By Christina Leslie | Trenton Monitor Correspondent PROGRAMMING PUPILS • Students in St. Peter School, Point Pleasant Beach, use laptops and other tech devices to complete their first Hour of Code in December. Photo courtesy of St. Peter School Students in St. Peter School, Point Pleasant Beach, flexed their computer skills the week of Dec. 4 as
By EmmaLee Italia | Trenton Monitor Correspondent During their class retreat Oct. 25, seniors in Donovan Catholic High School, Toms River, work on Rosary chaplets and prayer cards for students in a Texas Catholic school who were affected by Hurricane Harvey. Photo courtesy of Mary Beth Deblasio Donovan Catholic seniors recently took a break from
By Lois Rogers | Trenton Monitor Correspondent Praying Together -- Students from around the Diocese pray during the 2017 Catholic Schools Mass celebrated by Bishop David M. O'Connell, C.M., Oct. 12 in St. Robert Bellarmine Co-Cathedral, Freehold. Craig Pittelli photos Leaving no doubt about the importance of faith in the lives of young people, Bishop David
By Christina Leslie | Trenton Monitor Correspondent Students from St. Joseph School, Toms River, earned first-place honors in the 14th annual St. Rose High School Invitational Scholastic Bowl held Oct. 23. Representatives from nine Catholic elementary schools in the Diocese of Trenton gathered at the secondary school’s Belmar campus to compete in nine subject areas
By Dorothy K. LaMantia | Trenton Monitor Correspondent Bishop David M. O’Connell, C.M., celebrated All Saints’ Day a bit early as he joined students and guests in marking the 20th anniversary of the founding of All Saints Regional Catholic School, Manahawkin. To see photo gallery on this story, click here. Excitement filled the air Oct. 31
By EmmaLee Italia | Trenton Monitor Correspondent With Catholic Athletes for Christ in the Diocese of Trenton, what began six years ago as a mere idea has blossomed into an evangelical force to be reckoned with, its enthusiasm seeming only to grow each year. Photo Gallery: 2017 Catholic Athletes for Christ High School Leadership Summit A
Story by Lois Rogers, Trenton Monitor Correspondent As Catholic school buildings around the Trenton Diocese opened for the fall term, students, faculty and staff entered with the assurance that every available water source in them has been rigorously tested and are free of lead. Such affirmation is the result of an effort that initially began
Thousands of students from across the Diocese of Trenton headed back to school the week of Sept. 5 to begin the 2017-18 academic year. Trenton Monitor photographers were on hand to capture the excitement and joy — and sometimes nervousness – felt by students and teachers on their first day. You can see their work
Thomas Makin of Rumson and Julian Mattioli of Colts Neck use a school laptop to work on their Math Counts contest entries in Holy Cross School, Rumson. The club again earned Gold Level status last year. Photo courtesy of Holy Cross School Story by Rose O’Connor | Trenton Monitor Correspondent For educators, there are few
By Lois Rogers | Trenton Monitor Correspondent Resurrection Sister Cherree Power, principal of St. Veronica School, Howell, looks over the calendars featuring Catholic Social Teaching that are printed annually. The calendars are printed for teachers and parents so everyone knows what aspects are being taught on a monthly basis. Lois Rogers photo In elementary and
By Rose O’Connor | Trenton Monitor Correspondent One of the most important jobs teachers have is to educate students on becoming responsible citizens in an ever-changing global society. To that end, Catholic schools around the Diocese have risen to the challenge and new world language curriculum guidelines will be presented in the Diocese this year,
By Rose O’Connor | Trenton Monitor Correspondent Paula Pangilinan, second from left, Trenton diocesan PTA president, the entire board and JoAnn Tier, second row, third from the left, superintendent of Catholic Schools, are looking forward to implementing new ideas this school year, including social media marketing. Courtesy photo For 92 years, the Trenton diocesan PTA has
