National Catholic Schools Week is upon us! Need ideas for celebrating the daily themes of Catholic Schools Week? Find ideas them on our website to celebrate your parish, community, students, the nation, vocations, family, faculty, staff and volunteers. Sunday: Celebrating Your Parish Monday: Celebrating Your Community Tuesday: Celebrating Your Students Wednesday: Celebrating the Nation Thursday: Celebrating Vocations […]
Category: Operational Vitality
St. Thomas Aquinas Mass to Be Nationally Televised During Catholic Schools Week
The following article is a reprint of a press release distributed by Office of Marketing and Communications at The Catholic University of America. The Catholic University of America and the Dominican House of Studies, in association with the National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA), will celebrate the start the second semester of the academic year and National […]
NCEA president visits three local schools, praises commitment, spirit
This article is a re-posting of NCEA president visits three local schools, praises commitment, spirit published by Cross Roads the bi-weekly publication of the Diocese of Lexington, KY. National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA) president and chief executive officer Thomas W. Burnford visited three parish schools in the diocese August 31, along with interim superintendent of schools George […]
Archdiocese of Philadelphia’s Early Childhood Conference Sets the Stage for Success
The following post was contributed by Pam Bernards, Director of Professional Development at NCEA. What an awesome day I had with 260+ Early Childhood Educators at the Archdiocese of Philadelphia’s (AoP) Third Annual Early Childhood Conference held at Holy Family University (HFU)! The experience left me totally energized and excited about the beginning of my […]
Saint Joseph’s Catholic Academy Students Collected Nearly 500 lbs of Items for Food Bank
This post was contributed by Shelly Mato, English, History, & Curriculum Coordinator at Saint Joseph’s Catholic Academy. The Pennsylvania State budget stalemate has left food banks across the state short on funds. Food banks throughout Pennsylvania are suffering,” said Carol Pioli, Executive Director of State College Food Bank. “Some of us haven’t received the funding […]
Saint Bridget School in Framingham, MA: Catholic Schools Week 2016 Synopsis
This post was contributed by Jennifer Ryan, Admissions at Saint Bridget School in Framingham, MA. Monday – Celebrating our Community. Saint Bridget School had an all-school service day. Here is what we did: PreK & K – invited the 9:00am Mass parishioners to come over after mass for breakfast and coffee baked that morning by […]
Generations of Catholic Education
This post was contributed by Danielle Kinnamont. As a child, a Catholic school education was all I knew, attending Catholic school from the ages of 3-23. I grew up surrounded by religious sisters and priests, knowing that First Friday meant Mass and Lent meant lots of grilled cheese and pizza in the cafeteria. However, there […]
Saint Matthias Catholic schools week: Theme of the Week is Service
This post was contributed by Heather Gossart, NCEA Consultant. They come from across the street and from across the world…they are children who create a rainbow of colors and cultures and musical languages. Yet, above all in this small Catholic school tucked away in a Maryland community in the Archdiocese of Washington, they call themselves […]
Effective Use of Student Data to Improve Student Performance
This post was contributed by Pam Bernards, NCEA Director of Professional Development. During my Catholic Schools Week visit to the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, I was treated to a wonderful professional development session for the faculty of St. Helena School provided by Sr. Edward Quinn, Assistant Superintendent of Curriculum, Instruction and Assessment. The topic: Effective Use […]
Catholic Schools Week Teacher Profile – Laura Sharbel
This post was contributed by Pam Bernards, NCEA Director of Professional Development. Catholic Schools Week is a time to celebrate the Good News of Catholic school education. There is no better way to do this than to honor and recognize those who give so much in service to the students, the teachers. When I was […]
