Maur Hill–Mount Academy

Private, day & boarding school in Atchison, Kansas, United States

Athletics conferenceNortheast Kansas League ^[1]MascotRavenAccreditationAdvancEDTuition$22,250 (5-Day Boarder) $26,750 (7-Day Boarder); $34,450 (International)Websitemh-ma.com

Maur Hill–Mount Academy is a coed Catholic, college prep, boarding high school in Atchison, Kansas. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas and sponsored by the St. Benedict's Abbey (monastery) and Mount St. Scholastica (convent) in Atchison, KS.^{[citation needed]} It became Maur Hill–Mount Academy with the merger of the two long established schools: Maur Hill Prep School (1919) was an all-boys school and Mount St. Scholastica Academy (1863), an all-girls school.

The student population is around 190-220 students (about 80-90 boarding and 100-120 day students from the surrounding area. Boarding students attend from many states across the US and approximately 50 of the boarding students are international students.^{[citation needed]}

Academics

Regular high school courses, honors courses, college courses and AP courses are all available. Upper-level students also are able to take college courses at Benedictine College. The school accepts all students, regardless of gender or sexual identity.^{[citation needed]}

Accreditation and association memberships

It is accredited by AdvancED and maintains memberships or association in the Secondary School Admission Test Board, Catholic Boarding School Association, Small Boarding School Association, the Cardinal Newman Society, and the National Catholic Education Association.^{[citation needed]}

Although an independent school with primary sponsorship from St. Benedict's Abbey and the Mount St. Scholastica Monastery, it is recognized and maintains connection with Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas.^[3]

The school competes athletically and academically as a member of the nine-school Northeast Kansas League.^[1]

Notable alumni

Mike Haverty (Maur Hill Prep School, 1962) – former president and CEO of Kansas City Southern Railway
Mike Kuckelman (Maur Hill Prep School, ????) – Chairman of the Kansas Republican Party
Deran Sarafian (Maur Hill Prep School, 1975) – television producer and director, involved in CSI, House M.D., and Lost

References

^ ^a ^b KSHSAA. "KSHSAA NEK League Information". Retrieved 2013-08-07.
^ "Visitor Information". Maur Hill-Mount Academy. Retrieved 22 August 2022.
^ "Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas". Catholic Schools in the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas. Retrieved 25 August 2018.

External links

School Website

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v t e Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas
Ordinaries	Vicars John Baptist Miège Louis Mary Fink Bishops Louis Mary Fink Thomas Francis Lillis John Chamberlain Ward Francis Johannes Paul Clarence Schulte George Joseph Donnelly Edward Joseph Hunkeler Archbishops Edward Joseph Hunkeler Ignatius Jerome Strecker James Patrick Keleher Joseph Fred Naumann
Auxiliary bishop	Marion Francis Forst
Churches	Cathedral Cathedral of Saint Peter Parishes St. Patrick's Church, Atchison St. Benedict's Church, Bendena St. Mary's Church, Purcell Church of the Assumption, Topeka St. Joseph's Church, Topeka Former St. Bridget Church, Axtell St. Mary's Mission, St. Marys
Education	Higher education Benedictine College Donnelly College University of Saint Mary, Leavenworth High schools Bishop Miege High School, Roeland Park Bishop Ward High School, Kansas City Hayden High School, Topeka Immaculata High School, Leavenworth Maur Hill – Mount Academy, Atchison St. James Academy, Lenexa St. Thomas Aquinas High School, Overland Park
Priests	John Francis Cunningham
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