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Presentation Of Mary Academy

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• Grades: Prekindergarten-8
• Enrollment: 508 students
• Yearly Tuition: $6,500
• Average class size: 20 students
• Application Deadline: None / Rolling
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• We teach children respect of self and others.
• We use technology effectively to enhance education.
• We emphasize moral development and self-discipline.
• We partner with parents in the faith formation of their children.
• We set standards for student achievement and help them succeed.
• We cultivate a faculty and staff of people who are dedicated, caring, and effective.
• We offer an education that combines Catholic faith and teachings with academic excellence.

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Sisters of the Presentation of Mary   The United States Privince 

United states province.

The Spiritual Family of Marie Rivier Serving God's Children

Canonization of St. Marie Rivier Rome, Italy May 15, 2022

The Sisters of the Presentation of Mary are an international community serving in 19 Countries

In the beginning.

The Sisters of the Presentation of Mary, founded by Blessed Anne-Marie Rivier in Thueyts, France, in 1796, first came to the New World in 1853, in Marieville, P.Q., Canada. By that time, many French-Canadians had begun immigrating to the industrial centers of New England. Entire families had left their farms and moved southward to the United States seeking employment in the paper and textile mills.  

A CALL TO THE UNITED STATES

A call arose from the Church in the United States asking for help in caring for these people who had left all they knew, seeking a better life for themselves and their families. In 1873, in an attempt to meet the spiritual and educational needs of this population, the daughters of the Woman Apostle once again crossed international boundaries to teach Jesus Christ.  

FIRST FOUNDATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES

The first American foundation was in Glens Falls, New York. From there, the Sisters opened a boarding school in Island Pond, Vermont, in 1886. Many foundations quickly followed in New Hampshire, Maine, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island. Most of these foundations were parish schools. During all this time, the Sisters still belonged to the Canadian Province of St. Hyacinthe.

PRESENTATION OF MARY ACADEMY

At the request of Bishop Georges-Albert Guertin, Bishop of Manchester, the Sisters came to Hudson, New Hampshire, and in 1926, Presentation of Mary Academy opened its doors as a boarding school for girls. Though the boarding school was phased out in 1971, there still thrives, within the halls of PMA, an elementary school that serves some 500 boys and girls from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade. Since its foundation, Presentation of Mary Academy has held within its walls the beginnings of Rivier College, of the first Provincial Administration of the United States, and the Novitiate.

RIVIER UNIVERSITY

From its humble beginnings in 1933, Rivier College, with Sr. Madeleine of Jesus as its founder, continued to grow. In September of 1941, the College left Hudson and opened its doors across the river in Nashua, New Hampshire. Today, Rivier College continues its commitment to higher education, offering undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degrees. July 1, 2012, Rivier College became Rivier University.

THE BIRTH OF TWO PROVINCES  

In 1938, the United States became an independent province known as the Hudson Province. Ten years later, due to the great number of vocations, and of schools where the Sisters ministered, it became evident that the Province of the United States was too large for one administration and so in 1948, the Hudson Province saw to schools in New Hampshire and Rhode Island, while the Biddeford Province, saw to establishments in Maine, Massachusetts, and Vermont.

In 1958, the Hudson Province purchased a group of buildings that had once served as a hospital in Manchester, New Hampshire. The Provincial Administration now transferred from Hudson to one of these existing buildings. Henceforth, the Province became known as the Manchester Province. Soon, a second building opened as the Infirmary for the Province serving as such until 1980 when it then and since then has housed both the Provincial Chapel and a sisters' residence. Finally, at this time, a new and larger, more modern combination of Assisted Living and Infirmary was added to this property given an increasing number of elderly and sick. The Methuen Province was established in 1948 with its Provincial Administration located at Marie Joseph Academy in Biddeford Pool, Maine. With time, Marie Joseph could no longer house both a flourishing Academy and the Provincial Administration. Years later responding to the needs of the time the building was transformed into Marie Joseph Spiritual Center, its formal dedication took place in 1979.  In 1957, the Searles Estate, located in Methuen, Massachusetts, was purchased to house the Provincial Administration and home to the Methuen Province. This property also accommodated a residence for our retired sisters and a private co-ed Academy.

UNIFICATION OF OUR TWO PROVINCES  

Due to the decreasing number of Sisters, and for the sake of mission, on August 15, 2012, the Manchester and the Methuen Provinces were reunited to form the United States Province.

MARIE RIVIER IS CANONIZED A SAINT  On, December 13, 2021, Pope Francis recognized the miraculous healing of Angel Marie Vier Albaracin Degamo, from the Philippines, obtained through the intercession of Marie Rivier.  Before birth Angel Marie was diagnosed with hydrops fetalis, a deadly disease affecting the heart and lungs. Angel Marie's family prayed to Blessed Marie Rivier for her healing. Little Angel Marie was born with no sign of the disease. On May 15, 2022, Pope Francis declared Marie Rivier a Saint. The Canonization Mass, viewed around the world drew more than 45,000 pilgrims to Rome. The Sisters of the Presentation of Mary and all the Spiritual Family of Marie Rivier Rejoice in this great gift to the universal Church.  LOCATION OF PRESENT MINISTRIES

Ministries of the Sisters of the Presentation of Mary presently include a university, parish and private schools, pastoral services, retreat work, nursing care, visiting, and outreach to the poor. They minister and live in the following cities and towns in Maine: Biddeford, and Lewiston; in Massachusetts: Marlborough; in New Hampshire: Hudson, Manchester, Nashua, and Plaistow.

Two centuries and several thousand miles separate us in time and in location from St. Marie Rivier and the sacred ground she walked, yet today her Sisters of the United States continue to keep alive her charism: to live and teach Jesus Christ.

182 Lowell Road Hudson, Hudson, NH 03051 

Phone: (603) 889-6054 

Fax: (603) 595-8504

Enlightening hearts and minds since 1926

Fostering Spiritual Growth in the Catholic Tradition

Presentation of Mary Academy fosters an understanding of Catholic truths and values which enable the child to live a meaningful life, consistent with the Gospel values of peace, justice, love, and freedom. In a Christian atmosphere, children at Presentation of Mary Academy participate in the observance of religious holidays and attend regularly scheduled liturgies and prayer services consistent with our Catholic beliefs and values. The Academy encourages faith in God and belief in a Judeo-Christian system of values, including respect for God, for others, for other faith traditions, and for the self; the importance of showing compassion and caring for others; a commitment towards community; and a responsibility to develop and share those gifts that make each person unique. These teachings are interwoven throughout the curriculum and the daily life of the school, and more generally articulated in the Academy’s core values

• Compassion and service
• Concern for human dignity
• Global awareness and responsibility
• Personal and educational excellence
• Spiritual growth and development.

Presentation of Mary Academy works to nurture each child’s sense of self and to promote a love of learning so that its graduates can enrich their communities and the world. A small private Catholic co-educational elementary school, PMA is a place where childhood and children come first. Recognizing that children learn and grow best in a supportive and engaging school environment, we strive to maintain just such an atmosphere as a caring and mutually supportive school community. We believe that the education of children is a partnership between a school and its families and that both children and adults deserve to be in a safe and comfortable setting — one in which they are known and appreciated as individuals.

Embracing Diversity

Presentation of Mary Academy embraces all individuals in a manner consistent with our core values and admits students of any race, color, creed, and national or ethnic origin. We believe that diverse perspectives enrich both the educational experience and the school community. Because we are all children of God, we strive to honor and love one another, to respect and celebrate those qualities that define us as humans and distinguish us as individuals. As a community, we foster an enriching and diverse educational environment in all dimensions of the school experience so that we may explore, understand, and value our differences. As life-long learners, we strive to continue to deepen our appreciation of our pluralistic world.

Promoting Self-Esteem 

As an elementary school, the process of learning receives as much attention as the content. We understand that children learn in different ways and at different speeds, and we work to address the differences in how children learn. To the extent possible, we strive to tailor pedagogical approaches to the needs of students. PMA fosters the capacity for learning and growth and focuses on the development of each student’s sense of self-esteem and confidence as an essential outcome of this approach. We believe that enthusiastic and caring teachers are essential to both curricular and non-curricular lessons; thus we seek to maintain an environment where our educators are content, engaged, and continuously learning. PMA promotes education as a way of life for all of its community members and strives to create learning opportunities for all constituencies.

Educating the Whole Child

Presentation of Mary Academy affirms a traditional emphasis on middle and secondary school preparation and on the development of personal and intellectual disciplines. We are committed to remaining a fresh, relevant, and dynamic institution that also honors and remains true to its Catholic heritage and traditions. Our educational program is a balanced one that focuses on establishing competencies in the core areas of reading, writing, and mathematics, while recognizing the importance of providing a rich array of different educational experiences that enables students to pursue their own individual interests, to understand various perspectives, to engage their own creative voices, and to tap their individual aptitudes and talents. Accordingly, the program at PMA places a strong emphasis on music and art and is further strengthened through offerings in religion, social studies, foreign language, science, technology, library science, and physical education. We also believe that learning does not stop at the classroom door and so provide many after school enrichment and interscholastic athletic opportunities to complete our program. We seek to ensure that we offer a well-rounded and rich experience, one that lays a sound spiritual, intellectual, personal, physical, and emotional foundation on which children can build.

Presentation of Mary Academy

182 Lowell Road

Hudson, NH 03051

(603) 889-6054

(603) 595-8504

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Moscow on the Hudson

• A Russian saxophonist visiting New York City with a USSR circus troupe suddenly decides to defect in Bloomingdale's.
• A Russian circus visits the US. A clown wants to defect, but doesn't have the nerve. His saxophone playing friend however comes to the decision to defect in the middle of Bloomingdales. He is befriended by the black security guard and falls in love with the Italian immigrant from behind the perfume counter. We follow his life as he works his way through the American dream and tries to find work as a musician. — Zaphod <[email protected]>
• Vladimir Ivanoff is a saxophonist with a Moscow based circus. Unlike his best friend, circus clown Anatoly, who hates all about living in the Soviet Union, Vladimir is generally content with his life, seeing the things with which he has to deal, such as standing in long lines for such basic items as toilet paper and shoes that don't fit, just part and parcel of his Soviet life. The circus is traveling to New York City for a show, during which time Anatoly plans to defect, which may be the worst kept secret within the circus, especially as their KGB handlers want Vladimir to spy on Anatoly about such plans. But when push comes to shove, it is Vladimir who senses an opportunity to defect, he doing so despite knowing that he will probably never see his family or friends back in the Soviet Union ever again. Vladimir has his own view of the American dream, the general concept of freedom which appeals to him the most despite not truly understanding what it means. He finds that almost everyone he meets, all immigrants in one form or another, all have their American dream, their own pursuit of which which may be incompatible with his own fulfillment of being an American. — Huggo
• Set against the backdrop of the Cold War and Soviet political repression of the early 1980s prior to perestroika, Moscow on the Hudson tells the story of Vladimir Ivanoff (Robin Williams), a saxophonist with the Moscow circus. The story begins in New York with Vladimir advising a newly arrived Frenchman that he is on the wrong New York bus and giving him instructions on how to get to his destination. He then tells the Frenchman that it is always difficult getting around the city when one first arrives. Vladimir then begins remembering his own arrival to New York from Russia, and the scene shifts to Vladimir riding on a Russian bus some time earlier. Vladimir exits the bus and immediately witnesses a group of three people holding signs being accosted by two men, likely KGB agents or secret police, who force them into a nearby car and confiscate their signs. Vladimir then inquires of a passing Russian soldier if the nearby queue is for toilet paper; the soldier replies that it is for shoes. Vladimir joins the queue and obtains three pairs of shoes in the only size (38) now available. Vladimir arrives late to rehearsal at the circus and Boris (Savely Kramarov), one of the apparatchik assigned to the circus, criticizes him harshly and implies that he may miss the approaching trip to New York City. Vladimir tells him the reason he was late and ultimately gives Boris one pair of shoes obtained from the queue. Later, while Vladimir is riding with his friend, circus clown Anatoly Cherkasov (Elya Baskin), in Anatoly's Lada, Anatoly begins expressing his discontent with life in Russia, claiming that he is an oppressed artist. Vladimir expresses disinterest in Anatoly's complaints. Anatoly stops to buy fuel for his car from a mobile black-market gasoline dealer. While the friends wait for the gasoline seller to fill Anatoly's jerrycans, the two practice their English. Anatoly reveals to Vladimir in English that he plans to defect during the upcoming trip to New York. Vladimir is disconcerted that Anatoly has told him this as he is obligated to inform on him. Anatoly shouts in English at the uncomprehending fuel seller and oblivious passing motorists that he wants to see the world. Anatoly leaves Vladimir at another queue; as Vladimir exits the vehicle, Anatoly asks if he will be coming by the apartment at 9:00 p.m. as usual and Vladimir agrees. After inquiring and determining that toilet paper can be purchased at this queue, Vladimir begins to walk to the end of the excessively long line but meets with a neighborhood friend, Leonid, already standing in line. During the ensuing conversation, Leonid reveals that he was once a teacher but is now paving roads after the authorities had sent him to a camp for protesting the war in Afghanistan. Leonid also reveals that the authorities had declared him to be crazy for protesting the war. After agreeing to talk later, Leonid advises Vladimir to never go crazy. Vladimir returns home to his family, who are overjoyed that he has obtained toilet paper. Vladimir announces that he won't be staying for dinner as he is meeting Svetlana. Vladimir's mother expresses a desire for Vladimir to marry Svetlana, and Vladimir remarks that he doesn't want another marriage. Vladimir meets with Svetlana, and they both walk to Anatoly's apartment for their date. Svetlana expresses a desire for Vladimir to join the communist party as it would make obtaining an apartment when they get married easier; Vladimir responds that he is not a "joiner". At the apartment, after Anatoly leaves, Vladimir gives Svetlana a gift -- a roll of toilet paper. Svetlana expresses her jealousy that Vladimir gets to see America without her and hints that she would like Vladimir to obtain designer jeans for her. Vladimir returns home drunk from vodka. In the morning, around the breakfast table, Vladimir's grandfather, Nicholai Ivanoff, aggressively criticizes the news reports on the television and Russia's leaders in general. As Vladimir is leaving the building with packed suitcases for the circus trip to America, he is intercepted by the two circus-assigned apparatchik waiting at the entrance. They question Vladimir about his grandfather's anti-Soviet behavior and imply that he may be senile and need to be committed. Vladimir responds that he is just a comedian, an old man, and a war hero who should just be ignored. They also reveal that they are aware that Vladimir and Svetlana have been using Anatoly's apartment for their "sexual encounters". Both agents finally reveal that they want Vladimir to "keep an eye on" Anatoly Cherkasov during the trip to America in exchange for protecting his grandfather. The Moscow circus arrives in New York and are shuttled around in a chartered bus. The performers are amused at the colorful environment that is New York, which strongly contrasts with the bleak surrounding of Moscow (as portrayed earlier). During the bus ride, Anatoly writes "freedom" in the dust on the bus window, and Vladimir quickly wipes it off. The performers stay at the Howard Johnson Hotel, and Vladimir and Anatoly happen to be sharing a room. Vladimir revels in the American custom of taking the towels, which he packs into his suitcase, and the quality of the toilet paper. Vladimir reveals to Anatoly that it is no coincidence they are sharing a room together because the apparatchik watching over the circus want him to "spy on" Anatoly. During a formal reception, Anatoly reveals to Vladimir that he intends to defect during the opening parade and his opening bicycle routine; Vladimir remarks, "Good. They grab you and throw you right to bear". Vladimir and Anatoly enter a bathroom, and the two Apparatchik, who have been shadowing Anatoly throughout the evening, emerge from the same toilet stall just as Anatoly was about to comment on his plans. The Apparatchik comment that they will soon be back in Moscow, but otherwise all leave the bathroom without further drama. The next day during the opening circus performance, Anatoly attempts to defect but is met by the Apparatchik agents. The following day, the performers are allowed to shop at Bloomingdale's for 30 minutes before going to the airport to return to Russia. Vladimir meets a perfume clerk at Bloomingdale's, Lucia Lomardo (María Conchita Alonso), while attempting to find blue jeans for Svetlana. Anatoly once more reveals to Vladimir that he is going to defect in Bloomingdale's. Vladimir angrily challenges Anatoly to just do it and stop informing him of the plan. However, Anatoly is shadowed by the quieter of the Apparatchik and loses his nerve. As the performers are being led back to the bus, Vladimir attempts to buy the designer jeans for Svetlana. Anatoly seemingly dares Vladimir to defect in his stead. Vladimir then attempts to defect to one of Bloomingdale's security guards, Lionel Witherspoon (Cleavant Derricks). A clerk announces the defection, and the Apparatchik, who are distracted by their own shopping, rush over to prevent it. A chase ensues through Bloomingdale's, out onto the street, and back into Bloomingdale's. Vladimir then attempts to hide behind Lucia's counter. Orlando Ramirez (Alejandro Rey), an immigration lawyer, approaches and gives Lucia his card to give to Vladimir. After trying to hide inside Lucia's dress, Vladimir crawls away through Bloomingdale's but once again encounters Lionel. Boris and the other Apparatchik arrive and confront Vladimir, but Lionel defends him. Boris first pleads with Vladimir to return and then threatens, but Vladimir repeats, "I defect", to the cheers of the rapidly assembling crowd. Connie Chung and an ABC News crew are already on scene. The FBI arrive and interview Vladimir about why he is defecting and whether or not he has relatives or friends in America. Lionel, basking in the glare of the media, offers to take in Vladimir after revealing he knows no one in America outside of Lionel and Lucia. As a final parting gesture, Vladimir rushes out onto the street as the charted bus of circus performers is leaving and says goodbye to his saxophone, which had been left on the bus. He also communicates to Anatoly that he is now free (a free bird). Lionel Witherspoon (Cleavant Derricks), an African American security guard who has just protected Vladimir from his furious Russian handlers during Vladimir's defection at Bloomingdale's, takes him home to Harlem to live with Lionel's mother, unemployed father, sister, and cranky but good-hearted grandfather--a living arrangement noticeably similar to that of Vladimir's family back in Moscow. With the help of sympathetic immigration attorney Orlando Ramirez (Alejandro Rey), a naturalized citizen from Cuba who witnessed Vladimir's defection, Vladimir soon adapts to life in America. Vladimir attempts to find work despite speaking little English and fearing the threat of his former KGB handlers. He initially lives in poor neighborhoods and takes low-paying jobs such as fast-food service, limousine driver, and sidewalk merchant. Vladimir starts a relationship with Lucia. At a party celebrating Lucia's becoming an American citizen, Vladimir proposes to her; but she refuses and breaks up with him. A little while later, Lionel decides to move to Alabama to be with his young son; and Vladimir learns from a friend of his sister that his beloved grandfather back home in Moscow has died. Grieving, Vladimir goes to a Russian nightclub to ease his mind. When he returns home, late to his apartment building and drunk, he is mugged by two young men. He later reports the incident to the police with Orlando present, and the two go to a diner where Vladimir rants about his misfortunes. A nearby Russian immigrant overhears the conversation, and interrupts Vladimir to disagree, leading the two into a tense confrontation that is settled after Vladimir comes to appreciate his good fortune of living in America. Soon after, Lucia reunites with Vladimir telling him that she is not ready for marriage but would love to live with an immigrant, and Lionel moves back from Alabama and takes over Vladimir's job driving a limousine. In the end, Vladimir gets a job as a saxophonist in the band at the Russian nightclub, with time to play the music he loves during the day. He encounters the former apparatchik Boris operating a hot dog stand. (Boris had lost his status back in the Soviet Union after Vladimir's defection.) The former apparatchik is glad to see Vladimir and gives him a free hot dog, showing his appreciation for the life he too now has in America.

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