Class of 2005
Tad
Malone's Eagle Scout project takes him overseas!
Tad has taken his Eagle Scout
project seriously. He and his family have traveled to Africa
several times and on last year's visit, he realized that he could make a
difference in the lives of the children he met in the Children’s
Town AIDS orphanage in Zambia.
Here are his updates on his project. This is a very challenging
project and kudos to Tad for taking it on!!
Children's Town Update #1
(to be posted soon)
Children's
Town Update #2
Children's
Town Update #3
Graduation
Activities
Congratulations
and best wishes to our eighth grade graduates!
The week of activities resulted in a great send off for our
graduates, and culminated with the graduation ceremony on Friday
evening. It has been nice
to have some of our graduates back this week to help out in the
classrooms. They will be
missed next year but always
welcomed
back! Several deserving awards were presented at the graduation
ceremony to:
Leadership:
Presented
by Mrs. Marie Kolda, PTG President to Matthew
Aranez.
Scholarship:
Presented
by Mrs. Marie Kolda, PTG President to Thomas Lessler and Nicholas DeLateur.
Service: Presented
by Ric Shimshrock, President of the Italian Catholic Federation to Mary
Ellen Crowley and Marielle Donnelly.
Sports: Presented
by Mr. Dan Fernandez, Athletic Director, to Stuart Dooley and Alyssa Amaya.
Religion: Presented
by Mrs. Jacque Wright to Declan Kelley.
Christian
Compassion Award: Presented
by Mrs. Jacque Wright to Ryan Barker.
Peacemaker: Presented
by myself to Mary Ellen Crowley.
Principal’s
Award:
Presented by myself to Stuart Dooley.
Additionally,
Ryan Barker and Nicholas DeLateur were recognized for acceptance into
high school with leadership and academic honors.
I extend my thanks and appreciation to all the staff and parents
who have helped with the many eighth grade events these past few weeks.
Class of 2003
Kenny
Jakabcin 2006 Homecoming King at St. Lawrence H.S.
From the St. Lawrence
newsletter: "Congratulations to this year's Homecoming Queen
and King, Jenna L. and Kenny Jakabcin.
Siobhan
Faul honored as Student of the Month at St. Lawrence H.S. for October
2006.
From the St. Lawrence
newsletter: The October student of the month, senior Siobhan Faul,
is an energetic and compassionate individual who brings joy to the Saint
Lawrence community through her radiant smile and sparkling sense of
humor. She embodies the philosophy of Saint Lawrence Academy -
encouraging her peers to grow in their spirituality, recognizing the
uniqueness and dignity of each individual, and delighting in sharing her
gifts. Congratulations to Siobhan and her parents, Michael and Maria
Faul of Sunnyvale.
Class of 2001
Freshman
Walberg elected to the Student Senate at the University of Kansas
Bill Walberg, Resurrection class
of 2001, lost no time in continuing his zeal for the political
arena. Bill was student council president at Resurrection and has
just been elected as one of 5 freshmen to sit on the Student Senate at
the University of Kansas. Way to go Bill - we will miss you in the
Haunted House this year!
Outstanding
Senior receives numerous awards at graduation (June 2005)
Kenny Mendez, a Resurrection
School graduate of 2001, was recognized at Fremont High School's
graduation ceremony with ten awards! Congratulations Kenny!
Fremont High School Valedictorian
Ronald McDonald House Asian Students
Increasing Achievement Scholarship ($1,000)
Silicon Valley Realtors Foundation ($1,000)
Sunnyvale Rotary Club Award ($500)
Fremont Alumni Association ($1,500)
Fremont High School Astras ($150)
Robert C. Byrd Honors Scholarship ($1,500)
California Scholarship Federation Seymour Scholarship ($1,250)
UC Berkeley Alumni Association Leadership Scholarship ($1,500)
Bank of America Outstanding Academic Students
All
That Glitters Girl Scout Award for highest honors (June 2005)
Karen
O'Connor, a 2001 Resurrection graduate was honored at the "All That
Glitters" Girl Scout Awards Ceremony at the Civic Center in San
Jose. Karen was recognized for achieving the highest
personal award in Girl Scouts, the Gold Award. Karen took it upon
herself to turn the old fenced in playground area behind 5th & 6th
grades at Resurrection into a wonderful, bursting with plants, feeling
alive garden! Thank you Karen!!
Nationally
Recognized Alum (Spring 2005)
Bret
Donnelly, a Resurrection School graduate from the class of 2001 was
nationally recognized as one of 21 high school seniors across the
country to get a perfect score (36) on his ACT (American College
Testing) test for the college entrance exams. Bret is currently in his senior year at Bellarmine and is in
the process of applying to several colleges on the east coast and in the
northwest. Not only has
Bret succeeded academically; he is an Eagle Scout, and an avid
snowboarder and backpack hiker. He
is the vice-president of the Bellarmine Indian Student Coalition, a
Spanish tutor and runs his own web business with two Bellarmine
graduates. We congratulate
Bret on his accomplishments and knew back in kindergarten that he had a
gift when he recited poetry for a class project!
Outstanding
COSMOS Graduate (February 2005)
Kristen Barker, a 2001
Resurrection graduate, a senior at Presentation High School, and a
recent graduate of the COSMOS program at UC Davis, was asked to
represent the COSMOS program for a celebration of its fifth anniversary
at the 2004 California Nobel Laureate dinner. This dinner is an
annual event that is co-hosted by the Swedish Consulate and the
University of California to honor all of the Nobel Prize winners, past
and present, who hail from California institutions.
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