Salesianum

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**Salesianum**
'Tenui Nec Dimittam'

Established	1903
School type	Catholic
Principal	Father William T. McCandless, OSFS
Students	approx. 1,100
Location	1801 N. Broom St. Wilmington, DE 19802-2891
Website	http://www.salesianum.org/

Salesianum School is an independent Catholic secondary school for boys, located in Wilmington, Delaware. Salesianum is Latin for "House of Sales" referring to St. Francis de Sales. Founded in 1903, the school is operated by the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales. The current enrollment is just above 1,100 students, from Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The school has two sister schools, Padua Academy and Ursuline Academy, close by in the city.

Salesianum School educates and develops the whole person based on the spirituality of St. Francis de Sales whose philosophy can be summarized in "Live Jesus." The school's official motto is "Tenui Nec Dimittam," meaning "I have taken hold (of the faith) and will not let go." Each day and most classes begin with the reciting of Salesianum's version of the Catholic prayer, The Direction of Intention. The Salesianum version reads: "My God, give me the grace to perform this action with you through love for you. In advance, I offer to you all the good that I may do and accept all the difficulties that I may meet therein." The prayer is followed by the statement "St. Francis de Sales, pray for us."

Salesianum's tuition for the 2006-2007 school year is $8,990.00.

Salesianum School was the first integrated school in the state of Delaware, and recently was awarded for this with a historical marker.^[1]

The goal of Salesianum is, and has always been, to welcome boys into their halls and have them leave as "Salesian gentlemen".

[edit] Athletics

Salesianum has won 105 state championship sports titles. In the fall of 2005, it became the first Delaware school to win the boys state championships in Football, Soccer, and Cross Country in one year, an achievement known as the "Fall Triple Crown". They repeated this feat in the fall of 2006. Salesianum also won the Spring Triple Crown in 2005. But could not repeat in 2006 after suffering a crushing defeat to Brandywine in the Boy's Lacrosse Playoffs. Recently, Salesianum won the Fall Triple Crown for the second consecutive year, making them, as patrons say, a "dynasty."
Salesianum's general nickname is "Sallies", while the sports moniker is the "Sals
In 1994, Salesianum's football team defeated Bethlehem Catholic from Bethlehem, PA in one of the greatest upsets in school history. Bethlehem Catholic's quarterback, Dan Kendra, was widely regarded as the #1 high school quarterback in the U.S. and went on to play the position at Florida State University before tearing his ACL and being moved to fullback.
Salesianum has twice won the Cross Country, Winter Track, and Spring Track State Championships during one school year, something which no other Delaware school has achieved.