Bellarmine Preparatory School
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2300 South Washington Street Tacoma, (Pierce County) Washington 98405-1304 United States |
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| Coordinates | 47°14′16″N 122°29′7″W / 47.23778°N 122.48528°WCoordinates: 47°14′16″N 122°29′7″W / 47.23778°N 122.48528°W |
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| Type | Private, coeducational |
| Motto |
Christus Exananvit Semetipsum (Christ Emptied Himself) |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic, Jesuit |
| Patron saint(s) | St. Robert Bellarmine |
| Established | 1928 |
| Founder | Fr. David McAstocker, S.J. |
| President | Robert Modarelli |
| Dean | William Baerg |
| Rector | Fr. Thomas Lamanna, S.J. |
| Principal | Cindy Davis |
| Chaplain | Fr. Gerry Chapdelaine, S.J. |
| Staff | 45 |
| Faculty | 76 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 996 (April 5, 2015) |
| • Grade 9 | 259 |
| • Grade 10 | 285 |
| • Grade 11 | 232 |
| • Grade 12 | 216 |
| Average class size | 26 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 14:1 |
| Campus size | 42 acres (170,000 m2) |
| Campus type | Urban closed |
| Houses | Thérèse of Lisieux, Francis Xavier, Ignatius of Loyola, Lady of Guadalupe, Maximillian Kolbe, Kateri Tekakwitha |
| Color(s) | Blue and white |
| Slogan | "Where potential becomes purpose" |
| Fight song | "Fight Lions" |
| Athletics | 43 athletic teams |
| Athletics conference | 4A SPSL |
| Sports | 18 sports |
| Mascot | Lion |
| Team name | Lions |
| Rival | Stadium High School |
| Accreditation | AdvancED |
| Newspaper | The Bellarmine Lion |
| Yearbook | The Annual |
| Endowment | $19,376,000 |
| Tuition | $13,220 |
| Campus Minister | Deacon Jim Fish |
| Enrollment | Director, Cari Harrison |
| Comptroller | Stephanie Cisakowski |
| Development | Vice President, Dean Hanks |
| Facilities | Director, Kevin Kalal |
| Athletics | Director, Ed Ploof |
| Website | www.bellarmineprep.org |
Bellarmine Preparatory School is a Roman Catholic high school in the Jesuit tradition in Tacoma, Washington, United States. It is located in the Archdiocese of Seattle. Today it serves just over 900 students from the Greater Tacoma area including Olympia and Gig Harbor
Bellarmine Prep students strive to live up to the expectations set forth by the school's Graduate at Graduation document. The document challenges all students to be open to growth, intellectually competent, religious, loving, and committed to doing justice.
Bellarmine was founded in 1928 as an all-boys school, and became the first coeducational Jesuit school in the nation in 1974 after its merger with Aquinas and St. Leo's schools. The date of the school's creation is commonly accepted to be 1928 despite the fact that both Saint Leo's Grammar and High School and Aquinas Academy for girls were founded earlier (in 1912 and 1893 respectively). This can cause confusion since the current parents club, Philomathea, was founded at Saint Leo's and continued at Bellarmine after the merger, so that the club predates the present school. The first graduating class of Bellarmine was in 1929, with 19 students graduating.
The school sits on a large campus, at the highest point overlooking the city of Tacoma. Poplar trees planted to remember the sacrifices of Bellarmine Alumni in World War II still stand near Memorial Field. Memorial Field remains one of the only real grass high school fields in use in the area, and recently saw the ancient wooden bleachers converted to modern, metal bleachers. The school quad has the qualities of a Grad at Grad printed in metal letters on the concrete.
Besides being divided by years, the school is divided into six houses, each named for a famous Catholic figure. This is intended to help students bond outside their grade levels. Most competitive activities internal to the school are done by house.
Bellarmine Prep is home to the highly competitive FIRST FRC Robotics Team 360. The team is well-decorated and highly respected within Northwestern FIRST, both for the quality of the robots produced and for the amount of community service the team is involved in. It has also won many other awards during its long history. including the position of Regional Chairman's Award Winner for the 2009 Microsoft Seattle Regional and the 2011 Microsoft Seattle Cascade Regional. Team 360 was also on the winning alliance at the 2011 and 2012 Autodesk Oregon Regional FIRST competitions.
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