If you have visited our website, then you know that Union Catholic will be hosting "Discover UC Night" on November 17th at 7 PM.
Why "Discover UC"? As I have been giving tours on our new "True Blue Thursdays", I am amazed how many families say to me..."I had no idea UC offered all this"! Sometimes I think UC is the "best kept secret". Families really need to come into our building to see for themselves how exciting our learning environment is ~ let me give you a "brief" summary...
Academics
Through a powerful integration of technology and curriculum - including six learning levels from Advanced Placement to Remedial, classroom SMARTBoards, access to 252,000 scholarly documents in our Online Library, Elmo digital projectors, AirLiner wireless tablets, and much more - we are offering a cutting-edge education that gets exceptional results for our students.
VHS
Union Catholic is also one of a select few New Jersey schools participating in the Viritual High School (VHS) consortium, going beyond the walls of the classroom, allowing students to pursue individual interests.
Center for Success
Offered in partnership with the Union County Educational Services commission, our new Center for Success program uses state-of-the-art assistive technology to provide scheduled support for classified students.
Faith
A faith-based education at Union Catholic anchors young people in God's teachings and instills important values that will sustain them through life. Here at UC, students are invited daily to "Become All God Calls You to Be".
Service/Clubs
Union Catholic students are always looking for ways to make a difference. Whether it is their involvement in SMAC (Student Movement Against Cancer), REACH (Raising Educated Awareness for the Causes of HIV) or participating in the Big Brother/Big Sister Mentoring Program, our students take the opportunity to give back to the local community and to larger causes that touch the lives of the less fortunate.
Being a student at UC means more than experiencing academic excellence in action. Our students learn a lot about themselves by participating in the many clubs and extracurricular opportunities.
Sports
Union Catholic's successful athletic program allows our students to develop their competitive spirits and become winners beyond the classroom. As our principal, Sister Percylee, said at the groundbreaking of the new state-of-the-art turf field "the construction of this athletic facility is a momentous event for us at Union Catholic. It brings new life and energy to our mission of helping students grow both in the classroom and on the field of play".
The Arts
Union Catholic students are encouraged to sing, dance, act, paint, design and perform. UC's expansive fine arts programs inspires students to explore their talents and individual gifts!
As a side note, members of the UCPAC will be performing the original play "Love Awkwardly" at the Manhattan Theatre Source at Washington Square Park, NYC on November 15, 16, & 17th. More on this to follow in the next blog!
This has been a long post, but hopefully it has given you a very small glimpse of all that is available to students here at UC.
"UC THIS IS WHERE YOU WANT TO BE"
If you would like to come see for yourself....give us a call!!
908.889.1600, ext 302 or bthornton@unioncatholic.org
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Thursday, September 17, 2009
Inspiration!
The thing I like most about September is that it is a "fresh start". It reminds me of New Year's Day. It is a time to think about how the school year is going to be.
Each year the Peer Ministry Team picks a theme for the school year ~ this year the theme is "Inspiration". As I look around our building, I realize that this is an easy place to find inspiration. Teachers inspire students everyday to learn as 21st Century Learners with a progressive approach to teaching. Students inspire faculty as we learn of all the summer travel, accomplishments and service projects. Buses arriving, friends greeting each other after a long summer everyone checking how many classes and lunches they have together. Shining floors and windows and a new turf field...Yes can you believe it...Union Catholic has a new "state of the art" turf field under construction...check the front page of our website for a link to the photos and watch the turf field develop for yourself - very exciting!
Yes, I have a feeling that Inspiration will be a fitting theme for this year. I promise to fill you in on all the inspirational things that happen here at UC - or maybe you should just come see for yourself!!
Open House - October 8th 7PM
Call for more information...908.889.1600, ext. 302
Each year the Peer Ministry Team picks a theme for the school year ~ this year the theme is "Inspiration". As I look around our building, I realize that this is an easy place to find inspiration. Teachers inspire students everyday to learn as 21st Century Learners with a progressive approach to teaching. Students inspire faculty as we learn of all the summer travel, accomplishments and service projects. Buses arriving, friends greeting each other after a long summer everyone checking how many classes and lunches they have together. Shining floors and windows and a new turf field...Yes can you believe it...Union Catholic has a new "state of the art" turf field under construction...check the front page of our website for a link to the photos and watch the turf field develop for yourself - very exciting!
Yes, I have a feeling that Inspiration will be a fitting theme for this year. I promise to fill you in on all the inspirational things that happen here at UC - or maybe you should just come see for yourself!!
Open House - October 8th 7PM
Call for more information...908.889.1600, ext. 302
Thursday, June 04, 2009
Farewell ’09 ~ Welcome ‘13
It has been so long since I’ve blogged but not because there hasn’t been anything to write about! It seems that in the “UC Community” there are special moments every day; events and memories that will last long after we leave the halls of UC.
Since the lock-in (my last post), UC students have marched in the Union County St. Patrick’s Day Parade, put on an amazing spring musical (congratulations on the Rising Star Nominations for the lobby display), participated in Career Day, attended pep rallies, hosted grammar school teachers and principals at a “Roundtable Dinner”, congratulated athletes for all their accomplishments at an athletic dinner (especially the track team for running at Penn Relays), crowned a new Mr. UC, hosted 7th grade students at the annual Anti-bullying Workshop, helped the admissions office host a very successful Spring Open House, took their Physics final at Great Adventure and enjoyed ice cream sundaes after their academic awards night. They have raised over $120,000 for the fight against and cancer and walked in the Relay for Life in Scotch Plains. They have attended their junior or senior prom and the funeral of a beloved guidance counselor.
These events fill our calendars and our days blend into months which blend into the end of another school year. It is so very hard to believe that the Class of 2009 has graduated, the Class of 2010 has inherited the courtyard, the Class of 2011 has ordered their class rings and UC "Big Brother and Sisters" are busy planning to welcome the Class of 2013 at their BBQ on June 17th.
This afternoon several of us were commenting on how quiet the building is without the Class of 2009. Each class brings a unique personality to our building and the Class of 2009 was no different. They leave UC having earned over 14 million dollars in scholarships and they leave having earned numerous awards academically and athletically. They leave UC with the memories of first loves, first victories and first defeats. They leave having made life-long friends and having learned life lessons both in and out of the classroom. They have grown up here at UC; grown into young men and women ready to take on the next phase of their life journey and leave their Alma mater behind. What does Alma Mater mean? It means “Our Mother” ~ so Class of 2009, your Alma Mater…your mother…will never forget you and will always welcome you home!
God Speed Class of 2009
Next blog…update on the Class of 2013 BBQ and Big Brother/Big Sister Roller Skating Event!!
Since the lock-in (my last post), UC students have marched in the Union County St. Patrick’s Day Parade, put on an amazing spring musical (congratulations on the Rising Star Nominations for the lobby display), participated in Career Day, attended pep rallies, hosted grammar school teachers and principals at a “Roundtable Dinner”, congratulated athletes for all their accomplishments at an athletic dinner (especially the track team for running at Penn Relays), crowned a new Mr. UC, hosted 7th grade students at the annual Anti-bullying Workshop, helped the admissions office host a very successful Spring Open House, took their Physics final at Great Adventure and enjoyed ice cream sundaes after their academic awards night. They have raised over $120,000 for the fight against and cancer and walked in the Relay for Life in Scotch Plains. They have attended their junior or senior prom and the funeral of a beloved guidance counselor.
These events fill our calendars and our days blend into months which blend into the end of another school year. It is so very hard to believe that the Class of 2009 has graduated, the Class of 2010 has inherited the courtyard, the Class of 2011 has ordered their class rings and UC "Big Brother and Sisters" are busy planning to welcome the Class of 2013 at their BBQ on June 17th.
This afternoon several of us were commenting on how quiet the building is without the Class of 2009. Each class brings a unique personality to our building and the Class of 2009 was no different. They leave UC having earned over 14 million dollars in scholarships and they leave having earned numerous awards academically and athletically. They leave UC with the memories of first loves, first victories and first defeats. They leave having made life-long friends and having learned life lessons both in and out of the classroom. They have grown up here at UC; grown into young men and women ready to take on the next phase of their life journey and leave their Alma mater behind. What does Alma Mater mean? It means “Our Mother” ~ so Class of 2009, your Alma Mater…your mother…will never forget you and will always welcome you home!
God Speed Class of 2009
Next blog…update on the Class of 2013 BBQ and Big Brother/Big Sister Roller Skating Event!!
Thursday, February 12, 2009
The Golden Class - 2013
Welcome Class of 2013 - Union Catholic's Golden Class!!
Yes, you are the Golden Class...why??? Union Catholic High School will celebrate its 50th anniversary the year you graduate high school. What a great time in UC's history to start high school. Four years filled with celebration and anticipation of our school's golden anniversary - one more reason why "UC Is The Place To Be"!!
Congratulations on choosing a high school that will help you grow as a person, achieve your goals, to be successful in ways you never knew possible and to manage to have fun along the way!
Speaking of fun ~ don't forget to register for the Class of 2013 Lock-In on March 13th!! Our "big brothers and big sisters" are anxious to see you, especially after meeting so many of you at the accepted students dance! We'll have lots of games, food and fun!! Feel free to e-mail Mr. Luciano and let him know you are coming dluciano@unioncatholic.org
As you finish your 8th grade year know that we are already preparing to have you here as a part of the UC Community ~ we can't wait for you to get here!
Class of 2013 - as Natasha Bedingfield says in her song Unwritten "Today is where your book begins...the rest is still unwritten"
Yes, you are the Golden Class...why??? Union Catholic High School will celebrate its 50th anniversary the year you graduate high school. What a great time in UC's history to start high school. Four years filled with celebration and anticipation of our school's golden anniversary - one more reason why "UC Is The Place To Be"!!
Congratulations on choosing a high school that will help you grow as a person, achieve your goals, to be successful in ways you never knew possible and to manage to have fun along the way!
Speaking of fun ~ don't forget to register for the Class of 2013 Lock-In on March 13th!! Our "big brothers and big sisters" are anxious to see you, especially after meeting so many of you at the accepted students dance! We'll have lots of games, food and fun!! Feel free to e-mail Mr. Luciano and let him know you are coming dluciano@unioncatholic.org
As you finish your 8th grade year know that we are already preparing to have you here as a part of the UC Community ~ we can't wait for you to get here!
Class of 2013 - as Natasha Bedingfield says in her song Unwritten "Today is where your book begins...the rest is still unwritten"
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