Xavier High School, Micronesia

Xavier High School
Location
Weno, Chuuk
Federated States of Micronesia
Information
Type Jesuit Prep, Catholic
Motto Ut Omnes Unum Sint
(That they all might be one)
Established 1952 (1952)
Director Fr. Dave Andrus, SJ, (with Fr. Rich McAuliff, SJ, on sabbatical)
Faculty 17
Grades Secondary
Gender Coeducational
Enrollment 150
Color(s) Red
Athletics 3 sports
Mascot Navigators
Website xaviermicronesia.org
St. Xavier Academy
Location Winipis, Moen Island, Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia
Coordinates 7°26′50″N 151°53′14″E / 7.44722°N 151.88722°E / 7.44722; 151.88722Coordinates: 7°26′50″N 151°53′14″E / 7.44722°N 151.88722°E / 7.44722; 151.88722
Area 0.3 acres (0.12 ha)
NRHP Reference # 76002209[1]
Added to NRHP September 30, 1976

Xavier High School is a Jesuit coeducational high school located on the island of Weno in Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia. It was established in 1952. It was the first high school in the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. Bishop Thomas Feeney, S.J., D.D. from the New York Province of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) originally envisioned a minor seminary to train local clergy. Soon after, Xavier Seminary became the first college preparatory school in the Western Pacific.

Today, Xavier High School continues to provide a rigorous college preparatory education as a Catholic school in the Jesuit tradition. With an international staff of Jesuits, Jesuit Volunteers, alumni, and local people, Xavier has an enrollment of about 150 students, serving the islands nations of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of Palau, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands.

Students come from the different island nations of Micronesia, and are selected by passing a written test and written recommendation. Alumni have gone on to influential roles throughout Micronesia. Some have described it as "the Harvard of Micronesia".[2]

History

During World War II, the Japanese government urged Mabuchi Construction Company to construct a communications center for the Japanese military in Chuuk. In 1952, Xavier High School was opened at its present site on Mabuchi hill, as the first high school in the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. Bishop Thomas Feeney, S.J., D.D. from the New York Province of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) originally envisioned a minor seminary to train local clergy. Soon after, Xavier Seminary became the first college preparatory school in the Western Pacific.[3] The school property was added to the United States National Register of Historic Places in 1976 as St. Xavier Academy.

Xavier High School continues to provide a rigorous college preparatory education as a Catholic school in the Jesuit tradition. With an international staff of Jesuits, volunteers,[4] alumni, and local people, Xavier has an enrollment of 151 students (96 boys, 65 girls), serving the islands nations of the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of Palau, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands.[5]

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ Staff (2010-07-09). "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service.
  2. ↑ Rating
  3. ↑ "History". About. Xavier High School. Retrieved 2008-10-10.
  4. ↑ Volunteer staff
  5. ↑ Index
  6. ↑ In memoriam of the late Peter L. Sugiyama, former senator of the Republic of Palau, Palau National Congress, 2007-06-13, retrieved 2010-11-24

External links

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