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Diocese welcomes new principals

New principals join diocesan schools heading into the 2020-21 school year:

9/8/20

Catholic Herald Staff Report

Facing a new year, with fortitude

Seton School in Manassas closed out its school year last spring and celebrated an in-person graduation June 15 at Holy Trinity Church in Gainesville. Thanks to the generosity of Father Thomas P. Vander Woude, pastor and Seton’s first alumnus priest, the seniors and their families were able to be seated safely for the ceremony. Father Noah C. Morey, chaplain at Bishop Ireton High School in Alexandria, was celebrant and homilist for the baccalaureate Mass.

9/3/20

Special to the Catholic Herald

Focusing on flexibility in a new home

This summer, St. Paul VI Catholic High School moved into its new campus on 68 acres in the Chantilly/South Riding area of Loudoun County. The academic area includes more than 60 classrooms and eight labs. Classrooms were designed to feature ample natural light and flexibility to adjust to various teaching and learning styles. This year, flexibility will certainly be the name of the game.

9/3/20

Special to the Catholic Herald
New assistant principal keeps student life lively

Dominican Sister Ann Dominic Mahowald, a veteran at Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School but new to her role as assistant principal for student life, is working to keep student life alive at the Potomac Shores school amid the challenges of the pandemic. More

9/3/20

Special to the Catholic Herald

Prepared for any phase

The 2020-21 school year will be unlike any other due to COVID-19, and Bishop Ireton High School in Alexandria is poised to take on the challenges it presents. Ireton developed a “Return to School” plan that details how the school will operate in any of the reopening phases in Virginia. More

9/3/20

Special to the Catholic Herald | Alexandria Bishop Ireton High School

‘Who Knew?’ a history podcast for all

Two members of the social studies department at Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington joined forces last spring to increase student engagement in the midst of social distancing due to COVID-19. Advanced Placement U.S. History teachers Geoff Rixon and Chesney Allgood dug into some of the more unique and less explored parts of American history and launched a podcast they titled: “Who Knew? A History Podcast.”More

9/2/20

Special to the Catholic Herald

Solar program aids Virginia parishes, schools to be environmental stewards

RICHMOND — Seven Catholic entities in the Diocese of Richmond are going solar, a process some churches in the Arlington diocese began last year. More

9/2/20

JENNIFER NEVILLE | Catholic News Service

High schools go hybrid

All diocesan high schools are now half in person, half online; here’s how two are managing the transition. More

9/2/20

Zoey Maraist | Catholic Herald Staff Writer

A year of transitions for Poppy Sellier

For Poppy Sellier, bringing face masks to school isn’t unusual. While many children are adapting to the use of face coverings as they return to class this fall, Poppy first packed them — along with the standard back-to-school supplies of notebooks and pencils — when she set out for first grade at Our Lady of Hope School in Potomac Falls last fall. Only a few weeks before, she had completed chemotherapy for acute myeloid leukemia, diagnosed the previous December. The Catholic Herald ran a story about her journey from cancer to recovery in August 2019.More

9/2/20

MEGHAN BARTLETT | Catholic Herald Editorial Assistant

Diocese welcomes new school leaders

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11/13/19

Catholic Herald Staff Report

O’Connell, Paul VI, Ireton building brick by brick

Construction continues at diocesan high schools.More

9/9/19

Zoey Maraist | Catholic Herald Staff Writer

Tricia Barber starts her 25th year as principal at St. Francis of Assisi School in Triangle

Tricia Barber, principal of St. Francis of Assisi School in Triangle, hit the ground running when she started her job 25 years ago. She was knee-deep in the school accreditation process and construction of the school building within a month of being named principal. More

9/5/19

Elizabeth A. Elliott | Catholic Herald Staff Writer

Arlington diocesan schools

Full list of Arlington diocesan schools.More

8/28/19

How do we move into the future?

“To know and love God, to make God known and loved, to proclaim that Jesus Christ has come that all may have life.”More

8/28/19

Irma Becerra | Special to the Catholic Herald

Papyrus part of an ancient puzzle

Jacco Dieleman, a research associate professor in the department of Semitic and Egyptian languages, recently made a startling discovery while examining artifacts housed in The Catholic University of American in Washington’s Semitics/Institute of Christian Oriental Research collections. Dieleman identified a papyrus fragment from the university’s collection as a small piece of a larger papyrus scroll from the Tebtunis Temple Library, an important collection of ancient manuscripts that is shedding new light on the world of ancient Egypt. More

8/28/19

Katie Bahr | Special to the Catholic Herald

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