Bishop Thomas Francis Hendricken High School
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2615 Warwick Avenue Warwick, Rhode Island 02889 United States |
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| Type | Private, All-Male, college preparatory |
| Motto | Catholic Values Fostering a Tradition of Excellence |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
| Established | September, 1959 |
| School district | Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence |
| President | John A. Jackson |
| Principal | John A. Jackson |
| Faculty | 86 full-time |
| Enrollment | 944 |
| Average class size | 22 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 14:1 |
| Color(s) | Green and Gold |
| Mascot | Hawk |
| Accreditation | New England Association of Schools and Colleges |
| Affiliation | Roman Catholic |
| Website | www |
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 currently enrolls a student body of around 900 students. At the beginning of the 2015-2016 school year, Hendricken launched an 8th grade program, the SELECT Honors Institute. The school offers college preparatory courses at 4 academic levels.
The school sits on a suburban 34-acre campus in the Warwick Neck and Oakland Beach area of Warwick.
The school's current president and principal is John A. Jackson '71.
Hendricken offers instruction in the humanities, arts, and sciences. The school's academic curriculum includes 4 levels of college preparatory instruction, including accelerated and honors tracks. Hendricken's academic departments include: English, Fine Arts, Health/Physical Education, Mathematics, Modern Language, Science, Social Studies, and Theology. The school also offers elective courses in Business, Fine Arts, Writing, Psychology, Criminology, and more.
The school offers Advanced Placement courses in English Literature, English Language & Composition, Calculus AB, Calculus BC, Statistics, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, European History, United States History, Music Theory, French, and Spanish.
In 2008-2009, Hendricken launched the Brother Thomas R. Leto Options Program aimed at providing a Catholic high school education for students with mild to moderate developmental disabilities.
In 2015-2016, the school opened its SELECT Honors Institute for qualified 8th grade boys in Rhode Island, and the neighboring communities of Massachusetts and Connecticut.
Hendricken offers a comprehensive honors program for arts students, the Arts Academy, and features instruction in Drama (acting & technical theater), Music (band & chorus), Media Arts, Visual Arts. The Arts program also offers several electives.
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