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| • | Roman Catholic High School is a all-boys high school located at the intersection of Broad and Vine in downtown Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Roman, as it is called, was founded in 1890, by Thomas E Cahill, who wanted to create a school that offered a free catholic education. As such, Roman Catholic is the oldest free Diocesan Catholic high school in North America.
Free admission to the school ended a long time ago, as of 2005 the tutition was about 3,500 dollars a year. Because of this affordable amount, students usually come from middle and working class families all across the Philadelphia region. However, before the 1980's, students were not allowed to choose their high school in Philadelphia, like they do today, they had to go to the nearest one. Roman served as the school for the boys from the Roxborough and Manyunk regions of Philadelphia. Today, however, Roman caters to boys from the Northeast, West Philly, Fairmount, South Philly, New Jersey, and the outlying suburbs.
Roman Catholic is the smallest diocesan high school. It is built to hold around 750 to 800 students. However, because of high demand, it is above capacity and holds closer to 900. Roman has been trying to expand farther and farther down the street so it can become larger. To select its students, Roman holds a test every October and November. Of the 600 or 700 students that apply, only about 300 to 350 will be accepted. Students who do well on these tests also receive scholarships ranging from a few hundred dollars to as much as 2,800 dollars a year. Usually, about 40 students receive scholarships.
Roman students are fairly diverse. The school is about 70 percent white, about 15 percent African-American, and 15 percent other. A rare find among teenagers is political conversatives, however, at Roman, both liberals and conservatives can be found. The two factions have been known to square off in debates during class.
Roman, like other high schools, has a tracking system. That is, first track (also called honors track), second track, and third track. Roman, however, is unique in that it tracks its honors class into three classes. These have been dubbed by the students as "Smart Honors," "Regular Honors," and "Fake Honors" or "Fonors." While students in the honors classes learn the same material at the same pace, it creates a better learning system to have students of the same level together. A downside to such a tracking is that stude
Source: [wikipedia: roman catholic high school, philadelphia]
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