- Our Lady of Lourdes High School
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For schools with a similar name, see Our Lady of Lourdes School (disambiguation).
Our Lady of Lourdes High School 
Address 131 Boardman Road
Poughkeepsie, New York, (Dutchess County), 12603
United StatesCoordinates 41°39′53″N 73°53′25″W / 41.66472°N 73.89028°WCoordinates: 41°39′53″N 73°53′25″W / 41.66472°N 73.89028°W Information Type Private, Coeducational Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic Established 1958 Principal Rev. John Lagiovane Asst. Principal Michael Krieger
Br. Gregory Dela NoyFaculty 45 Grades 9-12 Enrollment 721 (2010) Student to teacher ratio 16:1 Campus Suburban Campus size 18 acres (73,000 m2) Color(s) Navy Blue and Gold Athletics 23 sports Team name Warriors Accreditation(s) Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools[1] Average SAT scores 555 verbal
547 mathDean of Men Charles Junjulas Dean of Women Maureen Myers Admissions Mary Lockwood Athletic Director Brad Westrick Website http://www.ollchs.org Our Lady of Lourdes High School is located in Dutchess County, Poughkeepsie, New York, United States. The current principal is Father John M. Lagiovane. The school received accreditation from the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools in May 2004. The school separated itself from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York in 2009.
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History
Our Lady of Lourdes High School was founded in April 1958 by His Eminence, Francis Cardinal Spellman, who purchased the former Poughkeepsie High School building and grounds from the Poughkeepsie Board of Education. The school was given its name in honor of the centenary of the apparition of the Virgin Mary at Lourdes in France. The new school opened its doors in September 1958 with a faculty of four brothers and four sisters, and an athletic coach. The original school was divided into two halves, one for the boys and one for the girls. Opening enrollment was 280 students. The boys' school opened with four classes of 35 students each, as did the girls' school. Our Lady of Lourdes existed this way as separate schools until 1967.
The campus moved to a suburban location on Boardman Road in the Town of Poughkeepsie starting in the 1996-1997 school year at the location of the former IBM Homestead.
Interscholastic Sports
Our Lady of Lourdes is a member of the New York State Public High School Athletic Association.
Fall
- Boys Cross Country
- Girls Cross Country
- Field Hockey
- Football
- Boys Soccer
- Girls Soccer
- Girls Tennis
- Cheerleading
- Girls Volleyball
- Girls Swimming
Winter
- Boys Basketball
- Girls Basketball
Year NYSPHSAA Section 1 Champions NYSPHSAA Class Champions NYSFSSAA 2006 Lakeland High School (Shrub Oak, New York), Shrub Oak, New York W Pearl River High School, Pearl River, New York W 2005 Lakeland High School (Shrub Oak, New York), Shrub Oak, New York W Honeoye Falls-Lima High School, Honeoye Falls, New York L 2004 W W Archbishop Molloy High School L 2003 W New Hyde Park L 2002 W Comsewogue High School, Port Jefferson Station, New York W St. Francis Preparatory School W 2001 W Iroquois High School, Elma, New York W St. Francis Preparatory School W Formerly coached by current Marist College head coach Brian Giorgis, the Lady Warriors finished the 2002 season ranked #4 in the USA Today Super 25 girls basketball rankings (also #14 in 2001).
- Boys Swimming
- Cheerleading
- Winter Track
- Boys Bowling
- Girls Bowling
- Boys Fencing
- Girls Fencing
- Wrestling
Spring
Notable alumni
- Bill C. Davis, Class of 1969, playwright and author of Mass Appeal[2]
- Joseph Mazzello, Class of 2001, actor
- Lisa Molella, Class of 1983, Miss New York 1989[3]
- Barbara Rhoades, Class of 1964, actress
- John C. Tkazyik, Class of 1998, (Incumbent) Mayor of the City of Poughkeepsie[4]
References
- ^ MSA-CSS. "MSA-Commission on Secondary Schools". http://www.css-msa.org/search.php/. Retrieved 2009-05-27.
- ^ Maslin, Janet (1984-12-17), "Movie Review - Mass Appeal -", The New York Times, http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9B07E6D9143AF934A25751C1A962948260, retrieved 2010-09-29
- ^ Miss New York - Former Miss New York Winners, http://www.missnyorg.com/mny_former_winners.html, retrieved 2009-03-17
- ^ Our Lady of Lourdes High School - 2006 Alumni Directory, University Publishing Corporation, 2006.
External links
Categories:- High schools in New York
- Marist Brothers schools
- Private schools in New York
- Roman Catholic secondary schools in New York
- Educational institutions established in 1958
- Schools in Dutchess County, New York
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