Serving first as a social studies and religion teacher at Hayes beginning in 1971, he later also became a guidance counselor, before taking over as principal in 2008.

The Good Newsroom got a behind-the-scenes look at John S. Burke Catholic High School, one of the archdiocese’s top-performing high schools.

The study, grounded in the National Standards and Benchmarks for Effective Catholic Elementary and Secondary Schools (NSBECS), evaluated the overall health and future viability of every Catholic elementary school in the archdiocese.

“It’s been nine years since the last time Stepinac won a championship,” said Head Coach Matt Hogan, now in his 14th year.

The event honored the Fund’s first cohort of scholarship recipients and welcomed students, their families, alumni, former faculty, and invited guests from the Archdiocese of New York.