June 12, 2013
State Championship
Run!
Our Mercy Softball team competed this year above anyone’s expectations winning the SCC Conference championship and making it all the way to the State Championship Finals! What a game against Southington for the State Championship. The Mercy crowd was outstanding and they were truly treated to an incredible game. In the end Southington won with a score of 1-0, but they better watch out because the Mercy Tigers will surely be there again next year! To read more about the game: MIDDLETOWN PRESS
Our Mercy Softball team competed this year above anyone’s expectations winning the SCC Conference championship and making it all the way to the State Championship Finals! What a game against Southington for the State Championship. The Mercy crowd was outstanding and they were truly treated to an incredible game. In the end Southington won with a score of 1-0, but they better watch out because the Mercy Tigers will surely be there again next year! To read more about the game: MIDDLETOWN PRESS
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Golf Team
On graduation night, May 30, Emily Fritsch arrived with a runner-up team trophy for the SCGGL (Southern CT Girls Golf League) Tournament. Isn’t that impressive? Our young women have truly had a spectacular year in sports!
On graduation night, May 30, Emily Fritsch arrived with a runner-up team trophy for the SCGGL (Southern CT Girls Golf League) Tournament. Isn’t that impressive? Our young women have truly had a spectacular year in sports!
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This is just the tip of the iceberg as far as activities,
celebrations and honors for our students at Mercy as the 2012-13 academic year
comes to a close.
Class of 2013
The class of 2013 truly was an outstanding class and it showed as they participated in their final class activities. We began with a Class Night on May 23rd where they shared in a lovely dinner and enjoyed hearing class superlatives and wills.
The class of 2013 truly was an outstanding class and it showed as they participated in their final class activities. We began with a Class Night on May 23rd where they shared in a lovely dinner and enjoyed hearing class superlatives and wills.
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Pictured above are Sr. Marian, Mrs. Nancy Clayton and Sr. Ann who joined the seniors on their class night. Congratulations go to Mrs. Clayton who is leaving with this class as she retires. Thank you Mrs. Clayton for your years of dedication to the young women at Mercy!
On the following Sunday, May 26th the Mercy
community came together to celebrate the Baccalaureate
Mass. The Mass was beautiful and the
number of awards given at the ceremony following, outstanding! The class of 2013 received over $6 million in
scholarship monies for their continued education. As it was my first Baccalaureate at Mercy, I
was very pleasantly surprised to see the luncheon that was prepared by the Home
and School parents for the senior families after the event. I could not get over the amount and quality
of the food offered. It all helped to
make that Baccalaureate Sunday a very special day for our seniors and their
families.
The picture above is of the 12 seniors with their mothers
who are also alumnae of a Mercy high school!
Graduation
Once Graduation day arrived there was not much left to do
but hand our young women their diplomas, wishing them all the best and urging
them to please come back to let us know how they are doing. It was a VERY HOT evening, but I think that
is how graduations usually are! The
auditorium was packed with proud family members and we were honored and pleased
to have Bishop Cote come to hand our graduates their diplomas personally.
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After the Graduation ceremony there were light
refreshments available in the cafeteria and then students quickly got ready to
go to the Safe Graduation party that the Mercy and Xavier parents worked
together to plan. The event takes place
in the Freeman Center at Wesleyan University from 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m.! It takes much planning to gather the prizes and
food for the night and MANY parent volunteers.
Thank you to all who helped to create that event where over 200 Mercy
and Xavier graduates participated!
Here is a pic of some participants as they were ready to
go!
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Non Senior
Activities!
Relay For Life
Our Fight Against Cancer Club had a team participate in
the Relay for Life which took place on June 1st at Woodrow Wilson
Middle School. They represented us well
and did some great work!
Outstanding Youth
of the Year
Congratulations to Erica Nauman who was one of the New
Haven Register’s Outstanding Youth of the Year!
She received the award at a banquet on Sunday evening, June 1st.
Chamber Choir
The Chamber Choir went to Hartford on June 5th
to sing for an event called “Honoring Community Safety and Bravery: A Student
Tribute to Newtown and Connecticut.” The
event took place at the Legislative Building and began outside where they sang
“The Prayer of the Child” beautifully.
It was a quite moving experience and I know those in attendance were
quite impressed with our young women.
They did also get to tour the Capitol Building and even
get a quick meeting with the Governor!
Basketball
Championship Banquet
On Thursday evening, June 6, we celebrated the state
championship won by our basketball team this year at Mohegan Sun! It was a great evening which brought back
many of the players from past teams.
Ms. Jennifer O’Brien ’96, a member of the 1996 state championship team,
spoke to the group and shared how her experience on that winning team has given
her the skills which helps her with her successes in life.
Making the evening even more special was Bishop Cote who
joined us for dinner and shared a few words of congratulations. Mayor Drew of Middletown also came to present
a town Proclamation.
Mercy Golf Tournament
On Monday, June 10, we held the 21st Mercy Classic Golf Tournament at Lyman Orchards Golf Club. Over 100 golfers enjoyed the day and helped to support the Mercy Scholarship Fund. Here is a picture of some current and past Mercy dads enjoying the day!
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Upcoming Events:
·
Summer
Hours for Main Office: June 17 –
August 9,
8:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
·
HAP –
Higher Achievement Program. We are
still taking registrations for our summer HAP program for rising 7th
and 8th grade girls. The
program is from July 8 – 19 with an optional third week of July 22-26th. The mornings consist of academic work related
to preparation for the High School Placement Test and the afternoons will have
more recreational type activities. If
you are interested please click below for more information:
·
SAT Prep
Course: This will take place on
Tuesday and Thursday evenings from June 25 – August 6th, 6:00 p.m. –
9:00 p.m.
·
Mercy
Summer Basketball Camp: For girls entering
grades 5 -9. July 22-26, 9:00 a.m. –
noon. Click below for more info:
- Report Cards: You will be receiving an e-mail from Sr. Peggy when the report cards are ready for viewing. This should occur by this evening, June 12th.
This concludes the Principal's Blog for the 2012-13 school year. It has been a wonderful year and I look forward to continuing this practice in 2013-14. Do not be surprised if you receive an update now and then through the summer and you will surely have an update in the middle of August with needed information for the beginning of the new school year.
Enjoy these summer days!
Be Well.
