Boylan Catholic High School Principal Vince McGuire will present two checks in the amount of $5000 each to St. James Cornucopia Food Pantry and to St. Bernadette Parish for their St. Vincent dePaul dinner program.

The presentation will take place on Tuesday, October 24 at 11:30 am in Boylan’s main foyer. On hand will be Fr. Kenneth Stachyra, St. Bernadette Parish Pastor; Randy and Theresa Roberts, coordinators of the St. Vincent dePaul Dinner Program; Fr. Dean Russell, Pastor of St. James Parish; and Bob Gille, coordinator of St. James’ Cornucopia Food Pantry.

Over 2600 walkers in Boylan’s first annual Spirit Walk raised a grand total of $201,150. The intent of the Spirit Walk was to highlight Boylan’s mission to be of service to others. Consequently, $156,866.41 will go to assist families with meeting tuition through the school’s Student Aid Fund and $10,000 will assist the parish outreach programs. $5000 will be presented to a third parish outreach program at a later date.

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For further information, please contact:

Lynn C. McConville
Development Director
(815) 877-8008 (press information only)

The 2006-2007 Boylan Players will present The Crucible, a historical drama by Arthur Miller set in Salem, Massachusetts in 1692. The play, which runs on Friday and Saturday, November 17 and 18 at 7:30 pm and on Sunday, November 19 at 2:00 pm, illustrates a dogmatic society’s mistrust of nonconformity, and the resulting injustices.

All reserved seats are $8. Tickets are available in the school’s Main Office (877-0531) through November 17 or at the Box Office prior to each performance.

All performances will be in the Boylan auditorium. There will be a reception for the Saturday audience, cast, and crew in the cafeteria. Boylan High School is handicapped accessible.

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For further information, please contact:

Lynn C. McConville
Development Director
(815) 877-8008 (press information only)

30 Boylan students earned the designation of AP Scholar by the College Board in recognition of their exceptional achievement on the college-level Advanced Placement Program (AP) exams last May.

Four students qualified for the AP Scholar with Distinction Award by earning an average grade of at least 3.5 on all AP exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on five or more of these exams. These students are Class of ’06 graduates Grant Anderson, Regina DeGuzman, Ryan Murphy, and Anders Pauley.

Six students qualified for the AP Scholar with Honor Award by earning an average grade of at least 3.25 on all AP exams taken, and grades of 3 or higher on four or more these exams. These students are Class of ’06 graduates Jessica Abels, Paige Dowdakin, Alejandra Lara, Mary Minore, and Paul Rose, and senior Justin Kaderabek.

20 students qualified for the AP Scholar Award by completing three or more AP exams with grades of 3 or higher. The AP Scholars are Class of ’06 graduates Julie Bischoff, George Giacone, Sarah May, Andrew Moore, Chelsey Newcomb, Brian Olsen, Sarah Phelps, Stephanie Wise, and Rebecca Schultz, and seniors Adam Angel, Peter Cormier, Nathan Held, Stephanie Herkert, Gregory Klazura, Benjamin Levine, Elizabeth Mullen, Christopher Murphy, Katherine Seck, Kevin Zielinski, and Megan Zuba.

Most of the nation’s colleges and universities award credit, advanced placement, or both based on successful performance on the AP exams. In 2006, 35 AP exams were offered in a wide variety of subject areas.

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For further information, please contact:

Lynn C. McConville
Development Director
(815) 877-8008 (press information only)

Boylan Catholic High School’s annual Natural Helpers Luncheon and Style Show will take place on Sunday, November 5 in the school’s Main Gym. An 11:30 social will begin the day; a catered lunch from Kiki B’s will be served at Noon, followed by a style show featuring clothes from 15 local stores at 1:00 p.m. Dani Maxwell of WREX Channel 13 News will serve as the emcee. Donation is $20. Seating is limited.

The Natural Helpers Program was developed to enable students to deal with adolescent problems. Students who are chosen as Natural Helpers attend 30 hours of training in listening skills, referral methods, and assisting others in making their own choices. Luncheon proceeds fund training sessions, an all-school speaker, and motivational materials for all students.

Your check, payable to Boylan Natural Helpers, is your reservation; deadline is October 26. Please contact Julie at 963-3227.

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For further information, please contact:

Cathy McDermott (815) 968-6672

Monday, October 9th

    • No School

Tuesday, October 10th

    • Dress up day theme: Grease / Saved By The Bell Day

Students may wear poodle skirts and sweaters, bobby socks and tennis shoes, jeans, white t-shirts and leather jackets, or leg warmers, long sweaters, jeans and Polos.

Wednesday, October 11th

    • Dress up day theme: Senior Citizen / Little Kid Day

Dress up like your Grandparents or like when you were a kid, NO DIAPERS, PACIFIERS, BOTTLES, OR RATTLES. Junior and Senior Girls may wear their Powderpuff Jerseys.

    • 7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m.:

            Powder Puff game (Jr. girls vs. Sr. girls)
            Tug-o-war (So. girls vs. Fr. girls)
            Chariot races (boys)
            King Coronation

Thursday, October 12th

    • Dress up day theme: Color Day

    • Each class level will wear a different color.

            Seniors – ORANGE
            Juniors – PURPLE
            Sophomores – RED
            Freshman – BLUE
            Faculty – BLACK

Friday, October 13th

    • Dress up day: Titan Spirit Day

Show your Titan Spirit by wearing our school colors (green and white) with appropriate jeans or khakis. Various Boylan team or club shirts are welcome.

    • Soph and Varsity football games vs. East at 5:00 & 7:15 p.m.
       w/Queen crowning at halftime

Saturday, October 14th

    • Homecoming Dance from 8:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. in the Main Gym
       (Sophomores, Juniors, and Seniors only)

Throughout the week, students may wear this year’s homecoming t-shirt with jeans or khakis and tennis shoes.  If you choose not to participate in these out of uniform days, you must be in full uniform.

Students may not wear: T-shirts with inappropriate logos, shorts, tank tops, short skirts, pajama pants, or anything revealing!

For the second consecutive year, Boylan Catholic High School has been ranked as one of the top 50 Catholic high schools in the nation on the Catholic High School honor roll.

The Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty, a nonprofit Christian educational organization based in Grand Rapids, Michigan, compiles the list. Of the nation’s 1200 Catholic high schools, about 250 entered for inclusion in this year’s list. Honor Roll schools are listed at www.chshonor.org.

Boylan principal Vince McGuire said, “I am grateful that we have been recognized by the Catholic High School Honor Roll as one of the top 50 Catholic high schools in the United States. This is a well-deserved honor and I applaud our teachers, staff, students and parents for their hard work and commitment to Catholic education.”

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