| Loyola School | |
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Ex Fide Fortis
From Faith, Strength
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| 980 Park Avenue New York City (Upper East Side, Manhattan), New York, 10028 United States |
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| Type | Private, Coeducational |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Jesuit (Roman Catholic) |
| Patron saint(s) | Ignatius of Loyola |
| Established | 1900 |
| President | Tony Oroszlany |
| Headmaster | James Lyness |
| Faculty | approx. 30 |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | approx. 200 |
| Campus | Urban, Historic Place |
| Color(s) | Maroon and Gold |
| Athletics | Baseball, Basketball, Cross country running, Golf, Soccer, Softball, Track and field, Volleyball |
| Athletics conference | ISAL, Girls Independent Schools Athletic League, Private School Athletic Association, NYSAISAA |
| Team name | Knights |
| Accreditation(s) | Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools[1] |
| Publication | Muse Make Man Thy Theme (literary magazine) |
| Newspaper | 'The Blazer' |
| Feeder schools | St. Ignatius Loyola School |
| Dean of Academics | Matthew Bolton |
| Dean of Students | Kristin Cupillari |
| Admissions Director | Lillian Diaz-Imbelli |
| Athletic Director | Frederick M. Agnostakis |
| Website | loyola-nyc.org |
| The Loyola Complex including the high school is on the National Register of Historic Places. | |
Loyola School was founded in 1900 in the Upper East Side of New York City by the Society of Jesus. Originally a Catholic boys school, Loyola has been coeducational since 1973 and today Loyola is the only Jesuit, independent, and co-ed college preparatory secondary school in the Tri-State Region. With a student enrollment of two hundred, the average class size of fifteen students promotes personal attention and individual participation. Loyola students receive an education whose focus is to foster lifelong learning and to produce graduates who are academically excellent, open to growth, religious, loving, and committed to doing justice in service to others. Recent graduates attend top-tier colleges and universities, including the Ivy League, "Little Ivies", and Jesuit colleges and universities. The school is located two city blocks east of Central Park and Museum Mile on 83rd Street and Park Avenue in Manhattan. St. Ignatius Church is in the same complex and is used for various school functions. The church is listed as a NYC landmark and the complex is listed as a National Historic Place. St. Ignatius Loyola School is an elementary school that also shares the complex[2][3] but there is no official link between the schools.
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The Rev. Robert Fulton, S.J. (1826–1895), eleventh pastor (from 1880) of St. Lawrence O'Toole (the original parish name of St. Ignatius Loyola (New York City)), purchased the northwest corner of Park Avenue and 83rd Street (in the Yorkville neighborhood) adjacent to his church. The purchase price was $7,500.00. Upon the church's rebuilding and re-dedication, the Society of Jesus strengthened their ties to this parish by founding the school, which was encouraged by the Dominicans at St. Vincent Ferrer (New York City) and the Paulist Fathers at St. Paul the Apostle (New York City). Ground was broken for the new school in February 1899. The school opened to students in October 1900 with classes held in the nearby priests' residence. After various building material strikes delayed completion, the six-story Renaissance Revival style steel-framed school opened on December 17, 1900[4] and was formally dedicated by Michael A. Corrigan, Archbishop of New York, on February 11, 1901.[5]
The New York Herald reviewed the new "Early Renaissance Type" building, reporting that "the building cost around $125,000, and the property, taken with the lot on which it is located, represents an expenditure of more than $200,000. The exterior of the building is constructed entirely of Ohio sandstone, with cornices, and a flambeau with coat of arms just over the entrance.... It is of the most advanced fireproof construction.... Altogether the building represents the highest degree of architectural excellence as applied to schools."[6]
The Latin inscription on the first floor chapel bow's blind window panel (with segmental pediment) of the Park Avenue facade reads "SANCT IGNATIO / DE LOYOLA / PATRI LEGIFERO / SOCIETATIS JESV / QVI VBICVMQVE / GENTIVM / IN SPEM RELLIGIONIS / ET CIVITATIS / ADOLESCENTES MORBIBUS / ET BONIS ARTIBVS / ET BONIS ARTIBVS / IMBVIT / AEDES HAE / DEDICANTVR" which translates: "To Saint Ignatius Loyola / Founder of the Society of Jesus / who for the good of Church and State / everywhere / has stored the minds of youth / with virtue and learning / these buildings are dedicated."[7] The chapel was decorated by Brother Francis C. Schroen, S.J., (1857–1924), who had previous been a designer at the Jesuit Georgetown University. The stained glass was by Louis C. Tiffany and above Schroen's white marble altar was a canopied statue of Our Lady of Lourdes by the New York-sculptor Joseph Sibbel.[8] "In 1973, Loyola became coeducational, and today Loyola is the only Jesuit, independent, and coed college preparatory secondary school in the Tri-State region."[9]
The six-story gymnasium and rectory on 43-63 E 83rd Street was built 1953 to designs by architects Eggers & Higgins of 100 E 42nd Street, New York City, at a reported cost of $800,000. The five-story extension (1954) at 39-41 E 83rd Street was completed by the same architects at a reported cost of $290,000.[10]