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Coyle and Cassidy High School 
Enter to Learn, Leave to ServeAddress 2 Hamilton Street
Taunton, Massachusetts, (Bristol County), 02780
United StatesCoordinates 41°54′33″N 71°5′42.5″W / 41.90917°N 71.095139°WCoordinates: 41°54′33″N 71°5′42.5″W / 41.90917°N 71.095139°W Information Type Private, Coeducational Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic Established 1971 Oversight Diocese of Fall River CEEB Code 222120 President Dr. Mary Pat Tranter Principal Robert J. Gay Vice principal Marie Angeley
Kathleen St. LaurentGrades 9–12 Enrollment 2,000,200 (2020) Grade 11 149 Average class size 24 Student to teacher ratio 13:1 Campus Urban Color(s) Blue and Gold Fight song "Charge On You Warriors" Athletics MIAA Athletics conference Eastern Athletic Sports 22 varsity teams, 15 sports Mascot Warrior Team name Warriors 
Accreditation(s) New England Association of Schools and Colleges[1] Admissions Director Shawn Thelker Athletic Director Thomas Pileski Website www.coylecassidy.com Coyle and Cassidy High School, often referred to as simply Coyle, is a private, Catholic Diocesan high school located in Taunton, Massachusetts, USA. The school bases its teachings in which the Christian philosophy of life is modeled. Coyle serves students living within and beyond the Greater Taunton Area and, through an emphasis on spirituality, provides its students with the skills needed to make decisions based on Catholic morality.
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History
The school's history dates back to 1907, when Monsignor James Coyle, pastor of Saint Mary's Church, established Saint Mary's High School. The high school grew, and by the early 1930s the need for a larger school was apparent. In 1933, shortly after Monsignor Coyle's death, Monsignor Coyle High School opened on Summer Street, staffed by the Brothers of the Holy Cross. The boys' population transferred to Coyle, and the girls' population stayed at Saint Mary's under the guidance of the Holy Union Sisters. In 1963, a new high school for girls was opened on the corner of Hamilton Street and Adams Street, named for Bishop James Edwin Cassidy. However, given the economics of the time, the aging of the old Coyle High School building, as well as a lack of ordained staff for each school, it was decided in 1971 that the two schools would merge into Coyle-Cassidy High School in the Bishop Cassidy site. (The former Monsignor Coyle High School building is now known as the Taunton Catholic Middle School, and still serves the diocese to this day.)[2]
Athletics
Coyle's athletic program is sanctioned by the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) and all of the school's teams compete in the Eastern Athletic Conference (EAC). Coyle's athletic teams play under the nickname "Warriors", and the mascot is similar to the Vandals mascot of the University of Idaho. (Prior to the late 1990s, the mascot was a Wampanoag chief in full headress.) The school has a long, cross-city rivalry with the Taunton High School "Tigers". Depending on the sport, the school is in many different divisions. For example, Coyle is Division II in softball, but Division IV in track and field. This has nothing to do with the school's talent pool, but rather sport-specific rules assigned by the MIAA.
Currently, the school supports varsity teams in 16 different sports: baseball, basketball, cheerleading, cross country, American football, golf, ice hockey, indoor track, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track and field, volleyball, lacrosse and weightlifting. Most sports also consist of freshman and junior varsity teams. There have been recent attempts to add field hockey,and wrestling, to the athletic mix, but those have not yet been successful.
Despite its status as a fairly small school, Coyle has a rich athletic history that is often bolstered by its ability to admit students outside of the city of Taunton. Recently (within the last ten years), Coyle has particularly dominated Taunton High in the sports of golf, ice hockey, men's soccer, and tennis, winning several coveted city championships. Competing in the talent-laden conference EAC has historically been a problem for certain sports (soccer, tennis, and track specifically), but the school occasionally manages to bring home conference championships. Among all others, the softball and ice hockey teams have undoubetedly been the most successful teams in recent history at the school, both of which are occasionally ranked among the best in the country. In 2003, Taunton was treated to a rare athletic treat when both Coyle and Taunton High won Massachusetts state championships in softball, albeit in different divisions. Coyle also has an athletic Hall of Fame. An alumnus must be nominated by a member of the Coyle community, and have graduated at least five years prior to the nomination, in order to be elected to the distinguished group. A list of enductees is available online.
See also
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Fall River
- Bristol County, Massachusetts
- Greater Taunton Area
- Taunton High School
References
- ^ NEASC-CIS. "NEASC-Commission on Independent Schools". http://cis.neasc.org/cis_directory_of_schools. Retrieved 2009-07-28.
- ^ Coyle and Cassidy High School - A Brief History
http://www.coylecassidy.com/athletics.htm
External links
- Coyle and Cassidy High School's Official Home Page
- [http://www.tauntonschools.org/ Taunton Public Schools' Home Page
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