Hales Franciscan High School
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| name = Hales Franciscan High School
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| streetaddress = 4930 S. Cottage Grove Avenue
| city = Chicago
| state = Illinois
| zipcode = 60615
| country = United States
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| denomination = Roman Catholic
| oversight = Archdiocese of Chicago
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| ratio = 16:1
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| type = Private secondary Catholic
| gender = Boys
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| campus type = Urban
| conference = Chicago Catholic League
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| motto = In Virum Perfectum
| motto_translation = Unto perfect manhood
| 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|access-date=2009-07-28|author=NCA-CASI|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100620063637/http://www.advanc-ed.org/schools_districts/school_district_listings/|archive-date=June 20, 2010|url-status=dead}}
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| nickname = Spartans
| colors = {{color box|red}}Red
{{color box|black}}Black
{{color box|white}}White
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| established = 1962{{citation needed|date=January 2011}}
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| closed = 2019
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| enrollment = 110
| enrollment_as_of = 2014–2015 {{citation needed|date=January 2011}}
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Hales Franciscan High School (known simply as Hales) was a private 4–year all–male catholic high school located in the Bronzeville neighborhood on the south side of Chicago, Illinois. Opened in 1962, Hales was part of the Archdiocese of Chicago. After 57 years, Hales closed after the 2018–2019 school year due to low–enrollment.
Background
Since its founding, Hales Franciscan High School has celebrated African-American heritage and endeavored to instill cultural pride. Today, the school continues to be the only historically African-American, all-male, Catholic college preparatory high school in the state of Illinois and one of three such institutions in the nation.{{citation needed|date=January 2011}}
The school is a non-profit, independent high school, fully accredited by the North Central Association and certified by the Illinois State Board of Education.{{cite web|url=http://www.halesfranciscan.org/|title=Identity and History|access-date=2007-05-11|author=HFHS}} In the 2013–14 school year, the school became coed,{{cite web|url=https://abc7chicago.com/archive/9211624/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130822122042/http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news%2Flocal&id=9211624|url-status=live|archive-date=2013-08-22|title=Hales Franciscan High School welcomes girl students for first time|publisher=ABC Chicago|date=2013-08-19|access-date=2019-07-18}} but returned to an all-male student body for the 2015–2016 school year.{{cite web|url=https://hpherald.com/2016/08/03/hales-franciscan-high-school-suspends-school-year/|title=Hales Franciscan High School suspends school year|work=Hyde Park Herald|date=2016-08-03|access-date=2019-07-18}}
On July 27, 2016, the school announced that the 2016–2017 academic school year would be suspended, due to low enrollment and financial struggles. In 2019, the school closed permanently
Notable alumni
- Julius Carry III - 1970, actor
- D. J. Cooper (born 1990) - basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Rich Gardner - 1999, NFL cornerback
- JaVale McGee - 2006, basketball player
- Patrick Miller - 2010, basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Jerome Randle - 2006, professional basketball player
Notable staff
- Jack Ryan (2000–03) - politician. Ryan left the school to run for the open US senate seat in the 2004 election. After winning the Republican primary, his campaign was derailed when court files detailing incidents relating to his sex life with ex-wife Jeri Ryan were unsealed. The election was won by Barack Obama.{{cite web
| url = http://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1004&context=ppi_papers
| title = The Making of a Senator: Barack Obama
| author = John S. Jackson
| work = Paul Simon Public Policy Institute
| date = August 2006
| access-date = 2014-05-20
}}
References
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External links
- {{official website|http://www.halesfranciscan.org/}}
{{Private schools in Cook County, Illinois}}
{{Chicago Catholic League}}
{{Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago|state=collapsed}}
{{Boys' schools in Illinois}}
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Category:Catholic schools in Chicago
Category:Private high schools in Chicago
Category:Catholic secondary schools in Illinois