Bishop Walsh School

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Bishop Walsh School is a K-12 Catholic school located in Cumberland, Maryland and under the jurisdiction of the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Currently, the school is attended by approximately 600 students from kindergarten through high school.

1 History
2 Recent News
3 Administration
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5 External links

[edit] History

The school was founded by the Christian Brothers, a monastic order, and is named in honor of the Bishop James Walsh, a Cumberland-born missionary who preached in China and was imprisoned in solitary confinement by its Communist government for twelve years.

Opening in 1966, The school was originally Bishop Walsh High School (BW) that replaced 3 other Catholic high schools, La Salle, Ursuline Academy, and Girls Central. In the mid 1980s, St. Mary's Elementary school closed and St. Patrick's and St. Peter & Paul reorganized as a grade school and middle school. Later, the grade school became St. John Neuman and BW became a middle/high school. In 2002 it was combined with St. John Neumann Elementary School to form a K-12 school. The school is run in part by the Catholic organization the School Sisters of Notre Dame; the school's president is Sister Phyllis McNally. The school also employs several Christian Brothers of the LaSallian Brothers among its teaching staff. The school's sports teams are called the Spartans after the warriors of ancient Sparta. Among the school's most famous graduates is Samuel Perlozzo, former player and current manager of the Baltimore Orioles.

[edit] Recent News

Funds were acquired to build a new elementary school playground. Construction is planned to start soon.

The 2006 BW football team broke last year's losing streak and are looking forward to a good season next year.

The 2006 BW Boys Soccer team had an 18-3 season and came in 2nd in the state for private schools and second in their area, losing only to the Heights in the championship.