School Notes

Two alumnae of the Academy of Mount St. Ursula, the Bronx, are responsible for the complete renovation of two school bathrooms. Adrienne Rolla, class of ’76, and Kerri Gould Reynolds, class of ’86, along with her husband, Richard Reynolds of Plaza Construction, and several other construction companies contributed materials and labor. The remodeling project would otherwise have cost the academy $50,000.

A senior at St. Raymond High School for Boys in the Bronx was one of 365 students from around the nation to participate in the National Youth Leadership Forum on National Security in Washington, D.C., Oct. 2-7. Alan Outeiral joined the other attendees in meeting civilian policy makers and military officers for the program focusing on national defense. He also participated in workshops on American diplomacy, intelligence and defense and toured many of the capital’s monuments and landmarks. Outeiral, a New York Marine cadet, hopes to study business or economics in college before joining the U.S. Marines.

On Oct. 6, the Augustinian Academy Alumni Association held a memorial celebration at the academy’s original site, now the home of Our Lady of Good Counsel elementary school, Staten Island. The academy, which opened in 1899 and closed in 1969, was the first Catholic school on Staten Island. It served as a preparatory school for day students and as a seminary for postulants, high school students considering the priesthood. Among its 1,348 graduates, 245 became priests…A historical monument was dedicated and Mass was celebrated by Father Anthony Genovese, O.S.A., prior provincial of the Province of St. Thomas of Villanova and a member of the class of ’65. An annual scholarship to Our Lady of Good Counsel from the academy’s alumni association was inaugurated. A hardcover history of the academy, written by the association’s president Thomas Conway, class of ’68, and Richard Fredericks, class of ’52, was distributed and is available for purchase. Information: (718) 757-1715.

The St. Elizabeth Seton Award of the National Catholic Educational Association was presented to Thomas J. Moran, chief executive officer and president of Mutual of America, at a dinner in Washington, D.C., Oct. 1. A graduate of Msgr. Farrell High School, Staten Island, Moran was saluted for his philanthropic support of Catholic education in the archdiocese and across the nation. At the same event, Sedomo Agosa, a current senior at Msgr. Farrell, was given a Seton Scholarship in honor of Moran.

More than 250 guests at the Harvest Moon Ball helped the Junior Committee of the Inner-City Scholarship Fund (ICSF) raise almost $20,000. Held Oct. 4 at the Maritime Hotel, the evening of music and dancing, along with festive food and drink supported the work of the fund, which provides scholarships for students from low-income families in 93 Catholic schools in Manhattan, the Bronx and Staten Island. Nearly 8,000 students are now being assisted. ICSF-supported schools send 96 percent of their graduates on to college.