Kuemper Catholic School System

Kuemper Catholic School System
Address
Kuemper Catholic School System
Kuemper Catholic School System
St. Angela Center (grades 4-5 and HQ): 116 S. East Street
Holy Spirit Center (K-3): 201 S. Clark Street
St. Lawrence Center (7-8): 1519 N. West Street
High school & PK-K: 109 South Clark Street
Carroll, (Carroll County), Iowa 51401
United States
Coordinates 42°03′33″N 94°51′59″W / 42.059152°N 94.866375°W / 42.059152; -94.866375Coordinates: 42°03′33″N 94°51′59″W / 42.059152°N 94.866375°W / 42.059152; -94.866375
Information
Type Private, Coeducational
Motto We provide a Christ-centered environment where students grow spiritually, academically, and socially, becoming responsible citizens of the world.
Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic
Established 1909
Founder Fr. Joseph Kuemper
President John Steffes
Principal Pete Haefs
Chaplain Fr. Brian Feller
Grades 9–12
Hours in school day 7
Color(s) Red and Gold         
Athletics conference Hawkeye Ten
Mascot Knight
Team name Knights
Newspaper The Charger
Yearbook The Lance
Head Football Coach Chad Klein
Head Basketball Coach Sean Minnehan
Athletic Director Ryan Isgrig
Diocese Sioux City
Website http://www.kuemper.org

Kuemper Catholic School System is a private, Roman Catholic PK-12 school in Carroll, Iowa. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sioux City. It includes the elementary/middle school division and Kuemper Catholic High School, altogether held in four buildings.

History

The roots of Kuemper Catholic School go all the way back to 1874 with the Mt. Carmel parish began a small pioneering Catholic school. By 1916, each of the 12 area parishes surrounding Carroll built their own Catholic grade school, and eventually Catholic high schools were also established in Breda, Mt. Carmel, Templeton, and Vail.

Fr. Joseph Kuemper (1855-1923) left his mark and an important legacy on Carroll county’s 20th century history.

St. Bernard High School in Breda consolidated into Kuemper High in 1979.[1]

The Christ the King School in Breda,[2] along with the Holy Trinity Catholic grade school, consolidated into Kuemper Catholic System in 2003.[1]

Buildings

The main administrative headquarters of the Kuemper System are on the second floor of the St. Angela Center. The system has four buildings: Holy Spirit Center for kindergarten through grade 3, the third and fourth floors of St. Angela Center for grades 4 and 5, St. Lawrence Center for grades 6-8, and Kuemper High School for grades 9-12. Preschool and optional kindergarten classes are held in the Kuemper High building's first floor although the preschool/kindergarten administration is at Holy Spirit Center. Kuemper High and St. Angela Center are connected to one another.[3]

Campuses in Carroll

Athletics

The Knights compete within the Hawkeye Ten Athletic Conference and are apart of the Iowa High School Athletic Association’s class 2A in most sports.

The Knights won the 2013 Class 2A football championship 31-28 over Waukon High School.[4]

Notes and references

  1. 1 2 "When schools close". Daily Times Herald. 2014-03-28. Retrieved 2018-07-17.
  2. ↑ "Education." City of Breda. Retrieved on July 18, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Contact Us." Kuemper Catholic School System. Retrieved on July 17, 2018.
  4. ↑
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