by Kristen Trahan About a year ago, I went to St. Joseph Church, Astoria, for the first time, not really having found a church close by that I felt welcomed in. Within the first two weeks of my attendance, there was an announcement at the end of Mass about meeting in the gathering space for […]

Ronald Honka Jr., a freshman from Xaverian H.S., Bay Ridge, attended the 57th Presidential Inauguration and was selected for a photograph with former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Honka was offered the opportunity because of his long-time membership in the Congressional Youth Leadership Council (CYLC), which offers educational youth leadership conferences and programs to […]

Christ the King R.H.S., Middle Village, hosted a blood drive in conjunction with the New York Blood Center. Eligible seniors took time from their schedules to give the gift of life by donating their blood because the New York Blood Center is always in need of blood. Due to superstorm Sandy, the blood supply was […]

Gregory Goodman, a sophomore at Holy Cross H.S., Flushing, saved the life of a 14-year-old girl on a N.Y.C. bus by performing the Heimlich maneuver. He learned to perform this life-saving technique while in the Boy Scouts. Goodman attained first honors as a student at Holy Cross and was a member of the JV football […]

by Mike Graziano Aishvarya Arora, a senior at St. Francis Prep, Fresh Meadows, was the only Queens student named a semifinalist in the Intel Science Talent Search (Intel STS) competition.  Past participants in the national competition have made extraordinary contributions to science and hold more than 100 of the world’s most distinguished science and math […]

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.