St. Edward High School (Ohio)

St. Edward High School
Address
13500 Detroit Avenue
Lakewood, Ohio 44107
United States
Coordinates 41°29′8″N 81°47′6″W / 41.48556°N 81.78500°W / 41.48556; -81.78500Coordinates: 41°29′8″N 81°47′6″W / 41.48556°N 81.78500°W / 41.48556; -81.78500
Information
Type Private
Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic
Established 1949
Locale Suburban
Oversight Congregation of Holy Cross
Teaching staff 63.4 (FTE)
Gender Boys
Enrollment 924 (2013-2014)
Student to teacher ratio 14.6
Color(s) Green and Gold         
Athletics conference OHSAA
Nickname Eagles
Rival St. Ignatius High School
Accreditation NCA
Publication Flight
Newspaper Edsman
Yearbook Edwardian
Tuition $13,150 (2013-2014)
Website School website
[1][2][3]

St. Edward High School is private, all-male Catholic, college-preparatory high school located in Lakewood, Ohio. It was founded in 1949 and is operated in the Holy Cross tradition by the Midwest Province of the Brothers of Holy Cross, Notre Dame, Indiana. It is one of three remaining all-male Catholic high schools in the Greater Cleveland area (Benedictine and St. Ignatius being the others) and has an enrollment of 865 students, as of the 2009-2010 school year.[4] The school's mascot is the Eagle and school colors are green and gold.

History

St. Edward High School was founded in 1949 by the Brothers of Holy Cross and named in honor of Saint Edward the Confessor. It was also a nod toward Archbishop Edward F. Hoban, the head of the Diocese of Cleveland who invited the Brothers of Holy Cross to start several Catholic high schools in the Cleveland suburbs after World War II. The Brothers of Holy Cross would start Gilmour Academy in 1946 in the eastern suburb of Gates Mills, St. Edward in the western suburbs, and Archbishop Hoban High School in 1953 in nearby Akron, Ohio. The first graduating class of 1953 consisted of 159 students,[5] including several prominent Clevelanders, most notably talk show host Phil Donahue.[4]

Academics

The school offers a college-preparatory oriented curriculum as well as several specialized programs, including a pre-engineering and entrepreneurship programs, typically reserved for college campuses. The pre-engineering program was founded in 2001 and is housed in the Joseph and Helen Lowe Pre-Engineering & Technology Center. About 300 of the school's nearly 900 students are enrolled in the program.[6] In the 2008-2009 school year, the school began offering senior grade level students an entrepreneurship program,[6] which is based on Planning The Entrepreneurial Venture concept created by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation.[7] The 20-week program is structured to develop basic business techniques including finance, team-building, planning, etc. The completed business plans are ranked, with the students competing for one of five college scholarships totaling $27,000. Also, the school is currently working with local universities to allow students to receive college credits for participation in the program.

In the fall of 2010, St. Edward began to offer the International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme.[8]

St. Edward has three student-produced publications: a literary and art magazine called Flight, a yearbook titled Edwardian, and a monthly newspaper/news magazine called the Edsman.

St. Edward's Latin Club, The Knights of the Tiber, functions as a local chapter of both the Ohio Junior Classical League (OJCL)[9] and National Junior Classical League (NJCL).[10]

The school was recognized by the United States Department of Education as a "Blue Ribbon School" for the 1994-1995 and 1995-1996 school years.[11]

Demographics

The racial make up of the 924 boys enrolled in 2013-2014 was:[3]

Campus

The Lowe Center and the Chapel

Construction on the school's current facility began in 1949 on a site that once served as a resting and feeding stop for cattle trains passing through from western states to eastern markets on what is now known as the Norfolk Southern roadbed.[5] Classes began immediately in a temporary location roughly three blocks west of the school’s current location in the building of the former St. Theresa's Academy. A year later, new freshmen were taught in makeshift classrooms in the basement of St. James Grade School, located roughly 1.5 miles away at the corner of Detroit and Granger avenues.

In 2000, the school began a capital campaign to upgrade and transform the physical plant, including a new gym, weight room and indoor track. The Kahl Student Life & Leadership Center, named for Manco founder Jack Kahl, was dedicated in 2004. Coughlin Field includes a synthetic, all-weather athletic field as well as an outdoor track.

On July 31, 2008, St. Edward dedicated a $3.4 million Joseph & Helen Lowe Pre-Engineering and Technology Center.[6] The facility was named after the parents of Greg Lowe, the senior vice president of High-Performance Analog Business Units at Texas Instruments and a 1980 graduate of the high school.[6]

The new Holy Family Chapel, topped with a decorative gold dome - in recognition of the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, which is also a Holy Cross institution, was dedicated on September 29, 2008.[12] The chapel contains a bronze sculpture of Jesus on the cross created by St. Edward alumnus and sculptor James McKenna who also makes each head bust for the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Athletic programs

Coughlin Field. Home varsity football games are played at Lakewood High School, but most other field sports use this facility.

Crew (Rowing) Program

St. Edward's introduced a crewing program in 2013. The team competes nationwide. The Junior Varsity 8+ recently won a race that put the 9 group of men in the seat of a National Championship, the first in just 4 years.

Wrestling program

Since 1959, the wrestling program has produced:

Ice hockey program

The Eagles ice hockey team has won 11 OHSAA state titles, which is an Ohio state record for that sport.[17]

Former WHA/AHL goalie, Bob Whidden, was named the coach in 1984. In his first year as coach, Whidden's Eagles won the 1985 OHSAA State Champions. Whidden retired in 2005, having coached the team to ten state titles during his tenure and was named to the St. Edward's Athletic Hall of Fame in 2009.[18] Since 2010, the Eagles have been coached by Troy Gray, who played as a winger on the 1985 team.[19]

Eagles alumni Todd Harkins, Brett Harkins, and Michael Rupp, all played professionally.[20][21]

Other sports

The Ohio High School Athletic Association[22] has awarded the school the following state championships:

Non-OHSAA Titles:

Historic Rivalries

The two main historic rivalries are with Villa Angela-St. Joseph High School (VASJ) and Saint Ignatius High School.

The VASJ rivalry started with St. Joseph High School (which became VASJ). The rivalry pitted a large east suburban school (St. Joseph) against a large west suburban school (St. Edward). After merging with Villa Angela Academy, the enrollment of VASJ dropped and the rivalry faded.[27] With the rise to football and overall sport prominence of St. Ignatius, along with the proximity of the two schools, St. Ignatius replaced St. Joseph/VASJ as the main rival of St. Edward with St. Edward replacing the closed (and now reopened/merged) Cathedral Latin for St. Ignatius.[28]

Notable alumni

See List of alumni of St. Edward High School (Lakewood, Ohio)

References

  1. ↑ "FINANCIAL AID & SCHOLARSHIPS - St. Edward High School". sehs.net. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  2. ↑ NCA-CASI. "NCA-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement". Archived from the original on April 29, 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-23.
  3. 1 2 "Search for Private Schools - School Detail for St Edward High School". ed.gov. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  4. 1 2 "FAST FACTS - St. Edward High School". Alumni.sehs.net. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
  5. 1 2 "Lakewood Lore - St. Edward High School". Cows once grazed where young men now are raised (Lakewood Sun Post reprint). Archived from the original on September 30, 2006. Retrieved 2006-06-02.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "St. Edward High School unveils Joseph and Helen Lowe Pre-Engineering and Technology Center". Retrieved July 31, 2008.
  7. ↑ "KEN LAYDEN '80 ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAM - St. Edward High School". Alumni.sehs.net. Retrieved 2011-01-27.
  8. ↑ "IBO List of IB Schools". International Baccalaureate Organisation. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  9. ↑ "2009 Convention – Club Point Summary" (PDF). Ohio Junior Classical League. 2009. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
  10. ↑ "Constitution of the Ohio Junior Classical League" (PDF). Ohio Junior Classical League. March 2008. Retrieved 18 September 2009. ...by paying both OJCL annual chapter dues and any annual chapter membership dues required by NJCL.
  11. ↑ Blue Ribbon Archive Archived March 26, 2009, at the Wayback Machine. Page 65
  12. ↑ "Bishop Lennon Dedicates Holy Family Chapel" (PDF). Edsman. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved October 9, 2008.
  13. ↑ Galbincea, Pat (March 4, 2007). "St. Edward makes its points". Cleveland. Archived from the original on 2007-06-24. Retrieved 2008-11-30.
  14. ↑ Yappi. "Yappi Sports Wrestling". Retrieved 2007-02-12.
  15. ↑ Warsinskey, Tim (February 9, 2013). "St. Edward captures Division I team wrestling state championship". The Plain Dealer. Retrieved August 22, 2015.
  16. 1 2 OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site". Retrieved 2006-12-31.
  17. ↑ "State Records : Ice Hockey". Ohsaa.org. Retrieved 2013-03-16.
  18. ↑ http://alumni.sehs.net/news/28512/Athletics-2009-Athletic-Hall-of-Fame-Inductees-Announced.htm%5B%5D
  19. ↑ http://highschoolsports.cleveland.com/news/article/-7093564645861229818/getting-to-know-st-edward-hockey-coach-troy-gray/%5B%5D
  20. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-12-08.
  21. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-12-08.
  22. ↑ "OHIO HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION". ohsaa.org. Retrieved 20 March 2015.
  23. ↑ Yappi. "Yappi Sports Basketball D1". Retrieved 2007-02-12.
  24. ↑ Yappi. "Yappi Sports Baseball State * * Champs". Retrieved 2008-09-16.
  25. ↑ "St. Edward football wins Division I state title game against Huber Heights Wayne, 31-21". Retrieved 2014-12-06.
  26. ↑ "2012 OHSAA Division I - 6/1/2012 to 6/2/2012". Retrieved 2012-07-27.
  27. ↑ Tim Rogers, The Plain Dealer (2012-12-05). "Villa Angela-St. Joseph expects better performance vs. St. Edward: Boys Basketball Insider - cleveland.com". Highschoolsports.cleveland.com. Retrieved 2013-03-16.
  28. ↑ Northeast Ohio. "With football, St. Edward and St. Ignatius are fierce rivals and fast friends, forever connected". cleveland.com. Retrieved 2013-03-16.
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