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Youths join Ireton cheerleaders

Local elementary and middle school girls from the metro area, including several diocesan schools, participated in the annual cheerleading clinic at Ireton. They performed with cheerleaders from Bishop Ireton High School in Alexandria for the Oct. 28 varsity football game between Ireton and Paul VI Catholic High School in Fairfax.

10/31/17

‘The Panther Pride’ performs at Army Ten-Miler

"The Panther Pride,” the pep band of Paul VI Catholic High School in Fairfax, performed as the official high school band for this year’s Army 10-Miler in early October.

11/2/17

Marymount receives naming gift for Ballston Center courtyard

A prominent Northern Virginia family has continued its tradition of generosity toward Marymount University in Arlington with a naming gift for the The Reinsch Pierce Family Courtyard at the school’s recently opened Ballston Center.

11/2/17
Bishop Ireton High School welcomes director Joanna Henry back to the stage

Move over comedy. Bishop Ireton High School’s new theater director has something more dramatic and angry in mind for this year’s fall play. After a 12-year break, Joanna Henry, a 40-year theater veteran, returns as Ireton’s director of theater arts to direct the play “12 Angry Jurors.” This one-set play is a dramatic deviation from the high school’s recent comic performances and is a personal favorite of Henry’s. More

11/2/17

Ashleigh Kassock | Catholic Herald

Dyslexic students at St. Bernadette will have access to STEM program

Dyslexia can make learning challenging for students, yet many are drawn to STEM fields because of their ability to think three-dimensionally.More

11/2/17

Elizabeth A. Elliott | Catholic Herald Staff Writer

Panthers defeat Cardinals 17-7

Paul VI Catholic High School in Fairfax defeated Bishop Ireton High School in Alexandria 17-7.More

11/6/17

St. John’s girls dethrone O’Connell

Sophomore Cady Hyde finished first with a time of 19:28 leading the varsity girls of St. John’s College High School in Washington to the team title in the Washington Catholic Athletic Conference cross country championship Oct. 28 at Bull Run Park in Centreville.More

11/6/17

Bishop Ireton students and faculty form the Frassati Society

A new club, the Frassati Society, recently began at Bishop Ireton High School in Alexandria. It has captured a lot of attention from students and faculty. This club is like no other club at Ireton, because the members not only discuss faith and how God is in creation all around them, but get to experience it firsthand through outings and field trips.More

11/6/17

Student Correspondent

Catholic schools in Puerto Rico begin reopening

MIAMI — Catholic school students in the Archdiocese of San Juan, Puerto Rico, and at least one other diocese on the island have resumed classes with limited water and almost no electricity service after Hurricane Maria devastated the region.More

11/2/17

By TOM TRACY | Catholic News Service