Seton High School (Cincinnati, Ohio)

Seton High School
Address
3901 Glenway Avenue
Price Hill
Cincinnati, Ohio, (Hamilton County), 45205
United States
Information
Motto Hazard Yet Forward
Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic
Established 1854
Principal Donna Brigger
Asst. Principal Richard Klus
Grades 912
Enrollment 600  (2008)
Campus Urban
Color(s) Green and White         
Athletics conference Girls Greater Cincinnati League
Mascot St. Bernard
Team name Saints
Accreditation(s) North Central Association of Colleges and Schools [1]
Newspaper 'The Seton Connection'
Yearbook 'The Setonian'
Affiliation Sisters of Charity
Website

Seton High School is a parochial all-female, college-preparatory high school in the Price Hill neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.

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History

Seton was founded as Mount St. Vincent Academy in 1854. It was also known as Cedar Grove. With the arrival of Elder High School's girls' department,[2] Cedar Grove was renamed Elizabeth Ann Seton on September 12, 1927.[3][4]

Sponsored by the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati, Seton has always provided the highest quality spiritual, academic, and social programs in a comprehensive curriculum to young women. Since its earliest days, Seton has been fully accredited by the North Central Association of Schools and Colleges and is an active member of the National Catholic Education Association.

The Crest

The crosses are from the crest of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, and the plowshare represents the City of Cincinnati named after the Society of Cincinnati which is named after Cincinnatus, the Roman farmer who became the famous general of Rome.

The cedar tree symbolizes Cedar Grove, the popular name of the academy established on this site in 1857. The school was renamed Seton High School in 1928.

The wavy bars suggest the Ohio River and the Motherhouse of the Sisters of Charity at Mount St. Joseph-on-the-Ohio.

The three crescents are derived from the Seton Family Coat of Arms.

Elizabeth Ann Seton

In 1794, Elizabeth Ann Bayley married William M. Seton. They had five children.

William died while he and Elizabeth were on a business trip in Italy, and there Elizabeth became acquainted with the Catholic faith.

In 1808, she founded the Sisters of Charity in America and is often credited with founding the Catholic School System. Before her death in 1821, she sent four of her sisters to Cincinnati. They lived at Cedar Grove and were the original members of a new congregation: The Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati. In 1975, Elizabeth Seton became the first canonized saint born in the United States of America.

Athletic Teams

As a member of the Girls' Greater Cincinnati League, Seton teams have won numerous league, district, regional and state championships in 12 varsity sports:

Fall

Winter

Spring

Year Round

GGCL

Seton High School is a member of the Girls' Greater Cincinnati League. The league has 14 member schools. Six all-female schools are in the scarlet division. The five co-ed schools make up the grey division. Two league champions are named, one from each division. In sports in which twenty or more games are played, teams play one round with two crossover games. In sports with less than twenty games, Seton plays all league teams once.

Scarlet

Grey

Clubs and activities

Students can participate in a wide variety of clubs and activities including:

New clubs form every year. We encourage the development of new activities that support the mission of Seton High School. In recent news, Seton High School was victorious in a High School Musical promotional contest, winning an all-expenses paid trip for the Senior Class to Disney World and a pep rally for the entire school featuring Natasha Bedingfield. Seton won the contest by proving that they had the most school spirit in the nation!

Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships

External links

Notes and references

  1. ^ NCA-CASI. "NCA-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement". http://www.advanc-ed.org/schools_districts/school_district_listings/?. Retrieved 2009-06-23. 
  2. ^ "The Elder Coat of Arms". The Purple Quill (Elder High School). 1950-11-22. http://www.elderhs.org/About/CoatofArms/tabid/72/Default.aspx. Retrieved 2007-09-29. 
  3. ^ Seton Cincinnati: History
  4. ^ Mount St. Vincent's Academy, Cedar Grove, Price Hill]
  5. ^ "Executive Board Pre-File Application". OhioJCL.org - June 2007. Internet Archive: Wayback Machine. 2010. Archived from the original on June 17, 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070617024347/http://ohiojcl.org/prefile.shtml. Retrieved August 16, 2010. 
  6. ^ "OJCL Constitution". OhioJCL.org - July 2002. Internet Archive: Wayback Machine. 2010. Archived from the original on July 21, 2002. http://web.archive.org/web/20020721140258/http://www.ohiojcl.org/resources/constitution.html#c31. Retrieved August 16, 2010. "... by paying both OJCL annual chapter dues and any annual chapter membership dues required by NJCL." 
  7. ^ OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site". http://www.ohsaa.org/. Retrieved 2006-12-31.