Mercy Updates

Back to School Mass

August 29, 2014

The Junior High did a fantastic job preparing the Back To School Mass on August 29th.   We were thankful to have Father Bill Verbryke as our celebrant that morning.   Parents were invited to come early to enjoy some coffee and breakfast in the parlor and then join their children for mass.    It was…

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“Chocolate Fever” at Reading Camp!

August 19, 2014

The halls of Mercy were filled with the sweet smell of chocolate in August when lower elementary teacher, Noreen Sullivan, hosted the first annual Chocolate Reading Camp. The camp focused on three books, “Charlie and the Chocolate Factory”, “The Chocolate Touch”,  and “Chocolate Fever”.    Great reading is made up of 5 skills – phonetic awareness, phonics, comprehension, vocabulary,…

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Spring Fling 2014: Mercy Goes Gatsby!

March 30, 2014

Mercy Montessori Spring Fling 2014 Auction Recap Mercy Goes … Gatsby! Thank you to the many volunteers, sponsors, donors and attendees who made this year’s Spring Fling a ‘roaring’ success!  The 2014 event was the highest grossing fundraiser to date, bring in over $73,000 in support of Mercy Montessori’s financial assistance program.  We are grateful…

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Poetry and Pumpkin Pie

February 3, 2014

A literary tradition that has taken place in one of Mercy’s 6-9 classrooms for more than a decade is an afternoon of poetry reading, followed by pumpkin pie. Parents and siblings of students in Melissa and Noreen’s lower elementary class enjoyed a stellar turnout for this pre-Thanksgiving experience. Students, singly and in groups of various…

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Grandparents Days

February 3, 2014

Our 290 students hosted 410 guests during November’s Grandparents’ Days. A favorite of all ages, it was a pleasure to host the grandparents, grandfriends, and other adults who spent two wonderful mornings with their favorite Mercy students. Each day begins in the chapel, where a number of upper elementary and junior high students shared their…

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