All Hallows High School
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All Hallows High School is a Catholic boys' high school in The Bronx
, New York, United States. Located near Yankee Stadium
, at 111 East 164th Street, the school has an enrollment of approximately 650 boys, 98% of whom are men of color. Despite sitting in the poorest Congressional district in the country
, All Hallows routinely places its entire graduating class in four-year colleges. The Wall Street Journal
has called the school's success in this area "stunning." The Acton Institute
recently named All Hallows as one of the top 50 Catholic high schools in the United States. It is located within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York
.
. The order founded the school upon the principles of Blessed Edmund Rice
, which center on providing moral and scholastic training, especially to the children of the poor. Originally located at 13-15 West 124th in Manhattan, the school moved to its current location in 1929. For much of its history, All Hallows was an elementary school
as well as a high school
, but it has been exclusively the latter since 1977. The school has more than 10,000 graduates.
All Hallows celebrated its centennial in 2009.
team, Big Brothers
, as well as "El Club Latino." In Spring 2006, the varsity baseball team won a Catholic High School Athletic Association
(CHSAA) championship, and, in Winter 2007, the Freshmen basketball team also won a CHSAA championship. The teams are called The Gaels
, although the mascot-emblem looks more like a leprechaun
wielding a shillelagh.
The Foundation provides funds for a scholarship fund that allows talented, but impoverished young men to attend All Hallows. It also supports facility renovations and improvements, a faculty endowment and community outreach programs. Philip J. Eagan http://e15minutes.com/archives/issue_76/mai_0607-03.htm, the board chairman of the All Hallows Foundation applies his background in finance to bring "a bold, entrepreneurial, and creative approach to inner city education.”
In December 2006, the Foundation received an anonymously donated check for 2 million dollars. The donation was made by a graduate of the school.
The Bronx
The Bronx is the northernmost of the five boroughs of New York City. It is also known as Bronx County, the last of the 62 counties of New York State to be incorporated...
, New York, United States. Located near Yankee Stadium
Yankee Stadium
Yankee Stadium was a stadium located in The Bronx in New York City, New York. It was the home ballpark of the New York Yankees from 1923 to 1973 and from 1976 to 2008. The stadium hosted 6,581 Yankees regular season home games during its 85-year history. It was also the former home of the New York...
, at 111 East 164th Street, the school has an enrollment of approximately 650 boys, 98% of whom are men of color. Despite sitting in the poorest Congressional district in the country
New York's 16th congressional district
New York's 16th Congressional District is a congressional district for the United States House of Representatives located in the Bronx. The district includes the neighborhoods of Bedford Park, East Tremont, Fordham, Hunts Point, Melrose, Highbridge, Morrisania, Mott Haven and University Heights. ...
, All Hallows routinely places its entire graduating class in four-year colleges. The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal is an American English-language international daily newspaper. It is published in New York City by Dow Jones & Company, a division of News Corporation, along with the Asian and European editions of the Journal....
has called the school's success in this area "stunning." The Acton Institute
Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty
The Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty is a conservative research and educational institution, or think tank, in Grand Rapids, Michigan whose stated mission is "to promote a free and virtuous society characterized by individual liberty and sustained by religious principles." ...
recently named All Hallows as one of the top 50 Catholic high schools in the United States. It is located within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York covers New York, Bronx, and Richmond counties in New York City , as well as Dutchess, Orange, Putnam, Rockland, Sullivan, Ulster, and Westchester counties in New York state. There are 480 parishes...
.
History and philosophy
All Hallows was founded in 1909 by the Congregation of Christian BrothersCongregation of Christian Brothers
The Congregation of Christian Brothers is a worldwide religious community within the Catholic Church, founded by Blessed Edmund Rice. The Christian Brothers, as they are commonly known, chiefly work for the evangelisation and education of youth, but are involved in many ministries, especially with...
. The order founded the school upon the principles of Blessed Edmund Rice
Edmund Ignatius Rice
Blessed Edmund Ignatius Rice , was a Roman Catholic missionary and educationalist. Edmund was the founder of two orders of religious brothers: the Congregation of Christian Brothers and the Presentation Brothers....
, which center on providing moral and scholastic training, especially to the children of the poor. Originally located at 13-15 West 124th in Manhattan, the school moved to its current location in 1929. For much of its history, All Hallows was an elementary school
Primary education
A primary school is an institution in which children receive the first stage of compulsory education known as primary or elementary education. Primary school is the preferred term in the United Kingdom and many Commonwealth Nations, and in most publications of the United Nations Educational,...
as well as a high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
, but it has been exclusively the latter since 1977. The school has more than 10,000 graduates.
All Hallows celebrated its centennial in 2009.
Sport and activities
All Hallows students participate in more than 40 sports and activities; these include a newspaper (The Blue and White), a chessChess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
team, Big Brothers
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America is a 501 non-profit organization whose mission is to help children reach their potential through professionally supported, one-to-one relationships with mentors that try to have a measurable impact on youth....
, as well as "El Club Latino." In Spring 2006, the varsity baseball team won a Catholic High School Athletic Association
Catholic High School Athletic Association
The Catholic High School Athletic Association or CHSAA is a high school athletic association made up of Catholic High Schools based in New York City, Long Island, and Westchester...
(CHSAA) championship, and, in Winter 2007, the Freshmen basketball team also won a CHSAA championship. The teams are called The Gaels
Gaels
The Gaels or Goidels are speakers of one of the Goidelic Celtic languages: Irish, Scottish Gaelic, and Manx. Goidelic speech originated in Ireland and subsequently spread to western and northern Scotland and the Isle of Man....
, although the mascot-emblem looks more like a leprechaun
Leprechaun
A leprechaun is a type of fairy in Irish folklore, usually taking the form of an old man, clad in a red or green coat, who enjoys partaking in mischief. Like other fairy creatures, leprechauns have been linked to the Tuatha Dé Danann of Irish mythology...
wielding a shillelagh.
The All Hallows Foundation
In 1997, graduates of the school set up The All Hallows Foundation, a 501(C)(3) organized for the purpose of supporting the school and the surrounding neighborhood. The board of directors for the All Hallows Foundation is composed primarily of All Hallows graduates who have achieved notable success in fields such as finance, technology, law, and television.The Foundation provides funds for a scholarship fund that allows talented, but impoverished young men to attend All Hallows. It also supports facility renovations and improvements, a faculty endowment and community outreach programs. Philip J. Eagan http://e15minutes.com/archives/issue_76/mai_0607-03.htm, the board chairman of the All Hallows Foundation applies his background in finance to bring "a bold, entrepreneurial, and creative approach to inner city education.”
In December 2006, the Foundation received an anonymously donated check for 2 million dollars. The donation was made by a graduate of the school.
Notable graduates
A non-exhaustive list of notable Gaels:- Alfredo AlonsoAlfredo AlonsoAlfredo Alonso is a Cuban-born media executive. He has held numerous senior management positions in Spanish-language media publishing, radio, television and event management. He is known as an innovator of new products to reach the U.S...
'78 - Senior Vice President Clear Channel Radio [Clearchannel.com] - Ralph J. Acampora ‘59 – Author, The Fourth Mega-Market, Now Through 2011http://www.amazon.com/Fourth-Mega-Market-Now-Through-2011; Former President, Market Technicians AssociationMarket Technicians AssociationThe Market Technicians Association is a non-profit, global, professional organization of Technical Analysts based out of New York City. The MTA seeks to educate the financial community and public, increase the use of Technical Analysis, and maintain standards of expertise and ethics among...
; Technical Analyst, Knight Equity Markets http://www.knight.com/, Teaches at New York Institute of Finance http://www.nyif.com/courses/tech_5001.html - Edward F. Arrigoni ’52 – Former President and Owner, New York Bus ServiceNew York Bus ServiceNew York Bus Service provided express bus service between Midtown Manhattan and the Bronx from 1970 until MTA Bus Company assumed operations July 1, 2005. The company was founded in the mid-1940s under a different name to provide school bus service...
- John E. Benevento ‘63 – 1st Senior Vice President, Washington MutualWashington MutualWashington Mutual, Inc. , abbreviated to WaMu, was a savings bank holding company and the former owner of Washington Mutual Bank, which was the United States' largest savings and loan association until its collapse in 2008....
- Patrick A. Burns, Esq. '64 - Executive Vice President & General Counsel for Mutual of America http://www.mutualofamerica.com/
- William A. Courson ’68 – Human rights activist and community organizer
- Robert J. CreminsBobby CreminsBobby Cremins is an American college basketball coach and the current head coach of the College of Charleston's men's basketball team, and former head coach at Appalachian State and Georgia Tech.-Early years:...
'65 - Head men's basketball coach, College of Charleston; Former head men's basketball coach, Georgia Tech - John J. Curran ’48 – Head basketball coach, Archbishop Molloy
- John P. Curran, Ph.D. ’61 – President, Curran Capital Management
- Martin B. Daley '70 - Vice President, CBS NewsCBS NewsCBS News is the news division of American television and radio network CBS. The current chairman is Jeff Fager who is also the executive producer of 60 Minutes, while the current president of CBS News is David Rhodes. CBS News' flagship program is the CBS Evening News, hosted by the network's main...
- Frank G. DiGioia ’74 – President, Fort Productions http://www.zoominfo.com/people/Digioia_Frank_11950525.aspx
- Andrew J. Dolce ’57 – Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Dolce International
- Kevin P. Duignan '69 - Vice President for Institutional Advancement, St. Thomas Aquinas CollegeSt. Thomas Aquinas CollegeSt. Thomas Aquinas College is a private four-year liberal arts college in Rockland County, New York that occupies a forty-eight acre campus. Located at 125 Route 340 in Sparkill, New York, the college is named after the medieval philosopher and theologian Thomas Aquinas...
http://www.stac.edu/ - Philip J. Eagan ’66 – Chief Operating Officer, Viking Global Investors http://www.tiger21.com/presenters.htm?pid=863
- Edward J. Grenier, Esq. '50 - Partner, Sutherland Asbill & BrennanSutherland Asbill & BrennanSutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP, rebranded to the abbreviated name of Sutherland, is an AmLaw 100 American law firm. Founded in 1924 by William Sutherland and Elbert Tuttle as Sutherland & Tuttle, the firm originally achieved national prominence on tax issues...
http://www.sablaw.com/professionals/bio.aspx?id=7411; lead counsel for the winning applicant in the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline proceedings before FERC - William E. Flaherty '51 - Former Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, Horsehead Industries http://www.answers.com/topic/horsehead-corp, a descendant of New Jersey Zinc CompanyNew Jersey Zinc CompanyThe Horsehead Corporation , formerly the New Jersey Zinc Company, is an American producer of zinc and related materials.The New Jersey Zinc Company was for many years the largest producer of zinc and zinc products in the United States. The company thrived in the period from 1897 to 1966, at which...
- Major General Larry Flynn '48
- Chris E. Forte- Retired Hallmark Cards Executive
- David A. Haid '53 - Retired Director of Research and Development, PraxairPraxairPraxair, Inc. is the largest industrial gases company in North and South America and one of the largest worldwide. The company supplies atmospheric, process and specialty gases as well as high-performance coatings and related services to a wide diversity of customers around the world...
- Michael J. Indiveri '70 - Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, City & Suburban Federal Savings Bank http://www.csbankny.com/
- Brian M. Jones ’79 – Director & Senior US Economist, Societe Generale
- Eamon M. KellyEamon KellyEamon Michael Kelly was the president of Tulane University from 1981 to 1998. He was born in New York City and earned a bachelor's degree from Fordham University and a Ph.D. in economics from Columbia University....
'54 - Former President, Tulane UniversityTulane UniversityTulane University is a private, nonsectarian research university located in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States...
; Former Chairman, National Science FoundationNational Science FoundationThe National Science Foundation is a United States government agency that supports fundamental research and education in all the non-medical fields of science and engineering. Its medical counterpart is the National Institutes of Health... - John F.X. Mannion ’50 – Chairman of the Board, Unity Mutual Life Insurance
- Stephen M. McGrath '53 - Retired Managing, Openheimer & Company http://www.opco.com/public/about_oppenheimer/index.html
- John J. McNally, Esq. ’45 - Retired Partner, White & CaseWhite & CaseWhite & Case was founded in New York in 1901 and has grown into one of the world's leading global law firms. The firm has since expanded, and has practice groups in emerging markets including Latin America, Central & Eastern Europe, Africa, the Middle East and Asia, as well as in Europe...
- Walter T. O’Hara ’52 – Managing Director, Allen & CompanyAllen & CompanyAllen & Company is a boutique investment bank based at 711 Fifth Avenue, New York City.-History:Founded in 1922 by Charles Robert Allen, Jr., he was soon joined by his brother, Herbert A. Allen, Sr...
- Olden PolyniceOlden PolyniceOlden Polynice is a Haitian former professional basketball player. He played center for the Seattle SuperSonics, Los Angeles Clippers, Detroit Pistons, Sacramento Kings, and Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association.-Career:After graduating from All Hallows High School in the Bronx,...
: ’83 – Retired professional basketball player - William D. Rockford ‘63 – President, Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer, Primary Energy Ventures; formerly Managing Director, Chase Securities http://www.forbes.com/finance/mktguideapps/personinfo/FromPersonIdPersonTearsheet.jhtml?passedPersonId=864846
- Ronald L. Schutte ’74 – President, Brooklyn Cheesecake Company http://www.brooklyncheesecake.com/about_us.php?osCsid=e0ba0e12ed632b5497796b78468aeba0
- Daniel C. Shedrick ‘60 – Sports Marketing and Real Estate Mogul http://www.nysun.com/article/49279?page_no=3
- Lawrence A. Sullivan '41 - Earl WarrenEarl WarrenEarl Warren was the 14th Chief Justice of the United States.He is known for the sweeping decisions of the Warren Court, which ended school segregation and transformed many areas of American law, especially regarding the rights of the accused, ending public-school-sponsored prayer, and requiring...
Professor of Public Law, Emeritus, University of California, BerkeleyUniversity of California, BerkeleyThe University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
; Professor of Law, Southwestern University School of LawSouthwestern University School of LawSouthwestern Law School is a private ABA-accredited law school located in Los Angeles, California , with about 1,000 students. Its campus includes the Bullocks Wilshire building, an admired art deco National Register of Historic Places landmark built in 1929...
; Antitrust Lawyer of the Year, 1992, State of California; author, The Law of Antitrust http://www.amazon.com/dp/0314226761 - Jackson P. Tai ’68 – Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman, DBS BankDBS BankDBS Bank Ltd is a bank incorporated in Singapore. It was previously known as The Development Bank of Singapore Limited, before the present name was adopted in July 2003 to reflect its changing role as a regional bank....
and DBS Group Holdings http://www.dbs.com/dbsgroup/management/tai.html - John H. Timoney ’50 – Director, Applied Bioscience International, Omnicare Incorporated
- William O. Wheatley, Jr.William O. Wheatley, Jr.William O. Wheatley, Jr. is a retired executive vice president for NBC News, responsible for domestic and international news gathering, hard-news programming, relationships with international broadcasters and news agencies and print partnerships...
‘62 – Retired Vice President, NBC NewsNBC NewsNBC News is the news division of American television network NBC. It first started broadcasting in February 21, 1940. NBC Nightly News has aired from Studio 3B, located on floors 3 of the NBC Studios is the headquarters of the GE Building forms the centerpiece of 30th Rockefeller Center it is... - Brian P. Wade ’70 – Global head of private placements, Lehman BrothersLehman BrothersLehman Brothers Holdings Inc. was a global financial services firm. Before declaring bankruptcy in 2008, Lehman was the fourth largest investment bank in the USA , doing business in investment banking, equity and fixed-income sales and trading Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (former NYSE ticker...
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