Success For All St. Francis of Assisi School, located in the vibrant and culturally diverse neighborhood of Astoria, N.Y., is proud to be celebrating Catholic Schools Week, 2013. Since the beginning of the 2012-2013 school year, our school community has fully embraced the CSW theme of Raising the Standards and has been firmly committed […]
Month: January 2013
Youth Views – Social Media Networking: What’s your take on it?
U.N. Ambassadors In Training
Model United Nations Club from Xaverian H.S., Bay Ridge, traveled to Berlin, Germany, to participate in the Bermun Conference. The students represented Japan and Somalia and helped to write amendments and pass resolutions pertaining to the effect of the Internet and mass media on international affairs.
Numbers Don’t Scare Christ the King H.S. Students
The math team from Christ the King R.H.S., Middle Village, ranked first in New York state after two out of six math contests, which are held by the New York State Mathematics League. The New York State Mathematics League is comprised of teams from over 200 high schools, including specialized schools such as the Bronx […]
A Turtle, Snake and Dog Teach Bishop Kearney H.S. Students a Valuable Lesson
Students from Bishop Kearney H.S., Bensonhurst, held a fundraiser to benefit Sean Casey’s Animal Rescue. Two of the school’s clubs, God’s Earth and Creatures and the Stage Crew, sold warm pretzels in the cafeteria. After the fundraiser, Sean Casey, along with John Biagi and Hillard Williams, visited the members of the clubs and brought with […]
CSW2013 Poll Results: What Do You Love About Your Catholic School?
In anticipation of Catholic Schools Week, The Tablet wanted to know what our readers love about Catholic schools. So we posted the following question on our website and Facebook page: “What do you love about your Catholic school?”
True Dignity of Participation
by Father James Rodriguez I AM SOMEWHAT embarrassed to admit it, but one morning, when I was a seminarian, I fell asleep at Mass. Having been in school most of my life, I had grown used to being ‘part of the audience,’ which, at the time, meant passively sitting there and enduring lectures. To my […]
Ecce Homo – Behold the Man
by Father Robert Lauder Tenth in a series WHEN I LEFT my parish assignment many years ago to do graduate studies in philosophy at the request of my bishop, two parishioners gave me a large print of George Rouault’s painting, Ecce Homo. I immediately bought a large frame, and the print has been on my […]
CSW2013: Catholic Students Meet and Exceed State ELA and Math Standards
by Diane Phelan The 2012 state test results reported in the chart indicate that the majority of students in the fourth, sixth and eighth grade within the Diocese of Brooklyn are meeting or exceeding the state proficiency standards. Scoring at Level 3 and Level 4 are respectively considered meeting and exceeding state proficiency standards or […]
CSW2013: Foundations for Future Principals
by Barbara McArdle A recent article written in School Leadership 2.0, “Where Are the Next Successful Principals Coming From” by Dr. Donald Sternberg, principal of the Wantagh Elementary School, L.I., clearly affirms and confirms the purpose and design of the St. Frances Cabrini Institute~Aspiring Principals’ Discernment Program that was instituted in September, 2012. Teachers that […]