By Claire M. Regan, SILive.com For nearly 20 years, the Farrell Broadcasting Network has kicked off each day at the Oakwood school as one of many traditions that are centerpieces of the Monsignor Farrell experience. Click here for the full article.
By Carol Ann Benanti, SILive.com On Wednesday night, February 22, in the Parish Center at Blessed Sacrament R.C. Church, Cardinal Timothy Dolan hosted a heartwarming reception to recognize generous supporters of his annual Stewardship Appeal and the Renew & Rebuild Capital Campaign. Click here for full article.
By Allison Klein, Washington Post A young woman at a N.Y. airport was sobbing after her family friend was killed in the Parkland shooting. St. Christopher alum State Trooper Thomas Karasinski and State Trooper Robert Troy went above and beyond: they bought her plane ticket home! Click here for full article.
By Claire M. Regan, for the Staten Island Advance For Margaret O'Connor, midway through her third year leading Our Lady Queen of Peace School in New Dorp, life couldn't be better. She's working her dream job. O'Connor arrives at school every morning at 7, eager to greet her 402 students and begin the day with [...]
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 [...]