Bishop Maginn High School is a Catholic

Catholic

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 high school

High school

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 in Albany

Albany, New York

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, New York

New York

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. It is coeducational and open to students of all faiths.

The school belongs to the school system of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany

Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany

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. It is accredited by the New York State Board of Regents

Board of Regents

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 and the Middle States Association.

Maginn Activities and Clubs

Bishop Maginn High School says that 90% of their students participate in school activities.

Sports

The school offers 10 sports teams for men and women and are as followed >

Men's Team	Women's Team	Season
Football	X	Fall
Golf	X	Fall
X	Tennis	Fall
Cross Country	Cross Country	Fall
X	Volleyball	Fall
X	Cheerleading	Fall
Indoor/Outdoor Track	Indoor/Outdoor Track	Winter/Spring
Bowling	Bowling	Winter
X	Cheerleading	Winter
Baseball	X	Spring
X	Softball	Spring
Basketball	Basketball	Winter

Extracurriculars

The students are encouraged to join in clubs that let them be exposed to different cultures, help their community and learn outside of the traditional classroom setting. Some of those activities include:

• National Honor Society
• Yearbook

• Student Council
• Interclass Play

• Spring Musical
• Drama Club
• Stage Crew
• Service Corps

History

Bishop Maginn is named after the former Bishop of Albany Edward J. Maginn. Two former high schools operated by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany, Vincentian Institute (VI) and Cardinal McCloskey High School, were merged in 1977, creating Bishop Maginn High School in the former McCloskey building. Declining enrollments and an aging Vincentian building made it necessary for the Diocese to use the newer McCloskey building for the new school. The first graduating class from Bishop Maginn was the Class of 1978. Formerly rivals, the students from both VI and McCloskey accepted each other in a harmonious display of unity, adopting an enthusiastic spirit for the new school. Each of the former schools' mascots, VI's lion, and McCloskey's cardinal were also merged to create the Maginn Griffin. The coat of arms for the new created school contains the line 'Veni Lumen Cordium', which in Latin means 'Come light of the heart'.

Alma mater

In 1980, Anne Gould Penned composed An Ode to Bishop Maginn that became its Alma Mater and is sung by the graduating class at each commencement ceremony.

Hail to our Blue and Gold!

Your Spirit will remain

Long after high school years have passed

And generations changed.



The Griffins' pride and faith

Will ever be our guide,

With loyalty and fellowship

And service by our side



Your blue will give us strength

Your gold will light our ways

Maginn - our Alma Mater

To you we sign our praise!