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40°52′28″N 75°12′49″W / 40.87444°N 75.21361°W / 40.87444; -75.21361
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Pius X High School
Address
580 Third Avenue

Bangor
,
( Northampton County)
,
Pennsylvania
18013-1376

United States
Coordinates 40°52′28″N 75°12′49″W / 40.87444°N 75.21361°W / 40.87444; -75.21361
Information
Type Private, Coeducational
MottoLoyalty, Purity, Piety
Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic
Established1951
StatusClosed
Closed2015
Oversight Roman Catholic Diocese of Allentown
PresidentFr. Patrick Lamb
PrincipalJim Angeline
Grades 9- 12
Color(s) Royal Blue and White   
Team nameRoyals
Accreditation Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools [1]
Athletic DirectorConnie Stambaugh
Website http://www.piusxhs.org

Pius X High School was a private, Roman Catholic high school in Bangor, Pennsylvania, in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. Part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Allentown, it operated from 1951 to 2015. [2]

History

Pius X was established as Our Lady of Mount Carmel High School in 1951 by the Salesian Sisters. It was renamed after Pope Pius X in 1953, shortly after his canonization. [3]

Due to declining enrollment, Pius X High School was forced to close its doors on June 2, 2015. At the time, the school's enrollment had dropped to just 165 students in grades 7 through 12, with the final senior class consisting of 46 students...about 27% of the student body. Students in grades 7 through 11 were forced to transfer to other nearby public or private schools following Pius X's closure. [4]

According to a statement released by the diocese, enrollment at Pius X had declined by nearly 43 percent with estimates for the coming year projecting a further decline to 150 students. At the time of the announcement, school leaders were also anticipating that they would end the school's final fiscal year with an operating debt of $1.2 million (over and above the $1 million subsidy which had been provided by the diocese for the 2009-10 school year). [5]

Notes and references

  1. ^ MSA-CSS. "MSA-Commission on Secondary Schools". Archived from the original on 2011-05-14. Retrieved 2009-05-26.
  2. ^ "Sheehan, Daniel Patrick and Dan Sheehan. " Slate Belt's Pius X, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic schools closing." Allentown, Pennsylvania: Morning Call, January 16, 2015.
  3. ^ HS. "School History". High School website. Retrieved 2007-06-26.
  4. ^ Rudy Miller (3 June 2015). "Pius X High School in Bangor graduates its final class". Lehigh Valley Live. Retrieved 2017-04-10.
  5. ^ Sheehan and Sheehan, "Slate Belt's Pius X, Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic schools closing, Morning Call.

External links

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