Marie O’Shea, academic dean of the middle school, calls this first month of school for the middle schoolers at St. Catharine's, "the early days." This year, for the first time in decades, St. Catharine Academy includes sixth to eighth graders among its ranks.
The former principal at St. Francis Xavier School in the Bronx, she says, "The students are stepping up to the plate for academic expectations. ...“It is such an interesting time of their lives....I love providing the scaffolding for them as they are growing and learning.”
Calling Middle School her passion within Catholic education, Ms. O'Shea is also teaching ELA and religion. She earned her bachelor’s degree from the College of Mount Saint Vincent and holds master’s degrees from Bank Street College of Education and Brooklyn College.
"We're off to a very good start," Ms. O'Shea concludes. We have a strong enrollment of 45. The girls have really taken to being a middle school in a high school."
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