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St. Maria Goretti students learning kindness this school year

On National Kindness Day, Nov. 13, students at St. Maria Goretti School in Schiller Park teamed up to help those less fortunate by making “kindness bags” filled with essentials like toothpaste, socks, deodorant and soap. Then they took those bags home to hand out to those they meet who are in need.

Seven elementary schools receive national Blue Ribbon awards

Seven Catholic elementary school in the Archdiocese of Chicago were recognized this year by the U.S. Department of Education with its National Blue Ribbon Award.

St. Ethelreda School students stage 'Lion King'

Students at St. Ethelreda School, 8734 S. Paulina St., performed “The Lion King” as part of their summer camp on July 25, 2019.

Using restorative practices to help students make better choices

Elementary-age students at the Academy of St. Benedict the African, 6020 S. Laflin St., will see some changes in the way the school encourages good choices and the way it handles bad choices this year.

DePaul College Prep unveils plans for new campus

DePaul College Prep will move to a new 17-acre campus about a quarter-mile southeast of its current home for the 2020-2021 school year. DePaul Prep announced the purchase of the new campus Aug. 1.

Sister Margaret Farley retires after 44 years of service

Don’t say Notre Dame Sister Margaret Farley is retiring. “That would mean I wasn’t going to do anything else,” said Sister Margaret, 81, who formally left her position with the Office of Catholic Schools after 44 years on June 3. “Say I’m resigning.”

St. Ethelreda’s chess team offers lessons in strategy, patience

When Eric Luster starts speaking, all eyes go to the front of the room. “At the beginning, what’s the goal?” he asks, pointing to a diagram of a chess board projected onto a screen. “Control the center,” a student says.

It's in the cards for woman religious who threw perfect pitch

The perfect pitch Dominican Sister Mary Jo Sobieck threw prior to a Chicago White Sox game last summer not only went viral but is still out of the park. First, there was a bobblehead in her image and now, she has her own baseball card.

Nazareth students host prom for students with special needs

It took more than a rainy night to dampen spirits at Nazareth Academy’s prom for students with disabilities March 9.

Schools celebrate tax-credit scholarships

A March 11, 2019, event gathered more than 10 Catholic schools from the Archdiocese of Chicago at St. Agnes of Bohemia School to discuss the tax-credit scholarship program with Empower Illinois. Families from schools in the Pilsen, Little Village, Back of the Yards and Brighton Park neighborhoods and the village of Summit spoke about how tax-credit scholarships have allowed their children to attend Catholic schools.
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