Rochester Lourdes High School
| Rochester Lourdes High School | |
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| Address | |
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800 19th Street NW Rochester, Minnesota, (Olmsted County) 55901 United States |
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| Coordinates | 44°02′32.7″N 92°30′14.6″W / 44.042417°N 92.504056°WCoordinates: 44°02′32.7″N 92°30′14.6″W / 44.042417°N 92.504056°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Private, Coeducational |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
| Established | 1877 |
| Opened | 1941 |
| Principal | Paul Menard |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 438 (2009) |
| Color(s) | Purple and Gold |
| Athletics conference | Hiawatha Valley |
| Team name | Eagles |
| Accreditation | North Central Association of Colleges and Schools |
| Academic Dean | Sarah Groven |
| Athletic Director | Marv Peters |
| Website | www.rochestercatholicschools.org |
Lourdes High School is a Catholic high school located in Rochester, Minnesota. It is a part of the Rochester Catholic School system and is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Winona.
Lourdes High School (LHS) was initially for girls only and went coeducational in 1925 when nearby boys-only Heffron High School closed. When the school relocated to a location on Center Street in 1941 it was renamed Lourdes High School. It moved to a site near 19th Street and Valley High in 2013.
Dennis L. Nigon, Principal of Lourdes High School from 1987–2007, became President of Rochester Catholic Schools in 2007. Mr. Nigon has 39 years of experience in Catholic high schools, and is in charge of the Lourdes Building Our Future project, to build a new facility for Lourdes High School.
LHS uses modular scheduling, students usually having classes into 36-minutes class periods, with each class meeting about four of five days of the school week.
Lourdes High School has additional academic requirements beyond those commonly found at public high schools.
Lourdes students averaged a score of 26 on the ACT examination in the 2006-2007 academic year, meaning that the average Lourdes' student scored higher than 80% of national ACT takers.
The Eagle is the student run and edited online newsmagazine of Lourdes High School. Starting out as a newspaper in 1921 at LHS predecessor St. John's High School, the publication utilized a variety of print formats, turning into a newsmagazine in 2008, and an online publication in the fall of 2010. Throughout its long history, however, The Eagle has set a standard for high school journalism in regards to writing, editing, and artwork. It can be found here.
The Lourdes High School Math League in 2008 won first place in the Hiawatha Division, as well as attending the State Competition on March 12, 2007, taking second place in the Small Schools Division. LHS student, Patti Geisler, won first place of all high schools in the division for highest individual score. 6 of the top 10 students of all high schools in 2008 were from Lourdes high school. (Post Bulletin, page A4 February 15, 2008)
The science club was established around 2005. The club is made up of students dedicated to increasing their knowledge of science. In 2007 the club formed its second team to take to the Envirothon Competition. After taking second place in the regional competition, the team went on to the state tournament. In 2010, the team finished fourth in the regional competition by one point. That team was led by Taylor Nelson and Andrew Lose.
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