Aquinas High School (La Crosse, Wisconsin)
| Aquinas High School | |
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| Address | |
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315 11th Street South La Crosse, Wisconsin, (La Crosse County) 54601 United States |
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| Coordinates | 43°48′29″N 91°14′24″W / 43.80806°N 91.24000°WCoordinates: 43°48′29″N 91°14′24″W / 43.80806°N 91.24000°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Private, Parochial, Coeducational |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
| Established | 1928 |
| Principal | Denise Ring |
| Chaplain | Father Matthew Marshall |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 338 (2013-2014 school year) |
| Color(s) | Navy blue and old gold |
| Athletics conference | Mississippi Valley Conference |
| Team name | Blugolds |
| Accreditation | North Central Association of Colleges and Schools |
| Athletic Director | Kevin Schreiner |
| Website | http://www.AquinasCatholicSchools.org |
Aquinas High School is a Roman Catholic high school located in La Crosse, Wisconsin.
The high school was dedicated on September 2, 1928 in honor of Thomas Aquinas by Bishop Alexander Joseph McGavick of the Diocese of La Crosse. The first graduating class of 1929 consisted of four girls. The high school was originally staffed by diocesan clergy and the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration.
Diocesan Bishop John Joseph Paul, an Aquinas alumnus of the class of 1935, set aside some rooms at Aquinas High School for the Aquinas Middle School in 1992. In 1997, the Bishop Burke Hall addition to Aquinas High School was dedicated in honor of Bishop Raymond Leo Burke, now the Prefect of the Apostolic Signatura in the Vatican City and a former religion teacher at Aquinas High School. In 2008, Aquinas High School was named a national Blue Ribbon School.
Aquinas High School is part of the La Crosse Aquinas Catholic Schools.
The Aquinas High School crest, designed in 1942, symbolizes the depth of intent of Catholic education. It first appeared in the yearbook, the Trumpet, and on the 1943 class rings.
The cross, which holds the central and most prominent position on the crest, identifies Aquinas High School as Catholic and reflects the importance of the faith and redemption of which it is a symbol.
ΧΡ, the first two letters (chi and rho) of the Greek word for Christ, signify that the life of a Christian should not be egocentric or world-centric but Christocentric, centered around Christ.
The fleur-de-lis, the symbol of sanctity and virtue, symbolizes God, man’s final end, and the Blessed Virgin, model of virtue. The lamp of learning and the books are symbols of knowledge and learning. The laurel over the books symbolizes reward and the lilies of the valley on the other side of the aureole symbolize humility.
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