Archbishop Alter High School
| Archbishop Alter High School | |
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| Address | |
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940 East David Rd Kettering, Ohio, (Montgomery County) 45429 United States |
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| Coordinates | 39°40′48″N 84°9′6″W / 39.68000°N 84.15167°WCoordinates: 39°40′48″N 84°9′6″W / 39.68000°N 84.15167°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Private, Coeducational |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
| Established | 1962 |
| Oversight | Archdiocese of Cincinnati |
| President | Fr. Jim Manning |
| Principal | Lourdes Lambert |
| Chaplain | Fr. Jim Manning, |
| Faculty | 70 |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 605 (2015–16) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 11/1 |
| Color(s) | Brown and Gold |
| Athletics conference | Greater Catholic League |
| Mascot | Knight |
| Team name | Knights |
| Rival | Chaminade Julienne, Bishop Fenwick & Fairmont |
| Average SAT scores | 1201 |
| Average ACT scores | 26 |
| Newspaper | The Knight Times |
| Yearbook | Excalibur |
| Tuition | Income-based |
| Website | http://www.alterhs.org |
Archbishop Alter High School, also known as Alter High School, is a Catholic high school in Kettering, Ohio, United States. It is operated by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati and is named after Archbishop Karl Joseph Alter.
In October 1958, Catholics of the Dayton area pledged $4,953,050 to help pay the costs of building Catholic high schools in the area. Among the schools built with this money were Archbishop Alter High School and its mirror image, Carroll High School, built the previous year. Development of Alter High School was led by Reverend Paul F. Leibold, and, at the request of the people, the school was named after Archbishop Karl Alter. Archbishop Karl Alter was born on August 18, 1885 and died on August 23, 1977.
The school saw its first students on September 5, 1962 with an incoming class of 250 freshmen. In each of the next three years a new freshman class would be added, so, by the year 1965, the school offered grades 9 through 12, with the first class graduating in 1966.
Alter High's first principal was Reverend Edward F. Haskamp, serving from 1962 to 1970. In 2005, Alter High named Fr. James Manning, former pastor of St. Albert the Great Parish in Kettering, as its first President.
As of 2015[update], the school has 605 students, 71 faculty, and over 1,025 courses.
Alter High School's faculty is composed of diocesan priests of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, Sisters of Charity of Mount St. Joseph, and lay teachers.
Alter features a strong STEM Curriculum through a partnership with Project Lead the Way. Alter has earned a Governor's Award for STEM education and has added 6 new labs to the school since 2009. 20 Students participated in the State Science Fair and 4 earned perfect scores in 2014. Every student at Alter is now equipped with a laptop computer complete with Microsoft Office software. The OGT pass rate at Alter is 100%.
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