Nazareth Regional High School

475 East 57th Street | East Flatbush | built 1931

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The city photographed every building for its tax records around 1940 and again in the 1980s. NYC Municipal Archives.

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  1. 1963

    Spring

    Bishop McEntegart dedicates Nazareth Regional High School's new building

    The Xaverian Brothers established Nazareth Regional High School in 1962, but its building was unfinished, so the first semester was held at the newly completed Bishop Kearney High School. In spring 1963 Bishop Bryan Joseph McEntegart dedicated the building, and the first freshmen and a small faculty moved into their own school. Brother Thaddeus was first principal until 1966, and Anthony J. DePace was the architect.

    Source: Wikipedia

  2. 1974

    The school becomes a lay-governed Catholic school when the diocese can no longer subsidize it

    In 1974, with the encouragement of Bishop Francis Mugavero, principal Brother Mathew Burke set up a new Catholic school with a board of trustees to govern it, because the diocese could no longer afford to subsidize it. The new school took the name Nazareth Regional High School and was staffed mostly by lay Catholics along with some religious men and women. It admitted women for the first time in 1976, and in June 1980 Mary Anne Tang was selected as its first female valedictorian.

    “…the diocese could no longer continue to subsidize the school. The new school was called Nazareth Regional High School…”

    Source: Wikipedia

  3. 2012

    Alumni raise $700,000 in six weeks to keep Nazareth open

    In 2012 Nazareth faced financial trouble, with falling enrollment and heavy debt, and there were fears it would close when the academic year ended. Alumni and other supporters raised $700,000 in six weeks, which allowed the school to stay open.

    “…alumni and others] raised $700,000 in six weeks, allowing it to remain open.”

    Source: Wikipedia

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