Holy Cross High School (Connecticut)
Holy Cross High School is a Catholic secondary school founded in Waterbury, Connecticut, in 1968 by the Congregation of Holy Cross. It is the largest Catholic secondary school in Connecticut, situated on thirty-seven acres in the West End of Waterbury, Connecticut, accessible via Route 8 and I-84. It is not part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford.
| Holy Cross High School | |
|---|---|
"Our Only Hope" | |
| Address | |
587 Oronoke Road Waterbury , New Haven County , Connecticut 06708 United States | |
| Coordinates | 41°31′52″N 73°3′54″W |
| Information | |
| Type | Private, Coeducational |
| Motto | Ave Crux, Spes Unica (Hail the Cross, Our Only Hope) |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
| Established | 1968 |
| Founder | Basil Moreau |
| Status | Active |
| CEEB code | 070838 |
| President | Thomas Pellegrino |
| Principal | Thomas J. Pompei |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 500 (2015) |
| Average class size | 21 |
| Campus size | 37 acres (including playing fields and XC course) |
| Campus type | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Green and gold |
| Slogan | "Educating Hearts and Minds since 1968" |
| Athletics conference | Naugatuck Valley League |
| Team name | Crusaders |
| Rival | Sacred Heart High School (Connecticut) |
| Accreditation | New England Association of Schools and Colleges |
| Newspaper | Crusader Chronicles |
| Communities served | Waterbury, Watertown, Wolcott, Naugatuck, Newtown, Prospect, Woodbury, Middlebury, Oxford, Beacon Falls, Cheshire, Southington, Southbury, Torrington, Litchfield, Roxbury, Thomaston, Derby, Ansonia, Seymour |
| Website | www |
Holy Cross has a total enrollment of 500 students, in four grades, with each grade averaging 125 students. Originally an all-boys institution, it became co-educational in 1975 when it merged with the Waterbury Catholic High School, an all-girls school. The Holy Cross High School campus maintains a campus-wide WiFi signal; a library; a large instrumental and choral music room with adjacent practice rooms; science labs; a foreign language lab; a guidance complex; a 750-seat tiered auditorium; a full-service cafeteria; a gymnasium; the Stephen J. Ross Fitness Center; and digital classrooms and art studios in the recently constructed Alex Family Gallery Art and Technology Center.