Sister Rose Galligan has led the Grymes Hill school for decades
View full sizeSister Rose GalliganSister Rose Galligan, the longtime principal of Notre Dame Academy Elementary School, died today.
She was 72 years old and a member of Congregation of Notre Dame.
Sister Galligan has guided the education of hundreds of Staten Island students in her decades as leader of the Grymes Hill all-girls school.
Funeral arrangements are being handled by Harmon Home for Funerals, West Brighton. A viewing is planned for Monday from 2-8 p.m. in the chapel of Notre Dame Academy High School.
There will be a mass Tuesday at 10 a.m. in St. Peter's R.C. Church, New Brighton. Burial will be in St. Peter's Cemetery, Danbury, Conn.
A complete obituary will follow on silive.com.