Students and faculty at St. Therese Chinese Catholic School celebrated their second Blue Ribbon award on Oct. 19, 2018. The National Blue Ribbon Award is presented to schools based on a school’s overall academic excellence or the school’s progress in closing student achievement gaps. The Archdiocese of Chicago Catholic Schools have received 102 Blue Ribbon Awards, more than any other school system – public or private – in the country. St. Therese is one of seven archdiocesan schools recognized this year. The others are: Cardinal Joseph Bernardin, Orland Hills; Queen of All Saints School; Sacred Heart, Winnetka; St. Bede, Ingleside; St. Francis Xavier, Wilmette; and St. Francis de Sales, Lake Zurich.
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.
‘Walking Dead’ actress shares experience being deaf with alma mater When Lauren Teruel Ridloff stepped through the door at Children of Peace School on Feb. 22, she said she felt like nothing had changed.