Bishop Ward High School

{{Infobox school

| name = Bishop Ward High School

| seal_image = Bishop Ward HS Seal.png

| logo = Bishop Ward HS Logo.png

| image =

| streetaddress = 708 North 18th Street [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnispublic/f?p=gnispq:3:::NO::P3_FID:478995 GNIS] for Bishop Ward High School; USGS; October 13, 1978.

| city = Kansas City

| state = Kansas

| zipcode = 66102

| country = U.S.

| coordinates = {{coord|39|6|47|N|94|39|2|W|type:edu_region:US-KS|display=inline,title}}

| religion = Roman Catholic

| president = Jay Dunlap

| principal = Greg Duggins

| type = Private, Coeducational

| grades = 9 to 12

| conference = Crossroads League

| accreditation = North Central Association of Colleges and Schools{{cite web |url=http://www.advanc-ed.org/schools_districts/school_district_listings/? |title=NCA-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement |accessdate=2009-06-23 |author=NCA-CASI |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090429033455/http://www.advanc-ed.org/schools_districts/school_district_listings/ |archivedate=April 29, 2009 }}

| rival = Piper High School

| mascot = Cyclone

| patron = St. Francis of Assisi

| team_name = Cyclones

| colors = White and Black {{color box|white}}{{color box|black}}

| newspaper = Outburst

| established = 1908

| homepage = {{URL|https://www.wardhigh.org/|wardhigh.org}}

}}

Bishop Ward High School is a private, coed, Roman Catholic high school in Kansas City, Kansas, United States. It is part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas.

History

Bishop Ward High School was established in 1908 as Catholic High School at 1236 Sandusky, Kansas City, Kansas. In 1931, during the Great Depression, the current building was built at 708 North 18th Street, Kansas City, Kansas, and the school was renamed Bishop Ward High School. It is named after Bishop John Ward.

Currently Bishop Ward is a Catholic college preparatory high school.

{{cite web|url=http://www.wardhigh.org/bishopward2.aspx?pgID=874|title=The History of Bishop Ward High School|accessdate=2007-05-11|author=Sister Maureen Craig|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070728232804/http://www.wardhigh.org/bishopward2.aspx?pgID=874|archivedate=2007-07-28}}

Athletics

Bishop Ward High School has a long history of success in athletics especially on the baseball diamond. The boys' baseball team has claimed 13 state titles, six of which came consecutively from 2003 to 2008.[http://www.kshsaa.org/Public/Baseball/PDF/CompleteHistory.pdf KSHAA Baseball History ] The football team won two state titles in 1971 and 1973.[http://www.kshsaa.org/Public/Football/PDF/CompleteHistory.pdf KSHAA Football History] The boys' basketball team won a state title in 1938.[http://www.kshsaa.org/Public/Basketball/PDF/CompleteHistory.pdf KSHAA Basketball History]

=State championships=

Season	Sport	Number of Championships \|\| Year
class="wikitable" ! colspan="4"\|State Championships{{cite web\|url=https://www.kshsaa.org/\|title=KSHSAA\|publisher=KSHSAA\|accessdate=December 11, 2024}}
rowspan="2"\|Fall	Football	align="center"\|2	1971, 1973
Cross Country, Boys	align="center"\|1	1981
rowspan="2"\|Winter	Basketball, Boys	align="center"\|1	1938
Basketball, Girls	align="center"\|1	1989
rowspan="2"\|Spring	Baseball	align="center"\|13	1958, 1960, 1983, 1998, 1999, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2014
Golf, Boys	align="center"\|1	1986
align="center" colspan="2"\|Total	align="center"\|19