Nolan Catholic High School
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Upstairs Fort Worth, Texas, (Tarrant County) 76103 United States |
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| Coordinates | 32°45′36″N 97°15′24″W / 32.76000°N 97.25667°WCoordinates: 32°45′36″N 97°15′24″W / 32.76000°N 97.25667°W |
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| Type | Private, Coeducational |
| Motto | Esto Dux (Be a Leader) |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
| Established | 1961 |
| President | Erin Vader |
| Principal | Benedict Reyes |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | More than 1,000 (2011) |
| Color(s) | Blue and White |
| Athletics conference | TAPPS |
| Team name | Vikings |
| Accreditation | Southern Association of Colleges and Schools |
| Website | www |
Nolan Catholic High School is a private, coeducational, college preparatory school formerly in the Marianist tradition, and is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth, Texas. It serves grades 9-12, has an average student population of 1150, and serves the Church by educating and forming youth in the Roman Catholic faith through its mission: Nolan Catholic High School is a ministry of the Diocese of Fort Worth evangelizing students to be tomorrow’s servant leaders through:
NCHS is a private Catholic school in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas. It is one of three Catholic college preparatory schools in Tarrant County. Nolan specializes in providing a faith-filled education that prepares young adults for success in college or university and beyond. The school motto is Esto Dux, which in Latin translates to 'be a leader'
Since being founded in 1961, the school has served in the ministry of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth under the administration of the Society of Mary (Marianists). NCHS is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and the Texas Catholic Conference Education Department (as approved by the Texas Education Agency).
Of the 97 members of faculty, only 8 are vowed religious. Among the faculty 50% hold advanced degrees including 5 at doctoral level, among them Robert Williams, Ph.D. and John Skees, Ph.D. in Neurology, University of Chicago, in New Testament and Early Christian Literature. (Statistics as of 2009-2010 School Year).
The traditional college preparatory curriculum at Nolan Catholic requires 27 Carnegie units (3240 hours of instruction) for graduation. Advanced Placement and honors courses are offered in multiple disciplines.
Qualified students may earn a designated honors diploma with the appropriate notification on their transcripts. Honors diploma requirements include a minimum cumulative numerical average of 93 by the end of the fall semester of the senior year. The student must have taken biology, physics, chemistry, as well as three years in the same foreign language. In addition, the student must successfully complete one full credit in six or more of the following courses:
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