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THE :,ACADEMY" OF .". . dioeese, jMi\ "awards GIlegen- . THE' ,S·~C_ED ,HEARTS :'.":~~~i~~r~~Jill~i~:se:le:v: :~::. ..: . '.",' . ' :. jects. The' educational. progra.:· ".: ,:..,.Fall. 'Ii.ver,.:'." ,.. ,'. isneeds:ofthe 'geared' ·to 'meet ·the .varioUII, . students, preparing',·
THE ANCHOR-Diocese of' Fall River-Thurs. Jan. 27, 1966 .
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. O~Saturday m:orning, Fe,b. '5, c'ager eighth grade boys and. girls will converge from all parts of the diocese on the various. high schools to'take the en-trance examination for the next school year. .Thert In:ay be s~me anxious mo~ents during the coming weeks for many of these youngsters as they await the results ,
of the tests which will be used together with other ,information in determining 'who will be selected' for .next fall's .. . iresh~anC1asse~. 'Past weeks h~veseen .them. visiting high schools and discus.. sing with teachers alid· parents their plans fore-next year. By now they have made their' choice. There remains only ' ... the e~an"lination and final application. The Fall River Diocese is indeed for tunate to have so many fine high schools. Twelve schools in the major cities of the diocese are already carry ing on the work of Catholic secondary education. This Fall a new one will·' begin. ' . There are three schools for' boys' only: Coyle in Taunton, and Prevost and the new Bishop Connolly High in Fall River. SeveraJ schools are for girls only: Dominican, Jesus Mary, Sacred' Hearts and Mount Saint Mary Academies in Fall River, as' well ,as' Bishop Cassidy' ,High 'in Taunton and Sa:cr~d Hearts Academy. jn Fairhaven. . . There are also four co~educati~na1.high schools in the dio-' cese:)3ishop ~ Feehan in A~tleboro, Bishop Stang in North Dart- . mouth,' and Holy Family and Saint Anthony's in New Bedforq. .. Nearly ,five tho~sand' boys and girls' will.' be attending . Ca,tholic- high schools:in oul:' diocese this' Fall. . While the' course~offer~d the 'different high schools vary .with the particular goals'. of the school and the interests of the students, a core curriculum prepared by committees of teachers working under the directi6n;of Rev. Patrick J. O'Neill, Super~ intendent of. Diocesan Schools,. is offered to all. This consists of a' basic background in English,relfgion, s~ience,. histOry,· mathe . matics, languages' 'alld the fine arts. In addition, many schools offer electives .in . bU,siness subjects, " advanced. science, social st:udies, music~ .art, an.9 hpme ecortpmics, as well as a host of .extra.,.curricul:ir activities.. . . '. . . Graduates from every oneo£' the high 'schools of the dioc,ese have ,distinguished themselves in 'every 'kind of ende~vor,· rang.;'~ . ing fr<;>m the religious life.to the l:>lisiQesS: .wo·dd, from the profes sions to the military. . . The.. people of the. diocese ':who, ha~e 'builtarid 's~pported' these ,sch~ls .hav~' ~v.er,y~e~son to ':be.prou9. 9£ their gradll~tes . :arid ,:tq' be grateful to ·'the de.dicated,men· and:women. who staff;
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.." 'in: this h~ppy 'pic~u~e: ~f ~o';d~~y ~d~c~ti~n, in ~~r. dioc~se·· ':~her~::is ol;tly ,o~e .~h~d<>#,:;:~il;,spi,te: ~t'~ ·~,O~st4h,~IY'.'ex:p:~rid.inge9~- ...,:: . c:ttiOl)at system .there ': still ,is. liot. ~nq:ugh;r0;61n .' in. all. of. ' our, . ,s<;ohools ,foranl·the .b.~ys:~p~, girlsiVbo>~r(>uldJik,eto attend ·the.J;ri~ :'. ,'- 'Ne~ri;~very Sch®l:wi~l h:~veto,s~le·ct· .. Sc'hoois· are ~eklng ohly' those stud~nts'
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f~r colle~e,. or for a careel' from Fall River' and the neigh- m busmess, nursmg, or techno). boririg a.rea bave beel!: ~limbi~g 01Y. Ab~ve all,. ho~ever,. t~i! the hill' at Linden and Prospect pr~paratlon is, for Cbnstlaa streets to reach the Academy of IiVlDg everywhere. thfiSacred Hearts.. This year 374 teenagers come under the guidance of the Sisters of' the . .. .
. Holy Union of. the Sacr~d ;Hearts , whose main apostolate is to make
of these young persons intellec tually tr1l1ned, healthy, gracious '
and' responsible individuals who· . Dominican Academy, a privat•
are keenly aware'of their super-" school for·girls conducted bf'
· natural destiny and that of their the Dominican Sisters, was ea . tablished.' in '1895. The. purpose neighbor. " Since 1941 the New England for which the Academy existl Association of Colleges and Sec- is to give its students a tru~ ondary Schools, ~he principal ....C hristian education to hel, accrediting 'agencyin New En them prepare for happy succes~ gland, has certified that S.H.A. luI living in this world, and has' met the high standards of eternal happiness hereafter. that association. To implement this aim, the Today 22 'highly qualified r,e school offers a wen-balanced ligious and 'lay teachers make program of curricular arid extra up the faculty. Also on the staff curricular activities, designed to is Msgr. John H. Hackett, vice meet the varying needs of all "" chancellor of' the -Fall River . students. diocese; who, despite his busy' The faculty numbers 18 reli- schedule, teaches two classes of gious and three lay teachers.. senior religion and serves as Following the Diocesan program chaplain for the school. of studies, course-offerings in .The courses at S.H,A. are clude subjects of a college pre. designed to discover and to de parato-ry nature as well as those velop the talents of the pupils providing terminal education: ill and to. prepare them for higher secretarial science. ' 'education and advance~ent. In The cirriculum includes four the first two years students fol- years of religion, English; sci Iowa basic liberal arts program: ence, social studies, mathemat religion, English, mathematics, ies, 'French and Latin; two yeaN World History., science, a foreign, of shorthand and typing: one "language, music and art... year of bookkeeping and' office Classes are grouped homogen, practice; also, electives in music eously so that each student may and ,art. do her best by proceeding at her Extra-curricular activities in own rate. In the third and·fourth clude the Sodality of Our Lad~t years courses are largely elec the opportunity of an· annual tives. retreat, Nation Honor Society. ". Extra-curricular activities in student co'uncil, science' fair ae clude Sodality, debating, public tivities, glee club, .orchestra, speaking, journalism, glee club, 'choir, athletic association, intra-' orchestra, ceramics, dances or mural, programs .in .basketball, ganized by the Seventeeners volleyball, and bowling, and in ·Club, socials, concerts and lec terscholastic basketball and vol tures. The school also has an ac leyball in· the Bristol CountJ' tive chapter 'of the National . Girls' League. Honor Society. ,Dominican. is a small school A program of physical fitness . (enroll~ent under 300 pupils)• includes intra-mural volleyball, . To this fact may be attributed bas\j:etball, archery, stunts and ,the friendly and relaxed ~ tumbling. S.H.A; is a member, of mospherethat is so dear to fae ·the Bristol County Girls' Ath .ulty, students and alumnae alike• letic League.
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FedI River
JESUS 'MARY
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"HOLY FAMILY 'HIGH SCHOOL· ,, , New,' Bedford
. j-esu~ Mary Acad~my is a high , .schc,>ol·for.. gir!s ;lb.l~. tOa~cO~~ .( . ~ .. . : modate 250 students.. It is~t~~~ _ , . IIi . 1~4, .the late Rt'., R!,~ ·by the :Rellgi.ous. of 'jes~s arid: ' ~ugh. J ..S~y.th ~stablish~(f ~he ','Mary, 'whose: aim ',1':1 edl,1cati,oil, .1I01y ,. Fa~.l1y ..High School '" set their ·Foundr.~ss; .: !l~cce~sor, o.f Samt;J.~ph's Hi,~ · 'Mother'Mary Ignathis,'.a'· centui'y' ;' :Sch®~ .WhICh . pad exi8t~d f.roM .anda 'half'ag~"To:form$ouls ' .. 1883 ~o ..19Q2•. Holy' Fam,lly. flip " 'fc>r .heaven,';" This'· is a:precious: .S ch0 91' IS ~ .. p'ar~sh )Ugh sc~ool heritage! ;,v.'hich: r~mainS ail' chal- . l!ttached, ~oSt..Lawrence parish, 'lerigfng, no~ as it wag: "then;. ' - : '!>.\jt '~rVil.lg· ~tl)er parish!ls ':01. . 'In the 'pursuit of this' ideal, ' . th~ CIty of.Ne~Bed(ord as w:cn. · the school-takes into acco'unt'not" 'It it, staff~d. by .'the pioneer only some .pf. thone who wil~. apply,:·-SacI~y., " .. of superior ability, or only, those who cali only'the spiritual and moral-de- teachi.ng 'or~~r Qf th.e' diocese, the administrations will~ inform .the··' obtain g60d grades. it. is the fond' wish' veiopment' 'of' each individual the Sl~ters .of Merey :who caine others that thercLis no morer®~; t~f 'oi every Catholic educator that he might· but the iiltellectual;physical and' !o, !"Je~ Bedford: in 1873 at . the . they· cannot be accepted. Most people in .accept 'every ·boy and' girl' who applies. the social as "well. It tries to . InVItatIOn of Fr.. Lawrence Me- . · impress Upon the students that Mahon. The' Sisters· of Merey 'business would be 'delighted if their proOnly when the space. runs out; only when· duct was.so desirable that customers, had there is no more room 'must principals ,they' must lose : themselves .In ". were founded in Dublin, Ireland, to be turned away..We educatorS are .only . reluctantly perform that unwelcome task something . greater than them-" in 1831, by, Mother Catherine saddened. Teachers ;indo administrators of deciding' which' students his· sch®l selves, and that they never ,will :McAuley..Her aim was to traill would like to be able to take every boy" ·will best be. able to serve: And even then, be happy 'unless they strive for' Sisters to instruct the youth 011 and girl who applies to their' school, ,yet ,his final decision will be based ,not only . the' happiness of others. Ireland. Since its foundation; the ·they must of~en rcply that· there' is no" on the results of Saturday's examination; The immediate aim of the Institute. has spread to all partl! room; but on the recommendation of the ele school curriculum is to train the of the world, and its members intellect to habits of clear ·th,ink al'e engaged in teaching at aU 'In determining which students will be mentary school teachers and on many ing which will tend to a reasQl1ed . levels from kinder.garten .. accepted, soine evidence of. future suc':" .other factors. The following descriptions attitw;le'in the face of disruptive gradu~te· :school, and also· ia cess' in high school is soughL F6rthis of our' thirteen' high schools in the dio influences and .propaganda., conducting hospitals. reason the entrance ',examiriations" '~'re "cesewill'help··both parents" and children' . The students. are taught that .. T!'te subjects offered at· Ho~ given, 'elementary' grades are obtaliied;' ; to become aCCIl;lainted' with, the ~ariety true education is not a mere: ac,.· -Family High School"· prepare - and. the principals painstaia~gly'schect o~ course~ .provlded, aswell.a~ WIth, the ',cumulation of facts and'figures,' ,both" boys. and girls col.lege, -those "youhgsters! who' ·they' fe~f "';Yili -' rIch: tradltions;they 'all share' m prepar-,
· but ,lhe,., development· 'of . solid '.' business 'and·. ',other, future, en '. profit' nlos'tfi-oin atten'aing'tH~!h~schoo~:':'.in.g .boys: and '~irl!!cto take' their'"pl~ce in ;..
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