Junior/Senior Trip and XC

Wow! School is crazy right now, and I apologize for not writing any blogs, but I think I finally have my routine down, so I’ll be blogging every week again. UC is busy as usual, and that’s always a good thing. As you know it’s fall and that’s when we have our annual Junior and Senior Trip. I remember being a freshman and watching all of the upper classmen board the buses to go on the trip, and I said to myself “I can’t wait until I get to go on the trip”. Well, it was finally my turn to go, and I had a great time. Every year the school goes somewhere new, and this year we went to Philadelphia, PA. The first night we were there we went on a dinner cruise that rode along the Philadelphia skyline. It was awesome! All of my friends were taking pictures everywhere, and we danced all night. It was one of the coolest things I’ve ever done.

The next day we went on a tour of “Amishville” or Lancaster, PA. We went to a farm, and a pretzel shop where they made the best tasting pretzels I’ve ever had. After that we went to Hershey Park for the rest of the day. That was definitely one of my favorite parts of the trip. I love going on roller coasters, and my friends were on them all night long! After we went on every coaster in the park we went to chocolate world, and I was in heaven. I love chocolate, and I bought all of my favorite candy. The day as a whole was great, but the next day was even better.

On Saturday we took a tour of all of downtown Philadelphia, and it was great. We went to all of the historical museums, and we had a real “Philly Cheese Steak” lunch at Gino’s in downtown Philly. It was the best cheese steak I’ve ever had. After some more tours and dinner we went to the Eastern State Penitentiary, which was recently voted the most haunted place in America. We went on their haunted tour which was awesome! The set up was really clever, and the actors on the tour really scared me good. Visiting that place was my favorite part of the trip. The next day we went to Villanova University for Sunday Mass, and then we took a tour of the campus. It was a great way to end the weekend.

Once we returned it was back to the real world, and school work. The first day back was tough, but it was worth it. Getting back in the practice mode after school however, was tough. A couple of kids on my team went on the trip as well so we were all struggling, but it got better. Our fall sports teams are in the peak of their championship seasons, and we’re all doing well. Recently our cross country team ran in the Mountain Valley Conference Championships at Warinanco Park in Elizabeth. We all ran well, and we placed second as a team. We were hoping to come away with the win, but the other team was better than us that day. We’re hoping to get some revenge at the Union County Championships this coming Wednesday. I’ll keep you updated, and I’ll let you all know how we do.

National Honor Society, Freshman Field Day

Hey guys how is every one's school year going?? I hope it's going great because mine is amazing and flying by fast as anything. Last week some of my fellow classmates and myself were iducted into a group that is called the National Honor Society. It is a very hard thing to get into and only a select few have the requirements necessary to get into it. I am so honored and grateful to know that it's nice to be rewarded for the work I do. Hardwork never goes unrewarded although you may not see it, in some way it will help you in the short or long term. It was a great night to be with my friends and family as we recieved this great honor that will go with me throughout my entire life. A couple days later UC held it's annual Freshman Field Day. This is when freshman compete against one another in activities such as basketball, kickball, 3 legged race, hola hooping and other fun activities. They were broken up into teams based on their homerooms and every one had an awesome time because they didn't have to go to classes and got to spend the entire day just relaxing and doing activities with all of their friends which everyone likes. It's just one of the things that freshman look forward to during the year and events like this make freshman and everyone else included love coming to UC everyday.

OPEN HOUSE

Hey guys hope your school year is going great. Ours is flying by in what seems like no time at all, I can't believe it's already October and a month of school is already under our belt. Last week we had our annual fall open house for perspective students and their parents. It was a wonderful night and we had an amazing turnout there were so many people in the halls that at some points it was hard to walk through everyone. There were tours given, which the ambassadors including myself led. We took a group of students and their parents around the buliding and showed them our facilities and talked about what makes Union Catholic a great school to come to. Other parts of the night included going to classrooms and talking about different subjects and levels of academics in our school. There were tables set up in the gym for all the sports teams so that people were able to see what kind of sports are offered here and they got to meet the coaches. In the cafeteria there were tables set up for all the clubs we offer here at UC. There were a lot of tables because we offer so many clubs and there is usually a club that can fit anyone's needs. It was a great night and the atmosphere in the buliding was so lively that you felt like you were in a great experience whether you were a perspective student, parent or even a current student in the building. It was great to see everyone so happy and i hope the class of 2013 is as great as every other class here at UC.