From Baroque to Broadway, from Hollywood to Hammerstein with a touch of hard-shoe dancing in Celtic or modern stylings, there was something for every musical taste at the Fontbonne Hall Academy’s annual Spring Concert in Bay Ridge. Fontbonne’s choral groups, the Vocal Ensemble and the Select Chorus, presented well-loved selections from such Broadway favorites as […]
Every year, The Tablet invites all Catholic high school newspapers in the Diocese of Brooklyn to take part in a friendly competition. The editorial staff reads all the submissions and chooses winners based on the quality of work and how it serves the student body.
Not forgetting Christ’s commandment to minister to the sick, students from Bishop Ford H.S., Park Slope, offered patients at New York Methodist Hospital adventures for their minds. Students delivered nearly 1,000 books to the hospital library.
The month of Mary, May, was not overlooked at St. Saviour H.S., Park Slope. Students praised Mary through prayer, Scripture, poetry and reflection. During a school assembly, freshmen read aloud poems that they wrote in honor of Mary. Junior Stephanie Dirani also presented a reflection. During the service, Mary was crowned by sisters Joana Munoz, senior, and […]
For a second year in a row, Mya Pugh, a senior at Christ the King R.H.S., Middle Village, won the Culture of Life Oratorical Contest for the Brooklyn Diocese. The contest for high school students was held at St. Josaphat, Bayside. Pugh started her winning speech by noting that this year is the 40th anniversary […]
Nicolette Shin, a senior at Fontbonne Hall Academy, Bay Ridge, has been honored for her exemplary volunteer service with the President’s Volunteer Service Award. The award, presented on behalf of President Barack Obama, recognizes Americans of all ages who have volunteered significant amounts of their time to serve their communities and their country. Shin received […]
Congratulations to Michelle Meditz, Geraldine Byron, Xavier Alvarez, Richard Cantoral and Allie Norman from Christ the King R.H.S., Middle Village. They were chosen to participate in the Original Cast Recording of the Broadway hit revival of PIPPIN. Norman, Meditz and Byron all appeared in the school edition of the show last year. Cantoral and Alvarez recently […]
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio visited St. John’s Preparatory School in Astoria to celebrate Mass with the students and all members of the school community. He received an enthusiastic welcome by the Student Honor Guard and the school principal, William Higgins. At the opening of the liturgy, celebrated in the school auditorium, the bishop expressed his joy […]
