Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School
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| name = Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School
| latin_name =
| image = Bishop Loughlin Mem HS Vanderbilt Greene jeh.jpg
| caption = Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School in Brooklyn in April 2011
| motto = Enter to learn; leave to serve
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| location =
| streetaddress = 357 Clermont Avenue
| city = Fort Greene, Brooklyn
| state = New York
| zipcode = 11238
| country = U.S.
| coordinates = {{Coord|40|41|13|N|73|58|9|W|type:edu_region:US-NY|display=inline,title}}
| type = Private
| religion = Roman Catholic
De La Salle Brothers
| patron =
| established = {{Start date and age|1851}}
| principal = Edward Bolan{{Cite web | url = https://www.loughlin.org/about-us/administration | title = Administration and Board of Governors | website = www.loughlin.org | publisher = Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School | access-date = May 11, 2019}}
| staff =
| faculty =
| teaching_staff = 43.6 (FTE) (2017–18)
| gender = Coeducational
| enrollment = 665 (2017–18){{NCES Private School ID|00926438|school_name=Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School|access_date=September 7, 2019|do_not_render=y}}
| average_class_size= 16–30
| system =
| slogan = Educating Leaders Since 1851
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| athletics =
| athletics_conference = CHSAA Brooklyn-Queens Section
| sports =
| mascot = Leo the Lion
| nickname =
| team_name = Lions
| rival = Christ the King Regional High School
| accreditation = Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools{{Cite web | url = https://www.msa-cess.org/RelId/606553/AccountID/12681/ISvars/default/School_Search.htm |title = Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School | access-date=May 11, 2019 | website = www.msa-cess.org | publisher = Middle States Association Commissions on Elementary and Secondary Schools}}
| newspaper = Jamesonian
| yearbook = Loughlinite
| fees = $485 registration fee
$400 graduation fee
| tuition = $10,000 (new students)
${{lro}}9,865 (returning students){{Cite web | url = https://www.loughlin.org/admissions/tuition | title = Tuition | website = www.loughlin.org | publisher = Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School | access-date = May 11, 2019}}
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| colors = {{Color box|indigo}} Purple
{{Color box|gold}} Gold
| free_label = Enrollment exam
| free_text = TACHS test and/or interview
| homepage = {{URL|https://www.loughlin.org/}}
| lastupdate = {{Start date and age|2019|07|24}}
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Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School is a private, Roman Catholic, co-educational, college-preparatory high school located at 357 Clermont Avenue in the Ft. Greene neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City. The school serves students in grades 9 through 12. Loughlin was founded in 1851 and was the first high school in the Diocese of Brooklyn (1853), but today is run independently by the Christian Brothers in the Lasallian educational tradition.
The school graduates 100% of its senior students with at least 98% of graduates matriculating to college each year. In 2018, Loughlin enrolled nearly 650 students, making it the fifth-largest Catholic high school in Brooklyn and Queens. The school had 38 full-time teachers, two part-time teachers and four full-time counselors. The 2017–2018 tuition fee was US$10,050; nearly 60% of all students were awarded financial aid or scholarships, with an average aid amount of $3,200.
History
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In 1851, the De La Salle Christian Brothers assumed direction of the boys' section of what was then known as the St. James School on Jay Street in Brooklyn, the parochial school of St. James' Church. It was the first Catholic school in the Diocese of Brooklyn.
In 1926 St. James became one of three diocesan high schools for boys. In 1933 the school moved to Clermont Avenue, and was renamed Bishop Loughlin Memorial High after the Very Reverend John Loughlin, the first Roman Catholic Bishop of Brooklyn, who served from 1853 to 1891.
In 1933 the high school on Jay Street was closed and the Brothers and students transferred to the present campus of Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School. The new school was built on land originally intended for the diocesan cathedral bounded by Clermont, Greene, Lafayette, and Vanderbilt Avenues. The cornerstone of the school building erected in 1851 is now enshrined by the cafeteria entrance of the present building. The first Senior Prom was held in 1934 and the first edition of the Loughlinite, the school yearbook, appeared in 1938.
As a diocesan high school, Loughlin opened its doors to the people of the entire diocese, which included all of Long Island at that time. It became coeducational in 1973, following the closure of a nearby diocesan girls' high school.
Location
Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School is located in the neighborhood of Fort Greene, Brooklyn, in New York City, also home to the Brooklyn Academy of Music, the Mark Morris Dance Company and several other arts and cultural organizations.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20151230/fort-greene/5-of-brooklyns-top-restaurants-are-fort-greene-clinton-hill-yelp|title=5 of Brooklyn's Top Restaurants Are in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill: Yelp|last=Leon|first=Alexandra|date=December 30, 2015|website=DNA Info|access-date=July 17, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802005539/https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20151230/fort-greene/5-of-brooklyns-top-restaurants-are-fort-greene-clinton-hill-yelp|archive-date=August 2, 2017}}
Academics and facilities
La Salle Hall, originally home to staff and De La Salle brothers who taught at the school, was converted into a dormitory in 2006. The boarding program is only open to male students and was initiated to provide a stable environment for motivated boys whose performance at school has been affected by absent parents, abusive homes, homelessness or drug- and gang-dominated neighborhoods. The program is run in cooperation with the organization Boys Hope Girls Hope.{{Cite news|url=http://www.nycitynewsservice.com/2011/10/dorm-living-offers-high-school-hope/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160613130225/http://fort-greene.thelocal.nytimes.com/2011/10/20/lasalle-hall-dorm-offers-new-routine-new-outlook-for-promising-students/#more-66534|archive-date=13 June 2016|title=Dorm Living Offers High School Hope|last=Woods|first=Amanda|date=2011-10-20|work=FG/CH News|language=en-US}}{{cite web|title=La Salle Hall Boarding Program Information Sheet|url=https://www.loughlin.org/uploaded/documents/BLMHSweb/BLMHS_BHGHNY_Boarding_Program_Information_Sheet.pdf|publisher=Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School official website}}
Loughlin has a graduation rate of 99% with 97% typically going to college each year.
Loughlin offers college credit opportunities through Advanced Placement Courses in: English, Environmental Science, Calculus, Music Theory, Physics, Spanish, US History, and World History.
The school has school-side WiFi and SmartBoard classrooms. iPads are available to all students.
In 2016, Loughlin launched a new STEM program{{Cite web|url=http://citylimits.org/2016/05/23/educators-of-tomorrow-earn-coveted-chance-to-guide-nyc-middle-school-students-to-college/|title=Educators of Tomorrow Earn Coveted Chance to Guide NYC Middle School Students to College|last=anatgersteininc|website=City Limits|date=May 23, 2016 |access-date=2017-07-27}} in partnership with Project Lead The Way (PLTW), a national nonprofit organization that partners with Brooklyn Tech, among other institutions. In 2017, more than 200 students registered for courses in engineering or biomedical science.{{Cite news|url=https://thetablet.org/chasing-invasive-fish-species-with-student-scientists-from-bishop-loughlin-memorial-high-school/|title=Chasing invasive fish species with student scientists from Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School - The Tablet|date=2017-05-31|work=The Tablet|access-date=2017-07-27|language=en-US}}
Athletics
Loughlin offers sports programs for both girls and boys, with 16 different sports, including rugby, soccer, and lacrosse,{{citation needed|date=August 2017}} and a basketball team.{{Cite news|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/college/courts-kings-brooklyn-hoop-history-center-stage-article-1.2563405|title=The Courts of Kings: Brooklyn hoop history on center stage|work=NY Daily News|access-date=2017-08-01|language=en}} The boys' freshman basketball team won city championships in 2017 and 2016, and the boys' varsity team won the Brooklyn/Queens Diocesan championship in 2016. Alumnus Keith Williams,{{Cite web|url=https://247sports.com/player/keith-williams-89260|title=Keith Williams, Bishop Loughlin Memorial, Shooting Guard|website=247Sports|access-date=2017-07-27}} class of 2017, played for the Cincinnati Bearcats in the NCAA Division 1 in 2017, and Mike Boynton,{{Cite news|url=http://newsok.com/article/5543141|title=NEW YORK STATE OF MIND: How Mike Boynton's Brooklyn background prepared him to be OSU's next basketball coach|date=2017-03-27|work=NewsOK.com|access-date=2017-08-01|language=en-US}} class of 2001, became the head basketball coach{{Cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaab/2017/03/27/new-oklahoma-state-coach-boynton-35-says-hes-ready/99712170/|title=New Oklahoma State coach MIke Boynton says he's ready at age 35|work=USA TODAY|access-date=2017-07-27|language=en}} at Oklahoma State that year.
Loughlin had a 4x4 track victory at the 2016 Millrose Games{{Cite web|url=http://www.runnerspace.com/eprofile.php?team=10012&seq=1&do=info&event_id=574&year=2016|title=2016 NYRR Millrose Games - info/results - 02/20/16|website=RunnerSpace.com|access-date=2017-07-27}} and a qualification for Nationals. Their track & field teams have won 21 Penn Relays high school championships.{{citation needed|date=August 2017}}
The school also has coed teams in handball, indoor and outdoor track, cross country, and bowling. Their varsity bowling team won championships in 2014 and 2015.{{citation needed|date=August 2017}} Loughlin also offers baseball, softball, volleyball, and cheerleading. In partnership with St. Francis College, their water polo team{{Cite news|url=http://www.usawaterpolo.org/sports/hof/mtt/bill_harris_839217.html|title=USAWATERPOLO.ORG :: Home of Champions|access-date=2017-07-27|language=en}} was the first high school team to win the Yale Invitational Tournament.
Notable alumni
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- Sam Belnavis, class of 1957, automobile racing executive{{Citation needed|date=May 2019|reason=Need to cite an independent reliable source to verify this person went to Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School.}}
- Mike Boynton, class of 2000, head basketball coach at Oklahoma State University{{Citation needed|date=May 2019|reason=Need to cite an independent reliable source to verify this person went to Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School.}}
- Khadeen Carrington (born 1995), Trinidadian-American basketball player for Hapoel Jerusalem of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Tom Carroll, class of 1954, professional baseball player{{Cite web |url=http://www.thebaseballcube.com/profile.asp?P=Tom-Carroll |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130203165437/http://www.thebaseballcube.com/profile.asp?P=Tom-Carroll |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 3, 2013 |title=Tom Carroll Statistics |publisher=The Baseball Cube |access-date=February 14, 2011 }}
- Justin Champagnie, basketball player{{cite web |title=Justin Champagnie College Stats |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/players/justin-champagnie-1.html |website=College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com |language=en}}
- Julian Champagnie, basketball player
- Doug E. Doug, actor{{Citation needed|date=May 2019|reason=Need to cite an independent reliable source to verify this person went to Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School.}}
- Devin Ebanks, pro basketball player currently in the Greek Basket League{{Citation needed|date=May 2019|reason=Need to cite an independent reliable source to verify this person went to Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School.}}
- Rudy Giuliani, class of 1961, Mayor of New York City, 1994–2002; United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York under President Ronald Reagan, 1983–89{{Citation needed|date=May 2019|reason=Need to cite an independent reliable source to verify this person went to Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School.}}
- Ronald Holmberg, class of 1956, professional tennis player and coach{{Citation needed|date=May 2019|reason=Need to cite an independent reliable source to verify this person went to Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School.}}
- Mark Jackson, class of 1983, professional basketball player, 2011–14 head coach of Golden State Warriors{{Citation needed|date=May 2019|reason=Need to cite an independent reliable source to verify this person went to Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School.}}
- Pete Naton, class of 1949, professional baseball player[https://www.loughlin.org/news-and-events/this-day-in-bishop-loughlin-history "This Day in Bishop Loughlin History: June 12"]. Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School. Retrieved May 8, 2019.
- The Notorious B.I.G., rapper{{cite web|url=https://patch.com/new-york/bed-stuy/today-s-pride-of-bed-stuy-christopher-wallace-aka-the5964734f17|title=Today's Pride of Bed-Stuy: Christopher Wallace aka The Notorious B.I.G.|author=C. Zawadi Morris|date=February 29, 2012|accessdate=May 9, 2021}}
- Basil Pennington, Trappist priest, leading spiritual writer{{cite web|url=https://findingaids.bc.edu/agents/people/197 |title=Pennington, M. Basil (1931 July 28-2005 June 3) | Burns Library Archival Collections }}
- Andre Riddick, basketball player{{cite web|url=https://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Andre-Riddick/Belgium/Spirou-Basket-Charleroi/10828|title=Andre Riddick at Eurobasket|date=March 1, 2014|access-date=March 7, 2022}}
- Arthur F. Ryan, class of 1959, retired CEO and chairman, Prudential Financial{{Citation needed|date=May 2019|reason=Need to cite an independent reliable source to verify this person went to Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School.}}
- Vincent Schiavelli, actor, food writer{{Citation needed|date=May 2019|reason=Need to cite an independent reliable source to verify this person went to Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School.}}
- Sherrod Small, stand-up comedian{{Citation needed|date=May 2019|reason=Need to cite an independent reliable source to verify this person went to Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School.}}
- April Walker, class of 1983, owner of hip hop clothing line Walker Wear.
- Alvin Young, class of 1995, professional basketball player{{Citation needed|date=May 2019|reason=Need to cite an independent reliable source to verify this person went to Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School.}}
References
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External links
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Category:Educational institutions established in 1851
Category:Lasallian schools in the United States