Catholic High School

Gaile Waldhauser learned obedience in Catholic school, but she says it will take assertiveness to open a new school.Ms. Waldhauser is among a group of parents trying to open a new Catholic high school in southern Carroll and northern Howard counties. It is the first serious attempt since the 1960s in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, which experienced declining school enrollment during the 1970s and 1980s and a steady increase the past four years.The Carroll and Howard county parents started working in 1993 on the idea, but they put plans on hold last spring at the request of archdiocesan officials who wanted to commission a feasibility study.

It wasn't scandalous by tabloid standards, but it was a rebellious act for the young women at the Mount Saint Dominic Academy, a small all-girls Catholic high school in New Jersey. Whitney Houston, class of 1981, sometimes wore mismatched socks and rolled up her sleeves. The mischievous gospel singer would then push the maroon-colored dress code just a bit further. She would "roll up her little skirt, just a little bit above the knees, and wouldn't care if she got a detention," said Dr. Maria Pane, who lives in Lutherville and sat next to Houston in high school home room.

Gaile Waldhauser learned obedience in Catholic school, but she says it will take assertiveness to open a new school.Ms. Waldhauser is among a group of parents trying to open a new Catholic high school in southern Carroll and northern Howard counties. It is the first serious attempt since the 1960s in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, which experienced declining school enrollment during the 1970s and 1980s and a steady increase the past four years.The Carroll and Howard county parents started working in 1993 on the idea, but they put plans on hold last spring at the request of archdiocesan officials who wanted to commission a feasibility study.

Protecting an egg with a half millimeter-thick shell from breaking after dropping it from four meters high is a challenge that students from 10 area elementary and middle schools are gladly undertaking in Notre Dame Preparatory School's Fourth Annual Egg Drop Contest. Participating Harford County schools are: St. Margaret, of Bel Air, St. Stephen of Bradshaw, and Harford Day School, of Bel Air. Competition rules stipulate teams must be 100 percent female; Notre Dame Prep is an all-girls Catholic high school in Baltimore.

Margaret Case, the retired athletic director for two girls high schools, died of cancer July 29 at Stella Maris Hospice. The former Timonium resident was 90. Born Grace Margaret "Peggy" Sherman in Baltimore and raised on Guilford Avenue, she was a 1939 graduate of Notre Dame Preparatory School. Her yearbook described her as "rollicksome, a firm friend, famed for her ready wit and amusing remarks, not overfond of lessons, a natural actress. " As a young woman she appeared in "Have Another?"

Protecting an egg with a half millimeter-thick shell from breaking after dropping it from four meters high is a challenge that students from 10 area elementary and middle schools are gladly undertaking in Notre Dame Preparatory School's Fourth Annual Egg Drop Contest. Participating Harford County schools are: St. Margaret, of Bel Air, St. Stephen of Bradshaw, and Harford Day School, of Bel Air. Competition rules stipulate teams must be 100 percent female; Notre Dame Prep is an all-girls Catholic high school in Baltimore.

Brock Dean 's high school football experience was anything but typical. The 6-foot-1, 217-pound linebacker practiced against several Division I-caliber players during his four years at Bishop McDevitt - a Catholic high school in Harrisburg Pa., that has produced more than 60 DI players during coach Jeff Weachter 's tenure there. Dean also dealt with television crews at practice on a near-weekly basis, and played in front of thousands of fans on Friday nights. That college-like experience at McDevitt is one of many reasons why Weachter thinks Dean is primed for a successful college career at Maryland.

On August 22, 2005 SISTER THERESE M. O.S.F.; beloved daughter of the late Parnell and Mary Catherine Dennie; loving cousin of Ellen Devenney of Wilmington, DE, Michael Harrington and his wife Sandra of Newark, DE, and the community of the Order of St. Francis of Philadelphia. Relatives and friends are invited to call at the Schimunek Funeral Home, Inc., 3331 Brehms Lane (at Mannasotta and Erdman Avenues) on Wednesday 3 to 5 and 7 to 9 P.M. Further visitation will be held at the Shrine of the Little Flower Catholic Church on Thursday from 10 A. M until 11, at which time a Mass of The Resurrection will be celebrated.

On May 15, 2004, JOAN M. SIKORSKY (nee Oleski); age 66, wife of the late Joseph A. Sikorsky; mother of Jean-Gabrielle Sikorsky, of Carney; stepmother of Thomas Sikorsky, of Westwood, NJ; and sister of Patricia Mc Kenna, of Middletown, DE. She was a 1956 graduate of the Catholic High School in Baltimore and earned a Master's degree in Education from College of Notre Dame and Towson State University. She taught in the Baltimore City public and catholic schools, as well as Baltimore County schools.

This year's graduates from the all-girls Catholic high school on Caton Avenue in Baltimore are: Alexia Actisdano Achiri Ade Louisa Aja Melissa Alessandrini Ashlee Alexander Cherie Allen Meredith Andrews Victoria Antoine Sarah Baer Courtney Baldwin Alexandra Barlas Savannah Berry Shelby Blondell Katelyn Bokman Hannah Bory Dana Boyer Elizabeth Brinkman Alexandra Broadway...

Brock Dean 's high school football experience was anything but typical. The 6-foot-1, 217-pound linebacker practiced against several Division I-caliber players during his four years at Bishop McDevitt - a Catholic high school in Harrisburg Pa., that has produced more than 60 DI players during coach Jeff Weachter 's tenure there. Dean also dealt with television crews at practice on a near-weekly basis, and played in front of thousands of fans on Friday nights. That college-like experience at McDevitt is one of many reasons why Weachter thinks Dean is primed for a successful college career at Maryland.

Gabriella Polsinelli still recalls the heartbreak she felt when her favorite aunt died of breast cancer five years ago. She was a sixth-grader at the time and didn't really understand the disease. But watching her Aunt Maria transform from a vibrant woman to a frail, skinny and sickly one left a lasting impression on young Gabriella. With her aunt's memory still strong, Polsinelli has became a teenage advocate for breast cancer awareness, raising money each year for the cause.

Margaret Case, the retired athletic director for two girls high schools, died of cancer July 29 at Stella Maris Hospice. The former Timonium resident was 90. Born Grace Margaret "Peggy" Sherman in Baltimore and raised on Guilford Avenue, she was a 1939 graduate of Notre Dame Preparatory School. Her yearbook described her as "rollicksome, a firm friend, famed for her ready wit and amusing remarks, not overfond of lessons, a natural actress. " As a young woman she appeared in "Have Another?"

This year's graduates from the all-girls Catholic high school on Caton Avenue in Baltimore are: Alexia Actisdano Achiri Ade Louisa Aja Melissa Alessandrini Ashlee Alexander Cherie Allen Meredith Andrews Victoria Antoine Sarah Baer Courtney Baldwin Alexandra Barlas Savannah Berry Shelby Blondell Katelyn Bokman Hannah Bory Dana Boyer Elizabeth Brinkman Alexandra Broadway...

Dolores M. Soul, a retired Maryland State Department of Education official, died Monday of cancer at Future Care Charles Village. She was 70. Dolores Mary Soul was born at home on Rose Street and was a 1957 graduate of Catholic High School. She was a graduate of the University of Baltimore, where she earned an accounting degree. A certified public accountant, she also held a bachelor's degree from what is now Loyola University Maryland. Ms. Soul was the section chief for general accounting for the state education department for 35 years.

Cardinal Gibbons School was closed Wednesday to let teachers attend the funeral of the wife of a longtime guidance counselor. By the time faculty members returned in midafternoon, other somber news was awaiting them: The 48-year-old Catholic high school will be shut down in June. The announcement from the Archdiocese of Baltimore stunned longtime staff members and faculty, and angered students, parents and alumni, some of whom said they were told as recently as last summer that the school would stay open as long as enrollment held.

Sister Teresiana Miller, who had been principal of three parochial schools, died of dementia Aug. 26 at her order's motherhouse in Aston, Pa. She was 94. Born Agnes Irma Miller in Baltimore and raised near Patterson Park, she was a graduate of the old St. Elizabeth of Hungary Commercial School and had worked as a stenographer and assistant bookkeeper with the old Baltimore Tube Co. She entered the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia in 1932 and...

Sister Margaret Crucifixa McDonald, a retired parochial school teacher, died of cardiovascular disease March 29 at her order's motherhouse in Aston, Pa. She was 93. Born in Philadelphia, she received the name Sister Margaret Crucifixa after joining the Sisters of St. Francis in 1933. She earned a bachelor's degree from what is now Marywood University in Scranton, Pa., and a master's degree in business education from Catholic University of America. After teaching in Wilmington, Del., she moved to Towson in 1943 and joined the faculty of the Immaculate Conception parochial school.

Anne Fenton Harrison, a high school guidance counselor, ended her life Friday. Family members said she struggled for years with chronic pain originating from a long-term skin disorder. She was 41. Born in Baltimore and raised in Roland Park, she attended the Calvert School and was a 1984 graduate of Garrison Forest School. She made her debut at the Bachelors Cotillon. She earned a bachelor's degree from Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, N.Y., and a master's degree in high school guidance counseling from Loyola College.

Sister Margaret Crucifixa McDonald, a retired parochial school teacher, died of cardiovascular disease March 29 at her order's motherhouse in Aston, Pa. She was 93. Born in Philadelphia, she received the name Sister Margaret Crucifixa after joining the Sisters of St. Francis in 1933. She earned a bachelor's degree from what is now Marywood University in Scranton, Pa., and a master's degree in business education from Catholic University of America. After teaching in Wilmington, Del., she moved to Towson in 1943 and joined the faculty of the Immaculate Conception parochial school.