Bishop McGann-Mercy High School

Peconic Bay Medical Center Foundation has acquired the 24-acre former McGann-Mercy High School site from the Diocese of Rockville Centre for $14 million. The hospital has no immediate plans for the property and will seek input from the Town of Riverhead and the community to develop a long-range strategic plan for the campus, according to PBMC president and CEO Andrew Mitchell.

Riverhead school district officials, who have been negotiating with the Diocese of Rockville Centre since last summer, will publicly present a proposal to purchase the former high school at the Aug. 27 school board meeting.

“When the contract is finalized, it will be presented to the Board of Education for their approval at a public meeting,” Superintendent Dr. Aurelia Henriquez said in an email today. “Once that happens, it will eventually go to the voters for their approval.”

The school district acknowledges "ongoing discussions" with the Diocese of Rockville Centre, which the district first contacted in early May to express 'great interest' in purchasing the former Catholic high school; it has had an appraisal and environmental testing done, according to documents obtained by RiverheadLOCAL through the Freedom of Information Law.

Students at McGann-Mercy High School worked hard all year raising money for a charitable cause. They ended up with thousands of dollars to donate to the Ronald McDonald House of Long Island.

“Unfortunately this graduation is not just about the Class of 2018, it is for everyone who’s losing their home base,” valedictorian Olivia Valle told a packed auditorium at McGann-Mercy's 58th and final graduation.

McGann-Mercy swept Southold to win the Suffolk Class C Championship yesterday in Southold.

Sarah Penny pitched a complete-game gem, fanning 11 and giving up just four hits and no walks as McGann-Mercy defeated Southold 3-0 in the opening game of the Class C finals yesterday.

Bishop McGann-Mercy High School has named its top 10 students in the 2018 graduating class.

A group determined to save Catholic secondary education in eastern Suffolk has developed a business and academic plan to open a STEM high school on the campus of Bishop McGann-Mercy High School, which the Diocese of Rockville Center is closing next month.