Type Private, All-Female Established 1961 President Dr. Margaret Minson Mascot Tiger | Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic Status Open Phone +1 718-236-6363 Colors Green, Gold | |
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Oversight Sisters of Saint Joseph Address 2202 60th St, Brooklyn, NY 11204, USA Motto Educating Women Who Shape the Future Similar Xaverian High School, Fontbonne Hall Academy, Bishop Loughlin Memorial, St Edmund Prep, St Saviour High School Profiles | ||
Bishop Kearney High School is an all-girls, private, Roman Catholic high school in the Bensonhurst region of Brooklyn, New York. It is located within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn and sponsored by the Sisters of St. Joseph.
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About
Bishop Kearney continues to pursue this mission: The Bishop Kearney Community is Christianity in Action - Living, Loving and Teaching as Jesus.
Bishop Kearney is well known in the Brooklyn area for their strong academics, athletics and art and music program. 100% of students graduate and attend college. College Acceptances include Cornell, Fordham, Harvard, NYU, Princeton, Rice, Trinity, and Yale. Bishop Kearney offers a four-year guidance program and more than a year of college credits through AP courses and partnerships with colleges.
Bishop Kearney offers a wide array of opportunities with over 20 clubs an activities. Their band has participated in and won several parade-based competitions and their speech team has been extremely successful. Other clubs, donate hundreds to funding local and global charities.
Highlights:
- partnered with 21st Century Fox for their student-run television station, WBKS, including on-going training and field experience.
- Project Lead The Way Computer Science Program
- Medical Program: student participate in college credit courses including Anatomy & Physiology and AP Chemistry, as well as gain field experience and training through our biomedical professions course and partnership with Maimonides and Calko Medical Centers (may earn up to 17 college credits)
- Individualized instruction for students with a diagnosed IEP
- Resource Centers in all departments with "one-on-one" instruction available
Bishop Kearney annually participates in the Veteran's Day Parade.
Background
Bishop Raymond A. Kearney High School was founded in 1961 as part of the Diocesan system of schools. It was dedicated by Most Rev. Brian Joseph McEntegart on November 2, 1961 and named in honor of the youngest auxiliary bishop of Brooklyn who had served the diocese from 1935 until his death on October 1, 1956.
The Sisters of Saint Joseph were asked to administer and staff the school. In 1973, the Henry Hald Association, which governed diocesan schools was dissolved and the school was purchased by the Sisters of Saint Joseph. It was incorporated and reopened as Bishop Kearney High School which was to be governed by a Board of Trustees. In 1994, the Board was expanded to include not only the General Government of the Congregation, but also parents, alumnae and other lay persons with expertise in education, finance and plant management.
The administrators of Bishop Kearney High School have been: Sister Letitia Maria Flanagan, CSJ (1961–67) Sister Mary Jogues (Rose Tehan), CSJ (1967–70) Sister John Crucis (Helen Faulds), CSJ (1970–80) Sister Ann McCarthy (John Capistran), CSJ (1980–90) Sister Joan McAvoy (Maria Columba), CSJ (1990-2003) Sister Thomasine Stagnitta, CSJ (2003-2014) Mrs Elizabeth Guglielmo (2014–Present)
Some significant dates in Bishop Kearney's history: Accredited by Middle States Association 1966 Mater Dei, Chapter of National Honor Society est. 1966 Incorporated by NYS Board of Regents 1973 Absolute Charter granted 1979
In his dedication address in 1961, Bishop McEntegart predicted: "In this school, young girls for decades to come will be taught the truths of God's word. They will receive an education second to none."
The school is named for Bishop Raymond A. Kearney of the Diocese of Brooklyn.