St. Malachy's Memorial High School

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St. Malachy's Memorial High School
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Location
St. Malachy's Memorial High School
2-20 Leinster Street

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Canada
Coordinates 45°16′23″N66°03′21″W / 45.27295°N 66.05596°W / 45.27295; -66.05596
Information
School type High school
MottoEsse Quam Videri
(To be, rather than to seem)
Religious affiliationRoman Catholic
Founded1958;67 years ago (1958)
PrincipalBrad Stevens
Teaching staff60
Grades 9-12
Enrolment602 (as of 2017)
Language English
French
Colours
   
   
Red and White
Team nameSaints

History

St. Malachy's High School was established in 1958 as an all boys' Catholic High School. St. Malachy's became the successor school to St. Vincent's High School. St. Vincent's was opened in 1919 as an all boys' Catholic high school located next to the city's Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception. In 1954, St. Vincent's became an all girls' institution.

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St. Malachy's was built on the site of Saint John's first Catholic church, St. Malachy's, established in 1814. After a fire, St. Malachy's Hall, a diocesan multipurpose facility, was erected on the site of the old chapel. As the city's population expanded, a need for more schools increased.

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St. Malachy's Memorial High School

St. Malachy's Memorial High School became coeducational in 1976. St. Vincent's High School amalgamated with St. Malachy's in the late 1990s; this institution maintained two campuses. In 2002, St. Vincent's High School closed along with its Cliff Street location. [1]

Today, St. Malachy's Memorial High School is owned by the Catholic Diocese of Saint John and leased by the New Brunswick Department of Education. All faculty and staff are provincial employees.

The school's memorial name commemorates members of St. Vincent's alumni killed in the First World War and the Second World War.

Facilities

Advanced Placement programmes

Notable alumni

References

  1. "Plan to turn old school into mixed-income housing earns praise". CBC News NB. 14 November 2013. Retrieved 8 December 2014.