Students in Catholic elementary and high schools encounter God through in their prayer, their coursework, their social activities, and in each other. Read stories of how students, teachers, and parents in Catholic Schools are Lighting the Way.
Technology helping Butler Catholic preschoolers
New technology is helping Butler Catholic students from preschool to Grade 8 to be prepared for the future.
Learning & growing
It takes a village to raise a child, as the saying goes, or, in the case of Saint Gabriel of the Sorrowful Virgin Catholic School, some help from the neighbors.
Regional schools’ successes
Keeping students safe and learning in school remains a priority this year, but the board president of the North Hills Regional Catholic Elementary Schools sees another big challenge—engaging the community.
Sharing values and a new future
Merging elementary schools is never simple, especially in the midst of a pandemic. But teachers, students and parents at the new Ave Maria Academy are rising to the occasion.
Celebrating Our Lady of the Rosary Feast Day
What a sight in the sky near near Archangel Gabriel Catholic School in Robinson earlier today! Students and teachers were outside, praying below a balloon rosary to celebrate the annual feast day of Our Lady of the Rosary.
A sports season unlike any other
In classrooms and gymnasiums and on playing fields, Catholic students are cooperating with new health and safety protocols, while understanding there are no guarantees in the age of COVID.
Keeping students safe and learning
Students are learning an unexpected lesson as they work with their teachers and parents to receive a quality Catholic education during the coronavirus pandemic.
Back to school, 2020
On September 8, 2020, Catholic elementary students stepped back inside classrooms across the Diocese of Pittsburgh for the first time in nearly six months.
School miracle amid COVID-19
Like many principals, Ed Sharbaugh was struggling to fill classrooms and pay bills in the midst of a pandemic. Then a miracle happened.
Committed to Catholic education
Through changes and challenges, Lauren Little’s commitment to quality Catholic education has never wavered.
Catholic schools are a family affair
Through changes and challenges, Lauren Little’s commitment to quality Catholic education has never wavered.
Renamed school “taking flight, bold in the spirit”
More than a century after a Catholic elementary school in New Castle first welcomed students and 70 years after it reopened, educators and faith leaders are ready for another new beginning.
Teachers, parents ‘doing an amazing job’
Their dining room has turned into a classroom. Mornings are spent online, learning lessons about math, reading and vocabulary. And the family’s fervent faith is helping them through challenging times.