The returning student registration deadline is February 21.  Please remember to return the re-registration packet to avoid the late registration fee.  If you have any questions please contact the Business Office.

On Thursday, February 6, 2014, Catholic High held their second quarter honors assembly to recognize the academic achievements of its students.  Silver Recognition was awarded to students with a GPA of 3.5 and no grade below a B, and Gold Recognition to those with a GPA of 3.75 or higher and no grade below a B+.  November, December and January Students of the Month were also announced at the ceremony.  Students are nominated and selected by faculty for this award based on their academic performance, attendance record, behavior, and school spirit.

November: Courtney Lanasa '14, Diana Barlow '15, Despina Thomas '16, Emily Jester '17

December: Monica Perumattam '14, Hannah Lindsay '15, Gabriella LoPresti '16, Ashley Krulock '17

January: Abigail Borowy '14, Samantha Hacker '15, Arnelle Fonlon '16, Elena Mehiel '17

Congratulations to the following Honor Roll students!

Freshmen

Sophomores

Juniors

Seniors

Each year five Girl Scouts are chosen to be a Shadow Girl to one of the five Distinguished Women’s Award Reception honorees. Our very own junior, Rebekah Kempske, has been chosen. Shadow Girls spend a day with an honoree for an up-close look at how she manages her time, staff and family/community responsibilities. It’s a unique one-on-one, hands-on experience from which you can learn from women who are some of the best of their chosen professions. Rebekah will be spending the day with Joyce Ulrich, the Chief Information Officer at Legg Mason.

The Girl Scouts Distinguished Women’s Award Reception will be held on April 24, 2014 at 5:30 p.m. at the Baltimore Country Club, Roland Park. This annual event honors prominent women in Maryland. The event proceeds support the efforts of Girl Scouts to develop strong girls in all sectors of society by giving them the opportunity to observe an interact with creative and dynamic women leaders in central Maryland.

Congratulations Rebekah!

The returning student registration deadline is February 21.  Please remember to return the re-registration packet to avoid the late registration fee.  If you have any questions please contact the Business Office.

On February 28 & March 1, 2014, the TCHS Band & Orchestra program will host Dr. Andrea Strauss as guest clinician for our Winter Band & Orchestra Camp. She will run an intensive two day camp with our Symphonic Band, Chamber Winds and String Orchestra covering many performance topics, including characteristic tone production, intonation, and rehearsal techniques on upcoming Catholic High assessment and adjudication repertoire.

Dr. Andrea DeRenzis Strauss, Conductor of Tara Winds has taught elementary, middle, high school, college, and adult-community bands, and has taught at both public and private schools in Georgia. Dr. Strauss earned both the Bachelor and Master Degrees in Music Education from the University of South Carolina and attained a Ph.D. in Music Education with a minor in Conducting from the University of Southern Mississippi.

In addition, Dr. Strauss completed the Educational Leadership Certificate Program at Kennesaw State University. Dr. Strauss recently retired from the Cobb County School District. Prior to this teaching position, she served as Director of Bands and Associate Professor of Music at Shorter University where she made significant contributions to the development of the instrumental music education degree program. At Shorter, Dr. Strauss taught conducting, various instrumental music education methods and pedagogy courses, and directed the marching band, wind ensemble, and chamber orchestra. To learn more about Dr. Strauss and her professional background, click here.

We are looking forward to having such an empowered woman visit Catholic High!

Catholic High is cancelled tomorrow (2/13) due to impending inclement weather. Please be sure to check Edline for announcements and assignments.

Catholic High is closed tomorrow (2/14) due to impending inclement weather. Please be sure to check Edline for announcements and assignments.

It has been quite the season for the Cubs! Catholic High's Varsity Basketball team won their playoff game today against Garrison Forest. The Cubs beat the opposing team 43-33 at home. The championship game is scheduled for Monday, February 17, at 3:00 p.m. at Spalding.

Click here to read an article about the Cubs and their journey to the Championship. 

Come out and support your Catholic High Cubs!! The Booster Club will pay for all current students who attend.

Each year five Girl Scouts are chosen to be a Shadow Girl to one of the five Distinguished Women’s Award Reception honorees. Our very own junior, Rebekah Kempske, has been chosen. Shadow Girls spend a day with an honoree for an up-close look at how she manages her time, staff and family/community responsibilities. It’s a unique one-on-one, hands-on experience from which you can learn from women who are some of the best of their chosen professions. Rebekah will be spending the day with Joyce Ulrich, the Chief Information Officer at Legg Mason.

The Girl Scouts Distinguished Women’s Award Reception will be held on April 24, 2014 at 5:30 p.m. at the Baltimore Country Club, Roland Park. This annual event honors prominent women in Maryland. The event proceeds support the efforts of Girl Scouts to develop strong girls in all sectors of society by giving them the opportunity to observe an interact with creative and dynamic women leaders in central Maryland.

Congratulations Rebekah!

Congratulations to Abigail Dohmeier '14, Rebecca Miller '14, and Monica Perumattam '14 who will be honored at the Archdiocese of Baltimore's Distinctive Scholars Convocation on Tuesday, April 8th at Mount Saint Joe High School in Baltimore, MD. The Distinctive Scholars Convocation applauds the top academic students and recognizes their academic achievements accomplished over their four years in high school.

Well done, ladies!

Rebekah Kempske '15 is the fourth student from The Catholic High School of Baltimore to participate in the Day with an Engineer (DWE) program sponsored by The Society of American Military Engineers (SAME), Baltimore Post on Wednesday, February 19, 2014.  Shelby Kestler '12, Samantha Sullivan '13 and Monica Perumattam ’14 participated in the program during the past three school years and had enjoyable and beneficial experiences.  It is the 4th year in a row we have had a STEM participant.

Mrs. Lauren Buckler, who is the Director of Energy Performance and Conservation for the state, was Rebekah’s mentor. Rebekah visited with the office of Energy and Engineering in the Maryland Department of General Services (DGS). The first half of the day she visited Annapolis where she was able to sit in on a meeting with a Senator dealing with a bill about Green Building code. Rebekah said, “It was interesting to see how engineering and the government can work together and the problems a bill can encounter.”

She then visited the construction site of a restoration of the old Senate chamber. She explained that their goal is to restore the Senate chamber to the way it looked like during the time of George Washington. Rebekah found it fascinating to listen to and see their plans for the Senate chamber and how every exact detail had to match the original Senate chamber. After lunch, Rebekah went back to the Department of General Services building and joined about seven people where she was able to hear about what they do and how they got to be there. Some of the positions consisted of architects, project managers, an energy database program administrator, and the secretary of the Department of General Services.

When asked about what she learned Rebekah said, “I learned a lot about what goes into a project from start to finish. I saw numerous construction drawings and floor plans, which I found interesting and became fully aware of how every tiny detail matters. I also learned that being a mechanical engineer and architect you can work on a variety of different projects and do not have to be limited to one subject area. For example, several people were working on projects which ranged from the building for the Maryland medical examiner to a juvenile detention center, which I found to be very cool. My experience will also help me to apply real world examples to what I learn in not just my STEM courses, but in all of my classes.”

On February 28 & March 1, 2014, the TCHS Band & Orchestra program will host Dr. Andrea Strauss as guest clinician for our Winter Band & Orchestra Camp. She will run an intensive two day camp with our Symphonic Band, Chamber Winds and String Orchestra covering many performance topics, including characteristic tone production, intonation, and rehearsal techniques on upcoming Catholic High assessment and adjudication repertoire.

Dr. Andrea DeRenzis Strauss, Conductor of Tara Winds has taught elementary, middle, high school, college, and adult-community bands, and has taught at both public and private schools in Georgia. Dr. Strauss earned both the Bachelor and Master Degrees in Music Education from the University of South Carolina and attained a Ph.D. in Music Education with a minor in Conducting from the University of Southern Mississippi.

In addition, Dr. Strauss completed the Educational Leadership Certificate Program at Kennesaw State University. Dr. Strauss recently retired from the Cobb County School District. Prior to this teaching position, she served as Director of Bands and Associate Professor of Music at Shorter University where she made significant contributions to the development of the instrumental music education degree program. At Shorter, Dr. Strauss taught conducting, various instrumental music education methods and pedagogy courses, and directed the marching band, wind ensemble, and chamber orchestra. To learn more about Dr. Strauss and her professional background, click here.

We are looking forward to having such an empowered woman visit Catholic High!

Congratulations to Abigail Dohmeier '14, Rebecca Miller '14, and Monica Perumattam '14 who will be honored at the Archdiocese of Baltimore's Distinctive Scholars Convocation on Tuesday, April 8th at Mount Saint Joe High School in Baltimore, MD. The Distinctive Scholars Convocation applauds the top academic students and recognizes their academic achievements accomplished over their four years in high school.

Well done, ladies!

The Daily Record named Dr. Barbara D. Nazelrod, President and proud graduate of The Catholic High School of Baltimore, to its 2014 listing of Maryland’s Top 100 Women. The Daily Record began Maryland’s Top 100 Women in 1996 to recognize outstanding achievement by women demonstrated through professional accomplishments, community leadership and mentoring. Three hundred and seventy women were nominated for the statewide honor. A panel of judges comprised of business professionals and past Maryland’s Top 100 Women winners from throughout Maryland reviewed the applications and selected this year’s honorees.

“Through Maryland’s Top 100 Women, The Daily Record recognizes 100 amazing leaders for stellar achievements in their careers, for their exemplary citizenship and for encouraging and shaping the lives of a younger generation through mentoring,” said Suzanne Fischer-Huettner, publisher of The Daily Record. “These women share an amazing talent for balancing many facets of their lives. And we’re pretty certain they mastered what we all desire—the ability to get 25 hours of daily work done in an allotted 24.”

The awards will be presented at a cocktail reception on Monday, May 5. Winners will be profiled in a special magazine that will be inserted into the Friday, May 9, issue of The Daily Record and available online at www.TheDailyRecord.com.

Congratulations and special thanks to Dr. Nazelrod for her outstanding leadership and dedication to The Catholic High School of Baltimore.

Rebekah Kempske '15 is the fourth student from The Catholic High School of Baltimore to participate in the Day with an Engineer (DWE) program sponsored by The Society of American Military Engineers (SAME), Baltimore Post on Wednesday, February 19, 2014.  Shelby Kestler '12, Samantha Sullivan '13 and Monica Perumattam ’14 participated in the program during the past three school years and had enjoyable and beneficial experiences.  It is the 4th year in a row we have had a STEM participant.

Mrs. Lauren Buckler, who is the Director of Energy Performance and Conservation for the state, was Rebekah’s mentor. Rebekah visited with the office of Energy and Engineering in the Maryland Department of General Services (DGS). The first half of the day she visited Annapolis where she was able to sit in on a meeting with a Senator dealing with a bill about Green Building code. Rebekah said, “It was interesting to see how engineering and the government can work together and the problems a bill can encounter.”

She then visited the construction site of a restoration of the old Senate chamber. She explained that their goal is to restore the Senate chamber to the way it looked like during the time of George Washington. Rebekah found it fascinating to listen to and see their plans for the Senate chamber and how every exact detail had to match the original Senate chamber. After lunch, Rebekah went back to the Department of General Services building and joined about seven people where she was able to hear about what they do and how they got to be there. Some of the positions consisted of architects, project managers, an energy database program administrator, and the secretary of the Department of General Services.

When asked about what she learned Rebekah said, “I learned a lot about what goes into a project from start to finish. I saw numerous construction drawings and floor plans, which I found interesting and became fully aware of how every tiny detail matters. I also learned that being a mechanical engineer and architect you can work on a variety of different projects and do not have to be limited to one subject area. For example, several people were working on projects which ranged from the building for the Maryland medical examiner to a juvenile detention center, which I found to be very cool. My experience will also help me to apply real world examples to what I learn in not just my STEM courses, but in all of my classes.”

We would like to congratulate the Forensics Team on its fine showing at the final regular tournament which was held last Saturday at Reservoir High School.

Special congratulations go to:

Jessica Schultz who won a Gold Medal in Original Oratory, Sarah Nakasone who won Silver Medal in Original Oratory, the team of Hannah Krehely and Jessica Schultz who won Silver Medals in Duo Interpretation, and to Arnelle Fonlon and Ariel Shaw who both won Honorable Mention in Oral Declamation.

We will have eight students competing at the District Finals, some in multiple events:

In Student Congress: Sarah Nakasone and Emma Smith
In Oral Declamation: Arnelle Fonlon, Katie Toomey, and Ariel Shaw
In Original Oratory: Sarah Nakasone and Jessica Schultz
In Duo Interpretation: The team of Hannah Krehely and Jessica Schultz
In Extemporaneous Speaking: Nirajé Medley-Bacon
In Oral Interpretation: Sarah Nakasone

WAY TO GO TEAM!! Thank you Mr. Scott for guiding such a talented Forensics Team!

Hannah Grice is a sophomore here at Catholic High and was honored for the third time as a Carson Scholar! Carson Scholarships are awarded to students in grades 4-11 who exemplify academic excellence and humanitarian qualities. Carson Scholars must have a GPA of 3.75 and display humanitarian qualities through community service. The winners receive a $1,000 scholarship to be invested toward their college education, along with a recognition package, and an invitation to attend an awards banquet. 

"The Carson Scholars Fund, Inc. was founded in 1994 to address the education crisis in the United States. When world-renowned Johns Hopkins Pediatric Neurosurgeon Benjamin S. Carson, M.D. and his wife, Candy, read a research study about education in the United States, they were alarmed by the findings. The study showed that our nation’s students ranked #21 out of 22 countries; next to the bottom of the list in science and math. Furthermore, the Carsons observed that many school display cases were filled with large trophies paying tribute to their sports teams’ achievements, while honor students only received a pin or certificate. Dr. and Mrs. Carson felt compelled to take action. They believed that if children could be taught early to excel, they would stay motivated and have a higher chance of educational success later in life. The Carson Scholars Fund was built on these principles."  

To learn more view the Carson Scholars Fund Website.

We congratulate Hannah on her hard-work and determination to achieve this award for the third time. Way to Let Your Light Shine Hannah!

We would like to congratulate the Forensics Team on its fine showing at the final regular tournament which was held last Saturday at Reservoir High School.

Special congratulations go to:

Jessica Schultz who won a Gold Medal in Original Oratory, Sarah Nakasone who won Silver Medal in Original Oratory, the team of Hannah Krehely and Jessica Schultz who won Silver Medals in Duo Interpretation, and to Arnelle Fonlon and Ariel Shaw who both won Honorable Mention in Oral Declamation.

We will have eight students competing at the District Finals, some in multiple events:

In Student Congress: Sarah Nakasone and Emma Smith
In Oral Declamation: Arnelle Fonlon, Katie Toomey, and Ariel Shaw
In Original Oratory: Sarah Nakasone and Jessica Schultz
In Duo Interpretation: The team of Hannah Krehely and Jessica Schultz
In Extemporaneous Speaking: Nirajé Medley-Bacon
In Oral Interpretation: Sarah Nakasone

WAY TO GO TEAM!! Thank you Mr. Scott for guiding such a talented Forensics Team!

On Monday, March 10th, Catholic High welcomed 18 alumnae to participate in Career Day! Many different fields were represented from doctors, nurses and technicians to administrators, an attorney, an Community Outreach Manager and even a graphic designer. Key note speaker, Dr. Sophia Leung '99 shared her success in her professional life, as well as in her personal life. Thank you to all of our empowered alumnae who attended!

Top Row: Meghan Rossbach '00, Trish Clayton '00

3rd Row: Tonie Wallace-Aitken '65, Gina DiGennaro '05, Amanda Trapani '00, Ellen Hubbard '68, Kellie Boulware '95

2nd Row: Ellen Yannuzzi '69, Joy Cortina '97, Dr. Natalie Boulware '99, Dr. Sophia Leung '99, Kelly Swan '99, Kristin Knoerlein '99

Bottom Row: Darlene Gerstmyer '82, Colleen Helmlinger '82, Florence Sdanowich '53, Jeanne Martin '76, Peggy Wills '73