Loyola High School (Detroit)

Loyola High School
Address
15325 Pinehurst Street
Detroit, Michigan, (Wayne County) 48238
United States
Coordinates 42°24′11″N 83°10′0″W / 42.40306°N 83.16667°W / 42.40306; -83.16667Coordinates: 42°24′11″N 83°10′0″W / 42.40306°N 83.16667°W / 42.40306; -83.16667
Information
Type Private
Motto Ad maiorem Dei gloriam (AMDG)
("For the greater glory of God")
Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic (Jesuit)
Established 1993 (1993)
President Rev. Mark Luedtke, S.J.
Principal Wyatt Jones III '98
Grades 912
Gender Boys
Enrollment 170
Average class size 12-15
Student to teacher ratio 8:1
Campus type Urban
Color(s) Navy blue & White         
Slogan "Men for Others"
Fight song "On,Loyola"
Athletics conference Catholic High School League
MHSAA
Sports Football, basketball, bowling, cross country, track & field, wrestling & baseball
Mascot Bulldogs
Team name Bulldogs
Accreditation Michigan Assoc. of Non-public Schools
Average ACT scores 17-32
Tuition $4,300
Director of Admissions Paul Davis '11
Director of Athletics Paul D'Luge
Dean of Students Michael Black Jr. '01
Website loyolahsdetroit

Loyola High School is a Catholic school for boys in Detroit, Michigan.

Loyola High School is one of 57 Jesuit secondary schools in the United States. [1]

History

In the early 1990s, the Detroit Board of Education proposed starting several all-male academies in an attempt to address the alarmingly high dropout rate of high school males. However, a U.S. District Court ruled that the plan violated the Michigan Constitution. Then Cardinal Adam Maida, recognizing that the Board’s plan had merit, contacted Fr. Joseph Daoust, Provincial superior of the Detroit Province Jesuits, to discuss taking on this project. A year-long feasibility study conducted by Jesuit Fr. Kenneth Styles concluded that a school of this type was needed and could be conducted on a non-public basis. The Archdiocese and the Jesuits decided to jointly sponsor the school, the only such arrangement in the country.

In August 1993 Loyola Academy – as it was called in its early years – opened its doors to 43 ninth graders in a small wing of the former St. Francis Home for Boys at Linwood and Fenkell. Longtime Detroit educator, Fr. Malcolm Carron, S.J., served as president, with Fr. Styles as principal and Wyatt Jones, Jr., as dean of students.

One year later, the school moved to its present location, two miles west on Fenkell in the former St. Francis de Sales School. Adding one grade at a time, the school reached its full, four-year enrollment in the 1996-97 school year and graduated its first senior class on June 1, 1997. Loyola has maintained a record of having all of its graduates accepted into one or more colleges or universities.[2]

Extracurricular activities

Loyola High School participates at the varsity level in the MHSAA Class C and Catholic High School League AA Division in football, cross-country, bowling, basketball, and track. In addition, there are junior varsity (JV) football and basketball programs, as well as a freshmen basketball team. Other extracurricular activities include Student Senate, Kappa League, Publications, National Honor Society, and Debate Team. .[3]

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