Last school year, 42 eighth graders from five Catholic elementary schools in Brooklyn gave up an extra hour of morning sleep to arrive at St. Edmund Preparatory H.S., Sheepshead Bay, for New York State Regents-level high school classes in science and math. The students from Mary Queen of Heaven, Old Mill Basin; St. Edmund Elementary […]
Month: August 2011
Fidelis Grant Ensures the Health of Catholic School Children
Mens sana in corpore sano (“a sound mind in sound body”) is a famous ancient Latin expression that still rings true today. To ensure that local Catholic schoolchildren grow up healthy and strong, the Fidelis Care Catholic Schools Grant Initiative has awarded the Office of the Superintendent, Catholic School Support Services, a grant for $90,500 […]
Smart Packing = Healthy Backs
How heavy is your child’s backback? The answer — and the amount of damage it’s doing to your child, might surprise you. “The average child carries a backpack that would be the equivalent of a 39-pound burden for a 176-pound man, or a 29-pound load for a 132-pound woman,” says Dr. Rick McMichael, president of […]
School Leadership Teams Lead Innvovative Curriculum
by Anthony Biscione St. John’s University, Jamaica, will partner with 17 Catholic elementary schools in Brooklyn and Queens under the umbrella of The Institute for Catholic Schools to develop new curriculum and instructional practices to fit the needs of students in the 21st century through the formation of four-person Curriculum Leadership Teams in each of […]
Eleven Schools Adopt Renzulli
by Anthony Biscione On any given day during the school year, students at St. Robert Bellarmine School, Bayside, are creating mummies, cheering inside the Roman Coliseum, or reading the journals of soldiers fighting in the trenches of World War I — all without leaving their classroom. Students in kindergarten through grade eight at St. Robert Bellarmine […]
Catholic Schools Are Special Places to Be
by Dr. Thomas Chadzutko AS WE PREPARE for the beginning of the 2011-2012 school year, we must pause and reflect upon why the Catholic elementary and secondary schools within the Diocese of Brooklyn are very special places of learning for the students enrolled in them. This year the National Catholic Education Association (NCEA) has chosen […]
BISHOP NICHOLAS DIMARZIO LIFTS OBLIGATION TO ATTEND MASS IN AREAS FACING MANDATORY EVACUATION
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn 1712 10th Avenue Brooklyn, New York 11215 Communications Office: Office: 718 – 499 – 6461 Mobile: 917 – 587 – 2784 Contact: Stefanie Gutierrez E-‐mail: sgutierrez@diobrook.org Twitter: @dobpress Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio said today in a statement regarding Hurricane Irene: “In light of the serious threat posed by […]
Faith Ruled Over WYD Activities (with slide show)
MADRID – On the final full day of World Youth Day, diocesan pilgrims took up their sleeping bags, food rations and other personal items and made their way to Cuatro Vientos, Madrid, to meet the Holy Father. Although they were able to make most of their journey via public transportation, the walking was not an […]
Last Preparations for WYD Vigil (with slide show)
by Antonina Zielinksa Seeing Pope Benedict XVI live for the first time was a highlight of World Youth Day 2011 for Brooklyn and Queens pilgrims. Temperatures reached 97 degrees Fahrenheit in Madrid on Aug. 18 and clouds were few and far in between. It was in this heat the pilgrims from the diocese stood for […]
Protesters Prey on the Faith of WYD Pilgrims
MADRID (CNS) – A paradox was alive in the streets of Madrid as hundreds of thousands of World Youth Day pilgrims shared the sidewalks with local protesters frustrated over Spain’s hosting – and, some believed, funding – of the weeklong event in a time of economic turmoil. A group of protesters broke into a run […]