Cardinal Stritch Catholic High School (Ohio)

The groundbreaking for the school was performed on September 21, 1960 by then-bishop of Toledo, Bishop George J. Rehring. The first class entered the following fall. The school is named for Samuel Cardinal Stritch, the second bishop of Toledo during the years of 1921 through 1930, and eventually cardinal archbishop of Chicago.

On the school's website it states, "A twenty-acre site was chosen for the East Side area's first co-institutional high school." One side of the school was originally reserved for boys' classes, while the other was for girls', with co-educational classes being held in the center sections. (The separate wings were integrated in 1971 when all classes became co-educational.) The first principal was Monsignor Michael Walz, who initiated the "Stritch Family" concept.

Succeeding principals include: Rev. John A. Thomas, Rev. Frank Nieset, Sister Louis de Montfort, Rev. Frank Murd, and Rev. Robert J. Yeager, EdD. In 1997, the bishop appointed Rev. John Stites as the first president of the school, and Timothy Mahoney was assigned the next principal. Mahoney became the first lay person to be assigned principal of the school.

In 2004, Father David Reinhart was appointed president of Cardinal Stritch High School. During his time at Cardinal Stritch High School, Father Reinhart has led an unprecedented upgrade to campus facilities and has given vision to a new way of thinking about Catholic education in light of a theology of stewardship. Under Father Reinhart's leadership, Cardinal Stritch High School has been recognized as one of the top 50 Catholic high schools by the National Catholic High School Honor Roll.

The high school has also taken on leadership roles in the creation of the "Live It" initiative and the Kateri Education Project, a regional study of Catholic education. They have adopted a service learning program, "Stewards of Stritch", moved from monthly to weekly Mass for all of its students, and helped the entire high school community focus toward the Eucharist as the source and summit of the faith and therefore, at the center of the school.[2]

Kelli Malinowski was appointed principal for the 2010–2011 school year and stepped down on August 26, 2011. Tim Malone was appointed the next principal, and was the third lay person to be principal of Cardinal Stritch Catholic High School. In 2015, Kevin Parkins was named principal following the retirement of Tim Malone. [3]

In the years 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009, Cardinal Stritch Catholic High School was named one of the Top 50 Catholic High Schools by the Catholic High School Honor Roll.[4] In 2018, Cardinal Stritch was named a Top Workplace by the Toledo Blade and Energage.

On May 19, 2011, the school celebrated its 50-year anniversary with a mass presided by Bishop Leonard P. Blair. It was announced that the school would add the word "Catholic" to its official name and a brand new school logo was unveiled. Cardinal Stritch High School is now officially known as Cardinal Stritch Catholic High School.[5]

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