The St. Francis Prep, Fresh Meadows, volleyball team was honored by the N.Y.C. Council on Wednesday, March 27 at City Hall in lower Manhattan on the occasion of their sixth CHSAA championship title and their third consecutive berth as a semifinalist in the New York state championships. Speaker of the N.Y.C. Council, Christine Quinn, and […]
It’s an unfortunate fact that most people never get their dream job. For those that do, they certainly consider themselves lucky. However, Rutgers University, Piscataway, N.J., head football coach Kyle Flood has been fortunate enough to be hired to his dream job twice. Long before taking the helm of the Scarlet Knights, Flood taught mathematics […]
Eight seniors from four Catholic high schools in the Diocese of Brooklyn signed their National Letters of Intent Feb. 6 on National Signing Day to continue their football-playing careers in college. They each shined on the gridiron playing in the CHSFL and have earned the opportunity to showcase their skills at the next level, as […]
Franciscan Heart ~ Family Spirit ~ Limitless Possibilities At St. Francis Prep, Fresh Meadows, we pride ourselves on our strong academic program. Students who come here know they will receive outstanding preparation for college; they know they will be challenged to achieve the best they can. A major component of our academic program is […]
Xaverian H.S., Bay Ridge, senior running back Laray Smith was recently selected to play in the second-annual Semper Fidelis All-American Bowl sponsored by the U.S. Marine Corps. The game will be played Jan. 4, 2013 at the Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif., and will be televised at 9 p.m. EST on the NFL Network. […]
Joey Troina, a senior at St. Francis Prep, Fresh Meadows, is a committed young man. He’s a captain of the school’s football team and a member of the Prep’s student government. But his devout Catholic faith and his willingness to profess that faith openly set Troina, 17, apart from his peers. On Sept. 18, Troina […]
Students from St. Francis Prep, Fresh Meadows, spent three weeks in Germany this past August. Through the Prep’s German Exchange program, these students partnered with the Albert Einstein Shule in Maintal, Germany. Prep students took classes there and lived with the families of their partner students. They also hiked along the Rhine River and traveled […]
The accolades continue to pile up for current Msgr. McClancy M.H.S., East Elmhurst, head basketball coach Don Kent. Kent was inducted April 28 into his alma mater’s, St. Francis Prep, Hall of Fame at the school’s alumni spring reunion. He joins the other 71 members to receive the prestigious honor, including NFL coaching legend Vince […]
by Antonina Zielinska In honor of Veteran’s Day, St. Francis Preparatory High School, Fresh Meadows, welcomed the women of the Naval Academy Glee Club, who performed during the main event of school’s week-long commemoration. The event commenced with a prayer, the pledge of allegiance, and the Star Spangled Banner performed by the Naval students. Among […]
“If you build it, they will come.” Though this phrase was made famous in the movie “Field of Dreams,” the St. Francis Prep, Fresh Meadows, community has adopted it as a slogan. As part of its Capital Improvement and Modernization Project, the Prep hosted its inaugural walk-a-thon on Oct. 7. The goal was to support […]
