Bishop DuBourg High School
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Bishop DuBourg High School is a private
, Roman Catholic high school
in St. Louis, Missouri
. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Louis
.
The new school, designed by architects, Joseph D. Murphy and Eugene J. Mackey, was designed as a "layer cake" building with the lowest floor hidden behind a fifteen-foot slope. The huge, three million-dollar structure was designed to be as aesthetic as possible within the limits of practicality and purpose. Classrooms were smaller in size to prevent over-crowdedness; glass bricks and overhead windows provided the brightness of natural lighting; "noise" areas were separated from classroom areas by buffer zones. The building was designed to accommodate a grade on each floor, with principals or coordinators in charge of each grade. The school would function as four schools within one building, thus allowing for a more personal relationship between the 1600 students and the floor director. Bishop DuBourg High School was an architectural marvel, highlighted in Architectural Digest as the example for a new generation of educational facilities. Bishop DuBourg High School provided the standard for many high schools built across the United States during the late 1950s through the 1970s.
The building was completed shortly after the beginning of the 1953-1954 school year. On September 12, 1954, Archbishop George Aita dedicated the new school. At the time of the dedication, it was already evident that the newly dedicated school would have to be enlarged. In October 1955, work began on a twenty room annex that would increase the school’s capacity to 2,000 students.
As an archdiocesan, comprehensive, coeducational high school, Bishop DuBourg serves students of all abilities. Bishop DuBourg High School students have moved into all possible occupations including medicine, law, politics, business, education, public service, and several have given their lives in the service of their country. Bishop DuBourg High School graduates are richer as a result of their high school years, which helped them to comprehend the depth, breadth and height of human living.
Private school
Private schools, also known as independent schools or nonstate schools, are not administered by local, state or national governments; thus, they retain the right to select their students and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students' tuition, rather than relying on mandatory...
, Roman Catholic high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
in St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...
. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Louis
Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Louis
The Archdiocese of St. Louis is the Roman Catholic archdiocese that covers the City of St. Louis as well as the following Missouri counties: Franklin, Jefferson, Lincoln, Perry, Saint Charles, Saint Francois, Ste. Genevieve, St...
.
Background
Bishop DuBourg High School came into being from plans conceived in 1949 by the newly-appointed superintendent of St Louis Archdiocesan High Schools, Reverend James T. Curtin. The plan called for a new high school to be built on a 17 acres (68,796.6 m²) tract of land at Clifton and Eichelberger, which had been purchased by the late Cardinal Glennon. In June 1950, Cardinal Ritter (then Archbishop) announced the plans for the eighth archdiocesan high school, the largest in the system, to have an enrollment capacity of 1,600. Archbishop George Aita officiated at the groundbreaking ceremonies on May 18, 1952. Reverend Mother Borgia, then Superior General of the Sisters of the Most Precious Blood, who had been asked to take responsibility for the operation of the school, assisted him.The new school, designed by architects, Joseph D. Murphy and Eugene J. Mackey, was designed as a "layer cake" building with the lowest floor hidden behind a fifteen-foot slope. The huge, three million-dollar structure was designed to be as aesthetic as possible within the limits of practicality and purpose. Classrooms were smaller in size to prevent over-crowdedness; glass bricks and overhead windows provided the brightness of natural lighting; "noise" areas were separated from classroom areas by buffer zones. The building was designed to accommodate a grade on each floor, with principals or coordinators in charge of each grade. The school would function as four schools within one building, thus allowing for a more personal relationship between the 1600 students and the floor director. Bishop DuBourg High School was an architectural marvel, highlighted in Architectural Digest as the example for a new generation of educational facilities. Bishop DuBourg High School provided the standard for many high schools built across the United States during the late 1950s through the 1970s.
The building was completed shortly after the beginning of the 1953-1954 school year. On September 12, 1954, Archbishop George Aita dedicated the new school. At the time of the dedication, it was already evident that the newly dedicated school would have to be enlarged. In October 1955, work began on a twenty room annex that would increase the school’s capacity to 2,000 students.
As an archdiocesan, comprehensive, coeducational high school, Bishop DuBourg serves students of all abilities. Bishop DuBourg High School students have moved into all possible occupations including medicine, law, politics, business, education, public service, and several have given their lives in the service of their country. Bishop DuBourg High School graduates are richer as a result of their high school years, which helped them to comprehend the depth, breadth and height of human living.
Notable alumni
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(1959), Professional and national team soccer player. - Rex SinquefieldRex SinquefieldRex Sinquefield, 62, is a conservative businessman active in Missouri politics and philanthropic causes.-Background:Raised in in Saint Louis, Sinquefield received his MBA from the University of Chicago in 1972, his B.S. in 1967 from St. Louis University, where he is a member of the board of...
(1962), founder and president of the Show-Me Institute, a public policy research organization based in St. Louis. - Rich Niemann (1964), NBANational Basketball AssociationThe National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
player - Daniel DiPlacido (1968), 17th Mayor of the City of Rock Hill, MO.
- Karen Marie SheltonKaren Marie SheltonKaren Marie O’Connor Shelton is an Internet and Telephony Entrepreneurwho is the CEO and founder of Hairboutique.com, one of the oldest and largest consumer hair portals on the Web. She is also the CEO and co-founder of T&S Software, a telephony software provider of award winning software in the...
(1969), Internet (HairBoutique.com) & Telephony (T&S Software) entrepreneur - Jack Dorsey (1995), Founder and creator of TwitterTwitterTwitter is an online social networking and microblogging service that enables its users to send and read text-based posts of up to 140 characters, informally known as "tweets".Twitter was created in March 2006 by Jack Dorsey and launched that July...
- Freeman Bosley, Jr.Freeman Bosley, Jr.Freeman R. Bosley Jr. was the forty-third mayor of St. Louis , and the city's first African-American mayor.-Early life and education:...
, 43rd Mayor of St. Louis - Ken Page (1974), American actor/singer
- John Ulett (1975), St. Louis radio personality (KIHTKIHTKIHT is an FM radio station often referred to by St. Louis area listeners as "Classic Hits KHITS 96".Music that is played on this station is classic hits from the 1970s and 1980s, with an occasional trip to the 1990s....
/KSHEKSHEKSHE is a rock & roll radio station licensed to Crestwood, Missouri which serves the Greater St. Louis area. KSHE is located at 94.7 MHz and currently uses the slogan "KSHE 95, Real Rock Radio". The station's studios have been located in the Powerhouse building at St. Louis Union Station since...
), Busch Stadium PA announcer - Norbert Leo ButzNorbert Leo ButzNorbert Leo Butz is an American actor best known for his work in Broadway theatre.-Personal life:Butz was born in St. Louis, Missouri, the son of Elaine and Norbert Butz...
, American stage, musical theatre, television and film actor - Tom Wall (1975), 1992 & 2001 Country Music Association Broadcast Personality of the Year (as "Tim Wall")