Carondelet High School is an all-girls private

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, United States. Carondelet High School was founded in 1965 by the

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. The school enrolls about 800 students. It shares some resources with the all-boys De La Salle High School, which is across a side-street that separates them. De La Salle High School was founded by the Christian Brothers. Students in their junior and senior years are able to take classes at the other school for four of the school's six class periods, and also as lowerclassmen for language and art. The school is located within the Diocese of Oakland.

History

Carondelet was founded in 1965, by the Sisters of Saint Joseph of Carondelet. as suggested by the first Bishop of Oakland, California, Bishop Floyd Begin of Oakland. At that time, Carondelet was the only Catholic high school for girls in Contra Costa County. It opened in September 1965, consisting of only six classrooms and six teachers, three sisters and three lay women. The freshman class was of only 115 young women. The school was completed on October 22, 1966, and was dedicated to Bishop Floyd Begin. In September 1969, Carondelet established a cooperative academic program with De La Salle High School, the all-boys Roman Catholic campus located across the street. Thus, Carondelet expanded their academics by allowing juniors and seniors from both schools to attend selected classes from either campus.

Notable alumni

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, Class of 2006, Stanford basketball team, WNBA San Antonio Silver Stars County *

Natalie Coughlin Natalie Anne Coughlin Hall (born August 23, 1982) is an American former competition swimmer and twelve-time Olympic medalist. While attending the University of California, Berkeley, she became the first woman ever to swim the 100-meter backstro ...

, Class of 2000, Olympic swimming champion and 12-time medalist * Nancy O'Malley Class of 1971, District Attorney of Alameda County *

Tiffany Roberts Tiffany Roberts Sahaydak (born Tiffany Marie Roberts; May 5, 1977) is an American soccer coach, former defender, and Olympic gold medalist. She was also a member of the 1999 U.S. national team that won the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup. She beca ...

, Class of 1995, U.S. women's soccer team * Rosanne Siino, Class of 1980, retired vice president of communications for Netscape Communications Corporation, consultant; teacher at Stanford University, former Director of Communication and teacher at Carondelet High School * Marcie Ward, Class of 2000, soccer player

References

External links

Carondelet High School website

De La Salle High School
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