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. In 2017, Regis was ranked as the top Catholic high school in the U.S. by '' Town and Country Magazine''.

History

Regis High School was founded in 1914, through the financial bequest of a single (originally anonymous) benefactress, Julia M. Grant, the widow of

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Hugh J. Grant. She stipulated that her gift be used to build a Jesuit high school providing a free education for Catholic boys with special consideration given to those who could not otherwise afford a Catholic education. The school continues that policy and does not charge tuition. The Grants' former home is the residence of the Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations, where the

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stays when he visits New York City. Following the death of her husband in 1910, Julia Grant met with Father David W. Hearn, S.J. and, with a stipulation of strict anonymity, gave him an envelope with the money needed to start a school to educate Catholic boys. After Mrs. Grant died, her children took over the funding of the school. The last surviving member of the family, Lucie Mackey Grant, a daughter-in-law of Julia Grant, died in 2007. Since the 1960s, Regis has relied primarily on the Grant endowments and alumni donations to keep the school tuition-free. Following Lucie Mackey Grant's death, at an auction of her estate, Regis bid successfully for the original golden

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used during Mass when the school was founded in 1914. The school building was designed by

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In popular culture

Television shows and film have used Regis High School as a setting. Shows include: '' Law & Order: Criminal Intent'', ''The Ordained'', and ''

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''. "Tru Love", a Season 6 episode of ''Law & Order: Criminal Intent'' was also directed by

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, a graduate of Regis. The films ''

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'' (1981), '' Finding Forrester'' (2001), '' Remember Me'' (2010), and ''Straight Outta Tompkins'' (2013) feature scenes filmed in classrooms, hallways, and offices of Regis.

Administration

In April 2021, the school announced that it was firing its president, Daniel Lahart, a Jesuit, after an investigation confirmed that he had engaged in "inappropriate and unwelcome verbal communications and physical conduct, all of a sexual nature, with adult members of the Regis community, including subordinates".

Extracurricular activities

''The Owl'', the school's newspaper, interviewed

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leak case prosecutor and alumnus

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in 2006. Its article was linked on the '' Drudge Report'' and quoted by the

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. The Regis Speech and Debate Society, also known as the Hearn Society, is ranked first nationally by the

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as of September 2022.

Notable alumni

Notes

References

Sources

* Andreassi, Anthony (2014). ''Teach Me to Be Generous: The First Century of Regis High School in New York City''
"Excerpt"

''Peterson's Private Secondary Schools 2008''
(Peterson's: Lawrenceville, New Jersey, 2007), p. 485. Retrieved September 7, 2010.

External links

*
The Hearn Fund
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