Gloucester Catholic High School

Infobox_School
name = Gloucester Catholic High School


imagesize = 120px
motto =
established =
type = Parochial
principal = John Colman
enrollment = 772 (as of 2005-06)
faculty = 43.6 (on FTE basis)
ratio = 17.7
colors = Maroon & Gold
teamname = Rams
conference = Tri-County Conference
location = 333 Ridgeway Street
flagicon|New Jersey Gloucester City, NJ 08030
information = 856-456-4400
website = [http://www.gchsrams.org School website]

Gloucester Catholic High School is a co-educational four-year Roman Catholic high school located in Gloucester City, New Jersey, United States. The school operates under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden.

As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 772 students and 43.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 17.7. [http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/privateschoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&SchoolID=00865235&ID=00865235 Gloucester Catholic High School] , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed April 23, 2008.]

Gloucester Catholic High School has been accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools since 1991. [ [http://www.css-msa.org/search.php?MODE=VIEW(NJ094)&org=CSS Gloucester Catholic High School] , Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Secondary Schools. Accessed May 30, 2007.]

Athletics

Gloucester Catholic High School is one of the member schools in the Tri-County Conference, which is composed of schools whose enrollments vary greatly for grades 9-12. The smallest one, Clayton High School, has 249 students enrolled whereas the largest one, Williamstown, has 1,343 students. [ [http://njsiaa.org/NJSIAA/07South.pdf NJSIAA 2007-08 General Group Classification] . Accessed July 31, 2007.]

The school was recognized as the Group B winner of the NJSIAA ShopRite Cup in 2006-07. The award recognized the school for achieving a tie for 3rd in Girls Soccer, a tie for 3rd in Boys Swimming, 2nd in Boys Bowling, a tie for 3rd in Boys Basketball, 1st in Baseball, a tie for 3rd in Softball, 2nd in Boys Tennis, 1st in Boys Golf. [ [http://www.njsiaa.org/AWARDS/07FourthShopRiteCup.pdf Fourth Annual ShopRite Cup: 2006‐2007 Final Standings] , NJSIAA. Accessed June 2, 2008.]

The softball team won the Parochial South B state sectional championship in 2001 with a 1-0 win over St. Joseph High School in the tournament final. [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/scripts-bracketmaker/tmenu.cfm?tid=5816&tclass=Parochial%20South%20B 2001 NJSIAA Softball - Parochial South B] , NJSIAA. Accessed July 17, 2007.] The team repeated the win in the Parochial South B sectional championship with a 4-0 win over Bishop Eustace Preparatory School in the 2002 tournament. [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=17060&tclass=Parochial%20South%20B 2002 Softball Tournament - Parochial South B] , NJSIAA. Accessed May 30, 2007.] The team won their third consecutive title in 2003 with a 1-0 win in fifteen innings against Bishop Eustace. [McGurk. [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PI&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0FB7AC60C89F8B5B&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM "In a gripper, Gloucester Catholic seizes sectional title from Eustace"] , "The Philadelphia Inquirer", June 4, 2003. Accessed July 17, 2007. "Fifteen innings, 44 strikeouts and a controversial call - the South Jersey Parochial B softball championship game had it all. Yesterday's game was decided when Gloucester Catholic's Suzanne Fox was ruled safe on a bang-bang play at home plate after a wild pitch. The run gave the Rams a 1-0 win over rival Bishop Eustace at Delsea and their third straight sectional crown."] [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=37922&tclass=Parochial%20South%20B 2003 Softball Tournament - Parochial South B] , NJSIAA. Accessed July 17, 2007.] The 2006 team won the South B title with a 5-0 win against Bishop Eustace. [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=161251&tclass=Non-Public%2C%20South%20B 2006 Softball - Non-Public, South B] , NJSIAA. Accessed July 18, 2007.] The 2007 team won the North B State Championship with an 11-6 win against Newark Academy. [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=220867&tclass=Non-Public%20Finals 2007 Baseball - Non-Public Finals] , NJSIAA. Accessed July 22, 2007.]

The baseball team won four consecutive Non-Parochial South B titles from 1983 to 1986, and went on to win the Group B State Championship in 1984, 1985 and 1986. [Carchidi, Sam. [http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=PI&s_site=philly&p_multi=PI&p_theme=realcities&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EB29CDB9CC77A4E&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM GLOU. CATH. SEEKS 5TH STRAIGHT PAROCHIAL B TITLE] , "The Philadelphia Inquirer", June 8, 1987. Accessed July 18, 2007. "Gloucester Catholic High will be aiming for its fifth straight South Jersey Parochial B baseball championship when it faces old foe Bishop Eustace Prep in tomorrow's 4 p.m. title game at Haddon Township. The teams certainly aren't strangers. Gloucester Catholic, which has won three consecutive state titles, has eliminated Eustace in each of the last four seasons."] In 2007, the baseball team won the Parochial South B title with a 5-1 win in the tournament's final game vs. Sacred Heart High School. [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=220867&tclass=South%20B 2007 Baseball - South B] , NJSIAA. Accessed July 17, 2007.]

The girls' soccer team won the 2000 Parochial South B state sectional championship, defeating Wildwood Catholic High School 5-0 in the tournament final. [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=1641&tclass=Parochial%20South%20B 2000 Soccer - Parochial South B] , NJSIAA. Accessed May 30, 2007.] In 2007, the team won the South A state sectional championship with a 3-0 win over Holy Spirit High School in the tournament final. [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=246050&tclass=South%20A 2007 Girls Soccer - South A] , NJSIAA. Accessed November 15, 2007.] [O'Kane, John. [http://www.pressofatlanticcity.com/sports/highschool/story/7515635p-7414500c.html "Girls soccer: Gloucester Catholic too strong for Holy Spirit in S.J. Non-Public A final"] , "Press of Atlantic City", November 9, 2007. Accessed November 15, 2007. "Holy Spirit High School's girls soccer team battled as long as it could Thursday night, but in the end, Gloucester Catholic was simply too good. The top-seeded Rams, No. 4 in The Press' Elite 11, beat the second-seeded Spartans 3-0 to win the South Jersey Non-Public A Championship on the artificial turf at Eastern Regional."] The team moved on to win the Group A state championship with a 3-0 win over Immaculate Heart Academy. [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=246050&tclass=Non%2DPublic%20Finals 2007 Girls Soccer - Non-Public Finals] , NJSIAA. Accessed November 24, 2007.] [Iezzi, Bill. [http://www.philly.com/inquirer/sports/high_school/20071116_Rams_pull_shocker__win_crown.html "Rams pull shocker, win crown: Gloucester Catholic stunned the nation's top-ranked team, Immaculate Heart, 3-0."] , "The Philadelphia Inquirer", November 16, 2007. Accessed November 24, 2007.]

The 2006 boys tennis team won the Non-Public, South B state sectional championship with a 3-2 win against Bishop Eustace. [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=159688&tclass=Non-Public%2C%20South%20B 2006 Boys Team Tennis - Non-Public, South B] , NJSIAA. Accessed July 17, 2007.] The team repeated the feat in 2007 with a 3-2 win vs. Wildwood Catholic High School in the final matches of the ournament. [ [http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=216953&tclass=Non-Public%2C%20South%20B 2007 Boys Tennis - Non-Public, South B] , NJSIAA. Accessed June 1, 2007.]

The 2006 and 2007 golf teams won Non-Public Group B State Championships. The 2007 golf team won the state Tournament of Champions and finished the season ranked number one in the state of NJ by the Star-Ledger.

References

External links

* [http://www.gchsrams.org Gloucester Catholic High School]
* [http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/privateschoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&SchoolID=00865235&ID=00865235 Data for Gloucester Catholic High School] , National Center for Education Statistics
* [http://www.sjsports.com/highschool/gloucestercatholic/ South Jersey Sports: Gloucester Catholic HS]