School News

2012 - 2013 School Year:

Primary Math Bee Winners, Friday, March 1, 2013

First Place: Colin Byrne, 3A
Second Place: Edward McCarthy-Coyne, 3B
Third Place: Aleksandra Pawlowska, 3B

High School Scholarship Winners, Class of 2013

Total value $377,000+

Bishop Loughlin: Lesley Ceron, Zion Russell
Cathedral High School: Delidy Cruz, Olivia Hallinger, Sara Israel, Jacqueline Lulu-Abad
Christ the King Regional High School: Giovan Arcamone, Bartek Bzura, Jacqueline Lulu-Abad, Michelle Pao
The Mary Louis Academy: Kristin Jones, Erin Wengerter
Notre Dame: Sheyla Batista, Melina Bilajbegovic, Delidy Cruz, Brandy DeLeon, Bridget LaSala, Stephanie Liz, Deirdre O'Donnell, Erin Wengerter
St. Jean Baptiste: Kristin Jones
St. John's Preparatory High School: Kristin Jones
St. Joseph's High School: Sheyla Batista, Krystin Contreras, Victoria Gjoni, Jacqueline Lulu-Abad, Gabriella Perez
St. Vincent Ferrer: Deirdre O'Donnell, Cameron Villaruel
Tri State Italian American Congress Scholarship: Giovan Arcamone, Krystin Contreras, Bridget LaSala, Antonio Pazmino
Xavier High School: Bartek Bzura

Junior High Math Bee Winners, Tuesday, January 15, 2013

First Place: Alan Muller, 8B
Second Place: Ewelina Adamczak, 7B
Third Place: Bartek Bzura, 8B

Intermediate Math Bee Winners, November 6, 2012

First Place: Owen Byrne, 5A
Second Place: Sophia Wang, 4B
Third Place: Elena Spasova, 5A


2011 - 2012 School Year:

Special High School Programs, Class of 2012

Brooklyn technical High School: Mary Karroqe, Bartek Paul
Bard High School: Lukasz Swierzbinski, Karolina Szymanowska
The Beacon School: Gabrielle Czekan, Bartek Paul
Talented Unlimited High School: Destiny Lora
Frank Sinatra High School - Film & Media: Kaspar Grispino
Benjamin Cardozo High School: Kaitlyn Jones (Dance), Shannon Jones (Journalism)
Forest Hills High School: Kataryzna Zablotna (Music & Performing Arts), Michelle Giraldo (Drama Academy)
Performing Arts at Gramercy: Michelle Warunek

High School Scholarship Winners, Class of 2012

Total value $97,064.00

Notre Dame: Gabrielle Czekan, Mary Karroqe, Lourdes Jaquez
Christ the King Regional High School: Karol Gajewski, Lourdes Jaquez, Bartek Paul
The Mary Louis Academy: Shannon Jones
Martin Luther High School: Timothy Soberano, Matthew Varela
Tri State Italian American Congress Scholarship: Samantha Suden

Primary Math Bee Winners, Monday, April 2, 2012

First Place: Sophia Wang, 3B
Second Place: Rodolfo Lezama, 3A
Third Place: Colin Byrne, 2A

Junior High Math Bee Winners, Friday, January 13, 2012

First Place: Michelle Pao
Second Place: Alan Muller
Third Place: Lukasz Swierzbinski

Intermediate Math Bee Winners, Grades 4-6 - October 21, 2011

First Place: Owen Byrne, 4B
Second Place: Lukasz Paul, 6A
Third Place: Andrew Florea, 5B


2010 - 2011 School Year:

School Band - Upcoming Performances:

For current members: Our next performance is Wednesday, May 25th. All students will perform. Dress is white shirt or blouse, black pants of skirt. Gentleman wear a tie.

Honor Band concert (for those invited) is Sunday, April 10th, St. John's Prep HS in Astoria.

Primary Math Bee Winners - Monday, March 14th 2011

1st Place: Owen Byrne, 3A
2nd Place: Natalie Bialczak, 2A
3rd Place: Sophia Wang, 2B

High School Scholarship Winners, Class of 2011

Andrew Goh, 8A - Xavier HS, Larkin Scholarship ($23,500); Christ the King ($28,500)

Kevin Rodriguez, 8B - Christ the King ($28,500)

Victor Jacquez, 8A - partial scholarship to Christ the King ($9,500)

Stephanie Hallinger, 8A - Mary Louis Academy ($16,000); semi-finalist for scholarship St. Vincent Ferrer ($24,000)

Lizette Gomez, 8A - St. Joseph's HS ($4,000)

Emilia Dabrowska, 8B - Notre Dame ($20,000)

Zuzanna Lorenc, 8B - Notre Dame ($12,000)

Aleksandra Zuraw, 8A - Notre Dame ($12,000)

Greis Milla, 8A - Notre Dame ($12,000)

Ewa Gerlak, 8B - semi-finalist St. Vincent Ferrer ($24,000)

Ervin Acosta, 8B - Martin Luther HS (Amt. to be determined)

Grace Weiderhold, 8B - Martin Luther HS (Amt. to be determined)

Samantha Liu, 8A - Italian/American Grant ($1,000)

Angelique Rivera, 8A - Italian/American Grant ($1,000)

Justin Lorenzo, 8B - Italian/American Grant ($1,000)

Total scholarships received not including St. Vincent Ferrer and Martin Luther HS: $145,500.

Junior High Math Bee Winners - January 14, 2011

First Place: Andrew Goh, 8A
Second Place: Danny Kong, 8A
Third Place: Ervin Acosta, 8B

Intermediate Math Bee Winners - October 22, 2010

First Place: Michelle Pao, 6B
Second Place: Tomasz Horczak, 6B
Third Place: Kristin Jones, 6B


2009 - 2010 School Year:

Junior High Math Bee Winners - January 25, 2010

First Place: Martin Puchacz
Second Place: Adrian Horszak
Third Place: Kevin Rodriguez


2008 - 2009 School Year:

Intermediate Math Bee Winners - October 29, 2009

First Place: Karol Gajewski
Second Place: Michelle Pao
Third Place: Tomasz Horczak


Primary Math Bee - April 7, 2009

Contestants from grades 1 through 3 at St. Matthias School participated in the primary math bee today: Piotr Bryla, Owen Byrne, Andrew Florea, Gabrielle Hernandez, Fady Israel, Katarina Pavlovic, Ashley Powell, James Suden, Kevin Vu, and Nathalie Vukosavljevic

Winners were as follows:

First Place: Nathalie Vukosavljevic
Second Place: Owen Byrne
Third Place: Kevin Vu

Nathalie Vukosavljevic will go on to represent St. Matthias School in the Regional Primary Math Bee in the spring. Congratulations!

High School Scholarship Winners, Class of 2009

Matthew Adragna - Peter Cardella Scholarship to Christ the King Regional H.S.

Bryan Cybura - Bishop Ford Central Catholic High School

Amanda Ferrante - Bishop Ford Central Catholic High School

Sebastian Gerlak - Bishop Ford Central Catholic High School

Klaudia Karpowicz – Notre Dame School; Bishop Ford Central Catholic High School

Karolina Maziarz - Notre Dame School; Bishop Ford Central Catholic High School

Joseph Mercurio - Cathedral Preparatory Seminary

Admir Milla - Christ the King Regional High School; Bishop Ford Central Catholic High School; Brooklyn Technical High School

Michael Shum - Bishop Ford Central Catholic High School

Katarina Wengerter - The Mary Louis Academy; Notre Dame School

Intermediate Math Bee

St. Matthias School held an Intermediate Math Bee for grades 4, 5 & 6. Winners were as follows:

First Place: Ryan Zhang, Class 5B (center)
Second Place: Andrew Goh, Class 6B (left)
Third Place: Kevin Rodriguez, Class 6B (right)

Ryan will go on to represent St. Matthias in the Regional Intermediate Math Bee to be held on December 2nd.

St. Matthias Intermediate Math Bee Winners

Other Math Bee participants were as follows (from left to right and top to bottom in the photo below):

Ryan Zhang, Andrew Goh, Kevin Rodriguez, Greis Milla, Karol Gajewski
Andrew Sayedarous, Michelle Pao, Evgeni Dobranov, Alex Orellana, Aleksandra Ambroziak
Samantha Suden, Suad Shahein, Jovan Fernandez, Zuzanna Lorenc, Lukasz Swierzbinski

St. Matthias Intermediate Math Bee Participants


2007 - 2008 School Year:

Oratorical Contest - May 2008

On Tuesday, May 20th (6th grade) and Friday, May 23rd (7th & 8th grades), St. Matthias held an Oratorical Contest amongst 6-8th graders. Children were judged on their introduction, presentation style, vocal delivery, physical delivery and overall emphasis.

Winners from the 6th grade group are as follows:

Kerry Matzelle - 1st place
Nadin Zejnilovic - 2nd place
Tara Villaruel - 3rd place
Adam Bryla - 4th place

Winners from the 7th-8th grade group are as follows:

Kenneth Suden - 1st place
Admir Milla - 2nd place
Katarina Wengerter - 3rd place
Joseph Mercurio - 4th place

Math Bee - April 4, 2008

1st Place Winner = Michelle Pao, 3A
2nd Place Winner = Thomas Powell, 3A
3rd Place Winner = Brian Santana, 2B

Contestants also included:
Maeve O'Donnell, 1A
Ashley Powell, 1A
Piotr Bryla, 1B
Ehab Garas, 1B
Jailyn Gonzalez, 2A
Allison Strauss, 2A
Kalina Wronecki, 2B

High School Scholarship Winners, Class of 2008

Agnieska Czaja - Christ the King High School

Eryk Gajewski - Bishop Ford High School

Brendon Harfmann - Cathedral Preparatory High School

Patrick Hynes - Bishop Ford High School; St. Francis Preparatory High School

Hanna Kunkel - Bishop Ford High School; Notre Dame

Chelsea Kuse - Bishop Ford High School

Joseph Mikhaeil - Bishop Ford High School; St. John's Preparatory High School

Nicholas Ruiz - Martin Luther King High School; LaSalle High School

Julia Szaniawska - Christ the King High School; The Mary Louis Academy

Stephanie Zelicskovics - Bishop Ford High School

2008 Spelling Bee Winners

First Place: Evgeni Dobranov - Class 5B
Second Place: Andrew Goh - Class 5B
Third Place: Briana Ramirez - Class 4B

Intermediate Math Bee - November 1, 2007

First Place: Miguel Rubin de Celis
Second Place: Weronika Bzura
Third Place: Andrew Goh

1st Place Winner, Miguel Rubin de Celis, is representing St. Matthias School in the Regional Math Bee to be held on November 13, 2007.

In addition to the Intermediate Math Bee, Miguel Rubin de Celis has now won the Regional Math Bee. Congratulations, Miguel!


2006 - 2007 School Year:

Primary Math Bee - April 3, 2007

First Place: Thomas Powell (2)
Second Place: Bartek Bzura (2)
Third Place: Ryan Zhang (3)

Scary Story Winner

Briana Ramirez - Read the winning story!

Intermediate Math Bee - November 1, 2006

First Place: Bryan Cybura (6)
Second Place: Andrew Goh (4)
Third Place: Kerry Matzelle (5) & Martin Puchacz (5)


2005 - 2006 School Year:

Sparky Visits

We were very happy to welcome Sparky to St. Matthias during the first week of June. You can learn more about Sparky at Sparky's Adventures and see all the other school's she has visited at http://www.sparkyswalk.com/schools.php.

NYC Honor Band

G. Carrillo, S. Correa, K. DeJesus, S. Haufe, and C. Scilla

These students have been invited to join the NYC Honor Band in a performance at St. John's Preparatory School on Sunday, April 2, 2006.

Primary Math Bee (March 21, 2006)

First Place: Andrew Goh (3B)
Second Place: Aleksandra Zuraw (3A)
Third Place: Bartek Paul (2B)

High School Scholarship Winners, Class of 2006

Eva Acevedo:
  • Bishop Ford High School
  • St. Agnes High School
  • Christ the King High School
Thomas Brock:
  • Bishop Ford High School
  • Brooklyn Tech High School
Peter Masoud:
  • Bishop Ford High School
  • Brooklyn Tech High School
Richard McCluskey:
  • Bishop Ford High School
Eric Ortiz:
  • Xavier High School
Jonathan Pacheco:
  • Brooklyn Tech High School
Joshua Rivera:
  • Bishop Ford High School
  • Christ the King High School
Jakub Weglarz:
  • Bishop Ford High School

2004 - 2005 School Year:

High School Scholarship Winners, Class of 2005

Bishop Ford High School:
Edwin Flores
Criston Flores
Armand Soto
Michael Varela

Christ the King High School:
Gregory Haufe
Justin Rivera

Martin Luther High School:
Andrzej Maziarz
Bonnie Padilla

Notre Dame:
Sophia Mercurio

St. Agnes High School:
Bonnie Padilla

St. John's Prep:
Aleksandra Siekiera

Intermediate Math Bee

First Place: Joseph Mercurio

Congratulations!


2003 - 2004 School Year:

High School Scholarship Winners, Class of 2004

Bishop Ford High School:
Christopher Dabkowski
Christopher Plaszczymaka
Stephanie Sersea
Damian Velez
Aleksandra Weglarz

Cathedral Girls High School:
Grace Brock
Aleksandra Weglarz

Christ the King High School:
Michelle Cuttonaro
Jessica Laux
Vincent Rivera
Damian Velez

Dominican Academy:
Aleksandra Weglarz

Martin Luther High School:
Justin Alvarez
Grace Brock

Mary Louis Academy:
Grace Brock

St. Agnes High School:
Serena Casanova
Jessica Laux

St. Francis Preparatory High School:
Vincenzo Scilla

St. John's Preparatory High School:
Damian Velez

Specialized High Schools:
Yul Lee - Stuyvesant and LaGuardia Performing Arts
Damian Velez - Brooklyn Tech
Aleksandra Weglarz - H.S. of Mathematics, Science and Engineering at City College

Congratulations to these students, their families, and our faculty! You have much to be proud of. God bless you.

Intermediate Math Bee

First Place: Tiffany Goh (4A)
Second Place: Audrey Goh (5A)
Third Place: Thomas Brock (6A)

Congratulations to the winners!

Intermediate Regional Math Bee

Congratulations to Tiffany Goh (4A) for winning the Intermediate Regional Math Bee!

Primary Math Bee

First Place: Martin Puchacz (2A)
Second Place: Andrew Goh (1A)
Third Place: Andrew McCluskey (2B)

Congratulations to the winners!

Martin Puchacz will represent St. Matthias in the Regional Primary Math Bee on March 30th. We wish him luck.


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