Students at Bishop Maginn are required to perform in State Regents testing.
Activities and clubs
Bishop Maginn High School says that 90% of their students participate in school activities.
Sports
The school offers 10 sports teams for men and women and are as followed
Men's Team
Women's Team
Season
Football
X
Fall
X
Tennis
Fall
Cross Country
Cross Country
Fall
X
Volleyball
Fall
X
Cheerleading
Fall
Bowling
Bowling
Winter
X
Cheerleading
Winter
Basketball
Basketball
Winter
Baseball
X
Spring
X
Softball
Spring
Track and Field
Track and Field
Spring
Extracurriculars
The students are encouraged to join in clubs that let them be exposed to different cultures, help their community and learn outside of the traditional classroom setting. Some of those activities include:
Bishop Maginn is named after the former Auxiliary Bishop of AlbanyEdward Joseph Maginn. Two former high schools operated by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany, Vincentian Institute and Cardinal McCloskey High School, were merged in 1977, creating Bishop Maginn High School in the former McCloskey building. Declining enrollments and an aging Vincentian building made it necessary for the Diocese to use the newer McCloskey building for the new school. The first graduating class from Bishop Maginn was the Class of 1978. Formerly rivals, the students from both VI and McCloskey accepted each other in a harmonious display of unity, adopting an enthusiastic spirit for the new school. Each of the former schools' mascots, VI's lion and McCloskey's cardinal, were also merged to create the Maginn Griffin. The coat of arms for the new created school contains the line 'Veni Lumen Cordium', which in Latin means 'Come light of the heart'. In 2015, it was announced that due to declining enrollment and increased budget deficits, Bishop Maginn would move to the smaller, former Cathedral Academy building in downtown Albany. The school relocated to the former Cathedral Academy building for the 2015-2016 school year. Bishop Maginn's former building at 99 Slingerland St is now leased and home to Green Tech High Charter School.
Alma mater
In 1980, Anne Gould Penned composed An Ode to Bishop Maginn. It became Maginn's Alma Mater, and is sung annually by the graduating class at each commencement ceremony and by the members of the National Honors Society at their honorary ceremony.
Hail to our Blue and Gold! Your Spirit will remain Long after high school years have passed And generations changed. The Griffins' pride and faith Will ever be our guide, With loyalty and fellowship And service by our side Your blue will give us strength Your gold will light our ways Maginn - our Alma Mater To you we sign our praise!
