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by bcadmin | Jan 28, 2022 | Brian Ragatz, C-STEM, Catholic Schools Center of Excellence, CSCOE, News, Practicing Catholic, STEM equipment, University of St. Thomas | 0 |
Brian Ragatz, president of Edina-based Catholic Schools Center of Excellence, recently received a video from a teacher at Ascension Catholic School in Minneapolis showing elementary school students coding a robot that moved across the classroom and knocked over a bowling pin.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 10, 2021 | Catholic Schools Center of Excellence, CSCOE, News, Peace of Mind initiative, Practicing Catholic | 0 |
Before Edina-based Catholic Schools Center of Excellence (CSCOE) started its Peace of Mind initiative one year ago, its staff surveyed principals about what keeps them up at night. The answer was “almost unanimous,” said Brian Ragatz, CSCOE president.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Sep 7, 2021 | Catholic Schools Center of Excellence, Featured, Jordan, Local News, News, St. John the Baptist Catholic School | 0 |
More than 350 people attended a ribbon-cutting ceremony Aug. 27 to celebrate completion of a build-out that will eventually house a new middle school at St. John the Baptist Catholic School in Jordan. In addition to tours of the school, people were invited to enjoy food trucks, a petting zoo and other entertainment for children.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 7, 2021 | Brian Ragatz, Catholic Schools Center of Excellence, CSCOE, Legacy of Greatness Award, News, Practicing Catholic | 0 |
Brian Ragatz, president of the Catholic Schools Center of Excellence, recalls the early days of the pandemic in 2020, when schools closed their campuses in March and shifted to online learning.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jan 26, 2021 | Blessed Virgin Mary School, Catholic Schools Center of Excellence, Featured, gift, Inna Collier Paske, Local News, Million, News, St. Pascal Regional Catholic School, Sue Lovegreen | 0 |
Sue Lovegreen, principal at Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary School in Maplewood, said she could tell by the sound of Brian Ragatz’s voice that something was up. “You could hear the smile in his voice,” she said about that call late last year from the president of the Catholic Schools Center of Excellence.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 20, 2020 | anxiety, Catholic Schools Center of Excellence, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, COVID-19, CSCOE, Local News, News, Northfield, Peace of Mind, Phoenix School Counseling, St. Dominic School, Terpstra | 0 |
Ashley Terpstra recently took part in a one-hour online seminar focused on helping parents deal with children’s anxiety, stress and perfectionism. Her children’s elementary school, St. Dominic School in Northfield, offered it to parents as the first in a series.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jul 23, 2020 | Brian Ragatz, Catholic Schools Center of Excellence, Jennifer Haller, new president, News | 0 |
The Catholic Schools Center of Excellence announced two leadership changes July 22: A new president, Brian Ragatz, most recently principal of St. Odilia Catholic School in Shoreview, and a director of excellence, Jennifer Haller, currently principal at St. Michael Catholic School in St. Michael.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 25, 2020 | $1.2 million challenge grant, Catholic elementary schools, Catholic Schools Center of Excellence, Enrollment, Local News, News | 0 |
A $1.2 million challenge grant will help Catholic elementary schools enroll more students from across the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 14, 2020 | Big Bang Catholic STEM Fair, Catholic Schools Center of Excellence, Coronavirus, Local News, News, Online | 0 |
The coronavirus pandemic is prompting creative approaches to learning and sharing, including the Catholic Schools Center of Excellence’s third annual Big Bang Catholic STEM Fair.
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