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Principal's Corner

SCIENCE FAIR WINNERS

Zoology First Place Kyle Innes

Behavioral Science First Place Matt Wetzel

Second Place Meggie Leitz and

Meghan MacDonald

Third Place Emily Ianovale

Botany First Place Maggie Quigley

Honorable Mention Katie Fuentes, Denise Miller, Maggie Collington, Andrew Maenner

Consumer Science First Place Abby DeFeo & Caitlin McCarry

Second Place Carlos Ruiz

Third Place Patricia Lemke

Honorable Mention Micaela Beaty

Math and Computers First Place Matt Hughes

Second Place Chris Nichols

Third Place Brian Curry

Medicine and Health First Place Tiara Moses

Microbiology First Place Audrey Cooney

Biochemistry First Place Clarissa Cooney

Earth Science First Place Brett Caban

Second Place Erin Rostein & Jalen Wilkinson

Physics First Place Corinne Alfano

Second Place Katie Quigley

Third Place Sonia Dever

Honorable Mention Joseph Callahan & Sophie Puciata

Engineering First Place Mariah Quinn

Second Place Nick Osmon

Third Place Andrew Vizzarri

Class of 2010 Scholarship News

It is my pleasure to announce that Fran Givnish has been awarded a partial scholarship to Roman Catholic High School

and Matthew Wetzel has been awarded a partial scholarship to West Catholic High School.

Fran is keeping his options open since he received word that he is also a finalist for a Msgr. Bonner scholarship.

Matthew has declined his award and will attend Roman Catholic High School.

Based on good performance on the scholarship test Msgr. Bonner/Archbishop Prendergast High School has named

the following students as semi-finalists for scholarships:

Micaela Beaty, Maeve Callahan, Fran Givnish, Matt Hughes, Sean Hughes,

Meghan MacDonald, Chris Nichols, Maggie Quigley, and Michael Yuknek.

These nine students must submit an essay, a letter of recommendation, and interview with school officials

before awards will be announced. I am confident that all shall go well with the process.

Audrey Cooney, Clarissa Cooney and Mariah Quinn have been awarded

partial, academic scholarships to Merion Mercy Academy. The achievement and effort of all three of these young

women have been well recognized. Maggie Quigley is a contender for a Merion Mercy Alumnae Award.

In addition to the Merion Mercy Scholarships, Audrey and Clarissa were offered scholarships to the Academy of Notre Dame.

The Audrey, Clarissa and Mariah will attend Merion Mercy Academy.

Nine Saint Andrew School eighth graders qualified to sit for the Neumann Scholarship examination on January 23rd.

Six students have accepted the invitation.

They are Justin Domenico, Matthew Hughes, Sean Hughes,

Meghan MacDonald, Matthew Wetzel and Michael Yuknek.

To qualify, a student must have a total battery score of 90% or above on the Terra Nova test or a CSI of 120.

In addition to the Terra Nova scores the student must have a general average of a 92 in the first trimester of 8th grade.

We congratulate our students who have earned this status. Know that the Saint Andrew School community will pray

that all goes well on the test day.

First Trimester Awards

Christian Spirit

KA: Gio Karasavas and Fiona Kirk

KB: Charles Pascual and Ella Morris

1^ST: Matthew Stevens and Amelia Magee

2^ND: Mateo Pascual and Corrina O’Lock

3^rd: James Leitz and Anna Sherman

4^TH: Tyler Singzon

5^TH: Anne Givnish and Joseph Dougherty

6^TH: Kacie Farrell and Michael Fialkowski

7^TH: Maggie Collington and Andrew Maenner

8^TH: Rachel Anderson, Jimmy Hand, Marie Murtha, and Matt Wetzel

Effort

KA: Nicholas Miller and Sadie Boyle

KB: Jack Hill and Ashley Alex

1^st: Raymond Lewandowski and Sophia Pappano

2^nd: Philip Hatfield and Maren Spaide

3^rd: Robert Dougherty and Catie Gordon

4^th: Landon Miller

5^th: Kyle Dougherty and David Watts

6^th: Meghan McDermott and Drew Stewart

7^th: Corinne Alfano and James Doubet

8^th: Meggie Leitz, Andrew Miller, Ottietta Jenkins and Michael

Yuknek

Academic Honors

5^th: Sarah Collington, Gabrielle Gordon and Victoria

Smith

6^th: Annaliese Black, Jake Mengel and Lisa Tomasetti

7^th: Emily Ianovale, Caitlin McCarry and Katie Quigley

8^th: Audrey Cooney, Clarissa Cooney and Sean Hughes

Academic Excellence

Grade 4: Molly McDermott

Grade 6: Domenica Tomasetti

Allison Pyfer

Meghan McDermott

Handwriting

KA: Seamus Carroll and Emma Beaty

KB: Kennith Fernando and Emily McFadden

1^st: William Pitts and Abigail Hoyle

2^nd: Sean McFadden and Molly Muldoon

3^rd: Nate Mengel and Danielle Reitmeyer

RESPECT PROGRAM WINNERS:

Each month the children in the Lower School focus on a particular quality and try to incorporate that into their everyday lives. For September the focus was Courtesy; greeting teachers and others by name, looking people in the eye when you are talking to them, and of course those all important phrases, please, thank you and excuse me. These are the students who have shown us all what it is like to be courteous.

September

KA: Ava Tomosky and Seamus Carroll

KB: Ella Morris and Dillon Girill

Gr. 1 Amelia Magee and Nathan Lemons

Gr. 2 Corrina O’Lock and Sean McFadden

Gr. 3 Robert Dougherty and Chrissy McNeill

Gr. 4 Landon Miller and Molly McDermott

During October and November the challenge became Lunchroom Etiquette. Not only were the proper ways of coming into the lunchroom, opening lunches, laying out the napkin and waiting fro prayers reinforced each day, but we now have a new word to add to our vocabulary lists-Etiquette. Maybe someday Saint Andrew lunchroom will turn into a five star restaurant and the following students will be our hosts.

October

KA: Sadie Boyle

KB: Jack Hill

Gr.1 Alexa Connors and Christopher Gordon

Gr. 2 Daly Ewing and Sean McFadden

Gr. 3 Alec Spaide and Faye Moosebrugger

Gr. 4 Colin Quinn and Landon Miller

November

KA: Janie Hill

KB: Jenna O’Neill

Gr. 1 Meghan Smith and Owen Kirby

Gr. 2 Maren Spaide and Matthew Pyfer

Gr. 3 Chrissy McNeill and Bryn Spaide

Gr. 4 Ethan Black and Mary Cate Light

UPPER DARBY TOWNSHIP ESSAY CONTEST

In the fall of this year, Upper Darby Township sponsored an essay contest based on Heroes in our community.

A third grade student, Hannah Bierling, received a Participant Award for her entry in the contest.

Congratulations, Hannah!

CYO CROSS COUNTRY

The CYO Cross Country team has been very busy this year. Along with several meets throughout the season, 3 students participated in the Nationals held this December in Tennessee.

They are:

Maggie Quigley who placed 28^th out of 200

Declan Quinn who placed 17^th.

Hannah Bierling who placed 23^rd.

Open House 2010

For parents interested in Preschool, Kindergarten and Grade 1

Wednesday, January 20

8:45am to 10 am in the lower school

Open house for all grades

Thursday, January 21 6:30 pm

Followed by

Home & School Meeting at 7:30 pm in Msgr. McGettigan Hall

Also open house for all grades on Sunday, January 31

(Opening of Catholic Schools Week)

Opening Mass 11 am, followed by open house 12 noon to 1 pm

Registration of New Students

Wednesday, February 17 and Friday, February 19

9 am to 11 am Msgr. McGettigan Hall

Saint Charles Borromeo Computer Lab

The Saint Charles Borromeo Computer Lab was blessed and dedicated by our

Pastor, Msgr. Albin Grous on the feast of St. Charles, November 4th. The lab

was named for St. Charles at the request of one of our long time, generous benefactors

who is a graduate of St. Charles Borromeo School and a parishioner of Saint Andrew Parish.

Joining us for the celebration were: Deborah Bachor, Assistant Superintendent of Schools for the

Office of Catholic Education; Eileen Wilson, Director of Elementary Services and former SAS

principal; Kathleen Kozak, Director of Religious Education & S. Mary Ann Nerney, IHM, of

Pastoral Ministry from St. Charles Borromeo Parish; Mike Dolan, Sales Manager ofPine Street Carpenters and SAS alumnus; Members

of the Clergy and Faculty; Pastoral Council, Finance Committee, Student Council, and the Home and School Association. We are most

grateful for the support of all who contributed to this initiative.