Our Lady of Mercy School Runs Forth

The Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Regional School moves in the same direction with its inaugural 5K Run over the weekend.

Blustery winds and snowy conditions couldn’t stop the nearly 380 runners and walkers from supporting Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Regional School’s inaugural 5k event, held on the early morning of March 16. The 5K, named “Run for Mercy,” took place in and around the grounds of the St. Alphonsus Parish Center, located in Maple Glen. The actual 5k route started from the St. Aphonsus Parish Center and continued along Bell Lane to Temple Drive through the campus of Temple University on Meetinghouse Lane. While the morning proved to be brisk, patches of green race shirts could be seen through fleeces and jackets. The shirts had the Catholic regional school’s logo on it, complete with an ornate shamrock to mark the St. Patrick’s Day weekend …

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Mini-Thon at Our Lady of Mercy

Students at the Upper Dublin regional catholic school raised more than $2,000 for the Four Diamonds Fund at Penn State Hershey Medical Center.

  According to the Times Herald, students at the Our Lady of Mercy Regional Catholic School in Upper Dublin, organized an event in partnership with the Penn State University THON organization.   The event, on Feb. 1, involved the school’s kindergarten to eighth-grade students, during which they danced in the school’s gymnasium from 9 – 11 a.m. See the story here. Prior to the event, more than $2,000 in donations were collected by the school’s fifth-grade representatives, whose proceeds will go to the Four Diamonds Fund at Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital. According to the center’s website, the students’ mini-THON was modeled after the iconic Penn State THON organization and its annual event, in which Penn State student students …

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Our Lady of Mercy Students Raise Money for Hurricane Relief

A dress down day raises money for Hurricane Sandy Relief.

Students at Our Lady of Mercy Regional Catholic School got the chance to dress down for a good cause. Students paid a dollar to dress in jeans and t-shirts instead of their uniforms, and the money raised went to Hurricane Sandy relief efforts, according to CBS Philadelphia. "7th and 8th grade Religion Teacher Sister Pauline says many students brought in more than the required dollar." A bake sale was also held in the cafeteria to raise additional funds.

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Our Lady of Mercy Getting Ready for School Year

Our Lady of Mercy Regional Catholic School is preparing for the first school year.

Our Lady of Mercy Regional Catholic School has been preparing all summer for a brand new school year, which will combine three local Catholic elementary schools into the one site, at 29 Conwell Drive in Maple Glen. According to the Ambler Gazette, the new school will enroll 590 students, has hired “26 homeroom teachers, with three teachers per grade plus two kindergarten teachers. Additionally, the school has also hired physical education, library, music, Spanish, honors math and resource teachers.” Our Lady of Mercy will be installing modular classrooms for art, music and band classes this year, however, no further changes to the building will be made this school year. Kathleen Dilts, principal of Our Lady of Mercy, told the Ambler …

Regional Catholic School Names Principal

Our Lady of Mercy Regional Catholic School names Kathleen Dilts, current principal of St. Anthony-St. Joseph Elementary, as principal of new regional Catholic school.

From Our Lady of Mercy Regional Catholic School: Msgr. Thomas Owens, Pastor of Saint Alphonsus parish, Msgr. Stephen McHenry, Pastor of Saint Anthony of Padua parish and Father Joseph Rymdeika, Pastor of Saint Catherine of Siena parish have completed their review of the candidates who submitted their applications for the position of Principal of Our Lady of Mercy Regional Catholic Elementary School.  The interviews have been completed as well as the discussions, deliberations, and prayer.    The Pastors of the three parishes forming Our Lady of Mercy Regional Catholic School are happy to announce that they have named Mrs. Kathleen Dilts as the new Principal and Mr. David Hayden as the Assistant Principal/Director of Development.  They will…