34 THE QUEENS COURIER • CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK • JANUARY 25, 2018 FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT WWW.QNS.COM
Catholic Schools Week
Help Catholic schools by investing in ‘Futures in Education’
BY MCGEORGE SORENSEN
For many families across Brooklyn
and Queens, sending their children to
a Catholic grammar school may be an
impossible task because they have low
incomes and cannot aff ord the yearly tuition,
which runs into thousands of dollars
annually.
Th at’s where Futures in Education
comes in.
Th e nonprofi t organization operated
by the Diocese of Brooklyn and Queens
holds all kinds of fundraisers each year
to help parents across the diocese aff ord
a Catholic education for their children.
Futures in Education also establishes
partnership with private donors and
organizations to enable schools to have
updated curriculums and the proper tools
needed to educate their students, and
to assist teachers in refi ning their craft
through training programs.
Th ere are a litany of ways private
donors can contribute to Catholic education
through the Futures in Education.
One way is the “Be an Angel to a Student”
Program, in which an individual can
help cover the cost of a Catholic school
student’s tuition every year starting at
$1,500. Angels also get to know the students
they are helping by exchanging
notes, cards and drawings; all Angels
receive progress reports on how they’re
students are performing in class.
Each Angel gets to meet their students
at the Angel Reception, an annual celebration
held by Futures in Education.
Th e Angels are also invited to attend
school plays, recitals and graduation ceremonies.
“We continue to be hard at work ensuring
that every deserving family requesting
fi nancial tuition assistance receives it
through our Be an Angel to a Student and
other scholarship programs,” Msgr. Jamie
Gigantiello, vicar for development for the
Diocese of Brooklyn, said in a December
2016 letter. “However, it is not enough
to look back on only the successes of the
year. Instead, we must also focus on those
students who we were unable to assist and
fi nd additional donors willing to join us
in support of this cause.”
During the 2015-16 school year, Futures
in Education doled out more than $7 million
in scholarships to 4,873 students.
Futures in Education also works to connect
Catholic grammar school alumni
with their alma maters, and young executives
Photo via Facebook/Futures in Education
to schools around the diocese, to
further increase support for Catholic education.
Individual donations of any amount, as
always, are also accepted.
To learn more about the Futures in
Education program, or to contribute to
the cause, visit www.futuresineducation.
org.
Queens’ Catholic High Schools
Archbishop Molloy High
Msgr. McClancy Memorial
School
High School
83-53 Manton St.
71-06 31st Ave.
Briarwood, NY 11435
East Elmhurst, NY 11370
718-441-2100
718-898-3800
www.molloyhs.org
www.msgrmcclancy.org
Cathedral Preparatory
St. Agnes Academic High School
Seminary
13-20 124th St.
56-25 92nd St.
College Point, NY 11356
Elmhurst, NY 11373
718-353-6276
718-592-6800
www.stagneshs.org
www.cathedralprep.org
St. Francis Preparatory
Christ the King Regional
High School
High School
6100 Francis Lewis Blvd.
68-02 Metropolitan Ave.
Fresh Meadows, NY 11365
Middle Village, NY 11379
718-423-8810
718-366-7400
www.sfponline.org
www.ctkny.org
St. John’s Preparatory
Holy Cross High School
High School
26-20 Francis Lewis Blvd.
21-21 Crescent St.
Flushing, NY 11358
Astoria, NY 11105
718-886-7250
718-721-7200
www.holycrosshs.org
www.stjohnsprepschool.org
The Mary Louis
Academy
176-21 Wexford Terrace
Jamaica Estates, NY 11432
718-297-2120
Photo via Facebook/Archbishop Molloy High School
www.tmla.orgoy High School
83-53 Manton St.
Briarwood, NY 11435
718-441-2100
www.molloyhs.org