"New Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic High School on display"

"Prospective students and their parents — and other curious folks — got their first glimpse of the new Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic High School at an open house Sunday in Cranberry.
The 181,000-square-foot high school is still under construction, and busloads of teenagers and parents boarded buses at St. Kilian School for the short ride across Route 228 to the new facility.
Mounds of dirt greeted visitors as the buses climbed the hill to the facility, a reminder of the work still to be completed before the school opens.
The interior is nearly complete, except for the chapel.
The building will replace the current high school on Troy Hill, which was built in 1939, and has an enrollment of a little over 200 students. The new building has a capacity of 1,000 students, said the Rev. Charles Bober, the school’s president."


Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/local/north/2014/02/27/New-North-Catholic-High-School-on-display/stories/201402270024#ixzz2uYgcH3Q3

"Catholic dream comes true"

http://www.news-leader.com/article/20140227/NEWS04/302270081/Springfield-Catholic-high-school-renovations




"In a fitting homily at the blessing of the new gymnasium at Springfield Catholic High School, Bishop James Johnston of the Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau spoke on staying spiritually fit.
“Seriously committed Olympic athletes get gold medals. Seriously committed Christians become saints,” he said. “Let this gym be a symbol of the real race we are in ... (receiving) the imperishable crown of eternal life with God when the final whistle sounds.”
The bishop and hundreds of faculty, board members, family and students of the high school gathered Wednesday night for the grand opening of the renovated school."

"Bishop Ireton ball raises thousands for school in Haiti"

http://catholicherald.com/stories/Bishop-Ireton-ball-raises-thousands-for-school-in-Haiti,25577?content_source=&category_id=57&search_filter=&event_mode=&event_ts_from=&list_type=&order_by=&order_sort=&content_class=&sub_type=stories&town_id






"Not many people can say they have been to a masquerade ball, and even fewer can say that they have been to a masquerade ball fundraiser that collected more than $10,000 for a school in Haiti. But at Bishop Ireton High School in Alexandria, most students can say just that."

"St. Jean Vianney Catholic School grieving after death of 6th grader"

http://www.nola.com/news/baton-rouge/index.ssf/2014/02/st_jean_vianney_catholic_schoo.html




"A sixth grader from St. Jean Vianney Catholic School in East Baton Rouge Parish has died by suicide.




The student, Ethan Rider, was found unconscious in a bathroom at the school on Thursday and taken to a local hospital, and died early Saturday morning, according to statements on the school’s website. The coroner’s office confirmed Friday, before Ethan passed away, that it was an apparent suicide.
School officials said in a statement on their website Saturday that 14 counselors from the Diocese of Baton Rouge were at the school Friday to help students and faculty."

"Catholic school to close after 90 years in operation"

Read more: http://www.wlky.com/news/local-news/louisville-news/catholic-school-to-close-after-90-years-in-operation/24642206#ixzz2uHkSuj33




"School officials say they just couldn't afford to keep it open and some parents are very upset with the decision.
The Archdiocese of Louisville said they are closing Holy Family School because of declining enrollment and increasing operating costs.
The school is located on Poplar Level Road just off the Watterson Expressway. They say right now, they have just 129 students enrolled in kindergarten through eighth grade and a couple of grades have fewer than 10 students enrolled.
The decision to close Holy Family is not sitting well with some. This school has a long and rich history in the tight-knit Camp Taylor neighborhood."

"Catholic schools have right to hire, fire for mission, says legal expert"

"Robert George, the McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton University and author of Embryo: A Defense of Human Life, recently mounted an interesting defense of Catholic schools’ right to hire and fire for mission.

That right has come into question in recent months, since same-sex marriage was legalized in several states and some teachers and administrators at Catholic schools were fired or asked to resign after their same-sex marriage came to light."

- See more at: http://www.cardinalnewmansociety.org/CatholicEducationDaily/DetailsPage/tabid/102/ArticleID/2989/Catholic-Schools-Have-Right-to-Hire-Fire-for-Mission-Says-Legal-Expert.aspx#sthash.hOPhzO0X.dpuf

"Losing 7.5 percent of students each year, Bay Area Catholic Schools hopes consolidation spurs growth"

http://www.mlive.com/news/bay-city/index.ssf/2014/02/losing_75_of_students_each_yea.html




"BAY CITY, MI — Each morning, Bishop Joseph Cistone, the leader of the Saginaw Diocese, prays the rosary, asking the blessed mother for help and assistance in times of challenge."

"Searching for a Catholic High School"

Read more: http://www.ncregister.com/blog/matthew-archbold/searching-for-a-catholic-high-school#ixzz2sPFAtkHL





"I have been looking at different Catholic high schools for my 8^th grader. So we went on the tours and she “shadowed” (which is to say, attended for a day) at several schools and I met many people in the administration. I have to say, that as someone who is concerned about Catholic education the results have been a bit disheartening."

" A response to 'Catholic Education, the Common Core and the New Evangelization'"

http://www.renewamerica.com/columns/abbott/140204




"The following open letter, written by Steven Jonathan Rummelsburg, is addressed to Dominican Sister John Mary Fleming, executive director of the Secretariat of Catholic Education for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Click here to read the National Catholic Register's Jan. 27, 2014 interview with Sister Fleming, to which Mr. Rummelsburg is responding."