Saint Frances Cabrini School in Brooklyn

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elementary and middle school. The grades go from pre-K through the eighth grade. The school is associated with the National Catholic Educational Association (NCEA).

Established: 1921

School Type: Private, Roman Catholic

Locale: Urban

Principal: Mr. Przemek Murczkiewicz ( Mr. Mur)

Location: 181 Suydam St., Brooklyn, N.Y. 11221

Students: approx. 300

Faculty: approx. 20

Athletics: Part-Time Gym Teacher / Soccer Clinic every Tuesday in our After School program.

Chess: Students in our upper grades participate in a Chess class given by a world champion chess player.

Colors: Gray/ Navy/ Blue

http://stfrancescabrinischool.org

History

In 1919 Reverend Monsignor Ottavio Silvestre bought the land where the parish St. Joseph Patron and the school now stand. There was nothing there at the time. In 1921 he started to build the church St. Joseph Patron of the Universal Church and then the school. By September of that same year students started to attend the school. The school was named after the parish. Everything was completed in 1922. Silvestre had come from Italy and stayed there for 50 years. Many of the items in the church were brought over from Italy. The neighborhood around the school and church was Italian. Neighboring areas were mostly German.

The school was very active for many years. Six hundred students were enrolled. There were two classes for each grade. Classes were needed in the morning and afternoon to deal with the many students. In 1975 the Dioceses of Brooklyn faced a problem, declining enrollment. The dioceses decided to join schools and create a cluster. St. Barbara's and St. Leonard's were two neighboring schools that were closed. Their students were brought over to St. Joseph's. The school was renamed St. Frances Cabrini after the Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, Patron of Immigrants. She was born in Italy and became the first American citizen to be canonized by the Roman Catholic Church.

Students

In each class the number of students ranges from 25 to 30, the biggest 42. The teacher to student ratio is approxamently 1:27. The ethnicity of the student body is not too diverse. The neighborhood is mostly Hispanic so most of the students, around 85 percent are Hispanic. Most of thre remaining student body is two percent white and one percent black. However, there are at least one-two people in all classes that come from races not white, African, or Hispanic. In the seventh and eight grade students begin to monitor the lower grades. They monitor the pre-K to the sixth grade. With this program students gain a sense of responsibility and leadership. Students have an after-school program available to them. The program offers more after school homework, games, and athletics.