Frassati Catholic High School

Frassati Catholic High School
Address
22151 Frassati Way Spring, Texas, (Harris County) 77389 United States
Coordinates	30°5′11″N 95°29′29″W / 30.08639°N 95.49139°W / 30.08639; -95.49139Coordinates: 30°5′11″N 95°29′29″W / 30.08639°N 95.49139°W / 30.08639; -95.49139
Information
Type	Private, Coeducational
Motto	Verso l'alto ("To the heights")
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic
Patron saint(s)	Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati
Established	2013
Oversight	Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia
Principal	Sister John Paul, O.P.
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	232
Classes offered	College Prep; Honors and AP
Campus size	63 acres
Color(s)	Cobalt blue and Grey
Athletics conference	TAPPS
Team name	Falcons
Accreditation	Texas Catholic Conference Education Department^[1]
Admissions Director	Mrs. Stacey Fontenot
Website	www.frassaticatholic.org

Frassati Catholic High School is a private, Catholic coeducational secondary school located in unincorporated Harris County, Texas, near the Spring CDP and in Greater Houston. Frassati Catholic High School is administered by the Dominican Sisters of St. Cecilia Congregation from Nashville, TN.

History

Frassati Catholic High School was established in 2013 to an initial freshman (9th grade) class after several years of planning. In 2014, the school welcomed its second class of students. The school serves areas north of Houston that previously did not have a Catholic high school option.^[2] In 2015, the school welcomed its third class of freshmen, doubling the student population.

In July 2011, Daniel Cardinal DiNardo announced that the new high school would be named after Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati, Man of the Beatitudes. Saint John Paul II said that Blessed Pier Giorgio, "shows that we can be holy by living our friendships, studies, sports, and service to the poor in a constant relationship with God."

Campus Development

On August 25, 2012, the school broke ground for its first academic building on its 63-acre campus in Spring, Texas. In the summer of 2013, Phase 1A of the campus was completed, and the school welcomed its founding freshmen class in August 2013. The school broke ground on Phase 1B on October 28, 2014. This phase includes a 54,000-square-foot gymnasium and fine arts building, with state-of-the-art athletics facilities and performing arts spaces. Phase 1B also includes a second academic building, a mirror image of the inaugural Phase 1A building. The gymnasium and fine arts building was completed in March 2016.^[3]

Curriculum

Frassati Catholic High School has an Ethics & Culture curriculum designed to prepare its students to be leaders in society. Over their four years, students at Frassati Catholic take courses on Catholic philosophy (in the Dominican and Thomistic tradition),^[4] ethics, and bioethics. Seniors finish their requirements in the department by taking an Ethics & Culture Seminar.^[5]

Sports

Frassati Catholic High School offers several sports including volleyball, cross country, soccer, flag football (a transitional program leading up to the school's first year of tackle football, which will begin in the 2016-2017 school year), swimming, boys and girls basketball, tennis, baseball, golf, and track & field. The school will add additional sports as it grows based on student interest. Almost 80% of Frassati Catholic's student body participates in athletics.

References

↑ SACS-CASI. "SACS-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement". Retrieved 2009-06-23.
↑ John Bat. "Frassati Catholic High School opens for Montgomery County and Northern Houston". Retrieved 2014-05-06.
↑ Frassati Catholic High School's Master Plan
↑ Ethics & Culture Department
↑ 2016-2017 Curriculum Guide

External links

Spring, Texas

Education

Primary and secondary schools	Spring Independent School District Spring High School Klein Independent School District Klein Collins High School Klein Oak High School Frassati Catholic High School

Other education	Harris County Public Library Lone Star College

Other

Landmarks	Old Town Spring Wet'n'Wild SplashTown

Events	Spring High School stabbing 2006 Harris County, Texas hate crime assault 2014 Harris County, Texas shooting 2015 Harris County, Texas shooting

This list is incomplete. This list includes items within or related to the U.S. Census Bureau-designed Spring census designated place (CDP) and places outside of the CDP with "Spring, Texas" postal addresses. Items within or related to areas outside of the CDP are italicized. This list does not include places without "Spring, Texas" postal addresses. The community college district has no locations with Spring, Texas addresses but is listed anyway since it broadly serves residents of the CDP and others with "Spring" addresses. The public library has a location outside of the CDP and with a "Spring, Texas" address, Barbara Bush Branch Library, while the nearest library to the CDP is Baldwin Boettcher Branch Library at Mercer Park, which has an "Humble, Texas" address.

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston–Houston schools

PK-12 schools	Duchesne Academy of the Sacred Heart

High schools	Cristo Rey Jesuit Frassati Catholic Incarnate Word Academy O'Connell College Prep Saint Agnes Academy Saint John XXIII St. Pius X St. Thomas Strake Jesuit

PreK-9 schools	St. Catherine's Montessori School

PreK-8 schools	Assumption Catholic School St. Cecilia John Paul II Catholic School Our Lady of Guadalupe The Regis School of the Sacred Heart St. Anne

Former high schools	Dominican High School Mount Carmel High School

Archdiocese of Galveston–Houston

Ordinaries	Prefecture Apostolic of Texas John Timon Vicariate Apostolic of Texas Jean-Marie Odin Bishops of Galveston Jean-Marie Odin Claude Marie Dubuis Nicolaus Aloysius Gallagher Christopher Edward Byrne Wendelin Joseph Nold Coadjutor Bishop (did not succeed to the See) Pierre Dufal Bishops of Galveston–Houston Wendelin Joseph Nold John Louis Morkovsky Archbishops of Galveston–Houston Joseph Fiorenza Daniel DiNardo

Churches	Cathedrals St. Mary Cathedral Basilica, Galveston Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Houston Parishes Annunciation Church, Houston Our Lady of Guadalupe Church, Houston Our Mother of Mercy Church, Houston

Education	Universities Our Lady of the Lake University, Houston University of St. Thomas, Houston High Schools, K-12 Duchesne Academy, Houston High Schools, 9-12 Cristo Rey Jesuit College Preparatory of Houston Frassati Catholic High School, Harris County (Spring area) Incarnate Word Academy, Houston O'Connell College Preparatory School, Galveston Pope John XXIII High School, Harris County (Katy area) Saint Agnes Academy, Houston St. Pius X High School, Houston St. Thomas High School, (Houston Strake Jesuit College Preparatory, Houston List of schools List of schools in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Galveston–Houston

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