Bishop Hendricken High School
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Bishop Hendricken High School seal
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2615 Warwick Avenue Warwick, Rhode Island 02889 United States |
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| Type | Private, All-Male, college preparatory |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
| Established | September, 1959 |
| President | John A. Jackson |
| Principal | Joseph J. Brennan |
| Faculty | 90 full-time |
| Enrollment | 1,020 |
| Color(s) | Green and Gold |
| Athletics | Football, Soccer, Volleyball, Cross-Country, Basketball, Hockey, Swimming, Wrestling, Indoor Track, Baseball, Outdoor Track, Tennis, Lacrosse, Golf, Rugby, Sailing |
| Mascot | Hawk |
| Accreditation | New England Association of Schools and Colleges |
| Affiliation | Roman Catholic |
| Website | http://www.hendricken.com |
Bishop Hendricken High School (or Hendricken) is a Catholic, all-male, college preparatory high school located in Warwick, Rhode Island, in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence.
Founded by the Brothers of the Holy Cross in 1959, and named in honor of the first Roman Catholic Bishop of Providence, Thomas Francis Hendricken, the school's faculty was long composed of both lay and religious individuals. The Congregation of Christian Brothers provided staff for the school after the Holy Cross Brothers' departure in 1971 until 2011.
The school's current president is John A. Jackson '71 and its principal is Joseph J. Brennan '72.
Hendricken offers instruction in the arts and sciences. The school offers Advanced Placement courses in English, Calculus AB, Calculus BC, Statistics, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, European History, United States History, French and Spanish.
Bishop Hendricken has an accomplished and comprehensive athletic program with a total of forty teams in fourteen leagues as well as club sports. It is a member of the Rhode Island Interscholastic League (RIIL). Hendricken was noted in 2008 by Sports Illustrated magazine for having the best athletic program in the state of Rhode Island.
In 1997 and early-1998, the school built a new 16,000-square-foot (1,500 m2) South Gymnasium; a 5,000-square-foot (460 m2) outdoor street hockey/basketball area; a redesigned West Gate on Oakland Beach Avenue; and a 6,000-square-foot (560 m2) west wing of classrooms.
In 2006, a new 350-seat theater was erected, as were 30,000 square feet (2,800 m2) of new classrooms (all equipped with SmartBoard technology), and a new band suite.
Current president John A. Jackson attracted criticism after writing a letter to the editor of The Providence Journal titled "Obama's immoral position on gay marriage." A Facebook group was created to protest Jackson's comments, attracting hundreds of students and alumni.
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