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08.03.2009 11:37 am

Marian Middle School opens a fifth grade, gets $175K from U.S. Dept. of Justice

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Marian Middle School, a private Catholic school for girls from low-income families, has added a fifth grade.

The school’s first class of 15 fifth graders will start tomorrow.

Marian, at 4130 Wyoming Street in St. Louis City, is now full, with 20…

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06.16.2009 3:39 pm

Loyola Academy loses leader

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Kevin Lee, president of Loyola Academy of St. Louis, said he has accepted a position with St. John’s Mercy Foundation and will be leaving Loyola at the end of the month.

Lee has guided Loyola, the Jesuit middle school for high-achieving…

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06.16.2009 2:15 pm

Today and Tomorrow Educational Foundation names Kevin Short president

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Longtime Catholic education leader and volunteer Kevin Short has been elected president of the tuition-assistance nonprofit The Today and Tomorrow Educational Foundation.

The foundation gives scholarships to parish school students from poor families throughout the region. Since its start 19 years…

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04.15.2009 1:18 pm

St. Joseph’s Academy girls let down their hair

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

More than 120 high school girls lopped inches off their locks last week at the all-girls St. Joseph’s Academy in Frontenac, and then donated roughly 90 feet of hair to benefit children with cancer.

The girls…

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02.13.2009 3:23 pm

St. Francis chief likes the KIPP charter school

St. Louis Post-Dispatch
St. Francis de Sales Oratory southern skyline in south St. Louis, courtesy of www.traditionfortomorrow.com

St. Francis de Sales Oratory. Photo by Mark Scott Abeln

Wanted to make sure the marriage between St. Francis de Sales Oratory and the much-loved national charter school network KIPP was a comfortable union.

Seems it is.

Here’s a quick note from Canon Michael Wiener…

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01.13.2009 11:35 am

Bishop DuBourg High School booming, not closing

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Last week, we got a tip that Bishop DuBourg High School, in south St. Louis, was threatened with closure.

That is the farthest thing from the truth, several Catholic leaders told me this week. In fact, DuBourg is booming, said school…

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