Maur Hill Mount Academy is a coed Catholic

Catholic

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, boarding high school in Atchison

Atchison, Kansas

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, Kansas

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. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas

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The school was formed in 2003 with the merger of Maur Hill Prep School, an all boys school, and Mount St. Scholastica Academy, an all girls school, belonging to the Delaware Valley League.

It is sponsored by St. Benedict's Abbey (monastery) and Mount St. Scholastica (convent) in Atchison, KS and is a Benedictine

Benedictine

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 school. Its school mascot is a Raven

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, representing Benedictine

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Benedictine refers to the spirituality and consecrated life in accordance with the Rule of St Benedict, written by Benedict of Nursia in the sixth century for the cenobitic communities he founded in central Italy. The most notable of these is Monte Cassino, the first monastery founded by Benedict...

 symbolism. It is also affiliated with Benedictine College

Benedictine College

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 (BC) in Atchison Kansas. Its colors are blue, black and gold. The student population is around 150-250 students (about 80-100 boarding and 75-150 day students from the surrounding area) around 30-60 of those students are international students from several countries such as South Korea

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, Taiwan

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, Japan

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, Mexico

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, China

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, Russia

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, Sweden

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, and various other nations. Tuition costs of the school is around $4,000 for day students and $15,000-20,000 (depending on international status or 5 and 7 day boarding) for boarding students.

History

Mount St. Schlastica Academy was established in 1863. It was named for Saint Benedict

Benedict of Nursia

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's twin sister, Saint Scholastica. Maur Hill Prep was founded in 1919. The schools merged into Maur Hill - Mount Academy in 2003.

Campus

• Admissions Building
• Old Gym
• New Gym
• St. Michaels Cafeteria
• Howard Hall (Girls Dorms)
• St. Leos (Boys Dorms)
• Football Field
• Soccer Field
• Three newly refurbished tennis courts
• Centrally Located Chapel on campus

Accomplishments

• 1979 Kansas 4A Football State Champions
• 1980 Kansas 4A Boys Golf Team State Champions
• 1981 Kansas 4A Boys Golf Team State Champions
• 1982 Kansas 4A Boys Golf Team State Champions
• 1982 Kansas 4A Boys Golf Individual State Champion, Purslow
• 1984 Kansas 4A Football State Runners-Up
• 1988 Kansas 3-2-1A Girls Tennis Individual State Champion, Lomshek
• 1991 Kansas 4A Boys Golf Team State Champions
• 1992 Kansas 4A Football State Champions
• 1992 Kansas 4A Boys Basketball 4th Place State Tournament
• 1996 Kansas 4A All-Kansas Yearbook
• 1996 Kansas 4A All-Kansas Newspaper
• 2003 Kansas 3A Girls Cross Country Individual State Champion, Kentzler
• 2006 Kansas 3A Boys Basketball State Champions
• 2006 Kansas 3A Boys Baseball State Runners-Up
• 2006 Kansas 3A Girls Cross Country Individual State Champion, Jylian Jaloma
• 2008 Kansas 3A Chemathon Oral Competition Champions: Megan Klebba, Chris Lund, Amy Lutz, Laura Prohaska