St. Patrick's School has been selected for the 2020 Best of Yorktown Heights Award in the Private School category by the Yorktown Heights Award Program. Each year, the Yorktown Heights Award Program identifies companies that we believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category. These are local companies that enhance [...]
The coronavirus hit very close to home for Nelsa, a student and aspiring journalist at St. Peter's School, Poughkeepsie. Using her talent for writing, Nelsa sheds light on what life is like now. > Click here to read the full article.
One of our ambitious students, who will no doubt become a successful journalist one day, wrote an Op-Ed for Mid Hudson News. Riley (pictured here) is a 5th grade student at St. Mary’s School in Fishkill, and though being able to stay home from school each day may sound like a child's dream, Riley penned [...]
Michael J. Deegan, superintendent of schools in the Archdiocese of New York, reflected on poignant examples of how well students across the archdiocese are coping at home amid the coronavirus pandemic that has closed their schools since March 16. Referring to videos and social media posts showcasing the prayers of youngsters that have been sent [...]
Coleen Nevin and daughter Noelle, a freshman at the Ursuline School in New Rochelle, volunteer at the third social-distancing friendly drive Ursuline sponsored to replenish local food stocks April 18. They are pictured alongside goods loaded into the school van. The school community donated non-perishable food items delivered to the New Rochelle site of the Fuller [...]
Principal Jessica Maldonado from St Thomas Aquinas Elementary School was featured in America Magazine. St. Thomas Aquinas, a school in the Northwest/South Bronx region, has an 85% Latino population, and Principal Maldonado speaks about how her school prepped for the COVID-19 crisis as well as how she continues to lead her 188 students and 25 [...]
St. James the Apostle School in Carmel was featured in the Putnam County Press, highlighting the school’s transition to home-based learning. Principal Maura Crawford emphasized the school’s uses of Google Classroom to allow continuity of learning, and noted that the school will continue to focus on what is most important, “faith and our St. James [...]
Blessed Sacrament art teacher, Abigail Lelilis, set up virtual art galleries filled with student work. The gallery’s purpose is to continue to bring students together and allow them to foster their creativity while at home. Click here to view the NY1 Article You can view the galleries here: Grades 6-8: https://www.artsteps.com/view/5e85e175711f5a7a288ecb17 Grades 4-5: https://www.artsteps.com/view/5e84918c4c9e511851bb53b1
> Click here to view full article. > Click here for the video! Student leaders from Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese of New York attended the fourth annual “A Catholic Lens” event at the Sheen Center for Thought and Culture on March 12. The theme was “The Culture of Encounter,” and addressed topics such [...]
At a time of anxiety, Cardinal Timothy Dolan joined The TODAY Show via Skype this morning, March 23, from his New York City home with a message of reassurance. He says that when he’s “tempted to some apprehension,” he turns to words from the Bible: “Fear is useless; what is needed is trust.” He says [...]
