FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.queenscourier.com SEPTEMBER 25, 2014 • CATHOLIC SCHOOL • THE QUEENS COURIER 55 President’s Reception for Holy Cross High School Hall of Fame Honorees On Tuesday evening, September 16, 2014, an informal reception was hosted by Father Walter Jenkins, Ed.D., C.S.C. for this year’s Holy Cross High School Hall of Fame honorees. The inductees include Anthony Biscione ’75, Senior Deputy Superintendent of Schools, Diocese of Brooklyn; Brother James Branigan, C.S.C., President, Notre Dame High School, West Haven, Connecticut and former Principal, Holy Cross High School; Vincent Calcagno, CPA ’90, Partner, KPMG; Robert Discolo, CFA ’79, former Managing Director and Head of Hedge Fund Investments, AIG Investments; Frank Kestler, D.D.S. ’74; Joseph Marinello, CCFC, CCSOTS ’59, Counselor/Case Coordinator/ Vocational Rehabilitation Specialist, Carolinas HealthCare System; Frank Orzo ’64, former President, LT Online Corporation and Vice President, Mitratech Holdings, Inc.; Mary Pollini, Holy Cross faculty and Chair of the Math Department; Dr. Jean Simon, P.T. ’90, JDS Rehabilitation Medicine and Physical Thereapy. The Saint André Medal, named for Saint André Bessette, a Brother of the Congregation of Holy Cross, will be awarded to Monsignor Steven J. Aguggia, J.C.L. ’79, Pastor of St. Margaret Church in Middle Village, Queens, for his contribution Father Walter Jenkins, Ed.D., C.S.C., President, Holy Cross High School; Mary Pollini, faculty and Chair, Math Department; Mark Mongelluzzo, Esq. ’92; Dennis Lyons, faculty. to the mission of Holy Cross High School in making God known, loved and served through Christian education. The school’s Cross and Anchor Award honoree is Main Street Radiology, in recognition of their many contributions to the school and the community-at-large. The Hall of Fame Induction and Dinner will be held on Saturday evening, November 15, 2014 at Immaculate Conception Center in Douglaston, Queens. Holy Cross HigH sCHool ADVERTORIAL Educating the minds and hearts of young men for leadership, service and success. Holy Cross High School Unveils Five-Year Strategic Plan Father Walter Jenkins, President of Holy Cross High School, presented a five-year strategic plan for Holy Cross High School at the first Board of Directors meeting on September 17, 2014. The 2014-2019 comprehensive plan, the work of a three year process of reflection, consultation and research, is the result of the many conversations Father Jenkins had with faculty, staff, students, parents and alumni since his appointment in 2011. These laid the groundwork for a Strategic Planning Survey that was conducted last Spring, taking into account the challenges the school faced and capitalizing on its strengths. Students were surveyed separately on issues that mattered most to them: academic programs, student life, clubs, organizations and sports. And, most importantly, the plan had to incorporate the school’s mission and maintain its Christian identity. The concept to establish a Catholic high school for boys in New York was conceived on the campus of Notre Dame University in the early 1940’s by the Brothers of the Congregation of Holy Cross. Since its doors opened in 1955, the school has remained true to its mission of embracing students who reflect social and economic diversity, nurturing and promoting their spiritual, intellectual, creative, social and psychological growth and development. In spearheading this strategic plan and its initiatives, Father Walter sought to integrate the Congregation’s centuries-old philosophy of Catholic education with a curriculum designed to stimulate interest, intellectual curiosity and creativity in the boys of today. “A worthy and careful course is one that includes a healthy respect and renewal of tradition, and one that reads the signs of the times in order to embrace the future.” “This is an ambitious undertaking,” Father Jenkins conceded, “but one which we believe is achievable through the dedication and spirit of the Holy Cross community. We are deeply grateful to God, our Brothers, our faculty, staff and alumni for all that we’ve been given and we move forward in hope.” Holy Cross HigH sCHool ADVERTORIAL Educating the minds and hearts of young men for leadership, service and success. 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