Former Hagerstown principal dies at 86 July 18, 2022By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries, Schools A funeral Mass for School Sister of Notre Dame Barbara Mary Slaney was offered June 29 at Villa Assumpta in Towson. Sister Barbara Mary died June 22. She was 86.
Annual conference puts emphasis on values, ways to renew Catholic education July 15, 2022By Kurt Jensen Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Schools, World News About 350 attended the Institute for Catholic Liberal Education’s annual conference July 11-14 at The Catholic University of America in Washington. Participants represented 88 schools and organizations and 45 dioceses. Sullivan called the mood “incredibly hopeful and joyful.”
Bishop urges Catholic educators to see importance of the Eucharist July 15, 2022By Catholic News Service Filed Under: Eucharist, Feature, News, Schools, World News Addressing Catholic educators at an annual national conference, Bishop Thomas A. Daly of Spokane, Washington, urged them to make sure their work was always rooted in the importance of the Eucharist.
Women’s Education Alliance hires Sandoval as director of student outcomes July 12, 2022By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools The Women’s Education Alliance, which serves Catholic schools in Baltimore City in underprivileged communities, hired veteran principal Valerie A. Sandoval as its director of student outcomes and program evaluation.
Spotlighting four Archdiocese of Baltimore Distinctive Scholars June 30, 2022By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools The Catholic Review spotlights four of Archdiocese of Baltimore’s distinctive scholars from the region’s 18 Catholic high schools.
Catholic high school graduation numbers, valedictorians and salutatorians at a glance June 28, 2022By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools Archdiocese of Baltimore Catholic high school graduation by the numbers.
Court: Tuition program excluding religious schools is unconstitutional June 21, 2022By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Schools, Supreme Court, World News In a 6-3 ruling June 21, the Supreme Court said a Maine tuition aid program that excluded religious schools violated the Constitution’s free exercise clause.
Catholic school in Uvalde, Texas, is reaching out to help community heal June 16, 2022By Carol Zimmermann Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Schools, World News The first image on Sacred Heart Catholic School’s website is a map of Texas with children’s handprints and the message “Uvalde Strong” with a moving banner underneath that says: “Pray for Uvalde.”
Frederick students close Marian month with outdoor rosary May 26, 2022By Kevin J. Parks Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools, Western Vicariate Jose Feliz, a seventh grader at St. John Regional Catholic School, Frederick, held a wooden rosary given to him by his grandmother for his birthday as he and some 250 fifth- through eighth-grade students sat on the grass and prayed in the school’s Mary Garden May 23.
Hagerstown students bring historical figures to life in ‘wax museum’ May 26, 2022By Adam Zielonka Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools History came alive an annual fifth-grade class project at St. Mary Catholic School in Hagerstown, known as the “Wax Museum.” After several weeks of research and preparation, students dressed up as their given historical figure, stationed themselves around the school’s gym on May 24 and prepared to educate the museum’s guests.
A tough transition made easier at Baltimore area Catholic high schools May 19, 2022By Todd Karpovich Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools The transition from middle school to high school can be daunting. Recent issues with COVID-19 only added to those challenges for students.
St. Joan of Arc School honored for safety measures May 11, 2022By Gary Lambrecht Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Local News, News, Schools St. Joan of Arc School in Aberdeen has become the first private school in Maryland to earn the Safe Schools Maryland Gold School award.