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Celebrate Catholic Schools Week 2022!

Posted: January 10, 2022

 

Visit our 2022 Catholic Schools Week web page for more information and marketing tips and ideas!

Schedule of Daily Themes for CSW

  • January 30 (Sunday):  Celebrating Your Parish
  • January 31 (Monday):  Celebrating Your Community
  • February 1 (Tuesday):  Celebrating Your Students
  • February 2 (Wednesday):  Celebrating the Nation
  • February 3 (Thursday):  Celebrating Vocation
  • February 4 (Friday):  Celebrating Faculty, Staff, and Volunteers
  • February 5 (Saturday):  Celebrating Families

Young Audiences Creativity Consultant Project

Posted: January 3, 2022

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High School Placement Cards

Posted: December 9, 2021

High School Placement Cards are completed in January and June.  Please send your initial eighth grade placement cards by January 15 to the Assistant Principal for Academic Affairs of the Archdiocesan High School the student intends to attend.  If the student is undecided, the cards should go to the local Archdiocesan High School.  Placement cards for students attending private and public high schools are sent to the Office of Catholic Education in June only.  Thank you.

Presentation BVM Thanksgiving

Posted: December 9, 2021

 

Presentation BVM Thanksgiving

Presentation BVM Thanksgiving – 2021

 

Recently our school community came together to celebrate and give thanks for all God has given us this year. The Kindergarten and Honors Math students lead us in telling the story of the Pilgrims and Native Americans and how they thanked God for everything He gave them to survive in the world. Students from each grade then helped place leaves and pictures onto a tree of gratitude showing what our school community is thankful for each and every day.

Great Opportunity!! Barnes Art Adventures – Grades 5-8

Posted: November 3, 2021

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Questions?  Here are some answers.

CAR Has Come to Pres!

Posted: October 20, 2021
Presentation BVM - CAR

Presentation BVM – CAR

 

CAR (which stands for Creative Arts Rotation) is a new piece in the curriculum at Presentation BVM School. The inspiration for CAR came from the students! The teachers knew that the students wanted to participate in more after school activities but due to outside commitments and lack of transportation, were not able to.

After some brainstorming, the teachers came up with the CAR initiative. CAR allows every student at Pres to participate in these after school activities, but during school hours! For one hour every Friday, students throughout the building can be seen baking, learning life skills, creating various art projects, participating in Book Club, and more! Each trimester the students will begin a new CAR program which ensures that they will be able to get as many new and enriching experiences as possible.

We are looking forward to tackling this new adventure this year and hope the students love it as much as the teachers do!

2022-2023 Secretary Grant Registration Now Open!

Posted: October 4, 2021

The Office of Catholic Elementary (OCE) is proud to provide the Secretary Grant as a resource to support our elementary school teachers who have children that attend an Archdiocesan elementary school. Please note the list below for guidelines and qualifications:

  • One parent/guardian must be employed full-time as an Archdiocesan elementary and/or early childhood school teacher at the time of submission of the application and continue to be employed in the 2022-2023 school year.
  • The child/children must attend an Archdiocesan elementary (not early childhood) school in the 2022-2023 school year.
  • The grant is applied toward elementary school tuition.
  • The grant  is based on the number of applicants and the calculated need of each applicant, so award amounts may vary.
  • The application process is a two-part process, as follows:
    1. Completion of the Secretary Grant Application. (This will determine the eligibility of the applicant.)
    2. Completion of the FACTS Application. (This will determine the amount of the scholarship.)

Please retain a copy of your confirmation for each application filed.

The deadline for submitting the application December 31, 2021. No applications will be accepted after this point. OCE is working to streamline the Secretary Grant process, as we understand that it has been confusing in the past. As we move forward, if you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to us: cjennings@archphila.org

Monthly Messenger – October 2021

Posted: October 4, 2021

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CONGRATULATIONS to Our Blue Ribbon Schools!!

Posted: September 22, 2021
This year we are proud to announce the following Archdiocese of Philadelphia Elementary Schools that have received national recognition for receiving the National Blue Ribbon Schools Award:

St. Andrew School – Newtown PA

St. Mary Catholic School – Schwenksville PA

St. Norbert School – Paoli PA

St. Ignatious of Antioch – Yardley PA

The U.S. Secretary of Education recognizes National Blue Ribbon Schools based on their overall academic excellence, or for making progress in improving student academic achievement levels. Created in 1982, the National Blue Ribbon Schools award honors public and private elementary, middle, and high schools where students perform at very high levels or where significant improvements are being made in students’ levels of achievement.
Here is more information regarding Middle States Accreditation and the Blue Ribbon Award.

Monthly Messenger – September 2021

Posted: September 1, 2021

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