Supplemental Programs

Career Center
The Career Center is equipped with a state-of-the-art computer lab for students to use to access information about careers and colleges. A web-based program, My Road, is introduced to juniors and seniors. My Road is a personalized experience that reflects students' interests and their aspirations. Our counselors meet regularly with students and find that My Road empowers them with a wealth of information about each student. The Career Center is available to all of our students and is equipped with college catalogs, DVDs, videos, and all the personal and guidance information necessary.
Cathedral thanks the Wilmer Hale Charitable Grant for its funding.

Learning Enrichment Program
The Learning Enrichment Program is made available to freshmen who would benefit from additional reinforcement in math, reading, study skills and homework support.  This program is part of the student’s scheduled courses.  Students who participate in this program do not study history their freshman year, but start their three course graduation requirement in history during their sophomore year.
Cathedral thanks the Wilmer Hale Charitable Grant, the George Macomber Family Charitable Gift Fund and Turnaround Management Association, NE for its grants that make this program possible.

Sean McDonough Summer Program
The Sean McDonough Summer Program (SMSP), is a three week summer program for incoming freshmen held in August. The SMSP entails a full schedule of academic, athletic, and community/social endeavors. Academic emphasis is placed on the students’ writing and reading skills during the morning session, followed by lunch. Athletic activities include daily physical education sessions in the afternoon. The SMSP wraps up with an all-day field trip so that students have an opportunity to get to know each other socially, before they join the rest of student body at the opening of school in the Fall.
SMSP is made possible by a grant from the Sean McDonough Charitable Foundation.

Technology
Rapid changes in communicative technologies require a new attitude toward the educational process, one that recognizes the need for life-long learning by all - faculty, staff and students. Cathedral High School is committed to promoting this attitude toward learning as it works to integrate new technologies into the academic curricula. However, as the Declaration on Christian Education states, "Technology is not to be viewed as an end in itself. It is used as a vehicle of communication, analysis and research in the light of Catholic values and moral decision-making." Moreover, we recognize that teaching is not just about imparting and gathering information; rather, it is about acquiring knowledge by thinking about information. Therefore, Cathedral High School will continue to carry out the educational objectives of its mission while being open to the fundamental changes that technology can bring about in our institution.
We thank the following who award grants to make this endeavor possible: WilmerHale Charitable Grant, Stratford Foundation, The 200 Foundation, and The Cox Foundation. 

Winter Literacy Program
This program is designed to help freshmen students develop better reading, research, thinking, and writing skills. Students meet in after school sessions with teachers to develop a research project of their choice. Each student produces a research project (paper and presentation) for evaluation at the end of the school year.
There are 10 after school meetings during the school year. After a snack in the cafeteria, students enter assigned classrooms where they work with teachers from 2:45 to 4:15 p.m. There are also two Saturday morning sessions with volunteers from the law firm of WilmerHale when students have the opportunity to discuss their topics, review their research, and develop presentation skills.
Cathedral thanks The John and Mary Corcoran Family Foundation for its grant and WilmerHale's employee-volunteers that make this program possible.