Archbishop Ryan High School
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11201 Academy Road Northeast Philadelphia Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19154 United States |
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| Coordinates | 40°5′6″N 74°59′11″W / 40.08500°N 74.98639°WCoordinates: 40°5′6″N 74°59′11″W / 40.08500°N 74.98639°W |
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| Type | Private, Coeducational |
| Motto | Belong, Believe, Become |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
| Patron saint(s) | Blessed Virgin Mary and St. Francis of Assisi |
| Established | 1966 |
| Oversight | Archdiocese of Philadelphia |
| Superintendent | Dr. Carol Cary |
| School code | 39-502 |
| CEEB code | 393-244 |
| President | Denise LePera |
| Principal | Joseph McFadden '97 |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 1,344 (August 19, 2014) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 21:1 |
| Campus | Urban |
| Campus size | 35 acres (140,000 m2) |
| Color(s) | Black, Red, Gold |
| Slogan | Belong. Believe. Become. |
| Mascot | Raider (Men), Ragdoll (Women) |
| Accreditation | Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools |
| Publication | The Vine (literary magazine) |
| Newspaper | Ryan Review |
| Yearbook | The Sentinel |
| Tuition | $6,450.00 |
| Alumni | 30,000 + |
| Admissions Director | Pamela McPeak |
| Athletic Director | George Todt |
| Website | www.archbishopryan.com |
Archbishop Ryan High School (often called Archbishop Ryan or simply Ryan) is a Roman Catholic high school located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. The school is named after Patrick John Ryan, Archbishop of Philadelphia from 1894 to 1911.
Established in 1966, Archbishop Ryan High School is the largest Catholic secondary school in the city of Philadelphia with a current enrollment of 1,325 students. The students come from over 60 catholic, public and charter elementary schools in Philadelphia, Bucks, and Montgomery County.
Archbishop Ryan High School consists of extensive technology resources: 84 classrooms, 7 computer labs, 3 music rooms, 2 newly renovated science labs, 2 state-of-the-art sports gymnasiums, 2 art studios, 1, 1 graphic design lab, 1 iMac Music Tech Lab, and 1 new Black Box Theater that was dedicated in the Spring of 2013 and seats 140 people. The entire school is wireless with internet access.
Over 600 of Archbishop Ryan's current students are second generation Ryan students.
The doors of Archbishop Ryan High Schools opened for the first time in 1966 as a co-institutional facility, i.e., two separate single-sex facilities with separate administration and faculty for each side of the building. Founded under the jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Archbishop Ryan was the twenty-eighth archdiocesan high school to be founded. The process of merging the two schools into one co-educational school began in 1988.
Ryan was the twenty-eighth archdiocesan high school, the sixth begun by Cardinal John Krol, who continued the tradition of furthering Catholic education in the Philadelphia archdiocese. The 35-acre (140,000 m2) tract on Academy Road accommodates a spacious school building, and outdoor athletic fields as well as parking areas. The original design by architects, Dagit Associates, eased the merger. The central shared facilities of auditorium, library media center, and chapel serve the coeducational student body. Ryan draws students from all across the Philadelphia area extending into the surrounding suburban areas.
In the summer of 2014, Archbishop Ryan hired the current president, Denise LePera, as the previous president, Michael McArdle, was appointed to the office of Director of Financial Aid in the Office of Catholic Education within the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.
One of Archbishop Ryan's main attributes is the school's extensive and broad academic program. Offering many fields of study, Ryan offers a variety of studies such as English, Social Studies, Mathematics, Natural and Physical Science Studies, World Languages (Spanish, Italian, and Latin), Business, Technology, Religion, Music, and Fine Art Studies. Coursework is required in the fields of English, Social Studies, Mathematics, Natural and Physical Science Studies, Religion and World Languages.
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