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Mount St. Joseph Academy students honored as Champions of Caring
FLOURTOWN – Five students from Mount St. Joseph Academy were honored at the 15th Annual Champions of Caring Recognition Program on May 20 at Drexel University. The Champions of Caring program honored 75 teens from throughout the Philadelphia region for their commitment to service and social justice.
Pope John Paul II students successful at Reading Olympics
PHILADELPHIA – Students from Pope John Paul II Regional Catholic School in Philadelphia were successful at the 2010 Reading Olympics held at the Community College of Philadelphia April 30 and Temple University May 4. One team of seventh and eighth-graders and two teams of fourth and fifth-graders took home blue ribbons. The students effortlessly answered […]
Waldron Mercy Academy student leaders attend leadership workshop
MERION STATION -Waldron Mercy Academy sixth and seventh grade student leaders attended a leadership workshop presented by Merion Mercy Academy faculty. Students who attended the leadership workshop included, from left, Hannah Bushner, Daniela Colavita, Katie Lynch, Paige Hodges, Stephanie Williams and Anna Shafer.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]