| Posted on TrentonMonitor.com August 17, 2015 | By David Karas, TrentonMonitor.com Correspondent | The first day of school this fall will bear a special significance for the community of St. Dominic School, Brick. On Sept. 8, when students and faculty return to the campus for a new year, they will mark the half century anniversary of
| Posted on TrentonMonitor.com August 15, 2015 | By David Karas, TrentonMonitor.com Correspondent | The community of St. Joan of Arc School, Marlton, is getting ready to celebrate the school’s 50th anniversary, kicking off with a school Mass during the first week of school. Mary Clare Brandt, marketing director for the school, shared the excitement of her
Though school families are hanging on to the last weeks of summer fun and leisure, preparations have begun in earnest to welcome students back to a new school year, ripe with potential for learning and enrichment. New principals are taking office, and other educators and school leaders are continuing their efforts to further integrate technology
| Posted on TrentonMonitor.com August 17, 2015 | By Rose O’Connor, TrentonMonitor.com Correspondent | With the popularity of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Pinterest among both students and parents, educators in the Diocese of Trenton have ramped up their social media use to capture the attention of 21st century learners. A two-part question posed by teachers and administrators
| Posted on TrentonMonitor.com August 13, 2015 | By JoAnn Tier, Moderator, Office of Catholic Education | Each year, there is excitement and anticipation as a new school year unfolds. Shopping for notebooks, pens, pencils and backpacks accents that enthusiasm and illustrates the ritual of back-to-school preparations. Always growing, always learning, the year will bring an abundance
| Posted on TrentonMonitor.com August 10, 2015 | By Rich Fisher, TrentonMonitor Correspondent | It was a busy summer for the Notre Dame High School boys’ basketball team as the Irish try to get to the next level after a strong 2014-15 season. Notre Dame’s team of returning lettermen, guided by assistant coach Rashaan Thompson, reached the
| Posted on TrentonMonitor.com August 5, 2015 | For the fourth consecutive year, the Fermi Federation has awarded a $500 scholarship to a graduating Trenton Catholic Academy senior. Michael Del Valle was this year’s recipient, and will use the scholarship toward furthering his education in St. John’s University, New York where he will begin studies in the
| Posted on TrentonMonitor.com August 10, 2015 | By David Karas, TrentonMonitor.com Correspondent | When the St. John Vianney High School, Holmdel, Lancers baseball team beat the odds and clinched a state championship title in 2014, the players – many of them seniors who had walked in their graduation ceremony earlier that day – rushed onto the field
| Posted on TrentonMonitor.com July 31, 2015 | By David Karas, TrentonMonitor.com Correspondent | When Aileen Rivell and her family moved from Westfield to their current home in Colts Neck and joined St. Mary Parish, Colts Neck, one thing was missing: a school supply drive to collect needed materials for students. “My family really enjoyed participating in the
| Posted on TrentonMonitor.com July 28, 2015 | The photography club in St. John Vianney High School, Holmdel, donated $500 to the Nicole’s Heart foundation to help support the heart screenings they set up for high school students. The club raised funds through bake sales, card sales, and selling digital art magazine designs. The current club members are
| Posted on TrentonMonitor.com July 16, 2015 | By Christina Leslie |TrentonMonitor.com Staff Writer While Catholic school communities across New Jersey are applauding the restoration of state budget funding for essential non-public school services, members of seven school communities in the Diocese of Trenton had a special reason to celebrate. Initially, the proposed state budget for fiscal year
A special group of teachers who just earned master’s degrees in Georgian Court University, Lakewood, found that some of their most memorable lessons didn’t come from the curriculum. “The program allowed me to work with other Catholic school teachers, and because of the faith-based component, I was able to share my experiences with peers who
