Xavier High School (Micronesia)
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Weno, Chuuk Federated States of Micronesia |
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| Type | Jesuit Prep, Catholic |
| Motto | Ut Omnes Unum Sint (that all may be one) |
| Established | 1952 |
| Principal | Martin K. Carl |
| Director | Fr. Dennis M. Baker, SJ |
| Faculty | 17 |
| Grades | Secondary |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Enrollment | 150 |
| Color(s) | Red |
| Athletics | 3 sports |
| Mascot | Navigators |
| Website | xaviermicronesia.org |
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St. Xavier Academy
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| Location | Winipis, Moen Island, Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia |
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| Coordinates | 7°26′50″N 151°53′14″E / 7.44722°N 151.88722°ECoordinates: 7°26′50″N 151°53′14″E / 7.44722°N 151.88722°E |
| Area | 0.3 acres (0.12 ha) |
| NRHP Reference # | 76002209 |
| Added to NRHP | September 30, 1976 |
Xavier High School is a Jesuit coeducational high school located on the island of Weno in Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia. It was established in 1952. It was the first high school in the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. Bishop Thomas Feeney, S.J., D.D. from the New York Province of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) originally envisioned a minor seminary to train local clergy. Soon after, Xavier Seminary became the first college preparatory school in the Western Pacific.
Today, Xavier High School continues to provide a rigorous college preparatory education as a Catholic school in the Jesuit tradition, serving the different island-nations of Micronesia. In 2014 Xavier produced four Gates scholars; the first recipient of the Ushiba Scholarship to Sophia University in Japan; and an appointment to the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.
During World War II, the Japanese government urged Mabuchi Construction Company to construct a communications center for the Japanese military in Chuuk. In 1952, Xavier High School was opened at its present site on Mabuchi hill, as the first high school in the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands. Bishop Thomas Feeney, S.J., D.D. from the New York Province of the Society of Jesus (the Jesuits) originally envisioned a minor seminary to train local clergy. Soon after, Xavier Seminary became the first college preparatory school in the Western Pacific. The school property was added to the United States National Register of Historic Places in 1976 as St. Xavier Academy.
Xavier follows closely the academic program at Jesuit college prep schools in the USA: four years of religion, English, literature, science, and mathematics (concluding with calculus), three years of history, and two years of Latin, plus computer skills, study skills, and health and wholeness.
Religion courses are very traditional: in first year mainly the creeds, sacraments, virtues, Ten Commandments, and Our Father; in second year a contextual study of the New Testament and who Jesus is for them, following the Ignatian dynamic; in third year the Old Testament and Catholic liturgy; in fourth year discussion of major moral issues with the Catechism of the Catholic Church as a guide.
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