2013 FACT SHEET ACADEMICS OUR MISSION Creighton Preparatory School forms men of faith, scholarship, Graduation Requirements English – Four Years leadership, and service in the Catholic and Jesuit tradition. Fine Arts – One Semester Foreign Language – Two Years Mathematics – Three Years Physical Education – One Year 13.5:1 Science – Three Years Student to Social Studies – Three Years Faculty Ratio Theology – Four Years 20.01 19 Advanced Placement Courses Class size average EDUCATION OF THE SERVICE WHOLE PERSON Committed to over 35 sites of We believe that education is holistic and community service in Omaha, a sacred process. Therefore, we encourage and to Central Mexico, Dominican Republic, as well as the Rosebud, our students to become Open to Growth, 1,031 Winnebago and Omaha reservations; Intellectually Competent, Loving, Religious 20,000 hours each year. and Committed to Justice. We educate our students to be prepared for higher education and for life. This is what we call “grad at grad” Creighton Prep attracts students from every or graduate at graduation; its what ZIP code in the Omaha metro area as well we expect from every graduate. as students from Iowa and rural Nebraska. students recognized by National Merit Prep ACTAverages in the last seven years 122 National Average English 20.2 ENGLISH 26.5 Prep has produced alumni that have directed stars on the silver screen, preached MATH 25.1 the word of God, written award-winning 84% of the faculty National Average Math 20.9 music, designed national monuments, led have master degrees troops into battle, taught thousands of National Average Composite 20.9 COMPOSITE 26.1 students, excelled in professional athletics and four have and saved countless lives. doctorate degrees. Composite ACT score We invite you to attend our great school for Prep students: and find out why it is often said that 26.1 “Our students FINANCIAL AID of graduating students become men... Men for Others”. Includes personalized payment 10 0 % take the ACT. plans and customized financial assistance for each family. 1 in 4 full college tuition We award $1.8 million to students are recognized as an scholarships in the 45% of students. past 5 years AP Scholar 200 1878 Creighton School was 1958 The 2008 This $20 million founded in Omaha, Nebraska, Construction of construction project later separating into Creighton the “new” 105,000 reaffirmed Prep’s presence Prep and Creighton University. sq/ft Creighton at a site where the high At that time, the school was given Preparatory School school has stood for 50 to the Society of Jesus, known was completed at years. The Heider Center more commonly as Jesuits. 7400 Western Ave. was dedicated Dec. 12, 2009. 135 Year Tradition of Excellence 2013 The SEAL The Creighton ACTIVITIES % student involvement Prep Seal represents our faith, 90 our mascot, and crest of St. A.P.L.A.U.D (Drug Free Club) Choir Harvard (Model Congress) Math Club Solidarity (Social Justice) Academic Decathlon Christian Life Comm. Health & Fitness Mock Trial Spanish Club Ignatius’s family. It speaks to Honors Academ Deca. Disc Golf History Day National Honor Soc. Spanish (Honor Society) Prep’s generosity; the Loyola Ambassador’s Club Dodgeball ILAC Operations Others Speech Team Architecture Club Drama Ink Inc. PAC Stock Market (Competition) family could feed family, Athletic Training Staff E.M.E.’s Jay Journal (Newspaper) Peer Tutoring Student Council servants, and have enough to Band (Concert & Jazz) EMHC Jay Junior (Yearbook) Prep Diversity Club T.E.A.M.S also feed the wolves. Big Brothers Film Club JETS (Engineering Club) Quiz Bowl Ultimate Frisbee Bridge Club Forensics Latin Club Retreat Leadership Video Editing (Podcasting) Campus Ministry French Club Leadership Club Robotics Club Young Democrats Camp. Mins. (Advisory Board) French (Honor Society) Letterman Club Science Club Young Independents Chess Club Green Circle Liturgical Band Senior Advising Young Republican The Creighton Prep Ad consecutive all state bandsmen Majorem Dei Gloriam BAND HONORS: 27 superior ratings 22 on average Logo means “for the greater glory of God.” ATHLETICS WORLD of our students score FALL WINTER SPRING CLUB SPORTS LANGUAGES a 3 or higher on AP Cross Country Basketball Baseball Ice Hockey We are one of the % exams compared to Football Swimming Golf Lacrosse only schools in the 56% in Nebraska. Tennis Wrestling Soccer Trap Shooting Midwest to offer 78 Track Powerlifting all the Romance 126 state championships 34 state championships in seven languages (French, In a classroom of 22 Prep students, 19 of Spanish, Latin, those rank in the top half of the country sports and nine all sports championships in the past 13 years. & Italian). Graduates from the last two years are attending these colleges and universities: University of Alabama Hastings College Oklahoma State University Aurora University University of Hawaii at Hilo Oral Roberts University Bellevue University University of Iowa Regis University Benedictine College Iowa State University Rockhurst University Boston College Iowa Western Community College Saint Mary’s College of California Briar Cliff University University of Kansas Santa Clara University University of Central Missouri Loyola Marymount University Seton Hall University Clemson University Loyola University-Chicago University of Southern California Colorado School of Mines Loyola University-New Orleans University of South Dakota Columbia College Marquette University South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Creighton University Metro Community College South Dakota State University University of Dallas Midland University Southern Methodist University University of Denver Missouri University of Science and Technology St. Louis University Doane College University of Nebraska-Kearney University of St. Thomas Fordham University University of Nebraska-Lincoln University of Tulsa Garden City Community College University of Nebraska-Omaha Wayne State College Georgia Institute of Technology Nebraska Wesleyan University United States Naval Academy Gonzaga University University of Northern Iowa Grambling State University University of Notre Dame of Prep graduates attend a four-year Over 11,000 active alumni with members % college or university. Seniors earned over located in every state in the Union and in over 99 $19.9 million in college scholarships. 17 countries throughout the world; 6500 are local. CREIGHTON PREP CAMPUS: 40 acres at 7400 Western Ave, Omaha, NE 68114 CreightonPrep.org.
Details
-
File Typepdf
-
Upload Time-
-
Content LanguagesEnglish
-
Upload UserAnonymous/Not logged-in
-
File Pages2 Page
-
File Size-