On Dec. 3, 19 St. Vincent de Paul sixth graders traveled to Mississippi College in Clinton to compete
against other middle and high school teams in the International Economic Summit. The IES is an annual
competition designed to simulate the world economy. Student teams compete against each other to try to
raise the standard of living in the countries they’ve chosen to represent. (They do this by earning points
in the summit.) St. Vincent de Paul had four student teams representing Belize, Ecuador, Portugal, and
Russia. The students competed in a geography quiz and an economics test; they also had the option to
take a personal finance quiz and a current events quiz. The student teams had to join trade alliances
then trade for valuable resources. They had the opportunity to invest in long term development projects
for their country as well as campaign for support for their proposal to solve a global economic issue. St.
Vincent de Paul students scored very well. Team Russia and Team Ecuador won points for Outstanding
Table Displays, and Team Ecuador also won points for Outstanding Costumes. Team Portugal was the
top scoring High Income Country; Team Russia was the top scoring Middle Income Country, and Team
Ecuador was the top scoring Low Income Country. Left, Team Russia members are Luke Beyer, Thomas
Crowe, Jack Dufrene, Alyssa Pepper, and Aidan Mikulenka; right, Team Portugal members are Lee
Negrotto, Abigail O’Connell, Erin Brown, and Emi Brown.
St Vincent de Paul School, Long Beach
CJ Perry, a Resurrection School senior, organized
a toy drive for Toys for Tots. He has headed up
this initiative for several years during each holiday
season. He raised $290 and collected forty-four toys
for this year’s toy drive. CJ, second from left was
assisted by l-r, Sara Ditsworth, RCS senior; Sam
Scarborough, RCS freshman; and Kelsey Stone,
RCS senior.
The 2013 RCS Homecoming Court were , l-r,
Adyson Barlow, seventh grade; Emma Herring,
eighth grade; Rylie Stephens, freshman; Meagan
Cook, sophomore; Carly Bond, junior; Sarah
Williams, daughter of Brett and Gina Williams,
crowned Resurrection School’s Homecoming
Queen for 2013; Mary Kate Blackman, senior;
Maggie Criddle, senior; Kelsey Hofheinz, junior;
Zoie Mestayer, sophomore; and Alexis Harbin,
freshman.
Resurrection School, Pascagoula
Resurrection School’s annual reading fair was held on November 5. There were over a hundred
entries. The first, second, and third place winners were eligible to participate in the Diocesan Reading
Fair theld December 4 at St. Patrick High School.
Middle school individual fiction category winners were: Noah Rogers, first; Edward Boland,
second; Lane Wieniewitz, third; and Patrick Newton and Avery Barlow, honorable mention. The
winners for the individual fiction at the high school level were: Julia Parker, first; Madison Frazier,
second; Barron Freeman, third; and Hayden Johnson, honorable mention. The middle school non-
fiction category winners were: Blake Porter, first; and Becht Rowell, second. The high school non-
fiction category winners were: Ellis Armond, first; Brandon Doby, second; and Carter Warren, third.
The middle school group fiction category winners were: Olivia Kay and Samantha Scearce, first;
Maggie Walden and Kayla Washington, second; and Ty Tingle, Jacob Langston and Andrew Holland,
third.
The high school group fiction category winners were: Sam Miller and Sam Scarborough, first;
Clancy Borries and Tee Felts, second.
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