Fall 2012 - Cardinal Spellman High School

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Cardinal Spellman High
School has decided it will lace up
the skates, once again, and restore
a hockey program that hasn’t
existed since the 1970s.
Officials from Spellman met
with interested parents in May to
announce the future development
of a varsity hockey program. Ice
hockey will return in the winter,
starting out on a club basis before
Beginning in the 2012-2013 school year, Spellman students
will have more food choices and a completely renovated and redesigned
cafeteria to eat the food in.
In the fall of 2011, sophomore students were surveyed about the
strengths and weaknesses of Cardinal Spellman. The most common
complaint Spellman officials received was the lack of variety and the
costly price of food in the cafeteria. Cardinal Spellman High School
listened and changes were made.
Demolition began as soon as the students left in June. The plans call for
an entirely new cafeteria with an extensive food serving line. NexDine
is taking over as Spellman’s food service provider. They offer a much
more extensive menu than the previous food service provider.
“Everyone will be in for a pleasant surprise in the fall, Cardinal Spellman
President Dr. John McEwan said. “The addition of NexDine as
transitioning into a varsity program
for the 2014-2015 season.
“We are very excited about the
possibility of hockey returning to
Cardinal Spellman High School,”
said Spellman President Dr. John
McEwan said. “It was a great
program many years ago and we
still miss it. I am very optimistic
about the enthusiastic response
from parents and students.”
The plan involves three stages.
The first year, the program will
be in the club team phase and
partially funded by parents. Each
student will pay a $660 player fee.
The fee will cover ice time and
uniforms. The Cardinals will skate
happening on the hill
Varsity Hockey Returns to Spellman
“It was a great program many years ago and we still miss it.”
NexDine to Offer More Food Variety in Newly Renovated Spellman Cafeteria
three times a week at the Canton
Sportsplex, where they will practice
and play games against local
junior varsity teams.
The following year, the club team
will be elevated to the junior
varsity level. The team will then
practice five days a week and play
a full junior varsity schedule.
The 2014-2015 school year
will mark the official return of
Cardinal Spellman’s Varsity
Hockey Program. It has been
over 30 years since the Cardinals
donned the red and gold hockey
jerseys in varsity competition and
this plan helps end that streak and
put Spellman back on the ice.
our new food service provider will be a major change in the quality
and types of food that we will be serving.”
Due to the timing of this issue, we are unable to provide you with
photos of the completed project, but the next issue of Tradition will
feature student reactions to their new cafeteria and photos of the
completed construction.
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