The St. Mary Catholic Community School Chess Club sent 30 students (seven teams) to the Scholastic Chess of Indiana team regional tournament at Hammond Central High School recently. The students performed amazingly well. For the first time ever, St. Mary’s School brought home top three trophies in all three age divisions. All seven teams qualified for state! They will be competing in Martinsville Indiana next week representing St. Mary’s School and The Region.
Third row left to right: Evan Spoolstra, James Raggs, Rachel Mumaugh, Julian Wagner, Nathan Jamrosz, James Wong, Lucas Raloff, Caleb Beaver, Jude Cunanan, Daniel Rosado Second row: Joseph Henry, Gabriel Rosado, Michael Stepp, Joseph Shea, Nathan Ford, Ryder Ward, Luca Trajkovski, Ayumi Artis, Carly McGoldrick, Colin McGoldrick, Joseph Mullally First row: Brayden Gavin, Lukas Vicari, Logan Beaver, Kyra Martinez, Adeline Rosencranz, Reagan Anderson, and Aubrey Charles
St. Mary Catholic Community School in Crown Point offers grade levels Junior Pre-Kindergarten (for three-year-olds) through grade eight. St. Mary’s faculty teaches a rich curriculum supported by leading-edge technology. All students are encouraged to participate in extracurricular activities such as Academic Team, Chess Club, Geography Bee, Science Olympiad, Scouts, Environmental Club, WSMW News Cast, athletics and more. To learn more about enrollment at St. Mary’s School or schedule a personal tour, visit school.stmarycp.org or call 219.663.0676.