St. Nicholas of Tolentine High School

{{short description|Former high school in The Bronx, New York}}

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| motto = {{langx|la|Ad Astra per Aspera}}{{cite news |last1=Buckley |first1=Anne |title=Memories of Malik |url=https://www.cny.org/stories/memories-of-malik,3203 |access-date=3 August 2023 |work=Catholic New York |date=25 May 2000 |language=en}}

| motto_translation = To the Stars Through Adversity

| address = 2336 Andrews Avenue

| city = Bronx

| state = New York

| country = United States

| zipcode = 10468

| coordinates = {{Coord|40.8622637784035|-73.9069058825537|display=inline,title}}

| schooltype = Parochial

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| religious_affiliation = Roman Catholic

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| patron = St. Nicholas of Tolentine

| established = {{Start date|1927}}

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| status = Closed

| closed = {{End date|1991|06|14}}

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| principal = Sr. Rose Ellen Gorman (1991)

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| faculty = 22 (1991)

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| grades = 9–12

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| enrollment = 330 (1991){{cite news |last1=Nieves |first1=Evelyn |title=Archdiocese Will Close a Bronx High School |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/05/17/nyregion/archdiocese-will-close-a-bronx-high-school.html |access-date=3 August 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=17 May 1991 |language=en}}
700 ({{c.|1970s}})

| ratio = 15:1 (1991)

| campus_type = Urban

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| nickname = Wildcats

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| yearbook = The Tolentia
Tolentimes
The Tolentian

| annual_tuition = $2,350 (1991)

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| graduates = 68{{cite news |last1=Borges |first1=Eddie |last2=Sheridan |first2=Dick |title=Grads tip caps to Tolentine |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/daily-news-grads-tip-caps-to-tolentine/129362522/ |access-date=3 August 2023 |work=Daily News |date=15 June 1991 |pages=7}}

| graduates_year = 1991

| affiliation = St. Nicholas of Tolentine Church

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St. Nicholas of Tolentine High School was a four-year, coeducational Catholic high school located in the University Heights neighborhood of the Bronx, New York. A parochial school operated by the parish of the same name, St. Nicholas of Tolentine Church, it opened in 1927 and closed in 1991, after years of declining enrollment. The final class of 68 students graduated on June 14, 1991.

The school was known for its basketball program.{{cite web|author=Anne Buckley |url=http://cny.org/stories/Memories-of-Malik,3203?content_source=&category_id=&search_filter=&event_mode=&event_ts_from=&list_type=&order_by=&order_sort=&content_class=&sub_type=stories&town_id= |title=Memories of Malik | date=25 May 2000 |publisher=Catholic New York |access-date=2018-09-21}} In 1975, Tolentine had the city's top-ranked high school basketball team.{{cite web|last=Brennan |first=Sean |date=1 November 1995 |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/sports/old-times-sake-tolentine-mount-replay-classic-article-1.699917 |title=For Old-Times Sake Tolentine, Mount To Replay Classic |work=NY Daily News |access-date=2018-09-21 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709064535/http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/sports/old-times-sake-tolentine-mount-replay-classic-article-1.699917 |archive-date=2018-07-09}} It won the Catholic High School Athletic Association basketball championship in 1980–1982 and 1988.