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Frassati Catholic is excited to hold its inaugural Homecoming celebration on November 2, 2018. We look forward to welcoming back our alumni as our football team takes on the Bay Area Christian Broncos. There will be a pep rally and other activities after school before everyone heads to the game at 7:00 p.m. at Rosehill Christian. Click here for more information.

On Sunday, October 21, from 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m., Frassati Catholic will hold their Admissions Open House. Students and their families are invited to attend and hear more about the school and the application process. A formal session will begin at 2:15 p.m. followed by more informal presentations. Please visit our website or https://frassaticatholic.org/openhouse to register

Mia Vassilakis '19 has been named a 2018-2019 National Hispanic Scholar as part of the College Board’s National Hispanic Recognition Program (NHRP). Vassilakis is one of more than 5,000 academically outstanding students from over 250,000 Hispanic/Latino juniors who take the PSAT/NMSQT to receive this recognition.

Sister John Paul, O.P., principal of Frassati Catholic High School, announced that Ben McKeig ’19 has been named  a Commended Student in the 2019 National Merit Scholarship Program. A Letter of Commendation from the school and National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC), which conducts the program, will be presented by the principal to this senior.

Tickets are now on sale for Frassati Catholic's production of Newsies. Based on the real-life Newsboy Strike of 1899, this new Disney musical tells the story of Jack Kelly, a rebellious newsboy who dreams of a life as an artist away from the big city. After publishing giant Joseph Pulitzer raises newspaper prices at the newsboys' expense, Kelly and his fellow newsies take action.

Frassati Catholic High School has been recognized as a Catholic Education Honor Roll School. The national Honor Roll program is directed by the Cardinal Newman Society and has recognized over 300 high-performing Catholic high schools nationwide since the program’s inception in 2004.

Frassati Catholic High School graduate Alex de la Maza has been recognized by the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools (TAPPS) as Athlete of the Year. Every year, TAPPS selects a male and female athlete of the year for each of its six classifications; de la Maza received the award for males in the 3A class.

On May 25, 2018 Frassati Catholic High School celebrated their second annual Baccalaureate Mass and Commencement. At ten a.m. the school community gathered to pray with celebrant Daniel Cardinal diNardo in gratitude for the Class of 2018 and for their continued blessings and success.  

On May 11, 2018 Frassati Catholic High School acknowledged excellence in academics, athletics, and fine arts at the fifth annual Verso L’alto Summit Awards Ceremony. In addition to awards for these achievements among the whole student body, particular awards are given to members of the graduating class to recognize their achievements over their time at Frassati Catholic. These recognitions include announcing Valedictorian and Salutatorian, and conferring the Man and Woman of the Beatitudes, Virtuous Athlete, and Pier Giorgio Service awards.

Frassati Catholic High School’s Chess team competed in the Cardinal DiNardo All-Region chess tournament on May 5 at St. Theresa Catholic School in Sugar Land, TX. The team placed second in the Houston-area high school division. Individual awards went to two team members: Robert Beaujean placed second and Andrew Pye placed fourth.

Frassati Catholic High School’s track team travelled to Waco, TX for the TAPPS 3A State Championship May 4-5. Fifteen students placed in the top eight for at least one event at the regional championships, qualifying them for state. The track team returned home with three gold medals, two bronze medals, and twelfth place in the state for the boys’ combined efforts.

For the first time this April, Frassati Catholic High School’s Spanish students competed in the National Spanish Exam with over 150,000 other students from around the country. The exam measures proficiency in students divided in groups based on both the course they are currently taking, and the degree of experience they have with Spanish (only in the classroom, or experience with Spanish outside of school). Students are ranked and receive awards based on their performance relative to the performance of other students taking the exam. Frassati Catholic had eighty students who took the test, and twenty-six received medals and thirty-two received an honorable mention.

Three Frassati Catholic High School seniors signed letters of commitment to play sports at the collegiate level and to receive scholarship money. Sophia Biondi signed to run track with University of Portland; Jonathan de Aragao signed to play soccer with Mount St. Mary’s; and Alex de la Maza signed to run cross country with the University of St. Thomas.

Frassati Catholic High School’s golf teams returned to Glen Rose, TX for the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools (TAPPS) 3A State Championship tournament April 23-24. Sophomore Anna Claire Fincher defended her 2017 gold medal, shooting par on both days of the tournament to bring home the state champion title. Senior Hunter Thomas won the silver medal at the tournament in the boys’ division.

Frassati Catholic High School’s Model United Nations team attended the Texas Model UN Assembly in Dallas, TX April 13-15. The YMCA Texas Model UN is hosted by the Dallas YMCA and invites participants from around the state to simulate a General Assembly of the United Nations. Frassati Catholic High School sent 13 students to participate as officers and delegates for the 2018 conference.

Two Frassati Catholic students competed for the first time in the 54th Texas French Symposium on March 23-24 at The Woodlands High School. Luis Esparza '20 and Juan Pablo Esparza '20 represented Frassati Catholic High School as students in level two and level three.

On April 2, the boys and girls golf teams both won the TAPPS 3A District Championship, played at Pebble Creek Country Club in College Station, TX. The boys and girls will head to the State Tournament for the second consecutive year.

On Saturday, February 17, Kiki Vorderbruggen '21 participated in the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Quick Draw Contest at NRG Center, placing fourth overall in the Portrait Class.

On Thursday, March 1, Frassati Catholic inducted 26 new students into the school’s chapter of the National Honor Society (NHS).  

Cameron Gill '18 was  presented with the prestigious Bishop Morkovsky Award by The Archdiocesan Catholic Committee on Scouting in the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston at a ceremony at Strake Jesuit College Preparatory on February 11.