Holy Redeemer High School is a high school of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Scranton

Roman Catholic Diocese of Scranton

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Scranton, of which St. Peter's Cathedral in Scranton, Pennsylvania, is the mother church, consists of 11 counties in northeastern Pennsylvania, United States....

, located in Wilkes-Barre

Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

Wilkes-Barre is a city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, the county seat of Luzerne County. It is at the center of the Wyoming Valley area and is one of the principal cities in the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre metropolitan area, which had a population of 563,631 as of the 2010 Census...

, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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, United States

United States

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. Holy Redeemer High School is located in Luzerne County

Luzerne County, Pennsylvania

- Demographics :As of the 2010 census, the county was 90.7% White, 3.4% Black or African American, 0.2% Native American, 1.0% Asian, 3.3% were of some other race, and 1.5% were two or more races. 6.7% of the population was of Hispanic or Latino ancestry...

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Holy Redeemer

In January 2007, Bishop Joseph Martino

Joseph Francis Martino

Joseph Francis Martino is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church and the Retired Bishop of Scranton. He served as bishop of Scranton until his resignation was accepted by Pope Benedict XVI on 31 August 2009....

 announced the consolidation of four schools into a central Catholic high school for Luzerne County. On February 27, 2007, James J. Redington, then-principal

Head teacher

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 of Seton Catholic High School in Pittston

Pittston, Pennsylvania

Pittston is a city in Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, United States, between Scranton and Wilkes-Barre. It gained prominence in the late 19th and early 20th centuries as an active anthracite coal mining city, drawing a large portion of its labor force from European immigrants. The population was...

, was selected to be the first principal of the new Holy Redeemer High School. The school opened on July 1, 2007. It is a consolidation of Bishop Hafey High School

Bishop Hafey High School

Bishop Hafey High School was a Roman Catholic high school of the Diocese of Scranton, located in Hazleton, Pennsylvania. By the order of Bishop Joseph F. Martino, the high school was closed in June of 2007....

 in Hazleton

Hazleton, Pennsylvania

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, Bishop Hoban High School

Bishop Hoban High School

Bishop Hoban High School was a Roman Catholic high school of the Diocese of Scranton, located in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. The school was founded in 1971, and the new building opened in 1972 after the Agnes flood. The school was named after Most Rev. Michael J. Hoban, second Bishop of Scranton...

 in Wilkes-Barre, Bishop O'Reilly High School in Kingston

Kingston, Pennsylvania

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 and Seton Catholic High School in Pittston. The school is housed in the former Bishop Hoban building.

Holy Redeemer's team name is the Royals and its colors are red, white and gold. It opened its doors for the first day of school in August 2007 and by fall of that year, its students and faculty had celebrated the first Opening Liturgy

Mass (liturgy)

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 at St. Nicholas Church and the first Junior Ring Ceremony.

The school was not in session on February 28, 2008, because a majority of faculty members called in sick to protest the diocese's refusal to acknowledge a teachers' union. The following day, over 200 students conducted a walkout in support of the teachers and their position. The diocese did not accept the union's terms.

On April 29, 2008, Holy Redeemer conducted their first official ceremony for the school's National Honor Society

National Honor Society

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. Later that year, the high school community celebrated their first senior awards ceremony

Award ceremony

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 and senior graduation

Graduation

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.

The high school's first student government election was held on December 17, 2008. The first student body officers were: President Joseph Sebastianelli, Vice President Matthew Powell, Secretary Moses Sam, and Treasurer Robert Gawlas.

In June 2010, the school's first principal, James Redington, retired. The assistant principal, Anita Sirak, succeeded

Order of succession

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 him.

Activities

Activities at Holy Redeemer include:

• Anime Club
• Band
• Baseball
• Basketball
• Bowling Club
• Cheerleading
• Chess Club
• Chorus
• Color Guard
• Cross Country
• Diving
• Field Hockey

• Football
• Forensics
• French Club
• GLBT Alliance
• Golf
• Ice Hockey
• Investment Club
• Latin Club
• Library Aides
• Mock Law

• National Honor Society
• Pro-Life Club
• P.J.A.S.
• Royal Singers
• Saint Michael's Society
• School Musical
• Ski Club

• Soccer
• Softball
• Spanish Club
• Stage Crew
• Student Leadership Council
• Swimming
• Tennis
• Track & Field
• T.V. Club
• Volleyball
• Wrestling
• Yearbook Staff>

Principals of Holy Redeemer

	Principal Head teacher A head teacher or school principal is the most senior teacher, leader and manager of a school....	Term Term of office Term of office or term in office refers to the length of time a person serves in a particular office.-Prime Minister:In the United Kingdom, the Prime Minister has no term limits...
1	James J. Redington	2007 - 2010
2	Anita M. Sirak	2010 - present Present Present is a time that is neither past nor future.Present may also refer to:- Time and timing :* Present tense, the grammatical tense of a verb* Before Present, radiocarbon dates relative to AD 1950* Presenting, a medical term* Presenteeism...