Bishop Dunne Catholic School
Encyclopedia
Bishop Dunne Catholic School is a private Middle/High college prep school located in the Oak Cliff
area of Dallas
, Texas
(USA
). It is currently the only 6-12 school within the city of Dallas to hold an exemplary accreditation rating from the Southern Association of Colleges and School (SACS).
The new school building on Rugged Drive was designed to teach both high school boys and girls from grades 9 through 12. Initially the building took advantage of its symmetrical design to segregate the boys on the north side of the campus, to be taught by the Brothers of the Sacred Heart, while the girls were taught on the south side of the campus by the Sisters of St. Mary of Namur. The male and female students only intermingled during lunch hours, recess and extracurricular activities. However, soon classes were intermixed with both boys and girls in the same classroom by the late 1960s. During the early 1970s, the Oak Cliff community benefited from the school's drama department, which put on several large-scale musicals featuring students, faculty, parents and the school band, including Bye Bye Birdie and The Sound of Music, the latter generating a photo feature article in The Dallas Morning News arts section.
By 1973 the school added the 8th grade from the nearby St. Elizabeth Elementary School on Hampton Road, thus teaching grades 8 through 12 during the final phases of the baby boom. In the late 1970s, the Brothers of the Sacred Heart left the school. During the 1980s, the school would add additional grades as the baby boom ended, along with a fully air-conditioned campus.
Bishop Dunne Catholic School is a part of the Diocese of Dallas
. The school offers both Middle School and High School, serving grades 6-12. Entrance is competitive and the enrollment is typically at full capacity which is about 700. Athletically it is a 6-A (large/co-ed) Private School and is in the same district as sister school Bishop Lynch, Nolan Catholic, TCA, and newly added John Paul II. The school colors are red and blue. Its mascot is the Falcon. The Art Department is quite strong, having won many TAPPS State Championships. The girls' wrestling program has been one of the most successful teams, coached by Steve Guerrero
. With 4 Team State Championships and over 15 individual State Championships in the past four years, many of the girls have competed at the national level, Daphne Moriel, Melisa Johnson, Gladys Barrientos, Lauren Birks, Adreana Barrera, and Alex Dean. In 2008, Lauren Birks, a senior from Bishop Dunne, won the National Championship in Oklahoma City. Currently, 2 Bishop Dunne graduates are wrestling at the college level, Adreana Barrera and Daphne Moriel for Cumberland University in Kentucky.
,Student Council
,Latinos Unidos
,Pre-Med Club
,Animal Rescue Club
,Future Business Leaders of America
,National Honor Society
,Anime Club
,Photo Club
,National Art Honor Society
,Book Club
,Guitar Club
,Pre-Law Club
,Garden Club
,Poetry Club
,African Awareness Club
,French Club
,Fellowship of Christian Athletes Club
,Peace for Kids Club
,Archery Club
,And many more...
,Cheerleading
,Men's and Women's Volleyball
,Drill Team
,Men's and Women's Track
,Cross Country
,Men's and Women's Basketball
,Men's and Women's Wrestling
,Softball
,Men's and Women's Swimming
,Men's and Women's Diving
,Men's and Women's Tennis
,Baseball
,Men's and Women's Soccer
Oak Cliff
Oak Cliff is a community in Dallas, Texas, United States that was formerly a separate town located in Dallas County; Dallas annexed Oak Cliff in 1903...
area of Dallas
Dallas, Texas
Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...
, Texas
Texas
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(USA
United States
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). It is currently the only 6-12 school within the city of Dallas to hold an exemplary accreditation rating from the Southern Association of Colleges and School (SACS).
History and information
Bishop Dunne Catholic School was originally founded as Our Lady of Victory Academy in 1901. The Sisters of St. Mary of Namur were invited to come to Dallas by then Bishop Joseph Dunne and opened the original school next to Blessed Sacrament Catholic church, in what was then the suburb of Oak Cliff. In 1962 the sisters moved the school to its current 22 acres (89,030.9 m²) location on Rugged Drive in Oak Cliff. With the move came the addition of boys and then the name change to Bishop Dunne.The new school building on Rugged Drive was designed to teach both high school boys and girls from grades 9 through 12. Initially the building took advantage of its symmetrical design to segregate the boys on the north side of the campus, to be taught by the Brothers of the Sacred Heart, while the girls were taught on the south side of the campus by the Sisters of St. Mary of Namur. The male and female students only intermingled during lunch hours, recess and extracurricular activities. However, soon classes were intermixed with both boys and girls in the same classroom by the late 1960s. During the early 1970s, the Oak Cliff community benefited from the school's drama department, which put on several large-scale musicals featuring students, faculty, parents and the school band, including Bye Bye Birdie and The Sound of Music, the latter generating a photo feature article in The Dallas Morning News arts section.
By 1973 the school added the 8th grade from the nearby St. Elizabeth Elementary School on Hampton Road, thus teaching grades 8 through 12 during the final phases of the baby boom. In the late 1970s, the Brothers of the Sacred Heart left the school. During the 1980s, the school would add additional grades as the baby boom ended, along with a fully air-conditioned campus.
Bishop Dunne Catholic School is a part of the Diocese of Dallas
Roman Catholic Diocese of Dallas
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Dallas is a Roman Catholic diocese in Texas. It was founded on July 15, 1890 by Pope Leo XIII. The diocese's cathedral is the Cathedral Shrine of the Virgin of Guadalupe....
. The school offers both Middle School and High School, serving grades 6-12. Entrance is competitive and the enrollment is typically at full capacity which is about 700. Athletically it is a 6-A (large/co-ed) Private School and is in the same district as sister school Bishop Lynch, Nolan Catholic, TCA, and newly added John Paul II. The school colors are red and blue. Its mascot is the Falcon. The Art Department is quite strong, having won many TAPPS State Championships. The girls' wrestling program has been one of the most successful teams, coached by Steve Guerrero
. With 4 Team State Championships and over 15 individual State Championships in the past four years, many of the girls have competed at the national level, Daphne Moriel, Melisa Johnson, Gladys Barrientos, Lauren Birks, Adreana Barrera, and Alex Dean. In 2008, Lauren Birks, a senior from Bishop Dunne, won the National Championship in Oklahoma City. Currently, 2 Bishop Dunne graduates are wrestling at the college level, Adreana Barrera and Daphne Moriel for Cumberland University in Kentucky.
School Clubs and Societies
Ecology Club,Student Council
,Latinos Unidos
,Pre-Med Club
,Animal Rescue Club
,Future Business Leaders of America
,National Honor Society
,Anime Club
,Photo Club
,National Art Honor Society
,Book Club
,Guitar Club
,Pre-Law Club
,Garden Club
,Poetry Club
,African Awareness Club
,French Club
,Fellowship of Christian Athletes Club
,Peace for Kids Club
,Archery Club
,And many more...
School Athletics
Football,Cheerleading
,Men's and Women's Volleyball
,Drill Team
,Men's and Women's Track
,Cross Country
,Men's and Women's Basketball
,Men's and Women's Wrestling
,Softball
,Men's and Women's Swimming
,Men's and Women's Diving
,Men's and Women's Tennis
,Baseball
,Men's and Women's Soccer