Holy Cross of San Antonio
Holy Cross of San Antonio is a Catholic, coeducational college preparatory secondary school located in the Loma Vista neighborhood of San Antonio, Texas, on the west side of the city, in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Antonio.
Holy Cross of San Antonio
Spes Unica
(Only Hope)
Saint André Bessette, CSC
1957
Bro. Stanley Culotta, C.S.C.
Dr. Rene Escobedo
Bro. Michael Winslow, C.S.C.
Coeducational
277[1] (2020-2021)
18
14:1[1]
Inner City
"Holy Cross Victory March"
TAPPS Class 3A
Knights
The Bard
The Tradition
$9,295 (high school)
$6,710 (middle school)[1]
Richard Vasquez
Angel Cedillo
Molly Calderon
Mike Harrison
History[edit]
Holy Cross was opened in 1957 by the Archdiocese of San Antonio. At the suggestion of the Brothers of Holy Cross it was established as a four-year college preparatory school for boys. The first class of 84 boys enrolled as freshmen on September 3, 1957, with a faculty of three Brothers and a chaplain. It was jointly funded by a tuition fee and a subsidy from the Archdiocese.[2] In 1968 the school faced possible closure because of the threatened withdrawal of the Archdiocese subsidy, but the financial issues were resolved, in part by adding grades 7 and 8 so that it became a middle and secondary school. Due to a lack of medical services in the area, in 1981 parents and alumni supported the establishment of Holy Cross Family Medical Center, which was expanded in 1985 and moved to a site across the street from the school, where it remains in operation.[3]
In 1994 the school was incorporated as an independent Catholic school with a board of governors. In 2001 ownership was transferred to Holy Cross Community Services, a non-profit which also owned the medical center.[4] Fundraising remained an issue to keep tuition as low as possible.[5]
In 2002 the last Catholic high school for girls in the area closed. During the following decade the school gradually transitioned to a coeducational student body, becoming fully coed in 2009.[6] The school's trustee, Brother Stanley Culotta, has been managing the school for almost 60 years as of 2017.[7]
Mascot[edit]
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.