Nolan Catholic High School

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Nolan Catholic High School
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Nolan Catholic High School
4501 Bridge Street

, ,
76103

United States
Coordinates 32°45′36″N97°15′24″W / 32.76000°N 97.25667°W / 32.76000; -97.25667
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Type Private, Coeducational
MottoEsto Dux
(Be a Leader)
Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic
Established1961
SuperintendentBrinton Smith
AP for Student AffairsCindy Jung
AP for AcademicsRyan Faller
Head of schoolOscar Ortiz
ChaplainFather Brett Metzler
Grades 912
EnrollmentApproximately 690 [1]  (2022)
Color(s)Blue and white   
Athletics conference TAPPS
Team nameVikings
Accreditation Southern Association of Colleges and Schools [2]
Website nolancatholichs.org

Nolan Catholic High School is a private, coeducational, college preparatory school, formerly in the Marianist tradition, [3] and is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth, Texas. It serves grades 9-12, has an average student population of 800, and serves the Church by educating and forming youth in the Roman Catholic faith through its mission.

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Nolan Catholic High School is a private Catholic college preparatory school in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas. It is one of three Catholic college preparatory schools in Tarrant County. Nolan Catholic specializes in providing a faith-filled education that prepares young adults for success in college or university and beyond. The school motto is Esto Dux, which in Latin translates to "be a leader."

Since being founded in 1961, the school has served in the ministry of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth. Until 2014, the school was under the administration of the Society of Mary (Marianists).

After Michael Fors Olson began his term as bishop of the Fort Worth Diocese, the priests of the Society of Mary were to leave Nolan Catholic; there were fewer and fewer people in the religious order. [4] In 2014, the Marianists departed Nolan Catholic High School.[ citation needed ] Since then, the school has been administered by the Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth, under the Office of the Superintendent of Schools. Nolan Catholic is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and the Texas Catholic Conference Education Department (as approved by the Texas Education Agency).

Of the 97 members of faculty, two are avowed religious. Among the faculty, 50% hold advanced degrees. Past principal Anthony Pistone (1980-1987), and a priest, William Pais, CMF, were credibly accused of sexual abuse or misconduct. [5]

The traditional college preparatory curriculum at Nolan Catholic requires 27 Carnegie units (3240 hours of instruction) for graduation. Advanced Placement and honors courses are offered in multiple disciplines.

Honors Diploma

Qualified students may earn a designated honors diploma with the appropriate notification on their transcripts. Honors diploma requirements include a minimum cumulative numerical average of 93 by the end of the fall semester of the senior year. The student must have taken biology, physics, chemistry, as well as three years in the same foreign language, as well as credits in other classes.

Athletics

NCHS participates in the Texas Association of Private and Parochial Schools (TAPPS) at the Class 6A level. The following sports are offered:

NCHS sports teams have won state championships in the following sports:

Notable alumni

Notes and references

  1. "About Nolan". Nolan Catholic High School. Retrieved 1 March 2022.
  2. SACS-CASI. "SACS-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement". Archived from the original on April 29, 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-23.
  3. Leadership to change at Nolan star-telegram.com 19 April 2014 [ dead link ]
  4. Blakeslee, Nate (January 2024). "The Bishop Who Picked a Fight With the Wrong Nuns". Texas Monthly . Retrieved 2023-12-09.
  5. "List of Clergy with Credible Allegations of Sexual Abuse of Minors in the Diocese of Fort Worth" (PDF). fwdioc.org. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  6. 1 2 "Ultimate Frisbee Club" . Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  7. "Stephen McCarthy | New England Revolution".

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