St. Maria Goretti High School
Saint Maria Goretti Catholic High School is a private, Roman Catholic day school located in Hagerstown, Maryland. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore, within the tri-state areas of the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia, Western Maryland, and Southern Pennsylvania.
History
The school was originally the upper school for St. Mary's Catholic School, currently a K-8 day school located in downtown Hagerstown. From 1933 to 1955 the school was known as St. Mary's High School. In 1957, the upper school was relocated to a new campus in Hagerstown's North End and was renamed St. Maria Goretti High School in honor of the Italian saint Maria Goretti, who "lost her life at the age of 11 in order to protect her purity".[2] The campus sits adjacent to St. Ann Roman Catholic Church.
For much of the school's history, its faculty and administration was composed partly of members of the School Sisters of Notre Dame. However, in the 1980s and 1990s the high school grew increasingly reliant on lay faculty. Currently, the faculty and administration are entirely from the laity, though the school continues to have a chaplain.
In September 2023, it was announced that the school could shut down in the absence of funding from the Archdiocese of Baltimore which is filing for bankruptcy. The Archdiocese of Baltimore had provided the school with 8.5 million dollars in the decade prior to 2023. Over the same time period, enrollment had declined 33% from its peak of 219 during the 2017-2018 school year. Enrollment for the 2023-2024 school year sat at 147. The school created an independent committee to explore the schools options. The schools lease at its Crestwood Academic Campus expires July 31, 2024. The former campus cannot be used due to being on a floodplain.[3][4]
In late November of 2023, it was announced that the independent exploratory committee created to look into future options had failed to come up with any solutions. Due to this, it was announced that the school would cease operations following at the end 2023-2024 school year[5]
Athletics
St. Maria Goretti is a member of the Baltimore Catholic League in basketball, and a member of the Crossroad Lacrosse League and Metro Independent Lacrosse League in lacrosse. In men's soccer, the school won championships in 2003, 2005, 2008, and 2010.[citation needed] The school also competes in swimming.
Notable alumni
- John P. Donoghue, member of Maryland House of Delegates
- Rodney Monroe, former ACC Player of the Year, basketball, NC State University
- Kelly Wright, former Fox News anchor and national recording artist[6]
See also
Notes and references
- ^ MSA-CSS. "MSA-Commission on Secondary Schools". Archived from the original on 2009-09-17. Retrieved 2009-07-31.
- ^ "School Charism/Patron Saint". St. Maria Goretti High School. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
- ^ "Herald-Mail Media". www.heraldmailmedia.com. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
- ^ "St. Maria Goretti High School faces uncertain future after difficult decision by archdiocese". Catholic Review. 2023-09-21. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
- ^ https://www.facebook.com/GorettiCommunity/posts/pfbid02XTqv48YBwbj4YH4EfR47WXw9YYcmihPi8jefyRyyrSXU95JyDejFcndTWxbNvx5hl [bare URL]
- ^ Caine, Sean (September 23, 2016). "Archdiocese Holds 8th Annual Gala for Catholic Schools Saturday; Event Expects to Raise $800,000 for Tuition Assistance". Archdiocese of Baltimore.
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