Cornelia Connelly High School

Cornelia Connelly School
Address
Map
2323 West Broadway

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92804

Coordinates33°49′46″N 117°57′51″W / 33.82944°N 117.96417°W / 33.82944; -117.96417
Information
TypePrivate, All-Female
MottoLead, Serve, Inspire
Religious affiliation(s)Roman Catholic[1]
Patron saint(s)Cornelia Connelly
Established1961
FounderSisters of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus
Closed2020
SuperintendentGreg Dhuyvetter
Head of schoolJacqueline Sienkowski
Campus MinisterCathy Townsend
Teaching staff16.6 (on an FTE basis)[1]
Grades9-12[1]
Enrollment163[1] (2015-2016)
Average class size15
Color(s)Maroon and white
Athletics conferenceSan Joaquin League
Team nameKoalas
AccreditationWestern Association of Schools and Colleges[2] WCEA, CAIS
Tuition$15,900 (2019–2020)
AffiliationHoly Child Network of Schools
Websiteconnellyschoolanaheim.org

Cornelia Connelly School of the Holy Child Jesus (Connelly), was a Catholic college-preparatory high school for girls in Anaheim, California, the only such independent school in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Orange. It operated from 1961 to 2020.[3]

At the time of its closure, Connelly enrolled 124 girls,[4] and was accredited to the Western Association of Schools and Colleges and Western Catholic Educational Association among others.[5]

  1. ^ a b c d "CORNELIA CONNELLY SCHOOL", Private School Universe Survey, National Center for Education Statistics, retrieved 15 May 2019
  2. ^ WASC-ACS, WASC-Accrediting Commission for Schools, archived from the original on 2009-08-14, retrieved 2009-06-05
  3. ^ Board of Trustees & Cornelia Connelly School of the Holy Child (November 7, 2019), "Cornelia Connelly High School to Close at End of 2019–2020 Academic Year", OCCatholic.com, retrieved September 22, 2020
  4. ^ Goulding, Susan Christian (October 4, 2019), "Facing shortfall, Connelly School announces plans to close — but not everyone's giving up", The Orange County Register, retrieved September 22, 2020
  5. ^ CCS, "Accreditations", Cornelia Connelly School website, retrieved September 22, 2020