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| Mother Cabrini High School | |
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 (2013) | |
| Address | |
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701 Fort Washington Avenue , 10040 United States | |
| Information | |
| Type | Parochial, All-Female |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
| Patron saint(s) | St. Frances Xavier Cabrini |
| Established | 1899 |
| Closed | 2014 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Color(s) | Blue and Gold |
| Slogan | Educating the Mind, Character, Heart, and Soul since 1899 |
| Sports | Varsity Basketball, Varsity Volleyball, Varsity Softball |
| Accreditation | Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools[1] |
| Tuition | $6,490 (planned for 2014–2015) |
| Website | www.cabrinihs.com (defunct) |
Mother Cabrini High School (MCHS) was a Catholic high school located at 701 Fort Washington Avenue between Fort Tryon Park and West 190th Street, with a facade on Cabrini Boulevard, in the Hudson Heights neighborhood of Washington Heights in Upper Manhattan, New York City.
The school was established as "Sacred Heart Villa" in 1899 by Frances Xavier Cabrini (1850–1917) and was sponsored by the Missionary Sisters of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the order she founded. It offered specialized and distinctive programs of study to enhance the education of its students, all female. The name was changed to Mother Cabrini High School when the current main building opened in 1930.[2]
The school drew its students from "all over New York City and Westchester, with a large concentration of students from Manhattan and the Bronx." Through much of its history, the student body was largely the children of Irish and Italian immigrants, but by the time of its closure in 2014, the school was predominantly Latino, primarily from the Dominican Republic.[3]
In January 2014, the school announced that it would close at the end of the school year.[4]
From 1933 to 1959, the body of Mother Cabrini laid in repose in the school's chapel, until it was moved to the Cabrini Shrine that was built next to the high school.[5]
- ^ MSA-CSS. "MSA-Commission on Secondary Schools". Archived from the original on 2011-05-14. Retrieved 2009-05-27.
- ^ Martin, Julia (May 6, 1999). "A Century: Cabrini High School continues founder's mission". Catholic New York. Retrieved February 14, 2020.
- ^ "Mother Cabrini High School To Close Its Doors After 115 Years" CBS New York (January 15, 2014)
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
releasewas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "About the Shrine". St. Frances X. Cabrini Shrine NYC. Retrieved October 11, 2022.