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New Stone Ridge Aquatic Center Dedicated on Field Day 2005

Bethesda, Maryland—On Monday, June 6, the new aquatic center at Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart will be dedicated on Field Day following the annual Gator Jump when students literally jump up a hill on campus to mark their promotion to the next grade level. The dedication of the new aquatic center is scheduled to take place at 9:30 a.m.

In 2001, an eight lane, twenty-five yard, heated, competition-size
swimming pool enhanced the Stone Ridge campus. Four years to date, this facility is now improved by a retractable roof, two one-meter Duraflex diving boards, eight starting blocks, heated women's and men's locker rooms, a lobby area, and built-in spectator seating. Equipment rooms, a classroom, two observation decks, and a beautiful view of the woods with plenty of windows complement Stone Ridge's new aquatic center.

Completing the Center is a bell tower with a "nineteenth century cast
iron, golden school bell," as described by Headmistress Anne Dyer, RSCJ. "In 1853, as the first Sacred Heart schools began to flourish in the United States, this school bell was cast in Kentucky. For many years, it called children to school, marked the end of the day, and announced major events in the town until, finally, urban development led to the construction of newer schools and the use of the great contemporary invention—an electric buzzer." The bell has now been returned to its rightful place atop a school building.

This state-of-the-art aquatic center is a wonderful addition to the
school's swimming and diving program, as well as the Stone Ridge Summer CampUs. According to Brenda Walker, Stone Ridge Aquatics Director, "It will make for an excellent training center for high school swimming teams, USA year-round swimming teams, and will play host to many high school swimming meets. The center will be available for rentals beginning this summer, as well as before or after the school day during the 2005-2006 academic year."

Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart, a member of the Network of Sacred Heart Schools (www.sofie.org), was founded in 1923. It is a Catholic, independent, college preparatory school for girls (JK Grade 12), coeducational (JK-K), located in Bethesda, Maryland. For more information, visit the school's Web site at www.stoneridge.org or call 301.657.4322.

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June 2, 2005

NBC Reporter Patricia Andreu to Give Stone Ridge Commencement Address

Bethesda, Maryland—Patricia Andreu will deliver the Commencement Address at Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart on Wednesday evening, June 8. The ceremony for the eighty-two members of the Class of 2005 will take place in front of Hamilton House on the Stone Ridge campus. Ms. Andreu, a member of the Stone Ridge Class of 1987, is affiliated with NBC Universal, WTVJ in Miami, Florida. As part of the NBC 6 Special Projects Team, she works on investigations and series, as well as general assignment
reporting.

During her career, Ms. Andreu has won numerous journalism awards, including six Emmys; two Edward R. Murrow investigative awards; Associated Press awards; and the "Best TV Report" award from the National Association of Hispanic Journalists. Ms. Andreu was also named "Best TV Reporter 2005" by the Broward New Times.

Ms. Andreu has reported on many events, including the FTAA Summit; 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece; the 2004 and 2000 Presidential Elections; the September 11 investigation into South Florida terrorist ties; and the Elian Gonzalez controversy. She also traveled to Cuba to cover the 1998 Papal trip, as well as the historic Baltimore Orioles' game in Havana.

Patricia Andreu joined NBC 6 ten years ago in 1995 as a Special Projects Producer where she worked on in-depth and investigative stories. She began her broadcasting career in 1991 as an associate producer at CNN's Washington, D.C. Bureau and, soon after, was promoted to field producer. While based in Washington, D.C., Ms. Andreu traveled around the world to cover stories such as the 1992 coup d'etat in Haiti; the first Middle East Peace Conference in Madrid, Spain; the 1992 U.S. Presidential Election; and the 1994 Mexican Presidential Election.

Born in London, England to Cuban parents, Ms. Andreu entered Stone Ridge in the Junior Kindergarten when Headmistress Anne Dyer, RSCJ '55 was Head of the Lower School. Her academic credentials include a bachelor of science degree from Georgetown University's School of Foreign Service and studies at the Political Science Institute in Paris, France.

Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart, a member of the Network of Sacred Heart Schools (www.sofie.org), was founded in 1923. It is a Catholic, independent, college preparatory school for girls (JK-Grade 12), coeducational (JK-K), located in Bethesda, Maryland. For more information, visit the school's Web site at www.stoneridge.org or call 301.657.4322.

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April 14, 2005

Major League Book Sale Opens April 15!
37th Season Home Opener at Stone Ridge, April 15-18
Extra Innings Expected for Sixth Annual Free Book Event

Bethesda, Maryland—During the 34-year hiatus that D.C. has been without baseball, Stone Ridge's Used Book Sale has been going strong. Don't miss this year's Home Opener on Friday, April 15. Gates open at 8:00 a.m. as sale goers take to the gymnasiums. Over 5,000 spectators are expected during the regular season that lasts four days. Training over the last twelve months—sorting, pricing, and boxing more than 100,000 books—has resulted in a well-toned volunteer team, eager to get into position.

First up at bat among the collectibles, according to Team Manager Susan Sabo, are the 1959 and 1962 Baseball Official Guides and the 1959 Official Baseball Rules by Sporting News. Other books scoring runs include Baseball: A Literary Anthology edited by Nicholas Dawidoff; Joseph L. Reichler's Baseball Encyclopedia; Thomas G. Aylesworth's The World Series; Rachel Robinson's Jackie Robinson: An Intimate Portrait; Joel Zoss and John S. Bowman's The American League: A History; Angus G. Garber's Baseball Legends and The Baseball Companion; Sporting News' Cooperstown: Where Baseball's Legends Live Forever; James Edward Miller's The Baseball Business; Dan Gutman and Tim McCarver's The Way Baseball Works; David Nemec and Pete Palmer's 1001 Fascinating Baseball Facts; and The Washington Senators Checklist Book compiled by Tom Holster.

The 2004 winning season raised a record high of $232,000 towards financial aid—a direct benefit to approximately 20-25 students. The Book Sale aids non-profit organizations during the year and also after the sale with a Free Book Event where leftover books in good condition are available to non-profit organizations on a first-come, first-served basis. Last year, the non-profit Action Africa, Inc. was able to send over 30,000 books to children in Ubulu, Nigeria due to the help of Stone Ridge. Other past recipients include the Salvation Army, Disabled American Vets, Goodwill Industries, and the World Bank.

Arrive early and stay late. The sale opens April 15 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Hours on Saturday, April 16, are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Sunday, April 17 (half-price day) 12 to 6 p.m.; and Monday, April 18 ($10-a-bag day) from 5 to 8 p.m. Stone Ridge School is located at 9101 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD (just inside the Beltway, at the corner of Rockville Pike and Cedar Lane), 1/4 mi. north of the Medical Center Metro Station. There is free admission and ample parking. For more information, visit the school's Web site (www.stoneridge.org).

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It's Back...Stampede Begins April 15
Get Your Word's Worth at the Thirty-seventh Annual Used Book Sale Featuring Sixth Annual Free Book Event

Bethesda, Maryland—The stampede to the Thirty-seventh Annual Used Book Sale at Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart begins Friday, April 15. Last year's sale broke the $200,000 mark for the first time. Sale proceeds benefit financial aid.  

Four-day Sale opens April 15 from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.   Hours on Saturday, April 16, are 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Sunday, April 17 (half-price day) 12 to 6 p.m.; and Monday, April 18 ($10-a-bag day) from 5 to 8 p.m. Over 3,700 boxes containing more than 100,000 books in eighty categories and a collection of records, tapes, and compact discs, are set up on tables across three gymnasiums.

Book Sale Chair Susan Sabo names Top Collectible Titles this year: After Everest, an autobiography by Tenzing Norgay Sherpa, signed, Vikas Publishing, 1977; Carrying the Fire by Michael Collins, signed, Farrar, Strauss, 1974; The Collector's Encyclopedia of Dolls, two volumes by Dorothy S., Elizabeth A., and Evelyn J. Coleman, Crown, 1968, 1986; The Curse of the Pharoahs, signed by Elizabeth Peters, Dodd, 1981; How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr, Seuss, first edition second state, Random, 1957; Kai Lung's Golden Hours (no dj) and The Wallet of Kai Lung (two djs) in slipcase by Ernest Bramah, Doran; The Killer Angels inscribed by Michael Shaara, David McKay, third ptg., 1974; Memoirs, Vol.2, Years of Trial and Hope by Harry S. Truman, inscribed, Doubleday BC; Orlando by Virginia Woolf, signed #744 of 861, Crosby Gaige, 1928; Plan for New York City, six volumes plus additional copies of various sections, Department of City Planning, 1969; Sanibel Flats by Randy Wayne White, first edition, St. Martin's Press, 1990; Viet Nam in Flames by Nguyen Manh and Nguyen Ngoc Hanh, Kwok Hing Press; and Young Cowboys by Will James in dust jacket and “A,” Scribner's, 1935.

Invitation-only Sixth Annual Free Book Event for non-profit organizations follows four-day Sale. Leftover books in good condition are available to these organizations on a first-come, first-served basis on Monday, April 18 from 8-9:00 p.m. and Tuesday, April 19 from 7:30-9 a.m. Past recipients include the Salvation Army, Disabled American Vets, Goodwill Industries, and the World Bank. Interested organizations should call and leave their e-mail addresses at 301-657-4322, ext. 338.

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December 23, 2004

Fall Season Ends with Athletic Honors
Enclosure of Stone Ridge’s competition-size pool is on horizon
in 2005

Bethesda, Maryland—Stone Ridge teams sharpened their skills during the 2004 fall season. In the Upper School, teams enjoyed accomplishments, especially within the Independent School League (ISL) competitions. Many Stone Ridge athletes were ranked in local standings, as well. Stone Ridge’s competition-size pool is soon to be enclosed, enhancing the athletic program in 2005.

The Washington Post named the following girls All-Metropolitan in soccer: Jamie Mize ’05 (Honorable Mention) and Keara Mehlert ’05 (Honorable Mention). The All-Gazette Team included: Kaitlin Duff ’06 (Honorable Mention) and Keara Mehlert ’05 (Honorable Mention) for soccer; and Laura Mickum ’07 and Jessica Young ’05 for doubles tennis. The following girls were named All-ISL for their respective teams: Kaitlin Keena ’07 and Alison Bullock ’05 (Honorable Mention) for field hockey; Mara Osher ’05, Keara Mehlert ’05, and Jamie Mize ’05 (Honorable Mention) for soccer; Chelsea Cramp ’05 for tennis; and Katie Tomlin-Mathews ’05 for volleyball.

In the ISL Tennis Tournament, Caroline Huffstetler ’06 was named Tournament Champion at fourth singles, while Laura Mickum ’07 and Jessica Young ’05 were Tournament Champions at first doubles. The JV Soccer Team won the Potomac Invitational Tournament, and two members of that team—Sara Levintow ’07 and Kathryn Fitgerald ’08—were named to the All-Tournament Team. JV Volleyball Team member Meghan Ball ’08 was named to the All-Tournament Team for the Georgetown Day School Hopper Invitational Tournament.

After a First Place tie at the spring ISL meet, the Middle School Track and Field Team finished first in both of their home dual meets, and the Middle School Basketball B Team finished the fall season with a 7-0 record. In tennis, the number one doubles team of Catherine Mysliwiec ’10 and Nicole Webster ’10 went undefeated with a 7-0 record.

Stone Ridge is honored to hold the Gary T. Blackman Sportsmanship Award and display the commemorative banner in the school’s gymnasium throughout 2004-2005. At its spring meeting, the ISL Athletic Directors presented this award to Stone Ridge for the 2003-2004 school year. The award is named in memory of ISL co-founder Gary Blackman, former Athletic Director at Sidwell Friends School. Throughout his life, he practiced and taught ideals of good sportsmanship and fair play. The award is presented to a league school and its entire community, including athletes, coaches, and spectators, in recognition of that school’s commitment to the ideals that Mr. Blackman cherished.

Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart, a member of the Network of Sacred Heart Schools (www.sofie.org), was founded in 1923. It is a Catholic, independent, college preparatory school for girls (JK-Grade 12), coeducational (JK-K), located in Bethesda, Maryland. The school’s motto is Hic et Nunc (Here and Now) and the school’s mascot is the Gator. For more information, visit the school’s Web site (www.stoneridge.org) or call 301-657-4322.

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Stone Ridge Senior is Merit Semifinalist

Initially, more than 1.3 million juniors in approximately 21,000 high schools entered the 2005 program. The 16,000 seniors honored as Semifinalists have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 8,200 Merit Scholarship awards worth $33.9 million. Approximately 90 percent of the Semifinalists are expected to become Finalists and half of the Finalists go on to become Merit Scholarship winners.

Three types of Merit Scholarship awards will be offered in 2005:

• 2,500 National Merit Scholarships of $2,500 each, awarded on a state representational basis;

• 1,100 corporate-sponsored scholarships underwritten by approximately 300 corporations and business organizations; and

• 4,600 college-sponsored Merit Scholarship awards for those Finalists who attend the sponsoring organization.

Merit Scholarship winners of 2005 will be announced in four nationwide news releases beginning in April and concluding in July.

Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart, a member of the Network of Sacred Heart Schools (www.sofie.org), was founded in 1923. It is a Catholic, independent, college preparatory school for girls (JK-Grade 12), coeducational (JK-K), located in Bethesda, Maryland. The school’s motto is Hic et Nunc (Here and Now) and the school’s mascot is the Gator. For more information, visit the school’s Web site [www.stoneridge.org] or call 301-657-4322

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August 27, 2004

Stone Ridge is Onboard for USS Alligator Search
Stone Ridge teacher and student join expedition in progress

Bethesda, Maryland—Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart is part of an exciting expedition to search for the USS Alligator, the U.S. Navy’s first 47-foot submarine invented by French immigrant Brutus de Villeroi, which was launched during the Civil War and lost during a hurricane off the coast of North Carolina in 1863.

This search, a cooperative project initiated by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Office of National Marine Sanctuaries and the U.S. Navy’s Office of Naval Research (ONR), has an education component involving Stone Ridge Middle School Science and Mathematics Teacher Karl Austin as the “Teacher at Sea” and Stone Ridge student Paula Charbonneau ’05 as the “Student at Sea.” Both are working alongside the research team aboard ONR’s 108-foot “Afloat Lab” off the coast of Ocracoke Island, NC, the last barrier island.

Mr. Austin, a graduate of Emory University, has written a number of papers on nautical archaeology and taught an undergraduate class on the Uluburun Shipwreck and the Late Bronze Age in the Mediterranean. As the designated “Teacher at Sea,” he may present a paper at the upcoming Second Annual USS Alligator Symposium to be held during the Maritime Heritage Conference in Norfolk, VA (October 27-30, 2004). Miss Charbonneau, a Stone Ridge senior, was an intern this summer in the meteorology department of NOAA where she worked with the USS Alligator crew. She will participate in a live Web cast on Monday, August 30. The education component will continue through the school year with lesson plans produced by Nauticus, the National Maritime Center. Additional information can be found at: http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/alligator/hunt2004/m_education.html#2.

Stone Ridge’s involvement with this project stems from the school’s long-standing internship program. Ms. Catherine Marzin, the national partnership coordinator of the National Marine and Sanctuary Program (NMSP), has hosted Stone Ridge interns who have assisted with research leading up to this expedition and other at-sea programs. Ms. Marzin is credited with finding the original blueprints of the submarine in her native France within the French naval archives outside Paris. For press information, go to: http://sanctuaries.noaa.gov/alligator/hunt2004/m_press.html.

Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart, a member of the Network of Sacred Heart Schools (www.sofie.org), was founded in 1923. It is a Catholic, independent, college preparatory school for girls (JK-Grade 12), coeducational (JK-K), located in Bethesda, Maryland. The school’s motto is Hic et Nunc (Here and Now) and the school’s mascot is the Gator. For more information, visit the school’s Web site at www.stoneridge.org or call 301-657-4322.

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