Congratulations to the 177 Mercy girls who from the Class of 2008!  We welcome you to the Mercy Alumnae Association.

This fall, Mercy girls will be attending college all over the state.  Michigan State leads the in-state schools with 18 girls attending, followed by the University of Michigan with 16 girls attending in the fall.  From other in-state schools to schools across the country such as:  American University, Catholic University of America, Howard University, Mercyhurst College, and Xavier University, Mercy girls will be making a difference far and wide!  Valedictorian Gina Rotondo will be attending the U.S. Military Academy - West Point and Salutatorian Amanda Rahie will be attending the University of Notre Dame.

Keep us posted, Class of 2008.  We look forward to hearing your stories beyond Mercy High School!

Members from the Class of 1958 celebrated the golden anniversary of their graduation from Our Lady of Mercy High School at the 2008 Graduation Ceremony.  Over 20 members of the Class of '58 enjoyed dining with members of the Board of Trustees and the Alumnae Board, leafing through old photos and yearbooks, and catching up with one another.

Sister Pat Lamb, RSM '58 reflected on the event, "what a special moment- a journey of 50 years that all began at Mercy."  Other members of the class shared their thanks.  "Thank you so much to the Alumnae Committee and the Class of 2008 for honoring the Class of 1958, it is lovely,"  commented Joan Dulas Novock '58.  "Very nice and generous of the school to host this event.  Thank you!  It was a grand school to have attended years ago and it appears to have maintained its standards" said Beth Crowley Wojciuch '58.

Many special thanks to all the members of the Class of 1958 who attended the event!

One of Mercy's recent graduates, Haley Cavanaugh '08 and her date Keith of UD High stuck out at prom this year.  Haley entered the Stuck at Prom Duck Brand Duct Tape Scholarship Contest and attended Mercy's prom decked out in a duct tape creation.  To enter the contest she had to make her prom attire out of Duct Tape, wear it to prom, submit a photo to the contest and then be selected as a top 10 finalist by judges.

Click here to visit the stuckatprom.com website.
Click to vote, entrant number 4199
Click register and fill out a brief survey
Click Vote under Haley and her date, Keith

Good luck, Haley!

Attention all Mercy Alumnae Swimmers and Divers.  Mark your calendar for the 3rd Annual Mercy Alumnae Swim Meet.  All former Mercy swimmers and divers are invited to continue this fun tradition!

Saturday, August 16, 2008 at 5:00 p.m.
Mercy High School Pool

To pre-register, send your intent to participate along with the number of family members attending to Lbargardi@wideopenwest.com.

Hope to see you there!

Every year this team outdoes themselves with a coordinating outrageous outfit for the Meg Mallon Golf Outing and this year was no exception!  Lori Macdonald '81, Karen Kluk Rotondo '81, Caroline Chapman Arbour '80 and Julie "Tooter" Moll '80 strutted their stuff in matching shirts, hats and sunglasses with blinking lights.  What outfit isn't complete with blinking sunglasses?

In addition to this fabulous foursome, Peg Hungerman '79 flew in from Pennsylvania with a friend to join her sister Marie Hungerman '78 and aunt to make up the "winning chick foursome".  They were one point shy of winning so we hope to see them back next year to live up to their name!

Kathy Antaya '80 was the winner of the crazy, confusing reverse raffle and took home the pot of money prize.  Congrats Kathy!

LPGA player and Mercy Alumna Meg Mallon '81 took a swing and a photo with each foursome and swapped memories with the other 26 Alumnae under sunny skies.

THANK YOU  to Meg Mallon, and her devoted brothers Paul and John who continue to give back to Mercy year after year.  Special thanks to Kathy Hattam Wisne '71 for sponsoring the dinner.  To Steve Garagiola, husband of Mercy alumna Carol Hackett Garagiola '73 and father of Katie '99 and Megan '02, for being a wonderful emcee.

We appreciate our loyal Mercy golfers, guests, parents, alumnae, and sponsors. Your commitment to Mercy is amazing!

A fond farewell to two special Mercy men, Mr. John Gernacy and Mr. Doug Engler, who retired after many decades of invaluable and dedicated service.  Thank you to all alumnae who sent in cards and emails to wish Mr. Gernacy and Mr. Engler a happy retirement.

Booklets with all your notes were given to these men of Mercy at the Honors Convocation and they were touched by your memories and warm wishes.

Registrar and man of many hats Mr. Gernacy is retiring after 40 loyal years. Mr. Gernacy was and still is a teacher. Even once he joined the administrative team, he kept teaching his AP European History class. He has also been a department chair, staff meeting coordinator, arts & crafts show supervisor, graduation guru, senior all night party leader, and most wonderful master of all schedules.

THANK YOU, Mr. Gernacy for attending hundreds of banquets and proms and not to mention making Mercy run like clockwork!

Over the past 36 years, our own veteran counselor Mr. Engler has prepared registrations, written countless letters of recommendations, kept confidences, dried tears, watched girls enter Mercy, move through the halls, graduate, attend and complete college, take on careers, and many have sent their own daughters to Mercy. His smile has been infectious for the better part of nearly four decades serving the students of Mercy High School.

THANK YOU, Mr. Engler for always lending a compassionate ear and helping students grow into women of Mercy.

Thanks to the support of Mercy alumnae at the Tea for Tuition and those who participated in the Mother's Day mailing the Alumnae Association is pleased to award $1,000 scholarship to 15 deserving students.

Thank you to all alumnae who contributed this year to make these scholarships possible.

Catch up on your Mercy news by checking out the student newspaper, The Newsprint.  Click here to read the most recent edition and check out archived editions as well.

Congrats go out to Helen Battersby '06 for her recent hole in one on the golf course for which she was featured in the Twist section of the Detroit FreePress!  Want to check out other Mercy alumnae and students who are in the news?   Click here to check out two alumnae who were recently spotted in the news.

If you read about a Mercy alumna in the news, let us know so we can share!  Email Communications Coordinator, Julie Earle.

Ten more days and this 2007-08 fiscal year ends on June 30th.  If you have not yet made a gift to Mercy's Annual Fund, there is still time.  Simply click "donate to Mercy" and you can donate online quickly and easily.

Your gift truly makes a difference in the education of today's Mercy girls. . . and is most appreciated.  All donors to the Annual Fund will be listed in the fall publication of Mercy's Annual Report.

Thank you to all Mercy alumnae who purchased Sweepstakes tickets.  Thanks to your support, we have exceeded our goal and have raised over $130,000!

There are still 24 drawings remaining so purchase your tickets to test your luck at the next drawings on June 25.  Contact Linda Conradi for more information or to purchase tickets today!