CHARLOTTE — During the Superintendent's Concert of elementary school bands May 20 at the MACS Fine Arts Center, beloved former Mecklenburg Area Catholic Schools’ Music Coordinator Dr. Stanley Michalski Jr. was surprised with an endowment established in his name.
Proceeds from the endowment fund will be used to support the MACS band program and will ensure that his legacy of supporting students’ love for music continues.
Learn more and contribute at: https://bit.ly/3YQRMi8
— Photos by Siobhan Whipp, MACS and provided
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HUNTERSVILLE — St. Mark Parish announces the following students graduated this year from homeschooling programs in the Diocese of Charlotte (from top left):
- William “Quinn” Lawrence Esser V of Queen of Heaven Academy
- Xavier Francis Torres of Mother of Divine Grace School
- Patrick Brian Heidtman of Mary Immaculatae Homeschool
- Thomas Keith Conner of St. Christopher Catholic School
- John Andrew Yellico of Mother of Divine Grace School
- Gemma Marie Simms of St. Michael the Archangel Academy
- Ava Therese DiGiovanni of Our Lady of Victory Academy
- Natalie Elizabeth Suarez of Sacred Heart Academy
- Gabrielle Vered Shingledecker of Way of the Shepherd Home School
- Leah Yajiao Smith of Kolbe Academy
- Kathleen Elizabeth Clark of Clark Academy of the Holy Spirit
- Alexandra Hernandez of Maria Goretti School
— Photo provided by St. Mark’s Homeschool Ministry