Christian Brothers College High School
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Religio ∙ Mores ∙ Cultura
Religion ∙ Morals ∙ Culture
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1850 De La Salle Drive St. Louis, Missouri United States |
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| Coordinates | 38°38′23″N 90°27′31″W / 38.6397°N 90.4587°WCoordinates: 38°38′23″N 90°27′31″W / 38.6397°N 90.4587°W |
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| Type | Private |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
| Established | 1850 |
| Founder | Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools |
| President | Michael Jordan |
| Dean | Jeff Myer |
| Principal | Timothy Seymour |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Gender | Boys |
| Enrollment | 998 (2013) |
| Color(s) | Royal Purple and Old Gold |
| Athletics conference | Metro Catholic Conference |
| Team name | Cadets |
| Accreditation | North Central Association of Colleges and Schools |
| Newspaper | The Turret |
| Yearbook | The Guidon |
| Tuition | $14,100 per year (2016) |
| Affiliation | Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools |
| Website | www.cbchs.org |
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Christian Brothers College High School (CBC High School) is a Lasallian Catholic college preparatory school for young men in St. Louis, Missouri. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Louis and is owned and operated by the De La Salle Christian Brothers Midwest District.
The school was founded in 1850 under the name St. Joseph's Academy by three French-speaking Christian Brothers who had come to St. Louis the previous year from Montreal, Quebec. In 1851, the school moved from its original location at 16th and Market Streets to 8th and Cerre Streets in downtown St. Louis, and the name changed to the "Academy of the Christian Brothers." In December 1855, the school was granted a college charter, becoming the Brothers' first U.S. institution to operate at the collegiate level.
In 1882, due to lack of space, the school moved to the "Cote Brilliante" campus in north St. Louis on the northeast corner of Easton Ave. and N. Kingshighway, where it served as a primary, secondary, and college boarding school for boys. At one point in the 1890s, more than half of St. Louis' clergy were graduates of CBC.
On October 5, 1916, a fire destroyed the school, killing seven firefighters, two sick Brothers, and a nurse. Washington University allowed CBC to use the former Smith Academy building for the rest of the academic year.
For several years, the brothers taught in parochial schools until a new "Christian Brothers College High School" was built at University Lane and Clayton Road in Clayton's Hi-Pointe neighborhood. The school building was opened in 1922 and enlarged several times over the following decades to accommodate increasing enrollment.
CBC was also home to an Army JROTC program. In earlier years, JROTC was mandatory, but it later became a voluntary program, and was disbanded in 1993 due to low enrollment.
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