Cathedral High School (Springfield, Massachusetts)
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Cathedral High School is a Catholic
co-educational college-preparatory High School
in Springfield, Massachusetts
. Opened in 1883 by the Sisters of Saint Joseph
at the diocese's Saint Michael's Cathedral
, its current facility has been at 260 Surrey Road since 1959 in one of the city's residential neighborhoods. It is one of four Catholic High Schools within the Springfield Roman Catholic Diocese
.
's Bishop Patrick Thomas O'Reilly
sought a teaching staff for a high school in response to the growing number of Catholic immigrants in the area. Responding to the call, two members of the Sisters of St. Joseph from Flushing, New York came to Springfield to start up the school. In the years that followed Cathedral High School flourished in facilities on Elliot Street in downtown Springfield. By the 1940s the school had grown to nearly 1600 students. The school had outgrown its facilities, so the Diocese purchased a 30 acre (121,000 m²) farm on Surrey and Wendover Roads in Springfield and built a new school. It opened on September 9, 1959. In the first decade at Surrey Road student enrollment grew to more than 2600 students.
Cathedral maintains a strong reputation in the Greater Springfield
area for academic excellence and success in extracurricular and athletic activities.
In 2002 the school was re-accredited by New England Association of Schools and Colleges
.
In an effort to consolidate the Diocese's educational resources in the wake of increasing financial difficulties, Cathedral High School was selected to host the newly established St. Michael's Academy, which now hosts students from Grades 6 to 8. From 2008 to 2009, Cathedral was extensively remodeled to accommodate the new facility, which now occupies a full wing of the main school facility.
On June 1, 2011, Cathedral High School was severely damaged in the tornado that struck Springfield, Massachusetts. The building was declared a total loss. The students will finish the remainder of the 2010-2011 school year at Elms College, located in Chicopee, Massachusetts. The school will be based out of Memorial Elementary School in neighboring Wilbraham, Massachusetts for the 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 school years while reconstruction of the old building takes place.
Extending north from the main building is the science wing. Because of the hills the school is built in, the science wing's first and second floors are just above the main building's second and third floors. The auditorium abuts the main building. It is the largest high school auditorium in the area. On a lower grade than the rest of the school, are the gymnasium, a parking lot, playing fields. The playing fields include a full size football field that doubles as a soccer and lacrosse field.
The Sage Food Service provides meals for the students every day. Until the fall of 2005, daily meals had to be purchased using brass tokens emblazoned "Cathedral High School". Subsequently, the tokens have become collector's items, fetching prices far exceeding their inherent value on websites such as Ebay. The token system has since been replaced with a declining balance account that utilizes a PIN for each student. Sage Food Service offers a wide selection for the students, including a hot meal, à la carte selections, including hamburgers, cheeseburgers, curly fries, slices of pizza, homemade cookies, and pizza dippers, among others. There are also several different buffet style choices that are made available to the students: these include a salad bar and freshly made sandwiches.
, and Connecticut
. Being a Catholic school
, a majority of its student have been Catholic. However, that has never been a requirement for admission. Currently, the school has approximately 500 students. 70% of the students are from Springfield itself.
The school has 45 faculty members and administrators. Most of the faculty have a master's degree. Many have taught at the school for 20+ years. For many years the faculty consisted of Sisters of St. Joseph and a small number of lay men and women. Today members of religious communities remain a vital part of the school community, but in significantly smaller numbers. Nearly all the teachers are full-time.
Cathedral High School also sponsors teachers who are in the Providence Alliance for Catholic Teachers, or PACT program, part of the University Consortium for Catholic Education. Through this program, young teachers are given the chance to earn a Masters in Education from Providence College, while devoting two years of service to the school where they are assigned. Currently, there is one teacher in the program at Cathedral and two graduates of the program still teach at the school.
In recent years, the school has maintained an approximate 15:1 student/teacher ratio. Some classes, particularly those that are compulsory, have a larger ratio. Others, particularly electives, have a smaller ratio.
In 2004, the school welcomed its first lay principal. With this, all Cathedral's academic leadership, including vice-principal, guidance director, business manager, librarians, and all department heads were lay people.
Cathedral High School is a college-preparatory program, where 96% of the graduates further their education. Members of the Class of 2009 attended Boston College, Boston University, Fairfield University; Fordham University, College of the Holy Cross, Northeastern University, Bryant University, Providence College, Rochester Institute of Technology, St. Anselm’s, University of Connecticut, University of Massachusetts, University of Rochester, The Elms College, Villanova University, and others.
, science
, English
, fine arts & business, social studies
, foreign language
, physical education
and mathematics
departments.
The school offers courses that challenge students at various skill levels in all grades in all the academic departments. Within their respective departments, Cathedral offers classes in scripture, world religions, earth science
, biology
, chemistry
, physics
, journalism
, computer literacy, art
(painting, drawing, and sculpture), United States History, World History
, sociology
, Spanish
, French
, Latin
, algebra
, geometry
, calculus
, and statistics
. Many of these classes and others are available as college prep or honors. Advanced Placements are available in English, Calculus, Statistics, US History, Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Latin.
With the exception of Field Hockey and Football, all sports have both boys' and girls' teams. Football, soccer, basketball, and baseball all have freshman, junior varsity, and varsity teams. The others have JV and varsity teams. In recent years, the school is perhaps best known for its Ice Hockey team. The Panthers have the only Division 1 hockey program in Western Massachusetts.
In 2009, the Cathedral High School ice hockey team won the Division 1 State Championship for the first time since 2003, beating Arlington Catholic, the Division 1 North Champions, for the title.
.
Other groups include yearbook
, the school newspaper, photography
, language clubs, choir/band, lighting and sound, Red Cross, Amnesty International
, pro-life clubs, adventure club, drama
, and Model Senate.
Catholic
The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...
co-educational college-preparatory 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....
in Springfield, Massachusetts
Springfield, Massachusetts
Springfield is the most populous city in Western New England, and the seat of Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. Springfield sits on the eastern bank of the Connecticut River near its confluence with three rivers; the western Westfield River, the eastern Chicopee River, and the eastern...
. Opened in 1883 by the Sisters of Saint Joseph
Sisters of Saint Joseph
Sisters of Saint Joseph may refer to seven Roman Catholic congregations of women religious:* Religious Hospitaliers of St. Joseph* Sisters of St. Joseph of Carondelet* The Congregation of the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Peace...
at the diocese's Saint Michael's Cathedral
St. Michael's Cathedral, Springfield
St. Michael's Cathedral is the mother church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield in Massachusetts, United States.Located on State Street in Springfield, Massachusetts, the cathedral was built in the 1860s based on plans from noted architect Patrick Keely of Brooklyn, New York.It was...
, its current facility has been at 260 Surrey Road since 1959 in one of the city's residential neighborhoods. It is one of four Catholic High Schools within the Springfield Roman Catholic Diocese
Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield in Massachusetts
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield in Massachusetts is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the New England region of the United States comprising the counties of Berkshire, Franklin, Hampshire, and Hampden in the state of Massachusetts. It is led by...
.
History
In 1883, the dioceseRoman Catholic Diocese of Springfield in Massachusetts
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield in Massachusetts is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the New England region of the United States comprising the counties of Berkshire, Franklin, Hampshire, and Hampden in the state of Massachusetts. It is led by...
's Bishop Patrick Thomas O'Reilly
Patrick Thomas O'Reilly
Patrick Thomas O'Reilly was the first Roman Catholic Bishop of Springfield in Massachusetts ....
sought a teaching staff for a high school in response to the growing number of Catholic immigrants in the area. Responding to the call, two members of the Sisters of St. Joseph from Flushing, New York came to Springfield to start up the school. In the years that followed Cathedral High School flourished in facilities on Elliot Street in downtown Springfield. By the 1940s the school had grown to nearly 1600 students. The school had outgrown its facilities, so the Diocese purchased a 30 acre (121,000 m²) farm on Surrey and Wendover Roads in Springfield and built a new school. It opened on September 9, 1959. In the first decade at Surrey Road student enrollment grew to more than 2600 students.
Cathedral maintains a strong reputation in the Greater Springfield
Pioneer Valley
The Pioneer Valley is the colloquial name for the U.S. Commonwealth of Massachusetts's portion of the Connecticut River Valley. The Pioneer Valley consists of three counties in Massachusetts which collectively feature much of New England's most fertile farmland...
area for academic excellence and success in extracurricular and athletic activities.
In 2002 the school was re-accredited by New England Association of Schools and Colleges
New England Association of Schools and Colleges
The New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc. is the U.S. regional accreditation association providing educational accreditation for all levels of education, from pre-kindergarten to the doctoral level, in the six-state New England region. It also provides accreditation for some...
.
In an effort to consolidate the Diocese's educational resources in the wake of increasing financial difficulties, Cathedral High School was selected to host the newly established St. Michael's Academy, which now hosts students from Grades 6 to 8. From 2008 to 2009, Cathedral was extensively remodeled to accommodate the new facility, which now occupies a full wing of the main school facility.
On June 1, 2011, Cathedral High School was severely damaged in the tornado that struck Springfield, Massachusetts. The building was declared a total loss. The students will finish the remainder of the 2010-2011 school year at Elms College, located in Chicopee, Massachusetts. The school will be based out of Memorial Elementary School in neighboring Wilbraham, Massachusetts for the 2011-2012 and 2012-2013 school years while reconstruction of the old building takes place.
Campus
The school's current Surrey Road campus is in Springfield's East Forest Park Neighborhood on a green and hilly plot of land. The school is divided into four main sections. Most of the classrooms are in a building that, from the air, is shaped like a boxy eight. Two courtyards are in the open spaces formed by the eight. A small chapel takes up part of the first floor in one of the courtyards. The school offices are near the main entrance, and the cafeteria extends toward the few athletic fields.Extending north from the main building is the science wing. Because of the hills the school is built in, the science wing's first and second floors are just above the main building's second and third floors. The auditorium abuts the main building. It is the largest high school auditorium in the area. On a lower grade than the rest of the school, are the gymnasium, a parking lot, playing fields. The playing fields include a full size football field that doubles as a soccer and lacrosse field.
The Sage Food Service provides meals for the students every day. Until the fall of 2005, daily meals had to be purchased using brass tokens emblazoned "Cathedral High School". Subsequently, the tokens have become collector's items, fetching prices far exceeding their inherent value on websites such as Ebay. The token system has since been replaced with a declining balance account that utilizes a PIN for each student. Sage Food Service offers a wide selection for the students, including a hot meal, à la carte selections, including hamburgers, cheeseburgers, curly fries, slices of pizza, homemade cookies, and pizza dippers, among others. There are also several different buffet style choices that are made available to the students: these include a salad bar and freshly made sandwiches.
Students and Faculty
Throughout its history, Cathedral has predominantly served the students of the City of Springfield. However, many of its students have come from the suburbs of the city and some as far away as Sunderland, PalmerPalmer, Massachusetts
The Town of Palmer is a city in Hampden County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 12,140 as of the 2000 census. It is part of the Springfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area...
, and Connecticut
Connecticut
Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately...
. Being a Catholic school
Catholic school
Catholic schools are maintained parochial schools or education ministries of the Catholic Church. the Church operates the world's largest non-governmental school system...
, a majority of its student have been Catholic. However, that has never been a requirement for admission. Currently, the school has approximately 500 students. 70% of the students are from Springfield itself.
The school has 45 faculty members and administrators. Most of the faculty have a master's degree. Many have taught at the school for 20+ years. For many years the faculty consisted of Sisters of St. Joseph and a small number of lay men and women. Today members of religious communities remain a vital part of the school community, but in significantly smaller numbers. Nearly all the teachers are full-time.
Cathedral High School also sponsors teachers who are in the Providence Alliance for Catholic Teachers, or PACT program, part of the University Consortium for Catholic Education. Through this program, young teachers are given the chance to earn a Masters in Education from Providence College, while devoting two years of service to the school where they are assigned. Currently, there is one teacher in the program at Cathedral and two graduates of the program still teach at the school.
In recent years, the school has maintained an approximate 15:1 student/teacher ratio. Some classes, particularly those that are compulsory, have a larger ratio. Others, particularly electives, have a smaller ratio.
In 2004, the school welcomed its first lay principal. With this, all Cathedral's academic leadership, including vice-principal, guidance director, business manager, librarians, and all department heads were lay people.
Cathedral High School is a college-preparatory program, where 96% of the graduates further their education. Members of the Class of 2009 attended Boston College, Boston University, Fairfield University; Fordham University, College of the Holy Cross, Northeastern University, Bryant University, Providence College, Rochester Institute of Technology, St. Anselm’s, University of Connecticut, University of Massachusetts, University of Rochester, The Elms College, Villanova University, and others.
Curriculum
Cathedral has religionReligion
Religion is a collection of cultural systems, belief systems, and worldviews that establishes symbols that relate humanity to spirituality and, sometimes, to moral values. Many religions have narratives, symbols, traditions and sacred histories that are intended to give meaning to life or to...
, science
Science
Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...
, English
English studies
English studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language , English linguistics English studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language (including literatures from the U.K., U.S.,...
, fine arts & business, social studies
Social studies
Social studies is the "integrated study of the social sciences and humanities to promote civic competence," as defined by the American National Council for the Social Studies...
, foreign language
Foreign language
A foreign language is a language indigenous to another country. It is also a language not spoken in the native country of the person referred to, i.e. an English speaker living in Japan can say that Japanese is a foreign language to him or her...
, physical education
Physical education
Physical education or gymnastics is a course taken during primary and secondary education that encourages psychomotor learning in a play or movement exploration setting....
and mathematics
Mathematics
Mathematics is the study of quantity, space, structure, and change. Mathematicians seek out patterns and formulate new conjectures. Mathematicians resolve the truth or falsity of conjectures by mathematical proofs, which are arguments sufficient to convince other mathematicians of their validity...
departments.
The school offers courses that challenge students at various skill levels in all grades in all the academic departments. Within their respective departments, Cathedral offers classes in scripture, world religions, earth science
Earth science
Earth science is an all-embracing term for the sciences related to the planet Earth. It is arguably a special case in planetary science, the Earth being the only known life-bearing planet. There are both reductionist and holistic approaches to Earth sciences...
, biology
Biology
Biology is a natural science concerned with the study of life and living organisms, including their structure, function, growth, origin, evolution, distribution, and taxonomy. Biology is a vast subject containing many subdivisions, topics, and disciplines...
, chemistry
Chemistry
Chemistry is the science of matter, especially its chemical reactions, but also its composition, structure and properties. Chemistry is concerned with atoms and their interactions with other atoms, and particularly with the properties of chemical bonds....
, physics
Physics
Physics is a natural science that involves the study of matter and its motion through spacetime, along with related concepts such as energy and force. More broadly, it is the general analysis of nature, conducted in order to understand how the universe behaves.Physics is one of the oldest academic...
, journalism
Journalism
Journalism is the practice of investigation and reporting of events, issues and trends to a broad audience in a timely fashion. Though there are many variations of journalism, the ideal is to inform the intended audience. Along with covering organizations and institutions such as government and...
, computer literacy, art
Art
Art is the product or process of deliberately arranging items in a way that influences and affects one or more of the senses, emotions, and intellect....
(painting, drawing, and sculpture), United States History, World History
World History
World History, Global History or Transnational history is a field of historical study that emerged as a distinct academic field in the 1980s. It examines history from a global perspective...
, sociology
Sociology
Sociology is the study of society. It is a social science—a term with which it is sometimes synonymous—which uses various methods of empirical investigation and critical analysis to develop a body of knowledge about human social activity...
, Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
, French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...
, Latin
Latin
Latin is an Italic language originally spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. It, along with most European languages, is a descendant of the ancient Proto-Indo-European language. Although it is considered a dead language, a number of scholars and members of the Christian clergy speak it fluently, and...
, algebra
Algebra
Algebra is the branch of mathematics concerning the study of the rules of operations and relations, and the constructions and concepts arising from them, including terms, polynomials, equations and algebraic structures...
, geometry
Geometry
Geometry arose as the field of knowledge dealing with spatial relationships. Geometry was one of the two fields of pre-modern mathematics, the other being the study of numbers ....
, calculus
Calculus
Calculus is a branch of mathematics focused on limits, functions, derivatives, integrals, and infinite series. This subject constitutes a major part of modern mathematics education. It has two major branches, differential calculus and integral calculus, which are related by the fundamental theorem...
, and statistics
Statistics
Statistics is the study of the collection, organization, analysis, and interpretation of data. It deals with all aspects of this, including the planning of data collection in terms of the design of surveys and experiments....
. Many of these classes and others are available as college prep or honors. Advanced Placements are available in English, Calculus, Statistics, US History, Biology, Chemistry, Physics and Latin.
Sports
Cathedral has 39 sports teams at three competitive levels (varsity, JV and freshman). Over the past 70 years Cathedral teams have won countless Western Massachusetts and state titles, including in football, soccer, cross country, basketball, hockey, indoor track and field, baseball, outdoor track and field and tennis. The school's colors are purple and white. Cathedral's mascot is a Panther, recently named "Congo," and the squads are often referred to as the Purple Panthers.- American footballAmerican footballAmerican football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
- Soccer
- Cross Country RunningCross country runningCross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
- GolfGolfGolf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
- Field HockeyField hockeyField Hockey, or Hockey, is a team sport in which a team of players attempts to score goals by hitting, pushing or flicking a ball into an opposing team's goal using sticks...
- BasketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
- Ice hockeyIce hockeyIce hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
- SwimmingSwimming (sport)Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
- WrestlingScholastic wrestlingScholastic wrestling, sometimes known in the United States as Folkstyle wrestling, is a style of amateur wrestling practised at the high school and middle school levels in the United States. This wrestling style is essentially Collegiate wrestling with some slight modifications. It is currently...
- Indoor Track and FieldTrack and fieldTrack and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
- LacrosseLacrosseLacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada. It is a contact sport which requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh...
- BaseballBaseballBaseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
- SoftballSoftballSoftball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
- Outdoor Track and FieldTrack and fieldTrack and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
- TennisTennisTennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
With the exception of Field Hockey and Football, all sports have both boys' and girls' teams. Football, soccer, basketball, and baseball all have freshman, junior varsity, and varsity teams. The others have JV and varsity teams. In recent years, the school is perhaps best known for its Ice Hockey team. The Panthers have the only Division 1 hockey program in Western Massachusetts.
In 2009, the Cathedral High School ice hockey team won the Division 1 State Championship for the first time since 2003, beating Arlington Catholic, the Division 1 North Champions, for the title.
Clubs
Cathedral's clubs include several service groups, which organize events for the school and community. Some groups direct their efforts in volunteering (e.g. at a soup kitchen) or planning religious events, others organize dances and other activities. One such group is the school's Saint Thomas Aquinas chapter of the National Honor SocietyNational Honor Society
The National Honor Society is a recognition program for high school students in grades 10-12 in the United States and in several other countries...
.
Other groups include yearbook
Yearbook
A yearbook, also known as an annual, is a book to record, highlight, and commemorate the past year of a school or a book published annually. Virtually all American, Australian and Canadian high schools, most colleges and many elementary and middle schools publish yearbooks...
, the school newspaper, photography
Photography
Photography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...
, language clubs, choir/band, lighting and sound, Red Cross, Amnesty International
Amnesty International
Amnesty International is an international non-governmental organisation whose stated mission is "to conduct research and generate action to prevent and end grave abuses of human rights, and to demand justice for those whose rights have been violated."Following a publication of Peter Benenson's...
, pro-life clubs, adventure club, drama
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
, and Model Senate.
Notable alumni
- Angelo BertelliAngelo BertelliAngelo Bortolo Bertelli was an American football player. He won the Heisman Trophy in 1943 playing as a quarterback for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish.-Early life:...
- 1943 Heisman Trophy winner at Notre Dame - Nick BuonicontiNick BuonicontiNicholas Anthony Buoniconti is a former American Football League and NFL Hall of Fame middle linebacker, who played for the Boston Patriots and Miami Dolphins....
- NFL Hall of Fame Linebacker. - Joe ScibelliJoe ScibelliJoseph Albert Scibelli is a former American football tackle and guard who played fifteen seasons in the National Football League with the Los Angeles Rams....
- 15 Yr Veteran in the NFL as a guard for the LA Rams - Chris CapuanoChris CapuanoChristopher "Chris" Frank Capuano is an American professional baseball player.-Early life:Capuano graduated from St. Thomas School in West Springfield in 8th grade...
- New York MetsNew York MetsThe New York Mets are a professional baseball team based in the borough of Queens in New York City, New York. They belong to Major League Baseball's National League East Division. One of baseball's first expansion teams, the Mets were founded in 1962 to replace New York's departed National League...
pitcher - Larry O'BrienLarry O'BrienLawrence Francis "Larry" O'Brien, Jr. was one of the United States Democratic Party's leading electoral strategists when, for more than two decades, he helped reshape American politics...
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offensive linemen - Paul FentonPaul Fenton (ice hockey)Paul John Fenton is a retired American ice hockey forward.Fenton started his National Hockey League career with the Hartford Whalers in 1985. He would also play for the New York Rangers, Los Angeles Kings, Winnipeg Jets, Toronto Maple Leafs, Calgary Flames, and San Jose Sharks...
- Former NHL player and current Assistant General Manager of the Nashville Predators NHL - Diane Schumacher - Former USA Softball player and Athletic Director at University of Maryland, Baltimore County
- Bill DanoffBill DanoffBill Danoff is an American songwriter and singer. His best known song as a performer is "Afternoon Delight", which Danoff performed as a member of the Starland Vocal Band...
- Singer & Songwriter, Member of Starland Vocal Band, Wrote John Denver's "Country Roads" - Tim MayotteTim MayotteTimothy "Tim" Mayotte is a former professional tennis player from the United States.- Career :...
- Tennis Professional - Thomas ReillyThomas ReillyThomas F. Reilly is an American attorney and politician who served as the 45th Massachusetts Attorney General. He was born in Springfield, Massachusetts to Irish immigrant parents....
- Former Massachusetts Attorney General - Wayne BuddWayne BuddWayne Budd is senior executive vice president and general counsel, U.S., of John Hancock Financial Services, Inc., a division of Manulife Financial. He joined Hancock in 2000 and directs all of the company's legal activities.Before joining Hancock, Mr...
- Former Assistant US Attorney General - Peter Welch - Democratic Congressman from Vermont
- Michael J. Ashe Jr. - Sheriff Hampden County, Springfield, Massachusetts
- Kim Roy Tofalli - President of Ralph Lauren Women's Wear
- David Byrnes - Founder of FACTS Management
- William McCormickWilliam McCormickWilliam P. McCormick is an American businessman and diplomat. He served as the United States ambassador to New Zealand and Samoa from October 21, 2005 until January 10, 2009...
- Owner of Jordan Kitts MusicJordan Kitts MusicJordan Kitts Music is a chain of retail stores in the United States that sells high-end musical instruments, including pianos and organs. The chain currently has 10 locations in four U.S... - Derek KelloggDerek Kellogg-External links:*** from The Republican* from The Boston Globe...
- University of Massachusetts Men's Basketball Head Coach - Christopher Gaffney - Managing Partner, Great Hill Partners
- John Victor Shea - Actor on Stage and Screen