The state of Indiana turned 204 years old on December 11, 2020. To celebrate, the fourth graders at St. Mary Catholic Community School in Crown Point had a birthday party.  This annual celebration is usually held at the Crown Point Public...

Saint Mary Catholic Community School is bringing back the group counseling program started last year for its junior high students.  “This year, we are fortunate to expand our program to include a second counselor,” said assistant principal,...

St. Mary Catholic Community School in Crown Point is currently accepting new first grade students and has limited availability at other grade levels.  The school has received numerous calls in the last few weeks and welcomed several new...

Bishop Noll Institute will host an entrance exam for prospective students at 8 a.m. Dec. 12 at the school, 1519 Hoffman St. in Hammond. This is the first step in the admissions process for all 8th graders who have not taken the entrance exam yet and...

For Lisa Gutierrez, principal of Aquinas Catholic Community School in Merrillville, she never thought her teaching career would lead her toward Catholic schools. However, when a substitute teaching position opened at a local Catholic school, it...

The Bishop Noll Drama Club has spent several months putting together a socially distant and safe production of a classic "whodunnit?" murder mystery. The cast and crew of "Clue!" will present the show at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 20, 7:30 p.m. Nov. 21, and 2:30...

Third Graders at St. Mary Catholic Community School in Crown Point celebrated All Saints Day on Monday, November 2nd by dressing up as the saint they researched. Students had the opportunity to share their saint's story at Mass as well as present...

St. Mary Catholic Community School in Crown Point will remain open for in-person education.  Schools throughout Northwest Indiana have made the difficult decision to move to virtual learning, but St. Mary’s principal, Tom Ruiz remains...

Since the pandemic hit, countless organizations have relied on donations and volunteerism to remain functional and stay afloat. This has been especially true for local schools as they learned to adapt to the new normal of broadscale online learning...

Goals, dreams, destiny – however you define a person’s highest ambitions, everyone has them, and typically children are encouraged from a young age to pursue their life goals relentlessly. The foundation of dream-building often stems from access...