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Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons High School – Schenectady, New York (est. 1975; Christian Brothers left) O'Dea High School – Seattle, Washington (est. 1923; Christian Brothers left in 2014) Palma School – Salinas, California (est. 1951) Sacred Heart of Jesus School – Manhattan, New York City, New York (est. 1896)
Rice High School was established in 1938 in Central Harlem by the Congregation of Christian Brothers, who continued to fund the school through much of its existence. [1] Named for Irish missionary and educator Edmund Rice, [ 2 ] it was located at 124th Street and Lenox Avenue and was known as a basketball powerhouse producing alumni that ...
In 1967 the Christian Brothers had a membership of about 5,000, teaching in around 600 schools. [9] The Christian Brothers teacher training centre at St. Mary's/Colaiste Mhuire, has become the Marino Institute for Education which has trained lay teachers since 1972 and has offered degrees validated by the University of Dublin since 1974.
The Christian Brothers moved into their present residence, 416 West 51st Street, in 1953. Young Christian Brothers were assigned to the community at this time to assist with all of the extra-curricular activities such as athletic teams, dramatic presentations and a variety of parish programs designed to keep the young men of the parish occupied.
Power Memorial Academy (PMA) was an all-boys Catholic high school in New York City that operated from 1931 through 1984. It was a basketball powerhouse, producing several NBA players including Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, [1] Len Elmore, [2] Mario Elie, [3] Chris Mullin, [4] as well as NBA referee Dick Bavetta and a record 71-game winning streak.
The parish school was built by Power soon after the church, and was initially run by the Christian Brothers of Ireland, who were brought by him to educate the children of Irish immigrants, and the Sisters of Charity of New York. The school's enrollment in its early years reached almost 2,000 students, mostly girls.
Bishop Kearney High School was co-founded by Edmund Rice and the Congregation of Christian Brothers of Ireland, with the School Sisters of Notre Dame. The school was named after James E. Kearney of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester. It opened in 1962, accepting only freshmen at the time.
La Salle Academy is an American private, Catholic all-boys' high school in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York. The school is run by the Eastern North American District of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools. It was founded by the Christian Brothers in 1848.