Xavier High School (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)

Xavier High School
Address
6300 42nd Street NE
Cedar Rapids, (Linn County), Iowa 52411
United States
Coordinates 42°1′27″N 91°43′29″W / 42.02417°N 91.72472°W / 42.02417; -91.72472Coordinates: 42°1′27″N 91°43′29″W / 42.02417°N 91.72472°W / 42.02417; -91.72472
Information
Type Private, Coeducational
Motto Learning with a higher purpose.
Religious affiliation(s) Catholicism
Established 1998
Oversight Archdiocese of Dubuque
Superintendent Kim Hermsen
Principal Tom Keating
Grades 9th-12th
Enrollment 702 (2017)
Color(s) Navy blue and Silver          
Athletics conference Mississippi Valley Conference
Mascot Saint Bernard
Average ACT scores 25
Newspaper The Xpress
Tuition $5,720 (Catholic), $10,080 (Non Catholic)
Feeder schools St. Joseph School, LaSalle Middle School, Regis Middle School.
Website http://www.xaviersaints.org

Xavier High School in Cedar Rapids, Iowa is the only Catholic high school in the Cedar Rapids metropolitan area. It is affiliated with twelve area Catholic parishes and the Archdiocese of Dubuque. Xavier opened in 1998 after two previous Catholic high schools, Regis High School and LaSalle High School, merged.

School information

Xavier High School is a member of the National Catholic Education Association and is accredited by the State of Iowa. 58% of the faculty has a M.A. or PhD in their area.

Its campus encompasses a full 60 acres (240,000 m2) in northeastern Cedar Rapids. The 146,500-square-foot (13,610 m2) facility is capable of managing up to 811 students under the current layout. Xavier enjoys several advantages in facilities over other Metro area high schools. The football, baseball, softball, and soccer fields are all located on-campus, as well as two full football and soccer practice fields. Newly remodeled tennis courts are on-campus as well. A disk golf course is in place throughout the grounds for students' use at their leisure. There is a pond on the eastern edge of campus that students may use for recreation and fishing as well as professional water polo. Xavier provides an iPad for each student.

Xavier's mission is "to develop the total person in a Catholic environment".

Student information

The students at Xavier High School primarily come from the surrounding area's Catholic middle schools: Regis Middle School and LaSalle Middle School (the former high schools that merged to form Xavier) in Cedar Rapids, and Saint Joseph's School in Marion, Iowa.

Athletics

On June 19, 2007, Sports Illustrated named Xavier as the top athletic high school for the 2006-2007 school year in the state. Since 2003, Xavier has won state championships in boys' & girls' soccer, boys' tennis, boys' & girls' cross country, boys and girls' basketball, boys' track, baseball, softball, and football. In 2010 Xavier's girls soccer team was recognized as 4th in the Nation. The Saints girls soccer program has won eight consecutive state titles, and holds the record in Iowa for most consecutive titles won, male or female. The Xavier Athletics Program was recognized by the Des Moines Register[1] as the best in the state of Iowa for medium-sized schools in 2006-07 and again in 2014-15.

Fine arts

The school offers numerous choral, instrumental, and theatrical programs for students.

Activities and clubs

There are over 1000 co-curricular activities at Xavier. Some of these include intramural basketball, Key Club, National Honor Society, Breakfast Club, SADD, Model UN, BPA (Bowling Professionals of America), underwater basket weaving, advanced tetherball team, competitive apple bobbing team, and Japanese Poetry, among others.

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/high-school/2015/08/04/iowa-high-school-all-sports-standings/31124651/?hootPostID=32a49c4be076085a910e682da3137d55
  2. ↑ Weber, Rick (March 1, 2012). "Ryan Sweeney is fine with Fenway". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 21, 2014.
  3. ↑ Pilcher, K.J. (January 25, 2010). "Gase signs developmental deal". The Gazette. Retrieved April 21, 2014.
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