Expeditionary Learning Night

Check out our video from our first Expeditionary Learning Night!
https://vimeo.com/41176502

Pictures from the event are available on our Facebook page.

St. Rose of Lima Catholic Academy Facebook

Thank you to all of the people that made this possible.  The future looks bright for St. Rose of Lima Catholic Academy.

Athlete of the Week - Gabby

This year’s JV volleyball team has a good mix of 5^th and 6^th graders. We have eight total players, and five of them are 5^th graders. Eva, Alyssa A, and Sonya make up a very good (albeit small) group of 6^th grade leaders, but we also get good contributions from the 5^th graders, and one of them leads the way. Gabby has played a lot of volleyball in her life. She plays for St Rose and she plays club volleyball. I have always known that Gabby is good, but in the past, I’ve seen her hold herself back a little bit. In a JV game and a varsity game against St Mary’s on 4/4, I finally saw her full ability. Gabby has a very good overhand serve. She digs as well as anyone in the school. She can set. She also hits well. Once she starts jumping on her hits, watch out. In the first JV game against St Mary’s, Gabby served 8 of our 25 points, and set the tone for a convincing match win to move our JV record to 4-2 on the season.

We didn’t have any baseball games this week, so there is no male Athlete of the Week. 

Athletes of the Week - Yoselyn and Rafael

Last year’s varsity volleyball team was led by a big group of 8^th graders, who had played together throughout their time at St Rose. We got to the championship game of our tournament last year, and had a great overall year. We were hoping to smoothly replace those girls, but so far, the year has been somewhat difficult. Going into our game against St Vincent de Paul on 3/29, we still hadn’t gotten a win. One player really turned things around, and we got a good home win over St Vincent. Yoselyn Roman served 11 consecutive points in the first game, and she served 8 of our 25 points in the second game, both wins, to secure the match. Yoselyn has embraced a leadership role as the most experienced 8^th grader on this year’s team. She hits a very hard and flat serve, that opposing teams find very hard to return. She also is our main setter, and is a vocal leader on the floor. Our varsity still has 3 games left before the tournament, and with Yoselyn leading the way, hopefully things will turn for the better.

Our baseball team has only been partially healthy and eligible this year, but when it all comes together, we can be a force, just like we were last year. There is only one varsity baseball division this year, so we have to play all of the top teams, and historically, St Thomas More is the best athletic school in Denver. We beat them 5-1 on their field on 3/30. It was St Rose’s first win over STM’s division 1 team in any sport in the two years that I’ve been here. Tony threw another great game for us, moving his record to 3-1 on the season. We got good offensive production from Tony, Anthony, Alexis, and Omar, but the hitting star of the day was undoubtedly Rafael. I’ve known since early last season that Rafael had real hitting talent, but it had only shown in spurts before the STM game. Rafael came up in the top of the second with Omar on third and two outs. He crushed the second pitch he saw over the center fielder’s head, and chugged around the bases, scoring without a throw even being made on him. This gave us a 3-1 lead at the time. Rafael came up again to lead off the sixth. He didn’t wait around at all, lacing the first pitch he saw to right. It was a line drive that was right at the right fielder. The right fielder fielded it on a hop, but if it wasn’t right at him, Rafael would have had at least a triple, and maybe another homer. It was great to get Rafael on track offensively, and hopefully, it was a precursor for the rest of the season.