Bishop Kelley High School
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3905 South Hudson Avenue Midtown Tulsa Tulsa, Oklahoma 74135-5699 United States |
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| Coordinates | 36°6′20″N 95°54′37″W / 36.10556°N 95.91028°WCoordinates: 36°6′20″N 95°54′37″W / 36.10556°N 95.91028°W |
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| Type | Private, coeducational, Lasallian |
| Motto | "Turris Fortis Mihi Deus" |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
| Established | 1960 (Successor to schools established as early as 1899) |
| Oversight | Diocese of Tulsa |
| Superintendent | Jim Pohlman |
| President | Michael Pynn |
| Head of school | Rev. Brian O'Brien |
| President | Rev. Brian O'Brien |
| Chaplain | Fr. Bryan Ketterer |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 905 (2017) |
| Average class size | 18 |
| Campus | Urban |
| Color(s) | Red and white |
| Athletics | OSSAA |
| Mascot | The Comet |
| Team name | Comets |
| Accreditation | North Central Association of Colleges and Schools |
| Average SAT scores | 1137 |
| Average ACT scores | 24 |
| Newspaper | Breezeway |
| Yearbook | Crest |
| Alumni | c. 8,000 |
| Athletic Director | Lance Parks |
| Website | http://www.BishopKelley.org |
Bishop Kelley High School is an American Lasallian Catholic high school with 905 students, grades 9 to 12, located at 41st and Hudson Avenue, in the center of the Tulsa metropolitan area (in the Midtown area), on a campus spanning just over 47 acres (150,000 m²). The school is a function of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tulsa and operates in the Lasallian tradition of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (Christian Brothers or the French Christian Brothers).
Kelley is a comprehensive secondary school with a curriculum that is college preparatory with classes to fit a variety of learning abilities and interests. Bishop Kelley come from 53 different zip codes and BK freshmen come from more than 30 middle schools in northeast Oklahoma. Students come from a variety of faith and educational backgrounds. They are welcomed with extensive freshman orientation activities. Transfer students are also welcome. Bishop Kelley is the only diocesan Catholic high school in the Diocese of Tulsa.
Bishop Kelley serves Catholic and non-Catholic families of all faiths in Tulsa and the surrounding communities who seek a life preparatory program within a Christian environment.
Bishop Kelley established in 1960 to serve as Tulsa's citywide Catholic high school; at the time of its founding, its forerunners Holy Family High School (founded 1899) and Marquette High School (founded in 1926) closed and consolidated their student bodies at the new school. While the initial plans for the new school were developed under Bishop Eugene J. McGuinness' leadership, it was the pioneering Bishop Victor Joseph Reed who oversaw its founding. Bishop Reed was a famous Catholic reformer who attended all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council, where he was associated with the more progressive bishops and lent his support to the use of vernacular in the Mass and to an emphasis of pastoral over administrative skills in bishops. Bishop Reed is in part responsible for the high school's legacy of lay leadership. In 1960, the year Bishop Kelley High School was founded, Bishop Reed established the first mixed (clerical and lay) diocesan board of education in the United States.
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