It’s almost that time of year again. That time when snow is falling and trees are lit and the winter season is beginning and Christmas is slowly approaching us. This is my favorite season because of snow, Christmas and my birthday as well. It’s a busy time at Union Catholic with our semi formal coming up, winter pep rally and mid terms are only a couple of weeks away. Recently our forensics team went down to Princeton to compete in a meet and did very good by scoring high in a lot of categories. The fall season is finished up and winter season is getting in the swing of things. I’m really excited for basketball season because our varsity team looks good and junior varsity which I am on looks ready for a good season as well. Our winter track team is looking to repeat their great success of last year when they had a sprint relay team finish second in the whole nation.
Recently my brother joined me in school for freshman for a day here at Union Catholic. I showed him sides of the school that I could have never explained to him, no matter how hard I tried. He couldn’t see how the nice the teachers were, or feel the great warmth that the students give off. He said he experienced a great day, which is basically everyday here at Union Catholic. Everyone here is warm and welcome and likes everyone that is around them. My brother loved the food here as well. If you ever have the chance, you'll have to try the fries because they are probably the best of any school in the area. Everyone is excited for the Christmas season and can’t wait until the break and know that they are almost half way through the year. I’m almost halfway through my sophomore year and it feels like just yesterday I walked into UC for freshman orientation and time seems to be flying here. That is what happens when you are in such a fun place like UC almost every day of the week.
Monday, December 03, 2007
Friday, November 30, 2007
Regionals & Athletic Dinner
Hey everyone! I’m sorry I haven’t blogged in a while, but life in UC has been busy. Last week was Thanksgiving, and because of our First Marking Period success we received Tuesday off as well as Thursday and Friday because of the holiday. It’s been very busy, but that’s exactly what makes this school so much fun.
My Cross Country season also came to an end this past Saturday. My coach and a few of my teammates came to support me in New York. I was running it the Foot Locker Northeast Regional race. I ran in the sophomore race, and did very well. My performance earned me a spot on the All-Northeast team. It was very exciting. There were thousands of people there and it was held at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx, New York. It was a day I’ll never forget.
We also had our annual Athletic Awards dinner for the fall athletes this past Wednesday. This is a night set aside to recognize the accomplishment our fall athletes have achieved this year. It was held at the Westwood in Garwood. The night was a great success. As a part of the ceremonies there were video presentations for every team. These videos were made by our Digital Film class members. The videos were awesome and they were all made on to a DVD for the parents to buy. Everyone had a great time. They have these dinners after every sport’s season. I’m looking forward to Winter and Spring!
My Cross Country season also came to an end this past Saturday. My coach and a few of my teammates came to support me in New York. I was running it the Foot Locker Northeast Regional race. I ran in the sophomore race, and did very well. My performance earned me a spot on the All-Northeast team. It was very exciting. There were thousands of people there and it was held at Van Cortlandt Park in the Bronx, New York. It was a day I’ll never forget.
We also had our annual Athletic Awards dinner for the fall athletes this past Wednesday. This is a night set aside to recognize the accomplishment our fall athletes have achieved this year. It was held at the Westwood in Garwood. The night was a great success. As a part of the ceremonies there were video presentations for every team. These videos were made by our Digital Film class members. The videos were awesome and they were all made on to a DVD for the parents to buy. Everyone had a great time. They have these dinners after every sport’s season. I’m looking forward to Winter and Spring!
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
UC in the Community
Hey readers how is everyone doing? Hopefully it’s good, it’s getting that time for 8th graders to decide where they would like to attend high school. My best advice is not to stress out and put too much pressure on yourself because then it won’t make the decision and your high school career much fun.
UC is starting to get more involved in the community and trying to help out people in need. A couple of days ago 7 UC students including myself traveled to the Center for Hope Hospice located on Terrill Road in Scotch Plains. We traveled to another center to help stuff bags for one of their meetings that were coming up. It felt good to help people that were in need. It’s hard for people to know that they are dying, but at the same time still have fun with the rest of the days that they are living out. Sometimes we seem to forget about our elderly people. Doing this I know that these people who might be in a lot of pain and discomfort were happy because they knew that we were trying to help them. These people need our love to feel like they are welcome in this world and that just because they are leaving this Earth, they shouldn’t be shut out from living a great life until the very end. It is important for everyone to volunteer in community service. Just think if everyone donated one hour a week think of how much more work we could get done and how happy everyone that is in need would be. UC is giving a great chance to it’s student’s by developing this program which allows the students to volunteer on their own time. Just remember that there is a place for everyone to help and it would be greatly appreciated by everyone who you help.
UC is starting to get more involved in the community and trying to help out people in need. A couple of days ago 7 UC students including myself traveled to the Center for Hope Hospice located on Terrill Road in Scotch Plains. We traveled to another center to help stuff bags for one of their meetings that were coming up. It felt good to help people that were in need. It’s hard for people to know that they are dying, but at the same time still have fun with the rest of the days that they are living out. Sometimes we seem to forget about our elderly people. Doing this I know that these people who might be in a lot of pain and discomfort were happy because they knew that we were trying to help them. These people need our love to feel like they are welcome in this world and that just because they are leaving this Earth, they shouldn’t be shut out from living a great life until the very end. It is important for everyone to volunteer in community service. Just think if everyone donated one hour a week think of how much more work we could get done and how happy everyone that is in need would be. UC is giving a great chance to it’s student’s by developing this program which allows the students to volunteer on their own time. Just remember that there is a place for everyone to help and it would be greatly appreciated by everyone who you help.
Friday, November 02, 2007
XC Counties
Counties and Life in UC
Union Catholic gets more and more exciting everyday. Our athletic teams are doing great and everyone in the school is getting ready for report cards to come out. School is going great, and the Cross Country team is doing awesome.
Our Cross Country team just competed in the Union County Championships last Thursday. It was rained out the first day but we were ready to go on Thursday. It was cold and cloudy which is perfect weather for running. The team ran great, and the meet was in itself a success. The terrain was a little slick, but for the most part the course was fine. With so much talent in the county right now it’s awesome to see the team performing well.
Our boys and girls soccer teams are in the State Tournament and the JV girl’s volleyball team just won the County Championship. All of our sports teams are performing at the top of their game which is great to see. We are all ready to enter the Championship part of our seasons, and we are all looking forward to it.
Other than that Life in UC is pretty normal, BUSY! There is always something going on during and after school. That makes school a lot of fun, and we all love it. All of my friends are getting excited for Halloween, and we can’t wait to dress up. I’ll tell you all about it next time!
Union Catholic gets more and more exciting everyday. Our athletic teams are doing great and everyone in the school is getting ready for report cards to come out. School is going great, and the Cross Country team is doing awesome.
Our Cross Country team just competed in the Union County Championships last Thursday. It was rained out the first day but we were ready to go on Thursday. It was cold and cloudy which is perfect weather for running. The team ran great, and the meet was in itself a success. The terrain was a little slick, but for the most part the course was fine. With so much talent in the county right now it’s awesome to see the team performing well.
Our boys and girls soccer teams are in the State Tournament and the JV girl’s volleyball team just won the County Championship. All of our sports teams are performing at the top of their game which is great to see. We are all ready to enter the Championship part of our seasons, and we are all looking forward to it.
Other than that Life in UC is pretty normal, BUSY! There is always something going on during and after school. That makes school a lot of fun, and we all love it. All of my friends are getting excited for Halloween, and we can’t wait to dress up. I’ll tell you all about it next time!
PSAT's & Weekend
Everyone at UC is excited for the year that is coming up. Recently the sophomores and juniors took the PSAT’s in school. Sophomores took the test in a classroom with their respective English classes. The juniors sat in the cafeteria arranged by English class as well. The test took about 3 hours and consisted of 5 parts. There were 2 math sections each averaging about 30 questions and 2 critical reading sections averaging about 25 questions each. There was also a writing section but luckily we did not have to write an essay. Although the PSAT’s don’t count sophomore year, UC gives it to us to help us prepare for our college future. I didn’t think that the test was that difficult as some of my other classmates thought. The hardest part for me was the vocabulary because it is hard to remember all of the words and what each one means. It is nearing the end of the marking period and that means its stressful for everyone, hopefully my grades will be good and I won’t have to stress out over if my grades were good or not. We also had a pep rally in which all the sport teams walked out with the cheerleaders and pumped up the crowd for the remainder of their seasons. The crowd was pumping and the gym felt like it was rocking the whole time. Soon the winter season sports will start and I will be able to try out for basketball. Last year I started on the freshman team and even though we didn’t do so good I had a fun time and hopefully this year will be better.
This past weekend was kind of a drag because it rained almost the whole weekend. Most of the sports events were cancelled and everyone was forced to stay inside most of the weekend. I went to a sweet 16 Saturday night with a bunch of juniors and sophomores. My good friend DJ was there and we had a lot of fun dancing all night to the music that was played. Sunday I was lucky enough to go to the Jets game at the Meadowlands but they lost. They didn’t play well at all and it was a very cold day, so that didn’t make it any better. UC is definitely back in the swing of things and everyone including the freshman are getting used to what life is like here at one of the best schools ever UC.
This past weekend was kind of a drag because it rained almost the whole weekend. Most of the sports events were cancelled and everyone was forced to stay inside most of the weekend. I went to a sweet 16 Saturday night with a bunch of juniors and sophomores. My good friend DJ was there and we had a lot of fun dancing all night to the music that was played. Sunday I was lucky enough to go to the Jets game at the Meadowlands but they lost. They didn’t play well at all and it was a very cold day, so that didn’t make it any better. UC is definitely back in the swing of things and everyone including the freshman are getting used to what life is like here at one of the best schools ever UC.
Friday, October 19, 2007
Progress Reports, XC & Pep Rally
The halls of UC sure are buzzing with so much going on. Progress Reports are sent out to the parents of every student in the middle of every marking period, and they have your current grade in every class. All of the kids here, including me, stress out about them. Fortunately I did fine. My grades are good, and a load of stress is off my back.
Last Saturday our Cross Country team went to Van Cortlandt Park in New York City in the Bronx for the Manhattan College Invitational. Its slogan is the race of “The Biggest and the Best”, and it sure was. There were over 12,000 runners participating, and over 30 or 40,000 people in the park. It was an awesome race. The course is the 3rd hardest in the country and teams from all over the country come to run it. Our team did awesome, and it gave us loads of confidence going into our Union County Championship race on Wednesday the 24th. It should be a great race.
To top it all off we had our fall sports pep rally this past Tuesday. Every sports team walks into the gym and the whole school goes crazy! There were performances by the Step Squad, the Break Dancers, the Gymnastics team, and the Cheerleaders. There were also Volleyball games between all the grades. There were 12 people representing every grade. The Seniors won between all the grades, but later fell to the Faculty in a very exciting game. The Pep rally was a great time, and I can’t wait until the winter when we have our next one. Life in UC is sure exciting right now.
Last Saturday our Cross Country team went to Van Cortlandt Park in New York City in the Bronx for the Manhattan College Invitational. Its slogan is the race of “The Biggest and the Best”, and it sure was. There were over 12,000 runners participating, and over 30 or 40,000 people in the park. It was an awesome race. The course is the 3rd hardest in the country and teams from all over the country come to run it. Our team did awesome, and it gave us loads of confidence going into our Union County Championship race on Wednesday the 24th. It should be a great race.
To top it all off we had our fall sports pep rally this past Tuesday. Every sports team walks into the gym and the whole school goes crazy! There were performances by the Step Squad, the Break Dancers, the Gymnastics team, and the Cheerleaders. There were also Volleyball games between all the grades. There were 12 people representing every grade. The Seniors won between all the grades, but later fell to the Faculty in a very exciting game. The Pep rally was a great time, and I can’t wait until the winter when we have our next one. Life in UC is sure exciting right now.
Monday, October 15, 2007
Freshman Field Day
Hello readers, now that school is back in the swing of things I will be able to update my blog more often. Our first progress reports were just recently mailed out which is the half way point of the marking period. This means that 1/8 of the year has already passed!!!! It feels like just yesterday I was walking into the halls of UC as a freshman for the first time. Time here at UC goes by very fast, so you have to enjoy life and take it in stride. Recently UC held a freshman field day where all of the freshman homerooms competed against each other to see if they were truly the best homeroom. 207 ended up winning the whole tournament and 203 received the spirit award for their cheers throughout the whole day. I was the leader of homeroom 205 and although we didn’t win, all of the kids had fun and it was probably much better then sitting in the classroom all day. The day was buzzing with excitement as each homeroom wanted to be given the trophy and have the bragging rights that they were the best homeroom of the freshman. Special thanks go to student council who ran the event and all the Big Brothers/ Big Sisters who helped out and lead the homerooms. During the day we had tug of war, ultimate Frisbee games, poster drawing, hula hoop events, tennis ball racing and the three legged race. These were just some of the competitions that the freshman competed in during the fun filled day. All of the freshman competed really hard and showed great sportsmanship throughout the whole day, but in the end 207 aka Bace’s Aces edged put a very very close victory. The whole day was a success and everyone was screaming and yelling the whole entire day.
Recently UC held its annual open house for grades 6,7,8. I attended because my brother is in 8th grade and is thinking about coming to UC. The school was packed with people, so much that we had people lining up outside of the auditorium because there were too many people standing for there to be any room. It was a great success and I think all of our clubs and sports activities gained a lot of kids that they should look forward to seeing when registration comes around. For any 8th graders that are reading this blog, or younger students that are thinking about attending UC, I say you should totally do it. UC is the best fit for anyone because it is so diverse in what it has to offer. Every kid that attends the school can find something that is comfortable for them whether it be a club or a sports team. All the faculty, staff, and students are warm and friendly and are always there whenever you need help. The UC community is one of the tightest knit groups that I have been involved in for a while. All students can be involved in the school’s activities including the Pep Rally which is next week to get the fall sports pumped and ready for the remainder of their respective seasons. Welcome back everyone and for all the students thinking about coming to UC, my best advice would be to call the main office and schedule yourself a date for freshman for a day. This is the best tool, because you walk around with a freshman and get to see what it like is to be a freshman here at UC for a whole day. DJ and I will be keeping you updated on the events that happen throughout the school year, so keep reading and look each week for a new updated blog.
Recently UC held its annual open house for grades 6,7,8. I attended because my brother is in 8th grade and is thinking about coming to UC. The school was packed with people, so much that we had people lining up outside of the auditorium because there were too many people standing for there to be any room. It was a great success and I think all of our clubs and sports activities gained a lot of kids that they should look forward to seeing when registration comes around. For any 8th graders that are reading this blog, or younger students that are thinking about attending UC, I say you should totally do it. UC is the best fit for anyone because it is so diverse in what it has to offer. Every kid that attends the school can find something that is comfortable for them whether it be a club or a sports team. All the faculty, staff, and students are warm and friendly and are always there whenever you need help. The UC community is one of the tightest knit groups that I have been involved in for a while. All students can be involved in the school’s activities including the Pep Rally which is next week to get the fall sports pumped and ready for the remainder of their respective seasons. Welcome back everyone and for all the students thinking about coming to UC, my best advice would be to call the main office and schedule yourself a date for freshman for a day. This is the best tool, because you walk around with a freshman and get to see what it like is to be a freshman here at UC for a whole day. DJ and I will be keeping you updated on the events that happen throughout the school year, so keep reading and look each week for a new updated blog.
Tuesday, October 02, 2007
We're Back!!
Hey Everyone,
As you may remember my name is D.J. and I am currently a sophomore at Union Catholic. Kevin, a friend and I are going to keep you up on what it's like to be a student here at UC.
So far for me, school is going great. I have amazing teachers, and I have gotten off to a good start with my grades. It was great to finally see my friends after a fast, but fun-filled summer.
I played baseball over the summer with the Vikings of UC, and we had one of the best seasons in school history. Our Junior Legion team placed second in the Union County Tournament and we went to the State Tournament. We were the First Junior Legion team in school history to win a game in States, when we defeated Nutley in the second game of our tournament. We did not win States, but we definitely gave it a good run. I also trained all summer long for my Cross Country season which is going on right now.
Our Cross Country team is defending a three year streak of winning the Mountain Valley Conference Championship. We lost three great seniors last year, but the team is looking stronger than ever. We are all excited to go out and surprise a lot of people. Everyone is running great, and it should be a great year.
Last Friday was the Annual welcome back dance, and it was a great time. I went with all of my friends, and we danced the night away. The dance floor was packed all night. The music was great, and everyone was full of energy. We all were able to let loose after being in school for the first time in three months. It felt good. There was a mix of every grade. The night was a big success, and the student council did a great job in setting everything up. I had a race the next morning, and when I woke up I was a little tired. However, everyone on the team, despite being a little tired, ran great. The school year is definitely off to a good start for me, and I look forward to the upcoming year.
Hello readers my name is Kevin Coughlan and I am currently a sophomore at UNION CATHOLIC High School. As the year goes on, DJ and I will be keeping you informed of what life is like as sophomores here at UC.
I’ll start with last Friday September 21st - the school held a welcome back dance for all students which I attended. I thought it was a great success and I had a lot of fun the whole entire night. Everyone was having a good time dancing with their friends both boys and girls. The DJ had the music blasting and I think it was a good way to relax from the hassle of the start of a new school year and just hang out with our friends for a night. Everything was perfect and I don’t think it could have gone any better. It didn’t matter whether you were a freshman and didn’t really know a lot of people, because as always the UC students were nice and friendly and surely we showed them how to have a good time. I’m really looking forward to the next dance which is semi-formal around December time. Special thanks go to all the staff and faculty who planned and helped set up for the occasion and made it a huge success. Welcome back UC and I hope everyone has a safe, great and healthy school year including students that don’t attend yet. If you don’t I hope to see you soon at some of our many occasions we have for incoming students.
As you may remember my name is D.J. and I am currently a sophomore at Union Catholic. Kevin, a friend and I are going to keep you up on what it's like to be a student here at UC.
So far for me, school is going great. I have amazing teachers, and I have gotten off to a good start with my grades. It was great to finally see my friends after a fast, but fun-filled summer.
I played baseball over the summer with the Vikings of UC, and we had one of the best seasons in school history. Our Junior Legion team placed second in the Union County Tournament and we went to the State Tournament. We were the First Junior Legion team in school history to win a game in States, when we defeated Nutley in the second game of our tournament. We did not win States, but we definitely gave it a good run. I also trained all summer long for my Cross Country season which is going on right now.
Our Cross Country team is defending a three year streak of winning the Mountain Valley Conference Championship. We lost three great seniors last year, but the team is looking stronger than ever. We are all excited to go out and surprise a lot of people. Everyone is running great, and it should be a great year.
Last Friday was the Annual welcome back dance, and it was a great time. I went with all of my friends, and we danced the night away. The dance floor was packed all night. The music was great, and everyone was full of energy. We all were able to let loose after being in school for the first time in three months. It felt good. There was a mix of every grade. The night was a big success, and the student council did a great job in setting everything up. I had a race the next morning, and when I woke up I was a little tired. However, everyone on the team, despite being a little tired, ran great. The school year is definitely off to a good start for me, and I look forward to the upcoming year.
Hello readers my name is Kevin Coughlan and I am currently a sophomore at UNION CATHOLIC High School. As the year goes on, DJ and I will be keeping you informed of what life is like as sophomores here at UC.
I’ll start with last Friday September 21st - the school held a welcome back dance for all students which I attended. I thought it was a great success and I had a lot of fun the whole entire night. Everyone was having a good time dancing with their friends both boys and girls. The DJ had the music blasting and I think it was a good way to relax from the hassle of the start of a new school year and just hang out with our friends for a night. Everything was perfect and I don’t think it could have gone any better. It didn’t matter whether you were a freshman and didn’t really know a lot of people, because as always the UC students were nice and friendly and surely we showed them how to have a good time. I’m really looking forward to the next dance which is semi-formal around December time. Special thanks go to all the staff and faculty who planned and helped set up for the occasion and made it a huge success. Welcome back UC and I hope everyone has a safe, great and healthy school year including students that don’t attend yet. If you don’t I hope to see you soon at some of our many occasions we have for incoming students.
Monday, April 23, 2007
Freshman Day of Recollection
Hey everyone,
I’m sorry I haven’t been blogging as much lately, but I have in fact been very busy. The past few weeks have been crazy with school events going on, and I’m going to fill you in. Two weeks ago the freshman had their annual freshman day of recollection. A lot of us thought that it was going to be really boring, but it turned out to be a lot of fun. It started off in homeroom when peer ministers came in and wrote letters on our hands, which represented what group we would be in for the rest of the day. Each pair of letters represented a different dance move. They did this because the theme of the day was “Dance, God is your D.J.”. I was put in the group WT for Woo Tang.
The day was filled with talks given by the peer ministers, fun games and activities. Everyone in my class had a great time. There was a jell-o eating contest, dancing, word games, and we even made human pyramids. The groups had talks and we all were able to let out our feelings. I thought that the day was a great success, and there is no doubt in my mind that everyone had a great time.
The peer ministers did a great job, and I thought their message was one that I can use with me for the rest of my life. I had an amazing time, and I hope next year is just as good.
Tomorrow is the Spring Pep Rally and Thursday is the Mr. UC Contest and I am looking forward to both. I’ll fill you in my next blog.
I’m sorry I haven’t been blogging as much lately, but I have in fact been very busy. The past few weeks have been crazy with school events going on, and I’m going to fill you in. Two weeks ago the freshman had their annual freshman day of recollection. A lot of us thought that it was going to be really boring, but it turned out to be a lot of fun. It started off in homeroom when peer ministers came in and wrote letters on our hands, which represented what group we would be in for the rest of the day. Each pair of letters represented a different dance move. They did this because the theme of the day was “Dance, God is your D.J.”. I was put in the group WT for Woo Tang.
The day was filled with talks given by the peer ministers, fun games and activities. Everyone in my class had a great time. There was a jell-o eating contest, dancing, word games, and we even made human pyramids. The groups had talks and we all were able to let out our feelings. I thought that the day was a great success, and there is no doubt in my mind that everyone had a great time.
The peer ministers did a great job, and I thought their message was one that I can use with me for the rest of my life. I had an amazing time, and I hope next year is just as good.
Tomorrow is the Spring Pep Rally and Thursday is the Mr. UC Contest and I am looking forward to both. I’ll fill you in my next blog.
Thursday, March 08, 2007
Baseball Tryouts...
Hey everyone, I’m going to catch you up in the world of Union Catholic. The spring athletic season officially started on March 1st, 2007. I was planning on trying out for baseball and I did just that. Tryouts started on March 2nd, and I tried out with the freshman and sophomores. The juniors and seniors tried out separately. There were a lot of freshman and sophomores, and the tryout became pretty interesting.
The first day of tryouts was the worst. It was too cold to be outside, so we ran and did drills in the gym. We ran a lot, and everyone was really tired. We also did conditioning with push-ups, jumping jacks, and stretching. After that we hit in the cages, and pitched on the gym floor. The next day was al little easier. We threw, stretched, and took ground balls in the parking lot. Some of the guys had a rough time, but I thought I held my own pretty well. After that we hit and pitched in the gym again. The final part of the day was the mile run around the school. You run 3 laps around the school and it’s a little over a mile. I won my race, and I was pumped for the third and final day.
The final day was the same set-up as the 2nd day, and I won my mile race again! When we were done we were told to go in the locker room and wait to be called into the coach’s room to find out if we made the team. I was the last one called, but when I was called in I found out I had made the JV team! I was one of three freshmen to make the JV team. I was so excited to be on the team, and I can’t wait for opening day!
The first day of tryouts was the worst. It was too cold to be outside, so we ran and did drills in the gym. We ran a lot, and everyone was really tired. We also did conditioning with push-ups, jumping jacks, and stretching. After that we hit in the cages, and pitched on the gym floor. The next day was al little easier. We threw, stretched, and took ground balls in the parking lot. Some of the guys had a rough time, but I thought I held my own pretty well. After that we hit and pitched in the gym again. The final part of the day was the mile run around the school. You run 3 laps around the school and it’s a little over a mile. I won my race, and I was pumped for the third and final day.
The final day was the same set-up as the 2nd day, and I won my mile race again! When we were done we were told to go in the locker room and wait to be called into the coach’s room to find out if we made the team. I was the last one called, but when I was called in I found out I had made the JV team! I was one of three freshmen to make the JV team. I was so excited to be on the team, and I can’t wait for opening day!
Friday, February 23, 2007
Carnivale....
Hey everybody, I just wanted to let you guys know what’s happening in UC.
This weekend was presidents weekend, and it was awesome having Monday and Tuesday off from school. However, before the big weekend on Friday night the Italian classes from UC have what is called Carnivale, which celebrates the last day of eating before fasting of Lent or “Fat Tuesday”. Normally it is held on Fat Tuesday, but since we did not have school we had to reschedule I to the Friday before Ash Wednesday. There is lots of food, music, dancing, all of your friends come, and it’s just an absolutely great time. This year was my first Carnevale, and I am defiantly going next year. All the food there is homemade Italian food, and it tastes great. The music is also good. Our teacher Mr. Cerimele plays some Italian music along with some modern English music. Everyone dances, and it’s not only freshman that come. Every class comes, it’s a big event. Everything is great, and everyone has a good time.
Well, I just wanted to let you know what is happening in UC. I’ll keep you posted on how my Italian teacher liked this year’s Carnivale
This weekend was presidents weekend, and it was awesome having Monday and Tuesday off from school. However, before the big weekend on Friday night the Italian classes from UC have what is called Carnivale, which celebrates the last day of eating before fasting of Lent or “Fat Tuesday”. Normally it is held on Fat Tuesday, but since we did not have school we had to reschedule I to the Friday before Ash Wednesday. There is lots of food, music, dancing, all of your friends come, and it’s just an absolutely great time. This year was my first Carnevale, and I am defiantly going next year. All the food there is homemade Italian food, and it tastes great. The music is also good. Our teacher Mr. Cerimele plays some Italian music along with some modern English music. Everyone dances, and it’s not only freshman that come. Every class comes, it’s a big event. Everything is great, and everyone has a good time.
Well, I just wanted to let you know what is happening in UC. I’ll keep you posted on how my Italian teacher liked this year’s Carnivale
Thursday, February 08, 2007
My first entry!
Hey everyone, my name is D.J., and I’m a freshman at Union Catholic (Class of 2010!!) I can say that after my first half of the year, I absolutely love it here. I have made so many friends, and the environment is always friendly. I am in an all honors course schedule, and my teachers are great. Sports are probably the main things I’m involved with here. I run Varsity Cross Country and Varsity Winter Track, and I am planning on playing baseball in the spring. Our Cross Country team won Conference for the third straight year this past fall, and our Winter Track team recently won Conference and Counties! That is how I meant a lot my friends. It is so important to get involved in an activity when you come here. I starting practicing with our Cross Country team over the summer, and by the time school started I already knew a few people in the school, so it made it easier starting in a new school. Knowing a few faces can make a big difference starting in a brand new school. I am also involved in the Irish Vikings. The Irish Vikings is a club that helps the Union County Parade Committee prepare for the St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Union and we march in it - it should be really great! I have made so many friends here, and I still haven’t gotten to know a lot of kids in my class. There is something for everyone here, that’s what made me decide to come to UC. There are activities for all kids. Well, I just wanted to give you a little back round information about myself, and I’ll keep you posted on how the rest of my year goes.
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