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'{{Onesource|date=March 2008}} {{Refimprove|date=March 2008}} {{Infobox School | name=Marmion Academy | image = <gallery> downloads:MA Logo.jpg|logo </gallery> | imagesize = | caption = | streetaddress = 1000 Butterfield Road | city = [[Aurora, Illinois|Aurora]] | state = [[Illinois]] | zipcode = 60502-9742 | country = USA | coordinates = {{coord|41|48|52|N|88|17|41|W|type:edu_region:US-IL|display=inline,title}} | authority = | denomination = [[Roman Catholic]] | oversight = [[Diocese of Rockford]] | affiliation = [[Benedictine]] | superintendent = | founder = | president = Fr. Abbot John Paul Brahill, OSB | headmaster = John K. Milroy | principal = | chaplain = Fr. Michael Burrows, OSB | staff = | faculty = 76 | teaching_staff = | ceeb = | avg_class_size = 26 | ratio = 10:1 | SAT = | ACT = [[26.1]] | type = [[Private school|private]] | gender = [[Single-sex education|all-male]] | fees = | tuition = | endowment = | grades = [[Ninth grade|9]]–[[Twelfth grade|12]] | campus = | campus size = {{convert|325|acre|km2}} | campustype = [[suburb]]an | conference = [[Suburban Christian Conference]] | slogan = | song = | fightsong = Marmion Loyalty | motto = ''Credere Deo, Luctari pro Eo'' | motto_translation = To believe in God and strive for Him | accreditation = [[North Central Association of Colleges and Schools]]<ref name="NCA-Council%2520on%2520Accreditation%2520and%2520School%2520Improvement">{{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> | mascot = | mascot image = | patron = Blessed Columba Marmion | team_name=[[Cadets]] | nickname=%257C colors = [[Red]] and [[Blue]] {{color box|red}}{{color box|blue}} | yearbook = Red and Blue Review | publication = | newspaper = ''The Academy Beacon'' | established = 1933 | status = | closed = | nobel_laureates = | enrollment = 520 | enrollment_as_of = 2008 | free_label = | free_text = | free_label1 = | free_text1 = | free_label2 = | free_text2 = | free_label3 = | free_text3 = | free_label4 = | free_text4 = | free_label5 = | free_text5 = | footnotes = | picture = [http://www.limalima.com/Marmion%202007.jpg] | homepage = [http://www.marmion.org/academy.html www.marmion.org/acaddemy.html] }} '''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 Benedictine 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%2520Academy">{{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%2520Academy" /> In early [[2002]], the school decided to close its residential program and started to expand its student body.<ref name="Marmion%2520Academy%2520Programs">{{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> In 2010 the Marmion Cadets placed 2nd in state in the 6A state championship for football because Bobby Peters sucks. Another astonishing fact about the school is that 69% of its students are openly homosexual. ==Academics== Graduation Requirements:<ref name="Marmion%2520Academy%2520Academics">{{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); 1 credit in homosexual relations 101; 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]] is the former head coach of the [[Minnesota Vikings]]. *Ben Dover is a professional soap dropper. *[[Larry English]] is a [[Linebacker]] for the [[San Diego Chargers]]. *[[Chick Hearn]] is the former play-by-play announcer for the [[Los Angeles Lakers]]. *[[Chris Lauzen]] is a member of the [[Illinois Senate]]. *[[James D. Oberweis]] is a racist politician and owner of [[Oberweis Dairy]]. *Ivan Yackinov is a master debater. ==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] ==References== {{reflist|2}} [[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]]'