Professional Highlight Video of the Entire 2011 Boylan Titans Varsity Championship Season

Triple DVD Set / Highlights of all Regular Season Game, Playoff Games, Championship Game

Cost: $40.00 which includes shipping

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Please call Jimi White at 815-509-9348 if you have any questions.

The varsity dance finished first at the recent NIC-10 competition, while the JV dance team finished first at the Huntley competition. As a result of their score, the JV team qualified for this year’s state competition. These are first time accomplishments for both teams. Congratulations!

Ryan Howe and Victor Zamora will be participating in the High School All-American soccer game to be held in Birmingham, Alabama this saturday, Dec. 10. Read all about them in the Rockford Register Star story.

Jordan Calgaro, class of 2009, has returned to the White House to once again help with their Christmas decorations. Jordan has emailed us the following account:

After having the honor of being accepted to decorate the White House in 2010, I was eager to reapply in hopes to relive the experience once more. My letter to First Lady Michelle Obama was sent January 1, and it wasn’t until October that I received a reply from Jeremy Bernard, the Social Secretary, inviting me back this holiday season. I was one of about ten volunteers who returned from last year, along with 120 new volunteers from around the country.

This year, I was chosen to decorate the West Wing along with about five other volunteers. While the rest of the group was working in the support facility the day before we began decorating, I arrived at the White House before dawn to get started in the West Wing. It was an honor last year to be working in such historic rooms, but this year, having the opportunity to decorate the Oval Office, Cabinet Room, and other rooms of such importance in the West Wing was really something special.

When the West Wing was finished, I returned to my team on the State Floor of the White House. As the lead of all of the decorations in the Grand Foyer, I was kept busy for the next three days. With the strict deadline drawing close, I was called to help finish up decorations in various rooms, and when the Green Room decorations were scrapped at the very last minute, I was called upon to finish that as well.

Despite my new and exciting opportunities this year, I am still in awe of the beauty of the house and experience overall. I am thankful for having the chance to return to such an historic place and to use my talents to make the White House beautiful for not only the First family, but for the 85,000 visitors expected to see the house this season.

Competition began in October with chorus students auditioning for the District Music Festival which was held on November 19. During the District Festival 12 Boylan students were selected to participate in the All-State Music Festival to be held in Peoria from January 25 -28.

Students selected for the All-State Honors Chorus are: Maggie Priola-Soprano II, Mary Peterson-Alto I, Samantha Diemer-Alto II, Monica Parsons-Alto II, Michael Thompson-Tenor I, Sean Coyle-Tenor II, and Daniel Walls-Bass II.

Students selected for the All-State Chorus are: Casey Mullen-Sprano II, Megan Bartimoccia-Alto I, Michaela Weickert-Alto I, Andrew Gaffney-Bass I, and Nick Evans-Bass II.

Maggie Priola was selected as one of two singers from our nine county district to audition to sing the National Anthem for a State basketball game. Sean Coyle was a semi-finalist in this competition as well. Congratulations to these students and Mr. Meyers, chral director.

Boylan faculty is happy to announce the newest National Honor Society members. Membership is based on Character, Scholarship, Leadership, and Service. The following students were inducted into NHS on Wednesday night. They are Nick Arnold, Kyle Beckett, Ben Black, Paige Clough, Bizzy Didier, Rachel Evett, Abbi Fitzgerald, Danny Kagan, Cara McDonough, Anna Rinaldo, Emily Way, Michaela Weickert, Alexa Wright, and Lauren Zeitz. Congratulations!

Mark Boreen, class of 2003, has been living and working in Tanzania since 2009. Read all about him in the Rockford Register Star.

Senior members of the Boylan soccer team were recognized on October 6. To view the commemorative booklet created by Mr. James Doss click on the link below.

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Congratulations to Claudia Brokish who has been named as “an outstanding writer in the 2011 NCTE Achievement Awards in Writing.” The National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) honors 520 high school seniors from the 1,649 students nominated in their junior year.
“Assessments of student writing are based on students’ samples of their own best prose or verse and on impromptu themes that are written under supervision. A team of English teachers judge the writing, looking especially for writing that demonstrates effective and imaginative use of language to inform and move an audience.”

If you would like to read Caludia’s impromptu theme, click on “Brokish” below.

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Claudia Brokish, Claire Custer, Nicholas Moore, Megan Schneider and Kristen Stoicescu have been honored as Commended Students by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC). Commended students placed among the top five percent of the more than 1.5 million students who entered the 2012 competition by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Qualifying Test (PSAT/NMSQT) last October. The test is administered to all Boylan juniors. The next test is scheduled for October 12, 2011.

Although Commended students do not continue in the competition for National Merit Scholarships, ” These young men and women have demonstrated outstanding potential for academic success,” commented a spokesperson for NMSC.

Congratulations to Sean Coyle, Andrew Gaffney and Conor Jansen who have been named National Merit Semi-finalists. These students are among the top 16,000 students from around the world who took the qualifying test. About 1.5 million high school students took the PSAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test last October. About 15,000 students will be named Finalists in February. About 1,000 corporate-sponsored Merit Scholarship awards will be provided by approximately 240 corporations and business organizations. In addition about 200 colleges and universities are expected to finance some 4,800 college sponsored Merit Scholarships. All current Boylan juniors will take the National Merit Scholarship Qualifying Test (PSAT) on October 12, 2011.

47 students entered short stories in the Robert Collins Creative Writing Award Competition. The following have been selected as semi-finalists:

    • Sean Coyle – “Forgiven”

    • Jill Deutsch – “Ferris Wheel”

    • Brooke Harp – “Nothing’s Bigger than Love”

    • Danny Kagan – untitled

    • Darby Marinelli – “Down on the Corner”

    • Megan Schneider – “What’s in a Name?”

    • Matthew Trefilek – “The Swim”

    • Ana Weickert – “The Art of Flying”

The family of Robert Collins will select the winning entry. The winning author will receive a 500 Boylan tuition grant.

If you are aware of a Boylan graduate who is currently serving in the military, please e-mail Boylan at military -at- boylan.org. If possible, include their year of graduation, branch of the military, rank, location and address. Thank you and God bless all who serve to protect our freedom.

WHAT IS PEER COURT?

Local teens helping to administer justice to their peers concerning juvenile crime. Teens question offenders about their crime and determine an appropriate punishment. Peer Court is based on “restorative justice” which is a philosophy focusing on repairing harm that crime causes to victims, families, communities and offenders. Teens learn about the justice process and our legal system.

QUALIFICATIONS:

  • Must be a resident of Boone County
  • Be 14-18 years old
  • Complete an application

Please contact Tricia Smith, Adult Advisor at, 815-540-6818 for additional information or questions

Carol has been teaching English for 39 years. She is a Boylan graduate and has been teaching at Boylan since 1985. She joins her husband Gerry, chairperson of the mathematics department, and retired chemistry teacher as previously named Golden Apple teachers from Boylan. Carol will be honored at a banquet to recognize the Golden Apple winners on Friday, May 13. Carol is pictured with Fr. Lipinski (on left), Don Tersaki and husband, Gerry.

The Illinois Student Assistance Commission (ISAC) has announced that 44 Boylan Catholic High School students have been named Illinois State Scholars.

Illinois State Scholar winners rank in the top ten percent of high school seniors from 749 different high schools across the state. Selection is based on SAT, ACT and/or Prairie State Achievement Exam scores, and/or class rank at the end of the junior year.

Boylan’s Illinois State Scholars are:

    • Jacob Armellani
    • Charlotte Bannick
    • Suzanne Broski
    • Christian Buckwalter
    • Leah Budde
    • Gemma Cerutti
    • Nicholas Check
    • Ryan Dahlberg
    • Sara Diemer
    • Brian Doherty
    • Aaron Einhorn
    • Jennifer Falzone
    • Alec Filak
    • Doris Gavranovic
    • Claudia Gomez
    • Jeremiah Ivaska
    • Brendan Johnson
    • Kalah Kazmerski
    • Nicholas Kind
    • Sarah Knodle
    • Ian Kolata
    • Michael Koscak
    • Brandon Larson
    • Allyson Leggero
    • Nathaniel Lowery
    • David Lynch
    • Michael Magnuson
    • Caroline Mangiardi
    • Anthony Mehringer
    • Matthew Melloch
    • Taylor Molln
    • Michael Nora
    • Jason Painter
    • Evan Peterson
    • Nicholas Rader
    • Shannon Ralph
    • Moriah Schwarz
    • Janna Shold
    • Alexander Snyder
    • Sarah St John
    • Alana Telfer
    • Hannah Way
    • Piotr Zasadny
    • William Zuba

One of the major goals of Boylan’s English Department is to improve student writing through direct instruction and ample practice. To facilitate this goal, English teachers began keeping writing portfolios for all students. The portfolios contain at least one student writing sample for each grade year: literary analysis-freshman year, research paper-sophomore year, persuasive essay-junior year, and problem/solution paper if student took Senior Composition. These portfolios enable English teachers to identify and address specific writing weaknesses, to track a student’s progress over time, and to develop a comprehensive writing program. Our current seniors, the inaugural group, will receive their portfolios at the end of first semester with one exception: Advanced Placement Language and Composition students who will receive their portfolios at the end of the second semester.

Read Jordan’s story at RRSTAR.com; also available online is his letter to the First Lady, along with RRSTAR’s photo gallery.

Congratulations to the following students who were named to the All-State Band and Choir. Students named to the All-State Honors Choir are Sean Coyle, Tenor II; Andrew Gaffney, Tenor II; Sarah Gass, Soprano I; Emily Rogers, Alto II; Dan Walls, Bass II. Emmi Hazen, Alto II was named to the All-State Choir and Laura Hayes, Flute was named to the All-State Band.

Auditions were held in October and all students performed in the Distrct Festival on November 20. The All-State Festival will be held January 26-29 in Peoria.