Evening star., 1953-09-06
ParochiaI Schools SET
For 1900 Increase
OF PUPILS in One Year

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Washington area parochial
schools are reopening this week
with more pupils than ever.
Wednesday and Thursday are
opening days-Wednesday in Vir-
ginia. Thursday in the Distl let
and nearby Maryland. The en-
rollment total is expected to top
42,000-a climb of 1000 in one
year. Half the increase and
5000 of the expected total are
in nearby Virginia.
To meet this influx three new
schools and seven additions are
being readied in the Washington
archdiocese, which includes five
Maryland counties. New class
rooms also are opening in nearby
Virginia, and more facilities are
under construction.
High School Needs.
Most of this falls pressure is
still on elementary schools, but
officials expect higher grades to
feel the brunt within three years.
High school facilities may have
to be trebled to absorb the num-
bers now studying on lower
levels, they say.
Teachers, too, are hard
pressed. Extra lay teachers have
been hired at many schools to
supplement short-handed reli-
gious orders. Every Catholic
school in the Washington arch
diocese will have one or more of
these laymen instructors this
fall, according to the Rev. Ray
mond A. di Nardo, assistant di-
rector of education.
The three new schools open
Ing in the Washington diocese
are Little Flower. 5601 Massa-
chusetts avenue NV: st. Cath
eripe Laboure's, 11801 Claridge
road, Wheaton, Md, and St.
Jane Frances de Chantal, 90O1
Old Georgetown road, Bethesda.
Little Flower, stated by sisters
of the Immaculate Heart of
Mary, Scranton. Pa, is slated to
enroll $50 in the six classrooms
now ready. Eighteen more rooms
are to be constructed.
st. Catherine Laboure's, stated
by the Sisters of Charity, En-
mitsburg. Md, is expecting AS
pupils. st. Jane Frances de
Chantal will be limited this fall
to kindergarten and first grade.
which will meet in the parish
activities building pending con-
struction of regular school.
Additions in Maryland.
Opening with additions are
these Maryland schools: Mount
Calvary, Forestville; st. Ber-
nard's. Riverdale: St. Jerome's.
Hyattsville; Our Lady of Sor-
rows. Takoma Park; st. Johns,
Forest Glen; Holy Redeemer,
Kensington, and Holy Redeemer.
Berwyn.
The former st. Paul's Academy
ut 1421 V street, now Mackin
High School, will enroll over $50
students. Younger pupils for
merly using the building have
been transferred to Calvert
School Mackin is being equip
ped with a new cafeteria. gym
auditorium and domestic science
room. Archbishop Carroll High.
now two years old, is expanding
by adding junior year.
In Virginia. about 100 first
graders will be on a double
shift schedule at st. Mary's
School, Alexandria, but the
reason is a teacher shortage
rather than crowding. The
school has a new Six-room addi-
tion but hasn't four of the
teachers needed to staff it.
Rented Building Used.
Pupils of st. Anthony's School
at Bailey's Crossroads will have
to meet in a rented building at
Seven Corners until a new
school is finished, probably late
In November.
In Washington the new school
year will be formally opened
with a mass at 10:30 am.
Wednesday at st. Matthew's
Cathedral, with Archbishop Pat
rick A. O'Boyle presiding. The
Rev. Thomas w. Lyons, new
director of Mackin High, will
preach.
In the Washington archdio-
cese morning sessions only are
scheduled until next week. The
Maryland counties in the arch
diocese are Montgomery, Prince
Georges. Charles, Calvert and