Saint Pius X Catholic High School (Kansas City, Missouri)
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Saint Pius X Catholic High School is a private Roman Catholic university prepratory secondary school in Kansas City, Missouri, United States.
The school is a part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph. The school is located north of the Missouri River.
[edit] History
In the early 1950's there was no Catholic High School north of the Missouri river. In 1956 five parishes in the “northland” felt the need for students in their parish elementary schools to continue their Catholic education through the secondary level. In the spring of 1956, Bishop John P. Cody, Bishop of the newly joined Kansas City/St. Joseph Diocese broke ground for the new building. Having begun the year in St. Michael’s grade school (now known as St. Gabriel’s), students moved into the new building in the second semester of the 1956/57 school years and the school was officially dedicated in April of 1957. The school held about 425 students. In 1962, due to the large number of students and the need for additional classroom space, the new three-story “science wing” was added, thus making room for 539 students.
