Denomination Roman Catholic Phone +1 305-751-8367 | Founder Edmund Ignacious Rice Mascot Knight | |
 | ||
Established 1953 (as two separate schools for boys and girls)1981 (as Archbishop Curley-Notre Dame High School) Similar Booker T Washingt Senior Hi, Immacula Salle High School, Miami Country Day School, Brito Miami Private School, Archdioc of Miami Profiles | ||
Archbishop Curley-Notre Dame High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in the Buena Vista neighborhood of Miami, Florida, United States. It is located and operated by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Miami.
Contents
On September, 27, 2016, the Archdiocese of Miami announced that, due to continued dwindling enrollment, the school would be closing its doors in August 2017.
History
In 1953, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Augustine (which, on October 7, 1958, became the Roman Catholic Diocese of Miami, under Bishop Joseph Patrick Hurley) created two new Catholic high schools. Archbishop Curley High School (for boys) and Notre Dame Academy (for girls), were founded in 1953, in Miami, Florida. Archbishop Curley High School was initially administered by diocesan priests from 1953–59, followed by the Congregation of the Brothers of the Holy Cross from 1960–70, and again by diocesan priests from 1970 until 1985. Notre Dame Academy was originally administered by the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Saint Augustine from 1953–59. From 1960-81 the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary administered Notre Dame Academy.
The two schools merged in 1981 onto the Archbishop Curley High School campus to form coeducational Archbishop Curley-Notre Dame High School. Since 1985 the school has been administered by the Congregation of Christian Brothers.
At the start of the 1960-61 school year, five black students left all-black Holy Redeemer, encouraged to do so by nuns. Three male students enrolled at Archbishop Curley, and two female students enrolled at Notre Dame. The Archdiocese insisted on two separate schools.