This year, members of the Rectory School Karate team will have an opportunity to study a style of Japanese karate called Shotokai.
There are many myths, legends and stories concerned with karate traditions. The style Rectory students will study was founded around 1902 by a public school athletic instructor named Mr. Gichin Funakoshi in Okinawa, and island that is part of the nation of Japan. According to Mr. Funakoshi, his new gymnastic program (which he named "karate") was based on a style of martial arts that had come to Okinawa from China four hundred years before his time. Mr. Funakoshi, however, was the first man to formalize the series of techniques and choreographed movements currently known as karate. (Mr. Funakoshi adopted the tradition of wearing colored belts from Judo- a type of Japanese wrestling).
The Rectory School Karate team will be coached by Fran Morano, and Norm Herrick, Sr. who has studied karate for fifteen years.

Our 88th Year is Underway!

October 10-13, 2008
The entire Rectory community is celebrating Parents' Weekend 2008!

This year's MELP offerings and Sign-up Forms.

Silent Auction 2008!
Please support these businesses that donated to our school's auction!

Head of School Update

Secondary School Placement
Lesley Gibbs, Director of Secondary School Placement, posted a schedule of Secondary School visits.
Click here to view this schedule.

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Headmaster's Retirement
Application posting
Search Committee Members
Mr. Army's Retirement Letter
Trustee Announcement

2008 Annual Fund
Goal Achieved!

Parents Update
Coming Soon - 2008-2009 Updates!

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Reading Forms
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