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Holy Names Education Offers Perfect Prescription for Tackes
Going straight from high school to pharmacy school can be a bit jarring, but not for Dr. Courtney Caimano Tackes ’08. She says she was well-prepared thanks to her Holy Names education. “Many students struggle academically when they first start this program, but I had already taken rigorous classes at AHN and developed great study…
Albany Business Review: Holy Names plans for further growth as its enrollment expands
Martin Kilbridge sees single-sex education as both a successful way to teach students and as a selling point to families.
Kilbridge has been in private education for close to 30 years as a teacher, principal and now as president of Academy of the Holy Names in Albany.
The school, now in its 140th year, faces the same financial and demographic pressures other private schools in the region do. Read more here.
The Evangelist: “Future Leaders”
The Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences is helping to build the next generation of healthcare workers — and Albany’s Catholic schools are here to help. Read more.
Academy of the Holy Names Launches First Student-Run Broadcast Studio
Dr. Martin Kilbridge, President of Academy of the Holy Names, announced today the launch of AHN’s first student-run broadcast studio: WAHN PantherVision. Housed in the library, the studio, run by members of the school’s Communications Club, broadcasts morning announcements.
WNYT: Section 2 Class A girls basketball semifinals: Catholic Central and Holy Names to face off in the final
See highlights and reactions from the semifinal round.
Daily Gazette: Section 2 girls’ basketball: Bologna scores 25 as Holy Names edges Broadalbin-Perth 63-60
Holy Names head coach Steve Gigliello trusted his players when they suggested switching to a 2-3 zone defense, and Sophia Bologna trusted that she would eventually find her shot. Read more here.
WTEN: Holy Names survives wild fourth quarter to beat Broadalbin-Perth, advance to Class A title game
Four teams looked to punch their tickets to the Section II girls basketball Class A title game at Hudson Valley Community College in two semifinal matchups. The first saw the two-seed, the Academy of the Holy Names taking on the three-seed, Broadalbin-Perth. Watch here.
Section 2 Class A girls’ basketball quarterfinals: Catholic Central and Holy Names advance
See highlights from Friday’s quarterfinals round.
WTEN: Academy of the Holy Names puts offensive firepower on display in impressive quarterfinal showing versus Emma Willard
The Academy of the Holy Names basketball team made one thing abundantly clear in its postseason debut Friday night: it has the offensive weapons to contend for a section title. Watch here.
Former Holy Names, Current Albany Medical Center Campus Stands Test of Time
The late scientist Dr. Carl Sagan once said, “you have to know the past to understand the present.”
That’s the drive that’s kept the story of Academy of the Holy Names – in all its iterations – alive, and it’s been a passion project for Holy Names Archives Coordinator Mary Ellen Scally Conboy ’61, and Dick Kernan, a former 39-year IT employee of Albany Medical Center.
