Little Flower Catholic High School for Girls | |
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1000 West Lycoming Street , 19140 United States | |
Coordinates | 40°0′48″N 75°8′38″W / 40.01333°N 75.14389°W |
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Type | Private, All-Female |
Motto | Vigilate et Orate (Watch and Pray) |
Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
Patron saint(s) | St Therese of Lisieux |
Established | 1939 |
President | Mrs. Kristie Hughes Dugan |
Principal | Ms. Kathleen Thérèse Radebaugh |
Grades | 9-12 |
Color(s) | Maroon and White |
Mascot | Sentinel |
Nickname | LF |
Team name | Sentinels |
Rival | Hallahan |
Accreditation | Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools[1] |
Publication | Literary Garland |
Newspaper | Theresian |
Yearbook | Garland |
Tuition | $8,000 |
Alumni | over 36,000 |
Director of Philanthropy | Amy Steinmetz Carthy, '87 |
Director of Institutional Advancement | S. Joan Ames, IHM |
Admissions Director | Kia Benjamin |
Athletic Director | Tim McCartney |
Website | littleflowerhighschool.org |
Little Flower Catholic High School for Girls is a Catholic high school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania within the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. It is named after Saint Therese de Lisieux and is located in the Hunting Park section of North Philadelphia. Little Flower publishes one of the most award-winning high school newspapers in the archdiocese, The Theresian.[citation needed]
Little Flower High School consists of roughly 700 girls and 7 boys. The boys are a part of Little Flower's ESOL Program (English for Speakers of Other Languages). The school's Alma Mater is sung by the students at a number of different events throughout the school year, including dances, proms, and assemblies.