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Bishop Thomas Francis Hendricken High School is a Catholic, all male, college preparatory high school located in Warwick, Rhode Islandmarker, in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Providence. It is staffed by the Congregation of Christian Brothers. The school's current president is Brother Thomas R. Leto, CFC and its principal is Joseph Brennan '72. The school was originally staffed by the Brothers of the Holy Cross, who left in 1970.

Facilities

The school was founded in 1959. In 1997 and early 1998, the school built a new South Gymnasium; a outdoor street hockey/basketball area; a redesigned West Gate on Oakland Beach Avenue; and a west wing of classrooms . In 2006 the school built a new state of the art 350 seat theatre, of new classrooms, and a new band suite that has been added to the landscape of Bishop Hendricken. All of the new classrooms were equipped with SmartBoard Technology.Also in 2006 the school installed state of the art artificial turf onto the Hawk football field. Bishop Hendricken was the first high school in the state of Rhode Island to have artificial turf on the football field.

Academics

Since the last construction at Hendricken in 2006, the new of classrooms have all been equipped with SmartBoard Technology. Every year Hendricken graduates are going to leading colleges and universities throughout the United States. In the past such top colleges such as Duke University, Harvard, Columbia, Princeton, Brown, Yale, Dartmouth, Georgetown, and Boston College have accepted Hendricken students. Hendricken has had many National Merit Scholars and one Rhodes Scholar (Craig Mullaney).

Students take advantage of Hendricken's wide variety of advanced placement courses with scores that are among the best in the state. Each year, graduating seniors receive over $1,000,000 USD in tuition aid from the various colleges of their choice.

Athletics

In 2008 Sports Illustrated rated Bishop Hendricken as the #1 athletic program in the state of Rhode Island.

Basketball- Hendricken has won six straight Division 1 state basketball championships as of March 14, 2009. In the 2007-2008 year the Hawks tallied a 22-2 record and defeated Woonsocket 67-64 to win the RI state championship. x2=fj

Baseball- The Hendricken Hawks baseball team tallied their 15th state championship in Division 1 play after defeating North Kingstown to win the 2009 Rhode Island State Championshionship. The Hawks have won 9 state championships in the last 13 years alone.

Hockey- Hendricken's hockey team is always at the top of the league and has won several championships in recent years.

Football- BHHS has turned out such NFL and college football players as Will Blackmon (Boston College), Matt Sherry (Villanova University), Jeffrey Ryan (Boston College), and Steve Furness (University of Rhode Island).Lacrosse- Hendricken’s lacrosse team is a Division 1 team. They have won state championships in 2001, 2004, 2005, and 2007. They currently hold more state titles than any other team in Rhode Island.

Swimming- Since the 1989-1990 season the Hawks have won 20 consecutive swimming state championships. Since the start of division 1 swimming the Hawks have tallied a total of 23 swimming state championships.

Indoor Track- Hendricken has won 14 Indoor Track state championships since 1994 to 2008 and have won a total of 21 Indoor Track state championships.

Sailing- Previously led by senior captain Ryan Spirito, the Hawks sailing team had a successful 2008 season, placing 12th in the O'Day fleet racing meet.

Soccer- BHHS soccer is currently led by goalie Justin Skerpan

Rugby- Hendricken Rugby fields a division I team in the NERFU (New England Rugby Football Union) league and is traditionally competitive in the highest echelon of U19 NERFU Rugby. Recent finishes include 3rd in New England (2007) and 7th in New England (2008). The Hawks are led by senior captain and eight man Paul Link in 2009 and are currently 4-0 as of April 12th, 2009. The Hawks are the only U19 team in Rhode Island, and thus must face teams from Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New Hampshire for regular season matches. Teams faced include but is not limited to: St. John's Prep, Boston College High School, Amoskeag Youth Rugby Football Club, Middlesex Youth Rugby Football Club, Xaverian Brothers High School, Arlington Catholic, Catholic Memorial, Falmouth, and Marshfield. Hendricken has fielded a Rugby team (typically both an A-Side and a B-Side) for 9 years, dating back to 2000.

Volleyball- The Hendricken volleyball team won four straight titles from 2003-2007 and currently has four players playing in college.

Fight Song

Fight for the green, fight for the gold, mighty men of Hendricken. Fight for the strong, fight for the bold, alma mater ever true. Soar through the sky, oh valiant hawks, symbol of the brave and true ... so Fight, Fight, Fight, with all your might, Mighty Men of Hendricken!!


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