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2013/2014
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No matter the size, your gift enables the Mount to:
- Offer scholarships and financial aid
- Provide state-of-the-art technology in classrooms
- Maintain the school
grounds and facilities
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SAVE THE DATE!
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Monday March 17: St. Patrick's Day Parade NYC
Saturday March 22: Yonkers St. Patrick's Day Parade
May: Lets Go To The Hop Reunion
Friday June 6: Class of 1964 50th Reunion
Saturday June 7: MSM Graduation
Monday June 30 MSM: Golf Outing @ Metropolis Country Club
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Vol 4 Issue 4: January 31, 2014
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President's Letter
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Dear Alum and Friends of the Mount,
Let me warmly welcome you to the latest update on life at the Mount. This is an exciting report since it speaks directly to the two grand objectives of a Mount education: academic excellence and matching success in the classroom and beyond.
Since we are approaching Super Bowl Sunday I suppose it is inevitable not to highlight some of our talented young alums and one great NFL leader. You will read about two alums that have had an impact on Ivy League sports in football and basketball. Both Caraun and Malik (Princeton and Dartmouth) won academic scholarships which allowed them to showcase their skill in and out of the classroom.
The academic life-cycle of the Mount continues with the father-son legacy of the Grant family and the enrollment of yet another son of an alum at the Mount. It is always a great moment at graduation when an Alum Dad can join us in awarding his son a Mount diploma.
The Mount was represented at the Grammay Awards, and there is a great photo of Frank Ingriselli '72 proudly showing off his Mount heritage. Mark Noble '85 was also working the room, and the two of them had fun promoting the Mount among other "stars"...Ad Astra....
Lastly, you will be introduced to two alums who have been generous benefactors of the Mount. Bill Polian '60 needs no introduction. However, John Strachan '38, who has recently passed away, made it possible for many Mount students to graduate through his very strong support of our scholarship program. He single-handedly helped over two dozen students cross the finish line to graduation.
As you will discover as you go through the newsletter, we have a great
tradition of support and caring for the Mount. The legacy of older alums is strongly and eagerly continued by the kids in college. From one generation to the next the challenge of St. Marcellin Champagnat is readily embraced: learning to live "with hearts that know no bounds."
We would have it no other way!
Sincerely,
Dr. Anthony Miserandino
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Mount Young Alum Shine As Scholar Athletes
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Mount Young Alum are making a name for themselves and for the Mount in college sports.
Former Mount Saint Michael football star and NCAA college football All American honoree Caraun Reid MSM '09 of Princeton Tigers Defensive Tackle has been turning the heads of NFL scouts.
Caraun Reid '09
Fresh off a strong showing in the NCAA Senior Bowl. Caruan has further impressed scout with his size and athleticism at NFL Skills Camps. Caruan's draft stock is on the rise and hopefully we'll be watching him this fall playing in the NFL with our home town Giants or Jet teams. Caruan was the first Princton Tigers gridiron star from Princeton to receive All American honors in the last 20 years! Impressive! Good luck Caruan!
For further coverage of Caruan NFL's quests click on links below
2014 NFL Draft: Full Breakdown of Caraun Reid's Game |
Auburn's Dee Ford, Princeton's Caraun Reid stellar on defense
Another Mount collegiate student-athlete to receive national recognition is Najae Brown '12. The University of New Haven defensive back and freshman football star has been named the Don Hansen Division II National Freshman of the Year. Najae was a talented quarterback of the Mountaineer football team in his senior year that defeated Cardinal Hayes in the 2011 Turkey Bowl 34-0. A nice day for the Mount!
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Najae Brown '12
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The award marks Brown's first national honor of his young career. The Mount Vernon, N.Y. native was the Northeast-10 Conference Rookie of the Year and a NE-10 First Team selection following his first season at corner back for UNH. Brown led the Chargers' defense with 78 total tackles, including 56 solo stops. He intercepted three passes and broke up nine passes.
Mount young alum Malik Gill'12 is playing very well in the Ivy League for Dartmouth!! Even though Dartmouth lost to Harvard, Mount Saint Michael All City standout Malik Gill '12 had a big game versus Harvard recording a Dartmouth team high of 16 points, 5 assists and 6 steal for the Big Green of Dartmouth Colleg
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Malik Gill '12 stands out for Dartmouth Basketball!
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Under Construction: The Sports Medicine Training Facility!
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Mount St. Michael Academy is proud to announce that the construction of the new Sports Medicine Training Facility is well under way!!!
Thanks to the generosity of Alison and Buzz Zaino '61, Dr. Anthony Maddalo '72, Ben Borsellino '73, John Farrauto '57 and Dr. Richard Bolton '64 a new Sports Medicine training facility is being built near the Mount locker rooms. In addition, a generous grant from the Hyde and Watson Foundation of $10,000 is helping to purchase the equipment needed for the room, such as treatment tables, a hydrocollator to warm heating pads, storage cabinets and a new whirlpool turbine.
The facility will be a lab where students in the Sports Medicine program will learn to diagnose, treat, tape and rehabilitate like professional trainers.
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The view from inside the training room as a workman
tile the new floor.
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The room is approximately 1200 Square Feet, including main room, office and shower room. The Sports Medicine Program started in 2012: Currently 42 students (sophomores, juniors and seniors) are registered in the program, taking advanced courses in biology, anatomy, math and sciences and learning the core principals and practices of athletic training.
They participate in the Mentoring in Medicine program at Montefiore Hospital in the Bronx and receive expert lectures from Sports Medicine professionals on and off campus at least once a month.
The Mount is also building a solid externship program in which Sports Medicine students will intern with trainers at colleges, with orthopedic doctors and surgeons and with other professionals in Sports Medicine and related fields.
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The view of the new training room from the outside. The project is expected to be completed by June of 2014.
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The program offers students a sound practical specialization that will prepare them for success at university while at the same time opening up a host of professional opportunities.
Says Bro. Steve Schlitte FMS: " The new training room facility is the next step in development of our program. We are looking forward to a comprehensive 4 year program that will open up multiple medical career opportunities to students by preparing them for entrance into top notch pre professional programs on the collegiate level."
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Fall 2014 Freshman Enjoy Pizza With the Players!
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L to R: incoming freshmen Brian Grant, Mount Senior Jayson Buford and Brian's father Rob Grant, himself a 1988 Mount grad.
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On Thursday evening, January 30, more than 40 prospective and incoming freshmen and their parents enjoyed a Mount tradition: watching the Mountaineer Basketball Team play and then sitting down to pizza with the players to talk about the experience of being a Mount student.
This is the Mount's 4th year doing the event, and is held after the Mount sends out its acceptance letters to the 8th grade.
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Incoming Freshman Keion Barron, Tommasita Barron with 2 year old Hayden and Director of Admissions Thomas Fraher
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Bill Polian '60:
A Super Alum at Super Bowl
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Bill Polian '60
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The Mount would like to thank Bill Polian '60 for his generosity to the Mount: Bill donated 4 Super Bowl tickets to the Mount Golf Outing last year, which helped raise needed money for Mount scholarships!
Four lucky winners of the Mount raffle will be going to the SuperBowl this Sunday, February 2, at MetLife Stadium to see the Denver Broncos and four-time NFL MVP Peyton Manning battle the Seattle Seahawks.
Polian will be watching this game especially closely, since he knows Peyton Manning better than most: Polian has the distinction of drafting Manning in the first round of the 1998 NFL draft, when one could say history was made. Peyton Manning is arguably one of the top quarterbacks in the history of the NFL.
Polian was interviewed at length about Manning's legacy in the Daily News on January 29, 2014, and how Polian already thinks Manning is one of the best quarterbacks of all time, even without winning the Superbowl this Sunday.
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Bill Polian '60 with Peyton Manning after he was drafted to the Indianapolis Colts in 1998
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Click here to read the full story
Polian joined ESPN as a NFL analyst in March 2012, and appears throughout the year on NFL Live, NFL Insiders and SportsCenter in addition to regularly contributing to ESPN.com,ESPN The Magazine, ESPN Radio and other platforms.
Polian's ESPN role focuses on the NFL Draft, free agency and the multitude of other business-related aspects of pro football, including player transactions, trades, salary cap issues and league rules.
One of the most accomplished front office executives in NFL history, Polian helped build multiple successful franchises during his 24 years as a general manager. In all, his teams made 17 playoff, eight conference championship game and five Super Bowl appearances, including the Super Bowl XLI champion Indianapolis Colts. He also has the distinction of having drafted four-time NFL MVP Peyton Manning, arguably one of the top players ever to play the position.
Widely praised as both a top talent evaluator and influential executive, Polian is the first six-time recipient (1988, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1999 and 2009) of the NFL Executive of the Year award from The Sporting News, an honor bestowed on him by his peers. He served on several league committees: Competition Committee, Diversity Committee, Management Council Senior Executive Committee and Chairman of the College Relations Committee. He also played a key role in the NFL's Collective Bargaining Agreement in 2011 that prevented the loss of regular season games, establishing long-term labor peace.
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Class Notes
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Mr. John R. Strachan '38, a man of notable tenacity, charm, humor, intelligence and generosity moved on to eternal life on December 19, in Loudonville, NY. He was 92 years old. John was born May 9, 1921 in Mount Vernon, NY to William J. Strachan and Josephine McCormack Strachan of Harlem, NY. He was predeceased by his brother William J. Strachan, Jr. and his beloved wife Frances Marie Weir.
John graduated from Mount Saint Michael Academy in the Bronx and was a member of the United States Naval Academy's class of 1944. He served in the Navy during World War II primarily aboard the destroyers USS Kearny and USS Rodman. John attained the rank of Captain. In 1952, John partnered with David Weir to purchase the Pepsi-Cola Albany Bottling Company, adding 17 more franchises in New York, Massachusetts and Connecticut over the next 30 years.
John served as President of the Pepsi Cola Bottlers Association in 1972, and led the fight to protect small business against the FTC, which resulted in President Carter signing into law the Soft Drink Interbrand Competition Act of 1980. He was named the Beverage Industry Man of the Year in 1985, and was inducted into the national Soft Drink Hall of Fame in 1987. John is survived by his daughters Mary Strachan (Nick Ward), Patricia O'Keeffe (Tom O'Keeffe), Ellen Pappas (Michael Pappas), and Angela Strachan, and his son John Strachan, Jr. (Janie Strachan) and seventeen grandchildren.
A Mass of Christian Burial was held on December 27 at St Mary's Church in Albany, NY and internment was at St. Agnes Cemetery.
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Dr. Nicholas J. Salerno '57 passed away on Tuesday, December 24, 2013. He was 74 yrs. of age. Born in NYC, NY, he has resided in Medford, NJ since 1978 and is a Founding Partner of Garden State OB/GYN Associates and a founder of the Garden State Hospital in Marlton, NJ.
A graduate of Mount St. Michael Academy, he went on to Iona College, Seton Hall- the NJ School of Medicine. He is the husband of the late Catherine A. (nee Schrade) Salerno and the brother of the late Peter Salerno. He is the Loving Father of Peter J. Salerno and his wife Lisa of Medford, NJ and Diana Brady of Scottsdale, AZ.
He is also survived by his brother James J. Salerno and his wife Karen of Berkeley, CA, his sister Gloria J. Faggioni of Long Island, NY and also Grandchildren Peyton West and Jackson Brady. He loved travel, gardening, reading, fine wine and cooking, but most of all the company of his family and friends.
Mr. John F. Mirenda '64: passed away in September of 2012.
Dr. Richard Babaian '64: Is the Senior Medical Director, MD Anderson Physicians Network, The University of Texas.
Prior to serving in this role, Dr. Babaian was Professor of Surgery in the Department of Urology, Director of the Prostate Detection Clinic and the Blanche Bender Professor in Cancer Research at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
Upon completion of his degree in medicine from Georgetown University, Dr. Babaian completed his internship at the University of Wisconsin and his residency at the University of Wisconsin and the University of North Carolina. Additionally, Dr. Babaian completed a three-year fellowship in Urologic Oncology.
Dr. Babaian practiced urologic oncology exclusively for over twenty years and has authored or co-authored more than 200 scientific publications the majority of which focus on prostate cancer and currently serves as a committee member on the NCCN Prostate Cancer Panel.
He has a wide range of experience in the early detection, diagnosis, staging and management of prostate cancer and is experienced in the technique of cryosurgery and has utilized this modality in the treatment of prostate cancer both as primary therapy and as salvage following radiation therapy. His research interest focuses on prostate tumor markers and prediction models.
Dr. Corradino M. Lalli '69: is celebrating the birth of his first grandchild, Giulia
Mr. Donald J. Murphy '72: Please pray for me, I was just diagnosed with cancer. I am a successful Pharmacist due to the great education I got at the Mount.
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Frank Ingriselli '72 at the Grammys!
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Frank Ingriselli '72 and his wife Sung Jin attended the glittering and glamorous 56th Grammy Awards held on Sunday January 26 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles!!!
Ingriselli got to rub elbows with Macklemore and Katy Perry while proudly displaying his Mount button! Way to Represent!!
Frank is the President and CEO of Pacific Energy Development, headquartered in Danville CA.
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The Mount Blue and Gold Will March On For St. Patrick's Day! Join Us!
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Come join the Mountaineers show off their school pride by marching up Fifth Avenue and across McLean Avenue by participating in the New York City and Yonkers St. Patrick's Day Parade. Family, friends and Mount Alumni are invited to join our students in proudly representing the Mount again this year.
Save the Parade Dates!
Monday, March 17th NYC St. Patrick's Day Parade
Saturday, March 22nd Yonkers St. Patrick's Day Parade
For more information please contact Michael Duignan '76
michael.duignan@mtstmichael.org
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New at the Mount! Become an Annual Fund Loyalty Club Member and Get Discounts!
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Mount St. Michael Academy is excited to announce our new Mount Loyalty Society! Become a member by donating to the Annual Fund for at least 5 consecutive years and get discounts on select Mount Events!
We are in the process of sending out cards to alum who currently qualify.
Consecutive Annual Fund Donations and Discount Levels are as follows:
5-9 Years: 5%
10-14 Years: 10%
15-19 Years: 15%
20+ years: 20%
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2013/2014 Annual Fund:
Why I Give
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John Mendez '06
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" I give because the Mount really helped me to understand the value of brotherhood .
No matter what year you graduated , the simple mention of Mount Saint Michael brings a common bond to all Alumni who attended this great institution.
I am forever thankful for attending Mount Saint Michael Academy and will continue to help in anyway way that I can. "
WHAT IS THE ANNUAL FUND?
Our Annual Fund bridges the gap between tuition and operating expenses. Your investment will provide funding for programs, activities and other expenses that the school incurs. Tuition and fees cover about 66% of total revenue collected, which is why we need to rely on your support.
When you give to the Annual Fund, your dollars help fund advanced curriculum in programs like Sports Medicine, IT and Business, as well as strengthening our athletic programs and extracurricular activities.
- Offer need-based financial support
- Drive excellence in curriculum and scholastic advancement
- Strengthen our athletic programs
- Provide state-of-the-art technology
- Make repairs to school facilities and grounds
MATCHING GIFTS: You can double your gift through a matching gift from your employer! Check to see if your organization is a matching gift participant!
RECURRING DONATIONS: Please consider a recurring donation of $5, $10, $20 or $50 a month! It's easy: Just register your account once and you can set up your recurring donation! |
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Bro. James Kearney Memorial Scholarship
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The Bro. James Kearney,
F. M. S. Memorial Scholarship was established in June and is an award granted to a graduating senior who best exemplifies the
characteristics of this beloved teacher, former Principal and Mount Board member. These characteristics are: great patience, attention to the needs of others and service to the Mount.
Our goal is to raise $50,000 dollars for this scholarship so that it may be endowed at an amount that will yield meaningful returns in order to provide scholarships in perpetuity.
For more information, please call
Julie Androshick Boyle
Development Office
718 515 6400 ext. 268
Please send your donation to:
Development Office
Mount St. Michael Academy
4300 Murdock Avenue
Bronx, NY 10466
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