Cardinal Dougherty High School

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Cardinal Dougherty High School
Address
Cardinal Dougherty High School
6301 North 2nd Street

Philadelphia
,
Pennsylvania
19120

United States
Coordinates 40°2′49″N75°7′19″W / 40.04694°N 75.12194°W / 40.04694; -75.12194
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Type Private, co-educational
MottoCrucis In Signo Vinces
(Conquer in the Sign of the Cross)
Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic
Established1956
StatusClosed
Closed2010
PresidentCarl F. Janicki (closing president)
PrincipalThomas F. Rooney Jr. (closing principal)
Faculty41
Grades 9-12
Enrollment784 [1]  (2008)
 •  Grade 9 177
 •  Grade 10 206
 •  Grade 11 196
 •  Grade 12 205
Color(s) Garnet and gold   
MascotCardinals
Accreditation Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools [2]
NewspaperPrelate
YearbookEminence
CDHS marching band at the World Music Championship 1966 Muziekconcours te Kerkrade, tijdens de marswedstrijden, Bestanddeelnr 919-3609.jpg
CDHS marching band at the World Music Championship 1966

Cardinal Dougherty High School (CDHS) was a private, Roman Catholic high school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia and established in the East Oak Lane section of Philadelphia at 6301 North Second Street. The school was named for Cardinal Dennis Dougherty, Archbishop of Philadelphia from 1918 to 1951. Although CDHS was founded as a co-educational school, a wall separated the boys and girls side of the building. It was not until 1983 that boys and girls were educated together in the same classrooms.

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The school opened in 1956, and enrollment peaked in 1965 with 5,944 students. However, that number would steadily declined as neighborhood demographics changed and free charter schools became available. [3] When the school closed at the end of the 2009-2010 academic year, it was operating at about 30% capacity. [4]

Marching band

The CDHS marching band performed for Pope Paul VI at the Vatican, the 1962 NFL Championship Game, Lyndon B. Johnson's presidential inauguration in 1965, and won the World Music Championship in the Netherlands in 1966. [5]

Notable people

Alumni

Staff

Notes and references

  1. ↑ "Cardinal Dougherty High School - School Profile I". Archived from the original on 2009-03-27. Retrieved 2009-05-21.
  2. ↑ MSA-CSS. "MSA-Commission on Secondary Schools". Archived from the original on 2011-06-10. Retrieved 2009-05-23.
  3. ↑ "Philadelphia's flagship Catholic high school, once claimed as world's largest, closes doors". Foxnews.com. Fox News Network LLC. 12 June 2010. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  4. ↑ Chicoine, Christie L (15 October 2009). "Two high schools to close". CatholicPhilly.com. Catholic Standard and Times. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  5. ↑ Matheson, Kathy (June 12, 2010). "One-time flagship Philly Catholic school closing". The San Diego Union-Tribune .
  6. ↑ "Temple University Athletics". owlsports.com. Archived from the original on 6 October 2018. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  7. ↑ "... Also in the spotlight". The Philadelphia Inquirer . Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. January 30, 1977. p. 54. Retrieved February 11, 2022– via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "National Soccer Hall of Fame and Museum". Archived from the original on 2009-04-05. Retrieved 2009-02-02.

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