St. Bernardine music director nominated for Grammy September 7, 2022By Nancy Menefee Jackson Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Arts & Culture, Feature, Local News, News, Schools Troy Smith, the recently hired director of music at St. Bernardine Parish in West Baltimore, needs to update his résumé; he’s been nominated as a quarterfinalist for a 2023 Grammy music educator award.
Prep course helps students improve high school placement test scores September 5, 2022By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools Students interested in applying to Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore can boost their chances of acceptance with the help of a new High School Placement Test preparatory course.
RADIO INTERVIEW: An interview with the superintendent of Archdiocese of Baltimore Catholic Schools September 1, 2022By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Schools Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore open for students Aug. 29. Dr. Donna Hargens, superintendent of Catholic schools for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, joins us to talk about enrollment trends, efforts to keep children safe and special projects for the new academic year.
Transition to high school football is daunting, rewarding for Catholic school players September 1, 2022By Adam Zielonka Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools, Sports As players dust off their pads, a sort of culture shock awaits many high schoolers as they climb that ladder for the first time at Baltimore area Catholic schools.
Baltimore Catholic school players in NFL at a glance September 1, 2022By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools, Sports As the NFL regular season nears its kickoff, several former Baltimore-area Catholic high school players are battling for spots on pro football rosters.
Trending upward: Enrollment in local Catholic schools continues to climb August 29, 2022By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Schools Total enrollment is expected to reach nearly 25,000 in archdiocesan and independent Catholic schools – an increase of approximately 530 students from the previous academic year.
Schools convocation reminds Catholic educators of common mission August 25, 2022By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools Archbishop William E. Lori and Superintendent of Catholic Schools Dr. Donna Hargens welcomed nearly 1,200 Catholic school educators, administrators and staff from around the Archdiocese of Baltimore to the Church of Nativity in Timonium Aug. 25 for a day of prayer, reflection and fellowship as a new school year dawns.
NCEA, other faith-based groups fight efforts to broaden scope of Title IX August 25, 2022By Julie Asher Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Schools, World News A number of Catholic and other faith-based associations and groups, including dioceses, have joined in supporting an amicus brief filed in a court case on how the Biden administration’s proposal to broaden the interpretation of Title IX provisions could affect nonprofit organizations, including private schools.
Calvert Hall’s Kevin Ford, a teacher of the year for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, loves his job August 25, 2022By Todd Karpovich Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools Kevin Ford has a simple philosophy for teaching literature at Calvert Hall: Have fun.
Fullerton alum named teacher of the year while serving her alma mater August 25, 2022By Adam Zielonka Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools Not only did Kristin Urbanski wind back up at St. Joseph years later, but in May she won the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s Elementary School Teacher of the Year – becoming the first St. Joseph teacher to win the award, according to principal Chrissie Ashby.
Heavy topics in a culture of inclusion: St. Mary’s O’Day instructs heads and hearts August 25, 2022By Erik Zygmont Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools Anna O’Day encourages her students at St. Mary’s in Annapolis to bring their deepest, most difficult questions, and she challenges them to tackle such inquiries with sincerity and rigor.
Longing for a normal school year August 24, 2022By Katie Prejean McGrady Catholic News Service Filed Under: Commentary, Feature, Guest Commentary, Schools And so, here we are in 2022, a fourth “first day” for our 5-year-old, launching into kindergarten with hopes, dreams and expectations of “normalcy” resting on her little outer space backpack laden shoulders.
