Student Techies at Fontbonne

Students from Fontbonne Hall Academy, Bay Ridge, are not known to pass up an opportunity to learn more about technology. Last month, a group of students attended Techweek’s LAUNCH Start Up Competition in Manhattan. They met the next generation of technical inventors and professionals who were there to compete for $50,000 in cash and prizes. […]

History for Fontbonne Volleyball

The Fontbonne Hall Academy varsity volleyball accomplished the rare feat of handing St. Francis Prep its first loss in eight years.

Irish Catholic Faith and Values Shape Colleen Queen

Eleven years ago, she danced in her big sister’s shadow at the Great Irish Fair. This year, Tara Muldoon will follow in her sister’s footsteps as the Colleen Queen of the 33rd annual fair.

Fontbonne Swimmer Competes in Junior Olympics

              Fontbonne Hall Academy, Bay Ridge, junior swimmer Mary Jane Anderson qualified for the Junior Olympics held March 14-16 at the Nassau County Aquatic Center in Eisenhower Park, East Meadow, L.I. She swam the 100-meter backstroke and the 200-meter backstroke.

Diocesan Volleyball Champions Crowned

The GCHSAA crowned this year’s Brooklyn/Queens champions.                 The Fontbonne Hall Academy, Bay Ridge, junior varsity team capped off its undefeated season with a victory over Archbishop Molloy H.S., Briarwood, with scores of 25-22 and 25-21 to capture the Division I title.             […]

Fontbonne Hall’s new leadership team consists of Mary Ann Spicijaric, left, principal, and Gilda King, associate principal.

First Lay Leaders Guide Fontbonne Hall Academy

  On the first day of school, 123 members of the senior class at Fontbonne Hall Academy, Bay Ridge, gathered on Shore Road to watch the sun rise. This tradition, known as “senior sunrise,” has special significance this year. As Mary Ann Spicijaric begins her work as the new principal of Fontbonne and Gilda King assists […]

Colleen Queen Caroline D’Emic, far right, enjoys a close-knit relationship with her family, above, from left, mom Suzanne, sister Emily, brother Liam.

Service Shapes Life of Colleen Queen

Caroline D’Emic will attend her first Great Irish Fair this weekend, and she will do so as its queen – that is, as the Colleen Queen. “The whole thing is lovely,” said D’Emic, 18, a senior at Fontbonne Hall Academy, Bay Ridge. Having seen pictures of previous Colleen Queens donning twinkling tiaras and satiny sashes, […]

Nicolette Trapani delivers a pitch to Maria Serrantino (Photo by Jim Mancari)

State Softball Runner-Up Fontbonne Already Eager for Next Season

The Fontbonne Hall Academy, Bay Ridge, varsity softball team already made history this season by capturing the school’s first-ever Brooklyn/Queens championship. So anything better than that would have just been icing on the cake. The Bonnies advanced to the GCHSAA state championship game but fell 8-2 at the hands of the Kellenberg M.H.S., Uniondale, Firebirds […]