Scranton Preparatory School

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Scranton Preparatory School
Motto	Ad Altiora Natus (Born for higher things)
Established	1944
Type	Private Co-Ed Secondary
President	Rev. Herbert B. Keller, S.J.
Principal	Patrick Marx
Students	820
Grades	9-12
Location	1000 Wyoming Ave. Scranton, Pennsylvania 18509 U.S.A.
Colors	Purple and Gold
Mascot	The Cavalier
Information	570.941.PREP (7737)
Website	http://www.scrantonprep.com/

Scranton Preparatory School is a Jesuit college preparatory day school for boys and girls. The current enrollment is over 815 students. Prep is fully accredited by the Pennsylvania State Department of Public Instruction and by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools. It is a member of the Jesuit Secondary Education Association, the National Association of Independent Schools and the National Catholic Educational Association. Tuition (fees included) is currently $8,200 per year. Scranton Prep offers only academic courses. Qualified students may do Advanced Placement work in individual subjects. A full program of athletics and extracurricular activities is offered to all students. Admission is by examination and interview by the Admissions Committee.

[edit] History

Scranton Prep first opened its doors in the year of 1944. Since that September day, the school has had a rather unique history. The original building was located on the corner of Wyoming Avenue and Mulberry Street. It had a peaceful existence there until 1961, when the construction of an expressway necessitated a move to a new location. After making the Old Main Building of the University of Scranton its temporary home for two years, Prep moved to its permanent location, the former Women’s Institute Building of the International Correspondence Schools, at 1000 Wyoming Avenue.

Founded as a boys' school, Scranton Prep became co-educational in 1971 when a disastrous fire destroyed Marywood Seminary, a local girls’ academy conducted by the Immaculate Heart of Mary Sisters.

Scranton Prep was established as a division of the University of Scranton, but received its official charter of separate incorporation in 1977.

Scranton Preparatory School is one of 47 Jesuit secondary schools in the United States. In 1986, Prep was named a National Exemplary School by the United States Department of Education.

[edit] Mission statement

"The mission of Scranton Preparatory School, as a Catholic and Jesuit college preparatory school, is to form a learning community of men and women distinguished by its commitment to competence, to conscience, and to compassion."

[edit] External links

• Scranton Prep Official Site

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