La Salle College High School 8605 Cheltenham Avenue Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania 19038 www.lschs.org
May 2010 Volume Nineteen Number 9
Dear Parents and Guardians, It is hard to believe another academic year has passed. It seems like just yesterday, new parents dropped off their freshmen to join the Class of 2014 for their first day at La Salle College High School. The freshmen walked into the auditorium only to receive a warm welcome into the La Salle community by our returning students, spirited Explorer mascot, and enthusiastic Pep Band. As the summer approaches, the Class of 2010 looks back on the day it too was welcomed into the La Salle community as freshmen. For our 248 seniors, the four years have passed so quickly. With the end of the 2009/2010 academic year, La Salle says good-bye to the men of 2010 as they continue along their educational paths leading to college aspirations. Upon graduation on June 5, 2010, the students of Class of 2010 will go their separate ways to take flight for new destinations and careers. The class has been accepted at 231 colleges and universities across 35 states, as well as Canada. In addition, our new alums will depart La Salle with an excess of $23 million in grants and scholarships. The La Salle community joins me in saluting their outstanding achievements. The legacy of the Class of 2010 will long be celebrated in the halls of La Salle. Over the past four years, the class has been part of 24 Philadelphia Catholic League Championships, 12 District XII City Titles, and 5 State Championships in various sports. Academically, the class enhanced La Salle’s reputation with the presence of 14 National Merit Finalist, 1 National Merit semifinalist, 17 National Merit commended students, and 33 AP Scholars. They have successfully competed in various band competitions, and have helped La Salle to be recognized as one of the top five schools in the nation by both the National Forensic League and the National Catholic Forensic League. No doubt, as these new alums celebrate many class anniversaries, they will recall their four years at La Salle very fondly. Not many classes will be able to boast that their class attained three, major sport State Championship Titles within just one year. As the summer approaches, I wish our families a most enjoyable season. When making summer plans, I hope there will be time for family, enjoyment, and relaxation. For a short time, the La Salle community will relax and recharge; however, in June, summer at La Salle will get into full gear with the beginning of summer academic sessions and various camps. La Salle will come alive with over 500 young campers and students for six weeks. As always, it is a delight to see the school rock to the rhyme of a younger age. With the arrival of summer campers to our campus, La Salle’s facilities will be in perfect shape, as this will be the first summer La Salle has not been under major construction in several years. The campus is beginning to return to its normal appearance with beautiful tulips and daffodils greeting our community each day. A walk around campus will demonstrate the full usage of our fields, tennis courts, and track, as campus has been alive with practices and games. In the evening many of our neighbors take advance of our walking trail, and weekends are no exception to use with local parish and CYO teams competing in sporting events. I also would like to extend the invitation to the members of our community, so that they too can take advantage of these facilities. As yet another spectacular year concludes, the La Salle community sends sincere congratulations to our departing seniors for adding much to the legacy of our school, and to all underclassmen as they are promoted to the next grade. I wish our entire community a relaxed summer, and look forward to seeing our community rejoin this fall. Sincerely yours,
Brother Richard Kestler, FSC ’60 President
Happy Mother’s Day!