Our Lady of Lourdes Regional School

For schools with a similar name, see Our Lady of Lourdes School (disambiguation).

Our Lady of Lourdes Regional School
Location
2001 Clinton Avenue Coal Township , (Northumberland County) , Pennsylvania 17866 United States
Coordinates	40°47′10″N76°35′5″W / 40.78611°N 76.58472°W / 40.78611; -76.58472
Information
Type	Private, Coeducational
Religious affiliation	Roman Catholic
Patron saint	Our Lady of Lourdes
Established	1959
School code	394-483
Principal	Sister Mary Chapman, IHM
Chaplain	Father Andrew Stahmer
Grades	Pre-K- 12
Song	Alma Mater
Mascot	Red Raider
Nickname	"Lourdes Regional"
Team name	Red Raiders
Rival	Nativity BVM High School
Accreditation	Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools [1]
Yearbook	Grotto
School Colors	Cerise and White
Academic Colors	Blue and White
Disciplinarian	Matthew Leavens
Athletic Director	Michael Gilger
Chapel	Saint Bernadette Chapel
Website	www.lourdes.k12.pa.us

Our Lady of Lourdes Regional School, formerly Our Lady of Lourdes Regional High School, is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Edgewood Gardens, ^[2] Coal Township, Pennsylvania.

It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Harrisburg.

Background

Our Lady of Lourdes Regional School was established as St. Edward High School in 1892 located in Shamokin, Pennsylvania, making it the oldest high school in the Diocese of Harrisburg.

The school was renamed Shamokin Central Catholic High School in 1955 when it became an inter-parochial high school, serving 9 parishes in the area. The school moved to its present location in 1959 and was renamed Our Lady of Lourdes (OLOL). In 1964, Mount Carmel Catholic merged with Lourdes. The name was then change to Our Lady of Lourdes Regional High School. With this consolidation, there was an addition of classrooms to the Lourdes building, and a cafeteria was built. ^[3]

During the 2006–2007 school year, Our Lady of Lourdes Regional High School incorporated the Shamokin diocesan elementary school Our Lady Queen of Peace. The following year, the neighboring city of Mount Carmel, Pennsylvania's diocesan elementary school Holy Spirit became a part of the Lourdes' building. These consolidations changed OLOL from a four-year high school into a K-12 school. The school was subsequently renamed as Our Lady of Lourdes Regional School

When football returned, the mascot was changed with a student vote. The students at Shamokin Central Catholic High School voted Red Raiders to be the new mascot of the new school. . ^[4]

Extra Curricular's

Our Lady of Lourdes offers many activities and clubs for students including: Student Council, National Honor Society, National Junior Honor Society, French Honor Society, Spanish Honor Society, SADD, Student Ambassadors, Forensics, and Yearbook.

Athletics

Boys

Basketball (Winter)

Soccer (Fall)

Football (Fall; CO-OP with Mount Carmel)

Track and Field (Spring; CO-OP with Mount Carmel)

Golf (Fall)

Baseball (Spring; CO-OP with Mount Carmel)

Swimming (Winter; CO-OP with Mount Carmel)

Girls

Basketball (Winter)

Soccer (Fall)

Softball (Spring)

Track and Field (Spring; CO-OP with Mount Carmel)

Swimming (Winter; CO-OP with Mount Carmel)

Golf (Fall)

Volleyball (Fall)

Controversy

Our Lady of Lourdes made the news in 2018 when a teacher of four years was fired for admitting that she was having a child with her boyfriend out of wedlock. Naiad Reich was told that she was fired because she had no immediate plans to marry. Reich said that she and her longtime boyfriend made the decision to start a family and planned the pregnancy. The administrator, Sister Mary Anne Bednar, stated that she was fired for "immorality". ^[5]

References

1. MSA-CIWA. "MSA-Committee on Institution-Wide Accreditation". Archived from the original on September 17, 2009. Retrieved June 23, 2009.
2. Home page. Our Lady of Lourdes Regional High School. Retrieved on December 6, 2018. "Our Lady of Lourdes Regional High School is located in the Edgewood Gardens section of Coal Township, Pennsylvania."
3. OLLRHS. "History of Our Lady of Lourdes Regional School". Our Lady of Lourdes Regional High School website. Retrieved May 11, 2007.
4. "Lourdes' rich history revisited". News Item. Archived from the original on July 14, 2014. Retrieved April 30, 2017.
5. says, Karen Sunshine Marschner-Cassel (December 4, 2018). "Teacher Says Catholic School Fired Her Over Her Pregnancy" . Retrieved December 5, 2018.

External links

• Our Lady of Lourdes Regional School
• Our Lady of Lourdes Regional High School at the Wayback Machine (archive index)