A special award announced in a special way in a special year. On March 3rd, 2021, via Zoom, Rectory announced the 54th and 55th winners of the Kellogg Award, Mrs. Lisa Hart and Ms. Meghan Fluckiger, in honor of their dedication to the Rectory community. Despite the COVID-restrictions, all 9th graders...

Haihunhou Heritage Park is a museum containing artifacts from the tomb of the Marquis of Haihun. It is located in Nanchang, which is in East China's Jiangxi Province, and it opened in September of 2020; excavation of the site had started back in 2011. This site holds the distinction of yielding the most...

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Meet Mr. Patrick McCarthy, an outstanding middle school history teacher and an amazing person here at Rectory! On February 15, this Directory reporter had the pleasure of meeting with Mr. Patrick Raymond McCarthy, a history teacher at Rectory. Since 1992, Mr. McCarthy has been teaching on-and-off...

Imagine you are walking on top of the vast, red soil. Each step you take is difficult because of the weight of your boots. The pebbles underneath you crunch as if you're walking in snow. Miles and miles of barren soil are followed by a distant, massive mountain range coming into view. The irritating...

Charlie was a 32-year-old man with an intellectual disability. His IQ was only 68— He wasn’t able to learn or memorize or do complex actions as non-disabled people could. He lived a happy life because he thought everyone was his friend, and he couldn’t remember anything bad. His dream was to become...

The spring festival has just passed, “The Year of the Ox” has officially begun. Of course, being the biggest and the most celebrated festivity in China, Spring Festival is no different from previous years. Families were brought together to celebrate the coming of a brand new year. People celebrated...