Shrine Catholic High School

Shrine Catholic High School
Address
3500 West 13 Mile Road
Royal Oak, Michigan 48073
United States
Coordinates 42°31′5″N 83°11′23″W / 42.51806°N 83.18972°W / 42.51806; -83.18972Coordinates: 42°31′5″N 83°11′23″W / 42.51806°N 83.18972°W / 42.51806; -83.18972
Information
Type Private, Coeducational
Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic
Established 1941
Founder Charles Coughlin
Principal Thomas Oppat
Grades 9–12
Enrollment 280 (2010)
Campus size 20 acres (81,000 m2)
Color(s) Navy blue and Gold         
Fight song Shrine Victory Song
Athletics conference Catholic High School League
Nickname Knights
Rivals Madison Heights Bishop Foley and Waterford Our Lady of the Lakes
Accreditation Michigan Association of Non-Public Schools
Average ACT scores 24.8 English
23.5 math
24.4 reading
23.0 science reasoning
24.0 composite[1]
Newspaper The Observer
Yearbook Spirit
Tuition $12,200
Website http://www.shrineschools.com

Shrine Catholic High School is a private, co-educational, Roman Catholic secondary high school located in Royal Oak, Michigan, affiliated with National Shrine of the Little Flower Church. It has an attached middle school called the "Academy". The parish founded it as an all-girls school in the late 1930s as "Little Flower High". The all-boys school, "Shrine High School", was added later, and they were eventually merged.

History

Father Charles Coughlin helped establish the institution while serving as one of the first Roman Catholic priests to preach to a widespread audience over the medium of radio during the Great Depression. His program became increasingly controversial as World War II approached, bringing national attention to the parish. The Bishop asked Fr. Coughlin to give up his radio show, which he did. The school maintained the name "Shrine of the Little Flower High School" into the 1960s, when it became "Shrine High School" until its latest name change in 2001.[2]

The school had more than double its current enrollment of approximately 300 students in the 1960s and 1970s, but higher admissions standards steadily reduced enrollment over the decades. Principal Thomas P. Kirkwood led the school for 40 years before his retirement. (Kirkwood was the first lay principal in the Archdiocese of Detroit.)

Campus

Shrine's campus is located on 20 acres in Royal Oak, Michigan. Features of the school include a chapel, learning resource center, an academic and college counseling center, three science labs, a two-story visual arts lab, a large library, football and baseball fields, a track, a fitness center, and a student center dining hall. A new field house and the new Sanders Auditorium are the result of a renovation. Current technology is found throughout the school.

Athletics

Shrine participates in the Michigan High School Athletic Association and is a member of the Catholic High School League in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit. The school has placed 17 athletes into the CHSL Hall of Fame.[3]

Shrine's sports include men's and women's basketball, bowling, cross-country, football, men's golf, men's hockey, men's and women's soccer, women's softball, women's volleyball, men's and women's track and field, men's baseball, and women's tennis.

State championships

Sport Championship Years
Boys' Golf 1950, 1952[4]
Boys' Cross-Country 1973, 1974[5]

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ Shrine Catholic High School: Profile 2010-2011
  2. ↑ http://www.shrinechurch.com/history-of-the-church/
  3. ↑ CHSL Hall of Fame
  4. ↑ MHSAA Boys' Golf State Champions
  5. ↑ MHSAA Boys' Cross-Country State Champions
  6. ↑ http://www.miprepzone.com/oakland/results.asp?ID=15925
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