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Josephinum Academy offering full-tuition scholarships to 2024-2025 incoming freshmen

Josephinum Academy of the Sacred Heart is a little tired of being a “hidden gem.” Leaders are hoping a plan to offer full-tuition scholarships to all incoming freshman next year will help it generate a little attention, as well as boost enrollment numbers.

Resurrection Prep student training therapy dog for her school

Resurrection College Preparatory High School, 7500 W. Talcott Ave., has a new member of the student body who visits for a few hours each Friday morning to greet students and help alleviate their stress.

Marian Catholic High School installing solar array in spirit of ‘Laudato Si’’

Marian Catholic High School in Chicago Heights will be getting at least 65% of its electricity from an array of solar panels on the school roof by next spring, after entering into a partnership with DSD Renewables and Catholic Energy, a program of Mission Energy.

Therapy dog brings joy to students at St. Patrick High School

On Wednesday mornings, a four-legged member of the St. Patrick High School community greets students and staff with his tail wagging. His name is Patrick and he is the school’s therapy dog.

New Innovation Center preparing students for next generation of jobs

Taurean, a senior at Christ the King Jesuit College Preparatory School in the city’s Austin neighborhood, is excited about the new Innovation Center his school just opened, and especially the Maker Lab, which includes a recording studio.

Donations from Chicago Bears, NFL help Leo HS rebuild field

After a year of renovation, Leo Catholic High School students are enjoying the newly rebuilt Alumni Field at 79th Street and Morgan Avenue.

Fenwick names basketball court after longtime coach

When Fenwick girls basketball coach Dave Power hung up his whistle at the end of the season, he did so after a 45-year coaching career and, with over 1,000 wins, as the third most winning basketball coach in Illinois High School Association History.

Marian Catholic celebrates chaplain’s 90th birthday

When Father William O’Mara turned 90 years old Feb. 7, he had a school full of students and coworkers to celebrate with him.

Catholic high school students address racial inequity

Student representatives from 25 Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese of Chicago came together to address racial inequities in response to last summer’s murder of George Floyd and its aftermath.

High schools prepare for in-person graduations

Some Chicago-area Catholic high schools are renting professional sports venues for graduation this year, and others will use their own outdoor fields. Others are carefully planning how to arrange the graduates in indoor spaces, often with the ceremony livestreamed to family members elsewhere.
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