Valley Catholic School AP Biology students recently participated in a program called “Discover OHSU.” The program is designed to allow advanced high school biology students to visit the OHSU hospital, learn about a few hospital programs, and further their understanding of human anatomy. To get to the hospital, the students enjoyed taking the tram there and back so they could get a great view of the Willamette River and the city.
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Valley Catholic’s Drama Department just wrapped up their production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.

VCHS Drama Director Ginnie Sutfin said “If I had to sum it up in one sentence, I would say that Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat—with a cast of 60 elementary, middle, and high school students, sold-out crowds, and delighted audiences, is Valley Catholic’s most successful production ever.” She expressed praise of what the cast, crew and directors of the show accomplished.

See photos taken by long-time volunteer Scott Cary and read the preview article written by senior Rebecca Kravitz and edited by senior Lara Walsh.

Valley Catholic Dreams in Technicolor

It’s that time of year again. Walking into the auditorium any day after school after Christmas Break you would have found both cast and crew members alike singing, dancing, acting, and working hard on this year’s spring musical. For the past 40 years, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat has been performed by both professional and amateur groups. More than 20,000 schools have performed this light-hearted musical, and now Valley Catholic can be added to that list.
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Congratulations to the Valley Catholic CYO Swim Team on winning the league championship this season.

You can see a final collection of team points below:
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Story and Photos by 9th Grade Student Yamini Naidu, of Valley Catholic School and Member of Beaverton Mayor’s Youth Advisory Board

The Annual Maryville Senior Prom was held Tuesday, Feb. 16. The Beaverton Mayor’s Youth Advisory Board (MYAB) hosted the event to give the Maryville residents an enjoyable night of fun and merriment.
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Valley Catholic Middle School held its 8th annual in-house Science Fair in February. First through third place winners were awarded medals. All of these students will go on to represent Valley Catholic at the Intel Northwest Science Expo on April 2 and the Valley Catholic Middle School Regional Science Fair April 23.

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All 29 of the students in Valley Catholic’s Accelerated PreCalculus class, plus three others from various Calculus sections, took a Trig Star Test Feb. 23. It’s a one-hour test sponsored by the Professional Land Surveyors of Oregon (PLSO) and this is the fifth year in which our school has participated. The test has four trigonometry/surveying problems, with the first three being straightforward and the last requiring insight, creativity and computational fortitude.

Through the generosity of the PLSO, all 10 students pictured below received a cash prize for their excellent work on the Trig Star test.  The top scorer is designated the school’s Trig Star. Alex Chau won both this year and last, and the Trig Star gets to compete at the state level in April to compete against other Trig Stars from Oregon. The winner at state then competes in the national contest. Cash prizes are awarded in increasing amounts as students go through the contests, and at state and national there is also a cash award given to the winning students’ teachers.
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Two-time Olympic gold medalist, Mariel Zagunis ’03, was honored Sunday, Jan. 31 at The 58th Annual Oregon Sports Awards at the Nike World Campus in Beaverton. Mariel, who won gold in women’s saber fencing at the Athens Olympics in 2006 and at Beijing in 2010, took home Harry Glickman Professional Athlete of the Year award for women at the sold-out event.

Trail Blazers guard Roy took the Harry Glickman professional athlete honor for men for the third consecutive year. Other winners included Heisman Trophy finalist and Ndamukong Suh who won the Bill Hayward Amateur Athlete award for men, and Paul Allen, who is in his 21st year as owner of the Trail Blazers, who won the Merit award for longtime service.

The two-hour event at the Tiger Woods Center honors the Oregon’s top athletes, coaches and teams for their performances in 2009 or lifetime achievements. Bill Schonely, the Portland Trail Blazers’ founding broadcaster/ambassador, served as show ambassador.
Featured categories include the Bill Hayward Amateur Athletes of the Year (male and female), the Harry Glickman Professional Athletes of the Year (male and female) and the Slats Gill Sportsperson of the Year.

The Oregon Sports Awards began in 1948 as the Hayward Banquet of Champions. The event was discontinued after 1996 but returned in 2002 and has been held as the Oregon Sports Awards for the past nine years, with a new, stage-show format and many added award categories. The event is sponsored by Nike, the Portland Tribune, Comcast SportsNet, Les Schwab Tires, Jeld-Wen Windows & Doors, Portland Trail Blazers, Dick’s Sporting Goods and SportsOne.

The Department of Energy’s Science Bowl is a highly publicized academic competition among teams of middle school and high school students. Students answer questions on scientific topics in astronomy, biology, chemistry, mathematics, physics, earth, computer and general science. All students who attend middle school and high school in Washington and Oregon are eligible. The teams are comprised of four to five students and a parent or teacher who serves as a coach. The questions are multiple choice and short answer. To win, a team must work together to quickly and accurately answer toss-up and bonus questions while following rules of play. Prizes are awarded to the top three teams, and the winning team is invited to participate in the National Science Bowl in Washington D.C.
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All Valley Catholic, K-12 students got themselves pumped up at a recent assembly to sell raffle tickets for the new Toyota Prius donated by Beaverton Toyota. Owen Jones, president of the high school’s student body association, helped kick off ticket sales with a great video created by all the Student Body Officers from their visit to Beaverton Toyota. Thanks Student Body Officers for all your hard work!

• Owen Jones, President
• Pua Black, Vice President
• Emily Anctil, Secretary
• Devon Bathon, Treasurer
• Michaela Hanson, Publicity Manager
• Melissa Lynn, Publicity Manager
• Katie McAuliffe, Publicity Manager
• Emily Tait, Publicity Manager

Download the Raffle Ticket Form here. You can see the video below.

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Valley Catholic Middle School hosted its 43rd annual Speech Tournament on Saturday, Feb. 27, 2010.  Children ranging from grades 6-8 were allowed to participate in this event from schools all over the area.  This year even saw children as far away as Seattle competing for prizes.

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