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Students perform and direct at Osher Theatre. Saint Mary's celebrates Saint Patrick's Day! Alum sets world record. Lenten Food Drive ends.
Saint Mary’s High again has even more reason to be proud of its Theatre Artists as now several are very involved with Berkeley Repertory Theatre’s Teen One Act Festival being presented this weekend in the Osher Studio Theatre, Friday and Saturday, March 18 and 19, at 8 p.m. and Sunday, March 20, at 2 p.m.
Fresh from their success with the high school's February production of "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" (pictured), students will be presenting an original One Act by playwright Armando Byrd, “Revenge or Renaissance," with a set designed by Saint Mary's sophomore Julia Martin. Julia is also Stage Manager for the second one-act, “Man Under a Piano,” featuring junior Lizzy Ward and sophomore Elena Avila as principle characters. Senior Matt Franaszek is the Prop Master and designer for both shows. Congratulations, students!
Saint Patrick's Day will be celebrated on campus today with Irish treats provided by the Diversity Club, a full corned beef and cabbage lunch available at the school cafeteria, and Irish music and dancing during the lunch period. Happy St. Patty's Day! Photo: The Ireland table provided Irish Soda Bread samples at the 2015 Diversity Day.
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Saint Mary's High alumnus, track coach, faculty member, and two-time alumni Dad, Jay Lawson, participated again this year in the USA Track and Field Masters Indoor Championships, which feature athletes ranging in age from 30 - 95+. At the Indoor Championships held March 4-6, 2016 in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Lawson finished second in the 200m and is currently ranked #3 in the world in his 50-54 age group. In the men's 4×400, the Masters 50 Southwest Sprinters Track Club team of Lawson, Francois Boda, Marcus Shute, Sr., and David Jones (pictured) ran a world record-breaking 3:39.27. Congratulations, Mr. Lawson, who also marks 29 years on the Saint Mary's faculty this year!
The Saint Mary's community wrapped up its annual Lenten Food Drive in support of the Alameda County Community Food Bank in early March, collecting thousands of pounds of canned goods and and also collecting funds to donate to the effort. To encourage students during the final week of the drive, juniors Kayla Elmendorf (l) and Mia Altieri (r) in the photo, donned Campbell's Soup outfits.