Calvert Hall College High School

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Calvert Hall College High School


Motto	Vitae via virtus (Life by way of virtue)
Established	1845
Type	Private High School
President	Br. Benedict Oliver
Principal	Principal Louis Heidrick
Location	Towson, Maryland, United States
Nickname	Cardinals
Mascot	The Cardinal
Website	www.calverthall.com

Calvert Hall College High School (also known as Calvert Hall or CHC) is a Catholic preparatory high school for boys located in Towson, Maryland, USA. Its mission is to make their students "men of faith, men of intellect, and men of integrity."

The school was established in 1845 by the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools as a private Catholic college preparatory high school for boys and is the oldest Christian Brothers school in the United States. The third oldest, St. John's College High School in Washington, D.C. was founded by Christian Brothers from this school in 1851.

Calvert Hall faces its cross-town rival, Loyola Blakefield, in the annual Turkey Bowl football game at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore.

CHC participates in the MIAA 'A' conference in all its sports, along with the Baltimore Catholic League for basketball.

1 Campus
2 Notable Alumni
3 Official Logo
4 External links

[edit] Campus

An aerial view of the campus.

The 33 acre (134,000 m²) campus (left diagram) consists of three academic buildings: Keelty Hall, George Young Hall, and the Marion Burk Knott Center for the Performing Arts.

Keelty Hall contains administrative and guidance offices, classrooms, science labs, the chapel, and cafeteria.
George Young Hall houses four computer labs, TV Studio, Art Studio, classrooms, and George Young library.
The Marion Burk Knott Center contains a theater, two lecture halls, and practice areas for instrumental and vocal music.
In addition, the campus includes Alumni Memorial Gymnasium, Paul Angelo Russo stadium, the McManus baseball field, the athletic activities building, Hucht pool, practice fields, the Shaughnessy tennis courts, and the Christian Brothers' residence.

[edit] Notable Alumni

Carlo Crispino receiving his award from Br. Benedict Oliver.

Juan Dixon, ACC and National Player of the Year for University of Maryland Terrapins Basketball team in 2002, when the team won the national championship, Current NBA player with the Toronto Raptors and formerly of the Portland TrailBlazers and the Washington Wizards.
Duane Ferrell, Member of mythical 1982 national championship basketball team at CHC under Coach Mark Amatucci, went on to play at Georgia Tech, 11-year NBA player for Atlanta Hawks, Indiana Pacers, and Golden State Warriors.
Mel Kiper, Jr., NFL draft analyst on ESPN.
Jim Mathias, Maryland State Delegate, former Mayor of Ocean City.
Sam Palmisano, CEO of IBM
Tom Roberts, CNN anchor.
Dwight Schultz, Actor - known as Murdoch on the A-Team and Reginald Barclay in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Voyager..
George Young (NFL), former New York Giants Executive, who won several NFL Executive of the Year awards. His widow donated several million dollars to the school after his death to contribute to the building of a new academic building named in his honor that opened in 2004.
Carlo Crispino, Owner of a successful roofing company, in 2005 he donated 1 million dollars to his alma mater to help renovate the cafeteria and upgrade the auxiliary gym and pool building, which has since been dedicated in his name. In 2006, donated more money to help the funding of a brand new, state-of-the-art baseball stadium which will have turf field and many new amenities. It is set to be ready for the 2008 season.
John Waters (filmmaker), director of many films taking place in and filmed in Baltimore, most notably, Hairspray, Pink Flamingos, Pecker (film), "Serial Mom" and A Dirty Shame.
J. Douglass Radebaugh, National Lacrosse Hall of Famer [1].
Michael C. Farrell, member of the National Lacrosse Hall of Fame [2].
Jack Blessing, actor. Has appeared in hundreds of TV shows, notably as McGillicudy on "Moonlighting" and as Jack Powers on "The George Lopez Show".

Picture of the Finished George Young Hall as of 2004 by the Baltimore Architecture Magazine.

George Young Hall viewed by night.

[edit] Official Logo

As of Late August 2006, Calvert Hall currently uses the Bird Head, to the right, as its official logo. This logo is official Calvert Hall property and is copyrighted. Prior to this logo, various logos were used. The other bird head was used on the CHC website for over three years before this change. The only known place where this logo can be found is on the floors of the main gymnasium. Prior to this birdhead, a variety of logos were used. The seal on the bottom was also used in certain correspondence along with others.