Bishop Fenwick High School (Peabody, Massachusetts)

{{Infobox school

| name = Bishop Fenwick High School

| image = Bishop Fenwick High School.jpg

| image_size = 250px

| logo =

| motto = "Bonitas et Fidelitas"

| motto_translation = goodness and fidelity

| district =

| established = 1959

| type = Private, Coeducational

| grades = 9–12

| religion = Roman Catholic

| president = Tom Nunan

| principal = Chris Canniff

| faculty = 46.0 {{FTE}}

| ratio = 20 to 1

| accreditation = New England Association of Schools and Colleges{{cite web|url=http://cis.neasc.org/cis_directory_of_schools |title=NEASC-Commission on Independent Schools |access-date=2009-07-28 |author=NEASC-CIS |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090616135733/http://cis.neasc.org/cis_directory_of_schools |archive-date=2009-06-16 }}

| enrollment = 582{{cite web |title=BISHOP FENWICK HIGH SCHOOL |url=https://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/privateschoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&ID=00599839 |website=Private School Universe Survey |publisher=National Center for Education Statistics |access-date=2 February 2022}}

| enrollment_as_of = 2017–18

| campus size = {{convert|59|acre|m2}}

| colors = Black and Gold {{color box|black}}{{color box|gold}}

| mascot = Crusader

| conference = Catholic Central League

| streetaddress = 99 Margin Street

| city = Peabody

| county = (Essex County)

| state = Massachusetts

| zipcode = 01960

| country = USA

| coordinates = {{coord|42|32|23.14|N|70|55|5.58|W|type:edu_region:US-MA|display=inline,title}}

| newspaper = The Fenwickian

| homepage = http://www.fenwick.org

}}

Bishop Fenwick High School (better known simply as "Fenwick") is a private Roman Catholic high school in Peabody, Massachusetts. While located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston, the school is operated independently and with the blessing of the Archdiocese. Students who attend Bishop Fenwick come from over 40 towns and communities in New England, primarily those closest to the campus such as Saugus, Salem, Peabody, Beverly, Marblehead, and Danvers, Massachusetts. The school also has a small number of international students, having welcomed its first international students in 2014.{{cite web|url=http://www.fenwick.org/|title=Bishop Fenwick High School Web site|access-date=2019-03-26|author=BFHS}}

History

Bishop Fenwick High School was founded in 1959 by the late Cardinal Richard Cushing and was named for the second bishop of Boston, Benedict Joseph Fenwick, S.J. The school was the first coeducational Catholic high school on Boston's North Shore and was staffed by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur. In 2003, the Archdiocese of Boston relinquished control of its "Central High Schools," including Fenwick, in response to financial difficulties in the wake of the child sex abuse scandal.{{Cite web|url=https://archive.boston.com/globe/spotlight/abuse/stories5/101603_schools.htm|title = Boston Globe / Spotlight / Abuse in the Catholic Church / The financial cost}} The Archdiocese still owns the property and is involved in school governance, making appointments to the board of trustees; for that reason it is not considered truly independent. It is, however, financially independent of the umbrella of the archdiocese of Boston.

As of the 2018-19 school year, it was one of the ten largest coeducational high schools in the Archdiocese of Boston, with a student body of 565.{{cite web|url=https://www.privateschoolreview.com/massachusetts/roman-catholic-religious-affiliation/high |title=Top Roman Catholic Private High Schools in Massachusetts|access-date=2019-03-26}}

In the summer of 2018, it was announced that Fenwick will assume sponsorship of St. Mary of the Annunciation School in Danvers, Massachusetts.

Athletics

Bishop Fenwick's Crusaders have athletic programs in 26 interscholastic sports at a variety of levels, primarily competing in the Boston area's Catholic Central League.

In August 2023, the school was banned from MIAA sports based competitions for the 2023-2024 school year.{{cite news |url=https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/peabodys-bishop-fenwick-high-school-banned-sports-postseason-play-rules-violation/VZS4C2LDGZGALDHBXTEVPZY52Q/ |title=Peabody's Bishop Fenwick High School banned from sports postseason play for rules violation |first=Bryan |last=Lambert |date=July 21, 2023 |accessdate=September 26, 2023 |publisher=Boston 25 News}}

Tuition

Tuition for the 2023-2024 academic year is $19,750.{{Cite web |title=Tuition & Financial Aid - Bishop Fenwick High School |url=https://www.fenwick.org/admission/tuition-financial-aid |access-date=2024-01-05 |website=www.fenwick.org |language=en-US}}

Notable alumni

Frederick Berry, disability rights advocate and member of Massachusetts senate{{cite news|url=https://advocatenews.net/state-officials-mourn-loss-of-former-essex-county-senator/|title=State officials mourn loss of former Essex County senator|work=The Advocate|date=November 16, 2018|first=Christopher|last=Roberson|access-date=August 8, 2021}}
Pat Downey, football player{{cite web|url=https://www.bostonherald.com/2014/05/20/downey-excited-for-gridiron-camp/|title=Downey excited for gridiron camp|work=The Boston Herald|date=May 20, 2014|first=Danny|last=Ventura|access-date=August 8, 2021}}
Matt Farley, musician and film-maker{{cite news|url=https://www.salemnews.com/news/business/the-perfect-promposal/article_5824b70a-dc40-5c47-aba7-4173b6e8dc7c.html|title=The perfect 'promposal'|work=The Salem News|date=April 10, 2013|first=Ethan|last=Forman|access-date=August 8, 2021}}
Alex Newell, actor and singer{{cite web|url=http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/television/television_news/2012/09/alex_newell_gets_unique_chance_on_glee|title=Newell Gets Unique Chance on Glee |first=Tenley|last=Woodman|work=Boston Herald |publisher=Patrick J. Purcell |date=September 13, 2012|access-date=August 8, 2021}}
Ashley Phillips, soccer player{{cite news|url=http://archive.boston.com/sports/colleges/articles/2010/05/02/phillips_to_join_nu_soccer_staff/|title=Phillips to join NU soccer staff|work=The Boston Globe|date=May 2, 2010|first=John|last=Vellante|access-date=August 8, 2021}}
Sonja Santelises, school district administrator{{Cite news|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/education/bs-md-ci-sonja-santelises-20160508-story.html|title=Sonja Santelises, the next Baltimore schools CEO, says: 'It can be done'|date=May 8, 2016|work=The Baltimore Sun|first=Erica L|last=Green|access-date=August 8, 2021}}

Notes and references

External links

[http://www.fenwick.org/ School Website]

Category:High schools in Essex County, Massachusetts

Category:Educational institutions established in 1959

Category:Catholic secondary schools in Massachusetts

Category:1959 establishments in Massachusetts

Category:Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur schools

Category:Buildings and structures in Peabody, Massachusetts