Here is our school this year (minus the missing six or seven sick students!). The picture was taken by Michael Von Redlich of LifeTouch.

And with our school picture, we are proud to give special mention to the outstanding students of the first quarter. Our first quarter ended November 9th. Honor Roll is all A’s (two B’s allowed) and Honorable Mention is all B’s or better. This includes effort and conduct grades. For Perfect Attendance, a student must be in school before the 7:25 bell and never be absent or leave early.

First Quarter Honor Roll

Maria Bosonetto (8)

Anne Doucette (6)

First Quarter Honorable Mention

Martella Baird (1)

Antonio Bosonetto (1)

Lucia Bosonetto (7)

Gabriela Bosonetto (5)

Damian Bryan (10)

Peter Doucette (5)

Oliver Fougere (1)

Isabelle Germain (1)

Mary Grace Grinstead (2)

Anthony Kearney (3)

Maria Pilar LaPlume (1)

Helena Martin (1)

Brendan McCann (2)

Joseph McCann (1)

Tristan McCann (4)

Hailey Thompson (6)

Nathan Thompson (2)

Peter-Joseph Thompson (1)

First Quarter Perfect Attendance

Maria Kearney (5)

Sophia Kearney (4)

Cody Martin (9)

Riel LaPlume (5)

Mary-Kate Vasilak (3)

Peter Vasilak (5)

The sun melts the snow of our first storm.

Although our really big snow storm hit the following weekend, our first snowfall was on the evening of October 27 (or the morning of the 28th). I took a few pictures of this first snow storm and thought you might like to see them contrasted to the pictures I had taken ten days before from my office door.

Our brave IHM Brigade, very tired yet happy after another completed pilgrimage! (Yes, that is Sister Mary Joseph hiding behind Sister Maria Rosaria.) The pilgrimage this year was set-up a bit differently, but the graces involved are incalculable.

Oh - to be a clown!

At the End of the Year Performance (this year on June 12), every class puts on a little demonstration of what they learned during the past year. Hopefully you can see how much fun we had from the pictures!

My word is ????

Our annual Spelling Bee includes grades three through twelve – with the elementary school competing separately from the high school.

In the elementary school, our last two contestants were a third grader and an eighth grader – producing a David-and-Goliath contest that lasted a long time! The IHM Elementary School Spelling Bee Champion is Joseph Vasilak, grade eight, who spelled fifty-four words correctly. Second place (and the top third grade speller) went to Tristan McCann; he spelled forty-four words correctly. The top fourth grader is Peter Vasilak; the top fifth grader, Anne Doucette; Stephen Bryan for sixth grade; and Maria Bosonetto for seventh.

Our high school Spelling Champions are Cecilia Bryan (first place) and Samuel Bednar (second place). There was an exciting back-and-forth between them with words like kainite, nacreous, obbligato, and rallentando. The winning words were tertian and ubiquitous. For pictures,

Thank you to everyone who bought tickets for your support of IHM School and education!

Thanks is also due to our school families who sold tickets. Special mention should be made of the Bosonetto Family, the first to sell all their tickets, and the Bryan Family, who sold the most.

Bring flowers of the fairest; bring flowers of the rarest . . .

The May Procession is an important highlight of our school (and community) year. The event allows us to honor our heavenly Mother is a special way, and the procession is the impetus for us to get the grounds cleaned up after the winter storms. The Sisters beg the flowers from vendors of a flower market and the girls come to help them make crowns and bouquets.

Mary Grace & Brendan -- happy to have Our Lord in their hearts!

Two of our first graders and one guest from out-of-town made their First Holy Communions this past May 22. Here are some pictures.

Please sing with us!

Our May 22 school concert in Lexington, MA, went really well. The students performed for a little over an hour with music, singing, dancing, acting, and a few memory items. The audience was enchanted! We hope to have a DVD of the performance available soon. For now, enjoy the pictures.

First Prize

Immaculate Heart of Mary School is now selling tickets for a July 17th drawing. Tickets may be bought in all ways (see side bar) except through Paypal.

1st Prize: iPod nano (2009) with fiddle music

Second Prize

2nd Prize: Diamond Ring (14 karat white gold band with seven (real!) diamonds — three are baguette cut, and five are Princess cut. This ring was worth about $800 new; the price on it now (having been worn) is about $530.)

3rd Prize: Scenic Plane Flight (up to four people) — flying out of Silver Ranch Airport, Jaffrey, NH.

Enjoy a similar ride for Third Prize

4th Prize: IHM Travel Mug

Tickets: $1 each — Six for $5 — Fifteen for $10  •  Drawing July 17, 2011

Fourth Prize

(In accordance with our Richmond Raffle Permit, tickets may not be sold to individuals under 16 years of age)

Thank you for supporting Immaculate Heart of Mary School!