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May Crowning is This Week
Each May, one special day is devoted to mothers everywhere for having given their children the gift of life. But for the mother who gave life to Jesus, the entire month is set aside in her honor. For more than 300 years, Catholics have designated May to be the month of Mary, a special time to pay homage to the mother of Jesus for her gift to the world. One of the best-known and most widely-celebrated traditions is the crowning of a statue or painting of Mary.
St. Anne-Pacelli Catholic School students in Kindergarten through 12th grades will attend May Crowning prayer services this Thursday, May 3rd. During each prayer service, a student who embodies the qualities of our Blessed Mother will place a crown of flowers on a statue of Mary. Students in Kindergarten through 8th grades will attend the May Crowning at 9:30 a.m. at St. Anne Church; the prayer service for 9th-12th graders will occur in the high school's Mother of Mercy Courtyard at 10 a.m.
Please be sure these students wear Church uniforms to school for the prayer services this Thursday.
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Junior Ring and Recommitment Ceremony
Parents presented St. Anne-Pacelli Catholic School students in the Class of 2019 with rings during a special Junior Ring & Recommitment Ceremony following a grades 6-12 Mass at St. Anne Catholic Church on Tuesday, April 24th.
Juniors are encouraged to wear their rings facing inward during their remaining time at St. Anne-Pacelli Catholic School. At graduation, students are instructed to turn their rings so they face outward - a sign to society and the world of their commitment and willingness to share their talents, skills, faith and service with others.
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Eighth Grade Pinning Ceremony
St. Anne-Pacelli seniors presented special lapel pins to registered 8th grade students continuing their Catholic school education at St. Anne-Pacelli during a special pinning ceremony on April 10th. We are so excited about our Class of 2022, the biggest St. Anne-Pacelli freshman class in recent history!!
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Fred W. Kirby Award Winners
Each spring, the North Columbus Rotary Club holds a banquet honoring the male and female student from each area high school who scored highest on the SAT test with Fred W. Kirby Awards. The award is named in memory of longtime public school educator and North Columbus Rotary member Fred W. Kirby. The students are recognized and given a plaque and an opportunity to tell the club their future plans and goals. Congratulations to St. Anne-Pacelli students Hope Adams and Justin Bates who earned Fred W. Kirby Awards on April 24th.
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Eighth Grader to Compete at National History Day National Contest
Congratulations to St. Anne-Pacelli Catholic School 8th grader Catherine Kennedy, who earned 1st place in the Junior Division Historical Papers portion of the state level National History Day Contest at Mercer University on April 21st.
Catherine will travel to compete at the national level from June 10th-14th at the University of Maryland, College Park.
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High Honors from Duke University Talent Identification Program
St. Anne-Pacelli Catholic School 7th graders Breanna Clark, Kaylee Valle and Zoe Zwickey qualified for the Duke University Talent Identification Program's eStudies Program! The accelerated learning program is open to students who score above certain levels on their SAT or ACT. Only the top 5 percent of 7th graders are invited to participate in the talent search, and only some of those students score well enough on the ACT or SAT to merit
an invitation to eStudies.
Each summer, eStudies offers a range of advanced classes in topics ranging from Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math to Politics, History, and other humanities subjects.
In addition to eStudies, Zoe also qualified for state recognition and the Center for Summer Studies, a three-week summer program that offers gifted students advanced academic study and dynamic residential programming at college campuses across America.
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Breanna Clark
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Kaylee Valle
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Zoe Zwickey
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Things are getting slimy in the Lower School Science Lab, where St. Anne-Pacelli PK4 students are learning about liquids and solids by giving Dr. Seuss' oobleck recipe a whirl!
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Second graders are learning about artist Wayne Thiebaud and his deliciously famous paintings of desserts! They enjoyed a sweet treat to finish their lesson.
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Fifth graders reviewed pronoun concepts with a special Pronoun Carnival. Teams completed review activities at stations to earn tickets to play the carnival games.
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St. Anne-Pacelli 6th graders conducted an egg drop experiment to learn about the force of gravity during Science class. They created egg protectors from household items. Their ideas worked...at the end of the experiment, lots of eggs were still intact!
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You're never too old to learn something new! Our high school teachers had an "Appy Hour" during one of their April after-school professional development meetings. They created booksnaps with Buncee, Pic Collage, Aviary Photo Editor, and Book Creator Apps.
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St. Anne-Pacelli Juniors Graduate from
Youth Leadership Columbus
Congratulations to St. Anne-Pacelli Catholic School 11th graders Alyce Ryan, Ian Poole and Maddy Zimmermann who graduated from the Greater Columbus Georgia Chamber of Commerce's Youth Leadership Columbus program on April 26th! The program is for high school juniors in the Columbus area who have demonstrated leadership qualities and concern for their community. One of the program's many goals is to "increase awareness of community needs, opportunities, problems and resources."
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Our Kindergarten students had a sweet time on their April 20th field trip to The Strawberry Patch in Reynolds, Georgia!
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From tractor rides, to milking cows, our 1st graders had so much fun on their field trip to the Green family's dairy farm!
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St. Anne-Pacelli 7th graders had a wild time on their field trip to the Wild Animal Safari
in Pine Mountain on April 9th!
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Grades K-8 Art Show on April 3rd
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PK3 Donuts with Dad on April 13th
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12th Annual Spring Event on April 14th
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April 21st
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Field Day Fun on
April 27th
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Viking of the Month
Congratulations to our
April 2018 Viking of the Month Awardees: Alex Cuevas, PK3; Dario Lowery, PK4; Michael Brickey, Kindergarten; Ella Townsend, 1st Grade; Oliver St. Clair, 2nd Grade; Kara Kirchgraber, 3rd Grade; Nash Maglione, 4th Grade; Gianna Green, 5th Grade; Nina Heinrich, 6th Grade; Saffron Gonzalez, 7th Grade; Natalie Davis, 8th Grade; Reece Lenig, 9th Grade; Jasmine Braddock, 10th Grade; Tenchi Meade, 11th Grade; and Kaylee Snodgrass, 12th Grade.
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St. Anne-Pacelli Families Host 15 Students from Italy in April
St. Anne-Pacelli Catholic School welcomed 15 students from Liceo Scientifico Linguistico Redi Arezzo, a high school near Tuscany, to study with us for two weeks in April. This marks the second year we have participated in this foreign exchange opportunity with the linguistics school in Italy. In March, 16 of our high school students spent 11 days in Italy studying with students from Liceo Scientifico Linguistico Redi Arezzo. During their trip, they visited Assisi, Perugia and Florence.
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Spring Sports Wrap-Up
Vikings Baseball
Our Vikings Baseball Team got better and better with each and every game they played this season! "Vikings Baseball players never gave in or gave up; they competed," said Assistant Athletic Director Corry Black. "We are fired up about the future of our Vikings Baseball program!"
Vikings Golf
Our High School and Middle School Vikings Golf Teams had a great spring season!
"Eleventh grader Maddy Zimmermann is the only high school female on the golf team, and she has played some extraordinary golf this year," said Coach Brent Jones. "The boys' team has been led by senior captains Justin Bates, Bradley Gross, Dustin Jones and Ben Ranieri. "When those seniors were not always available, sophomore golfers Nick Oliver, Parks Cunningham and freshman golfer Ian Eikelberry helped lead the team to a great finish."
The high school team finished 8 & 1 in match play.
After finishing 2nd place in regular season play, our Middle School Vikings Golf B Team earned 2nd place at the City Championship Tournament on April 28th! Our team had: four of the six match medalists - Sydney Himes with three medalists and Jessie Isaacs with one; the top female player - Sydney Himes; three in the elite eight - Sydney Himes, 3rd; Jessie Isaacs, 4th; and Leigh Allen, 7th; and three in the top five at the City
Championship - Zoe Zwickey, Jessie Isaacs; Alexa Fontanez.
Vikings Soccer
Congratulations to our Middle School Vikings Soccer Teams! Our girls ended their season with a 10-1 win and our boys are celebrating a 5-1 win against Furlow Charter School!
For the fourth year in a row, the St. Anne-Pacelli Middle School Boys Vikings Soccer Team finishes the season undefeated!!
Our JV Boys' and Girls' Vikings Soccer Teams and our Varsity Boys' and Girls' Vikings Soccer Teams had stellar seasons with multiple wins.
The Varsity Boys' Vikings Soccer Team will play the Aquinas High School in the second round of the State Soccer Tournament on Wednesday, May 2nd (time TBA). The game will take place on our school's Deimel Field. GHSA rules require admission to be charged at all playoff games. Admission fees are $7.00 at the gate for adults and students. A $5.00 pre-sale ticket for students only will be sold in the main school office on May 1st and 2nd.
Vikings Tennis
The High School Vikings Tennis Team wrapped up its season with a win against Tattnall Square on April 3rd. The girls' team ended the season 1-8 and the boys 5-4. St. Anne-Pacelli freshman Marcel Dawson played number 1 singles and ended the season undefeated against all opponents! The Vikings are working hard to prepare for next tennis season and are looking forward to continued improvement.
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Additional Athletic Accomplishments
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Vikings Wrestlers Rafael Hogan and Noah Nugent have been named to the Ledger-Enquirer's 2017-2018
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Wrestling Team;
Vikings Basketball players Tyrese Hicks, Ian Mathews and Joseph Douglas have been named to the Ledger-Enquirer's 2017-2018
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Small School Boys Basketball Team; and Vikings Swim Team members Antonio Ayerdi and Daniel Forlines are a part of the Ledger-Enquirer's 2017-2018
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Swimming Team.
St. Anne-Pacelli Senior Signs to Play Soccer in College
Congratulations to St. Anne-Pacelli Catholic School senior TJ Fick who will play soccer at Truett McConnell University in Cleveland, GA. Go Vikings! Go Bears!
Female Athletes of the Year
Congratulations to St. Anne-Pacelli seniors Scout Hadley and Mara McKenna who were among the 48 student-athletes honored at the 3rd Annual Sportsvisions Columbus Valley Area High School Female Athletes of the Year Awards Luncheon Ceremony on April 19th!
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Spirit Night
Please make plans to attend our final 2017-18 Spirit Night, to be held at Moe's Southwest Grill in Columbus Park Crossing on Wednesday, May 16th! Drop in and place your order between 5 and 8 p.m. Please be sure to let the cashier know you're a member of the St. Anne-Pacelli Catholic School family. Twenty percent of the sales St. Anne-Pacelli Catholic School brings in to Moe's that evening will be donated back to our school!
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