Salpointe Catholic High School
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1545 East Copper Street, Samos Tucson, Arizona, Pima County 85719 United States |
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| Coordinates | 32°15′14″N 110°56′57″W / 32.254009°N 110.949170°WCoordinates: 32°15′14″N 110°56′57″W / 32.254009°N 110.949170°W |
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| Type | Private, coeducational |
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Roman Catholic, Carmelite |
| Established | 1950 |
| School code | 030510 |
| President | Kay Sullivan |
| Principal | Sr. Helen Timothy, IBVM |
| Faculty | 133 (as of 2015) |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1,093 (2015) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 15:1 (as of 2015) |
| Color(s) | Maroon and gold |
| Fight song | The Lancer Fight Song |
| Sports | Arizona Interscholastic Association |
| Mascot | Lancer |
| Team name | Lancers |
| Accreditation | North Central Association of Colleges and Schools |
| Newspaper | The Crusader |
| Yearbook | Horizons |
| Athletic Director | Phil Gruensfelder |
| Website | https://www.salpointe.org |
Salpointe Catholic High School is a co-ed Catholic high school in Tucson, Arizona run by the Carmelite Order. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tucson.
Salpointe Catholic High School is named for Arizona's first Bishop, Jean-Baptiste Salpointe, who worked as a missionary in the Arizona Territory from 1866 to 1885.
In the late 1940s, Tucson's parochial grammar schools had nine grades. The desire to build a Catholic high school for these graduates prompted the Diocese of Tucson to purchase the 40-acre (40-acre (160,000 m2)) Florence Addition. Salpointe Catholic High School began in 1950 as a modest school consisting of what is now the Farr Patio and cafeteria. On the first day of school, Salpointe opened its doors to 100 students. At this time, Tucson High School and Amphitheater High School were the only other high schools in Tucson. Salpointe had nine classrooms, a library and administrative offices. The first principal was Rev. Victor Stoner. He was followed by Rev. Edward Carscallen and Rev. George Dyke.
In the summer of 1952, Msgr. Francis Green, pastor of Ss. Peter and Paul Parish, visited the Chancery Office in Chicago where he met Rev. Romaeus O'Brien, O. Carm. He mentioned that Bishop Daniel Gercke of Tucson was thinking about asking a religious order to operate Salpointe. In the spring of 1953, Msgr. Green made a formal request that the Carmelites come to Tucson. Rev. Joseph Bonaventure Gilmore, O. Carm., Provincial Counselor, and Rev. Kenneth Moore, O. Carm., Assistant Provincial, met with Msgr. Green, Msgr. Don Hughes, President of the Salpointe School Board, and other pastors. Fr. Gilmore became the first Carmelite Principal in the summer of 1953. In August, he wrote to Rev. Raphael Kieffer, O. Carm., Carmelite Provincial, asking that the two promised Carmelites arrive as soon as possible.
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