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Are you a recent McAuley graduate entering college in the fall of 2009?  Are you looking for scholarship money to help cover college costs?

If you can answer “yes” to both questions, access http://www.ourvoiceourcountry.org/participate/scholarship.aspx?ReturnUrl=participate/scholarship.aspx for information on a $1000 scholarship competition through civiced.org, entitled Our Voice Our Country.

Applicants are asked to share their views on America’s greatest underlying problems, and then nominate individuals who have the potential to solve them.

The deadline for submission is August 17, 2009.

The complete summer reading assignment list is now available at:

http://www.mcauleyhs.org/student_life/summer_reading_list/.

In addition to specific reading assignments by level, all students, faculty and staff are required to partake in the non-fiction Community Read: Left to Tell: Discovering God Amidst the Rwandan Holocaust by Immaculee Ilibagiza. Details surrounding this piece, along with the accompanying one-page written paper, are explained in the link mentioned above.

McAuley High Varsity Basketball Coach, Wil Smith, was recently featured on the front page of the June 22 edition of the Portland Press Herald for his involvement with the Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram’s Athlete of the Year Award Ceremony.  Smith, who also directs the Seeds of Peace summer camp in Otisfield, served as guest speaker for the Ceremony, where he reminded the honorees of their responsibility to share their gifts and talents with their community and beyond.

For the full article, please access http://pressherald.mainetoday.com/story.php?id=263689&ac=PHnws.

Congratulations to the following incoming freshmen, members of the Class of 2013, for being selected as scholarship recipients for the 2009-2010 academic year:

Claire Christian of Portland, the daughter of Dwane and Lisa Christian, has been awarded the Catherine McAuley Scholarship.  This Scholarship, valued at $500, is awarded in memory of the Foundress of the Sisters of Mercy, who believed that there was no greater service than the education of young women.  Given to an eighth grader from a parochial school, this Scholarship is based on financial need, academic excellence, leadership, character and service.

Felicia Bridges of South Portland, the daughter of Carol Bridges, is the recipient of the Parents’ Club Scholarship, valued at $500.  The Parents’ Club supports Catherine McAuley High School’s mission to inspire and guide students to reach their highest potential in mind, body, and spirit.  This Scholarship is based on financial need and service to the applicant’s community and / or school.

Molly Miller of Raymond, the daughter of Jack and Kim Miller, has been awarded the Sister Edward Mary Kelleher Principal Scholarship, valued at $500 and given to a young woman for her consistent academic performance, positive attitude, and financial need.  As principal for thirty years, Sister Edward Mary has been committed to educating young women through a rich and value-centered program.  Her extraordinary beauty exists in the quiet way she leads and in the gentle way she cares.

Savannah MacLean-Coffin of Topsham, the daughter of Tracey MacLean-Coffin, is the recipient of the Sister Mary Gerald McLellan Memorial Scholarship.  Valued at $500, this Scholarship is awarded as a memorial to honor Sister Gerald’s thirty-one years of service to the McAuley school community as a teacher, mentor and friend.  This Scholarship is based on financial need, academic excellence, leadership, character and service, and is given to an eighth-grade student from a non-parochial school.

Our young women continue to achieve great things, as evidenced through the numerous recognitions and awards received throughout the current academic year.  Various honors have been bestowed upon the following students:

Class of 2009

Beth Neault — Prudential Spirit of Community Award Certificate of Achievement

Catherine Hendricks — Prudential Spirit of Community Award Certificate of Merit / Mid Coast Hospital Association Scholarship

Sarah Owen — DAR Good Citizen Scholarship

Meghan Nee — US Senate Youth Program Winner / MELMAC Scholarship

Madeleine Brodeur — US Senate Youth Program Winner

Catherine Tracy — Boys & Girls Club Scholarship

Helen Gillis — Boys & Girls Club Scholarship

Allison Clark — Jolly John Scholarship

Abbie Grant — Unity Lodge Scholarship

Meghan Smith — Herrick Fund Scholarship

Katherine Fecteau — Rotarian Service Award

Tatjana Schneider — Emerging Leader Award (VA Tech)

Danielle Foster — Eagle Associates Scholarship

Laura Duran — SW ME Swim Officials Scholarship

Class of 2010

Tori McAllister — University of Rochester’s George Eastman Young Leaders Award / US Coast AIM Program

Lauren Fecteau — University of Rochester’s Frederick Douglass and Susan B. Anthony Award

Mary Scully — Dirigo Girls State

Iole Heikkinen — Acadia University’s Discovery Quest Program

Emily Gajewski — University of Maine’s Discover Engineering Program

Mary Helen DeMarco — University of Maine’s Discover Engineering Program

Class of 2011

Jolie Thomas — Maine Youth Leadership Participant

Maura Esten — Maine Youth Leadership Participant

Allison Bonner — HOBY Youth Leadership Participant

Dannielle Gladu — HOBY Youth Leadership Participant

Sara Mercier — Youth Leadership Development Conference Participant (Pine Tree Council of Maine)

Samantha Robertson — Youth Leadership Development Conference Participant (Pine Tree Council of Maine)

Emma Kenney — RYLA Rotary Youth Leadership Award

Congratulations to Class of 2009 graduate, Catherine Tracy, and sophomore, Nikki Connolly, for walking away with Southern Maine Activities Association’s (SMAA) Doubles Semi-Finalist trophy on May 16.

Held at South Portland High School, the Tennis Doubles Tournament witnessed the talent of McAuley players Danielle LaCasse ‘10 and Paige Hickey ‘11, Mary Scully ‘10 and Priya Ahluwalia ‘11, and Tracy and Connolly, who won three matches on their way to the Semi-Finals, with an eventual loss to the top-ranked team from Portland High.  Both players had only one regular season loss at #2 Doubles, finishing the regular season at 11-1.

In related tennis news, in the State Singles Tournament, McAuley was represented by Addie Devine ‘12, Julia Haverty ‘10, and Erin Woodbury ‘09.  Devine and Woodbury qualified for the State round of 32 by winning matches over the course of two weekends.  Woodbury continued her winning ways, finally bowing out as one of the top sixteen players in the state in a three-hour match against a player from Lewiston.

Congratulations, again, on these impressive accomplishments, and be sure to support the Varsity Tennis Team (9-3) as they begin their tournament play against Windham High School on Thursday, June 4.