Our Lady Queen of Angels Catholic Elementary School, commonly referred to as Queen of Angels School, is a Catholic elementary school located in the East Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. [1] The school was founded by the parish friars in 1892 and was originally staffed by the Sisters of St. Agnes. [2] [3] Today it is run by lay teachers and is administered by the Partnership for Inner-City Education in conjunction with the Archdiocese of New York. [2] On 25 September 2015, Pope Francis visited Queen of Angels School as part of his New York stop in his papal visit to Cuba and the United States. [2]
The School was founded in 1892 to serve the children of parishioners of the Church of Our Lady Queen of Angels, a parish run by Capuchin Friars, in East Harlem, New York City. [2] The Sisters of St. Agnes served as teachers, although they later left the school in the hands of laypersons. [3]
The parish church was closed with 21 others by the archdiocese in 2007, but the school remained open as an independent entity. [3]
On 25 September 2015 at 4:00 pm, Pope Francis visited Queen of Angels School as part of his New York stop in his papal visit to Cuba and the United States. [2]
In 1921, the school had 13 faculty and staff, all of them religious sisters from the congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes. [3] An additional Capuchin friar served as rector. [3] There were 954 students total, 473 boys and 481 girls. [3]
As of 2015, the school has 18 faculty and staff, all lay. [1] There are 295 students, 70% of whom are Hispanic and 22% of whom are African-American. [2]There is a minority of mixed cultures, like Asians and Europeans.
Our Lady Queen of Angels Catholic Elementary School, commonly referred to as Queen of Angels School, is a Catholic elementary school located in the East Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. [1] The school was founded by the parish friars in 1892 and was originally staffed by the Sisters of St. Agnes. [2] [3] Today it is run by lay teachers and is administered by the Partnership for Inner-City Education in conjunction with the Archdiocese of New York. [2] On 25 September 2015, Pope Francis visited Queen of Angels School as part of his New York stop in his papal visit to Cuba and the United States. [2]
The School was founded in 1892 to serve the children of parishioners of the Church of Our Lady Queen of Angels, a parish run by Capuchin Friars, in East Harlem, New York City. [2] The Sisters of St. Agnes served as teachers, although they later left the school in the hands of laypersons. [3]
The parish church was closed with 21 others by the archdiocese in 2007, but the school remained open as an independent entity. [3]
On 25 September 2015 at 4:00 pm, Pope Francis visited Queen of Angels School as part of his New York stop in his papal visit to Cuba and the United States. [2]
In 1921, the school had 13 faculty and staff, all of them religious sisters from the congregation of Sisters of St. Agnes. [3] An additional Capuchin friar served as rector. [3] There were 954 students total, 473 boys and 481 girls. [3]
As of 2015, the school has 18 faculty and staff, all lay. [1] There are 295 students, 70% of whom are Hispanic and 22% of whom are African-American. [2]There is a minority of mixed cultures, like Asians and Europeans.