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Girls’ robotics team takes home a finalist trophy at world competition

Ask the members of the Knots and Bots independent robotics team what the most challenging part of competing in the First Lego League competition is, and they’ll tell you that it’s the frustration that comes when something they have spent hours designing, programming and building doesn’t work.

St. Bede School in Ingleside to close despite massive fundraising

Father George Koeune, pastor of Our Lady of the Lakes Parish and St. Bede School in Ingleside, announced on March 21 that St. Bede School would close at the end of this school year because of low registration for next school year.

St. Frances of Rome School in Cicero to remain open

St. Frances of Rome School in Cicero received welcome news March 6 when the Archdiocese of Chicago announced that the school, which was slated to close in June, would remain open.

Loss of state Invest in Kids scholarship program forces closure of two Catholic Schools

The pastors of St. Frances of Rome School in Cicero and St. Odilo School in Berwyn announced Jan. 18 that both schools will close in June of this year, bringing an end to a combined total of 196 years of Catholic education at their locations.

Happy Catholic Schools Week, everyone!

This year’s National Catholic Schools Week runs Jan. 28 to Feb. 3. The National Catholic Education Association set the theme of “Catholic Schools: United in Faith and Community.”

High schoolers perform plays written by elementary students

Fifth graders at St. Ferdinand School got to see their words come to life on stage in December at St. Patrick High School’s “Super Awesome Short Play Extravaganza.”

Chicago Jesuit Academy expands campus, student body

Chicago Jesuit Academy, 5058 W. Jackson Blvd., is expanding in the city’s Austin neighborhood. In the fall of 2023, the school dedicated a $30 million wing with new classroom space, new science labs, space for special education sessions and social workers, accompanied by lots of natural light.

Early childhood students, communities benefit from learning in second language

Early childhood students at 17 Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Chicago are getting daily instruction in a second language, usually Spanish, in a program that educators call a win-win-win for students, families and schools.

‘We pray that this peace walk touches someone’s heart’

Students at the Academy of St. Benedict the African, 6020 S. Laflin St., sang and prayed for peace as they led donors, parents and other community members around their block Oct. 19.

Sts. Faith, Hope and Charity school awarded Blue Ribbon

Students, faculty and staff at Sts. Faith, Hope and Charity School were feeling blue Sept. 19. Or, rather, they were feeling like Blue Ribbon winners.
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