Paterson Catholic High School

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Paterson Catholic Regional High School
Address
Paterson Catholic High School
764 Eleventh Avenue

Paterson
,
(Passaic County)
,
New Jersey
07514

United States
Coordinates 40°55′10″N74°7′58″W / 40.91944°N 74.13278°W / 40.91944; -74.13278
Information
Type Private, Coeducational
MottoStrength Through Faith & Knowledge
Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic
Established1967
Closed2010
Oversight Diocese of Paterson
Faculty22.6 (on FTE basis) [1]
Grades 9–12
Enrollment303 (as of 2009-10) [1]
Student to teacher ratio13.4:1 [1]
Color(s) Maroon and Gold   
Athletics conference Bergen-Passaic Scholastic League
Team nameCougars
Accreditation Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools [2]
Tuition$6,200
Website patersoncatholic.org

Paterson Catholic Regional High School was a private four year Catholic high school located in Paterson, in Passaic County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey .The school served students from ninth through twelfth grade and operated under the jurisdiction of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Paterson. Due to dwindling enrollment and monetary problems, the Paterson Diocese closed Paterson Catholic at the end of the 2009-10 school year. [3]

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As of the 2009-10 school year, the school had an enrollment of 303 students and 22.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 13.4. [1]

Athletics

The sports teams at Paterson Catholic were nicknamed the Cougars, and both the men's and women's teams participated in the Bergen-Passaic Scholastic League. [4] The Cougars had a strong athletic history capturing many league and state titles in different sports and producing many college and professional athletes.

The 1994 boys basketball team won the Non-Public Group B state championship in 1994 with a 65-63 win against runner-up St. Augustine Preparatory School in the tournament final at the Rutgers Athletic Center [5] [6] and went in as the top seed in the Tournament of Champions where they defeated Piscataway High School 66-56 in the semifinals before falling to third seed Orange High School in the finals to finish the season with a record of 26-3. [7] [8]

The girls basketball team won the Non-Public Group B state title in 1999 (defeating St. Joseph High School in the tournament final) and 2009 (vs. Bishop Eustace High School). [9] The team won the 1999 Non-Public B state title with a 46-37 win against St. Joseph of Hammonton, in the first finals appearance for each of the two schools. [10] The 2009 team won the Non-Public B title with a 55-42 win against Bishop Eustace in the championship game played at the Ritacco Center in Toms River. [11]

The football team won the Non-Public Group II state sectional championship in 1999 and 2000, and won the Non-Public I title in 2003, 2005 and 2007-2009. [12] In 1999, the team finished the season with a 10-1 record after winning the Non-Public Group II state sectional title, the program's first since the playoff era started in 1974, with a 34-8 win against Gloucester Catholic High School in the championship game played at Alumni Stadium at Kean University. [13] The 2000 team won the Non-Public Group II title by a score of 11-8 against Gloucester Catholic on a field goal kicked with seconds left in the game. [14] The team's title in 2007 was its fifth since playoffs were instituted in 1974, joining Wayne Hills High School and Passaic High School as one of only three teams in Passaic County to have won five sectional championships. [15]

Notable alumni

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  1. 1 2 3 4 Paterson Catholic High School Archived October 18, 2012, at the Wayback Machine , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed June 21, 2011.
  2. ↑ MSA-CSS. "MSA-Commission on Secondary Schools". Archived from the original on May 14, 2011. Retrieved July 31, 2009.
  3. ↑ Naanes, Marlene. "Paterson Catholic to close by end of school year", The Record , April 21, 2010. Accessed June 21, 2011. "Paterson Catholic Regional High School, which has prided itself for four decades on serving some of the area’s poorest and immigrant families, will close its doors the diocese said Wednesday, citing enormous debt, plummeting donations and a bad economy."
  4. ↑ New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association League Memberships – 2009-2010, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association, backed up by the Internet Archive as of July 24, 2011. Accessed December 15, 2014.
  5. ↑ NJSIAA Boys Basketball Championship History, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed August 10, 2023.
  6. ↑ Newell, Kevin. "Pat. Cath. arrives!", The Record , March 13, 1994. Accessed February 1, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "For a little over three quarters in Saturday's Parochial B State boys basketball final, Paterson Catholic showed its youth... Overcoming 37 percent shooting, including 9-of-28 from three-point land, the Cougars never wavered as they came from behind to edge St. Augustine Prep of Richland, 65-63, at the Rutgers Athletic Center. The championship is the first for any Passaic County boys school since St. Joseph's of Paterson won the Parochial C title in 1946."
  7. ↑ NJSIAA Boys Basketball Tournament of Champions History, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 20, 2020.
  8. ↑ Kurland, Bob. "Tough pill for Paterson C. to swallow; Title slips away in final minutes", The Record , March 21, 1994. Accessed February 1, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "A few minutes after the Tournament of Champions boys basketball championship game at Princeton Sunday, the Orange players erupted into an impromptu dance. It might have smacked of youth, but during its 64-55 win over Paterson Catholic, the Tornadoes were mature.... The way the game opened, it looked as if the Cougars (26-3) would waltz back to Paterson with the championship."
  9. ↑ NJSIAA Girls Basketball Championship History, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed November 20, 2020.
  10. ↑ "Paterson Catholic too big for St. Joe in state final", The Philadelphia Inquirer , March 14, 1999. Accessed November 24, 2020. "Trailing by 11 points midway through the first half, St. Joseph came back to make a game of it before falling to Paterson Catholic, 46-37, in yesterday's state Parochial B championship at the Dunn Center in Elizabeth. It was the first state title appearance for both teams. Paterson Catholic (25-4) now advances to the Tournament of Champions, while St. Joseph finished its season 24-4."
  11. ↑ Murray, Noah K. "Immaculata and St. Patrick win boys basketball titles; St. John Vianney, Paterson Catholic win girls titles", The Star-Ledger , March 15, 2009, updated April 2, 2019. Accessed December 10, 2020. "The day's basketball bonanza was capped when No. 10 Paterson Catholic won its second championship with a 55-42 victory over No. 19 Bishop Eustace of Pennsauken in the girls' Non-Public B title game."
  12. ↑ NJSIAA Football History, New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association. Accessed May 1, 2023.
  13. ↑ Stapleton, Art. "Paterson Catholic dominates in final", The Record , November 22, 1999. Accessed December 10, 2020. "The Parochial Group 2 final vs. Gloucester Catholic was played nearly 20 miles from home at Kean University's Alumni Stadium, which seemed like anything but a state-mandated neutral site Sunday afternoon.... Senior standout Lorenzo Crawford scored four touchdowns, and Brown, a 235-pound bruising fullback, rushed for 148 yards on 15 carries as Paterson Catholic capped the program's' finest season with a 34-8 victory over Gloucester Catholic to claim the Parochial Group 2 crown. The Cougars (10-1) are the first State champions from Paterson since Kennedy won the North 1, Group 4 title in 1987."
  14. ↑ Bierman, Fred. "High School Football; For Warren Hills and Coach, the Long Wait Pays Off in a State Title", The New York Times , December 3, 2000. Accessed December 2, 2020. "Davon Clark had never kicked a field goal in his career until he hit one with 11 seconds left to break an 8-8 tie and give Paterson Catholic an 11-8 victory over Gloucester Catholic in the Parochial Group II title game."
  15. ↑ Zagoria, Adam. "Wayne Hills, PC each join 'elite' status with fifth state crowns", Herald News , December 2, 2007. Accessed December 3, 2007.
  16. ↑ Tyler, Max. "St. Anthony prodigy Kyle Anderson expected to be drafted to NBA in first round", The Jersey Journal , June 26, 2014. Accessed January 25, 2015. "Anderson went 65-0 over his junior and senior seasons at St. Anthony (he played at the now-defunct Paterson Catholic in his first two seasons), leading the Friars to two Non-Public B state championships and a couple of Tournament of Champions titles."
  17. ↑ Staff. "T.J. Clemmings from Paterson Catholic has verbally committed to Pittsburgh (football)", The Star-Ledger , January 29, 2010. Accessed June 27, 2018. "High school: Paterson Catholic. Hometown: Teaneck"
  18. ↑ Idec, Keith. "Paterson's Victor Cruz gets a chance with the Giants", The Record , April 25, 2010. Accessed September 19, 2011. "Cruz also knew the Giants are loaded at receiver, so the former Paterson Catholic star figured he’d choose from among Carolina, Chicago, Kansas City and Tampa Bay once he wasn’t drafted.... Cruz will become the first Paterson Catholic graduate to sign an NFL contract since Jason Perry, a fourth-round draft pick who played safety for San Diego from 1999-2001."
  19. ↑ Prunty, Brendan. "Seton Hall basketball gets commitment from Paterson Catholic's Fuquan Edwin for 2010-11 season", The Star-Ledger , November 13, 2009. Accessed June 27, 2018. "Paterson Catholic's 6-6, 205-pound forward Fuquan Edwin has signed a national letter of intent to play for the Pirates next season."
  20. ↑ Staff. "Freeman joins UConn men's coaching staff", Connecticut Post , November 5, 2011. Accessed November 5, 2011. "Freeman is a native of Springfield, Mass., and was an all-state high school performer at Paterson Catholic in New Jersey. Kevin and his wife, Nicole, have a daughter, Kekoa, and a son, Sire."
  21. ↑ Moran, Malcolm. "Football; Winning Everything but the Fans", The New York Times , October 8, 1997. Accessed November 5, 2011. "As Jackson, from Paterson Catholic High School in New Jersey, progressed through the Buckeye depth charts, two junior college quarterbacks, Germaine and Mark Garcia, were brought in behind him."
  22. ↑ Mestanza, Jean-Pierre. "Paterson's Myles Mack Now at St. Anthony's", TAP into Paterson, December 4, 2010. Accessed June 27, 2018. "When Paterson Catholic shut its doors this year, Myles Mack - considered by scouts one of the best high school guards in New Jersey - had to decide where he would play his senior season."
  23. ↑ Conrad, J.J. "NFL Draft 2017: N.J. alum Al-Quadin Muhammad to New Orleans Saints in Rd. 6, 196th overall", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, April 30, 2017. Accessed June 27, 2018. "High School: Don Bosco Prep (3 years), Paterson Catholic (1 year)"
  24. ↑ Jason Perry Archived February 9, 2007, at the Wayback Machine , database Football. Accessed February 17, 2008.
  25. ↑ Nerone, Michele. "A renaissance lady eyes military career", The Record , October 18, 1989. Accessed January 25, 2024, via Newspapers.com. "It's hard to picture Lori Turbak, a pretty young lady with a bright smile, in army fatigues. Nevertheless, the senior at Paterson Catholic High School is anxiously awaiting word from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y."
  26. ↑ Medcalf, Myron. "Get to know: Seton Hall's Jordan Theodore", ESPN, December 28, 2011. Accessed March 27, 2016. "So the single parent sent the Seton Hall senior from Englewood, N.J., to Paterson Catholic high school in Paterson, N.J., where he blossomed during the final two years of his prep career."
  27. ↑ "Sixers Sign Thomas to 3-Year Deal", The New York Times , July 11, 1997. Accessed December 3, 2007. "The 6-foot-9-inch, 230-pound Thomas, from Paterson Catholic in New Jersey, averaged 16.9 points and 6.0 rebounds in 32 games as a freshman last year at Villanova."
  28. ↑ Sullivan, William J. "Former Paterson Catholic star Darryl Watkins signs with San Antonio Spurs", The Star-Ledger , September 17, 2008. Accessed September 19, 2011. "Darryl Watkins, a standout center at Paterson Catholic who played collegiately at Syracuse, has signed with the San Antonio Spurs, the team announced on its website Wednesday."
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