Bishop Rosecrans High School
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Bishop Rosecrans High School is a private, Catholic
high school
, operated by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Columbus
, located in Zanesville, Ohio
. The school's athletic teams are known as the Bishops.
and to this day the coats of arms of various Columbus bishops appear on the edifice of the current building.
The history of Catholic education in Zanesville traces its history to the year 1830 when St. Thomas Aquinas Parish was established by members of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans). In 1842 St. Nicholas Parish was established by German immigrants and a parish school was also opened. By 1853 the Dominican Sisters of St. Mary of the Springs (Columbus, OH) established a female academy, which would remain open until 1873 when the sisters took over as the teachers and administrators of St. Thomas Parish School. The program at St. Thomas was expanded to include secondary courses between 1884 and 1914. In 1893 the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity (Manitowoc, Wisconsin) arrived at St. Nicholas and by 1921 they had also established a complete secondary program. In 1927 St. Nicholas High School built a permanent building, it would be in this building that Bishop Rosecrans High School would be formed and have its first classes. In 1963, after the founding of the new consolidated high school, Albert and Cora Rogge gave money for the Catholic Youth Center which soon became the new home of the high school. Subsequent construction to enlarge the facility occurred in 1970 and 1971, and was dedicated May 23, 1971. Through the generosity of many fine people from both the community and the alumni base, the Bishop Rosecrans Foundation was formed in 1986 to further the mission of Catholic secondary education in the region. For the current academic year the school has 146 students in grades 9-12 and well over 3,300 alumni.
Recent graduates have attended such schools as:
and many other fine institutions. Bishop Rosecrans is also very proud of a continual number of students that have volunteered to serve their country in all branches of the United States Military.
More information about current Rosecrans Sports can be found at this highschoolsports.net site.http://www.highschoolsports.net/portal.cfm?schoolid=OH437016990&spt=-1&lvl=-1&division=-1&timeoffset=300
The school has achieved Ohio High School Athletic Association
State Championships in:
Catholic
The word catholic comes from the Greek phrase , meaning "on the whole," "according to the whole" or "in general", and is a combination of the Greek words meaning "about" and meaning "whole"...
high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
, operated by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Columbus
Roman Catholic Diocese of Columbus
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Columbus is a Roman Catholic diocese in the Ecclesiastical Province of Cincinnati covering 23 counties in Ohio. The episcopal see of the diocese is situated at Columbus, Ohio. The diocese was erected on March 3, 1868 by Pope Pius IX out of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati...
, located in Zanesville, Ohio
Zanesville, Ohio
Zanesville is a city in and the county seat of Muskingum County, Ohio, United States. The population was 25,586 at the 2000 census.Zanesville was named after Ebenezer Zane, who had constructed Zane's Trace, a pioneer road through present-day Ohio...
. The school's athletic teams are known as the Bishops.
School history
Founded in 1950 as a designed merger of the former St. Thomas Aquinas High School and St. Nicholas High School, the school moved into the structure formerly occupied by St. Nicholas HS. The name was selected to honor the first bishop of Columbus Sylvester Horton RosecransSylvester Horton Rosecrans
Sylvester Horton Rosecrans was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Columbus from 1868 until his death in 1878.-Biography:...
and to this day the coats of arms of various Columbus bishops appear on the edifice of the current building.
The history of Catholic education in Zanesville traces its history to the year 1830 when St. Thomas Aquinas Parish was established by members of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans). In 1842 St. Nicholas Parish was established by German immigrants and a parish school was also opened. By 1853 the Dominican Sisters of St. Mary of the Springs (Columbus, OH) established a female academy, which would remain open until 1873 when the sisters took over as the teachers and administrators of St. Thomas Parish School. The program at St. Thomas was expanded to include secondary courses between 1884 and 1914. In 1893 the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity (Manitowoc, Wisconsin) arrived at St. Nicholas and by 1921 they had also established a complete secondary program. In 1927 St. Nicholas High School built a permanent building, it would be in this building that Bishop Rosecrans High School would be formed and have its first classes. In 1963, after the founding of the new consolidated high school, Albert and Cora Rogge gave money for the Catholic Youth Center which soon became the new home of the high school. Subsequent construction to enlarge the facility occurred in 1970 and 1971, and was dedicated May 23, 1971. Through the generosity of many fine people from both the community and the alumni base, the Bishop Rosecrans Foundation was formed in 1986 to further the mission of Catholic secondary education in the region. For the current academic year the school has 146 students in grades 9-12 and well over 3,300 alumni.
Academics
Bishop Rosecrans High School serves the academic needs of its students by offering four tracks: General Studies; College Prep; Advanced College Prep; and Honors. Students follow a normal American education preparation and nearly 85% of each graduating class elects to attend a two or four year college both in Ohio and else where. While many of the alumni set off for other areas of the state and country, it is notable that near one-third of the current faculty and staff are themselves members of the alumni.Recent graduates have attended such schools as:
- Zane State Community College
- Ohio University Branch Campus: Zanesville
- Ohio State Branch Campus: Newark
- Quinnipiac University
- The University of Dayton
- The University of the South
- Vanderbilt University
- The College of William and Mary
- The College of Wooster
- Otterbein College
- Pontifical College Josephinum
- Wheeling Jesuit University
- Brown University
- John Carroll University
- Swarthmore
- The University of Virginia
- Miami University (OH)
- Muskingum University
- The Ohio State University
- Ohio University
and many other fine institutions. Bishop Rosecrans is also very proud of a continual number of students that have volunteered to serve their country in all branches of the United States Military.
Student organizations
Bishop Rosecrans offers a wide range of non-athletic extracurricular opportunities including: Key Club, Pep Club, Campus Ministry, Mock Trial, Student Council, Quiz Team, Drama Club, National Honor Society.Athletics
Currently the school offers its students the option to participate football, soccer (boys and girls), golf (boys and girls), volleyball (girls), and tennis (girls) in the fall; basketball (girls and boys) and swimming (girls and boys) in the winters; and baseball, softball, tennis (boys), and track (boys and girls) in the spring.More information about current Rosecrans Sports can be found at this highschoolsports.net site.http://www.highschoolsports.net/portal.cfm?schoolid=OH437016990&spt=-1&lvl=-1&division=-1&timeoffset=300
The school has achieved Ohio High School Athletic Association
Ohio High School Athletic Association
The Ohio High School Athletic Association is the governing body of athletic programs for junior and senior high schools in the state of Ohio...
State Championships in:
- Boys GolfGolfGolf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
– 1986, 1988 - Girls Cross CountryCross country runningCross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
– 1983 - Girls Track and FieldTrack and fieldTrack and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
– 1981, 1983, 1984 - Girls BasketballBasketballBasketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
– 1982, 1983, 1992
Notable alumni
- Rod Williams - Graduate class of 1952, Inductee of the National Broadcasters Hall Of Fame for his combat reporting in Vietnam.