Saint Charles Preparatory School
| Saint Charles Preparatory School | |
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2010 East Broad Street , , 43209-1665 | |
| Coordinates | 39°58′09″N 82°56′51″W / 39.9692310°N 82.9474030°W |
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| Type | Private, All-Male |
| Motto | Euntes Ergo Docete Omnes Gentes (Going out, therefore, teach all nations) |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
| Established | 1923 |
| Founder | Bishop James J. Hartley |
| Oversight | Roman Catholic Diocese of Columbus |
| Superintendent | Lucia McQuaide[1] |
| CEEB code | 361595 |
| Principal | Dominic Cavello[1] |
| Teaching staff | 35 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 616 (2008) |
| • Grade 9 | 180 |
| • Grade 10 | 170 |
| • Grade 11 | 149 |
| • Grade 12 | 117 |
| Average class size | 19.1 |
| Campus | Urban |
| Color(s) | Cardinal Red and White[1] |
| Athletics conference | Central Catholic League |
| Mascot | Charlie the Cardinal |
| Team name | Cardinals[1] |
| Newspaper | The Carolian |
| Yearbook | The Spectrum |
| Tuition | $7,190 |
| Academic Dean | Scott Pharion |
| Dean of Students | James Lower |
| Athletic Director | Dave Lawler[1] |
| Website | http://www.stcharlesprep.org |
Saint Charles Preparatory School is a four-year college preparatory school (a type of high school) in Columbus, Ohio. It was founded in 1923 by the fourth Bishop of Columbus, James J. Hartley, as a Roman Catholic college seminary. Today, it is an all-male high school serving the Roman Catholic Diocese of Columbus.
The school's patron is Saint Charles Borromeo, and its motto, inscribed above the front door, is Euntes Ergo Docete Omnes Gentes, a quote from the Gospel of Matthew in the Latin Vulgate: "Going out, therefore, teach all nations." The school has been described as "The Distinctive Leader in Catholic Education." The original nickname of Saint Charles students is "Carolians." (It is derived from the Latin word "Carolus," which means "Charles.") In 1947, the students also began to refer to themselves as "Cardinals." The Saint Charles sports mascot is Charlie the Cardinal.
==Founding and construcST CHARLES IS GAY The school was founded in 1923 by Bishop James J. Hartley. The first classes were held at Sacred Heart School, an all girls Catholic school, while the main school building was being built. In 1925, construction of the main school building was completed and classes were held there.
1931 saw the completion of St. Charles’ gymnasium and the Our Lady Lourdes Grotto. Major renovations were made to the gym in 1951 to more than double the capacity.
A Gaelic-style chapel (called the "Lower Chapel") was added on to the east side of the school in 1937. Bishop Hartley dedicated the chapel to Mother of Mercy. A Milwaukee art company beautified the chapel with artwork in 1952.
A natatorium was built next to the multipurpose room in 1990. In 1999, the Jack Ryan Training and Fitness Facility was built adjoining to the gym.
By the 1990s, since St. Charles was no longer a seminary and it did not house students, the dorm rooms were not necessary. The former art room on the fourth floor was used for housing purposes. In 1993, the campus library, which had previously been dorm rooms were converted into a physics lab. The library was moved to what was formerly the "upper chapel." In 1995, residence rooms for priests were also converted into classrooms because no priests lived in them. The office and living quarters for Monsignor Thomas M. Bennett, a Social Studies teacher, however, were maintained on the main floor of the school until his death on September 7, 2008.
Construction on the $5.5 million Robert C. Walter Student Commons and the Student Services and Fine Arts Center, the largest addition to Saint Charles in its history, began in June 2005. The approximately 27,000-square-foot (2,500 m2) addition, which replaced the courtyard behind the school, was ready for graduation at the end of the following school year; however, it was not available for full use until the 2006-2007 school year. The addition houses the 15,000-square-foot (1,400 m2) Robert C. Walter Student Commons Area, which serves as a new cafeteria and provides ample seating space for school and community functions. The Walter Student Commons is named in memory of Robert C. Walter, father of 1963 graduate Robert D. “Bob” Walter, honorary chairman and lead contributor to the current capital campaign being conducted to finance the new addition. Bob Walter and his ’63 classmate, architect Robert Corna of Cleveland, initiated the concept for the Commons nearly two years ago. Corna was the architect on the project, and based his designs off of a similar plan for Saint Ignatius High School in Cleveland, also an all-male school. On the columns supporting the roof are glass panes, which bear the names of all of the alumni of the school, written with laser. Behind the Robert C. Walter Student Commons Area is the 12,000-square-foot (1,100 m2) Student Services & Fine Arts Center. The ground floor anchors the north end of the atrium, and houses a new kitchen, sponsored by Donatos Pizza, and restrooms. The second floor houses offices for the guidance and counseling programs, campus ministry, and the school nurse. On the third floor is an extensive art room and gallery, with a kiln and mud rooms; and a music and choir room, with instrument storage and practice rooms; as well as offices for the respective instructors. The second and third floor connect to the original building at its rear stairwell, and to the Robert C. Walter Student Commons Area by a staircase.
Academics
St. Charles graduation requirements include: 4 years of religion class, English, foreign language, mathematics, and science; 3 years of social studies; and 1 year of fine arts, health, physical education. Some of the AP classes that are offered to juniors and seniors are AP Latin, Biology, Physics, Chemistry, English, Calculus and American History.
Saint Charles is one of the last schools to require students to take at least two years of Latin, a practice retained from the school's past as a seminary where four years of Latin and two years of Greek used to be mandatory.
Many students graduating from Saint Charles attend some of the premier college institutions in the country, including the University of Notre Dame, Harvard, Boston College, Cornell University, Yale University, The University of Pennsylvania, Kenyon College, and Washington University in St. Louis. There is also a notably large number of students each year who are admitted to and attend the United States service academies.
In 2005, Saint Charles Preparatory was one of three schools in Central Ohio to have every sophomore pass every section of the new Ohio Graduation Test. (The state-wide public school pass rate was 64%.) In addition, the graduating class of 2009, with 117 students, had 10 National Merit Semifinalists and 20 Commended Scholars, one of the highest percentages in Central Ohio. Considering the requirements for National Merit designation, this fact implies that over 25% of this graduating class was in the top 2% of national college-bound students, a rate typical of Saint Charles students.
Theatre
Since St. Charles is an all-male school, the theatre department has had to use different methods to incorporate the female roles of plays and musicals. Both prep school and seminary students performed the first plays at St. Charles in 1929 under the direction of Monsignor Joseph A. Cousins. Female roles were played by male students dressing up as women until 1971. It was then that Mrs. Teresa McLean (the school’s biology teacher) became the first woman to perform in a St. Charles play. The next year, female students from St. Joseph Academy and Bishop Watterson High School played female parts in a production. Ever since then, female rolefuickis for plays have been filled by open auditions from women at other Central Ohio schools. The current theater director is Mr. R.Douglas Montgomery.
Clubs and activities
The school's Latin Club functions as a local chapter of both the Ohio Junior Classical League (OJCL)[2] and National Junior Classical League (NJCL).[3]
Notable people
- Bishop James J. Hartley, D.D. (June 26, 1853 – January 12, 1944): A native of Davenport, Iowa, Bishop Hartley was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Columbus on July 10, 1882, by Bishop John A. Watterson. On December 10, 1903, Pope Pius X appointed him as the fourth Bishop of Columbus to succeed Bishop Henry K. Moeller, who had been appointed Coadjutor Archbishop of Cincinnati. He was consecrated on February 25, 1904, by Archbishop Moeller and was installed in St. Joseph Cathedral five days later. Bishop Hartley founded Saint Charles in 1923. During his episcopate of over 39 years, the longest in the diocese’s history, the number of parishes with schools in Columbus went from 37 to 74. Bishop Hartley also started what is now known as The Catholic Times, which had an office at Saint Charles for a short period of time.
- Monsignor F. Thomas Gallen, P.A. (October 5, 1922 – July 31, 2004): A native of Columbus, Ohio, Msgr. Gallen graduated from Immaculate Conception School in 1936; Saint Charles Preparatory School in 1940; and the College of Saint Charles Borromeo in 1944. He was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Columbus on June 7, 1947 at Saint Joseph Cathedral by the Most Reverend Michael J. Ready, the fifth Bishop of Columbus. He also held a Masters Degree from the Pontifical Institute of Sacred Music in Rome. In 1960, Father Gallen helped launch the broadcasts of area Masses that are still televised in Central Ohio each Sunday morning. In 1989, he was named a Monsignor by His Holiness Pope John Paul II as an Apostolic Protonotary supernumerary. Affectionately known as “Monz," he had a 48-year tenure at Saint Charles, from 1950 until his retirement in 1998.
- Monsignor Thomas M. Bennett (November 18, 1931 – September 7, 2008): A native of Detroit, Michigan, Msgr. Bennett graduated from the College of Saint Charles Borromeo in 1953. He was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Columbus on May 25, 1957, at Saint Joseph Cathedral by Bishop Edward G. Hettinger, Auxiliary Bishop of Columbus. In 1992, he was named a Monsignor as an Honorary Prelate of His Holiness Pope John Paul II. Monsignor Bennett devoted his life to the priesthood and the students of Saint Charles, where he had a 46-year tenure, from 1963 until his death in 2008. At the time of his death, Father Bennett was the last teaching priest in the Diocese of Columbus.[4]
List of principals and rectors
| Years | Principal / Rector |
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| 1925 – 1942 | Msgr. Joseph A. Weigand |
| 1942 – 1945 | Msgr. Edward J. Leinheuser |
| 1945 – 1957 | Msgr. Paul J. Glenn |
| 1957 – 1969 | Msgr. Paul J. O'Dea |
| 1958 – 1969 | Msgr. George T. Woltz |
| 1969 – 1971 | Msgr. Ralph J. Huntzinger |
| 1971 – 1976 | Rev. Charles A. Jackson |
| 1976 – 1985 | Rev. Daniel W. Pallay |
| 1985 – Present | Dominic J. Cavello |
Alma Mater and Patronal Hymn
Alma mater
Hail, Alma Mater dear.
Loyal Carolians here.
Thy fame spread far and near
O'er hill and dale;
Our voices raise to thee,
Singing their praise to thee
And happy days with thee,
Saint Charles, hail!
As to the fray we ago
For thee we meet the foe.
For thee our colors show,
Thy flag unveil;
Blood red and gleaming white,
'Round thee our hearts unite,
For thee our battle fight
Saint Charles, hail!
When student days are o'er
And classes meet no more,
When life has called the score:
Prosper or fail;
Still in the twilight gray,
As ages pass away,
Lift we our hearts to say;
Saint Charles, hail!
Patronal Hymn
O Saint Charles, our holy Father,
Mighty patron of us all!
In thine honor, lo! we gather,
Let thy kindly blessing fall.
Pray for us who name thee patron,
Hear thy sons who on thee call.
O Saint Charles, true guide to heaven,
Unto death our patron be.
When the clouds grow dark at even'
And God's way we fail to see,
Lift the weak, inspire the weary,
Bring us home to Christ with thee.
Athletic achievements
Saint Charles is a member of the Ohio High School Athletic Association.
- This is an incomplete list.
| Year(s) | Sport | Achievement |
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| 1938-1942 | Basketball | Coached by Jack Ryan, the team had a record of 77-5 |
| 1948 | Swimming | Central District Runners Up |
| 1975-1979 | Basketball | Won 25 straight Central Catholic League games (still a CCL record) |
| 1983 | Soccer | Won Ohio Class A-AA championship (the school’s first state title) |
| 1985 | Soccer | Won second state title |
| 1989 | Soccer | Division II State Runners Up |
| 1992 | Basketball | Division II State Runners Up |
| 1992 | Soccer | Division II State Runners Up |
| 1994-1995 | Swimming | 2 consecutive Central District Runners Up |
| 1997-2009 | Swimming | 12 consecutive CCL championships, the only team to win the crown in its history. |
| 1999-2005 | Cross Country | 7 years consecutive CCL titles |
| 2002-2005 | Swimming | Central District Runners Up 4 consecutive years (Coach 2002 Brian Thelan;2003-2005 Kyle Goodrich) |
| 2003 | Swimming | Individual State Champion 200 Freestyle Adam Ritter |
| 2006 | Swimming | Won 1st Central District Championship; 1st Division I State Runners Up (Coach Kyle Goodrich) 1st Relay State Champion 200 Freestyle Relay |
| 2007 | Swimming | Division I State Runners Up (Coach Kyle Goodrich) |
| 2006-2009 | Swimming | Won 4 consecutive Central District Championships, only team other than Upper Arlington and Worthingtion to win the Crown. |
| 2008 | Swimming | Won 1st Division I State Championship (Coach Kyle Goodrich); 2 Relay State Champions (200 Free, 400 Free) |
| 2009 | Swimming | Division I State Runners up (coach Kyle Goodrich); 200 Medley Relay State Champions; Individual State Champion 100 Butterfly and Backstroke Sandy Whitaker |
| 2009 | Volleyball | Won the division II Ohio state championship over defending champions, Akron Hoban. |
| 2009 | Golf | Won the division I Ohio state championship over defending champions, St. Xavier. |
| 2010 | Volleyball | Division II State Runners up |
| 2010 | Water Polo | Division I State Champions over Toledo St. Francis |
| 2010 | Golf | Division I State Champions |
See also
References
- ^ a b c d e OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association member directory". Retrieved 2010-02-17.
- ^ "Executive Board Pre-File Application". OhioJCL.org - June 2007. Internet Archive: Wayback Machine. 2010. Archived from the original on June 17, 2007. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
- ^ "OJCL Constitution". OhioJCL.org - July 2002. Internet Archive: Wayback Machine. 2010. Archived from the original on July 21, 2002. Retrieved August 16, 2010.
... by paying both OJCL annual chapter dues and any annual chapter membership dues required by NJCL.
- ^ "For 46 years, teacher inspired at St. Charles". Columbus Dispatch. 2008-09-08. Retrieved 2009-04-18.
- Fabro, Louis V. Saint Charles Borromeo Preparatory School: The First 75 Years of Excellence. United States: n.p., 2000.
"$5.5 Million Campus Construction Project Underway for the Robert C. Walter Student Commons and the Student Services and Fine Arts Center." Saint Charles Preparatory School, 2006. http://www.stcharlesprep.org/expansion/index.php