St. Paul Diocesan Junior-Senior High School

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St. Paul Diocesan Junior-Senior High School
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St. Paul Diocesan Junior-Senior High School
Address
St. Paul Diocesan Junior-Senior High School
144 Granite Street

Worcester
,
Massachusetts
01604

United States
Coordinates 42°14′32″N71°47′3″W / 42.24222°N 71.78417°W / 42.24222; -71.78417
Information
Type Private, co-educational
MottoFortior Unus
Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic (all religions accepted)
DenominationRoman Catholic
Established2020
Founder Sisters of Saint Anne
Statusopen
School districtWorcester
Grades 7–12
Average class size23
CampusUrban
Color(s) Black and Gold
MascotKnights
Accreditation New England Association of Schools and Colleges [1]
Website http://www.saintpaulknights.org

St. Paul Diocesan Junior-Senior High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, associated with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Worcester. It was established on the site of Holy Name Central Catholic Junior Senior High School. [2]

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History

Holy Name High School opened on September 14, 1942. The new high school offered a bilingual program in French and English. By 1946, student enrollment had grown to 122 students and, in 1957, Holy Name’s status was changed to a Central Catholic High School. On September 24, 1967, the school moved from Illinois Street to Granite Street when Bishop Bernard Flanagan dedicated the new building. In September 1997, Holy Name Central Catholic High School added Grades 7 and 8.

In December 2019, the Archdiocese of Worcester announced that the school would close at the end of the academic year and merge with St. Peter-Marian, creating a new school, St. Paul Diocesan Junior/Senior High School, located on the site of Holy Name. [3]

Extracurricular activities

Green initiative

Holy Name was the first high school in the state of Massachusetts to be powered by a wind turbine [4] after the 1984 installation of a 40 kilowatt turbine beside Hull High School, which was upgraded to 660 kilowatts in 2001. The 242-foot Holy Name turbine generated enough electricity for the entire school. [5]

The project, four years in the making, began when the school president Mary Riordan, facing steep energy bills at the school, asked Worcester Polytechnic Institute students to study whether they could take advantage of the school's windy campus.

Later, the Sisters of Saint Anne, who founded the school, gave the school $50,000 to pay a consultant to research the details. The total project cost was $1.5 million. [6] [7]

Notable alumni

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References

  1. ↑ NEASC-CIS. "NEASC-Commission on Independent Schools". Archived from the original on June 24, 2008. Retrieved July 28, 2009.
  2. ↑ "Holy Name Central Catholic Mission Statement". Archived from the original on August 24, 2010. Retrieved July 16, 2010.
  3. ↑ "A finale with mixed emotions". Telegram.com. Archived from the original on 2020-03-24. Retrieved 2021-11-24.
  4. ↑ Margaret LeRoux (June 25, 2008). "Her Answer Was Blowing in the Wind". telegram.com. Archived from the original on February 23, 2017. Retrieved February 23, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Catholic School Erecting Wind Turbine". Boston Globe. July 10, 2008. Retrieved September 8, 2008.[ dead link ]
  6. ↑ Jacqueline Reis. "Holy Name to Harness Wind Power". Worcester Telegram and Gazette.[ dead link ]
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