Catherine McAuley High School is pleased to announce that junior Alexa Coulombe has verbally committed to receive a full basketball scholarship to Boston College.
For the full article on Coulombe, published in the August 26 edition of the Portland Press Herald, please access the following link:
http://www.pressherald.com/sports/mcauley-player-decides-to-join-boston-college_2010-08-26.html
The McAuley community is proud of this tremendous accomplishment, [...]

Click on the following link to view McAuley’s recent spot on Fox 23’s ‘Good Day, Maine’ program, a spin-off of News Channel 13’s morning show.
Physics teacher, Jamie Schwellenbach, and McAuley senior, Sara Mercier, sat down with host, Erin O’Valle, to discuss the details of the School’s new ‘Pre-Engineering’ track, designed to promote math and science [...]

The McAuley community is pleased to announce that Margaret ‘Peg’ Downing, MAEd. has been named the new Head of School at Catherine McAuley High School in Portland. She succeeds Sister Edward Mary Kelleher who, since 1980, has served as Principal of the School and who will serve during the coming school year as Principal Emerita [...]

Please click on the following link to read the Portland Press Herald’s August 8, 2010 article on the recent change in McAuley leadership:
http://www.pressherald.com/news/longtime-mcauley-leadership-changing_2010-08-08.html

Mrs. Lynne Erkkinen, McAuley’s Drama Director, is organizing a trip to North Shore Music Theater on Wednesday, August 18 to see ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’ (a preview of McAuley’s anticipated fall production).
Ticket prices are $20 for students and $40 for adults.  The school bus will leave McAuley at 5:00 PM for a 7:30 [...]

There will be a pre-season athletics meeting for all parents, students and coaches on Sunday, August 15 from 6:30 – 8:00 PM in the Auditorium.
First Week Practice Times (starting Monday, August 16):
Field Hockey:  8 AM to 12 PM  each day
Soccer:  8 – 10 AM and 3:30 – 5:30 PM each day
Cross Country:  Monday [...]

Congratulations to McAuley’s Varsity Softball Coach, Robbie Ferrante, who was The Forecaster newspaper’s pick for the ‘Spring 2010 Portland Area Coach of the Year’ ( for girls’ teams).
To access the full story, written by Forecaster Sports Writer, Michael Hoffer, please click on the following link:
http://www.theforecaster.net/content/p-sportsaofycoaches-3

McAuley junior, Shelby Bryant, was recently recognized as Catherine McAuley High School’s ‘Spring 2010 Female Athlete of the Year’ by The Forecaster newspaper for her role in McAuley Softball’s best-ever record season.
For the full story from Forecaster Sports Writer, Michael Hoffer, please access the following link:
http://www.theforecaster.net/content/p-sportsaofymcauley-1
Congratulations on this impressive honor, Shelby!

Congratulations to Class of 2009 graduate, Kristen Desrosiers, who was the first female finisher in the annual ‘Peaks to Portland’ swim, a 2.4-mile course from Peaks Island to Portland’s East End Beach.  Desrosiers finished with a time of 48:03, exactly two minutes ahead of her twin sister and fellow McAuley alumna, Katelyn ‘09.
This was the [...]

Please click on the following link to access summer reading information:
http://www.mcauleyhs.org/student_life/summer_reading_list/

Priya Ahluwalia ‘11

Williams Book Award
The Williams College Alumni of Maine sponsors this award to recognize juniors who have distinguished themselves both academically and as contributing members of their school communities.  The prize is an ornately bound Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary, adorned with a large Williams seal on the cover.
Katerina Arabatzis ‘11

Saint [...]