Catholic Memorial School e-Knightline 3-18-09
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CHAMPS!
The hockey team captured its record
17th state championship with a 5-1 victory over Burlington Sunday,
March 15 at the TD BankNorth Garden.
The victory made the Knights
Division IA "Super 8" Champions for the 13th time since the
tournament's inception in 1991...[read more]
(Above: Junior T.J. O'Brien's 2nd period shorthanded goal was one for the history books. Photo credit Mike Condon '75)
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CM and the CGA
10 Students Attend Coast Guard Academy Leadership Summit
A group of Catholic Memorial School
students, including sophomores Aram Gurekian, Nick Leney, Brian Ziniti,
Christian Mowles, Sean Sweeney, John Gaffney, freshmen T.J. Zegarelli,
Gerry Lawler, and 8th graders Joe Lochran and Adam Stuke, was selected
to attend the U.S. Coast Guard Academy's 2nd Annual High School
Leadership Conference on February 21.
The conference, hosted at the CGA's New London, CT campus, is designed
to give high-performing students in college-preparatory institutions a
day's worth of intense leadership training. Students were selected for
the program based on their academic abilities and leadership potential...[read more]
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Lá Pádraig áig CM
St. Patrick's Day at CM and at Cathedral
CM's International Club hosted a St. Patty's Day breakfast on March 16th to give students a taste of Ireland. Students feasted on Irish bacon, sausage, potatoes and eggs among other traditional favorites.
Sean Donaghy '10 and Joe Sweeney '10 enjoyed the Irish breakfast. Michael Curley, father of Brian '12, helped cook.
On the feast of St. Patrick, Irish Studies students headed to the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Boston to participate in a Mass to celebrate St. Patrick as the Patron Saint of Boston.
Bernard O'Donnell '10 and John Houlihan '10, two students in Ms. Mary Concannon's Irish Studies class, read the Prayers of the Faithful at the Mass along with meeting several Irish dignitaries and Fr. Kevin O'Leary '69, rector at the Cathedral, who delivered the homily...[read more]
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Madden, Giovanucci Lead Forensics in Natick Tourney
Afternoon of Exceptional Oratory April 5th
After thirteen students qualified for Nationals in Forensics Speech and Debate last month, the team continues to earn high acclaim at Massachusetts Forensics League Tournaments...[click here]
Watch a slideshow of three National Qualifiers practicing and reflecting on their work...[click here]
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Upcoming Events
March 20: End of 3rd Quarter (Seniors)
March 21: Forensics at Needham High School "Spring Fling"
March 22: A Formal Knight Fashion Show, 11am Shopping, 2pm Show
March 25 and April 1: Junior Retreat
March 27: End of third quarter
March 30: Faculty Professional Day (no classes)
April 2: Report cards mailed
April 3: NHS Blood Drive
April 3: Middle School Dance, 7pm
April 4: ACT Exam, 7:30am
April 5: Foresics Afternoon of Exceptional Oratory, 1pm
April 7: Afternoon Assembly Schedule, "Stations of the Cross"
April 7: Board of Directors Meeting, 8:00am
April 8: 7th Grade Career Day, 8th Grade Field Trip
April 9: Middle School Advisee Day
April 10: Good Friday (no classes)
April 12: Easter Sunday
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Ten CM Student Leaders attend ADL Youth Congress
Ten CM juniors, including Joe Warren,
Kevin Verity, Byron Okwesili, John Cooper, Alex Flores, Dave Falco,
Mike Larocque, John Mackie, Tom Flaherty, and Mike Woodall, attended a
Youth Congress hosted by the Anti-Defamation League at Boston's Park
Plaza Hotel on March 11th...[read more]
Related story: James Schmidlein '09 and Peer Ministry on the Road...[read more]
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March Madness...on to Spring Sports
Coach Bill Hanson and the CM Hockey Team brought thousands to their feet in the TD Banknorth Garden on March 15th as they raised their 13th Super-8 Trophy high to the delight of students, parents, alumni, faculty, staff and friends. Look for footage of the game on CM's YouTube channel.
Congratulations to the #8-seed CM Basketball team, who defeated O'Bryant, #1-seed Bishop Feehan, and Walpole before facing #7-seed Milton on March 7th in the South Sectional Finals of
the State Tournament. Though they did not advance, the team had an outstanding regular season and continued to impress and entertain into the postseason.
Congratulations to State Champion Josh Boyd '09,
who finished in the top 5 at the 2009 New England Wrestling
Championships at Hillhouse High School in New Haven, CT on March 6.
Boyd had previously won 2nd-place at the All-State meet on February
28th. Joshua Rosario '09 also competed at All-States, going 1-2
in early rounds.
With the start of Spring Sports on 3/21, supporters of CM Athletics have plenty more to cheer about. The Baseball, Lacrosse, Track, Rugby, Tennis and Volleyball teams show promise and will bring their best efforts forward as Knights this spring!
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Catholic Memorial School
235 Baker St.
West Roxbury, Massachusetts 02132
(617)-469-8000
www.CatholicMemorial.org
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