The school’s Peace Garden courtyard will be developed into a playground for the students, thanks to a $34,000 grant from The Betty Barrett and Juanita Bateman Foundation. Father Joseph Sanches ‘53 was instrumental in obtaining the grant .   The work will include repair to the side wall and fencing, new benches, and the construction of a flower bed grotto using memorial bricks engraved with names of loved ones. The grant will also provide for additional play equipment for the space. 

The school has received a grant for development of its Art Program through the Patrons Program of the Archdiocese of New York.    Called the "Creative Classroom Visual Arts Program," the grant will provide an art educator who provides in-service training to regular classroom teachers, to assist them in integrating art into regular classroom instruction.