List of schools in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence
This is a list of schools in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence.
==High schools
- Bishop Hendricken High School, Warwick
- La Salle Academy, Providence
- Mount Saint Charles Academy, Woonsocket
- Portsmouth Abbey School, Portsmouth
- Prout School, South Kingstown
- St. Mary Academy – Bay View, East Providence
- St. Patrick Academy, Providence
- St. Raphael Academy, Pawtucket
==Grade schools
Former schools
- St. Joseph of Cluny School was formerly located in Newport, on property given by the estate of Arthur Curtiss James to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence in 1941. Military families from Fort Adams requested a Catholic school; Cluny opened in September 1957 as a kindergarten and added grades until 1965, when the first eighth grade graduation was held.[1] Since the period, the overall population of Newport declined and the concentration of the middle class declined; much of the housing became too expensive for families with young children, and there were relatively few houses being sold in Newport to new residents. In addition many families previously going to Cluny instead sent their children to the Portsmouth School Department.[2] From circa 2014 to 2017 the enrollment decreased by one fourth; the school administration stated that this decline and the general competition among private schools in the Newport area caused the operation of the school to be no longer viable. It closed in 2017.[3] Betsy Sherman Walker of Newport This Week described the closure as a "curveball" unexpected by the community.[2]
References
- ^ Belmore, Ryan (2017-03-01). "Cluny School to Close After 60 Years (Updated)". What's Up Newp. Retrieved 2018-06-04.
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WalkerCurveballwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Glavin, Kirsten (2017-03-02). "Newport elementary school to close at end of academic year". WLNE-TV ABC 6. Retrieved 2018-06-04.