


Another Catholic school in the region will be shutting it’s doors at the end of the 2022-23 school year, officials at the Cambridge Matignon School announced Tuesday.
“Although we continue to boast an extensive international student program, strong pipeline to top-tier colleges and universities as well as an immensely experienced and educated faculty, we unfortunately are not immune from the financial challenges that go with continuing this expectation of greatness,” Board of Trustees President Marc-Anthony Hourihan wrote in the announcement.
Despite staff’s best efforts, Hourihan said, the school’s inability to secure funding and enrollment issues have “resulted in insurmountable financial pressures that forced us to make this decision.”
The co-ed, private college-prep school, under the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston, is set to celebrate its 75th anniversary this year.
The announcement follows closure announcements from an 88-year-old Catholic school in Newton and 137-year-old Catholic school in Brighton this year, on top of a wave of similar school closures during the pandemic.
Tuition at the school is listed as $17,500 for domestic students and $25,000 for international students, though the school notes 85% of students receive financial aid.
Over the past six years, a school spokesperson said, the institution has seen a 25% decrease in enrollment. The school officials cited a smaller pool of high school-age kids in the region and the cut off of international students during the pandemic as causes.
“We have been able to enjoy 75 years of incredible achievements during our illustrious history,” Hourihan wrote. “Our school has developed a reputation for academic excellence, athletic dominance, world-class teaching and an outstanding alumni network that has gone on to tremendous heights in their professional careers.”
The school is perhaps most notable as a historic boy’s hockey powerhouse. Since the 1970s, the boy’s Matignon Warriors team won eight state hockey championships and launched a number of professional hockey careers, including Shawn McEachern, Steve Leach and Niko Dimitrakos.
The school year, which concludes on June 8, will end with as much normalcy as possible, a school spokesperson said. The only major change will be the cancellation of the Tradition of Excellence Gala, a major fundraiser for the school.
The school will also be holding a High School Fair and cancelling classes over three days to allow students to review and find new schools.
“We will always honor the celebrated history of this great institution, and we will work to ensure the transition process is treated with the most respect and support possible for everyone affected by this decision,” Hourihan concluded.