East Catholic High School is a Catholic, college preparatory high school located in Manchester, Connecticut and part of the Archdiocese of Hartford. The parochial school was founded in 1961 and is inspired by the charism of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur. East Catholic is the only school in the Archdiocese of Hartford that has had the continued presence of its founding order throughout its history. During the 2011–2012 school year, East has 690 students in grades 9–12, with 47 teachers. Students are representatives of 36 towns and cities in the Greater Hartford/Springfield area as well as northeastern Connecticut. In athletics, it competes in the Central Connecticut Conference.
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