Bishop Fenwick High School (Peabody, Massachusetts)

Infobox School
name = Bishop Fenwick High School


motto =
district =
established = 1958
type = Private
principal = Sr. Catherine Fleming, SND, M.Ed.
faculty =
enrollment = 1,000 (approx.)
free_label = Colors
free_text = Brown and Gold
free_label2 = Mascot
free_text2 = Crusader
location = 99 Margin Street
Peabody, MA 01960
information = [phone]

website = http://www.fenwick.org

Bishop Fenwick High School (better known simply as "Fenwick") is a private Roman Catholic high school in Peabody, Massachusetts. cite web|url=http://www.fenwick.org/|title=Bishop Fenwick High School Web site|accessdate=2007-12-27|author=BFHS] While located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston, the school is operated independently and with the blessing of the Archdiocese. Students at the school come from many towns and communities on the North Shore, primarily those closest to the campus such as Beverly, Danvers, Lynnfield, Peabody, and Salem.

Background

Bishop Fenwick was established in 1958 by the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur. It was named after Bishop Benedict Joseph Fenwick. cite web|url=http://www.fenwick.org/|title=Bishop Fenwick High School Web site|accessdate=2007-12-27|author=BFHS]

It is the largest coed high school in the Archdiocese of Boston. Admission is by examination. Classes are grouped homogeneously and heterogeneously. Advanced Placement courses are available in French, Spanish, English Lit/Comp., calculus, biology, Chemistry, US History, World History, and US Government and Politics. Students enroll in AP and Honors courses with the recommendation of each academic department.

Drama Club

The Bishop Fenwick Drama Club has been a well-respected and vital part of the school's artistic landscape. Each year, the Club presents both a fall play as well as a musical in the spring. Most recently, Fenwick audiences have been entertained with spectacular performances of such well-known plays as:
(2002) The Man Who Came To Dinner
(2003) Our Town
(2004) Lost in Yonkers
(2005) Fools
(2006) Night of the Living Beauty Pageant
(2007) The Pink Panther Strikes Again
The club's most recent musical performances include:
(2002) The Wiz
(2003) Anything Goes
(2004) Crazy for You
(2005) Godspell
(2006) West Side Story
(2007) Disney's High School Musical
(2008) Disney's Beauty and The Beast

Athletics

Bishop Fenwick High School's Athletic Program is a co-ed program consisting of twenty-six different sports. On a yearly basis over fifty percent of Fenwick students take part in at least one sport.

The school's teams have won state championships in baseball (2004), football (1965, 1999, 2000), hockey, and indoor and outdoor track in boys' sports.

Girls' teams winning state championships have included softball , field hockey, cross-country track (1980) [ http://www.usatfne.org/cross/mass-hs-history.html Massachusetts High School Cross Country History of Champions.] , and indoor and outdoor track.

The school, particularly its Athletic program, has an ongoing rivalry with fellow North Shore Roman Catholic High School, St. Mary's High School in Lynn, Massachusetts.

External links

* [http://www.fenwick.org/ School Website]

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