Carmel Catholic High School
| Carmel Catholic High School | |
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1 Carmel Parkway Mundelein, Illinois 60060 United States |
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| Coordinates | 42°16′19″N 87°59′11″W / 42.2719°N 87.9864°W |
| Information | |
| School type | private, coed |
| Motto |
Honestas Pro Vita (Latin: Values for Life) |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Established | 1962 |
| Authority |
Carmelites Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary |
| Oversight | Archdiocese of Chicago |
| President | Bradley Bonham, Ph.D. |
| Faculty | 135 |
| Teaching staff | 78 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1,400 (2010) |
| Average class size | 24-25 Students |
| Student to teacher ratio | 16:1 |
| Campus | suburban |
| Campus size | 50 acres |
| Color(s) |
brown gold white |
| Fight song | "We Are from Carmel" |
| Athletics conference | East Suburban Catholic Conference |
| Team name | Corsairs |
| Accreditation | North Central Association of Colleges and Schools |
| Average ACT scores | 27.8 |
| Publication | Harbinger (literary magazine), Colloquium (President's newsletter), Currents (alumni magazine) |
| Newspaper | Crossroads |
| Yearbook | Spirit |
| Tuition | $11,100.00 |
| Website | [2] |
Carmel Catholic High School is a co-educational, college preparatory, Catholic high school run jointly by the priests and brothers of the Order of Carmelites and the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Located in Mundelein, Illinois, Carmel serves all of Lake County, as well as some of the surrounding counties, and southern Wisconsin. An institution of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago, Carmel Catholic is one of three Carmelite-run high schools in the Chicago area, the others being Joliet Catholic High School and Mount Carmel High School.
In the early 1960s, the Carmelites and the Sisters of Charity were asked to build separate but similar Catholic high schools for the northern part of the Archdiocese of Chicago; an area corresponding roughly to Lake County. The boys school opened in 1962, with the girls school opening the next year. Following a lengthy planning process, the decision was made by the Carmelites and the BVM Sisters to combine the two schools and establish a Board of Directors. This was done beginning in the 1988–89 school year.
In 2007, the school adopted a new crest as a symbol of the school. While the design was arrived upon by a committee from within the school community, an alum was responsible for the final physical depiction.
Beneath the school's name is a shield per cross. The cross itself is used to symbolize Christ and faith. The shield is outlined in gold, while the cross is depicted in brown; the school colors.
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