Mount St. Joseph Academy

Due to inclement weather and the assessment offered by the Rutland City Schools, MSJ and CKS are both closed for Wednesday, January 7, 2009.  Have a great day.  — Mr. Z.

Spark Your Winter Blues – Dance and Silent Auction

Come and enjoy an evening of dancing and fun with friends old and new. Rutland Catholic Schools (RCS) is hosting a Dance/Silent Auction on Saturday Jan. 31, 2009.  Live entertainment with members of the band Satin & Steele at the Knights of Columbus.

 For tickets or to donate an auction item, please contact Terrie Churchill MSJ 775-0151,

 Paula Bizon 558-7097, or Linda Bove 558-8884. 

Tickets are $10 per person.

If you want to know if MSJ is closed or delayed for weather-related reasons, please do the following: 1) Check the Homepage of the MSJ web site. 2) Watch Channel 3. 3) Listen to Stations 98.1; 94.5; 97.1; 1380. If school is delayed two hours, then classes begin at 10AM.

Please Note: The policy of the Diocese of Burlington is that all school days missed due to inclement weather must be made up before the end of the school year.

Congratulations to the following MSJ students for their academic achievement during the 1st Quarter:

HIGH HONORS

Grade 12
Madison Ackerman, Domenico Champine, Caroline Connolly,
Alessandra Hodulik, Spencer Jennings,Hee Jung Jeong, JeWon Jung,
Eric Ladabouche, Oskar Lindkvister, Kyle McDermott,
Dominique Mercier, Brendan Pellerin, Nolan Rhodes,
Brian Ribbans, Benjamin Sexton, Alison Shappy

Grade 11
Lee John Bizon, Courtney Elliott, Matthew Messier, Shawna Robb,
Robert (Tyler) Sanborn, Joshua Scaralia, Lauri Viitanen, Kathryn Zambon

Grade 10
Patricia Gallego-Delgado, Briana Patten, Ji Soo Yoo

Grade 9
Nathaniel Bauman, Adam DeBlasio, Kaitlyn Gawet, William Gilbert, IV,
Kelsey Gordon, Natalie Hajj, James Loveland, Mara Scaralia

HONORS

Grade 12
Taina Dewitte

Grade 11
Louis Altobell, Francisco DeCandio, Tae Yoon Eom, Thomas Garbitelli, Jiaying Hu, Nick Mobilio, Marissa Raymond, Benjamin Smith

Grade 10
Andrea Bizon, Katelyn Robertello, Colleen Shouldice, Cameron Stiles

Grade 9
Anthony Altobell, Regan Guyette, Kelsey Stewart

13 November 2008

Dear MSJ Parents/Guardians and Friends:

Thank you for your commitment to MSJ athletes and all of their endeavors. As I review the Fall Sports Season and as MSJ enters the Winter Sports Season, a few reminders are needed.

It is my firm conviction that MSJ athletes as a whole work to the best of their abilities to achieve excellence. In a spirit of affirmation of both individual athletes and MSJ’s teams, it is important that all remarks from the bleachers and/or to individual athletes or teams about the performance of individual athletes and/or about an MSJ team remain positive and supportive. Also, comments about other teams and their athletes always should be in the spirit of good sportsmanship.

As you are well aware, MSJ’s athletic program could not succeed without the unconditional support of the Mount’s coaches, parents/guardians and friends. Mr. McDonough, MSJ Athletic Director, and a committee of Athletic Association members strive to find for MSJ teams the best coaches available. It is our responsibility as fans of our teams to remain positive and supportive of our coaches. Disparaging comments about coaches are inappropriate.

Also, coaches, with the prior approval of the MSJ athletic director, may enlist the assistance of MSJ parents/guardians and friends to help them organize and execute various team-related tasks. These tasks could include equipment detail and the end-of-season banquet, among numerous other needs. Unless otherwise noted by the coach with the prior approval of the athletic director, the appropriate place during all practices and games for all MSJ parents/guardians and friends is in the bleachers.

Thank you in advance for your sincere cooperation in the above matters and for your continued support of the MSJ sports program.

If you have any questions or concerns, or if you need any clarification about MSJ athletics and/or good sportsmanship, please contact Mr. McDonough. I look forward to seeing you at this season’s basketball and hockey games.

Best regards,

Paolo E. Zancanaro, MA

Principal

Be sure and check the Guidance Section of the web site for scholarship opportunities that are available to our seniors. Please call Mrs. Gides in the Guidance Office at 775-0151 x106 if you have any questions or email her at guidance@msjvermont.org.

Beginning this Friday (and every Friday that school is in session), the local chapter of the Legion of Mary will pray before the Blessed Sacrament from 12:00 - 2:45. Sincere, committed prayer is a powerful force in the world. If you are willing to pray before the Blessed Sacrament at a given time on a Friday, please contact Mrs. Liscinky at dliscinsky@msjvermont.org. Offer your prayer for the world, our school, your family and our nation.

Students, faculty and staff remember at daily prayer in November the names of those who have died. If you would like your deceased loved ones remembered in prayer, please send an email with the names that you would like listed in our Memorial Book of Names. Send your email to dliscinsky@msjvermont.org. Emails should be sent by 31 October. Also, they may be sent throughout the month of November.

MSJ TECHNOLOGY PLAN

People with experience in technology systems and/or in writing technology plans are needed for an MSJ Technology Committee. If you have the experience and if you are interested in serving
on a short-term technology committee to develop an updated technology plan for the
Academy, please contact me at pezancanaro@gmail.com.

Thank you. Paolo E. Zancanaro, MA
Principal

If you want to know if MSJ is closed for weather-related reasons, please do the following: 1) Check the Homepage of the MSJ web site. 2) Watch Channel 3. 3) Listen to Stations 98.1; 94.5; 97.1; 1380.

Please Note: The policy of the Diocese of Burlington is that all school days missed due to inclement weather must be made up before the end of the school year.