Mercy Updates
In May, Mercy Montessori honored six educators and staff members who, collectively, share over 65 years of service to children at the school. “In the United States, the average person stays at their job for four years and six months. Mercy is grateful to have a staff full of dedicated professionals who commit their time…
April 26, 2017 Dear Parents, Another day in paradise on the junior high class trip! To begin the adventure-packed day we headed off to the Museum of Science. We watched how lighting and electricity is conducted and saw baby chicks being hatched. These were just a few of many things we saw. After a quick…
Hello parents, What a day! It was absolutely beautiful in Canada today. The sun was bright and the sight of the falls was truly amazing! We went on the White Water Walk, Journey Behind the Falls, and the Skylon Tower. We all got pretty wet, but were able to get some great photos to share…
Can you walk in one’s presence if they’re dead? Honestly? Today I realized how important social ranking was. I had always known it was important, but now I realized that people felt so strongly about how much money you owned, instead of who you were, that even Churches had a method using social ranking.…
April 25, 2017 Dear Parents, We survived the second day of the class trip! We started the day by visiting the Maid of the Mist in Niagara Falls, New York. There, a boat drove through the waterfall’s mist, leaving us all drenched. We wore snazzy blue ponchos to make sure our clothes didn’t get too…
HELP FILL OUR BAGS Please send in used container caps Our recycling teams are leading an initiative to collect caps and transform them into a bench or table for the school. We need to collect ten (10) 55 gallon yard waste bags full of caps and we need your help! How to help: Read letter…
Class of ’86 graduate, Lynn Mitchell, paid a visit to Mercy Montessori when she was in town this summer. She was visiting her hometown as well as her aunt, Mercy’s own Linda Wright. After graduating from Mercy, Lynn attended Walnut Hills High School and went on to study at Xavier University. Lynn is currently living…
Kathleen Cail, alumni parent of Ben (a junior at Skidmore College) and Grace (a senior at Indian Hill High School), and wife of current Mercy Board Treasurer, Jeff Cail, is spearheading a community project called Access Cincinnati. This organization will help communicate the accessibility and visitability of venues downtown and in Over The Rhine. Kathleen…
Out of the nearly 3,000 campers who attended YMCA Camp Ernst this year, Essa Britt was among the two percent who won the prestigious Honor Camper Award. A tradition since 1928, Honor Camper was created by Willard L. Wade (Camp Ernst’s founder) to recognize campers with outstanding character and leadership. Camp Ernst’s staff of more than…
This summer Carter Fee, a Mercy sixth grade graduate and son to preprimary teacher Diane Fee, spent many long, hot hours renovating the Ecolab stage along with his Boy Scout Troop. Carter was happy to do any kind of project at Mercy. After meeting with Lisa and some of the Junior High kids who had…