A Much Needed Update!!
Wow, I haven’t blogged in almost a month! Sorry to keep you waiting - I’ve just been so busy these days! Here I’ll talk about the Spring Musical, Course Selections, Forensics, and Spring Break! It’s rather long, but I hope you read to the end!
Just Amazing…Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, that is! After months upon months of rehearsals, it was finally our time to shine. You could feel the excitement in the air as we all started to arrive at school on opening night. The anticipation of opening night is a feeling you just can’t describe – nervousness, anxiousness, excitement – you name it! Will we pull it off? Will the audience like it? Will everything go as planned? These are all things that run through my mind. But as soon as I set foot onstage, those worries fade away, because being on stage performing is something that I absolutely love! Anyone who had the chance to see the show was treated to an AMAZING performance. I am so proud of all of my fellow cast members and the tech crew who worked tirelessly over the past months. And I am most thankful to Mrs. Carolan, Mrs. Eger, Mr. Addison, and Mr. Rothweiler for all of their support and encouragement in making this show the success that it is. I really hope you got to see the show, and I hope you enjoyed watching it as much as I enjoyed performing in it!
Well, we’ve already been advised to choose our courses for next year. I’m a little behind on that – I’ve just been so busy that I haven’t had the time to sit down with my guidance counselor, or even my mom, to discuss what classes I should take in senior year! It’s hard to believe that I should even be thinking about that right now, but my last year of high school really is just around the corner!! Advice that we’ve been given from Mrs. McCoid, one of our vice principals, is not to choose “easy” classes next year. Colleges want to see that we’re still challenging ourselves, even in our last year. I applied to be in the Yearbook class, and I just found out that I got in, so I was happy about that. Yearbook will be one of my non “core” classes, but I’m sure I’ll have fun putting together the yearbook for my senior year! Other academic classes that I know I will definitely be taking next year are Christian Life, English 4AP, and Analysis Honors (math). That’s 4 down…I need to choose 3 more!
The Forensics “season” ended for some on Saturday with our sixth and last league competition. It was held here at UC, so I was really comfortable and hoped it would help my performance. I guess it did, because Chris and I placed 3rd! A few other team members also placed. Because of our standings throughout the year (2nd, 2nd, 5th, and 3rd), we were able to rack up enough points to send us to Nationals – in Appleton, Wisconsin!!!! I am SO excited. The senior boys debate team (James Trollo and Keith Zuchowski) also made it to Nationals, as well as 2 sophomore girls who compete in Declamation (Ally D’Aluisio and Arielle Gonzales). They’ll be held on Memorial Day Weekend – Don’t worry, I’ll tell you all about it! As a team, Union Catholic received 4th place for both Saturday’s competition (which had 18 schools competing), and 4th for our performance over the year. We’re just continuing the tradition of excellence here at UC!
If you’re reading my blog, I assume you must be reading the other blogs posted by Mrs. Thornton, Mr. Luciano, and the sophomore and freshmen bloggers. I couldn’t help but notice the sophomore’s recent blog about relationships. First of all, I give him a lot of credit for talking about something so personal. But it’s true. High school is a place where you really begin to form relationships that could potentially last a lifetime. I think because Union Catholic is such a close community, it really helps the students to develop great relationships with a variety of different people, from seniors to freshmen, and counselors to coaches! I know that I’ve met some incredible people here at UC. We’ve shared so many fun times together and we’ve become very close. We share good times and bad. We are friends that care about one another, but there are also times when we don’t always agree on things. And that’s the tough part. When we don’t agree, it’s inevitable that someone’s feelings are going to get hurt along the way. But the important thing is to try to be understanding of each other’s feelings. My mom says it’s all a part of being a teenager!
Well, with all of that said, I am SO ready for a (much needed) Spring Break!!!! I plan to take some time for myself and hang out with my friends. Luckily, I only got some work for one subject, AP Government and Politics. We’re a little behind schedule, and we have to fit everything in before we take the AP Test in May. That’s the good thing about taking an AP class – the tests are earlier, so you don’t have to come in to take a final in June! Anyway, I hope you all have a blessed Easter, and enjoy your vacation as much as I hope to enjoy mine. I’ll talk to you later!
Jeanette J
Just Amazing…Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, that is! After months upon months of rehearsals, it was finally our time to shine. You could feel the excitement in the air as we all started to arrive at school on opening night. The anticipation of opening night is a feeling you just can’t describe – nervousness, anxiousness, excitement – you name it! Will we pull it off? Will the audience like it? Will everything go as planned? These are all things that run through my mind. But as soon as I set foot onstage, those worries fade away, because being on stage performing is something that I absolutely love! Anyone who had the chance to see the show was treated to an AMAZING performance. I am so proud of all of my fellow cast members and the tech crew who worked tirelessly over the past months. And I am most thankful to Mrs. Carolan, Mrs. Eger, Mr. Addison, and Mr. Rothweiler for all of their support and encouragement in making this show the success that it is. I really hope you got to see the show, and I hope you enjoyed watching it as much as I enjoyed performing in it!
Well, we’ve already been advised to choose our courses for next year. I’m a little behind on that – I’ve just been so busy that I haven’t had the time to sit down with my guidance counselor, or even my mom, to discuss what classes I should take in senior year! It’s hard to believe that I should even be thinking about that right now, but my last year of high school really is just around the corner!! Advice that we’ve been given from Mrs. McCoid, one of our vice principals, is not to choose “easy” classes next year. Colleges want to see that we’re still challenging ourselves, even in our last year. I applied to be in the Yearbook class, and I just found out that I got in, so I was happy about that. Yearbook will be one of my non “core” classes, but I’m sure I’ll have fun putting together the yearbook for my senior year! Other academic classes that I know I will definitely be taking next year are Christian Life, English 4AP, and Analysis Honors (math). That’s 4 down…I need to choose 3 more!
The Forensics “season” ended for some on Saturday with our sixth and last league competition. It was held here at UC, so I was really comfortable and hoped it would help my performance. I guess it did, because Chris and I placed 3rd! A few other team members also placed. Because of our standings throughout the year (2nd, 2nd, 5th, and 3rd), we were able to rack up enough points to send us to Nationals – in Appleton, Wisconsin!!!! I am SO excited. The senior boys debate team (James Trollo and Keith Zuchowski) also made it to Nationals, as well as 2 sophomore girls who compete in Declamation (Ally D’Aluisio and Arielle Gonzales). They’ll be held on Memorial Day Weekend – Don’t worry, I’ll tell you all about it! As a team, Union Catholic received 4th place for both Saturday’s competition (which had 18 schools competing), and 4th for our performance over the year. We’re just continuing the tradition of excellence here at UC!
If you’re reading my blog, I assume you must be reading the other blogs posted by Mrs. Thornton, Mr. Luciano, and the sophomore and freshmen bloggers. I couldn’t help but notice the sophomore’s recent blog about relationships. First of all, I give him a lot of credit for talking about something so personal. But it’s true. High school is a place where you really begin to form relationships that could potentially last a lifetime. I think because Union Catholic is such a close community, it really helps the students to develop great relationships with a variety of different people, from seniors to freshmen, and counselors to coaches! I know that I’ve met some incredible people here at UC. We’ve shared so many fun times together and we’ve become very close. We share good times and bad. We are friends that care about one another, but there are also times when we don’t always agree on things. And that’s the tough part. When we don’t agree, it’s inevitable that someone’s feelings are going to get hurt along the way. But the important thing is to try to be understanding of each other’s feelings. My mom says it’s all a part of being a teenager!
Well, with all of that said, I am SO ready for a (much needed) Spring Break!!!! I plan to take some time for myself and hang out with my friends. Luckily, I only got some work for one subject, AP Government and Politics. We’re a little behind schedule, and we have to fit everything in before we take the AP Test in May. That’s the good thing about taking an AP class – the tests are earlier, so you don’t have to come in to take a final in June! Anyway, I hope you all have a blessed Easter, and enjoy your vacation as much as I hope to enjoy mine. I’ll talk to you later!
Jeanette J
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