San Miguel High School (Tucson, Arizona)

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San Miguel High School
Address
6601 South San Fernando Road, Barrio Nopal
Tucson, Arizona, Pima County 85706
United States
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Information
Type Private, Coeducational
Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic
Established 2004
President Leslie Shultz-Crist
Principal John Omernik
Grades 9–12
Enrollment 317 (October 1, 2012)[1]
Color(s) Red and Gold         
Athletics Arizona Interscholastic Association 2A
Mascot Viper
Accreditation North Central Association of Colleges and Schools [2]
Affiliation Cristo Rey Network
Website http://www.sanmiguelcristorey.org

San Miguel High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Tucson, Arizona. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tucson.

Background

San Miguel High School was established in 2004, by the Brothers of the Christian Schools, District of San Francisco, with assistance from the Brothers District of New Orleans-Santa Fe. The Brothers agreed to sponsor the school at the invitation of Bishop Manuel Moreno, then Bishop of the Diocese of Tucson. The school is also a part of the Cristo Rey Network of high schools.

San Miguel began with six teachers and 67 students, using the classrooms next to the Catholic parish of St. Monica in Tucson, rooms that served both as San Miguel classrooms and for other parish functions after school. San Miguel now operates in four new classroom, office, and physical education/multipurpose buildings, serving 350 students. Students simultaneously take college preparatory classes and hold corporate internships

Mission statement

From the San Miguel High School website:

"San Miguel High School is a Catholic, LaSallian learning community empowering youth from underserved families, nurtures a Christian spirit and integrates rigorous academics with practical experience thereby transforming students to be prepared for college and career."

Accomplishments

The first senior class to graduate from San Miguel did so on May 17, 2008. The entire class of 37 students were accepted and went on to attend at various colleges and universities. A total of $3,561,150 in scholarships and grants were awarded.[3]

San Miguel has now graduated seven sets of seniors all of whom have gone directly into colleges, both in Arizona and in several other states. San Miguel is celebrating 10 years for the 2014.2015 school year.

In 2010, Brother Nick Gonzalez, FSC, the founding principal of San Miguel High School, returned home to teach at Cathedral High School in El Paso, Texas. Richard Reyes succeeded him as the new principal. John Omernik became the third principal of San Miguel in July 2014.

Mrs. Leslie Shultz-Crist begins her second year as the president of San Miguel.

Book about the Cristo Rey Model

In January 2008, Loyola Press released a book titled More than A Dream: How One School's Vision is Changing the World(More than a Dream official site). The book, authored by G.R. Kearney, a writer and former volunteer teacher at Chicago's Cristo Rey Jesuit High School, documents the development of the Cristo Rey model and its success throughout the United States.

References

  1. ↑ AIA 2012 enrollment figures
  2. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.[dead link]
  3. ↑ First grads at San Miguel all accepted by colleges

External links

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