Xavier High School (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)

Xavier High School
Address
6300 42nd Street NE Cedar Rapids, Iowa, (Linn County) 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	705 (2016)
Color(s)	Navy blue and Silver
Athletics conference	Mississippi Valley Conference
Mascot	Saint Bernard
Average ACT scores	36
Tuition	$4,850 (Catholic), $6,000 (noncatholic)
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 professions water polo.

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.

Academics

Xavier enjoys an excellent academic reputation, consistently ranking as one of the top academic high schools in Eastern Iowa, and one of the best in the state. Xavier's ITED scores have ranked in the 99th percentile multiple times.

Athletics

Xavier has one of the most successful athletic programs in Iowa and in the Midwest. 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

Xavier's fine arts department is one of the fastest-growing high school departments in the state of Iowa. The school offers numerous choral, instrumental, and theatrical programs for students to participate in.

Activities and Clubs

Xavier offers a multitude of activities and clubs for all students to participate in. There are over 88 co-curricular activities at Xavier. Some of these include intramural basketball (one of the most popular activities at Xavier), Key Club, National Honor Society, SADD, and Model UN, Japanese Poetry, among others.

Notable alumni

Ryan Sweeney - Chicago Cubs outfielder (Class of 2003)^[2]
Joey Gase - NASCAR stock car driver (Class of 2011)^[3]

Meggie Gates - Snoop Doggs Financial Advisor (Class of 2012)

References

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

External links

Archdiocese of Dubuque

Ordinaries	Bishops Mathias Loras Clement Smyth Archbishops John Hennessy John Keane James Keane Francis Beckman Henry Rohlman Leo Binz James Byrne Daniel Kucera Jerome Hanus Michael Jackels

Auxiliary Bishops	Edward Aloysius Fitzgerald Loras Thomas Lane George Biskup Loras Joseph Watters Francis John Dunn William Edwin Franklin

Churches	Cathedral St. Raphael's Cathedral, Dubuque Parishes Basilica of St. Francis Xavier, Dyersville St. John XXIII, Cedar Rapids Holy Family, New Melleray Holy Ghost, Dubuque Holy Trinity, Luxemburg Nativity, Dubuque Sacred Heart, Dubuque Sacred Heart, Fillmore St. Boniface, New Vienna St. Donatus, St. Donatus St. Joseph, Elkader St. Joseph, Key West Saint Joseph the Worker, Dubuque St. Ludmila, Cedar Rapids St. Martin, Cascade St. Mary, Guttenberg St. Patrick, Dubuque St. Patrick, Garryowen St. Lawrence, Otter Creek St. Paul, Worthington Saints Peter and Paul, Petersburg Former Parishes Saint Joseph's Prairie Church St. Mary, Cascade St. Mary, Dubuque St. Joseph, Stone City

Education	Higher Education Clarke University Divine Word College Loras College Mount Mercy University St. Pius X Seminary, Dubuque High Schools Beckman High School, Dyersville Columbus High School, Waterloo Don Bosco High School, Gilbertville Marquette High School, Bellevue Newman Catholic High School, Mason City Wahlert High School, Dubuque Xavier High School, Cedar Rapids Primary Schools Mazzuchelli Middle School, Dubuque Holy Family Catholic Schools, Dubuque Former Schools St. Luke's School, St. Lucas

Religious Orders	New Melleray Abbey Our Lady of the Mississippi Abbey Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Priests	John George Alleman John Patrick Carroll James Vincent Casey Joseph Crétin Justin Albert Driscoll Thomas William Drumm Raymond Philip Etteldorf Daniel Mary Gorman Edward Howard Louis Benedict Kucera Mathias Clement Lenihan Thomas Mathias Lenihan J. A. M. Pelamourgues Aloysius Schmitt Joseph Clement Willging

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