Cardinal Mooney High School (Youngstown, Ohio)

Infobox Secondary school
name = Cardinal Mooney High School

motto = "Sanctity, Scholarship, and Discipline"
established = 1956
type = Private (Catholic) secondary
principal = Sister Jane Marie Kudlacz, HM
faculty = 48
students = approx. 613
mascot = Cardinals
colors = Red and gold
city = Youngstown
state = Ohio,
country = USA
website = [http://www.cardinalmooney.com/ www.cardinalmooney.com]
grades = 9-12
address = 2545 Erie Street
newspaper = "The Beakon"
yearbook = "The Eminence"

Cardinal Mooney High School is a coeducational Catholic high school located in Youngstown, Ohio.

History

Cardinal Mooney was founded in 1956 and is run by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Youngstown. In the early 1950s, the Diocese of Youngstown recognized the need to expand Ursuline High School and to build a new parochial high school on the southside. In 1953, Bishop Emmett M. Walsh obtained the present site of Cardinal Mooney High School from the Youngstown Parks Department and began the organization of a high school fundraising committee.

Ground was broken in 1954, and in the fall of 1955 the first freshman class was organized and began attending classes at the old Glenmary convent. Construction of Cardinal Mooney was completed in time for the first day of school in September 1956. A total of 610 students were enrolled as freshmen or sophomores. The school was named (against his wishesFact|date=January 2008) after Edward Cardinal Mooney, a former southsider, who was the Archbishop of Detroit. He had distinguished himself as a scholar and Vatican diplomat.

Father William A. Hughes, who recently retired as Bishop of Covington, Kentucky, was named the school's first principal. Red and Gold were selected as the school colors. They symbolized the blood of the martyrs, and the responsibility of all Christians to accept suffering and the Blessed Sacrament.

The initial faculty included sisters from the Ursuline, Dominican, Notre Dame and Vincentian communities, two priests and five lay teachers.

In June 1959 the first graduating class celebrated Baccalaureate Mass at St. Columba Cathedral, and on June 7th graduation ceremonies were held at Stambaugh Auditorium.

Enrollments grew rapidly in the early '60's. By 1960 an addition to Cardinal Mooney was being planned and an overflow of students were once again attending classes at the old Glenmary Convent. The addition opened in 1961. It included an auditorium, seven classrooms and a physics laboratory.

Several notable alumni of Cardinal Mooney include Oklahoma Sooners Head Football Coach Bob Stoops, University of Arizona Head Football Coach Mike Stoops, University of Nebraska Cornhuskers Head Football Coach Bo Pelini, Champion Boxer Ray Mancini, and disgraced former Congressman Jim Traficant.

Philosophy of education

Cardinal Mooney is a Catholic high school whose community of students and their families, teachers, administrators, support staff, and alumni take pride in the school's "family atmosphere" and its purpose to live and proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The high school responds to the needs of its members by providing an enriching environment to help students grow intellectually, spiritually, and personally.

Cardinal Mooney educates students through steadfast traditions of scholarship, sanctity, and discipline -- traditions that have been highly valued since the school's inception. Through worship, learning, athletic, and extracurricular activities the goal is personal excellence and integrity.

Students come to Cardinal Mooney from Mahoning and Columbiana Counties. Because they represent diverse ethnic, racial, and economic backgrounds, students are encouraged to foster and promote greater understanding of others. Ultimately, the high school helps serve the needs of the community by empowering students to develop into productive, responsible adult citizens who are committed to service in the name of Jesus Christ.

The school's principal is Sister Jane Marie Kudlacz. Two vice principals, James Cooney and Joanne Carney Smith, sit at Sister's side.

Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships

* Football - 1973,1980,1982,1987,2004,2006 cite web|url=http://www.ohsaa.org/|title=Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site|accessdate=2006-12-31|author=OHSAA] cite web|url=http://www.yappi.com/football/StateChamps.html|title=Yappi Sports Football|accessdate=2007-02-12|author=Yappi]
* Golf - 1988,1989 cite web|url=http://www.ohsaa.org/|title=Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site|accessdate=2006-12-31|author=OHSAA]
* Soccer – 2002 cite web|url=http://www.ohsaa.org/|title=Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site|accessdate=2006-12-31|author=OHSAA]
* Track – 1990 cite web|url=http://www.ohsaa.org/|title=Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site|accessdate=2006-12-31|author=OHSAA]
* Cross Country – 1999 cite web|url=http://www.ohsaa.org/|title=Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site|accessdate=2006-12-31|author=OHSAA]

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