Mercy High School (Baltimore, Maryland)

Mercy High School is a private and independent Catholic high school for young women sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy and is located within the Archdiocese of Baltimore on a 26-acre campus at 1300 East Northern Parkway in Baltimore, Maryland. It is the only Catholic girls' school in Baltimore City with playing fields onsite.

Mercy High School
Address
1300 East Northern Parkway

Baltimore
,
Maryland
21239

United States
Coordinates39°22′2″N 76°35′23″W
Information
TypePrivate, All-Female
Religious affiliation(s)Roman Catholic
Patron saint(s)Our Lady of Mercy
EstablishedSeptember 26, 1960
StatusOpen
OversightSponsored by the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas
PresidentMary Beth Lennon '85
PrincipalJeanne A. Blakeslee
Grades9–12
Enrollment427
Average class size15-25
Campus size26 acres
Campus typesuburban
Color(s)Red and white   
Athletics conferenceIAAM
Sportsbasketball, field hockey, lacrosse, volleyball, softball, soccer (indoor and outdoor), track, cross country, golf,
Mascotmagic top hat with rabbit
Team nameMercy Magic
AccreditationMiddle States Association of Colleges and Schools[1]
National ranking1,547
NewspaperThe Shield
YearbookThe Garnet
School fees$550
Tuition$15,725
Websitewww.mercyhighschool.com

Overview

Founded in 1960, Mercy High School is located on a 26-acre campus in Northeast Baltimore. Opened at the request of the Archbishop of Baltimore who saw a need for a large, modern, centrally located Catholic high school for girls, Mercy High School was established in anticipation of the entrance of the first wave of baby boomers born in 1946. More than 300 students entered Mercy as freshmen in 1960. Today, students from more than 64 zip codes throughout Central Maryland and Southern Pennsylvania attend Mercy.

Accreditation and Sponsorship

Mercy is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools and the Association of Independent Maryland & DC Schools and has been named an Exemplary Private School by the United States Department of Education and the Council for American Private Education. Mercy is an International Baccalaureate World School authorized to offer the Middle years Programme. The school is a member of the Association of Independent Maryland & DC Schools (AIMS) and the Mercy Education System of the Americas (MESA), the network of schools under the auspices of the Institute of the Sisters of Mercy of the Americas.[2]

Athletics

The Mercy Magic compete in the Inter-Scholastic Athletic Association (IAAM).[3] The varsity lacrosse team won the IAAM "B" Conference Championships in spring 2017, defeating Friends School of Baltimore. Mercy's school colors are red and white. A magician and rabbit serve as mascots.

Mercy's longest sports rivalry was with the now-closed Institute of Notre Dame (IND), a Catholic girls' high school that was sponsored by the School Sisters of Notre Dame. Each year since 1961 the two schools' basketball teams played in a match-up known to fans simply as "The Game." It was the best-attended high school girls' sporting event in the state of Maryland. When "The Game" ended in 2019, the series stood at Mercy 30, IND 23.

In September 2019, the school inaugurated its new $4.3 million Sisters of Mercy Athletic Complex. The lighted, AstroTurf field has a digital video scoreboard with bleachers and seating area accommodating up to 2,000 fans, for use by the school's soccer, field hockey, and lacrosse teams.[4]

Notable alumnae
  • The Honorable Carol Smith '64, Retired Associate Judge, Baltimore City Circuit Court, 8th Judicial Circuit, and Principal, Creative Dispute Resolutions, LLC [5]
  • Lynne Spigelmire Viti, '65, JD, PhD, lecturer emerita, The Writing Program, Wellesley College.[6] Poet & writer:[7][8] Dancing at Lake Montebello: (2020), Going Too Fast: Stories (2020), The Glamorganshire Bible (2018), Baltimore Girls (2017).
  • The Honorable Mary Ellen Santiago Barbera '69, Chief Judge of the Maryland Court of Appeals [9]
  • Patricia Gonce Morton, PhD, RN, ACNP-BC, FAAN '70, Dean, College of Nursing, University of Utah[10]
  • Donna Orem '72, President, National Association of Independent Schools (NAIS)[11]
  • Mary Claire Helldorfer '72 (aka Elizabeth Chandler, Kissed by an Angel), young adult, children's author
  • Stephanie Beran '76, Managing Director, Legg Mason
  • Kimberly Clark '76, Executive Vice-President, Baltimore Development Corporation
  • Kristen Carr '06, Member, U.S. National Women's Lacrosse Team and Assistant Coach, Stanford University Women's Lacrosse Team

See also

Notes and references
  1. MSA-CSS. "MSA-Commission on Secondary Schools". Archived from the original on 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2009-07-31.
  2. http://mercyedu.org/
  3. http://www.iaamsports.com/landing/index
  4. "Mercy showcases new field". Baltimore Sun. September 5, 2019. p. Sports 6.
  5. http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/31cc/former/html/msa11798.html
  6. "Lynne Spigelmire Viti". Wellesley College. Retrieved 2020-11-20.
  7. Hall, Author Nina (2019-02-27). "Interview: An Interview with Poet Lynne Viti". The Literary Librarian. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
  8. "Poet Lynne Viti reads in Westwood". Hometown Weekly Newspapers. 2017-01-25. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
  9. http://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/29ap/html/msa13717.html
  10. https://faculty.utah.edu/u0914883-Patricia_Gonce_Morton,_PhD,_RN,_ACNP-BC,_FAAN/biography/index.hml
  11. https://www.nais.org/
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