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Bishop Kearney High School (New York City)

Bishop Kearney High School
Bishop Kearney High School building.JPG
Bishop Kearney High School
Address
2202 60th Street
Brooklyn,
New York
11204
United States
Coordinates 40°36′58″N 73°58′41″W / 40.61611°N 73.97806°W / 40.61611; -73.97806Coordinates: 40°36′58″N 73°58′41″W / 40.61611°N 73.97806°W / 40.61611; -73.97806
Information
Type Private, All-Female
Motto Dilige Justitiam
(Work for Justice)
Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic
Established 1961
Status Open
Oversight Sisters of Saint Joseph
President Sister Elizabeth A. Hill
Administrator Dr. Margaret M. Minson
Principal Geri Martinez
Grades 9-12
Enrollment 400
Average class size 20
Campus type indoor school building
Color(s) Green and Gold         
Slogan Educating Women Who Shape the Future.
Song Kearney Hail to Thee
Athletics basketball (v&jv), cheer, golf, soccer, softball (v&jv), step, swimming, tennis, track and volleyball(v&jv)
Sports See athletics
Mascot Tiger
Nickname Kearney
Team name Tigers
Accreditation Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
Average SAT scores 1200-2400
Average ACT scores 24-36
Yearbook Memorare
School fees 475 (books) 150 (walkathon)
Tuition 9,450
Admissions Director Rachel Kasold
Athletic Director Brooke Reinfeld
Website

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.

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.

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.


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