| Bishop Walsh School | |
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| Address | |
| 700 Bishop Walsh Road Cumberland, Maryland, 21502 United States |
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| Information | |
| Type | Private, Coeducational |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
| Established | 1966 |
| Oversight | Archdiocese of Baltimore |
| President | Sister Phyllis McNally, SSND |
| Principal | Mrs. Shelby Webb |
| Vice principal | Mrs. Ann Workmeister |
| Grades | K–12 |
| Enrollment | 600 (2008) |
| Color(s) | Burgundy and White |
| Mascot | Spartan |
| Accreditation(s) | Southern Association of Colleges and Schools |
| Newspaper | 'Walsh Street Journal' |
| Yearbook | The Warrior |
| Website | http://www.bishopwalsh.org |
Bishop Walsh School is a K-12 Catholic school located in Cumberland, Maryland, and under the jurisdiction of the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Approximately 600 students attend. The school also hosts a pre-K program and operates the St. Michael's pre-K program in Frostburg.
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The school was founded by the Christian Brothers, a monastic order, and is named in honor of the Bishop James Walsh, a Cumberland-born missionary and member of the Maryknoll order, who preached in China and was imprisoned in solitary confinement by its Communist government for twelve years.[1] When Walsh was finally released from prison in 1970 he was greeted by Pope Paul IV on August 25, 1970. He died on July 29, 1981.
Opening in 1966, the school was originally Bishop Walsh High School (BW) and replaced four other Catholic high schools: La Salle, Ursuline Academy, Girls Central, and St. Peter's. In the mid-1980s, St. Mary's Elementary school closed and St. Patrick's and St. Peter & Paul reorganized as a grade school and middle school. Later, the grade school became St. John Neuman and BW became a middle/high school.
In the 2001-2002 school year, it combined with St. John Neumann Elementary School and St. Peter's Elementary School in Westernport, to form a K-12 school. (St. John Neumann school, located on the corner of Fayette and Smallwood streets, has since been torn down.) The school is run in part by the Catholic organization the School Sisters of Notre Dame. The Christian Brothers served the Cumberland, MD area for over 100 years until 2011 when the last of the remaining Brothers were reassigned from Bishop Walsh.[2] The school's sports teams are called the Spartans after the warriors of ancient Sparta.
Bishop Walsh's athletic teams compete in the Appalachian Mountain Athletic Conference (AMAC) in all sports except football. They also compete against rivals Fort Hill High School and Allegany High School for Cumberland City championships in all sports except football. The athletic director is Mr. James Zamagias.
The school's baseball team was 'City Champions' in 1978 (undefeated) and 2007.[3] The Spartan's Baseball team won a state championship in baseball in 2008.
The BW Women's Softball Team achieved State Championship status in their respective private school division in 2006.
The BW Boys Soccer is coached by Joe and Tim Rowan. In 2007, the coaches recorded their 300th win. Between 1984 and 1988 the Boys Soccer team goes undefeated in City Play.
In 1988 Scott Vines, Varsity Boys Soccer, ties the national HS scoring record for most individual goals in a game. He scored 12 goals on 15 shots against Beall High School.
Cumberland City football champions 1967 and 1978. The Spartans recorded their best record of 9-1 during the 1991 and 2008 seasons. The football team is currently coached by Geno Taylor.
The Boys Basketball team captured another city title, its first since 1996, in 2009 and again in 2011. The boys basketball team serves as the host school for the annual Alhambra Catholic Invitational Tournament (ACIT), which is a prestigious tournament held at Frostburg State University. Their most recent victory in the tournament came in 2011 against St. Benedict's Prep (NJ), 61-60.
The girls basketball team serves as the host each year for the Bishop Walsh Girls Invitational Tournament that attracts some of the top teams in the Mid-Atlantic region.
The Bishop Walsh Mock Trial team is coached by Tony Orndoff. James Zamagias headed the team for 24 years. The team participates in a statewide competition administered by the Citizen Law-Related Education Program (CLREP). Bishop Walsh won the state championship in 1990 and was a finalist in 1989, 2003, and 2010. Bishop Walsh also made the "Final Four" in 1997, 1998, 2002, 2004, and 2011. Bishop Walsh is the two-time reigning Circuit Four champion.
The Spartan Little Theater produces a musical every spring. In 2012, the musical will be Anything Goes.
The Books Alive! after school program gives elementary, middle and high school students an opportunity to pursue their interests in acting, writing and set and costume design.