It all started with her love of St. Therese of Lisieux and drawing. Rebecca Pohlmeier, a student at Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School in Dumfries, recently began her business Glory Be Prints for an unselfish reason: to attend this year’s WorkCamp.
St. Louis School in Alexandria and Holy Cross Academy in Fredericksburg recently was awarded the Virginia Purple Star Designation in honor of its commitment to military families.
Ron Clements is a renowned animator, screenwriter and producer-director of award-winning Disney films, including the blockbuster “Moana.” But at heart, he will always be a Midwesterner and grateful for his Catholic education, he told students at his alma mater.
A teacher stands in front of her preschoolers, imagining what their lives will be like when they grow up. The possibilities are endless — nurses, doctors and even teachers. A quiet 3-year-old, Julia Paegle, sits in class. What does her teacher imagine for her?
The football field at Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington looked more like a grocery store than a place to throw a pass. Cans of soup were lined up and down the 50-yard line Oct. 25.
St. Anthony of Padua School in Falls Church prayed an international, outdoor rosary.
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.
Dyslexia can make learning challenging for students, yet many are drawn to STEM fields because of their ability to think three-dimensionally.
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.
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
