Calvert Hall College High School

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name= Calvert Hall College High School
motto = "Vitae via virtus" (Virtue is the way of life)
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location = Towson, Maryland
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homepage = http://www.calverthall.com

Calvert Hall College High School (also known as Calvert Hall or CHC) is a Catholic college preparatory high school for boys located in Towson, Maryland, United States. Its mission is to make their students "men of faith, men of intellect, and men of integrity." It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore.

The school was established in 1845 by the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools as a private Catholic college preparatory high school for boys and is the oldest Christian Brothers school in the United States. The third oldest, St. John's College High School in Washington, D.C. was founded by Christian Brothers from this school in 1851.

Athletics

In one of the oldest catholic school rivalries in the country, Calvert Hall faces its cross-town foe, Loyola Blakefield, in the annual Turkey Bowl football game at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore. CHC participates in the MIAA 'A' conference in all its sports, along with the Baltimore Catholic League for basketball.

Calvert Hall is best known for its dominance in baseball and water polo. The Calvert Hall baseball team has won the previous nowrap|four MIAA "A" conference championships, and, on March 18, 2008 moved up to the #1 team ranking by "USA Today" in high school baseball. On April 7, 2008, the school's "Carlo Crispino Baseball Stadium" was dedicated. Named after an alumnus of that name who donated $1 million for the state-of-the-art facility, the stadium has a covered grandstand and FieldTurf, designed by Cal Ripken. [cite news|title=City/County Digest|date=2006-01-13|publisher="The Baltimore Sun"|url=http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/baltsun/access/968887341.html?dids=968887341:968887341&FMT=ABS&FMTS|accessdate=2008-09-30|page=3B] [cite news |author=Nelson Coffin |title=No diamond in the rough: Stadium is a jewel |date=2008-04-09 |publisher=The Towson Times" |url=http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?pnpid=659&show=archivedetails&ArchiveID=1353345&om=1 |accessdate=2008-04-23 ] Other former Baltimore Orioles attending the ceremonies were Bill Ripken and Billy Hunter.

The water polo squad has won every MIAA championship with the exception of the inaugural game in 2000, which was won by the Gilman School. Calvert Hall Varsity water polo has gone undefeated in the MIAA for the last seven years. Calvert Hall has also had success in the Eastern Prep Championships of water polo, winning the last three, at the Lawrenceville School in New Jersey.

Calvert Hall is also represented in tennis, cross country, lacrosse, track and field, soccer, volleyball, hockey, indoor track, outdoor track, golf, wrestling, swimming, basketball, and rugby.

The Calvert Hall basketball team ended the 1982 season as National Champions, defeating Dunbar High School in a triple overtime game.

Calvert Hall's Varsity Hockey Team won the MIAA championship title in 2007-2008.

Calvert Hall's Varsity and JV Cross Country Team won the MIAA Championship Title 2007-2008. They then went to win the Private School State Championships. The Team also traveled to NIKE nationals in Alabama where the JV squad won the first ever NIKE Southeast Championship.

Campus

The 33 acre (134,000 m²) campus (left diagram) consists of three academic buildings: Keelty Hall, George Young Hall, and the Marion Burk Knott Center for the Performing Arts.

* Keelty Hall contains administrative and guidance offices, classrooms, science labs, the chapel, Cardinal Shop and a cafeteria.
* George Young Hall houses four computer labs, TV Studio, Art Studio, classrooms, and George Young library.
* The Marion Burk Knott Center contains a theater, two lecture halls, and practice areas for instrumental and vocal music.
* In addition, the campus includes Alumni Memorial Gymnasium, Paul Angelo Russo stadium, the Carlo Crispino Baseball Stadium, the athletic activities building, Hucht pool, practice fields, the Shaughnessy tennis courts, and the Christian Brothers' residence.
* Carlo Crispino Stadium (for baseball) was completed in 2008.

Notable alumni

* Michael Barr (software engineer)
* Jack Blessing, actor, appeared as McGillicudy on "Moonlighting" and as Jack Powers on "The George Lopez Show".
* Juan Dixon, ACC and National Player of the Year for the National champion University of Maryland Terrapins Basketball team in 2002. Current NBA player with the Detroit Pistons, and formerly of the Toronto Raptors, the Portland Trail Blazers and the Washington Wizards.
* Michael C. Farrell, member of the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame.
* Duane Ferrell, Member of 1982 national championship basketball team at CHC under Coach Mark Amatucci, went on to play at Georgia Tech, 11-year NBA player for Atlanta Hawks, Indiana Pacers, and Golden State Warriors.
* Kevin Huntley, All-American attackman for Johns Hopkins University.Scored the game winning goal in the 2007 Division One Men's Lacrosse National Championship against Duke University.
* Ricky Harris, shooting guard for University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
* Thomas E. Hutchins, former Maryland State Delegate & former Maryland State Police Superintendent
* Mel Kiper, Jr., NFL draft analyst on ESPN.
* Jim Mathias, Maryland State Delegate, former Mayor of Ocean City.
* Jack McClinton, point guard for the University of Miami.
* American Joe Miedusiewski, Maryland House of Delegates, District 46, (1975-1988) [ [http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/speccol/sc3500/sc3520/002700/002729/html/msa02729.html American Joe Miedusiewski (biography)] ]
* Gary Neal, ex-LaSalle University basketball player. Now plays for Towson University; led the nation in Division-1 scoring at several points in his career.
* Sam Palmisano, CEO of IBM
* Tom Roberts, Former CNN anchor.
* J. Douglass Radebaugh, National Lacrosse Hall of Famer.
* Dwight Schultz, Actor - known as Murdock on the The A-Team and Reginald Barclay in and .
* John Waters, Filmmaker - Director of many films based and filmed in Baltimore, most notably: Polyester, Pink Flamingos, Hairspray (which has since been adapted into an award-winning Broadway musical), Cry-Baby, Pecker, Serial Mom, and A Dirty Shame.
* George Young (NFL), former New York Giants Executive, who won several NFL Executive of the Year awards. His widow donated several million dollars to the school after his death to contribute to the building of a new academic building named in his honor that opened in 2004.
* Tim Abell, future notable alumni, will donate 4 billion dollars.

Mascot and logos

As of late August 2006, Calvert Hall currently uses a stylized Cardinal head as its mascot on sports attire. This logo is official Calvert Hall property and is copyrighted. The logo can be found on midfield of Paul Angelo Russo Stadium, while the older styled cardinal can be found on the floors of the gymnasium. The Calvert Hall seal is used as a logo on letterheads and the school's website.

References

External links

* [http://www.calverthall.org Calvert Hall] official website