Four Day Weekend...UC Still Buzzing!

How nice it was to be off for the long weekend…were we really off?? Not really! The building was buzzing this morning will all that went on over the weekend…I’ll try to fill you in.

President’s weekend usually means the UC Forensic Team is competing at Harvard; well this year was no exception with many of our students “breaking” into final rounds. Congratulations!

On Saturday spectators were able to watch as Mike McCabe and the UC Track Team once again make an impressive showing at the NJSIAA State Meet at the Jersey City Armory with many of our track team qualifying for the Meet of Champions on Saturday and Easterns next Tuesday. Congratulations to our State Champs Tiara for the high jump and Mike for the 55 meter dash – read more about it at www.uctrack.com!!

What’s that you say??? 600^th WIN? UC Girls Basketball Coach Kathy Matthews? Yes you’ve got it! Tuesday night the Girls basketball team helped to bring Coach Matthews her 600^th career win by beating Oak Knoll 31 -29. If you were to meet Coach in the hall, she would never brag about her accomplishments, in fact she hates the attention. Her reaction is “it’s not all about basketball; it’s about what kind of person you can be off the court as well”. Kathy Matthews has coached so many girls on and off the court, instilling sportsmanship and fair play along the way…how lucky we are to have her here! Congratulations Coach on three-plus decades of coaching basketball and on your milestone win!

Yes UC is buzzing…buzzing with students talking about all the things they did over the long weekend, spice girl concerts, sweet sixteens, basketball games, movies and more…just enjoying life as a high school student. It was wonderful to be off, but just as nice to come back. Tonight our senior boy’s basketball team played their last home game. Parents were introduced with their sons before the game began…a very emotional night! Even principal Sister Percylee found herself emotional as she reflected on what a very special senior class this is. The Class of 2008 is filled with so many wonderful students; young men and women who have grown into strong leaders academically, socially and athletically. It is hard to believe that tomorrow will bring their senior breakfast …108 days to graduation! As the admissions office is busy planning to welcome the Class of 2012 at the Lock-In at the end of the month, it brings the realization that we will have to begin our good-bye to our seniors…well I won’t get ahead of myself – still a lot more to come…the spring musical, St. Patrick’s Day Parade, Mr. UC, Proms and my personal favorite …baseball season!

BTW – the boys basketball team won big with the help of all those senior boys – great season, Tony, Mike, Aaron, Keith, Marcus, Carlo & Jimmy!!!

GO BIG BLUE!!

What does the UC Track Team, the UC Varsity Basketball Team, Class of 2012 Registration and the Giants have in common?? They all had a “banner” weekend!!

Friday night Coach McCabe and the UC Track team made history by qualifying and competing at the 101st Millrose Games at Madison Square Garden. Our 4 x 400 relay team took a respectable fourth place. Congratulations boys on a great job!

After a big win on Thursday against Hillside, the Viking Vault was jumping again on Friday as the UC Boys Varsity Basketball Team had another big win against the St. Mary Hilltoppers. The UC Blue Crew along with the UC Cheerleaders kept the crowd pumped as the boys jumped out to an early lead that they never gave up. Go Big Blue!!!

CLASS OF 2012 REGISTRATION – WOW!

You could feel the anticipation and excitement as so many of the faces that we have grown to know through the admissions review filled our cafeteria on registration day.
Each class brings its own talents and personality to our building and the Class of 2012 will be no exception – what a wonderful group of students! Welcome to UC – we can hardly wait for you to get here!

With a "filled to capacity class", you will not want to miss registering for the “Class of 2012 Lock-In” on Friday, February 29th. This is a great time to get to know all your new classmates!!

GIANTS WIN THE SUPERBOWL!
Just when you think the weekend couldn’t get any better – it does! Maybe Eli Manning and his Giants were listening to one of Sister Percylee’s messages about “Becoming all God Calls You to Be”, or to “Always Strive For Your Best” when they went on to beat the undefeated New England Patriots? All I know is, it was one heck of a game and there were a lot of very excited Giant fans walking the halls of UC this morning ~ especially Mr. Luciano! Once again – at UC, “we’re just livin’ the dream”!

So Class of 2012 – we will always remember the weekend of your registration as a weekend where history was made… made at the Millrose Games, made at Registration, and made when the Giants Beat New England!!

GO BIG BLUE!