MMA Students Prove They’ve Got Spirit

MARCH 2011 I S SUE | A NE WSLE T TER FOR MMA PARENTS & STUDENTS

INSIDE THIS ISSUE

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This year, Spirit Week was more than just a competition to show which class had more school spirit – instead it was an opportunity to give back to our South Buffalo community. The week-long event was called FOOD FIGHT and the rules were simple: fill your class container with non-perishable food items for points – fill the other classes containers with toiletries to eliminate their points. The food drive lasted four days and the students combined gathered thousands of items for the South Buffalo Food Bank. Congratulations to the Seniors for coming in first place for FOOD FIGHT and overall in Spirit Week.

SENIORS BRIDgET JACkSON AND qUINN CASSIDY COUNTINg THE SEEMINgLY ENDLESS BOxES OF DONATIONS

Second Quarter Honor Roll

Congratulations!

SPIRIT WEEK PHOTO GALLERY

SAvE THE DATE

McAuley Gala Saturday, April 2, 2011

Check out our new billboards around town...Featured here: Felicia and Emily Diaz ’12

EVENTS & Happenings03.02.11Early Dismissal

03.09.11Ash Wednesday Prayer Service

03.15.11College Information Night

03.25.11Annual Fish Fry

03.26.11Red Carpet Event

04.02.11McAuley Gala “April in Paris”

04.05.11Booster Club Meeting6pm in Room 101

04.07.11End of Third Quarter

Dear Parent and Guardians,

We welcome our students back after winter break

and a very successful Spirit Week. Congratulations

to the Spirit Week Committee, the Student Govern-

ment officers and the moderators for making this

one of the most enjoyable Spirit Weeks in recent

memory. I also wish to thank all of our students for

their generous donations to the South Buffalo Food Pantry. Our Spirit Week

Food Fight will provide many families with the food they need during very dif-

ficult economic times. The Spirit of Mercy and the legacy of Catherine McAuley

shine through in our students!

March will be a long month but an opportunity for us to pick up the academic

pace. With consistent instruction and multiple opportunities to meet with

teachers and attend review sessions your daughter should be able to acquire the

knowledge and the skills she needs to achieve mastery level on all of her exams.

Your daughter needs to push herself and not be satisfied with simply passing.

With your encouragement and ours, she should be able to achieve mastery (85

or better) on all her exams but most significantly on her Regents exams. Her

hard work in March will pay off in June.

June 30th will be my last day as principal of Mount Mercy Academy. After

twenty-seven years at MMA and eight as principal and over thirty-three years in

education it is time to pass leadership to a new generation. Retirement is a scary

and yet exciting prospect and this decision was not made lightly. I will always be

a part of the Mercy Community and a supporter of Mount Mercy Academy as it

fulfills its mission to educate young women.

March will bring us spring, daylight savings time and a time to reflect and pray

as we enter the Lenten Season. May all of us in our Mercy community use this

time to acknowledge our sinfulness and hope for the renewal Lent can bring.

God bless you all.

Sincerely,

Paulette Gaske

Principal

A MESSAgE FROM OUR PRINCIPAL

Second Quarter Honor RollClass of 2011First HonorsCarly AndriaccioVictoria DedloffRebecca FinkEmilie FoseStephanie KhourySarah KrausMolly KrugKathryn LoopsLeah MoranAmanda StachowskiNicole Tombolesi

Second HonorsAlyssa BrennanKarly BuntichAbigail CampbellChelsea CourtadeKatie FarrBreanne FlynnKrista GanisStephanie GeorgeLeigha GibsonAmy HummelBridget JacksonCatherine KasianowiczCaitlin McBratneyMargaret McDonaldAshley MulichakKaitlyn MurphyElizabeth RedanzMarley RobertsonJillian RybczynskiJessica SawyerRylie SchreiberJennifer StankiewiczColleen WebsterMolly WebsterBrittanyAnn Wolf

Merit RollQuinn CassidyChelsie CrawfordMichelle DomesKelsey HayesSimone HowardMarissa KelleyChristine MarksKatherine MarrenShannon McHughLia-Marie PrineCassie SchaeferJoAnna SetlockAutumn SikorskiAmelia SkagiasRachel SuchockiKatie Whelan

Class of 2012First HonorsEmily AndersonCara BarnesRachel BellisAlison BenzHeather BuckMegan CheneyEmily DiazLeah DomianoMeghan FitzgeraldJenna GleasonJordan HawkinsAbigail HelliwellKelly HessIsobel JohnstonTania KhouryRebecca KurzawaKayla LarsonJanelle LaucielloJenna McGoughStephanie NewmanVictoria RisoAshley SkipperCharlene TakacsSamantha Ventura

Second HonorsAlyssa BuranichSierra FullerKaitlyn GriffinJacqueline KaneElizabeth KrugAlexandrea LenkAlexis MartinLynnMarie MillerEmily NostrantShannon O’ConnellKelsie SullivanGiannina TrojanovicCara WaldraffMary Clare Walsh

Merit RollEmily BarrettMcKayla BurvidKristi CaseyFelicia DiazColleen GarvinBrittany LawsonBryanna McKinnonAnna OrmondTabitha RichmondTaylor RobertsonAshley SmithAshley TombolesiEmily Walsh

Class of 2013First HonorsErin BenderMarjorie BishopKaylee CedriJennifer GrantMadeline GreeneLee HaggertyJenna KerstenJillian MiazgaMegan SheehanRachel SingerMarissa StackTaylor Weed

Second HonorsAnnie BarnesAmanda BenesCaitlin ColeJenna DastaVanessa DiazJulie FoghErin FriedmanEmily GangloffErika JurekMichaela LeeMorgan MoranPaige OgdenEvania Paz SantianoRebecca Suchocki

Merit RollKristen AndoMorgan HaettichKatherine HayesKyra KrafchakAmanda LeneyMariah MaundConnor OrcuttLisa PanekLaura PantanoKaitlin PinterpeJonay RobinsonMegan TerminiRachael Wells

Class of 2014First HonorsVictoria AllenMary BamrickMeghan EdwardsSarah EmmerlingEmma EnglishCarolyn GranditsAmelia GreenanMaire KeaneSimona LukasikCaitlin MatuszakShannon MoranNicole RothMargaret SchererIsabella SpannLauren SzymanskiKathleen Weaver

Second HonorsOlivia CrawfordHannah DieboldAlyson DomianoNicole FitzgeraldTeeghan GorhamMadelyn HigginsJordyn HussErin KelleherMolly LempkoMaura McMahonErin NearySara NostrantJulia O’SullivanEmily PrendergastKatherine RedanzBrianna RineMarissa SheehanCarly Wilkerson

Merit RollJessica AlviraAllison BalysJessica CervoniBethany ClancyGenevieve CliffordMaggie ColernShannon GarnoErin GlascottGabrielle HagnerSarah HedgesJenna KatalinichHaley KempfPamela LeSarah LoomisNicole MauriKerry McGoughCaitlyn MillerMaureen O’SullivanLeah RennieVictoria Siracuse

A FRIENDLY NOTE FROM THE MMA NURSE

As the weather starts to warm and the days become longer, it can only mean one thing.

Spring is in the air.

“ If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant. If we did not sometimes taste adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.”

– Anne Bradstreet

This is the time of year when we see an increase in allergic type symptoms; runny nose, sneezing, sore throat and red, itchy eyes. If your daughter is suffering from these symptoms, please consider medication before coming to school. It will help them to remain in school and avoid the “dreaded” call from me, the school nurse with some-one who wants to come home. Medi-cations can only be taken at school if a Doctor’s order is in her medical file.

Spring is also a good time to look at making those yearly physical appoint-ments. New York State Education Law requires all new entrants, 10th grade students, and those participating in sports have a current physical on file in their cumulative health record. Forms can be downloaded from the school website, obtained from the Health Office or your physician my have their own. Physicals are good for one calendar year.

It is important that our records are up to date and meeting the standards set by NYS. If your daughter had a physi-cal or any immunization during the current school year, a copy should be sent to the health office.

Enjoy the sunshine and warmth that it will bring. Happy Spring! - kathy Burns, RN

SPORTS SPOTLIGHT

Mercy girls that are members of the Mgr. Martin Team in the inaugural season of the WNY girls Ice Hockey Federation Team. From left to right: Shannon Moran (Freshman),

Ashley Malicki (Senior), Morgan Haettich (Sophomore) and Hanna Hart (Junior).

Mount Mercy Academy and Bishop Timon-St. Jude High School Health Care Career

Club for freshmen and sophomores visited the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus in

Downtown Buffalo on February 15. Students

met with representatives from several areas of

medical careers and research including Roswell

Park Cancer Institute. They learned about a

variety of career opportunities as well as such

particulars as the field of Medical Acoustics.

Andrea McClain, a product development engi-

neer and inventor of a special device for COPD,

asthma and chronic bronchitis patients both for personal therapy and testing,

spoke with the students about her field and her position within the Buffalo Niagara

Medical Campus. Representatives from Roswell Park spoke about Robotic Surgery,

advocacy and marketing, “Healthy Kids, Healthy Communities,” and the internships

programs at Roswell for high school students.

We went on to Hauptman Woodward to meet Dr. Duax who shared with us the

many areas of research, took us on a tour of the labs and introduced us to the sci-

entists working on his team. Most importantly, he shared with us the high school

program where he works with students, including one of MMA’s recent graduates.

Health Care Career Club Visits Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus

CAREER ADVANCEMENT NEWS

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Save the Date for the McAuley Gala

Saturday, April 2, 2011Silent Auction begins at 5:00 pm, followed

by Dinner and Live Auction

2011 MCAULEY gALASTEERInG COMMITTEE

FRESHMAn Barbara kelleher Fitzgerald ’78

vincent BamrickJean (Cronin ’76) & Mark Cassidy

SOPHOMOREJoanne (Hilmey ’82) & James Cullen

Catherine (Warda’81) & James Bender

JUnIORSavanna & Bryan O’Connell

Patricia & Mike glascott

SEnIORPatricia (keane ’82) & Dan Marren

kathy (Broderick ’76) & Joe MurphyMary (Waters ’81) & Tim McDonald

ALUMnAE Rosanne (Simoncelli ’75) & Rick WilsonCynthia (gardner ’77) & garry JohnsonSharon (Lillis ’82) & Doug McCormick

HOnORARY CO-CHAIRSJoan klipfel Lillis ’53

Donald Ware

For reservations, contact Brittany Finnegan-Zandi at (716) 825-8796 ext. 321 or bfinnegan@mtmercy.org.

Catering by Frontier Catering

2011 McAuley gala volunteer FormName

Daytime Phone Number

Email

Daughter(s) Name Year(s)

Volunteers Name(s):

Decoration/Set-up Start Time

Friday, March 25 4:00 pm

Wednesday, March 30 4:00 pm

Thursday, March 31 4:00 pm

Assembly of Gifts (Please bring tools if you have them)

Thursday, March 31 5:00 pm

Gift Display (Please choose am OR pm time slot.)

Friday, April 1 9:00 am – 12 Noon:

1:00pm – 4:00pm

The Evening of the Gala (please wear black pants and white shirt)

Gala 5:00 pm – 10:00 pm (raffles & booth captains)

Gala 6:30 pm—10:00 pm (Checkout & Booth Closing)

The Day After the Gala

Sunday, April 3 9:00am – noon (Clean-up)

* Please put your preferences for a volunteer time slot. We want to use your time efficiently,

so we may call to give you an alternate time if we have too many volunteers for one

time versus another. We will contact you to confirm. Please return this form or the one

mailed to you to MMA by March 18th. If you have any additional questions, call Brittany

at 825-8796 ext. 321. Thank you for your support!

Thank you in advance for your volunteer support of our largest fundraiser. Moms, dads,

friends, family members and high school students who need community service hours

are welcome. This year we will transform the Academy into Paris so, we need many vol-

unteers pre-Gala to make our decorating committees vision a reality! Assisting the eve-

ning of the Gala is exciting as you watch the night unfold. Whether you attend the Gala

or assist —join us, meet some fellow parents and help make this fundraiser a success!

McAuley Gala Parent Volunteers

Post-Prom will take place on Friday, May 20th to Saturday, May 21st from 11:30 pm to 3 am at MMA. We need volunteers to help organize and set-up the day before and work the night of the Post-Prom. This event cannot take place without the generous support of our parent volunteers! Please call 825-8796 ext 112 and help keep our students safe on Prom night!

Post Prom volunteers Needed

Alumnae Association 2nd Annual

We encourage you to get your

tickets ahead for our Lenten Fish Fry

at MMA’s Dining Hall on FRIDAY,

MARCH 25th from 4:30-7:30 pm.

Last year we sold almost 600 dinners

in a three hour period! We will once

again offer curb side take-out service.

Pre-Sale Fish Fry: $9.00

Fish Fry at Door: $10.00

Kid’s Chicken Finger Meal: $6.00

Kid’s Chicken Finger at Door: $7.00

Pre- sale tickets will be available after

February 9th by contacting the MMA

Alumnae Office (grace gannon

Jackson @ 825-8796 ext. 306 or

gjackson@mtmercy.org) or the

Main Office.

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