Archbishop Curley High School
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Archbishop Curley High School, is a [[Roman Catholic] all boys high school located in the the Archdiocese of Baltimore. It is affiliated with the Franciscan religious order and is named in honor of Archbishop Michael J. Curley (1879-1947), who served as the tenth Archbishop of Baltimore from 1921 to 1947. It was the first Archdiocesan high school in Baltimore established exclusively for the education of young men.
History and Background
The school was founded in 1960 under the leadership and direction of the late Archbishop Francis P. Keough. It opened in September 1961 with a class of 420 freshmen, and was dedicated on April 17, 1962, by Lawrence Cardinal Shehan, the successor of the late Archbishop Keough.
The school was designed by local architect Edward H. Glidden and is located on a 33-acre campus on the northeast edge of the City of Baltimore. The main three-story building contains classrooms, labs, administrative, guidance, alumni and development offices, two computer centers, a closed-circuit TV station, and the guidance resource center. Attached to the central structure are six wings that house the chapel, auditorium, gymnasium, student dining room, the library multi-media center, and the Friary, which is the residence of the Franciscan Friars at Archbishop Curley. Two smaller wings, added in 1987, house the music department facilities and additional athletic facilities. Adjacent to the building are several athletic practice fields, the baseball, soccer and lacrosse playing fields, tennis courts and the football/track stadium bowl.
In December of 1969, the Lawrence Cardinal Shehan Library and Multi-Media Instructional Center was dedicated. It was the first building in the Archdiocese of Baltimore to be named after Cardinal Shehan who had been a long time friend and supporter of the school.
During the 1986-87 school year a building program added a new music center, concert practice room, weight training room, wrestling room and concession area to the Curley facilities. Further renovations provided a new faculty dining room, bookstore, conference room and offices for the development director, athletic director and Alumni Association.
Since its first graduating class in June, 1965, Archbishop Curley has graduated more than five thousand young men. The recently graduated Class of 2005 was Curley's forty-first. The school is accredited by the Maryland State Department of Education and the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools.
Connection with Franciscan Order
The School Board established by the Archbishop of Baltimore is responsible for the general operation and management of Archbishop Curley High School. The School Board has continued to entrust the administration of the school to the Franciscan Friars (Order of Friars Minor Conventual) of St. Anthony of Padua Province, who have staffed the school since its inception. In addition to the Franciscan Friars, the faculty also includes lay teachers.
