Kindergarten Students Grow "Very Hungry Caterpillars"

Kindergarten students in Mrs. Redden's class at Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School just completed their study of children's author Eric Carle. To celebrate, each student created a "very hungry caterpillar" from potting soil, grass seeds, rubber bands, and wiggly eyes. After the unit was complete, each student took their very hungry caterpillars home to enjoy.
Pictured: Montgomery Catholic kindergarten students Hannah Chitlik, Braxton Woodson, Sophia Azzaro, Danielle Willcox, Mark Osten, John Russell Smith, Erik Azar, Lena Duncan, Mason Sylvester, Max Barranco, Henry Wiederholt, Kylie Klein, Matthew Furey, Audrey Trant, Alexander Villena, and Lydia Norman.

Montgomery Catholic Hosts Annual K-6 Cheer Clinic

Montgomery Catholic's Junior Varsity and Varsity Cheerleading Squads hosted their annual Cheer Clinic for girls in kindergarten through sixth grade. The half-day clinic was held on Saturday, September 11 with a pre-game performance on Friday, September 17. The 66 campers were grouped according to grade and taught several chants, cheers, and a dance routine which they performed on Friday night.

To view pictures of the cheer clinic and pre-game performance, click here.

Montgomery Catholic Elects Middle School SGA Officers for 2010-2011

Middle School students at Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School recently selected their officers for the 2010-2011 academic year. Gaten Armstrong was elected as SGA President, Caroline Mullikin as SGA Vice President, Ashley Kim as Secretary, and Ali Harper was elected as the SGA Chaplain. Class representatives were also elected for seventh and eighth grade. Seventh grade SGA representatives are Eric Crenshaw, Neely Boston, Marissa Dogan, and Omari Vaughans. Eighth grade SGA representatives are Elivin Stephenson, Mary Janet McLaughlin, Tucker Wilkinson, and Olivia Nobles. Mrs. Kerri Moore is the Middle School SGA Sponsor.

Pictured: Montgomery Catholic Preparatory School Middle School SGA officers Chaplain Ali Harper, President Gaten Armstrong, Vice President Caroline Mullikin, and Secretary Ashley Kim.

Seventh Grade SGA Representatives

(not pictured: Neely Boston)

Eighth Grade SGA Representatives

Knights Score at Chickasaw Trails

In spite of depleted roster due to ACT testing and illness, the Montgomery Catholic Cross Country team had some notable individual finishes at the Chickasaw Trails Cross Country Invitational on Saturday, 11 September 2010 in Oakville. Record numbers of athletes and teams entered the meet to prepare for the State Meet that will be held on the Indian Mounds Course in November. In the girl’s 1A-4A race, Catholic finished 14th out of 21 teams. The Lady Knights were led by sophomore Katherine Terino’s 9th place finish (22:02.37). Fellow classmate Sarah Talbot also earned an individual award by finishing 21st in 23:08.21. Senior Cindy Camacho (26:35), freshman Allie Micher (32:23), and 8th grader Tiffany Camacho (33:45) completed the scoring for Catholic. A total of 221 runners finished the race.

In the boy’s 1A-4A race, Catholic entered six runners and the first two ran some of the best times ever by a Knight on the Oakville course. Junior Nick Smith became the fourth fastest Catholic runner on the course by clocking 18:58 and finishing 11th out of 285 finishers. Sophomore Jarrett Mason (19:14) crossed the line in 17th place, good enough for number six all time by a Catholic runner. The team finished 13th out of 29 squads. Seventh grader Michael Twiford, in his first 5K Varsity race, ran 22:30. Junior Josh Stark (22:58) and 7th grader Patrick Gregorius (24:16), and Junior Phil Ozgul (27:37) completed the scoring for the Knights.

Photo: Montgomery Catholic sophomore Katherine Terino competes in the Chickasaw Trails Invitational Meet. Photo by John Terino.