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Bishop O'Connell students sign for inclusion

Most students at Bishop O’Connell in Arlington take American Sign Language (ASL) for a specific reason. Just ask junior Hailey Gilson.

3/16/20

Benjamin Escoto | Student Correspondent

Paul VI students conduct college-level research

The familiar mantra that high school will prepare you for college is perhaps best seen through the Directed Independent Study (DIS) course at St. Paul VI Catholic High School in Fairfax.

3/13/20

By BEATRICE TYNAN and CAITLIN HOLLEN | Student Correspondents

Honors choir festival celebrates the gift of music

More than 100 of the top student vocalists from 13 elementary schools came together March 7 to rehearse, rehearse, rehearse — and finally perform a concert at the diocesan Honors Choir Festival at Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington.

3/10/20

Catholic Herald Staff Report
Vocation means doing God’s will, Bishop Burbidge tells students

Eighth-grade Catholic school students attend the annual “Go Forth: Called and Chosen” event, co-sponsored by the diocesan Office of Vocations and the Office of Catholic Schools. More

3/10/20

Leslie Miller | Catholic Herald Staff Writer

Family’s ‘quality time’ leads to win on ‘Disney Fam Jam’

Raymond and Leisa Lee always thought their children would be involved in team sports — but Raymond Jr., 13, and Isabella (Izzy), 11, both students at Our Lady of Good Counsel School in Vienna — turned out to have a passion for dance instead. More

3/5/20

Leslie Miller | Catholic Herald Staff Writer

A collaboration of the arts

In a time when schools struggle to support the arts, St. Theresa School in Ashburn joined together with diocesan schools and churches to create, “Salute to Andrew Lloyd Webber.” Art and faith converge in this special production that features iconic selections from “Cats,” “Evita,” “Phantom of the Opera” and “Jesus Christ Superstar.” More

3/5/20

SAMANTHA FLEETWOOD

Falls Church students find aboriginal art is instructive, healing

As the world watched news accounts of Australian bushfires engulfing more than 12 million acres of land from the end of 2019 into early 2020, sixth-graders at St. James Catholic School in Falls Church were studying aboriginal Australians in social studies class with Maureen St. Pierre, and creating pre-language symbolic art with teacher Daniela Shumate.More

3/2/20

Stacy Rausch | Catholic Herald Production Coordinator

Swapping faith with France

Seton School in Manassas has become the fifth school in Virginia to partner with Inspired Gateways, a French Catholic organization that connects French and American teens and families through homestays to build friendships and share the Catholic faith. Four French teens will attend Seton from March to April while living with Seton families this spring.More

2/19/20

NANCY BRIGGS | Special to the Catholic Herald

New library, ‘new world of possibilities’

On the day of the ribbon-cutting for the new St. Jerome Library at St. Thomas More Catholic Academy in Washington, the banner outside the door showed an open book, with a rocket ship flying, a ship sailing and a castle’s tower stretching from its pages.More

2/19/20

Mark Zimmerman | Special to the Catholic Herald

Education Department site visit highlights All Saints Catholic School innovation

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2/14/20

Leslie Miller | Catholic Herald Staff Writer

Crittenberger named head of Bishop O'Connell High School

Longtime local educator William Crittenberger will become the new head of school at Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington July 1. More

2/14/20

Catholic Herald Staff Report

A pilgrimage of formation

When 50 junior and senior girls from Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School in Potomac Shores spend four days traveling together, friendships form and memories are made. Over the years, Dominican Sister Ann Dominica Mahowald has witnessed the impact a trip to the motherhouse of the Nashville Dominicans can have on travelers. Sister Ann Dominic enjoys a unique perspective on the school's trips; she has participated since the first. More

2/5/20

GABRIELLA MOLSEED, KATHARINE MICHAEL and NATHANAEL LOHIER | Student Correspondents

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