The Class of 2023 after their Graduation Mass Friday morning, June 9, at St. Raymond Church. Our pastor, Fr. James Cruz, was the celebrant (bottom right). Our principal Eugene Scanlon is on the left in the second row. Our assistant principals and teachers are on the right side. Congratulations to the Class of 2023! The Commencement ceremony took place at 4 p.m. the same day in the school's auditorium. Click here for the photo gallery of all 73 graduates of the Class of 2023.



Valedictorian was Khadija Kamara (left) and Salutatorian was
Julianne Peyton-Brene (right).
 

Our UPK 3 and UPK 4 students received lessons in bubble creation by Bubble Dad on Tuesday, May 30 and Wednesday, May 31 in the school’s Purdy Street yard. Bubble Dad, whose motto is “Changing the world one bubble at a time,” is a dad and former teacher with a passion for making bubbles. Combining lessons in vocabulary, math and science, Bubble Dad engaged the students with fun and magical creations in a variety of bubble sizes and shapes. Click here to see the News 12 coverage of the event. 

Below, Bubble Dad with UPK 4 East and West students and staff.

The 8th Grade Honors class became a Living Wax Museum on Tuesday, May 23, when they represented persons from history, music, aviation, literature, business, exploration and other fields. Dressed as their chosen figure, the students came to life and performed for other staff and students  for 90 seconds, sharing biographical information about their subject. Classes in Pre-K 3 through 8th Grade toured the Living Wax Museum led by a tour guide, who took them from station to station.

The 8th Grade Honors students chose a wide array of individuals to represent, including Duke Ellington, Douglas MacArthur, Thomas Edison, Ida B. Wells, Bela Lugosi, Charles Lindbergh, Sonia Sotomayor, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Amelia Earhart, Louis Armstrong, and others. Below are our students and the individuals they represented. 


Above, Roderick Rodriguez as Louis Armstrong. 

Above, top row, Jacob Ferrer as Douglas MacArthur.
Second row, left to right: Pedro Pichardo as Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and
Julianne Peyton-Brene as Amelia Earhart.

Above, top row, left to right: Ashley Corporan as Marilyn Monroe and William Nieves as
Charles Lindbergh.
Bottow row, left to right: Carmelo Ayala as Al Capone and Khadija Kamara as Duke Ellington.

Above top, left to right: Lailanie Bulness as Selena Quintanilla and Summer Lewis as
Langston Hughes.
Bottom: Left to right: Nida Naveed as John D. Rockefeller and Laura Rodriguez as Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor. 


Above top, left to right: Clair Duche as Thomas Edison and Aaliyah Davis as Ida B. Wells.
Bottom, left to right: Isabella Marin as Bela Lugosi, and Mahnoor Naveed as Andrew Carnegie.

Under the direction of our Choir Director, Patrick Connolly, St. Raymond Elementary School's Youth Choir performed at the Inner-City Scholarship Fund annual dinner at Cipriani's in Manhattan on May 9, 2023. Our choir performed at the dinner several times in the past decade. Click here to see their performance.
 

Students in Mrs. Singh's earth science class created new items from materials that had been recycled in honor of Earth Day 2023. Students exhibited their ingenuity with the broad scope of the items they created -- from a dog and a piggy bank to a school bus and a ship. See photos below for their range of ideas.