The administration and students of Bishop Maginn High School let me know over the weekend that my proposal to give the students a first-rate prom as the school shuts down for good in June was greeted with enthusiasm by everyone.

Last year, Zinnia was the Prom Queen. I hear she’s been nominated again.

They would love our help to give these refugee and inner-city students the prom they deserve; it will be the last prom for Bishop Maginn, which is being closed in June at the end of the school year.

“This idea lifted all of us, especially the students, who loved it,” reporter Sue Silverstein, the school’s art and theology teacher. “It calmed them down.”

The refugee program will continue at Catholic High School in Latham, just outside Albany.

The refugee students will be going to the new school; Sue Silverstein will be going there; Principal Mike Tolan will be there. So will me and Maria and Zinnia.

The Diocese is committed to supporting the refugee program. So are Sue Silverstein and Principal Mike Tolan. The new school will offer these children some new programs in some ways.

In the coming days, I’m meeting with BMHS school officials to figure out how to best support this idea of offering a positive and meaningful conclusion to three of the most challenging years schools and students have ever had.

These kids have suffered plenty. It’s time for them to have a real celebration of their hard work and future ambitions. I’m excited beyond words to have the go-head for this important idea.

Many of the students are heartbroken over the news that the school is closing but are relieved to hear many of them can make a move – most on full-tuition scholarships –  and the refugee program will continue to be supported by the Diocese of New York.

I propose that our contributions go towards finding a good space, a band, and some excellent food go directly to school officials, as they will be tax-deductible.

We can also help with favors and decorations.

But the officials need to work it through and get approval for this proposal. I suggested that we support one or more Amazon Wish Lists for supplies, as we have done in the past.

But we can’t order the right venue, band, or food on Amazon, which is a big part of making a great prom. That needs to be separate.

These kids have had plenty of hardship and suffering in their lives; I intend – with your help –  to help get them a happy ending to what could have been – and is in many ways – a sad story.

Please hold off prom donations until we figure out how best to help. I will keep everyone posted. Thanks for all the messages of support I’ve received.

As for the Army Of Good and me, I’d like to continue our work with the refugee students, which means meeting with them, finding out their needs, and helping them in any way we can.

I could use some support in that realm; the Refugee/Mansion Fund is low; we have been supporting the Mansion and the refugee students in a dozen different ways.

(The Billiard Table we ordered for the Mansion arrived Saturday. Thanks for your support.)

In two weeks, I will be resuming my interviews with the refugee students and helping them get what they most need, from books to laptops to earphones to art supplies that support creativity.

I could help with that (apart from the prom support). If you can, please send a contribution via Paypal, [email protected] or on Venmo, Jon-Katz@Jon-Katz-13, or by check, Mansion/Refugee Fund, P.O. Box 205, Cambridge, N.Y., 12816.

If you wish your contribution to go one way or another – refugee or Mansion work –  please specify on the check. I expect to be resuming my weekly meetings with the refugees, and I want to help every one of them if possible.

Please help if you can.

Bishop Maginn has been a focal point and saving grace for many of these children, who came fresh out of refugee camps or hostile and overcrowded public schools.

Many of them need our help, and switching to another school won’t change that. So help me out if I can. And when the time comes (which will be soon), we can make sure Bishop Maginn ends its existence on the best possible and richly deserved note.

The school has done the Lord’s Work faithfully and consistently. I’d love to be part of something that ends the school year on the highest possible note.

Thanks again for all of the support you’ve given and for the help to come. You have changed and enriched lives and made some beautiful miracles possible.