Deacon Kevin McCormack, the principal of Xaverian High School in Bay Ridge, has been appointed superintendent of schools for the Diocese of Brooklyn by Bishop Robert Brennan, the diocese announced on Thursday, May 5.
Schools
Local Students Raise Over $17,000 to Help Ukrainian Refugees
Through an art project and a dress-down day, the students of St. Sebastian Catholic Academy in Woodside, sent prayers and support to refugee families in Ukraine and in neighboring Poland.
Sisters Team Up In Hopes of Winning Fundraiser for Catholic Schools
Noelle Pianoforte, a sixth-grader at St. Athanasius Catholic Academy, won the the Tablet’s Covid Relief Fundraiser for Catholic Schools competition in 2021 for selling the most subscriptions to The Tablet than any other student in the diocese — 48 — and she’s trying to help her younger sister Natalie, a third-grader, take top honors this year.
Only In Print: TMLA Dedicates Chapel of St. Joseph
The Mary Louis Academy in Jamaica Estates, Queens, formally dedicated the newly renovated Chapel of St. Joseph on its campus on March 8.
Only In Print: Good Scouts
Last weekend, some students from Saint Margaret Catholic Academy and Cub Scouts from Pack 106 had the chance to attend a special Mass.
St. Elizabeth Students Get Their Sales Pitches Ready as Fundraiser Begins
Naomi Lopez, a student at St. Elizabeth Catholic Academy, is getting ready to sell subscriptions of The Tablet for the Second Annual COVID Relief Fundraiser for Catholic Schools — an endeavor that will generate money for schools to help them as they continue to recover financially from the pandemic.
Only In Print: Robotic Win
Eighth-graders from Saint Saviour Catholic Academy in Park Slope took home top honors at the NYC First Lego League Robotics Championship Tournament.
Ready, Set, Subscribe! Fundraiser For Catholic Schools Makes Return
The Tablet’s “COVID Relief Fundraiser for Catholic Schools” is back for its second year to offer school students an extra credit assignment that can earn them cash for tuition and raise funds for their schools in the Diocese of Brooklyn.
A 5,000-Mile-Long Journey From War Zone Ends At Catholic School in Brooklyn
You’ll never complain about a long walk again after hearing the story of 11-year-old Theodore Gaynullin and his mother, who traveled 15 miles — on foot — to the Polish border to flee war-torn Ukraine.
Only In Print: St. Mark’s Students Step Up For Ukraine
Students of St. Mark’s Catholic Academy, Sheepshead Bay, held a special dress-down fundraiser for the children of Ukraine on March 7.
