Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School Announces Leadership Team at New Holy Spirit Elementary Campus

Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School is pleased to announce the leadership team for their new Holy Spirit Elementary Campus opening in August.

“The leadership team approach is a wonderful opportunity to draw upon the experience and knowledge of professionals from each of our campuses as we open our newest location,” said Anne Ceasar, President of Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School. “We are grateful to the Holy Spirit Catholic Church parishioners for their support of Montgomery Catholic and for the use of this beautiful facility.” The building will also serve religious education, faith formation, and parish meeting needs.

For the new Holy Spirit Elementary Campus, School President Anne Ceasar will oversee the daily operations, Reverend Patrick Driscoll, Pastor of Holy Spirit Catholic Church, will serve as spiritual leader, and Laurie Gulley, St. Bede Elementary Campus Principal, will serve as an elementary consultant for the Holy Spirit Campus. Ken Klinger will be the Assistant Athletic Director in charge of athletic programs at both elementary campuses as well as the physical education instructor at Holy Spirit, and Mary Kelley will serve as the school counselor at Holy Spirit.

Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School has three additional campuses in the Montgomery area: St. Bede Elementary Campus, K4 through sixth grade, located at 3850 Atlanta Highway; Middle School Campus, seventh and eighth grades, and High School Campus, ninth through twelfth grades, both located at 5350 Vaughn Road.

The new elementary campus at Holy Spirit Catholic Church will open in August for students in four-year-old kindergarten through sixth grade. Montgomery Catholic is currently accepting applications at all campuses for the 2012-2013 school year. For more information, please call (334) 272-7221, extension 32 or visit our website www.montgomerycatholic.org.

Pictured:  Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School's Holy Spirit Campus leadership team stand in front of the new building opening in August. From left to right, Anne Ceasar, Laurie Gulley, Reverend Patrick Driscoll, Ken Klinger, and Mary Kelley.  Photo by Anna Lee Ingalls.

Catholic's Tyler Parrish Receives 2012 MAX4Kids Foundation Scholarship

Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School senior Tyler Parrish recently received a 2012 MAX4Kids Foundation Scholarship.  Parrish was one of ten Montgomery area seniors to receive a $5,000 scholarship in the community. 

Parrish was chosen based on scholarship achievement, extra curricular activities, qualities of character and leadership, and an essay.   The scholarship recipients were recently honored during a special reception held at Max Federal Credit Union's Eastdale branch.  Parrish will also receive a certificate from officials with Max Federal Credit Union at Montgomery Catholic's Senior Day Ceremony on May 21.

Pictured:  Montgomery Catholic senior Tyler Parrish, a 2012 MAX4Kids Foundation Scholarship recipient.

Catholic's O'Mara Selected for AU Summer Science Institute

Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School sophomore, Madeleine "Maddie" O'Mara, has been selected into the 2012 Summer Science Institute at Auburn University.  O'Mara was one of 24 high school students selected from Alabama and Georgia.

As a participant in this elite educational program, she will participate in a number of experiences involving Auburn University's unique faculty and state of the art facilities.  She will work directly with professors to explore topics in biology, mathematics, physics, chemistry, and geology.  Specific academic activities will include proton induced X-ray emission, polymer synthesis, DNA analysis, electron and proton microscopies, and isotope analysis.  O'Mara will enjoy a week full of on-campus exciting science and mathematics related activities hosted by the College of Sciences and Mathematics Department of Outreach at Auburn University.

Pictured:  Montgomery Catholic's Maddie O'Mara, will participate in AU Summer Science Institute this summer.

Montgomery Catholic Welcomes Children's Author B. Coyne

Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School's St. Bede Campus recently welcomed children's author Dr. Beulah (B) Shelton Coyne as she shared her latest literary work "Treading Water on Ripple Creek Farm: Lily" with the students.  Dressed in period clothing from the book's setting of the Great Depression and World War II, Dr. Coyne read excerpts from her book and answered questions about the main characters and the storyline. 

"Treading Water on Ripple Creek Farm: Lily" offers readers a trip back in time when life seemed to move at a little slower pace, when families and communities were closely connected, and times might have been hard but they were good.  For more information about Dr. Coyne and her book, visit http://www.bcoyne-author.com/.  Dr. Coyne is also the Research Associate to the Dean of the Beeson Divinity School at Samford University in Birmingham.

Pictured:  Montgomery Catholic elementary librarian Lee Anne Barranco with special guest children's author Dr. B. Coyne and sixth grade students Patrick Azubuike, Emily Jones, and Todd Sanderson.  photo by Mary Kelley.