Archbishop Calls Kennedy Catholic “Stellar”

On September 10, 2010, Archbishop Timothy Dolan said Mass at Kennedy Catholic High School in Somers to open its school year. The Archbishop then lauded the school in his blog at the web site of the Archdiocese.

Kennedy Catholic is an an Archdiocesan high school but is no longer governed the Archdiocese. Instead, Kennedy Catholic is in its first year as a private school, governed by an independent board under the leadership of chair Joseph Costello and the president/principal Father Mark Vaillancourt. Along with its religious aspect, the school is a successful academic high school with competitive sports teams. Its main building was dedicated in the late 60s by Jacqueline Kennedy and Cardinal Francis Spellman.

Costello and Vailancourt told the Archbishop that “the freshman class was the largest in years, and the enrollment for the entire school was up.” Also, “Father Mark Vaillancourt told me of the school’s soaring SAT scores, and that every graduating senior last year went on to college, with the class earning over $12,000,000 in scholarships.” That is an impressive achievement for any high school, public or private.

The entire blog post of September 15, 2010 is located here. The school’s web site is here.