Christian Brothers High School (Memphis, Tennessee)

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Christian Brothers High School
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Christian Brothers High School (Memphis, Tennessee)
5900 Walnut Grove Road

Memphis
,
Tennessee
38120

United States
Coordinates 35°07′51″N89°51′51″W / 35.130880°N 89.864290°W / 35.130880; -89.864290
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Former nameChristian Brothers College High School (1871-1965)
School type Independent, Single-sex, College preparatory
MottoVirtus et Scientia(Latin)
(Character and Knowledge)
Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic Church, De La Salle Brothers
Patron saint(s) John Baptist de La Salle
Established1871;154 years ago (1871)
FounderBrother Maurelian Sheel
Sister school St. Agnes Academy-St. Dominic School
PresidentDavid Poos [1] [2]
PrincipalJames Brummer
Grades 9–12
Gender Male
Enrollment735 (2024)
Campusm
Campus size31.5 acres (127,000 m2)
Campus typeUrban
Color(s)  Purple   and   Gold  
Slogan"Men for Tommorow. Brothers for Life."
Song Bless This House
Fight song "Wave War Hymn" by Pinky Wilson
Athletics conference TSSAA Division II Class AA West (primary), Class AAA West (football)
SportsFall: Cross Country, Football, Golf, Rugby

Winter: Basketball, Bowling, Swimming, Wrestling

Spring: Baseball, Lacrosse, Rugby, Soccer, Tennis, Track and field, Trap and skeet
MascotWavey
Nickname The Brothers, The Purple Wave
Rivals Memphis University School, Briarcrest Christian School
Accreditation SACS, [3] [4] SAIS
PublicationPurple & Gold
NewspaperThe Maurelian
YearbookChronicle
Tuition$17,450 (2024-25)
Feeder schools St. Dominic School for Boys, St. Louis Catholic School, Holy Rosary Catholic School, Woodland Presbyterian School, Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic School, St. Ann Catholic School, Sacred Heart School, St. Paul Catholic School, Grace-St. Luke's Episcopal School
Affiliation Christian Brothers University
Website www.cbhs.org

Christian Brothers High School (CBHS) is located in Memphis, Tennessee, at 5900 Walnut Grove Road. It is a Catholic, all-boys college preparatory school which has a Lasallian tradition.

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History

Christian Brothers College opened in November 1871 in a schoolhouse at 612 Adams Avenue in downtown Memphis that served students from elementary school through college. [5] [6] The school was founded by four brothers from the De La Salle Christian Brothers, a Christian teaching order, who moved to Memphis after some of the order's schools were destroyed by the Great Chicago Fire in October 1871. [5]

In 1915 during the outbreak of World War I, Christian Brothers temporarily suspended their college-level classes because an overwhelming majority of that age-group had enlisted in the United States Armed Forces, although secondary education continued in the Christian Brothers High School. [5] [6] (The elementary school education was dropped in 1922.) [6] High school enrollment grew in the 1920s and 1930s. [6]

By 1940, Christian Brothers had outgrown the Adams facility and therefore relocated to a new campus at the intersection of East Parkway South and Central Avenue. [5] The first building on the new campus, Kenrick Hall, was constructed in 1939-1940 to house the Christian Brothers High School and the College. [6] [7] [8] Again, during the early 1940s with World War II, the school temporarily suspended college-level classes but continued with the high school curriculum.

In the years following World War II, high school enrollment rose because of the baby boom. Christian Brothers High School moved to a separate campus on Walnut Grove Road in Memphis and began to operate under a separate charter. [5] The new CBHS campus opened in 1965 after four years of planning, fund raising, and construction. [5] The college-level school (now Christian Brothers University) remained at the East Parkway campus.

In 1963, Christian Brothers accepted Jesse Turner, Jr., making CBHS the first racially integrated high school in Memphis, public or private. Turner graduated as co-salutatorian in 1967. [9] [10]

CBHS continues to occupy the 31.5 acre Walnut Grove campus, with significant expansion over the years. [5]

Notable alumni

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