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McAuley Announces Second Quarter Honor Roll

Thursday, February 2nd, 2012

The Catherine McAuley community is pleased to announce its Second Quarter Honor Roll! Please click on the link below to view the students who earned this recognition! http://www.mcauleyhs.org/academics/honor_roll/

McAuley Honor Roll Announced!

Thursday, January 19th, 2012

Catherine McAuley High School announces its Honor Roll for the First Quarter of the 2011-2012 academic year! Click on the link below to view the latest available Honor Roll.  http://www.mcauleyhs.org/academics/honor_roll/ * Quarter Two Honor Roll will be announced after the close of the quarter, and once all grades have been submitted and ...

McAuley ’09 Graduate Receives Award from Great Britain’s Prince Philip

Wednesday, January 18th, 2012

Catherine McAuley graduate, and reigning Miss Maine, Julia Furtado, received the bronze Duke of Edinburgh Award for her work in community service, physical fitness, and talent last weekend during the preliminary round of the Miss America Pageant in Las Vegas, Nevada. The McAuley community could not be more proud of ...

McAuley Students Make Their Mark!

Wednesday, December 7th, 2011

Anna Gervais ~ Class of 2012 National Society Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizens Award Anna Gervais was selected by the staff and the Class of 2012 for the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizens Award.  A DAR Good Citizen must have the qualities of dependability (which includes ...

McAuley Students Attend 4th Annual UMaine Engineering Trip

Thursday, November 10th, 2011

On Monday, November 7th, twenty CMHS students attended the 4th annual UMaine Engineering Trip, where they were able to tour various facilities within the College of Engineering and get a closer look at what the field of engineering is all about.  They heard from numerous professors of engineering and had ...

Kira Pilger ’12 Named National Merit Commended Student

Monday, October 24th, 2011

Congratulations to McAuley senior, Kira Pilger, who has been named a Commended Student in the 2012 National Merit Scholarship Program.  Commended Students placed among the top five percent of more than 1.5 milion students who entered the 2012 competition by taking the 2010 Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test. "The young ...

First Annual Cross Country CMHS Alumnae Run!

Sunday, August 14th, 2011

Please join us for our First Annual McAuley Cross Country Alumnae Run!  The run will be held on Tuesday, August 16 at 6:00 pm, beginning at the McAuley Campus.  The 2 mile course will take runners around the McAuley campus and through Baxter Woods. This annual event will give the current McAuley Cross ...

McAuley Hires New Field Hockey Coach!

Saturday, August 13th, 2011

McAuley is pleased to announce the appointment of a new Field Hockey Coach for the upcoming fall season! Please join the McAuley community in welcoming Alexandra Murphy! Alexandra  played for Simmons College and continues to play for the area's adult Field Hockey League. Ms. Murphy has assisted the Field Hockey team ...

McAuley’s Pre-Season Begins Monday, August 15!

Saturday, August 13th, 2011

Catherine McAuley High School is excited to announce that pre-season for all fall athletics will begin on Monday, August 15! McAuley boasts several stellar athletic wins this past academic year, and with many returning and new lady lion athletes, we are anticipating some repeat performances! Below is the practice schedule for the week beginning Monday, August ...

CMHS Senior, Viola Ogak, Attends Husson University’s Pharmacy Camp

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011

Last week, Viola Ogak, a Catherine McAuley senior, was selected to participate in a week-long Pharmacy Camp sponsored by Husson University. Ogak was among only 16 high school students from around the state of Maine to attend. Husson University is one of only two pharmacy programs in the state and ...

McAuley Softball Players Lead Little League Team to a State Championship!

Tuesday, August 2nd, 2011

On Sunday, July 31, 2011, the Gray-New Gloucester Little League Softball Team began its journey in the Regional Little League Softball Tournament with a victory in Worcester, MA after having won the Maine state title earlier in the week. Catherine McAuley High School sophomores, Heather Chapman, Samantha Libby, and Lauren Coulombe, ...

McAuley Senior, Cristina Leake, Wins the 2011 Bill of Rights Scholarship Essay Contest

Wednesday, July 20th, 2011

Cristina Leake, a Catherine McAuley High School senior, was recently selected as one of the winners of the 2011 Bill of Rights Scholarship Essay Contest, sponsored by the National Foundation for Women Legislators (NFWL). She will receive her award in August at NFWL’s 73rd Annual Conference in Des Moines, Iowa, ...

McAuley Students Sparkle as The Maine Firecrackers Defeat Team Ohio in the AAU Division 2 National Championship Game!

Tuesday, July 19th, 2011

On Sunday, July 10, 2011, AAU Girls Basketball team, the Maine Firecrackers, defeated Team Ohio 55-48 to win the 9th grade Division 2 National Championship game at ESPN’s Wide World of Sports Complex in Orlando, Florida. McAuley rising sophomores, #4 Allie Clement, and #11 Olivia Smith, are two of the ...

CMHS History Teacher, Nancy Ponzetti, Attends Competitive Application Seminar on John and Abigail Adams

Wednesday, July 6th, 2011

  New York, NY (June 30, 2011) – This summer, Catherine McAuley High School history teacher Nancy Ponzetti will travel to Amherst College in Amherst, MA to attend a one-week competitive application seminar entitled “John and Abigail Adams.”   Directed by Joseph J. Ellis, Ford Foundation Professor of History at Mount Holyoke College, ...

A 2011 All-Class, All-School Reunion Celebration!

Monday, July 4th, 2011

     Each year the All-Class, All-School Reunion guest list leaps past its prior year's attendance, and 2011 was certainly no exception!     On Saturday, June 25th, over 150 graduates from Cathedral High School, Saint Joseph’s Academy, and Catherine McAuley High School celebrated their annual All-Class, All-School Reunion with a Mass and luncheon at the ...

CMHS Graduate Wins Miss Maine!

Wednesday, June 22nd, 2011

    On Saturday, June 18 at the Crooker Theater in Brunswick,  Catherine McAuley High School graduate,  Julia Furtado, was crowned this year's Miss Maine!  Miss Furtado is a member of McAuley's graduating class of 2009, and is currently a sophomore at the University of New England, majoring in applied exercise ...

Good Cause Thrift Shop Opens A Second Location in Standish!

Tuesday, June 21st, 2011

Good Cause Thrift Shop's second location on 15 Ossippee Trail West in Standish will open Wednesday, June 22! Hours of operation will be: Wednesday 10:00am to 7:00pm (longer hours will coincide with the hours of Catherine's Cupboard, sponsored by St. Joseph's College), Thursday, Friday and Saturday 10:00am until 5:00 pm. Donations of gently ...

McAuley’s Graduating Class of 2011 Achieves a 100% College Acceptance Rate!

Thursday, June 16th, 2011

  The Catherine McAuley High School Community would like to congratulate the Class of 2011 for achieving a 100% College acceptance rate! We are very proud of these young women, and wish them success in all of their future endeavors! The following is a list of Colleges and Universities where the ...

Reflections of a Championship Year at Catherine McAuley High School…

Tuesday, June 14th, 2011

If you are wondering what a championship school looks like, and would like to see school spirit at its best, click on the links below! These are clips from McAuley’s journey to a championship year in Basketball. They are also reflections of dedication, courage, and support: Mercy values that embody each ...

McAuley Hires New Varsity Basketball Coach!

Tuesday, June 7th, 2011

Catherine McAuley High School has hired Bill Goodman as its head Varsity Basketball Coach, McAuley’s Athletic Administrator Joe Kilmartin announced on Friday, June 3. “Bill’s proven ability to lead talented athletes, his coaching background and personal character made him the correct choice for McAuley at this time.  I believe his overall experience ...

Congratulations to Catherine McAuley High School’s Class of 2011!

Wednesday, May 25th, 2011

2011 Catherine McAuley High School Graduation Exercises Graduation exercises for Catherine McAuley High School were held at 2:00 PM on Sunday, May 22 at Merrill Auditorium.  Principal Margaret Downing conferred diplomas, assisted by Sister Edward Mary Kelleher, RSM, Principal Emerita, and Mr. Paul Pendleton, Assistant Principal. Mistress of Ceremonies and Class ...

Lulu Hawkes ’12 Featured on Front Page of ‘Portland Press Herald’

Monday, April 4th, 2011

Congratulations to junior Lulu Hawkes, who was featured on the front page of the April 4, 2011 edition of the Portland Press Herald. We wish Lulu well as she travels to the National Poetry Out Loud Contest April 27-29 in Washington, D.C. http://www.pressherald.com/news/i-never-knew-i-had-a-powerful-voice_2011-04-04.html#

Teacher Nancy Ponzetti Receives Noteworthy Grant

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011

Congratulations to Social Studies Department Chair, Nancy A. Ponzetti, who was recently selected to participate in John and Abigail Adams, a Gilder-Lehrman summer seminar, the week of July 24-30 at Amherst College. The director of the seminar is Joseph J. Ellis, Ford Foundation Professor of History, Mount Holyoke ...

McAuley Limelighters Named 2011 Regional Drama Champions!

Monday, March 14th, 2011

Congratulations to the McAuley Limelighters on their stellar performance of Pamela Gien's The Syringa Tree at this year's One-Act Drama Competition.  The play, which takes places in Johannesburg, South Africa during the apartheid period, was beautifully acted by the Limelighters, garnering them a first-place finish overall. According to one judge:  "At ...

Lulu Hawkes ’12 Named ‘Poetry Out Loud’ State Champion!

Monday, March 14th, 2011

Congratulations to junior Lulu Hawkes, who was just named the 2011 'Poetry Out Loud' State Champion this past Friday, March 11, at the Franco-American Heritage Center in Lewiston. Lulu's recitation of three poems -- "Gitjanjali 35" by Rabindranath Tagore, "Black Boys Play the Classics" by Toi Derricotte, and "A Song for ...

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