This year’s speaker will be Class of ’66 graduate, Theresa Nelson. She has written eight novels for young readers including And One for All, The Beggars’ Ride and Ruby Electric (all American Library Association Notable Children’s Books), and Earthshine, which won the Bank Street College Child Study Award and was included in the ALA’s “Best of the Best” list. A number of Theresa’s books are set on or near the Texas Gulf Coast: Devil Storm is based on her mother’s stories of Tom the Tramp and the Great Storm of 1900; Miss Ivy in The 25-Cent Miracle works at a library just like the old Tyrrell Public; the runaway monkey in the Empress of Elsewhere lives in a version of the Phelan Mansion on Calder Avenue.
The third annual Beyond the Blue & Gold Lecture will be held on Thursday, February 2, 2017 at 6:30 p.m. in the Centennial Complex at MKCHS The lecture will allow the community, current Kelly students and prospective students to see the value of a Catholic education firsthand. The event is free and open to the public. All Kelly families are invited to attend.
To learn more about Theresa, please visit her website at theresanelson.net. We hope to see you there!