News | The Mary Louis Academy - Part 4

TMLA at STEM Symposium

TMLA Hellenic Society and selected students attended the Community and Technology STEM Symposium, sponsored by Philo4thought (the Hellenic Mentoring Initiative), on May 31, 2019. At this symposium Elizabeth Goberdhan, TMLA Sophomore, was one of the recipients of the 2019 Official Triple C Award along with a special scholarship offered by [ read more ]

TMLA Soph Wins Essay Contest

TMLA Sophomore Rose Reilly has been awarded a first place prize for an essay she submitted on the topic of respectful treatment of people with Autism and Developmental Disabilities.   The essay contest challenged students to discuss “How I Can Lead My School and Community to Become a Bully-Free Place for [ read more ]

TMLA Art Show

At TMLA’s Annual Art Show on May 17-18 many teachers, family members and friends of the artists enjoyed the display of a variety of selections in drawing, painting, AP Studio and Graphic Design that revealed a wealth of talent from students in the Art Department.  Earlier this school year, TMLA [ read more ]

TMLA Track Champions

At the CHSAA Brooklyn-Queens-NYC Championship Meet on May 15, 2019, TMLA’s 4 x 100 meter Relay Champions Anya Laurent, Niamh O’Dowd, Sienna Tulloch and Hadiya Edwards competed against 21 teams to capture this win and become NYC and Brooklyn-Queens champions! Each runner was presented with a Diocese Plaque and Gold [ read more ]

TMLA Speech and Debate Honors

TMLA’s Speech and Debate Team closes the 2018-2019 year with over 70 individual awards and 25 team sweepstakes awards.    During the year, 15 members of TMLA’s Team individually qualified to compete in the New York State Speech and Debate Championships where 2 received awards: Junior Cassidy Barry advanced to [ read more ]

TMLA Medals and Perfect Scores in National Language Exams

In 2019 National Exams for Spanish, French, Italian and Latin, several TMLA students were awarded medals for excellence; several students even had perfect scores. In the National Spanish Exam, Gold Medals were awarded to the following students: Kaitlyn Chesleigh,   Elizabeth Goberdhan,  Jasleen Kaur,  Leanna Travers,  Natalia Kula,  Eliana Cortez. Silver [ read more ]

Mariel Wins 12 Awards for Journalism

TMLA student newspaper Mariel took home a total 12 awards including the big win for General Excellence at The Tablet’s annual High School Press Awards ceremony on May 10.  The Awards ceremony honored some of the outstanding journalism in school newspapers from five local high schools. In addition to the General [ read more ]

TMLA Soph Wins Poetry Prize

TMLA’s Bridget Farrell has been named a winner for The New York Browning Society’s 2019 NYC HS Poetry Competition.  Bridget and all of the winners will perform their winning poems at the Annual Luncheon on May 15th at the National Arts Club in NYC.   Winners also receive a monetary prize, [ read more ]

TMLA Seniors View Women in STEM Career Options at Google in NYC

TMLA AP Statistics class of Mrs. Marianne Samothrakis got to see statistics in a live setting on their visit to Google headquarters in NYC on Friday April 12, 2019.  Mrs. Diane O’Connell of the Math Department accompanied the group.   The favorite part of their trip was a panel of 5 [ read more ]

TMLA Track Gold Medals at Intersectional Championship

TMLA Track team won Gold Medals at the Freshwomen and Sophomores Intersectional Championship on Sunday, April 28, 2019 at Icahn Stadium.Sophomore Sariah Grant was awarded a gold medal as 2019 Sophomore High Jump Champion. She jumped 4’10’.The Freshwomen 2019 4×400 meter Relay Champions Gabriela Maldonado, Morgan Donaldson, Tiffany Blackwood and [ read more ]