At a time when racial diversity at New York City’s elite public high schools is scarce, officials at St. Francis Prep in Fresh Meadows consider their school to be a melting pot where respect for all races and ethnicities is a hallmark.
St. Francis Preparatory High School
Students Educated Early on About the Real Presence
Educators in the Diocese of Brooklyn believe that teaching Eucharistic Adoration to children as young as a kindergartner starts them on a lifelong path of experiencing one-on-one connection with Christ.
Catholic Schools Are Parishes Unto Themselves for Chaplains
Chaplains assigned to Catholic high schools in the Diocese of Brooklyn serve students, faculty, staff, alumni and more. That’s why these campus communities are considered actual “parishes” by chaplains like Father Ralph Edelman at St. Francis Preparatory High School in Queens.
St. Francis Prep Has One Million Reasons to be Happy With This Donation
The Thomas J. Sheehan Memorial Scholarship Fund is going to be able to help a lot more St. Francis Prep students now that a donor has given the high school a cool $1 million.
CHSFL Back in Full Swing
A progress report of the 5 B/Q Catholic League football teams.
Catholic Academy Basketball Courts Have ‘Fresh’ New Look
Holy Family Catholic Academy has new hoops courts.
Players Grateful to Play in CHSAA Hoops Tourney
The CHSAA is hosting a boys’ spring basketball tournament.
Only in Print: St. Francis Prep Grad Co-Stars in Black Panther Film
A new movie about a Black Panther leader’s relationship with an FBI informant in the turbulent 1960s could be the vehicle that helps make one Queens-born actor a star.
Sports Round-Up Feb. 6
Leslie “Les” Pinder, an honorary member of the St. Francis Prep, Fresh Meadows, Class of 1959, died peacefully from natural causes on Jan. 15.
Sports Round-Up Dec. 5
The St. Francis Prep boys’ varsity soccer team captured this year’s CHSAA ‘AA’ city championship with a thrilling win over Fordham Prep.