St. Augustine Catholic High School (Tucson, Arizona)
Encyclopedia
St. Augustine Catholic High School is a private
, Roman Catholic high school
in Tucson, Arizona
. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tucson
.
“In collaboration with parents and students, St. Augustine Catholic high school is a co-educational college preparatory institution that offers an exceptional academic program within the Catholic environment. Students will be inspired to academic excellence and guided to achieve their academic goals, while enriching and sustaining their Catholic faith value system and social conscience in preparation for successfully encountering the challenges of college and today’s world.”
Private school
Private schools, also known as independent schools or nonstate schools, are not administered by local, state or national governments; thus, they retain the right to select their students and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students' tuition, rather than relying on mandatory...
, Roman Catholic high school
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
in Tucson, Arizona
Tucson, Arizona
Tucson is a city in and the county seat of Pima County, Arizona, United States. The city is located 118 miles southeast of Phoenix and 60 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border. The 2010 United States Census puts the city's population at 520,116 with a metropolitan area population at 1,020,200...
. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Tucson
Roman Catholic Diocese of Tucson
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tucson is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the southwestern region of the United States. It comprises nine counties of the state of Arizona, making it the fifth largest diocese in the continental United States in terms of area...
.
Background
The school is a very close community with approximately 140 students in 2010. St. Augustine Catholic High School recently received accreditation from the Western Catholic Educational Association (WCEA).Mission statement
From the St. Augustine Catholic High School website:“In collaboration with parents and students, St. Augustine Catholic high school is a co-educational college preparatory institution that offers an exceptional academic program within the Catholic environment. Students will be inspired to academic excellence and guided to achieve their academic goals, while enriching and sustaining their Catholic faith value system and social conscience in preparation for successfully encountering the challenges of college and today’s world.”