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Nine new principals take the helm

Nine new principals join diocesan schools heading into the 2021-22 school year:

8/26/21

Catholic Herald Staff Report

New academic wing opens at O’Connell

Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington is opening a brand-new, three-story building this fall.

8/25/21

Special to the Catholic Herald

New teachers are familiar faces at Seton School

Seton School in Manassas welcomes new teachers this fall, but as it turns out, none are actually that new to the school.

8/25/21

By ADDIE-QUINN KAMMERDEINER | Special to the Catholic Herald
Hands-on summer service trips

This summer, campus ministry organized several service trips as more locations opened for in-person work.More

8/25/21

Special to the Catholic Herald

New assistant principal and IHM sister returns to the diocese

Teaching and volunteering helped this IHM sister realize her vocation to religious life. More

8/25/21

Zoey Maraist | Catholic Herald Staff Writer

Back to school in Herndon

Catholic school students return to school.More

8/24/21

Zoey Maraist | Catholic Herald Staff Writer

Catholic schools committed to the mission

This year, schools have fewer pandemic restrictions, but they remain poised to pivot. More

8/24/21

Zoey Maraist | Catholic Herald Staff Writer

Diocese welcomes new principals

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

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.More

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. More

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

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