Schools

Archbishop Lori helps usher in new school year in Fullerton

September 5, 2017
By Kevin J. Parks
Filed Under: Eastern Vicariate, Feature, Local News, News, Schools

The nationally recognized Blue Ribbon school’s enrollment jumped 17 percent from last school year, according to Pipkin.

At convocation, Baltimore Archdiocese educators called to ‘make disciples’

August 31, 2017
By Paul McMullen
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools

Bishop Adam J. Parker implored educators to heed his motto, “Go Make Disciples.” Jim Sellinger, the chancellor of education for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, declared it the “Year of the Teacher.”

Unlikely trinity straightens a crooked line

August 31, 2017
By Kevin J. Parks
Filed Under: Blog, Guest Commentary, Schools

Every so often I am asked how I started in photography. The short answer is an unlikely trinity: Dad, “Uncle Walt” and Father Marcel – in that order.

Catholic schools join national focus on early childhood

August 17, 2017
By Erik Zygmont
Filed Under: Local News, News, Schools

As the school year begins, institutions in the Archdiocese of Baltimore are focusing on a new demographic – preschoolers.

Donald J. Reitz, first lay superintendent of schools in Baltimore Archdiocese, dies

July 24, 2017
By Paul McMullen
Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Obituaries, Schools

Donald J. Reitz, the first lay superintendent of schools for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, was described as a “renaissance man,” equally adept at writing books on education as he was maintaining a car.

Tempered by faith, St. John’s Catholic Prep grad pursues greatness

June 26, 2017
By Erik Zygmont
Filed Under: Local News, News, Schools, Western Vicariate

“My favorite classes,” said Michael Wohlfarth, salutatorian at St. John’s Catholic Prep, “were the ones that gave me a taste of what I might want to do with my life.”

Mercy High School offers international scope

June 24, 2017
By Mary K. Tilghman
Filed Under: Local News, News, Schools, Urban Vicariate

Christine Joy “CJ” Escobar, a native of the Philippines, and Catherine Zuzarte, a first-generation Pakistani-American, often feel torn between the lands of their parents and their American community. At Baltimore’s Mercy High School, however, they always felt at home.

Mount de Sales graduate finds sense of community

June 21, 2017
By Karen Sampson Hoffman
Filed Under: Eastern Vicariate, Local News, News, Schools

From her volleyball teammates to her bandmates in productions of “Beauty and the Beast” and “Oliver!,” Zoe Kreisel found her community at Mount de Sales Academy.

Results Oriented: John Carroll’s Hinke engineered for giving back

June 20, 2017
By Lisa Harlow
Filed Under: Local News, News, Schools

Nick Hinke built an impressive resume at The John Carroll School in Bel Air: atop a class of 162 students, National Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society, Fellowship of Christian Athletes and central defender on the soccer team.

K-8 schools that closed left a mark on students

June 19, 2017
By Erik Zygmont
Filed Under: Eastern Vicariate, Local News, News, Schools, Urban Vicariate

When St. Thomas Aquinas Elementary School in Hampden and John Paul Regional Catholic School in Woodlawn closed their doors for the final time at the conclusion of the 2016-17 school year, students weren’t the only ones to experience grief.

Rapid Response: Maryvale runner ready to take on hackers

June 17, 2017
By Paul McMullen
Filed Under: Eastern Vicariate, Local News, News, Schools

To the dismay of corporate recruiters, Emily Craig’s cyber security career will have to wait.

More than 2,200 graduate from 20 Catholic high schools in Archdiocese of Baltimore

June 15, 2017
By Erik Zygmont
Filed Under: Local News, News, Schools

Twenty Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore graduated a combined 2,210 seniors this spring.