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By Special To The Catholic Herald
Bishop Ireton High School in Alexandria will open its doors Aug. 29 for the start of the 2016-17 school year, welcoming more than 800 students in grades 9 through 12 at its campus on Cambridge Road. The school announced a new academic administrative structure, which includes the appointment of two assistant principals to support the […]
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By Fr. Kenneth Doyle
Q. I write to ask for guidelines on the Third Commandment – keeping holy the Lord’s day. I do not consider some of the things that I do to be work – cooking, for example, minor cleanups, mowing, trimming, weeding. Does the church look upon all chores as work? I find it very hard not […]
Schools
By Ed Langlois
PORTLAND, Ore. – They’re the only mother-son principals in the history of Oregon Catholic schools. And go figure – both have impeccable comic timing. Sue Harris, 57, is principal of St. Cecilia School in Beaverton and the mother of Chris Harris, the 34-year-old head of St. Agatha School in Portland. “We have our own styles […]
Schools
By Special To The Catholic Herald
Bishop O’Connell in Arlington welcomes a number of new staff members to kick off the 2016-17 year, as well as the construction of a new concession stand near the athletic fields. Margaret Carroll (religion) comes to O’Connell with a degree from Mount St. Mary’s University in Theology, with an emphasis on youth ministry. She is […]
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By Kurt Jensen
Jennifer Bigelow, the new superintendent of schools for the Arlington Diocese, used to think she wanted a career in politics. An experience with her mother’s second-graders changed her mind. Bigelow was working on a congressional campaign in 1994, and her mother, who taught at Corpus Christi School in Temple Terrace, Fla., asked her to visit […]
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By Special To The Catholic Herald
Back from a recent weeklong Salesian Leadership Camp on Lake Vineyard in Brooklyn, Mich., Paul VI Catholic High School student leaders Laine Davison, Andrea Mueller, Peter Braun and Margaret Cornejo shared their life-changing experience. The students – all members of Paul VI’s student government or student ambassadors – were accompanied by Eileen Hanley, assistant principal […]
Schools
By Special To The Catholic Herald
With a new marching band, new radio broadcasting program, new lights on the field, and a new principal, Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School in Dumfries, heads into its ninth year exhibiting the same energy and optimism that has come to define the school. New at the helm is Dominican Sister Mary Veronica […]
Schools
By Special To The Catholic Herald
Beginning its 42nd year, Seton School in Manassas welcomes one new full-time teacher and several new part-time teachers to the staff. Joining the Latin department is Elisabeth Willson, a 2016 honors graduate from Christendom College, with a bachelor’s in classical and early Christian studies. Willson will teach Latin I, II, III and IV. At Christendom […]
Schools
By Ashleigh Buyers
Meaghan Tracy and Michaela Tracy have wanted to be teachers for a long time. In fact, the 22-year-old twins can’t remember ever wanting to be anything else, a result, they claim, of being surrounded by so many teacher role models such as their mom and older sister. So it was no surprise when they told […]
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By Carol Zimmermann
WASHINGTON – It’s 3 p.m. Do you know where your children are? Parents, schools and school districts are paying even closer attention to after-school activities ever since a group called the Satanic Temple announced in early August that it plans to introduce after-school Satan clubs at some U.S. public elementary schools this year. Parents across […]
