Happy St. Patrick’s Day 


 

Engineering Day

Junior students attending engineering day included l to r:  Tyler Kloss, Paige Butler, Sara DiPietro, Alex Benek, Mason Baganski, Andrew Kubaney, Matt Trost and Scott Coughenour
 
On Friday, March 10, Mercyhurst Prep students attended GE Transportation’s Engineering Day.  This day is set aside to host local high school juniors and seniors who are interested in engineering.  The day involved a panel presentation/discussion from GE engineers working in different programs as well as design competitions and modules/locomotive assembly tour.

This Friday and Saturday at St. Peter Cathedral, individuals and families from throughout the Diocese of Erie will be praying around the clock for peace and unity in our nation and for more vocations to the priesthood and religious life. This initiative is called 24 Hours For The Lord (www.eriercd.org/24hours.htm), and our MPS family is responsible for the 10 -11 a.m. time slot on Saturday, March 18. The Ochalek and Kunik families have graciously volunteered to anchor our prayer coverage (I will be hearing confessions during this time slot), but I am asking you to consider joining them in prayer. Not only is this a worthy endeavor, but I want MPS to be well represented.

Thank you for your consideration and I hope to see you at the Cathedral on Saturday!

Fr. Steve

We are looking forward to welcoming the members of the Middle States Validation Team to Mercyhurst Prep March 28 through March 31.  This visiting team is comprised of four educators from private high schools in western New York and Pennsylvania and is chaired by Sr. Camille Panich, who recently visited MPS to set the schedule for the upcoming visit.
 
MPS has spent the past eighteen months working on an extensive self-study.  This study is the core of the Middle States Excellence by Design accreditation protocol.  A broad array of stakeholders provided invaluable input to this process by completion of surveys and membership on various committees.  We have presented this report to Middle States and look forward to the upcoming evaluation by the visiting team. 
 
During the four day visit, the team will tour the school, meet with stakeholder groups, observe classes, and examine documentation that we provide as evidence of adherence to the twelve Middle States Standards.  We thank all the stakeholders for their input, and we will keep you updated on the result and how it positively impacts our students.
 

Walking Walls & Flying!

Sophomore Gabe Gallagher (top), who plays Burt,and senior Maia Magerle(bottom), aka Mary Poppins, practice walking up the wall and flying for the April production of Mary Poppins.

Be sure to mark your calendar for April 6-9 for an opportunity to see the performance of Mary Poppins. The Mercyhurst Prep Performing Arts Department is the first in Northwestern Pennsylvania to present the high school production of this popular musical.

Retreats at St. Luke

L to r, standing:  Lauren Habursky, Madison Schaefer, Camden McLellan, Andrea Fracassi and Michael Deutsch.  Missing from photo is Alex Simpson.  Photo courtesy of JoAnn Scheppner from St. Luke School.
 
Mercyhurst Prep sophomore students, under the direction of Fr. Steve Schreiber, acted as facilitators in the St. Luke retreats that were held in March for 4^th, 5^th and 6th graders.   Two retreats for Seton Catholic School in Meadville are scheduled for April.

MPS Performing Arts Boosters presents

JR'S LAST LAUGH COMEDY CLUB FUNDRAISER
featuring comedian GREG WARREN
a favorite of "The Bob & Tom Show", "The Late Late Show", and "Comedy Central”
 
THURSDAY, APRIL 20^TH
SHOWTIME 7 p.m. Doors Open 5 p.m. * Seating Begins 6 p.m.
 
CALL FOR TICKETS IN ADVANCE (814) 461-0911
Tell them you are with the MPS BOOSTERS
$15 per person  MUST BE 21
full menu * cash bar * 50/50 * basket raffle
 
Go to:  Download the flyer

What's this Hamilton Raffle Package all about?

2 orchestra seats to see Hamilton in Chicago in July (date to be determined by winner and Hamilton Chicago staff)
• 2 orchestra seats to see Hamilton in Chicago in July (date to be determined by winner and Hamilton Chicago staff)
• 2 night stay at the historic Chicago Athletic Association Hotel
• $250 Visa card for travel expenses

All proceeds benefit the MPS Performing Arts Center.  Thank you to Networking Technologies, Matt Sherrer & Sandro Barbosa, Jim & Wendy Bahm for their generous donation of the raffle package.

Athletic News

Pictured here are the girls from the MPS bowling team, who competed in the Western Regional Championship last weekend in Pittsburgh.  They posed for this this photo at Station Square with their special shirts and the Pittsburgh skyline in the background.  l to r:  Mrs. Ashley Griffith, science teacher, Andrea Fracassi ’19, Ashley Anderson ’17, Livia Billen ’17, Kaitlyn Klein ’18, Josie Barcley ’18, Lauren Andrychowski ’17 and coach and science teacher Miss Sarah Gdaniec ’05.

The girls' shirts were sponsored by Tom Gdaniec of G3 Clean Energy Marketing, LLC.  In the Western Regionals, the team finished 14^th out of 20 teams.  Out of 84 Singles Competitors, Lauren Andrychowski finished 47^th, Kaitlyn Klein came in 48^th, Andrea Fracassi was 70^th, and Josie Barcley finished in 78^th.  Great job, girls!  We are so proud of you!