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  • Del Engineers Take Second at US First Tech Championship

    Jessica Fiddes
    Posted February 22, 2012

    Delbarton’s US FIRST Tech team took second place in the New Jersey state championships on Sunday, February 12. The Delbarton team, led by seniors Nick Lee '12 and Omar Rizwan '12, competed in November to qualify for a spot in the NJ championships and were up against 48 teams at Sunday’s event held at NJIT. US First Tech is a world-wide engineering competition for students in grades 9 – 12.

  • HEART Club members sell bracelets and distribute hand-outs to promote heart health.

    Have A Heart...and Take Good Care of It

    Jessica Fiddes
    Posted February 3, 2012
  • The Delbarton contingent at the Barkley Forum for High Schools at Emory University in Atlanta GA.

    Delbarton Forensics Achieves in Atlanta

    Jessica Fiddes with Br. Kevin Tidd OSB
    Posted January 31, 2012

    Moderator Br. Kevin Tidd, OSB, reports that Delbarton’s Forensic Society had a highly successful weekend from January 26-29 at the 57th Barkley Forum for High Schools at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia.

  • James Weldon '12 has achieved the rank of 'Premier Distinction' in the National Forensic League.

    James Weldon '12 Earns Forensic's Highest Rank

    Jessica Fiddes
    Posted January 27, 2012

    The National Forensic League (the other, more loquacious NFL) recently announced that Delbarton senior James Weldon '12, under the guidance of coach Br. Kevin Tidd, OSB, has earned the degree of Premier Distinction, the League's highest rank of student membership.

  • Faculty and students squared off at the annual WW II Trivia Contest sponsored by the Delbarton History Club.

    War is Hell: Teachers Fall in Jeopardy Blood Bath

    Jessica Fiddes
    Posted January 25, 2012

    On January 25th during M Block Delbarton history teachers squared off against students in a World War II Trivia Contest sponsored by the Delbarton History Club.The results were, well, a veritable blood bath. See photos here.

  • Do you know how to make German spaetzle and braised rouladen? Do you even know what 'to braise' means?These young Delbarton chefs do.

    Care For Spaetzle With That Rouladen?

    Jessica Fiddes
    Posted January 24, 2012

    On January 10, 2012, Delbarton’s German Club sponsored its 2nd annual cooking class at the Black Forest Inn in Stanhope, NJ. Head Chef Heinrich Aichem and his sons led a master class for five Delbarton faculty members, five students, and one Delbarton parent. Click here for photos.

  • SADD organizers ran a Distract and Match game in Trinity Lobby to demonstrate what a bad idea it is to text while driving.

    So You Think You Can Text...and Drive?

    Posted January 20, 2012

    So you think you can text -- and drive at the same time? Think again. Nearly 80 % of all crashes and 65% of near-crashes involve driver inattention during the last 2 seconds before the incident, and drivers on cell phones are twice as likely to miss a traffic signal. This means you, Mr. Hot Shot Texter. See photos here.

  • Matt Grella's photo of Matt Saburn '11 on the FAC stage recently was selected for the Drexel University High School Contest Exhibition.

    Matt Grella Photo Selected for Drexel University Photo Exhibition

    Jessica Fiddes
    Posted January 13, 2012
  • How they spent their summer vacation: While Nishwant Swami '13 (on right) checks color vision, younger brother Vishrudan records the results of the test. They'll return to India this summer to help another 2,000 visually-impaired people in India.

    Someone in India Needs Your Used Eyeglasses

    Jessica Fiddes
    Posted January 12, 2012

    During the week of January 16-20 the Delbarton community is invited to donate used eye glasses in Trinity Lobby. The drive is organized by Vishwam ('universal') an organization, founded by Nishwant Swami '13 and his younger brother Vishrudan, whose mission is to deliver used American eyeglasses to vision-impaired people in India. Click here to see photos from Vishwan's eye camps in India. Here is the story...

  • Siblings Katie and Rob Flynn taught a class together on Monday, January 9th.

    An Honest Conversation

    Jessica Fiddes
    Posted January 10, 2012

    The subject in Rob Flynn's junior English class on January 9, 2012 was the book Speak, in which the introverted main character describes a freshman year from hell. Realizing that students had questions he wasn't qualified to answer, Flynn called upon a young expert: his sister Katie Flynn, a domestic violence and rape crisis specialist. See photos here.

  • The thrill of victory, the agony of defeat . We saw it all at the Delbarton Nintendo 64 Tourney on December 21, 2011.

    Gaming for a Good Cause

    Jessica Fiddes
    Posted January 3, 2012

    Delbarton students found a creative way to fill the after school hours on the final day before Christmas break. They staged a Nintendo 64 Tourney to raise funds for the St. Anthony of Padua Foundation which sends inner city kids to summer camp and tutoring sessions. Click here for pictures.

  • Cellist John Lee '12 recently was named a 2012 YoungArts National Finalist by the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts.

    Cellist John Lee '12 is a YoungArts National Finalist

    Jessica Fiddes
    Posted December 28, 2011

    Cellist John Lee '12 has been named a 2012 YoungArts National Finalist by the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts (NFAA), and will participate in YoungArts Week 2012 in Miami this January 8-15. Lee was selected as one of 150 finalists from nearly 5,000 applications to this year's program.

  • From left, Marquis Woods'14, Davis Villano '14, Connor Van Cleef '14, Sheamus Craugh '14, August Atencio '14 , Omar Rizwan '12, Ike Zalamea '14 and Alexander Shypula '12.

    Alex Shypula '12 Wins Best Delegate at Brown's Model UN Conference

    Jessica Fiddes
    Posted December 13, 2011
  • Irish and American students pose with the Morris Township officials and Glenstal Exchange moderator Fr. Edward Seton Fittin, OSB, on right. (Photo: Courtesy of Morris Township Patch)

    Glenstal Lads Experience U.S. Small Town Government

    Jessica Fiddes
    Posted December 8, 2011
  • It will be a sea of green at Saturday's state finals against St. Joe's: the Green Wave vs the Green Knights. GO WAVE!

    Fan Zone Alert: Football State Finals This Saturday

    Posted November 30, 2011

    Are you ready for some football? Saturday's big state finals game pits No. 5 Delbarton (10-0) against No. 6 St. Joe's Montvale (9-2) . Click here for Junior Matt Grella's Green Wave state football trailer*. And don't miss the 1 PM kick-off at Kean University in Union. Go Wave!

  • Over Thanksgiving weekend John Sanfacon '57 lectured to attendees at the Morris Museum's Rock and Mineral Weekend. In early September he guest lectured in Liz Mainardi's Chemistry class using his personal collection as examples.

    John Sanfacon '57 Lectures at Morris Museum's Rock & Mineral Weekend

    Jessica Fiddes
    Posted November 29, 2011

    The November 27, 2011 issue of the Daily Record included an article about Delbarton faculty member, and avid rock and mineral hobbyist, John Sanfacon '57. Read the article here.

  • Brian Theroux introduces his freshmen to today's lab. It's three days before Thanksgiving. Perfect time to dissect a chicken!

    Thanksgiving...Chicken?!

    Jessica Fiddes
    Posted November 28, 2011

    Biology teacher Brian Theroux came up with an interesting way to celebrate the holiday on the Monday before Thanksgiving. He arranged for his freshman students to dissect baby chickens. Even the people at Costco were skeptics: "Twenty-two chickens? You know we sell turkeys, right?"

  • The Senior Garden on an afternoon in early November.

    Happy Thanksgiving from St. Mary's Abbey/Delbarton School

    Posted November 22, 2011

    This Thanksgiving we pause to thank the Delbarton community -- students, faculty, staff, parents past and present, alumni, and friends -- for its spirit, energy, loyalty and support, none of which is ever taken for granted.

    Enjoy this flash card that went out to the Delbarton community this afternoon, and Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family from St. Mary's Abbey/Delbarton School.

  • NHL players fear 'The Stache' but Wave fans know George Parros '98 as a really terrific (and sane) Del alum. (Scary photo: Courtesy of GQ Magazine)

    NHL's George Parros '98: More Than Just a Handsome 'Stache

    Jessica Fiddes
    Posted November 21, 2011

    "He is The Most Interesting Man in the NHL. A feared enforcer with an Ivy League pedigree, one of the league's most recognizable faces..."

    This month's GQ Magazine has an entertaining Q&A with former Green Wave hockey player George Parros '98...

  • Student volunteers help load the trailer at Delbarton's Annual Thanksgiving Food Fight--oops, we mean -- Drive.

    Food Drive Total: 49,785 Pounds!

    Jessica Fiddes
    Posted November 18, 2011

    They did it! The Visigoths sacked the annual Thanksgiving Food Drive deanery competition!

    Thank to the generosity of Delbarton families the 2011 Thanksgiving Food Drive collected -- wait for it -- 49,785 pounds of food. Our stated goal was 45,000 pounds of food for the Community Soup Kitchen but goals are meant to be topped. The mightly Visigoth clan won the deanery competition with a wopping 6,814 points, followed by the Apaches with 5,539 and the Cherokees with 5,066 points. Click here for photos from the Friday afternoon Thanksgiving Food Drive collection...

Gallery

Let the Coke vs. Pepsi taste test begin. (Taste test photos: Matt Grella '13)

Coke vs. Pepsi...and Kaboom!

Soda was in the air, figuratively and literally, at Delbarton in February.

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