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Archbishop O'Hara High School

Private, coeducational school in Kansas City, , Missouri, United States

Athletics conferenceWest CentralTeam nameCelticsAccreditationNorth Central Association of Colleges and Schools^[1]NewspaperThe Celtic SwordTuition7900.00+Websitehttp://www.oharahs.org

Archbishop O'Hara High School was a Catholic high school in Kansas City, Missouri. It was located in the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph. The school was also associated with the De La Salle Christian Brothers, and was one of the ministries of the Midwest District of the Brothers.^[2]

Background

Archbishop O'Hara High School was established in 1965. It was named after Archbishop Edwin Vincent O'Hara, former Bishop of the diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph.^[3]

O'Hara was a college preparatory high school offering AP courses and university credit through Rockhurst University and the University of Missouri–Kansas City. 100% of its students attended post secondary education with approximately 75% enrolling in four year colleges and universities. O'Hara had great success in sports since its beginnings with state championships in a variety of sports. Sports offered included football, basketball, swimming, soccer, tennis, golf, wrestling, track, cross country.

History

November 2013 saw a Catholic brother at Kansas City's O'Hara High School fired after police confirmed an investigation of suspicious photographs on a school computer that he used.^[4]^[5] Investigators said that a student had borrowed the brother's computer to print a document. When the student was finished, they closed the application and a suspicious file popped up. The student reported what they saw to the principal and the brother was placed on administrative leave.

The school was closed following the 2016–2017 school year.^[6] A new high school, St. Michael the Archangel High School, opened in Lee's Summit in 2017,^[7] and some of the faculty moved to the new school.^[8] The building was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2021.^[9]

External links

School Website

Notes and references

^ NCA-CASI. "NCA-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement". Archived from the original on April 29, 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-23.
^ De La Salle Christian Brothers of the Midwest, http://www.cbmidwest.org/midwestministries.html Archived 2008-08-01 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved October 12, 2008.
^ Archbishop O'Hara High School, http://www.oharahs.org/History.html. Retrieved October 12, 2008.
^ https://www.kmbc.com/article/o-hara-high-school-fires-staff-member-over-suspicious-photographs/3679142
^ https://fox4kc.com/news/kc-catholic-school-leader-fired-over-suspicious-photos-on-computer/
^ Troutman, Caitlin (25 May 2017). "Alumni Are Nostalgic As Archbishop O'Hara High School Closes In South Kansas City". KCUR. Retrieved 16 October 2017.
^ "New Catholic high school opens in Lee's Summit". FOX 4 Kansas City WDAF-TV | News, Weather, Sports. 2017-08-16. Retrieved 2017-10-09.
^ Mike Genet (2014-04-24). "New Catholic high school expected to open in fall of 2016". The Examiner. Retrieved 2015-09-23.
^ "Weekly listing". National Park Service.

Roman Catholic Diocese of Kansas City–Saint Joseph

Ordinaries

Bishops of Kansas City: John Joseph Hogan; Thomas Francis Lillis; Edwin Vincent O'Hara

Bishops of St. Joseph: John Joseph Hogan; Maurice Francis Burke; Francis Gilfillan; Charles Hubert Le Blond

Bishops of Kansas City–St. Joseph: John Cody; Charles Herman Helmsing; John Joseph Sullivan; Raymond James Boland; Robert William Finn; James Vann Johnston, Jr.