What could you do without barriers in the way? Run a marathon if you had time to train? Finish the book you’ve wanted to read if you rearranged your schedule? What about your education? If you had the right resources, could you perform better in school? That last is the …

By Tyler Arnold Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Oct 20, 2023 / 13:00 pm After shutting down its Department of Catholic Schools in June amid ongoing tension about policies related to gender ideology, the Archdiocese of Portland has launched a new office focused on bringing diocesan schools more fully into the Church’s mission …

Mercy McAuley High School aims to instill key core values in its students, and evidence indicates it is succeeding. During Lent, the school’s campus ministry sponsored a contest among homerooms to collect the most layettes (a bag of necessities for newborn babies) to donate to Pregnancy Center West. The students …

The groundbreaking event for what will be the only faith-based, scholarship-funded elementary school (grades 3 – 8) in Bond Hill, the Xavier Jesuit Academy, is set for 11 – 11:30 a.m., Wednesday, Sept. 13 at the site of the former St. Agnes School on the campus of the Church of …

By Daniel Payne Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Sep 9, 2023 / 05:00 am Few young people can claim to have distinctly felt the healing touch of God or to have survived major bouts of serious cancer. Fewer still can say they’ve launched a foundation meant to help other young cancer survivors as …

Cincinnati, Ohio, September 7, 2023– Saint Ursula Academy is excited to introduce Kathy Restle as SUA’s new Principal. A search committee unanimously selected Mrs. Restle, who assumed her new role on August 1, 2023. Kathy Restle comes with more than 23 years of experience in education and high school administration …

By Kary Ellen Berger In sports and similar matchups, there is typically a winner and loser by event’s end. But in the game of life, with God as the center, everyone wins. This is evident with St. Xavier High School’s team chaplain program. The 11 team chaplains are St. Xavier …

If you looked in St. Gertrude School’s windows on their service day last year, you would have seen elementary students bustling about the room, creating welcome cards to Afghan refugees. The reason? A partnership between Catholic schools and Catholic Charities of Southwestern Ohio (CCSWO). Mary Anne Bressler is the Parish …

By Daniel Payne Washington D.C., Jul 12, 2023 / 08:21 am A new national survey shows students in the United States are still struggling to make up learning loss experienced over the course of the COVID-19 crisis. The report this week from NWEA examined test scores from nearly 7 million elementary and …

I am more able to listen to my daughter.” “We talk more instead of arguing.” “He’s nicer to me and tells me he loves me randomly.” These real observations came from parents who participated in Catholic Charities of Southwest Ohio’s (CCSWO) Parent Project. Parenting the best-behaved child can be a …