Incarnate Word Academy Middle Level students, faculty and staff celebrated the Crowning of Mary with a Mass on Friday, May 17, at the school’s James R. Dougherty Center.

The 8th grade class at St. Anthony School in Robstown completed a course on Theology of the Body for middle school under the direction of Roxanne Alvarado and Margie Willingham.

The Incarnate Word Academy high school level boys track and field team placed fourth in the TAPPS 4A State Track and Field Meet in Waco from May 10-11. Jackson Bright earned two gold medals in the 1,600 and 3,200-meter runs and breaking the state record in the 3,200 meter run.

Incarnate Word Academy’s boys varsity track and field team captured the TAPPS 3-4A district meet held at San Antonio Christian High School this weekend. The team earned 154 points to score the championship.

More than 8,000 Catholic educators at the annual National Catholic Educational Association convention April 2-4 in Houston included catechists, teachers and administrators who teach preschoolers to high school students in cities and rural areas across the country and around the world.

Incarnate Word Academy’s Middle Level band and choir performed at Mount Carmel Home, an assisted living center, on Thursday, April 25. Students mingled with residents after their performances.

Five Incarnate Word Academy high school students will be competing in the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools (TAPPS) State Tennis Tournament from April 24-25 in Waco.

Blessed John Paul II High School announced the appointment of Justen J. Evans to the position of athletic director effective with the beginning of the 2013-14 school year. For the last three years, Evans has been with Santa Gertrudis Academy High School in Kingsville.

The Incarnate Word Academy band and choir placed at the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools (TAPPS) state music competition on April 13, held in Belton, Texas.

Jaimie Bibby and Kevin Smith will sign letters of intent with the University of the Incarnate Word on Wednesday, April 17, at 3 p.m. at Incarnate Word Academy High School’s Mother M. Patricia Gunning Gymnasium.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Five Incarnate Word Academy High School Level students participated in the Texas Art Education Association’s Visual Art Scholastic Event (VASE) in Bryan, Texas on April 5-6, 2013.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – On April 18, he Incarnate Word Academy Foundation will host a Scholarship Recognition Luncheon for more than 200 students, contributors, as well as Incarnate Word and Blessed Sacrament (IWBS) Sisters. This special event, which starts at 11:30 a.m. at the James R. Dougherty Center, is in its 10th year.

Several Incarnate Word Academy High School Level students and faculty are at the Texas State Capitol today, April 9, for Catholic Faith in Action Advocacy Day, which is organized by the Texas Catholic Conference.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Incarnate Word Academy held a campus-wide Mass for the Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord and the Incarnation on Monday, April 8, at the high school level’s Gunning Gymnasium with Msgr. Roger Smith as celebrant.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – The Incarnate Word Academy varsity baseball team helped children with physical and mental challenges play ball on April 2 at Evelyn Price Park. The special-needs baseball players belong to Padre Little League Challenger Division.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Incarnate Word Academy sixth grader Gabriel Rauen has qualified to compete in the State Geography Bee on April 5 at the Pat May Center in Bedford, Texas.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Incarnate Word Academy’s Middle Level Geography Bee will be held at the James R. Dougherty Center on Friday, Jan. 11, at 2:30 p.m. The top 10 history classroom winners will participate in the school’s Geography Bee.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – There will be no sleeping-in this weekend for some students at Incarnate Word Academy High School. About 35 students will be painting fences and tending to the landscape at Central Catholic Elementary School on Saturday at 7:30 a.m.

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – The Incarnate Word Academy Booster Club is hosting a golf tournament on Saturday, Sept. 15, at the North Shore Country Club in Portland.