Montgomery Catholic Celebrates NEA's "Read Across America"

Alabama House of Representatives member Mr. David Grimes, District 73, visited Montgomery Catholic's kindergarten class as a guest reader for the National Education Association's "Read Across America" day. Mr. Grimes visited Mrs. Debbie Redden's class to read "The Cat in the Hat" and celebrate Dr. Seuss' birthday.

Pictured: Montgomery Catholic students celebrate "Read Across America" day. seated: Cecilia Crawford, Haley Gordon, Erik Azar, and John Tracy. standing: Layne Jordan, Autumn Sekerak, Matthew Reardon, William Driver, Rep. David Grimes, McKinley Boyd, Ailish Gilbert, Julian Macchia, and James Bender.

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Montgomery Catholic Wins Elementary Science Olympiad at Jacksonville High School

Montgomery Catholic won its first team title at the Elementary Science Olympiad (ESO) at Jacksonville High School on Saturday, February 27, 2010, edging out Donoho of Anniston and Kitty Stone of Jacksonville, who finished second and third respectively in this year's competition. In all, over 650 students from 33 schools across the state participated in the 2010 Elementary Science Olympiad held at Jacksonville High School.

Montgomery Catholic earned medals in 17 out of 28 events including 4 first place and 2 second place finishes to win the overall team title in the 2010 Elementary Science Olympiad. With its team title, Montgomery Catholic became the first team from outside Calhoun County to win the ESO at Jacksonville High School team title in the 17-year history of the competition. Montgomery Catholic's Science Olympiad team is sponsored by teachers Mr. Nick Bourke, Mr. Larry Meiers, and Mrs. Allison Boyd.

Pictured: Montgomery Catholic's Elementary Science Olympiad team after their 1st place win at Jacksonville High School. Row 1: Adam Bristol, David Bender, Morris Lottinger, Peter Rossi, Margaret Ann Allen, Madison Gaston, Ivy Bach, and Mary Reagan Starrett. Row 2: Annabel Starrett, Ann Williams, Lacey Herbek, Maria Rossi, Marissa Dogan, and Frank Rossi. Row 3: Mr. Larry Meiers, Blake Johnson, Gabe Keating, Steven Higgins, Brian Brunson, Mary Katherine Brunson, Tess Casey, Mr. Nick Bourke, Ashleigh Little, and Mrs. Allison Boyd. Not pictured Emily Barranco and Ansley Rohde.

Montgomery Catholic Students Collect Shoes for The Children's Center

Students in kindergarten through twelfth grade at Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School recently held a "shoe drive" for the children of The Children's Center of Montgomery. The students collected gently used tennis shoes and "Crocs" of all sizes for the center. Many students also purchased new shoes for the drive.

Montgomery Catholic students collected 82 pair of shoes and a $125 gift card to Payless Shoes for The Children's Center. Pictured with a sampling of their donation are Montgomery Catholic students Bianca Noumbissi, Barr Younker, and Evan LaBarge with Mrs. Lisa Sadie of The Children's Center of Montgomery. photo by Mary Kelley.

Montgomery Catholic Students Participate in the American Mathematics Competition

Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School is a proud participant of the American Mathematics Competition (AMC) 2010. Thirty-eight high school students participated in the AMC 10 and the AMC 12 this year. The American Mathematics Competitions are the first in a series of competitions which determine the United States Mathematics Team, which competes in the International Mathematics Olympiad. Students who score well on the AMC 10 or the AMC 12 are invited to participate in the American Invitational Mathematics Examination.

Students from Montgomery Catholic participating in the AMC 10 and AMC 12 were Liz Armstrong, Daniella Hincapie, Hannah Barranco, Jacob Burke, Leigh Ellen Cannon, Hannah Carter, Kyle Daniels, Kenneth Dickerson, Hayden Ellis, Darrin Federspill, Shannon Guin, John Preston Houston, Zachary Hulcher, Seon Jang, Megan Karst, Sally Kornosky, Jarrett Mason, Kelly McGeehan, Jessica Mount, Richard Mullikan, JL Mullins, Kevin Norris, Ben Petters, John Petters, Connor Preston, Josie Profio, Gabrielle Rushlau, Brian Saunders, William Sherman, Hiro Shin, Giselle Simms, Joanne Spotswood, Joshua Stark, Benjamin Stevens, Lim Sunghyun, John Talbot, Sarah Talbot, Lizzie Terino, William Whitt, and Lexie Wilkinson.

AMC 10

AMC 12