St. Edmund Preparatory High School
2474 Ocean Avenue | also 1902 Avenue T | Madison | built 1960
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- 1960
Ground is broken for a new St. Edmund high school building
St. Edmund Parish has sponsored a high school since 1932, but its classes were held in the building that is now home to the grammar school and the church. On June 12, 1960, ground is broken for a separate, new high school building.
“On June 12, 1960 ground was broken for a new high school building…”
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- 1962
The new St. Edmund High School building is dedicated, and classes begin that September
A dedication ceremony for the new high school takes place on May 20, 1962, and the building opens to students in September. The school becomes a four-year high school that year, with the name St. Edmund High School, accredited by Middle States. Its first graduating class, 232 students, leaves in June 1964.
“…the dedication ceremony for the new high school took place on May 20, 1962. The new school building opened in September 1962…”
Source: Wikipedia
- 1994
St. Edmund becomes a coeducational prep school run by its own board of trustees
In September 1994 the school is renamed St. Edmund Preparatory High School and becomes an independent institution run by a board of trustees. It begins admitting boys, after Bishop Thomas V. Daily approves the change. The proposal followed growing inquiries from parents in South Brooklyn parishes seeking a Catholic high school for their sons.
Source: Wikipedia
- 2008
A new library and media center wing is dedicated on the feast of St. Edmund
Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio presides over a Mass of Thanksgiving and dedication of the new wing on November 16, 2008. Groundbreaking had taken place on February 14, 2007, and the final steel beam, signed by members of the school community, went up on January 31, 2008. The addition holds a media center and a performing arts room.
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