John Carroll Catholic High School (Fort Pierce, Florida)

John Carroll High School, located in Fort Pierce, Florida, serves the Roman Catholic Diocese of Palm Beach.

John Carroll High School
Address
3402 Delaware Avenue Fort Pierce , (St. Lucie County) , Florida 34947 United States
Coordinates	27°26′40″N 80°21′38″W
Information
Type	Private, Coeducational
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic
Established	1965
CEEB code	100527
President	Rev. Thomas Barrett
Principal	Corey Heroux
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	385 (2019-2020)
Color(s)	Blue and Gold
Team name	Golden Rams
Accreditation	Southern Association of Colleges and Schools [1]
Tuition	Catholic tuition-$9,060, Non-Catholic Tuition $10,080
Athletic Director	Mickey Groody [2]
Website

Background

The school originally opened as part of St. Anastasia Catholic School and opened under the name John Carroll High School in 1965 as Diocesan regional high school. The school was named in honor of Pope John XXIII and Bishop Coleman Carroll. John Carroll is a co-ed Catholic high school serving nearly 400 students in grades 9-12. The school is located in the city of Ft. Pierce, Florida and serves students from Indian River, St. Lucie, Martin, and Okeechobee counties. In fact, John Carroll is the only Catholic high school within an hour radius of Ft. Pierce. The school is accredited by Advanced and holds membership in the National Catholic Education Association.

Since John Carroll began accepting the Florida Tax Credit Scholarship through Step Up for Students in 2012, our student body is now more representative and reflective of our community. We embrace our growing diversity and consider our unique cultural pluralism one of our greatest strengths. The student body is roughly 72% Caucasian, 11% African-American, 13% Hispanic,and 1% other ethnic backgrounds. The school accepts the Florida Tax Credit scholarship (StepUp for Students and AAA), theGardiner Scholarship, and the McKay Scholarship.[3]

Academics

John Carroll High School’s academic program consists of seven, 45-minute class periods a day, with the option to add additional fine arts classes during a “zero hour” before school. John Carroll maintains high academic standards and expectations for all students; therefore, the school offers Advanced Placement, dual enrollment, honors, and academic classes. There are strict guidelines and prerequisites that a student must meet in order to participate in an AP classes; the school does this to ensure a high level of academic rigor in these classes and make sure all students are prepared to meet the demands of an AP course. Eight dual enrollment classes are offered on campus through a partnership with Indian River State College, and students can also elect to take additional dual enrollment classes off campus.

The AP classes offered are: Biology, Calculus AB, Calculus BC, Chemistry, English Literature and Composition, English Language and Composition, Environmental Science, Human Geography, Physics, Psychology, Research, Seminar, Spanish, Statistics, US History, US Government, World History. [4]

Notes and references

1. SACS-CASI. "SACS-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement". Archived from the original on April 16, 2010. Retrieved 2009-06-23.
2. "Athletics". Retrieved 2020-04-20.
3. https://www.johncarrollhigh.com/history/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
4. "Academics". Retrieved 2020-04-20.

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