St. Mary's High School (Annapolis, Maryland)
{{Short description|Private school in Annapolis, Maryland, United States}}
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{{Infobox school
| name = St. Mary's High School
| image = St. Mary's High School - Annapolis, Maryland.jpg
| imagesize = 270px
| caption =
| streetaddress = 113 Duke of Gloucester Street
| city = Annapolis
| state = Maryland
| zipcode = 21401
| country = USA
| coordinates = {{coord|38|58|30|N|76|29|18|W|type:edu_region:US-MD|display=inline,title}}
| religion = Roman Catholic
| principal = Joseph M. Keenan
| chaplain = Patrick Woods
| teaching_staff = 34.0 (FTE)
| school code = 210008
| ratio = 14.7
| type = Private
| gender = Coeducational
| campus type = Urban
| athletics = 14 Sports
19 Teams
| motto = Faith, Tradition, Excellence
| accreditation = AdvancED
Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
| rival = Severn School
| conference = MIAA (boys)
IAAM (girls)
| nickname = Saints
| colors = Royal Blue and White {{color box|blue}}{{color box|white}}
| yearbook = Marilogue
| publication = Soundings (literary magazine)
| newspaper = The Crabnet
| established = 1946
| enrollment = 500
| enrollment_as_of = 2013-2014
| feeders = St. Mary's Elementary School, Annapolis
| footnotes = {{cite web|url=http://www.stmarysannapolis.org/Page/HS-Homepage|title=St. Mary's Annapolis - High School - A Private Catholic School|work=stmarysannapolis.org|access-date=7 December 2015}}{{cite web|url=http://www.advanc-ed.org/oasis2/u/par/accreditation/summary?institutionId=41715|title=AdvancED - Institution Summary|work=advanc-ed.org|access-date=7 December 2015}}{{cite web|title=Parish History – 20th and 21st Centuries|url=http://www.stmaryschurch.org/page.aspx?pid=697|work=stmaryschurch.org}}{{cite web|url=http://nces.ed.gov/surveys/pss/privateschoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&ID=00578105|title=Search for Private Schools - School Detail for St Marys High School|work=ed.gov|access-date=7 December 2015}}
| website = {{URL|http://www.stmarysannapolis.org/Page/HS-Homepage}}
}}
St. Mary's High School is a small, co-educational, college-preparatory Catholic high school located in downtown Annapolis, Maryland. It is part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore.{{cite web|url=http://www.stmarysannapolis.org/page/HS-Homepage?siteId=874|title=St. Mary's Annapolis - High School - A Private Catholic School|work=stmarysannapolis.org|access-date=7 December 2015}} St. Mary's is accredited by AdvancED, the Archdiocese of Baltimore, and is recognized and approved by the Maryland State Department of Education.
History
St. Mary's High School is co-located with its affiliated parish church St. Mary's Church and elementary school. The church and parish itself date back to 1853 with the arrival of the Redemptorists in Baltimore. St. Mary's School (elementary) was founded in 1862 and the high school was added in 1946.
Demographics
Campus features
The school is located in downtown Annapolis on Duke of Gloucester Street. It is connected by a hallway and outdoor walkway with St. Mary's Elementary School, with whom it also shares a library building, and shares its grounds with St. Mary's Church as well as the Charles Carroll House, the historic home of Charles Carroll of Annapolis. Originally, the School Sisters of Notre Dame maintained a convent on the property; that building has since been transformed primarily into a library and computer labs. Classrooms and hallways are based on a traditional corridor basis (A, B, and C), with lockers located in each along the walls. The gymnasium is named after C. Mason "Daffy" Russell, a longtime coach at St. Mary's.
Being located in a dense, urban area and surrounded by historic properties, the school does not have athletic fields of its own on campus. Historically, the school has utilized practice facilities at Bates Middle School and Germantown Elementary School for practices and used various sites in the area for home games. In 2007, St. Mary's gained its own home field by building the St. Mary's Field at St. John Neumann Church on Bestgate Road, approximately {{convert|2|miles}} from campus.
Academics
St. Mary's offers AP and Honors classes for advanced students. In 2016, St. Mary's immersed their student body and faculty with a 1:1 iPad program. A program offered at the high school is their St. Isidore Cyber Program, designated for students interested in a STEM-based program of study and internship, designed to develop student proficiency and exploration in the areas of science, technology, engineering, and math.{{Cite web|url=https://www.stmarysannapolis.org/academics|title=St. Mary's Annapolis {{!}} Curriculum|website=www.stmarysannapolis.org|access-date=2019-04-25}}
Student life
The school newspaper is The Crabnet, and St. Mary's has a total of 25 clubs, including a sailing team, Model UN, and a variety of others.{{cite web|url=http://www.stmarysannapolis.org/Page/Student-Life/Clubs--Activities|title=St. Mary's Annapolis - Clubs & Activities|work=stmarysannapolis.org|access-date=7 December 2015}} Campus ministry is a big component of student life. Each year, students must attend a retreat. Their senior year, the students participated in Kairos.{{Citation|title=Kairos (retreat)|date=2019-04-08|url=https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kairos_(retreat)&oldid=891590120|work=Wikipedia|language=en|access-date=2019-04-25}}
Athletics
The school's main rival is the Severn School.{{cite web|url=http://www.stmarysannapolis.org/page/News-Detail?pk=779637&fromId=197510|title=St. Mary's Annapolis - Sarah Dewitt, Capital Athlete of the Week|publisher=St. Mary's Roman Catholic Congregation|access-date=7 December 2015}} They play lacrosse in a match called "Battle Lax"{{citation needed|date=December 2015}} and football in a game called "The River Classic."{{cite web|url=http://www.capitalgazette.com/multimedia/photos/cgnews-23rd-annual-river-classic-20151031-photogallery.html|title=23rd annual River Classic|work=Capital Gazette|date=1 November 2015|access-date=7 December 2015}}
St. Mary's participates in the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA), primarily in boy's athletics, and the Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland (IAAM), primarily in girl's athletics.{{cite web|url=http://www.stmarysannapolis.org/Page/Student-Life/Athletics/Overview|publisher=St. Mary's Annapolis|title=Overview|access-date=7 December 2015}} The school fields the following sports:
=Fall=
Cross Country (Varsity - Boys), Cross Country (Varsity - Girls), Field Hockey (Junior Varsity & Varsity - Girls), Football (JV & Varsity - Boys), Soccer (JV & Varsity - Boys), Soccer (JV & Varsity - Girls), Volleyball (JV & Varsity - Girls).{{cite web|url=http://www.stmarysannapolis.org/Page/Student-Life/Athletics/Sports|title=St. Mary's Annapolis - Sports|work=stmarysannapolis.org|access-date=7 December 2015}}
=Winter=
Basketball (JV & Varsity - Boys), Basketball (JV & Varsity - Girls), Ice Hockey (Varsity - Boys), Swimming (Varsity - Boys), Swimming (Varsity - Girls), Wrestling (Varsity - Boys).
=Spring=
Notable alumni
- Robert C. Baldwin, Maryland Delegate
- Michael E. Busch, former Speaker of the Maryland House of Delegates
- Chuck Bresnahan, former defensive coordinator for the Cincinnati Bengals
- Henry Ciccarone, Hall of Fame lacrosse coach for Johns Hopkins
- John Dorsey, NFL executive and former player
- Chris Garrity, professional lacrosse player
- Joshua Grannell, actor, filmmaker, and drag queen known as Peaches Christ{{cite news|work=The Baltimore Sun|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/bs-xpm-2010-08-20-bs-ae-grannell-0822-20100820-story.html|date=August 20, 2010|title=Hometown boy Joshua Grannell makes 'Evil'|last=Sragow|first=Michael|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20220716043736/https://www.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/bs-xpm-2010-08-20-bs-ae-grannell-0822-20100820-story.html#selection-131.0-136.0|archive-date=July 16, 2022}}
- Terry Hutchinson, sailor
- Peter Oakley, Senator from Maryland
See also
{{Portal|Maryland|Catholicism|Schools}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.archbalt.org/ Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore]
- {{official website|http://www.stmarysannapolis.org/Page/HS-Homepage}}
- [http://crabnet.stmarysannapolis.org/ The Crabnet - The Online Student Newspaper of St. Mary's High School]
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