NEW DIRECTOR OF ADMISSIONS
St. Ursula Academy is pleased to announce that Toni Moor Kelly has accepted the position of Director of Admissions.
SUA CREW BRINGS HOME SILVER
St. Ursula Academy sent three boats to the Scholastic Rowing Association's 76th National Championships in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., Friday and Saturday of Memorial Day weekend. The Freshmen 8 boat brought home the Silver Medal, ranking 2nd in the nation! The Junior 8 and the Varsity 4 took 8th and 9th, respectively.
Front Row - L to R: Leah McCormick, Kristen Winchester, Allison Rudolph, and Emily Win
Back Row - L to R: Allison Sheehan, Sofie Vermeulen, Gabrielle Mancy, Beth Ann Less, and Coxswain, Eline Vermeulen
The freshman coaches are Cynthia Marley and Anna Muller, and head coach is Neil McElroy.
Hosted by the Saratoga Rowing Association, the two-day event attracted 3,100 rowers from high schools throughout the East Coast and Mid-Atlantic region. Fish Creek, which flows out of Saratoga Lake, provided the 1,500-meter course for the rowers.
SUA MUSICAL FOR 2011!
Andrew Lloyd Webber's
THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA
Northwest Ohio Amateur Premiere
Auditions in late September; details to follow.
St. Ursula Academy will open its 156th school year with a new president and new principal at the helm, carrying on the school’s legacy of excellence in education. Sister Mary Kay Homan, OP, will become the fourth president of the Academy, and Mrs. Kimberly A. Sofo will become the new principal. more
St. Ursula Academy is pleased to announce that Ronald “Duffy” Burns has accepted the position of Head Basketball Coach. more
In July 2010, an international team of scientists will set sail on the scientific drilling vessel JOIDES Resolution for an eight-week Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) expedition to the Juan de Fuca Ridge. Mrs. Jackie Kane, who teaches Physics, Honors Physics and Geoscience at St. Ursula Academy, will be a crew member on this expedition. She was chosen from an international pool of applicants to be a part of the education team. The ship leaves from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, and heads 200 miles into the ocean where the crew will conduct integrated ocean drilling experiments.
Stacie Hunt ’10 was chosen as one of nine winners in The Toledo Bar Association’s 2010 Caty Armstrong Memorial Law Day Essay Contest. Her essay was chosen by a panel of celebrity judges as one of the outstanding essays regarding Law in the 21st Century. She placed 2nd in Division I.
Two St. Ursula students completed the Architecture project this spring for the 2010 AIA High School Design Competition. Abby Dudek ’13 and Madeline Meads ‘12 both competed in the competition. Abby won 2nd place for her entry in the model category. This year's project was to design an Event Pavilion & Plaza for the Marina District. Scot Rossi, of Rossi & Associates, is the club's architectural advisor. Mrs. Kalinoski is the faculty advisor.
Two St. Ursula Academy seniors, Haley Herman of Sylvania and Rachel Kalinoski of Toledo, have been named Semifinalists in the 2010 National Merit® Scholarship Program.
Rachel Kalinoski and Haley Herman
Herman and Kalinoski were two of approximately 16,000 Semifinalists in the 55th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. These academically gifted high school seniors met all the requirements to advance to Finalist standing in the competition.
The National Merit® Scholarship Program is an academic competition for recognition and scholarships that began in 1955. High school students enter the National Merit Program by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT®) – a test which serves as an initial screening of approximately 1.5 million entrants each year–and by meeting published program entry/participation requirements.
Sixteen SUA students entered 42 pieces of art in the regional judging of the annual Governor's Youth Art Exhibit on March 6th. From the 12,000 regional entries from fifteen regions, approximately 2,500 were selected to enter the state judging phase. State jurors then selected 300 for the actual exhibition, with 25 of the 300 chosen to receive the Governor's Award of Excellence. SUA had six pieces accepted and they moved on to the state judging phase on March 12th. Three of the six pieces were accepted into the very competitive state exhibit.
Congratulations to:
Kelsey David - Photography "Nose Goes"
Meredith Niehaus - Drawing "Girl's Best Friend"
Meredith Niehaus - Drawing "Untitled"
The other three pieces will be in a Regional show in April (TBA):
Kelsey David - Photography
Kelsey Greenoe - Drawing
Rachel Kalinoski - Drawing
St. Ursula Academy will open the 2010-11 school year with a new principal at the helm. St. Ursula is pleased to announce that Kimberly A. Sofo will become the school’s new principal. Mrs. Sofo’s professional career in education has spanned twelve years in a range of positions including principal, assistant principal and six years as a teacher, at three different Toledo Public Schools.
Mrs. Sofo earned her masters degree in administration and supervision, and her bachelor’s degree in Arts and Science from the University of Toledo. She has administrative licensure for grades K-12 and teaching licensure for grades
1-8. “I am excited about the experience and energy that Kim brings to this position,” said SUA Board Chair, Scott Savage. “We anticipate continued strong academic leadership with enthusiasm as we welcome Kim to St. Ursula,” added Jane Charette, SUA President.
Mrs. Sofo expressed, “I am looking forward to being a part of St. Ursula Academy. I am very excited about the opportunity to be involved in a culture that fosters the spirit of St. Angela and empowers young women through education.”
Congratulations to the Model UN Members who participated in the 20th annual Mid-American Model United Nations competition last week in Kalamazoo, MI. Twenty three students from SUA attended the conference, representing the countries of Mozambique, St. Kitts and Nevis, Haiti and the United States. The girls joined over 500 other students as they presented their research on current-event topics, debated international policy and participated in crisis simulations. Each of the students did a fantastic job, and a special shout-out goes to Corrine Gleckler who won Highest Honors in her crisis simulation.
Representing SUA were: Lauren Alberti, Miranda Ames, Abby Bond, Nicole Dailey, Hollis Dana, Molly Dedo, Sarah Dusseau, Nicole Fernandez, Corrine Gleckler, Kate Kaser, Isabelle Lishewski, Kara Mancinotti, Abby Mello, Jackie Miesle, Aly Miller, Rachel Nofziger, Lauren Nowacki, Aubrey Pizza, Caitlyn Scott, Carolyn Sharkey, Sydni Slack, Leah Streeter, Eline Vermeulen, and Rachel Wolf. Faculty Moderators: Brian Shaver and Maryanne Hodge.
NASA asks St. Ursula to Strut Science Skills:
School is 1 of 4 in U.S. to Gain Invitation
St. Ursula's Science Club is one of four such high-school groups from across the United States chosen by NASA to send a four-person delegation to the Glenn Research Center near Cleveland in April to conduct experiments the groups developed themselves, following space-agency guidelines, and entered in a competitive selection process.
St. Ursula Academy Science Club members with their NASA’s Dropping in a Microgravity Environment entry are, clockwise starting at the center front left of the board, Madeline Niehaus, 16, Abby Rieker, 17, holding the board’s left corner, adviser Jackie Kane, Sydney Schwab, 16, Gretchen Savage, 16, Stephanie N. Szczesniak, 16, Nicole Ishimwe, 15, Cassie Pacer, 17, Liz Garrison, 17, Shannon Martin, 17, Danyel E. Wigmans, 14, and Nikeya Dickson, 18, holding the board’s right corner.
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SUA Mock Trial Team Advances to Regional Competition
The SUA Mock Trial team ("UrsuLAW"), coached by SUA alumna Jenni (Nixon) Jaffee 2000, competed in the Ohio High School Mock Trial District Competition on Friday, February 5th. Twelve teams from six area high schools participated. Each team in the competition participated in two trials. Teams that won both of their trials were advanced to the Regional Competition on February 26th. SUA beat teams from Edon High School and St. John's Jesuit to be one of four teams to qualify for Regionals. The other three teams are from Sylvania Southview. Several SUA team members won individual awards as well: Erin Sarantou won the Outstanding Attorney award, and Rachel Chambers and Clare Kelly each won the Outstanding Witness award. The members of the team are:
Erin Sarantou, Amelia Wolf, Melissa Lenz, Stacie Hunt, Rachel Chambers, Clare Kelly, Kayla Hayes, Maggie Peatee, Amber Wright, Keyanna Jordan, Lindsay Carr, Faculty Advisor: Erin Parseghian
SUA Community Comes Together for Haiti Relief
With just one day's notice, the students, faculty and families of the St. Ursula community came together to collect six cases of needed medical supplies and over $2,000 in financial donations. SUA student Marisa Paat's father is one of a team of doctors and medical professionals who deployed to Haiti to assist with the aftermath of the devastating earthquake there.The SUA supplies were a part of that mission.
SUA students collected over 1,000 books as part of the United Way/Martin Luther King Service Project. The books will be donated to Rosary Cathedral and SUA students will visit and read to the preschool through fourth grade students there during Catholic School week. Books adult readers will be donated to Read for Literacy.
The Ursuline Sisters have a long and splendid history in Toledo, beginning in 1854 when they came from Cleveland and established residence at the corner of Cherry and Erie Streets and, not four days after their arrival, began St. Ursula Academy.
The Ursulines’ influence continues to be strong. Recently, the Sisters made a deliberate sacrificial gift to St. Ursula Academy – the largest ever given by the community – to provide scholarships to St. Ursula Academy students who demonstrate both desire for an SUA education and financial need. The Sisters chose to make this important gift as a concrete demonstration of their passion for the “vision of St. Angela working with women and helping them with a foundation of dignity and independence,” said Sr. Donna Frey, President of the Ursulines of Toledo.
The Champs - Front Row: Libby Dachenhaus, Molly Pfohl, Marissa Tashenberg, Hannah Romstadt, Veronica Zimmerman, Emma Romstadt, Isabelle Lishewski, Maddie Burnham
Back Row: Head Coach John Buck, Erin Williams, Madison Haupricht, Katie Felix, Maggie Burnham, Maddie Strall, Kelsey Reiner, Cassidy Croci, Coach Shelli Smith, Coach Sarah Buck
Not pictured: Coach Stacey Cromer, Coach Sydney Antonio
Click below to view the videos that were featured at SUA's 2009 Visitation Day. The Freshmen, Sophomores, Juniors and Seniors created their own class video to express why they love SUA. What a bunch of talented young women! Enjoy!