Bishop Connolly High School is a co-educational Catholic high school in Fall River, Massachusetts

Fall River, Massachusetts

Fall River is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, in the United States. It is located about south of Boston, southeast of Providence, Rhode Island, and west of New Bedford and south of Taunton. The city's population was 88,857 during the 2010 census, making it the tenth largest city in...

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Campus and Building

Connolly's campus is approximately 60 acres (242,811.6 m²). The campus is bounded on the north by Langley Street and Bristol Community College. It is bounded to the east and south by Route 24 and President Avenue. To the west it is bounded by Elsbree Street. B.M.C Durfee High School, Fall River's public high school is located directly across Elsbree Street. The campus contains a football field with bleachers and a concession stand, a soccer field, an outdoor track, six tennis courts, a baseball field, a softball field and several practice fields.

The main school building is composed of three sections. The activities section contains a 1000 seat gymnasium, an 800 seat auditorium, and 200 seat cafeteria at the far west end. The middle section contains the classrooms and most offices. At the far east end is the former faculty house, which is now the Cardinal Medeiros residence, a retirement home for diocesan priests. The library is located in a circular building in back of the main building

Academics

Bishop Connolly's academic structure is similar to that of most other high schools. There are individual academic departments (i.e. Mathematics, Social Studies), each headed by a department chair. There are approximately 3-5 teachers per department under the department chair. Aside from regular college preparatory classes, Connolly has extensive honors and advanced placement offerings. The average class size is 22 to 25 students. Honors sections average 15 to 18 students, while advanced placement courses tend to number 8 students or less.

Bishop Connolly High School is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.

Athletics

Connolly offers 23 different interscholastic sports for boys and girls and 38 separate teams throughout the year. Connolly is a member of The Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Associations's Mayflower League. The athletic squads are called the Cougars.

During the 1990s Connolly athletic squads routinely qualified for state tournament play. The hockey program was the first to produce a state championship hockey team from southeastern Massachusetts. The student-athletes have also won state championships in baseball and tennis; as well as state sectional titles in basketball, hockey, baseball, cross country, and tennis.

In 2003 after years of speculation, Connolly fielded its first football team in school history.

In its first season in the Mayflower Athletic Conference, the Cougar lacrosse team won the league championship with a league record of 13-1 and an overall record of 14-4 which included a 1-1 record in the MIAA Division 3 tournament. The team was led by 4th year head coach, Justin Shay.

Clubs and activities

Students at Bishop Connolly have the opportunity to participate in a wide variety of extracurricular activities including:

• Student Government
• Student Ambassadors
• Theatre Company
• Chorus
• National Honor Society
• Debate Team
• Math Team
• Mock Trial
• French Honor Society
• Spanish Honor Society
• Portuguese Honor Society
• Lacrosse
• Soccer
• Basketball
• Tennis
• Football
• Golf
• Track and Cross Country
• Softball, Baseball
• Volleyball