Salesianum School

Salesianum School is an independent Catholic secondary school for boys, located in Wilmington, Delaware. Salesianum is Latin for "house of Sales" referring to St. Francis de Sales. Founded in 1903, the school is operated by the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales. The current enrollment is just above 1000 students, from Delaware, Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The school has two sister schools, Padua Academy and Ursuline Academy, close by in the city.

Salesianum School educates and develops the whole person based on the spirituality of St. Francis de Sales whose philosophy can be summarized in "Live Jesus." The school's official motto is "Tenui Nec Dimittum," meaning "take hold and never let go."

Salesianum School was the first integrated school in the state of Delaware.

Salesianum has won 98 state championship sports titles in the fall of 2005, it became the first Delaware school to win the boys state championships in Football, Soccer, and Cross Country in one year, an achievement known as the "Fall Triple Crown".

Once the daily dwelling place of Thomas Lee Ford and Robert Battisto.

Trivia

• Salesianum's arch rival is St. Mark's High School.
• Salesianum's computer system has been temporarily banned from Wikipedia before, most recently for editing of the My Chemical Romance page.
• Winning the 2006 Swimming title, Salesianum received its 100th state championship in its 100 year existance.

External links

• Salesianum