A league of his own 

English chair wins Kennedy Center honor  

English department chair Vincent Catano P'01 has been named a recipient of the Kennedy Center's 2012 Sondheim Teaching Awards. He is one of the ten teachers in the country to receive the prestigious award.    

The Sondheim Teaching Awards honor "the contributions of specific teachers and reward them for their dedication and service..." In nominating Catano, his colleague and former student Mark Smith '85 wrote, "I was a C-minus student with no enthusiasm for the written word. In fact, any written word I ever read, I forgot, and any written word I had to read and write about only compounded my fears and heightened my anxiety. However, one man halted the fears and anxiety...[read more]    

Extra Innings 

Post-show analysis with Mark Woodall '12

CM's musical production of Damn Yankees on Wednesday night gave a capacity crowd plenty to talk about. One of the show's stars, Mark Woodall '12 (below), still exhausted from six weeks of rehearsals and performances, managed to make sense of it all one morning later.

Q: What made the "Damn Yankees" team come together?
A: Everybody loved the show, worked well together, and when it came down to it, we put on a great show.
Q: Who was the rookie of the year - someone new to the musical stage?
A: Alex Young '13. It was his first year doing the musical. He really came through and surprised all of us.
Q: Unsung hero of the team?
A: Sean Lawler '13. He not only played two different characters but was also on the stage crew. Very impressive.
Q: Any pinch hitters who subbed in or picked up slack in the last minute?
A: All the ball players had a pretty big role to fill, adding choreography to all the songs in the musical.
Q: MVP?
A: Andy Rogantino '12. He started on the musicals this year. He went out on the stage and had everyone laughing and in tears.
Q: What about the coaching staff?
A: Mr. Spaner was so enthusiastic, and Ms. Cells was so informative in the choreography. They worked very well together and I'm excited to see what they'll do next year.
Q: Do you forgive me for using all these baseball metaphors?
A: Yes.

Watch highlights from Damn Yankees - click here.
 

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Thanks to everyone who has contributed to Catholic Memorial's Every Knight Every Year Campaign.  To date, 670 alumni have made a gift to CM. We've surpassed last year's alumni participation and we are on our way to a record year, striving for 1,000 gifts.  If we hit our target, CM will rank #1 in the Catholic Conference in alumni participation!

Richard Gormley '66 was honored as "unofficial Mayor" of West Roxbury this month. Read full coverage of the event - click here.

John G. Flores, Ph.D. '67 is CEO of the U.S. Distance Learning Association. John is a retired school superintendent who also works as a program professor at Nova Southeastern University. He lives in Cummaquid, MA.

Lt. Col. Bobby Dwan '83, recently returned from his service as a base commander in Kabul, Afghanistan, presented a flag (pictured) to CM that was flown over the New Kabul Compound on September 11, 2011 during Operation Enduring Freedom. It now hangs in the administrative wing.      

Register for Reunion 2012 today! Members of the Class of '62 (50th Reunion), please click here to register for the June 8-9 events. Members of the Classes of '67, '72, '77, '82, '87, '92, '97, '02 and '07,  please click here to register for the June 9 Clambake.    

Lance Corporal Mark Lang '07 (above) got a chance to meet President Barack Obama at the Army/Navy game this past fall. While recuperating from injuries sustained in training last March with the U.S. Marines at Fort Bragg, NC, Lang has been working his way through physical therapy at the Navy Hospital in Bethesda, MD. He's also had visits from notorieties like Mark Maguire and Vice President Joe Biden.      

CM Magazine's spring edition is in the mail this week! If you can't wait to read it, click here to read the online version.

International Men

Passions, pride on display during International Week 

Andreas Dimacopoulos '16 loves being a Greek American. John Monbouquette '16 is enthralled by German history. And Justin LaRose '15, he just likes to build aqueducts. All three of these students' passions were on display on Thursday night as CM's International Week celebration welcomed parents to an exhibition in the school cafeteria and gym.     

Hundreds of parents, guests and students enjoyed each others' cultural heritage, tasted each other's foods and surveyed the work of all first-level World Language students, each one of whom had created a display for the evening's showcase...[read more]  

Ivy League competition 

Model UN visits Dartmouth  

While many students have read about the recent revolution in Libya, Ron Claude had a more tangible experience with the events there, playing the role of Minister of Justice Ali Ashour this weekend at the Dartmouth College Model United Nations conference.

Claude, a standout for the CM Model UN Team this past year, advocated for the passage of a resolution that would help Libya establish a justice system...[read more]  

The 2012 Fashion Show

Over two hundred and fifty mothers, friends and guests attended the annual Parents Council Fashion Show on Sunday, March 25 on the Catholic Memorial campus.   

Watch a slideshow of this year's fashions! Click here.

While students, parents and faculty modeled the latest fashions on the runway in the Perry Gymnasium, guests enjoyed a lunch, bid on silent auctions and won a variety of gift baskets donated by local businesses...[read more]      

Moms and Sons in Service: CM mothers met on Tuesday, April 10 to plan a mothers-and-sons service outing. They have agreed to participate in the Boston Shines neighborhood cleanup event on April 27. For more information, please contact Mrs. Deb McCourt at CM.  

Shakespeare's Knights 

7th-8th graders stage the Bard's best 

Twelve students in grades 7 and 8 gave a rousing and memorable performance of a dozen Shakespeare scenes in two performances this month directed by Ross MacDonald.   

Ranging from tragedy to comedy, the scenes gave an evening audience on March 21 and the entire Middle School Program on March 22 plenty to digest, and it showcased some of CM's emerging dramatic talents.  

Whether in Joseph McCauley's commanding Quince, Josh Mullin's riotous Falstaff, Connor Sullivan's soul-searching Richard III (above), Will Moriarty's stern Cassius or a dozen other memorable roles, the cast gave everyone some serious moments - and a few ribald ones...[read more]

 

From the Athletics Department    

 

Learn with CM's coaching legends. Registration is now open for CM's annual summer sports clinics - in basketball, football, hockey, baseball and lacrosse. Click here for registration information. 

 

Varsity lacrosse is off to its strongest start ever - winning its first five games. A dozen or more of its goals have come from John Harrison '12. "There's a lot of good offense going on," Harrison said of this year's team chemistry. "We have a lot of strong returners, with Tyler Bogart '15 being the only new player on offense. And on defense, we've got senior long-pole midi Chris Ryan, who is playing real well. Coach Lynch is getting us in good shape and working us in practice to get the plays down."  The team faces Scituate tomorrow in the annual Chowda Cup tournament finals.  

  

Varsity track won its opening meet against Malden Catholic on Tuesday, 78-53 - in its first home meet on the new track surface. Up next for the team is the Catholic Conference relays on Tuesday.

       

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Congratulations to CM's athletic director Alex Campea P'08 (above) who won the AD of the Year Award for District H from the Massachusetts Athletic Directors Association. Campea received his award at the annual MSSADA awards banquet on March 22, where he was joined by his family and several CM administrators. (Photo: Terry Bleiler)

Varsity baseball moved to 1-2 after a close loss to BC High, 4-3, on Wednesday; they visit Wachusett today. Varsity tennis fell to SJP on Tuesday - and hosts Walpole today.  Varsity rugby won its opening match against Xaverian on April 4; they visit Wilbraham and Monson tomorrow. Meanwhile, varsity volleyball visits Medfield Senior High today to compete.

 

From the Friends of CM Athletics: Please click here to read important news about this spring's calendar drawing and the Athletic Awards Night ad book.