Q&A: Meet the new interim principal at Bishop McGann-Mercy High School
Bishop McGann-Mercy High School will start the 2017-18 school year with a new leader. Rev. John Hogan, a Catholic deacon, will become the school’s interim principal next month. He will be the first...
View ArticleMcGann-Mercy teacher attends institute at first president’s estate
Every American knows who George Washington was — commander-in-chief during the American Revolutionary War, a Founding Father and the United States’ first President. What many might not know, however,...
View ArticleMcGann-Mercy club donates $9,000 to Maureen’s Haven
A Bishop McGann-Mercy High School club donated $9,000 to Maureen’s Haven, a Riverhead-based outreach center for homeless people. The “Mercy on a Mission” club presented a check Wednesday to Maryann...
View ArticleBishop McGann-Mercy High School to close
The Diocese of Rockville Center will be closing Bishop McGann-Mercy High School at the end of this school year. High school students not yet graduating can transfer to St. John the Baptist Diocesan...
View ArticleMcGann-Mercy community to march in show of support for saving school
Parents, students and alumni of Bishop McGann-Mercy High School, which the Diocese of Rockville Centre announced will close at the send of the school year, plan to march in the Hampton Bays St....
View ArticleHeartsick supporters of soon to close Catholic schools hit the streets
Hundreds of people were dressed in green to celebrate their Irish heritage at the St. Patrick’s Day parade in Hampton Bays Saturday. But one specific group, over 150 people strong, was decked out in...
View ArticleMercy students on class trip to Italy visit the Vatican to help save school
Bishop McGann-Mercy High School students have gone right to the top in their efforts to save their school, which the Diocese of Rockville Centre will close at the end of the year. During a trip to...
View ArticleWill McGann-Mercy stay open as independent Catholic high school?
Bishop McGann-Mercy High School may have found its Hail Mary pass. During a Friday meeting with two parents, Bishop John Barres said he was open to the idea of a future Catholic school, independent...
View ArticleMeet Bishop-McGann Mercy High School’s last valedictorian
In less than a month, Olivia Valle will stand on that stage at Bishop-McGann Mercy High School and look out at the audience — fellow classmates wearing green and white gowns, the teachers who have...
View ArticleParents hope to open STREAM school at Bishop McGann-Mercy
Things are moving full-steam ahead for a group of parents and community members who are trying to open an independent Catholic high school at the Bishop McGann-Mercy property — or should we say full...
View ArticleMcGann-Mercy’s Class of 2018 celebrates ‘bittersweet’ graduation
Decked in a green cap and gown, Harry Ramos couldn’t hold back tears as he reminisced on his past four years at Bishop McGann-Mercy High School. The recent graduate, who had tossed his cap only...
View ArticleMercy through the years — Alums look back on their time at Riverhead’s...
In 1956 the Superior General of the Sisters of Mercy in Brooklyn sent five nuns to Riverhead with the goal of starting a new Catholic high school. Mercy High School first opened that year in a...
View ArticleGreenport teen bound for Yale plays pivotal role in family business, Widow’s...
Three years ago, Mercator Osinski’s dad, Michael, presented him with a task: What can the family do differently to improve the quality of the oysters their Greenport business, Widow’s Hole Oyster...
View ArticleMercy students on class trip to Italy visit the Vatican to help save school
Bishop McGann-Mercy High School students have gone right to the top in their efforts to save their school, which the Diocese of Rockville Centre will close at the end of the year. During a trip to...
View ArticleWill McGann-Mercy stay open as independent Catholic high school?
Bishop McGann-Mercy High School may have found its Hail Mary pass. During a Friday meeting with two parents, Bishop John Barres said he was open to the idea of a future Catholic school, independent...
View ArticleMeet Bishop-McGann Mercy High School’s last valedictorian
In less than a month, Olivia Valle will stand on that stage at Bishop-McGann Mercy High School and look out at the audience — fellow classmates wearing green and white gowns, the teachers who have...
View ArticleParents hope to open STREAM school at Bishop McGann-Mercy
Things are moving full-steam ahead for a group of parents and community members who are trying to open an independent Catholic high school at the Bishop McGann-Mercy property — or should we say full...
View ArticleMcGann-Mercy’s Class of 2018 celebrates ‘bittersweet’ graduation
Decked in a green cap and gown, Harry Ramos couldn’t hold back tears as he reminisced on his past four years at Bishop McGann-Mercy High School. The recent graduate, who had tossed his cap only...
View ArticleMercy through the years — Alums look back on their time at Riverhead’s...
In 1956 the Superior General of the Sisters of Mercy in Brooklyn sent five nuns to Riverhead with the goal of starting a new Catholic high school. Mercy High School first opened that year in a...
View ArticleGreenport teen bound for Yale plays pivotal role in family business, Widow’s...
Three years ago, Mercator Osinski’s dad, Michael, presented him with a task: What can the family do differently to improve the quality of the oysters their Greenport business, Widow’s Hole Oyster...
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