FOR BREAKING NEWS VISIT www.queenscourier.com OCTOBER 1, 2015 • BUZZ • THE QUEENS COURIER 59 1511/15 11/13/ANNUAUAU L ALL ARE WELCOME On Saturday, October 17th, St. Francis Prep will be hosting its annual Open House for prospective students. This year promises to be just as informative and exciting as years past. One of the most important parts of the Prep community is its extraordinary sense of family and belonging. Over the last few years, we have adopted the saying, “High School is for four years, the Prep is forever.” In addition to an incredibly rigorous, fluid, and vibrant academic program, students have countless clubs and activities which they can join. These include ethnic clubs that celebrate students’ heritages to special interest clubs like the Snow Club, or Ultimate Frisbee Club, to Faith Based Clubs, like the Franciscan Youth Movement. All these clubs and activities will be represented at Open House by student participants and faculty moderators. Prep has a storied Athletics legacy, including traditional sports like football and basketball, as well as unique sports and competitive activities such as Rugby and Dance. One of the “golden links” of a Franciscan education is the Physical, and our inclusive and supportive programs allow students to develop physically, as well as grow in their sense of teamwork, discipline, and respect. Thanks to the support of the Franciscan Brothers of Brooklyn and our Alumni, we opened our unmatched, state-of-the-art Fitness Training Center, which is available for our students to use throughout the day. Winston Churchill, when asked about cutting arts funding in favour of the war effort, simply replied “then what are we fighting for?” The Arts at Prep are second to none. Our Art Department, and the creativity of their students have been recognized by having their award winning work displayed at significant venues such as The Metropolitan Museum of Art through the auspices of The Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, and at the White House, through the The St. Francis Prep Chamber Orchestra, on tour in London, Summer 2014 Congressional Art Competition. Our Music Department was the first program ever to be recognized by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools by earning their Music Credential, which is aimed at recognizing only those schools with the most sophisticated programs and the highest goals in music education. Our elite ensembles toured London in 2014, and during the summer of 2016, will present concerts in Rome, and the home of Francis, our patron saint, Assisi. Academically, Prep has an extraordinary array of elective, Honors and Advanced Placement classes in every subject area. This is supported by a firm grounding in a core curriculum that prepare students for college and their lives as stewards of their society. Last year alone, Prep students earned over $134 million in merit scholarships to colleges and universities on over 30 states and 1 foreign country. Prep President Brother Leonard Conway, O.S.F., has been committed to ensuring Prep is able to offer state of the art facilities and resources for all of our students. This has included a complete upgrade of our infrastructure, including our HVAC and PA systems, an Art Education Center, an Athletic Center, and state-of-the-art, unrivaled Science Labs with full Smart technology integration, including Digital Microscopes, and Vernier Lab Quest interface systems. And if that weren’t enough, we have begun work on a Music facility to house our eleven ensembles, significant library holdings, as well as a full service studio. Faith is at the center of all that we do. Although our student body is 75% Catholic, we witness the charism of St. Francis in that all are welcome. Students from a myriad of faiths and cultures attend Prep, and all our students learn the importance of giving back to socity, helping those in need, and as Pope Francis has esposued, caring for creation. Prep is the only high school in the Brooklyn-Queens Diocese to have a full-time chaplain, and we have a well organized and energetic Campus Ministry team that organizes service opportunities here in New York and abroad. St. Francis said, “Start by doing what’s necessary; then do what’s possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” Prep has been doing what’s necessary for countless generations of young people for 156 years, and as such, has allowed our students to achieve the impossible. Please join us on Saturday, October 17th, 2015, beginning at 12 Noon for our Open House. For more information, please contact: The Admissions Office at the Prep at (718) 423-8810, x229, or admissions@sfponline.org Long Island City P artnership invites you to the: 2015 ANNUAL TRADE SHOW & LUNCHEON Long Island City Partnership ANNUAL TRADE SHOW & LUNCHEON TRADE SHOW 9AM-1PM 100+ exhibitors and thousands of attendees LUNCHEON 12:30PM-2PM 350+ business, government and community leaders KEYNOTE SPEAKER U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer HONOREES Jamestown, L.P., President Michael Phillips LIC YMCA, Executive Director Ebony Conley-Young ASTORIA WORLD MANOR 25-22 Astoria Blvd, LIC, NY Registration now open! Register at licpartnership.org/Tradeshow Discounts for early registration & LICP Members
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