Monroe Catholic High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Fairbanks, Alaska. It is the only Catholic high school in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fairbanks. It is the northernmost Roman Catholic high school in the Americas.
| Monroe Catholic High School | |
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| Address | |
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615 Monroe Street 99701 United States | |
| Coordinates | 64°51′5″N 147°42′57″W / 64.85139°N 147.71583°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Private, coeducational |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic, (Jesuit) |
| Established | 1955 |
| Oversight | Catholic Schools of Fairbanks |
| CEEB code | 020037 |
| Director | Frank Ostanik |
| Principal | Patrick Rigs |
| Faculty | 33 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 130 (2022-2023) |
| • Grade 9 | 34 |
| • Grade 10 | 36 |
| • Grade 11 | 30 |
| • Grade 12 | 28 |
| Average class size | 33 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 4:1 |
| Color(s) | Royal and gold |
| Team name | Rams |
| Accreditation | Northwest Association of Accredited Schools[1] |
| Tuition | $10,000 |
| Namesake | Francis M. Monroe, S.J.[clarification needed] |
Background
editMonroe High School, as it was known at that time, was founded in 1955. For the first academic year, classes were held in the Immaculate Conception Church basement for the nine freshman students. The next year, another class was added when the new modern school building was opened adjacent to the grade school. Each year another class was added until the class of 1959, comprising six by that time, graduated.[2]
Notable alumni
edit- Suzanne Jackson, visual artist, poet, dancer[3]
- Mike Kelly, Alaska politician
- Pete Kelly, Alaska politician
- Lisa Murkowski, U.S. Senator
- Kirsten Powers, journalist[4]
- Stephen Sundborg, Jesuit priest, president of Seattle University
External links
editReferences
edit- ^ NAAS. "Northwest Association of Accredited Schools". Archived from the original on January 25, 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
- ^ http://www.cbna.info/uploads/1/shepherd_200408-09_v42n06.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ Mason, Karen Anne (interviewer), Suzanne Jackson (interviewee). "Interview with Suzanne Jackson". UCLA Library Digital Collections, Oral History Collections, African American Artists of Los Angeles. Retrieved 3 August 2018.
{{cite web}}:|last=has generic name (help) - ^ "29 Graduates Bid Farewell to Monroe". Fairbanks Daily News Miner. May 27, 1986.
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