Regis Jesuit High School
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Regis Jesuit High School is a Jesuit Catholic
college preparatory high school located in Aurora, Colorado
. Founded in 1877, the high school shares much of its history with its counterpart Regis University
in neighboring Denver, Colorado
.
Regis is the United States' only co-institutional
Jesuit school (as opposed to a co-educational), meaning that the school is split into two gender divisions. The school is a member of the Jesuit Secondary Education Association
. The school is operated by the Missouri Province of the Society of Jesus
, independent of and with the blessing of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Denver
.
. Another school was opened in Morrison, Colorado
seven years later. In 1888, the two schools were merged and renamed for St. John Francis Regis to become Regis College, located on 52nd and Lowell Streets in Denver, Colorado. In 1921, the school was formally split into Regis High School and Regis University
. The high school and University co-existed on the campus in Denver and shared facilities until a separate building was built on campus for the high school in 1984. In 1989, a parcel of land near Parker and Arapahoe Roads in Aurora was donated to the school. That area is now called the Campbell Campus, and it houses both the Girls and Boys Divisions.
a Catholic educational community,
affirms the uniqueness and dignity of individuals,
inspires the pursuit of excellence,
and strives to develop a connection to the world
community.
, care of the whole person, by which the Jesuit educational system emphasizes a student-centered environment in which each individual can develop intellectually, socially, emotionally, and spiritually. In accordance with the Jesuit Secondary Education Association (JSEA)
, Regis Jesuit, a member of the JSEA, aims to form a community of individuals who demand more of themselves and who strive to achieve excellence in all their endeavors by being Open to Growth, Intellectually Competent, Religious, Loving, and Committed to Doing Justice.
. There are more than 15 AP classes offered each year.
In past years more than 98% of graduates have been accepted at colleges and universities throughout the country. Recent graduates have been accepted to many of the nation's top universities and colleges, among them University of Chicago
, Cornell University
, Dartmouth College
, Georgetown University
, Harvard University
, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
, University of Southern California
, Northwestern University
, University of Notre Dame
, University of Pennsylvania
, Princeton University
, Stanford University
, and Washington University in St. Louis
. The Class of 2008 also received near $18 million in scholarships (about $8.5 million from the Boys Division and $9 million from the Girls Division).
, each year students participate in various retreat programs run by each division's Pastoral Office. All freshmen attend Compass Days prior to their first day of class as well as Freshman retreat in January of the school year. Sophomores and juniors participate in Sophomore Retreat and the Kairos retreat
, respectively. Seniors have a variety of options for retreats, including Silent Retreat, Martha and Mary Retreat (Girls Division), and the traditional Senior Retreat. The Pastoral Offices also plan and coordinate several divisional and co-divisional liturgies and prayer services throughout the school year.
Community service is required of each student, with differing levels of hourly service requirements depending on a student's grade level. In the tradition of many Jesuit high schools, all junior and senior students take two weeks off from classes each winter to take part in a sixty-hour service project wherein they work in various community organizations around Denver including Volunteers of America
, Children's Hospital (Aurora, Colorado), as well as various elementary schools, soup kitchens, retirement facilities, and food banks. In addition, each division coordinates several domestic and international service trips that take place over Junior/Senior service projects, spring break, or summer. Past trips have included a week or two in Belize
, the Gulf Coast, Jamaica
, and Costa Rica
.
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"...
college preparatory high school located in Aurora, Colorado
Aurora, Colorado
City of Aurora is a Home Rule Municipality spanning Arapahoe, Adams, and Douglas counties in Colorado. Aurora is an eastern suburb of the Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area . The city is the third most populous city in the Colorado and the 56th most populous city in the...
. Founded in 1877, the high school shares much of its history with its counterpart Regis University
Regis University
Regis University is a private, co-educational Roman Catholic, Jesuit university in the United States. Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1877, it is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities...
in neighboring Denver, Colorado
Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...
.
Regis is the United States' only co-institutional
Co-institutional
Co-institutional schools employ a style of schooling wherein both male and female students study on the same campus but classes are single-gender. Usually each division has its own building but may, on few occasions, use the facilities of the other division. Each division has its own administration...
Jesuit school (as opposed to a co-educational), meaning that the school is split into two gender divisions. The school is a member of the Jesuit Secondary Education Association
Jesuit Secondary Education Association
The Jesuit Secondary Education Association was founded in 1970 to address the unique needs of the Jesuit secondary school apostolate in the United States...
. The school is operated by the Missouri Province of the Society of Jesus
Society of Jesus
The Society of Jesus is a Catholic male religious order that follows the teachings of the Catholic Church. The members are called Jesuits, and are also known colloquially as "God's Army" and as "The Company," these being references to founder Ignatius of Loyola's military background and a...
, independent of and with the blessing of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Denver
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Denver
The Archdiocese of Denver is the Roman Catholic Archdiocese for Denver, Colorado and the Colorado counties of Adams, Arapahoe, Boulder, Broomfield, Denver, Jefferson, Larimer, Logan and Weld in the northern part of the state. The Archdiocese's home is at the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate...
.
Early history
The school was founded by Italian Jesuits in 1877 in Las Vegas, New MexicoLas Vegas, New Mexico
Las Vegas is a city in San Miguel County, New Mexico, United States. Once two separate municipalities both named Las Vegas, west Las Vegas and east Las Vegas , divided by the Gallinas River, retain distinct characters and separate, rival school districts. The population was 14,565 at the 2000...
. Another school was opened in Morrison, Colorado
Morrison, Colorado
The historic Town of Morrison is a Home Rule Municipality in Jefferson County, Colorado, United States. The population was 430 at the 2000 census...
seven years later. In 1888, the two schools were merged and renamed for St. John Francis Regis to become Regis College, located on 52nd and Lowell Streets in Denver, Colorado. In 1921, the school was formally split into Regis High School and Regis University
Regis University
Regis University is a private, co-educational Roman Catholic, Jesuit university in the United States. Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1877, it is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities...
. The high school and University co-existed on the campus in Denver and shared facilities until a separate building was built on campus for the high school in 1984. In 1989, a parcel of land near Parker and Arapahoe Roads in Aurora was donated to the school. That area is now called the Campbell Campus, and it houses both the Girls and Boys Divisions.
Introduction of the Girls Division
Originally only a school for boys, in August 2003 the first class of girls were enrolled in what became known as the Girls Division, with the original boys school theretofore referred to as the Boys Division. In August 2004 the Boys Division moved into its new building on the Campbell Campus and the Girls Division moved into the former Boys building.Educational model
Regis Jesuit High School practices a college-preparatory curriculum with a strong emphasis on the development of leadership, service, and spirituality.Mission Statement
Regis Jesuit High School,a Catholic educational community,
affirms the uniqueness and dignity of individuals,
inspires the pursuit of excellence,
and strives to develop a connection to the world
community.
Co-Institutional Education
Unique among U.S. Jesuit schools, Regis Jesuit High School provides single-gender, co-institutional education by operating as two separate and distinct divisions, the Boys Division and the Girls Division. Each division has its own principal, administrative team, faculty and staff. As such Regis Jesuit attempts to provide its students with both a structured single-gender academic environment during the school day and co-ed co-curricular and social opportunities at lunch and outside of school hours.Profile of the Graduate at Graduation
One hallmark of Jesuit education is Cura personalisCura personalis
"Cura Personalis" is a Latin phrase that translates as "Care for the Entire Person". “Cura Personalis” suggests individualized attention to the needs of the other, distinct respect for his or her unique circumstances and concerns, and an appropriate appreciation for his or her particular gifts and...
, care of the whole person, by which the Jesuit educational system emphasizes a student-centered environment in which each individual can develop intellectually, socially, emotionally, and spiritually. In accordance with the Jesuit Secondary Education Association (JSEA)
Jesuit Secondary Education Association
The Jesuit Secondary Education Association was founded in 1970 to address the unique needs of the Jesuit secondary school apostolate in the United States...
, Regis Jesuit, a member of the JSEA, aims to form a community of individuals who demand more of themselves and who strive to achieve excellence in all their endeavors by being Open to Growth, Intellectually Competent, Religious, Loving, and Committed to Doing Justice.
Academics
Graduation requirements require coursework in English, mathematics, communication, social studies, science, foreign language, fine arts, physical education, and theology. With its emphasis on college preparation, Regis Jesuit also provides honors courses in math, foreign language, English, and science. It is possible for Regis Jesuit students to take college credit courses at the high school and earn up to 36 semester hours of college credit from Regis University or through the Advanced Placement ProgramAdvanced Placement Program
The Advanced Placement program is a curriculum in the United States and Canada sponsored by the College Board which offers standardized courses to high school students that are generally recognized to be equivalent to undergraduate courses in college...
. There are more than 15 AP classes offered each year.
In past years more than 98% of graduates have been accepted at colleges and universities throughout the country. Recent graduates have been accepted to many of the nation's top universities and colleges, among them University of Chicago
University of Chicago
The University of Chicago is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller and incorporated in 1890...
, Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
, Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College is a private, Ivy League university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. The institution comprises a liberal arts college, Dartmouth Medical School, Thayer School of Engineering, and the Tuck School of Business, as well as 19 graduate programs in the arts and sciences...
, Georgetown University
Georgetown University
Georgetown University is a private, Jesuit, research university whose main campus is in the Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded in 1789, it is the oldest Catholic university in the United States...
, Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a private research university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MIT has five schools and one college, containing a total of 32 academic departments, with a strong emphasis on scientific and technological education and research.Founded in 1861 in...
, University of Southern California
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
, Northwestern University
Northwestern University
Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....
, University of Notre Dame
University of Notre Dame
The University of Notre Dame du Lac is a Catholic research university located in Notre Dame, an unincorporated community north of the city of South Bend, in St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States...
, University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
, Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
, Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
, and Washington University in St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis
Washington University in St. Louis is a private research university located in suburban St. Louis, Missouri. Founded in 1853, and named for George Washington, the university has students and faculty from all fifty U.S. states and more than 110 nations...
. The Class of 2008 also received near $18 million in scholarships (about $8.5 million from the Boys Division and $9 million from the Girls Division).
Spirituality and service
In the tradition of Ignatian spiritualityIgnatian spirituality
Ignatian spirituality sometimes called Jesuit spirituality, is a Catholic spirituality which both lay and religious people have traditionally found helpful. Founded on the experiences of a 16th century saint, struggling to live a good life, it is sometimes referred to as the spirituality for...
, each year students participate in various retreat programs run by each division's Pastoral Office. All freshmen attend Compass Days prior to their first day of class as well as Freshman retreat in January of the school year. Sophomores and juniors participate in Sophomore Retreat and the Kairos retreat
Kairos retreat
Kairos, adapted to mean "God's time", is a Christian retreat program for high school and college students that takes place around the world.The retreat is a four day, three night residential retreat, that provide participants the chance to contemplate God's role in their lives.-Process:The retreat...
, respectively. Seniors have a variety of options for retreats, including Silent Retreat, Martha and Mary Retreat (Girls Division), and the traditional Senior Retreat. The Pastoral Offices also plan and coordinate several divisional and co-divisional liturgies and prayer services throughout the school year.
Community service is required of each student, with differing levels of hourly service requirements depending on a student's grade level. In the tradition of many Jesuit high schools, all junior and senior students take two weeks off from classes each winter to take part in a sixty-hour service project wherein they work in various community organizations around Denver including Volunteers of America
Volunteers of America
Volunteers of America, based in Alexandria, Virginia, is a national, nonprofit, faith-based human services organization providing support programs to more than two million people throughout the United States each year...
, Children's Hospital (Aurora, Colorado), as well as various elementary schools, soup kitchens, retirement facilities, and food banks. In addition, each division coordinates several domestic and international service trips that take place over Junior/Senior service projects, spring break, or summer. Past trips have included a week or two in Belize
Belize
Belize is a constitutional monarchy and the northernmost country in Central America. Belize has a diverse society, comprising many cultures and languages. Even though Kriol and Spanish are spoken among the population, Belize is the only country in Central America where English is the official...
, the Gulf Coast, Jamaica
Jamaica
Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...
, and Costa Rica
Costa Rica
Costa Rica , officially the Republic of Costa Rica is a multilingual, multiethnic and multicultural country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west and the Caribbean Sea to the east....
.
List of Sports
| Sport | Coach |
|---|---|
| Baseball | Walt Weiss Walt Weiss Walter William Weiss is a former shortstop in Major League Baseball.Weiss was a member of the National League All-Star Team... |
| Basketball | Carl Mattei (girls) & Ken Shaw (boys) |
| Cheerleading | Jeremy Wise |
| Cross Country | Bryan Bruno (girls) & Adam Colombo (boys) |
| Field Hockey | Terran Hasselbach |
| Football | Mark Nolan |
| Golf | Craig Rogers (boys & girls) |
| Hockey | Dan Woodley Dan Woodley Dan Woodley is a retired professional ice hockey player who played briefly in the National Hockey League for the Vancouver Canucks during the 1987–88 NHL season.-Playing career:... |
| Lacrosse | Jim Soran (boys) & Bruce Barker (girls) |
| Poms | Quin Vanndekoppel |
| Rugby | Dan Oleary (boys & girls) |
| Soccer | Chris Walsweer (boys) |
| Softball | Grant Neal |
| Swimming and Diving | Mike Doherty (boys) Nick Frasiersmith (girls) |
| Tennis | Laura Jones (boys) |
| Track & Field | Ryan Taylor (boys & girls) |
| Volleyball | Laura Dunston (boys & girls) |
| Wrestling | Nick Dillon (boys & girls) |