Holy Cross High School (Pennsylvania)
| Holy Cross High School | |
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| Address | |
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501 East Drinker Street Dunmore, Pennsylvania, (Lackawanna County) 18512 United States |
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| Coordinates | 41°25′16.5″N 75°37′22.5″W / 41.421250°N 75.622917°WCoordinates: 41°25′16.5″N 75°37′22.5″W / 41.421250°N 75.622917°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Private coed. high school |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
| Established | 2007 |
| Superintendent | Msgr. David Tressler |
| Dean | Mrs. Kandy Taylor |
| Administrator | Msgr. David Tressler |
| Principal | Mr. Ben Tolerico |
| Chaplain | Father Cyril Edwards |
| Faculty | 61 |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 507 |
| Average class size | 18 students |
| Student to teacher ratio | 12:1 |
| Campus | Urban |
| Color(s) |
Silver Forest Green Black |
| Fight song | "Holy Cross stand true" |
| Athletics conference | Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA) (A/AA) |
| Team name | Crusaders |
| Rivals | Dunmore High School, Scranton Preparatory School, Holy Redeemer High School and Mid Valley High School |
| Accreditation | Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools |
| Average SAT scores | Consistently above national average |
| Tuition | $7,250 (2016-2017) |
| Affiliation | Diocese of Scranton |
| Bishop of Scranton | Joseph C. Bambera |
| Director of Religious Formation | Mrs. Kathryn Yaklic |
| Athletic Director | Mr. Al Callejas |
| Website | http://www.holycrosshs-dioceseofscranton.org |
Holy Cross High School is a Roman Catholic secondary school located in Dunmore, Pennsylvania. It operates under the jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Scranton, and is the second largest of four diocesan high schools in Northeastern Pennsylvania. The Holy Cross School System has included five feeder schools since the 2011-2012 school year: All Saint’s Academy, Scranton; LaSalle Academy, Dickson City and Jessup; Our Lady of Peace, Clarks Summit; St. Clare/St. Paul, Scranton; and St. Mary of Mount Carmel, Dunmore.
1964 Central Dunmore Catholic High School was built at the school’s current location by the efforts of the five Catholic parishes within Dunmore to serve as centralized, larger secondary school than individual parish centers. In later years, the school was renamed Bishop O’Hara High School to commemorate the first bishop of Scranton, William O’Hara, and to reach out to Catholic students outside of Dunmore. In the 1960s Cathedral High School was built in Scranton to serve Catholic students at the secondary level in the central city. In later years, it was renamed Bishop Hannan High School to commemorate the fifth bishop of Scranton, Jerome Hannan, and as it absorbed other Catholic high schools within Scranton, and to reach out to Catholic students outside of Scranton.
However, due to changing demographics and culture, the enrollment of Bishop Hannan and Bishop O’Hara declined through the 1990s and 2000s. Foreseeing an eventual demise of Catholic education, the ninth bishop of Scranton, Francis Martino, hired the Meitler Consultants to conduct a diocesan-wide study of the Catholic schools and submit recommendations for the renewal and strengthening of the Diocese’s schools. In early 2007, the Meitler Consultants recommended that the equally sized Bishops Hannan and O’Hara merge to form a new high school to serve all of Lackawanna County.
In 2007 Bishop O’Hara and Bishop Hannan graduated their last classes, and the schools were closed. Holy Cross High School was then formed, which operated in the O’Hara building as the Dunmore Campus and in the Hannan building as the Scranton Campus. The Dunmore and Scranton Campuses retained the upperclassmen of the original schools, and all of the freshmen attended the Dunmore Campus. For the 2008-2009 school year onward, the Scranton Campus was closed, several modular classrooms were added on to the Dunmore Campus, and Holy Cross High School was physically united.
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