St. Peter's High School for Girls
Encyclopedia
St. Peter's High School for Girls is an all-girls, private
, Roman Catholic high school
on Staten Island
in New York, New York. It is located within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York
.
An anouncement came forth on February 11, 2011 that St.Peter's Girls High School would close at the end of June.
In November of 2011, it was announed that the Department of Education would open P.S. 59 at the school site, according to the five-year capital plan amendment released by the Department. The school is slated to be in operation by 2013.
The class of 1928 can be seen here, along with a list of the girls that attended St. Peters Girls HS. http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyrichmo/misc/sphs1928.html St.Peter's Girls is the sister school of St.Peters Boys.
Private school
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, Roman Catholic high school
High school
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on Staten Island
Staten Island
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in New York, New York. 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...
.
Background
Correctly known as St. Peter's Girls High School, in August 1852, the Sisters of Charity came to St. Peter's church and established the first parish school in the church basement. St.Peter's Girls is not the sister school of St.Peter's Boys on Henderson Avenue.An anouncement came forth on February 11, 2011 that St.Peter's Girls High School would close at the end of June.
In November of 2011, it was announed that the Department of Education would open P.S. 59 at the school site, according to the five-year capital plan amendment released by the Department. The school is slated to be in operation by 2013.
External links
The class of 1928 can be seen here, along with a list of the girls that attended St. Peters Girls HS. http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyrichmo/misc/sphs1928.html St.Peter's Girls is the sister school of St.Peters Boys.