{"id":58130,"date":"2014-09-26T13:00:25","date_gmt":"2014-09-26T17:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=58130"},"modified":"2014-09-24T19:31:45","modified_gmt":"2014-09-24T23:31:45","slug":"holy-cross-academy-named-2014-school-of-excellence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=58130","title":{"rendered":"Holy Cross Academy named 2014 School of Excellence"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Holy<\/a>Fr. Edmund Castronovo blesses the Holy Cross Academy soccer team at a recent game. HCA was named a 2014 School of Excellence on Sept. 15 for its Catholic identity and high academic performance.<\/em><\/p>\n

(Oneida Castle, NY – Sept. 2014) The Cardinal Newman Society recognized Holy Cross Academy with its\u00a02014 Schools of Excellence\u00a0award on Sept. 15. Since 2004 the Catholic Education Honor Roll has celebrated quality Catholic education throughout the United States, and Holy Cross has been recognized each time it has been offered.<\/p>\n

Honor Roll schools receive this designation for their integration of Catholic identity throughout all aspects of their programs and for excellence in academics. This year 71 schools were named as a\u00a0School of Excellence, with only\u00a0three New York State schools named this year. An additional nine in the U.S. received the distinction of Honorable Mention. The total is less than five percent of the Catholic high schools in the United States.<\/p>\n

Holy Cross Academy\u2019s principal Teri Maciag said, \u201cWe appreciate this honor from the Cardinal Newman Society, especially because of our small size.\u00a0Holy Cross has always been focused on Catholic identity and strong academic goals.\u00a0We recognize the commitment of our staff, parents and families which were vital to our receiving this national award.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSince competition began in 2004, the Honor Roll has been a helpful tool for administrators, families, and benefactors in recognizing the quality of a Catholic high school education,\u201d said Patrick J. Reilly, President of The Cardinal Newman Society. \u201cThe Honor Roll schools are a reminder that Catholic education is getting better every day\u2014not only academically, but in the renewal of Catholic identity\u2014and we are delighted to see the increased level of competition among the schools that participated in the program this year.\u201d<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s Honor Roll schools are diverse: large and small, new and long-established, highly selective and those with open enrollment admissions policies, as well as a variety of tuition rates. The common trait is an institutional commitment to providing a truly integrated and faithful Catholic education across all disciplines and in all areas of student activities.<\/p>\n

The\u00a02014 Schools of Excellence\u00a0are located in 26 states, with the largest number (eight) located in Pennsylvania, followed by Texas and Michigan, each with six, and Virginia with five.<\/p>\n

The Acton Institute\u00a0founded the Catholic High School Honor Roll in 2004.\u00a0The Cardinal Newman Society\u00a0assumed the program in 2012, consistent with its mission of helping Catholic families and promoting faithful Catholic education.<\/p>\n

Holy Cross Academy serves grades seven through twelve and is located at 4020 Barrington Road in Oneida Castle.\u00a0\u00a0More information can be found at\u00a0holycrossacademy.com.<\/p>\n

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Fr. Edmund Castronovo blesses the Holy Cross Academy soccer team at a recent game. HCA was named a 2014 School of Excellence on Sept. 15 for its Catholic identity and high academic performance. (Oneida Castle, NY – Sept. 2014) The Cardinal Newman Society recognized Holy Cross Academy with its\u00a02014 Schools of Excellence\u00a0award on Sept. 15. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-f7A","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=58130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58130\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}