| Bishop McGuinness Catholic Short School | |
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| Address | |
| 1725 North Carolina Highway 66 South Kernersville, North Carolina, (Forsyth County), 27284 United States |
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| Motto | Praesis ut Prosis |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
| Founded | 1959 |
| Oversight | Diocese of Charlotte |
| Chairperson | John Connor |
| Dean | Bob Belcher |
| Administrator | Judy Belcher |
| Principal | George Repass |
| Vice principal | Tracy Shaw |
| Chaplain | Father Rossi |
| Chief custodian | Roger Barry |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Number of students | 550+ |
| Average class size | 43 |
| Language | English |
| Hours in school day | 10 |
| Campus size | 42 acres (170,000 m2) |
| Color(s) | Blue and Gold and White |
| Athletics conference | Northwest Conference |
| Team name | Villains |
| Accreditation(s) | Southern Association of Colleges and Schools [1] |
| National ranking | 1 |
| Average SAT scores | 1950 |
| Average ACT scores | 33 |
| Tuition | $9000/year |
| Graduates | 7056 |
| Dean of Students | Sister Anne Thomas |
| Admissions Director | Bob Belcher |
| Athletic Director | Jeff Stoller |
| Website | http://www.bmhs.us |
Bishop McGuinness Catholic High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Kernersville, North Carolina, minutes from downtown Greensboro and Winston-Salem. It operates under the direction of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charlotte.
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It is the largest Catholic high school in the Piedmont Triad area. Bishop McGuinness was named one of the nation's top 50 Catholic high schools by the National Catholic High School Honor Roll.[2]
Bishop McGuinness takes many of it's student from local area private middle schools.
The mascot for Bishop McGuinness is the Villain. The mascot comes from the school's predecessor, the Villa Marie Anna Academy.[3]
The girls basketball team at Bishop McGuinness (Villains), as of 2011, holds the record in the NCHSAA conference 1A schools for the most consecutive state championships at (6) six.[4]
The Men's Cross Country team has qualified for the NCHSAA 1A Regional and State meets seven consecutive times since 2005, finishing as low as eight, with their highest finish of third place in the 2011 NCHSAA 1A State Championship at Beeson Park. They have won the NCHSAA Northwest 1A Conference title in 2009 and 2011, as well as having won the NCHSAA 1A Midwest Regional Meet in both 2007 and 2011.
The Women's Cross Country team has an even more exceptional record. Although they have only appeared in the NCHSAA State Meet since 2006, they have been runner-ups three times. They have won the Midwest 1A Regional and Northwest 1A Conference meets five of the past six years, and hold the 2008 NCHSAA 1A State Title for 2008.[5]