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Scholarship Tax Credit will benefit Illinois families

Catholic officials in Illinois are applauding state education funding reforms that include a Scholarship Tax Credit program designed to provide up to $75 million a year in scholarships for qualifying students attending nonpublic schools.

Catholic schools set earlier date for entrance exams

Eighth-graders who plan to go to Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese of Chicago next year will have to have their No. 2 pencils sharpened and ready to go a little earlier than in previous years.

Solar eclipse captivates Catholic school students

“This is the kind of thing you tell your kids when you’re older,” said Campbell Montgomery, a senior at St. Ignatius College Prep, 1076 W. Roosevelt Road.

Schools to tackle hunger in Soup-er Stadium Challenge

Soldier Field seats 61,500. In a new effort this fall to combat hunger in the Chicago area, students and staff in the archdiocese’s Catholic elementary and high schools are being asked, through the Soup-er Stadium Challenge, to donate enough food to fill each seat twice.

Marist students celebrate second annual Disability Day

Face painting, magic tricks, dancing, cotton candy, games and, most important, smiles were on the menu for the second Disability Day at Marist High School, 4200 W. 115th St., on July 15.

McAuley grad motivates young people to seek their dreams

During Catholic Schools Week this year, students at St. Christina School learned how to make their dreams a reality with the help of Katie Quick, a graduate of Mother McAuley High School who has parlayed her experience as a teacher and singer into a motivational speaking campaign.

Two parishes celebrate historic anniversaries

It might be difficult to find two more dissimilar parishes in the Archdiocese of Chicago than St. Stanislaus Kostka, on Noble Street at Evergreen Avenue, and Immaculate Conception in Highland Park.

Heart of the School Award winners announced

The Archdiocese of Chicago’s Office for Catholic Schools announced that 18 teachers, administrators and staff members from across its 217 Catholic schools were selected as the 2017 Heart of the School Award winners. The award recognizes outstanding Catholic school employees who represent Catholic elementary and high schools across the two-county archdiocese.

St. Therese principal wins Golden Apple award

When Principal Phyllis Cavallone-Jurek entered the cafeteria of St. Therese Chinese Catholic Schoo...

A look back at ‘The week Chicago will never forget’

“The week Chicago will never forget.” That was the headline in the Feb. 3, 1967, issue of the New ...
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