| Posted on TrentonMonitor.com June 4, 2015 | By David Karas | TrentonMonitor.com Correspondent | Whether it is designing handmade kites to achieve maximum lift or crafting airplanes out of soda bottles to see how far they can fly, the students in St. Denis School, Manasquan, learn from more than just textbooks in science class. And their
| Posted on TrentonMonitor.com May 17, 2015 | By EmmaLee Italia | TrentonMonitor.com Correspondent Sharing recipes and family cultural cuisine is mainstay for the Culinary Club in St. John Vianney High School, Holmdel, which meets regularly throughout the school year. But once a year, club members don aprons, assemble their utensils and prepare to learn from master
| Posted on TrentonMonitor.com May 30, 2015 | “This group was extraordinary. They took hold of a project and they were off,” stated Marcie Forsyth, who along with her fellow math teacher, Kathy Chadwick, coached the Holy Cross School Math Club to National Gold Level Status, the highest honor in the National Math Club. Gold Level recognizes and
| Posted on TrentonMonitor.com May 8, 2015 | By Christina Leslie and Staff Writer and EmmaLee Italia – Some 9,000 Catholic school students of the Diocese of Trenton used May 1, the Memorial of St. Joseph the Worker, to reach out to their communities across Burlington, Mercer, Monmouth and Ocean counties during the inaugural “Catholic Schools Do
| Posted on TrentonMonitor.com May 1, 2015 | Catholic school students of the Diocese of Trenton are making their mark today in communities across Burlington, Mercer, Monmouth and Ocean counties for the inaugural “Catholic Schools Do It All” Day of Service. About 9,000 students, representing 30 Catholic elementary schools and two high schools are taking part
The Bishop of Trenton has a lot of good things to say about the Catholic schools in his Diocese, and he is doing it in a newly-produced video entitled “Catholic Schools Have it All.” An array of voices and personal stories about Catholic schools back up Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., in the 13-minute production
By Rose O’Connor | Correspondent, TrentonMonitor.com For Anne Reap, director of Trenton Catholic Academy Lower School, the decision to become a teacher was made at an early age and was almost inevitable. “I was the oldest of five children,” she said with a laugh. “I always thought of myself as a teacher.” While growing up
By Christina Leslie | Staff Writer, TrentonMonitor.com An initiative to continue the involvement of Catholic school graduates in their alma mater institutions has taken strong root in the Diocese of Trenton. The Catholic Alumni Partnership, administered by the diocesan Department of Development, maintains contact with more than 87,000 former students and has stimulated donations exceeding
By Christina Leslie | Staff Writer, TrentonMonitor.com Fulfilling its mission statement to “empower students…. while pursing academic excellence and moral formation,” St. Gregory the Great Academy, Hamilton Square, has been designated one of the nation’s Blue Ribbon Schools of Excellence for 2014. St. Gregory the Great was chosen as one of 337 schools nationwide, only
Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M. celebrates the annual Catholic Schools Mass at St. Mary of the Assumption Cathedral in Trenton, NJ on October 7, 2014.
