• Click on msgvarsity.com to see more stories, photographs, and videos by IHS Communications students.
• Check out the January 2012 issue of Spartan Spirit, the school newspaper published by IHS journalism students.  The Spartan Spirit school newspaper editor for the 2011-12 school is Adam Zielonka.
• Students Construct Eco-Friendly Rain Barrels

• Students Celebrate Heritage for the Holdidays

• Immaculata Students are Becoming Published Authors!

• Immaculata Student Becoming a Hit on the Web!

  Immaculata student Fabian Barona is becoming a hit on the Internet! How is he doing it? Click here to find out! (Posted 12/14/11)

• Immaculata Celebrates National French Week

  Immaculata's National French Honor Society held festivities in honor of National French Week. Among the events held were...full story. (Posted 12/14/11)
  

• Was the Vietnam Draft Statistically Skewed?

  Students in Mrs. Anita Loveland's Statistical Thinking class tested whether the results of the Vietnam draft were statistically fair.  What did they find?  Click here to read more. (Posted 11/28/11)

• Immaculata Welcomes French Guests

  Immaculata recently welcomed two French teenagers who spoke to the school's French classes about...full story. (Posted 11/21/11)

Immaculata’s senior class opened its arms and embraced the incoming Class of 2015 through its Lata Living program. Greeted by a cheering crowd of members of the Class of 2012, the freshmen streamed into the school for an afternoon of Spartan activities. Principal Sister Regina Havens IHM started off the festivities with welcoming remarks. She was followed by Dave LePoidevin, Director of Admissions, and Helen Sanford, Director of Campus Ministry. Three seniors, Mona Poblete, Kyle Adam and Patrick Burke spoke to the class from a student point of view with great words of encouragement and optimism. Skits, icebreakers, giveaways, games, and a pizza party followed. The Classes of 2012 and 2015 then walked several blocks in unity to reach Immaculate Conception Church, where they celebrated mass with their families.  More photos.

• Please click here for Music News, Upcoming Music Events, and Weekly Music Schedule.
• The marching band staff includes many alumni of Immaculata: Band Director Ed Webber ’99; Marching Instructors: Jaime Bartushak ’85, Michael Gasko ’06, Sonia Sparkes ’06, Magda Dzierzanowski ‘06, TJ Brungard ’08, Liam Gilroy ’08 and Monica Cullen ’09; Color Guard Instructor Casey Lewis ’07; Percussion Instructors: Ken Riehman ’97; Kevin McKeever ‘94, Neil Cote ‘04, Tim Haney ‘05, and Stephanie Pypniowski ‘ 06.
• On Saturday, November 5th, 2011, the US Scholastic Band Association held their New Jersey State Open Class Championships in Old Bridge, NJ. The Immaculata High School Spartan Marching Band took first place in Group 6 Open Class.  Click here to read more.
• The Spartan Marching Band wrapped up their very successful season by competing in the Group Six Open Class of the USSBA National Championship where they placed...full story.
• Five Immaculata Students participated in the NJMEA All-States Concerts...full story. (Posted 12/1/11)

• The Spartan Daily Athletic Hotline is ext. 138. It is updated by 11:30 a.m. on good weather days and not before 1:30 p.m. on poor weather days. Please do not call the athletic office concerning weather related schedule changes, as it prevents us from communicating with athletic directors and coaches. All sports schedules are available on the athletics page of our website. In the event of inclement weather, you can receive a text message or email when game events change suddenly. Click on the “Official Spartan Schedule” which will direct you to skylandconferencenj.org. You can enter your information and team and receive text messages and/or emails in the event of a cancellation or game change.
• The Immaculata varsity cheerleaders (pictured below left) are off to an incredible start this season! Click here to find out more. (Posted 1/18/12)
• Six Immaculata baseball players have been signed to play ball at a college level! (Pictured below right) Click here to find out more. (Posted 1/13/12)
• The IHS cheerleaders volunteered on 10/2/2011 to support the efforts of the runners/walkers in this year's Steeplechase Distance Run in Hillsborough, NJ.  For three years, the Steeplechase Run has been organized by Somerset Medical Center to raise cancer awareness, a disease which affects so many in our community.  The event featured a 5K run/walk during which the IHS cheerleaders organized a water station (they handed out nearly 15 gallons of water and 300 cups), created signs to support the Progin's Players team in particular, and cheered and encouraged everyone as they neared the finish line.   The Progin's Players team was organized to support, Ian Progin, head boys' basketball coach at Hillsborough, who was diagnosed with stage 4 Glioblastoma, a brain cancer, in May 2010.  He has two small children and the Hillsborough community has planned many events to help support the family.  Progin's Players had over 700 participants registered for the Steeplechase event including many Immaculata runners/walkers.

• Two students were honored with awards from the Diocese. Click here to find out what they're doing to help serve the community! (Posted 2/2/12)

• Immaculata students (pictured at left: Stephanie Koeller and Melodie Foley, with guest speaker Brian Reavey) are fighting social injustice with the Be the Change club. Click here for full details. (Posted 1/18/12)

• Immaculata students participated in SHIP's "Cooking With Christ" program to help...full story. (Posted 12/16/11)

• Immaculata High School welcomed Father Foster Gardiner, a Catholic priest from Liberia (pictured with IHS students).  Fr. Gardiner spoke to students about the many difficulties faced by Liberian children, such as...full story. (Posted 11/18/11)
  

• Volunteers in the Immaculata High School Campus Ministry program came together with Legal Services of New Jersey to help the organization file or shred confidential documents. Legal Services of New Jersey, or the L.S.N.J., is a non-profit organization in Edison, New Jersey. It helps the poor who are unable to afford a lawyer. The Spartan volunteers travel to Edison after school to help file or shred case documents for three hours once a month. Their goal is to reduce the backlog of private documents on closed cases that must be destroyed. In addition, students helped file papers essential to current cases.Immaculata High School senior Lauren Cherichella of Branchburg gave her perspective on the volunteer program. “I enjoy shredding at L.S.N.J. because it contributes to helping someone in need indirectly. By shredding a couple hundred pieces of paper, I help people in need, as well as the environment. It’s a great feeling.” (Posted 11/15/11)

• Last year Immaculata students donated over 25,000 hours in service to the community. One of the most popular activities: food shopping. Every two weeks an Immaculata Campus Ministry van filled with volunteers goes to a local grocery store, where students purchase older citizens’ groceries and deliver them to their homes. Catholic Charities recommends the names to the school. There are two specific people who request Spartan shoppers only. The semi-monthly event has a two-fold benefit: it helps the elderly get their groceries and fresh produce and shows the students how to live out the teachings of social justice. According to Gabrielle McGovern of Branchburg, “It was a great learning experience to help others who are not able to get food by themselves.” (Posted 11/4/11)

Written by : Erin Cooper

Photography by: Olivia Pasquarelli

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