Mercy Career & Technical High School

Mercy Career & Technical High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is located within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia. It is the only four-year co-educational Catholic vocational high school in the United States.[3]

Mercy Career & Technical High School
Address
2900 West Hunting Park Avenue Philadelphia , Pennsylvania 19129 United States
Coordinates	40°0′21″N 75°10′35″W
Information
Type	Private
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic; Sisters of Mercy
Established	1950
Authority	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia
President	Rosemary Herron
Principal	Susan Walsh
Teaching staff	37.0 (on a FTE basis)
Grades	9-12
Gender	Coeducational
Enrollment	350 (2013-14)
Student to teacher ratio	9.5
Color(s)	Red and gold
Song	"Under Mercy's Shield"
Athletics conference	Penn-Jersey Athletic Association
Nickname	Monarchs
Accreditation	Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools
Yearbook	The Advocate
Website	www.mercycte.org
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History

Mercy was established in 1950 by the Sisters of Mercy. The school was originally known as Mercy Technical School and did not start granting high school diplomas until 1973.[3]

References

MSA-CESS. "MSA-Commission on Secondary Schools" (PDF). Retrieved 24 July 2016.
"Search for Private Schools - School Details for Mercy Vocational High School". nces.ed.gov. US Department of Education. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
"About Mercy CTE". www.mercyvocational.org. Mercy CTE. Retrieved 24 July 2016.

External links

School website

Penn-Jersey Athletic Association
Doane Academy Girard College International Christian High School Jack M. Barrack Hebrew Academy Life Center Academy Mercy Career & Technical High School Morrisville High School New Jersey United Christian Academy Pine Forge Academy Solebury School Villa Victoria Academy

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia
Ordinaries	Bishops Michael Francis Egan Henry Conwell Francis Kenrick John Neumann Archbishops James Frederick Wood Patrick John Ryan Edmond Francis Prendergast Dennis Joseph Dougherty John Francis O'Hara John Krol Anthony Bevilacqua Justin Rigali Charles J. Chaput Nelson J. Perez Auxiliary Bishops, current Edward Michael Deliman Michael J. Fitzgerald John J. McIntyre Timothy C. Senior Auxiliary Bishops, former Cletus Joseph Benjamin Michael Francis Burbidge Joseph R. Cistone Michael Joseph Crane Edward Peter Cullen Louis A. DeSimone Francis James Furey John Joseph Graham Edward Hughes Hugh L. Lamb Martin Nicholas Lohmuller Robert P. Maginnis Joseph Francis Martino Joseph Carroll McCormick John Joseph McCort Gerald Vincent McDevitt Joseph P. McFadden Joseph Mark McShea Gerald O'Hara Francis B. Schulte Daniel Edward Thomas Thomas Jerome Welsh
Churches	Cathedral Cathedral Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul Parish churches List of churches in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia Immaculate Conception Old St. Joseph Old St. Mary St. Adalbert St. Agatha and St. James St. Anne St. Augustine St. Basil the Great St. Cyprian St. Donato St. Francis de Sales St. Joachim St. Michael St. Nicholas of Tolentine St. William Chapels and shrines Church of the Gesú National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa National Shrine of St. John Neumann
Education	Seminary St. Charles Borromeo Seminary Higher education Cabrini College Chestnut Hill College Gwynedd Mercy University Holy Family University Immaculata University La Salle University Neumann University Rosemont College Saint Joseph's University Villanova University High schools Acad. of Notre Dame de Namur Archbishop John Carroll Archbishop Prendergast Archbishop Ryan Archbishop Wood Bishop McDevitt Bishop Shanahan Cardinal O'Hara Conwell-Egan Country Day School of the Sacred Heart Devon Prep Father Judge Gwynedd Mercy Academy Holy Ghost Prep John W. Hallahan Catholic Girls La Salle College HS Lansdale Catholic Little Flower Malvern Prep Mercy Career & Technical Merion Mercy Acad. Monsignor Bonner Mount Saint Joseph Acad. Nazareth Acad. Pope John Paul II Roman Catholic HS for Boys Saint Basil Acad. Saint Joseph's Prep Saints John Neumann and Maria Goretti St. Hubert Catholic HS for Girls Villa Joseph Marie Villa Maria Acad.
Priests	Living Edward Joseph Adams Herbert Bevard Michael J. Bransfield Joseph L. Coffey Joseph Anthony Galante James Green Joseph A. Pepe Nelson J. Perez Deceased Francis Brennan Edwin Byrne George Aloysius Carrell Hubert James Cartwright Joseph M. Corrigan Joseph Thomas Daley Edmond John Fitzmaurice John Edmund Fitzmaurice John Patrick Foley Francis Xavier Gartland Daniel James Gercke Michael Hurley Ignatius Frederick Horstmann John Hughes Francis Edward Hyland Thomas Francis Kennedy Philip R. McDevitt Thomas Joseph McDonough Thomas McGovern Eugene J. McGuinness William Matthews John Joseph O'Connor William O'Hara Jeremiah F. Shanahan John W. Shanahan David B. Thompson Francis X. DiLorenzo
Miscellany	Archdiocesan Boy Choir Frances Xavier Cabrini Catholic League The Catholic Standard & Times Katharine Drexel Sexual abuse scandal
Catholicism portal

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania schools

School District of Philadelphia
5-12 schools	Girard Academic Music Program Julia R. Masterman School
6-12 schools	Penn Treaty School (neighborhood)
Neighborhood high schools	Bartram Building 21 Edison/Fareira Samuel S. Fels Frankford Benjamin Franklin Furness Kensington Martin Luther King Abraham Lincoln Northeast Olney Overbrook Roxborough Sayre South Philadelphia Strawberry Mansion U School George Washington West Philadelphia
Alternative high schools	Bodine for International Affairs Central Constitution Dobbins Vocational Franklin Learning Center High School for the Creative and Performing Arts (CAPA) High School for Girls Lankenau Jules E. Mastbaum Technical Microsoft's School of the Future Motivation Academy at Palumbo Parkway Center City Parkway West (Mayer Sulzberger) Philadelphia Military Academy Robeson for Human Services Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush W.B. Saul (Saul of Agricultural Sciences) Swenson Arts and Technology
K-8 schools	Ethan Allen Bache-Martin Rudolph Blankenburg F. Amadee Bregy G.W. Childs (Barratt Junior High) Hamilton Disston James Dobson D. Newlin Fell Thomas K. Finletter Academics Plus Edwin Fitler Academics Plus Benjamin Franklin Academics Plus Charles W. Henry Francis Hopkinson Henry H. Houston Andrew Jackson John Story Jenks Eliza Butler Kirkbride Henry C. Lea George A. McCall Delaplaine McDaniel General George G. Meade William M. Meredith Thomas Mifflin S. Weir Mitchell Andrew J. Morrison George W. Nebinger Olney Roosevelt George Sharswood Southwark Spring Garden Edwin M. Stanton Vare-Washington
Middle schools	A.M.Y. at James Martin AMY Northwest Dimner Beeber (Science Leadership Academy at Beeber) Conwell Middle Magnet Paul Lawrence Dunbar Warren G. Harding M.Y.A. for the Humanities William T. Tilden Gen. Louis Wagner Woodrow Wilson
Elementary schools	Joseph H. Brown Laura H. Carnell Lewis C. Cassidy Academics Plus Joseph W. Catharine Kennedy Crossan Academics Plus Emlen Edwin Forrest Julia Ward Howe Francis Scott Key James Logan James R. Lowell Ludlow John Marshall Alexander K. McClure Overbrook John M. Patterson Joseph Pennell Samuel W. Pennypacker Richmond William Rowen Philip H. Sheridan James J. Sullivan Bayard Taylor Frances E. Willard

Former high schools/
6-12 schools

Former K-8/middle/
elementary schools

Other schools
Roman Catholic Archdiocese	Archbishop Ryan Father Judge J. W. Hallahan Little Flower Mercy Career & Technical Nazareth Academy Roman Catholic St. Hubert St. Joseph's Preparatory St. Malachy Saints John Neumann and Maria Goretti West Catholic
Other private schools	Al-Aqsa Islamic Cedar Grove Christian Friends Select Germantown Friends Girard College Greene Street Friends Overbrook School for the Blind William Penn Pennsylvania School for the Deaf Philadelphia Free School Philadelphia Mennonite Politz Hebrew Springside Chestnut Hill St. Peter's
Former private schools	St. Anthony de Padua Parish
Public charter schools	Arts and Sciences Belmont Boys' Latin Simon Gratz Hope Imhotep Institute MaST Community Mastery Mann Elementary (William B. Mann) Mastery Shoemaker Campus (William Shoemaker) Mastery Thomas Campus (George C. Thomas) Mathematics, Civics and Sciences Memphis Street Smedley Universal Alcorn Universal Audenried Universal Creighton Universal Vare Hardy Williams (Anna Howard Shaw)

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