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2010 Football Program Ads

Tommy Mealy, Athletic Director, is now accepting advertisements for the 2010 Football Game Day Media Guide. Letters and forms were recently mailed out. If you did not receive a copy of the letter and advertisement form, but wish to support Bishop McDevitt Athletics by purchasing an advertisement, please review the letter and form by clicking here and submit it to the appropriate contacts as mentioned on the ad form. There is a correction to the form that was previously mailed out, the contact for submitting your artwork is Yvette Pickel, and her email is This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , not This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . We sincerely apologize for the mistake. If you have any questions, please contact Tommy at 236-0204 ext 1 or This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

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Physicals for Fall 2010 Sports

All student-athletes participating in a Fall 2010 sport must have a Physical completed for the Fall 2010 season.  Physicals will be offered at Bishop McDevitt High School on Monday, July 26, 2010, and Monday, August 9, 2010, beginning at 9:00am.  Physicals by a family Doctor must be dated less than sixty days before the season begins (i.e. after July 1, 2010).  All students must have medical insurance.  If you do not have adequate coverage, please see the athletic director immediately to discuss available options.

Required paperwork for Physicals:

Packet 1

Packet 2 (only pages 1-6)

These packets must be completed and returned to the Athletic Director at Bishop McDevitt High School.

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Bishop McDevitt High School nears fundraising goal for new school

BARBARA MILLER, The Patriot-News
Published: Tuesday, June 29, 2010, 12:15 PM     Updated: Tuesday, June 29, 2010, 12:32 PM

Bishop McDevitt High School officials today announced that in three months they have raised nearly $12 million of the $16 million needed before construction of a high school can begin in Lower Paxton Twp.
 
Sister Mary Anne Bednar, principal of the school, said the school hopes to raise the remaining $4 million over the next six months. The remainder of the $42 million to $45 million project will be paid for through continued fundraising and borrowing, she said. If progress continues, Bednar said, they hope to open the new school in fall 2012.

An 87-acre campus on Spring Creek Road will replace the 80-year-old Bishop McDevitt High School on six acres at 2200 Market St., Harrisburg. The new school will hold up to 950 students in a 175,000-square-foot building, which is about 50,000 square feet larger than the current building.

View the article here.

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National History Day

Bishop McDevitt Students Excel at National History Day Competition

Eight students from Bishop McDevitt High School advanced to the National History Day competition held at the University of Maryland from June 13-17, 2010. Collin McCarthy placed first in the nation in the Individual Documentary Senior Division with his entry entitled, “A Keystone Survey: Triangulating Social Investigation.” Collin was also awarded the History Channel’s Outstanding Entry Award, received $5,000, a medal, and was interviewed by a representative from the History Channel.

Bishop McDevitt students also won fourth place nationally in the Group Performance Senior Division with the entry entitled “We Interrupt This Broadcast: The Golden Age of the Radio.” The group consisted of Katherine DeLucy, Alessandro DiSanto, Laura Habich, Jillian Kinsey, and Rachel Miller. These students also received an Outstanding Entry Award for the State of Pennsylvania which is given to only one Junior Division entry and to one Senior Division entry from the entire commonwealth.

Jeaneatte Glusko and Sarah Allwein also participated in the national competition with their exhibit entitled “Iron Turns History.

To read the full press release, click on the "Read More" link below.

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