Cardinal Newman High School (Columbia, South Carolina)

Cardinal Newman High School is a diocesean, Roman Catholic middle and high school outside the city limits of Columbia, South Carolina. It is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Charleston.

History

Cardinal Newman was established in 1858 as Ursuline High School, a school for young women. That school was destroyed when Union soldiers burned Columbia in 1865. The school reopened in Valle Crucis, North Carolina and remained there until 1887, when it moved back to Columbia. The first male graduated in 1951. The school became a diocesan school in 1957 and was renamed Catholic High School of Columbia. The school moved to Forest Acres, a suburb of Columbia, in 1961 and was renamed Cardinal Newman High School in honor of John Henry Newman.^[2] The school moved to a 50-acre campus on Alpine Rd. in January 2016.

In its efforts to provide Catholic education to as many students possible, Cardinal Newman School began its operation of a Middle School (grades 7 and 8) in 1989. The building, which formerly served as the Ursuline Convent, was thoroughly renovated and welcomed more than a 100 students.

Facility

Cardinal Newman broke ground on a new 50-acre campus located in unincorporated Richland County near Sesquicentennial State Park in the spring of 2013^[3] and began instruction there in January 2016.

Academic programs

The school is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, The National Association of Independent Schools, South Carolina Independent School Association, Palmetto Association of Independent Schools, the Association of Supervision and Curricurum Development, and the National Catholic Educational Association. One of South Carolina's highest rated college-prep high schools, nearly 100% of the school's graduates goes on to attend college, and in 2007, graduates received an average of more than $33,000 in scholarships.

Graduates have been known to attend Ivy League institutions.

Athletics

Along with superior academics, Cardinal Newman is known for its athletic program. They offer 24 different sports teams, each of which has won at least one state championship in the last 15 years. Cardinal Newman is known for their outstanding varsity and junior varsity cheerleading teams. The team is held to a very high standard and all of the girls are very good and experienced. The varsity cheerleaders have won the state championship for the last 11 consecutive years. This year (2016-2017) the cheerleaders are the best that they have ever been. Along with this, the CN Wrestling team has won the state championship for the past 4 years.

Feeder schools

In addition to Columbia-area public schools, Cardinal Newman has four Catholic elementary feeder schools; St. Joseph, St. John Neumann, St. Peter and St. Martin de Porres.

External links

• School Website

Notes and references

Diocese of Charleston
Bishops	Ordinaries John England Ignatius A. Reynolds Patrick Neeson Lynch Henry P. Northrop William Thomas Russell Emmet M. Walsh John Joyce Russell Paul John Hallinan Francis Frederick Reh Ernest Leo Unterkoefler David B. Thompson Robert Joseph Baker Robert E. Guglielmone
Churches	Cathedral Cathedral of St. John the Baptist Abbey Mepkin Abbey Parishes St. Mary Help of Christians Church, Aiken St. Andrew's Church, Barnwell St. Mary of the Annunciation Church, Charleston St. Peter's Church, Columbia Former cathedral Cathedral of Saint John and Saint Finbar, Charleston
Education	High Schools Bishop England High School, Charleston Cardinal Newman High School, Forest Acres St. Francis Xavier High School, Sumter St. John Paul II Catholic School, Okatie St. Joseph's Catholic School, Greenville
Priests	John Barry Joseph Bernardin John James Joseph Monaghan John Moore
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