Showing posts with label Family Day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Family Day. Show all posts

Thursday, September 12, 2013

Derby 7th grader wins Family Day poster contest

At St. Mary-St. Michael School
Pictured from left, Maria Maynard, Deputy Superintendent of Catholic Schools, Makayla Naranjo, Linda Coppola, Principal,  St. Mary-St. Michael School, kindergartner Adrianna Naranjo, and the Rev. Janusz Kukulka./ Contributed photo
 
DERBY - St. Mary-St. Michael School seventh grader Makayla Naranjo recently won a poster contest that promotes Family Day on Sept. 23 as a day for families to eat dinner together.

Makayla was presented with an iPod and a framed poster by Maria Maynard, Deputy Superintendent of Schools of the Archdiocese of Hartford and the Rev. Janusz Kukulka, Pastor, St. Mary Church.
A total of 54 elementary schools in the Archdiocese participated in this contest. 


This post is taken from a press release from St. Mary-St. Michael School.    

Makayla deserves plaudits for winning the contest! 


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