Catholic Diocese of Salina

Holy Family Elementary Expands Early Childhood Program

Holy Family Elementary is excited to announce its expanded Early Childhood program, Precious Creations. The current preschool program will be upgraded to a 5-day four-year-old preschool offering both half and full day options with the addition of a 3 year-old program offering both half and full day options for prospective… Read More

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Catholic Schools of the Salina Diocese Receive Kansans Can Star Recognition from KSDE

The vision for education in Kansas – Kansas leads the world in the success of each student – was announced in 2015 by the State Board of Education and the Kansas State Department of Education. That announcement was followed shortly by a new accreditation model, Kansas Education Systems Accreditation, which… Read More

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Catholic Diocese of Salina Named 2022 Cognia System of Distinction

September 19, 2022 The Catholic Schools of the Salina Diocese have been named a 2022 Cognia™ System of Distinction for excellence in education. Cognia, the global nonprofit school improvement organization, recognized 96 schools/school systems in the United States and Puerto Rico and nine in other countries across the globe as… Read More

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Sit down with our seminarians | Collin Thielen & Max Megaffin

Welcome back to “From the Heart,” the Diocese of Salina’s Catholic podcast! Thank you so much for listening! Today we are excited to share an interview featuring two of our seminarians, Collin Thielen and Max Megaffin. In this episode Collin & Max share a little bit about themselves and… Read More

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Salina Diocese Catholic Schools Receive Accreditation

SALINA, Kansas – The Diocese of Salina is thrilled to share that the diocesan schools have earned accreditation through Cognia, a non-profit educational accreditation organization. This makes the Salina Diocese the first diocese in in the state of Kansas to have the schools be accredited as a whole instead of… Read More

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End of the year update from Geoff Andrews

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St. Mary’s Grade School Announces New Principal

Tym Bonilla joins St. Mary Grade School in Salina The newest face at St. Mary’s Grade School! Bonilla has joined the team as the principal. Native Kansan and a graduate of Sacred Heart Jr./Sr. High School in Salina, Bonilla has been involved in education for nearly three decades and is… Read More

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Catholic Schools Bring Home Hardware from State Scholar’s Bowl

On Saturday, February 12, schools across the state traveled to the KSHSAA State Scholar’s Bowl Competitions. The schools of the Salina Diocese faired very well. All four high schools that qualified for State, broke into the final round, and two schools won the State Title. Sacred Heart High School… Read More

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Kristi Anguiano Named KAIRS Distinguished Teacher for the Salina Diocese

By Chris Whitehair – Principal, St. Andrew’s Mrs. Anguiano is a wonderful example of servant leadership. She has taught in the Salina Diocese for over 30 years. Her first years were at St. Xavier in Junction City, and she has taught at St. Andrew’s in Abilene for the past 21… Read More

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Dr. Compagnone Inducted to KAIRS Hall of Fame

On Monday, February 7, Dr. Nick Compagnone was inducted to the Kansas Association of Independent and Religious Schools Hall of Fame at their annual banquet in Topeka. Dr. Compagnone has over 45 years of service in Catholic Education, serving as a teacher, principal, superintendent, Director of Public Policy and Accreditation,… Read More

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