Gulf Pine Catholic

Gulf Pine Catholic • April 20, 2018 17 Spotlight on Schools Mandy Moran and Sharon Nelson's Kindergarten classes at St. James Catholic School celebrated the wedding of Q & U! All other letters were in attendance. Sister Clare Bass, who is a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet in the St. Louis Province, visited the second and sixth grade classes at St. James Elementary School. Sr. Clare spoke to the students about religious life and the dedication of her order to love of God and love of neighbor. Bippo the Hippo from Dr. “Buddy” Brice’s Pediatric Dental Specialists visited the Pre-K and Kindergarten students at St. James School to talk about how to take care of their teeth. Bippo is pictured with Ava Hightower, a student in Virginia Robinson’s PreK-4 class. St. James Elementary School, Gulfport Holy Trinity Elementary School, Bay St. Louis Holy Trinity fifth grade presented the Living Stations of the Cross for students, faculty, and families to remember the Passion of Christ and prepare for the celebration of His resurrection on Easter Sunday. Students are first row: Grace Genna, narrator; Ellie Powell and Camryn Peterson, women; Julia Hoffman, drummer; second row: Natalie Ladner, Maddie Prendergast, Lucy Seal, and Rachel Ricks, women; third row: RyanCalhoun, Pontius Pilate; JaydenCallahan, Joseph’s helper;Mason Jacobi, Joseph; FinnWilliford, Simon; Carson Tallent, Jesus; Isabella Kerner, Mary; Georgia Bailey, angel; Emma Monti crowd; Anna Kate Ivey, Veronica; Julie Pigott, Madison Schuster, Julianna Robertson; and fourth row: AndrewWhitney, narrator; Christian Benzing, church leader; Michael Castoro, Arthur Chapman, Evan Noel, and Gabriel Pellegrin, soldiers; Stephen Hutchison and Max Potier, crowd. Our Lady Academy, Bay St. Louis Our Lady Academy (OLA) Robotics Team mem- bers Emily Busby, Lillie Lawhead, Kennady Hertz, Allison Lyons, Alma Hearin and Sofia Schuyler par- ticipated in their first robotic competition under the leadership of OLA science teacher Julie Cranford at The Bayou Regional FIRST Robotics Competition. Over 55 high schools from Mississippi and Louisiana competed on March 22-24 at The Pontchartrain Center in Kenner, LA. Our Lady Academy robotic team’s debut captured 18th place overall after the qualifying rounds and advanced to the quarter finals. OLAwas the only rookie team selected for an alliance to compete in the playoffs and was presented with the “Rookie Inspiration Award”. OLA’s Robotics Team is the only all-girl robotics team in the state of Mississippi. These high-school level robotics teams, with the guidance of adult mentors, had six weeks to design, build and program their competitive robot to perform a series of tasks as a sport, using offense, defense quick thinking and scouting techniques. Teams had to use code and programming, CAD, mechanical and electri- cal engineering, automation and robotics. “Our team was amazing! These students have worked so hard and their perseverance and dedication to the project paid off at their first competition! I applaud their efforts and their team work in building OLA’s first robot. We are grateful to our sponsors, NVision Solutions, NASA, Stennis Facility, South Group Insurance, Steven Palazzo for Congress, United States Marine and Mississippi Power who have men- tored and contributed their time and funds to make this program a success,” said Cranford. Our Lady Academy Robotics Team, Kennady Hertz, Alma Hearin, Lillie Lawhead, Sofia Schuyler, Emily Busby, Allison Lyons and Julie Cranford Our Lady Academy Robotics Team sponsors and students: back row: representatives from Mississippi Power, NASA-Stennis Facility, NVision Solutions, South Group Insurance, United States Marine and Steven Palazzo for Congress; front row: Julie Cranford, Emily Busby, Sofia Schuyler, Allison Lyons, Kennady Hertz and Savannah Templeton.