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Visit our Open House, Thursday, January 31, 2008, 6-8pm.
OPEN HOUSE TOUR HIGHLIGHTS
- Hi-Tech Classrooms
- Ed Nietopski Gymnasium
- Mendick Media Arts Center
- Infinite Campus
- Library and Denaro Interfaith Center
- Core and Elective Subject Areas
- Chapel
ABOUT KEARNEY | GOLISANO
Bishop Kearney High School | A Golisano Education Partner is a private, co-educational high school located in suburban Irondequoit. We offer educational opportunities for students in grades 7-12 in the tradition of the Congregation of Christian Brothers and School Sisters of Notre Dame.
Founded in 1962, Kearney | Golisano is inspired by nearly four decades of focus on preparing young men and women for college and for life, providing a values-based education. With a superior academic program in an intimate and disciplined environment, students feel at home in a welcoming environment where both personal and spiritual growth is nurtured.
In addition to top-notch education programs, we provide a championship athletic program, a music program, a student-run television station, and a cutting-edge Media Arts program all situated on our picturesque 42 acre campus.
Kearney | Golisano's unique partnership with B. Thomas Golisano, Founder of Paychex, Owner of the Buffalo Sabres and a long-time advocate of education reform, has resulted in far-reaching enhancements to our college preparatory curriculum that not only prepares graduates for college, but positions them for success in the real world. Additionally, Golisano has committed to put the most advanced technology from the business world into the classroom, transforming education through technology, and making Kearney | Golisano a national model.
Our curriculum concept, known as College Prep. Plus., allows students to prepare for college by studying important core subjects like Math, Science, English and Social Studies, but the way they are instructed is at the core of our innovative approach. The "Plus" comes with the integration of real-life lessons and practical life and business applications into the core curriculum.
For example, in English, students still learn grammatical construction. However; this learning is coupled with hands-on experience with projects like creation of effective oral and written presentations and speaking in public. Our students understand important communications concepts and how they come into play in the workplace. Employers often report that new hires lack people skills. In most workplaces today, working in teams is important—and so are the communications skills which come into play in those groups. Kearney │Golisano graduates will understand those concepts.
We turn out critical thinkers, who have the capacity to think across disciplines. Our curriculum is taught through the lens of innovation, focusing on key concepts like leadership, the entrepreneurial spirit, social justice, creative thinking and more. According to Thomas Friedman, the best-selling author of "The World is Flat," it is interdisciplinary combinations "that produce You Tube and Google."
The critical thinkers who emerge from Kearney│Golisano will become smarter about new sources of information. In an age where they're forced to process an overflow of information from a variety of media, it's important that they can discern what's important and what's not. A mastery of technology and understanding of its use in the workplace are vital for graduates heading into the 21st century. The critical thinking advanced by rigorous math and science will add to this understanding.
As students head out into a global economy, they will use their enhanced Social Studies class work to understand international issues in the context of history class, so that they can gain a better understanding of economics, cultural differences and globalization issues which impact our daily lives. Alongside the history text books will be works of Bill Gates and other innovators—to provide real world, modern-day perspective.
Our students also have the benefit of the latest, cutting-edge technology:
· EVERY STUDENT has a new LAPTOP COMPUTER that provides the power to do school work from anywhere.
· A wireless network gives real-time access to assignments, tests and the Internet from any location on the Kearney campus.
· An Extranet gives parents, teachers, and students a dashboard of performance and trends in academic work.
· Every classroom is a digital Classroom, enabling electronic presentations and automatic e-mail transmissions of copies of the day's notes to students.
· Web-based applications allow students to work from home after school; and even keep up to date when out sick!
· Videoconferencing connects remote classrooms, enabling a broader array of course offerings.
· Access control systems and digital video systems keep students safe.
Frequently Asked Questions on Technology Implementation
Laptop Code of Conduct
Please contact Anita Nagel, Director of Student Affairs at 342-4000, x246, or anagel@bkhs.org for more information.
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