Monroe Catholic High School

Monroe Catholic High School
Address
615 Monroe Street Fairbanks, Alaska 99701 United States
Coordinates	64°51′5″N147°42′57″W / 64.85139°N 147.71583°W / 64.85139; -147.71583
Information
Type	Private, coeducational
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic, (Jesuit)
Established	1955(70 years ago) (1955)
Oversight	Catholic Schools of Fairbanks
CEEB code	020037
Director	Amanda Angaiak
Principal	Patrick Rigs
Faculty	33
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	130 (2022-2023)
•  Grade 9	34
•  Grade 10	36
•  Grade 11	30
•  Grade 12	28
Average class size	33
Student to teacher ratio	4:1
Color(s)	Royal and gold
Team name	Rams
Accreditation	Northwest Association of Accredited Schools [1]
Tuition	$13,000
Namesake	Francis 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

1. NAAS. "Northwest Association of Accredited Schools". Archived from the original on January 25, 2009. Retrieved July 29, 2009.
2. http://www.cbna.info/uploads/1/shepherd_200408-09_v42n06.pdf ^{[ bare URL PDF ]}
3. 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 August 3, 2018.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
4. "29 Graduates Bid Farewell to Monroe". Fairbanks Daily News Miner. May 27, 1986.