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high school with an emphasis on

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located in the Brookland Neighborhood of

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, serving students from around the

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. It is owned and operated by the

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, is part of the

, and is affiliated with the

through its dual-enrollment program.

History

Archbishop Carroll High School opened in 1951 and expressed the vision of Patrick A. O'Boyle, the first archbishop of the Archdiocese of Washington, who felt strongly that the Catholic Church should lead by example in the area of integration. Named in honor of

John Carroll John Carroll may refer to: People Academia and science *Sir John Carroll (astronomer) (1899–1974), British astronomer *John Alexander Carroll (died 2000), American history professor *John Bissell Carroll (1916–2003), American cognitive sci ...

, the first Catholic archbishop in the United States, the school offered a college preparatory education for young men, regardless of race or ethnicity. For its first 40 years, the

Augustinian Friars The Order of Saint Augustine, ( la, Ordo Fratrum Sancti Augustini) abbreviated OSA, is a religious mendicant order of the Catholic Church. It was founded in 1244 by bringing together several eremitical groups in the Tuscany region who were fo ...

operated Archbishop Carroll. In 1989, the Archdiocese of Washington merged all four of its high schools—boys' schools, Archbishop Carroll and Mackin, and girls' schools, All Saints and Holy Spirit—into one school on the Archbishop Carroll site. From 2009-2019, Archbishop Carroll High School participated as an

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and offered the

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. As of the 2019-2020 School Year, Archbishop Carroll High School has transitioned to pre-Advanced Placement (PreAP) and Advanced Placement (AP) coursework.

Notable alumni

Jeremiah Attaochu Jeremiah Ojimaojo Attaochu (born January 17, 1993) is a Nigerian born American football outside linebacker for the Los Angeles Chargers of the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the San Diego Chargers in the second round of the 2 ...

(2010), defensive end for the

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Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje Ruben Bertrand Boumtje-Boumtje (born May 20, 1978) is a Cameroonian professional basketball executive and former player who last served as the assistant general manager of the Delaware Blue Coats of the NBA G League. He played college basketball ...

(1997), former

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and

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basketball player and executive * Michael A. Brown (1985), politician (at-large council member on the D.C. City Council) and convicted felon. *

Austin Carr Austin George Carr (born March 10, 1948) is an American former professional basketball player who played for the Cleveland Cavaliers, Dallas Mavericks, and Washington Bullets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He is known by Cleveland ...

(Mackin, 1967), former Notre Dame and NBA player *

Johnny Dawkins Johnny Earl Dawkins Jr. (born September 28, 1963) is an American basketball coach and former player who is the head coach for the UCF men's basketball team. From 2008 to 2016, he was the head coach of Stanford. He was a two-time All-American ...

(Mackin, 1982), former

Duke University Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina. Founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day city of Trinity in 1838, the school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco and electric power industrialist James ...

and NBA player and current head coach at the

University of Central Florida The University of Central Florida (UCF) is a public research university whose main campus is in unincorporated Orange County, Florida. UCF also has nine smaller regional campuses throughout central Florida. It is part of the State University ...

* Roger Fairfax (1990), legal scholar, Dean of the

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, and Chair of the Board of Directors of Archbishop Carroll High School in Washington, D.C. * Marvin Graves (1989), former

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and

CFL The Canadian Football League (CFL; french: Ligue canadienne de football—LCF) is a professional sports league in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football. The league consists of nine teams, each located in a ci ...

football player * Bernard Griffith (Mackin),

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assistant coach, head basketball coach at

Dillard University Dillard University is a private, historically black university in New Orleans, Louisiana. Founded in 1930 and incorporating earlier institutions founded as early as 1869 after the American Civil War, it is affiliated with the United Church of Ch ...

, and national champion high school head coach *

Rich Harrison Richard Christopher Harrison (born 1979) is an American record producer and songwriter from Washington, D.C., specializing in R&B and hip hop music. The winner of a Grammy Award, Harrison is well known for producing songs such as "Get Right" ...

(1993), music producer * Tom Hoover (1959),

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and pro basketball player, first-round pick in 1963 NBA draft * Joe Johnson (1981), played football for

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Minnesota Vikings The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis. They compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the National Football Conference (NFC) North division. Founded in 1960 as an expansion ...

Eddie Jordan Edmund Patrick Jordan, OBE (born 30 March 1948), also known as EJ, is an Irish businessman, television personality and former motorsport team owner. Born in Dublin, Jordan worked first at the Bank of Ireland. He won the Irish Kart Championshi ...

(1973), former

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player, head coach *

Kris Joseph Kristopher Carlos Joseph (born December 17, 1988) is a Canadian professional basketball player for Ottawa Blackjacks of the Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL). He played for the Syracuse Orange men's basketball team from 2008 to 2012. He ...

(2008),

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basketball player *

Jevon Langford Jevon Dicorious Langford (born February 16, 1974) is a former professional American football player who played defensive end for six seasons for the Cincinnati Bengals The Cincinnati Bengals are a professional American football team based in ...

(1992), defensive end for

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Derrick Lewis Derrick James Lewis (born February 7, 1985) is an American professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Heavyweight division in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC), where he currently holds the record for most knockouts ...

(1984), professional basketball player *

Mike Lonergan Michael Thomas Lonergan (born January 28, 1966) is the former head coach of the George Washington University Colonials men's basketball team. He replaced Karl Hobbs. He was formerly the coach of the University of Vermont Catamounts and the Cath ...

(1984), Former basketball head coach

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, and

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Edward Malloy The Rev. Edward Aloysius Malloy, C.S.C. (born May 3, 1941), nicknamed "Monk", served from 1987 to 2005 as the 16th president of the University of Notre Dame.

(1959), 16th president of

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Rodney McGruder Rodney Christian McGruder (born July 29, 1991) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the Kansas State Wildcats. Colle ...

(2005-2008) professional basketball player for the

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. He played college basketball for

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. *

Lawrence Moten Lawrence Edward Moten (born March 25, 1972) is an American retired professional basketball player. Moten attended Archbishop Carroll High School in Washington, D.C. and the New Hampton School in New Hampton, New Hampshire before playing his colle ...

(1991), played basketball for

* Martin Puryear (1959), artist known for devotion to traditional craft *

Boyd Rutherford Boyd Kevin Rutherford (born April 1, 1957) is an American politician, businessman and attorney serving as the ninth lieutenant governor of Maryland since 2015. A member of the Republican Party, Rutherford was nominated by President George W. Bu ...

(1974),

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* Michael S. Steele (1977), former chairman of

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, former

* John Thompson, Jr. (1960),

basketball coach * Robert White (2000), Democratic at-large seat on the

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(1994), former defensive tackle for the

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and

References

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External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Archbishop Carroll High School (Washington, Dc) Catholic secondary schools in Washington, D.C. Educational institutions established in 1951 International Baccalaureate schools in Washington, D.C. 1951 establishments in Washington, D.C. Catholic University of America