acting out "The Little Yellow Chicken" by Joy Crowley, taking turns playing the characters of the children's story.

Left to right: Addison Branch, Matthew Krasnowiecki, Grant Shatzer, Lilly Traff, and Ella Anderson.

Montgomery Catholic Integrates Technology into History

MCPS is excited to pilot a new class that integrates technology into history instruction with students using multiple dynamic approaches to learn about World History. The freshmen class will use Macbook Air laptop computers and SmartBoard Technology to work collaboratively and in innovative ways to learn about global cultures and history. This technology will create a much more individualize approach toward history instruction that the tech-savvy Knights will appreciate. Much of the instruction will be project-based which will challenge students to create presentations and learn in ways outside of a textbook. The computers, housed in a mobile lab, will be used outside of history classes to supplement other teachers' instruction and provide more opportunities for MCPS students 7-12 to learn about technology in a controlled educational environment. 

MCPS names Middle School Knight Ambassadors

Montgomery Catholic Preparatory Middle School names Knight Ambassadors for 2012-2013. These students serve as role models, show leadership, good judgment, maturity, honesty, and integrity while upholding their responsibilities of being a student.   The 2012-2013 Ambassadors are Mya Averett, Cheyenne Hayes, Elizabeth Londell, Anna Nutting, Michael O’Connor, Antwan Parker, Lauren Smith, Jordan Steele, Maggie Tippett.

Montgomery Catholic has 27 Seventh Grade Duke TIP Qualifiers

MCPS had 27 seventh graders qualify for the The Duke University Talent Identification Program or Duke TIPS program for 2012-2013. The 7th Grade Talent Search, which focuses on the identification, recognition, and support of high-ability students, offers qualifying seventh grade students the opportunity to take college entrance exams alongside high school students. Many 7th Grade Talent Search participants go on to earn exceptionally high scores.  Those who qualified are: Sienna Albaugh, Maria Barragan, Carter Beesley, Lauren Beverly, Lita Blackburn, Cameryn Brown, Mary Brunson, Trinity Carter, Jessie Clark, Luke Craig, Christopher DeJesus, John Faulkner, Ryne Herbek, Maria Johnson, Gabriel Lewandowski, Elizabeth Londell, Jenni Morgan, Anna Nutting, Lauren Oates, Henry Petters, Kyriacos Phillippou, Hyunjoo Rho, Cameron Searcy, Katelyn Stark, Annabel Starrett, Anna Stokes, Matthew Taylor.  

Representing Montgomery Catholic with teamwork, dedication, and leadership!

Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School’s Holy Spirit Campus has several students that play for Montgomery's Capital City Streaks, which is an elite competitive soccer club.  This past August, the Capital City Streaks U-9, U-10 and U-11 boys teams competed at the Auburn Thunder Road Classic in Auburn, Alabama. The CCS U-10 white won first place in the tournament, with a record of 4-0-0, scoring 36 goals, with 5 scored against.  This solidified their first place state ranking, and placed the team 32 in the nation.  It has been over a year since the U-10 whites and U-11s have lost to a team from Alabama.  The CCS U-10 blue team which is a younger version of the U-10 white team, did well in the tournament, with a record of 1 win-0 ties-2 losses.  They are ranked fourth in the state.  The CCS U-11 team had the best record of the tournament, but missed first place due to bracket break out.  The record was 2-1-0, scoring 26 goals with 7 scored against.  They beat the winner of the tournament, 7-3.  This placed them at fifth in the state, and in the top 100 in the nation.

Pictured:  Michael Russo (Fifth Grade, U-11), Zach Pappanastos (Fifth Grade, U-11), Gabe Russo (Third Grade, U-10 Blue), Kolbe Russo (Fourth Grade, U-10 White), and Martin O'Grady (Fifth Grade, U-11). Thanks for representing Montgomery Catholic with your teamwork, dedication, and leadership boys!

Celebrating over 40 years together as friends and rivals.

 

For over 40 years, high school students at Montgomery Catholic and St. Jude have celebrated the Mass of the Holy Spirit together on the day of their football game.  Each year, the host team also hosts the Mass. This year MCPS and St. Jude were thankful that Archbishop Rodi celebrated Mass with them on August 31 at Montgomery Catholic. Mass was followed with cupcakes and socializing in the courtyard, and a joint  Pep Rally in the gym. Both schools cheered for their teams, preparing for the long standing first football game of the season – “The Archbishop’s Bowl”. Archbishop Rodi granted both sides a special break before heading back to class.  The day ended with a Montgomery Catholic Knight victory over the St. Jude Pirates.