Roman Catholic Diocese of Trenton - Holy Cross High School, Roman Catholic Diocese of Trenton, Notre Dame High School, St. Rose High School (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Holy Cross High School, Roman Catholic Diocese of Trenton, Notre Dame High School, St. Rose High School, Monsignor Donovan High School, Trenton Catholic Academy, Mater Dei High School (New Monmouth, New Jersey), Villa Victoria Academy, St. Raphael Church. Excerpt: Holy Cross High School Holy Cross High School in Delran Township, New Jersey is the only Roman Catholic high school in Burlington County . Holy Cross is fully accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools . The school is run under the supervision of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Trenton . Occupying a 100-acre (0.40 km ) campus, it has a wide variety of co-curricular activities, including 40 sports teams and over 50 clubs, for students to participate in. Tuition for the 2007-2008 school year is $7,900. As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 772 students and 46.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student teacher ratio of 16.8. The student population is from a wide range of socio-economic backgrounds. 99 % of the school's graduates go onto two and four-year colleges and universities. The school had seen a decline in students in recent years, however the school has rebounded in the past three years and freshman enrollment has increased over this time. The school has also undergone a $3.5 million renovation, including a new roof in 2005 to replace the old one which had been in place since the school opened in 1956. A renovated Gerald Finsen Media Center was built during the 2005-2006 school year. Size The campus of Holy Cross covers around 100 square acres. Cross iA-R-E-S Cross's motto is that Cross CARES; CARES is an acronym for Community-Academics-Responsibility-Extracurricular-Spiritual. Extracurricular activities About 96 % of the student body is involved in som...