About BMHS

Our Philosophy

Bishop McNamara High School, a Catholic, Holy Cross, coeducational, college preparatory, liberal arts school provides wide-ranging and evolving curricular and co-curricular activities for students to learn and practice the Catholic faith in an inclusive and dynamic school community. The School integrates this faith message, rooted in the Holy Cross tradition, within all its activities by relating the Gospel to content areas, by the living example of its employees, by partnership with families, and by service to the wider world.

Our Vision

Empowered leaders, inspired by the Gospel, transforming the world.

Our Mission

To educate hearts and minds in a dynamic, inclusive Catholic school community rooted in the Holy Cross tradition.

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Our College Acceptances

THE FOUR PILLARS OF HOLY CROSS

The core of a Holy Cross education & a Bishop McNamara education
are framed by the Four Pillars

#1 - BEING FAMILY

BEING FAMILY

Because today’s students may not know how to “do family,” we have a tremendous opportunity to model it. At the same time, the growing diversity of our school families requires us to stretch our definitions and learn new traditions from our students. Yet healthy family systems also establish good boundaries: consequences for actions, and reasonable expectations. By creating a trusting environment, we can safeguard each other and constantly nourish ourselves. To our educators, being a Holy Cross family is replenishing—and a big part of our identity.

#2 - BUILDING RESPECT

Band and Orchestra at Bishop McNamara High School

Building Respect

Building respect begins in the classroom and the faculty room. It ripples out through extra-curricular activities which include “something for everyone,” personal and academic counseling and tutoring, alumni mentoring programs, admissions and hiring policies, and faculty, staff, and student orientation programs. It deepens through faculty inservice, celebration of achievements, and informal and formal employee recognition programs. Ultimately, it returns us to a place where it begins: our core of living, growing faith.

#3 - EDUCATING MINDS & HEARTS

#4 - BRINGING HOPE

Meet Our Leaders

Dr. John Barnhardt, President/CEO — *Go to* **Dr. John Barnhardt - President/CEO**

Building on our shared vocation as educators in the faith, Bishop McNamara High School’s leadership model:

is focused on teaching Gospel values alongside the core academic curriculum
is respectful and inclusive
embraces the idea of a global community
is committed to providing students with a quality education exemplified by the highest standards

Go to Leadership

Mrs. Dian Carter, Principal of Bishop McNamara High School — *Go to* **Mrs. Dian Carter - Principal**

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