Cardinal Gibbons School
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3225 Wilkens Avenue Baltimore, Maryland 21229 United States |
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| Coordinates | 39°16′26″N 76°40′14″W / 39.27389°N 76.67056°WCoordinates: 39°16′26″N 76°40′14″W / 39.27389°N 76.67056°W |
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| Type | Private |
| Motto | "Emitte Spiritum Tuum" ("Send forth Your Spirit") |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Established | 1962 |
| Closed | 2010 |
| Oversight | Archdiocese of Baltimore |
| President | Bro. Kevin Strong, F.S.C. |
| Principal | David Brown |
| Chaplain | Fr. Gerry Kasule |
| Grades | 6-12 |
| Gender | All-male |
| Campus type | Urban |
| Color(s) | Red and White |
| Song | Alma Mater |
| Athletics conference | MIAA, BCL |
| Nickname | CG |
| Team name | "The Crusaders" |
| Rival | Mount Saint Joseph College (high school) |
| Accreditation | Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools |
| Newspaper | The Cardinal |
| Yearbook | The Crusader |
| Website | cardinalgibbons.com |
The Cardinal Gibbons School, also referred to as Cardinal Gibbons, CG and most commonly as Gibbons, was a Roman Catholic high school and middle school for boys in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. A private institution for grades 6–12, Gibbons drew its enrollment from the neighborhoods of southwest Baltimore City and the counties surrounding the Baltimore metropolitan area, with some as far away as Harford County, Carroll County and Frederick County.
Named in honor of Baltimore's most distinguished churchman, James Cardinal Gibbons, the school was established in 1962 by the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Gibbons occupied the former site of St. Mary’s Industrial School, a reform school for boys and the Alma Mater of baseball great George Herman "Babe" Ruth. Following extensive renovations of the old St. Mary’s campus in the early 1960s, the Cardinal Gibbons School opened. The school grew to its peak enrollment of just over 1,000 students in the mid-1970s. In 1988, the school expanded its academic programs with the addition of a middle school. The middle school program ceased operation following the 2009 academic school year. Due to economic strains on the Archdiocese, in addition to declining enrollment at Gibbons, it was announced the school would close following the conclusion of the 2009–2010 school year.
Gibbons was a college preparatory middle and high school, with core curriculum courses in literature, religious studies, mathematics, laboratory science, social sciences and history, fine arts, physical education, technology, and foreign language. Gibbons offered a variety of Advanced Placement courses, including joint courses with neighboring all-girls high school, Seton Keough to the south. Gibbons also offered dual enrollment courses in conjunction with the Community College of Baltimore County. All students at Gibbons were held to academic integrity through the use of an honor code.
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