MWRA essay contest

Congratulations to Joseph Salvatore and Brendan Kimball for winning first and third place in the MWRA’s annual statewide essay contest. Joseph and Brendan, picture here receiving their awards from MWRA Advisory Board Executive Director Joe Favaloro, were honored at an Awards Ceremony on May 23 at Deer Island. 

 

Please visit the MWRA web site at http://www.mwra.state.ma.us/ to view their winning essays.

 

 

Our Girls Basketball Champions are Guests of the Governor!

Our World Famous Girls Basketball Champions were invited to the State House chambers, thanks to our very special state representative, Mr. Joseph Driscoll, Jr.

 

Joe gave our team and coaches a tour of the "House" side of things, and Senator Michael Morrissey followed up with a tour of the Senate wing. Then, Mr. Driscoll arranged an audience with the governor, and ushered the Champions into the House Chamber for introductions and ovations!   

The girls even got to have lunch! (gourmet pizza; their favorite!!)

 

 

Archbishop Williams High School students donate life-saving platelets

to cancer patients in Boston area

 

BRAINTREE, MA, ISSUED MARCH 10, 2008…Students in Mike Smeglin’s Human Anatomy/Physiology classes at Archbishop Williams High School, a leading Catholic co-educational high school located in Braintree, are giving the gift of life to cancer patients in the Boston region and at the same time earning a little extra class credit by donating blood platelets.

 “This is the second year that we have asked students to get involved and make a difference by donating platelets at the Red Cross Blood Platelet Donation Center in Braintree,” said Smeglin of the two senior Human Anatomy/Physiology classes that participate in the “platelet project.”

 Over the course of the past two academic years, an estimated 40 students have donated platelets at the Red Cross center on Wood Road in Braintree, earning themselves the satisfaction of helping others, and an extra point or two of class credit.

 , it is something they really want to do,” said Smeglin.  “The response from students both this year and last year has been remarkably positive, with some already expressing desires to become lifelong donors.”

 

Archbishop Williams High School students visit

Bode Mediation Center; Buddhist temple impresses

 

BRAINTREE, MA, ISSUED MARCH 10, 2008…Students in Robert Brearley’s World Religion classes at Archbishop Williams High School, a leading Catholic co-educational high school located in Braintree, were impressed by the “diligence, discipline and peacefulness” of Buddhist monks during a recent visit to the Bode Meditation Center located near the school.

Over the course of the next several weeks, members of five senior classes will spend a few hours with the eight Vietnamese monks who make their home at the Meditation Center.  During their recent visit, an estimated 25 AWHS students had the opportunity to learn about the daily schedule of the Buddhist monks while touring the local temple.

 Students were asked to take their shoes off, sit on rugs in front of a statute of Buddha and ask questions of the monks.

 “I have learned that the best way to get students to learn about other religions and cultures is to bring them to a learning environment where they can ask questions and see for themselves the daily activity of others,” said Brearley.  “Our visits to Bode Meditation Center provide a wonderful experience for students, who said they were highly impressed with the diligence, discipline and peacefulness achieved by the Buddhist monks who live and work there.”

 

Archbishop Williams High School Initiates Recruitment Receptions to Introduce Potential Students to School Culture

 

Receptions in Family Homes Provide Recruits with Warm Welcome and Information

 BRAINTREE, MA, ISSUED MARCH 5, 2008…The families of Archbishop Williams High School from across the region have opened their homes to student recruits and their parents to introduce them to staff, students and family members and offer them information on all aspects of the high school experience. 

Recently, ten of Archbishop Williams High School’s current families opened their homes to more than 100 newly accepted students and their parents. Each reception was also attended by current AWHS students who answered questions about uniforms, homework, extracurricular activities and a wide range of topics. Teachers and staff members from the school were also on hand to field questions and concerns. A reception was also held at the Neighborhood Club in Quincy to accommodate the large number of accepted students from Quincy, Dorchester and South Boston.

 The receptions occurred as accepted students began to make their final decision on where to attend high school next fall. The parent hosts were an invaluable part of the school’s recruiting effort and the response from prospective students and their parents was very positive. Ms. Beverly Ekstrom, AWHS Director of Admissions and creator of the program, plans to utilize the home receptions in the future to share the Archbishop Williams High School experience with potential students.

 “At Archbishop Williams High School, we are a family first, last, and always,” said Dr. Carmen Mariano, President of Archbishop Williams High School. “This program showed the world who we are. It opened the doors of our homes to the faces of our future. It let our families of today welcome our families of tomorrow.

 

I thank everyone who helped make this program so successful!”