Bishop Hendricken High School

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Coordinates: 41.70605° N 71.39422° W

Bishop Thomas F. Hendricken High School
Motto: "Live Jesus in our hearts, Forever!"
Established: September, 1959
Religious affiliation: Roman Catholic
President: Br. Thomas R. Leto, CFC, M.Ed.
Principal: Mr. Vincent F. Mancuso, M.Ed.
Faculty: 85 full-time
Students: 1,150
Location: Warwick, RI, 02889, USA
Colors: Green and Gold          
Mascot: Hawk
Athletics: Football, Soccer, Volleyball, Cross-Country, Basketball, Hockey, Swimming, Wrestling, Indoor Track, Baseball, Outdoor Track, Tennis, Lacrosse, Golf, Rugby, Sailing
Affiliations: New England Association of Schools and Colleges
Website: [1]www.Hendricken.com

Bishop Thomas Francis Hendricken High School is a Catholic, all male, college preparatory high school located in Warwick, RI, in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence. It is staffed by the Irish Christian Brothers congregation. The school's current president is Brother Thomas R. Leto, CFC, and its principal is Mr. Vincent Mancuso.

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[edit] Facilities

Hendricken's facilities are among the nicest in the state of Rhode Island. In 1997 and early 1998, the school had built a new 16,000-square-foot (1,500 m²) South Gymnasium; a 5,000-square-foot (460 m²) outdoor street hockey/basketball area; a redesigned West Gate on Oakland Beach Avenue; a 6,000-square-foot (560 m²) West Wing of classrooms . In 2006 the school had built a new state of the art 350 seat theatre, 30,000 square feet (2,800 m²) of new classrooms, and a new band suite that has been added to the landscape of Bishop Hendricken. Inside all of the new classrooms all they have all been equipped with SmartBoard Technology. Also in 2006 the school installed state of the art artificial turf onto the Hawk football field which at the time was the first high school in the state of Rhode Island to have artificial turf on the football field.

[edit] Academics

Hendricken has been renowned for its academics throughout New England. Since the last construction at Hendricken in 2006 the new 30,000 square feet (2,800 m²) of classrooms are all equipped with SmartBoard Technology. Every year Hendricken graduates are going to top knotch colleges throughout the United States. Most recently in the past few years some of the top colleges in the United States such as Harvard, Princeton, Brown, Yale, Dartmouth, Georgetown and Boston College have accepted Hendricken students into their institutions. Hendricken has had many National Merit Scholars and one Rhodes Scholar. Their students take advantage of Hendricken's wide variety of advanced placement courses with scores that are the best in the state. Each year, their graduating seniors average over one million dollars in tuition aid from the various colleges of their choice.

[edit] Athletics

- In 2008 Sports Illustrated rated Hendricken as the #1 athletic program in the state of Rhode Island

-"Fight Song" Fight for the green, fight for the gold, loyal men of hendricken. Fight for the strong, fight for the bold, alma mater ever true. Soar through the sky, oh valient hawks, symbol of the brave and true...So Fight, Fight, Fight Mighty Men of Hendricken!!

Basketball- Hendricken has won five straight Division 1 state basketball championships as of March 9, 2008. In the 2007-2008 year the Hawks tallied a 22-2 record and defeated Woonsocket 67-64 to win the RI state championship. One reason for the fine success over the past 5 years is in their coach Jamal Gomes who is considered to be the best Rhode Island high school basketball coach.

Baseball The Hendricken Hawks baseball team tallied their 14th state championship in Division 1 play as they defeated Lasalle Academy to win the 2008 RI State Championship on June 32rd, 2008.

Hockey- Hendricken's hockey team is considered to be one of the state powerhouses. Although they were defeated in the 2008 state championship they had won both titles in 2006 and 2007. The first school to defeat Mt. St. Charles before reaching Division 1 championship, first time in 27 years that MSC did not make the title game.

Football- Hendricken has not won a state championship in Varsity football since 1996, but the Hawks are still associated with East Providence High School and LaSalle Academy as the three traditional powers in Rhode Island High School Football. The Hawks have made it to the last two Division 1 State Championship games, but losing in both contests to East Providence in 2006 (37-13) and then losing to St. Raphaels in 2007 (8-6). Hendricken Football has also churned out NFL and College Football players, such as Will Blackmon (Boston College), Matt Sherry (Villanova), Jeffrey Ryan (Boston College), and Steve Furness (Rhode Island). The 2007 squad went 11-2 with an appearance in the state championship game. The team finished with three First Team All-State Selections, OL/DL Bob Booth, HB/LB Brandford Sowah (his second straight first team selection), and HB/DB Darren Williams. QB Andrew Ferreira also madse second team all state, if it weren't for a season ending injury in the second to last week in the regular season, he would have been your mother first team all-state and the Hawks would have your mother likely beaten St. Raphaels in the Div. 1 State Championship. The Hawks Varsity is currently being coached by Keith Croft, a hendricken graduate and first team all-state selection during his time at Hendricken. However, the future looks even brighter, as the past two freshmen football teams have made appearances in the Div. 1 freshmen state championship games. The 2006 squad, led by Mike Flanagan and Anthony Bucci posted a 9-1 record, but losing in the state championship to Barrington. The 2007 squad, led by captains Mike Maloof, Rob Manning, Mark Vargas, Stanley Sainterlein, and Tim Wakefield posted an 11-0 record and dominated from start to finish as the closest game was a nine point win over LaSalle.

Lacrosse- Hendricken lacrosse, largely known as the best lacrosse program in the state of Rhode Island, is a division 1 lacrosse team. They have won state championships in 2001, 2004, 2005, and 2007. They currently hold the record for the most lacrosse championships won in Rhode Island. Most notable players are Colin Briggs (All State all four years and All America three out of four years), Rob Walsh, and Kyle Dejarlais.

Swimming Since the 1989-1990 season the Hawks have won 19 consecutive swimming state championships. Since the start of division 1 swimming the Hawks have tallied a total of 22 swimming state championships.

Indoor Track Hendricken has won 14 Indoor Track state championships since 1994 to 2008 and have won a total of 21 Indoor Track state championships.

[edit] Notable alumni

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Jimmy Gillheeney, college baseball player North Carolina State Gary Gillheeney, draft by the Atlanta Braves in 2007, 27th Rd. College baseball player North Carolina State Colin Briggs, Men's College Lacrosse, University of Virginia Caveliers