Cathedral High School (Indianapolis)
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| Type | Private Catholic high school |
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| Established | 1918 |
| President | Stephen J. Helmich |
| Principal | David L. Worland |
| Students | 1,287 |
| Location | , , |
| Colors | Blue and Gold |
| Mascot | Fighting Irish |
| Website | www.cathedral-irish.org |
Cathedral High School is a private Catholic high school in Indianapolis, Indiana. It serves over 1,200 students in grades 9 to 12.
The school was founded as a boys' high school in 1918, and was run by the Catholic church until 1960, when it became an independent school run by the Holy Cross Brothers of Notre Dame. Without church funds, however, it ran into financial problems, and in 1972 it faced closure. It was rescued by parents and alumni, who set up a non-profit trust to take over and run the school. The trust was willing to make more sweeping changes to the way the school was run: in 1976 it moved to larger premises and began admitting girls.
While the school is still run as a Catholic organization, and Catholic teachings still form part of the curriculum, there is no requirement that students be Catholics: according to the school, 20% of students are followers of other faiths.
Clubs
- Dance Marathon
- Film Editing Club
- Speech Team
- Student Life Council
- CTEC (Robotics Club)
- Longboarding Club
- Science Olympiad
- Comedy Sportz
Trivia
- The buildings are connected by an underground system of tunnels.
- Some faculty have remained with the school for over 30 years.
- In 2004 the school was honored as a Blue Ribbon School.
- On the upper level in the science hallway there is a locker isolated from the all the others which goes by the name "Locker Bob".
- One of the school's buildings called Loretta Hall is supposedly haunted by the ghost of an old nun.