Bishop Brady High School

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**Bishop Brady High School**
Principal	Jean Barker
Asst. Principals	Joy Degnan, Greg Roberts
School type	Catholic School (U.S.)
Founded	1963
Location	Concord, New Hampshire
Campus surroundings	Rural
Mascot	Brady Giants
School colors	Green and Gold
Homepage	http://www.bishopbrady.edu
Serving the Town of:	Concord

Bishop Brady High School is a small, private, Catholic co-educational school in Concord, New Hampshire. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Manchester. The official enrollment is 425 students attending. "A Catholic school, a caring community" is the slogan that adorns their sign and is the principle which has guided the school since its founding in 1963. Brady is a 4 year college preparatory program.

The school's motto is "fides, caritas, veritas", translated as "faith, charity, and truth".^[1]

1 History
2 Faculty
3 Athletics
4 References
5 External links

[edit] History

Established in 1963, Bishop Brady offers a college preparatory program in a supportive Christian atmosphere. The school replaced St. John's High School, which opened its doors in 1930 on South State Street in Concord. (Saint John's building is still in use as Concord's Catholic K-8 school, Saint John Regional School.)

An expansion and renovation project was completed at Bishop Brady in May 2007, creating a new multimedia center, new guidance suite, six new classrooms, an expanded chapel, and four new administrative offices as well as renovation to the existing administrative area and cafeteria.

The school is named for Matthew F. Brady, a former Bishop of Manchester.

Bishop Brady was in the news in the spring of 2008, after principal Jean Barker confiscated a student's cell phone, posed as the student (without police knowledge) and arranged a drug deal with a Concord High student, leading to the student's arrest.^[2] Barker's actions were praised by few, but also were said to have "created dangerous behavior" and "an unwanted atmosphere of distrust and cynicism" at Bishop Brady.^[3]

[edit] Faculty

Bishop Brady has 41 full-time faculty members and 3 part-time.

[edit] Athletics

Brady fields sports teams in NHIAA Class I, and has football, ice hockey, and soccer programs.

The Division V football team have been state champions twice in a row and play their home games at Memorial Field in Concord. The coach of the Green Giants is Greg Roberts.

Bishop Brady Boys Soccer has recently improved their losing record over the past seasons by going 4-12-0 in the 2006-2007 season. The coach of Brady boys varsity soccer is Craig Stam.

Bishop Brady Girls Soccer, who are coached by Rich Penney, entered the 2007-2008 playoffs but were knocked out by Hanover in penalty kicks.

Brady's athletic mascot is the Green Giants. The name was chosen by students in the early days of the school as a reference to a song by The Kingsmen, and not the brand of vegetable.