News
February 1, 2023
CCSE aims to expand special educational mission
February 1, 2023
All are welcome: Finding a home at Mount St. Joseph
November 3, 2022
Hollywood Catholic school gets grant to help student with disability
›› Southern Maryland News article
September 14, 2022
Group founded by parents supports special education programs at Catholic schools
September 13, 2022
‘Every day with Norah is a gift’: Pre-K class at St. John’s School in Hollywood, Maryland, includes little girl with Down syndrome
June 11, 2022
Holy Cross commencement speakers note importance of inclusive Catholic education, highlight pop culture figures
June 11, 2022
Most Catholic schools can’t accommodate kids with disabilities; this woman is changing that
March 12, 2021
Pandemic has presented challenges to provide special education
February 23, 2021
Greta Kreuz, former ABC7 religion reporter and anchor, remembered as ‘a light in this world’
October 10, 2019
National Catholic Educational Association celebrates two honorees in Archdiocese of Washington with Seton Awards
March 23, 2019
Programs give kids with special needs a chance at Catholic education
›› National Catholic Reporter article
February 1, 2019
Listen to CCSE President Francesca Pellegrino’s interview on SirusXM’s Seize the Day with Gus Lloyd
›› Audio
October 8, 2018
Three MoCo schools awarded grant funding for special education services
September 1, 2018
Catholic Schools Struggle to Accommodate Disabilities
›› Crux article by Religion News Service
November 3, 2017
CCSE Helps Open Catholic School Doors to Children with Special Needs
›› Catholic Standard article (PDF)
August 2017
Small Powerhouse Supporting Inclusion in our Catholic Schools
›› Our Parish Times article (PDF)
June 2017
Dr. Sheilah Lynch & Tom Hogan Co-chaired Gala for CCSE
›› Chevy Chase Village Life article (PDF)
October 2016
CCSE Awards Believe in Me! Program Grants
›› Our Parish Times article (PDF)
September 29, 2016
All Are Welcome
›› The Catholic Review article (PDF)
August 29, 2016
First Day: St. Louis School Welcomes Students with New Needs, New Offerings
›› The Catholic Review article (PDF)
August 29, 2016
When Catholic Schools Offer Inclusion Programs, Teachers and Parents Say All Students Benefit
›› Catholic Standard article (PDF)
January 24, 2016
Hugging Pope Francis was ‘dream come true’ for Catholic student
September 20, 2015
One of a couple of media outlets covering our Grant Awards & Papal Party in Advance of the Papal Visit
›› WRC-TV (NBC)
September 16, 2015
One Hour Special on Pope Francis’ Visit to Washington
›› WJLA-TV (ABC) (CCSE segment at mark 43:10)
August 26, 2015
These Students with Special Needs Have a Request of Pope Francis – This article ran in dozens of newspapers and websites around the world Catholic News Agency
›› Read article (PDF)
July 10, 2015
Two of several media outlets covering the launch of CCSE’s Papal Video
›› WRC-TV (NBC)
›› EWTN News Nightly
June 2, 2015
CCSE President Francesca Pellegrino inducted into Joint Base Andrews as an Honorary Commander
May 21, 2015
All children deserve to ‘grow up to share our special gifts’
›› Our Lady of Lourdes School Students’ Winning Essays in the Right to Life Essay Contest
April 6, 2015
At Bishop England High School, students with disabilities take classes and go to college just like their peers
›› The Post and Courier Article
September 8, 2014
Friends and Classmates
Academy of Holy Cross welcomes two new students with Down syndrome.
›› Catholic
Standard Article
›› Read article (PDF)
November 4, 2009
2009 Grant Awards featured in the Gazette
For full article please see: Catholic
Schools Get Special Education Grants: Foundation started by Kensington
parent gives out more than $100,000
October 7, 2009
Catholic Coalition for Special Education Awards $107,500
2009 Believe in Me! Grant-Making Program Grant Recipients announced
at the CCSE Annual Grant Awards Ceremony
August 11, 2009
Eunice Kennedy Shriver passes
CCSE mourns and remembers a special friend
March 14, 2009
CCSE's Fourth Annual Spring Benefit
If You Believe in Me. . . I’ll Believe in Me! A Year of Unprecedented
Growth and Dedication
September 29, 2008
Catholic Coaltion for Special Education Awards $102,000
Believe in Me Campaign Reaches Greater Number of Children with Developmental
and Low-Incidence Disabilities Served in Catholic Schools
April 21, 2008
CCSE Celebrates the Gifts of all Children at its 2008 Spring
Benefit
If You Believe in Me. . . I'll Believe in Me
September 1, 2007
2007 Grant Recipients to be announced at the CCSE Annual Meeting
on September 29, 2007
April 21, 2007
Spring Benefit raises over $65,000
Catholic Coalition for Special Education, Inc. celebrates success, plans
for the future
›› Read
Press Release
›› Read letter from Cardinal
William H. Keeler, Archbishop of Baltimore (PDF)
September 23, 2006
CCSE AWARDS ITS FIRST GRANTS!
Academy of the Holy Cross, Kensington, MD. – CCSE’s first grant
was awarded to the Partial Inclusion Program at AHC to help expand this
High School’s special education services to young ladies with developmental
disabilities.
Mount Saint Joseph High School, Baltimore, Md. – CCSE’s second grant was awarded to the St. Giles “Come, sit by me†Program to help expand this High School’s special education services to young men with developmental disabilities.
August 28, 2006
Congratulations to our Professional Advisory Board Member, Eileen
Grams, who was recently awarded the Tim Russert "Sister
Mary Lucille" Sisters of Mercy of the Americas, Outstanding Teacher
Award, in a Mass and Ceremony held at the Basilica of the National
Shrine in Washington, D.C.
June 2006
Congratulations to our Professional Advisory Board Member, Doreen
Engel ,who was recently appointed as Director of Special Education
for the Archdiocese of Washington
May 17, 2006
The Washington Post features CCSE
For full article please see: Washington Post: Promoting Special Education in Catholic School
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