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APRIL 22, 2010
A Way of life A large contingent from Furness rallied together at last weekend’s donor dash to commemorate the memory of a former student. By Erica J. Minutella Review Intern
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resh from the motivation from last Thursday’s pep rally that took place last Thursday in their school auditorium, more than 300 Furness High School students filed out of school buses before 10 a.m. Sunday near the Philadelphia Museum of Art. It more than quadrupled 2009’s 60 participants from the school at 1900 S. Third St. A big reason behind the large surge of Furness students involved in the 15th annual Dash for Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness was to commemorate Alvin See DONOR DASH page 8
Sports
Three Stella Maris students made the trek home from school Monday afternoon. This will be their final year there as the Archdiocese of Philadelphia officially announced its closure April 9 due to low enrollment.
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Parting ways
Stella Maris parents must find a new school for their children and will have the opportunity to sign up for two designated schools Tuesday.
Destined for success
Three Neumann-Goretti seniors and their coach are ready to close out the story with the perfect ending — a state championship. By Bill Gelman................Page 39
By Amanda L. Snyder R e v i e w S ta f f W r i t e r
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’m sad. I cried,” Stella Maris seventh-grader Jason Burris, of Sixth and Johnston streets, said following last Thursday’s dismissal. Burris, 13, and his classmates were slated to graduate from Stella Maris next year. Instead, that final year has come
early as they scurry to find a new school. “I don’t know yet,” classmate Wence Vargas, 13, of Eighth and Bigler streets, said of which school he will attend. “I’m really sad,” he added. “It really affected me. It really shocked me. I’m going to miss the teachers.” While Vargas was one of the 69 registrants at the school who was scheduled to receive a refund since the announcement,
some did not even bother to sign up, including seventh-grader Gary Carlile, 12, of Ninth and Johnston streets, whose mother registered him at Holy Spirit prior to the official closing of Stella Maris. A mother of a third grader, who chose not to give her name, picked Holy Spirit, 1845 Hartranft St., for her daughter too. See STELLA MARIS page 12