Friday 4/29
Faculty In-service
No School for Students Junior Prom
Monday 5/2
E Day
AP Chemistry Exam
AP Environmental Science Exam
AP Psychology Exam
Tuesday 5/3
F Day
AP Spanish Exam
AP Art History Exam
AP Physics 1 Exam
Wednesday 5/4
G Day
AP Literature & Comp Exam
Thursday 5/5
A Day
AP Calculus AB&AP Calculus BC Exam
Friday 5/6
B Day
AP European History Exam
AP Studio Art - last day for submissions
Dress Down for Charity
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Dear Parents, Students and Friends,
Welcome to Bishop Malooly
On Thursday, Bishop Malooly visited Ursuline and was escorted by Caroline Morris and Emma Derr to various classrooms, allowing the Bishop to speak with students and answer questions. The girls appreciated and enjoyed meeting with the Bishop and having conversations with him. Bishop Malooly is extremely personable and always makes the girls feel comfortable when speaking with him. Following his visit to the Upper School, the Bishop met with children in the Lower and Middle Schools. The Bishop had a very busy morning and enjoyed being with our students.
May God bless you and your families.
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St. Angela, watch over all our days.
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STEAM
THIS JUST IN...
The UA Science Department's new 3D printer was delivered yesterday. The attendees of our STEAM camp this year will be the first students use the printer. Register for UA STEAM camp today!
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COUNSELING CENTER
COLLEGE ACCEPTANCES
Congratulations to Delaney Vorwick who has been admitted to Boston College. Congratulations to Alex Perna who has been awarded an A.J. Drexel Scholarship valued at $74,640 over four years and Dragon Alumni Scholarship valued at $4000 over four years from Drexel University. Congratulations to Olivia Troisi who was admitted to the University of South Carolina and given a Flinn Scholars Award and a Flinn Scholars Tuition Reduction Award with a total value of $77,264 over four years of study.
Congratulations to Caroline Bullock for being awarded the AJ Drexel Scholarship from Drexel University valued at $54,000 over four years.
Congratulations to Maddie Jablonski for being admitted to University of Delaware and James Madison University.
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Wilmington College Case Study for Juniors
The Wilmington College Case Study program will take place on Monday, May 16th at Salesianum School. Over 35 college and university admissions representatives will be present for students from Ursuline, Salesianum, Archmere, and Padua to review and decide on student applications. It is a wonderful opportunity to review what colleges are looking for in a student and how you can improve your application materials. Following the case study, there will be a mini- college fair for students to meet each of the representatives. Please check your email for a link to register for the case study program.
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AP EXAMS
AP Exams Begin Monday, May 2nd and last for two weeks. Please be mindful that these tests will be offered in the Auditorium and Room 34. Students are not permitted to enter any of these areas while testing is taking place including the balcony and the area outside of the campus minister's office. Thank you for being considerate to your classmates.
Students must report to their designated testing sites and be ready to begin to test no later than the time indicated above. This is especially true for those days when two or three exams will be administered. Also, if you have not paid your AP fee, you may not take an AP study day and will not be admitted to the testing room. If you have questions about the fee, please see Mrs. Barillare.
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SPANISH AWARDS
Congratulations to several Spanish language students who attained national recognition for excellent performance on the 2016 National Spanish Examinations.
Students from Ursuline in honors levels of Spanish III, IV, V and AP earned a total of 3 bronze medals along with 5 honorable mentions. "Attaining a medal or honorable mention for any student on the National Spanish Examinations is very prestigious," said Kevin Cessna-Buscemi, National Director of the Exams, "because the exams are the largest of their kind in the United States with over 160,000 students participating in 2016."
Individual awards will be announced at the Awards Ceremony at the end of the year. ¡Muy bien hecho!
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PROM PROMISE
For the second year in a row, Ursuline students took a top spot in the State of Delaware's Prom Promise initiative. State Farm and Pete and Susan Booker from the Smart Drive Association presented us with a one hundred dollar check that we can use toward after prom activities. Thanks to all who participated and promised to stay safe during this prom season.
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SENIOR COLLEGE SHIRT DAY
The Class of 2016 showed their school pride by wearing apparel to show the school where they will be attending this Fall. Best wishes, ladies!
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St. Ursula, protect our future.
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NATIONAL HISTORY DAY CONTEST
Freshmen students work on a National History Day research paper as part of the World Regional History Honors course. Out of all of the students in that course, nine were selected to compete in the Delaware National History Day Contest, and two of those students won awards. The contest participants include: Natalie Baag, Meghan Dombroski, Abby Larmore, Sophia McAneny-Droz, Brigid Monahan, Carly Palkon, Margaret Rice, Abigail Rzucidlo, and Clare Shiple. Carly Palkon won third place in the senior research paper division and Clare Shiple won first place in the same division and was honored with a special award for Best Project in Delaware History, presented by the CEO of the Delaware Historical Society. Clare will be competing nationally against students from around the country in the National History Day contest in College Park, Maryland in June 2016. Congratulations to all the contest participants, Carly, and Clare!! Thank you so much to the English Department/Writing Center for working so hard with these students throughout the school year!
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LIVE.....FROM WDEL STUDIOS
On Monday April 26th at 7pm, juniors Julia Grumbine and Nina Kegelman joined 7 other high school students for WDEL's High School Round Table.
This hour-long live broadcast hosted by Alan Loudell is a chance for students to weigh in on current events. Monday's broadcast included discussions of school safety, foreign policy, elections, and pop culture.
Both Nina and Julia represented Ursuline impressively, fielding questions about school safety and politics, as well as describing special events on our campus such as our Brescia House visit and UA Unify day. In case you missed it, a podcast of the event is available at wdel.com.
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FINE ARTS
URSULINE ACADEMY THEATER
PROUDLY ANNOUNCES THE 2016 FALL MUSICAL
OPEN TO ALL STUDENTS IN GRADES 6-12
Auditions May 17th and 19th
Summer Workshop BEGINS AUGUST 15-19th , 9am-4pm
SHOW RUNS OCTOBER 21st, 22nd, 23rd
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STARS, STRIPES AND ...Studio Art !
With an eye toward the Presidential election in the fall, Studio Art students depicted the USA by-hand using wire and canvas creating a montage of state symbols and colors. The size is also monumental--5ft x 4ft !
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ATHLETICS 
Follow us @UARaiders!
The track & field team won a close battle for the team title with Appoquinimink in a ten-team meet hosted by A.I. duPont. We took first place in four events - Najiya Cornish in the 100m and 200m Dashes, Katie Hosey in the 400m Dash, and the 4 x 800m Relay made up of Julia Hallman, Lauren DePiero, Abbie Rupert, and Rylee McGonigle. Medalists finishing second in their event were Sophia Simoes in the Shot Put, Alexis Jeynes in the 300m Intermediate Hurdles, the 4 x 100m Relay of Anna Clare Desch, Caroline Bullock, Ellie Brutsche, and Cornish, and the 4 x 400m Relay of Bullock, Cornish, Jeynes, and Hosey. Also medaling in third place were Simoes in the Discus, Kailyn Kampert in the High Jump, and Hallman in the 800m Run. We had athletes placing in the top six scoring places in fifteen of the eighteen events and multiple place-winners in four of the events. This was truly a team success!
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Come out to support our upcoming games/matches for our Spring Sports Teams:
Golf: Wednesday 5/4 at Porky Oliver's Golf course
Lacrosse: Tuesday 5/3 @ Newark Charter and Thursday 5/5 @ Serviam vs. Padua Academy
Soccer: Monday 5/2 @ Serviam vs. St. Mark's and Thursday 5/5 @ Serviam vs. Archmere Academy
Softball: Saturday 4/30 @ Concord and Monday 5/2 @ Midway vs. Smyrna
Tennis: Monday 5/2 @ Rodney St. courts vs. Sanford and
Wednesday 5/4 @ Rodney St. course vs. Archmere Academy
Track and Field: Thursday 5/5 @ Tower Hill Track
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RAIDER CLOSET
Hours
Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 8:00am-9:00am
Friday: 2:00pm-3:15pm
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CLICK HERE TO PLACE A SPECIAL ORDER FROM THE RAIDER CLOSET! WE HAVE UNDER ARMOUR 1/4 ZIP UPS. ALL ORDERS ARE DUE BY APRIL 28TH! CHECKS MADE OUT TO URSULINE ACADEMY.
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Have a wonderful weekend!
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