Aquinas High School
2210 Belmont Avenue | also 685 East 182nd Street, 2200 Belmont Avenue | Belmont | built 1930
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- 1900
Dominican Sisters open St. Martin's Academy in a servants' house on the old Grote estate
In the late 19th century the Dominican Sisters of Sparkill bought the block-long estate of Frederick Grote, a partner in an ivory-goods firm, who died in 1886. In 1900 they started a day school for grades 1 to 6 in the estate's three-story frame servants' house, an earlier building on this block, serving children of St. Martin of Tours parish. As it grew, the academy moved into the brick Victorian Grote mansion.
Source: Wikipedia
- 1923
The sisters turn their academy into Aquinas Hall, a business school for young women
When St. Martin of Tours parish decided to open its own parochial school in 1923, the Dominican Sisters converted their academy into Aquinas Hall, a two-year business course for young women. A second building followed in 1929, and in 1939 the school became a full four-year high school.
Source: Wikipedia
- 2002
First Lady Laura Bush visits Aquinas High School
On September 11, 2002, First Lady Laura Bush paid a visit to Aquinas High School. At the time it was an all-girls Roman Catholic school for grades 9 to 12 in the Archdiocese of New York, on the block that was once the Grote estate.
“On September 11, 2002, First Lady Laura Bush visited Aquinas High School.”
Source: Wikipedia
- 2021
Aquinas High School graduates its last class and closes
In June 2020 the school said it would shut after one more year: built for 800 students, it had only 200 left. Aquinas held its final graduation on June 10, 2021. The building now houses Cardinal McCloskey Community Charter School, an elementary school.
“On June 10, 2021, Aquinas graduated its final class. The building is now home to Cardinal Mccloskey Community Charter School.”
Source: Wikipedia
Further reading
- Aquinas High School (New York)Wikipedia
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