Sister Roberta with kindergartners at Our Lady of the Snows (Photo by Jim Mancari)

Snows’ Principal Wins Distinguished Award

The mission statement of Our Lady of the Snows Elementary School, North Floral Park, is the following: “Our vision is the preservation of our strong Christian environment and high academic standards. We will work conscientiously to realize our ideals in a community that is contemporary, enthusiastic, unbiased, and open to the future.” This statement thoroughly […]

Christ the King R.H.S. Marks Its 50th Year

This year marks the 50th anniversary of Christ the King R.H.S., Middle Village. The golden jubilee celebrations will begin on Friday, April 19, with a gala dinner-dance at El Caribe, Mill Basin, from 7 to 11 p.m., and continue throughout that weekend with musical performances and a celebratory Sunday Mass. This momentous achievement is predicated […]

Sister Patricia Chelius, C.S.J., principal of St. Francis de Sales School, Belle Harbor, greets first-grade students, from left, Tara Rios, Timothy Hayes, Claire Mehta, Jonathan Lazo and Shannon McCabe, on Jan. 22, the day the school reopened after three months of renovations following damage from Hurricane Sandy.

Rockaway Parish School Building Reopens (with slideshow)

On Oct. 29, 2012, a deluge of water surged through the halls of St. Francis de Sales School, Belle Harbor. Hurricane Sandy had left a devastating imprint on the school community and forced the building to close temporarily. But on Jan. 22, there was a different kind of deluge roaming through St. Francis – a […]