Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas

Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas
Jesuit High School
Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas seal
Men for Others
Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam
For the Greater Glory of God
Address
12345 Inwood Road
Dallas, Texas, (Dallas County), 75244
 United States
Information
Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic,
Jesuit
Established 1942
President Michael A. Earsing
Principal Thomas E. Garrison
Asst. Principal Fred Donahue,
Fred Younkman,
Mark Knize
Faculty 124 full-time
Grades 912
Age range 14-18
Enrollment 1,074  (2011-2012)
Campus size 27 acres (110,000 m2)
Color(s) Blue and Gold         
Athletics 20 Sports
Mascot Rangers
Accreditation(s) Southern Association of Colleges and Schools [1]
Publication Jesuit Journal (student literary magazine), JesuitNow (alumni email), JesuitToday (community magazine)
Newspaper 'The Roundup'
Yearbook 'The Last Roundup'
Tuition $13,600
Admissions Director Tim Host
Athletic Director Steve Koch
Website

Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas is a private, college-preparatory school for young men under the direction of the Society of Jesus and home to the Jesuit Dallas Museum in Dallas, Texas. While Jesuit operates independently of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dallas, it exists and serves the Catholic community at the pleasure of the bishop.

Contents

Mission statement

Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas offers young men an excellent, Catholic education in the classical Jesuit tradition with the purpose of forming a community of men of high moral principles and service to others.

Profile of the Graduate

The Profile of the Graduate describes the characteristics of a man who seeks the fullest development of his God-given talents and puts his faith in action. Adopted in 1987, The Profile of the Graduate touches every aspect of life at Jesuit Dallas, and establishes a framework of goals and qualities the Jesuit student has come to embody at graduation. Jesuit shares these principles with other members of the Jesuit Secondary Education Association.

School Alma Mater and Fight Song

Alma Mater
Freedom and Brotherhood
Service and Friendship
Dear Mother, help us to cherish your dream.
Lead us to seek truth
And form us into your sons.
Jesuit, implant in us
All God's love.

Fight Song
We sing hurrah for the Blue and Gold,
A big hurrah for the Blue and Gold.
For the team we love, onto victory,
And down the field we'll go,
As we raise a mighty shout
And sing hurrah for the Blue and Gold;
For we're your sons and all are bold.
And with all our might,
We will FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT,
For the grand old Blue and Gold!

History

Timeline

Campus

The school has a 27 acre (11 ha, 109,000 m²) campus located on Inwood Road in north Dallas, Texas, adjacent to St. Rita Catholic Community, south-west of the intersection of the Dallas North Tollway and Interstate 635 (LBJ Freeway).

Academics

Jesuit provides a college preparatory environment. The school is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, the Texas Catholic Conference Education Department, and recognized by the Texas Education Agency. The school is also affiliated with the National Catholic Educational Association and the Jesuit Secondary Education Association. Jesuit Dallas is a U.S. Department of Education Recognized School of Excellence.

Jesuit provides a college counseling department to its students that is very prestigious, well known, and respected nationwide. This world renowned college counseling department is one of the reasons that Jesuit, since it was founded in 1942, has had a 100% graduation rate as well as a 100% college attendance rate, with 90% of the graduates attending the college of their choice.

Spiritual life

Retreats

Students experience a minimum of 4 retreats, one during each year. These retreats are "intended to build community within a class," as well as to "foster the spiritual growth of the individual."

Campus ministry

Masses, retreats, and prayer services are student-led through Campus Ministry, a student organization.

Student life

Student body

As of the 2011-2012 school year, Jesuit maintains 1074 students in grades 9-12. While Jesuit is a Catholic institution, nearly 20% of the student body is non-Catholic and come from a variety of religious traditions. 24% of students receive need-based financial assistance from the school, totaling more than $1 million. Jesuit also maintains a diverse student body with 28% minority enrollment.

Sports

Jesuit Dallas supports a wide range of athletic teams. Unlike most other private schools in Texas, Jesuit does not compete in the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools or the Southwest Preparatory Conference. Instead, Jesuit and its brother school Strake Jesuit College Preparatory of Houston compete in the University Interscholastic League (UIL), the athletic and extracurricular governing body for the state's public and charter schools. Jesuit currently competes in District 9 of Class AAAAA, the state's largest classification. Jesuit also participates in non-UIL sports such as lacrosse, crew, and rugby union. Following an undefeated season and a #1 ESPN RISE national ranking, Jesuit's varsity soccer team won the school's first team UIL state championship in 2010, defeating fellow private school Houston Strake Jesuit in the championship game. This made Dallas Jesuit the first private school to win a UIL team state championship in history. Jesuit has also won a handful of individual state championships in swimming, golf, and wrestling.

Dress code

Shirt
Long or short sleeve dress shirt in solid blue, yellow, pink, or white. Shirts must be made of broadcloth or an oxford material.
Tie
Student may chose any neck tie, but it must be worn properly in accordance with the handbook. Seniors are also permitted to wear bow ties, with permission from the Assistance Principal for Student Affairs.
Pants
Must be similar in style to Haggar Dockers in navy, khaki, grey, black, or olive. Freshmen must wear khaki colored pants.
Shoes
Cap toe, wing tip, or tassel loafer styles in solid black, brown, or cordovan. Must be worn with socks. Seniors may wear boots.
Blazers
During the school's second and third academic quarters, all students must wear navy blazers. Seniors are permitted to wear any sport coat consistent with modern dress standards.

Students are free to purchase their uniform at the store of their choosing.

Traditions

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Ranger Day

Widely regarded as "the best day to be a Jesuit student," Ranger Day is always celebrated on the Friday of homecoming weekend on the day of the homecoming game, typically around the end of October. In essence, Ranger Day is Jesuit's spirit day where students are pitted against each other in interclass competitions. Ranger Day is characterized by:

Body painting 
Colors, often blue and gold, the school colors, are applied in creative patterns and letters. Typically tempera paint is used.
Senior parade 
Ranger Day begins in the gymnasium. Freshmen, sophomores, and juniors are seated in the bleachers of the gym. The senior class then processes into the gym. Though methods and themes vary from year to year, the seniors always process in a grandiose fashion, with themes ranging from Roman Times to Superheroes. They are often fraught with inside jokes.
Competitive games 
Games are run for students, by students. Occurring throughout the day, they range from Trivial Pursuit and checkers to hot dog eating and jousting and can be very entertaining to watch.
Music 
During the day, faculty and student bands play on the steps of the Terry Center.
Senior "advantages" 
During the competitions, especially the basketball shooting and paper airplane contests, seniors are allowed to be "creative" in their quest to win.
Chariot races 
The climax of Ranger Day. Each freshman homeroom, consisting of roughly twenty students, designs and builds a chariot. This chariot must be made entirely by the students, must be propelled by student runners, and must carry a senior student aboard. Many chariots crash or otherwise fall apart on the track over the 200 meter race.

Rivalries

Through the years, Jesuit has enjoyed lively and spirited rivalries with a number of other high schools in the area. The most long-lasting rivalry has been with cross-town Catholic school Bishop Lynch High School. There is a measure of irony in this rivalry, as it was the Most Reverend Joseph P. Lynch – for whom Bishop Lynch High School is named – who commissioned the Society of Jesus to found Jesuit High School in Dallas in the 1940s.

Even before its involvement in the UIL, Jesuit enjoyed a healthy rivalry with area public schools such as Coppell, Lake Highlands, and some Plano schools. Jesuit also has a unique long-distance rivalry with brother school Houston Strake Jesuit College Preparatory. Jesuit and Houston Strake Jesuit have competed for a number of state titles over the years, most recently in the UIL 5A State Soccer Championship in 2010 – a match won by Jesuit Dallas in shootouts.

Technology

Jesuit has about 600 working computers for student use located throughout the school, including computer labs, language classrooms, and the information commons.

Every classroom on campus is equipped with SmartBoards – large projection, touch-responsive computer interfaces.

All buildings on campus are Wi-Fi enabled for students, staff, or guests who choose to carry laptops or handheld devices.

Students use a number of technology-based learning environments through four years at Jesuit. The school uses Moodle, software which extends the classroom to the Internet for home access. Students and parents use NetClassroom to view grades or announcements online. The college search process is aided by Naviance, a web-based college information program. Jesuit faculty and staff are constantly looking for ways to incorporate technology into the Jesuit education.

Before the 2011-2012 school year, Jesuit faculty were given an opportunity to request iPads for classroom use. Jesuit continues to evaluate the value of a one-to-one educational program through the use of this kind of technology.

Ranger Connection

The Ranger Connection is the official school store of Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas. The store sells a limited selection of school supplies including combination locks for athletic lockers, graphing calculators, planners, selected books, pens, and pencils. In addition to these items, the store also features a variety of Jesuit Dallas branded apparel and spirit gear including hats, T-shirts, polo shirts, sweatshirts, jackets, and other merchandise. In the weeks nearing homecoming, the store sells tickets for the student homecoming dance. The store, located near the school cafeteria, is open while school is in session during student lunch periods and near the end of the school day. In recent years, the Ranger Connection added an online store with e-commerce capabilities.

Jesuit Dallas Museum

The Jesuit Dallas Museum is a separately chartered, fully functional gallery and museum residing entirely within Jesuit Dallas. It is home to a 15 million dollar art collection. Its collections cover the visual arts including ceramics, painting, prints, kinetic and stationary sculpture and feature, among others, such well-known artists as Salvador Dalí and Dale Chihuly, as well as some pieces that were created by the artists especially for Jesuit. Such as the famous "Window" into Jesuit. It has been said to be one of the finest collections ever assembled at a secondary school.The Jesuit Dallas Museum is distinguished by the wide range and depth of its art collection. Major gifts and purchases have brought over 400 pieces to the school's corridors and courtyards. Internationally celebrated artists share space with a rich trove of Southwestern works. This important concentration of ceramics, kinetics, painting, prints, and sculpture is placed throughout the school complex. Works by Dali, Chihuly, and Pena are as likely to fill an alcove as Texas State Flags are to hug the walls of an intimate hallway.

A Momentum magazine article states:

"The effect of the presence of the art on the students has been nothing short of remarkable. There is a unique sense of pride and respect instilled in each student for "their" paintings. The faculty has become aware of bold uses of color and increased imagination in class assignments. Students gather to discuss why an artist may have chosen a particular color or theme for a work."

The museum is open to the public for tours of the permanent collection and special exhibitions. Volunteer docents guide visitors through the Jesuit Dallas Museum; admission is free. Tours are available between 09:00 and 14:00, when school is in session.

Presidents

Principals

Notable alumni

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References

External links

Dallas portal
Catholicism portal
Schools portal