Bayley-Ellard High School is a Roman Catholic high school in Madison, New Jersey, USA. Founded in 1880, it is one of the oldest parochial schools in the area. School closed in 2005 because registration decreased.
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History
The School of Our Lady of the Assumption in Morristown, New Jersey, founded by Reverend Bernard McQuid in 1850, was a pioneer of the Bayley-Ellard school. A parochial grammar school, it was expanded and renamed the Bayley School in 1880 in honor of Bishop James Roosevelt Bayley. A two-year business course was added to the grammar school curriculum circa 1900.
Msgr. Edward Ellard introduced a four-year curriculum in 1920, making Bayley a Catholic junior high school in the area. In 1948, Margaret and Susan Hawes left $ 100,000 for the purchase of a new school building that would be named in honor of Mgr. Ellard. The Walker Estate 40-acre (160,000 m 2 ) in Madison was purchased. The doors of Bayley-Ellard High School opened in September 1949, making Bayley the junior high school of the Catholic diocese in Paterson diocese. The school is run by the Sisters of Charity, the Sisters of Christian Charity, and the Dominican Sisters.
Announced that the school will close at the end of the 2004-05 school year in May 2005.
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Campus
The school is located in the former Walker Estate. The original building includes a house of Colonial Revival, conservatory and carriage house. Bishop's Hall, a gymnasium-class complex, was added in 1967, and a new sports complex consisting of soccer fields, lacrosse, baseball and softball was completed later. The carriage house was demolished in 2003 and a life-assisted care facility was built around the same location shortly afterwards. Borough of Madison bought a sports field four years after school closing. The conservatory was demolished in about 2009, as part of the conversion of this site to Paterson's Diocese Evangelization Center "St. Paul Inside the Walls".
Curriculum
Bayley-Ellard offers college preparatory curriculum. High honors students are eligible to take courses at Fairleigh Dickinson University.
Extracurricular activities
Student groups and activities at Bayley-Ellard include archeology clubs, art clubs, Big Brother/Sister, Christian Service, computer clubs, consumer business clubs, craft clubs, drama clubs, forensics, American Business Leaders, hospitality clubs, Marian Key Club, artificial court, musical ensemble, National Honor Society, newspapers, peer services, ski clubs, student councils, Students Against Destructive Decisions, vocal ensembles, and yearbooks.
Bayley-Ellard athletics teams, known as Bishops, compete in baseball, basketball, cheerleading, soccer, lacrosse, soccer, softball, tennis, wrestling, golf, cross country and track & amp; field. On various occasions, the school belongs to the Colonial Hills Conference and the Regional League of Paterson's Diocese. The Bishops Football team won their conference title during 1986 & amp; Season 1989.
Famous Alumni
- Jerry Della Salla (class of 1987), an OIF-decorated combat soldier who fought in the Battle of Abu Ghraib, and later became a star in the Green Zone film.
- Huse Huggins (born 1986, class of 2004), ran back to play for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
- David Martin Cassese (class of 1987), multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter; member of the current Christian rock band, C7
- Sheila Pepe (born 1959), artist.
- Charley Molnar (born 1961, class 1979), head coach of football at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
- Rocky Rees (born 1949, class 1967), head football coach at Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania from 1990 to 2010.
References
External links
- https://web.archive.org/web/20080415204958/http://www.bayleyalumni.com/
- Bayley-Ellard: A Part of the Whole
- The future of Bayley-Ellard: Parish Resources
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