Nice job, Dad

La Salle Teacher Michael McNamara '63 Honored

9/29/2010

La Salle Academy graduate and current math and computer science teacher Michael McNamara ’63 has been named as the recipient of the Distinguished Lasallian Educator Award for the 2010-11 school year.

The award is given annually to three teachers in the District of Eastern North America (DENA) who “exemplify the ideals of St. John Baptist de La Salle, Patron Saint of Christian Teachers of Youth.” Mr. McNamara will officially receive the award at the Huether Conference in mid-November in Cincinnati.

La Salle Academy graduate and current math and computer science teacher Michael McNamara ’63 has been named as the recipient of the Distinguished Lasallian Educator Award for the 2010-11 school year.

The award is given annually to three teachers in the District of Eastern North America (DENA) who “exemplify the ideals of St. John Baptist de La Salle, Patron Saint of Christian Teachers of Youth.” Mr. McNamara will officially receive the award at the Huether Conference in mid-November in Cincinnati.

Mr. McNamara was nominated for the for the award by the La Salle Academy Lasallian Ministry Team/Team Coordinator Brother Frederick Mueller and La Salle President Brother Michael Mc Kenery.

The award is sponsored by the Regional Education Board, an arm of Christian Brothers Conference in the name of all Lasallians of the United States/Toronto Region.

He's Two!

Michael Brennan turned Two years old on October 6th! We began our birthday celebration over the weekend in Hanson and of course, I forgot my camera but I believe pictures were snapped and if I can, I'll try to add them to this post at a later date. On his actual birthday, we enjoyed a homemade pizza dinner and were joined in our celebrating by Gramp and Auntie Erin. Michael scored a homemade sweater from Na, a pirate playground set, some pirate accessories from Auntie Lee and Uncle Scott, a new Bruins hoodie for the upcoming hockey season, some Thomas the Train "train cars" to add to our existing collection (which he has been enjoying non-stop) and some really special books from Gramp and Martha. Michael, we can't believe you are two now and we're astounded by your charm, your wit, your wisdom and your love. You are our beautiful boy and we love you...all the time.

Mystic

As a pre-birthday celebration for Michael and another "Responsibility Chart" reward for another great week had by Maeve, we headed down to Mystic, CT to see the sights at the Mystic Aquarium. We had a terrific time filling our afternoon with touch pools, sea lion shows and discoveries left and right. The weather was beautiful and our day would have been perfect, had the Seekonk Library given us the correct pass for the Aquarium instead of the pass for the Mystic Seaport. Oh well. I'd still say our time together was worth every penny. Check it out...

Peter Pan

My son is obsessed with the 1954 musical of Peter Pan, starring Mary Martin as Peter Pan. He is mainly enthralled by the pirates in the musical, but basically knows each move that each character makes and each note sung by each character. I suppose if any one of us tried hard enough, we could re-enact the entire play ourselves, start to finish, from sheer overexposure. Each time the "pirate song" comes on our CD player (because, yes, we not only own the movie, but the soundtrack as well) here's what happens. Pay special attention to my son, won't you?

Caratunk

We've embarked on a quest to improve Maeve's "outlook" (aka, behavior) on things and have recently employed a responsibility chart (thank you, Larissa) to keep her on the right track. So far it has proved to be working and Maeve seems more invested in her own personal contribution to our family unit. As a reward for her first week of good progress, she and Chris ventured by bike over to some property in Seekonk, owned and operated by the Audubon Society, known as Caratunk. Below are some photos from their first great adventure together. And by the way Maeve, Mom and Dad are very proud of you. Keep up the good work!