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CONGRATULATIONS CLASS OF 2010!

The traditional Baccalaureate Mass was held on Thursday, May 27, at St. John the Evangelist Roman Catholic Church, followed by the Senior Recognition Dinner at Dutch’s Daughter Restaurant.  Salutatorian James Plamondon spoke at the Senior Recognition Dinner.  The following awards were presented:

Catholic Daughters Religion Award
Presented to Jennifer Holcomb by Mrs. Bonnie Rohr

Sons of the American Revolution
Presented to Matthew Grus by Reverend Frederick Pyne

West Point Appointment
Presented to Christopher Aladesuru by Col. Erin Misner

The Dr. Christopher M. Hassett Science Scholarship Fund  Presented to Jonathan Shakesprere by Mr. and Mrs. Maury Hassett

National Honor Society Scholarships
Presented to Melissa Clark, Ji Sun Yi, and Queenstar Akrong by Melissa Minsker

FCPS National Honor Society Award
Presented to Jonathan Shakesprere

Balfour Service Award 
Presented to Helen Parshall by Mrs. Sandra Splaine, Community Service Coordinator
Class of 1960 Memorial Award
Presented to James Luttrell by Mr. Marc Minsker

C. Markland Kelly Award
Presented to Jessica Breen and Christopher Alico by Chris Cosentino

110% Raven Nest #3 Scholarship
Presented to Joshua Joannides by Mr. Eddie Griffith

Rensselaer Award
Presented to Dillon Fitzgerald by Mr. Chris Cosentino

State Merit Scholastic Awards
Presented to Jonathan Shakesprere, Ji Sun Yi, and James Plamondon by Chris Cosentino

Valedictorian Award/Salutatorian Award
Plaques and ribbons presented to Jonathan Shakesprepre, Valedictorian and James Plamondon, Salutatorian by Chris Cosentino

The official Commencement Ceremony took place at St. John Regional Catholic School at 7:00PM. Valedictorian Jonathan Shakesprepre addressed the congregation. President Dr. Jack Campbell presented the following awards:

Micah Distinguished Alumni Award
Presented to Gregory Ross, Class of 1991

The Father John McElroy Founder’s Award
Presented to Jennifer Holcomb, Class of 2010
 

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LIBRARY RECEIVES DONATION
On Tuesday, June 1, Saint John’s received complimentary copies of the Diary of Jacob Engelbrecht and Claire McCardell: Redefining Modernism to add to our library.  Jacob Engelbrecht was a 19th century diarist and one-time mayor of Frederick and Claire McCardell was a revolutionary 20th century fashion designer from Frederick.  This donation was made possible through the Frederick Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (NSDAR).  Mr. Gregory Ross, history teacher and Traci Brossart, librarian, were very excited to receive such fascinating books of our county’s heritage to share with our students.

(l to r) Ms. Barbara Shealer, NSDAR representative, Mr. Gregory Ross, and Ms. Traci Bossart

PRANDIUM LATINUM
SJCP Latin classes enjoyed an authentic Roman prandium, or lunch, on Wednesday, May 26.  Students researched and prepared Roman dishes to share with their peers.  Some of the dishes included cheese cookies sweetened with honey, stuffed grape leaves, lentil dip, eggs with liquamen sauce, pear tarts, almond dates, pepones (melon) salad, rag soup, seasoned green beans, honeyed pancakes, and Roman burgers.  Sparkling grape juice replaced the Roman drink of choice, wine.  Prosit vobis!

(l to r) 1st row: Skye Kim, Mrs. Witcher, Mark McGrail, David Knutson, and Elizabeth Harraka,
2nd row: Austin Lepri, Sean Reilly-Wood, and Zachary O’Connor, 3rd row: Alex Rivera

FIRST ANNUAL SJCP ALUMNI LACROSSE GAME
The SJCP Booster Club hosted the First Annual SJCP Alumni Lacrosse game versus the SJCP Varsity Boys’ Lacrosse team on Tuesday, May 25 here at SJCP.  Sixteen Saint John's Alumni participated in this exciting event.  Both teams put up a hard fought battle and in the end, it was the alumni who came out victorious with a score of 11-7.  The alumni event was a huge success.  Many past students, present students, parents and faculty enjoyed a great game, delicious food, and catching up with one another.  We would like to give a special thank you to Chris Peifer and the Saint John's Booster Club for all their hard work for organizing this great event.

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