Cardinal Hayes High School
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Cardinal Hayes High School is a Catholic high school
High school
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 for boys in the Bronx, New York City
New York City
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. The school serves the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York
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. It is a member of the CHSAA
Catholic High School Athletic Association
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.

History

Cardinal Hayes was dedicated on September 8, 1941 by Cardinal Spellman. Cardinal Hayes' current rival is Mount Saint Michael Academy
Mount Saint Michael Academy
Mount Saint Michael Academy, also known as The Mount, is an all-boys Roman Catholic High School in the northeast part of the Bronx, New York, on the Mount Vernon city line, . The 22-acre campus is a non-boarding college preparatory school for some 1,100 boys grades 6 through 12...

. The two schools' football teams have met annually, since 1942, on Thanksgiving day. Cardinal Hayes' also takes part in non-annual football rivalries with Cardinal Spellman High School
Cardinal Spellman High School (New York City)
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 and Archbishop Stepinac High School
Archbishop Stepinac High School
Archbishop Stepinac High School is an all-boys Roman Catholic high school in White Plains, New York, that was operated by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York until the 2009-2010 school year when it became independent...

 for the Fathers' Club Trophy and the Father John Dubois Memorial Trophy, respectively.

Fast Facts

  • At $5,900 Hayes has the second lowest Catholic HS annual tuition in the city of New York, behind All Hallows High School, yet the actual cost to educate a student is $7,330 based on an enrollment of 1,000 students. (Rice High School is the lowest at $5,000)
  • 99% of seniors graduate with their high school diploma.
  • 96% of those seniors go on to a college or university.
  • Hayes holds its annual commencement ceremony at St. Patrick's Cathedral (New York) in midtown Manhattan during the month of June.
  • The Freshmen Basketball team is the 2010 "A" Division City Champion.
  • Cardinal Hayes plays a football game against Mount Saint Michael every Thanksgiving Day in the Annual Turkey Bowl Game.

Notable alumni

  • Regis Philbin
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  • Martin Scorsese
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    , American filmmaker
  • Mario Runco, Jr.
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    , U.S. astronaut and former NASA
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     mission specialist
  • Jamal Mashburn
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    , NBA player for the Dallas Mavericks
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    , Miami Heat
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    , and New Orleans Hornets
  • Bobby Sanabria
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  • Willie Colon, NFL player for the Pittsburgh Steelers
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  • George Dzundza
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    , American television and film actor
  • George Pérez
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  • José Madera, American (Latin) percussionist, arranger
  • Bernard McGuirk
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    , Executive producer of the Imus in the Morning
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  • Kery Davis, HBO vice president
  • Don DeLillo
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    , American author and playwright
  • John Sweeney
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    , President AFL-CIO
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     1995-2009 and recipient of the 2010 Presidential Medal of Freedom
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  • George Carlin
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    , American stand-up comedian (did not graduate)
  • Miguel Melendez, President, Overbrook Entertainment
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  • Zachary H. Thompson, Accomplished Graduate of Hampton University
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