Bishop McDevitt High School (Wyncote, Pennsylvania) explained

Streetaddress:125 Royal Avenue
City:Wyncote
State:Pennsylvania
County:(Montgomery County)
Zipcode:19095
Country:USA
Coordinates:40.0942°N -75.1556°W
District:Archdiocese of Philadelphia
Religion:Roman Catholic
President:Dr. Matthew Powell
Principal:Patricia Rooney
Faculty:25
Ratio:21:1
Type:Private, coeducational
Tuition:$7,050 (2016-2017)
Grades:9-12
Conference:Philadelphia Catholic League
Motto:Maria Impende Juvamen
Motto Translation:Mary, bestow your aid.
Accreditation:Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools[1]
Mascot:Royal Lancers
Team Name:Royal Lancers
Yearbook:The Realm
Newspaper:The Royalist
Established:1958
Alumni:15,560+
Enrollment:475
Enrollment As Of:2014
Free Label2:Admissions Director
Free Text2:Megan Gerhard
Free Label3:Athletic Director
Free Text3:Patrick Manzi
Homepage:www.mcdevitths.org

Bishop McDevitt High School was a private, comprehensive, co-educational Roman Catholic high school in the Wyncote community in Cheltenham Township, Pennsylvania, United States. It was located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia.

Background

The school served grades nine through twelve with a diverse mix of students with an academic program grounded in the teachings and formations of the Catholic faith.

It was accredited by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, and the Archdiocese of Philadelphia.

The faculty consisted of lay and religious men and women, the majority of whom held advanced degrees in their area of specialization.[2]

History

Bishop McDevitt High School was dedicated on December 8, 1958, and opened to students the following day. The school celebrated its first graduating class in June 1961. The school added vocational and technical education in 1965; won Philadelphia Catholic League marching band title in 1965; won its first boys' Philadelphia Catholic League title in 1966; became co-educational shortly after it first opened Ed; won its first girls' Philadelphia Catholic League title in 1979; welcomed its first lay principal in 1985; opened its first computer lab in 1987; achieved its Middle States accreditation in 1988; started a Development Office and Alumni Association in 1989; and moved into open enrollment and a restructured president and principal model of administration in 1993.

The school was closed in 2020, effective at the end of the school year in 2021.

Notable alumni

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: MSA-Commission on Secondary Schools . May 23, 2009 . MSA-CSS . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110514215741/http://www.css-msa.org/search.php . May 14, 2011 .
  2. Web site: Bishop McDevitt High School | Wyncote, PA. 18 October 2017 .