Students and teachers in Catholic high schools around the Diocese of Brooklyn adapted well to the switch to online education, made necessary by the coronavirus pandemic, according to school officials.
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Schools Find Unique Ways to Celebrate Senior Class
Car parades, virtual proms, home visits from principals personally delivering caps and gowns to doorsteps, and drive-by graduation ceremonies are just some of the ways high schools around the Diocese of Brooklyn are making seniors feel special in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Overcoming Odds to Help Shield Workers
When Michal Ashkenazy, chair of the Science Department at Fontbonne Hall Academy, saw emergency workers on television pleading for personal protective equipment (PPE), she jumped into action.
Youth Views: How can teenagers change the cycle of bullying?
The Tablet asks students from around the Diocese of Brooklyn a question for the opinion section of the Youth page. This week: students from Fontbonne Hall Academy, Bay Ridge.
Youth Views: What is your favorite movie or show and why?
The Tablet asks students from Fontbonne Hall Academy what their favorite movie or show is, and why.
Around the School Bell: ‘Together We are One’
After receiving 60 transfer students from closed Catholic high schools, Fontbonne Hall Academy made this year’s theme “Together We are One.”
Long to Serve Another Term As Cathedral Club President
For the second straight year, Brian Long has been inducted as the President of the Cathedral Club of Brooklyn, a lay organization of the Brooklyn Diocese that promotes the interests of the Church.
A Fontbonne Hall Salute at The Start of Fleet Week
When U.S. Navy ships entered New York Harbor through the Narrows on the morning of May 22 to start the annual weeklong Fleet Week, students from Fontbonne Hall Academy, Bay Ridge, lined the Brooklyn shore at the Fort Hamilton Army base to show their appreciation.
Student Journalists On the ‘Beat’ at HS Press Awards
The Tablet’s annual High School Press Awards ceremony, held May 10 at the Diocese of Brooklyn’s offices in Park Slope, honored some of the outstanding journalism in school newspapers. For the first time since the event’s inauguration, a new category was introduced to the schools – “Best Multimedia Package”.
Tablet Talk Feb. 23
At FHA, It’s Not All About Grades; World Marriage Day in Ridgewood
