By Rich Fisher | Correspondent Hope is a wonderful thing, and the athletes of St. John Vianney High School are offering a lot of it for the future. For the second straight year, the volunteer work done by SJV’s Catholic Athletes for Christ earned the Holmdel Lancers an invitation to march in the Day of
By Christina Leslie | Correspondent The student body in Holy Cross School, Rumson, heeded Jesus’ call to “feed the hungry” this winter by staging a school-wide food drive that came to fruition during Catholic Schools Week. The students gathered hundreds of non-perishable food items and donated them to two area organizations. By reminding the students
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
Trenton Monitor report UP, UP AND AWAY • Students in St. Catharine School, Spring Lake, test their piloting skills using a white drone during Aviation Day Nov. 22. Eighth-graders who have been studying principles of aviation spent the day assisting with various activities and creation of flying contraptions. Photo courtesy of Kathy Francis General aviation
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 Christina Leslie | Trenton Monitor Correspondent Olympic Victory • Students of St. Paul School, Princeton, took home top honors for the fourth year in a row at the 36th annual TCA Scholastic Olympics Nov. 9. Courtesy photo Once, twice, thrice…. frice? The folks at Oxford will have to invent a new word for their
By Christina Leslie | Trenton Monitor Correspondent Two-Time Winners • Students of Our Lady of Perpetual Help School, Maple Shade, scored first place for the second consecutive year in the Nov. 8 Camden Catholic High School Academic Olympics. Courtesy photo For the second consecutive year, students from Our Lady of Perpetual Help School, Maple Shade,
By Rose O’Connor | Trenton Monitor Correspondent The community of Notre Dame High School, Lawrenceville, recently put their basketball skills to use during the school’s first “Hoops for Hope” charity tournament, the proceeds of which will go to aid residents of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean island of Dominica who were impacted by Hurricane Maria.
By Christina Leslie | Trenton Monitor Correspondent Students, staff and faculty in St. Benedict School might sense the presence of a group of very special saints looking down upon them in love and support of their academic pursuits each day. The walls of the Holmdel Catholic elementary school are adorned with new wood and metal
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 EmmaLee Italia | Trenton Monitor Correspondent An interest in aviation and unique opportunity intersected recently for Ean Chambers, eighth grade student in St. Ann School, Lawrenceville. And that became the catalyst for his entering – and winning – an essay contest sponsored by Southwest Airlines. Chambers, who wants to become a commercial pilot and
