What's recently happened:
Marquette Catholic High School (MQTT) brought in the month of February with Catholic Schools Week (CSW). This is when the Catholic school's community comes together to honor each other and members of the community.
MQTT celebrates this week by having a fun activity at the end of each school day as well as bringing in donations for St. Mary’s food pantry. These activities give students and faculty members a chance to come together and have fun outside of the classroom.
The week started off on Sunday, January 30 with the theme of celebrating your Parish. Students came to school to decorate hallways. There were four different hallway themes for each grade and the following day the best-voted hallway was announced.
The freshman hallway theme was the '80s. The sophomore theme was under the sea. The juniors, also the winners of the competition, decided on a safari theme. Lastly, the senior hallway theme was Tim Burton.
The next day, Monday, January 31, had the theme of celebrating your community. Students came to school in pajamas. The activity for that day was “Name That Tune” in the gymnasium. Five students from each grade level competed in guessing the name of the tune that played from the speakers. The freshman swept out all the competition until the teachers came along and humbled them.
The following day, Tuesday, February 1, had the theme of celebrating your students. MQTT gave three free slices of pizza to each student along with a cookie for lunch. The activity for that day was the Bishop’s Mass at 9 a.m. Other corresponding Catholic schools such as Queen of all Saints and Notre Dame Catholic School joined MQTT in the gymnasium to celebrate the Eucharist.
Unfortunately, the following three days of CSW were postponed due to the snowstorm that occurred. Student Government and MQTT’s principal, Casey Martin, plan to continue with CSW in the following week.
What’s Coming Up:
CSW will continue for three more days. The first is celebrating the nation. MQTT students will dress as a movie character and participate in another competition. This competition will be Teacher Trivia. Teacher Trivia is when students from each grade level are asked questions about their teachers. The grade with the most knowledge of their teacher wins.
The second day will be celebrating vocations. Students will dress up as their corresponding hallway themes and will come together at the end of the day to watch their peers perform in the talent show. It’s a great opportunity for MQTT students to show support to their classmates’ talents.
Lastly, the third day will be celebrating faculty, staff, and volunteers. On this day, students will wear their class shirts/colors. Then, at the end of the day, each class will compete in one last activity – dodgeball. The winning grade will compete against the teachers.
MQTT Student Government has been brainstorming ideas to celebrate Black History Month. One possible idea that was mentioned in their last meeting was to have a door decorating contest where each class decorates a door and dedicates it to a Black leader.
MQTT Student Government also continues plans for MQTT’s annual Winter Ball on February 12. It’ll be held at Trinity Hall in Saint Patricks with the theme of winter wonderland. MQTT is providing unlimited dessert along with an all you can drink soda and coffee bar.
Staff Spotlight:
Amanda Boyd has been a teacher at MQTT for five years. She’s currently one of the theology teachers, but she used to teach history in her previous four years.
When asked why she became a teacher, Boyd responds wholeheartedly that she loves school. She also expressed how she loves working with kids and being a part of their growth into adulthood.
Boyd is also the leader of student government. She organizes all of the events MQTT holds.
“I love organizing fun events," Boyd said. "I think it’s really important for students to have opportunities to connect with one another and connect with their school community in a way that’s fun. High school is about learning more than just stuff in the class. It’s about socializing, service, and having fun. It’s about giving students the opportunity to come together in a community.”
Student Spotlight:
Emily Farkas has been a part of community planning in student government. She’s the junior class co-representative.
Some of Farkas’s responsibilities in student government consist of speaking for the junior class by coordinating ideas through her peers. She also helps plan dances, helps get her class in order, and helps with preparations for CSW and/or class contests.
“I joined student government because I like being involved in decision making and I like being in the loop. I enjoy being involved in my school community and making important decisions for the betterment of the junior class,” said Farkas.