Cardinal Dougherty High School

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Cardinal Dougherty High School
Address
6301 North 2nd Street

,
19120

United States
Coordinates40°2′49″N 75°7′19″W / 40.04694°N 75.12194°W / 40.04694; -75.12194Coordinates: 40°2′49″N 75°7′19″W / 40.04694°N 75.12194°W / 40.04694; -75.12194
Information
TypePrivate, co-educational
MottoCrucis In Signo Vinces
(Conquer in the Sign of the Cross)
Religious affiliation(s)Roman Catholic
Established1956
StatusClosed
Closed2010
PresidentCarl F. Janicki (closing president)
PrincipalThomas F. Rooney Jr. (closing principal)
Faculty41
Grades9-12
Enrollment784[2] (2008)
 • Grade 9177
 • Grade 10206
 • Grade 11196
 • Grade 12205
Color(s)Garnet and gold   
MascotCardinals
AccreditationMiddle States Association of Colleges and Schools[1]
NewspaperPrelate
YearbookEminence
CDHS marching band at the World Music Championship 1966

Cardinal Dougherty High School (CDHS) was a private, Roman Catholic high school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia and established in the East Oak Lane section of Philadelphia at 6301 North Second Street. Although Cardinal Dougherty was founded as a co-institutional school, it became co-educational in 1983, with boys and girls being educated together in the same classrooms.

Marching band[]

The CDHS marching band performed for Pope Paul VI at the Vatican, the 1962 NFL Championship Game, Lyndon B. Johnson's presidential inauguration in 1965, and won the in the Netherlands in 1966.[3]

Notable people[]

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Notes and references[]

  1. ^ MSA-CSS. "MSA-Commission on Secondary Schools". Archived from the original on 2011-06-10. Retrieved 2009-05-23.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-03-27. Retrieved 2009-05-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ Matheson, Kathy (June 12, 2010). "One-time flagship Philly Catholic school closing". The San Diego Union-Tribune.
  4. ^ "Temple University Athletics". owlsports.com. Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2009-04-05. Retrieved 2009-02-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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