St. Patrick High School (Portland, Michigan)

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St. Patrick High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Portland, Michigan. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Grand Rapids.

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[edit] History

St. Patrick School was established as a grade school in 1906 by the Sisters of St. Joseph. The high school was added in 1951. [1] The school currently teaches preschool through high school in a Catholic environment. It is one of the few K-12 schools supported by a single parish.

[edit] Athletics

The Shamrocks of St. Patrick School field teams in football, volleyball, girls basketball, boys basketball, cheerleading, softball, baseball, boys golf, bowling and track & field and are part of the Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA).

Their girls' basketball program is by far their most famous and prestigous of all of their sports. MHSAA Hall of Fame coach Al Schrauben has led the team to six Class D State Championships (1994, 1995, 1996, 1999, 2000, and 2002). The program also features six runner-up finishes (1978, 1982, 1988, 2003, 2004, and 2006).

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[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ SPHS. School History. Retrieved on 2007-05-11.
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