Bishop Maginn High School is a Catholic high school in Albany, New York. It is coeducational and open to students of all faiths.
The school belongs to the school system of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany. It is accredited by the New York State Board of Regents and the Middle States Association.
Student life
Students at Bishop Maginn are required to perform in State Regents testing.
Activities and clubs
Bishop Maginn High School says that 90% of their students participate in school activities.
Sports
The school offers 10 sports teams for men and women and are as followed
Extracurriculars
The students are encouraged to join in clubs that let them be exposed to different cultures, help their community and learn outside of the traditional classroom setting. Some of those activities include:
History
Bishop Maginn is named after the former Auxiliary Bishop of Albany Edward Joseph Maginn. Two former high schools operated by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany, Vincentian Institute (VI) and Cardinal McCloskey High School, were merged in 1977, creating Bishop Maginn High School in the former McCloskey building. Declining enrollments and an aging Vincentian building made it necessary for the Diocese to use the newer McCloskey building for the new school. The first graduating class from Bishop Maginn was the Class of 1978. Formerly rivals, the students from both VI and McCloskey accepted each other in a harmonious display of unity, adopting an enthusiastic spirit for the new school. Each of the former schools' mascots, VI's lion and McCloskey's cardinal, were also merged to create the Maginn Griffin. The coat of arms for the new created school contains the line 'Veni Lumen Cordium', which in Latin means 'Come light of the heart'.
Alma mater
In 1980, Anne Gould Penned composed An Ode to Bishop Maginn. It became Maginn's Alma Mater, and is sung annually by the graduating class at each commencement ceremony and by the members of the National Honors Society at their honorary ceremony.
Hail to our Blue and Gold!
Your Spirit will remainLong after high school years have passed
And generations changed.
The Griffins' pride and faith
Will ever be our guide,
With loyalty and fellowship
And service by our side
Your blue will give us strength
Your gold will light our ways
Maginn - our Alma Mater
To you we sign our praise!
Notable alumni
- Talor Battle, basketball player who last played for Hapoel Tel Aviv of the Israeli League
Notes and references
External links
- Bishop Maginn High School
