Mercy High School (San Francisco)

Mercy High School
Address

3250 19th Avenue San Francisco , California 94132 United States
Coordinates	37°43′46″N 122°28′25″W / 37.729419°N 122.473623°W / 37.729419; -122.473623
Information
Type	Private, All-Female
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic; Sisters of Mercy
Established	1952
Founder	Catherine McAuley
Closed	2020
Superintendent	Pamela Lyons
Area trustee	Cheri Thibodeaux
Head of school	Sr. Carolyn Krohn'65 RSM, PhD.
Faculty	60
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	330 (2017-2018)
Campus size	6 acres (24,000 m²)
Color(s)	Red and White
Athletics conference	West Bay Athletic League
Mascot	Skipper and Flipper the Dolphin
Team name	Skippers
Accreditation	Western Association of Schools and Colleges^[1]
Publication	ANCHOR (formerly MERCY NEWS)
Tuition	$21,320 (2019-20 Domestic)
Website	www.mercyhs.org

Mercy High School was a Catholic all-girls college-preparatory high school located in San Francisco, California. It was a part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco, and was sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy in Dublin, Ireland. The campus was located on 19th Avenue, near San Francisco State University, and included a multipurpose pavilion, which was built and dedicated to Catherine McAuley in 2001. The school permanently closed in the summer of 2020 and was replaced by the Chinese American International School.^[2]

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History

In 1855, Mother Baptist Russell and the Sisters of Mercy opened a night school for adults on Vallejo Street in San Francisco. The late auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of San Francisco James Thomas O'Dowd, who was then the Archdiocesan Superintendent of Schools, requested that the Sisters of Mercy provide a secondary school for the Catholic girls in the Sunset, Lakeside, and Park Merced districts. As a result, Mercy High School was opened on September 3, 1952 with a class of 199 freshmen in a partially completed building. Nearly two years later, the original building was completed in 1954.

On June 11, 1956, a class of 173 seniors received diplomas and became the first graduating class of Mercy High School. The achievement of Mercy's first graduating class placed the high school on the list of secondary schools accredited by the University of California. In 1958, Mercy High School became a charter member among schools accredited by the Western Catholic Educational Association. In 1964, it was accredited by the newly formed Secondary Commission of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. The school was also a member of the National Catholic Educational Association.^[3]

In January 2020, the school announced that it would close at the end of the 2019–2020 school year, citing decreased enrollment figures, a shrinking endowment, and the high cost of living in San Francisco that made private school tuition difficult to afford for many families.^[4]^[5]

Academics

Mercy offered a four-year college preparatory program, which included advanced placement and honors courses in English, mathematics, science, foreign language, and history. Religious education classes were mandatory and an important component of the curriculum. The fine arts program was one of the most diverse in the Bay Area, and the athletic and speech programs received state level recognition. Mercy's student government program also received the highest award from the California Association of Student Councils.^[3]

Notable alumnae

Kimberly Guilfoyle, Fox News personality.
Patricia Ziegler, Founder of Banana Republic
Kristina Wong, Solo theater performer, artist, actor, film maker

Notes and references

^ WASC-ACS. "WASC-Accrediting Commission for Schools". Retrieved 2009-06-05.
^ Anzueto, Nataly. "Chinese American International School takes over former Mercy SF campus". The Crusader. Retrieved 24 February 2024.
^ ^a ^b "History". Mercy High School. Archived from the original on 2011-07-18. Retrieved 2011-03-11.
^ "Mercy High School, one of the last San Francisco all-girls Catholic schools, to close in June". ABC7 San Francisco. 2020-01-11. Retrieved 2020-01-12.
^ Bauman, Anna (2020-01-10). "Mercy High School in San Francisco to close in June". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2020-01-31.

External links

Mercy High School Alumnae website

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