Academics
Holy Cross has always been a college preparatory school. When the school was first opened, they had an industrial arts program which included a print shop which printed, among other things, the school newspaper "The Lance". This program was discontinued during the principalship of Brother Aubert Harrigan, C.S.C. in favor of expanding the mission and purpose of the school as a more "college prep" environment. A New York State Education Department official remarked to John McGovern, during his principalship (1975-1981), that the industrial arts program at Holy Cross "in the early days" distinguished the school in a national profile of Catholic secondary schools in the United States. It was during the McGovern tenure that the school reached its highest enrollment (1400+); it was also during this period that the school reached its first milestone anniversary celebration of 25 years (1955-1980)and commenced its first pursuit of regional accreditation by The Middle States Association of Schools and Colleges and which was brought to completion during the early tenure of James Lembo the school's sixth principal. The Office of Alumni Relations was founded in 1977 just in time to celebrate the 20th year reunion of the school's first graduating class (1959) and has flourished since its foundation. Graduates have attended such institutes as Cornell University, West Point, Howard University, Villanova University,Binghamton University, Boston College, University of New Hampshire, Notre Dame, Fordham, Catholic University of America, Harvard, and Columbia University.
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