Butler Catholic School was honored last week for being named a finalist in the “Innovations in Catholic Education Awards,” by Today’s Catholic Teacher magazine.

The awards, in their 21st year, honor 12 Catholic schools from around the nation, including grand prize winners in four categories.

Butler Catholic was nominated as one of three finalists in the “Total Community Involvement, including Fundraising” category.

The award recognized the school’s new Community Partnership Program.

The partnership program has allowed the school to bring in money from sponsorships to pay for programs such as classroom robots and a leadership development day at Slippery Rock University’s Academic Leadership Lab for seventh and eighth grade students.

The school’s sponsors this year were Amerikohl Aggregates, C.W. Howard Insurance Agency, Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic High School and NexTier Bank. The school was recognized last week at a banquet during the National Catholic Education Association Conference in Cincinnati where Sister John Ann Mulhern, principal, accepted a trophy and a finalist banner.