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!
Friday, November 30, 2007
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.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)