46 The QUEE NS Courier • kids & education • JANUARY 31, 2013 for breaking news visit www.queenscourier.com s kids & education Photo Courtesy of Mary Bow Students help out after Sandy P.S. 41 raised $1,600 to donate to two Long Island families devastated by Sandy. The school’s “Fifth Grade Apprentice” group held a small assembly on December 20, 2012 to present the Fitch and Denardo families from Long Beach with gift cards and toys. There are seven children, including two sets of twins, in the Fitch family and three children, whose father is a Marine, in the Denardo family. ST. FIDELIS SHUTTING ITS DOORS BY MELISA CHAN [email protected] The final bell will soon ring for a Catholic elementary school in College Point, officials said. St. Fidelis School, at 124-06 14th Avenue, will close its doors for good in June after more than a century of serving the community, according to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn, which oversees Queens. “St. Fidelis School will be fully operational until the last day of school, continuing to provide a quality education,” said Monsignor Denis Heron, an administrator at the school. “We place our trust in God and ask His guidance as we move into the future. We ask your understanding and cooperation.” The nursery through eighth grade institution faced declining enrollment and increased operating BECOME A TEACHER and CHANGE THE WORLD and CHANGE THE WORLD costs, officials said in a statement. Enrollment at St. Fidelis dropped to 144 students this year from 242 five years ago, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn said. Parish schools in Brooklyn and Queens, who serve kindergarten through eighth grades, are identified as “atrisk” of closing when enrollment falls below 225 students. Diocese officials also said the parish, which opened in 1857, does not have “the financial resources to bridge the gap” between the $3,400 tuition per student and the actual $6,119 perpupil costs. Neighboring parishes will take in students from St. Fidelis, according to Thomas Chadzutko, superintendent of Schools for the Diocese of Brooklyn. Plans are also underway, Chadzutko said, to place faculty members seeking teaching jobs at another Catholic school in Brooklyn or Queens on priority lists. BECOME A TEACHER • M.S. IN EDUCATION AND SPECIAL EDUCATION • M.S. IN INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY • M.S. IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION • M.S. IN SCHOOL LEADERSHIP • M.S. IN TEACHING LITERACY • M.S. IN TESOL • CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS BECOME A TEACHER ������ CHANGE THE WORLD • M.S. IN EDUCATION AND SPECIAL EDUCATION • M.S. IN INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY • M.S. IN MATHEMATICS EDUCATION • M.S. IN SCHOOL LEADERSHIP • M.S. IN TEACHING LITERACY • M.S. IN TESOL • CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS > EDUCATION AND SPECIAL EDUCATION > INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY > MATHEMATICS EDUCATION > SCHOOL LEADERSHIP > TEACHING LITERACY > TESOL > CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS COURSES AVAILABLE ONLINE AND AT THESE LOCATIONS: Brooklyn • Bronx • Manhattan • Queens • Staten Island • Bay Shore, Long Island COURSES AVAILABLE ONLINE COURSES AND AVAILABLE AT THESE ONLINE LOCATIONS:AND AT THESE LOCATIONS: Brooklyn • Bronx • Manhattan Brooklyn • Queens • Bronx • Staten • Manhattan Island •• Queens Bay Shore,• Long Island Staten Island • Bay Shore, Long Island • Evening and Sunday Classes • Affordable tuition • Financial Aid available for those who qualify Accepting Applications for Summer 2013 Classes CALL FOR AN APPOINTMENT: 1-888-TOURO-02 FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT:www.touro.edu/gseinfo INFORMATION SESSIONS FOR 2013 CLASSES BROOKLYN CAMPUS �� 946 Kings Highway �� Brooklyn, NY Tuesday, November 6 BAY SHORE CAMPUS �� 1700 Union Boulevard �� Bay Shore, NY Wednesday, November 7 MANHATTAN CAMPUS �� 43 West 23rd Street �� New York, NY Thursday, November 8 All sessions will be held from 6:00 – 7:30 pm, sign in begins at 5:45 pm. • Evening and Sunday Classes • Affordable tuition • Financial Aid available for those who qualify • Evening and Sunday Classes • Affordable tuition • Financial Aid available for those who qualify CALL FOR AN APPOINTMENT: 1-888-TOURO-02 FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT: www.touro.edu/gseinfo CALL FOR AN APPOINTMENT: 1-888-TOURO-02 FOR MORE INFORMATION, VISIT: www.touro.edu/gseinfo Touro College is an Equal Opportunity Institution Scan to RSVP REGISTER AT ���������������������������������������������������������������������������� Touro College is an Equal Opportunity Institution Touro College is an Equal Opportunity Institution
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