St. Ignatius College Prep

Saint Ignatius College Prep is a selective private, coeducational Jesuit college-preparatory school located in the Near West Side neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois. The school was founded in Chicago in 1869 by Fr. Arnold Damen, S.J., a Dutch missionary to the United States.

This article is about the high school in Chicago. For the high school in San Francisco, see St. Ignatius College Preparatory. For other uses, see Saint Ignatius College (disambiguation).

Saint Ignatius College Preparatory School
Location
1076 West Roosevelt Road

Chicago, Illinois
60608-1594

United States
Coordinates41°52′3″N 87°39′6″W
Information
TypePrivate college-preparatory school
MottoAd Majorem Dei Gloriam
(For the Greater Glory of God)
Religious affiliation(s)Catholic
DenominationJesuit
Patron saint(s)Ignatius of Loyola
Established1869 (1869)
FounderFr. Arnold Damen, S.J.
AuthorityArchdiocese of Chicago
OversightSociety of Jesus
CEEB code141170
NCES School ID01601838
PresidentJohn J. Chandler[1]
PrincipalBrianna Latko[2]
Teaching staff85.5 (on an FTE basis) (2017–18)[3]
Grades9–12[3]
GenderCoeducational
Enrollment1,373 (2017–18)[3]
Average class size25[4]
Student to teacher ratio16.1:1 (2017–18)[3]
Hours in school day6.2[3]
Campus size23 acres (9.3 ha)
Campus typeUrban
Color(s)   Maroon and gold[5]
Athletics conference
Sports
MascotWolf
Team nameWolfpack[5]
AccreditationNCA[6]
PublicationPhantasm[7]
NewspaperSpirit[7]
YearbookPrep[7]
Endowment$34 million[8]
School fees$2,000
Annual tuition$19,850 (2020-2021)[9]
AffiliationJSEA NCEA[3]
Websiteignatius.org
St. Ignatius College Prep
LocationChicago, Illinois
Coordinates41°52′3″N 87°39′6″W
Built1870
ArchitectToussaint Menard[10]
Architectural styleSecond Empire
NRHP reference No.77000480[11]
Significant dates
Added to NRHPNovember 17, 1977
Designated CLMarch 18, 1987

Exterior of St. Ignatius College Prep in December 2010

History

Inception

In 1836, the Dutch Jesuit Fr. Arnold Damen, S.J. (March 20, 1815, Leur, Netherlands – January 1, 1890, Omaha, Nebraska),[12] was recruited to work with Native Americans in the Dakotas by Fr. Peter De Smet, S.J. In 1844 he was ordained a priest in Missouri. In 1857, Damen was first assigned to Chicago to start a parish for Irish immigrants on Chicago's near-West Side, then an area of sprawling prairie. Construction of Holy Family Church was completed in 1860.[12]

Controversies

In 2017, an article from DNAinfo Chicago circulated that stated that a religious studies teacher, Matt Tedeschi, was fired from the school when his sexual orientation became public knowledge as a result of him being outed by a group of students.[13] The perpetrators who outed him were prescribed no punishment from the principal. When Tedeschi sought help in crafting policies to protect all of the school's faculty and staff, he was met with hostile responses from the school's administration. He was allowed to continue teaching for the 2016–2017 academic year, but was informed his teaching contract would not be renewed. When he asked another well-trusted administrator about this situation, he was informed that it was a result of his dating profile becoming public. Afterwards, he was terminated immediately. This incident lead to a rally being held amongst alumni and other members of the LGBTQ+ community in Chicago.

Demographics

The demographic breakdown by race/ethnicity of the 1,373 students enrolled for the 2017–2018 school year was:[3]

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
School
Year		 American Indian /
Alaska Native		 Asian Black Hispanic Native Hawaiian /
Pacific Islander		 White Two or
More Races
2017–18[14] 5 (0.4%) 47 (3.4%) 155 (11.3%) 173 (12.6%) 0 (0%) 914 (66.6%) 79 (5.8%)

Athletics

Saint Ignatius competes in the Chicago Catholic League (CCL) and the Girls Catholic Athletic Conference (GCAC)[15] and is a member of the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) which governs most sports and competitive activities in the state. The school's teams are stylized as the "Wolfpack".

Notable people

See also

Notes
  1. "Welcome from the President". St. Ignatius College Prep. Retrieved February 24, 2021 – via ignatius.org.
  2. "Principal's Office". St. Ignatius College Prep. Retrieved February 24, 2021 – via ignatius.org.
  3. "Search for Private Schools – School Detail for St Ignatius College Prep". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved November 18, 2020.
  4. "Why a Jesuit Education | Saint Ignatius College Prep". www.ignatius.org.
  5. "Chicago (St. Ignatius College Prep)". Illinois High School Association (IHSA). November 10, 2009. Retrieved November 13, 2009.
  6. NCA-CASI. "AdvanceEd-NCA Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement". Archived from the original on May 24, 2009. Retrieved May 23, 2009.
  7. "Student Activities". directory. St. Ignatius College Prep. Archived from the original on 18 October 2009. Retrieved 13 November 2009.
  8. "Inside Ignatius" – via St. Ignatius College Prep (www.ignatius.org).
  9. "Tuition & Tuition Assistance". Retrieved April 22, 2021.
  10. "Chicago Landmarks - St. Ignatius College Prep Building". City of Chicago Department of Planning and Development, Landmarks Division. 2003. Archived from the original on June 13, 2008. Retrieved September 10, 2008.
  11. "National Register Information System – (#77000480)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. April 15, 2008.
  12. In Chicago kent bijna iedereen pater Damen (in Dutch)
  13. "Catholic School Teacher Says Students Outed Him As Gay — Then He Was Fired". DNAinfo. May 18, 2017. Retrieved February 17, 2022.
  14. "Search for Private Schools - School Detail for St Ignatius College Prep (2017–2018 School Year)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Archived from the original on February 24, 2021. Retrieved February 24, 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  15. "IHSA Chicago (St. Ignatius College Prep)". Illinois High School Association. February 18, 2021. Archived from the original on February 24, 2021. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
  16. "High Schools". directory. Pro Football Hall of Fame. Retrieved November 13, 2009.
  17. "Notable Alumni | Saint Ignatius College Prep". invest.ignatius.org. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
  18. Dao, James (June 16, 2000). "The 2000 Campaign: Man in the News; A Son of Chicago – William Michael Daley". The New York Times. Retrieved November 13, 2009. Tuesday A Man in the News article on Friday about Commerce Secretary William M. Daley misidentified the Chicago high school that he attended. (The error also appeared in a profile of Mr. Daley on Dec. 14, 1996.) It was St. Ignatius High School, now called Saint Ignatius College Prep, not De La Salle High School.
  19. "Muldoon feted by Saint Ignatius at law luncheon". Bar News. Illinois State Bar Association. 40 (7). February 1, 2000. Archived from the original on June 20, 2006. Retrieved November 14, 2009. A 1947 graduate of the school, Muldoon will receive its 2000 Award of Excellence in the Field of Law ... Previous award recipients include former appellate justices Gino L. DiVito and Mel R. Jiganti, Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan, U.S. Secretary of Commerce William Daley ...
  20. Neubart, Dave (October 29, 2000). "Richard Dreihaus, 57". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on November 4, 2012. Retrieved November 13, 2009. Driehaus grew up on the Southwest Side and graduated from Saint Ignatius College Prep and DePaul University.
  21. "Roster - Erie BayHawks".
  22. Chandler, Susan (11 February 2009). "Mellody Hobson: Champion of financial literacy - Ariel's president teaches children and their parents the power of investing". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on 12 November 2010. Retrieved 13 November 2009. Hobson grew up on the North Side as the youngest of six ... But her mother made sure Hobson had a good education, sending her to Saint Ignatius College Prep.
  23. Lipinski, Dan (20 November 2006). "Remarks by Rep. Dan Lipinski before the National Science Board Commission on 21st Century Education in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics". speech. U.S. House of Representatives - Committee on Science and Technology. Archived from the original on 6 January 2010. Retrieved 13 November 2009. I remember Father Fergus, who taught me physics at St Ignatius, taking this childhood fascination and tying it to engineering.
  24. Pearson, Rick (April 1997), "What is Mike Madigan up to?", Illinois Issues, p. 13, retrieved November 13, 2009, Madigan was born into the then-fledgling Democratic politics of the 13th Ward ... he attended St. Adrian Elementary School and Saint Ignatius College Prep, then the University of Notre Dame and Loyola University law school.
  25. 'Illinois Blue Book 1965-1966, Biographical Sketch of John J. McNichols, pg. 256-257
  26. Age staff (August 12, 1950). "In Birmingham, White Players Can't Perform On Negro Team". The New York Age. p. 23
  27. Newhart, Bob (2006). I Shouldn't Even Be Doing This: And Other Things That Strike Me as Funny. New York, NY, USA: Hyperion. pp. 24. ISBN 1-4013-0246-7. I lived about eight blocks from Fenwick High School, but I rode the streetcar forty-five minutes to Saint Ignatius.
  28. "Todd H. Stroger Biography". Cook County Government. Archived from the original on May 24, 2011. Retrieved November 28, 2010.
  29. "Former College Players Now in Spotlight of Baseball World". Sioux City Journal. February 18, 1912. p. 13. Retrieved December 20, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.

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