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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.