Our Lady of Mercy Catholic High School (Georgia)

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Our Lady of Mercy High School
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Our Lady of Mercy Catholic High School (Georgia)
861 Highway 279

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30214

United States
Coordinates 33°32′53″N84°27′44″W / 33.54806°N 84.46222°W / 33.54806; -84.46222
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Type Private / co-ed / secondary
Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic
Established2000
LocaleUrban, fringe of large city
Faculty38
Grades 912
Color(s) Red and white   
Team nameBobcats
Accreditation Southern Association of Colleges and Schools [1]
Website https://www.mercycatholic.org/default.asp

Our Lady of Mercy Catholic High School is a private, Catholic high school in Fayetteville, Georgia, United States. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta. It is a Catholic college-preparatory high school located and one of several schools established by Archbishop John F. Donoghue.

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Our Lady of Mercy Catholic High School opened to freshman and sophomore classes in August 2000. [2]

OLM is fully accredited through District-Wide Accreditation of The Office of Catholic Schools. Each school maintains full accreditation through AdvancED (the parent company of SACS – Southern Association of Colleges and Schools).

Merging of schools

On January 22, 2021, it was announced that the schools of Our Lady of Mercy High School and Our Lady of Victory Catholic School would merge into a new PK-12 school at the Our Lady of Mercy campus. [3] This new school would be called St. Mary's Academy, and the first school year officially started on August 8, 2022. [4]

Filming location

The school served as the filming location for the high school scenes in Stephen Chbosky's 2021 film adaptation of Broadway musical Dear Evan Hansen . [5] [6]

Notable alumni

See also

Notes and references

  1. SACS-CASI. "SACS-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement". Archived from the original on 2009-04-29. Retrieved 2009-06-23.
  2. OLMCHS. "Our Lady of Mercy Catholic High School Web site" . Retrieved 2007-05-11.
  3. "Archdiocese announces consolidation of two southside Catholic schools". Georgia Bulletin. Retrieved 2023-04-12.
  4. "St. Mary's Academy begins first school year". Georgia Bulletin. Retrieved 2023-04-12.
  5. "Dear Evan Hansen at Our Lady of Mercy Catholic High School - Sports Field - filming location".
  6. "Dear Evan Hansen at Our Lady of Mercy Catholic High School - filming location".



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