Feb. 11, 2025 Kirstyn Brendlen & Adam Daly Low enrollment and financial struggles will bring the end for another Catholic school in Brooklyn this summer. Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Academy in Sunset Park will permanently close at the end of the school year in June, its Board of Trustees announced last week,…
Dec. 27, 2024 By Brooklyn Paper We’ve arrived at the tail end of the year, and before we look forward toward 2025, we’re looking back at some of the biggest stories of 2024. This year was busy in Brooklyn! Locals were divided by protests and conflicts — and worked to come back together. Brooklynites…
Sep. 9, 2024 By Kirstyn Brendlen & Arthur de Gaeta On Sept. 4, for the first time in 169 years, Visitation Academy in Bay Ridge was quiet on the first day of classes. The school permanently closed its doors last summer, with the monastery soon to follow. Generations of alumni attended a Thanksgiving service…
Sep. 4, 2024 By Gabriele Holtermann Middle school students from the now-closed Visitation Academy were welcomed to their new academic home on Sept. 3, as Fontbonne Hall Academy cut the ribbon on its new middle school, The Visitation Program. The all-girls Catholic high school, a ministry of the Sisters of Saint Joseph, adopted The…
May. 29, 2024 By Jada Camille
Catholic academies in Brooklyn may be edging closer to extinction, with at least three Catholic schools set to close permanently at the end of this year.
Feb. 29, 2024 By Brooklyn Paper February might be the shortest month of the year (even on a Leap Year), but what it lacked in days it more than made up for in news. Over the past month, Brooklynites have rallied for their rights and much-needed local infrastructure, celebrated the culture of Kings County, and…
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Feb. 7, 2024 By Jada Camille
Visitation Academy, the all-girls Catholic school in Bay Ridge, will close its doors at the end of this school year.