Catholic Memorial School's e-Knightline

Catholic Memorial School e-Knightline November 15, 2010

The Guys on stage this Thursday and Friday

The CM Drama Club will perform Anne Nelson's play "The Guys" on November 18 and 19 in the Ronald Perry Gymnasium on the CM campus. Showtime is 7:00pm and tickets will be available at the door for a cost of $5.

The story of a New York City Fire Department captain who must help write the eulogies of those who died under his command on 9/11, "The Guys" has been performed to audiences worldwide and received several awards.

Above: Director Nick Colarossi P'14 rehearses with the cast of "The Guys"

"The Guys" debuted off-Broadway in December 2001 at New York's Flea Theater.

Thanksgiving Food Drive

This year's annual Thanksgiving Food Drive begins on Friday, November 12th. The drive is only one week long, ending on November 19, so students are reminded to bring in their assigned non-perishable food items by that day.

In order to surpass last year's drive, which

supported over 175 families in St. Patrick's Parish in Roxbury, each homeroom is asked to bring in between 80-100 items. The food items are broken down by grade:

Grades 7 and 8: Canned green vegetables (peas, green beans)
Grade 9: Canned, non-green vegetables (carrots, corn, yams)
Grade 10: Canned gravy and cranberry sauce
Grade 11: Stuffing
Grade 12: Instant Mashed Potatoes
Faculty and Staff: Donations

"This drive is one of the ways that everyone at CM comes together to make a difference..." [read more]

Forensics, Model UN start year off with honors

The CM speech and debate team, which sent a record number of participants to Nationals last year and earned four individual state titles, has begun the 2010-2011 season with a team trophy for first place. Also beginning the season on October 26 was CM's Model UN club, moderated by history teacher Vincent Bradley.

The forensics team traveled to Dighton-Rehoboth High School on October 23 to compete in the "Fall Festival" tournament, its first tournament of the school year. Thanks to a wide array of winners and top competitors from all grades in a dozen categories, the team came out victorious, besting private, public and Catholic Conference competitors on its way to a first place title...[read more]

CM Alumni: News and Notes

Catholic Memorial will host the 6th Athletic Hall Of Fame on Friday, November 26, 2010 at Moseley's On The Charles on Bridge Street in Dedham.

On October 27, Jack Parker '63 received the Lester Patrick Award from the National Hockey

League at the TD Banknorth Garden. The award recognizes Parker for his service to the game of hockey over the years. Fellow recipients of this year's award included Bruins president Cam Neely, Boston College coach Jerry York and Dave Andrews, president of the American Hockey League. The award's namesake, Lester Patrick, was a manager and coach of the New York Rangers for many years.

William Barnett '66 (below) has written in to

say, "I still tell
people that the best learning years I ever
had were at CM."

Frank Whall '72, Peter Meagher '70 and Ken Martin '77 received a PINCH (People in Need Can Help) Foundation award at PINCH's annual fundraiser on November 12 at the West Roxbury Elks Club.

Robert Evangelista '86 is currently the
Regional Sales Manager for Johnsonville
Sausage. He is married with three children:
Kerri, Dominic and Jaclyn.

Brad Jones '10 misses CM! But is doing well at Syracuse, he reports.

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Martin, Lyons and Connelly to judge CM Writing Contest

Prominent alumni authors Michael Connelly '82, Richard Lyons '69 and William Martin '68 will judge CM's third annual Picturing America Writing Contest this winter. The contest invites students to respond to two American photographs, both of which are in the library thanks to a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Students can respond with poetry, fiction or non-fiction. Non-fiction judge Michael Connelly is most recently the author of Rebound: Baseball, Busing, Larry Bird and the Rebirth of Boston. Poetry judge Richard Lyons is the author of Fleur Carnivore, which won the 2005 Washington Prize for Poetry. Fiction judge William Martin is the author of Back Bay, Harvard Yard and, most recently, City of Dreams. Click here to download complete contest rules.

Thank you!

Spanish teacher Krystal Bertoni joined the CM faculty this fall to fill in for Ms. Reilly who was on maternity leave.

The CM community welcomed Ms. Reilly back last week. We thank Ms. Bertoni for her work this fall and wish her the best of luck in her future endeavors.

Mr. Catano shares wisdom of 40 years in the classroom with NHS

Penn State University coach Joe Paterno and John Henry Cardinal Newman were set forth as models of what Catholic Memorial School graduates should become in their years ahead at the 2010 Induction Ceremony of the National Honor Society.

The 2009 and 2010 NHS inductees. Click on the photo for more images from Ms. Eberly's photo album.

English Department Chair Vincent Catano P'01 and President Paul E. Sheff '62 addressed the inductees about the merits and mindset of both men and pointed to their legacies as ones all CM graduates should embrace.

NHS advisor Robert Croteau '93 welcomed parents, friends and inductees to the ceremony, after which NHS members spoke of each of the four pillars of the NHS: Nicholas Barker '11 addressed leadership, Pat Carney '11 service, Ronald Claude '12 character, and Miles McCarthy '12 scholarship...[read more]

2010 Alumni Awards presented at Westin Copley Plaza

Over one hundred and seventy donors and friends joined CM president Paul E. Sheff '62 at the Westin Copley Hotel on the evening of November 3 for the ninth annual President's Society Dinner.