The Tablet January 19, 2021
COLLEGE POINT On Jan. 13, St. Agnes Academic High School announced it will be closing at the end of this school year. Sister Peggy McVetty, OP, prioress of the Sisters of St. Dominic of Amityville, wrote the “decision to end 112 years of excellent education had been most difficult.” The high school had been co-educational for 40 years before becoming an all-girls institution in 1949.
“The financial realities during the past several years have made it impossible to sustain the school,” the letter continued. “The unprecedented economic projections and ramifications of the pandemic have only complicated the previously existing difficulties.”
The 2020-2021 tuition, plus the non-refundable registration fee and technology fee for returning students, totaled $10,075.
Though the entire world was dominated by Covid this year, North Queens was certainly the first section of the city to truly feel its effects. The largely Asian population faced Covid-19 induced discrimination and small shops suffered from a severe drop in business, a struggle they continued to combat throughout the remainder of the year.
Despite the hardships, North Queens pushed through and celebrated many good times â award ceremonies honored its leaders, DJs played free concerts for neighbors, activists took a stand and more.
Hereâs a look back at what the first six months of the infamous 2020 looked like in North Queens.
An all-male nonprofit is operating across the street from an all-girls high school.
In July, Reconnect NYC moved from its Bedford-Stuyvesant home to the Bishop Molloy Retreat House at 86-45 Edgerton Blvd., directly across the street from The Mary Louis Academy.
The house, attached to the Immaculate Conception Church, has been under renovation since the group moved in, slowing down operations, but a Reconnect NYC representative alerted Community Board 8 Dec. 9 that its graphic design workshop is up and running.
The nonprofit provides employment and engages young men between the ages of 17 and 24, particularly those at risk of violence and under-education.