Nolan Catholic High School
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Nolan Catholic High School is the Catholic college preparatory school in the Diocese of Fort Worth administered in the Marianist Tradition. It serves the mission of the Church by educating and forming youth in the Roman Catholic Faith.
This is accomplished according to the characteristics of Marianist education:
- educate for formation in faith;
- provide an integral quality education;
- educate in the family spirit;
- educate for service, justice and peace;
- educate for adaptation and change.
Contents |
[edit] School Profile
NCHS is a private Catholic school in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas. It is the only Catholic College Preparatory school in Tarrant County. Nolan specializes in providing a faith filled education that prepares young adults for success in college and beyond.
Since its founding in 1961, Nolan Catholic High School, a private, co-educational, and college preparatory school serving grades 8-12 with approximately 1050 students per year, has served in the ministry of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth under the administration of the Society of Mary (Marianists). NCHS is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and the Texas Catholic Conference Education Department (as approved by the Texas Education Agency). Of the 97 professional faculty, 8 are vowed religious and 89 are lay faculty. 50% hold advanced degrees including 4 doctoral degrees. (Statistics as of 2005-2006 School Year)
The traditional college preparatory curriculum at Nolan Catholic requires 27 Carnegie units (3240 hours of instruction) for graduation. Advanced Placement and Honors courses are offered in multiple disciplines. Nolan Catholic's Advance Placement classes include:
- Calculus AB
- Calculus BC
- Chemistry
- English Literature
- French Language
- German Language
- Psychology
- Physics AP C
- Spanish Language
- Spanish Literature
- U.S. History
[edit] Honors Diploma
Qualified students may earn a designated Honors Diploma with Honors notification on their transcripts. Honors Diploma requirements include a minimum cumulative numerical average of 93 by the end of the fall semester of the senior year. The student must have taken biology, physics, chemistry, as well as three years in the same foreign language. In addition, the student must successfully complete one full credit in six or more of the following courses:
- English I Honors, English II Honors
- Algebra I Honors, Geometry Honors, Algebra II Honors
- Pre-Calculus Honors, Calculus Honors
- World History Honors
- Scientific Research and Design Honors, Anatomy and Physiology Honors
- Spanish I Honors, Spanish II Honors, Spanish III Honors
- French III Honors, French IV Honors
- German III Honors, German IV Honors
- Advanced Latin Honors (above Latin II)
- Computer Science Honors(Will not be offered for the 2007 - 2008 school year), Java Programming Honors, Visual Basic Project Honors
- Advanced Office Applications Project Honors
- Independent Study Honors
- Art III/IV Honors
- All Advanced Placement Courses
- College Courses - only as approved by the Academic Dean
[edit] Administration
Rev. Larry Doersching, S.M., D.Min. - President
Mr. Stephen Hiner - Principal
Mrs. Arlene Anderson Jones - Academic Dean
Mr. Dick Nelson - Director of Facilities and Services
Mrs. Irene Suarez - Dean of Students
Mr. Ron Jones - Assistant Dean of Students
[edit] Athletics
NCHS participates in the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools[1] (TAPPS) at the Class 6A level. The following sports are offered:
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Cross Country
- Football
- Golf
- Soccer
- Swimming
- Tennis
- Track
- Softball
- Volleyball
NCHS sports teams have recently won state championships in the following sports:
- Football 2004, 2005
- Tennis 2004, 2005
- Men's Soccer 2003, 2006
- Men's Cross Country 2003
- The Nolan Viking Marching Band has won TPSMEA State Marching title for 2000-2002, 2004-2006
Viking Club
Viking Club Mission: The Viking Club is an organization of Nolan Catholic High School which, in conjunction with the school's administration, develops, coordinates, and supports extracurricular athletic functions by providing funding so that NCHS students may experience and enjoy their school's athletics. While the Viking Club by-laws prohibit non-athletic expenditures, the board and membership has chosen to contribute to supporting teacher recognition and other community services, such as fund-raising efforts for Huricane Katrina victims.
Membership: The membership is composed of parents or guardians of students and NCHS faculty/staff. It also includes alumni, relatives, or friends of Nolan Catholic High School who have purchased an activity pass.
[edit] Additional Information
- NCHS offers a variety of performing arts opportunities including choir, both chorale and ensemble; jazz, marching, and symphonic bands; drama and dance.
- Nolan Catholic's mascot is a Viking.
- Approximately 99% of Nolan Catholic graduates attend college. Most recently, the class of 2005 had one hundred sixty-two scholarship offers totaling more than $6.3 million.
