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At Pius X, Kennedy-Kenrick excitement mixes with nostalgia
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer The school bell will sound for the final time at St. Pius X High School in Pottstown and Kennedy-Kenrick Catholic High School in Norristown in June. In September, the closing schools will be replaced by the opening of Pope John Paul II High School in Royersford, a $65 million […]
Indelible impressions
As North Catholic and Cardinal Dougherty close, their legacies live on By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T The announcement came last October, now it’s happening. Northeast Catholic High School for Boys and Cardinal Dougherty High School, both in the northeastern quadrant of Philadelphia, will close their doors forever at the end of the school year. […]
Class of 2010 earns big $ in scholarship awards
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer The Class of 2010 is banking on a bright future. Nearly a quarter of a billion dollars in scholarships to universities and colleges – to date, $241,205,631 – has been awarded, collectively, to the young men and women who are graduating from the 20 archdiocesan high schools in June. […]
Into the blue
Students test rockets’ flight in an innovative pre-engineering program at Bishop Shanahan High School, Downingtown. By George GregorySpecial to the CS&T DOWNINGTOWN – A bottle rocket shoot-off may not be the typical way that Catholic high school students spend a school day, but on Tuesday, May 25, at Bishop Shanahan High School in Downingtown, such […]
Long lost, never forgotten
Family prayerfully remembers the brother, uncle killed in WWII By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T June 1944. Mary McDermott was in the living room of her Glenside home when she heard the shutting of a car door and without waiting for the bell she went to the door. Her son, Paul, 15, home for lunch […]
Prep school rowers prevail at Stotesbury Regatta
St. Joe’s Prep, Malvern Prep and Mount St. Joseph Academy all win gold By John KnebelsSports Columnist Jim Glavin loves rowing. Always has. A 1965 graduate of St. Joseph’s Preparatory School, Glavin took over the program last year. His immediate goal was to make sure that the Prep rowers were aware of what a privilege […]
Cipolloni’s shutout leads Nazareth to CAL crown
By John KnebelsSports Columnist They look forward to practice. They look forward to games. They are confident, not cocky. They are focused and determined. And for the fourth straight year, they are the Catholic Academies League softball champions. Led by yet another dominating pitching performance by senior Erica Cipolloni, Nazareth Academy blanked Villa Maria Academy […]
Carroll girls win 10th straight lacrosse title
John KnebelsSports Columnist DREXEL HILL – When they hear the jokes, Archbishop Carroll’s lacrosse players have learned to smile and just accept the ribbing. The ribbing, after all, is a major compliment. Their friends muse that perhaps the Catholic League should be separated in half; on one side could be Carroll, and on the other […]
After 49 years she still loves teaching Catholic kids
By Lou BaldwinSpecial to The CS&T Susan Roche wanted to be a Catholic school teacher as long as she can remember. Her school, St. John of the Cross, Roslyn, had a wonderful lay teacher in the second grade, and she wanted to be just like “Miss Claire.” Skip forward a few years to 1961 when […]
Neumann scholars named at Our Lady of Calvary
By Christie L. ChicoineCS&T Staff Writer PHILADELPHIA – As newly named Neumann scholars, four members of the graduating class of Our Lady of Calvary School in Northeast Philadelphia will receive a full ride to the Catholic high school of their choice. All four plan to attend Archbishop Ryan High School in Northeast Philadelphia. And for […]