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S C h o o l news
Six Catoctin High School Seniors Mother Seton School Students Map
Sign College Letters of Intent Their Way to Winning in Annual
Six seniors at Catoctin High School (CHS) eagerly awaited to sign the Geography Bee
documents that would soon take them off to their next step in their athletic
and educational careers. As proud family, friends, and coaches poured into the Do you know in which Courtesy Photo
high school’s gymnasium on February 29, 2016, CHS Athletic Director Kevin country Mount Kosciuszko
Macmullen handed out pens to each student in preparation. As the students is the highest peak? Jack
began to sign, their coaches (Valentine, Franklin, Williams, and Olsen) Guinan (Grade 6) and
remembered star moments of each individual and spoke of how proud they Emma Adams (Grade
were of each one of their athletes. 8) could tell you! (It’s
Katie Shugars will be attending Frederick Community College and playing Australia.) The Mother
on the Women’s Softball team. Kristen Fox will be attending Stevenson Seton School students
University in Maryland, playing on the Women’s Soccer team. Four seniors placed first and second
will be moving onto a college football program: Noah Dell, attending respectively in the school-
Frostburg State University; Payne Harrison, attending Mercyhurst University; wide Geography Bee held
CJ Simmers, attending Juniata College; and Braden Thomson, attending on February 3, 2016.
Bridgewater College. First-place winner Jack
Photo by Grace Eyler went on to qualify for the
Maryland State Geography First-place winner and runner-up of MSS Geography Bee, held
Bee, to be held on April 1, February 3, 2016: (from left) Jack Guinan (Grade 7) and Emma
2016, in Owings Mills and Adams (Grade 8).
will be broadcast on Maryland Public Television. Only the Top 100 scoring
students are eligible to take part in the State Bee. Jack is the only seventh-
grader and only Catholic school student from Frederick County to be selected.
The Top 10 state winners will move on to the National Geography Bee, which
will be held in May of this year. The National winner receives a $50,000
college scholarship. The National Geography Bee is in its twenty-eighth year
and is sponsored by the National Geographic Society.
Elizabeth Vines, Middle School teacher and Geography Bee Coordinator, said
that participation in the Bee is a fun way to promote the value of understanding
the world around us. “I tell the students they are global citizens,” she said. “The
Bee is one of the ways in which we try to broaden their minds.”
Pictured from left are seniors Katie Shugars, Kristen Fox, Payne Harrison, CJ Simmers, Braden With it being easier than ever before to connect with others on a global
Thomson, and Noah Dell. scale, it’s crucial for students to have an understanding of their neighbors and
where they come from. Classic subject matters such as geography provide the
Thurmont Middle School PTA to necessary frame of reference for students to reach that understanding, and
programs like the Geography Bee provide a forum for students to challenge
Award Two Scholarships themselves.
Guinan and Adams competed against other classmates who were selected after
The Thurmont Middle School (TMS) PTA is awarding two scholarships to the initial classroom screening, including: Ethan Little and Vincent Reaver III
qualified Catoctin High School seniors. You must apply by Friday, April 29, (Grade 4), Jameson Doll and Brendan Guinan (Grade 5), Emma Wivell and Alyssa
2016. Applicant must have attended TMS for one full school year. View the Corsetty (Grade 6), Larisa Tayler (Grade 7), and Kirstyn Bockelmann (Grade 8).
advertisement on page 6 for more details.
Thurmont’s Masonic Lodge #155 Thurmont Elementary Hosts its
Annual STEM Night
Offering Two Scholarships Thurmont Elementary School hosted its annual STEM Night, where students
Since 1995, Thurmont Masons have awarded scholarships worth over showed off their skills in all aspects of science, technology, engineering, and
$75,000 to area students. Scholarships are available to all graduating high math. Every year, STEM Night has grown, with this year having over eighteen
school level seniors from a Maryland stations of interactive fun, spread throughout the school for the community to
State accredited public, private, and/ stop, look, learn, and play. Can you take two Dixie cups and one 3x5 index
or homeschool program, who reside card, make a bridge with it, and then stack forty-six large and ninety-three small
within the Catoctin High School metal washers on it without the bridge collapsing? Fourth grader Tegan Mott
district boundaries. holds the record.
Scholarship application forms Students research projects included topics such as fastest cars, bottle rockets,
are available at the Catoctin High the solar system, why candy is sticky, and many more. TriState Astronomers was
School guidance office and at the on hand with their 8” 40 mm IP Celestron reflected telescope, which allowed
Thurmont Regional Library. everyone to take turns looking at craters on the moon, up close and personal.
Interested students must complete This event could not happen without the support of the Catoctin
an application and return it on or community. Thurmont Elementary School would like to thank the following:
before April 30, 2016. Gateway Market, Rocky’s Pizza, Weis Markets, Jubilee Foods, Bollinger’s
Questions regarding the Family Restaurant, Mountain Gate Family Restaurant, Food Lion, Subway,
application should be directed Wendy’s, Fratelli’s Thurmont Kountry Kitchen, Shamrock, Catoctin High
to Acacia Masonic Lodge #155 School, Walkersville High School, Mrs. Brawner and NIH/NCI, Mr. & Mrs.
Scholarship Committee via Child, Boy Scout Troop 270, Cub Scout Pack 270, TMS Olympiad Team,
the Lodge website at www. Thurmont Public Library, Catoctin Zoo, TriState Astronomers and TEPS PTA
thurmontmasons.com. for helping to make STEM Night a success.
S C h o o l news
Six Catoctin High School Seniors Mother Seton School Students Map
Sign College Letters of Intent Their Way to Winning in Annual
Six seniors at Catoctin High School (CHS) eagerly awaited to sign the Geography Bee
documents that would soon take them off to their next step in their athletic
and educational careers. As proud family, friends, and coaches poured into the Do you know in which Courtesy Photo
high school’s gymnasium on February 29, 2016, CHS Athletic Director Kevin country Mount Kosciuszko
Macmullen handed out pens to each student in preparation. As the students is the highest peak? Jack
began to sign, their coaches (Valentine, Franklin, Williams, and Olsen) Guinan (Grade 6) and
remembered star moments of each individual and spoke of how proud they Emma Adams (Grade
were of each one of their athletes. 8) could tell you! (It’s
Katie Shugars will be attending Frederick Community College and playing Australia.) The Mother
on the Women’s Softball team. Kristen Fox will be attending Stevenson Seton School students
University in Maryland, playing on the Women’s Soccer team. Four seniors placed first and second
will be moving onto a college football program: Noah Dell, attending respectively in the school-
Frostburg State University; Payne Harrison, attending Mercyhurst University; wide Geography Bee held
CJ Simmers, attending Juniata College; and Braden Thomson, attending on February 3, 2016.
Bridgewater College. First-place winner Jack
Photo by Grace Eyler went on to qualify for the
Maryland State Geography First-place winner and runner-up of MSS Geography Bee, held
Bee, to be held on April 1, February 3, 2016: (from left) Jack Guinan (Grade 7) and Emma
2016, in Owings Mills and Adams (Grade 8).
will be broadcast on Maryland Public Television. Only the Top 100 scoring
students are eligible to take part in the State Bee. Jack is the only seventh-
grader and only Catholic school student from Frederick County to be selected.
The Top 10 state winners will move on to the National Geography Bee, which
will be held in May of this year. The National winner receives a $50,000
college scholarship. The National Geography Bee is in its twenty-eighth year
and is sponsored by the National Geographic Society.
Elizabeth Vines, Middle School teacher and Geography Bee Coordinator, said
that participation in the Bee is a fun way to promote the value of understanding
the world around us. “I tell the students they are global citizens,” she said. “The
Bee is one of the ways in which we try to broaden their minds.”
Pictured from left are seniors Katie Shugars, Kristen Fox, Payne Harrison, CJ Simmers, Braden With it being easier than ever before to connect with others on a global
Thomson, and Noah Dell. scale, it’s crucial for students to have an understanding of their neighbors and
where they come from. Classic subject matters such as geography provide the
Thurmont Middle School PTA to necessary frame of reference for students to reach that understanding, and
programs like the Geography Bee provide a forum for students to challenge
Award Two Scholarships themselves.
Guinan and Adams competed against other classmates who were selected after
The Thurmont Middle School (TMS) PTA is awarding two scholarships to the initial classroom screening, including: Ethan Little and Vincent Reaver III
qualified Catoctin High School seniors. You must apply by Friday, April 29, (Grade 4), Jameson Doll and Brendan Guinan (Grade 5), Emma Wivell and Alyssa
2016. Applicant must have attended TMS for one full school year. View the Corsetty (Grade 6), Larisa Tayler (Grade 7), and Kirstyn Bockelmann (Grade 8).
advertisement on page 6 for more details.
Thurmont’s Masonic Lodge #155 Thurmont Elementary Hosts its
Annual STEM Night
Offering Two Scholarships Thurmont Elementary School hosted its annual STEM Night, where students
Since 1995, Thurmont Masons have awarded scholarships worth over showed off their skills in all aspects of science, technology, engineering, and
$75,000 to area students. Scholarships are available to all graduating high math. Every year, STEM Night has grown, with this year having over eighteen
school level seniors from a Maryland stations of interactive fun, spread throughout the school for the community to
State accredited public, private, and/ stop, look, learn, and play. Can you take two Dixie cups and one 3x5 index
or homeschool program, who reside card, make a bridge with it, and then stack forty-six large and ninety-three small
within the Catoctin High School metal washers on it without the bridge collapsing? Fourth grader Tegan Mott
district boundaries. holds the record.
Scholarship application forms Students research projects included topics such as fastest cars, bottle rockets,
are available at the Catoctin High the solar system, why candy is sticky, and many more. TriState Astronomers was
School guidance office and at the on hand with their 8” 40 mm IP Celestron reflected telescope, which allowed
Thurmont Regional Library. everyone to take turns looking at craters on the moon, up close and personal.
Interested students must complete This event could not happen without the support of the Catoctin
an application and return it on or community. Thurmont Elementary School would like to thank the following:
before April 30, 2016. Gateway Market, Rocky’s Pizza, Weis Markets, Jubilee Foods, Bollinger’s
Questions regarding the Family Restaurant, Mountain Gate Family Restaurant, Food Lion, Subway,
application should be directed Wendy’s, Fratelli’s Thurmont Kountry Kitchen, Shamrock, Catoctin High
to Acacia Masonic Lodge #155 School, Walkersville High School, Mrs. Brawner and NIH/NCI, Mr. & Mrs.
Scholarship Committee via Child, Boy Scout Troop 270, Cub Scout Pack 270, TMS Olympiad Team,
the Lodge website at www. Thurmont Public Library, Catoctin Zoo, TriState Astronomers and TEPS PTA
thurmontmasons.com. for helping to make STEM Night a success.
