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 The Academy of Our Lady Endowment Fund recently received a scholarship donation in the name of Remedios Gabriel to be awarded to Arielle Primero and Marie Leon Guerrero and will go toward tuition assistance. Primero, a senior at the Academy, is “grateful” of this opportunity and hopes to continue her schooling in the medical field. A two-time recipient of the Remedios Gabriel Scholarship and a sophomore at the Academy, Leon Guerrero is “thankful” and “wants to do the Gabriels’ proud.” Gabriel’s daughters, as well as her granddaughters, are Academy alumnae. Pictured left to right: Mary Meeks, AOLG Principal, Grace G. Hebert ’77, Arielle Primero, Albino Gabriel, Marie Leon Guerrero, Sister Francis Jerome Cruz, RSM, AOLG President, Mildred Gabriel ’72. Not pictured: Melissa Gabriel ’05, Angeline Gabriel ’13, Angelica Gabriel ’05, Natasha Hebert ’04.
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The Academy of Our Lady of Guam held its first student body assembly of the school year last Monday. The 430 students enrolled at the Academy were inspired and awed by their guest speaker, Ms. Yuri Kim. A graduate of the Class of l989, Yuri Kim boasted of her proud heritage of being an Academian. She began her address by saying: "Two weeks ago, I was in Baghdad drinking tea with Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister, talking to him about negotiating the formation of Iraq's next government, and I wondered to myself, 'How on earth did I get here?’ Well, the answer was that it all began at the Academy."  Yuri told the students how the education she received at the Academy had formed the foundation upon which she has built her career as a diplomat. Recalling the teachers who had inspired her -- some of whom, like Mrs. Daphne Castillo, Mr. John Blaszczak, Mr. Rick Ninete are still teaching -- she encouraged the newest crop of Academians to use the coming school year to explore all possibilities, seize the many opportunities that the Academy will present, and work hard to make their dreams into realities.” “I was honestly amazed that she started out just like me as a student at the Academy and is now a diplomat who has travelled all around the world,” commented Jessy Hardy, Academy’s National Honor Society President. This senior was motivated. “She definitely inspired everyone with her story and encouraged all of us to do the same – to challenge ourselves to go beyond what is expected.”Yuri Kim, a nominee to AOLG 2009 Hall of Fame, lives the legacy of Academy’s mission that Academy students learn to be Women who are Christ centered, Women who are Intellectually Competent and Resourceful, Women who are Lifelong Learners, Women who are Effective Communicators and Women who are Catalysts for Change. Yuri’s appreciation of the education she received at the Academy resolves in her wanting to give back. Yuri and her family gave for the third year in a row a full scholarship to a student at the Academy. Rury Lee, 16, a junior this school year is the recipient of the Jane Wha-Young Kim Scholarship, in memory of Yuri’s mother who tragically died aboard the Korean Airlines which crashed 13 years ago in 1997.  |
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 New York Times bestselling author, survivor, and celebrated anti-bullying activist, Jodee Blanco, will be conducting her critically acclaimed day long anti-bullying program It's NOT Just Joking Around! at Academy of Our Lady High School, Saint Anthony School, and Bishop Baumgartner Memorial School from August 30 to September 2, 2010. These seminars will also be made available to both private and public schools.
The seminar will include a 90 minute workshop featuring Jodee’s compelling personal story of her struggle as the victim of severe bullying from fifth grade through high school. Along with sharing her own experiences, including perspectives from parents and teachers as to successful ways of dealing with bullying, Jodee will offer rare insights from the tens of thousands of bullied students she has worked with across the nation. Schedule of Seminars: Academy of Our Lady of Guam (AOLG) Auditorium - Aug. 30, 2010, Monday 12:10 pm to 1:40 pm
- AOLG Students & Representatives of Catholic High/Middle Schools
- Aug. 30, 2010, Monday 2:00 pm to 3:30 pm
- AOLG Faculty/Staff & Faculty/Staff of Catholic High/Middle Schools
- Sept. 2, 2010, Thursday 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm
- Students, Parents & Faculty/Staff of Catholic High/Middle Schools
Bishop Baumgartner Memorial Catholic School (BBMCS) Auditorium - Sept. 1, 2010, Wednesday 6:30 pm to 8:00 pm
- Parents/Family of AOLG, SACS and BBMCS & Parents/Family of Catholic Schools
For more information on Jodee Blanco and her seminars, please call the Academy of Our Lady at 477-8203 |
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