- Cistercian Preparatory School
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Cistercian Preparatory School File:50356 98763778623 496685 n.jpgSchool Crest.Ardere et LucereTo Enkindle and EnlightenAddress 3660 Cistercian Road
Irving, Texas, (Dallas County), 75039
United StatesCoordinates 32°51′19″N 96°55′17″W / 32.85533°N 96.92143°WCoordinates: 32°51′19″N 96°55′17″W / 32.85533°N 96.92143°W Information Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic Established 1962 CEEB Code 443-558 Headmaster Fr. Peter Verhalen, O. Cist. Faculty 43 Grades 5–12 Enrollment 354 Student to teacher ratio 8:1 Campus size 80 acres Color(s) Black and White Athletics 8 sports Mascot Hawk Publication Reflections (literary/art magazine) Newspaper 'Informer' Yearbook 'Exodus' Assistant Headmaster Rev. Bernard Marton, O. Cist. Director of Studies Christine Medaille Head of Upper School Gregory L. Novinski Athletic Director Dan Lee Website www.cistercian.org/school Cistercian Preparatory School is a Roman Catholic school for boys located in Irving, Texas, in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dallas. Serving grades five through twelve (though previously having a 4th grade pre-form), the school has a population of about 350 boys. Each grade is assigned a priest or a dedicated teacher as a "Form Master," who follows the class over the years and is responsible for building a feeling of community.
The school's roots lie with a group of Cistercians who came to Texas in 1956 to help found the University of Dallas, located adjacent to what would become the Cistercian campus. Later that year, an uprising in communist Hungary allowed a group from Zirc Abbey in western Hungary to escape, and they joined their colleagues in Texas. The monks of Zirc had a long tradition of teaching in the abbey's college preparatory schools, so in 1962 they started Cistercian Preparatory School to continue their work in secondary education.
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Curriculum
All Cistercian students follow a schedule of eight-period days. In the Middle School, the classes required include Latin, Religion, English, English Lab, Computer, Art, Health, Pre-Algebra, Algebra I, Earth Science, Life Science, and Physical Science (2 years), Eastern Civilizations, Western Civilizations, and American History (2 years). In the Upper School, the classes required include English (4 years), Moral Theology, Systematic Theology, Church History, American History, World History (2 years), Government, Geometry, Algebra II, Pre-Calculus, Calculus, Biology, Chemistry, and Physics. In addition, an Upper School student must choose either Spanish or French for four years (though given a teacher and a petition with 10 signatures, any other language may be taken), either Physics II, Chemistry II, or Biology II for senior year, and one elective every semester (though in special cases it is allowed for a student to replace or shorten his lunch period in order to take more than one elective class).
Athletics
Students are encouraged to participate in sports in every season. Cistercian fields teams in eight varsity sports in three athletic seasons: football and cross country (fall); basketball, soccer, and swimming (winter); baseball, track & field, and tennis (spring). The school is a member of the Southwest Preparatory Conference, which hosts championship tournaments and meets at the end of every season. In 2005, the Varsity Football team had an undefeated 11-0 record, defeating Austin St. Stephen's in the SPC Division II Championship Game by a score of 35-0.
School-sponsored sports are available to both Upper and Middle School students, beginning in the Third Form (7th grade). Students in Forms III and IV, and those not wishing to participate in organized sports or wanting to take advantage of the study hall given by only one athletics period, take a physical education class while their classmates are participating in athletics practices.
The school's mascot is the Hawk. Its colors are black and white.
Publications
Cistercian's literary and art magazine, Reflections, is conceived, written, and laid out by student editors and staff. Five hundred copies are printed each year, by Diebold Productions, Inc. For three years in a row, starting in 2005, Reflections won the Columbia Scholastic Press Gold Crown Award, an award which only the top 8-14 magazines throughout the nation win.
External links
Boys' schools in Texas Public boys' schools Private boys' schools Cathedral High School (El Paso) · Central Catholic Marianist High School (San Antonio) · Cistercian Preparatory School (Irving) · Holy Cross of San Antonio (San Antonio, 6-8 boys only, 9-12 coed) · Jesuit College Preparatory School of Dallas (Dallas) · St. Mark's School of Texas (Dallas) · St. Thomas High School (Houston) · Strake Jesuit College Preparatory (Houston)All Saints Episcopal School – Casady School – Cistercian Preparatory School – Episcopal School of Dallas – Episcopal High School – Fort Worth Country Day School – Greenhill School – Hockaday School – Holland Hall – John Cooper School – Kinkaid School – Oakridge – St. Mary's Hall – St. Andrew's Episcopal School – St. John's School – St. Mark's School – St. Stephen's Episcopal School – Trinity Valley School
Categories:- Independent Schools Association of the Southwest
- Roman Catholic secondary schools in Texas
- Educational institutions established in 1962
- Boys' schools in the United States
- Private high schools in Dallas, Texas
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