| 词条 | Towson Catholic High School |
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| name = Towson Catholic High School | native_name = | latin_name = | image = Towson Catholic HS.jpg | imagesize = 300px | caption = | location = | streetaddress = 114 Ware Avenue | city = Towson | state = Maryland | county = (Baltimore County) | zipcode = 21204 | country = USA | coordinates = {{coord|39|24|11|N|76|36|16|W|type:edu_region:US-MD|display=inline,title}} | pushpin_map = Maryland | schoolnumber = | schoolboard = | district = | authority = | religion = Roman Catholic | denomination = | oversight = | affiliation = | superintendent = | trustee = | founder = Fr. Phillip Sheridan | specialist = | president = | head of school = | headteacher = | head_label = Pastor | head = Rev. Monsignor F. Dennis Tinder | chairperson = | principal = Clare Pitz | administrator = | rector = | chaplain = | director = | custodian = | staff = | ranking = | faculty = 20 | teaching_staff = | roll = | MOE = | ceeb = | school code = | LEA = | ofsted = | testaverage = | testname = | national_ranking = | avg_class_size = | ratio = | SAT = | ACT = | type = Private, Coeducational | system = | fees = | tuition = $9,500 | endowment = | grades = 9–12 | campus = | campus size = | campus type = | athletics = | conference = | slogan = | song = The Alma Mater | fightsong = | motto = "A Small School Making a Big Difference" | accreditation = Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools[1] | rival = Our Lady of Mount Carmel | mascot = | mascot image = | sports = | patron = | team_name = | nickname = Owls | colors = Blue and Gold {{color box|blue}}{{color box|gold}} | yearbook = The Hilltop | publication = The Unicorn (creative arts magazine) | newspaper = The Owl | established = 1922 | status = | closed = 2009 | enrollment = 244 | enrollment_as_of = 2008–2009 | free_label = | free_text = | free_label1 = | free_text1 = | free_label2 = Admissions Director | free_text2 = Alice Rhodes | free_label3 = Athletic Director | free_text3 = Jeff Palumbo | free_label4 = | free_text4 = | free_label5 = | free_text5 = | footnotes = | picture = | homepage = School Website }} Towson Catholic High School was a private Catholic, co-educational high school in the Baltimore suburb of Towson, Maryland, whose closing was announced in July, 2009. At its peak enrollment in the 1960s and 1970s, more than 400 children attended.[2] Founded in 1922 by a Catholic priest, Phillip Sheridan, it was the oldest co-educational Catholic high school in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore when it closed.[3] During its 86 years, the small school was long noted for its successful athletics program as well as personalized secondary-level education. HistoryTowson Catholic High School was founded in 1922 by Phillip Sheridan, priest at Immaculate Conception Church, to provide secondary-level education to Roman Catholics in the growing Baltimore suburb of Towson. The high school's original classroom building was replaced by a modern, masonry structure constructed in 1953 on the same campus as Towson's Immaculate Conception Church and its affiliated Immaculate Conception School for elementary and middle grades. The high school was renowned for its successful basketball program,[4] producing a number of NBA players, including Gene Shue, Carmelo Anthony and Donté Greene. The girls' basketball team was ranked #1 nationwide in the U.S. three times during the early 1980s, as it fielded one of the most competitive teams in Maryland basketball history, going undefeated for 70 consecutive games from 1982 to 1985.[4] Towson Catholic's athletic teams participated in the Baltimore Catholic League. ClosingThe Archdiocese announced on July 7, 2009, that the school would not re-open for the 2009–2010 term due to declining enrollment, which dropped from 244 students in the 2008–2009 school year to only 160 anticipated for 2009–2010.[5] The resulting budget deficit of $650,000 projected for the following year necessitated the school's closure, an Archdiocesan spokesman told the Baltimore Sun.[6] The parish's adjacent Immaculate Conception elementary-middle school is unaffected by the high school's closing and is said to be "thriving", according to the Archdiocese.[6] At the announcement of the venerable school's closing, alumni said its students "got a solid education and learned to appreciate classical musicals as well as a good game of basketball".[2] They praised the small school's personalized instruction and sense of community, "where everyone was popular".[2] The news sparked a large demonstration by placard-wielding parents, students, and alumni in front of the school the next day protesting its closing, prompting a front page headline story, "Anger in Towson", in the Baltimore Sun.[7] The protesters said they had no warning of the school's abrupt closing and told a reporter that greater fund-raising efforts should have been made to save the school. Baltimore Archbishop Edwin F. O'Brien said in a news release that the school's administrators had "expended great energy and countless hours to save the school from this fate."[7] Amidst continuing demonstrations and meetings with parents and alumni in the aftermath of the closing announcement, a lawsuit was filed by some parents on July 14, 2009, seeking to keep the school open.[8] Alumni also began a fund-raising effort to overcome the school's financial deficit, although a Baltimore County Circuit Court judge declined on July 24 to grant an injunction that would have kept the school open.[9] Following the closing of Towson Catholic High School in 2009, its building was subsequently renovated and is now used for Immaculate Conception School's performing arts program and expanded middle school.[10] Notable alumniPast students at Towson Catholic High School include:[6]
References1. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.css-msa.org/search.php/|title=MSA-Commission on Secondary Schools|accessdate=2009-07-31|author=MSA-CSS|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://www.webcitation.org/5wRXHJRCr?url=http://www.css-msa.org/search.php/|archivedate=2011-02-12|df=}} 2. ^1 2 {{cite news|last=Kelly|first=Jacques|title=Since 1922, Towson school provided solid education|work=The Baltimore Sun|date=July 9, 2009|page=8}} 3. ^{{cite web|title=History|publisher=Towson Catholic High School|year=2009|url=http://www.theimmaculate.org/towson_catholic/about_towson_catholic/history.html|accessdate=2009-07-07}} 4. ^1 2 {{cite news|last=Klingaman|first=Mike|title=Closing of TC stuns sporting alums|work=The Baltimore Sun|date=July 9, 2009|page=Sports 5}} 5. ^WBAL-TV 11 News, WBAL-TV, July 7, 2009. 6. ^1 2 {{cite news|last=Hare|first=Mary Gail|title=Economy forces Towson Catholic to close|date=July 8, 2009|work=The Baltimore Sun|page=9}} 7. ^1 {{cite news|authors=Hare, Mary Gail and Walker, Childs|title=Anger in Towson|work=The Baltimore Sun|date=July 9, 2009|pages=1 and 8}} 8. ^{{cite news| last=Hare |first=Mary Gail| title=Towson Catholic parents file lawsuit to block closing |date=July 15, 2009 |work=The Baltimore Sun|url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/education/bal-towson-catholic-0715,0,7393186.story |accessdate=2009-07-15}} 9. ^{{cite news|last=Brown|first=Matthew Hay|title=Judge blocks parents' lawsuit|work=The Baltimore Sun|date= July 25, 2009|page=3}} 10. ^{{cite news|last=VanWestervelt|first=Rus|title=Renovated schools mark start of new year|work=Towson Times|date=Sep 3, 2014|page=25}} External links
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