St. Ignatius College Prep Explained

Saint Ignatius College Preparatory School
Location:1076 West Roosevelt Road
City:Chicago, Illinois
Zipcode:60608-1594
Country:United States
Type:Private college-preparatory school
Motto:unofficial motto: "Ignatius starts with I and ends with us"
Religious Affiliation:Catholic
Denomination:Jesuit
Patron:Ignatius of Loyola
Founder:Fr. Arnold Damen, S.J.
Authority:Archdiocese of Chicago
Oversight:Society of Jesus
Ceeb:141170
President:John J. Chandler[1]
Principal:Dr. Sterling Brown[2]
Principal1:Dr. Geoff Miller[3]
Teaching Staff:87.6
Grades:9–12
Gender:Coeducational
Enrollment:1,373
Enrollment As Of:2019–2020
Avg Class Size:25[4]
Ratio:17:1
Hours In Day:6.2
Campus Size:23acres
Campus Type:Urban
Colors: Maroon and gold
Mascot:Wolf
Team Name:Wolfpack
Accreditation:NCA[5]
Publication:Phantasm
Newspaper:Spirit
Yearbook:Prep[6]
Endowment:$34 million[7]
Fees:$2,000
Annual Tuition:$20,900 (2023-2024)[8]
Affiliation:JSEA NCEA
Website:
St. Ignatius College Prep
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Designated Other1 Name:Chicago Landmark
Designated Other1 Date:March 18, 1987
Designated Other1 Abbr:CL
Designated Other1 Link:Chicago Landmark
Designated Other1 Color:
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Location:Chicago, Illinois
Coordinates:41.8675°N -87.6542°W
Built:1870
Architect:Toussaint Menard[9]
Architecture:Second Empire
Added:November 17, 1977
Refnum:77000480
Picture Caption:Exterior of St. Ignatius College Prep in December 2010

Saint Ignatius College Prep is a private, coeducational Jesuit college-preparatory school located in the Near West Side neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The school was founded in Chicago in 1869 by Fr. Arnold Damen, S.J., a Dutch missionary to the United States. Saint Ignatius College Prep is Chicago’s flagship Jesuit high school and one of the preeminent Catholic college preparatory schools in the United States.

Campus

Saint Ignatius College Prep is designated on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. The school's main building was designed by Canadian architect Toussaint Menard in Second Empire style and opened in 1870. The original school building is one of only five existing Chicago structures to predate the Great Fire of 1871.

The school began on two acres of land and now occupies a 26-acre campus. The campus includesthe original building and modern facilities adjacent to the University of Illinois at Chicago, and is located 1.5 miles southwest of Chicago’s Loop. Among the unique spaces is the 1887-88 Brunswick Room featuring elaborate cabinets and woodwork installed by the Brunswick Company for the school’s natural history museum, the Foglia Library, the “Chicago gallery” of architectural artifacts in the Driehaus building, and Father Damen’s office. Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1977, St. Ignatius College Prep was designated a Chicago Landmark in 1987.

History

Inception

In 1836, the Dutch Jesuit Fr. Arnold Damen, S.J. (March 20, 1815, Leur, Netherlands – January 1, 1890, Omaha, Nebraska),[10] was recruited to work with Native Americans in the Dakotas by Fr. Peter De Smet, S.J. In 1844 he was ordained a priest in Missouri. In 1857, Damen was first assigned to Chicago to start a parish for Irish immigrants on Chicago's near-West Side, then an area of the sprawling prairie. The construction of the Holy Family Church was completed in 1860.[10]

The culmination of Father Arnold J. Damen, S.J.'s work in Chicago, the St. Ignatius campus was opened in 1870 as St. Ignatius College. Loyola University originated from this institution but, since 1922, St. Ignatius has operated solely as a college preparatory school. The Second Empire-style edifice is among the oldest in the city, a rare and distinctive example of institutional designs pre-dating the Chicago Fire of 1871.

Admissions

Demographics

The demographic breakdown by race/ethnicity of the 1,373 students enrolled for the 2019–2020 school year was:

Extracurricular activities

Athletics

Saint Ignatius competes in the Chicago Catholic League (CCL) and the Girls Catholic Athletic Conference (GCAC)[11] and is a member of the Illinois High School Association (IHSA), which governs most sports and competitive activities in the state. The school's teams are stylized as the "Wolfpack".

Notable alumni

Notable faculty

See also

References

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Welcome from the President . St. Ignatius College Prep . ignatius.org . en . February 24, 2021.
  2. Web site: Prefect's Office . St. Ignatius College Prep . ignatius.org . en . 13 January 2023.
  3. Web site: Prefect's Office . St. Ignatius College Prep . ignatius.org . en . 13 January 2023.
  4. Web site: Why a Jesuit Education | Saint Ignatius College Prep . www.ignatius.org.
  5. Web site: AdvanceEd-NCA Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement . 2009-05-23 . NCA-CASI . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090524055843/http://oracle.advanc-ed.org/reporting/Locator.aspx . 2009-05-24.
  6. Web site: Student Activities . directory . St. Ignatius College Prep . 13 November 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20091018205136/http://www.ignatius.org/student_activities.aspx . 18 October 2009 . dead . dmy-all.
  7. Web site: Inside Ignatius . Fall 2009 . St. Ignatius College Prep (www.ignatius.org).
  8. Web site: Tuition Assistance & Affordability | Saint Ignatius College Prep. 17 February 2023.
  9. Web site: Chicago Landmarks - St. Ignatius College Prep Building . City of Chicago Department of Planning and Development, Landmarks Division . 2003 . 2008-09-10 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080613044710/http://webapps.cityofchicago.org/LandmarksWeb/landmarkDetail.do?lanID=1429 . 2008-06-13.
  10. https://www.bndestem.nl/etten-leur/in-chicago-kent-bijna-iedereen-pater-damen~ab49b73a/ In Chicago kent bijna iedereen pater Damen
  11. Web site: IHSA Chicago (St. Ignatius College Prep) . . February 18, 2021 . February 24, 2021 . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20210224212905/https://www.ihsa.org/data/school/schools/2830.htm . February 24, 2021.
  12. Web site: High Schools . directory . Pro Football Hall of Fame . 13 November 2009.
  13. Web site: Notable Alumni Saint Ignatius College Prep . 2020-08-02 . invest.ignatius.org.
  14. News: Dao . James . The 2000 Campaign: Man in the News; A Son of Chicago – William Michael Daley . The New York Times . 16 June 2000 . 13 November 2009 . Tuesday A Man in the News article on Friday about Commerce Secretary William M. Daley misidentified the Chicago high school that he attended. (The error also appeared in a profile of Mr. Daley on Dec. 14, 1996.) It was St. Ignatius High School, now called Saint Ignatius College Prep, not De La Salle High School..
  15. Muldoon feted by Saint Ignatius at law luncheon . Bar News . 40 . 7 . Illinois State Bar Association . 1 February 2000 . 14 November 2009 . A 1947 graduate of the school, Muldoon will receive its 2000 Award of Excellence in the Field of Law ... Previous award recipients include former appellate justices Gino L. DiVito and Mel R. Jiganti, Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, U.S. Secretary of Commerce William Daley ... . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060620024607/http://www.illinoisbar.org/Association/2-1a.htm . June 20, 2006.
  16. News: Neubart . Dave . Richard Dreihaus, 57 . Chicago Sun-Times . 29 October 2000 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121104160816/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-4572253.html . dead . 4 November 2012 . 13 November 2009 . Driehaus grew up on the Southwest Side and graduated from Saint Ignatius College Prep and DePaul University..
  17. Web site: Entrepreneurship Program Saint Ignatius College Prep . 2023-03-19 . invest.ignatius.org.
  18. Web site: Roster - Erie BayHawks.
  19. News: Chandler . Susan . Mellody Hobson: Champion of financial literacy - Ariel's president teaches children and their parents the power of investing . Chicago Tribune . 11 February 2009 . 13 November 2009 . Hobson grew up on the North Side as the youngest of six ... But her mother made sure Hobson had a good education, sending her to Saint Ignatius College Prep. . https://web.archive.org/web/20101112012357/http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-wed-black-history-mellody-hofeb11,0,1972221.story . 12 November 2010 . dead . dmy-all.
  20. Web site: Lipinski . Dan . Remarks by Rep. Dan Lipinski before the National Science Board Commission on 21st Century Education in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics . speech . U.S. House of Representatives - Committee on Science and Technology . 20 November 2006 . 13 November 2009 . I remember Father Fergus, who taught me physics at St Ignatius, taking this childhood fascination and tying it to engineering. . https://web.archive.org/web/20100106013110/http://science.house.gov/press/PRArticle.aspx?NewsID=1215 . 6 January 2010 . dead . dmy-all.
  21. 'Illinois Blue Book 1965-1966, Biographical Sketch of John J. McNichols, pg. 256-257
  22. Age staff (August 12, 1950). "In Birmingham, White Players Can't Perform On Negro Team" . The New York Age. p. 23
  23. Book: Newhart, Bob . I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This: And Other Things That Strike Me as Funny . Hyperion . 2006 . New York, NY, USA . 24 . registration . 1-4013-0246-7 . I lived about eight blocks from Fenwick High School, but I rode the streetcar forty-five minutes to Saint Ignatius..
  24. Web site: Gina Rodriguez is Conquering Television in Jane the Virgin .
  25. Web site: Todd H. Stroger Biography . Cook County Government . 28 November 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110524060538/http://www.co.cook.il.us/portal/server.pt/gateway/PTARGS_0_0_331_0_0_43/ccWeb.Leadership/LeadershipProfile.aspx?commiss_id=406 . 2011-05-24 . dead.
  26. News: Former College Players Now in Spotlight of Baseball World . 13 . Sioux City Journal . Newspapers.com . February 18, 1912 . 2021-12-20.
  27. Web site: ESPN's Michael Wilbon on Life Without Sports.
  28. Web site: GS: SI v Young 9-30-21 . Chicagoland Soccer.
  29. Web site: Johnson . K. C. . 2010-03-07 . From the archives: Even at 85, Johnny Bach still teaching the game he loves . 2024-06-06 . Chicago Tribune . en-US.

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