Most Pure Heart of Mary Alumni Association CONNECTIONS IT

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Most Pure Heart of Mary Alumni Association
CONNECTIONS
Summer 2015
WORDS FROM THE PRESIDENT
IT TAKES A VILLAGE
President
Lorenzo McKee
[email protected]
Vice-President
Lamar Lott
Treasurer
Wanda Lewis
thaddeuslewis
@yahoo.com
HEART OF MARY ALL CLASS REUNION 2014
Recording Secretary
Belinda Lott
[email protected]
Corresponding
Secretary
Cecilia Prichard Snider
[email protected]
Financial
Secretary
Betty Hall
Parliamentarian
Eugene Lewis
Chaplain
Father Kenneth Ugwu
Alumni Newsletter is
a quarterly publication
published three times
per year.
2014 REUNION COMMITTEE
Top row (left to right): Michael Hall, Faye Malone, Leonard
Steill, Lamoyne Cade, Lamar Lott, Cecilia P. Snider, Lorenzo
McKee, Belinda Lott, Eugene Lewis, Wanda Lewis
Bottom row: George Steill, Michelle Burden, Yolanda Cassino,
Joyce Cassino DuCloux, Meryle Foster, Brenda Norwood,
Theresa Washington and Harold DuCloux
“GET ACQUAINTED AND BRUNCH”
at Heart of Mary Cafeteria
Décor Design by HOM graduate Brenda Norwood.
2014 Reunion DVDS are available.
Price: $10; $15 for mailing
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Not in picture: Barbara Curtis, Myrtle Martin, Celestine
Williams, Martha Powe
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Alumni meetings, 3rd
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HOM Parish Center,
6 p.m.
Thank you for reading the
first issue of
CONNECTIONS. This is
the Alumni Association effort
to enhance communication
with all alumni, connect you
with home and each other.
Welcome to the first newsletter for the Heart
of Mary Alumni Association. The objective
of this publication is to establish a line of
communication with the alumni of our beloved
Most Pure Heart of Mary. As we mature we
realize the value of relationships, bonding
friendships and developing a foundation for our
present youth.
The newsletter will be a quarterly publication
published three times per year. It will inform
you of achievements, announcements, funding
development, school news, upcoming events
and highlight two of our alumni in each issue.
We want to re-connect the mighty Lions
nationwide. As Sister Sledge sang in 1979,
“We Are Family”. You will need a valid email
address to receive the newsletter. Let your
classmates know we want to connect with them.
Send us their names, year graduated, contact
information, email address, achievements
Volume 1, Issue 1
As an Alumni of Most Pure Heart of Mary we
are the recipients of an excellent education and
joyous memories. We have a responsibility to
present and future students to ensure they have
the tools and lines of communication or
career achievements.
I look forward to your participation in future
events and suggestions to enhance
communication and fundraising.
Lorenzo McKee
President
[email protected]
Any time former students of Most Pure Heart
of Mary get together there are laughs, tales of
yore and memories re-acquainted. Our school
has a rich history.
Did you know:
The Church was first organized as
St. Anthony’s Mission by Creoles
of African descent.
School was first opened in October, 1900
From 1912 a school annex was built at Davis
Avenue and St. Ann Street.
The High School program was in existence from 1911 until 1968,
when integration opened McGill-Toolen High School to African
Americans.
LIONS ROAR
“Leadership is not a tool
which you occasionally
pick up. It is a lifestyle
commitment to
empowerment, excellence
and innovation.” #np2
The greatest gifts that
we can give to our youth
is discipline, education and
love. Join the alumni
association in supporting
Most Pure Heart of Mary
Lions.
Heart of Mary was the meeting location for the Neighborhood
Organized Workers (NOW) during the civil rights era.
Heart of Mary Alumni Association | P.O. Box 40441 | Mobile, AL 36640 | Website: www.homma1902.org
MOST PURE HEART OF MARY ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
“Propelled by the Past to Impact the Future”
The Most Pure Heart of Mary Alumni Association exists to promoter, to influence, and to support lifelong educational, spiritual
and cultural connections to Most Pure Heart of Mary Catholic School. The mission is brought to life through continued reunion activities,
fundraising and outstanding awards.
ALUMNI SPIRIT
IN THE NEWS
OUTSTANDING STUDENTS
ACE PROGRAM
SAVE THE DATE
Cecilia P. Snider is a graduate of Most Pure Heart of Mary (1965),
Tuskegee University (1969) Bachelor of Arts, and the University of South
Alabama, Masters of Education. (2006) In 2011, Ms. Snider retired after 42
years of teaching in both the Catholic and Public School Systems of Mobile,
Alabama.
She is a member of Most Pure Heart of Mary Church and currently serves
on the Pastor's Advisory and Most Pure Heart of Mary School Board. In
addition, she serves as the Corresponding Secretary of the Heart of Mary
Alumni Association.
 Alumni meetings are held on 3rd
Monday of each month at the Heart
of Mary Parish Center, 6 p.m.
 Monthly luncheons are held on 3rd
Friday of each month at 1 p.m. Check
webpage for location or contact an
officer.
 Mobile Mardi Gras Parade schedule
ALL CLASS REUNION 2016 ANNOUNCEMENTS
begins Saturday, January 9 and ends
Tuesday, February 9, 2016. Mardi Gras
Weekend is February 5-9, 2016.
The Co-Chairs for the 2016 Reunion are Cecilia Prichard Snider and
Gwendolyn Prichard Lewis.
Anyone interested in participating please contact us and plan on attending
meetings to voice your suggestions. We welcome input from all alumni we
may be contacted via e-mail.
Priorities include obtaining e-mailing and mailing addresses. Updates will
be available on alumni website.
NOTABLES
Please feel free to forward any notable (achievements, announcements,
graduations, homegoings, marriages, professional accomplishments) to any
officer for inclusion in future issues
 Class of 1966 Reunion will be held
during Mardi Gras, February 5- 9, 2016.
Contact:
Harold DuCloux (262) 506-8792
 All Class Reunion (All grades, K-12,
All Years, regardless of completion or
graduation) will be held July 1 to 3, 2016.
Class of 1965 and 1966 will be recognized
for 50th year.
UPCOMING FUNDRAISING:
HOMEGOING MILESTONES:
William M. Kelly (1957)
Laurence Henningburg (1958)
Dorothea Huggins (1958)
Laura Pritchard (1960)
William (Bill)Singleton (1965)
Charmaine Bell (1965)
Alvin Sylvester, Jr.(1965)
 Pancake Breakfast, will be held the 3rd
Sunday of each month from 8-1:30 at
Most Pure Heart of Mary Parish Center.
Contact - C. Snider 251.433.4640
 Mardi Gras Monday, February 8, 2016,
Food, Fellowship & Fun at Parish
Center, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
 Coming soon HOM Parish Social and
Dance on 2nd Friday each month. Contact
Eric Crenshaw 251.295.5501. Sponsored
by Heart of Mary School Initiative
Heart of Mary Alumni Association (HMAA)
MOST PURE HEART OF MARY STUDENTS, STAFF & PARENTS
| P.O. Box 40441
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Mobile, AL 36640
Enrollment up at Most Pure Heart
of Mary; school benefits from
Alabama Accountability Act
scholarships
Excerpt from Mobile Press
Register, November 10, 2014
By Sally Pearsall Ericson
Outstanding Heart of Mary 2015 Graduate
was Brandi A. Trenier. Also, she is the
recipient of the Brother James and Brother
Fidelis Sesquicentennial Scholarship to
attend McGill-Toolen High School.
Despite rumors in the last few years,
Most Pure Heart of Mary Catholic
School is not on the
decline - quite the contrary, said
Principal Jamie Crain.
Most Pure Heart of Mary is affiliated with
Notre Dame’s ACE (Alliance for Catholic
Education) Program, Catholic Education.
The ACE program allows Notre Dame
college graduates the opportunity to serve
as full-time teachers in under-resourced
Catholic schools. ACE teachers spend two
summers (June-July) studying in the
Master of Education program at Notre
Dame and two school years (August-May)
teaching in under-resourced Catholic
schools across the country.
ACADEMICS
"We have completely revamped a lot
of things" including adopting a longterm strategic goals plan and building up a network of faculty, parents
and alumni, she said.
Enrollment has risen to 175 at Heart
of Mary, a school that serves innercity children in grades pre-K through
8. The school has room for up to 200
students . "We're still a small
school," Crain said. "We like it to be
small. A lot of our parents appreciate
that about us."
Fifteen of the 2015 Graduating Class
of Most Pure Heart of Mary Elementary
School were accepted to attend
McGill-Toolen Catholic High School
for the 2015-2016 school year.
Heart of Mary's tuition is $2,995 per
year for one child and $1,500 for
siblings; more than a third of the
students are receiving tuition aid
through the Alabama Opportunity
Scholarship Fund, part of the
Alabama Accountability Act.
The AAA "has helped our families
tremendously," Crain said. Many
of the Heart of Mary students are
the children of alumni; some
represent several generations.
With the economic downturn, Crain
said, it became increasingly difficult
for many parents to cover tuition...
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Congratulations
to our Lion’s for
another fantastic
season! The kids
worked hard on
the court and off.
We are very
proud of them
all.
2nd, 3rd and 4th grade boys: 7-1
5th and 6th grade girls: 4-4
5th and 6th grade boys: 6-2
7th grade boys: 7-1
8th grade boys: 0-8
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The academic program includes Religion,
Mathematics, Language Arts, Science,
and Social Studies. The course of study
for K-8 grades meets all the requirements
of the Archdiocese of Mobile, the State
of Alabama, and Advanced. Student
report cards are issued four times a year.
Parent-teacher conferences are held at
the end of the first and third quarters.
Daily grade information and quarterly
interim reports are available online at
SOLUTIONS for grades 1-8.
KUDOS
Thank you Nigel James in 6th grade
for turning in money he found in the
restroom.
From Lion’s Den Newsletter, March 3, 2015
Servant Leaders Among Us:
Special thanks to the parents who
volunteered to help proctor during
ITBS testing:
Lea Warner
Angel Morgan
Denise West
Melissa Scruggs
Taneka Simpson
Nefateria McCovery
Kim Hobbs
Rhonda Toney
Peter Marsh
Kangia Bryant
Latosha White
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