St. Joseph High School (South Bend, Indiana)

Saint Joseph High School
Address
453 North Notre Dame Avenue South Bend, Indiana, 46617 United States
Coordinates	41°40′53″N 86°14′18″W / 41.681286°N 86.238206°W / 41.681286; -86.238206Coordinates: 41°40′53″N 86°14′18″W / 41.681286°N 86.238206°W / 41.681286; -86.238206
Information
Type	Private
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic
Patron saint(s)	Saint Joseph
Established	1953
CEEB Code	153265
Principal	Susan Richter
Chaplain	Terry Coonan
Teaching staff	61
Grades	9–12
Gender	Coeducational
Enrollment	913 (2014-15)
Campus size	16.24 acres (65,700 m2)
Color(s)	Columbia Blue      White      Black
Athletics conference	Northern Indiana Conference
Nickname	Indians
Rivals	Mishawaka Marian Penn
Accreditation	North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
Newspaper	Soundings
Yearbook	Hi-Way
Tuition	$7,000-$8,500
Website	www.saintjoehigh.com

Saint Joseph High School (commonly referred as St. Joe) is a Roman Catholic college preparatory high school located in South Bend, Indiana. Formerly located adjacent to the campuses of the University of Notre Dame, St. Mary's College, and Holy Cross College, in 2012, the school moved to a new location about a mile south of Notre Dame. It is located within the Diocese of Fort Wayne–South Bend.

History

Saint Joseph's High School began classes on September 20, 1953, as the first consolidated, co-institutional Catholic high school in the South Bend area. The school was made up of students from Central Catholic High School, Saint Hedwig School, Saint Joseph's Academy, and South Bend Catholic High School.

Contributions from South Bend and Mishawaka parishioners enabled building the school on 5.7 acres (23,000 m²) of land donated to the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend by the Brothers of Holy Cross.

From 1953 to 1968, Saint Joseph's High School had separate divisions for boys and girls. The faculty consisted primarily of Sisters of the Holy Cross and Brothers of Holy Cross. In 1968 the school became coeducational.

In 2012, St. Joseph's constructed a new building on the site formerly occupied by Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center. Along with the new building, the official name of the school was changed from Saint Joseph's High School to Saint Joseph High School.^[1]

Academics

SJHS is accredited by the Indiana Department of Education and the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools and is also a member of the National Catholic Education Association.

17 different AP classes^[2] are offered. St Joe has been named a Blue Ribbon school by the United States Department of Education.^[3]

AP classes offered include AP Biology, AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, AP Chemistry, AP Computer Science A, AP English Language and Composition, AP Environmental Science, AP Latin, AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics, AP Physics C, AP Spanish, AP Statistics, AP United States Government and Politics, AP United States History.

SJHS was named one of the Top 50 Catholic High Schools in the Catholic High School Honor Roll every year from 2006–2013.^[4]

Academic teams

• Euro Challenge^[5]
• Fed Challenge
  • National Champions in 2010^[6]
• Quiz Bowl
  • Traditional State Champions in 2013, Rotary State Champions in 2013, 2014,^[7] 2015^[8]

Athletics

The Saint Joseph Indians are a member of the Northern Indiana Conference. Fellow member Mishawaka Marian is Saint Joe's archrival; the Indians and the Knights battle annually for the Bishop's Trophy. Saint Joseph also maintains a rivalry with Penn. Sports offered are:^[9]

Notable alumni

• Tom Abernethy - former NBA player and IU basketball standout
• Brendan Bayliss - singer/guitarist of the band Umphrey's McGee
• Pete Buttigieg - Rhodes Scholar, Mayor of South Bend, Indiana
• Nathan Gunn - Award-winning baritone opera singer^[18]
• Traci Paige Johnson - animator and television producer, creator of Blue's Clues
• Joe Kernan - former Governor of Indiana, former Mayor of South Bend, Indiana
• John Laskowski - Indiana University basketball broadcaster, former NBA Player and member of IU's national championship team
• Mike McNeill - former NHL hockey player
• Steve Ontiveros - former MLB pitcher; 1994 All Star with Oakland Athletics; American League ERA Leader 1994^[19]
• Clarissa Pinkola Estés - American poet, post-trauma specialist and Jungian psychoanalyst
• Frank Sullivan, Jr. - Former associate justice of the Indiana Supreme Court and current professor at Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law

References

External links

• Official site

Diocese of Fort Wayne–South Bend Bishops Ordinaries John Henry Luers Joseph Gregory Dwenger Joseph Rademacher Herman Joseph Alerding John F. Noll Leo Aloysius Pursley William Edward McManus John Michael D'Arcy Kevin C. Rhoades Auxiliary bishops Joseph Robert Crowley John Richard Sheets Daniel R. Jenky Churches Cathedrals Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Fort Wayne St. Matthew Cathedral, South Bend Basilica Basilica of the Sacred Heart, Notre Dame Parishes St. Mary of the Assumption Church, Avilla St. Mary's Catholic Church, Huntington St. Adalbert Church, South Bend St. Casimir Church, South Bend Education Higher education Ancilla Domini College, Donaldson Holy Cross College, Notre Dame Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame University of Saint Francis, Fort Wayne High schools Bishop Dwenger High School, Fort Wayne Bishop Luers High School, Fort Wayne Marian High School, Mishawaka St. Joseph High School, South Bend Priests John George Bennett Andrew Gregory Grutka Catholicism Portal