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Private School Focus on Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School

by NYC Private Schools on November 5, 2009

The Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School is a NYC Private School highly celebrated for its dedication to its diverse student body and the principals upon which it was founded. It is a Catholic, diocesan, college preparatory school with strong Roman Catholic faith.

The goals of the Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School are to:

create a safe learning environment that:
• fosters academic success
• builds character
• develops future leaders
• nurtures a vibrant personal relationship with God

The Bishop Loughlin School provides a small boarding program in addition to its regular day program. Although the school is co-educational, the boarding program is open to young men only.

The boarding program accommodates a maximum of twenty-five (25) young men from grades 9 through 12 in the former De La Salle Christian Brothers residence, which is located next to Bishop Loughlin. Participants in the program will reside in the dorm Sunday evening through Friday afternoon and will attend school with the day students. Given the limited availability of openings in the program, there is a competitive process by which students are selected to join the program

The school has a strong commitment to community service through Campus Ministry and Lasallian Youth projects and by supporting St. Mary’s, their sister school located in Kenya.

The Facts on Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School

  • Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School is a Catholic, diocesan, college preparatory high school. The school has a student/teacher ratio of 20:1 with a 6 hour a day, 180 day school calendar year.
  • Bishop Loughlin provides a wide range of extra-curricular activities such as band, dance, step, sports, technology, culture, poetry and more. Loughlin also has a strong program in a wide range of sports.
  • The school offers Advanced Placement courses in English and History. Honors level courses are offered in Math, Science, English, Spanish, French, and Social Studies.

One of the Bishop Loughlin students recently wrote an article featured in a NY Times blog, which you can read here.


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NYC Private School TACHS Ability

by NYC Private Schools on February 11, 2009

Interesting CrossNYC Private Schools focusing on the Roman Catholic teachings require specific admissions tests, including the Test for Admission into Catholic High Schools, also known as TACHS. Admission to the Catholic high schools in the Diocese of Brooklyn/Queens or the Archdiocese of New York in 2009-2010 is determined in part by the results of the TACHS exam administered in November of 2008. Those students wishing to enter a Private Catholic High School in the 2010-2011 school year must take this test in October or November of this year.

The Test for Admission into Catholic High Schools, or TACHS, tests students abilities in many different areas, including the standard Reading, Mathematics, Language, but also including an entire section on logical ability and reasoning.

The first two sections of the test, Reading and Language adn Mathematics were discussed in a previous post and are available for revisiting.

The next sections of the TACHS NYC Private School test is Ability:

ABILITY This test will assess general abstract reasoning ability. The items present novel tasks to students and offer an excellent appraisal of their ability to generalize a principle and apply it to a new situation. Thus, the items appraise how well students use their general reasoning skills to solve problems they have not been directly taught.

In order to give you an idea of what to expect, here is an example of a question in the Ability section.

Directions
The first figure is changed into the second figure. The third figure is
changed in the same way to make one of the answer choices. Choose
the answer choice that goes with the third figure.

tachs NYC Private School TACHS Ability


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NYC Private Schools and Catholic School TACHS Exam

February 10, 2009

NYC Private Schools focusing on the Roman Catholic teachings require specific admissions tests, including the Test for Admission into Catholic High Schools, also known as TACHS.
The Test for Admission into Catholic High Schools, or TACHS, tests students abilities in many different areas, including the standard Reading, Mathematics, Language, but also including an entire section on [...]

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Religious Private Schools in New York

February 4, 2009

photo credit: Jasmic
Many of New York’s private schools are classified as religious schools. Families often chose private religious schools for both the quality of education and the adherence to religious teachings. If you are a family who wants your child to grow and learn while practicing their religion on a daily basis [...]

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