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St. Joseph High School (Westchester, Illinois)

St. Joseph High School
Address
10900 West Cermak Road
Westchester, Illinois 60154
United States
Coordinates 41°50′57″N 87°53′36″W / 41.849264°N 87.89341°W / 41.849264; -87.89341Coordinates: 41°50′57″N 87°53′36″W / 41.849264°N 87.89341°W / 41.849264; -87.89341
Information
Type Private
Motto Vincit Qui Laborat
(Victory Belongs to Those Who Work)
Denomination Roman Catholic
Established 1960
Oversight Archdiocese of Chicago
President Br. Tom Harding FSC
Principal Ronald Hoover
Teaching staff 35
Grades 912
Gender Coeducational
Enrollment 605 (2011)
Campus type suburban
Color(s)      red
     white
     black
Athletics conference Chicago Catholic League
Mascot Joe Charger
Team name Chargers
Accreditation North Central Association of Colleges and Schools
Newspaper The Lance
Yearbook The Blazon
Tuition US$9,450
Affiliation Christian Brothers
Website

St. Joseph High School (or St. Joe's) is a Roman Catholic, coeducational, college prep school in Westchester, Illinois, and is sponsored by the Christian Brothers of De La Salle.

St. Joseph High School is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools and approved by the Illinois State Board of Education. St. Joe's is a member of the National Catholic Educational Association and the Christian Brothers Educational Association. The school is also a member of the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) and the [Chicago Catholic League] (CCL).

Students come from more than 100 elementary schools from the western suburbs and the City of Chicago. The students are accepted for admission based on the entrance exam, grade school records, and teachers’ recommendations for freshman year. Transfer students are accepted based on their academic records, discipline reports, and recommendations.

Samuel Stritch, Cardinal Archbishop of Chicago, invited the Christian Brothers to start a new high school in Westchester, Illinois. Though classes began at the new school in September 1960, work on the building continued through early 1961. The school was dedicated on September 16, 1961 by Cardinal Stritch's successor, Cardinal Albert Gregory Meyer.

The school earned national attention in the 1994 documentary film Hoop Dreams. The subjects of the film, William Gates and Arthur Agee, were both students at the school, and both played on the basketball team under head coach Gene Pingatore.


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