St. Pius X High School (Festus, Missouri)

This article is about the school in Jefferson County, Missouri, USA. For other uses, see St. Pius X (disambiguation).

St. Pius X High School
Address
1030 St Pius Drive Festus, Missouri, (Jefferson County), 63028 United States
Coordinates	38°12′6″N 90°23′33″W / 38.20167°N 90.39250°W / 38.20167; -90.39250Coordinates: 38°12′6″N 90°23′33″W / 38.20167°N 90.39250°W / 38.20167; -90.39250
Information
Type	Private, Coeducational
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic
Established	1959
President	Fr. Edward Nemeth
Chaplain	Fr. Edward Nemeth
Grades	9–12
Student to teacher ratio	14:1
Color(s)	Navy Blue and Vegas Gold
Athletics	Football, Softball, Soccer, Tennis, Cheerleading, Basketball, Baseball, Cross Country, Golf, Track & Field, Volleyball
Athletics conference	Jefferson County Athletic Association (JCAA)
Mascot	Lancers
Nickname	PiHi
Team name	Lancers
Accreditation	North Central Association of Colleges and Schools ^[1]
Average ACT scores	22.1
Newspaper	The Lancer Legend
Yearbook	Lance
College Counselor	Marty Zielonko
Athletic Director	Barb Charboneau and Tilden Watson
Website	St. Pius X Website

St. Pius X High School was founded in 1959 to provide a Catholic education for high school students in Jefferson County, Missouri. To this day it remains the only Catholic high school in the county. It is part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Louis.

Description

St. Pius was one of the first schools in the nation to offer a semester-long drug course, a requirement for students in their junior year.

St. Pius fields teams in numerous sports, such as football, volleyball, baseball, and softball, as well as both male and female versions of basketball, tennis, cross country, track, and soccer.

St. Pius's principal, Karen DeCosty, is an alumnus of the school, graduating in 1993.

Notable alumni

Mike Henneman, 1980, former All-Star pitcher for the Detroit Tigers
Steve Stoll, 1965, former Democratic Missouri State Senator and Congressional candidate

Notes and references

↑ NCA-CASI. "NCA-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement". Archived from the original on April 29, 2009. Retrieved 2009-06-23.

High schools in Greater St. Louis

Missouri public high schools	Affton Bayless Beaumont Brentwood Central VPA Clayton Cleveland Eureka Farmington Fern Ridge Fort Zumwalt East Fort Zumwalt North Fort Zumwalt South Fort Zumwalt West Fox Francis Howell Francis Howell Central Francis Howell North Gateway Hazelwood Central Hazelwood East Hazelwood West Holt Kirkwood Ladue Lafayette Lindbergh Maplewood Richmond Heights Marquette McCluer McCluer North McCluer South-Berkeley McKinley Mehlville Metro Normandy North County (Bonne Terre) Northwest Oakville Orchard Farm Pacific Pattonville Parkway Central Parkway North Parkway South Parkway West Ritenour Rockwood Summit Roosevelt St. Charles St. Charles West Seckman Soldan Sumner Timberland Troy Buchanan Union University City Vashon Warrenton Washington Webster Groves Windsor Wright City

Illinois public high schools	Alton Belleville East Belleville West Brussels Bunker Hill Cahokia Calhoun Carlinville Carlyle Central Civic Memorial Collinsville Columbia Dupo East Alton-Wood River East St. Louis Edwardsville Freeburg Gillespie Granite City Greenville Highland Jersey Lebanon Madison Marissa Mascoutah Mount Olive Mulberry Grove New Athens North Mac Northwestern O'Fallon Roxana Southwestern Staunton Triad Waterloo Valmeyer Wesclin

Catholic Archdiocesan high schools	Althoff Bishop DuBourg Cardinal Ritter Duchesne John F. Kennedy Gilbault Mater Dei Rosati-Kain St. Dominic St. Francis Borgia St. Mary's St. Pius X Trinity

Catholic private high schools	Barat Academy Chaminade Christian Brothers College (CBC) Cor Jesu De Smet Incarnate Word Marquette Catholic Nerinx Hall Notre Dame St. Elizabeth St. John Vianney St. Joseph's Priory St. Louis University High Ursuline Villa Duchesne and Oak Hill School Visitation

Other private high schools	Christian Crossroads John Burroughs School Lutheran North Lutheran South Lutheran St. Charles Mary Institute and St. Louis Country Day School Meramec Valley Christian School Metro-East Lutheran North County Christian School The Principia Thomas Jefferson School Whitfield School Westminster Christian Academy

Archdiocese of St. Louis

Ordinaries of the Archdiocese of St. Louis

Bishop	Joseph Rosati

Archbishops	Peter Richard Kenrick John Kain John J. Glennon Joseph Ritter John Carberry John L. May Justin Francis Rigali Raymond Leo Burke Robert James Carlson

Coadjutor Archbishop	Patrick John Ryan

Churches in the Archdiocese of St. Louis

Cathedral	Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis

Basilica	Basilica of St. Louis, King of France

Parishes	St. Joseph Church, Apple Creek St. Maurus Church, Biehle St. James Church, Crosstown Ste. Genevieve Church, Ste. Genevieve Sacred Heart Church, Ozora St. Mary's of the Barrens Church, Perryville St. Vincent de Paul Church, Perryville St. Alphonsus Liguori "Rock" Church, St. Louis St. Francis Xavier College Church, St. Louis St. Mary of Victories Church, St. Louis St. Rose of Lima Church, Silver Lake

Former parishes	Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church, Belgique St. Mary's Church, Bridgeton St. John the Evangelist Church, Lithium St. Boniface Church, Perryville Immaculate Conception Church, St. Louis St. John Nepomuk Church, St. Louis St. Liborius Church, St. Louis St. Stanislaus Kostka Church, St. Louis

Abbey	Abbey of Saint Mary and Saint Louis

Oratory	St. Francis de Sales Oratory, St. Louis

Shrines	St. Ferdinand's Shrine, Florissant Shrine of St. Joseph, St. Louis

Education in the Archdiocese of St. Louis

Higher education	Fontbonne University Maryville University Saint Louis University

Seminaries	Aquinas Institute of Theology Kenrick–Glennon Seminary

High schools	Barat Academy, O'Fallon Bishop DuBourg High School, St. Louis Cardinal Ritter College Prep High School, St. Louis Chaminade College Preparatory School, Creve Coeur Christian Brothers College High School, St. Louis Cor Jesu Academy, St. Louis De Smet Jesuit High School, Creve Coeur Duchesne High School, St. Charles Incarnate Word Academy, Bel-Nor John F. Kennedy Catholic High School, Manchester Nerinx Hall High School, Webster Groves Notre Dame High School, St. Louis Rosati-Kain High School, St. Louis St. Dominic High School, O'Fallon St. Francis Borgia Regional High School, Washington St. John Vianney High School, Kirkwood St. Joseph's Academy, Frontenac Saint Louis Priory School, St. Louis St. Louis University High School, St. Louis St. Mary's High School, St. Louis St. Pius X High School, Festus St. Vincent High School, Perryville Trinity Catholic High School, North County Ursuline Academy, Oakland Valle Catholic High School, Sainte Genevieve Villa Duchesne and Oak Hill School, St. Louis Visitation Academy of St. Louis, Town and Country

Former	Higher education Marillac College High school St. Elizabeth Academy, St. Louis

Clergy of the Archdiocese of St. Louis

Auxiliary bishops	Christian Herman Winkelmann George Joseph Donnelly John Cody Charles Herman Helmsing Leo Christopher Byrne Glennon Patrick Flavin George Joseph Gottwald Joseph Alphonse McNicholas Charles Roman Koester Edward Thomas O'Meara John Nicholas Wurm Edward Joseph O'Donnell J. Terry Steib Paul Albert Zipfel Edward Braxton Michael John Sheridan Joseph Fred Naumann Timothy M. Dolan Robert Joseph Hermann Edward M. Rice

Priests	Christopher Edward Byrne Mark Kenny Carroll Luis Morgan Casey Patrick Feehan Robert Finn Marion Francis Forst John R. Gaydos John Hennessy John Joseph Hogan John Joseph Leibrecht George Joseph Lucas Joseph Melcher Michael Portier Andrea Bernardo Schierhoff Leo John Steck Richard Stika John Henry Tihen

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