Bishop Kearney High School
Bishop Kearney High School is a Roman Catholic educational institution in Irondequoit, New York, USA, a suburb of Rochester. It is a private high school with a middle school subdivision, serving students in grades 6 through 12. The school occupies a 42 acre campus near the geographic center of Irondequoit, just 1 mile from Lake Ontario, and 10 minutes away from downtown Rochester.
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Bishop Kearney High School is a Roman Catholic educational institution in Irondequoit, New York, USA, a suburb of Rochester. It is a private high school with a middle school subdivision, serving students in grades 6 through 12. The school occupies a 42 acre campus near the geographic center of Irondequoit, just 1 mile from Lake Ontario, and 10 minutes away from downtown Rochester.
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• Name — Bishop Kearney High School • Address — 125 Kings Highway South • City — Rochester (Irondequoit, New York) • State — New York • County — (Monroe County) • Zipcode — 14617 • Country — USA • Denomination — Roman Catholic • Founder — Edmund Rice • Free Label2 — Chief executive officer • Free Text2 — Thomas O'Neil • President — Paul Colontino • Ceeb — 334773 • Ratio — 15:1 • Type — Private, Coeducational • Grades — 6–12 • Campus Size — 42 acre • Campus Type — suburban • Motto — Fac Omnia Bene • Motto Translation — Do All Things Well • Accreditation — Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools • Team Name — The Kings, "Lady" Kings (girl teams) • Colors — Blue, Black and White blueblackwhite • Enrollment — 315 • Enrollment As Of — 2018 • Free Label — Founding Orders • Free Text — Christian Brothers and School Sisters of Notre Dame • Free Label1 — Associations • Free Text1 — NCEA • Website — https: www.bkhs.org/ Bishop Kearney High School is a Roman Catholic educational institution in Irondequoit, New York, USA, a suburb of Rochester. It is a private high school with a middle school subdivision, serving students in grades 6 through 12. The school occupies a 42 acre campus near the geographic center of Irondequoit, just 1 mile from Lake Ontario, and 10 minutes away from downtown Rochester.
Origin and history
Origin and history
• Illustration — The school's façade, as photographed in the 1960s Bishop Kearney High School was co-founded by Edmund Rice and the Congregation of Christian Brothers of Ireland, with the School Sisters of Notre Dame. The school was named after James E. Kearney of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rochester. It opened in 1962, accepting only freshmen at the time. Those freshmen remained the school's upperclassmen throughout their tenure, so they became the first graduates in 1966. It was opened at the same time as a nearly identical sister school, Cardinal Mooney High School, which closed in 1989. The school's first principal was Joseph M. Clark of the Congregation of Christian Brothers of Ireland. • Illustration — Front view
Recent events
Recent events
On February 13, 2007, the school announced that local billionaire Tom Golisano would be donating a substantial amount to the school for improvements in technology. The money will allow the school to provide every student with a laptop computer, as well as fund a wireless network, digital projection systems, video conferencing systems, and interactive whiteboards, with the stated goal of making the school "the most technologically advanced high school" in the country. The school will also be making curriculum enhancements with its College Prep Plus, to "better prepare students for the working world," including work-scholarship opportunities with local colleges and businesses. The donation has prompted the school to announce a pending name change, to "Bishop Kearney High School / A Golisano Education Partner." On February 19, 2014, Tom Golisano offered to rescue the school's building from a bankruptcy filing by the founding Christian Brothers. Golisano offered $3.4 million to buy the 200,000-square-foot building and the 42 acres of surrounding property, with the stated intention of maintaining the school's existing educational mission. From 2015 to 2016, the school renovated the former dormitory space of the Irish Christian Brothers, on the third floor of the north half of the building. This was converted into residence space for an elite girls hockey program — with 21 dorms accommodating 42 players. The players room at and attend classes at Bishop Kearney, and participate in the hockey program — run through LEGACY Global Hockey — titled "Selects Academy at Bishop Kearney". The program launched in August 2016 with a 16-and-under team (U-16) team — followed by a U-19 team in 2017 — each with about 20 girls. The program recruits players from across the United States and Canada, and play their season from September to March, and competes against teams nationally (not through Section V Athletics).
Notable alumni
Notable alumni
• Quentin Gause (2011), NFL and CFL football player. • Thomas Bryant (2015 - transferred), basketball player, second-round selection in 2017 NBA draft. • Brian Fobbs (2016), professional basketball player • Michaela Hesová, professional ice hockey player • Pamela Melroy (1979), former NASA astronaut, past deputy administrator of NASA. • Quinton Rose (2016), former college basketball player. • Nahziah Carter (2017), college basketball player. • Rene Ingoglia former National Football League player and sports broadcaster for ESPN. • Don Zientara American record producer and musician. (1966) • Tom Keegan (1977), sportswriter and author who was a columnist at the Boston Herald. • Kamil Witkowski Polish soccer player. • Mike Foley (1972), 41st Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska. • Michael J. Critelli (1966), former chairman and CEO (1996-2007) of Pitney Bowes. • Brian King (2000), Director of the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP). • Haley Winn - 2026 Team USA Women's Ice Hockey Olympic Gold Medalist • Caroline Harvey (ice hockey) - 2026 Team USA Women's Ice Hockey Olympic Gold Medalist, 2022 Team USA Ice Hockey Olympic Silver Medalist, 3 time NCAA Champion with the University of Wisconsin • Laila Edwards - 2026 Team USA Women's Ice Hockey Olympic Gold Medalist, first Black woman to play ice hockey for Team USA at the Olympics, first Black woman on Team USA to win an olympic gold medal in ice hockey, 3 time NCAA Champion with the University of Wisconsin
Athletics
Athletics
Bishop Kearney is well known for its athletics programs in Section V, and the new Selects Girls Hockey program. BK has won Section V championship tournaments 59 times over school history. Recent championships include football [class D] (2015), football [C] (2016), girls' volleyball [C] (2016), softball [C] (2017), boys' soccer [C-2] (2017), girls basketball [AA] (2018). boys soccer 2022 Bishop Kearney has claimed New York State titles four times: • boys' basketball in 2009 and 2013. • girls' basketball in 2013. • girls' softball in 2017.
Athletics Facilities
Athletics Facilities
Brother Clark Stadium is an athletics field at the school. The seating capacity of the field, including portable bleachers, is 4,500. It is one of the few high school facilities to have hosted a major league sports team, having been the home field of the Rochester Rattlers of Major League Lacrosse from 2003 to 2005, prior to the Rattlers move to PAETEC Park for the 2006 season.
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- 1.- Bishop Kearney High Schools
- 2.MSA-CSS. MSA-Commission on Secondary Schools.
- 3.Bryant, Erica. Golisano helps high school go high-tech. Democrat and Chronicle. 2007-02-14.
- 4.Bryant, Erica. Golisano offers $3.4M to buy Kearney property. Democrat and Chronicle. 2014-02-19.
- 5.Bishop Kearney looks to transform through girls hockey. Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
- 6.Selects Academy at Bishop Kearney. www.lgshockey.com.
- 7.Holloway, Che. Getting to Know NFL's Quentin Gause: A Fierce Competitor With A Heart Of Gold. 25 August 2018.
- 8.Allen Wilson. Ingoglia Has Rare Opportunity to Impress Home Folks. The Buffalo News. July 18, 1997.
- 9.Bishop Kearney class of '66. Bishop Kearney's 50th Anniversary.
- 10.SoccerSam’s Kick This. Schweitzer should have been #4!. 11 March 2010.
- 11.Mike Critell. Doing all things well: what Bishop Kearney did then and does now.
- 12.Products, Center for Tobacco. Brian King. U.S. Food and Drug Administration. 2023-05-24.
- 13.Burgess, Melissa. The Not-So-Secret Women's Hockey Superstar Incubator in Rochester, NY. The Ice Garden. April 29, 2025.
- 14.Section V Championships Bishop Kearney School of Rochester NY Roman Catholic Education. bkhs.org.
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