Bishop Walsh School
| Bishop Walsh School | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
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700 Bishop Walsh Road Cumberland, Maryland, 21502 USA | |
| Coordinates | 39°39′40″N 78°47′27″W / 39.66111°N 78.79083°WCoordinates: 39°39′40″N 78°47′27″W / 39.66111°N 78.79083°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Private, Coeducational |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
| Established | 1966 |
| Oversight | Archdiocese of Baltimore |
| President | Phyllis McNally |
| Principal | Ann Workmeister |
| Grades | K–12 |
| Enrollment | 600 (2008) |
| Color(s) | Burgundy and White |
| Mascot | Spartan |
| Accreditation | 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.
History
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 at the age of ninety 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.
Notable alumni
- Samuel Perlozzo - professional baseball player and MLB manager (Baltimore Orioles) (class of 1969)
- Kevin Kelly - (D)1B, Maryland House of Delegates, (class of 1971)
- Jason Buckel - (R)1B, Maryland House of Delegates, (class of 1989)
Athletics
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.
Baseball & Softball
The Spartan's baseball team has won 3 state championship's in baseball in 1995, 1997, and in 2008. The BW softball team won the state championship in the private school division in 2006.
Soccer
- 32 years of consecutive championships (boys soccer)
- Current boys record 16-3
- 2 state titles (boys soccer)
- girl's soccer is going strong this year with a record of 6-8-1 so far
Football
The Bishop Walsh football team was discontinued before the 2013 season.
Extracurricular activities
Mock trial
The mock trial team participates in a statewide competition administered by the Citizen Law-Related Education Program (CLREP). Bishop Walsh won the state championship in 1990.
Pep Band
The Spartan Pep Band attends almost every boy and girl soccer and basketball game.
Spartan Concert Band
The Spartan Concert Band has a concert every winter and spring.
Drama
The Spartan Theater produces a musical every spring.
