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the very prestigious Aspen Music Festival
and School for the 2014 season. He will
spend eight weeks in Aspen, Colorado
studying and performing orchestral music
to hone his craft.
Kendall Pace '13, a freshman at Columbia
University in New York and former BMHS
varsity football player, has been chosen to
be a paid intern this summer conducting
economic research at the Johns Hopkins
University, Bloomsberg School of Public
Health.
As a scholarship recipient of the White
House
Correspondents'
Association,
Simone Thomas '13 was able to attend
the White House Correspondents' Dinner
where she had the opportunity to meet
President Barack Obama and First Lady
Michelle Obama. "I walked across the stage
and not only gave First Lady Michelle
Obama a hug, but shook the hands of
President Obama and other White House
Correspondents. It was such a great
experience that I will always remember,"
she described of the experience.
Alexis McNeil '13 finished first in her heat
and recorded the second fastest time in
school history in the 100-meter dash at the
Raleigh Relays in Raleigh, N.C. The twoday meet was hosted by North Carolina
State University. Alexis posted a time of
12.55 seconds, only a quarter-second off
of the University of Mount Olive Trojan
record.
Andrew Feather '13 was a member of the
Elon University ELN (Elon Local News)
network that took second in the Alternative
category for the 35th College Television
Awards.
Tyrone Allen '13, a freshman string bass
player, performed along with other fellow
students of Eastman School of Music University of Rochester at the Kennedy
Center Terrace Theatre on April 23rd.
Former teachers attended his performance.
Led by Tayler Stiles '13, the University of
Maryland Men's Baseball team clinched
the program's first regional title and
advanced to the Super Regional round
of the NCAA Tournament with a 10-1
victory over South Carolina at Carolina
Stadium in the Columbia Regional final.
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Graduating senior Thomas Page '14 was
a recipient of a $1,000 scholarship from
the Joseph Ferrante Foundation. This
scholarship was awarded to students who
gave so much time and talent back into their
communities. Joseph Ferrante, a former
BMHS Board Member and BMHS parent
who passed away in 2011, strongly believed
in the idea that it is up to us to make our
communities, churches, schools, and our
country a better place. He was always
looking for ways to give back, including
coaching, assisting with the boys and girls
club, school and church fundraising both
personally and through his business, Nick's
Supermarket in Clinton, Maryland. He was
father of Nick '84, Jean Marie LR '86 and
John '87.
"To my Bishop McNamara High School Friends and Family,"
I can remember when I started working
at Bishop McNamara High School and
Dominique, our now ten year-old daughter,
was only five months old. I am writing to
you because I am headed to another school,
in another archdiocese, to work as their
next principal. I know my future faculty
and staff will have searched for me on the
Internet by now, trying to grasp who I am
and where I come from. I imagine it's only
fair I have a chance to tell my own story.
I am the new principal at St. Mary's High
School Annapolis, yes, but I am also a
product of this proud community.
I have lived the McNamara experience as a
sibling, student, teacher, and administrator
and all these experiences have shaped me. I
am a better person because of McNamara.
How did that change take place? The
teachers who taught me, some which became
my colleagues, set me on my path. My
classmates, who are on staff and otherwise,
and my principal, Mr. Matthew Goyette,
while I was a student, gave me confidence,
knowledge, support, and opportunities to
be myself. As a professional, every one of
you molded me by your compassion and
your commitment to giving everything for
our students. The millions of selfless acts
I witnessed at McNamara, show that our
community is fulfilling God's call for all of
us to be instruments of His love. You touch
hundreds of lives every day in your roles
and you have touched me. I know we have
weathered transition, but all that made us
stronger and, therefore, a better community.
the benefit of the doubt and supported me
with respect, please offer that same support
to the one who will follow me in this role.
The person who fills my role will have his/
her own gifts and talents that will enhance
this community, and the only thing I can
guarantee is that he/she will be different.
That change is one I challenge you to see
as a sign of hope and great benefit for this
community.
I want to thank specifically the Academic
Board members. How long was our longest
agenda? You are wonderful academic
leaders and I challenge you to continue to
bring excellence at all levels.
I love this place and I will carry on all
that you have shared with me to my next
community. This is NOT goodbye. Thank
you for all that you do.
Can I ask one favor? Just as you gave me
I still remember finding out when the
Academic Dean position opened years
back, because at that moment in my life, I
was called.
Sincerely,
Mindi Imes de Duclos '96
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