Small School, Big Results
By Juliana Bunim |
May 9th, 2007 | Share This
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Print- Published in: The New York Daily News
Photo By: Robert Sabo/New York Daily News
SISTER ACT: Sister Mary Jo Lynch, principal of St. Pius V High School, is helping her students beat the odds. The school boasts a nearly 96% graduation rate.
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In the South Bronx, where miracles are short in supply, somebody up there must really like St. Pius V High School. It also has a few Earth-bound angels on the case. Read more
June 9th, 2007 at 7:14 pm
Hi,
Thanks for your story about St. Pius. Its so rare to find stories about Mott Haven that aren’t about drugs or the same old, same old mom is on crack and daddy is a pimp. Of course when you write about poor neighborhoods we all know that exists, but sometimes its nice to read about “regular” hard working people surviving in spite of that reality.
St. Pius Class of ‘85
Grad Center Class of 2012 (hopefully)