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In 2023-2024 school year, Frank Ostanik took over as acting director of the catholic schools of fairbanks including Monroe catholic highschool.
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| streetaddress = 615 Monroe Street
| streetaddress = 615 Monroe Street
| city = [[Fairbanks]]
| city = [[Fairbanks, Alaska]]
| state = [[Alaska]]
| zipcode = 99701
| zipcode = 99701
| country = USA
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| oversight = Catholic Schools of Fairbanks
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| principal = Patrick Riggs
| principal = Patrick Rigs
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| director = Amanda Angaiak
| director = Frank Ostanik
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| tuition = $4,995
| tuition = $10,000
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| grades = [[Ninth grade|9]]–[[Twelfth grade|12]]
| grades = [[Ninth grade|9]]–[[Twelfth grade|12]]
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| accreditation = [[Northwest Association of Secondary and Higher Schools|Northwest Association of Accredited Schools]] <ref name="Northwest Association of Accredited Schools">{{cite web|url=http://www.northwestaccreditation.org/schools/accredited.html |title=Northwest Association of Accredited Schools |accessdate=2009-07-29 |author=NAAS |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090125021614/http://www.northwestaccreditation.org/schools/accredited.html |archivedate=January 25, 2009 }}</ref>
| accreditation = [[Northwest Association of Secondary and Higher Schools|Northwest Association of Accredited Schools]]<ref name="Northwest Association of Accredited Schools">{{cite web|url=http://www.northwestaccreditation.org/schools/accredited.html |title=Northwest Association of Accredited Schools |accessdate=2009-07-29 |author=NAAS |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090125021614/http://www.northwestaccreditation.org/schools/accredited.html |archive-date=January 25, 2009 }}</ref>
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| team_name = Rams
| team_name = [[Sheep|Rams]]
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| colors = [[Royal blue]] and [[Gold (color)|gold]] {{color box|royalblue}}{{color box|gold}}
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| established = 1955
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| enrollment = 127
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| enrollment_as_of = 2007-2008
| enrollment_as_of = 2022-2023
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| free_label1 = Namesake
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| free_text1 = Francis M. Monroe, [[Society of Jesus|S.J.]]
| free_text1 = Francis M. Monroe, [[Society of Jesus|S.J.]]{{clarify|reason=What is a namesake?|date=January 2022}}
| free_label2 = Athletic Director
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| free_text2 = Frank Ostanik
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| homepage = [http://www.catholic-schools.org/monroesr_profile.php School website]
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==Background==
==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 (Fairbanks, Alaska)|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.<ref>[http://www.cbna.info/uploads/1/shepherd_200408-09_v42n06.pdf]</ref>
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 (Fairbanks, Alaska)|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.<ref>http://www.cbna.info/uploads/1/shepherd_200408-09_v42n06.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=March 2022}}</ref>


==Notable alumni==
==Notable alumni==
* [[Suzanne Jackson (artist)|Suzanne Jackson]], visual artist, poet, dancer<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://digital2.library.ucla.edu/viewFile.do?contentFileId=2383743|title=Interview with Suzanne Jackson|last=Mason, Karen Anne (interviewer)|first=Suzanne Jackson (interviewee)|date=|website=UCLA Library Digital Collections, Oral History Collections, African American Artists of Los Angeles|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=3 August 2018}}</ref>
* [[Suzanne Jackson (artist)|Suzanne Jackson]], visual artist, poet, dancer<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://digital2.library.ucla.edu/viewFile.do?contentFileId=2383743|title=Interview with Suzanne Jackson|last=Mason, Karen Anne (interviewer)|first=Suzanne Jackson (interviewee)|website=UCLA Library Digital Collections, Oral History Collections, African American Artists of Los Angeles|access-date=3 August 2018}}</ref>
* [[Mike Kelly (Alaska politician)|Mike Kelly]], Alaska politician
* [[Mike Kelly (Alaska politician)|Mike Kelly]], Alaska politician
* [[Pete Kelly (Alaska politician)|Pete Kelly]], Alaska politician
* [[Lisa Murkowski]], U.S. Senator
* [[Lisa Murkowski]], U.S. Senator
* [[Kirsten Powers]], journalist<ref>{{Cite news|first= |last= |author-link= |title= 29 Graduates Bid Farewell to Monroe |newspaper=Fairbanks Daily News Miner |date=May 27, 1986 |url= https://newspaperarchive.com/fairbanks-daily-news-miner-may-27-1986-p-3/ |accessdate=}}</ref>
* [[Kirsten Powers]], journalist<ref>{{Cite news|title= 29 Graduates Bid Farewell to Monroe |newspaper=Fairbanks Daily News Miner |date=May 27, 1986 |url= https://newspaperarchive.com/fairbanks-daily-news-miner-may-27-1986-p-3/ }}</ref>
* [[Stephen Sundborg]], [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] priest, president of [[Seattle University]]
* [[Stephen Sundborg]], [[Society of Jesus|Jesuit]] priest, president of [[Seattle University]]


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{{Roman Catholic Diocese of Fairbanks|state=collapsed}}
{{Roman Catholic Diocese of Fairbanks|state=collapsed}}



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[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1955]]
[[Category:Educational institutions established in 1955]]
[[Category:Catholic secondary schools in Alaska]]
[[Category:Catholic secondary schools in Alaska]]
[[Category:Jesuit high schools in the United States]]
[[Category:Schools accredited by the Northwest Accreditation Commission]]
[[Category:Schools accredited by the Northwest Accreditation Commission]]
[[Category:Schools in Fairbanks, Alaska]]
[[Category:Schools in Fairbanks, Alaska]]

Latest revision as of 01:09, 21 April 2024

Monroe Catholic High School
Address
Map
615 Monroe Street

Fairbanks, Alaska
99701

United States
Coordinates64°51′5″N 147°42′57″W / 64.85139°N 147.71583°W / 64.85139; -147.71583
Information
TypePrivate, coeducational
Religious affiliation(s)Roman Catholic, (Jesuit)
Established1955 (70 years ago) (1955)
OversightCatholic Schools of Fairbanks
CEEB code020037
DirectorFrank Ostanik
PrincipalPatrick Rigs
Faculty33
Grades9–12
Enrollment130 (2022-2023)
 • Grade 934
 • Grade 1036
 • Grade 1130
 • Grade 1228
Average class size33
Student to teacher ratio4:1
Color(s)Royal and gold
  
Team nameRams
AccreditationNorthwest Association of Accredited Schools[1]
Tuition$10,000
NamesakeFrancis 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

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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

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References

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  1. ^ NAAS. "Northwest Association of Accredited Schools". Archived from the original on January 25, 2009. Retrieved 2009-07-29.
  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 3 August 2018. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  4. ^ "29 Graduates Bid Farewell to Monroe". Fairbanks Daily News Miner. May 27, 1986.


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