♣ What Makes St. Patrick's Special?

1. Excellent education within a Christian atmosphere
2. Active, friendly and supportive Home-School Association
3. Family atmosphere for both students and parents
4. Sports Program (Basketball and Soccer)
5. Assembly programs
6. Annual musical play for each class
7. Annual class trip for each grade
8. Field Trips
9. DARE Program
10. Chess Club
11. Computer Lab
12. Language Lab
13. Student Council
14. School Band (Christmas and Spring Concert)
15. After-school program
16. Hot lunch program

Devotional Practices

1. Membership in the Holy Childhood Association
2. Monthly Mass (Each class hosts a Mass during the school year)
3. Thanksgiving Food Drive
4. Thanksgiving Pariliturgy
5. Advent Wreath Ceremonies
6. Advent and Lenten Reception of Penance
7. Christmas Toy Collection (Yorktown Help and Bedford Hills Correctional Center)
8. St. Valentine Cards for Yorktown Seniors
9. Lenten Coin Cards (missions)
10. Stations of the Cross
11. Visits to the Blessed Sacrament
12. Senior Citizens’ Tea
13. Recitation of the Rosary (especially during the months of October and May)
14. Easter Baskets for Yorktown Help
15. May Crowning
16. Toiletry Samples for NYC Homeless
17. Special Projects ( i.e. Read - to- Feed for Third World countries
18. Math-a-thon for St. Jude’s Hospital, Rain Forest Preservation, response to humanitarian needs)