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Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory
Location
Map
San Francisco
,
California

U.S.A.
Information
TypePrivate
MottoSignum Fidei, Caritas Christi Urget Nos
Established1852
PresidentJohn Scudder
PrincipalKenneth Hogarty
Faculty125
Grades9-12
Number of students1,250
Athletics"Fightin' Irish"
Websitehttp://www.shcp.edu

Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory, commonly known as SH, SHC or SHCP is a Catholic school in San Francisco, California. Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory is the oldest Catholic school in San Francisco, founded in 1852. SHCP was the first co-ed Catholic high school in San Francisco - created when Cathedral High School for girls merged with Sacred Heart High School for boys in 1987.

SHCP is owned by the Archdiocese of San Francisco and sponsored by the Daughters of Charity and the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, commonly known as the "Christian Brothers." SHCP offers a values-based curriculum in the Lasallian/Vincentian tradition. The school prides itself on its commitment to its educational philosophy: "Enter to learn; leave to serve." Students participate in many service activities throughout their time at SHCP, but mandatory service hours are not a graduation requirement. Service activities include "van outreach" trips to feed the homeless, and time spent in the nearby St. Anthony's Dining Room, as well as immersion trips to impoverished areas around the country and in Central and South America.

The school's motto is a combination of the Christian Brothers and Daughters of Charity mottos: "Signum Fidei, Caritas Christi Urget Nos".

Demographics

Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory enrolls approximately 1,250 students from San Francisco and its suburbs. Reflecting the diversity of the Bay Area, students represent different religious, economic, and ethnic backgrounds, which include Caucasian, Asian, Hispanic, African American, and Native American. Recently, SHCP partnered with the Brothers and Daughters to found the DeMarillac Academy in San Francisco's Tenderloin neighborhood, an impoverished urban community several blocks away from the high school.

Campuses

De Paul Campus

The school is located in Cathedral Hill, which is a sub-neighborhood of San Francisco's Western Addition, commonly known as the Fillmore District, with the two academic buildings located on the corner of Gough and Ellis streets. On the northwest corner of the intersection is the former Cathedral High School building, which is called the De Paul campus in honor of St. Vincent de Paul, which currently houses freshman lockers and the history, visual and perfroming arts, and modern language departments. The building is adjoined to San Francisco's Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption, and was built at the same time, as the school's former building was razed by the Archdiocese of San Francisco to make room for construction of the Cathedral, at the intersection of Gough and Geary.

La Salle Campus

On the southeast corner of Gough and Ellis lies the school's La Salle campus named in honor of St. John Baptist de La Salle. This campus has a six story building which houses: school administration offices, the library, and the English, Mathematics, Science, and Religion departments. The library occupies the entire sixth story, except for a small chapel and veranda, which offers panoramic views overlooking San Francisco to the west and south. The 44,000 Sister Teresa Piro, DC, Student Life Center completed in 2004, houses a 1,500 seat athletic gym or commonly know as the pavillion, which is home to the school's championship men's and women's basketball and volleyball teams. A lower level houses a the Dining Hall which students use as a cafeteria daily. Adjoined to this facility is the Fitness-for-Life Center, which is to open around October 2006 is a key component of the school's innovative Fitness for Life program. The building also contains a practice gym as well as the weight room. The school occupies most of this block bordered by Gough, Ellis, Franklin, and Eddy streets, but other prominent buildings are the "Brothers' House" which houses the school's Christian Brothers community, and a house designed by renowned architect Bernard Maybeck.

Sports

The athletic teams, known as the Fightin' Irish, compete in the West Catholic Athletic League. Their cross-town rival is Saint Ignatius College Preparatory, whom they battle every year for the Bruce-Mahoney Trophy. The trophy goes to the school victorious in the first scheduled league game in two of the following three sports: Football, Basketball, Baseball. The SI-SH rivalry is older than any other Catholic school sports rivalry in the country and the second oldest sports rivalry of any kind west of the Mississippi River. Only the Centennial-Central rivalry (Pueblo, Colorado) is older by a year (1892). Therefore, the Bruce-Mahoney is the oldest athletic rivalry west of the Rocky Mountains. The first Sacred Heart-St. Ignatius contest was a rugby game played on St. Patrick's Day in 1893. The Irish won by a score of 14-4. Source: San Francisco Examiner and the San Francisco Chronicle on microfilm at the San Francisco Main Library.

One of the players, D.A. White, went on to be Chief of Police in San Francisco.

Notable alumni

Other individuals associated with the school

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