Background
Archbishop Spalding was established in 1963 as an all-girls high school called Holy Trinity High School. The school moved to its present location in 1966 as Martin Spalding High School. It became coeducational in 1973.
In May 2003, the school acquired the adjacent Upton farm property, enlarging the school's campus to a 52-acre (210,000 m2) site. The additional property insures the school's future and its ability to accommodate the academic, athletic, and extra-curricular needs of its current and future students. The addition of a new Arts and Technology wing was completed in September 2009.
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