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Christopher Columbus High School (Miami-Dade County)

Christopher Columbus High School
Address
3000 SW Galloway Road (87th Avenue)
Westchester, Miami, Florida, (Miami-Dade) 33165-3293
United States of America
Information
Type Private, All-Boys
Motto ¡Adelante!/Forward!
Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic, Marist Brothers
Patron saint(s) St. Marcellin Champagnat
Established 1958
Status Active and progressing since 1958
President Br. Kevin Handibode, F.M.S.
Principal Mr. David Pugh
Grades 9-12
Enrollment 1,350 (2013)
Language English, French, Spanish
Hours in school day 8
Campus size 19 acre
Campus type Urban
Color(s) Royal Blue & White         
Athletics conference 8A
Mascot Explorer
Rival Belen Jesuit Preparatory School
Accreditation Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
Newspaper The Log
Yearbook Adelante
Sister school Our Lady of Lourdes Academy
Alias CCHS or Columbus
Website

Coordinates: 25°44′30″N 80°20′19″W / 25.74164°N 80.338621°W / 25.74164; -80.338621

Christopher Columbus High School is a private, Roman Catholic, college-preparatory high school, conducted by the Marist Brothers in the Westchester census-designated place of Miami Dade County, Florida. It was established in 1958 and was taken over by the Marist Brothers in 1959. It has over 100 teachers, administrators, faculty, staff, and an enrollment of 1,350 students. It was selected, for the fourth time in a row, as one of the "Top 50 Catholic High Schools" in the United States by the Catholic High School Honor Roll in 2008. The school, along with rival Belen Jesuit, is one of only two private schools in Florida that compete in sports at the 8A level; it has won five state championships in various sports and two all-sport title for boys' sports.

In 1958, Christopher Columbus High School was built in an area that was then surrounded by Everglades swampland. The school was established by the Diocese of Miami at the request of the Archbishop of Miami Coleman F. Carroll to continue the secondary education program at St. Theresa Catholic School in Coral Gables.


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