St. Mary's High School, Greenwich, CT.

     In 1954, Monsignor Michael Guerin was pastor of St. Mary Parish in Greenwich. He wanted to establish a Catholic high school for his parishioners.  He established St. Mary High School and the school began by holding classes in the afternoon at St. Mary Grammar School on Greenwich Avenue.  St. Mary Parish   purchased property on North Street in Greenwich, built classrooms, and classes began there in 1955. 

     The first principal of St. Mary High School was Sr. Mary Natalie, O.P.   Father Andrew Gilbride was principal during the 1961-62 school year.   Father Stanley Rousseau was appointed principal in September 1962. 

     In 1964, St. Mary High School was taken over by the Diocese of Bridgeport to be operated as a diocesan high school.  Fr. Rousseau remained principal until 1965. 

    In 1965, St. Mary Girls High School was established on Stanwich Road in Greenwich.  Its first principal was Sr. Mary Walter, O.S.F.  The following year   Sr. Mary Euphrosine, O.S.F., was appointed principal.  The boys remained at the North Street campus, renamed St. Mary Boys High School.   Fr. Francis Galla was appointed principal in 1965.   He remained in this position until 1969 when he was named Assistant Superintendent of Schools for the diocese.  Fr. James Gay was assigned as principal at the beginning of the school year 1969.

     St. Mary Boys High School and St. Mary High Girls School were reunited in 1970 when the girls returned to the North Street campus.   Fr. Gay continued to oversee the school until June of 1984.  His tenure   as principal was the longest in the history of the school. 

     Brother Richard McCann was appointed principal for the school year 1984-85, but resigned after only serving one year as the school’s principal.  The Diocese named Sr. Helen Doychak as interim principal.  She was succeeded by Father Carl Tershak who remained as principal until June of   1986. 

     Mr. James Stanley was named principal for the school year 1986 and remained until June of 1990.

     Sister Patricia Moloughney was St. Mary’s final principal.  The school  was closed by Bishop Edward Egan in 1991 as a result of declining enrollment. Many tenured faculty members were placed in the other schools in the diocese. Two of these faculty members are presently serving at Trinity Catholic High School: Mr. William McAndrews and Mr. Michael McDermott.