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St. Brendan High School | |
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Address | |
2950 SW 87th Avenue , , 33165 United States | |
Coordinates | 25°44′33″N80°20′14″W / 25.74250°N 80.33722°W |
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Type | Private, Coeducational |
Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic, Marist Brothers |
Patron saint(s) | St. Brendan the Navigator |
Opened | 1975 |
Founder | Thomas A. Dennehy |
School district | Archdiocese of Miami Department of Schools |
Principal | Ivette Alvarez |
Teaching staff | 73.6 (on an FTE basis) [1] |
Grades | 9-12 |
Enrollment | 1,194 (2017-18) [1] |
Campus size | 33 acres shared with St. John Vianney College Seminary |
Color(s) | Green & White |
Team name | Sabres |
Accreditation | Southern Association of Colleges and Schools |
Newspaper | Sabre Press |
Tuition | $12,500 plus fees (2021-2022) |
Website | www |
St. Brendan High School is a co-educational private Catholic high school in the Westchester census-designated place in Miami-Dade County, Florida. [2] [3] The school is part of the Archdiocese of Miami.
St. Brendan High School was originally St. John Vianney Minor Seminary High School, which opened in 1959 to accept students who were interested in studying for the priesthood. When enrollment declined, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Miami, decided to convert the school into a co-educational high school. They changed its name to St. Brendan High School and it opened at the start of the 1975 school year.
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The following sports are offered at St. Brendan: [4]
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