Tag: Mater Dei Prep

  • Mater Dei Prep will close for good at end of current school year

    Mater Dei Prep will close for good at end of current school year

    MIDDLETOWN — After 61 years of providing academic excellence to Monmouth County and the Diocese of Trenton, Mater Dei Prep High School will be closing its doors at the completion of the academic year in June 2022. The announcement of the school’s imminent closing was made in a press release issued by the school on…

  • Mater Dei Prep appoints Fumando as new varsity football coach

    Mater Dei Prep appoints Fumando as new varsity football coach

    MIDDLETOWN — Administrators at Mater Dei Prep have appointed Justin Fumando as the school’s new head varsity football coach. Fumando graduated from Kean University, Union, where he was a member of the varsity football team and earned the team’s Ironman Award, according to an April 28 press release from the school. He was named the…

  • Independent News Briefs, March 2

    Independent News Briefs, March 2

    Mater Dei Prep and the students in the Global Leaders program conducted a United Nations flag unveiling ceremony at the high school in Middletown on Feb. 15. Mater Dei Prep officially accepted a United Nations flag that hung in the office of Pathways to Peace founder and president Avon Mattison, who died in October 2021…

  • Mater Dei Prep announces new members on Board of Trustees

    Mater Dei Prep announces new members on Board of Trustees

    MIDDLETOWN – Mater Dei Prep has announced the names of newly elected members to the school’s Board of Trustees. The Board of Trustees is made up of professional members affiliated with the school who guide, advise and consult with the school’s operating personnel, according to a press release from the school. The board facilitates, oversees…

  • Mater Dei Prep reaches students virtually by working together

    Mater Dei Prep reaches students virtually by working together

    MIDDLETOWN – Teamwork, quick thinking, cooperation and preparedness allowed Mater Dei Prep to implement online learning for students and faculty members with relative ease once Gov. Phil Murphy closed schools in the face of a global pandemic in March, according to a press release from the school. “Our teachers spent four days putting together a…

  • McLaughlin elected chair of Mater Dei Prep Board of Trustees

    McLaughlin elected chair of Mater Dei Prep Board of Trustees

    MIDDLETOWN – Mater Dei Prep, a Catholic preparatory school in the New Monmouth section of Middletown, has elected Kathryn A. McLaughlin as the new chair of its Board of Trustees. McLaughlin is a 1972 graduate of Mater Dei and one of the founding trustees of Mater Dei Prep during its successful 2015 transition to an…

  • High school baseball players gearing up for ‘Last Dance World Series’

    High school baseball players gearing up for ‘Last Dance World Series’

    The thrills associated with America’s pastime will be on display this summer when an event that has been dubbed the “Last Dance World Series” takes center stage for high school baseball players from throughout New Jersey. Saint Joseph High School, Metuchen, athletic director and baseball coach Mike Murray has put together the 222-team tournament. The…

  • Mater Dei Prep offers programs to enrich the summer

    Mater Dei Prep offers programs to enrich the summer

    Enrich your summer and join the Seraph Summer Experience with Mater Dei Prep’s exceptional Credit Recovery/Summer School, Enrichment Programs and Athletic Camp offerings. Mater Dei Prep is located on 60 beautiful acres in Middletown and provides a safe, secure and technologically-advanced learning environment for students. The impressive football field and state-of-the-art track, baseball, softball and…

  • Central Jersey “Game of the Week”- Rumson-Fair Haven defeats Mater Dei

    Central Jersey “Game of the Week”- Rumson-Fair Haven defeats Mater Dei

    Rumson-Fair Haven High School defeated Mater Dei Prep, 21-16, in Central Jersey’s “Game of the Week”. The game in Rumson on Oct. 11 was a battle of two Shore Conference heavyweights. Rumson-Fair Haven was able to rally to the victory when junior defensive lineman Jack Kelly returned an interception for a touchdown. Mater Dei led…