PORTLAND, Ore. (CNS) — They built webpages and mastered robots, addressed login issues, responded to a deluge of software-related questions and even stood atop wobbly ladders to fix glitchy Wi-Fi extenders. Many professionals have been dubbed heroes of the pandemic, and schools’
Before the COVID-19 pandemic was a part of our daily reality, many Catholic schools faced shrinking enrollment and shrinking budgets. Then came March 2020 and, along with it, the final nail in the coffin of many Catholic schools struggling to stay afloat.
The coronavirus pandemic has required many people around the world to develop an "adapt and carry on" attitude.
That's the mantra of Geoff Andrews, superintendent of Catholic Schools for the Diocese of Salina, Kansas, as the 15 Catholic schools in the jurisdiction have
The Catholic Schools Office for the Diocese of Owensboro has announced that in-person instruction will resume after the Christmas holidays.
The schools had transitioned from in-person instruction to virtual-only learning in late November, following an executive order from Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, which
When music teacher Lynn Kingsbury at St. Damian School in the Chicago suburb of Oak Forest learned that her students wouldn't be allowed to sing in class because of COVID-19 restrictions, she made a dream of hers into reality -- teaching the
A weekly encounter with the homeless at the Jesuit-run Boston College High School hasn't slowed during the COVID-19 pandemic. But their St. Louis Project continues to evolve as a result.
"They're constantly surprised at how generous and how beautiful these people on the
The newest employee at Christ the Teacher Catholic School is a boss's dream.
All he requires are a bed in his office, a few trips outside during the day, and some scratching behind the ears.
Meet Dewey, the year-and-a-half-old golden doodle who has become
Russell Shaw looks at the downward trend of Catholic schools in the United States. He writes that as we mark the 210th anniversary of the founding of the parochial school system in the United States by St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, celebrations “can
Declining enrollment and underutilized buildings are causing the Archdiocese of Philadelphia to close two high schools at the end of the 2020-2021 academic year.
John W. Hallahan Catholic Girls High School in Philadelphia and Bishop McDevitt High School in Wyncote north of the
The father-daughter reunion at a Catholic school in suburban Chicago was weeks in the making. U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Konrad Otachel recently made a surprise visit to St. Thomas of Villanova Catholic School in Palatine to see his daughter, Naomi,