Our Lady of Lourdes High School

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Our Lady of Lourdes

Lourdes crest and campus
Established 1958
School type Private
Religious affiliation Roman Catholic
Principal Rev. John M. Lagiovane
Location Poughkeepsie, NY, USA
Campus Suburban, 18 acres
Enrollment 910 total
Faculty 44
Average class size students
Student:teacher
ratio
21:1
Average SAT
scores (2005)
555 verbal
547 math
Athletics 23 sports
Color(s) Royal and Gold
Mascot Warriors
Homepage www.ollchs.org

Our Lady of Lourdes High School is located in Dutchess County, Poughkeepsie, New York, United States. The current principal is Rev. John M. Lagiovane. The school received accreditation from the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools in May 2004. The school serves the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York.

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[edit] Mission statement

Our Lady of Lourdes is a co-educational archdiocesan high school which seeks to offer a rigorous college preparatory education rooted in the teachings of Jesus to a large and diverse community. Animated by the charisms of the Sisters of St. Dominic and the Marist Brothers, OLL strives to enable all students to achieve their fullest potential spiritually, intellectually, physically, and emotionally.

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Our Lady of Lourdes High School was founded in April 1958 by His Eminence, Francis Cardinal Spellman, who purchased the former Poughkeepsie High School building and grounds from the Poughkeepsie Board of Education. The school was given its name in honor of the centenary of the apparition of the Virgin Mary at Lourdes in France. The new school opened its doors in September of 1958 with a faculty of four brothers and four sisters, and an athletic coach. The original school was divided into two halves, one for the boys and one for the girls. Opening enrollment was 280 students. The boy’s school opened with four classes of 35 students each, as did the girl’s school. Our Lady of Lourdes existed this way as separate schools until 1970.

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Year NYSPHSAA Section 1 Champions NYSPHSAA Class Champions NYSFSSAA
2006 Lakeland High School (Shrub Oak, New York), Shrub Oak, New York W Pearl River High School, Pearl River, New York W
2005 Lakeland High School (Shrub Oak, New York), Shrub Oak, New York W Honeoye Falls-Lima High School, Honeoye Falls, New York L
2004 W W Archbishop Molloy High School L
2003 W New Hyde Park L
2002 W Comsewogue High School, Port Jefferson Station, New York W St. Francis Preparatory School W
2001 W Iroquois High School, Elma, New York W St. Francis Preparatory School W

Formerly coached by current Marist College head coach Brian Giorgis, the Lady Warriors finished the 2002 season ranked #4 in the USA Today Super 25 girls basketball rankings (also #14 in 2001).

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