Cornelia Connelly High School

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Cornelia Connelly School
Address
Cornelia Connelly High School
2323 West Broadway

Anaheim
,
(Orange County)
,
California
92804

United States
Coordinates 33°49′46″N117°57′51″W / 33.82944°N 117.96417°W / 33.82944; -117.96417
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Type Private, All-Female
MottoLead, Serve, Inspire
Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic [1]
Patron saint(s) Cornelia Connelly
Established1961
FounderSisters of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus
Closed2020
SuperintendentGreg Dhuyvetter
Head of schoolJacqueline Sienkowski
Campus MinisterCathy Townsend
Teaching staff16.6 (on an FTE basis) [1]
Grades 9-12 [1]
Enrollment163 [1]  (2015-2016)
Average class size15
Color(s)Maroon and white
Athletics conferenceSan Joaquin League
Team nameKoalas
Accreditation Western Association of Schools and Colleges [2] WCEA, CAIS
Tuition$15,900 (2019–2020)
AffiliationHoly Child Network of Schools
Website connellyschoolanaheim.org

Cornelia Connelly School of the Holy Child Jesus (Connelly), was a Catholic college-preparatory high school for girls in Anaheim, California, the only such independent school in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange. It operated from 1961 to 2020. [3]

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At the time of its closure, Connelly enrolled 124 girls, [4] and was accredited to the Western Association of Schools and Colleges and Western Catholic Educational Association among others. [5]

History

The school was established in 1961 by the Sisters of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus, and named after Cornelia Connelly, founder of that Roman Catholic religious institute. It was one of thirteen Holy Child schools in the world, and through the Holy Child Exchange Program, students could spend part of their school year at other Holy Child schools in the U.S., England, Ireland, or Ghana. [6]

Connelly's Board of Trustees voted in October 2019 to close the school permanently at the end of the 2019–20 academic year, citing "years of diminishing enrollment, increased debt, and shortfalls in fundraising efforts." [7]

Notable alumnae

Notes and references

  1. 1 2 3 4 "CORNELIA CONNELLY SCHOOL", Private School Universe Survey, National Center for Education Statistics, retrieved 15 May 2019
  2. ↑ WASC-ACS, WASC-Accrediting Commission for Schools, archived from the original on 2009-08-14, retrieved 2009-06-05
  3. ↑ Board of Trustees & Cornelia Connelly School of the Holy Child (November 7, 2019), "Cornelia Connelly High School to Close at End of 2019–2020 Academic Year", OCCatholic.com, retrieved September 22, 2020
  4. ↑ Goulding, Susan Christian (October 4, 2019), "Facing shortfall, Connelly School announces plans to close — but not everyone's giving up", The Orange County Register , retrieved September 22, 2020
  5. ↑ CCS, "Accreditations", Cornelia Connelly School website, retrieved September 22, 2020
  6. ↑ CCS, "Holy Child Network of Schools", Cornelia Connelly School website, retrieved 2020-09-22
  7. ↑ CCS, "Statement from Board of Trustees Cornelia Connelly School of the Holy Child" (PDF), Cornelia Connelly School website, retrieved 2020-09-22
  8. ↑ "Notable Alumnae", Cornelia Connelly School website, retrieved 2020-09-22
  9. ↑ "Gigi Ibrahim '05". Cornelia Connelly High School. Archived from the original on 2020-06-22. Retrieved 2021-05-22.
  10. ↑ United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee, "Casey Johnson", Team USA, archived from the original on January 1, 2016, retrieved 2020-09-23
  11. ↑ Ph.D, Steven Chermak; Ph.D, Frankie Y. Bailey (25 January 2016). Crimes of the Centuries: Notorious Crimes, Criminals, and Criminal Trials in American History [3 volumes]: Notorious Crimes, Criminals, and Criminal Trials in American History. ABC-CLIO. ISBN   9781610695947 – via Google Books.



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