Schools

Bishop Ireton senior reflects on school’s open house

By KOLBY CURRY

The open house at Bishop Ireton High School in Alexandria is a milestone experience for every past, present and future attendee of the school. It allows a prospective student to see what the next four years of their life could look like.

10/14/26

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Basilica School of St. Mary honors St. Francis during special Jubilee Year

Special to the Catholic Herald

On Jan. 10, 2026, Pope Leo XIV declared the special Jubilee Year of St. Francis honoring the 800th anniversary of his death Oct. 3, 1226.

10/14/26

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St. Ambrose students celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month with bilingual rosary

Special to the Catholic Herald

At St. Ambrose School in Annandale, students in kindergarten through eighth grade are praying one decade of the rosary each day in English and Spanish during Hispanic Heritage Month, Sept. 15-Oct. 15.

9/30/26

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Camp Q student leader shares her experience

By Valentina Schultz

This past July, I volunteered to be a senior volunteer at Camp Q, a five-day summer camp hosted at Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School in Potomac Shores. I was assigned the role of group leader and initially I was nervous to meet the 28 elementary school campers with whom I would spend the remainder of the week.

9/24/26

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