Montgomery Catholic Celebrates 100th Day of School

Kindergarten students at Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School celebrated the 100th day of school by doing everything in 100 ways. The children enjoyed a hundred item snack of trail mix and a giant cookie cake with 100 M&Ms. Each child brought in a collection of 100 things including buttons, erasers, silly bands, screws, marshmallows, pennies, candies, crayons, and many other creative things. The students read stories about the 100th day of school, made a lady bug with 100 dots, a 100 heart love bug, jumped 100 jumps, clapped 100 claps and even drew pictures of themselves of what they thought they would look like at 100 years old! The children, and teachers, enjoyed a wonderful fay of learning, counting, and fun!

Pictured: Montgomery Catholic Kindergarten students in Mrs. Redden's class with 100 of their favorite snack items. L to R standing: John Tracy, Matthew Reardon, Will Driver, McKinley Boyd, Erik Azar, James Bender, Ailish Gilbert, and Haley Gordon. L to R seated: Layne Jordan, Autumn Sekerak, Cecelia Crawford, and Julian Macchia.

Montgomery Catholic Raises $3,800 for Haitian Relief

Students from Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School held a "dress down" day for Haitian Relief and raised over $3,800 in their efforts. Students in all grades, K-12, participated in the event and gave money throughout the week to help those effected by the devastating earthquakes that rocked Haiti. Photo: First grade student Rachel Rodriguez drew this picture of her church, Church of the Holy Spirit, for the people of Haiti to let them know we are praying for them.

Montgomery Catholic Celebrates "A Day in the Life of a Middle Schooler"

Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School hosted 72 current sixth grade students from around the city for their annual "A Day in the Life of a Middle Schooler". The guests were greeted by a current middle school student who showed them around the campus, escorted them through their daily schedule, and introduced them to other students throughout the day. Middle School students look forward to "A Day in the Life" each year. Pictured: Montgomery Catholic students Kira Drayton, Tara Bourke, and Megan von Gal with their guest Anna Peoples in "A Day in the Life of a Middle Schooler".

Knights Build Momentum for Sectional Tournament

In its third year of wrestling, members of the Montgomery Catholic Junior Varsity and Varsity Wrestling teams have had outstanding performances in recent weeks. At the Barry Mask JV Wrestling Tournament in Wetumpka, JV wrestlers David Norris and Matt DeVries both placed in their weight classes, Norris placed 3rd and DeVries 4th. Varsity wrestling team member Preston Stone, a senior, finished third in the 114 weight class and junior Corey Cotter finished 4th in the 137 weight class at the Julian McPhillips Tournament at St. James.

The Knights swept the tri-match they hosted on January 27th, defeating Elmore County 28-27 and Carver High School 30-24. The Knights also won in a match against Sidney Lanier High School 30-24 on Friday night.

Montgomery Catholic's Junior Varsity Wrestling Team members are Joseph Thrash, James LaGrange, Justin Cotter, Alex Castanza, Tait Holder, Geoffrey Myers, and Matt DeVries.

Montgomery Catholic's Varsity Wrestling Team members are Preston Stone, Ricky Baldwin, Asa Keating, Corey Cotter, Connor Wright, Tim McOmber, Matt Simmons, David Norris, Aidan Gilbert, and Ethan Watkins.

The Knights will compete in the AHSAA Class 4A Sectional Tournament on February 5th and 6th at Saint James School.

Pictured: Montgomery Catholic's Preston Stone works to position his opponent in a recent match.

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