CATHOLIC SCHOOLS
CATHOLIC SCHOOL HONOREES
The Albany diocesan Catholic Schools Office and Diocesan School Board have announced the recipients of this year's Catholic school awards. The honors go to individuals who espouse the characteristics of an award named for a particular saint or individual.
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK EVENTS
CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK is marked in the Albany Diocese each year with a Mass at Albany's Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception and a diocesan art show of students' work at the Empire State Plaza.
SELF-CONFIDENCE
'You are Beautiful Day' energizes AHN students
In the gymnasium of the Academy of the Holy Names in Albany, senior girls sat in groups on the floor. In each of their laps was a purple sheet of paper with the words, "You are beautiful because..." and room to write affirmations.
ANNOUNCEMENT
Three diocesan schools turning focus to pre-K
Three elementary schools across the Albany Diocese will be expanding their pre-kindergarten programs in response to increased interest in their communities, while also making adjustments to the older elementary grades as a result of shifting demographics.
ENROLLMENT EFFORT
Student ambassadors promote St. Jude School to community
St. Jude the Apostle School in Wynantskill is hoping to increase its enrollment with a little help from some young leaders. Last fall, the school began a student ambassador program.
LOUDONVILLE EIGHTH-GRADER
St. Pius student is on-target in archery competitions
Not many 14-year-olds spend their February school break participating in national archery competitions.
SIENA COLLEGE PROFESSOR
Friar's experiences become book on encountering God
"Have you ever felt out-of-place? Do you turn away from human suffering because of discomfort or fear? Do you see others for their appearance, or do you do see them as God does?" Those are just a few of the questions Rev. Kenneth Paulli, OFM, asks in his first book, …
CATHOLIC SCHOOL SPOTLIGHT
St. Augustine's, an example of growth
At a time when many Catholic schools are struggling, St. Augustine's School in Troy is growing. The school's principal, Jim Clement, pointed out that St. Augustine's has three universal pre-Kindergarten classes, which are free and non-denominational. When young students have a good experience in these, Mr. Clement said, parents are …
SCHOOL MUSICALS
The play's the thing at Spa Catholic
When two live bats flew into the performance space during a Saratoga Central Catholic High School musical last year, Sophia Lessard thought it was the work of a heckler. "I thought it was a shoe," giggled Sophia, a junior who acted in the musical.
CATHOLIC KIDS
MULTIPLE CHOICE: Waterford school is inundated with twins and quadruplets
A lot of similar DNA is floating around the gene pool at St. Mary's School in Waterford this year. In the school's two kindergarten classes are three sets of twins and a cluster of quadruplets, who join two units of twin fourth-graders to form a total of 14 multiples.
VITA PROGRAM
Tax prep by students a plus
High-school senior Sarah LaJeunesse can prepare her parents' taxes better than they can. "I like to rub that in my mom's face sometimes," she told The Evangelist.
CATHOLIC SCHOOL SPOTLIGHT
Bishop Maginn High gets new look, new outlook
Bishop Maginn's new head of school, Joe Salamack, aims to expand partnerships with other colleges. He envisions "hybrid" classrooms that encompass online, community and work-study components, much like a college classroom.
ANNOUNCEMENT
School superintendent named
His classroom may have changed slightly, but Michael Pizzingrillo, the new superintendent of Catholic schools for the Albany Diocese, will always be a teacher.
ST. JUDE RETIREMENT
'A lump in my throat'
Dr. Cathleen A. Carney remembers her first day as principal of St. Jude the Apostle School in Wynantskill a decade ago. The pre-kindergarten-through-sixth-grade school was struggling with a plummeting enrollment of 94 students.
SACRED HEART, TROY
School's enrollment hits high-water mark
For the first time in a dozen years, enrollment at Sacred Heart School in Troy has surpassed 200 - something school officials are taking as a victory at a time when many Catholic schools are struggling to stay afloat.
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