After more than 50 years and almost 10,000 boys walking through their doors, Monsignor McClancy Memorial High School admissions will include girls for the first time come 2012.
The integration of girls to the formerly all-boys school will begin with the fall 2012 freshman class. By fall 2015, all four grades will be co-ed.
“We are thrilled and excited that our future women graduates will join over 8,800 McClancy alumni into the 21st century,” said Principal James Carey.
The East Elmhurst school building has seen many upgrades to its infrastructure and facilities in recent years. New locker rooms have been installed, and the building is ready for the influx of females. A girl’s athletic program will also be implemented.
Girls have always been accepted for participation in summer sessions, as well as TACHS preparation programs. 82 percent of teachers at the school have taught at co-ed institutions.
“For more than the last half-century, Monsignor McClancy Memorial High School has provided a small school environment where students are known, valued, treasured and taught in partnership with the family,” said Brother Joseph Holthaus, SC, president of McClancy.
Holthaus added the school spent much time studying the potential of co-ed expansion.
“Providing young women with the same opportunity that the Brothers of the Sacred Heart have provided to young men is a long overdue step,” said alumni and President of Global Services and Chief Information Officer at American Express Stephen Squeri. “This demonstrates to the community that McClancy is evolving with the times.”
Opened in 1956, McClancy was founded by members of the international religious order the Brothers of the Sacred Heart. The school says co-educational studies will have no impact on the seven educational characteristics the order applies to the education of all young people.
