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Saturday, April 16, 2011

Kennedy Catholic Senior Signs Letter of Intent

Kennedy Catholic High School senior Paige Miller signed a letter of intent with Youngstown State University Friday.

Kennedy Catholic High School senior Paige Miller signed a letter of intent with Youngstown State University in Ohio on Friday. School officials said Miller has been an integral member of Kennedy’s softball program throughout the past four years. She led Kennedy to its first two softball district championships in 2009 and 2010, as well as two consecutive seasons with a record of 44-6, Courtney Bolesta, Kennedy's director of communication and alumni relations, said in a news release. Bolesta also said that Miller is a two-time AAA Conference Player of the Year and has been named to all-state second team twice. “Paige is the most dominant player I have coached in my 20 years of coaching baseball, softball and football. She has the ability to …

Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Kennedy Catholic hosts annual Grandparents' Mass

High school's Grandparents' Mass celebrates the special relationship between teens and their grandparents.

Although Thursday is traditionally a day families gather and show thanks for eachother, students at Manchester's John F. Kennedy Catholic High School showed some appreciation last week. They invited their grandparents to school Friday, to join them for a special service and luncheon. Chris Bolesta, the school's president, said the event began as an initiative of the campus ministry office more than 20 years ago and has since become a treasured tradition. "We realized that in the teen years, kids have a more special relationship with their grandparents than with their parents, so this is a way of bringing the grandparents into the school," she said. "Of all our traditions, this is my favorite. The kids are just so gentle with the …

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