Coyle and Cassidy School

Coyle and Cassidy School Coyle-Cassidy School
Enter to Learn, Leave to Serve
Address
2 Hamilton Street Taunton, Massachusetts, (Bristol County) 02780 United States
Coordinates
Information
Type	Private, coed. high school
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic
Established	1911
Founder	James Coyle
Oversight	Diocese of Fall River
CEEB Code	222120
President	Mary Patricia Tranter
Principal	Kathleen St. Laurent
Chaplain	William M. Rodrigues
Grades	9–12 (High School Division) 6–8 (Middle School Division)
Enrollment	503 (2013, Before Middle School Division)
• Grade 6	N/A
• Grade 7	N/A
• Grade 8	N/A
• Grade 9	111
• Grade 10	108
• Grade 11	151
• Grade 12	133
Average class size	24
Student to teacher ratio	13:1
Campus	Urban
Color(s)	Blue      Gold
Slogan	Tradition Lives Here
Fight song	"Charge On You Warriors"
Athletics	MIAA
Athletics conference	Eastern Athletic
Sports	22 varsity teams, 15 sports
Mascot	Warrior
Team name	Warriors
Rivals	Taunton High School, Bishop Feehan High School
Accreditation	New England Association of Schools and Colleges
Newspaper	Warrior Word
Tuition	High School: $9,050 Middle School: $5,850
Website	www.coylecassidy.com

Coyle and Cassidy School, or Coyle-Cassidy School, officially Coyle Cassidy Memorial High School and Middle School Divisions (formerly St. Mary's High School, Monsignor Coyle High School, and Coyle and Cassidy High School) is a private, Catholic Diocesan school located in Taunton, Massachusetts, USA. The school has been a co-education middle and high school facility since 2014. Coyle serves students living within and beyond the Greater Taunton Area.

History

The school's history dates back to 1911, when Monsignor James Coyle, pastor of Saint Mary's Church, established Saint Mary's High School. The high school grew, and by the early 1930s the need for a larger school was apparent. In 1933, shortly after Monsignor Coyle's death, Monsignor Coyle High School opened on Summer Street, staffed by the Brothers of the Holy Cross. The boys' population transferred to Coyle, and the girls' population stayed at Saint Mary's under the guidance of the Holy Union Sisters. In 1963, a new high school for girls was opened on the corner of Hamilton Street and Adams Street, named for Bishop James Edwin Cassidy. However, given the economics of the time, the aging of the old Coyle High School building, as well as a lack of ordained staff for each school, it was decided in 1971 that the two schools would merge into Coyle-Cassidy High School in the Bishop Cassidy site. (The former Monsignor Coyle High School building became known as the Taunton Catholic Middle School, and served the diocese until the 2014.)

In February 2014, the school announced that it would begin to host grades 6-8 in a new "Middle School Division", while grades 9-12 will now be known as the "High School Division". This was in response to the shutting down of Taunton Catholic Middle School, which had hosted grades 5-8 in a previous Coyle location.

The full name of the school was modified to include both divisions, however the school name with no modifier before the word "school" is far more common than the more complex long-form name.

Academics and School Campus

Coyle-Cassidy has been located at 2 Hamilton Street since 1971. In 1983, an athletic wing was added onto the existing academic wing. In 1997, a theater, tech center, new library, and two classrooms were added onto the academic wing. In 2006, the third floor of the building was remodeled into a state-of-the-art music and fine arts center. Also in 2013, Coyle-Cassidy received ownership of Our Lady of the Holy Rosary Parish, a Catholic Church that is located about .25 miles away from Coyle on 80 Bay St. Taunton, MA. The parish center of the church is currently being used as an annex of Coyle-Cassidy.

The school places a heavy emphasis on technology, with most of the schoolwork being done digitally. The school maintains two computer technology centers. Coyle-Cassidy also maintains three science labs: a physics lab, a chemistry lab, and a biology lab. The school will add a fourth lab, for biology, in the summer of 2013. The new lab will take the place of a former classroom. During each subsequent summer, the school was scheduled to renovate each of the three labs already in existence, as part of an effort to bolster its science program. However, with the transition to a grades 6-12 concept, major renovations took place during the summer of 2014 to update the new middle school area. This postponed each of the final three science lab projects by one year.

The school also has in its possession three portable electronics carts: one for laptops, one for iPads, one for Linux netbooks. This enables entire classes to be connected wirelessly. In addition, students are allowed and encouraged to use their own laptops, iPads, or other tablets for this purpose.

Beginning in the 2012-13 school year, one class in each department will be conducted using iPads remotely in conjunction with both the teacher and with an overhead projector screen. Beginning with the 2013-2014 school year, every student at Coyle must have an iPad to use for note-taking, virtual textbooks, and other academic uses.

While the gymnasium itself was renovated in 2007, much of the athletic wing dates to its construction in 1983. The weight room was then renovated in 2013 into a state of the art fitness center for student athletes.

Incoming freshman take a DFRCEC placement test. This, along with recommendations from middle school teachers determine grade 9 class placement.

Athletics

Coyle's athletic program is sanctioned by the Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) and all of the school's teams compete in the Eastern Athletic Conference (EAC). Coyle's athletic teams play under the nickname "Warriors". The school has a long, cross-city rivalry with the Taunton High School "Tigers".

Currently, the school supports varsity teams in 16 different sports: baseball, basketball, cheerleading, cross country, American football, golf, ice hockey, indoor track, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track and field, volleyball, lacrosse and weightlifting. Most sports also consist of freshman and junior varsity teams.

See also

• Roman Catholic Diocese of Fall River
• Bristol County, Massachusetts
• Greater Taunton Area
• Taunton High School

References

http://www.coylecassidy.com/athletics.htm

External links

• Coyle and Cassidy High School's Official Home Page
• Taunton Public Schools' Home Page