Brother Rice High School is a Catholic,
all male college preparatory institution in
Chicago, Illinois
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, administered under the
Congregation of Christian Brothers
The Congregation of Christian Brothers ( la, Congregatio Fratrum Christianorum; abbreviated CFC) is a worldwide religious community within the Catholic Church, founded by Blessed Edmund Ignatius Rice, Edmund Rice.
Their first school was opened i ...
. On the same block of land, directly to the east, is the all female
Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School
Mother McAuley Liberal Arts High School is an all-girls Catholic high school located in the Mount Greenwood neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois at 3737 West 99th Street. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago. Mother McAuley i ...
, while
Saint Xavier University
Saint Xavier University (or SXU) is a private Roman Catholic university in Chicago, Illinois. Founded in 1846 by the Sisters of Mercy, the university enrolls 3,749 students.
History
Saint Xavier University was founded as a women's college by ...
is just to the south of Mother McAuley, and to the southeast of Brother Rice. Its enrollment is mostly drawn from
local neighborhoods such as
Beverly,
Mount Greenwood,
West Lawn,
Morgan Park, and
Ashburn, as well as local suburban municipalities such as
Oak Lawn,
Evergreen Park,
Palos Heights,
Orland Park,
Tinley Park,
Burbank, and
Alsip. The Christian Brothers founded the school in 1956. The school's namesake is the founder of their religious order,
Blessed Edmund Ignatius Rice. It is affiliated with
another high school of the same name in
Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
Bloomfield Hills is a small city (5.04 sq. miles) in Oakland County in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is a northern suburb of Metro Detroit and is approximately northwest of Downtown Detroit. Except a small southern border with the city of Bir ...
.
School colors and seal
The school colors are maroon and orange. The maroon was taken from the maroon and gold colors of
Iona College founded in 1940 by the
Congregation of Christian Brothers
The Congregation of Christian Brothers ( la, Congregatio Fratrum Christianorum; abbreviated CFC) is a worldwide religious community within the Catholic Church, founded by Blessed Edmund Ignatius Rice, Edmund Rice.
Their first school was opened i ...
in
New Rochelle, New York. The orange is taken from the black and orange colors of
Leo Catholic High School
Leo Catholic High School is a private all-male, Catholic high school in the Auburn-Gresham neighborhood of Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is located in the Archdiocese of Chicago and home to a predominantly African–American student bod ...
in
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, also opened by the Christian Brothers in 1926. The Brother Rice school seal has similar design features to the seal of Iona College.
Academics
The school is a college preparatory school. The minimum graduation requirements for every student give them the qualifications to enter any state university in Illinois.
Honors/Advanced Placement Program
The school offers the following
Advanced Placement courses:
Spanish Language
Spanish ( or , Castilian) is a Romance language of the Indo-European language family that evolved from colloquial Latin spoken on the Iberian peninsula. Today, it is a global language with more than 500 million native speakers, mainly in th ...
,
French Language,
U.S. History,
European History
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The first early ...
,
Music Theory,
Chemistry,
German Language
German ( ) is a West Germanic language mainly spoken in Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italian province of South Tyrol. It is als ...
,
Economics
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Economics focuses on the behaviour and interactions of economic agents and how economies work. Microeconomics analyzes ...
, and
U.S. Government.
The school also offers one of the
AP Computer Science
In the United States, Advanced Placement Computer Science (commonly shortened to AP Comp Sci) is a suite of Advanced Placement courses and examinations covering areas of computer science. They are offered by the College Board to high school studen ...
courses, but calls it ''AP Java'' without specifying whether the course is AP Computer Science 'A' or 'AB'. The school also lists an "Advanced Placement" Computer Science course using
C++
C++ (pronounced "C plus plus") is a high-level general-purpose programming language created by Danish computer scientist Bjarne Stroustrup as an extension of the C programming language, or "C with Classes". The language has expanded significan ...
, though this has been discontinued by the
College Board as an option in their AP program, which exclusively emphasizes
Java
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. The school lists a single AP course which prepares students to take both the
AP English Language
Advanced Placement (AP) English Language and Composition (also known as AP English Language, APENG, or AP Lang) is a course and examination offered by the College Board as part of the Advanced Placement Program. When AP exams were first implemen ...
and
AP English Literature
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tests. The
AP Calculus
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class permits students the option to take either the 'AB' or 'BC' AP test.
[Course descriptions](_blank)
A four-
semester course, open to juniors and seniors, allows
CCNA certification.
Curriculum and Educational Support Committees
The Curriculum Committee and Educational Support Committee serve as advisory boards to the principal on all matters relating to educational improvement, course offerings, course changes, and overall curriculum development. This school board addresses concerns of the faculty, staff, administration, and students in efforts of academic improvement.
Athletics
Brother Rice competes in the
Chicago Catholic League (CCL), and is a member of the
Illinois High School Association
The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) is an association that regulates competition of interscholastic sports and some interscholastic activities at the high school level for the state of Illinois. It is a charter member of the National Fe ...
(IHSA), the organization which governs most sports and competitive activities in the state. The team is nicknamed the Crusaders.
The school sponsors interscholastic teams in
baseball
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,
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular court, compete with the primary objective of shooting a basketball (approximately in diameter) through the defender's h ...
,
bass fishing,
bowling
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,
cross country,
football,
golf
Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible.
Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping ...
,
soccer,
swimming
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&
diving
Diving most often refers to:
* Diving (sport), the sport of jumping into deep water
* Underwater diving, human activity underwater for recreational or occupational purposes
Diving or Dive may also refer to:
Sports
* Dive (American football), a ...
,
tennis
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,
track & field
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,
volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Sum ...
,
water polo
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,
wrestling
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and
lacrosse
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. While not sponsored by the IHSA, the school also sponsors teams in
ice hockey
Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice h ...
and
rugby. The Brother Rice rugby team has won nine state championships and one national championship since the team's formation.
The following teams have won their respective state tournaments sponsored by the IHSA:
* Baseball: 1976
* Football: 1981 (runner-up in 1985 and 2018)
* Water Polo: 2003
* Rugby: 2019
Prior to the IHSA sponsoring water polo in 2002, Brother Rice won 13 state titles (1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998).
The Chicago Catholic League's ice hockey champion wins the Kennedy Cup, an award that has been contested since 1964; the oldest high school ice hockey prize in Illinois. Brother Rice has won this award five times (1970, 1971, 1972, 1976, 2001).
The Prep Bowl pits the Chicago Catholic League champion versus the Chicago Public League champion, in a football game played at Soldier Field. Brother Rice has appeared in eight Prep Bowls (1975, 1980, 1992, 1994, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2012), having won five, which is the 4th most of all-time.
Notable alumni
*
Mike Castle
Michael Newbold Castle (born July 2, 1939) is an American lawyer and politician who was governor of Delaware (1985–92) and the U.S. representative for (1993–2011). He is a member of the Republican Party.
The district includes the entire ...
(2007), actor best known for starring in the TBS television series
Clipped.
*
Kevin Cronin
Kevin Patrick Cronin (born October 6, 1951) is an American singer and songwriter, who is the lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and pianist for the rock band REO Speedwagon. The band had several hits on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 throughout the ...
(1969), lead singer of
REO Speedwagon
*
Michael Flatley
Michael Ryan Flatley (born July 16, 1958) is an Irish-American dancer. He became known for Irish dance shows '' Riverdance'', '' Lord of the Dance'', '' Feet of Flames'', and '' Celtic Tiger Live''. Flatley's shows have played to more than 60 mi ...
(1977),
Irish dance
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r, creator of
Lord of the Dance and co-choreographer of Riverdance
*
John R. Powers (1963), author of ''
Do Black Patent Leather Shoes Really Reflect Up?
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Film in development
Director and author Ken Kwapis (''Sisterhood of ...
'', which was made into a Broadway play (1945-2013)
*
John C. Reilly
John Christopher Reilly (born May 24, 1965) is an American actor, comedian, musician, producer, and writer. After his film debut in ''Casualties of War'' (1989), he gained exposure through his supporting roles in '' Days of Thunder'' (1990), '' ...
(1983), actor and comedian, nominated for an
Academy Award
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for performance in 2002 musical film ''
Chicago
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''
*
Thomas Tunney (1973), alderman in
Chicago
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's north side Lakeview neighborhood.
*
John J. York
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(1977), actor on
General Hospital
*
Jim Zulevic (1983), actor and comedian (1965-2006)
*
James McAteer (1996), journalist in
South Bend, Indiana
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for the
University of Notre Dame
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, uncle of Brother Rice legend Micheal Moonan
Sports
*
Jim Adduci (1977), former MLB outfielder, starred collegiately at Southern Illinois
*
David Diehl
David Michael Diehl (; born September 15, 1980) is a former American football offensive lineman who played his entire career with the New York Giants of the National Football League (NFL). He was the Giants starting left tackle on two Super Bow ...
(1998), former
NFL offensive lineman for the
New York Giants, Super Bowl champion & Pro Bowler, starred collegiately at Illinois
*
Mark Donahue
Mark Joseph Donahue (born January 28, 1956) is a former American football player. He played college football as an offensive guard for the University of Michigan Wolverines from 1975 to 1977. He was a consensus All-American in both 1976 and 1977 ...
(1974), former
NFL offensive lineman, starred collegiately as a 2-time All-American at Michigan
*
Bobby Frasor (2005), McDonald's HS All-American point guard, starred at North Carolina where he won the 2009 national title. Former head varsity basketball coach at Brother Rice
*
Andy Gallik (2010), former
NFL center for the
Tennessee Titans
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.
*
Phil Hicks (1971), former NBA forward, drafted #27 in 1976 NBA Draft, starred collegiately at Tulane
*
Rico Hill (1995), former CBA, NBA-D League and European Basketball forward, drafted #31 in 1999 NBA Draft, starred collegiately at Illinois State and was named 1998 Missouri Valley Conference POY
*
Paul Hutchens
Paul Hutchens (April 7, 1902, Thorntown, Indiana – January 23, 1977, Colorado Springs, Colorado) was an American author. In addition to writing The Sugar Creek Gang, a series of 36 Christian-themed juvenile fiction books about the adventur ...
(1989), former NFL Offensive Tackle for Green Bay Packers 1993-1994, starred collegiately at Western Michigan
*
Pete Mackanin (1969), former MLB manager of the Philadelphia Phillies, Pittsburgh Pirates and Cincinnati Reds, former MLB infielder (1973–81)
*
John Meyer (1960), former AFL linebacker and NFL assistant coach, starred collegiately at Notre Dame
*
Michael Massey
Michael Massey (born March 22, 1998) is an American professional baseball second baseman for the Kansas City Royals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut in 2022.
Amateur career
Massey attended Brother Rice High School (Chicago), ...
(2016), American
professional baseball
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Modern professional ...
second baseman for the
Kansas City Royals of
Major League Baseball
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(MLB). He made his MLB debut in 7/15/2022.
*
Ed Olczyk (1984), United States Hockey Hall of Famer, Stanley Cup champion, former center, head coach and broadcaster, drafted #3 in 1984 NHL Draft
*
Lance Ten Broeck
Lance Ten Broeck (March 21, 1956 – April 30, 2023) was an American professional golfer who played on the PGA Tour, Nationwide Tour, and Champions Tour.
Early life and amateur career
Ten Broeck was born in Chicago, Illinois, and grew up in Bev ...
(1974), PGA golfer currently on the Senior Tour, won 1984 Illinois Open Championship, starred collegiately as an All-American at Texas
References
External links
Brother Rice Official Website
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Boys' schools in Illinois
Congregation of Christian Brothers secondary schools
Private high schools in Cook County, Illinois
Educational institutions established in 1956
Catholic secondary schools in Illinois
1956 establishments in Illinois