Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School Students’ Collect BOXES OF JOY!

Fourth grade students Owen Thompson, Isabella Munoz, Jessica Hankins and Ben Nguyen help load up “Boxes of Joy” at the MCPS Holy Spirit campus. Each Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School family received a box to fill for a needy child in support of the Cross Catholic Outreach program. Every year, thousands of poor children experience a Christmas without hope, Montgomery Catholic is blessed by a generous community who seems to always give more. The middle/high school campus acted as the Central Alabama collection center. The high school students loaded almost 1,000 boxes in mid-November, all headed to Guatemala and Haiti. Learn more at: www.crosscatholic.org/boxofjoy.

Key Club at Montgomery Catholic Continues Great Service to the Community

Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School has a long history serving the community. The perfect example is the very active MCPS Key Club. As the most active club in the State of Alabama, Montgomery Catholic's Key Club members have been recognized on the State and National level for their efforts. 

Key Club members help out at Camp Chandler during Halloween.
Pictured are: Maggie Tippett, Reagan Herbek, Emma Gandy, Marie Johnson, Jenni Morgan, Paige Rentfro, Trinity Carter, Aubrey Lenn, Martin Lee, Aleigha Walden, Anna Nutting, Isabelle Cochran, Madison Searcy, Carrie Belsterling.

For the 2015-16 school year the Montgomery Catholic Key Club has already made an impact in the River Region. Current Key Club members at the school have given time in service to The Spina Bifida Association's annual Walk-n-Roll at the Montgomery Zoo, helped children with arts and crafts at ARToberfest located in historic Capitol Heights, travelled to Camp Chandler to help with the Halloween Carnival and the Montgomery Zoo for their annual event Zoo Boo and work the Alabama National Fair. Averaging approximately 60 members per year, the Key Club is the largest single club on campus, involving nearly 20% of all high school students. 

Over 1000 hours of service have been completed so far.  The next few months will have the club helping serve meals and delivering donations at the Salvation Army, collecting donations for the Montgomery Area Council on Aging, helping with the Humane Shelter Gift Wrapping Fundraiser at East Chase, helping needy families through the Christmas Clearinghouse, doing yard work for the elderly, and volunteering at Reality and Truth Homeless Shelter.   

The Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School Key Club is led by president Patrick Gregorious (senior), vice president Marissa Dogan (senior), Chaplin Agnes Armstrong (senior) and secretary Anna Nutting (sophomore). They are sponsored by teacher Mrs. Jeanene Crenshaw.

Club secretary, Anna Nutting paints faces at a local fall event.

Two Montgomery Catholic Students Named Judges at YMCA Youth Judicial

Thirty-four students from Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School recently participated in the Youth Judicial program sponsored by the YMCA. Students from around the state spent three days in downtown Montgomery  reenacting actual court cases, participating in all parts of the judicial process, serving as judges, bailiffs, prosecution and defense lawyer teams, and as jurors. Each of the Montgomery Catholic teams were coached by Montgomery attorneys some with Montgomery Catholic roots: Deanie (Clark) Allen ’62, Laurel Crawford ' 02, Richard Dean ’78, Joe Rech,and Jacquelyn Tomlinson.

Two students both juniors from Montgomery Catholic, Cheyenne Hayes  and James Sadie were named judges, and Evan Miles acted as bailiff for Judge Sadie. One of the Montgomery Catholic teams consisting of Audrey Kim, Henry Petters, Chloe Newell, Carson Scott, Matthew Taylor, Coleman Schmidt, and Daniel Reeves placed in the top 10.  

With the success of Youth Judicial, Montgomery Catholic is looking forward to participating in YMCA’s Youth Legislature in 2016.

Montgomery Catholic's Cross Country Team Finishes the Season Strong

Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School's Girls' Cross Country team won the Class 4A Section 1 AHSAA Sectional Championship at Kiesel Park in Auburn on Thursday, November 5, 2015. The team qualified for the State Meet and headed to Oakville to compete on Saturday, November 14. Montgomery Catholic had two individual State qualifiers from the boys' team, they were Grant Walker and Kevin Leahy.

Twelve MCPS runners competed at the State meet. The Montgomery Catholic Girls' team finished fourth with freshman, Amaris Tyynismaa finishing in first place with a time of 17:52.25. Two of her teammates finished in the top 20, including, freshman, Isabelle Cochran in eighth place and Grace Leslie in 17th. 

The team is coached by Ed Wright, and assisted by Hollis Johnson, Brianna Lisenby and Kevin Madden. Team members who participated at State were:  Isabelle Cochran, Lacy Herbek,Grace Leslie, Sarah Beth Littrell, Madison Searcy, Chloe Smith, Katelyn Stark, Annabel Starrett, Amaris Tyynismaa, Kevin Leahy and Grant Walker. 

Montgomery Catholic Girls' Cross Country Team AHSAA Class 4A Section 1 Champions

Montgomery Catholic Inducts 35 New Members into National Junior Honor Society

Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School inducted 35 new members into their chapter of the National Junior Honor Society (NJHS) during a ceremony held on Monday, November 16, 2015.  The largest group to ever be inducted into the Montgomery Catholic chapter, it is more than an honor society, these 35 eighth grade students have demonstrated outstanding performance in the areas of scholarship, service, leadership, character, and citizenship. 



The newest members of National Junior Honors Society at Montgomery Catholic Preparatory Middle School for the 2015-2016 school year are: Ryan Avery, Sarah Rose Burden, Tanner Carter, Bobby Crawford, Emily Curry, Nathan Downes, Lainie Doyle, Anna DuBois, Patrick Flores, Jason Flowers, Victoria Hall, Ashley Hayes, Michael Hodges, Tyler Hoffman, Sophie Izer, Savannah Johnson, Denalie Mosakowski, Scott Nation, Katherine O’Connor, Charlie O’Donnell, Zack Pappanastos, Clayton Peeler, Katie Perkins, Meaghan Pineda, Anna Sadie, Emma Secor, Elizabeth Speirs, Kinley Tadlock, John Tittel, Christopher Valencia, Daniel Walmsley, Patrick Whetstone and Clare Wilson.

Founded in 1873, Montgomery Catholic Preparatory Schools Mission is:

Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School is an integral part of the Catholic Church's mission to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ.  As an adult community, we share in the responsibility to prepare students for college and beyond while helping them grow to become persons of faith, virtue and wisdom.

MCPS Alum & Local Hero Serves in National Service Program

Sacramento, Calif. – Today, Nicholas Beverly of Montgomery, Ala. is officially inducted into a 10-month term of service in the National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC), an AmeriCorps program.  He begins work on the first of four long-term service projects next week. 

Founded in 1994, AmeriCorps NCCC is a residential national service program that supports disaster relief, the environment, infrastructure improvement, energy conservation, and urban and rural development.   Since 1994, more than 900,000 Americans have served over 1.2 billion hours across the family of AmeriCorps programs. Currently, about 75,000 people serve in AmeriCorps programs nationwide each year, about 1,200 of whom serve with AmeriCorps NCCC. 

            Beverly arrived at AmeriCorps NCCC’s Pacific Region Campus in Sacramento, Calif. on Wednesday, October 14, to receive training for 10 months of full-time service with the program.  This training emphasized teamwork, leadership development, communication, service learning, and specialized skills.

            As a corps member, Beverly will be responsible for completing a series of six- to eight-week-long service projects as part of a 10- to 12-person team.   Their first service project will end on December 18, at which time his team will break for the winter holidays and begin a new project in a new location in January.

Twenty-eight teams composed of over 300 Sacramento-based Corps Members and Team Leaders are serving on their first projects.  Seventeen of the 28 teams deploy from Sacramento on November 7 to projects throughout the California, including helping with improvements at national, state, and county parks, assisting with food bank donations and volunteer management, and mentoring children. The eleven remaining teams are working on projects throughout the Pacific Region in Utah, Oregon, Washington, and Montana.

There are four other NCCC campuses located in Baltimore, Md., Vinton, Iowa, Vicksburg, Miss., and Denver, Colo., each of which is a hub for its respective area of the country, though teams will travel to other regions for disaster relief projects.

            Before joining NCCC, Beverly graduated from Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School in 2015. Beverly said, “I choose to perform a term of national service because I want to be able to explore new places, meet new people and gain fresh perspectives on life. I also want to help my country and my fellow human beings and do my part in positively contributing to society while helping people or communities in need.” Beverly is the child of Michael and Holly Beverly.

            AmeriCorps NCCC members, all 18 to 24 years old, complete at least 1,700 hours of service during the 10-month program.  In exchange for their service, they receive $5,775 to help pay for college.  Other benefits include a small living stipend, room and board, leadership development, team building skills, and the knowledge that, through active citizenship, they can indeed make a difference.  AmeriCorps NCCC is administered by the Corporation for National and Community Service.  For more information about AmeriCorps NCCC, visit the website at www.nationalservice.gov/nccc.

Submitted by AmeriCorps NCCC

Montgomery Catholic Sophomore Named Private School Player of the Week by Montgomery Quarterback Club

William Hooper was named Private School Player of the week by the Montgomery Quarterback Club for his performance October 23 on the road against Bullock County. A sophomore linebacker, Hooper had his best game of the season finishing with 18 tackles in Catholic’s effort against Bullock County.  He will be honored at the November 10, 2015 Montgomery Quarterback Club meeting. 

William is the son of Ashlee and Conwell Hooper of Montgomery.

Congratulations William! GO KNIGHTS!