Bishop Ireton High School in Alexandria is once again at full enrollment for the 2025-26 academic year with 950 students. After celebrating its 60th anniversary during the previous school year, Ireton is blazing ahead into the next 60 years and beyond.
Eleven students from Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington traveled with Spanish Program Director Faryde Yanine to the University of Salamanca in Spain for a two-week summer study abroad program, earning college credits.
Danny Costa, the new principal at St. Theresa School in Ashburn, brings 30 years of experience in the field of education. He holds a master’s of education in administration and supervision from Marymount University in Arlington and a bachelor’s in exercise and movement from Fresno State University in Fresno, Calif.
The garden plots at Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington were a hub of activity this summer.
In the earliest verses of Genesis, God proclaims that it is not good for man to be alone. Yet throughout the country, loneliness is growing as adults, teens and children increasingly look for community on their cell phones rather than in their neighborhoods.
Behind the University of Virginia Rocketry team’s recent strong finish in a global contest are three Catholic students from the Arlington diocese.
“You are where God needs you to be this year,” Bishop Michael F. Burbidge said to an overflowing church of more than 1,500 Catholic educators.
Aránzazu Ascunce is the new principal of St. Ambrose School in Annandale, the diocese’s only dual-language school. After earning her bachelor’s degree in Spanish
After working as a page in the U.S. Senate this summer, Reagan Kaleta has a message for all Americans who love their country but have grown cynical about politics.
Officials with the diocesan schools office are forecasting a fourth consecutive year of enrollment growth at Catholic schools in the Arlington diocese, albeit at a slower pace than in previous academic years when pandemic restrictions at public schools encouraged many families to give parochial schools a closer look.
