Two years ago I followed up my post on McCort graduating class year and National Honor Society (NHS) membership with the types ofcolleges that they were admitted to. This year I found a greater percentage of the 2017 graduating class with NHS membership. I thought I would take a look how it looks for college admission forContinue reading “NHS Membership, Not School Year predicts Prestige in College Admission at McCort”
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An Even Higher % of the McCort Class of ’17 in the NHS than in the 1980’s or ’16
In 2016 I wrote about my high school alma mater, Bishop McCort, had a higher percentage of it’s graduating class in the National Honor Society (NHS) than the graduating classes that were there when I was there from 1985-1988. I calculated those numbers from their alumni newsletters and from the high school yearbooks and oldContinue reading “An Even Higher % of the McCort Class of ’17 in the NHS than in the 1980’s or ’16”
Comparing McCort’s Class of ’16 to the Class of ’88 in their College Plans
In my last post I showed that there was a higher percentage of students at Bishop McCort High School in the national honor society (NHS) in the class of 2016 than in the late 1980’s when I was there. This week I thought I would take a deeper look at which colleges the classmates wereContinue reading “Comparing McCort’s Class of ’16 to the Class of ’88 in their College Plans”
A Higher % of the McCort Class of ’16 in the NHS than in the 1980’s
As the school year begins, I was looking at the Alumni newsletter from my alma mater, Bishop McCort High School in Johnstown, PA. They had a listing of last year’s graduating class; their names, where they were going to college or if they had other plans, and whether or not they were in the NationalContinue reading “A Higher % of the McCort Class of ’16 in the NHS than in the 1980’s”
My Classmate’s Story of Abuse
Shaun Dougherty, a classmate of mine at St. Clements grade school, has come forward with his story of abuse at the hands of one of the priests which is told on page 63 and 64 of the report. The full text of the report can be read below. Pictured below in our 5th grade classContinue reading “My Classmate’s Story of Abuse”