Catherine McAuley High School
About the iMentor Partnership
Since 2004, iMentor has provided mentors to the young women who board at Catherine McAuley High School, now run by Boys Hope Girls Hope New York. This boarding program provides for the cost of the education at Catherine McAuley and dorming, and helps students to focus on their studies in a socially and academically supportive environment. The young women live in the Catherine McAuley dormitory from Sunday evenings to Friday afternoons and stay with their families in their home communities on the weekends.
Through this partnership, iMentor has matched 30 sophomore, junior, and senior students with caring adult mentors. All mentor-mentee pairs will remain matched in multi-year relationships until high school graduation.
The iMentor session, led by residential counselor Sara Bryant with oversight and administrative support from the dean of programs and residential life, Rachel Castro, is just one of the many enriching activities the girls participate in after school. In their iMentor sessions, the students engage in group discussions and debates about the iMentor writing prompts before emailing their mentors.
Through McAuley-sponsored events, such as dorm dinners, McAuley mentors have the unique experience of connecting with their mentees in what is essentially their home environment.
Travel Directions
Catherine McAuley HS is located in the East Flatbush section of Brooklyn and is within walking distance of Brooklyn College and the junction of Flatbush and Nostrand Avenues.
By Subway
Take the #2 Or #5 train toward Flatbush and get off at the Newkirk Avenue stop. Come up at Newkirk and Nostrand and cross Nostrand with St. Jerome’s Church behind you. Walk six blocks along Newkirk Avenue to Brooklyn Avenue and make a right. Enter the school by walking along the driveway on the left hand side of the street, which will lead to the school’s parking lot. Take an immediate right and face the street, in which direction there will be a short flight of stairs leading to a brown door. Enter the school through this door.
By Bus
The B-8 (Avenue D) to East 37th Street, B-6 or B-11 (Glenwood Rd) to East 37th Street, or B-44 (Nostrand Avenue / New York Avenue) to Avenue D
About Catherine McAuley HS
Catherine McAuley High School, a small, all-girls Catholic school, was founded in 1942 by the Sisters of Mercy, and has provided an "Education for Life" for over 60 years. Catherine McAuley High School offers a student-centered curriculum and enables the students to go forward into society and contribute positively to their community and their world. Catherine McAuley High School stimulates students academically, develops good moral character, awakens inner strength, provides experiences in self awareness, and provides social and athletic experiences.
Fun Facts
- As participants in the Boys Hope Girls Hope boarding program, the girls are called “scholars.”
- 100% of scholars who complete the boarding program go on to college.
- Greater than 80% of scholars achieve a GPA of 3.0 or better, and 100% achieve a GPA of 2.0 or better.
- All of the girls participate in community service activities.
- In addition to being leaders within the school community, many of the McAuley mentees participate in the IMPACT leadership program.
