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News and Events Important Dates for 2007-08 >Important news from our Admissions Department: Attention, Class of 2012 Incoming Freshmen Thanks to all the families who attended our Open Houses this year. We hope you enjoyed your visit. Thank you 7th-Graders for a great day! We enjoyed having you here. Seventh grade Visitation, February 28, 2008-Click here to see if you can find your school and friends in our photos! Prom 2008 was a success! Click here for photos. Seniors and Senior Parents-Click here for end-of-year Calendar of Events for Seniors. We welcome our new Athletic Director, Mr. Andy Jalwan. Click here for more information. STVM hires new cheerleading coach. Click here for the details. Interested in trying out for cheerleading? Tryouts will be held on Sunday, May 17. Click here for important details. Check out the 2008-2009 Dress Code ________________________________________________________________
>What's happening this week: Saturday, May 10- Spring Flower Sale Sunday, May 11- Happy Mother's Day! Monday, May 12-AP Exams -Biology Tuesday, May 13-7:30am-8:00am math Team Meetings-Rm239 Wednesday, May 14-AP Exam-English 8:00am-12:00 Thursday, May 15 - Car Raffle winner Free Lunch Day-Mrs. Cushing's Homeroom Friday, May 16- 8:00am-8:20am- Car Raffle winner- Donuts and juice in Mrs. Cushing's Homeroom.
Click here for our morning announcements. ___________________________________________________________ Looking ahead: May 17, 2008- Cheerleading Tryouts. Click here for informational flyer. May 24, 2008- 5v5 Soccer Tournament for Grades 3-8. Click here for more information. How would you like to spend 9 days in sunny Spain? Mrs. Cushing and Mrs. Hilovsky will hold an informational meeting for you and your parents on Tuesday, April 22 at 6:30 pm in room 342. Now that we are beginning 4th quarter, this is a reminder to all 9th, 10th, and 11th graders who plan to play a fall sport. Eligibility for fall sports is based on 4th quarter grades. Summer school grades may NOT be used to ubstitute for failing grades received in the final grading period of the previous year. College Open Houses! Check out what is happening at area colleges for you to explore. Our Senior/Junior Prom will be held Saturday, May 3, 2008 at the Portage Country Club. Summer Camps 2008-Fun things to do this summer for grade school students! Click here for more information. If one or more of these camps interest you, click here for the registration forms. The 4th Annual Raymond V. Tricomi Memorial Golf Outing will take place on June 21, 2008. To view a letter from the family click here, registration form here, and info flyer here. Join Alumni & Friends of St. Vincent-St. Mary High School as they travel to England, Scotland and The Emerald Isle. For more information see Alumni News. _______________________________________________________________ >Irish Items
Congratulations and good luck to our Science students that are heading to Columbus for the State Science Fair Competition! Holocaust Week-During the week of April 21, all of the freshmen were involved in an interdisciplinary project in both their religion and their world history classes that integrated their study of the themes of Catholic Social teaching with the study of the Holocaust and genocide. Click here for more information and photos. Whitney Porter, a junior, has been selected as a winning finalist in the “Kids Speak Out” essay contest hosted by WVIZ/PBS ideastream and Time Warner Cable. She has been invited to a luncheon at the Idea Center in Cleveland where she will be presented with a $1,000 scholarship she can use toward her education. Students in the Advanced Placement American Studies class entered their argument essays related to the prompt: If you had 30 minutes with the next president of the United States, what issues affecting Ohioans would you want to discuss and why? Whitney’s topic was Arctic drilling and its environmental impact. Whitney will also be involved in a WVIZ taped panel discussion to be aired later on Time Warner Cable this summer. Junior Alexandra Horning also earned recognition in the contest with an Honorable Mention for her essay about the importance of federal funding of the Arts. Congratulations to Shannon Phillips and Mike Kovarik, our school's recipients of the Daimler-Chrysler Awards for academic and leadership success.
>Honor Roll and Merit Roll 3rd Quarter 2007-2008--The grade point average necessary to achieve honor roll status is a minimum of 3.50. Merit roll students must achieve a minimum of 3.00 grade point average. We congratulate the following students for achieving this goal . Please click here to view. How would you like to spend 9 days in sunny Spain? Mrs. Cushing and Mrs. Hilovsky will hold an informational meeting for you and your parents on Tuesday, April 22 at 6:30 pm in room 342.
Here is a list of summer programs for our students offered through many Universities. Now that we are beginning 4th quarter, this is a reminder to all 9th, 10th, and 11th graders who plan to play a fall sport. Eligibility for fall sports is based on 4th quarter grades. Summer school grades may NOT be used to substitute for failing grades received in the final grading period of the previous year. SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT
Again this year, the OHIO MAGAZINE will publish their April issue featuring Private High Schools. Also again this year they have selected five of our teachers for special recognition in that issue. So, please join in congratulating Gerard Neary, Joanna Beyeler, Jen McElhaney, Anne Bickett and Brian Campbell "who are making a difference and contributing to Ohio's commitment in achieving Excellence in Education." Mu Alpha Theta welcomes new inductees- Click here for new members. Our Art students set a new winning record at the 2008 Northeast Central Ohio Scholastic Art Competition! Click here for more information. ARABIC AND CHINESE Classes in Beginning Arabic or Chinese will be on-campus offerings that will be grant funded though 2009 and therefore be offered at no cost (including books) to participating students. Beginning classes in each language are worth 4 credit hours. Therefore, participating students will attend the University of Akron, 4 days per week and complete all University assignments and requirements in order to earn high school/college credit for the course. Each succeeding level of the course will be offered on a semester basis. To be eligible: St. Vincent-St. Mary students will have a 3.2 GPA or higher, will have excellent grades in their current foreign language, and will have a recommendation from their current teacher to participate in the program. STVM is pleased to present the 5 students participating in this program for 2007-2008: Arwa Alniemi Beginning Arabic Madeline Esker Beginning Chinese >Welcome Back Mentoring Program! Emily Knapp, our new school counselor, and Joanne Zaratsian, Director of Fiscal Resources, are working together to make the Mentoring Program better than ever. What is the Mentor Program? It is a chance for Alumni and Friends of our school to pass on their wisdom to future generations. Our students will get a chance to meet with someone who has experience in the career they have been considering.We are currently looking for Junior and Senior students who want to learn more about their future career, and professionals who want to pay their knowledge forward. If you would like to be a mentor please fill out the following form and return it to: The Guidance Office, ATTN: Mrs. Knapp15 N. Maple St., Akron, Ohio 44303 or Fax it to: 330-996-0022. Click here to print form.
>French Club trip to French-This summer, from July 17 to July 26, some members of St. Vincent-St. Mary’s French Club, along with their families, participated in a trip to France and enjoyed a fun, educational, and culturally enriching tour of Paris—the City of Light . Please click here for more information. Congratulations to our STVM seniors Steven Herron (Sts. Peter and Paul) and Elizabeth Hoffman (Holy Family) who have been named National Merit Semifinalists; and to Meghan Miloscia (Holy Family), Sarah Piatt (Our Lady of Grace), and Gabe Pirie (St. Mary) who have been selected as National Merit Scholarship Commended Students. >Service Hour Information
>Honor Roll and Merit Roll 3rd Quarter 2007-2008--The grade point average necessary to achieve honor roll status is a minimum of 3.50. Merit roll students must achieve a minimum of 3.00 grade point average. We congratulate the following students for achieving this goal . Please click here to view. .>School Newspaper-Click here to read the March 2008 edition of the Leprechaun Gol
The Knights of Columbus are sponsoring a fundraiser to benefit Catholic High School Scholarships for two IHM youths. (See details) . Mrs. Holaday recently received a phone call from Britni Bunnel VM04 requesting assistance in funding an upcoming trip to Peru. Britni is currently a Senior at The Citadel, the military college in South Carolina (she received an athletic scholarship there). She plans to graduate in May 2008 with a degree in Criminal Justice. She recently received the Perseverance Award for the women's soccer team and set a new school record of 358 saves as The Citadel lady Bulldog's goalkeeper. She received an invitation from the coach of USA Athletes International and has been selected to participate in the Apemude International Invitational in July 2008 in Peru. If you are interested in making a donation, visit USA Athletes International at www.usaai.org/donate/britnibunnell or contact Mrs. Holaday and she will provide you with the form so that you can mail a donation directly to Britni. Deadline for Britni to register for the tournament is May 23, 2008. Homecoming 2008-We welcome home our alumni from the years ending in 3 and 8. Check out the classes here! The 4th Annual Raymond V. Tricomi Memorial Golf Outing will takeplaceon June 21, 2008. To view a letter from the family click here, registration form here, and info flyer here. The Matt Kaufmann Race will be on Saturday August 2, 2008. The fun begins at 9:45am with the mile fun run followed by the 5k race. Awards and an alumni picnic will follow. Tentatively we will be at Goodyear Metro park. Look for more information as the event draws near. >Mahar Awards
The STVM Alumni Association is pleased to announce the 2008 Mahar Award Recipients: Jack Fitzpatrick V44 Thomas Jesser V53Patrick Verderico M61 Thomas J. Stecz V65 Nominations are now being accepted for the 2009 Mahar Awards. Please click here for additional information.
>Irish Crusader Award
The STVM Alumni Association is pleased to announce the introduction of the Irish Crusader Award. The Irish Crusader Award has been created to recognize those individuals who are not graduates of St. Mary, St. Vincent or St. Vincent-St. Mary High School, but who play an active and important role in the day-to-day running of our chool and special events. The Alumni Association recognizes that the efforts of our non-alumni are integral to the success of our school. Congratulations to the 2008 Irish Crusader Award Recipients. They will be recognized at the 2008 Mahar Awards Banquet:: Mrs. Jerry Kelly Mr. Al Letta >For Information regarding the Irish Crusader Awards and the Mahar Banquet, please click on Alumni News. >Please click here to read the Spring 2008 Alumni Connection.
We welcome our new Athletic Director, Mr. Andy Jalwan. Click here for more information. STVM hires new cheerleading coach. Click here for the details. Interested in trying out for cheerleading? Tryouts will be held on Sunday, May 17. Click here for important details. We are proud of our Senior Athletes who have signed with their colleges of choice. Click here for a photo. Interested in Girl's Soccer camp? Click here for flyer. Highlights in Irish athletics5-1-08: Baseball beat up on Field last night 21-3. Andrew Destefano gets the win. Mike Dehnke hit a homerun. In softball, the lady Irish also won 2-0 over Coventry. Katie Killian was on the mound and got the win and hit a home run! Highlights in Irish athletics 4-30-08: Tennis won 3-2 over Elyria Catholic. Tyler Chopko won 6-2, 6-2, Gabe Pirie won 6-1, 6-1, and doubles team of Collins Mundy & Diego Hildebrandt won in three 6-3, 10-7. Highlights in athletics4-28-08: Tennis won 4-0 over Manchester. Tabitha Simpson won 6-1,6-3; Tyler Chopko won 6-2, 6-3; Gabe Pirie won 6-2, 6-6 tie breaking match was cancelled; Corey Chopko & Joe Gresock won in three 6-7, 6-3, 6-2; and Collins Mundy & Diego Hildebrandt won 6-2, 6-1. Highlights in athletics 4-25-08: Varsity baseball split with Mooney 8-5 and and a loss of 23-17. In the winning game, Sam Trecaso was the winning pitcher. Nick Fleming had a homerun. Congratulations to senior Colleen Conrad as this past weekend she smashed the 3,200 meter run with a winning time of 11 minutes and 45 seconds. The previous record was set by Colleen in 2006 with a time then of 12 minutes and 3 seconds. Tennis won 4-1 over Marlington. Tabitha Simpson won 6-0, 6-4, Tyler Chopko won 6-1, 6-0, Gabe Pirie won in three 6-4, 3-6, 6-1 and doubles team of Collins Mundy and Diego Hildebrandt won 6-0, 6-3. Softball won 2 of 3 games on Saturday. They won 9-7 over Oberlin. Danielle Davisson got the win. Ollie Mathews hit the game winning grand slam homerun! Katie Killian hit a double and a single and Ashlee Unrue hit 2 singles. In another game our Lady Irish won 9-2 over North Olmsted. Katie Killian got the win. Ollie Mathews hit a triple, Alyssa Paolucci hit 3 singles, Jenna Boyle and Rachel Dedinsky each hit 2 singles. Congratulations to all our Irish athletes!!
Highlights in athletics 4-24-08: Varsity softball defeated Medina 5-2. Katie Killian gets the win. Jenna Boyle hit a triple and a single, Alyssa Paolucci hit a triple and Emily Wilde hit a double.
Sports highlights from this weekend: Softball defeated Walsh 5-3. Emily Wilde and Katie Marks each hit a single and one RBI. Now that we are beginning 4th quarter, this is a reminder to all 9th, 10th,and 11th graders who plan to play a fall sport. Eligibility for fall sports is based on 4th quarter grades. Summer school grades may NOT be used to substitute for failing grades received in the final grading period of the previous year. Go- o- o Irish! Sportsmanship Award: St. Vincent-St. Mary has received the Sportsmanship Award from the Portage and Summit County Football Official Association. We were selected out of 44 schools to receive this award. Criteria for the award included: Team Attitude, Coaches' Attitudes, Crowd Attitude, Team's Attitude towards Opponents, Treatment of Officials, and Accommodations for Officials.
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ATHLETIC BOOSTERS Athletic Booster Club publishes a newsletter for their members and other individuals interested in supporting STVM Athletics. >DEVELOPMENT NEWS >Showcase 2007 Results Thank you to all those who joined us for ‘A Roman Holiday’! This year’s co-chairs, Jerry Kelly and Jennifer Ringer, with the assistance of Carla Steiner surpassed the $300,000 goal. Please join us in saluting these remarkable women for the outstanding job they did. We profited approximately $315,000! It was a record breaking event - Underwriters, corporate tables and attendance were at an all time high! Mr. Ralph Bernard was on hand as Auction Item #15 was presented in honor of his beloved wife, the late Florence O’Neil Bernard V33. Mrs. Bernard loved her alma mater, and like her husband, she also believed in Catholic education. He generously offered a matching gift of $50,000 again this year for all paddles raised in bid for the Irish Opportunity Scholarships. It was a fitting tribute to Mrs. Florence Bernard, as his match was met and exceeded, raising $147,000 for scholarships and tuition assistance! Thanks to Mr. Bernard. Click here for Showcase 2008 news!
Prom 2008 was a success! Click here for photos. It's that time of year again! It's time to "raid your basements" for donations to Educate the Congo! Collection week is Monday, May 5---- Friday, [noon] May 9. We will accept anything that can be used in a classroom/library setting: books [all age levels], electronics, old cassette or CD players, TVs, computers, etc. Remember that you can donate your items whether they work or not. This year, old cell phones have been added to the list of possible contributions. In the past two years, old bikes, any size, have also been a welcomed contribution. Russian T-shirts are here! Click here for Russian Club news. Another new sports club has joined the Irish family--Men's Volleyball! Congratulations and good luck!
We are excited about our new ski club! Joanne Zaratsian, Ski Club Advisor reports…. See our Marching Band in the Christmas Parade. Congratulations to Hilary Neumann, our Homecoming Queen and Meghan Miloscia, Crowner. Our Homecoming Dance was held at Tangiers on Saturday, October 6 at 7:00 pm. Click here to view the event.The Freshmen Homecoming was held at our school gym and Student Center on Saturday, October 6 at 7:00 pm. Click here to see our Freshmen. >Parents' Club Contact Marian Olsen at 330-836-7515 or e-mail: rolsentpwi@sbcglobal.net
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STVM students won ALL the awards at the Bridge Building contest that was held Saturday, February 17 at the University of Akron. The contest is organized by the local chapter of the American Society of Civil Engineers. 84 high school students participated from schools including Hoban, Hudson, Woodridge, Marlington, etc. Last year our students won the strength competition, this year we won strength and aesthetics. Matt Gaydos won $75 for the best looking bridge. It was said that it was rare for a truss bridge to win for aesthetics. Nat Simonetti won the strength contest and received $100. Matt Schwenning took second and received $75, Kyle Sickels came in third. The following students placed among the first 15 – Matt Gaydos, Michael Kovarik, Isaac Cabe, Joey Miller, Ryan Porcellato and John Roth. Our bridges did a lot better than last year but the competition was a lot harder, too. Some people actually copied our designs from last year. These students have worked on their projects since December. Congratulations to all! Click 
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welcoming back Coach Dan Boarman Irish style.
