Motto: | Docilitas, Veritas, Libertas, Sanctificata |
Motto Translation: | Docility, Truth, Freedom, Santification |
Address: | 192 E. Henri de Tonti Blvd |
County: | United States |
Zipcode: | 72762 |
Opened: | 2018 |
Headmaster: | John E. Rocha |
Ratio: | 24:1 |
Mascot: | The Griffin |
Annual Tuition: | $9750 |
Ozark Catholic Academy is a Roman Catholic high school on the property of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Tontitown, Arkansas.[1] It is affiliated with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Little Rock.
The school's student body was to originate from Tontitown, Bentonville, Cave Springs, Fayetteville, Rogers, Springdale, and Subiaco.[2] It was the first upper secondary Catholic school to be created in the Northwest Arkansas area.[3]
Circa 1998 people associated with the school began efforts to create a Catholic high school in the area.[4]
It opened in 2018 with grades 9 and 10, with other grade levels added after. Originally the school used six classrooms in the Father Bandini Education Center on a temporary basis.[5]
Ozark Catholic Academy has strong track,[6] cross country,[7] and competitive dance[8] programs with multiple state titles in each sport through the Arkansas Activities Association.