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'{{Onesource|date=March 2008}} {{Refimprove|date=March 2008}} {{Infobox School | name = Marmion Academy | native_name = | latin_name = | image = | imagesize = | caption = | location = | streetaddress = 1000 Butterfield Road | city = [[Aurora, Illinois|Aurora]] | state = [[Illinois]] | county = ([[Kane County, Illinois|Kane County]]) | zipcode = 60502-9742 | country = {{flagcountry|USA}} | coordinates = {{coord|41|48|52|N|88|17|41|W|type:edu_region:US-IL|display=inline,title}} | schoolnumber = | schoolboard = | district = | authority = | religion = [[Roman Catholic]];<br>[[Benedictine]] | oversight = | affiliation = | superintendent = | trustee = | founder = | president = Fr. Abbot John Paul Brahill, OSB | head of school = | headteacher = | headmaster = John K. Milroy | head_label = | head = | chairperson = | principal = | viceprincipal = | asst principal = | dean = | administrator = | rector = | chaplain = | director = | custodian = | staff = | ranking = | faculty = 76 | teaching_staff = | roll = | MOE = | ceeb = | school code = | LEA = | ofsted = | testaverage = | testname = | national_ranking = | classes = | classes offered = College Preparatory | avg_class_size = 26 | ratio = 10:1 | SAT = 1794 (2008){{Fact|date=May 2009}} | ACT = 25.1 (2008){{Fact|date=May 2009}} | type = [[Private school|Private]], [[Single-sex education|All-Male]] | system = | fees = | tuition = | endowment = | grades = [[Ninth grade|9]]–[[Twelfth grade|12]] | campus = | campus size = {{convert|325|acre|km2}} | campus = Marmion Abbey, Church of St. Augustine of Canterbury, Yender Hall, Benkert Hall, Decio Library, Nardone Field, Hammes Bookstore, Regole Natatorium, and Lux Dining Hall, Fichtel Field, Battaglia Center{{Fact|date=May 2009}} | Hours_in_Day = | athletics = | conference = Suburban Christian Conference | slogan = | song = | fightsong = | motto = ''Credere Deo, Luctari pro Eo'' | motto_translation = To believe in God and fight for Him | accreditation = [[North Central Association of Colleges and Schools]]<ref name="NCA-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement">{{cite web|url=http://www.advanc-ed.org/schools_districts/school_district_listings/?|title=NCA-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement|accessdate=2009-07-28|author=NCA-CASI}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> | rival = | mascot = | mascot image = | sports = | patron = | team_name = Cadets | nickname = | colors = [[Red]] and [[Blue]] {{color box|red}}{{color box|blue}} | yearbook = Red and Blue Review | publication = | newspaper = ''The Academy Beacon'' | established = [[1933]] | status = | closed = | alumni = | nobel_laureates = | enrollment = 520 | enrollment_as_of = 2008 | grade9 = | grade10 = | grade11 = | grade12 = | other_grade_label = | other = | communities = | feeders = | free_label = Academic Dean | free_text = Julie Garofalo | free_label1 = Dean of Students | free_text1 = Robert Handell | free_label2 = Admissions Director | free_text2 = Bill Dickson | free_label3 = Athletic Director | free_text3 = Joe Chivari | free_label4 = Faculty/Staff Chaplain | free_text4 = Fr. Joel Rippinger, OSB | free_label5 = Student Chaplain | free_text5 = Fr. Paul Weberg, OSB | footnotes = | picture = | homepage = [http://www.marmion.org/academy.html Academy website] }} '''Marmion Academy''' is a [[Roman Catholic Church|Roman Catholic]] [[high school]] for [[Single-sex education|young men]] located in [[Aurora, Illinois]]. It is located in the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockford]]. The academy is run by the monks of [[Marmion Abbey]], located on campus. The academy has a [[United States Army]] [[Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps]] (JROTC) program that has been a part of the academy since its early years, but was not a part of the school in the inaugural year of 1933&ndash;34.<ref name="Marmion Academy">{{cite web|url=http://www.marmion.org/academy/admissions.html|title=Marmion Academy|accessdate=2007-05-11|author=MA |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20070328231035/http://www.marmion.org/academy/admissions.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2007-03-28}}</ref> The school is a part of the [[Suburban Christian Conference]]. ==History== Marmion Academy was created in [[1933]] when the monks of St. Meinrad Abbey combined Jasper Academy ([[Jasper, Indiana]]) with the Fox Valley Catholic High School, which the Augustinians had just returned to the diocese of Rockford. During the [[Great Depression]] era it was difficult for students to pay their [[tuition]], so the monks, in [[1935]], associated with the [[JROTC]] program and changed its name to Marmion Military Academy. In order to provide more options for its student body and a return to the original spirit of the school, the monks of Marmion Abbey decided to make JROTC an optional program and to reinstitue the original name of the school, Marmion Academy. {{Fact|date=April 2009}} At one point, there were two campuses: one for residential students and one for day students. The two merged back into the Butterfield Road campus, which had been the residential campus.<ref name="Marmion Academy" /> In early [[2002]], the school decided to close its residential program and started to expand its student body.<ref name="Marmion Academy Programs">{{cite web|url=http://www.marmion.org/academy/programs.html|title=Marmion Academy Programs|accessdate=2007-05-11|author=MA |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20070430184222/http://www.marmion.org/academy/programs.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2007-04-30}}</ref> ==Academics== Graduation Requirements:<ref name="Marmion Academy Academics">{{cite web|url=http://www.marmion.org/academy/academics.html|title=Marmion Academy Academics|accessdate=2007-05-11|author=MA |archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20070503055940/http://www.marmion.org/academy/academics.html <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2007-05-03}}</ref> Marmion requires that each graduate complete 4 credits each in English and Theology; 3 credits in Mathematics; 3 elective credits; 2 credits each in a Foreign Language (4 credits recommended), Science, Social Studies, and either Military Science (JROTC) or Leadership Education and Development (LEAD); and 1 credit each in Health/Physical Education; and ½ credit in Music and Art. Marmion students are required to perform at least 15 hours of community service each academic year. At least 23¼ credits are required for graduation. ==Extracurricular activities== In 1994, the academy introduced an alternative to JROTC, Leadership and Service or L&S. The Leadership and Service program later became the "Leadership Education and Development", or "LEAD", program. == Notable alumni == {{Unreferenced|date=March 2008}} *[[Brad Childress]] &mdash; head coach, [[Minnesota Vikings]] *[[Larry English]] &mdash; Defensive End, [[San Diego Chargers]] *[[Chick Hearn]] &mdash; former play-by-play announcer, [[Los Angeles Lakers]] *[[Chris Lauzen]] &mdash; Republican member of the [[Illinois Senate]] *[[James D. Oberweis]] &mdash; owner of [[Oberweis Dairy]] and Republican candidate == External links == *[http://www.marmion.org/academy/ Marmion Academy Homepage] *[http://www.marmion.org/abbey/ Marmion Abbey Homepage] *[http://www.marmionvocations.org/ Office of Vocations] http://www.marmion.org/academy.html'' ==Notes and references== {{reflist}} [[Category:Roman Catholic Diocese of Rockford]] [[Category:Roman Catholic secondary schools in Illinois]] [[Category:Educational institutions established in 1933]] [[Category:Boys' schools in the United States]] [[Category:Education in Aurora, Illinois]]'