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St. Brigid Academy gets new facilities
BY MAX PARROTT
MPARROTT@SCHNEPSMEDIA.COM
@RIDGEWOODTIMES
Auxiliary Bishop James Massa,
vicar of education for the
Brooklyn Diocese, blessed
the new STEM Lab, playground and
renovated auditorium at St. Brigid-St.
Frances Cabrini Catholic Academy on
Tuesday, Sept. 10.
The diocese added new science
infrastructure and other upgrades
after it announced last year that St.
Frances Cabrini Catholic Academy
and St. Brigid Catholic Academy,
two Catholic schools in Bushwick,
would be merging as a result of
declining enrollment at both sites.
This fall, the student population
from St. Frances Cabrini moved to
the St. Brigid building, bringing
the K through eighth grade enrollment
to 230 students, up from
150 students at St. Brigid alone
last year.
The new STEM room’s lab equipment
have been a hit with the
students.
“The STEM lab is actually cool,”
said 6th grade Ridgewood resident
Javier Hernandez, who described an
experiment his class performed in
the room that allowed them to learn
Auxiliary Bishop James Massa (center) with students from St. Brigid-St. Frances Cabrini Academy on the Ridgewood/
Bushwick border in Brooklyn on Sept. 10. Photo: Max Parrott/QNS
about the root systems of plants.
“I like to think Catholic education
is where faith and science come together,”
said Massa before blessing
the new room with holy water. “In
science and laboratories, we get to
explore and investigate the wonders
of God’s creation.”
The diocese also was able to repaint
the auditorium and install new
windows, in addition to purchasing
a new brightly colored playground
set outside. Funding for the new
infrastructure came from the Seton
Foundation.
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