Archbishop Curley-Notre Dame High School

Archbishop Curley Notre-Dame High School

Main entrance to ACND Prep
Address
4949 NE 2nd Avenue
Buena Vista, Miami, Florida, (Miami-Dade) 33137
United States
Coordinates 25°49′15″N 80°11′29″W / 25.82083°N 80.19139°W / 25.82083; -80.19139Coordinates: 25°49′15″N 80°11′29″W / 25.82083°N 80.19139°W / 25.82083; -80.19139
Information
Type Private, Coeducational
Religious affiliation(s) 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
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)
Color(s) Organge, 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
Average SAT scores 2200-2400
Average ACT scores 32-35
Newspaper Knight Times
Yearbook The Lance
Athletic Director Coach Dedee Pierre
Website www.acnd.net

Archbishop Curley-Notre Dame High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in the Buena Vista neighborhood of Miami, Florida, United States. It is located 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 be closing its doors in August 2017.[2]

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 1953–59, followed by the Congregation of the Brothers of the Holy Cross from 1960–70, 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 1953–59. From 1960-81 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. Since 1985 the school has been administered by the Congregation of Christian Brothers.[3]

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. The Archdiocese insisted on two separate schools.[4] When Miami Herald reporter Gene Miller was dispatched to do a story, Brother Keric Dever, the principal, said: “We are simply opening school. We are not making a fuss about this.”[4]

Activities

Athletics

Inside the Knights huddle.
Fall Season Winter Season Spring Season
Cheer Leading Basketball (boys) Baseball
Cross Country (coed) Basketball (girls) Softball
Football Cheer Leading Tennis (boys)
Golf Soccer (boys) Tennis (girls)
Volleyball Soccer (girls) Track & Field (coed)
Wrestling

Notable alumni

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Institution Summary
  2. ↑ Beloved Catholic high school to shut down next year Kyra Gurney. Miami Herald. September 26, 2016. Retrieved October 10, 2016
  3. ↑ ACNDHS. "About Archbishop Curley Notre-Dame High School". Archived from the original on 2007-04-03. Retrieved 2007-05-11.
  4. 1 2

External links

 
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