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Archbishop Curley-Notre Dame High School

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Archbishop Curley Notre-Dame High School
Main entrance to ACND Prep
Main entrance to ACND Prep
Location
4949 NE 2nd Avenue
Buena Vista, Miami
,
(Miami-Dade)
,
Florida
33137
United States
25°49′15″N 80°11′29″W / 25.82083°N 80.19139°W
Information
Type Private, Coeducational
Religious affiliation Christian
Denomination Roman Catholic
Established 1953 (as two separate schools for boys and girls)
1981 (as Archbishop Curley-Notre Dame High School)
Founder Edmund Ignacious Rice
Closed 2017
Oversight Congregation of Christian Brothers
Dean Terry Williams
Principal Douglas Romanik
Head of school Edmund Rice
Grades 6-12
Campus size 16 acres (65,000 m2)
Colors Orange, Yellow, Green, blue, and purple
Mascot Knight
Team name Curley Knights
Accreditation Southern Association of Colleges and Schools[1]
USNWR ranking 1
National ranking 420
Newspaper Knight Times
Yearbook The Lance
Athletic Director Coach Dedee Pierre
Website www.acnd.net

Archbishop Curley-Notre Dame High School was a private, Roman Catholic high school in the Buena Vista neighborhood of Miami, Florida, United States. It was located in and operated by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Miami.

On September 27, 2016, the Archdiocese of Miami announced that, due to continued dwindling enrollment, the school would close in August 2017.[2] The school was merged with Monsignor Edward Pace High School, in Miami Gardens, at the start of the 2017–2018 academic year.[3]

History

In 1953, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Augustine (which, on October 7, 1958, became the Roman Catholic Diocese of Miami, under Bishop Joseph Patrick Hurley) created two new Catholic high schools. Archbishop Curley High School (for boys) and Notre Dame Academy (for girls), were founded in 1953, in Miami, Florida. Archbishop Curley High School was initially administered by diocesan priests from 1953 to 1959, followed by the Congregation of the Brothers of the Holy Cross from 1960 to 1970, and again by diocesan priests from 1970 until 1985. Notre Dame Academy was originally administered by the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Saint Augustine from 1953 to 1959. From 1960 to 1981 the Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary administered Notre Dame Academy.

The two schools merged in 1981 onto the Archbishop Curley High School campus to form coeducational Archbishop Curley-Notre Dame High School. From 1985 the school was administered by the Congregation of Christian Brothers.[4]

At the start of the 1960–61 school year, five black students left all-black Holy Redeemer, encouraged to do so by nuns. Three male students enrolled at Archbishop Curley, and two female students enrolled at Notre Dame.

Athletics

Sports by season:

  • Fall
    • Cheer Leading
    • Cross Country (coed)
    • Football
    • Volleyball
    • Golf
  • Winter
    • Basketball (boys)
    • Basketball (girls)
    • Cheer Leading
    • Soccer (boys)
    • Soccer (girls)
    • Wrestling
  • Spring
    • Baseball
    • Softball
    • Tennis (boys)
    • Tennis (girls)
    • Track & Field (coed)

Notable alumni

References

  1. Back to citation Institution Summary
  2. Back to citation Beloved Catholic high school to shut down next year Kyra Gurney. Miami Herald. September 26, 2016. Retrieved October 10, 2016
  3. Back to citation Archbishop Curley closing … why is this happening? Ana Rodriguez-Soto. The Florida Catholic. June 22, 2017. Retrieved September 16, 2017
  4. Back to citation ACNDHS. "About Archbishop Curley Notre-Dame High School". Archived from the original on 2007-04-03. Retrieved 2007-05-11.

Further reading

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