Delone Catholic High School
| Delone Catholic High School | |
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| Address | |
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140 South Oxford Avenue McSherrystown, Pennsylvania, (Adams County) 17344 United States |
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| Coordinates | 39°48′22″N 77°0′38″W / 39.80611°N 77.01056°WCoordinates: 39°48′22″N 77°0′38″W / 39.80611°N 77.01056°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Private, co-educational |
| Motto | Be doers of the word (James 1:22) |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
| Established | 1940 |
| Founder | Bishop George L. Leech, Charles J. Delone, Esq. |
| President | Mikayla McCleaf |
| Dean | Stephanie Williams |
| Principal | Maureen C. Thiec, Ed.D. |
| Head of school | Maureen C. Thiec Ed.D. |
| Chaplain | Rev. Charles L. Persing |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Average class size | 100 |
| Color(s) | School colors: red and blue Athletic colors: black and gold |
| Accreditation | Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools |
| Average SAT scores | 1430 |
| Publication | Insquire (literary magazine) |
| Newspaper | Delonews |
| Yearbook | Delonian |
| Tuition | 2015-2016: $5,400 (students of parishes in the Diocese of Harrisburg); $7,080 (from other parishes or religions) |
| Website | www.delonecatholic.org |
Delone Catholic High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in McSherrystown, Pennsylvania, US. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg.
Delone Catholic High School is a regional high school named for Charles J. Delone, Esquire, a prominent Catholic attorney of Hanover, Pennsylvania, who donated the land and the funds for the construction of the original building. The facilities that had been the education center for the elementary and high school had been destroyed by a fire in 1938, which precipitated Delone's donation. The cornerstone of the new school was laid in 1939, and the new building was dedicated by Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, Apostolic Delegate to the United States, on September 2, 1940. As a tribute to Delone, the school bears his name and its athletic teams have adopted his title: "Squires" and "Squirettes".
Father Cyril J. Allwein was appointed the first principal. The Sisters of Saint Joseph were joined on the faculty by the Sisters of Mercy and, in 1941, by the Sisters of Christian Charity.
In 1952, the high school was accredited by the Middle States Association under the direction of Father William R. Lyons, Principal 1948-1977. Two wings were added to the original building in 1955 and 1962. A chapel bearing the title "Our Lady, Queen of Peace" was constructed in 1966. The Lawrence B. (Sonny) Sheppard Memorial, a gymnasium complex, the gift of Mr. and Mrs. L.B. Sheppard in memory of their son, was built in 1968.
Delone Catholic High School serves the youth of parishes in Hanover, McSherrystown, Littlestown, Spring Grove, Abbottstown, New Oxford, Bonneauville, Gettysburg Fairfield in Pennsylvania; and Westminster, Emmitsburg, Reisterstown, Taneytown and Glyndon in Maryland.
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