St. Cornelius

Other improvements include turf fields at Schurz High School and Farnsworth Elementary School.

Pope Francis Global Academy will be the first Chicago school named for the pontiff.

Archbishop Blase Cupich made the announcement Saturday at Mass at St. Pascal Church.

Voters can name the school for Pope Francis, Mother Teresa, St. Francis or Blessed Francis Ozanam.

The Jefferson Park Catholic school was one of two Chicago schools honored by federal officials Tuesday.

Our Lady of Victory and St. Cornelius will close after the 2015-16 school year, officials said.

Plans are also in the works to transform the vacant St. Cornelius convent into apartments for seniors.

Transforming the empty convent will benefit St. Cornelius, said the Rev. Dan Fallon, its pastor.

St. Pascal School won second place and $10,000 in the competition.

Transforming the empty convent will benefit St. Cornelius, said the Rev. Dan Fallon, its pastor.

Christina Bowman will become a curriculum coordinator for Des Plaines School District 62.

The convent has been unused since last year, said the Rev. Dan Fallon, pastor of St. Cornelius Church.

The Dec. 6 book fair will include a performance by the school's choir.

Four to six schools would be consolidated into "one independent academic institution," a priest said.

Parents and community members raised $245,000 in four weeks in an attempt to avoid being closed.