Second-grade classmates Aria Hankins(from l.), Aoife Neville and Amara Corcione enjoy lunch together in the cafeteria on Sept. 11 at Mater Christi School in Albany. (Cindy Schultz photo for The Evangelist) (Cindy Schultz)
Principal Katie Stalker, center, talks with students in the cafeteria on Sept. 11 at Mater Christi School in Albany. (Cindy Schultz photo for The Evangelist) (Cindy Schultz)
Javen Nathaniel Bejo catches a football while warming up for eighth-grade gym class on Sept. 11 at Mater Christi School in Albany. (Cindy Schultz photo for The Evangelist) (Cindy Schultz)
Peyton Mika (r.) keeps her doll, named Mini Peyton, on her desk in third-grade class on Sept. 11 at Mater Christi School in Albany. (Cindy Schultz photo for The Evangelist) (Cindy Schultz)
Zachary Person holds a Thumbs-up sign to indicate he’s finished the in-class assignment in his third-grade class on Sept. 11 at Mater Christi School in Albany. (Cindy Schultz photo for The Evangelist) (Cindy Schultz)
Channing Takach responds to a question in fourth-grade Creative Arts class on Sept. 11 at Mater Christi School in Albany. (Cindy Schultz photo for The Evangelist) (Cindy Schultz)
Mavid Gray considers her words in fourth-grade Creative Arts class on Sept. 11 at Mater Christi School in Albany. (Cindy Schultz photo for The Evangelist) (Cindy Schultz)
Spanish teacher Maria Soledad Pauli, center, leads fifth graders in a singing game as they learn the Spanish words for body parts on Sept. 11 at Mater Christi School in Albany. (Cindy Schultz photo for The Evangelist) (Cindy Schultz)
Lyra Westfall-Conheady, center, builds a tower in the Universal Pre-K classroom on Sept. 11 at Mater Christi School in Albany. These Pre-K students are part of a new partnership with the Guilderland School District. (Cindy Schultz photo for The Evangelist) (Cindy Schultz)
Sonia Parr goes to the white board to work out an Algebra problem in her eighth-grade math class on Sept. 11 at Mater Christi School in Albany. (Cindy Schultz photo for The Evangelist) (Cindy Schultz)
