Cambridge Matignon School
| Matignon High School | |
| Founded | 1945 |
| Principal | Thomas F. Galligani |
| School type | Private Catholic high school
Grades 9-12 |
| Mascot | The Warrior |
Matignon High School is a co-ed Catholic school in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
Campus
Its campus on Matignon Road, Cambridge, is comprised of two school buildings: the main school building and a smaller alumni building containing development offices and art classrooms. The campus is adjacent to a church and a rectory. This church used to be the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston's Immaculate Conception church, but was reopened in January 2006 as the St. Sava Serbian Orthodox church.
History
Matignon High School is named after Father Francis Anthony Matignon. The priest was born in Paris,France on November 10, 1753, he came to America after being ordained into the priesthood and was sent to the U.S.Father Matignon's dream was to establish a Catholic high school in the city of Boston. He was not alive to see this happen, he died in 1818. In 1945, the high school was established by Richard J. Cardinal Cushing (who was then the Archbishop of Boston).
Sports and Clubs
Matignon offers a wide variety of extracurricular activities including sports and clubs. Sports in the fall consist of boys and girls cross country, football, football cheering, boy and girls soccer and girls volleyball. In the winter, there is boys and girls basketball, basketball cheering, boys and girls hockey, hockey cheering, and co-ed swimming. The spring has baseball, golf, girls lacrosse (boys lacrosse depends on the amount of boys who would like or are able to play, but for a few years now, there has not been a boys lacrosse team, due to the small student body of the past few years), softball, and boys and girls track. There are a good amount of clubs at Matignon. A few of the more popular clubs at Matignon are S.A.D.D (Students Against Destructive Descions), Student Council (each grade has its own president,vice president,secretary, and treasurer), National Honor Society (qualifying students are invited to join their sophomore and junior years), drama club (also known as the Matignon Masqueraders), art club, science club, and math club.
Notable Students
Shawn McEachern- current NHL player. (teams: Boston Bruins, Pittsburgh Penguins, Los Angeles Kings, Ottawa Senators and Atlanta Thrashers)
Steve Leach- former NHL player. (teams: Washington Capitals, Boston Bruins, St. Louis Blues, Carolina Hurricanes, Ottawa Senators, Phoenix Coyotes, and Pittsburg Penguins)
Niko Dimitrakos- current NHL player. (teams: San Jose Sharks and Philadelphia Flyers)