Marmion Military Academy
| Marmion Academy | |
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| Address | |
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1000 Butterfield Road Aurora, Illinois 60502-9742 United States |
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| Coordinates | 41°48′52″N 88°17′41″W / 41.81444°N 88.29472°WCoordinates: 41°48′52″N 88°17′41″W / 41.81444°N 88.29472°W |
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| Type | Private, Day, College-prep |
| Mottoes | To believe in God and strive for Him |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Patron saint(s) | Blessed Don Columba Marmion |
| Established | 1933 |
| Sister school | Rosary High School |
| Oversight | Diocese of Rockford |
| President | Fr. Abbot John Paul Brahill, OSB |
| Head of school | Anthony Tinerella |
| Chaplain | Fr. Michael Burrows, OSB |
| Faculty | 76 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Gender | Boys |
| Enrollment | 529 (2013) |
| Average class size | 20 |
| Student to teacher ratio | 14:1 |
| Campus size | 325 acres (1.32 km2) |
| Campus type | suburban |
| Color(s) | Red and Blue |
| Fight song | Marmion Loyalty |
| Athletics conference | Chicago Catholic Green |
| Mascot | The Cadets |
| Team name | Cadets |
| Accreditation | North Central Association of Colleges and Schools |
| Average ACT scores | 26.1 |
| Newspaper | The Cadet Call |
| Yearbook | Red and Blue Review |
| Tuition | $10,300 |
| Affiliation | Benedictine |
| Website | www.marmion.org/academy.html |
Marmion Academy, formerly Marmion Military Academy, is a Roman Catholic high school for young men in Aurora, Illinois. It is in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockford.
The academy is run by the Benedictine monks of Marmion Abbey on campus. The academy is known for its leadership formation, and has a Leadership Education and Development (LEAD) program, and a United States Army Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) program that has been a part of the academy since its early years, but was not a part of the school in the inaugural year of 1933–34.
The school is a part of the Chicago Catholic League.
The Marmion Academy was created in 1933 when the monks of St. Meinrad Abbey combined Jasper Academy (Jasper, Indiana) with the Fox Valley Catholic High School, which the Augustinians had just returned to the diocese of Rockford. During the Great Depression era it was difficult for students to pay their tuition as well as uniforms, so the monks, in 1935, associated with the JROTC program and changed its name to Marmion Military Academy. At the time, all JROTC uniforms were provided for by the US government. In the 1990s in order to provide more options for its student body and a return to the original spirit of the school, the monks of Marmion Abbey decided to make JROTC an optional program and to reinstitue the original name of the school, Marmion Academy.
At one point, there were two campuses: one for residential students and one for day students. The two merged back into the Butterfield Road campus, which had been the residential campus. In early 2002, the school decided to close its residential program and started to expand its student body. In 2010 the Marmion Cadets placed 2nd in state in the 6A state championship for football and 3rd in the cross country class 2A state championships.
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