Herta Fuchs, 94, has volunteered at St. Joseph Catholic Academy for 19 years, but her association with the academy dates back more than 80 years.

Herta Fuchs, 94, has volunteered at St. Joseph Catholic Academy for 19 years, but her association with the academy dates back more than 80 years.
At St. Joseph Catholic Academy in Astoria, they take play time seriously. The school sets aside a period once a week to allow students to pursue whatever interests them.
With the students finishing the final lap in the third annual Tablet Fundraiser for Catholic Schools, which ran from Sept. 25 to Oct. 6, principals and teachers are beginning the process of collecting the materials needed to tabulate the final scores.
When Mayor Eric Adams announced that New York City’s public schools will be revamping the way they teach children to read and bringing back phonics, you couldn’t blame principals in the Diocese of Brooklyn if they chuckled a little. Catholic schools have been using the tried-and-true method for years.