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Bishop Ireton High School is proud to announce that senior Andrew Matherne has been named a semifinalist in the National Merit Scholarship Program. Andrew now has the opportunity to continue in the competition for some 7,140 National Merit Scholarships worth nearly $28 million, to be awarded in spring 2024.

The nationwide pool of 16,000 semifinalists are the highest-scoring entrants on the 2022 PSAT/NMSQT in each state and represent less than 1% of each state's high school seniors.

Bishop Ireton is excited to announce the hiring of four new varsity coaches to the Bishop Ireton Athletic program. The Cardinals welcome Erin Hellmold as the varsity girls lacrosse coach, Avery Potter (BI ‘19) as the varsity field hockey coach, Jordan Clement as the varsity boys soccer coach and Nadine Lilavois as the varsity volleyball coach.

On Monday, June 12, 2023, science teacher Mrs. Sonia Faletti was officially inducted into the Bishop Ireton Faculty Hall of Fame after 25 years of service to BI. She's just the 15th person to be inducted in the history of the school.

On Monday, June 12, 2023, the annual Cappies were held in the Concert Hall at the world-famous Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC! Nominated for seven awards for their outstanding spring production of "The Music Man," BI took home two in the incredibly competitive field!

The Washington Catholic Athletic Conference All-Conference awards are in! Congratulations to these athletes on their well-deserved recognition, and congratulations to all of our spring Cardinals on their hard work in such a competitive conference.

On May 26, we celebrated the Commencement Exercises for the Class of 2023! Graduation took place at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. Attendees heard from Bishop Burbidge, Principal Dr. Tim Guy, Head of School Kathleen McNutt, salutatory speaker Annie Nealon and valedictory speaker Molly McNicol.

You can see a short recap of graduation here.

Congratulations to science faculty member Mr. Brian Kerns who was recently admitted into the Royal Society of Chemistry, based in Cambridge, England. As a member, he is joining a larger community of educational chemists and will have access to online journals, teaching suggestions, conferences held both in the UK and online, and myriad other resources. 

For its spring production of The Music Man, Bishop Ireton was nominated for seven Cappies. The Cappies is a writing and awards program that trains high school theatre and journalism students to be expert writers, critical thinkers and leaders.

This past weekend, the boys Track & Field Team took home 1st place at the Catholic State Meet, which was held at Paul VI High School!

Congratulations to Ben Vinson III, PhD (BI '88) who was just named the 18th President of Howard University! It's wonderful to see the amazing accomplishments of our Cardinal alumni. We wish Dr. Vinson all the best in his new role! Read more here: https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2023/05/02/ben-vinson-iii-howard-university-president/.

Congratulations to (L-R) Elizabeth VanGilder '23 and Emily Le '23 who were named Virginia Affiliate Winners and Emily Crabtree '24 who was named the Virginia Affiliate Honorable Mention in the National Center for Women & Information Technology (NCWIT) Aspirations in Computing awards! These awards recognize them for significantly demonstrating interest and aptitude for computing and technology, leadership in and out of the classroom and aspirations to pursue technology throughout their future journey to solve problems and positively impact humanity.

Congratulations to the Bishop Ireton athletes who received All-WCAC conference award for their strong play during the winter 2023 sports season. Congratulations to these amazing Cardinals!

On March 3rd, the Bishop Ireton ice hockey team finished their season with a thrilling 3-2 victory over Lake Braddock/Fairfax, earning them the title of CHSL Champions! 

Bishop Ireton held its first in-school Cultural Fair earlier today! Students, cultural clubs and staff had the opportunity to share their cultures and cultural pride with students. Thanks to everyone who participated and to our Diversity and Student Life teams for helping to facilitate the event!

The Wind Ensemble welcomed Col. Don Schofield, commander of the U.S. Air Force Band, to Bishop Ireton. He worked with the musical ensemble throughout their class and brought his enthusiastic teaching style and music expertise to our students.

Senior Aidan McNerney was named a 2023 National Merit Scholarship Program Finalist! He was just one of 15,000 high school students in the United States to receive this honor. Congratulations to Aidan!

On Friday, February 10, we welcomed Gospel singer Pastor Charles Hyman to BI who performed after Mass for our students as part of our celebration for Black History Month.

Congratulations to the talented 15 Bishop Ireton musicians who auditioned for and made the District X, All-District Band! 

Congratulations to Warren Gorman (BI ‘23) and Lucy Jefferies (BI ‘23) who were named Athletes of the Month in January by Alexandria Sportsman's Club. Warren was recognized for basketball and Lucy for swim. Congratulations Warren and Lucy!

On the Feast of St. Francis de Sales, Bishop Ireton awarded Associate Director of Advancement Ryan Fannon (BI '89) and Computer Science teacher Mary Briody the Salesian Medal of Honor.