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Bishop Chylinski joins students and PJP II administrators inside the newly opened Business Institute, designed to mirror a Fortune 500 boardroom and equipped with Bloomberg terminals and cutting-edge curriculum. Pope John Paul II High School in Royersford is giving students what their principal calls “a leg up” in growing their understanding of the business world via a new curriculum with state-of-the-art technology provided by one of the world’s most respected business infor

Educators from across the Archdiocese of Philadelphia attend a session at the Summer Tech Academy, held June 16–17 at Pope John Paul II High School in Royersford. The two-day professional development event brought together 180 teachers and administrators to explore innovative ways to integrate technology into Catholic school classrooms, fostering student engagement and enriching learning through faith-based instruction. Most students and teachers look forward to the end of th

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Norah Busch, a 6-foot-1 middle hitter, led the Golden Panthers to a 26-0 record and a third straight PIAA Class 3A state title this past season. Pope John Paul II junior Norah Busch has been named the 2024-25 Gatorade Pennsylvania Volleyball Player of the Year. She is the first student-athlete from PJP II to receive this honor. Gatorade Player of the Year is a top honor in high school sports, annually recognizing one winner in the District of Columbia and each of the 50 state

In its 40th year of honoring the nation’s most elite high school athletes, Gatorade today announced Norah Busch of Pope John Paul II High School is the 2024-25 Gatorade Pennsylvania Volleyball Player of the Year. Busch is the first Gatorade Pennsylvania Volleyball Player of the Year to be chosen from Pope John Paul II High School. Gatorade Player of the Year is the top honor in high school sports, celebrating the nation’s best high school athletes for their success on the cou

The Pope John Paul II Golden Panthers show off their medals and trophy upon clinching the District One 4A championship in a 51-35 victory over the Bishop Shanahan Eagles. (Photo by Dan McCarty) What a turnaround of a season it has been for the Pope John Paul II High School Golden Panthers boys’ basketball team. The squad went from a 2-7 record to clinching the PIAA District One 4A title with a 51-35 victory over the top-seeded Bishop Shanahan Eagles on Saturday,  Feb. 24 at H

Pope John Paul II High School sophomore students join together Feb. 2023 for prayer, reflection, and service as part of their class retreat. This year’s sophomore retreat was organized and led by junior year students enrolled in PJP’s Faith-in-Action class. The school is one of a handful in the archdiocese that offers a Faith-in-Action course “for students who want to do more for Christ, who want to sustain their prayer and sacramental lives, and who want to become the Christ

2022 PJP Volleyball team Pope John Paul II captured the 2022 PIAA 3A Girls’ Volleyball Championship in thrilling fashion on Nov. 19 on the campus of Cumberland Valley High School. The Golden Panthers edged North Catholic, 3-2 (15-25, 25-12, 18-25, 25-16, 19-17) to seize its first state title in program history and conclude its memorable 2022 campaign with a perfect 27-0 record. Trailing by a 9-6 margin in the intense fifth set, defending 2A champion North Catholic rallied to

Officials at Pope John Paul II High School in Royersford gathered Aug. 29 to cut the ribbon on the school's new Panthers' Learning Center, also home to its Panthers Achieving Worthwhile Success (PAWS) program. As the new academic year begins, a Catholic high school in Montgomery County is expanding educational options for its students. Pope John Paul II (PJP2) High School in Royersford unveiled its new Panthers’ Learning Center (PLC) at an Aug. 29 ribbon-cutting ceremony. Loc

Benjamin Roberts, a student at Pope John Paul II High School in Royersford, receives a national Christmas artwork award from Msgr. Kieran Harrington, director of the Missionary Child Association (MCA). Joining Roberts at the ceremony, which took place Dec. 3 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. were his parents, Chris and Lisa (left), and Michele Meiers and Alixandra Holden of the archdiocesan Pontifical Mission Societies off

Traveling to Conshohocken normally would mean a road trip for Pope John Paul II High School, but the Royersford-based Catholic school traveled across Montgomery County for its Sept. 28 home game against  Phoenixville High School. The alumni of the “legacy” schools that over time consolidated and became Pope John Paul II in 2010, including St. Matthew, Archbishop Kennedy, Bishop Kenrick and Kennedy-Kenrick High Schools, were invited to the Conshohocken “A” Field where home gam

Students of Pope John Paul II High School load into a truck some of the meals collected for the needy. Pope John Paul II High School in Royersford launched its biggest Thanksgiving drive ever on Tuesday, Nov. 22 as 40 students in the Community Service Corps delivered full holiday meals to local parishes, food pantries and community organizations. The meals for 130 local families in need included turkey, gravy, green beans, corn, stuffing, cranberry sauce, mashed potatoes, rol

Students pause to show the result of their collection of donations for Thanksgiving meals, before heading out on the road to deliver the gifts. Pope John Paul II High School in Royersford delivered 107 full Thanksgiving meals on Tuesday, Nov. 24 — including turkey, corn, green beans, cranberry sauce, dinner rolls, mashed potatoes, stuffing and a pie — to needy families throughout Montgomery County and beyond. The project saw PJP students raise $5,686 for the initiative. Befor