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Local Businesses Show Support to Catholic Schools

Posted on January 04, 2021 in: News, School News

Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton, the Patron Saint of Catholic Schools, whose feast day is today, January 4, is the first American born saint to be canonized by the Church. She founded the first American religious community for women, the Sisters of Charity. She opened the first American parish school and ...

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Mercy Math Club Seeks to Extend First Place Streak

Posted on December 21, 2020 in: School News

Mercy High School continues its unblemished track record with a string of three first-place finishes in the competitive Middlesex County Math League, which includes teams representing 11 high schools from throughout the county. Mercy has been the only all-girls team to participate in the Middlese...

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Superintendent's Letter: Advent is An Important Time in Our Schools

Posted on December 19, 2020 in: School News

My Dear Friends, December is a very special month for all of us. It is certainly about Christmas, but for all of us it is also about Advent. Advent is the time to remember and prepare for the real meaning of Christmas and the coming of Jesus into the world. This is an important educational opp...

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Mercy Students Earn AP Scholar Awards

Posted on December 19, 2020 in: School News

Sixty students at Mercy High School earned Advanced Placement Scholar Awards in recognition of their exceptional achievement on AP exams for the 2019-20 school year. The College Board’s Advanced Placement Program provides willing and academically prepared students with the opportunity to take rigorous college-level courses while still in high school, and to earn college credit, advanced p...

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New Banners Adorn Xavier’s Dining Hall

Posted on December 15, 2020 in: School News

The Xaverian values of humility, trust, compassion, simplicity and zeal are on display as part of a new set of banners that hang in Xavier High School’s dining hall. The new banners, with words written in white on a black background, replace older blue felt banners. Also shown o...

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Christmas is a Time of Giving in Our Schools

Posted on December 09, 2020 in: School News

Christmas has always been my favorite holiday. In Catholic elementary and high school, we decorated our classrooms, prepared for our Christmas pageant, and made Christmas cards for veterans and our elderly community. There was an air of love and joy among the students and teachers, which we still se...

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St. Bernard Teacher Adds National Award to His Achievements

Posted on November 19, 2020 in: School News

Mr. Matthew Donnelly, ‘06, a mathematics teacher and department chair at Saint Bernard School, has been named a recipient of the Edyth May Sliffe Award for Distinguished Teaching from the Mathematical Association of America (MAA). Donnelly is also a published mathematical researcher, a c...

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Xavier Junior Kolb Now An Eagle Scout

Posted on November 13, 2020 in: News, School News

Tristan Kolb of Madison started in Scouting when he was in kindergarten, joining the St. Mary Cub Scout Pack 428. The Xavier junior is now an Eagle Scout, the highest achievement one can attain from the Boy Scouts of America. He was awarded the distinction during a virtual Board of Review in Augu...

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SBS Choir's Powerful Message - Hope and Faith Week 31

Posted on November 04, 2020 in: School News, FaithSparks

The Office of Faith Events weekly video series "Hope and Faith" features videos focused on Hope and Faith during the pandemic. Week 31 This week on the Hope and Faith Series, St. Bernard's School Choir making the best of COVID-19 restrictions! Click the...

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Discover Catholic Schools Week

Posted on November 01, 2020 in: School News

My Dear Friends, November is a special month for our Catholic schools as we celebrate Discover Catholic Schools Week and our national Thanksgiving Day. We have a lot to be thankful for this year with the reopening of all our schools during these difficult times. While visiting the schools, it was...

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