Cascia Hall Preparatory School is an Augustinian coeducational college preparatory day school in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It is a member of the Augustinian Secondary Education Association. It is one of Tulsa's three Catholic high schools, with Bishop Kelley High School and Holy Family Classical School.
History
Cascia Hall was founded by the Province of St. Thomas of Villanova, of the Order of Saint Augustine, in 1926 at its current location, a 40-acre (160,000 m2) campus at 2520 South Yorktown Avenue in midtown Tulsa. The school's first headmaster was Francis A. Driscoll, who had previously been president of Villanova College. The school is named after St. Rita of Cascia.
Cascia Hall was an all-male day school, which accepted boarders, until 1986, when it ceased to take boarders, added a middle school, and became a coeducational day school for grades 6-12. It has a total enrollment of about 525, about 45% of whom are Roman Catholic. Cascia Hall follows the Augustinian tradition of education, which traces its heritage to the educational philosophy of Saint Augustine of Hippo.
Athletics
Various sports are offered including football, cross country running, basketball, golf, soccer, and tennis.
Fine and performing arts
Cascia Hall offers programs in theater, music, visual arts, and speech and debate.
Notable people
Notable people who attended, or were otherwise associated with, Cascia Hall include:
- G. T. Bynum, mayor of Tulsa
- John F. Reif, Chief Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court
- Bill Hader, actor/comedian.
- Frank Keating, Governor of Oklahoma
- Bill LaFortune, Mayor of Tulsa
- Robert J. LaFortune, Mayor of Tulsa, 1970-78
- Gailard Sartain, actor (attended Cascia Hall, but graduated from Will Rogers High School)
- G. G. Smith, college basketball head coach, High Point University
- Lovie Smith, NFL and college football head coach (assistant football coach at Cascia Hall 1981–1982)
- Lauren Stamile, professional actress.
- Iciss Tillis, professional women's basketball player
- Blake Towsley, contestant on 11th season of Survivor
- R. A. Lafferty, American science fiction and fantasy writer
- Gordon Todd Skinner, former drug manufacturer and convicted kidnapper
References
External links
- Official website
- Augnet International Cooperative Web Site for Schools in the Tradition of St. Augustine
- Midwest Augustinians Province of Our Mother of Good Counsel
