Monroe Catholic High School

Private, coeducational school in Fairbanks, Alaska, United States

Team nameRamsAccreditationNorthwest Association of Accredited Schools^[1]Tuition$10,000NamesakeFrancis M. Monroe, S.J.^{[clarification needed]}

Monroe Catholic High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Fairbanks, Alaska. It is the only Catholic high school in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fairbanks. It is the northernmost Roman Catholic high school in the Americas.

Background

Monroe High School, as it was known at that time, was founded in 1955. For the first academic year, classes were held in the Immaculate Conception Church basement for the nine freshman students. The next year, another class was added when the new modern school building was opened adjacent to the grade school. Each year another class was added until the class of 1959, comprising six by that time, graduated.^[2]

Notable alumni

Suzanne Jackson, visual artist, poet, dancer^[3]
Mike Kelly, Alaska politician
Pete Kelly, Alaska politician
Lisa Murkowski, U.S. Senator
Kirsten Powers, journalist^[4]
Stephen Sundborg, Jesuit priest, president of Seattle University

External links

School website

References

^ NAAS. "Northwest Association of Accredited Schools". Archived from the original on January 25, 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
^ http://www.cbna.info/uploads/1/shepherd_200408-09_v42n06.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ Mason, Karen Anne (interviewer), Suzanne Jackson (interviewee). "Interview with Suzanne Jackson". UCLA Library Digital Collections, Oral History Collections, African American Artists of Los Angeles. Retrieved 3 August 2018. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
^ "29 Graduates Bid Farewell to Monroe". Fairbanks Daily News Miner. May 27, 1986.