Stella Maris High School

Private, all-female school in New York City , New York, United States

SloganA small school where big things happen.Team nameFlippersAccreditationMiddle States Association of Colleges and Schools^[1]PublicationSandprints (literary magazine)NewspaperThe BeaconTuition$7,100 (2008-2009)Athletic DirectorKevin McCarthyWebsitehttp://www.stellamarishs.org (archived version)

Stella Maris High School was an all-girls, private, Roman Catholic high school on the Rockaway Peninsula in Queens, New York. It was in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn. The highlight event of this school was "Blue And Gold," a school spirit event where the freshmen and seniors competed against the sophomores and juniors in a series of events.^[2] This school overlooked the Atlantic Ocean.^[3]

Background

Stella Maris was established in 1943, by the Sisters of St. Joseph.^[4]

The school had an estimated 500 students coming from all over the peninsula. The teacher-to-student ratio was one teacher to every twelve students. The tuition was $7,300 per year. Stella Maris was affiliated with Adelphi University and St. John's University for fifteen credits. In the high school was a junior high school called Maura Clarke Junior High School Program. This program closed in 2008.

It was announced on October 19, 2009, that Stella Maris HS would close in June 2010, because of low enrollment. In June 2010 Stella Maris High School graduated its last class and closed its doors, after 67 years of educating the young women of the Rockaway Peninsula.^[5]

References

^ MSA-CSS. "MSA-Commission on Secondary Schools". Archived from the original on 2011-05-14. Retrieved 2009-05-27.
^ "Stella Maris Celebrates Blue And Gold". The Wave. Retrieved 2024-04-01.
^ "One of Queens' three Catholic girls schools will close after 66 years". NY Daily News. Retrieved 2017-10-13.
^ SMHS. "Stella Maris School History". Stella Maris High School website. Retrieved 2007-08-01.
^ Howard Schwach. "Stella Maris HS Closing Doors". The Wave of Long Island website. Archived from the original on 2011-06-15. Retrieved 2010-01-24.

External links

Media related to Stella Maris High School at Wikimedia Commons
Official website

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