Saint Xavier High School
New logo, circa 2004 Vidit Mirabilia Magna,[1] Men for Others,[2] Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam, Magis
Location
Finneytown, Ohio, USA
Coordinates	39°12′31″N 84°30′15″W / 39.2086694, -84.5041101
Information
Authority	Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati[3]
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Affiliation(s)	Society of Jesus (Chicago Province)
President	Fr. Ad maiorem Dei gloriam or ad majorem Dei gloriam (when an "i" functions as a consonant Magis (pronounced "màh-gis" is a Jesuit phrase that means "the more" Finneytown is a Census-designated place (CDP in Springfield Township, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States, just north of Ohio ( is a Midwestern state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region, Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati covers the Cincinnati metropolitan area the greater Dayton area and other communities in the The Society of Jesus ( Latin: Societas Iesu, SJ and SI or SJ, SI) is a Catholic religious order Walter Deye, S. J.
Principal	Dave B. Mueller
Students	1,575 (2007)[4]
Faculty	120 full-time teachers[4]
CEEB Code	361-110[5]
Gender	Male
Type	Private, college preparatory
Grades	9–12
Campus size	Over 110 acres (0. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. The College Board is a Not-for-profit Examination board in the United States that was formed in 1900 Single-sex education ( SSE) is the practice of conducting Education where male and female students attend separate classes or in separate buildings For the film of this title see Private School (film. Private schools, or Independent schools are Schools not administered A university-preparatory school or college-preparatory school (usually abbreviated to preparatory school, college prep school, or prep school 4 km²)[4]
Athletics	Baseball, basketball, bowling, cross-country, football, golf, hockey, lacrosse, soccer, swimming and diving, tennis, track, volleyball, and wrestling[4]
Athletics conference	Greater Catholic League South
Mascot	Bomber
Patron saint(s)	St. Francis Xavier
Color(s)	Royal blue and white[6]
Established	October 17, 1831
Tuition	$9,875. Saint Francis Xavier ( Konkani / Konknni: Sam Fransisku Xavier/ Sanv Fransisk Xavier Basque: San Frantzisko Xabierkoa Spanish: San Francisco White is a Color, the perception which is evoked by Light that stimulates all three types of color sensitive Cone cells in the Human eye Events 539 BC - King Cyrus The Great of Persia marches into the city of Babylon, releasing the Jews from almost Year 1831 ( MDCCCXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been 00 (2007–08)[7]
Homepage	St. Xavier High School

Saint Xavier High School (pronounced /ˈzeɪvjɚ/, often abbreviated St. X) is a private, all-male, college-preparatory high school in Finneytown, a community just outside Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Single-sex education ( SSE) is the practice of conducting Education where male and female students attend separate classes or in separate buildings A university-preparatory school or college-preparatory school (usually abbreviated to preparatory school, college prep school, or prep school High school is the name used in some parts of the world (in particular Scotland, North America and Australia) to describe an institution Finneytown is a Census-designated place (CDP in Springfield Township, Hamilton County, Ohio, United States, just north of Ohio ( is a Midwestern state of the United States. As part of the Great Lakes region, Ohio has long been a cultural and geographical crossroads The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Founded in 1831, St. Xavier is the oldest high school in Cincinnati^[8] and one of the oldest in the nation, preceding many universities in foundation. The independent, non-diocesan school is operated by the Chicago Province of the Society of Jesus and is one of four all-male Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati; as of 2006, it has 1,500 enrolled students, making it the largest Catholic high school in Cincinnati and the surrounding region. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. The Society of Jesus ( Latin: Societas Iesu, SJ and SI or SJ, SI) is a Catholic religious order This article is about Catholic schools in general for specific schools named Catholic High School, see Catholic High School (disambiguation. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati covers the Cincinnati metropolitan area the greater Dayton area and other communities in the Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ^[9]

History

St. Xavier High School at its inception, with St. Francis Xavier Church to its side. St Francis Xavier Church is located at 607 Sycamore Street Cincinnati Ohio.

St. Xavier, once a part of Xavier University, traces its roots to the Athenaeum at Seventh Street and Sycamore Street^[10] in Downtown Cincinnati, a "literary institute" dedicated on October 17, 1831, just a week before the city's first public high school, Woodward College, opened its doors. Xavier University is a private, Jesuit, co-educational University in the United States located in Cincinnati, Ohio. Events 539 BC - King Cyrus The Great of Persia marches into the city of Babylon, releasing the Jews from almost Year 1831 ( MDCCCXXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Woodward High School is a Public high school located in the Bond Hill neighborhood of Cincinnati Ohio. With St. Francis Xavier as its patron, the school was named St. Saint Francis Xavier ( Konkani / Konknni: Sam Fransisku Xavier/ Sanv Fransisk Xavier Basque: San Frantzisko Xabierkoa Spanish: San Francisco Xavier College by the first bishop of Cincinnati, Rev. Edward D. Fenwick, O.P., and granted a state charter in 1842. Bishop Edward Dominic Fenwick, OP (b August 19 1768, St Mary's County ( Maryland) - d The Order of Preachers ( Latin: Ordo Praedicatorum) after the 15th century more commonly known as the Dominican Order or Dominicans, is The school originally offered a six-year education based on Jesuite College in Messina, Italy, but later switched to an American-style eight-year program. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest ^[11] Some students took typing classes at the St. Xavier Commercial School nearby. Typing is the process of inputting text into a device such as a Typewriter, Computer, or a Calculator, by pressing keys on a keyboard. St Xavier Parish Commercial School, officially The Convent School, was a private Secondary school in Cincinnati Ohio, United States In 1844, the school's elementary division opened a boarding school campus in Walnut Hills but was forced to close its doors two years later and return downtown. Primary education is the first stage of Compulsory education. A boarding school is a School where some or all pupils not only study but also live during term time with their fellow students and possibly teachers ^[12]

St. Xavier High School was formally separated from Xavier University in 1919 with full financial separation in 1934. Fr. Aloysius J. Diersen, S. J. served as the high school's first president. ^[12] The school began its move from the original location in downtown Cincinnati in April 1955 when its president, Fr. John J. Benson, S. J. , purchased a 61 acre plot in Finneytown. In September 1960, St. Xavier High School moved into its newly-built facilities, which cost more than $4 million to build. At the time, the new facilities were called the Finneytown Hilton. UH Hilton Hoteljpg|thumbnail|right|The Hilton University of Houston in Houston Texas, located on the campus of the University of Houston, contains the Hilton College of The original high school building was later torn down and is now the site of a parking lot. Parking lot (called a car park in Australia and the UK) is a cleared area that is more or less level and is intended for Parking vehicles

Since that time the facilities have gone through many expansions, most recently during the 2003–04 school year. The recent additions include a new football stadium, theater, black box theater, art wing, music rooms, science wing, and track field. The black box theater is a relatively recent innovation consisting of a simple somewhat unadorned Performance space usually a large square room with black walls and a flat The school also converted the former Girls' Town of America^[13] location across the street into its "South Campus", including new baseball and soccer fields. ^[14]

At St. Xavier's entrance stands a statue of St. Francis Xavier – the school's patron saint and namesake, as well as a founding member of the Jesuit order – that once stood above the entry to the school's old location downtown. Saint Francis Xavier ( Konkani / Konknni: Sam Fransisku Xavier/ Sanv Fransisk Xavier Basque: San Frantzisko Xabierkoa Spanish: San Francisco The sculpture "Open End", a 1983 work by Australian sculptor Clement Meadmore, was donated to St. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Clement Meadmore ( February 9, 1929 - April 19, 2005) was an Australian-American sculptor known for massive outdoor steel Sculptures Xavier by Prudential Insurance Company and resides outside an entrance to the school's Berning Gymnasium. Prudential Financial, Inc ( is a Fortune Global 500 and Fortune 500 company whose subsidiaries provide Insurance, Investment management, and It stood outside the Cincinnati Commerce Center at Sixth and Vine Streets downtown until it was relocated to St. Xavier in 1999. ^[16]

St. Xavier's sports teams were originally nicknamed the "Conquistadors", or "Conquerors". This article is about the Spanish explorer soldiers of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuriesfor other uses see Conquistador (disambiguation A Conquistador Eventually, the teams began to be known as the "Bombers". ^[17] Competing explanations of the name change credit American success in World War II, "bombs" thrown by George Ratterman to Charley Wolf in football games,^[17] and a corruption of the nickname given to Jesuit missionaries in World War II, the "Balmers". World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including George William Ratterman ( November 12, 1926 &ndash November 3, 2007) was an American Football player in the All-America Football ^[18] Though there is further disagreement over exactly when the move took place, alumni accounts place it sometime in the 1930s or 1940s. ^[19]

Academics

Students apply to St. Xavier High School by taking an entrance test and submitting an elementary school transcript, teacher recommendations, and an enrollment application. Other factors, such as legacy, are also taken into account. Legacy preferences or legacy admission is a type of preference given by educational institutions to certain applicants on the basis of their familial relationship to Alumni St. Xavier uses the High School Placement Test (HSPT) in its admissions process. ^[20] Approximately half of applicants are admitted as freshman each year. ^[5] About a quarter of these students are admitted due to alumni or current students in their families. ^[21] Entering students come from many parts of the city, including the East Side and West Side of Cincinnati, Southeastern Indiana, and Northern Kentucky. The term Northern Kentucky generally refers to the three northernmost counties in Kentucky. The Class of 2011 includes students from 93 elementary schools. ^[4] As of 2007, St. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Xavier has 1,575 enrolled students,^[4] and the school faculty consists of 120 full-time teachers, including five Jesuit priests and a sister from the Congregation of Divine Providence. The Congregation of Divine Providence was founded by Father Jean-Martin Moye, a French priest who saw the lack of educational opportunities for females in his parish in ^[4] For the 2007–08 school year, tuition is $9,875. The United States dollar ( sign: $; code: USD) is the unit of Currency of the United States; it has also been 00;^[7] according to St. Xavier, this amount is $2,737 less than the cost of educating a student at the school. ^[22]

All students at St. Xavier are part of the school's college preparatory program, with 23. 0 credit units required for graduation. Virtually all of the school's students graduate and enter a post-secondary institution after graduation. Higher education is Education that is provided by universities, vocational universities, Community colleges Liberal arts colleges ^[5] According to BusinessWeek, nearly a third of the Class of 2004 pursued a major in business. BusinessWeek is a business Magazine published by McGraw-Hill. An academic major, major concentration, concentration, or simply major is mainly a U A business (also called firm or an enterprise) is a legally recognized organizational entity designed to provide goods and/or services to ^[23] In 2007, St. Xavier published a directory of over 16,000 living alumni, listing "511 living graduates as medical doctors or dentists, 624 as attorneys, and 610 as engineers". ^[4]

St. Xavier offers a wide variety of courses as part of a college preparatory program accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, Jesuit Secondary Education Association (of which the school is a member), and Ohio Department of Education. A university-preparatory school or college-preparatory school (usually abbreviated to preparatory school, college prep school, or prep school The North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA, also referred to as North Central, is one of six regional accreditation organizations recognized by the The Jesuit Secondary Education Association (JSEA was founded in 1970 to address the unique needs of the Jesuit secondary school Apostolate in the The Ohio State Board of Education is the governing body of the Ohio Department of Education, the State education agency of Ohio. ^[5] The school's Foreign Language Department, for example, offers Advanced Placement–level instruction in French, German, Latin, and Spanish, as well as classes in Portuguese, Russian, and Classical Greek and instruction in Chinese. The Advanced Placement Program is a program that offers college level courses at High schools across the United States and Canada. French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Portuguese ( or língua portuguesa) is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia (Spain and northern Portugal. Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages The Ancient Greek language is the historical stage in the development of the Hellenic language family spanning the Archaic (c ^[24] Other high-level courses include Advanced 2D Design Portfolio, AP Computer Science AB, AP English Literature and Composition, Multivariable Calculus, AP Psychology, and AP European History. Multivariable calculus is the extension of Calculus in one Variable to calculus in several variables the functions which are differentiated and integrated involve ^[5] In all, the school offers 24 Advanced Placement courses in seven subject areas. ^[4] As a Roman Catholic school, St. Xavier requires students to study various aspects of religion and theology each year. Students are also required to take physical education, public speaking (Oral Communications), and computer usage (Information Processing) classes, as part of an emphasis on "well-rounded individuals". Public speaking is the process of speaking to a group of people in a structured deliberate manner intended to inform influence or entertain the listeners A polymath ( Greek polymathēs, πολυμαθής "having learned much" is a person whose knowledge is not restricted to one subject area

Each year, a number of St. Xavier students receive honors from standardized testing programs. In 2006, 137 students received Scholar Awards for their high scores on Advanced Placement tests; of them, three were named National AP Scholars, the highest distinction awarded. ^[25] In addition, 16 were named finalists^[26] and 24 named Commended Students in the National Merit Scholarship Program. The National Merit Scholarship Program is a United States academic Scholarship competition for recognition and college scholarships administered by National Merit ^[27] In 2007, five won the National Merit program's highest distinction. ^[28]

St. Xavier maintains 11 computer labs with over 330 computers equipped with Microsoft Windows and Zip drives. Microsoft Windows is a series of Software Operating systems and Graphical user interfaces produced by Microsoft. The Zip drive is a medium-capacity removable Disk storage system introduced by Iomega in late 1994 ^[4] By 2001, St. Xavier had become one of the first Catholic schools in Cincinnati to use SMARTBoards in classrooms, Edline for parent-student-teacher communication, and Gaggle. The SMART Board Interactive whiteboard is a product of SMART Technologies. Edline is an online service that many schools use for school and class organization net for student-to-student e-mail. Electronic mail, often abbreviated to e-mail, email, or originally eMail, is a Store-and-forward method of writing sending receiving The school's library, named for alumnus and Ohio state representative John D. The Ohio House of Representatives is the Lower house of the Ohio General Assembly, the state legislature of the U "Jay" Carroll III,^[29] contains 23,000 volumes. ^[30]

The school year is divided into two semesters for grading and course scheduling purposes, but exams are administered quarterly (see Academic term). An academic term is a division of an academic year the time during which a School, College or University holds classes Although the school meets on a traditional eight-period schedule, in which students attend each class daily, two days dubbed "X and Y days" are often set aside for block scheduling, to allow for classroom material that would not otherwise fit into the school day. Block scheduling is a type of Academic scheduling in which each Student has fewer classes per day for a longer period of time

School traditions

The largest of the 49 all-male high schools run by the Society of Jesus in the United States,^[4] St. Xavier shares many Jesuit traditions with other secondary institutions run by the order. For example, graduating students are expected to have acquired the five characteristics defined in the "Graduate at Graduation" profile: Open to Growth, Intellectually Competent, Religious, Loving, and Committed to Justice. ^[31] Many Jesuit high schools have "Grad at Grad" expectations, although the characteristics and their descriptions vary from school to school.

St. Xavier students are also taught the phrase Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam, the motto of the Society of Jesus, and are often instructed to write the initialism "AMDG" at the top of submitted papers and tests, to remind them that even their schoolwork is "For the Greater Glory of God". Ad maiorem Dei gloriam or ad majorem Dei gloriam (when an "i" functions as a consonant Acronyms, initialisms, and alphabetisms are Abbreviations that are formed using the initial components in a phrase or name As in other Jesuit schools, detention is invariably called "JUG"; the common explanation is that "JUG" stands for "Justice Under God". Schools generally employ a hierarchy of Punishments for infractions of rules

The school holds school-wide Masses on Holy Days of Obligation and other important events, as well as optional daily Mass in Holy Companions Chapel at the center of campus. In the Catholic Church, Holy Days of Obligation or Holidays of Obligation, less commonly called Feasts of Precept, are the days on which as canon 1247 Two days a year, students, though required to come to school, do not attend classes. Instead, they attend morning Mass and are then encouraged to spend the day at school as they see fit. The autumn occasion, Spirit Day, is celebrated on the Mass of the Holy Spirit, a feast day that other Jesuit institutions also observe. In mainstream Christianity, the Holy Spirit or Holy Ghost is one of the three entities of the Holy Trinity which make up the single substance The Calendar of saints is a traditional Christian method of organizing a Liturgical year on the level of days by associating each day with one or more Saints During the spring occasion, MusicFest, students hold a grill-out on the school parking lot while student bands perform on a nearby stage. MusicFest began in 1986 as part of Music Appreciation Week. ^[32]

Alma mater

The alma maters of St. Alma mater is Latin for "nourishing mother" It was used in Ancient Rome as a title for the mother Goddess, and in Medieval Xavier and another Jesuit high school, St. Ignatius High School in Cleveland, are identical except for the last two lines, which refer to the school name and colors. Saint Ignatius High School is a private Roman Catholic Jesuit high school for young men located in Cleveland Ohio. ^[10][33] The alma mater was composed in 1937 by the St. Ignatius band director, Jack Hearns Sr. In 1958, the school gave St. Xavier permission to adapt the song;^[34] this adaptation is sung after St. Xavier school assemblies, athletic events, and graduation:

Our famed alma mater graces

Every shrine within our hearts

With her unforgotten faces

And the faith that she imparts.

Years in passing cannot sever

Ties of old days from the new.

We are Xavier men forever

As we hail the white and blue.

Extracurricular activities

Athletics

An aerial view of St. Xavier's large campus, flanked by the school's many athletic facilities and the surrounding community. Visible are the school's new South Campus (lower left), the unaffiliated Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science (center left), St. Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science (CCMS is a primarily two-year non-profit private Mortuary science college located adjacent to St Xavier Stadium (upper center), and the school track field (upper right).

Perhaps as well-regarded as its academics, the school's large athletic program is ranked 13^th in the nation. ^[35] The Finneytown campus features athletic facilities comparable to most colleges, highlighted by a new football stadium and a modernized Keating Natatorium. Charles Humphrey Keating Jr (born December 4 1923 in Cincinnati Ohio) is a retired American lawyer politician and banker best known for his involvement in the natatorium is strictly speaking a structurally separate Building containing a Swimming pool. Originally built in the early 1970s^[12], the natatorium houses an Olympic-size swimming pool, which the school shares with the Cincinnati Marlins. The football stadium, named after the school, was built during the 2003–04 school year around Ballaban Field, which was built in the late 1960s. ^[12] Teams representing St. Xavier are nicknamed the "Bombers". Originally named the "Conquistadors", or "Conquerors", the teams are members of the Greater Catholic League (GCL). This article is about the Spanish explorer soldiers of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuriesfor other uses see Conquistador (disambiguation A Conquistador The school is one of four all-male institutions that participates in the GCL's South Division, competing with nearby Elder, La Salle, and Moeller high schools. Elder High School is a parochial all-male, college-preparatory high school in the Price Hill neighborhood of Cincinnati, La Salle High School is a Catholic parochial high school in Cincinnati Ohio, USA. Archbishop Moeller High School (often known as Moeller, ˈmolɚ is a private all-male, comprehensive, college-preparatory high school St. Xavier athletic events are often broadcast on Waycross Community Media. Waycross Community Media (WCM is a Public access television center located near Cincinnati Ohio.

St. Xavier has won a state championship in many of the sports in which it fields a team. The most decorated among these teams is the school's prestigious swimming and diving program, which has garnered considerable national respect. Known as the "Aquabombers", the team has won district, sectional and city-wide titles in every year since 1970, capturing 29 Ohio state championships during this span. The team has earned the distinction of Swimming World Magazine national high school swimming champions in 1973, 1992, 2001, and 2007. Swimming World Magazine is an American -based monthly Swimming Magazine, that was first published as Junior Swimmer in January of ^[36] The team is currently headed by Coach James Brower. The Aquabombers have produced Swimming World Magazine high school swimmers of the year with Joe Hudepohl in 1992 and Jayme Cramer in 2001. Joseph ("Joe" Bernard Hudepohl (born November 16, 1974) is a native of Cincinnati, Ohio and was raised in the suburb of Finneytown Jayme Oliver Cramer (born January 20, 1983 in Falls Church Virginia) is a Backstroke and butterfly Swimmer from Hudepohl was also a member of the United States Olympic Swim Team in 1992 and 1996 and still holds several school, state and national records in swimming. The United States (USA has sent athletes to every celebration of the modern Olympic Games, except the 1980 Summer Olympics, which it boycotted The United States competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. The United States was the host nation for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta Georgia.

In addition to the swimming and diving program, the Bombers are also well-known for their football team. In 1999, the St. Xavier football team appeared on Team Cheerios cereal boxes, alongside St. Ignatius High School, in recognition of the schools' football and community service programs, as well as their records in the National Merit Scholarship Program. Cheerios is a Brand of Breakfast cereal created on June 19, 1941 and marketed by the General Mills cereal company of Saint Ignatius High School is a private Roman Catholic Jesuit high school for young men located in Cleveland Ohio. The National Merit Scholarship Program is a United States academic Scholarship competition for recognition and college scholarships administered by National Merit ^[37] On December 3, 2005, under Coach Steve Specht, the Bombers defeated Massillon Washington High School to earn the 2005 state football title, the first in team history, after having finished as state runners-up in 1992, 1998 and 2001. Events 1800 - War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden, French Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Massillon Washington High School, is a secondary school located in Massillon Ohio. The Bombers ended their season with a perfect record: undefeated in the regular season and the playoffs. For this occasion, the City of Cincinnati declared December 14, 2005 "St. Events 1287 - St Lucia's flood: The Zuider Zee sea wall in the Netherlands collapses killing over 50000 people Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Xavier High School Day". ^[38] In 2007, the Bombers were rated first or second high school football team nationally in a number of pre-season rankings;^[2] the same year, St. Xavier defeated DeMatha Catholic High School in a game nationally televised on ESPN. DeMatha Catholic High School is a four-year Catholic ESPN, originally an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, is an American Cable television network dedicated to ^[39] St. Xavier went on to win their second state championship that year in a 27–0 victory against Mentor High School,^[40] as well as the National Prep Poll's mythical national championship. Mentor High School is a Public high school located in Mentor Ohio. A mythical national championship (sometimes abbreviated MNC) is a colloquial term used to describe a champion in a sport in which a championship is determined without the use The High School Football National Championship is a mythical national championship won by the best High school football team(s in the United States of America

St. Xavier won the state basketball championship in 2000 and finished as runners-up in the 2005 and 2007^[41] state basketball tournament. The Cross Country team has seen a good deal of success, having qualified to the Ohio state championships every year from 1987 to 2004.

The arts

The school's drama group, Theatre Xavier (TX), has won the Best Play and Best Musical awards from the Cappies of Greater Cincinnati for many of its productions. The Cappies (Critics and Awards Program is an international program for recognizing celebrating and providing learning experiences for High school Theater ^[58] The school's new 17 million dollar theater space, the St. Xavier Performance Center, rivals those of many colleges in size. It opened in 2004 along with the fine arts wing and replaced the former Xavier Hall, which was converted from a worship space in 1986. ^[8] Recent and upcoming productions include:

• 2001–02: A Tuna Christmas, My Favorite Year
• 2002–03: Jacob Marley's Christmas Carol, Godspell
• 2003–04: Red Noses, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
• 2004–05: The Wizard of Oz, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
• 2005–06: The Laramie Project, Les Miserables Student Edition
• 2006–07: Wild Oats, Miss Saigon
• 2007–08: Inspecting Carol, The Scarlet Pimpernel

The marching band has not enjoyed much success at competitions in recent years, primarily because it lacks a flag auxiliary, but it has received a superior rating in state competition several times in the past and often receives standing ovations at football games. A Tuna Christmas is the second in a trilogy of comedic plays (preceded by Greater Tuna and followed by Red White and Tuna) each set the fictional My Favorite Year is a 1982 Comedy film which tells the story of a young comedy writer This article is about the musical For the movie see Godspell (film. Red Noses is a Comedy about the Black death by Peter Barnes, first staged at Barbican Theatre in 1985 Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is the second British Musical theatre show written by the team of Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice The Wizard of Oz was a 1902 Musical play extravaganza based on The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L Sweeney Todd is a semi-fictional character who first appeared as one of the Protagonists of a Penny dreadful serial entitled The String of Pearls Cultural depictions of Matthew Shepard lists notable plays films novels songs and other works created from the 1998 Matthew Shepard murder investigation and resulting interest Les Misérables ( in French, le mize'ʁaːbl colloquially known as Les Mis or Les Miz, is a musical composed Miss Saigon is a West End musical by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil, with lyrics by Boublil The Scarlet Pimpernel is a musical by composer Frank Wildhorn and lyricist Nan Knighton, based on the novel of the same name by The St. Xavier drumline is especially enjoyed at football games. There are also the wind ensemble and jazz ensemble. The string ensemble has won several awards for performance in past years.

St. Xavier has other music groups including a men's chorus, XMen and Something Blue. The XMen recently received first place in a national competition at Festival Disney and has earned recognition on many other occasions. The XMen are divided into two groups: students, other than freshmen, may opt to take chorus as an elective during the school day; the rest of the students attend after school. XMen has recently grown in number from the teens to approximately 100 participants under the leadership of Karl Thomsen, and expects to be around 170 in number with the upcoming second semester choir class and ending of the football season (as many fall sportsmen join the choir when they are able).

Community service

Following the call of Jesuit Superior-General Pedro Arrupe in 1973 to "form men for others", St. A Superior General, or General Superior, is the Superior at the head of a whole religious order or congregation Fr Pedro Arrupe SJ ( November 14, 1907 &ndash February 5, 1991) (full name Pedro de Arrupe y Gondra) was the twenty-eighth Xavier formed a Community Service department that is still active today. Service programs run by the school include the Advent Canned Food Drive, a housing rehabilitation program that began in 1992,^[59] Big Buddies, Junior Big Brothers, and a number of summer mission trips to disadvantaged areas both around the United States and internationally. Advent (from the Latin word la ''adventus'' meaning "coming" is a season of the Christian church, the period of expectant waiting and preparation for the Big Brothers Big Sisters of America is a 501(c(3 non-profit organization whose mission is to help children reach their potential through professionally supported one-to-one A short-term mission (STM is the mobilization of a Christian missionary for a short period of time ranging from days to a year many short-term missions are Destinations have included:

• Pilsen, Chicago, Illinois
• Monticello, Kentucky
• Over-the-Rhine, Cincinnati, Ohio
• Camden, New Jersey
• New Orleans, Louisiana
• St. Francis, South Dakota (Rosebud Indian Reservation)
• Durán, Ecuador^[60]
• Ayacucho, Peru^[61]
• Tacna, Peru^[62]
• Rica Playa, Tumbes, Peru^[63][64]

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St. Xavier's emphasis on service is evident in the school's motto, "Men for Others". In recent years, attempts have been made to expand the school's motto to "Men for and with Others". The addition of these two words has met with criticism and ridicule from the student body, which sees it as a corruption of the original, more memorable version.

Other clubs

• An active student-run newspaper, the Blueprint, is published and distributed to students and teachers monthly. A student newspaper is a Newspaper run by Students of a University, High school, Middle school, or other school ^[66] It is produced entirely outside the classroom, which is uncommon for high school newspapers. Many high schools offer journalism as a class, but St. Xavier has specifically chosen not to offer journalism as an English course for its students. The Blueprint replaced the Xavier Prep, which was published until at least the 1940s. ^[19] The school's other two student publications are X-Ray, the annual yearbook, and Xpressions, a student literary magazine founded in 1964. A yearbook, also known as an annual is a book to record highlight and commemorate the past year of a School or a book published annually ^[66]
• The St. Xavier Quiz Team, a member of the Greater Cincinnati Academic League (GCAL), has participated in many statewide tournaments under the direction of John F. Hussong, who has taught English at St. Xavier since 1964, and Ron Weisbrod, a history teacher at the school. The team managed its first state championship in 1997, as well as two runner-up finishes in the early 1990s.
• Under the direction of Lindy Michael, the Math Club grew to 120 regularly-participating students, making it "the second-most populated extracurricular after football. "^[67]
• The St. Xavier Chess Team, led by Dr. Brad Homoelle, won the Greater Cincinnati Scholastic Chess League (GCSCL) championship during the 2005–2006 season.
• The North Bend Ski Club, associated primarily with St. Xavier, invites skiers and snowboarders of all technical levels to enjoy the slopes at various locations. The club offers discounted seasonal passes to Perfect North Slopes in Lawrenceburg, Indiana through the club program. Perfect North Slopes is a ski resort located in Lawrenceburg Indiana about 30 minutes from Cincinnati. Lawrenceburg is a city in Dearborn County, Indiana, United States.
• FCC-licensed students with the Radio Club operate amateur radio equipment and participated in the Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment (SAREX). Amateur radio, often called ham radio, is both a Hobby and a service in which participants called "hams" use various types of Radio communications The Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment (SAREX later called the Space Amateur Radio Experiment, was a program that promoted and supported the use of Amateur radio by ^[68] The club operates under the call sign W8GYH. In Broadcasting and Radio communications a call sign (also known as a callsign or call letters, or abbreviated as a call, or otherwise In 2005, four alumni of the Radio Club – Andy Meng, Ben Corrado, Justin Rigling, and Brandon Schamer – maintained a record, 11-Mbit/s wireless connection that stretched the 124. In telecommunications Bit rate or Data transfer rate is the average number of Bits characters or blocks per unit time passing between equipment in a data transmission Wi-Fi (ˈwaɪfaɪ is the trade name for the popular wireless technology used 9 miles (201. 0 km) from Mt. Potosi, Nevada to Utah Hill, Utah for three hours, as part of the DEF CON Wi-Fi Shootout. DEF CON (also written as DEFCON or Defcon) is the world's largest annual Hacker convention held every year in Las Vegas Nevada. ^[69][70][71]

Notable alumni

St. Xavier's alumni are often referred to as the "Long Blue Line",^[72] a reference to the school colors and the blue attire worn at graduation. Academic dress or academical dress is traditional Clothing for academic settings primarily tertiary and sometimes secondary Many of the school's alumni are well-known figures in the Cincinnati area, and many others have gained recognition nationally and abroad as well:

Notable faculty and staff

• Lawrence Biondi^[101] – president of Saint Louis University
• Urban Meyer (1985) – then interning as a defensive back football coach at St. Eric Kearney is a Democratic member of the Ohio Senate, representing the 9th District since his appointment in November 2005 The Ohio Senate is the upper house in Ohio 's Bicameral Legislature, the Ohio General Assembly; the lower house is the Ohio House of Representatives The Ohio House of Representatives is the Lower house of the Ohio General Assembly, the state legislature of the U James "Jim" Tarbell is an American Politician of the Charter Party, who currently serves as a member of the city council of Cincinnati Ohio Nicholas Clooney (born January 13, 1934) is an American television Journalist, anchorman and Game show host as well as a Politician Lawrence Biondi, SJ, is the president of Saint Louis University. Saint Louis University (also known as SLU) is a private co-educational Jesuit University in the United States of America located in Urban Meyer (born July 10, 1964 in Ashtabula Ohio) is currently the head football coach at the University of Florida. In American football and Canadian football, defensive backs are the players on the defensive team who take positions somewhat back from the line of scrimmage they Xavier; currently head football coach at the University of Florida and previously at the University of Utah and Bowling Green State University^[102][103]
• Robert Wild (1964–1967) – then a Latin, Greek, and speech and debate teacher; currently president of Marquette University^[104]

Notes and references

Further reading

• Froehle, Bryan; Will Damico; et al. (1982). A Century and a Half: St. Xavier High School, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1831–1981. Cincinnati, Ohio: St. Xavier High School. LCCN 82-60716. The Library of Congress Control Number or LCCN is a serially based system of numbering cataloging records in the Library of Congress in the United  

External links

• St. Xavier High School
  • Choral arrangement of alma mater (MP3)
  • Choral arrangement of fight song (MP3)
• St. Xavier High School Home Page at Edline
• St. Xavier Alumni Home Page
• Bomber Football Association
• USGS GNIS: St. Xavier High School from the USGS

• St. MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3, more commonly referred to as MP3, is a Digital audio encoding format using a form of Lossy data compression Edline is an online service that many schools use for school and class organization The United States Geological Survey ( USGS) is a scientific agency of the United States government. Xavier High School (Cincinnati) is at coordinates 39°12′31″N 84°30′15″W / 39.2086694, -84.5041101 (St. Xavier High School (Cincinnati))Coordinates: 39°12′31″N 84°30′15″W / 39.2086694, -84.5041101 (St. Xavier High School (Cincinnati))

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