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For the university in Ohio, see College of Mount St. Joseph.
Mount Saint Joseph 
Address 4403 Frederick Avenue
Baltimore, Maryland, (Baltimore City), 21229
United StatesCoordinates 39°16′50″N 76°41′17″W / 39.28056°N 76.68806°WCoordinates: 39°16′50″N 76°41′17″W / 39.28056°N 76.68806°W Information Type Private, All-Boys Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic,
Xaverian BrothersEstablished 1876 Authority Archdiocese of Baltimore President Brother James M. Kelly, C.F.X. Principal Barry Fitzpatrick Grades 9–12 Color(s) Purple and Cream Athletics 13 sports Athletics conference MIAA Team name Gaels Accreditation(s) Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools[1] Publication The Carpenter (Art/Literary magazine) Newspaper 'The Quill' Yearbook 'Tower' Tuition $11,500 Director of Students Brian Murphy Director of Studies Dave Norton Admissions Director Marc Hoffman Athletic Director (vacant) Director of Staff Formation Robert Peace Endowment $4.5 Million Website http://www.msjnet.edu Mount Saint Joseph High School, (commonly Mount Saint Joseph , or Mount Saint Joe) is a private, Catholic high school located in Baltimore, Maryland in the community of Irvington. The 33-acre (130,000 m2) campus consists of four academic buildings, an athletic field house, and housing for the school's chaplains. It was founded by the Xaverian Brothers in November 1876. Today, Mount Saint Joseph is the site of the Xaverian Brothers Generalate, the national headquarters of the Brothers in the United States.
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Academics
Faculty
The Mount Saint Joseph faculty currently consists of 90 teachers, 5 guidance counselors, and one on-campus chaplain (Father Michael Murphy). The student/faculty ratio is 12:1 and the average class size is 19.
Students
For the 2009-2010 academic year, there are 1,025 students enrolled at Mount Saint Joseph. Students at Mount Saint Joseph represent a wide variety of socio-economic backgrounds and are drawn from a broad geographic area, surrounding and including Baltimore.
Special programs
Mount Saint Joseph has a few special programs to accommodate the needs of all students at the school. The DePaul program is designed for college-bound students with specifically diagnosed mild learning/language disabilities such as dyslexia, dysgraphia, or other language-related difficulties.
The Ryken program is designed for students who have received low scores on standardized tests and/or who have struggled in previous academic work.
Extracurricular activities
School colors and mascot
The school colors are purple and cream. The mascot of the Mount is a purple Gael. Though the Gael is similar to the University of Notre Dame's mascot, it represents the school's Roman Catholic heritage and was first used in the 1920s, 15 years prior to the first use on Notre Dames campus. That heritage notwithstanding, Mount Saint Joseph College has a religiously and ethnically diverse campus.
Sports
Mount Saint Joseph plays most of its sports including football, soccer, volleyball, basketball, water polo and tennis in the MIAA 'A' Conference against other Catholic and private schools. The most success has come from the soccer program, whose varsity team are defending champions, as well as basketball and volleyball. The soccer team is ranked #1 by the Baltimore Sun.
Clubs and Activities
Mount Saint Joseph sponsors many student-inspired clubs such as chain-mail club, the Beatles club, the anime club, the video game club, and an It's Academic team. There is also a chapter of the National Honor Society, as well as an ACE Mentoring program for aspiring engineers.
Notable alumni
- James McFee Dorsey 1889 - Writer, Poet, Direct Descendant of Col. Edward Dorsey
- Gordon England '55 - United States Deputy Secretary of Defense and two-time Secretary of the Navy
- Tom Phoebus - professional baseball player during the 1960s and 1970s
- James A. Watson '74 - Rear Admiral James Watson, United States Coast Guard, Atlantic Area Command
- Larry Collmus '84 - Triple Crown races caller for NBC Sports
- Jim Schwartz '84 - Head Coach, NFL's Detroit Lions
- Gerry Shaw '83 - Managing Partner, Aileron Group
- Mark Teixeira '98 - New York Yankees
- Tommy Hannan '98 - Olympic Gold Medalist (2000 Summer Olympics)
- Torrey Butler '98 - professional basketball player
- Michael O'Connor '98 - Professional Athlete, Pitcher for the Washington Nationals
- Rob Abiamiri '00 - Professional Athlete, Tight End
- Gavin Floyd '01 - Professional Athlete, Pitcher for the Chicago White Sox
- Will Thomas '04 - Helped lead George Mason Patriots basketball team to the Final Four
- Mack Lewnes '06 - Two-time NCAA All-American in wrestling at Cornell University
- Jeffrey Parry '01- Sayers IT Enterprise Executive of the year
Notes and references
- ^ MSA-CSS. "MSA-Commission on Secondary Schools". http://www.css-msa.org/search.php/. Retrieved 2009-07-31.
Categories:- High schools in Maryland
- Schools sponsored by the Xaverian Brothers
- Roman Catholic secondary schools in Maryland
- Educational institutions established in 1876
- Private schools in Baltimore, Maryland
- Middle States Commission on Secondary Schools
- Boys' schools in the United States
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