Cardinal Spellman High School (Brockton, Massachusetts)
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Cardinal Spellman High School
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738 Court Street Brockton, Massachusetts, (Plymouth County) 02302 United States |
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| Coordinates | •42°5′35.0″N 70°59′35.2″W / 42.093056°N 70.993111°WCoordinates: 42°5′35.0″N 70°59′35.2″W / 42.093056°N 70.993111°W |
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| Type | Private, coeducational |
| Motto |
Sequere Deum ("Follow God") |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
| Established | 1958 |
| Founder | Cardinal Cushing |
| Authority | Independent |
| Area trustee | Geraldine Mahoney |
| President | Dan Hodes |
| Principal | Paul Kelly |
| Chaplain | Deacon Joe Nickley |
| Faculty | 52 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 650+ (2012) |
| Campus | Suburban |
| Campus size | 42 Acres |
| Color(s) | Cardinal red and goldenrod |
| Athletics conference | Catholic Central League |
| Sports | Football, boys'/girls' soccer, boys'/girls' cross country, boys'/girls' golf, girls' volleyball, cheerleading, indoor winter track, boys'/girls' basketball, boys'/girls' swimming, hockey, baseball, softball, spring track, boys'/girls' tennis, lacrosse |
| Mascot | The Cardinal Crazy |
| Team name | Cardinals |
| Rival | Archbishop Williams High School, Abington High School |
| Accreditation | New England Association of Schools and Colleges |
| Publication | Tradition Magazine |
| Newspaper | The Daily Cardinal |
| Tuition | $9,700 (2012-13) |
| Affiliation | National Catholic Educational Association |
| Athletic Director | Michael Gerrish |
| Website | www.spellman.com |
Cardinal Spellman High School is a private college preparatory high school of Catholic denomination established in 1958 and located in Brockton, Massachusetts, United States. Like the school's fellow Catholic school and sports rival, Archbishop Williams High School, it operates separately from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston. The school is named after Cardinal Francis Spellman.
Richard Cardinal Cushing, Archbishop of Boston, officiated at the dedication of Cardinal Spellman High School on October 20, 1958. He blessed its buildings and laid the cornerstone during the ceremony. The school was named in honor of Francis Cardinal Spellman, whose birthplace was in the neighboring town of Whitman, Massachusetts. "Sequere Deum - Follow God" was taken from Francis Cardinal Spellman's coat of arms and used as the school's motto.
In September 1958, 300 students began their school careers as students at Cardinal Spellman with Sister M. Vera, CSJ as the founding Principal and a faculty of ten Sisters of Saint Joseph of Boston. Many Sisters worked at Cardinal Spellman over the years. There aren't any Sisters of Saint Joseph currently working at Spellman. The last one, Sr. Patricia Lynch, left in July 2012.
On December 6, 1963, Cardinal Spellman High School, along with several other secondary schools in the Archdiocese of Boston, was incorporated as a member of the Archdiocesan Central High Schools, Inc. In 1979, the New England Association of Schools and Colleges awarded Cardinal Spellman High School its initial accreditation; in 1989 and again in 1999, the school was re-accredited for successive ten-year periods. Cardinal Spellman High School was elected as a permanent member of the College Board in 1983. The school is also affiliated with the National Catholic Education Association.
Cardinal Spellman High School was incorporated in January 2004 after the Board of Trustees of the Archdiocesan Central High Schools, Inc., determined that each of its schools would be best served by becoming an independent public juridic institution governed by its own Board of Trustees. Beginning on September 1, 2004, Oxford's own Board of Trustees took over the responsibility of governing the school.
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