Catholic's Derek Kelly Named Outstanding Key Club Lieutenant Governor

Montgomery Catholic senior Derek Kelly, Lieutenant Governor of Division 14 of the Alabama Key Club, was selected to receive the Robert F. Lucas Award for Outstanding Lieutenant Governor at the Alabama Key Club District Convention in Mobile on March 7, 2015.  The Robert F Lucas Award is named for a former International Director of Key Club that worked tirelessly to support all areas of Key Club and increase its membership throughout the world.  Kelly was chosen from a total of 20 Lieutenant Governors who all served the state of Alabama this past year. He served as Lieutenant Governor for all of the High School Key Clubs in the Montgomery Area.

Kelly was chosen for this award because of the energy and enthusiasm he brought to all of the Key Clubs he served this past year in Montgomery.  The clubs, under his leadership, have experienced growth in membership and increased the number of club service hours overall. These service hours included activities Derek organized to benefit Children's Hospital of Birmingham, one of the main projects for the Alabama Key Club. 

As Lieutenant Governor Kelly published a monthly newsletter to all of the local clubs, made visits and participated in their activities.  He organized rallies for all of the local clubs to attend, offering the opportunity for his district to visit together. He also organized officer leadership training for each of his district clubs, teaching how to be effective leaders in their own clubs.  In all this, Kelly exemplified persistence and dedication while following the Key Club Motto of building home, school, and community while serving the nation and God.  

Derek Kelly will graduate from Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School this May and plans to attend the University of South Alabama Honors College in the fall, majoring in civil engineering.  He has been a member and officer of the Key Club at Montgomery Catholic for three years.  The Catholic Key Club is a service club sponsored by the Montgomery Kiwanis Club.

Submitted by Jeanene Crenshaw

Montgomery Catholic's Middle School Competes at Regional Science Olympiad Competition in Auburn

The Montgomery Catholic Middle School Science Olympiad team placed fourth overall in the Regional competition held on March 9 at Auburn University and is expected to attend the State tournament. The team brought home the following awards: Third place in Write It, Do It - Erica Blackburn and Emily Talbot.
Fourth place in Air Trajectory - Ricky Treloar and Austin Collett and Road Scholar - Ricky Treloar and Emily Talbot. Fifth place in Bridge Building - Jonah Gier and Erica Blackburn; Elastic Launch Glider - Christian Friday and Jacob Holston. Sixth place in Bio Process Lab - Christian Friday and Jacob Holston; Crimebusters - Erica Blackburn and Emily Talbot; Can't Judge A Powder - Austin Collett and Lexie Becker; Crave the Wave - Clare Wilson and Lexie Becker; Dynamic Planet - Austin Collett and Christian Friday; Entomology - Jonah Gier and Jacob Holston. Seventh place in Bottle Rocket - Darian Riley and Jonah Gie r; Simple Machines - Katie Perkins and Ashley Hayes. Eighth place Anatomy - Clare Wilson; Disease Detectives - Ashley Hayes and Clare Wilson; Meteorology - Katie Perkins.

The Middle School Science Olympiad team is sponsored by Mrs. Vicki Petters and Mrs. Julie Flowers who would like to thank the chaperons for making the trip such a great success: Mr. Gier, Mrs. Hayes, Mrs. Riley, Mrs. Perkins, Mrs. Wilson, Mrs. Bartos and Mr. and Mrs. Collett.

Montgomery Catholic's Science Olympiad Team Competes at Regional Tournament in Mobile

The Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School High School Science Olympiad teams competed at the Regional Science Olympiad competition on Saturday, March 7, 2015 at Spring Hill College. 

Fifteen teams from nine schools competed. Montgomery Catholic's 14 High School Science Olympiad team members came away with medals in twelve events, earning three golds, eight silvers, and three bronze. The Montgomery Catholic High School team placed third overall and earned a spot in the State Competition. 

Carson, Scott, Lisa Hong, Katie McDaniel, Olivia Nobles, Seullee Baek, Leo Petters, Ann Faulkner, Andrew Ellis, Lindsey Guin, Michael Barber, Martin Lee, Marissa Dogan, Lita Blackburn, Henry Petters

These are the events  that the High School Science Olympiad team received medals in: 

First Place: Entomology -Marissa Dogan and Carson Scott; Mission Possible -Michael Barber and Marissa Dogan; Protein Modeling -Leo Petters and Lindsey Guin.

Second Place: Anatomy - Ann Faulkner and Andrew Ellis; Fossils -Henry Petters and Lita Blackburn; Geologic Mapping -Lisa Hong and Olivia Nobles; Green Generation - Lisa Hong and Marissa Dogan; It's About Time - Leo Petters and Henry Petters; Mission Possible -Youngtaek Seo and Jake Walker; Wright Stuff - Martin Lee and Seullee Baek; Write It Do It - Carson Scott and Michael Barber.

Third Place: Bungee Drop - Olivia Nobles and Katie McDaniel; Disease Detective - Lindsey Guin and Marissa Dogan; Wright Stuff - Daniel Reeves.

The Montgomery Catholic High School Science Olympiad team is sponsored by Mrs. Elizabeth Harbin, with the assitance of Dr. Monica Hamell, Dr. Joe Profio and Mrs. Jeanene Crenshaw. 

Anatomy - Ann Faulkner and Andrew Ellis placed 2nd.

CYO Basketball League crowns 2015 Champions!

The CYO basketball league finished the season with a tournament on Saturday February 28, 2015 at Montgomery CAtholic Preparatory School's Holy Spirit campus gymnasium.  The teams competing in the CYO league girls division were MA, Trinity, Eastwood, St. Bede and Holy Spirit.  Taking first place in the girls division was Montgomery Catholic’s St. Bede Gold team. In the boys division, Resurrection, Holy Cross, St. Bede and Holy Spirit competed this season. Taking first place in the boy’s division was Montgomery Catholic’s Blue team out of Holy Spirit.  Finally, in the 5^th & 6^th grade boys division from Montgomery Catholic and finishing in first was Holy Spirit team red. 

Submitted by Coach Ken Klinger

Pictured is the 5th & 6th grade girls St. Bede Gold championship team :

Front row from left to right:Jamya Henderson, Chloe Walden, Alanna Aiken. Back row from left to right:Veronica Masters, Alexis Meshok, Camille Morgan, Haidyn Foley. Coached by Coaches- Michael Walden and Matt Morgan.

Pictured is the 3rd & 4th grade boys championship CYO basketball team.

Front row left to right: Max Barranco, Mason Hooks, & Nate Izer. Back row from left to right:

Chase Ford, Hunter Hodges, Harrison Howell, Will Belsterling, Josh Hildebrand Coach Mike Barranco.

Pictured is the 5th & 6th grade boys Holy Spirit Red Team:

Coach: Michael Losik. Front row: Connor Donaldson, Josh Tobia, and Michael Zanglin. Back Row: Zach Izer, Ben Albrecht, DJ Carter, Aiden Losik, Bryant Deaton.