Cathedral High School                                                Celebrating 100 Years of Excellence!

    Cathedral students demonstrate their love of learning through their interest in extracurricular programs as well as through the recognition and awards they receive.

Below are some highlights from the 2004 - 2005 school year!

 
     Our Student Council officers were busy this year raising funds for various charities:

          - "Cap Day”, in which the students donated $1  in order to wear a cap to school
             for the day raised $500 for Juvenile Cancer Research.

          -  Our Thanksgiving Food Drive to a tremendous success as we collected over 3,000
              non-perishable food items that were donated to the needy.

          -  Our Annual Technology Walk-a-thon raised more than $20,000 for new laptops,
              white boards, and computer software.

          -  “Toys for tots” netted 12 large cartons of new toys and stuffed animals for
               underprivileged children in our city. The U.S. Marines were extremely grateful
               for our contribution to their drive.

          -   The generous nature of our girls and faculty came shining through as we donated
               $1,475 to the American Red Cross for their relief efforts for the victims of the Tsunami.
               Again, our girls showed that they are young women of compassion, competence and
               conscience as they share what they have with others.

     On September 16, 2004, Cathedral High School had the wonderful opportunity of hosting a visiting German Band. The Schulerblasorchester Band from St. Ottillien School in Landsberg am Lech Germany. Together with Cathedral’s own all girl marching band, they played beautifully as they performed for all students and faculty. Both bands went on to perform at the Steuben Day Parade on 5th Avenue.
                                           

    Congratulations once again  to the Cathedral High School Marching Band for winning First Place at the New York City St. Patrick's Day Parade, March 17, 2005.  We also congratulate Mr. Haneman, Band Director and Sr. Eileen Regina, Band Moderator for their hard work and dedication to our award winning band.

    We congratulate the 14 members of our Model United Nations Club for an extraordinary job at the annual
St. Peter's College High School Model United Nations Conference.  Our students represented the countries of Cuba and France and were rewarded for their hard work with an award for Outstanding Delegation, Honorable Mention Delegation Award and also Best Position Paper Award. 

    Congratulations to our graduating class of 2005 which to date has earned over $10.5 million in college scholarships and grants and acceptances to some of the nation's most prestigious colleges and universities.

Faculty Achievements

    Congratulations to our Biology teacher, Mr. Richard Ali, and his 9th grade Living Environment students for successfully passing the regents exam with flying colors.  More amazing still is that because of Mr. Ali's accelerated curriculum, this class completed a year's worth of Regents material in only four months which included five Saturday lessons for lab time. (Last April, Mr. Richard Ali received a Manhattan Media Blackboard Awards for Outstanding Teachers and was featured in the Our Town and West Side Spirit newspapers. )

     We are happy to announce that our Yearbook has been recognized by Taylor Publishing Company with an Honorable Mention Award for their overall dedication, effort and accomplishments. The CHS yearbook is featured in the 2005 Yearbook Yearbook.  Taylor publishing recognizes only the top 5 percent of yearbook staff for outstanding yearbook achievement. We thank our English teacher and Yearbook Club Moderator, Ms. Stacey Bergin for a job well done!

       Congratulations to Ms. Zummo, Chair of the Math Department, for her inclusion in the Ninth Edition of Who’s Who Among American Teachers 2005. Ms. Zummo was nominated by a former student who herself has been cited for academic excellence in Who’s Who Among American High School Students and National Dean’s List. Last April, Ms. Zummo received honorable mention as Outstanding Teacher in the 2004 Blackboard Awards featured in the Our Town and West Side Spirit Newspapers. There is no greater reward for teachers than to be valued by former students.  Ms. Zummo was also recognized by the National Youth Leadership Forum on Medicine for bringing honor to her profession.