Guerin College Preparatory High School
| Guerin College Preparatory High School | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
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8001 West Belmont Avenue River Grove, Illinois, 60171 United States | |
| Coordinates | 41°56′13″N 87°49′39″W / 41.93694°N 87.82750°WCoordinates: 41°56′13″N 87°49′39″W / 41.93694°N 87.82750°W |
| Information | |
| Type | private, secondary, parochial |
| Motto | Love ∙ Mercy ∙ Justice |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Established | 2004 |
| Opened | 1962 & 1961 |
| Oversight | Archdiocese of Chicago |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Gender | coed |
| Enrollment | 510 (2011) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 17:1 |
| Campus type | suburban |
| Color(s) | Blue, Green and Silver |
| Slogan | Exceed your expectations |
| Athletics conference |
Chicago Catholic League (m) Girls Catholic Athletic Conference (f) |
| Team name | Gators |
| Accreditation | North Central Association of Colleges and Schools[1] |
| Newspaper | Voyager |
| Yearbook | Traces |
| Tuition | US$8,800[2] |
| Affiliation | Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods |
| Website | www.guerinprep.org |
Guerin College Preparatory High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in River Grove, Illinois. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago.
Guerin was established in 1962 as Mother Theodore Guerin High School, an all-girls school, by the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods. The sisters named the school after their congregation's foundress, Saint Mother Theodore Guerin. The school was renamed Guerin College Preparatory High School[3] when it became coeducational in 2004 and absorbed the students from the all-male Holy Cross High School after that school closed.[4] Holy Cross High School had been opened in 1961.
Athletics
The Guerin Gators are currently members of two athletic conferences. Men compete as a member of the Chicago Catholic League, while the women compete in the Girls Catholic Athletic Association. The 2008–09 season will be the school's last year as members of these conferences, as the school will be joining the new Suburban Christian Conference in 2009.[5]
The school also competes in state championship tournaments sponsored by the Illinois High School Association.
The school sponsors interscholastic sports teams for both men and women in basketball, cross country, soccer, golf, and track & field. The school sponsors teams for men in baseball, football, golf, and wrestling, while there are teams for women in softball and volleyball.[6]
Notes and references
- ↑ NCA-CASI. "NCA-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement". Retrieved 2009-07-28.
- ↑ 2011-12 tuition
- ↑ GCPHS. "About Guerin". Retrieved 2007-05-11.
- ↑ http://www.illinoisloop.org/cath_closed_school_84_04.pdf
- ↑ Announcement of Guerin Prep's intention to join the new SCC
- ↑ IHSA reference page for Guerin Prep
