Holy Cross High School (San Antonio, Texas)

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Holy Cross High School
Established	1957
Type	private Co-Educational secondary
Affiliations	Catholic Church and Congregation of Holy Cross
President	Bro. Stanley Culotta
Principal	Angel Cedillo
Founder	Congregation of Holy Cross
Students	roughly. 500
Grades	6-8 only boys but 9-12 girls and boys
Location	San Antonio, Texas, USA
Accreditation	Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
Campus	Lower-Income Westside
Colors	Blue and Gold
Mascot	Knights
Yearbook	The Tradition
Newspaper	The Bard
Website	http://www.holycross-sa.org/

Holy Cross of San Antonio is a private, Roman Catholic high school in San Antonio, Texas. It is located within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Antonio.

1 Background
2 Athletics
3 Mascot
4 Victory March
5 Notable Alumni
6 External links
7 Notes and references

[edit] Background

Holy Cross was established in 1957 by the Brothers of Holy Cross. ^[1] Located at 426 North San Felipe, Holy Cross of San Antonio is an independent Catholic co-educational high school that has been serving the community since 1957. With a current enrollment of 500 students, Holy Cross offers value centered, quality education to 9th through 12th graders. Holy Cross welcomes students of different abilities and backgrounds and prepares them to integrate Christianity into their learning and living, to address the challenges of society, and to acquire virtues for effective service to others.

[edit] Athletics

Holy Cross offers Football, Volleyball, Soccer, Basketball, Baseball, Softball, Track, Golf, Cross Country and Tennis. Holy Cross plays it's athletic rival Central Catholic every year in the Holy Bowl. From 1957-1997, Holy Cross competed in the Texas Catholic Interscholastic League, winning 17 state championships: Basketball, 3 (1991, 1992, 1994); Baseball, 2 (1968, 1990); Football, 6 (1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997); Soccer, 1 (1991); and Cross Country, 7 (1988, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997).^{[citation needed]}

Since 1998, Holy Cross competes in TAPPS, winning 13 District championships: Track, 1 (2003); Football, 4 (1998, 1999, 2005, 2006); Soccer, 1 (2003); Basketball, 1 (2005); Tennis, 1 (2006); Golf, 5 (2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006). Holy Cross has also received state Honors in Basketball (2005), Baseball (2005), Track (2004) and state champions in Golf (2002)^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Mascot

Holy Cross "Knights", named for the English term for a social position. The Fighting Irish ("The Irish") is the mascot of The University of Notre Dame in South Bend,Indiana also a Congregation of Holy Cross Institution.