Denver, Colo., Nov 30, 2008 / 16:17 pm
Principal Jessie Skipwith of Bishop Machebeuf High School in Denver, Colorado recently spoke with CNA about his school’s selection for the National Catholic High School Honor Roll.
The National Catholic High School Honor Roll, an independent project of the Acton Institute, has named Bishop Machebeuf High as one of the best 50 Catholic secondary schools in the United States for the third year in a row. The selections are made based on the criteria of academic excellence, Catholic identity, and civic education.
Writing in an e-mail interview, Principal Skipwith credited the school’s success to its “significant conscientious efforts” to live out its mission as “a community of Catholic faith.” In his words, the school strives daily “through all of its endeavors” to “form the hearts, minds and souls of our students in the gospel of Jesus Christ and the living tradition of the Catholic Church.”
He also praised the “direct impact” made by the school’s faculty, students, parents and administrators, calling it an “extraordinary blessing” to have families committed to the investment of Catholic education.