St. Mary's High School is a private

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, Roman Catholic high school

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 in Lynn, Massachusetts

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. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston

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.

Background

St. Mary's High School was established in 1881 as Saint Mary's Boys High School. A Girl's High School was added later, followed by coeducation. In 1989 the school began a junior high school starting with a 7th grade class only, with an 8th grade class added the following year. The junior high school added a 6th grade class in 2010 after Massachusetts

Massachusetts

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 moved to a middle school

Middle school

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 education model.

In 2006, St. Mary's officially incorporated as a private school, independent from the Archdiocese of Boston and instituted a new governance structure with a head of school, principal, and twenty-member Board of Trustees, thus ending its period as a parochial school

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. Dr. Raymond A. Bastarache '65 is currently serving as Head of School. The school's principal is Carl A. DiMaiti.

Extra-Curricular Programs

Students at St. Mary's participate in a variety of sports, clubs and other extracurricular activities. Its various clubs include Chorus, College Bowl, Dance Team, Mock Trial, National Honor Society, Science League, Student Admissions Team, Student Council and Yearbook. The Science League team found recent success in the 2007-2008 school year, with many first place finishes, their best year in school history. The Drama Club puts on two performances each year. They performed "The Eleventh" at this year's Massachusetts High School Drama Guild Festival, in addition to the an annual Spring Musical production of Alice in Wonderland.

Athletics

St. Mary's has a long and storied athletic program, one of the most dominant and renowned on the North Shore. Its teams include:

- Baseball (1987, 1988 State Champions)
- Boys Basketball (2000, 2001, 2002 State Champions)

- Girls Basketball (2001, 2002, 2011 State Champions) (2011 Co-CCL Champions)

- Cheerleading

- Football (2005 State Champions)

- Boys Golf (2005, 2006 State Champions)

- Girls Golf

- Boys Ice Hockey

- Girls Ice Hockey (2005, 2008, 2009, and 2010 State Champions)

- Intramural Basketball (Co-ed)

- Boys Lacrosse

- Girls Lacrosse

- Boys Soccer (1988 State Champions)

- Girls Soccer

- Softball (2008 Co-CCL Champions)- 2008 State Champions

- Swimming (Co-ed) (2008 CCL Champions)

- Boys Tennis

- Girls Tennis

- Track

- Volleyball (2006 and 2007 ( Undefeated CCL Champions)

Of prominent note, the St. Mary's Girls Ice Hockey team went a perfect 25-0 in 2007/2008. The girls then repeated this feat plus one to go 26-0 in 2008/2009. In addition, they went through the 2009/2010 season undefeated with one tie. The result: 100 consecutive games without a loss over three years before a loss to Hingham in the state semi-finals, and three Massachusetts Division 1 State Titles.

Miscellaneous

The former Girls High School building was demolished in 2005 to make way for the state-of-the-art William J. McConnell Center, which provides a new library, technology center, chapel, and classrooms.

Students are also encouraged to participate in Christian service activities, such as Rachel's Challenge, Sant' Edigio, and assisting at My Brother's Table, a local food pantry.

Notable alumni

• Edward J. Clancy, Jr., Mayor of Lynn, Massachusetts
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  , 2002–2010
• Tony Conigliaro
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  Anthony Richard Conigliaro , nicknamed "Tony C" and "Conig", was a Major League Baseball outfielder and right-handed batter who played for the Boston Red Sox and California Angels . He was born in Revere, Massachusetts, and was a 1962 graduate of St. Mary's High School...
  
  , Major League Baseball player with the Boston Red Sox
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   and California Angels*
• William F. Connell, Boston businessman and philanthropist
• Sr. Janet Eisner, SND, President of Emmanuel College, Boston, MA
• Kevin B. Harrington, president, Massachusetts State Senate
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  , 1971–1978
• Paula Plum, actress, prominent in Boston theatrical circles
• Michael J. Harney, businessman and entrepreneur
• Joseph F. Marie, Commissioner of Connecticut Department of Transportation
• J. Michael Ruane, 30 years in the Mass. State Legislature (D-Salem), 1996 to 2005, served as vice chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee
• Kevin Trudeau
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  , author, infomercial salesman, pocket billiards promoter (founder of the International Pool Tour), convicted felon, self-proclaimed alternative medicine advocate and an unsuccessful defendant in several Federal Trade Commission (FTC) lawsuits.