Gerard Catholic High School
Gerard Catholic High School was a Roman Catholic diocesan high school which opened in 1962 in Phoenix, Arizona. It was named for Msgr. Edward Gerard, one of the first ordained priests to minister in the Arizona territory. In the same year, Bourgade Catholic High School in west Phoenix opened. Several Bourgade buildings — the school's Madonna Hall, Hillman Center, and 100/200 wing buildings — are identical to former Gerard structures.
It was closed after the spring of 1989 due to declining enrollment. In 1983, it educated 603 students, but by 1989, that number had declined sharply to 257.[1] Upon its closure, the furniture was given as salvage to other Catholic schools, and the structure was demolished. The gymnasium superstructure was moved to St. Mary's High School and paired with donated and salvaged materials.
Its athletics mascot was the Redcoat. Its colors were red and gray. A board honoring Gerard's athletic history is installed in the lobby of the gymnasium at Seton Catholic Preparatory High School.
References
- ↑ This document of enrollment figures from the Arizona Interscholastic Association: