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Congratulations to this year’s Voice of Democracy essay contest winners who were honored by the VFW’s Deering Post on Sunday, March 7:

Third place- Samantha Dedian ‘10 – $100

Second Place- Danielle Street ‘11 – $150

First Place- Jennifer Ben ‘11 – $200

The topic for this year’s essay was “Does America Still Have Heroes?”, and these students answered that question most successfully!

Congratulations to the McAuley Limelighters for a stellar performance of the Holocaust drama Who Will Carry the Word? at the Regional One-Act Competition this past weekend at Thornton Academy.

Receiving “All-Festival Cast” honors for excellence in acting were students Courtney Libby ‘10 and Caroline Martin ‘13.

An award for sound design was given to Gabrielle Gochie ‘12, while students Amy Richard ‘10, Kat Arabatzis ‘11, Elizabeth McGarvey ‘11, and Lauriana Gaudet ‘13 were celebrated for their costuming skills.  A special nod for set design was awarded to seniors Courtney Libby, Danielle LaCasse and Taryn Moore.

The McAuley community is proud of these well-deserved honors and the talents of our young women — both on and off the stage.

***Of special note:  The McAuley Limelighters will be performing this production once again at Cape Elizabeth High School on Thursday, March 18 at 7:30 PM.  All are invited to attend in support of our young women.

The Catherine McAuley High School Parents Club is pleased to announce its contribution of $2,500 in scholarship grants to deserving members of the School community.

The total will be split into five equal scholarships of $500, to be presented to a graduating senior (Class of 2010), an incoming freshwoman (Class of 2014) and one award each to a returning student from the Classes of 2011, 2012 and 2013.  All graduating seniors are automatically eligible.  All returning students are eligible to apply and further details, including a Scholarship Application form, will be provided in a mailing in May.  The scholarship to the graduating senior will be announced in May and all other award recipients will be notified in July.

This scholarship grant was made possible by the generous support from the McAuley community for the Parents Club activities over the past year.  Gifts of food, supplies and your labor for the Welcome Back Breakfast, Follow Your Daughter Night, Craft Fair Weekend and many other events have allowed the Parents Club to conserve its income and fund these scholarships.  Accordingly, the PC’s Board and members were pleased to approve these scholarships at its March meeting and give back to the McAuley community.

Thank you for your generous support and please look forward to our mailing in May.

Catherine McAuley High School’s Social Action Club recently led the School in collecting an impressive $625 worth of pennies to benefit the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society (LLS) of Massachusetts, money that will not only assist patients and their families dealing with cancer, but help fund blood research in over a dozen hospitals.

Ms. Cook’s homeroom came in first place with $165.03 collected, followed by Ms. Dubreuil’s with $111.40.  Ms. Franey’s homeroom took third place with a total of $46.46.  For raising over $100, first and second place homerooms are Bronze Champions and will receive a special award from the LLS.  A pizza party and breakfast celebration will be awarded to the first and second place winners respectively.

In related news, the Social Action Club also led a recent effort to collect jeans for homeless teens in Haiti and in the greater Portland area.  Pairing with local clothing store Aeropostale, the “Jeans for Teens” campaign saw an extraordinary 82 pairs of jeans collected.

Kudos to the Social Action Club for sharing our Mercy values of service, hospitality and compassion with the surrounding community…and beyond.

On Thursday, March 11, 2010, from 8:30 am – 1:30 pm, the Anatomy classes at Catherine McAuley High School will be hosting their annual Blood Drive with the American Red Cross.  The goal is to obtain 65 pints of blood this year, which will require approximately 80 donors.

If you are eligible to donate, please consider doing so.  The entire process takes about an hour to an hour and one half, but the actual donation lasts only ten minutes.  If you are unable to donate, we would gladly appreciate an hour of your time as a volunteer.

Please contact Sister Ruth at rconlogue @mcauleyhs.org if you are interested in donating or volunteering.