Cardinal Stritch High School
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Cardinal Stritch Catholic High School (CSCHS), is a private
, Catholic
, coeducation
al, college prep secondary school
located in Oregon
, Ohio
. It is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Toledo
.
of Toledo
, Bishop George J. Rehring. The first class entered the following fall. The school is named for Samuel Cardinal Stritch, the second bishop of Toledo during the years of 1921 through 1930, and eventually cardinal archbishop
of Chicago.
On the school's website it states, "A twenty-acre site was chosen for the East Side area’s first co-institutional high school. One side of the school was reserved for boys’ classes, the other for girls’, with co-educational classes being held in the center sections. (The separate wings were integrated in 1971 when all classes became co-educational.) The first principal was Monsignor
Michael Walz, who initiated the “Stritch Family” concept.
Succeeding principals have been Rev. John A. Thomas, Rev. Frank Nieset, Sister Louis de Montfort, Rev. Frank Murd and Rev. Robert J. Yeager, Ed.D. In 1997 the Bishop appointed the Rev. John Stites as the first President of the school. Mr. Timothy Mahoney became the first lay person to be assigned as principal of the school.
In 2004, Father David Reinhart was appointed president of Cardinal Stritch High School. During his time at Cardinal Stritch High School, Father Reinhart has led an unprecedented upgrade to campus facilities and has given vision to a new way of thinking about Catholic education in light of a theology of stewardship. Under Father Reinhart's leadership, Cardinal Stritch High School has been recoginized as one of the top 50 Catholic high schools by the National Catholic High School Honor Roll.
The high school has also taken on leadership rolls in the creation of the Live It initiative and the Kateri Education Project, a regional study of Catholic education. Most importantly, the school has clarified its vision as being a place that forms disciples of Jesus Christ. They have adopted a service learning program, "Stewards of Stritch", moved from monthly to weekly Mass for all of its students, and helped to draw the attention of the entire high school community toward the Eucharist as the source and summit of our faith and therefore, at the center of the school."
Mrs. Kelli Malinowski was appointed principal for the 2010-2011 school year and stepped down on August 26, 2011. Mr. Tim Malone was appointed as the next principal, and is the third lay person to be principal of Cardinal Stritch Catholic High School.
The school has went under multiple renovations during the 2011 school year and 2011 summer break that includes:
. It was officially announced that the school added the word "Catholic" to its official name and a brand new school logo was unveiled. Cardinal Stritch High School is now officially known as Cardinal Stritch Catholic High School.
.
Written by Sister M. Amata, OSF
Private school
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, Catholic
Roman Catholic Church
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, coeducation
Coeducation
Mixed-sex education, also known as coeducation or co-education, is the integrated education of male and female persons in the same institution. It is the opposite of single-sex education...
al, college prep secondary school
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
located in Oregon
Oregon, Ohio
Oregon is a city in Lucas County, Ohio, United States. It is a suburb of Toledo, located on Lake Erie, just east of the city. The population was 20,291 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Oregon is located at ....
, Ohio
Ohio
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. It is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Toledo
Roman Catholic Diocese of Toledo
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Toledo is a Roman Catholic diocese covering nineteen counties in Ohio. It was established April 15, 1910. Our Lady, Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Cathedral is the mother church of the diocese.-Bishops:...
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History
The groundbreaking for the school was performed on September 21, 1960 by then-bishopBishop
A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...
of Toledo
Toledo, Ohio
Toledo is the fourth most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Lucas County. Toledo is in northwest Ohio, on the western end of Lake Erie, and borders the State of Michigan...
, Bishop George J. Rehring. The first class entered the following fall. The school is named for Samuel Cardinal Stritch, the second bishop of Toledo during the years of 1921 through 1930, and eventually cardinal archbishop
Archbishop
An archbishop is a bishop of higher rank, but not of higher sacramental order above that of the three orders of deacon, priest , and bishop...
of Chicago.
On the school's website it states, "A twenty-acre site was chosen for the East Side area’s first co-institutional high school. One side of the school was reserved for boys’ classes, the other for girls’, with co-educational classes being held in the center sections. (The separate wings were integrated in 1971 when all classes became co-educational.) The first principal was Monsignor
Monsignor
Monsignor, pl. monsignori, is the form of address for those members of the clergy of the Catholic Church holding certain ecclesiastical honorific titles. Monsignor is the apocopic form of the Italian monsignore, from the French mon seigneur, meaning "my lord"...
Michael Walz, who initiated the “Stritch Family” concept.
Succeeding principals have been Rev. John A. Thomas, Rev. Frank Nieset, Sister Louis de Montfort, Rev. Frank Murd and Rev. Robert J. Yeager, Ed.D. In 1997 the Bishop appointed the Rev. John Stites as the first President of the school. Mr. Timothy Mahoney became the first lay person to be assigned as principal of the school.
In 2004, Father David Reinhart was appointed president of Cardinal Stritch High School. During his time at Cardinal Stritch High School, Father Reinhart has led an unprecedented upgrade to campus facilities and has given vision to a new way of thinking about Catholic education in light of a theology of stewardship. Under Father Reinhart's leadership, Cardinal Stritch High School has been recoginized as one of the top 50 Catholic high schools by the National Catholic High School Honor Roll.
The high school has also taken on leadership rolls in the creation of the Live It initiative and the Kateri Education Project, a regional study of Catholic education. Most importantly, the school has clarified its vision as being a place that forms disciples of Jesus Christ. They have adopted a service learning program, "Stewards of Stritch", moved from monthly to weekly Mass for all of its students, and helped to draw the attention of the entire high school community toward the Eucharist as the source and summit of our faith and therefore, at the center of the school."
Mrs. Kelli Malinowski was appointed principal for the 2010-2011 school year and stepped down on August 26, 2011. Mr. Tim Malone was appointed as the next principal, and is the third lay person to be principal of Cardinal Stritch Catholic High School.
National Honor Roll
In the years 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009, Cardinal Stritch Catholic High School was named to the Top 50 Catholic High Schools by the Catholic High School Honor Roll.Cardinal Stritch Facts
- Cardinal Stritch Catholic is the only coeducational, Catholic high school in the Toledo area to be on block schedulingBlock schedulingBlock scheduling is a type of academic scheduling in which each student has fewer classes per day but each class is scheduled for a longer period of time . A student might be taking 7 different classes, but only 4 per day, and the specific daily classes would rotate through a changing daily cycle...
. Students have 4 classes on "Cardinal Days" and 4 classes on "Stritch Days". Each class lasts 80 minutes long.
- Every classroom at Cardinal Stritch Catholic High School is fully equipped with a SmartBoard. Also, all classrooms are equipped with an air conditioner.
- To visually show how important a Catholic education is at CSCHS, every classroom contains a crucifixCrucifixA crucifix is an independent image of Jesus on the cross with a representation of Jesus' body, referred to in English as the corpus , as distinct from a cross with no body....
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- Once a week, all CSCHS students attend some form of Catholic worship at school. Forms of worship that take place includes: two separate chapel services (freshmen with sophomores and juniors with seniors), all school liturgy and eucharistic adorationEucharistic adorationEucharistic adoration is a practice in the Roman Catholic Church, and in a few Anglican and Lutheran churches, in which the Blessed Sacrament is exposed to and adored by the faithful....
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- Every class attends a class retreat each year. The Senior class goes on a three day retreat called KairosKairosKairos is an ancient Greek word meaning the right or opportune moment . The ancient Greeks had two words for time, chronos and kairos. While the former refers to chronological or sequential time, the latter signifies a time in between, a moment of indeterminate time in which something special...
. The Junior class does a day of community service. The Sophomore and Freshmen classes each do a retreat on getting to know each other and conversations about life.
- All CSCHS students are invited to be a part of men's and women's DiscernmentDiscernmentDiscernment is a term used to describe the activity of determining the value and quality of a certain subject or event. Typically, it is used to describe the activity of going past the mere perception of something, to making detailed judgments about that thing...
Groups.
- CSCHS has the largest lockers for students than any other secondary school in the Toledo area.
The school has went under multiple renovations during the 2011 school year and 2011 summer break that includes:
- New paint in every hallway, restroom and classroom
- New gymnasium floor
- New senior class courtyard
- Renovated cafeteria with new wood flooring and seating
- Installed stained-glass windows
- Remodeled chapel with 7ft tall crucifix and new carpeting
- Completely remodeled science labs
50 Year Anniversary of Cardinal Stritch
On May 19, 2011, the school celebrated its 50 year anniversary with a mass presided by Bishop Leonard P. BlairLeonard Paul Blair
Leonard Paul Blair is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He is the seventh and current Bishop of Toledo.-Biography:...
. It was officially announced that the school added the word "Catholic" to its official name and a brand new school logo was unveiled. Cardinal Stritch High School is now officially known as Cardinal Stritch Catholic High School.
Student iPad Program
Beginning in the 2012-2013 school year, every incoming freshmen at Cardinal Stritch Catholic High School will be given an Apple iPadIPad
The iPad is a line of tablet computers designed, developed and marketed by Apple Inc., primarily as a platform for audio-visual media including books, periodicals, movies, music, games, and web content. The iPad was introduced on January 27, 2010 by Apple's then-CEO Steve Jobs. Its size and...
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"Alma Mater"
- In our minds we see your glory
- Hearts so faithful looking back
- We revere you Alma Mater,
- We salute the red and black.
- Cardinal Stritch we fondly cherish,
- Brilliant red and solid black.
- Love you give and love you ask for,
- In return how much we lack.
- Yet we pledge our love imperfect,
- To the red and to the black.
- Yet we pledge our love imperfect,
- To the red and to the black.
Written by Sister M. Amata, OSF
Franciscan
Most Franciscans are members of Roman Catholic religious orders founded by Saint Francis of Assisi. Besides Roman Catholic communities, there are also Old Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, ecumenical and Non-denominational Franciscan communities....
Fight song
- We are Card'nals shouting out a cheer
- For famed Stritch High.
- We are Card'nals winging far and wide
- This vict'ry cry.
- We will fight with all our might
- And soar to vic-to-ry.
- We're the best of all the rest
- And best we will be
- For we are fighting Card'nals shouting
- Out a cheer for VIC-TO-RY...FIGHT!
Ohio High School Athletic Association state championships
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- 1985
Notable alumni
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