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Bayley-Ellard High School
Address
205 Madison Avenue Madison , New Jersey 07940  United States
Coordinates	40°46′15″N 74°25′58″W / 40.770841°N 74.432652°W / 40.770841; -74.432652
Information
Motto	Nil sine Deo ("Nothing without God")
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Established	1880
Closed	2005
School district	Diocese of Paterson
CEEB code	310735
Grades	9-12
Campus size	26.6 acres (108,000 m2)
Color(s)	Purple and Gold
Team name	Bishops

Bayley-Ellard High School was a Roman Catholic secondary school in Madison, New Jersey. Established in 1880, it was one of the oldest parochial high schools in the area. The school closed in 2005 due to declining enrollment.

The School of Our Lady of the Assumption in Morristown, New Jersey, founded by Rev. Bernard McQuid in 1850, was the forerunner of the Bayley-Ellard school. A parish grammar school, it was expanded and renamed the Bayley School in 1880 to honor Bishop James Roosevelt Bayley. A two year business course was added to the grammar school curriculum around 1900.

Msgr. Edward Ellard introduced a four-year curriculum in 1920, making Bayley the first Catholic high school in the area.^[1] In 1943, Miss Margaret Hawes bequeathed $100,000 toward the purchase of a new school building to be named in honor of Msgr. Ellard. The 40-acre (160,000 m²) Walker Estate in Madison was purchased. The doors of Bayley-Ellard High School were opened in September 1949, making Bayley the first diocesan Catholic high school in the Paterson Diocese. The school was staffed by the Sisters of Charity, Sisters of Christian Charity, and Dominican Sisters.

It was announced the school would be closing at the end of the 2004-05 school year in May 2005.^[2]

The school was sited on the former Walker Estate. Original buildings included a Colonial Revival mansion, conservatory and carriage house. Bishop's Hall, a classroom-gymnasium complex, was added in 1967, and a new sports complex consisting of football, soccer-lacrosse, baseball, and softball fields was completed later. The borough of Madison purchased the sports fields four years after the school's closing.^[3]

Bayley-Ellard offered a college preparatory curriculum. High honors students were eligible to take courses at Fairleigh Dickinson University.

Student groups and activities at Bayley-Ellard included archeology club, art club, Big Brother/Sister, Christian Service, computer club, consumer business club, crafts club, drama club, forensics, Future Business Leaders of America, hospitality club, literary magazine, Marian Key club, mock trial, music ensemble, National Honor Society, newspaper, peer ministry, ski club, student council, Students Against Destructive Decisions, vocal ensemble, and yearbook.

The Bayley-Ellard athletic teams, known as the Bishops, competed in baseball, basketball, cheerleading, football, lacrosse, soccer, softball, tennis, wrestling, cross-country and track & field. At various times, the school belonged to the Colonial Hills Conference and the Paterson Diocesan Regional League.

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• William M. (“Mike”/“Rocky”) Rees, Class of '67, Head Football Coach, Shippensburg (PA) University ^[4]
• Sheila Pepe, artist^[5]
• Owen J Mcelroy, Football Player. 3X Collegiate All-American Defensive End.
• Kareem Huggins, Class of '04, Running Back for Tampa Bay Buccaneers.

• http://www.bayleyalumni.com/
• Bayley-Ellard: A Part of the Whole
• Bayley-Ellard's future: Parish resource