Holy Cross High School (River Grove, Illinois)

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Holy Cross High School
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Holy Cross High School (River Grove, Illinois)
River Grove
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Illinois
60171

United States
Coordinates 41°56′10″N87°49′37″W / 41.936°N 87.827°W / 41.936; -87.827
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Type Private school
Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic
Established1961 (1961)
Closed2004 (2004)
Oversight Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago
Grades9–12
GenderBoys
Campus type Suburban
Colour(s)Red and grey   
Athletics conference East Suburban Catholic Conference
Nickname Crusaders
YearbookTemplar
Affiliation Congregation of Holy Cross

Holy Cross High School was an all-boys Catholic high school in River Grove, Illinois, that operated from August 1961 until June 2004.

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History

At one point, Holy Cross's enrollment was as high as 1,556 students. [1] The school expanded its facilities in 1969 with the construction of a humanities learning center. [2]

Chicago Cubs

The school had a close connection to the Chicago Cubs baseball team in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Third-baseman Ron Santo ran a baseball academy on the Holy Cross grounds, [3] and the Cubs helped fund equipment for the school's baseball team. The Cubs even held their workouts at the school in spring 1972, in the midst of a strike which had shut down all of the major league training camps. [4] [5]

1974 graduation controversy

In 1974, principal Raymond Dufresne cancelled Holy Cross's graduation ceremony and baccalaureate mass after a group of seniors threw firecrackers and honked their car horns in the school parking lot during a graduation rehearsal. Their actions prompted a police visit to the school, though no one was arrested. Afterwards, Dufresne wrote a letter to parents, stating, "Unfortunately, the behavior of too many of the class of 1974 . . . was not something we can look to with pride or joy. . . . Our decision is that there will be no graduation ceremony." [6] After meeting with faculty and parents, Dufresne decided to reinstate the ceremonies, but required that students sit with their parents, instead of in a group. [7]

Closure

In December, 2003, the school announced that they no longer had enough funding or interest in enrollment to continue. [8] Only 79 students took the entrance exam for the 2004–2005 school year, and at least 125 were necessary to keep the school open.

In June 2004, the neighboring all-girls high school Mother Theodore Guerin High School accepted all Holy Cross students, becoming coed and changing their name to Guerin College Preparatory High School. Students from Mother Guerin and Holy Cross had already been sharing each other's facilities for certain classes, such as drama, music, and foreign languages. [9] Guerin closed in 2020.

Athletics

Holy Cross's sports teams were known as the Crusaders. Their baseball team earned six regional championships, two sectional championships, and two appearances in the IHSA State Finals, while their football team had two undefeated regular seasons and six state playoff berths. [10]

Notable alumni

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References

  1. ↑ "Enrollment up at Holy Cross". Chicago Tribune . September 19, 1965. NW7.
  2. ↑ "Holy Cross School to construct facility". Chicago Tribune . May 1, 1969. W5.
  3. ↑ Condon, David. "In the wake of the news". Chicago Tribune . May 21, 1966. C1.
  4. ↑ Dozer, Richard. "10 Cubs Go Thru Indoor Workouts". Chicago Tribune . April 4, 1972. C1.
  5. ↑ Dozer, Richard. "Cubs continue workouts; Sox return to town". Chicago Tribune . April 5, 1972. E7.
  6. ↑ Pratt, Steven. "Seniors have their fun; it costs them graduation fete". Chicago Tribune . May 29, 1974. 1.
  7. ↑ Pratt, Steven. "Holy Cross seniors will have their commencement exercises". Chicago Tribune . May 30, 1974. B20.
  8. ↑ Rozek, Dan. "Low enrollment dooms another Catholic high", Chicago Sun-Times , February 10, 2004. Accessed December 11, 2007.
  9. ↑ Aduroja, Grace. "Guerin to go coed after Holy Cross' end". Chicago Tribune . February 11, 2004. 1
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  11. ↑ "Joseph Grendys: Meat Processing Tycoon". entrepreneurinformer. June 24, 2015. Retrieved 15 October 2015.
  12. ↑ Olvera, Jennifer. "Band on the rise". Elm Leaves. August 25, 2004. 4. "Principe, a Melrose Park native, attended Holy Cross High School in River Grove. Before graduating in 1992, he began fiddling with the acoustic guitar."
  13. ↑ Michael Rizzo. The Baseball Cube. Retrieved on October 1, 2009.
  14. ↑ O'Donnell, Jim. "One unlikely Star Trek: Garrett Wolfe's pothole-pitted path to glory", Chicago Sun-Times , September 28, 2006. Accessed December 11, 2007. "Three buses actually -- Division Street No. 70 to Austin Avenue No.91 north to Belmont Avenue No. 77 west -- to get to Holy Cross High School in River Grove."
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