Albertus Magnus High School, also known as AMHS, Albertus, and Magnus, is an American Catholic, co-educational high school located in Bardonia, New York, named after the German philosopher and theologian of the same name. It is the only Catholic high school in Rockland County, New York.
The school is administered by the Dominican Sisters of Sparkill, which was founded on May 6, 1876, in New York City by Mother Catherine Mary Antoninus Thorpe. Albertus Magnus High School is one of the many schools and missions in New York State, Missouri, Maryland, Montana, Pakistan, and Peru staffed by the Sparkill Dominicans in their 130-year history.
More than 80 percent of the student body participates in the many extracurricular activities available at the school.
At the request of Cardinal Spellman in the early 1950s, the Dominican Sisters of Sparkill founded Albertus Magnus High School.
In July 1957, the property was purchased and thus began the journey of Albertus Magnus, the first Catholic secondary school in Rockland County.[2]
By September 1960, the new school and convent were ready for occupancy.[3] Since the first graduating class in 1961, 7,189 students have graduated from the school.[3]
The school is accredited by the Middle States Association, Commission on Secondary Schools.
In 2022, the Albertus Magnus Girls Soccer Team won the NYS Class A Championship, finished the season as the #1 ranked team in all of New York State. [4]
In 2023, the Boys Baseball team reached the New York State Final Four for Class B.[5]
The Girls varsity basketball team won the Class AA New York State Championship in 2024, their first state title in basketball since 1992, while the girls softball team made their first ever final four.[6] [7]