- Bishop Walsh School
:"For the Catholic school in
Sutton Coldfield ,United Kingdom , seeBishop Walsh Catholic School ."Bishop Walsh School is aK-12 Catholic school located inCumberland, Maryland , and under the jurisdiction of the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Approximately 600 students attend. The president is Sister Phyllis McNally, SSND.History
The school was founded by the Christian Brothers, a monastic order, and is named in honor of the Bishop James Walsh, a Cumberland-born
missionary who preached inChina and was imprisoned in solitary confinement by its Communist government for twelve years. [ [http://www.times-news.com/archivesearch/local_story_083094104.html Cumberland Times-News - Bishop Walsh School continues a tradition ] ]Opening in 1966, the school was originally Bishop Walsh High School (BW) and replaced four other Catholic high schools: La Salle, Ursuline Academy, Girls Central, and St. Peter's. In the mid-1980s, St. Mary's Elementary school closed and St. Patrick's and St. Peter & Paul reorganized as a grade school and middle school. Later, the grade school became St. John Neuman and BW became a middle/high school.
In 2002, it combined with St. John Neumann Elementary School to form a K-12 school. The school is run in part by the Catholic organization the
School Sisters of Notre Dame . The school also employs several Christian Brothers of the LaSallian Brothers among its teaching staff. The school's sports teams are called the Spartans after the warriors of ancientSparta .Notable alumni
Samuel Perlozzo -
baseball player and manager (class of 1969)Chris Hastings - Author of the internet comicThe Adventures of Dr. McNinja (class of 2001)Thomas Charles Hager - Founding member of The Cumberland Crime League (CCL), a crime fighting group centralized in Cumberland, Maryland. His weaknesses include discussion of bands he is unaware of and the Yellow Breasted Finch.Athletics
The school's
baseball team were 'City Champions' in1978 and2007 . [ [http://www.leaguelineup.com/welcome.asp?url=walshbaseball "2007 City Champions"] , Bishop Walsh Spartans]The 2006 BW Boys Soccer team had an 18-3 season and came in 2nd in the state for private schools and second in their area, losing to the Heights in the championship.Fact|date=June 2007
Other titles
* 26 straight years with a championship (boys soccer)
* 2 state titles (boys soccer)
* 5 area championships (boys soccer)
* 18 city championships (boys soccer) Facts|date=December 2007Cumberland City football champions 1967 and 1977
The BW Women's Softball Team achieved State Championship status in their respective private school division in 2006.
References
Private School Class B State Champions 2008(Baseball)
ee also
*
Allegany High School
*Fort Hill High School
* Mountain Ridge High School
*Cumberland, Maryland
*Allegany County, Maryland External links
* [http://www.bishopwalsh.org Official site]
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