Jason Figuero , Joshua Figuero, and Connor Borrelli were the winners in the Pinewood Derby

held by the Cub Scouts on Saturday January 26, in the Queen of Peace's auditorium , Congratulations!

Part of the fun is the friendly competition to discover the fastest cars.
A derby involving dozens of cars requires careful planning to manage. The scoring system needs to be fair and clear.

Many packs use tracks with electronic finish lines that automatically determine the placement of racers for

every heat of a derby. Some tracks also have the ability to measure the speed of each car on a computer.

The race is a terrific way to bring families together and increase interest in Scouting.

The real winners of a Pinewood Derby® are all the Cub Scouts and adults working together to build and enter their race cars.

Congratulations to the following students who have had their poetry published in The Acclaimed, the 2011 Poetry Collection of the America Library of Poetry.  Each year poems are judged on originality, creativity and artistic quality.  Last year, Miss Terri entered several of our Patriot of the Month poems and seven were chosen from among thousands of submissions!

Queen of Peace Elementary entered the Queen of Peace High School's First Annual Essay Contest.  Each student received a certificate for participation and our 8th grader  Caroline Terranova placed third place.  Congratulations Caroline!