Bishop Kelly High School

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Bishop Kelly High School

School type Catholic
Staff
Principal Robert Wehde
Faculty 37
Students
Grades 9-12
Enrollment 685
Athletics
IHSAA 4A
Mascot Knights
Colors Black and Gold
Location
City Boise, Idaho
Website bk.org

Bishop Kelly High School is a private Catholic high school in Boise, Idaho, operated by the Diocese of Boise. It opened its doors in the fall of 1964, succeeding St. Teresa's Academy, Boise's first high school, which had closed that spring. Bishop Kelly (or "BK") is the only Catholic high school in the state of Idaho; Montana has five Catholic high schools and Utah has three.

St. Teresa’s Academy was established in 1890 by the Sisters of the Holy Cross as a high school and boarding school for young women. Later, St. Joseph’s School was built to offer Catholic education to the young men of the area, with an elementary school occupying the lower level and a high school on the upper floor.

In 1933, the two high schools joined to form the co-ed St. Teresa’s Academy, which educated both Catholic and non-Catholic students until its closure in 1964. [1]

"BK" is named for Edward Joseph Kelly, the third Bishop of Boise and the first native of the Pacific Northwest to be appointed a bishop. He was born in The Dalles, Oregon in 1890 and was ordained in 1917. Kelly became Bishop of Boise in 1928 and served for 28 years, until his death at age 66 in 1956. [2][3]

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