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What is Catholic Schools Week?
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OUR LADY OF VICTORY CATHOLIC SCHOOL Parish Elementary School for Nursery – Grade 8 Accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools 2 Bellmore Street, Floral Park, NY 11001
Celebrates Catholic Schools Week January 25-January 30, 2015 Catholic Tradition, Academic Excellence… A Community Grounded In Faith Individual attention in a caring community Faith values integrated curriculum Full day Kindergarten and Pre-kindergarten New York State Core Curriculum Test scores exceed the diocesan average on the Iowa Tests of Basic Skills, a nationally normed test Service/stewardship experiences Safe and disciplined environment Extended after & before school care Accelerated math Spanish : grades 4-8 100% acceptance to Catholic High School Prep for Catholic High School Entrance Exam Academic intervention/remediation Commitment to technology use to enhance education State-of-the-art computer lab SMART Board Interactive White boards in each grade K-8 classroom After school enrichment clubs Band/instrument lessons Active School Board and Parent Association CYO Sports
COME VISIT OUR OPEN HOUSE
Sunday, January 25, 2015 from 11:30-1:00PM Tuesday, January 27, 2015 from 10:00AM-11:00AM Or, for a registration appointment call: 516-352-4466 Financial aid may be available from Tomorrow’s Hope Foundation
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Nassau County’s Catholic Elementary Schools and Open House Schedules St. Christopher School - Baldwin 15 Pershing Blvd, Baldwin 11510 • (516) 223-4404 • www.stchris-school.org Open House: Sunday, January 25: 10:30am - 2pm Tuesday, January 27: 9:30am - 11:30am
St. Rose of Lima School - Massapequa 4704 Merrick Rd, Massapequa 11758 • (516) 541-1546 • www.stroseschool.net Open House: Tuesday, January 27: 9:30am -10:45am, 7:00pm - 8:00pm
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Regional School - Bellmore 2341 Washington Ave, Bellmore 11710 (516) 785-5709 • www.steas.com Open House: Sunday, January 25: 11:00am - 1:00pm; Monday, January 26: 9:30am - 10:30am (Pre-K - 2nd grade), 10:00am - 11:00am ("Our Time"); Tuesday, January 27: 9:30am 10:30am (Nursery); Wednesday, January 28: 10:00am - 11:00am ("Our Time")
Notre Dame School - New Hyde Park 25 Mayfair Rd, New Hyde Park 11040 • (516) 354-5618 • www.ndsnet.org Open House: Sunday, January 25: 10:00am - 1:00pm; Monday, January 26: 9:30am - 11:00pm (N-8); 1:00pm - 2:00pm (N-8)
St. Raymond's School - East Rockaway 263 Atlantic Ave, East Rockaway 11518 (516) 593-9010 • www.srsny.org Open House: Sunday, January 25: 10:00am - 1:00pm. By appt. during the week. Our Lady of Victory School - Floral Park 2 Bellmore St, Floral Park 11001 (516) 352-4466 • www.olvfp.org Open House: Sunday, January 25: 11:30am (after Family Mass); Tuesday, January 27: 10:00am-11:00am The De La Salle School* - Freeport 87 Pine St, Freeport 11520 • (516) 379-8660 • www.delasalleschool.org St. Anne's School - Garden City 25 Dartmouth St, Garden City 11530 • (516) 352-1205 • www.stannesgcschool.org Open House: Sunday, January 25: 1:00pm- 3:00pm St. Joseph School - Garden City 450 Franklin Ave, Garden City 11530 • (516) 747-2730 • www.st-josephschool.com Open House: Sunday, January 25: 10:00am - noon
Holy Child Academy* - Old Westbury 25 Store Hill Rd, Old Westbury 11568 • (516) 626-9300 • www.holychildacademy.org St. Dominic Elementary School - Oyster Bay 35 School St., Oyster Bay 11771 • (516) 922-4233 •www.stdomsob.org Open House: Sunday, January 25: 11:00am - 1:00pm (after Family Mass); Monday, January 26: 9:00am - 11:00am St. Peter of Alcantara School - Port Washington 1321 Port Washington Blvd., Pt Washington 11050 • (516) 944-3772 • www.stpeterspw.org Open House: Sunday, January 25: 9:30am - 11:00am; 1:00pm - 3:00pm Tuesday, January 27: 9:30am - 11:00am St. Agnes Cathedral School - Rockville Centre 70 Clinton Ave, Rockville Centre 11570 • (516) 678-5550 • www.stagnes-school.org Open House: Sunday, January 25: 11:00am - 12:30pm; Tuesday, January 27 and Wednesday, January 28: registration for K-7, 8:30am - 10:30am Maria Regina School - Seaford 4045 Jerusalem Ave, Seaford 11783 • (516) 541-1229 • www.mariareginaschool.org Open House: Thursday, January 22: 6:00pm - 8:00pm (Early Childhood focus); Sunday, January 25: 10:00am - noon; Tuesday, January 27: 10:00am to 11:00am
All Saints Regional Catholic School - Glen Cove 12 Pearsall Ave, Glen Cove 11542 • (516) 676-0762 • www.asrcatholic.org Open House: Sunday, January 25: 10:15am -1:15pm
St. William the Abbot School - Seaford 2001 Jackson Ave, Seaford 11783 • (516) 785-6784 • www.stwilliamtheabbot.net Early Childhood Presentation, Thursday, January 15: 7:00pm; Nursery, pre-K and K visitation, Wednesday, January 21: 9:00am - 10:00am; Open House: Sunday, January, 25: noon - 2:00pm
Holy Family School - Hicksville 25 Fordham Ave, Hicksville 11801 • (516) 938-3846 • www.hfsli.org Open House: Sunday, January 25: 11:30am (after Family Mass). By appt. during the week.
St. Edward The Confessor School - Syosset 2 Teibrook Ave, Syosset 11791 • (516) 921-7767 • www.stedwardconfessor.org Open House: Sunday, January 25: 11:00am - 1:00pm; Wednesday, January 25 by appt.
Our Lady of Mercy School - Hicksville 520 S Oyster Bay Rd, Hicksville 11801 • (516) 433-7040 • www.olmshicks.org Open House: Sunday, January 25: 11:45am-2:00pm
St. Martin De Porres Marianist School* - Uniondale 530 Hempstead Blvd, Uniondale 11553 • (516) 481-3303 • www.stmartinmarianist.org
Long Beach Catholic Regional School - Long Beach 735 W. Broadway, Long Beach 11561 • (516) 432-8900 • www.lbcrs.org Open House: Sunday, January 25: 11:00am - 12:30pm
Holy Name of Mary School - Valley Stream 90 South Grove St, Valley Stream 11580 • (516) 825-4009 • www.hnomschool.org Open House: Sunday, January 25: 11:30am - 1:00pm; Wednesday, January 28: 10:00am - 11:30am
Our Lady Of Peace School - Lynbrook 21 Fowler Ave, Lynbrook 11563 • (516) 593-4884 • www.olpschoollynbrook.org Open House: Sunday, January 25: 10:30am (after Family Mass); Monday, January 26, 9:30am - 10:45am (Nursery, Pre-K and K)
St. Brigid/Our Lady of Hope Regional School - Westbury 101 Maple Ave, Westbury 11590 • (516) 333-0580 • www.stbolh.org Open House: Sunday, January 25: 2:00pm - 3:30pm (meet in the school chapel); Tours: Monday, January 26 through Thursday, January 29: 10:30am
Our Lady of Lourdes School - Malverne 76 Park Blvd, Malverne 11565 • (516) 599-7328 • www.ollmalverne.org Open House: Sunday, January 25th: 10:30am - noon
St. Thomas the Apostle - West Hempstead 12 Westminster Rd, West Hempstead 11552 • (516) 481-9310 • www.stthomasschool.net Open House: Sunday January 25: 11:30am - 2:00pm; Monday January 26: 9:00am -11:00am, New Registration 6:00pm - 8:00pm
Our Lady of Grace Montessori* - Manhasset 29 Shelter Rock Rd, Manhasset 11030 • (516) 365-9832 • www.olgmanhasset.com St. Mary's Elementary School - Manhasset 1340 Northern Blvd, Manhasset 11030 • (516) 627-0184 • www.stmary11030.org Open House: Sunday, January 25: noon
St. Aidan School - Williston Park 510 Willis Ave, Williston Park 11596 • (516) 746-6585 • www.staidanschool.org Open House: Sunday, January 25: 10:00am - 12:30pm *Private Schools
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A place where values are learned and lived. Our schools prepare children for life’s journey. Strong spiritual values are a living part of a child’s daily activities at every Long Island Catholic elementary school. Your child is nurtured in a unique community environment where vital interaction with other children, families, and the parish reinforces enduring moral beliefs and a respect for others. Your child also gains the knowledge, skills, and self-esteem for future success in an innovative setting where academic rigor is enhanced by an array of cutting-edge learning resources. To learn more about Catholic Schools Week OpenHouses (1/25-31), and to find a school near you, call 516-678-5800 Ext. 258 or go to www.LICatholicElementarySchools.org
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The value of Catholic School Education BY D R E W BOGNER, PH.D.
Our 66th Summer!
If a college degree counts, Catholic schools deliver
Our 66th Summer!!
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ST. FRANCIS PREPARATORY SCHOOL
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At St. Francis Prep, we pride ourselves on our strong academic program. Students who come here know they will receive outstanding preparation for college; they know they will be challenged to achieve the best they can. A major component of our academic program is our strong core curriculum. Every student at St. Francis Prep takes a rigorous sequence of college preparatory courses. In addition, students have the opportunity to take advanced and specialty courses in every academic area. These include honors classes, Advanced Placement and college credit courses, and upper-level electives in art, business, computer science, music, and religion. This aspect is the greatest strength of the curriculum at St. Francis Prep: we offer a strong traditional academic core combined with the opportunity to pursue areas of special interest at a sophisticated level. Students and parents can find our full course book at the school web site: www.sfponline.org. As you look through the course book and the other materials on our web site, you will get a sense of the challenging and enriching courses you can look forward to taking as a student at St. Francis Prep. We do not track students at St. Francis Prep. Students may be enrolled in one or several honors classes. From year to year, there is much movement into and out of honors classes. After freshman year, selection for honors classes is based solely on achievement in classes taken here. Such a system rewards your hard work and allows for a great deal of flexibility.
The ideals of a Franciscan education are based on the Four Golden Links: our aim is to help students achieve the best they can in their intellectual, spiritual, physical, and social development. Our curricular and extra-curricular programs are designed to offer you many opportunities to challenge yourself, explore your strengths, and nurture your talents. We field junior varsity and varsity teams in just about every major sport. We also have an extensive intramural program. We sponsor about 100 clubs and activities, ranging from Model U.N. and Speech and Debate Team to language and culture clubs. Our award winning Science Research Program has yielded Intel Semifinalists for thirteen of the last fifteen years. This year two of our students Natalie Correa and Ariana Gopal have been awarded this prestigious honor for their research. We like to say there is something for everyone here. Our goal is for students to graduate from St. Francis Prep as well-rounded individuals ready for college and continued lifelong learning. If you choose to attend St. Francis Prep, you will become part of a rich tradition that extends back over 150 years. That tradition includes, of course, academic excellence. It also includes being part of a caring, active, spiritual community. It means availing yourself of the complexity and diversity of our extensive athletic, intramural, and extra-curricular programs. It means being challenged, supported, nurtured, and guided as you continue to grow and explore your many God-given talents. Look at our web site to find more information. You can call the school at 718-423-8810, ext. 229, for further information.
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Holy Child Academy – an independent Catholic School. Average class size is 15. French, Spanish, and Latin for every student. Music, art, and theater classes for every student. A beautiful, leafy, 14-acre campus. Physical education for all students every day – plus a wide assortment of interscholastic sports. State-of-the-art computer and science facilities.
Announcing the Kevin P. O’Sullivan Middle School!
25 Store Hill Road, Old Westbury, NY 11568 • (516) 626-9300 www.HolyChildAcademy.org
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Notre Dame School
For more than sixty years, Notre Dame School has been educating hearts and forming minds in New Hyde Park. Education must always be more than academics. While academic achievement is a fundamental goal of our school, it is not the only one. We follow the NYS Common Core curriculum and standards, but we also provide our children with memorable life experiences. Education is about the formation of persons, not merely providing them with information. Our moral obligation as Catholic educators is to encourage children to apply knowledge in ways that will make the world a better place. We commit ourselves to developing our studentsí intellectual gifts and fostering their spiritual growth. We promote the importance of putting the needs of others before our own immediate wants. Our faithfilled environment offers us the ability to put all of this together. We begin each morning by praying as a school community. Classes host monthly school liturgies at First Friday masses, as well as other prayer services in which the students are active participants. They can be readers, leaders of song, altar servers, or present the gifts at the altar. Special prayer services include our Thanksgiving service, Advent, Christmas pageant, Stations of the Cross in shadows, the Feast of the Epiphany and Lent. Our students come to us from a diverse range of cultures, beliefs and abilities. Those cultures and beliefs are respected and abilities supported or enriched. Our goal is to provide our students with the skills needed to succeed in a highly literate society, and then, as responsible faith-filled members of that society, to use those skills to create communities that actively promote social justice. Children of other faiths have the opportunity to share their beliefs as well. Our days are filled with many exciting activities and learning events. Learning does not just take place in one classroom. Our children enjoy a variety of ìspecialî classes. We have a full time Art teacher, Technology teacher, Physical Education/Health teacher and Librarian. We also offer Italian, Spanish and Music classes. Our hallways are beautifully decorated with studentsí artwork representing various artists and cultures. Our Physical Education teacher plays a variety of games, teaches important teambuilding skills and stresses good sportsmanship. Our Music teacher provides opportunities for children to freely express themselves through rhythm and movement which are incorporated in school-wide performances. Our stage lighting new sound system will certainly enhance our school productions! If students would like to continue their education and love of music, we offer band lessons through Paul Effman for grades three to eight. Our smallest students have a special playground just for them. Our students in Pre-K through grade 3 also have a special playground. We have an indoor play space for use in inclement weather. Thanks to the generosity of our school families, we are able to broadcast our morning announcements throughout the school! We have our very own closed circuit TV systemóIPTV! Our videoconferencing room has also been very busy! Students in all grades enjoy the experience of interacting with people all over the world. Lessons are enhanced through visits to museums, science labs and zoos. All parents are welcome to join us whenever their childís class has a conference scheduled. Each classroom has two new desktop computers. Our lab has been updated and we have a Mac station with laptops and iPod Touch players. We have 42 iPads available for small group or individual work. All classrooms, kindergarten to eight, are equipped with integrated SmartBoards. Early Childhood classes also have access to a SmartBoard in the video-conferencing room. Our building has wireless connectivity. We have many wonderful events and programs which we would like to share with you. We would love for you to see us ìin action.î Please feel free to call the school to schedule a tour. Caryn Flores Durkin Principal
Kara McCarthy Assistant Principal 25 Mayfair Road ! 516.354.5618 ! www.ndsnet.org
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