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Good Luck St. Saviour Grads
Administrators, teachers and friends at St. Saviour School, Park Slope, wish the best of luck to their eighth graders, who won scholarships totaling $345,000.
Students won partial and full scholarships to the following Catholic high schools: Xaverian, Bay Ridge; St. Saviour and Bishop Ford, Park Slope; and Notre Dame, LaSalle Academy and Marymount H.S., all Manhattan. The winners, pictured, back row, from left, Cato Bauer, Marcus Hernandez, Sophia Abbot, Kerryn Reives, Eiren Tasher, and Kevin Konrad; front row, from left, Matthew Gelling, William Garces, Hayley Gaffney, Maryam Razaz, Gabriella DiGiacomo, John Kahaly and Brandon Luongo. Not pictured, Tiara Simon and Miles Gopie.
Mark Your Calendars for Junior High School Youth Day
Seventh- and eighth-graders are invited to a Fall Junior High Youth Day, Oct. 13, 12:30 - 7 p.m. at the Immaculate Conception Center, Douglaston. The theme is Discover the Way/Descubre el Camino, and the day is sponsored by the Alive in Hope Foundation and the Faith Formation Office. Join your peers for activities, workshops, fellowship, food and Mass, celebrated by Auxiliary Bishop Octavio Cisneros. Father Caleb Buchanan will give the keynote address. Cost: $15 inlcudes meal and materials. Register today! Space is limited.
To register or for more information, call Marilyn Santos at 718-281-9584.
Visitation Girls Give Artful Show
Young ladies from Visitation Academy, Bay Ridge, had a royal time as they put on a production of “Once Upon a Mattress,” adapted from Hans Christian Andersen’s classic fairy tale, “The Princess and the Pea,” earlier this year.
Principal Arlene Figaro commended the girls and Visitation’s Performing Arts Department, which flourished under Director Karen Peters and Musical Director/Producer Brian P. Worsdale. The production was presented at the Richard Perry Theatre at Poly Prep Country Day School, Bay Ridge.
Pictured, above, is the cast: Natalie D’Alessandro, Daniela Rose DiGuido, Naomi Gaspard, Alexon Grochowski, Rianna Hage, Grace Ianelli, Jena Johansen, Anne Marie Lettieri, Caitlin Melendez, Ashley Menjivar, Christina Mure, Jacqueline Niglio, Kristie Occhigrosso, Christie Piscitelli, Taryn Scala, Bianca Silvestri and Kathleen Sweeney.
TACHS Exam
Attention eighth-graders! The Test for Admission to Catholic High Schools (TACHS) will be given Saturday, Nov. 10, at all 20 Catholic high schools in Brooklyn and Queens. Deadline: Oct. 10 for paper registration, Oct. 25 for telephone and Internet registration. Log onto www.tachsinfo.com or call (866) 618-2247.
St. Agnes Academic H.S., College Point, offers a series of seven TACHS Exam Prep Classes, beginning Sept. 20. For an application, call 718-353-6276 ext. 18.
Holy Cross H.S., Flushing, offers TACHS Exam Prep Course for six weeks starting Sept. 29. To register, call 914-771-8577.
H.S. Open Houses
Saturday, Sept. 22
- Cathedral Prep Seminary, Elmhurst (Boys) — 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Call 718-592-6800.
Sunday, Sept. 30
- Christ the King R.H.S., Middle Village (Co-ed) — 10 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Call 718-366-7400.
- Bishop Kearney H.S., Bensonhurst (Girls) — 1 - 4 p.m. Call 718-236-6363.
Wednesday, Oct. 3
- Nazareth R.H.S., Flatbush (Co-ed) — 5 - 8:30 p.m. Call Jorge De Jesus 718-763-1100 at ext. 226.
Monday, Oct. 8
- Regis H.S., Manhattan (Boys) — 1 - 4 p.m. Call Eric DiMichelle, 212-288-1100.
Thursday, Oct. 11
- Catherine McAuley H.S., Flatbush (Girls) — 6 - 8 p.m. Call 718-462-7282.
Saturday, Oct. 13
Msgr. McClancy M.H.S., East Elmhurst (Boys) — 1 - 4 p.m. Call 718-898-3800.
Sunday, Oct. 14
- Archbishop Molloy, Briarwood (Co-ed) — 11 a.m. - 4 p.m. Call 718-441-2100.
- St. Edmund Prep, Sheepshead Bay (Co-ed) — tours at 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. Call 718-743-6100.
- The Mary Louis Academy, Jamaica Estates (Girls) — 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. Call 718-297-2120.
- Holy Cross H.S., Flushing (Boys) — presentations at 1, 2 and 3 p.m. Call 718-886-7250.
- St. John’s Prep, Astoria (Co-ed) — 11 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. Call 718-721-7200.
- St. Saviour H.S., Park Slope (Girls) — 12 - 2:30 p.m. Call 718-768-4406.
- Xaverian H.S., Bay Ridge (Boys) — 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. Call 718-836-7100.
Tuesday, Oct. 16
- Marymount School, Manhattan (Girls) — 6-8 p.m. Call 212-744-4486 ext. 183.
Wednesday, Oct. 17
- Cathedral Prep Seminary, Elmhurst (Boys) — 12 - 3 p.m. Call 718-592-6800.
Thursday, Oct. 18
- Stella Maris H.S., Rockaway Park (Girls) — 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Call 718-634-4994.
- St. Joseph H.S., Downtown Brooklyn (Girls) — 6 - 8 p.m. Call 718-624-3618.
Saturday, Oct. 20
- St. Agnes Academic H.S., College Point (Girls)— 10 a.m. - 1 p.m. Call 718-353-6276.
- St. Francis Prep, Fresh Meadows (Co-ed) — 12 - 4 p.m. Call 718-423-8810.
Sunday, Oct. 21
- Fontbonne Hall Academy, Bay Ridge (Girls) — 12:30 - 3:30 p.m. Presentations: 1 and 2:15 p.m. Call 718-748-2244.
Tuesday, Oct. 23
- Bishop Kearney H.S., Bensonhurst (Girls) — 7 - 9 p.m. Call 718-236-6363.
- St. Edmund Prep, Sheepshead Bay (Co-ed) — tours at 7:30 p.m. Call 718-743-6100.
Thursday, Oct. 25
-LaSalle Academy, Manhattan (Boys) — 4 - 7 p.m. Call 212-475-8940.
Saturday, Oct. 27
- Xavier H.S., Manhattan (Boys) — 1 - 4 p.m. Call 212-924-7900 ext. 1442.
Sunday, Oct. 28
- Bishop Ford Central Catholic H.S., Park Slope (Co-ed) — 10 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Call 360-2500.
- Bishop Loughlin M.H.S., Ft. Greene (Co-ed) — 1 p.m. Call 718-857-2700.
- Nazareth R.H.S., Flatbush (Co-ed) — 1 - 4 p.m. Call Jorge De Jesus 718-763-1100 at ext. 226.
- Notre Dame School, Manhattan (Girls) — 2:30 - 5 p.m. Call 212-620-5575.
Tuesday, Oct. 30
- St. Saviour H.S., Park Slope (Girls) — 7 - 8:30 p.m. Call 718-768-4406.
Wednesday, Nov. 7
- Catherine McAuley H.S., Flatbush (Girls) — 6 - 8 p.m. Call 718-462-7282.
Thursday, Jan. 24
- St. Joseph H.S., Downtown Brooklyn (Girls) — 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Call 718-624-3618.
Monday, Jan. 28
- LaSalle Academy, Manhattan (Boys) — 4 - 7 p.m. Call 212-475-8940.
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If your daughter is a new student at Fontbonne Hall Academy, Bay Ridge, this fall, you’re invited to a get-together on Sept. 17. For details, call 718-748-2244.
If you work with young people in the Diocese of Brooklyn and Queens, you must take the Virtus Workshop. Workshops will be given at the Brooklyn diocesan offices, Sept. 19, 6 p.m.; the Queens’ diocesan offices, Sept. 20, 6 p.m.; and at St. Mel’s, Flushing, Sept. 22, 10 a.m. Call 718-229-8001 ext. 670.
Partial scholarships for World Youth Day 2008 are available to young people from diocesan schools, parishes and organizations. Applications due: Oct. 19. For applications, contact Marilyn Santos, 718-281-9584, or e-mail pilgrimages@rcdob.org.
As Xaverian H.S., Bay Ridge, transitioned from a high school to a small collegiate model this fall, new Provost Dr. Stephanie Latkovski recently awarded several new deanships: faculty members Michael Wilson has been elevated to Dean of Students and Maria Rodriguez has risen to Director of Guidance. Newcomers Sandra Mummolo, former assistant principal at Fort Hamilton H.S., will serve as Dean of Faculty and John Ronan, former assistant vice president of Credit Suisse Group, has been named Registrar. Congratulations!
Tickets are on sale for the musical “Start of Something New” at St. Bernard, Mill Basin. Show times: Sept. 21 and 22, 8 p.m. Tickets: $10/adults; $5/children under 12. Call 718-763-5533
Students from Cathedral Prep Seminary, Elmhurst, will visit parish schools in Brooklyn on Sept. 27 to spread the message and mission of Cathedral to the young men in the diocese. Senior students will also visit Queens eighth-graders on Wednesdays through November. To schedule a visit to your school, have your principal contact Father Cush at 718-592-6800 ext. 120 or e-mail frcush@
cathedralprepseminary.com
Outdoor Summer Movie Festival, sponsored by the Bensonhurst Cluster Youth Ministry Office, continues on Sept 28. Free. All are welcome. For location and movie title, go to http://brooklynym.tripod.com/
"Put Away Your Sword,” drawn from St. John’s Gospel (18: 1-11), is the theme of the 2007 Maryknoll Student Essay Contest for students in grades six to 12. Students are asked to describe a situation in the world today or in their own lives in which Jesus would say, “Put away your sword.” In 500-750 words, students must explain what they’d do to follow Jesus’ command to promote peace instead of violence. Winners will receive nearly $3,000 in scholarships, as well as coverage in Maryknoll magazine and on the Maryknoll Web site. Instructions and cover sheet are available at www.maryknoll.org/essay. Entries due: Nov. 30. Winners will be notified by February, 2008.
The Federation of Italian American Organizations of Brooklyn will be offering an Intermural Soccer Program this fall for boys and girls, ages six to 19. Fall and spring seasons are played outdoors at the Verrazano Drier Offerman Outdoor Fields at Shore Pkwy. and Bay 40th St. Season runs from Sept. 16 - June 28, 2008. Volunteers needed. Call 718-259-2828.
Holy Family/St. Luke’s Girls Swim Team is looking for swimmers, first through ninth grades. Registration during September. Call Cathy, 917-929-2752 or e-mail Donohoe@yahoo.com.
Want a free baton twirling lesson? Baton Twirlers at Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Sunset Park, are offering a free lesson, Tuesdays, 6 p.m. in Notre Dame Hall. Former twirlers are needed as instructors. Call 718-376-1620 or e-mail cpakruda@aol.com.
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