| The final days of the 2016-2017 school came and went in an instant. This month was filled with many year-end activities for our students before they began their summer vacations. |
| Final Mass and Awards Ceremony |
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John Morris, '18 Blessed Anne Marie Rivier Scholarship Recipient.
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Wednesday, June 7th PMA Celebrated it's final Mass in the Sisters' Chapel, followed by the end of the year awards ceremony. At this ceremony, teachers distribute class awards in all subject matters to students based on merit and excellence.
Academic scholarships are also awarded, including the coveted, Blessed Anne Marie Rivier Scholarship. This scholarship is named after PMA's foundress, and gives a year of free tuition to one rising junior, and this year John Morris was selected as the recipient. The Carace' Family are the selfless donors of this scholarship.
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| National Spanish Exam Medal Winners |
PMA Spanish students earned medals and honorable mentions by scoring well on the National Spanish Examinations.
"Attaining a medal or honorable mention for any student on the National Spanish Examination is very prestigious," said Kevin Xessna-Buscemi, National Director of the Exams, "because the exams are the largest of their kind in the United States with over 157,000 students participating in 2017."
This year Briana Guzman, '18 earned a Gold Medal. The Silver medal winners were Patricia Roque, '19, Nathalie Garcia, '19, and Dariana Mota, '19. Bronze medal winners were Darleen Castro, '18, Stephanie Maldonado, '18, and Alex Thrumond, '19.
The medal winners are students of Spanish Teachers Pauline Giannantonio or Zulema Llerena.
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Le Grand Concours (National French Contest) Winners
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PMA students ranked nationally in the 82nd Le Grand Concours. This is a national competition sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of French. Students were evaluated for their written, oral and listening comprehension skills in French. More than 85,000 students in all 50 states competed in the 2017 event.
Silver Medal winners for PMA were Olivia Alvino, '20 and Mateo Ferrer, '19. The Bronze Medal winners were Leslie Ramos, '20, Mckenzie Ferrari, '19 and Marcella Pedro, '19. There were also several students who earned honorable mentions.
Each winner is a student of PMA French Teacher, Joan Anderson.
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| Simon Rodriguez, '18 - UNICO Scholarship Recpient |
On Wednesday, June 7th, Simon Rodriguez, '18 received a scholarship from UNICO of the Merrimack Valley. The scholarship will pay for Simon to attend Summer Scholars, a two week academic program at the university of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana. There he will study computer programming, a major which he plans to pursue in college.
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Simon Rodriguez, '18, front row, second from the left, at the UNICO awards ceremony.
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| Erin Frey: Coburn Award for Excellence Recipient |
In May, Math teacher Erin Frey was honored by the College of Education at UMass Lowell with the Coburn Award for Excellence in Secondary Teaching.
Mrs. Frey was nominated by one of her professors and the entire faculty selected her as the recipient of this prestigious award.
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| Lazarus House Service Trip |
Sixteen students volunteered at Lazarus House after school on Monday, June 5th, and spent time touring the facility and making sandwiches for the people who would be coming to eat later in the evening.
This particular service project was brought about by sophomore Sophia Bellia, who has been volunteering at Lazarus House for the past few summers. She mentioned this opportunity to PMA's campus minister, Francis Stanton, with the hopes of having a group of five to eight to attend. PMA students rose to the occasion and doubled that number for the outing at Lazarus House.
The number of students who were willing to give up their time was a pleasant sight for the coordinators at Lazarus House. With the level of enthusiasm this service project received, future ones are being planned and bound to be just as successful.
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On the Tuesday, June 6th, nine PMA students took a "study break"
to spend some time with Jesus in the sacrament of the Eucharist at the last LIFT event of the school year. LIFT is a night full of Christian rock praise and worship music that also provides participants the opportunity to go to confession and spend time in adoration. The students traveled to St. Anthony's in Cambridge to take part in the faith-filled and uplifting event. The students saw this as a great way to alleviate the stress of upcoming finals and to relax for a little bit and they prayed for some divine intervention to help them do well on their exams.!
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| Discover the Potential: Capital Campaign |
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Proposed Main Entrance
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In 2002, PMA embarked on a $1 Million Capital Campaign to
build the Dupre Sports and Arts Center. This monumental undertaking added a new larger athletic
center, theater and expanded arts center. Alumni, parents, community partners,
and friends all showed their belief in the future of PMA with their financial support.
Flash forward to 2017, and PMA is again looking to invest in our future. A ground
breaking will occur this month to begin the renovation of the Edward F. Searles
Carriage House which is the heart of the Academy building. This exciting expansion
will include a new sun-drenched atrium style entrance, along with other
improvements that will enhance the accessibility and
safety for our students, staff, and visitors. Today the need is great. The 2017-2020
Capital Campaign needs to raise $1 Million.
Will you be a part of PMA's future?
Please consider your gift today to be part of PMA's continued legacy.
We count on you to continue to allow students to discover themselves at PMA.
OR mail your donation to Presentation of Mary Academy, Attention Advancement Office, 209 Lawrence Street, Methuen, MA 01844
You can help Future PMA students
Discover their Potential
with a gift today!
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On Thursday, June 1 PMA held its Spring Sports banquet.
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| Below are more pictures of students receiving awards on the last day of school at the annual Awards Ceremony. |
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Or download a printable 2016-2017 school calendar here
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Volunteer Days
August 15, 16, & 17
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Mandatory Welcome Night
Grade 9
Tuesday, August 22
6:30 p.m.
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Mandatory Welcome Night
Grades 10, 11, 12
choose 1
Thursday, August 24
or Tuesday, August
6:30 p.m.
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First Day of School
Grade 9
Thursday, August 31
7:30 - 2:00
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No School
Labor Day
Monday, September 4
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First Day of School
All Grades
Tuesday, September 5
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Only a few weeks left to give.
The 2016-17 Annual Fund ends on June 30, 2017. We need your help to reach our yearly goal. This fund is important to PMA because it helps support student programs, athletics, and allows us to offer tuition assistance to deserving families.
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Yankee Candle Fundraising Drive
Yankee Candle has committed to help PMA all school year long.
Anytime you shop online they will make a donation to our school. Visit
www.yankeecandlefundraising.com and enter group #99896054 in the "start shopping" box.
Thank you for your support!
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GoodShop
Hands down, online shopping is the easiest way to shop. Through GoodShop, you can donate back to PMA, in the comfort of your own home, office, or wherever you online shop. Goodshop has partnered with
over 5,000 stores to offer you daily online promotions and coupons. Plus, they give a percentage of your total back to your favorite non-profit. That could be us!
Before you shop, quickly set up a user name and password and don't forget to assign Presentation of Mary Academy, Methuen, MA as your non-profit of choice! Everybody wins! Happy shopping.
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Amazon Smile
You can support PMA every time you shop online at Amazon.com! Especially now since you need to fill those Easter baskets, shop for Mother's Day or graduations.
Through the Amazon Smile program, Amazon will donate 0.5 % of your purchase to PMA. It's that simple. Just make sure you select Presentation of Mary Academy - Methuen, MA as your charity of choice. Or click in the link below to to be taken directly to smile.amazon.com in support of PMA. Doesn't that make you want to smile?
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Class of 1967
50th Reunion
The 50th reunion for the PMA class of 1967 is scheduled for
Friday, September 15, 2017
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There is a classmates only dinner scheduled at Jocelyn's Restaurant in Salem NH at
6 p.m.
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Class of 1997
20th Reunion
The 20th Reunion for the class of 1997 is Saturday, July 22 at the Pipe Dream Brewing in Lowell from 7-10 p.m.
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Calling all Musical Alumni!
Any Alumni who would like to perform in the 2nd Annual Alumni Concert on Friday, November 24, please email Janessa Hoyt Murphy, '97 at [email protected].
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