St. Xavier High School (Cincinnati) facts for kids

St. Xavier's campus in 2000, as seen from the sky, before the South Campus and the new theater were built.

Saint Xavier High School (pronounced /ˈzeɪvjər/ ZAYV-yer), or simply St. X, is a private, all-boys high school near Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Because St. Xavier opened in 1831, it is the oldest high school in the Cincinnati area and one of the oldest in the nation, even older than many universities. The school is one of four all-boys Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, but it is run by the Society of Jesus (Jesuits). St. Xavier has more than 1,500 students, making it the largest private high school in Ohio and one of the 100 largest high schools in that state. St. Xavier's campus covers 110 acres (0.4 km²), about as much as the Vatican City.

Famous people from St. Xavier

Graduates

Arts and literature:

• John Diehl (1968) – actor
• Joey Kern (1995) – movie actor
• David Quammen (1966) – writer about science

Politics:

• Jim Bunning (1949) – Republican in the U.S. Senate representing Kentucky; also a baseball player in the Hall of Fame
• John J. Gilligan (1939) – Democratic governor of Ohio; father of Kathleen Sebelius, the U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary
• Charles H. Keating Jr. (1941) – lawyer and banker who was convicted of fraud as one of the "Keating Five" in the 1989 Savings and Loan scandal
• Bill Kraus (1965) – activist for gay rights and for people with AIDS

Keating Natatorium is where the St. Xavier "Aquabombers" and Cincinnati Marlins swimming teams practice.

Sports:

• Jayme Cramer (2001) – swimmer who won the bronze medal at the 2003 Pan American Games and the silver medal at the 2006 FINA Short Course World Championships
• Joe Hudepohl (1992) – swimmer who won the gold medal at the 1992 and 1996 Olympic Games
• Pat Todd (1998) – rower in the semifinals at the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics

Others

St. Xavier gave an honorary degree to Nick Clooney, a television news reporter, game show host, and politician who would have graduated in 1952.

In 1985, Urban Meyer worked as a football coach at St. Xavier. Later, he was the head football coach at the University of Utah, Bowling Green State University, and the University of Florida.

Other pages

• Elder High School
• Moeller High School

Images for kids

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  Main school logo

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  St. Xavier High School, 1860, in the enlarged Second Empire buildings by Anton and Louis Piket, which replaced the much smaller Athenaeum buildings of c. 1831. St. Francis Xavier Church, to the left, was altered by Samuel Hannaford & Sons to its present state after a fire in 1882.

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  Daily Mass is offered during lunch periods at the Holy Companions Chapel.

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  The front entrance to St. Xavier was renovated in 1998.

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  The entrance to Ballaban Field at St. Xavier Stadium.

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  The X-ray of 1942

See also

In Spanish: Colegio San Javier (Cincinnati) para niños