Notre Dame-Bishop Gibbons High School is a private

Private school

Private schools, also known as independent schools or nonstate schools, are not administered by local, state or national governments; thus, they retain the right to select their students and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students' tuition, rather than relying on mandatory...

, Roman Catholic high school

High school

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 in Schenectady, New York

Schenectady, New York

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. It is located within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany

Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany

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Background

Bishop Gibbons High School was established in an 1958 as an all-boys school. Bishop Gibbons was founded originally by the Irish Christian brothers. Notre Dame High School was established in 1959 as an all-girls high school. Bishop Gibbons and Notre Dame merged in 1975. The high school principal is Mrs. Ninette Kondratowicz; the current middle school principal is Mr. Richard Harrigan.