The first Annual Bronx-Wide Speech Bee was held on December 6th 2017 at St. Raymond’s School. All Archdiocese of New York Catholic Schools located in The Bronx participated: each school sent the winner of their individual school Bees to represent the school at the Bronx-wide Bee. The theme of this year’s Speech Bee was “Bee [...]
By Thomas Erik Bascome, SILive.com Twenty eight students from twenty two Catholic elementary schools gathered at the St. Christopher's School in Grant City Wednesday afternoon for the annual Staten Island Catholic School District Spelling Bee. A riveting repeat performance by eighth grader Cristina Diaz of Our Lady Help of Christians School earned her a second [...]
By Staten Island Advance/Jan Somma-Hammel. A group of 33 students representing the Student Council of the Academy of St. Dorothy visited Met Foods grocery store in Grasmere to purchase nonperishable goods for Project Hospitality. Their charitable effort was part of WKTU's "Stuff-A-Truck" Food Drive. > Click here to read more
The Archdiocese of NY is opening 2018-19 Admissions on December 1 and hosting open house events at 133 schools across the archdiocese on Tuesday December 5. For children moving into Pre-K 3 through Grade 8, families can apply: Online at www.ApplyCatholicSchoolsNY.org; By phone at (646) 794-2885, between 9:00am and 5:00pm Monday through Friday. This bilingual helpline [...]
By Annalise Knudson Students at St. Adalbert's School in Elm Park welcomed more than 150 veterans and their families on Wednesday for the annual pre-Veterans Day breakfast and ceremony. Students honored the veterans with handmade cards, works of art, special performances and salutes. > Click here to read more
Archdiocesan schools also outperform New York State and New York City Schools in performance growth over the past three years. > Click here to read the full article. As the 2017-18 academic year gets underway, the Catholic Schools in the Archdiocese of New York are proud to report that its students are outpacing New York [...]
Excitement and nervousness filled the faces of parents and students standing outside St. John’s School in Kingsbridge last week. In just a few minutes, the doors would open, officially beginning the first day of the new academic year. For some, the first day continued a family tradition of attending St. John’s while a 4-year-old attended [...]
On Aug. 30, The Vanderbilt in South Beach hosted a clambake to benefit Catholic Schools on Staten Island. There was music, fireworks and more in honor of Monsignor Thomas J. Bergin of St. Charles Roman Catholic Church for his decades of contributions to the Catholic community. Said Congressman Dan Donovan: "What a wonderful evening to [...]
Lauren Narog is open to trying anything, even another spin class. The pre-K teacher was one of nine staff members from St. Elizabeth Ann Seton School in Shrub Oak to participate in a 45-minute spin class at Club Fit in Jefferson Valley Aug. 23. The spin class and lunch resulted from the staff’s one-on-one meetings [...]
Annalise Knudson. Hundreds of second-graders of the Roman Catholic faith across Staten Island received their First Communion this weekend or will be receiving the sacrament in the coming weeks. > Read More