Mount Saint Michael Academy

Mount Saint Michael Academy
Ad Astra Per Aspera To the Stars Through Difficulties
Address
4300 Murdock Avenue New York City (Wakefield, Bronx), New York 10466 United States
Coordinates	40°53′55″N 73°50′32″W / 40.89861°N 73.84222°W / 40.89861; -73.84222Coordinates: 40°53′55″N 73°50′32″W / 40.89861°N 73.84222°W / 40.89861; -73.84222
Information
Type	Private
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic (Marist Brothers)
Established	1926
President	Peter P. Corritori, Jr. '71
Principal	Br. Stephen Schlitte, FMS^{[lower-alpha 1]}
Grades	6-12
Gender	Boys
Enrollment	800+ (2014)
Color(s)	Blue and Gold
Athletics	Football, Basketball, Baseball, Soccer, Lacrosse, Track, Wrestling, Ice Hockey
Athletics conference	CHSAA
Team name	Mountaineers
Rival	Cardinal Hayes High School
Accreditation	MSA^[1]
Newspaper	The Tower
Admissions Director	Thomas Fraher
Athletic Director	Mario Valentini '69
Website	www.mtstmichael.org

Mount Saint Michael Academy, also known as Mount, is an all-boys Roman Catholic high school in the Wakefield neighborhood of the New York City borough of the Bronx. The school's campus also borders the city of Mount Vernon in neighboring Westchester County and is administered by the Archdiocese of New York. The 22-acre (89,000 m²) campus is a college preparatory school for some 1,100 boys grades 6 through 12. The school's motto is ad astra per aspera, Latin for "to the stars through difficulties". It is a member of the Catholic High School Athletic Association (CHSAA).

Recognition

Students marching in the 2010 St. Patrick's Day Parade

In January 1999, the Mount was selected by U.S. News & World Report as one of four of the best high schools in the Bronx.^[2]^[3]

Notable alumni

Central tower

Public service

Anthony Principi – former U.S. Secretary of Veterans Affairs
Joaquín "Jack" García — FBI

Fine arts and entertainment

Lillo Brancato – actor, known for A Bronx Tale, Renaissance Man
Sean Combs – rapper and music producer^[4]
Paul Grassi – reality television personality
Walter Murphy – pianist and composer
Ronald Ortiz-Magro – reality television personality
Harry G. Pellegrin – musician, composer and author
Leon Robinson – actor, known for Waiting to Exhale, Cool Runnings, Above the Rim
Andre Royo – actor, known in the television series The Wire

Commerce and economics

Rocco B. Commisso – founder, chairman and CEO of Mediacom
George Ranalli – architect
Donald T. Valentine (1950) – venture capitalist, Sequoia Capital, "Grandfather of Silicon Valley venture capital"

Professional athletics

Art Donovan – pro football player
Richie Guerin (1950) – pro basketball player and coach
Bill O'Connor – pro football player
Bill Polian – ESPN analyst and former Indianapolis Colts General Manager and President
Caraun Reid (2009) – defensive tackle for the Detroit Lions

Other Roman Catholic high schools in The Bronx

References

Primary sources

↑ "New Principal Appointment — Bro. Stephen Schlitte, FMS," Mount Saint Michael Academy News, July 11, 2010 (retrieved July 11, 2010)

Secondary sources

↑ "Member List: Mount Saint Michael Academy," Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Elementary and Secondary Schools (retrieved May 4, 2015)
↑ "Nation's Top-Grade Schools 2 Bronx Catholic Institutions Among 96 Cited By U.S. News," by Raphael Sugarman, New York Daily News, January 24, 1999
↑ "The City's Sweet 16 High Schools, Whether They Are Public Or Parochial, All Share Academic Success, Parental Involvement And Motivated Students," by Alison Gendar & JoAnne Wasserman, New York Daily News, January 10, 1999
↑ "He's Old News At His Old School," by Jim Dwyer, New York Daily News, February 1, 2001 (retrieved May 18, 2012)

External links

Official website

Archdiocese of New York

Ordinaries of the Archdiocese of New York

Bishops of New York	R. Luke Concanen John Connolly John Dubois John Joseph Hughes

Archbishops of New York	John Joseph Hughes John Cardinal McCloskey Michael Augustine Corrigan John Murphy Cardinal Farley Patrick Joseph Cardinal Hayes Francis Joseph Cardinal Spellman Terence James Cardinal Cooke John Joseph Cardinal O'Connor Edward Michael Cardinal Egan Timothy Michael Cardinal Dolan

Auxiliary Bishops, current	Peter John Byrne John Joseph Jenik Dominick John Lagonegro John Joseph O'Hara Gerald Thomas Walsh

Auxiliary Bishops, emeritus	Robert Anthony Brucato Josu Iriondo James Francis McCarthy

Auxiliary Bishops, former, currently living	Henry J. Mansell Theodore Edgar McCarrick Timothy A. McDonnell Edwin Frederick O'Brien Dennis Joseph Sullivan

Auxiliary Bishops, former, deceased	Patrick Vincent Ahern Edwin Broderick Thomas Cusack Edward Vincent Dargin Joseph Patrick Donahue John Joseph Dunn John Michael Fearns Joseph Francis Flannelly Francisco Garmendia William Jerome McCormack James Griffiths George Henry Guilfoyle Edward Dennis Head Walter P. Kellenberg John Joseph Maguire James Patrick Mahoney William Jerome McCormack James Francis McIntyre Anthony Francis Mestice Emerson John Moore Joseph Thomas O'Keefe Joseph Maria Pernicone Fulton J. Sheen Patrick Joseph Thomas Sheridan Austin Bernard Vaughan

Bishops who served as priests in the Archdiocese, living	Charles Daniel Balvo Charles John Brown Joseph Thomas Dimino

Bishops who served as priests in the Archdiocese, deceased	St. John Nepomucene Neumann Patrick Aloysius O'Boyle Charles H. Colton John J. Conroy Philip Joseph Furlong Charles Edward McDonnell Francis Patrick McFarland Francis McNeirny Bernard John Joseph McQuaid Rrok Kola Mirdita John Joseph Mitty William Quarter Francis Frederick Reh Joseph Francis Rummel William Scully

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Churches in the Archdiocese of New York

Archdiocese	Cathedral St. Patrick's Cathedral, Manhattan

New York City	Bronx Blessed Sacrament Church Church of the Sacred Heart Christ the King's Church Holy Cross Church Immaculate Conception Church Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church Our Lady of Mercy's Church Our Lady of Mount Carmel's Church Our Lady of the Nativity of Our Blessed Lady's Church Our Lady of Solace's Church St. Angela Merici's Church St. Anselm's Church St. Ann's Church St. Anthony's Church St. Anthony of Padua Church St. Athanasius's Church St. Augustine's Church St. Barnabas' Church St. Brendan's Church St. Clare of Assisi's Church St. Dominic's Church St. Frances de Chantal's Church St. Frances of Rome's Church St. Francis Xavier's Church St. Gabriel's Roman Catholic Church St. Helena's Church St. Jerome's Church St. Joan of Arc's Church St. John's Church St. John Chrysostom's Church St. Joseph's Church St. Lucy's Church St. Luke's Church St. Margaret Mary's Church St. Margaret of Cortona's Church St. Martin of Tours' Church St. Nicholas of Tolentine Church St. Pius V's Church St. Raymond's Church Church of St. Simon Stock St. Theresa of the Infant Jesus Church SS. Peter and Paul's Church Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church Manhattan All Saints Church Annunciation Church New York Chapel of the Resurrection Church of Notre Dame Church of Our Lady of Lourdes Church of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church of Our Lady of Sorrows Church of Our Lady of the Scapular-St. Stephen Church of Sts. Cyril & Methodius and St. Raphael Church of St. Catherine of Genoa Church of St. Ignatius Loyola Church of St. Joseph Church of St. Michael Church of St. Vincent Ferrer Church of the Ascension, Roman Catholic Church of the Blessed Sacrament Church of the Epiphany Church of the Good Shepherd Church of the Holy Agony Church of the Incarnation, Roman Catholic Church of the Most Precious Blood Church of the Nativity Chapel of the Resurrection Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Church of the Transfiguration, Roman Catholic Corpus Christi Church Holy Cross Church Holy Innocents' Church Holy Name of Jesus Roman Catholic Church Holy Rosary Church Holy Trinity Church Immaculate Conception Church Our Lady of Esperanza Church Our Lady of Good Counsel Church Our Lady of Guadalupe at St. Bernard's Church Our Lady of Lourdes Church Our Lady of the Holy Rosary's Church Our Lady of Victory Church Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Church Our Saviour Church San Lorenzo Ruiz Chapel St. Agnes' Church St. Aloysius Catholic Church St. Andrew's Church St. Ann's Church St. Anthony of Padua Church St. Benedict the Moor's Church St. Catherine of Siena's Church St. Cecilia's Church and Convent St. Charles Borromeo's Church St. Elizabeth's Church St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church St. Emeric's Church St. Francis of Assisi Church St. Francis Xavier Church St. Gregory the Great's Church St. Jean Baptiste Roman Catholic Church St. John the Baptist Church St. John the Evangelist's Church St. Joseph of the Holy Family Church St. Joseph's Chapel St. Jude's Church St. Lucy's Church Saint Malachy's Roman Catholic Church St. Mark the Evangelist's Church St. Mary's Church St. Monica's Church St. Patrick's Old Cathedral St. Paul's Church St. Paul the Apostle Church St. Peter's Roman Catholic Church St. Rose of Lima's Church St. Stanislaus Bishop and Martyr's Church St. Stephen of Hungary Church St. Teresa's Church St. Thomas More's Church St. Veronica's Church Staten Island Church of Our Lady Help of Christians Church of Our Lady of Pity Church of Our Lady Queen of Peace Church of Our Lady Star of the Sea Church of the Blessed Sacrament Church of the Holy Family Our Lady of Good Counsel's Church Sacred Heart Church St. Adalbert's Church St. Charles's Church St. Clare's Church St. Mary's Church St. Patrick's Church St. Peter's Church St. Rita's Church St. Roch's Church St. Teresa of the Infant Jesus's Church

Dutchess County	Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha's Church (LaGrangeville) Church of Regina Coeli (Hyde Park) Church of St. Martin de Porres (Poughkeepsie) Church of St. Mary, Mother of the Church (Fishkill) St. Mary's Church (Poughkeepsie) St. Mary's Church (Wappingers Falls) Church of the Good Shepherd (Rhinebeck) Immaculate Conception Church (Amenia) Immaculate Conception Church (Bangall) St. Anthony's Church (Pine Plains) St. Charles Borromeo's Church (Dover Plains) St. Christopher's Church (Red Hook) St. Columba's Church (Hopewell Junction) St. Denis' Church (Hopewell Junction) St. Joachim and St. John the Evangelist's Church (Beacon) St. John the Evangelist's Church (Pawling) St. Joseph's Chapel (Rhinecliff) St. Joseph's Church (Millbrook) St. Patrick's Chapel (Millerton) St. Paul's Chapel (Staatsburg) St. Peter's Church (Hydge Park) St. Sylvia's Church (Tivoli)

Orange County

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Rockland County

Sullivan County

Ulster County

Westchester County	Blessed Sacrament Church (New Rochelle) Church of the Holy Family (New Rochelle) Church of St. Joseph (Bronxville) Immaculate Conception Church (Tuckahoe) St. Gabriel's Church (New Rochelle) St. Vito's Church (Mamaroneck)

Eastern-Rite	St. George's Church (Manhattan)

Education in the Archdiocese of New York

Archdiocese	Seminaries Saint Joseph's Seminary Universities and Colleges College of New Rochelle Fordham University Iona College Manhattan College Manhattanville College

New York City	Bronx high schools Academy of Mount St. Ursula All Hallows High School Aquinas High School Cardinal Hayes High School Cardinal Spellman High School Fordham Preparatory School Monsignor Scanlan High School Mount Saint Michael Academy Preston High School St. Barnabas High School St. Catharine Academy St. Raymond Academy St. Raymond High School for Boys Manhattan high schools Cathedral High School Convent of the Sacred Heart Cristo Rey New York High School Dominican Academy La Salle Academy Loyola School Marymount School of New York Mother Cabrini High School Notre Dame School Regis High School St. George Academy St. Jean Baptiste High School St. Vincent Ferrer High School Xavier High School Staten Island high schools Monsignor Farrell High School Moore Catholic High School Notre Dame Academy St. John Villa Academy St. Joseph by the Sea High School St. Joseph Hill Academy St. Peter's Boys High School

Dutchess County	High schools Our Lady of Lourdes High School

Orange County	High schools John S. Burke Catholic High School

Putnam County	High schools

Rockland County	High schools Albertus Magnus High School

Sullivan County	High schools

Ulster County	High schools John A. Coleman Catholic High School

Westchester County	High schools Academy of Our Lady of Good Counsel Iona Preparatory School John F. Kennedy Catholic High School Maria Regina High School Sacred Heart High School Salesian High School School of the Holy Child Archbishop Stepinac High School The Montfort Academy The Ursuline School

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Public boys' schools

Eagle Academy for Young Men of the Bronx
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Private boys' schools

Manhattan	Browning School Buckley School Collegiate School La Salle Academy Regis High School St. Bernard's School Saint Thomas Choir School Xavier High School Yeshiva University High School for Boys

Brooklyn	Gerer Mesivta Bais Yisroel School Mesivta of Seagate School Mikdash Melech Mechina School Sinai Academy Tiferes Academy Torah Academy High School United Lubavitcher Yeshiva Xaverian High School (grades 6-8 coed, 9-12 boys' only) Yeshiva Chanoch Lenaar Yeshiva Derech HaTorah High School Yeshiva Gedolah of Midwood Yeshiva Karunas Halev Yeshiva Rabbi Chaim Berlin Yeshiva Toraf Hesed Yeshiva Vyelipol School Yeshivat Shaare Torah Boys High School

Queens	Cathedral Preparatory School and Seminary Holy Cross High School Mesivta Ohr Torah School Mesivta Yesodei Yeshurun Yeshiva Berachel David-Torah School Yeshiva Binat Chaim - Boys School Yeshiva of Far Rockaway Yeshiva Shaar Hatoreh Research

Bronx	All Hallows High School Cardinal Hayes High School Fordham Preparatory School Mount Saint Michael Academy St. Raymond High School for Boys

Staten Island	Monsignor Farrell High School St. Peter's Boys High School Yeshiva of Staten Island

Became coed	Loyola School (Manhattan) Monsignor McClancy Memorial High School (Queens)

Closed	Brooklyn Preparatory School Rice High School (Manhattan) St. Nicholas of Tolentine High School St. Agnes Boys High School (Manhattan)

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