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June 2017 Newsletter June 2017 Newsletter
Bonner & Prendie Students in the News
Take a look at some of the great things our students are doing!

Catholic League Champs!
Congratulations to the Softball team on winning the Philadelphia Catholic League Title!


Graduates to join the Armed Services
 We celebrated three of our senior students who will join the US Armed Services upon graduation, Congratulations to Anna White (US Army), Nicole Schwindt (US Marine Corps), and Jacob Hargraves (US Airforce)



Friars Football represents at the Delaware County Hero Bowl!
Congratulations to our participants in the annual Delaware County Hero bowl that took place earlier this month.

Bonner & Prendie participants: Joe Hartley-Vittoria (Franklin & Marshall), Tom Millison (Ursinus),
Sean Harmon, Brandon Bettole (Williamson),
Michael Larsen (Bloomsburg), Alex Coll (East Stroudsburg), Kevin Zimmerman (Catholic)

Congratulations to the Class of 2017!

We celebrated with our graduates and families of the Class of 2017 with a commencement ceremony at Saint Joseph's University on Friday, June 9th.

 

Prior to commencement, the seniors celebrated with an awards night and a Girl's and Boy's Baccalaureate Mass, both at St. Laurence Church.





Bonner & Prendie Online Store!
Get your B&P Apparel Here!*

Check out the Bonner & Prendie Online Store below by clicking the link below. We have a selection of items with the B&P, Bonner, or Prendie logos.

*questions and customer service issues with online purchases should be directed to the online store provider, not the in-house B&P bookstore

Beach Blast 2017!
Saturday August 5th, 

LaCosta Lounge, Sea Isle City
4:00 to 10:00, $25 per person



Upcoming Events
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Anthony Becht Friars Football Golf Classic
Friday June 23rd - Paxon Hollow Country Club
11:30 Registration and Lunch
1:00 Shotgun Start
$150 per person (golf, food, drinks, gift)
To reserve your foursome or sponsor the event contact Tom Millison '86, at tush3636@gmail.com


BEACH BLAST - SAVE THE DATE
Saturday, August 5
3:00 pm to 9:00 pm
LaCosta Lounge, Sea Isle City NJ
Featuring the Music of Round Tower
  

Commencement has come and gone and the hallways are now quiet as we sent the last group of underclassmen on their way home for the summer. It was quite a week last week as we celebrated our top seniors at an award's ceremony, hosted two Baccalaureate masses at St. Laurence Church, and facilitated our Commencement ceremony at St Joseph's University for the Class of 2017. Each of these events was very special to our graduates and continues to maintain many of the traditions that we treasure here at Bonner & Prendie.

With commencement, Bonner & Prendie sent into the world 211 graduates. This group represents the 5th graduating class since the school won it's appeal to remain open, and now the number of graduates since that day in 2013 totals over 1,100. You should be proud to know, that our students do not take the opportunity of a Bonner & Prendie education for granted - participating in many activites, providing countless hours of community service to the region, and earning millions of dollars in college scholarships. The Class of 2017 alone earned over $19.5 million dollars in scholarships, $ 2 million more than last years record setting class.

Along with our graduates we also present two special alumni medals at commencement - the St. Augustine (to a Bonner grad) and St. Katharine Drexel (to a Prendie grad) medals. This year we were honored to present the St. Augustine Medal to Fr. Dennis Weber, a Bonner 1972 graduate who has been working with the Don Guanella Community since 1997 and currently serves as the Director of Mission and Ministry for the community as well as Divine Providence. The St. Katharine Drexel Medal was presented to Mrs. Patti (Mellon) Germanovich - a Prendie Hall of Fame member and graduate of the Class of 1975, Patti has been an integral member of our Alumni Association, Board of Governors, and may other events and committees. She also places special emphasis on the Prendie Chapel, helping organize a variety of alumnae masses, and continuing the tradition of Music on the Stairs. Fr. Weber and Patti join a prestigious list of medal recipients who represent the best of Bonner & Prendie!

Even with the students gone, we have quite a bit going on over the summer. The Admissions team is working hard to secure a great incoming class, and currently we are on pace to surpass our goal by the start of the 2017-2018 academic year! We have some academic programs in place, to help with both incoming student transition to high school , and SAT programs for our college bound students and will be doing a variety of small improvements to the campus and classrooms.

I can't stress enough, that all of this is because of the generosity of our alumni and friends. Our graduating seniors, incoming freshman, upcoming campus improvements, and new academic programs all can be tied back to the amount of support we receive from our community. I ask you all, if you have not already done so, to please make a gift to our annual appeal. There are only a few weeks left to make your gift for the 2016-2017 year, and the impact that it has on our school and students is direct and lasting. 

As I finish my second full year here at Bonner & Prendie, I want to say thank you again to this wonderful community for all the support you have shown. I look forward to sharing with you many more stories of our success as we continue to move forward, and I hope to see many of you at the Beach Blast All Class reunion this summer in Sea Isle City (Saturday, August 5th).

Thank you and God Bless,
 
John E. Cooke, Ed.D.
President
Bonner & Prendie Catholic High School
Support the 2016-2017 Annual Appeal

Last Chance!

We are in the final weeks of our annual appeal - if you have not done so already join with thousands of other alumni and friends of Bonner & Prendie in supporting our students with a gift to the 2016-2017 Annual Appeal.

The Annual Appeal is the #1 fundraising priority of the school, it allows us to address immediate needs of the school.  Donations to the Annual Appeal provide tuition assistance to students and families in need. The Annual Appeal also helps fund student programs, academic initiatives, and campus needs.


Thanks so much for the consideration and support



Checks can also be made out to "MBAP" and mailed to:

Bonner & Prendie
Attn: Advancement Office
403 N Lansdowne Ave
Drexel Hill, PA 19026

Alumni and Friends Award Scholarships

Congratulations to many of our students who were awarded scholarships for their efforts this year - and thank you so much to our alumni and friends for supporting our students and school!



Above: Patti Lake (Billy Lake Scholarship, Matt '03 and Theresa Ostien (Kimberley Ostien Memorial Scholarship) and Donna '83 and Steve Gallo (Nicole Gallo '09 Memorial Scholarship) present students with scholarships.


John McCormick '75 Memorial Scholarship

Above: Members from the John McCormick '75 Scholarship Committee present their inagural award to qualified students from St. Laurence and St. Andrews who are attending Bonner & Prendie next year. 

Bonner & Prendie Alumni in the News

St. Augustine and St. Katharine Drexel medals awarded at Graduation
Congratulations to Fr. Dennis Weber '72 and Mrs. Patti (Mellon) Germanovich '75 who were selected to receive the prestigious St. Augustine and St. Katharine Drexel medals at graduation.  These medals are awarded to graduates who's lives best represent the faith, morals, and service instilled at Bonner & Prendie. 
 Congrats Fr. Dennis and Patti!


Bonner Football and Basketball All-Time Stats
Monsignor Bonner Sports Historians! - thanks to the great work of longtime Philly area High School reporter Ted Silary, you can look back on some Basketball and Football stats from Catholic League Games from 1956-2017! Thanks Ted! 


Calling ALL Alum!  Is it your reunion time? 

Bonner and Prendie class of 1977
40 Year Reunion

November 4th from 7:00-11:00 PM
Anthony's in Drexel Hill

To update your contact information including Address, Phone and Email Address, please email our committee members:
Kate Scola Gaudiosi, katega61@gmail.com or
Sue Frank McFadden, prendiesue@hotmail.com

Bonner Class of 1965
52nd Reunion 

April 28, 2017 8:00 P.M. - 11:00 P.M.
J.D. McGillicuddy's - West Chester Pike - Highland Park

We had over 160 grads attend our 50th reunion. Please contact other '65 grads to let everyone know about our 52nd reunion. It is up to you - Make the 52nd reunion a success!

Additional information to follow in March via email.
Contact Dan McNichol for addition questions and/or to update your contact information.

610-529-8007 or email dan.mcnichol@comcast.net
Bonner and Prendie Classes of '67
50th reunion

November 17, 2017 7:30 p.m. - 11:30 p.m.
Springfield Country Club

Open Bar 8:00 - 9:00
Hotel Accommodations Available
Music by DJ Jerry Blavat

For More information and/or to update your contact information -
email, address etc please contact one of the members of the committee:

Tom MacCrory (tom.maccrory@gmail.com)
610-608 9169
John Dolceamore (Johndolce@FoxRoach.com)
610-742-8839
Hank Church (hankchurch@hotmail.com)
610-368-0630
Sherry O'Hagan (Ohaganwolf@gmail.com)
610-453-6637
Mary McCoach (mburns1018@hotmail.com)
610-633-3240
Chrissy Purkiss (cpurkiss@brynmawr.edu)
610-202-5360
Prendie Class of 1962
55th Reunion

October 15, 2017
The Porch Restaurant at the Lamb Tavern

Remember the fun we had at our 50th Reunion --- The 55th is coming up and its up to you to make it a success!

More details to follow. For more information or to update your contact information including your email address contact:

Frannie Gallen Mann at mommann@comcast.net or
call 610-449-1945
Rosemary Peranteau McCarthy at nauna311@gmail.com
or call 610-543-3977
Bonner & Prendie Class of '82
35th Reunion

November 4, 2017
Casey's Drexel Hill,
821 N Lansdowne Ave Drexel Hill Pa
7pm to 11pm


Please send your full name,email and phone number to:
BonnerPrendieReunion82@yahoo.com
Bonner & Prendie  Class of 1997
20th Reunion

Friday November 25, 2017
7-10pm

Heritage Ballroom 2017 MacDade Blvd
Holmes Pa
$55 per person
3hr Open Bar, apps, DJ and photo booth

Please contact Lizz Moran Augelli lizz10179@hotmail.com
or Daria DeCurtis Campeggio dariacamp@yahoo.com
with any questions or to update your contact information


To Purchase Tickets Click Here:

Bonner & Prendie Class of 2007
10th Reunion

Reunion Committee Forming and Planning underway.

To help with the planning or update your contact information
contact:
Kelly Christ at kelly.christ@gmail.com




In Memoriam

 

William L. Regan Jr. '69
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Kathleen M. Euganeo Cinaglia
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John Joseph Devenney, Jr '65
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Carolyn Moretto Liberatore '60
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Peaceful Rest Grant  Unto Them, O Lord!

Msgr.Bonner & Archbishop Prendergast Advancement
403 N Lansdowne Ave
Drexel Hill, PA 19026
610-259-0280